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_ and are now going to send depuiies__to that
~ _ “country, The son of Miaulis is to proceedcn

l,‘ "able rights ofriationality, and on those ot pri-
. v-ate property, as well as on the ruling princi-

Lt-ily retreated to Tripolizza.

, allies have already established theinselves in

‘ tions, and moved by the seiitinients implanted

‘ own existei_ice,_' the Greeks have taken arms
' to appealto thejiistice of their case ; that du-

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. FOREIGN NEWS. 4 ’ 
London papers to the 9.7tlt‘Sept..vt_7et'.t'. re-
ceived at New. York on the aim ultt ':
The Conniiercial intelligence continues tin-
favourable. The house ot‘Moon, at Man,
chester, in the cotton trade, had failed. '
The British Cabinet was in conclave daily.
It was‘ui_iderstood they had decided against a
dissolution of_Parlia_uient._ ‘_ .
A letter fromConstantinople" of August 28,
states that at) American squadron, ot a ship

ofthe line,.a t’r_igat_e, and two corvettes, had

arrived in the Arcliipelago.
. Mr. Owen, ofNew Laiiark, had engaged
his passage at Liverpool; in the New ‘York,
which was to sail on the 1st inst. '
Kean is among the passengers by this arri-
‘val. The editor of the Spectator hopes that

he will not bepermitted to make his appear-«tine,-and to its movements, though coiiform-

81106 00 any stage in the country, unless it be
the top of a mail stage. ‘ _ ‘
At the launching ut the Princess Charlotte,
ship uftlie line, upivards of A100‘ pet-sons were
precipitated from a ‘stageiiig into the ‘water,
about 20 of whom werediowned. , ' ‘
The Bashaw of Tripoli has fitted ‘out a
cruizer of wguns for the purpose‘ of seizing
Saruinian vessels in consequence -ol'th_e noti
payment ofthe usual fees for a new Cough],
Two Coloiiibiati privateers were lying‘ uh.
der_Gibralta‘r Rock ou__tlie 25tli of Aug,
. Letters from-Bra,zil‘to July :25'liad reached
-England. Sir Charles Stuart had had fre-'
'quent conferences witlrthe government, but
notliiiig‘oftli_e result had transpired.‘ It was
thought ihe‘~rebellion at Montevideo‘, would
be speedily quelled. ' - " ‘ ’

Bonibaypapers to the- !.5‘t,li of May, had
reached England. The main army under sir
"Archibald, Campbell, wl_iich..was‘ advancinu
-t_owar_ds' the‘ Burmese Capitar, had been c[3..:
pelted to make a retrog-raydemovenient ot'4o
miles in consequence ofthe repulse of the di-
vision of Gen. Co_ttoi_i at Darrabew. Sir Ar-
chibald had invested the place into which the
Batidoola had tlirowti himself, with 90309
troops.’ It is stated that the city of Arracaii
,coii.t-aiiied 90,000 iiihabitaiits two days before
. it was storiiietl, when they all fled,-. and only
about 15,000. had returned.

: The contest between the worsted rrranufac.
. turers and workmen, in the iieignborhood of
Leeds, continued w‘iili undiminished spirit.
A woman who wasdying ‘of lizeinorrage,
has been restored to health by the transfusion
of blood taken from a‘ma'ii and injected into
her veins. ' ’
A Mr. Lebrun, of Lyons, has invented a
machine by which one man can weave five
pieces ofsilk at the same time, making a sav-
- ing in labour of four hundred per cent.
~ The City ofBagdad ‘was inuiidaied in the
_mon'fh ofJun_e by an unusual rise _ofthe Ti
gris. Many liotises fell down,'and there was
a great loss of lives. _-

PARIS, Sept. 94'._f—-On the 5th oftliis month
‘ the first assistance sent to the Greeks .by..the

Paris committee, sailed" from Marseilles.-_— ,

This pariy consists of old officers, suhalterns,
and workmen ofthe artillery, O()Ill|i‘l?ll)d€(l by
Lieut. Col.-Rayband, and Captain Arnant.-—
"They carry with them every thing necessary
for the establishment ofa foundry, and a yard
for ship building.

According to accounts from Hydra’, got‘ the-

Stl, and from Napoli ofthe 7th of Aug. the
plague has brol-zen out in the Morea, and in
the Isle of Caudia‘. ' ‘

A Greek ex'pedition_of9 vessels. with 8000
troops, sailed from Napoli on the 6th, for‘ the
purpose as was supposed of taking possession
of Gurri. . 7

The Oriental-Spectator of August the 17th
. states, that the Manifesto of the Greeks,
(which will be found in this paper,)was adop-
ted on the 24th ofJuly by the Executive pow-
er at Napoli, and was signed by nearly 2000
individuals. Several chiefs and n‘iember's of
the governriient‘,wer'e opposed to the measiire.
The envoys ofthe‘ Ptiilhellene Cominiuees,
General Roche“and~ Mr. Wash-ington likewise
drew up a regular-protest’ against the act, and
retired. ‘

A Smyrna account of Aug. I8, states that
‘Mien Ibrahim Pacha appeared the second
time, reinforced, before’ Napoli, the Greeks
came out with tliis_ formal act, as was believfld
at’ the instigation ofthe British Couimodore
Hamilton. Ibrahim, disconcerted by this e
vent’, appliedto Cumin. Hamilton for an ex-
planation, but instead of any answer being
given him, the Greeks.’ impelled by despair.
made an unexpected attack on the Arabs,‘who
were already'di'spirited,_ Afterseveral partial
but sanguiuary coiiibats.Ibrabim Paclia has

PARIS, Sept. Q8.--The ‘great importance
ofthe events in the East will no longer allow
our Ministers to regard them with iiiilitfereiice.
The Greeksbave iiiipl_ored the aid of England

theinissioii. ' Azt the same time the report is
confirmed of an American squadron being in
_ the Archipelago,and it appearsrthat these new

one of the islands of the Arcli’i'pel-ago.

lllxivii-‘i*.s'ro or THE GREEK Narrow.
-.N'ap,oli‘di Romania, flugusl ‘2.—Tlie cler-
gy. the representatives ofthe people. the civil
officersand the military ofli--ers, both of the
navy and army, ofthe Greek NaIion,—-
Cousidering; that authorize_d by the inalien-

ples of religion and tlieindependence of na

in man for the preservatioii and safety ofiiis

:73,
‘ continental ' powers, in spite even _of_tlie prin-

'which- this detachment may ptirstie, because _

Considering that the agents of‘ some of the

ciples of Christianity, which they profess,
have not observed a conduct conformable to
the rules laid down and established by them-
selves, and that this illegal conduct has given
rise to a variety of political disputes divergetit
in their nature and character ; ' ‘ ‘
Considering that some of these agents en-
deavor, by the intrigue of emissaries, whom
they send into the interior of Greece,to excite
among the Greeks sentiments contrary to the
spirit and forms of Government-—sentintents
which suit ‘only the intentions and interests of
these agents ; ‘ ‘ " I
Considering that the commanders of the
naval',for'ces of some "Governments oppose a
htiriiber of unjust persecutions and obstacles
to the regular proceedings ofthe Greek tira-

able to the rules of the laws of nations, all in
violation of the neutrality declared‘ by the
sovereigns at the Congresses of Laybach and
Verona ; l . ' ’

Considering, _with, lively grief, that the
Christians themselves arm against the‘ disci-
ples ofthe Gospel, to sudcour tl/iefollowers of
the Koran, and that "a multitude of European-
of’ficers.lias_teii from distant countries tuiti-
struct the latter, "and lead in person the armies
ofthe bai‘barians,who come to lay waste with

’ fire and -sword, the land which covers the_

mangled bones ofa Ciinon and a Samado, of
Leoiiidas and Bozzari, of Philopoemen and
Nicelas ; A «

Considering that the goveriiitient of Great
Britain, happy in guiding a free people,is the
imty one which observes a strict neutrality,
without deigning to follow the manifest viola_-
tions, and of lllOS8‘dlSl.l‘l1CliO'llS so contrary to
reason,whicli others havepractised in Greece,
at Constantinople, and in -Egypt;
Considering that the iiidifferenco‘ of the
British‘ Government is not snfficient to coun
terbalarice the persecutions which others ex-
ercise against the Greeks, and to which they
daily give a greater extension ;

Considering that if Greece has not hitherto
been "able-to prevent the enterprises of- its en-
emies, or to take offensive measures, it is not
in consequence o‘f a diiiitiiiitioii of its strength
or of a relaxation of its first resolution, but
arises from the reasons above mentioned, and
ljecause the Government‘ has not yet been a-
ble entirely to prevail over and to subdue all
private passions; ’

Cohsideriiig tliat,in this extraordinary con
‘test, the Greeks uiust either prove victoriotis
or bury tlieiiise-‘lv_es under the ruins of their
cmintry on account of the deplorable conse-
qneiices which the nature of'the contest has
bro’t with it, and its long din ation, two causes
which have rendered this alieriiativeinevitable;
Considering, lastly, that since a special fa
vor of provitleiice has placed the forces of G.
Britain so near us, Greece ought to take ad-.
vantage ofit in time, ‘and founding its hopes
on the justice and liuinanity which animate
that great power :' 0 ‘ .

' For these reasun<, and in the intention of
placing in safety the sacred rights of the lib-
erry of the state and ofotir political existence,
which i's stifiicieiitly consolidated, the Greek
nation prescribes, resolves, decrees, and ap-
proves. as follow's : l '

“Art. 1. By virtue of the present act, it
voluntarily places the sacred deposit of its
liberty, its national _independence,‘and its po-
litical existence, under the absolute defence
ofGreat Britain. " ' ‘
Art. 2. This fundamental act ofthe Greek‘
nation shall be accompanied byan explana-
tory memorial, ' addressed in duplicate to the
Government of his Briiarruic Majesty."

4 FROM FRANCE.‘-'—P'aris dates to the
94th Septfivere rec’d at New Yorkron the
‘.’:‘7tl'I Oct. A letter from Havre says it is now
evident that the cotton market will not recov-
er, andlthe most that can be done will be to
iiiainiain present rates.

The King of Prussia arrived at Paris on
the 24th, accompanied by the Prince Augus-
ins, of Prussia, Baron Humboldt, and Count
Witgenstein. ‘

The Pacha of Egypt arrived at Alexandria
ontlie Stst ofJuly, for the purpose of expe-
diting the new expedition to the _.\Iorea, atid
to stlperrtlleffii the sales of his‘ Cotton.
Extract of a private letter of the 18th inst.
from Madrid :—- ‘ The revolt ofGen. Cambo,
in the province of Valentia, is confirmed, and
uufortiinately other officers have followed his
deplorable example. General Locho in the
province of La Maticha, An-tiguela in the pro-
vince ofBiirgos,'and‘ another leader in the
province of Grenada, have imitated the con
duct of Cambo. Locho occasions more ap-
preliension to the-government than any other,
because he has chosen a theatre near to the
capital.‘and because he is the most enterpris-
ing of all those who have commanded bands
otpartisaiis since 1800. As soon as General
Ysidro, Comiiiander of the province of La
Maticha, made known to the Government
that Locho,-at the head of fifty horsemen, had
revolted, and proclaimed Charles» V., our
Ministers sent in pursuit of him 9. companies
ofcavalry ofthe regiment of Si, Jago, (three
companies of which had followed Bessieres,)
aud_tw‘o companies of cuirassiers ofthe guard. _
Some anxiety is felt relative to the conduct

four days have el ipsed since‘ it went out,aiid
no tidings of it have been received.

' FROM 'rni~:-oitir~:N'rA‘I. sPi:c1‘A-Tort.

-' IBRAHIM PACHA.-—E.2:lractofalcl,ter.
—‘‘I arrived at the catiipof lbraliiiri. Lod-
ged in a simple hut, he was taking his repast
and drinking out of a leather cup. I was
struck with his manners, which are distin-

ring the space of inure than foiiryears they
have struggled witliperseveraiice against the
; couibiuedland and Naval forces which have
come from Europe, Asia, and‘Africa: that,
in themidstoftlie most eminent danger, they

. have sometimes destroyed the very superior

forces 0-ftlieir enemy, and sometimes even
entirely annihilated them ; and that, though
- destituteof the resources necessary for this

 _- great enterprize, they have at length succeed-

ed in sealing their right at the expense‘ of the
- most precious blood ofthe nation, and in con-
"vincing the civilized world what can be1r:rfect-
ed by-a people truly resolved to-re-conquer its
independence ; ~ A »
Considering that the very results ofthis on-
equal struggle have only confirmed, in the
mind ofthe nation, ll‘l8,.,leSultlllUt1 which it
has irrevocably adopted to establish its polit-
. ical existence ;. - ‘
-I

guished by gentleness and gracefuluess. In
this beautiful plain, about fotir leagues in ex
tent, lying between Nisi and Calauiata, the
troops, to the iiuuiber of 5 or 6000 men, were
encamped. [was astonished on seeing them
exercised; the Arabs drew up in good order,
they formed in single colunins,perfectly keep-
ing their distances and their ranks. Alter
going through.,the manual exercise, they pro-
ceeded to fire in platoons, battalions, 8!. files,
all which was executed: admirably. Soliman
Bey rode through the ranks and gave the
word of command in Arabic. He was habit-
ed in a splendid COSlIlll16__0fSCaflel cloth, cov-
ered all over with gold, having on his breast
two sons formed of large tliainoiids, in a cres-
cent, also made of diamoiids ; and was moun-
ted on_a beatitifiil grey Arabian charger.-
.Vly“conrp:iiiioiis and iiiyselfwere enchant-
ed at t-he fiiie'appea‘rance of these troops, and

Nothing can eclual the discipline of the A-
.rabs, & their admirable subordiiiation;_ When
..once the order is given they rush upon dan-
ger even though they were certain of all per-
isliiug. If I saw Ibrahim great under the
modest thatched roof, I also Saw him With
pleasurein the camp, and in the midst Of 0-
riental pump at Modon, before he set out ‘on
his excursion. I-first ascended a hill, on
which the tent of his second in command was
placed, ‘The camp was advantageously situ-
ated. The town and the fortress protect it
on the sea side, where there is a mass‘ of hou-
ses, in the midst of which are a church and
the dwelling‘ of the Governor. We see a
great ntiniberoftents, and farther on, towards
the centre, a large green tent, surmounted by
a gilded globe. This is Ibraliini’s tent.Which
is adorned inside with -all the magnificence
ofthe East. It is composed of a great niini-
ber ofpiecesiof India stuff, each ofivliicli is
said to beworth 800 piastres. The ground is
covered with splendid ersian carpets and
cushions of Lyon’s silk. Above the tents,
along the beach, there is a pretty steep hill,
on the summit of‘ wliich are other tents, and
some piecesufcaiinon. A-Well Of ffe-Sh Water
is in the middle ofthe camp. The iiuiiiber of
troops at that time in it was 5000 irieii.-...Tl18
tent ofAslinied was in this upper camp.”

The Count Salvinsky, a Polander, has re-
cently lost at piquet ‘£0,000 acres of woodland,
and a chateau, situated in Saxony. The
Prince Dolgoroiiky is the winner. The Count
Salvinsky is the same person Wit", 83 C00-
stantinnple. won of the Captain Pacha, at a
game ofchess, 19. slaves and, 16,000 leopard
skins, which he sold in Hungary for 70,000
fiorius, and set the slaves at liberty. . ‘

By the new Customs Bill, the dirty on To-
bacco is again to be raised to 4s. per lb, oti the
5th of January next, and that duty is to be
paid on the qiiaiitity as ascertained at landing,
the same as other goods, deducting only the
weight of the damaged part cut off. The
treasury are to fix the warehouse rent on to-
bacco, but stich is not to exceed the amount
at present exigible. The duty on American‘
timber is to" remain at 105. per load. It was
expected that it would have been reduced one
half, which, however, is not the case. We
believe we can account for this. We have
heard froin good authority, that our govern-
ment applied to the government ofthe United
States, and offered to reduce the duties on
their productions when imported into the W.
India colonies, provided the American gov’t.
would reduce the duties imposed on British
vessels, &t.c. in their ports. This, however,
the American governinent decidedly refused,
declaring that they were determined to encou-
rage their own iiavigatioii and trade, and sta-
ting, that although Great Britain should re-
duce every farthiiig ofduty itiiposed upon A-
merican producls imported into our colonies.
still the United States would keep duties on
British tonnage and goods as they are. Under
these circtiinsiances. the’ British ministers, in
order to bring the United States to reason,
had no alternative but to lay -open the trade
between the “fest India colonies and the Bal
tin, and other parts of the north of Europe,
from whence it was calculated supplies for
our colonies, similar to those from the United
States, might be obtained. Vi/hethcr this
hope will be realised or not, time will shew.

[Glasgow Chronicle.

Liberty ofllie Press in France.——In August
last. the publisher of a neivspaper at Poictiers,
in France, was condeuiiied to pay $000 francs
and to be imprisoned three months for hav-
ing publishe'd an obituary notice of a person
who had been distinguished during the revo-
lution, and who had" voted for the death of
Louis 16th, though that person had special
periiiissioii from the Bourhons, - to! certain
subsequent services to remain in France. The
obituary notice had been written by a son of
the deceased. The publisher appealed to the
higher court, and the sentence‘ was confirmed.
When it was read,the- poor man was so shock.
ed that he‘ fell senseless, was carried .liome,fell
in a stupor andforgot every thing, being coin-
pletely deranged. He was a man of60 years,
of:-i large family and good character.
Twoof the Paris newspapers, the Consti-
tutioiiel, and Courier, have lately been sus
pended by order ofthe French monarch.
Thus do despots attempt by force to check
thedilfiision ofkiiowledge,butit will be in vain.

THE GREEK CAUSE.-—The following
is an extract ofa letter from our countryman,
[)r, Howe, who is now ,in Greece. It was
written in July last, from Hydra. .

“ Probably you will hear melancholy ac
counts ofGreece, during the months of Sept.
and October, as the news of her late catastro-
phes will then reach yoti ; but she will be ei-
ther entirely lost by that time, or entirely out
ofdanger ; which latter I have no great doubt
wilrturn out to be the case. ‘Va have had
great and terriblelosses by land,it.is true, but
the reason is perfectly plain ; the Greeks
havealways been used to fighting with the
Turks, who have no more discipline than
themselves, and they have always beat them:
but this year there is sent into the Morea a
regtilar trained army of 15,000 Egyptians,
and the Greeks, without the least knowledge
oftactics, without any kind of order or disci-
pline, without cavalry, or a single bayonet in

_tlieir army-—-what could they do? They

could only destroy all their provisions and
their houses, that the enemy might find noth
iug to eat ;_- this they have done, and the
Turks. after nia_rc_l)ing through the length of
the Morea, have now stopt .at the plain of
Trippolizza ; and from which, possibly, they
may never get out alivefll‘

 

Several ofthe joint Stock Companies in
London have been abandoned, and the depos
ites rctiirntetgafter deducting 7s 6d per. share
for expenses. .

The King of Benin, in Africa, who" has-500
wives, being anxious to add a white one, ha.-
proposed to the King of England to give him
it black wife in exchange.

N. M. Rothschild, of London, the great
Loan Contractor with the European and Bra-
ziliiti Governments, and his four brothers,are
said to beworth iiiore-tlian £l0,000.000 ster

ling, equal to nearly fiflg; millions qf Dollars !
It '_is stated that the debtsoffive of the hou-
ses" which have recently tailed in New-York
were estimated at $2,500,000, and that the a-

plie precision with which they performed their
evolutions. . .

vailable funds would not exceed $750,000.

 

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EAGLE BANK}-The special meeting of
the stockholders of the Eagle‘Bank, wliilili‘
liadbeen duly warned, was help at the State-
House itiithis city on the 26th,in'staot. The
rrieetingwas fully attended; and organised
by choosing the Hon. S. Baldivin, chairman,
and S. J‘. Hitchcock, Esq. clerk. A general
statement ofthe affairs ofthe Bank was ex-
hibited which had been prepaifed by a coin-
inittee appointed for that purpose, consisting
ofone director and two stockholders, and fol-
lotvs, viz :— _ ._ , , ‘-

Statement of the cdncérits of the Eagle Brink Qf

.N‘ew'-Hasveii, October 1892.5. l, DR.
To bills and notes on personal se-3

curity,‘estimated good, ' 3233.681 87
Bills 8:. notes secured by niortgage,67,000 00
do. and other indebtedness eritiin-"

ated as doubtful, _ 1, 04,489 77
Bills and notes estimated bad,‘ pI,9t)8 20
Real estate, taken for debt, ‘1l,160 44
Cash paid for banking-hoi'is‘e _8r.lot,t,10,945 87
Specie and notes of other banks, 37,489 47
Ain't due fr. Union Bank and siin- 5‘, ‘

dry persons holders of Eagle bills, 84,904 I9
Amount due from‘ other banks, 10,160 28
do. advanced by G.Hoadly,Pres’t. ,1
for 2%’. shares of Eagle Bank V *
Stock, and for other purposes,‘ 95,046 85

Ainotint paid for expense, 1,980 *1!
Amount ofover-draiiglits, , ‘ 1,106 75

 

 $2,139,824 10
_ CR. ’.
By Capital Stock, S6?.3,80d 00
Circulation, Notes on demand 430,607 00

do. Post Notes, 732.680 00

Am’t in suit, Lytide Catlin plainti‘fl",9l',76% 41

do. due Savings Batik, 84,990 53
do. dtie other Banks, 19,615 65
do. due Depositors, 43,167 04
do. tine do. to apply on n‘otes,40,’l-49 46'
do. ofdividends unpaid, 3,039 50
do. of surplus, ‘ 66,062 51

V - $2,139,824 to
'After the foregoing exhibit had been read,
the meetiiig passed the following votes, viz:
Voted, That in‘ the opinion‘ of this rrieeting
’it is expedient that three agents be appointed
with full power to collect and secure the debts
due to the Eagle Bank, and to accomplish
an adjustment of the concerns of the Bank,
and that a coimuittee of five be chosen by the
ballots of the stockholders, with whom the
Directors ofthe Bank may confer as to the
appointment of such agents. and that said
committee, in behalfof the stockholders, be
authorized to give their assent to the appoint-
uient, ifthey approve of the same, and if re-
quested by the Directors. .
Voted, 'I‘liat in case of a vacancy in said
Board of Agents, by death, resigiiatioii, or
Olllel'WiSe,s'21l(l vacancy may be supplied in like

said Agents.

The coimnittee of five appointed in pursu-
ance of the above votes;-‘are R. M. Slierinan,
Asa Bacon, Lyman Law, S. P. Staples, and
Erastus Lyman, Esquires. The three agents
had not‘ been named on Friday.

A single glance at the foregoing is enough
to convince every one that the affairs of the
Bank are in a very embarrassed and depiora-
ble condition. And what the winding tip of
the whole concern will be no mortal can tell,
but all can conjecture. Eagle bills are now
selling at N. Haven at 55 cents for the dollar.

Distressing Fz'res.—A handbill from the
office of the Eastport Sentinel, received at
Merchants’ Hall, gives further particulars of
the destructive fire which had visited Freder-
icton,Chatliam, Miramachi, and'several other
places, sweeping in its cotirse stores, houses,
cattle, and in some instances human beings.
It appears that ninety eight bu‘il‘dings were
destroyed at Fredericton. The loss sustained
it is calculated, exceeds 120,000 dollars‘. The
Governor of New Brunswick has given to the
sufferers £2320, and the people of St. Johns
contributed £1250. No human lives were
lost at Fredericton.

A letterfrom Chatham, dated on the 10th,
states that the fire broke outvin the woods on
the N. W. Branchyand aided by a heavy gale

_burnt all before it in the N. W. settlements.

The towns of»Newcastle and Dotiglas were
-destroyed,with the exception of about twenty
houses. The back settlements were also all
destroyed. In Cliatliam there_ were about
400 liouseless beings, and in Nelson about
600,wlio were suffering for food and clothing.
The number of lives lost has not been ascer-
tained. Wild beasts fiomthe woods had been
found dead upon the sea shore, and thousands
ofdead fish were floating‘ in the water. Many
people were compelled tojuinp into the water
to escape the flames and several were drown-
ed. The fire, ran over an extentpof 100 miles

in length and 40 in breadth. The letter con-
cludes by stating that iii the whole there are

not less than 1500 persbns in want of shelter,
food and clothing.

The fire visited Miramachi on the 1th. The
wind blew heavy, and bore along with it vol-
umes of smoke, dense clouds of framing. parti-
cles, aiid large brands of fire. A letter from
that settleineut says, “ Every one was obliged
to seek for safety in the best way they could,

-and the calling for relatives was truly heart
mending.

The darkness, hurricane, and oc-
casional showers of fire, rendered it extreme-
lv difiicult to escape, and sortie of the ships
being on fire, rendered them a very danger-
ous refuge. Most fauiilies were conveyed
across the riverin boats and on floats. and
others ventured on single logs. The settle-

.ments at the Cotiit House and downward for

10 miles, is entirely consumed, together with
the extensive stores ofthe principal merchants
—also, all the Bartibogue settlement. On the
south west branch the greater part of the
buildings, crops aiidcattle, are liurnt—also.
on the N. W. branch’all the meadows, 500

tons of hay, and all the buildings thereon. A

great number of families perished in the
flames,and.every liour brings the inost appal-
ting accounts of the extensive and general
levastations. How the inhabitants are to
subsist is unknown.”

A letter from N-ewcastleof Oct. 10, sayS—_-
‘‘ Our late flourishing settlement is laid in
ashes. The people ol‘Newcastle had no idea
if the fire being so near, the smoke having
been so great all day that none could see
where the flames were until-‘they cainedown
upon them. Many people hav‘e lost their lives:
whole families have been burnt to ashes~ro_und
their dwellings. The Chatham side of the
river has escaped the destruction‘, but the

Newcastle side is entirely destroyed-with

manner as is provided for the appointment of

New-HAVEN, Get. 20. ltlie exception’ of iif:'_l_ioii.é;‘e: "here and there, in

low situations, so that the firelpassed over. .

’ “ Last nightlhad to-take my ttiiii to watch

a_ .store with provisions, ‘ which - had been
tlireatenedbv the hungry poor to be broken ,
open. The Magistrates and others are doing _ j
the best they can to feed tlie‘m for the present-, ‘
b'u't there are so many that it cannotlast long
without something else be done: numbers
have expired fin‘. cold and hunger ; and many
P0¢_>r, sick people, just rescued from the fever,
have perislied from the effects of fatigue, after
l“‘V'"g escaped the fire.

“ God o‘uly knows what is to become ofthis ‘
lll"°8 : for the only article of export we had .. -.
to depend upon is I fear, completely destroy-
ed-—for it seems even no_w, as tho’ the whole
country is in dairies. The siriolre is so great
that the place seeius in fact buried in ruiiis
and suffocation.” ' '

. It is S-1_ld that near Q00 persons in the vicio-
ity ol.Miraiiiichi.alo'ne have perished in thy
flames, and. it is supposed that the loss oflived ,
in the inter_ior ofthe forests, where escape way
iuipossible is itnnieiise. The editor of the Free
Press’ says he fears more heart-tending a"c'-.i'
counts are yet to be received. Numbers must
have pei‘is_lied from whom no account ‘will ev-
er be received; and ina‘ny persons who have i,

v

. been mutilated will be discovered from time

to time in remote situations‘, or will perish
through want in retired parts ofthe country.
A gentleman arrived at Halifax from i'Vliram‘-
ichi three days later -ih:in the above accounts

- says the fire Continued to rage, and mentions

the loss ofmany more live... Among others’ _.
an instance where ofa party oflfipersons only _'
3 es‘ca‘ped."
A letter’ dated Louisville. Oct. 12, say5.._" ‘

“ All the cedar and spruce swamps, tooether
with all the prairies‘ and marshes, from the‘
Cascades in _Lower Canada,‘ to Glengary in
Upper Canada, are on fire- The fire is said
to extend back nearly 50 miles from‘ the St.
Lawrence, and about the satire distance tip
making 2500 square miles oflaird dn fire—Iri
swatnps it btiriis from 2, to 5’ feet. It affects
both man and beast-‘-Ca't"tle are said to be
dying off in droves, and i't so affects the eyes
and lungs of people, that business ofall kinds

is nearly suspended.

The Governor General of Havana‘ tinder
date of the 24th tilt. has addressed. a,p’ro¢]a..
mation to the wealthy and humane portion of
the inhabitants of Ctiba, calling on t'ii'e_in for
assistance to relieve the sufferers of orto Ri-
co by the dreadful hurricane on the night be.
tween the 26th and 27th July. Itis thus rep-
resented--—“ The hurricane lasted about 
linurs, and never was so.drerrdful.-a.gn‘e expe-
riericed in that island—it laid in ruins many
villages. the nninber of persons which were
lost under the ruins=‘of houses or carried off‘
by torrents, are incalculable. That part of
the island near St. Johns, the villages ofGan-
gresos, Rios Piedras,‘Gnaynabo, Vega Vaja,
Vaga Alta; Toa Veja, Caguas, Cayez, Hum-
acas, Zabucoa, and many others, have almost
disappeared-—-and even the mountains’ have‘,
in some instances been‘ much re'du‘ced in size
and app'earan‘ce. The‘ravage‘s‘in‘ the South
had not yet been h_eard of. ' --

_ The French Government, itis understood
is in-aking arrangements for the'settlei_iient of ~
Emigrant claims, out ofthe thirty millions of
dollars to be paid by Hayti’.._ Many, perhap-
a large majority, of the claiiriarits, or their
heirs, are settled i‘n this country. VVe under-
stand, says the Norfolk Herald, that in‘ this
town there are claims to a considerable as‘
mount ; and that most of those who hold
them, are persons whose situations -in life is
such as to render their recovery peculiarly
desirable. ' ‘ "
Daniel -57lt,¥3]3.—Tlie New York papers :i'n-
nounce the death of Gen. Daniel Shays. He‘
‘expired at Sparta on the 29th Sept. la‘s‘t,‘in
the 84th year of his age. This General Shays
was Captain Daniel Shays, the military lea-
der of "the insurgents in Mass. in the years .:
.1786-7. He had been a captainin the rev-
olutionary army, and had resigned his com-7
mission, says the historian of that period, for
causes quite problttmatical. In tlieextreme"
pressureof the times at the closeofthe great-
struggle for liberty, Shays was found amongst
the disaffected in Massacliirsetts, and was
made by election their military leader, Stone,-
Parsons, and others, being c‘ivil;lea'ders and "
Viceroy: over Shays. A‘ few struggled to stop‘.
the courts of justice, and to suspend all legaf
modes for the recovery of debts. It is doubt-9
-ful if S‘hays had niu‘ch military capacity ; but '
an inference trn favorable to his abilities ought
not to be drawn from his movements, as he
had to submit’ to a vote ofthe whole on every
question of proceeding in his army. Shays
very early got sick of his enterprise; and intr-
mated to an ofiicer ofthe government thathe -
would leave the cause on perfect assurance of '
a pardon. Some accident prevented this as- '
surance from being promptly given‘. Since
that period Shays has been absent from Masv
s:-ichusetts,and was a number of years in Can-
ada ; but when the late law of the U. States»
was passed for the relief of the soldiers ofthe
revolution, Shays was f_nu=nd in NewYorlt,a-nd
sent in his claims‘. ‘The Secretary of War
wrote to Gov. Brooks to know i‘fthere existed
any thing on tlierecordsrof the Legislature
which ought to operate as a bar to his claim.
Gov. Brooks, on examining the proceedings
uftlie Legislature at that period, found that
Shays, with’ Parsons, had sent in a humble
petition to that body for a full pardon, ac-.
knowledgi-rig their errors and iniploriiig for-
giveness. Shays secured his pension of course
and probably enjoyed it ‘t,tml'l his death.
. A [Boston Gaz.

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Mr. Thomas S. Byrnes-, of the house of
Bvrnes, Trimble. 8:. Co. proprietors ofoue of
the lines of N. York and Liverpool Packets,
died at sea,'on the 8th ult. lie went with his
family to England, some months since, for
the benefit of his health. I-fie corpse was land- '
ed on the 24th ult. at New York.

Aletter-to the editor of .the Little Rock’
(Arkansas)‘G-izette, front the Dwight Mis-
sionary establishment, in the Cherokee na-
_ll0tl, dated the 14th ult; states that much sicko
ness has preva iled there during the last sea-'
‘son, but it does not appear to have been fol-.-«
lowed by any fatal results. The long drought"
had destroyed the prospect ofa liarvr-st, and
rhe nation li-ad appropriated 3,000 ‘dollars of
itlieir annuity for the purchase ofcorn. “ ‘

- [.N'al. ‘Journal,