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- €oNoru~:ss..‘_t'i‘ PANii&1\IA.-“—-‘Tile Mitristers
frorn the Republics of Ctrlorribia and Mexico
ltave been instructed by their respective gov-
ertitiietits to invite the go'vernment of the U.
States to sen_tl'Deptities to the cotrteniplatiail
Congress at Panama. Whether any other of
the new Republics has tlirected a similar in-
vita'ti‘on, does not appear. What trtiglit ihe
United States to do i’ This is a tleliczite, tho’,
we think, not a difficult questioii. Tire meet-
ing ofthat Congress will prpbably be an im-
portant epoclr in lttitiran affairs. -- If the idea
ofitlias been at all suggested by sittiilar cou-
sultations bettveeii the great powers ofEu-
-rope, it will have far diffcreirt objects. There,
the pu_rpose has been to concentrate the will,
and the power of kings, tnore effectually to
keep down and rivet the chains of their sub.
jects. There the security of legitimacy has
been every thing, the liappitiess ofthg people
nothing. Here the Congress will consider if
any riieasttres are ncce.s_.~;:.ri'y to protect the A-
merican pcople in the enjoyinent of their self
govertnnent against foreign ititerfereur-.e, ifit
should be attempted, and will confer on those
which may ltave a tendency to promote their
happiness. It will be emphatically the poo
ple’s Congress, assembled for no purpose of
"imposing yokes__on othcrs,bttt with views of
self-protection and sclf-interest.
The invitation to the United States eman-
ates frotii the rtrost respectable sotirtte——that of
the two leading republics rccetrtly established
on this contiuent.- If the United States were
to decline accepting it, wotrltl it not be said
that they held themselves aloof,stood isolated,
and coltlly itrdif'l'creitt to the possible dangers
and ultimate fate ofthe Ainericati fatirily, of
\\ liich, by seniority and by all the circumstan-
ces oftlieir position, they intist be ackiiowl
edged the head ? On the contrary, by send-
ing deputies to Panarna, wltilst, they may a-
void C0ttl_UI’O!1l_iSe oftheir peace or neutrality.
they may coutitibute to the establishtnent of
the great principles for which they have long
contended,.streugthen friendships of which
_tl_rc high value is becoming every day more
apparent, and assist in presenting Atnerica in
new and iitteresting lights to the world.-
‘ \Vitliont engaging in any of the deliberations
ofthc Congress on the means ofpi'osecutiur_r
the existing war with Spain, which wottld be
inconsistent with their netrtrality, we can rea-
dily conceive of other sol-jvcts deserving the
greatest attetition. "Our tlcptttics too might
btzcotne tnediators or convenient umpires, at
once friedtlly and impartial. for the atljust-
merit of questions of limits between the new
states, and for gtrurding by a wise forecast it-
gainst those collisions antl wars which might
arise antoug'them. '1‘llEpI'PSt‘n(‘.,(‘ of deputies
frorn the Unit--d States wottld give t\Lltilli0ll«tl
consequence to the Congress, inspire the new
States with fresh confidt-nee in free institu-
(ions, and disconccrt Etiritpeairi Illll‘il_{ll0S,
which are lmowti to l)e()ti foHY,tt) prevail on
some of thctn to cliange their political sys-
t’etns~ The fact alone of the United States
meeting and comtnoning in tliis_lt'iendl_v way
with the new States, would justify, in otir o-
pinion, accrptatice. of the invitation, if the
Congress should even break up without agree-
ing on any one act. What will be the course
of ottr governrnent, we pretend not to know.
For ourselves we can only express the wish
that we rriaylie rcprcsetrtisd, and ably repre-
sented, at Panama.
THE GREEKS.—A late ntimber of the
Boston Courier contains a lone; and interest-
ing letter from D_r. Howe, dated off Hydra,
to a fiietid in Boston; in which he gives a-
full view oftlre state of Greece, lltough no
articles of intelligence that are rtew to us.-
We have not rootir for the letter entire, bill
will extract one or ttvo passages.
DEAR V-V.—-I shall leave this place to-rnor-
row for the camp of Colocotroui. As oppor-
tunities of writing frorn thence will occttr but
seldom, I drop you a few litres, tho’ nothing of
importance has happetied since my last of the
30th July. At this. periorl. when the event of
zrsingle day may decide the fate of Greece,
the most ruintrte eircornstattces relating to
her, artist be interesting to her friends. About
the 1st ofJuue, her af'fair‘s were at as low an
ebb as her enemies corild wish, but from that
time to this. her prospects have been growing
brighter, and now we can dare to hope again.
Nothing better shows the force ofthat pow-
erful engirte, [)_t,tlilic opinion, than -the present
state of Gt'eece"’; she is reduced to the britrk
ofruin,'l5y an enetny against wliom were one
halfthe strength oftlie country properly tli-
rected, it would crush in a rnouteiit. -The
‘ .l.\-Iorea could, at a wcek’s notice, produce
‘ 50,000 well armed soldiers ; yet not one fifth
oftliat number are now in the field, altlio’ the
enemy holds possession of the centre of the
country. How is this, yoti say : do the Greeks
lack courage, or patriotism? Neither 1 Yet
such is the state uftlte country. In Aruerica,
- were we without a regular artiiy, and were an
enemy invading, public opinion irottltl brand
him as a paltroon, who, without any reasona-
ble excuse, shonllfl refuse to march against
them. Herethe case is tlill'ct't-.iit ; he who
voluntarily goes against thc cneuty gets no
praise; he who sits idly at home getslnu bltitne;
much noise is made ; each one says to his
r
' neighbour, “ go you,” httt stirs not lritrist~lf.
The regular army of Greece consists ofhut
one regiment ; part of which has bcen drilling
for six, and none for more than 151 nionths.—
This regiiuetit is kept at Napolic, and wisely
too, for thedoublc purpose of tlefending the
citadel, trnd as a Goverrttneut guard. To op
pose the enemy, Gri. xce-has a horde of tncn,
not deserving the iiatrieofa regular l'orct:,tltt-
nurnbt_=.rofwliom is continually varying. A
fortnight ago there, were assetnblcd round
Ti-ippolizza, l6._0t)t) strong; now there are
not more than 6000 t in atiottrer fortnight it
will: probably be 12 or l5,tlU0 agriiti. The
gcneral, whd to-day is followetl by 3000 inert,
may in a week, firrtl liitusclf with oiity his per-
sonal attetnlutit-s ; over the others he has ito
tenure; they go wliere and when they will.-—
I;)t=trietri:is Ypsilanti-, who so bravely (listin-
guisltetl l-til_|tst:lf:,(ltll’il)g the first and most
-bloody partof the struggle, rctnaitred at his
house, a quiet spectator, during the iuore pros-
-perous periods; again rouscd liiuiself upon
mg invasion by the Arabs, and was the first
who successfully opposed them. After the re-
tiremeiit ofthc enemy front Argos to Tt'ippo-
lizza, Ypsilanti followed them with about
.‘1’.UUU turn and had sevcralbrtisltes with them.
About eight days ago, he led on soirre of his
troops to attack about 500 Turks who were
rcapitig wheat ; but w-lien he had. got near
‘them, the ‘Greeks began to fall bat-it : it i'v'ti5l
.. iii vaiti to try, to stop th'enr ; it was in vain
that he prayer , and wept, and cursed tlieiii:
-they woitltl not itin, but walked off so rapidly,
that he fotrnd himself inla tlatigertrus situa-
tion, with only fifty rueti. He was obliged to
retreat leaving his baggage ; autl_wlten_ lit’
gained his quarters, he found that his soldiers
had robbed him of every thing; 3"” ll“. ""‘*~‘
obliged to come to Nflpoliei ‘Vlleli? he I-“'_ “°“'
refitting. I believe I tuetttionetl to you in my
last, his gallant stand at the ‘ ll/IillS,’.i.tlttI gave
tou his cliaracter ; ifto his love of couttlry,
his prudence and firirinesbir lat} add"-d the ‘ml,’
nary genius, the qrricltitess of thought, the ra.
pidity oi” moveinetit, of his brother, Prince
extrntlcr, Greece would possess in Detnctrrus
Ypsilmm, a chief, on _whom she might rest her
hopes. Alexander, the daring ruiriaiitic sol-
dier, wliom you reiiititiiltet‘ first raised the
standard ofliberty, after the terrible defeat of
the sacred battalion, was obliged to fly to Ans-
tria, meaning to come round by sea to the
Mo'r'ea ; htit in the Austrian doniinions he was
arrested, and if he has not been murdered is
now languishing itt prison. This outrageous
slrelcll oftyrauny and injustice on the part
ofAustria, adds to her numerous hostilities a-
gainst Greece, the cruel one ofdepriving her
in the hour ofneed, ofotte oflter most accom-
plished and gallant sons. ‘But Austria may
reap her reward ; if Greece succeeds in this
strtrggle, slrc rriay bet-.onie a powerful irrati-
titiie nation ; and then woe to the Austrian
interests in the lV‘Ietltterrauean- Future kind-
tresses cannot do away the impressions now
made ; she has byouglrt upon herself the deep.
bitter hate ofGrecrre, and cannot do it away.
Mention to a Greek her name, he says noth-
ing, btit selling his teeth, aiitftlrawing in his
breath, shows yotr in his silent btit impressive
way that he feels keenly his couritry".s wrtrugs,
and only waits an oppottutiity of avctigrug
thetn.
It appears by another passage in the letter,
that the lltloreotes, at least, are well atint.-d,l'or,
says Dr. H. “the Moreotes, who, at the coin-
tneticetnent of the revolution, were miserably
artiied, have now tliousaritls and lliotisands of
Turkish tnuskets,‘ pistols, yatagans. &c. and
the least oftheir wants is that ofarins.”
In the satire letter Dr. Howe states that the
Turks have in their t urployinent a brig fiot-n
Boston, whose name, and that oftI.e Captain.
he knows, but declines to mention theui at
present.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board
the U. S. ship North Carolina, tltttetl Gib-
raltar Bay, Oct, 15, 18225.
" From Smyrna we proceeded to Napoli di
Rortiariizr, the capital of the Greek Govern-
ment, w,hete we were received with every de-
tnonstratioti ofjoy. I accoirtpairied the com
mantler in chief, with a number of0.fiit:eis, to
visit the atithorities--we were shown a mosque
altered ittto zi senate chaurber, and were cu-
tertained in the liorise formerly the residence
ofthe Turliislt Governor. This place is very
secure in its f()l‘llflClllil)llS,l)t3lll{_[ almost anoth-
er Gtbraltar. They have about twt.-lve or fif-
teen hundred men in the. g:rritsorr,well armed
and partly tlisciplitietl ; bttt they can make no
head tiuzrinst Ihraliitrt Paclia.wlro has overrau
the Morea with about (en thousuntl troops,
disciplined and ofiicered by Freticlttnen, who,
to the disgrace oftlicir country, wear .'l"Iu|'l)flii'
aritl wicltl the sword forthe suppression of
civil and rational liberty. This oucc brilliant
people-—this land of "song and story,”-is
now overrun and laid waste ; bttt tltc Greralts
are not yet conquered. But if I may judge
from what I have seen and heard, they have
no cliatice 0fSllCC8SS,unlt"SS the ‘ Legitittratcs
——the Holy Alli:ince—(FranCe letrdint_:,) will
-.-ease to aid the Turks as they do,.sub rosa.—
Lcffto themselves, the Greeks are more than
a match for the Turks--btit witlrout speedy
and powerrtil aid, they must sink before their
secret assatlairts. Napoli is very near the rc-
maius of ancient Argos, rendered tneiuorablc
to me by the “ King hf Kings,” as he was
called, and the character ofClyteinnestra.-—
A promontory is still pointed otit as the spot
where she placed a slave to give notice when
the Grccizin fleet rettirtietl trout Troy A
tltotisatntl associations rendered our stay inter
estiug in that mighty neiglrborlrood. VI/c were
visited by many of their most distingtrislicd
riieti; the following are all tiiy incmory furn
ishes the names of, viz —Pt'iuce Mavrocor
fl‘-Ill. Set-.’ry of State. and head of the Coun-
cil ; Prince Ypsilanti, General, anti brother to
the one who rai-cd the st-.tntlut'tl of rebellion
in Moldavia; Cotidtiriotti, a very wealty citi-
zi,-ii, and President ofthe Senate; and Cha
uaritis, the cotrimattder of their naval forces,
and he who has blown tip two of the enemy’s
Admiral slrips,a very brave and distinguislted
man. Alter leaving Napoli, we sailed down
the t\.lctlttei‘rarit.-art, sotitlt of Malta, and weitt
into the Bay of Algiers, with wi.icli place we
cornrnmiicated, and with a litre breeze cainr:
down ltere, wlterc we are in quarantine, from
which we shall be relieved on the l6th inst.”
TheLotidon Morning Clirouicle has this
pa ragraplt.
""\Vc trnderstttnd that an llaytien Commis-
sinner has been for some tittic in lrluropc, ite-
gotiatiitg, under the auspices of the Ftcticlt
3_I_trVG.I'flllH.‘lll, fur the fortnttl cession of the
Eastern, or old Sp’-Illisll part of the Island of
Hayti to the Reptittlic. It is added, that the
sum tobe paid for this trarisfer is ulreadya-
greetl tipoti ; hut sotne difficulty has lttl.\9ll as
to the terms ofpayineiit. The Spanish Go
vernnrent are pressed for tnonery,aud \l'2ll1llll(*.
cash down; the Haytieus ask the some credit
they have obtained lrotri France.”
As the Ernpt-ror of C-liazil, Don Pedro, has
not renounced his right of .sut:ccssroti to the
tlrrotic of Portugal, the two countries will
have the s.-inc lllt)tttll‘(:ll on the tlezttlr of his
latliet“.
has now two Ernperors.
The Paris Jou'rnal des Dr-bats of the,B0th~
Sept. holds this language :-— -'
" It SCUIIS that at prc.s'cit( the Utti-‘ed States
have upurlicular policy, and w-ttt.out totlow-I
trig cittierthe Uabttiet ofSairit Janies or the
Holy Alliance, that they are not ittdisposed
to support the interests of Spain in Atticiica,
tor they fear, above all tlrirrgsgtving tip South
Attrerica to the English. Hence the propo-
sitiou they made to our Cabinet to guarantee
Cuba to Spain, and hence their alteiit-iotizo the
Court rgfvliad/‘id. The ernrincipatiou of St.
lJUlllitlg,0~ will not make them favourable to
.us, for llllS' has spread alarm iii-tlie U. States.
There the tiegr-o population threatens-. It is
curious to see at lireptlblic etitbt-ace tltecause
He will have two crowns, as Btazi_l‘,
A .t-eceptioti, antlwas with difficulty rescued by
,a pnstpoticiiieitt,
of a il'I‘on'ar'clry,, -Jvlrile the Mtillfitrclllgs Of Eu’
rope lhvor the Republican s_"ystetn.’7
At Sierra Leone, in July ,last,a schooner
called the Boy, was corrtletnrrt-d as a slave tra-
der. The Sierra Leone Gazette speaks of
her thtts—-
“ The Boy is said to be the property oftlie
master, Wllllrllll Wnodside, who is tlesctibetl
Eusratia ; to which placethe vessel is said to
hcltrtig. It will appear extraordinary, how-
ever, that the witnesses cannot natrie one of
the crew as being it Dtitcltman, except the
master, and lritrr they call ‘ ntllllralizetl,’ all
the rest being Americatis; and that the scltr.
was a Virginian pilot boat, built at Baltimore.
“ Besitles the Netlrerlauds flag, there was
an Ainerican ensign and pendant, a Colom-
bian flag, and it private signal on board. Un-
der all th-..-se circumstances there cati be little
doubt that the whole is Atnerican property.
A gentleman of the name of Dicltenson of
Slirewshury, was lately corritnitted to Tothi|l-
fields prison in London, for hanging tip on
‘the railings and pillars, a “ seditious placard,”
the tenor of which was——tliat he had been
robbed of a cousidertible property by the un
justifiableoppression of the law ; that for 7
years he ltad lieen in vain applying for re-
dress to the governuient ; that the king, as re-
spected the (lite administration ofjustice, had
not ac-tt=d up to the coronation oath ; and that
he ouglir no lougerto be king, but his heir
be put upon the tlirone.
The Italian papers mention that the trials
oftlre CrtrIio_mtrt'., iii the province ofR.tveuna.
were concluded. The accused were_/bur hun-
dred in ntinrber, and some were condemned
to death, some to the gallcys for life, and the
rest to ituprisotitnetit. .
Extract ofa letter. dated Havana, Oct. '19.
—--“ The expedition which sarletl on the 20th
tlll. for the reliefof.the Castle ofSi. Jttarr, at
Vera Cruz, when within about t.'rO miles of
their port of dt=stination, encouuteretl a vio-
lent sturrir, which separated them, and this
morning the largest frigate, the Sabina, with
the Admiral on board, returned dlsrriastetl,
without having been able to effect a landing
at the Castle. One hundred men, a Illlflll)t‘I'
ofofliccrs, the principal part of the stores,and
a quantity of money for the succour of the
Castle, returned in the Sabina‘, leaving those
almost destitute that arrived there, so that the
expedition may be said to be nearly broken
up. The Mexican force at Sacrificios in:-ry
attack and perhaps capture the other Spanish
frigatt-.5 before they t'ettirtt.——Tlie treasury of
this place supplies 350.000 per month for the
support and protection olthe Castle. It is not
worth this expense,aud its loss wottld probably
induce Spain to a reconciliation with t\.lex'ico
for the safety of Cuba.” ' ‘
The Providence. a Portuguese vessel, was
totally lost. on the N. W’. edge of Corva
Grand Bank. on lter passage frorn Rio Janel-
ro to t\'l:ir-arihatn, and out of 423 persons on
board, only the captain,‘ mate, 7 ltltén, and 3
passengms saved. The Mt-utor, I{l)se,(if Ba-
‘avia, front Isle of France. upset and strrili, in
lat. 5, long. 99. and out of -10 persons, (‘crew
a"i'id passengers) only six saved. The Two
Brotlri-rs, frottr Grenada for London, was to-
tally lost in lat. 48, long. 29, and all perisliett
except the captain, one man, and a boy, who
were on deck, and saved lllt_‘lltSf.'l\'t‘.S on El raft
of batnbons, and were picltcd tip 5 days after,
but the boy had died 4 hours bCli)l’U.-Jl2’€I'C../fill.
‘ Fr am the .'\"czv York ./Imericrm.
The annexed li‘lIt“l’ frottr lrVaslringtnti to
t‘t.i'-tdauie de la Fayette, at a period of her
darkest tlistress,when her lrushtintl was a cap
live, and she a wanderer, hits been sent to us
for publication, by a lady, into whose posses-
sion it has fallen. It is the original letter fr.
which we print. If atrglit were yet to be atl-
ded to the name of Waslrington, an adtlitiorial
claim to the adtriiratiou and love of tuaukintl
might be found in the delicacy with which a
gratuity is here rcpresented as the pztyuient
of a debt.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 81.1793.
.ll]arlam—ll'l trad words that could convey
to you an adequate idea of my l'et-litrgs on the
present situation of Mr. de la Fetyette, ‘this
letter would appear to yot_r in it difl“erent garb.
The sole ol-jetzt in writing to you now is to
inform _vou th=tt.I have deposited in the hands
of r\lr.Niclrolas Van Staphorst nfAtristertlain,
two thousand three liundred‘arirl ten guilders,
Holland c.tirreucy.equal to two hundred guitr
eas. subject to your orders.
This sum is. I atri certain, the least I am
iIl(lt‘l)l:C(I for services rendered me by Mr. eh-
la Fayette, of which I have never yet receivetl
the account. Icoultl adt_l touch, btit it is best
perliaps that I should say little on this subject.
Your goodness will supply tny deffit:-i_.ency.
The uncertainty of your situation (after all
the enquiries I liavenradc) has occasioned a
delay in this address and reirrittaricegirrd even
now, the measure adopted is triore the effect
ofa desire to find where you are, than from
arty kriowletlge I have obtained of your resi-
tlcnce. At all titries,and under all c.ircutri
stances, yoti and yours will possess the afl'c.c—
tionate regard of hitn who has the honour to
be, your most obetlient and most lttirrible ser-
vant, G. W.tstii.\‘o'roN.
From the ’1'rcn!on True ./.lirm-ican, A/'ov. I2.
The past week has thrown an iricreased
amount ofbusiness upon the. hands of the le
gislattire, which is disposed of with as much
r?.'tpit|ity, as a regard to title and due deliber-
ation will warrant. The five bills for banks
have laid quiet since tycir introduction, save
titre, (for the Columbia Bank) which, on its
second reading, met with a most uugracious
frottr the vote ofdeath.—
When the others will be irroved, depends.
perhaps,on circumstances not yet ascertain’d.
A bill has been reptrrtetl for a‘Lotubard asso
ciation, with banl_tin~_r privileges, to be locaxetl
at Camden, atttl 'a_’ bill has been ordered a Eltl
reading fora bank-iii New Brunswick. The
Legislatore have wisely ctit the cable that
‘c‘or_iuectc,d the Commercial Batik of Atuboy
with its"w_li_ale ships, and that irnstitutioti now
moves forward unimpeded by the dread nii~
certainties of cotntnercial, and nautical ad
.venuire._ Tire desiretl separation has also
"t_akp_ti place,,hetwccn the Salem Batik and
"Mill, and" t-lreir itl5lilllll0n' nolongcr resting
on a column ofSteatu, will, it is hoped-,_.fot
to be a naturalized Dutclrttian resitiitrg at St. .
.— Tut: Bi:.ti1:tiitt+'ixi:.—ItTo delirriic iirforrii-
ation has yet been published, if it has been
tject-ived, respecting the famdiis lcali in this
i. " -‘L l"‘x.“.‘.2U
frigate. It appears certain however, from the
tenor of the following letters; that she was
. -. .._.__ 4.-_t:‘-‘xi
tnore leaky than such ships usually are, pr
ought to be, tlioiigh it is tltoirglit the case will
-. V.' -.: ‘ -I _t. ' “- '*“-"
not prove to be as bad as at, first represetitetl
by the Deirrociatic Press; The editors oftlie
N. Y. Aulericaii say they haite it from air urt-
q_ue.i‘titm’af;le source th'-at the leak was sd tri-
fling that ifthe wind was fair the ship would
not wait a moment at ‘Curves to caulk lter
seams; they also deny that any antttrtinitiort
was thrown overboard. 'I‘lré latter assertion
however is rebutted by the letter which innue-
diately follows, writtcri by an officer of tphc
ship to a getitleniau in Neiv-IIzive,|L
London, Oct. 19..-—Perinit me to detail to
Von the proceedings of the P-ranilywine since
I last wrote yotr. On the t0tlt Sept. receiv-
ed Gen. Lafayette on board-—on the, lltli put
to sea—on the 13th experienced a heavy gale
frottr the S. W.——fotittd otrr ship "to leak to
such a tl(‘:1t'(’e that we were compelled to throw
overlttiard 20 tons ofshot. On the 4th Oct.
arrived and landed Gen. Lafayette in Havre
—otr the 6th ptit to sea, destined for the Wetl-
i:erranean—on the 7th, then nri the coast of
Eugland,experienced a tremendous gale from
the W(‘Sl\\'rlHl-—l)tiI'e away &Larrived atCowes.
Isle of Wiglit. On the nth, in company
with several of my messtnates, took coach for
Loutloti. We shall return to the ship to-
ttiorrow, and ptrt to sea again the first favor-
able opportunity. I have no news to im-
part to you. The only topic here is that Lord
Cochraue is equipping an expedition to sup-
port the Greek cause. 'I‘hey fir nily believe
in London that we are bound on the saute er-
rand, and Isincerely hope their supposition
trray prove ltue
tzompatty to visit ottr ship-—ruorc particularly
Brilish naval officers. She is pronouncetl by
theiu, atitl I lri:lieve.wirliotit flattery, the finest
ship ever before in England.”
The following letter is from Lietit.Gr'e!1'ory9
who tiow corniiiantls the Brandy wine, Corti-
\lorris remaining in France to trniisact sortie
pitblic btrsiricss. Nothing is tnentioned in it
ofauy leak having taken place till after their
departure from llavre.
Letter‘ to the .S'cct'elrtr]/ Q/‘the .7\"tn‘_'Ij.
. “ Cowrrs, Isle of Wight, Oct. 8.—.-SIR: I
have the honor to inlorrn you that, alter hav-
ing l.rndt=tl Gen. Lal'ayet:e autl suite at flav-
re, on the 5th itist. this ship inimediately pro-
needed to the westward, on her way to Gib-
raltar,attd had advanced. altliottglr the \\'t*ettlt-
or was thick arrtl bad, with adverse witttls, as
far as Start Point, off which she ericounteretl
a very heavy blow frottr S. W". which coiittn—
tied with great violence for twenty liours,wlreii
it gr'ar.lually hauled to the wt=.stward, becatnc
zi settled and violent storm, and compelled
me. very reluctaiutly, to tnalte. a ltztrbor; but
as it was a measure, and in all reasonable
probability the only one whiirli cotiltl have trt
'illt'(‘ll the 3-afety of the-ship, I trust yoti will
approvr.--r.»f' the course I adoptt=d. I held no
council of tmr upon the srtbjr-ct. because it
was not necessary; after passing a tlreadful
night. and seeingsoute of the strongest cati-
vass deserting the. vartls, I ran in for Portland,
and with mutzlt tlifiictilty procured a Pilot and
tart down to this port. atitl anchored lust eve-
ning. The gale still corrtitrtiizs with ttiialiatetl
violence, antl vessels are driving iir before it
hourly for shelter. ,
All the r'c-pairs, excepting a little caulking,
which the ship requires, wrllibe «lone within
ntirsiilves; and in time to permit takirfg ad
vantanc ofthe first ch,-trtge of wind and Weath-
er. The ship be-lraved rcitrarkztbly well. The
crew are in good health and spirits.
I have the lronotir to be, very respectfully
your ob’t. st=rv’t. FRAN. I-I. GR!-ZGURY.
Hon. Srtmuel L. Suulhrrrd. '
Secretary ofthc Navy.
Extractofa letter ftti. an officer ofthe Brati-
dywine, to his friend in Wzrsltitigtou, dated
Cowrs, Oct. 9.—-—“ We lanoed the General
on the 5th inst, iti fine health antl spirits ; his
tneeting with his faintly on board of otrr ship
was one of the most interesting and :itl't‘cll";’-
sceries I ever witiressed. Theilay after we
left II.rvre,- there canto on one oftlrc severest
gules of wind that has been experiencetl here
fora lougtinte. Mr G. rnatlc every effort to
get out oftlie channel, but in vain ; and itwas
tint until the ship wasin daugt-r oflno.~iii;: her
mast, and cuusequetilly goirig on shore, that
he w-3,, imjrmed to bear tip for this placc,\vlit-re
we shall renmin -,1 few tlttys lt) caulk our f).'3t1(f3
which have become very open; after \Vlll('ll,
we slrall embrace the first wind to sail for otir
destiuzitiun.”
Extract of a l«=t.ter fr. an officer of the Bran-
dt,-rt-ine to a frientl irt New-York.
(_',‘,-,-;,»;,;'~,5~, Oct. 8.——“ A fortunate gale drove
us itito this port ycsterrlay : we were on our
wav from Hirvte in Gibraltar. We arrived at
l-lalvrc on the 4th, landetl Gen. Lafayette atitl
suite the next day, and imtnt-dtately after
suiletl for Gibraltar. We had scarcely cleared
Cape La Hogtrcbcfore we took a violent gale
from the west wartl, and were so fortunate as
n 9.-rit,-.3 hire in safi~ty. ’ We will probably
remain long enuu-,{_lr to refit our ship,whcu we
shall il.l1ull‘I2lll£‘llipl to reach Giltraltar. \Ve
lrave hat] 3 constarit gale ever since we left
the Capes ofVir:;iuia ; and, since I have been
to sea, I have never known so unpleasant a
passage. The General came on deck bnly 4
titties. He was confined to his bed almost all
the titttehy sea sickness, cornbinetl with art
.ittack oftltc gout in the right knee.”
The editor of the Baltimore Patriot has
been favoured with the following interesting
-.'.‘ilT€1CI fr. an officer toa geritletrizitr in Balt.:
Covvias. October 7.—-I embrace this oppor-
itirrity of -iufortuing you of our :tl‘l‘l\’i.|l, after
--xperiencing several heavy gales. winch Pto-
,.e,t our new ship iirandywioe to be a superior
sea boat to any I have ever before sailed in ;
and in atlditiou to that, she is one ofthe fast-
“, Qesser, 3.. our service. We have only one
f'\ull to find: mat is. she Slllll‘ “mo seas-
! p
which |nak(.r5.hep ‘peg and lI|ICQ‘ll'l'I‘UI'Ii|ble.*'
But-,1 believe_ that it is, in a-great measure.
,,,,,'mg to her lta-viiig t—oo_ntucb II)-illtlsl. on
board. We find the pl‘JVI5l0ilS wlncli are eg-
pe,,d.ed every (guy. tighten her very tnticlr, cot
§eq,,emy_,. we are mom com-for-table every day.
ever escape evapuyatiotr.
3‘ 1.
We have it great deal of
_ \
sent a boil iviilri-letieisfoi_thc.cilicers5 frifiiiiiti
but was unable to"li'”oard her,‘ in consequence
ofthe sea rtiiitiirig so high ; - spoke her trow-
ever, arrtl ascertaiiieil sliewas from Iiavre,
bcuntl to Bostoii--repbrtetl .,the General’s -
family well, anxiously aw-aitiiig his arrival,
which took place the neiit day. \Ve serit“:i.,
boat mi shore to inform the Am. Consul of
our arrival, and. for hitfi to serttl a steatn tm:_,
to latttl the General. A boat was setit ofi' fr
shore to let its know the steam boat would be
along by nine o’clock, with all the ' Gcneral's‘
felmllyr ,We ‘itttntediately cotnttretrced get-
tingtlte Fillllt in order for their reception--'-'
they came off at the. tiinc appoiuted,and were
hoisted in a chair strspeuded from the tnairr
ytittl artn of,the,sliip. The Geiicral stood iii
the gitrtg way with both arms op'etr ready rd
receive tltcrii, and his sort in the cabin to re-
ccivetheni tlrere-—suclt joyful cnrhracing _
never saw. -. A salute was tired of‘)? guns.-3
They all left the ship in two lrunrs. Mid-5
sliipman Porter had the honor of setting tllt;:i_
ladies on board the steam boat, and l, the
Gerrcral and Ct)Ihn)ti(lt‘ri‘e Morris,’ \;l’ll,U_lh§'l(i:
ttCC('r‘l|lpa|1_Y liitn to Paris. After they l',r‘-.ttJ_ aill,
left‘ the ship uucthcr salute was fir'etl of I‘?
.gun~:. and the inert cheered the General, wt;
then made all sail for Gibraltar. The endof
the first slfltours came on to blow a heavy‘
gale; anil being near to a lee shore we were‘
obliged to get a pilot and put into Curves,‘
which is (me oftlte ltandsoiirest places I ever
saw. The town is sin-all and the lrottscs ele-
gant. I have not hccu on :-hore yet, but iii-
tcnd going to llll)t't'U\V. \Ve have had it great
tnany English ladies on boartl, sortie of the‘
trobility, but I do not think them to be corti-
pared, iir point of beauty, to the Atnerictui
ladies. --
.‘l laconic ltllcr.—-—'l‘he following lettct°was
written by the uentleuiaii who acted as Gen.‘
Ltifayctto ’s Secretary, during his visit to the‘
United States. It is at'ltlressetl to Gen. Ber-
nard, and is dated " Brartdywiize, Scpt.2". -
.-‘liy Dtrrr Genet-al—
l5 day's tiuvightioti,
lat. 47,--lon-'1. 48,
Healtlt good,‘ ,
Rough weather since ottr departure-_-,='
Our friendship to your fai"nily——For the
Americans and liberIy—ttn:tlIr-rable.
Yours, LEVASSEUR.
lhmfulo, J\’ov. 8.-—'I‘he influence oftlic ca-
nal rrpott business of this village, is already
visible to a great extent. Boats arrive aiitl
depart cotrstautly, and the repeated pearls of
the boatrneu’s horns are cotistitntly mingled
with the merry " Ho 3 heave. O I” ttftltellake
tnariuers, as they are busily transferring the
cargoes of goods from the boats to the vessels
which are to carry them oti to the place of
tlestiuation. The late etnigrations to Ohio
and Micliigttn have created art unusual de-
mand for the necessaries and luxuries oflifo
in those regions ; -and as the steam boats have
done running, for this season, upon the La Ire,
tl'-ere reruaius, apparently, rtiote carrying for
the solid. n ‘rs than they will be able to accum-
plislr before the close of navigation.
Our town, from being an inland place,
scarcely known, even in its location, has now
asstrnred the air ofa sea port trpnn the Atlan-
tic, arid Oysters, Clains, S:.t:. from N. York.
are landing daily from the boats at the head
of the Canal.
Manner of cIi.aosi'1tg the PresitIcirl.—-Tlie
Legisl:rttii'e of".l‘eiir_it=ssee, among other polit-
icalproceeditigs of that body, has passeda.
resolution i'et:oiiririerrtlitrg that that the mode
ufcltuosing the President atrd Vice I’resitlent
oftlre United States, he unifortn tlrrougliout
the states. aritl that the mode be directly by the
people. It may not be prirtrticable, perh.ips’,_
to procure such an ameudinent oftlre federal
constitiitiori, at present ;tttonglr we areinr~.liu-
ed to think that it might be more easily cff'tect-
ed than any other atneudrncnt on that sub-
ject. At any rate, we have no doubt that the
choice ofthe national Executive by the peo-
ple tlrcirtselves wottld be sotiridest iti principle
and safest forthe courrtry. Intermediate bod-
ies ofa putt-ly political character are becom-
ing rtiore and more disrelished by the people.
flue--cc, than the great hotly oftlre cetntnuni-
ty. that they are rcgardctl with jealousy, even
wltcn they are perfectly iucorrupt ; and their
tloiirgs, however upright may be the motive
of their coiitltrct, are, ftotn the very nature of
the case, less hltt-.ly to give content and to qui-
et the turbulent spirit ofparty, than would be
everrtlre vcry saute prot:eedirrt_:s, if transtictetl
by ttie people tlieuisclves. The decisiorr ofa
political qucstiuit by the ballot-boxes is final
and cotitslitsive. No tnan, at this day, has the
hardiliood to resist such a seutcntze; and it is
“ the etrd of all stril'e.”—-Troy Scitfincl.
The editor of lllt'.T{llll2]l1(l (Vt.) Herald,
says, he has been presented with a Potatoc-
inc/res in circuirifercncrr. ?‘
Rhotfe Islriittl has no written Constittition,
and differs ttr this respect from all the -other
States. Site is govt-rneil by the Chit
Clratlcs Qntl, the pr-ovisitiits of wliicli a,
liberal, that little it=cutivt-nicutte has bf-.
crto experienced from the want ttl‘“t:l%%
tulioti. All the cxet'titn.'e ttflit:t:rs are antitr-
aily tflt?('l€(l. From the year 1775, to the
pt'eseirt year, a period of 50 years, she hat.-t had
but teit dttfcteut_Govcrnot's, one of wlioni was
antiuztlly H:-(‘ltf(:lt:’tl for 16 years. The pres-
ent “trust-. of Il{(’_‘pl(‘..'<t?itl.lllVt2:\‘ ctirisists or 7:2
nicnibcrs, of which 6 are new ones. —-lb.
The climate of '1‘:-rtttessee is gzerrrraliy
he.iltll_V. The season of vegetation cointncti-
ces six or seven weeks sooner than itt .\7ew-
liarrnpslrire, and continues as much later;-—
.Snuw falls seltlotn, and does not lie luIt_.‘.'..—-s
Tite town of N.tsl.§t|le was first settled’ in
I7‘-ti), by a small colony of about-40 families,
under the tlti'c-ctiori of Jaines Rtiltet‘t.~t-nr.~—-
Their iiearcst wlzitericighhors were the inhab-
itants ol Keiitncky, and. between them was a
wilderness of 200- miles.-16.
JllicItt'gan.—-Iii cons:-quence of the survey?
now going oti by order of Congress, lllI'uu;;ll
this territory. the lair-ls on the b_oi*tlers or the.
route fiixed on, have taken such a sudden rise-
ui value, that the uflicers oftlte Government
have deemed it exp:-dietit to suspend the stiles.
until the} road is completed-. It is said, that‘
the- ridditioi-ral pricerecervr-d for public lands
on-the margin ofthis road will exceed the
$250,000 appropriated by Congress’ for its
.wc 5.,oy,,, a wig within a d3,V’$ _S_8-il- of _H,aVre, ,cornpletion._-—1b.. ~ ~
They are so much more exposed to undue itr- -
this season, rueasiiring ‘It‘f7l£fi;c71. and an huff-
..~
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