€fl!¢v;;9;r'_;"1-"r(’?'Z~Ij‘,7!'L - ' .. ‘ X . " .
ttitoiii Tim ivA'r'i‘o-.v.u. rec-is.
l'7ecla."ra‘tion ,Inc'le}ierzdeiice.——It= has fre-
ffiueritly been stated in the pnhlicpriuts, that
. the late venerable P'resi'dent:Adauis expired
at the satire hour of the day. on which, half a
cieiitury ‘berm, he had affixed his name to the
great charter of Freedor_r'i. In relation to this
faci,‘ii would lseeiu, that a mistake has pre-
vailed, and that the Declaratioii was not in
reality sigiiet.l by any of.the inenrbers of the
Continental Congress, on the fourth of _July.
1776. Froiii the Journal of that year it ap-
pears, that, on the 7th ofJune, “ certain r'es—
'olu'tion§ respecting ‘the iiidepetideiicy being
moved, the consideration was referred to the
stzcceediiig day. On the 8th, the resolutions
were taken up and debated in committee of
the whole, to whom the subject was referred.
Mr. _l-larrison, the cliairinati, reported, when
the President resumed his place,’ that the
committee had not come id airy resolution on
the subject, and asked leave to sit again. A-
greeably to the order passed,on Monday the
10th, Congress again resolved itself into com-
mittee of the whole to take into further coir
sitleratioir the matters referred toihem, and
after‘ sortie time spent in deliberation, the pre-
sitlnirt resumed the chair,-and Mr. Harrison
r<=po'rted a resolution Wl'll(‘ll was read and pas-
sed. It was in these words :
“Resolved that the corisideration of the
first resolution be postponed to Monday the
first day ofJuly next, and in the trreaii while,
that no time be lost, in case the Congress a-
gree therein, that a ‘committee be appointed
to prepare a declaration to the effect of the
said first resolution, which is in these words,
‘ turn these United States are, and of right
,ouglrt to be, free anti independent States :-
thai they are absolved from all allegiance to
the British crown : that all political connex-
‘i‘on between then) and the state ofGreat Brit-
ain is and ought to be, totally dissolved.’ ”
On the 11th ofJuut-, the committee of five-
For preparing the det.-ltiratiou WIS Cl1tt3(‘l1.-—-Il
cor-sistcd of Tltntiitts Jefferson. John Adams,
Benj in-in Franltliu, Roger Sllt’l'l1]tll1, and B.
B‘. LlVlllgS‘l()ll.
On the 1st of July the well known decla-
fatioii with the act.-onipaiiyirig resolution of
Independence, was reported, and the coiisid-
eration ofthe subject taken up in committee
tifthe whole The vote on its acceptance,
was taken by states, as was the manner of
proceeding, under the confcderatioir. The
vote of Petrisylvania was in the uegative,aud
that rrl'Dela2vare was divided. On the te-
Cjtl(‘S[ ofacon,-ny, the -dcterminauon on the
S.l1I)_jeCll'llS postponed to the next day: the
hrrival oflllt. Rodney had decided the wa-
vering opinion of Delaware, and by reason of
the absence ofthe lll(311‘ll'K‘.lS from the Penn-
sylvaiiia delegation, who considered the de-
claration, at that litiie, prerntittire, the inajor-
ity ofthe lll(‘l11I)el'S oftlitit Colony were iti fa-
vor of the measure. The resot’ult'on was re-
ported from the coiuniittee ofthe whole to the
Coiigrcss, and agreed to on the 2nd of July ;
not having tin:e to go throiigli the whole Dc-
c.’a:-‘alitm, the ftitther consideration oftltat irr-
strutueni was postponed to the Sit. On that
day, the subject was again debated, and for
the same reason firrilrcr referred to the same
comntittee. On the 4th,ilre committee re-
potledilrattltey had agreed to that decl:ira-
Lion, uliose authorship is well known, which
was by order of Congress passed, to be eti-
grossetl, rind signed by the tneuibers of that
hotly. No signatures were affixed to the in-
strument on the 4thofJuly. Indeed, thelate
hour at which it passetl, and the length oftirt-.e
wlrich would be consuincd by the clerk
in preptiritig a copy so fair as is that original,
still preserved in the archives ofthe Union,
woultl render the signing at that period, very
improbable. It is’ well known that it was
siguetl by irrariy, at dilfereut times, long sub-
scqtietit to the period of its adoption, Mr.
Carroll, now the only survivor oftlte fifty-live
stihscr-ibers, was absent on a mission to the
Catltolit-s ofLower C-atrada, who, it was ho.
ped might be brougltt over to the cause of
revolutioii He returned tweirty-one days
afterthe p-romulgation, and ilieii placed his
ll.'llllC‘ among those ofhis fellow patriots ;—
?vle.-.srs.Rusli, Clynier, Smith, Taylor, and
Ross ofPennsylvani'a, and Mr. Thornton of
N. H. were not members at the time. The
first live took their seats oti the Bltitli of July,
and Mr. Thornton presented his credentials
on the 4th ofNoveuiber of the same year.-
Mr. Read of Delaware was opposed to the
declaration at the time of its adoption.
In the printed public Journal of Congress,
Vol. II,page 9.82, he names of the above
iueiitioiied gentlemen are inserted, while
those of Thomas l\’lt:Kean of Delaware, and
Henry Wisner ofNew York, are omitted as
subscribers, although both were present in
Congress on the 4th of July, and gave their
votes for the declaration. The former gen-
tleman, Mr. McKean was actively and zeal-
ously engaged in the contest, and on the oc-
casion we have mentioned, sent, at his own
expense, an express to Mr. Rodney, residing
at the distance of eighty miles, who arrived
on the morning ofthe 4th, in season to give
ilre unaiiiinorts votes ofthe colonies. by deci-
ding in the affiriiiaiive on the division in the
delegation of Delaware.
Tire explanation of the incorrect admis-
sions and omissions above meutioned,is given
by 511 r. Mo Kean hiinself,in an interesting let-
ter to the late President Adams, hearing date
Jan. 1814, on wliiclr, and on the Journal, we
llrtl/t‘.1't‘ll(3d, as authorities for the facts we
lrave stated. After the declaration was voted,
it was engrtvsscd and signed by thosethen pre-
Flcttl. A few days‘ alter, a resolution was eti-
.'t‘tt‘1’l on the secret aiitl yet unpublished Jour-
mils, that no person should have a, seat in
C“"’t.il‘=55 during that year until his name
was inscribed. M r. McKean, after the 4th of
o'u’_V. if‘-fl Philadelpliita, and marched in the
t‘-'7“!-'I=i=\|td Of-3 regiiireiit of Volunteers, to the
.stz;'=t:-znt of.Gc-ncral Wtrsliiiigton, 1{eum,i,,g
at t'n.t.- t=>:prratiou of several iriontlis,liis name
tv;::. itrgited to llie,original parclriiieru,and has
ht-at: titriiscriled in the Cngraved c0p',e,-,5;,,ce
ritaoc, or this t.-ocument.
It has been recently stated that the final
vote was taken in Congress on the ileclarti.
tion, between the hours of twelve and one,
aitd that it was publicly proclaimed M 15,,’
o’t.-look, on the some afiert'ioon.. Mr. Jelfcr.
son, tit‘-‘t’ef0l'e, it is asserted, had lived" a half
r-t-ntury frorn the adoption, and the years of
Mt. Atltttrts were fifty after the protuulga.
itoit ol the document which pletlged life, (by.
tiinc and honour, on the altar of Liberty.
'F’ro'm flu: Balltmore Oftf0‘lI’ict'l2.
Several misconceptions are afloat; -396
gaiiiiiig‘considerable currency,in relation to
tlie-staie of Mr. Jefferson's affairs, and his
true object in tnalting a lottery of his proper-
ty. A lrielid residing in this place, lately
wrote a letter on the subject to Mr. Thouias
J. Randolph, grand son of .\Ir. J'el’ferson. In
:tnswer_, he has rcc’d the copy of one address-
ed to Mr. Randolpli, by,,his grand daughter,
pending the discussion. of the Lottery Bill be-
fore the Legislature ol Virginia ; and with "5
permission to make of it such use as they may
think proper for correcting any erroneous im-
pressions on the subject, that he may fiud_
prevalent. Asa prompt and easy mode of
clearing away all the false views ofthe_inat-
'ter which may be entertained, he has com-
mitted the letter to the columns of our paper.
Mot\"i'ici~:LLo, Febr'uary{8, 18926.
./lfy Dear Jqfersbn,
I duly received your affectionate letter of
the thitd,and perceive there are greater doubts
than I had apprehended wlretlier the legisla-
ture will iritliilge me in my request to them.
It is part ofitry mortilication to perceive that
Iliad so far over-valued myself as to have
counted on it with too iuucli confidence. I
see, in the failure of this hope, a deadly
blast of all my peace of urind, during my
remaining days. You very kindly encour
age me to keep up my spirit:s—-—but oppressed
with disease, tlcbility, age and embarrassed
tili‘:rirs, this is difficult. For myself, I sliould
not regard a projsiratibnoflortuue. But I am
overwhelmed at the prospect ofthe situation
in which I may leave iriy faiirily; my dear 5:.
beloved (ltlttglll8‘~‘, the clicrished cotrtpanioii
of iriy early life, and nurse of my age, and
her children, rendered as dear to me as ifmy
own, from liaving lived with them from their
cradle, left in :i coinlbrtless situation, hold up
to me nothing but future gloom-—-and I-should
not care were life to end with the litre I ant
writing, were it not that I may yet be of some
avail to tire fttniily. Their allectioiiatt: devo-
a duty, so long as it can he ofartv use to thorn.
Yourselfparticularly, dear Jtlicrstiii, Icon-
sitler as the greatest ofthe Gnil-seutls wlticli
Heareti has granted to tire ?-—\\'itltout you,
what could I do under the tlillicullies no»: eit-
vironing me? These lirtvu been produced in
some degree by my own urr.t-illiil manage-
iuetit, and devoting in_v time to .he service of
my country ; but iiiirch also by the unfortu-
nate. flirctuatiotis inthe value oliriy money,
and the long continued depression of farming
business. But forthe last, Iain confident my
debts might be paid, leaving me Mtrirticellt)
and ilie Bcdford estate. But wliere there are
no bidders, property, however great, is no re-
source lor the paytirent ofdehts—till may go
for little or nothing.
Pt.‘1'l'i:1|)S,l1()\VCVCl', oven in this case,Iniay
liaveiioriglrt to cotnplaiu, as these misfor-
times have h(!v3f1l1L‘l(ll)21('li for my last days,
when few remain to me. I duly 21Clill1')\Vl€‘(lgt:
"thatl have gone through a long life, Willi
fewer circunrstances of aflltction than are the
lot oftiiost ii:en.——-Uttiuterrupted health, a
cotnpetetice for every reasonable want, useful-
ness to my fellow citizens, a good portion of
their esteem, no complaint against the world
that has sufficiently ltouourcd tire, and above
all, a faurilv which has blessed rite by their
ttlfeciion, and never by their conduct given
uir- a niutrtent’s pain. And should this my
last request be frrantctl, I urtiy yet. close with a
cloiidlcss suit a long and serene day oflife.—-
Be iiS\lll‘£(l, my dear Jefferstrti, that I have a
jtrst sense of the part you have contributed to
this, and that I bear to _von uunteasured affec-
tion. 'l‘lI.JEl-‘FERSON.
‘We have learnt,s:iys the Baltimore Cliron
icle, from asoiirce entirely to be relied on,
that Mr. Jelfersoti left tr will, in which he
gave all his property, “ the legal estate and
actual possession” to his grandson Tlromas
Jefferson Randolph, Mr. Frist, a gentleman
who lliklffled one of his grairdatigliters, and a
Mr. Garrett, one of his llt’lgl1l)()lS, in trust for
the stile use and benefit ofhis daitgliter, Mrs.
Randolph, and appointed his grandson Tho-
riias Jefferson Randolph his sole executor.
Rcrm'riz'scc7rce.—.VIr. Sergeant delivered an
address iti Philadelphia, eoiirnreitrtiratitig the
deceased patriots Adaiiis aiitl Jeli't>rsou, in the
cotirse of which be related the followitig an-
ecdote. _Mr. John Ad.-trris took his seat in
Congress,tlte 5th \l'Septeiirlier,177-*1, the day
the old Congress first met. In June, 1775-
after blood had been shed, that war was cer-
tain. aiid that the eulighteiied and patriotic
were preparing the public iniud for revolution
and iiidependeut:e—-it becaine irecesary to ap
point a Commander in Chiefof the Armies
of the United Colonies. General Ward, of
Massachusetts, the Coloev which Mi..lohu
Adams in ptrrt represented, was the person
thought of for that important station. The
I5ll'l0fJl1ll€, 177.’), a rneinorable day in the
history of this country, Mr. John Adams rose
in ttis place, and with much judgment and
knowledge of public feeling, nominated Geo.
Washington of Virginia, “ to command all
the coritiuerital forces raised, or to be raised,
for the defence of American Liberty.” So
entirt-ly unexpected was this proposition, that
l\lr.Wasltiugtou was, at the time it was made,
in his seat in Congress. With the modesty
which cliaracterises and appertains to great-
ness, he was so overcome as to retire immedi-
ately from the body. “Congress then pro-
ceeded to the choice of a General, by ballot,
and George W ashington, Esq. was uuauiiii
ously elected.”
The Hon. Fisher flincs of Mass. died on
the Anniversary ofAirierican Itidepentlencc,
July 4, 1808. His funeral was soleuinizeu
in Boston July 6th. The Hon. Sattiuel Dex-
ter pronounced the eulogy on the occasion.
VVe see in the National J uirnal an advei--
tisement of the Jefferson Lottery. There are
three prizcs——the Motriitzello estate, valued at
71,000 dollars, the Shadwell mills, $30,000,
and the A ihemarle estate, $11,500. There
are 11,477 blanks: price ol tickets, ten (lul
lars each. The managers say they feel a coit-
fidence that the tickets will be purc|iased,antl
the only child ofthe late Mr. Jelfersou, and
her fainily, be relieved from the painful con-
scquences, which must inevitably and speedily
follow, ifthe debts are not discharged.
[Jl’liu‘.'Zlese:t: Gazelle.
John Adams was ltorti Oct. 1-9;. 1785--»
Thouias Jelfersoti, April 2, 1743-~Jaiiies
irlatlison, ftlarch 5, I750‘-,J'il11;t':5 Monroe,
li7.'t9—-Jottn Q. Adzuns,'-July it, 2737. A
tionto me makes 31 wrlliiigiicss to endure life‘
Futzer-al Horrors in Baltimore.--The Balti-
more paperls give an account of the impress-
ire execution on Thursday lasiofilie arrange-
mentsinade there for the exprCsSl0f1 Ofgflel
for the recent Deaths oftwo Fathers of the
Revolution. The funeral Car was drawn bi’
six black horses. CHARLES CARROLL
ofCarrollton, was the Chief Moirrtier, sup-
ported bythe veicratis HOVVARD 3:. b'iur'rii,
ridingiii :i barouche drawn by four black hor-
ses. They were followed by veterans of the
Revolution and the late war, and by a long
train of citizens, in and out of office. The
Platform ofthe ceremonies was erected in
Howard Park——-the exercises were solemn $1.
appropriate, and the platform was surrounded
by 20,000 spectators.—-Grief sat on every
couuteiiance, and tears filled many eyes.
From the JV. Y. flmerican.
There is so much sound sense, anti just
feeling, in the annexed rettiarks ofthe Phila-
delphia Natioual Gazette, in relation to the
case of the assassin Beatichaiup, and the fe-
male associate of his crimes, that we cannot
but. commend them to the perusal of all our
i‘eaders.
The tone in wlrich they are written, is the‘
more valuable, from the contrast it exhibits
to that of sortie other ptrblic jo'uriials, which,
in speakingof this tragic event, have made
Beanclratnp the victim ofseusibtlity, and the
abandoned wretch who instigated his fero-
cious resentment, an erring but unfortunate
wotnan, iuore entitled to coinmiseration, nay,
almost to admiration, tlian to abhorrence.
“Embracing the whole history ofthe case.
it may be declared one of the most striking
and awful cétnbinzitions ofdesperate revenge,
hardened guilt, and fatal result, which have
ever been offered, wlretlierin real life, the-
drama, or the pages of romance, to the won-
der tind dctesttrtioti of mankintl. No poet,
no novelist, has conceived a story more liar-
rowiiri,-;, nor fr.tiried a lesson more powerful
against the indulgence of licetrtious passion.
The wretclted feiutrlc, it appears, was ori-
ginally corrupted by the person who was the
first sricriiirze in the tragedy--a man ofeleva-
ted rank in the piofessioti of the law and the
society ofliis State : the setlucer found er lins-
band for her in Beaiiclianip, and proruisetl, as
the culprits afiirtried, a piece oflantl in con-
sideratioti :—tliis ptotrtise, according to the
same testiuiqny, was violated, aiitl air attempt
made to deepen the woman’s infarny,by charg
ing ltcr with having brought forth a proof of
grosser libertinisin, The rancour of dS-ip-
poiutmcirt, the thirst of veugearice, exaspera-
ted her tit-rce spirit, and gave a truly demo-
tiizic clrarzrcter to her whole sclretne of exist
euce. In Beauchamp,slie seeriis to have had
a profligate, indiscreet and cougenial'auxil-
iary, strong, himself, by supposed wrong and
couittiirely, and susceptible ofbeing rendered
a dotrblc slave. He was, if we mztyjtidge from
his conditct on his trial, and the last scene,
tloatingly fond ofthisevil genius, that bcctrnre
the partner of his bosom only to consuturnttte
his ruin and ignotriiiiy. She incessantly stiin
ulated him to shed the blood ofthe object of
tlrt.-ir cotntrrorr hate---for 11 long time they mu-
tually cherishetl and tnatured the project ;—
until. at length, by means of t-oinplicate ina-
chinatioii and falscliood, he introtluced him-
self, at deal ofiiight into the dwelling ofthe
devoted victim. iuveighlcd hitrr frotrr_ his bed,
wliere he reposed with a tendcf and respecta-
ble wife, and dealt the blow ji.s‘t as that wifc
approaclied, in -.rlztrtu,to ascertain what inetrut
thr: ominous dialogue which she overheard.
Her fratttic slirielts ; her sad prostrttiiotrs on
the bleeding corpse; her precipitate flight ft.
the apartment and rapid circuit around the
lrtittse; the glimpse which she had of the
niirffletl assassin outside ;his quick retreat ;—
the inftttiiaiiou which led to his arrest; the
tale wlrich he invented to burden another and
irinocetit person with the critiie; the doubts
which shadowed all the accusations, for a
ieriii; the rnysiery which extended lieyorid
the event to its causes and agents, and the na-
ture of the evitlencc adduced in C0111‘!-—all
constitute a body of circumstances equal in
rarity and interest to iirost of the terrilic ex-
cesses of- inaiignaut vice, by the recital of
which the huuian heart has been taught the
extremity of its weakness and danger. Brit
the example goes further; the tiioral is not
t.-unlined to the butchcry ofone olfeuder, and
the conviction and execution ofanotlicr. The
violent death of the iiupenitent woman——
whether against her will, by the reckless fury
of the iuiscreant whom she had goaded so
long and steadily to the crime of assassinatiori,
or in consequence of an agreement between
them to perish thus madly togcther——cont-
pletes the horror and admonition ofthis series
of‘ itiiquizy, wherein the salutary connexion,
as ordained by God, between depravatiou and
inisery, between crime and puiiislnneiit, are
illustrated in a manner that sigiializes both
his justice and mercy.”
From the JVatz'onal Inlelligenccr.
Again the \Vr;steru mail brings us a tale of
horror. The followiugis an extract of ano-
tiier letter. for which we are indebted to the
gentleman who furnished us with the inform-
ulion respecting the fate ofthe Beaucliairrps,
husband and wife :—
I4EX1i\'C'1'ON,July 10.
" Isaac B. Desha, charged with the inur-l
tier of Batter, cut his throat on Saturday inor-
uing. the 8th, and the opinion of the attend-
ing physician was that he could not recover.
The wiudpipe was cut through, and he was
speechless. Pen, ink and paper, were given
,0 mm, and he wrote that he was not guilty
olthe charge for which he was cniilincd.——
This makes four persons who have within a
short time destroyed their lives on account of
the charge of irrurder-—two for the murder of
Walton, in Henderson county ; Beauchatup
and Desha, beside the wife ofthe l'ormer,who
stabbed herself; asit appeared from her own
account before she expired. The death 01
Be'-iuchainp and Desha will tend very rriucli
to relieve the country from subjects calculat-
ed to inflaine public feeling.”
Pitii ADELPHIA, July 26.
The gold and silve specie and bullion,
imported itito the Uri zed States during the
coinmercial year ending September 30111 last,
amounted to $6,150.76.’). Inihe satire period.
agreeably to the Custotii l-louse returns, the
export of gold and silver was $8,797,055.-~
From which it appears ihattlie export exceed-
ed the import by 33,646,290.
This enormous export was occasioned by
excessive isstresof paper, whereby the specie‘
was driven out ofthe country, and the C-liioa
trade in paijticular, so far over dorie,that'incst
of those engaged iii it have suffered loss. This
year, as is natural, there is a re-action. Stiller
is brought in in so great abtindaiice that the
inert at the Mint have to perform what is cal-
led a “ a day and a half work,” and the ex-
port of specie from the port of Philadelphia,‘
during the tuontlis of April, May,and June of
the present year has been only $500,501, a-
t‘-’.‘ll"5' $2,136,141 in the correspoiiding l!l0l1lllS
oflast year.
Esperance, (Schoharie co'.) July Q2.-Last
night an unusual qtiaiitiiy of rain fell in this
viciniIy—-it commenced about ten o’clock in
the evening, and continued with little inter-
missions until day light. The dairtages to
roads, bridges, mills, &Lc. are very great. In
many places stone walls are washed down."
meadows and grain destmyed by being covet‘-
ed with water,gravel and iiind. In one in-
stance an orchard was much injtired bi’ 3
stnall stream being diverted from its course
by obstructions iniits chaunel,and took a di-
rection across the orchard, and washed out
large trecs—two or three mills in this vicinity
have been either destroyed or much damaged;
also a ritiinbcr of new bridgts. The great
western turnpike was rendered impassible, by
idle dé‘-Striiction of a bridge of tliemost perma-
nent structure in this neigliborliood. A inirn-
ber ofother bridges and sluiccs have been de-
stroyed or injured, and much other damage
done to the road, by washing &'.c.
Urrlrappy Gccurrgnc,-é_—On Tuesday last,
as a canal boat was entering oirc ofthe locks
a short distance west of Schenectady,a young
Mississippi,was thrown, by the striking of the
bow ofthe boat,into the lock 8: drowned. She
together with her liush-and was ti passenger on
board the boat, and at that time-was sitting
in a chair near the bow, and was engaged in
reading}. lintnediate steps were taken to re-
cover the lJ0tly——but it was not t.-tlected until
the water was drawn from the lock ; and their
to» late to restore it to life. Nlr. W. is a re-
spectable citizen of Mississippi, and was trav-
elling to Corrrnsclictrt on a visit. The sympa-
lll." "f the ptisseugcrs was much excited in
behalf of the unhappy liiisbantl; and every
excttioir made to aid in the recovery and res»
toration of the lalody.——./1lbtm.y ./irgus.
Wotulcqful .S‘er],icnt.——'I‘lie Montreal Herald
states that an enorinousserpeut exists at L’As-
SOUIPUUD. about 15 miles below Montreal, on
the river St. Lawrence. The serpent was first
seen by a wonian, who with three o. tier chil-
then was gathering strawberries in the fields.
It was then curled spirally roitnd a tree,iis tail
rcstitig on the ground, and its head waving
above the topmost foilage. On the alarm be-
ing given, three men hastened to the spot, but
the serpent had left the tree. They fired a
musket, and instantly a tract of tall grass not
far from tlretn was violently agitated, and
writhing through it with great velocity, ap-
peared the huge monster, whose body, 0333.
sioually rising, disclosed a bulk as large as
that of 21 water bucket. causing in its flight a
rttstline sountl,aud leaving behind along wake
til waving grass. Hurrying through the .act
it crossed a ploughed field, through wlrich its
passage was only to be traced by a cloud of
dust, enteretl a wood and disappeared. They
mcastired the tree and found it to be thirty
lcet high.
From the (Richmond, Ind.,' Public -Leger.
WNIIII a few past weeks 60 or 70 liberated
negroes forrricrly belonging to members of
the Society of Friends. in North Carolina,
have arrived. in this county to tirake it their
future home. The motives which induced
the Society to send thetii here we innst re-
spect, for we believe they origin tied in be-
nevolent feelings; but we think it a benevo-
lence wrongly directed., In consequence of
his own inveterate babits,and the no less in-
veterate prejudices of the whites, it isa sadly
tlemoustrated truth, that the negro cannot, in
this country, become an enlightened and use-
ful citizeu. Driven to the lowest stratum of
society, anti enthralled there for melancholy
ages, his mind becomes proportionally grov-
elliug, and to gratify his animal desires is his
most exalted aspiration. Connected by no
endearing link ofsurrounding society, he can
not feel a c2'tt'zen’.9 nameless incentives to
Ill‘-Ilily and noble cottduct. Thus unconnect-
ed, in interest and feeling, with those whoop-
press him, he is too frcqtiently disposed to
yield to the allurements ofvice, aird raise his
dcpredatiiig hand against the community
which degrades him. We know, from our
own obst.-rvation, that the free uegroes in geri-
eral sustain a character which might be infer-
red from causes so pernicious. There are
worthy exceptions, but alas! they are“ few
and far between.” ‘
It, then, they are a useless and dangerous
species of population, we would ask, is itgcn-
erous in our southern friends to burtlieu us
with them ? Knowing tlteirtselves the evils
ofslavery, can they wish to impose upon us
an evil scarcely less tolerable ? We think it
a mistaken pliilantliropy, which would liber-
ate the slave, unfitted by cdtrcatioii and habit
for freedom, and cast liitn iipou a merciless '61
adespising world, where his only fottuiit:
would be poverty, his only distitictioii degra-
dation, and his only comfort insensihility.—
And at the same time that the negro’s cotidi
tion is not alleviated, an uirkiudly act is done
to the free states in llrroiviug upon them i
population which caiiuot be u_seful, but tr-u.t
be dangerous. Dangerous, not only to -’i.--.-.
free states, but inote so to the slave st; res
themselves. Ifthe tinre should ever come.
and-it must cotne, when the oppressed shall
rise againstilie oppressor with a desolatiug
vengeance, the partially enlightened negroes
ofthe free states will he air accession to the
sable'aiirotint of exterminatiirg fury, which
will be at once eliicteut and dreadful. These
are gloomy anticipatioiis, we adurit, but not
the less true. We would say, liberate them
only on corrtlilioii or their going to Africa or
Huyti. But because we say so, we must not
be deemed advocates for slavery. No,lic-aven
forbid ! Is there an individual whose soul iii-
dignautly disclaims so unworthy a bias, and
Africa ?—-our feelitigs are no.1 less pcigtiaiii,
nor less opposed to the inhuman custom.-—
But the evil is now- pending over our land, SI.
it should be averted by prudent and cautious
tueasttres. The negro, while in tlris- cotiiiiry,
rrillbe treated as an inferior beiug—but send
':iur to his native Afripzi, and he may, hcwill.
walk forth in all the equal rights and con-
marrietl wotna_., Mrs. Wilson, ofthe state of
whose heart bleeds for the wrongs ofsufferiug '
‘subject, things had taken an llI,V"”“’”‘l~'l'-3 UH"
. FOREIGN NEWS".
FROM Gar-zeci-:.—-The Git .~ . . .84
possession of Calisto, but were again as.
sessed by the Turks. Letters from tlieisl.iitd
of Candia to the 10th March state that fre-
quent skirmishes had taken place, and the
Greeks seem likely to sustain tlietrrsélves in
Grabusi, a small island oil‘ the N. W. coast 01'
the main island. Mnstapha had just been
called away with liistroops, and the G.eel.-1
were left uiimolesied. This position corri-
mautls an important point of the coast, an.l
requires but ti very small gar:-ison.
CONS'1‘A'1‘ll\'0PI.E, May 10.
The Turks expect, with intpatieiicc, the.
promised consignment of the heads and ears
of the Christians of Missolonghi. It is atltled
that live captains, taken prisoners by the
'l‘iirks, are to be led in triutnpli through the
city, and executed before the gates ofthe Se-
|‘3gli0i OF accordittg, to other§, in one of the
suburbs of the Cliristiaiis, either Pcra or Ga-
lata. The fall of Missolonghi liasprotlticed
the greatest consternation at Hydra ;.me peo.
ple oppose the departure ofthe Primates who
intend to go to Pinda, the new residence
the central Government. At Napoli di Ra--i
uiaiiia, where, at first, they would not better“,
that the English had (l()l1e’lt10ll1ll‘ig to save
Missolongbi,the people abandoned tlicmsetvt-,4
to despair, and curse all the Franks, whom
they consider,witlioni exception, as their inor-
tal enemies, aritl to whom they attribute ‘all
the misfortunes wlticli ovcrwhclui Greece.
Col. Fabvicr is said to have repairer] to the
Morett, to encourage the principal Captains
who are there to hold out.
PARIS, June 7;.
The Observer ofTriesle says, that the Tur-
kish fleet quittetl the Gulf of Patras on the
6th May. It was reported at Patras that I?
vessels laden with p_rovisious,aiid coining lroni
Alexandria, had fallen iniothe liauds of the
Greeks. Other news received by sea, states
that the Turkish fleet was seen on the eightli,
near Ipsara,and the Egyptian fleet some days
before near Nuvarin.
T/rames Ttnmcl.—'I‘he large antl iugeiiions’
iron shield, which is destined afouce to pr 1-
tecttlie workmen and the tunnel itsell, fro.-n
almost a possibility of danger during the op-
eration, is fixed and ready to proceed liori-
znntally. The tvorkiiieu have cut away the
brick work, preparatory to their strilting out
horizontally under the Thames. ‘ This, from
the solidity of the work and the hardness of
the cement, is a laborious work, and tl(:Ct'~sa-
rill? of slow progress. It is hoped that in 13
months from getting tlirtittgli the wall, the
tunnel will be carried to and under the further
shore ofthe river; and in the opinion of per-
sons most coiupetent to forui a correct judg-
ment, the first expectation of complete and
ultiiiiaie success, is increased by all the cir-
cumstances which have liitlrerio attended tlri‘s
important undertaking.
D/jiattce ofHeat.——M. Clrzibert, on Satur-
day tast nrade the experinient ofentering into
a hot oven, together with a quantity of meat,
sufficient when cooked, to regale iltose ofliis‘
friends who were specially invited to witness
his perforuianceprevious to his publicly ex-
hibiting the same to-ruorrow, (\Vednesday,
the 7th ofJune,) at 1Qo’clock. Mr. C. or-
dered three large faggots of wood, which is
the quantity generally used by bakers, to be
thrown into the oven, and they being set oti
fire, twelve more faggots of the satire size
were subsequently added to them, wltlrrh be.
ing all constrined by three o’clock, Mr. C. en-
tered the oven with a dish of raw meat, and
when it was suliiciently done he handed it
out, took in another and remained there’-n,
trntil the second quantity was also well cook-
ed ; he then came out ofthe oven, anti so!
dowti to partake with 8. respectable assembly
of friends, ofthose viands he had so closely
attended during the culinary process. "I
[Etiglwlr paper.
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CURACOA, JULY 8.
“la learn by private letters, that Mara-
cayho has placed itself under the jurisdiction
of Gen. Perez, and agreed on the formation
of a Federal Govt-rutiient.
Rrzpumnc or COLOMBIA.
Jose Antonio Paez. Civil and Military Chief
of Venezuela, 81.0. _
The defence of ottr country is a duty so sa-
cred, that to consider its perfortuancc with
indifference is to be guilty of the l)lil".li€Sl in-
gratitude. VVlien the coiiinioir foe threatens~
our common safety, union in arms nrust form
the wall ofour common defence! For witli-
out this feeling prevails, there can he no sini-
nltaneous efl'trrs—no combination of strength;
no euergy,no resistance. But the strength
and security of a people, like the soul which
auimates the human body, consist not in
bliiid force but in unity of iiiovetuent and de-
sigir: hence the itnuiediate and complete or-
ganization ofthe Militiabecoiiies at once a r
matter ofthe highest rnoirient antigreatcst err-
ergy. Who can doubt this? What citizen-
shall enroll hit_nself—the milititr corps being
nothing else but citizens in aiurs for the secu-
rity oftlieirlivcs-—tiieir fairiilies—their lrttnor
and their property. Under present citcum--
stances, the heroic people of Valencia, have
yet to learu,tliat to retider their iirvaluablc
rights and privileges secure, they should not
wait until the enemy is in front before they
prepare to oppose liirtr ! Such a l‘l1L’:l>11l'£:‘
would bring upon each of us tlisastcss and on-
lanritics irreparable. To prevent these the'
inttnageiiient of the public ureaus has been
C()l‘fllIlllI('3:I to my hantls, and coulitliug in the
well trietl patriotism and, prompt co-operation
ofiriy fellmv citizens, I‘ have undertaken the
trust, and with them am ready to meet death
irifthe defence ofotir coniiirou interest. ,
It is therefore ordered, that every citizen:
frotii the age of 1410 50 shall appear in per-
son our the 14th ol'.luly in the Plaza .\lajor,lo-
eflect his ciirolment, The time of this [
pose will be aunouiiced by the discharge
three guns in succession. .
PHILADELPHIA, July 93-7:
We have received ttte in‘-;xrcaii A-llglll-'3
down to the lflih tilt. No poli«ical—oi:cut'r":Il
ufttioment is stated. It appears that thf Mm ’
pox was prevalent and ttrcaill'u—lly= l':ita’"l_5I=‘
t-ral parts of the Uiiioti. The edit-W Ul lll’
-‘Aguila, who iecouuneuded the "lV'<l5"0" 0
Cuba most earnestly roniarlts _Il0la “ll ‘lla-
The project has been at lea" 5l‘5‘P'-'W9d- ‘
. '- . ',,..- I‘
We have seen prtvflu" l"f”"-"= ‘
scioos superiority ofiuau.
Caracas"; of aclaier d3"f/"h“‘”' "1"-" .;“=3-'3“-‘- Z-'-"'3' t
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