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From Moon's Melodies.
AS A BEAM O'ER THE F^CE.
Atn—“ The young man's dream."
As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow,
While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below,1
So the cheek may be ting'd with a warm sunny smile.
Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while.
One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that throws
Its bleak shades alike o’er our joys and our woes,
To which life nothing darker or brighter can bring,
For which joy lias no balm and affliction no sting 1
Oh ! this thought in the midst of enjoyment will stay,
Like a dead, leafless brunch in the summer's bright
ray;
The beams of the warm sun play round it in vain,
It may smile in his light, but it bloomsiiot again.
. ON MUSIC.
Atft—“ The bank* of Banna."
When through life unblest wc rove.
Loosing all that made life dear,
Should some notes we us'd to love
In days of boyhood, meet our car;
Oh I how welcome breathes the strain,
Wak'ning thoughts that long have slept.
Kindling former smiles again,
In faded eyes that long have wept*
lake the gale, that sighs along
Beds : f oriental flowers,
In the grateful breath of song,
That once was heard in happier hours t
Fill'd with balm, the gale sighs on,
Though the flowers have sunk in death ;
So when pleasure's dream is gone,
Its memory lives in music's Breath!
Music !—oh ! how faint, how weak,
Language fades before thy spell 1
"»Vhy should feeling ever speak,
When thou canst breathe her soul so well?
Friendship's balmy words may feign,
Love's are e'en more false than they ;
Oh 1 Vis only music's strain
Can sweetly soothe, and not betray !
MR. KIDD’S SPEECH.
[C'onciittfrf/.]
Shortly after (lie first successes of the Greeks,
three successive Turkish grand armies, have ei
ther attempted to penetrate in one solid mass, or
else, disposed in different columns*into the heart
Qt tlic Morea. They have either been stretched
in death or been driven in disorder through the
Isthmus to the farther provinces of the Turkish
Empire. Three different armies led by Ciiour
Rcliid Pasha, bv Jussuff Pasha, and by Ma
hummed Pasha have, been destroyed in detail,
and though one division penetrated almost
as tar as Mai vasia, none returned to tell the
disaster. Three different Capitan Pashas or
High Admirals of Turkey, have been driven in
disorderly sail, and confused movements, before
the Grecian fireships and corvettes. One
Capitan Pasha has been blown tip in his vessel,
another lias been decapitated, and the third dis
graced on his return, lor want of success. The
victories of the Greeks hy sea have only been
exceeded by their conquests hy land. They
have carried the different fortresses of the Mo
rea ; they have reduced the strong fortrcscss of
Malv asia, Nicapoli «li Romagna, and Tripolitza
the modem Capital of the Morea, (hough thev
were defended by all the fury and enthusiasm of
bigot ted zealots, sup|>ortC(t bv the regular tac
tics and discipline of Austrian Engineers, sent
by the Holy Ally to assist his legi,:matc brother
the Ottoman Porte, in this holy conflict to sus
tain the divine right of Monarch* against a re
publican insurrection. The ancient cities of
those Republics whose very names cause the
warmest and fondest feelings of the soul are in
their possession. Argos, Lacedaemon, Messina
and (Elis are occupied by their forces. The
whole Morea is theirs, with the single excep
tion of Coronon the South, and of Corinth in
the Isthmus on the North—both of which by
the la«t accounts from that quarter, though they
were not actually ollicial, had surrendered to
the Greeks. Their forces retain the districts
of Attica, of Thessaly, and of considerable part
of the ancient Epirus and Thrace.
Rut without reference to what has been ac
complished, the. very physical aspect of the
country insures 1 lie certainty of success. There,
are the rich and luxuriant vales, where every
breath of air wafts the perfumes of the lovliest
flowers and most odoriferous shrubs. There
are (he skies ever blue and cloudless, the sun
ever bright, and the moons of purest blaze.
There are the fascinating spots where earth and
air, and seas, vie in beauty anti captivating soft
ness. And there arc the mountains of dreary
ascent—the dark and frowning peaks, where
snows ever rest, and below whose summits
lightnings flash and thunders roll. There are
gloomy crags of Mount Athos, and the sombre
shades of the defiles of Tl\ermophyhe. There
in nature exhibiting* itself in its wildest aspects.
But in such places the hardy mountaineer has
exhibited his love for his home and country,
with undeviatiug firmness.
For the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
“ But build him to his native mountains more.”
The Greek has every inducement which can
actuate a man to maintain a contest of death or
victory. His smiling plains stimulate and al
lure him to conquer the rich prize which was
once the inheritance of his forefathers. The
dreary clitfs knd dangerous roe esses, around
which the winds of heaven howl, only serve to
increase his physical aptitude and strength of
nerve for resistance.
Hut it is objected hy some to our rendering
the Greeks any assistance or means of defence,
that they are a barbarous, cruel and savage peo
ple, whose atrocities arc equally reprehensible
with those of the Turks. I know that this sub
ject has been discanted on ;—I know that some
time since, in conjunction with continental pa
pers, every exertion was made in the English'
Government prints, during the Castlercagh Ad
ministration, to blacken and vilify the charac
ter of the Greeks. The success which they had
obtained in capturing hy storm so,mo cities,
where they exercised the laws of war, was made,
the means of the most infamous charges against
them. The charges wore refuted by the evi
dence of Englishmen who were on the spot, par
: ( nlarly hy 011c who then acted as Adjutant
General of the Greeks.* But admitting that
-mu* excesses—that even great CMccscej* were
committed—vwhen the dav of vengeance arriv
al; let it be ramembered that the Greeks had
been trampled on—had been treated as the
b nxt* of the field—had to endure the blow and
receive the sabre cut of the domineering- Turk_
that especially since the late rising, their fathers
and mothers had bocn murdered, their sisters
were made the- slaves of Turks, and their no
ble brothers had to indtire the taunts, the tor
tures and the lingering death inflicted by their
oppressors. Let it be remembered that year
bad passed bye after year, and the Greekstrea*
-aired up in every day some fresh insult, some
in"/ smt of despotism ;—and after such continu
f; I systematic outrages—after suffering under
the most bloody, unrelenting and stem, civil
and religions persecution—abeing deprived
of all rights and nil appearance of justice, was it
to bo supposed, that v, hen the day of reckoning
carne, they would at once become flic ch'iHzeik
refined, generous enemy—that they would show
mercy and friendship, when the certain and in
ovnab.'' reward would be the death blow from
;.V- Turkish Cymitar or the discharge of the
Turkish Ataghan ? Was it to be supposed V at
the Greeks would display conrtcsyand polite
ness towards the savage assassin, who would to a
certainty, according to experience, return fl^
favour by the plunge of the dagger?
* Major Gordon, of Cadrites?.
It is also objected to tho efforts to Assist the
Greeks, that they are foreigners—that they are
a distant people, with whom we have nothing to
do—-that they are a people whose feelings arc so
different from our’3 ns a nation, that it would be
better to let them ulonc—aim let them fight
their battles in the best way they can. Let us
not, it is said, etnbar1' in these Quixotic enter
prises, but attend to our own concerns ; and
should any unfortunate Greek be landed on our
shores. [God save tho mark !] we’ll do the
best wo can to assist him. Really, Mr. Chair
man, is it come to this—are all recollections of
the past forgotten ? Aye, are we Atnerieaus to
be induced to adopt stteh a line of conduct from
such arguments. Forbid it justice! forbid it
gratitude ! I think, .Sir, I see the Marquis de
la Fayette arriving from France, with the mu
nitions of war aud articles of clothing, in the ves
sel which he presented to this country. 1 think
I see him when lie came sis a private individual
landing on the shores of America, before the
French government had declared in behalf uf
this country ; and I think that l hear the ad
dress of such Americans. “ Go home, Sir—
we don't want you, you arc a foreigner, ami
therefore have no business to presume to give
us a tirre—leave us to ourselves, and not inter
fere in our affair, which no way concerns you.”
And, sir, i think I sec the countenance of the
gallant young La Fayette, lighted up with the
chivalry of the old cuuutry, and cheered with
the republicanism of tho new country I think
I sec the flash of indigiiatiou darted on such cold,
calculating charaotei-s. And I also think that I
sec the soldier of Washington in his camp at
Valley Forge, when the proffered boon was
brought ami rejected by bis countryman, be
cause a foreigner gave it. I think I sec his
bleeding feet and lacerated uncles, alluded to iu
the preamble, and the gathering frown and dark
scowl of his care-worn countenance, when lie
heard the declaration of his countryman to car
ry away the military munitions and clothing.
Vn.J 1 also think what America would have ex
perienced, had Kosciusko. Miranda. Kalb,
Pulaski, Montgomery, Hates, ami Mercer—
Ay*e, sir, Mercer, of Virginia—been ordered to
attend to theirown immediate concerns, and not
to interfere with us, because, foisootb, they
were foreigners; 1 am convinced that this coun
try must have ultimately conquered •, and ob
tained its freedom without the intervention of
foreigners—hut I am a No persuaded that its
freedom was accelerated, and the devastation of
war was arrested and shortened, by that inter
ference.
Jiut some have in discussing this subject, said
that there was danger to our trade and commer
cial interests as well as the lives of our citizens
with?a the Turkish dominion, should the pro
posed subscriptions t ike place. It has bren said
that great excitement would ensue among the
members of the Turkish government, should a
ny assistance be, afforded by us. Hut, Sir, arc
wc to cease to do rig' , because there is a j>os
sibility tiiut others may do .wTunr ? Are we to
forget the claims of justice amt of mercy, be
cause there may he ruffians disposed to violate
them ? Are wc to fold up our arms and indirect
ly to do evil in ord^r that good niaj’ come ? To
what would th<*sc plogmata; cold principles lead,
were they to he carried into effect in private
life.' V-'hy, Sir, wn must not iritc rpose in be
half of the uijureland oppressed sufferer, be
cause, perhaps, the brutal and outrageous ty
rant might, in his caprice and malignity retali
ation some of our friends whu might happen to
he in his power. A'l noble, manly and just feel
ing, in priv ate life, would he stilled on the adop
tion- of suoli principles. There would be none
to interpose in behalf of another, because bad
consequences might occur in some quarter.—
But, Sir I have no fear, 1 have uo dread of any
such consequences in the case of the govern
ment of the Sublime Porte.
They have heard of America, and they have
heard of what it has done at Algiers, they know
tl..-lesson that was taught the disciples of the
crescent, there and at Tripoli and Tunis. Their
own dependents have told them what an Ameri
can Navy led by a Decatur and a Hainbridge
can accomplish. Let them but dare to touch
the hair of the head of an American citizen, and
those fir frigates with ‘‘old Ironsides” iu the
Van Division, and our ships of the Line com
manded by officer* who encountered and tore
down the flag of England, will make tho very
ruins of Constantinople, “ sing woo to the day,”
in which they dared to iufringe the rights of our
American citizens. Let them but attempt it—
and the walls of the Seraglio will he battered a
boiit the ears of tho Sultan. Whilst England’s
patriots, whilst French, German and Swiss /i
hcrais are making such continued efforts in their
behalf—neither menace nor danger will deter
the Republican of America, from feeling and
acting according to the dictates of a mind, free
and independent in the enjoyment of that liberty
which has been established.
Hut, bir, i have detained this Assembly too!
long, and have to thank them for their kind in
dulgence, and the patience which they have ex
ercised towards ine.
Under the circumstances of this case, let me
however say, that 1 think I hear from Greece,
the exclamation which is mentioned in Holy
Writ., from the men of Macedonia, “ Come over
and help us.”
Ily tli shrieks of the murdered Prints, ''those
shrieks which have been wafted across the At
lantic, in a doleful cry—by the grey hairs of the
venerable Grecian Sires, that were 'clotted in
gore,—by the eye of beauty which now saddens,
and the cheek once tinted like the rose which
now waxes wan and pale in the Turkish Serai—
by the mouldering edifices, the prostrate halls of
the colleges, and lie blacken ruins of the burn
ed housesand cottages—by the desolate hearths,
and extinguished firesides, around which the so
cial circle once mingled in delight—by what
the exiles were, and what they now aro—“For
get them not.”
“Cold is the hearth within their bowers,
“ Gone is the hand that cropp’d their flowers,
“ Unheard their clock repeats its hours.”
Hut lam persuaded that you will this night,
byyour sympathy, ftnd by your contributions,
however small, assist in again rebuilding the de
molished edifices, and again lightning up the
blaze of the hospitable hearths. You w ill re
member those whose dust and bones are now
crumbling in the defile of Thennopvlm, and on
the plain of Marathon.—Athens—Hparta, and
Thebes will hear the extiilirating and friendly
accents—the ilcs of the Archipelago,
“ThOso Edens of the Eastern wave”—
will again be gladdened by smiles;—and, like the
mighty angel seen l»y the sainted seer of the
Apocalypse, in the isle of Patinos, you, with the
congregated hosts of freemen and Hopublicans,
will declare that the “ time” of Turkish oppres
j sion “ shall he no longer.”
From thr \nlinnal Intelligencer, Tuesday, Jan. 27.
I»en EASE OF THE S*VY.
The Senate proceeded, as in committee of the
who e, Mr. Barbour in the chair, to consider the au
thorizing an additional number of Sloops of IVnr, for
Ihe naval scrvict. of the United Slahs. On motion of
Mr. Lloyd, of Ma«<, the trill was amended, by in
serting tie word*. •*as *noti ns suitable, materials can
hr procured? and al«o, by striking out tha clause
respecting the turn to be appropriated.
Mr. Lloyd.of Mass, rose in support of (hejbill. We
regret that our situation prevented us from
hearing his remarks so distjpctly a? to report them
with accuracy. He went, generally, into a consi
deration of tire merits of the bill,and gave,at length,
nn illustration of the usefulness and gallantry of the
Navy of the United States, and of the expediency
of increasing the naval establishment, by the addi
tion of ten sloops of tvar propojtfcd in tUe Wl, whether
considered in refrrence to ft due apportionment,
or classification, of the naval force of the United
States ; as a school for the preparation of officers
for higher and more important command *. and as a
measure of economy, to prevent the employ
ment of the larger vessels for the protection of
•ur commerce, on our own coast in the Mediterra
nean and in the I’acifice; and^conciuded by express
ing his hope, that as many of the sloops of war should
be authorized tobc built forthwith, as suitable ma
teria Is cau be provided for : and that preparation be
made for building tho remainder, not exceeding ten,
the year ensuing.
Mr. Chundler was still opposed to this bill—he had
no objection to an augmentation of the Naval force,
so far as it was necessary—but he thought it better
not to build vessels faster than the service required ;
and that five vessels would be as many as were, at
this time, necessary.
Mr. Smith had no objection to providing that the
materials for building the vessels in question, should
be prepared—for lje tho't it highly necessary that
the timber should be seasoned—and he presumed tlie
attention of the Navy Department would be confin
ed to the purchase of tho timber only, at present.
He thought it was not necessary, at this time, to go
into a consideration oft! v services rendered by the
Navy. Those who w- .e once opposed to the Navy,
had now become its friends. At one time, there had
her n a general antipathy tow ajrds a Navy ; particu
larly among the persons then composing one of the
great parties in the country ;ho, himself, had always
been in. favour of it. A >hort time before the war,
the subject was brought before Congress ; and a very
able investigation was made. He had no doubt, at
that time, but the general voice of the nation was in
favor of a navy; but still an antipathy was, in
some parts of the country, entertained against it.—
Hut nearly all had now become friendly to it. Tho
late war had obviously shewn the ncc“ssity of a
Navy. Hy that war, it had been fully confirmed
ihat when we met on equal terms, we were fully
competent to cope with any enemy, on the ocean.
The battles on Lukes Eric and Champlain hud filly
refuted all theories against a Naval force. The
principal part of ourgloiy in that war, was gained
upon the water. He believed the description of
vessels rclcrred to in this net was very useful—that
they furnish employment for our young officers,
which he considered e. very important circumstance,
Our scapicn are always ready for serivee—but not
so with the officers—they require practice, and
knowledge of seamanship, and to be accustomed
to command in service. In this way they are pre
pared for maintaining the glory which the country
lias already obtained.
uut still it is possiDic vvc may go too tar in tnc
business of increasing the navy. It is always an in
dispensable duty to keep an <:yc on the finance of
the country. Congress should not go to such ex
penditures oil account of the Navy, ast-> make that
unpopular, which was now popular. T lis consider
ation had indured him to make the remarks on this
subject, which he had marie to the Senate the other
day. And he felt glad that the gentleman from
Massachusetts had seen fit to amend the bill, so as
to take the sense of the senate upon his view. Mr. ■
Smith said he did not- precisely agree with the hon
orable member, in regard to the situation of the fi
nancial concerns of the country. The probable
balances of the treasury could not always be con
sidered as being at the disposal of Congress. When
certain sums are appropriated for expenditures, they
may be spent within the year; and, therefore, future
balances cannot be safely calculated upon. It was
stated that there would not be more than nine mil
lions in the Treasury on the first of January, 1825.
Tfthe law for purchasing seven per cent, stock should
be taken advantage of by the holders of that stock,
these purchasers would require a part of that a
mount. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
will have aright to demand nine millions from the
Treasury. To meet .all the demands, at least fif
teen millions will be necessary, on the first January,
1825: and, to raise this sum, a loan maybe necessary.
If the present appropriations were reduced to one
half the amount at first proposed, he thought it pro
aable not more than half this reduced snm would he
require !, during the present year; and, thus modifi
ed, he should be willing to vote for the hill.
Mr. Lowric said, he had not yet obtained the
information to which he had alluded, when this
subject was before the Senate some days since,
and was not quite satisfied to vote for the bill. He
wished to know what disposition was to be made of
these vessels, if built. He believed those which we
had already, of the same class, had been, for a con
siderable part of the time since the war, out of em
ploy ; and if this were the case, it certainly could
not hr necessary to increase the number. If the
vessels were absolutely requisite, for the good of the
service, he would be willing to vote for building
them ; even if it war necessary to borrow money for
the pusposc. He thought however, that bills of this
nature, making large appropriations, ought to origi
nate in the other House.
Mr. Parrot made a few remarks in favour of the
bill, and in confirmation of his observations, when
the bill was before tinder consideration.
On motion of Mr. Hayne, the bill was postponed
to Friday next, and made the order of the day.
THE TOPIC OF THE DAY.
We mentioned, the other day, a rumor of a Cau
cus having been held to prevent a Caucus. Though
such a rumor was current, how'ever,we hardly gave
any credit to it, until we found, in the New-York
American, which came to hand on Saturday, u con
firmation strong,” not to the jealous merely—for
such there are, even among politicians—but to the
most guileless and unsuspecting, to the hone>t Peo
ple, who put their trust in tho professions of men,
and will believe nothing but what they see. The
| following is the pussage of the New-York Ainetican,
I (omitting irrelevant sentences,) to which we refer :
*• We have received from Washington, several let
ters. The amount of the intelligence imparted to
us, and it may be received as authentic, is as fol
lows : The friends of Mr. Clay hare had a meeting
in relation to a caucus, and have positively decided
that they would not attend one, unless for the pur
pose of defeating its object, by voting against any
recommendation by the members of Congress.—
Whether the latter course would bo adopted, or
whether the unconstitutional measure should he de
feated by absenting themselves, was not finally de
cided upon. The friends of Mr. Adams were also
to meet during the present week, for the same pur
pose, f. «. to determine whether they should doom
the caucus to a positive or negative death; or, in
other words, whether they should kill the monster,
or let it kill itself.”
This information, the Editor intimates, is from the
best authority, and inny therefore Ire implicitly reli
ed upon. Upon these assurances, at least, we shall
tako its truth for granted.
A portion of the members of Congress, then, are
privately deliberating, in classes, each class a de
cided minority of the whole, whether, upon grounds
of expediency, they shall attend, or absent them
selves from, a General Meeting of members of Con
gress. In this wc see nothing to condemn. The
right to consult together in distinct coteries, stands
upon the same ground as the right, exercised by all
parties, in all our governments, to consult rolterJively.
Resides such consultations by members in Congress,
there is not a State in the Union, in which such
consultations have not, in some shape or other, been
held by the members of their respective legislatures.
Sometimes they are public and general, as in the
Genera! Meeting of Republican members of Con
gress; sometimes confidential and secret, for other
than general objects; but in all cases they rest on
the same foundation—the right of opinion among
individuals, and the right to compromise that opini
on for the general good. The«c principles are at the
foundation of <rur government, and of all free go
vernments, as well as of caucusing.
In what this trib-caucuting is to terminate—to
[ what extent, and in what manner, persons arc pledg
ed by it, we have no means of information. Rut
this wo can freely say, for ourselves, that it, on as
sembling in general meeting, according to former
custom, it shall appear that there is a majority si
gn inst malting any nomination, no harm, hut some
good, will be done. A general Congressional nomi
na km, Indeed, seems to be more and more called
for by the voice of the Republican party, and still
more, much more, by the national interest, to which
it Is hoped, none of us are indifferent. But, if the
majority bo against any nomination, after a fair
trial of that Question, something will be gained by
nscoruufltnflno fwt- The on tna> polar.
which uow distracts the People in several of the
most important States in the Union, and prevents
them laying their course, will be at un end. What
will then be done, we suppose, will be, that the con
gressional friends of each candidate will seperatcly
propose him to the people, with such effect on the
public mind, as tbr influence of their names, services,
and known principles, may entitle it to.
It appears to us, speaking us spectators merely,
that the sooner matters ate brought to this crisis, the
better. We should, to be sure,prefer a general nom
ination for our own guidance; but, if it be not
made, we shall not fash ourselves about it. We have
none of that bitterness about us which, on the least
opposition to our wishes, turns to gall the u milk of
human kindness"—much less of that fastidiousness
which tolerates no opinion hut our own. We shall
support the general nomination, if one he made;
but, in the mean time, our columns shall he, as they
conspicuously arc to-day, w open .to all parties, in
fluenced by none," reserving only to ourselves the
»i(,lit of opinion and expression which wc freely ac
cord to others.—JVa/. Jut.
• Petersburg, February 3.
1 Washington's birth-day—The Greek cause.
The meeting called by the Mayor of Petersburg,
ou Friday evening last, for the purpose of adopting
arrangements to celebrate tlte ensuing '22nd of Fe
bruary ; and at the same time to take into consi
deration tire propriety of uniting with our fellow
citizens generally throughput the Union in a contri
bution to aid the cause of the (tracks; was attend
ed by a large number of our citizens—auii after be
ing organized, and a Preamble and sundry Resolu
tions had been read, a committee of five was ap
pointed by the Chairman, with instruction to make
report on this evening—when it is hoped, the attend
ance will not be less numerous. The following are
the Minutes:—
TOWN MEETING.
Alan uncommonly numerous meeting of the citizens
of Petersburg, held at the Courthouse, mi Friday
evening, Jan. 30,1821, for the purpose of adopt
ing suitable measures to celebrate the approaching
22nd of February, and also to devise some plan
for the purpose of raising a fund in uld of the
Greek Cause:
Joan H. JIrown, Esq. was appointed Chairman,
Edward Pescud, Secretary.
The Chairman having explained to the meeting
the purposes for which the citizens had been conven
ed—Mr. Yancey rose and addressed the Chair, and
after a few preliminary observations, submitted to
the consideration of tire meeting, a Preamble and
sundry Resolutions, embracing the two-fold object
for which the meeting had been convened. Where
upon,
'Mr. m. nouerison, jr. moved that the rrcamulc
and Resolutions be referred to a select committee,
with authority to report their proceedings to a sub
sequent meeting of the citizens. This motion was
seconded by Mr. Richard G. Prgrarn, and unani
mously agreed to.
The Chairman then named the following gentle
men, to wit:—Messrs. Yancey, Robertson, Pegram,
Henderson, and Dr. May, the committee; who are
to take the subject into consideration, and to report
their proceedings thereon at a meeting of the citi
zens on Tuesday evening, at 3 o’clock, at the Court
house.
On motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting he
published in the several newspapers of this town,
for the general information of the citizens of Peters
burg.
The meeting then adjourned till Tuesday evening,
3 o’clock.
JOHN H. BROWN, Chairman.
Fdward Pescci), Sec'ry.
SENTIMENT OF INDIANA.
House of Representatives, January17.
Mr. Blake presented the following preamble ant?
resolutions:
Whercas'the enpouragement given to caucusnom
inations, for the offices of President and Vice Pre
sident of the United States, excites in us^he liveliest
apprehensions for tire safety of the Union; because
\vc believe it to be a practice, trammelling the peo
ple in the exercise of tiicir dearest franchise; at war
with their feelings, and the principles of their politi
cal institutions; nourishing the growth of party in
trigue, which carries in its train, every species of
dangerous and degrading corruption ; and a prac
tice, which, if not checked in its progress, will ulti
mately undermine the sacred rights, the prosperity
and happinessof the American people. Therefore,
in obedience toour duty, to the State we represent, to
our fellow-citizens of the Union,
Resolved by the House of Representatives of the
GeneraI Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it is
the right of the people, reserved by them, in the
Constitution, to elect the President and Vice Pre
sident of the United States; and that any attempt,
by Congressional nominations, in.caucus or other
wise, to exercise this invaluable privilege, unless au
thorized by the constitution, should l>c regarded, by
the American people, as a dangerous encroachment
on their rights, tending to the ruin of the Republic.
Resolved,further, That his Excellency the Gov
ernor, he requested to transmit to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress,this plain and matured
opinion, expressed by the House of Representatives
of the people of this State.
Mr. Kelson moved to ndefinalely postpone the
further consideration thereof; which <ras decided in
the affirmative—Ayes 36, Nays 8.
! Beaver County, Pennsylvania.—A meeting of the
republicans of Beaver county was held at the courl
house in Beaver town, on the 13th instant, at whicl
the following, among other resolutions, was adop
ted:
Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting harmo
ny in the great republican family of the Union, nad
to secure the election of a sound republican of Jef
fersonian principles as the next President, itis.inthu
opinion of this mceting,indispensably necessary, :il
this time, for the republican members of Congress
to meet and recommend a suitable character foi
this important situation.
Charleston, Jan. 22.
Loss of the schooner Kitty, by a Water Spout.—
Thr. coasting schnr. Kitty, Capt. Eldridge, sailed
, from this port on Monday morning last, with two
hundred bushels Corn and Peas only, on hoard,
bound to C mbanee. When about to haul up for
South-Edisto, with a pleasant breeze, the wind sud
denly died away, and it became a dead calm_In
this situation, without the least previous intimation
j of danger, the schr. was struck and capsized by a
iratcr spout.—The captain and crew.soon found them
selves upon the. bottom of the vessel; and the boat,
which was laying upon the deck of the schr. havin''
drifted near them, thcysuccecdcd in getting on board
her, though half full of water, and were soon after
taken up by the sloop Amazon, and from her trans
ferred to the schr. Milward & William, Else, from
Combahee, in which vesFcl they arrived here on
Wednesday moaning. Capt. Eldridge and crew
lost every article of clothing, &c. except what they
had on at the moment the vessel was upset. The
schooner belonged to Capt. Elliott, of this city.
0*(;apt. Eldridge, and the crew of the schr. Kitty,
take this method to return their sincere thanks to
Capt. Eldridge, of the sloop Amazon, for his assis
tance in rescuing them from impending death, ami
for his humane attention to them while on board
nis vessel—Courier.
Mirrjui9 La FetijcUec—u In the year 1737
Ihern was a destructive fire in Hoston, inconse
quence of which many of the inhabitants were
reduced to want. The Marquis La Fayette,
who was then in France, having- heard of the
calamity, immediately wrote to a friend in Mas
sachusetts, expressing bis sympathy for the suf
ferers, and directing- him to draw a bill on him
for 300 pounds sterling, to be applied towards
their relief, 't he hill was, accordingly drawn,
the money was received and was applied accor
dingly to his direction. The farther of one of
the present members of Congrc** from Massa
chusetts, was the gentleman to whom the let
ter w'as addressed, and lus son still preserves it
as a precious memorial of the philanthropy and
American’feeling of La Fayette. This A
merican feeling has indeed been manifested by
every a/ff ofhi« life, ft i« wep tfrWvwn f / the
Marquis has an only son, wlpfl boars the name of
George Washington, and Sidy two daughters,
one of whom is called yirginiat and the other
Carolina.71
Naval Anecdote.—When the bravo Sir George
Rooke was making his will, some friends that were
present, expressed some surprise that he had not
more to leave. ‘Why,’ said the veteran, ‘I do not
leave much, but what 1 do leave was honestly ac
quired, for it never cost the sailor a tear, or the na
tion a farthing.’
3^o. Eagle llow.
SAMUEL PUTNEY, Agent,
HAS RECEIVED, by late arrivals from New
York, a most elegant assortment of
GENTLEMENS’ AND LADIES’
BOOTS Am> SHOES,
• OF THE FOLLOWING KrtvDS:
Gentlemens’calf skin Boots, 1st,2d, and 3d quality,
Ditto, ditto, Bootees, do. do. do.
Pitto, ditto, Shoes, do. do. do.
Ditto, Morocco Pumps, with & without heels,
Lads' Shoes, 1st and 2d quality,
Ladies’best calf skin Bootees,
Ditto, ditto Morocco ditto,
Ditto, ditto, ditto, walking Shoes, 1st, 2d,
3d quality,
Ditto, ditto, tea colored ditto, ditto,
Ditto, ditto, sealskin do. do. do. do. do. and
• Ditto, ditto, black figured & plain Satin Slippers,
Ditto, ditto, ditto, English Prunella ditto,
Ditto, ditto, black Morocco Slippers, 1st, 2d, and
3d qualities,
Ditto, ditto, tea colored ditto,
Ditto, white Semite silk ditto.
Ditto, blue ditto, ditto,
Ditto, Mazarine ditto, ditto.
Ditto, pearl colored ditto, ditto,
Ditt), Salmon ditto, dittOj ditto,
Childrens' red; green, tea colored, & Morocco boots,
Ditto, leather Boots,
Mens’coarse bound ar.d unbound Bootees and Shoes,
Boys’ ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto,
Womens’ ditto, and fine leather ditto, ditto.
A$themo5tof the above articles are made in our
nanufactory, and of the best matei ials which can be
procured, wc flatter ourselves wc shall continue to
nect with the liberal patronage we have hitherto re
reived.
WE HAVE AI.SO ON HAND,
Leather Travelling Trunks, of all sizes,
Seal skin ditto, ditto,
IBiir ditto, ditto,
Portmanteaus, Emmcrson’s celebrated Razor Strops,
And an elegant assortment of gentlemens’ and la
dies’ Pocket Books.
The above articles have boon procured at very re
duced prices, and will be sold oil the most reasonable
terms.
Jftn« 30. 4\v2
CAREY STREET
YttnAeiry und lYVank-ftuok
MANUFACTORY,
Opposite Mayo's Bridge.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the the pub
lic, that he still carries on the BOOK-BIND
ING, in all its branches, and at the same time re
turns his thanks to his friends and customers for
ther liberal encouragement. He is now closely
engaged, ns a workman, in the above line of busi
noss, and promises thatall kinds of work committed
to his care, shall be done with a degree of accuracy,
neatness and durability, calculated to render satis
faction, as it respects materials workmanship and
reasonable prices, (they being his great objects;)
and sincerely hopes, by strict application to busi
ness, he will be deserving of encouragement in bis
present situation.
Having had considerable experience in Europe
and America, tbe subscriber assures those who arc
unacquainted with him, that he will not at least be
found inferior in executing work of any kind ; and
s-hould any thing in this city, as it respects the
binding or materials of a book be pronounced supe
rior, he should like to be farvored with a view of
the same, in order that he may be instructed in
making one for a comparison, if possible—as a me
chanic’s mind and hand can always find room lor
improvement, particularly when be meets with su
perior workmanship.
Ha has provided himself with an assortment of
large size PAPER such as Super Royal, Royal,
Medium, Demy, Foolscap and Folio Post, for Mer
chants’ Account Books and public offices generally,
which will be ruled and-raadc to order by any pat
tern, equal to any in this country, or no charge will
be made for the same.
Also, on hand, Russia, English and American Calf
Skins, Parchment, Vellum and Morocco, of various
colors,suitable for all kinds of binding.
Ledgers, Journals, Day, Cash, Invoice, Tobacco,
Bill and Check Books; Deed, Will, Execution, Ol
der, Docket, Fee and Minuto Books, are ail made
of the best materials, and of the most suitable pat
terns, with despatch.—Particular attention will be
paid to all orders, cither iu the city or from a dis
tance.
IE/" Members of the Legislature aro respectfully
invited to leave their ordt—s at the Bindery, or if
more convenient, at the Compiler Ofiicc.
AH kinds of Binding, including extra calf or mo
rocco gilt, will be done iu a handsome style, on very
reasonable terms.
N. B. A small assortment of BLANK BOOKS
and CHECKS, are kept regularly for sale.—All
orders thankfully received ainl promptly executed,
and forwarded, well packed, to any part of Vir
ginia. FREDERICK A. MAYO,
January 30. ts2 Agent.
V* ata. a. r«-36WHy7:FOW«,
Keeps constantly on hand,
SPECTACLES mounted in silver, steel and
tortoise shell; also Goggles, Spectacles with
double glasses, and new glasses, irhitc and green,
to put into old frames, which he will have done at
the shortest notice.
GLOBES, Mathematical Instruments, Mag
nets, Thermometers, Water colours, black and
red Crayons, Pcueils, Drawing Books and Paper.
WALKING CANES, Pen and Pocket Knives
and Pocket Books.
BIBLES, TESTAMENTS, Praver and
I f vmn Books.
VIOLINS, Germ..n Flutes, Flageolets, Cla
rionets, Fifes, Instruction Books and Music for
different Instrument*, Music Books and Paper,
Strings, Bows, Bridges, Pegs and Reeds.
Sf IIOOL BOOKS, Greek, Latin, French
and English, with a general assortment of Lite
rary W orks.
BLAN K BOOKS of all descriptions, for Mei
chants or County Court Offices, ruled and made
to any pattern, with or without feint lines, Patent
Backs and Russia Bands.
Largo writing, Foolscap and Letter Paper, in
great variety, and Parchment.
Old Books ro-bouml. and all kinds of binding
done m the handsomest and mostdurable manner.
Every article sold on the lowest terms, and all
orders promptly attended to.
January 27. 6t
POR sale at the Hornet office, and at WCr.
ttr it tv. ■ « «... - *
Rirhynemd JPdr/y—by a Virginian, originally
published in the. Washington Repuiilh an.”—
Price 27) rents.
February ~
Cotiim Daiv Iron,
COUNTRY STEEL, &c.
Ue totejtut received from Wert) York,
i ft ^a'r Co1tton Yam.fromNo. S to 17,
J.U 10 ton# Rar Iron,
3 do. Country Steel.
30 W*Lf famuUy™;,
k£££ ,slc r*ci^ “J
*£££? wm bu su,J w * »*. «**
BROCTvEN BROUGH Si HARVIE
January 27
valuable~land for sale!
Tile subscriber is authorised to sell. THV
1 RACT OK LAND of Doctor Robert II. Rose -
in the county of Amherst. It issitnated on Harris's"
creek, a considerable branch of James river, and
within about 4 miles of the town of Lynchburg. It
contains 563 acres—about 250 of which are cleard ‘
oO of it prime Low CSrounds—the balance of the
tract. is heavily timbered. This entire tract of
land is very rich, and well adapted to the culture
of tobacco. On the creek embraced on this tract
ot land,there is a lino mill seat. Few tracts of land, ■
ol its extent, can be of more value than this. If a
private sale be not effected before Thursday the 4th*
day ol March next, it will oil that day, if lair, if not
the next fair day thereafter, Sundays excepted, at
11 o clock, most positively and unconditionally be
sold, before the door of the Franklin Hotel, in the
town of Lynchburg, at public auction. The term®
will be made accommodating.——If the sale be made
at auction, the credit will be in equal payments at
one and two years from the date of the sale. Bond*
w ith approved security will he required.
RICHARD POLLARD.
January 27. tdsl
PROPOSALS
For publishing in Richmond, a netc Political Papcrt
TO BE DENOMINATED
THE CONSTITUHCNAI WHXCK.
Accident having led the subscriber to edit a news
paper in the interior of Virginia, he feels the neces
sity of transferring himself to some city, where the
business he has selected as a profession can be pros
ecuted with more advantag^ to himself, and, he
hopes, with more usefulness to tho public, than in>
a “ provincial*’ town.
Ilia own judgment, and the udvic« of a ‘few
friends, have reconv.ncnded the Metropolis of Vir
ginia, as an eligible* site, for the establishment of u.
new Political Newspaper.
Whilst newspapers, keeping pace with the pro
gress, of wealth, population, and intelligence, have
multiplied to a surprising degree in evciy other sec
tion of tire Union, it is a singular circumstance that
in Richmond alone, where so much talent, wealth,
and political zeal are concentrated, and whoso
statesmen are continually appealed to by the whole
American confederacy, for the most enlightened and
orthodox views of National policy, but one paper
should be found, to utter the various and conflicting
opinions of the old,as well as the new parties, which
the impending crisis has called into existence. It h>
a signal compliment to the “ Richmond Enquirer,’*
that this state of things is alone attributed to its ac
knowledged ability,and wide-spread celebrity. Ori
ginating at a period when recent events had clearly
dr fined the opposing views of the old parties : at
taching itself with ardor to the triumphant Demo
cracy : enriched by the contributions of the ablest
statesmen ol the country, and supported by the in
defatigable 7.cal, and disciplined talents of its edi
tors, that paper fought its early way to popular fa
vor, and has since sustained its proud pre-eminence,
without a rival, and without distrust. Concurring
in devotion to the great doctrines which the Enqui
rer has so long, and so faithfully supported ; admir
ing its steady attachment, and grateful for its servi
ces, to the Republican Purty, 1 have neither the
vanity to expect, nor the ingratitude to desire, by
the establishment of another paper, any diminution
of its popularity or patronage with the public. It is
due to myself to declare, that my present design was
conceived neither in hostility to the principles of the
Enquirer, nor to itself. If, latterly, a considerable
proportion of the Democracy of this and other States,
have suddenly found themselves at issue with the
Enquirer, on the prominent national topic of tb«
day, that apparent disunion is to b-‘ ascribed rather
to difference of opinion as to the means of porpetu
ting the triumph of the party, and the harmony anti
integrity of the Union, than to any abandonment of
principles on either side. Whilst that paper sup
ports Mr. Crawford, on republican grounds, others
have supported Mr. Adams on similar : and if we
acknowledge tbe course of the Enqum-r to have ,
been dictated by an honorable conviction of adhe
rence to principle, we claim for the democr tic friends
of Mr. Adams the same liberal construction of mo
tive. Attempts have been made to identify tho
friends of Mr. Adams with the old federal party ;
and scattering examples may be cited to support the
assertion, and to give it an air of plausibility. Hut,
if Mr. Adams is supported in the North, by Messrs.
Walsh ami King, Mr. Crawford is supported in Vir
ginia, by the roost active federal leaders ; and it
certainly is no unreasonable apology, for the advo
cates of the former, in this State, that, in the im
pending contest, they find nearly the whole ultra
\ fedoral strength arrayed against them.
Relieving that the apathy of Virginia and North
Carolina had rendered the prospects of Mr. Macou
in succeeding to the Presidency, hopeless, for whom
only, of all the persons named, those States could
have given an honest vote, I have early, as the edi
tor of a newspaper expressed a preference for Mr.
Adams, rs a choice, of erilsy as uniting a greater mass
of qualifications, and as most likely to harmonixo
the sectional feelings o.'thc North and South. To
this course, as the result of sincere conviction, and
to avoid inconsistency, I shall continue to adherei—
If, however, the support of Mr. Adams in the Whig,
be a consequence of its establishment, that conside
ration has had no influence in producing the event.
Official patronage hat neither been instrumental in
creating the Whig, nor will have the smallest influ
ence over its political opinions. To our friends,
tins disavowal will be supererogatory, while to the
public it may be necessary, as a guarantee for our
independence, and the purity of our motives. Dnily
experience proves that the press in America is fast
losing its independence and respectability ; and from
the particular crisis which we have selected for
commencing a paper, wc acknowledge our appre
hension of being classed by some, among the vena) >
herd, who have sold their papers, and themselves, to
| the unprincipled aspirants to public office.
The Constitutional V, big. as its name implies,
wdll be devoted to the doctrines and the men of
1 <98. To detect, and to aid in defeating, all de
signs against the Constitution of the United States,
ajainst its integrity, its alteration,or enlargement;
to revive, to revere, ami to inculcate the Constitu
tional prerffpt3 of Messrs. Jefferson, Madisorilttnd
Beane, will be the dearest duties of its editorj.—
Our political croed is summed up,in the following
brief articles:
Veneration for the Constitution.
Opposition to theextension of the tariff system.
Opposition to all National improvements, without
the authority of the people.
To nil standing armies, and to the fortification
system.
Out columns, nevertheless, will be open to politi
cal disputants of ull complexions; nor do we con
ceive ourselves entitled to any other direction hi
rejecting communion tions, but the right to decide if
j decency has been regarded, or some share of ability
I displayed. Wc, therefore, invite tj»e commitnien
• tions of correspondents.political, literary, and sricn
I tific, an<l pledge ourselves sacredly to preserve theif
secrets.
The Constitutional Whig will be published twice
a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, on n sheet as
large as the Knquirer, at five dollars per annum.—
The price of subscription will not be required until
six autbs after the issuing of the first number, a*
we dosire to convince the public that its existence
wilt lie permanent. Payment in advance will hov. -
ever U gratefully received, and acknowledged by
ibe Proprietors as a flattering mark of confidence ir ♦
their promises, v
JOirV H. PLEASANT?.
inSEfrH FUTKKB.