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And for this change of your opinion, the only ;
reason vou assign is, his having “mentioned I
tfi -t hr i xpeeled an attack in the Senate, as I now
son•oiv:,J’rinn the friends ofPlr. (Jr(ucfnrd.r>—
An l yet, in replying to a question by myself on
a hit isoquant day, you admit that in that very
conversation, “/ rent trk’ed to you (hat the
friendt of Ptr. Crawford would upjnt.se me.1'-—
Can \oti tli m say, you had not as much reason,
a1 la s' <».«•*, as you now have, to suppose 1 ex
paete.l opposition "from, the friends of Pie. ■
CmwfonP”
So far, however, fro n dreading that opjw>si»i- I
on, as you would now insinuate, you know very !
well that the reason I assigned for being willing
to accommodate you with the room 1 uocupied,
and to take anotli ;r one iu Mrs. (i»ieen\ house,
' only two days before the day which y.*u seem
disposed to insist on as the d ite of the alleged
conversation was, that 1 exacted, in conse
quence of my noininati.iu, to remain bill». short
time in the city. Upon this subject, however, 1
shall have more to say hereafter.
In the cursory notice which I now propose
to take of that part of your oath which was sup
pressed by the committee, and your authorized >
statements which have subsequently appeared
in the Washington Gazette, 1 will not dwell
upon the strong improbalilitv that, at a time
when my friends had just afforded me the
strongest proofs of their disposition to serve me,
and when their continued support must have
b‘'on the mo-o necessary to me, in consequence
of the opposition which 3 011 represent me to have
dreaded, I should have had the folly to h ive
jeopardized my standing with them, by ungrate
fully abusing and betraying them ro one of their
political op|M>uen(s, a warm caucus partizan,
who had acknowledged to me his decided pre
ference of another gentleman, as Minister to
Mexico, and who had no •* previous consulta
tion with me'’ 011 the subject of 1113- nomination.
Hut knowing, as you did, tbe relation in which 1
stood to the President, Mr. Calhoun, Arc. 1
would ask how 3 011 could, under such circum
stances, have considered ire, as v’ou say you
did, “ as speaking as an hones! [candid] man.™ !
As to the base insinuations which vou repre- '
sent me to have made against the President, it is
worthy of remark, that the agitation of tho-o '
slanders against that venerable a ml distinguished I
patriot, had not occurred till after I left the ri'v
of Washington in March last ; and in this, as in
several other cases, you have made me assume
facts which you yourself had ilie best opportune- :
ty of knowing at the time, had no foundation in 1
truth. Colonel Latte never was, to mv know- i
lodge. “ a mcin’irr of the President's Jatnihf,'n \
unless lie could be considered as such while he ;
lav on his death-bed, a -iio.uiou very unsuitable
fur those tree disclosure- wMcti you insinuate.
Until iIumi, he had, according- to »n\ present re
collection, boarded either at Davis’ Hotel, Mrs.
Peyton’s or Mr. Ganttm You w-ereamomberof
Congress some years before I was: airl if vou
were even ignorant of these facts, yon had \ i-.i-”
ted at the President’* too often nut to have .
known that Col. L ine was not “ a member nt'\
hisJitini/t/.r> Hut be this as it may, I have no
hesitation in saying, that the first information I
r.vefr received in relation to the transactions al
luded to, was from the President himself, who
sent for me, as the friend and brother-in-law of !
fail. Dane, during the last illness of the latter,
to a-sisl in settling the accounts between them; i
and that, so far as I was informed by either of
them, the President's runduct was scrupulously 1
honest, correct and honorable.
You have sworn that “ I told you I knew, for
a year, that I was to get the appointment to
Mexico.” I w ill barely remark that, if, as yon
suppose, my attention had been so long dircclcu ,
to tins appointment, it is hardly probable 1
siionl 1 have forgot that, within the period men
tioned, it had been in the hands of another gen- j
tinman—that, in fact, General Jjekson’.s riorni- i
nation to that office had been Confirmed by the !
Senate of the United States on the ^Tthof Janu- !
ary, llftiJ—that on the adjournment of the last
Congress, on the -id of March last, if was gen
erallv believed, and particuhu I v by tho adminis- \
• trntion, that he would accept ; and that the
contrary was not known even at Washington, •
until tiie April following.
With equal, but certainly no greater, r >r
reetnos*, you also state that I told you *• 1 never i
“ had any fear of not being nominated, except
“ fora short time, whilst Penns\ lvania appeared
“ disposed to support Calhoun for the I’re.siden
“ cy, then 1 had some apprehensions of Dallas’
“ success ; but the moment that .State gave
•* up Calhoun, then I h.i l n>> longer any teai s.
u as Dallas, l knew, would soon be out of tbe •
“ question.”
This statement yon have tnmle on several o- :
ther occasions, and to did'ercrit individuals.
Could you have believed it vom-self? And did '
you, really consider »»•», in making Ifie-e decla
rations, “as speaking as an honest man ? I.et
us attend a little to the respective dates of the
events alluded to. Pennsylvania never gave no,
Mr.] Calhoun” until her delegates met in enn
[venlion at I larrbbtirg, on the dtliof .March last,
lilteen (lays alter my nomination was made to
the Senate, and the v« rv das on which it war
confirmed. Hut suppo.irg the allusion to have
been to M.r. Dallas liming “‘given up Mr. Cal
houn,—that event took place in Philadelphia,
on the Kith of February, the very day on which
I was nominated, and was not known at Wash
ington till the third day afterwards, it is no
p >rt olury present object m make any comment
upon these facts. Indeed, none apjiear to be
necessary.
it, sir, \ oil hnvr not bmi :i vohinfrrrr ir> a
plot intended to ruin my reputation .forever, r. iiv
did you, after having got as far as Frederick
town, on your journey home, return, without
being summoned, to give tc-limony against me,
whicii, if true, involved a most flagrant breach
of private confidence? and if otherw ise, was
Mill less excusable? And how can Vi>u re
concile such conduct wi*h the professions ,,f
it iendship towards me, which you ma le to cor- j
tain gentlemen, even after mi late return to the
city?
NEMAN EDWARDS.
.duly 10, 1(124.
Editor. of .Newspapers who have published!
Air. Noble’s testimony, w ill flu an art of justice. I
and jjitich oblige me, l>y piddi-hing the above.
N. EDWARDS.
From thf. Proritlt n rt [/l. T.) Journal.
As the contest for tlie Presidency approxi- j
mates its consummation, it receives new modiii-1
ration®, and dovelopps nmv springs of action, un
thought of at the beginning of the canvass_or :
(bought of only a® fnms.-f/ht. in tbi- country, at
some future and fli-laut period, when the free '
spirit of the rial ion - u! I h >t e been do- (roved -
by the contests o' ;r. a! '* -a; .u,. by the pro—f cs‘
of luxury, (he laxity ol . .. .Is, and (he gene
ral (on IcnCjr ol vh:i- ty ■ c rruplion and ser
vility.
Eight years ago. Mr. ( mu for I wa-, :t candi
date for the Prc-idencv, in opposition I, (<,|. j
Monroe. The pef-pb* call- d o >n his ad; ocati
to produce the *•*. Hence if e.t they had. of(hat •
gonllemans’x qualification- |V \0 <
©'her evidence w a® .»r--loe»-fl . ,:.n \|r. f'(-;i ,v
ford’s subserviency to the -loeiiuanl ri..-t\, and
bis pledges io h. h dfof tin-.- who siroidd he in- j
•fru nental in hi tdvrm' "o'-iit. Thee v,# r. •
deemed mwitisf-.rinry tty the people; ;,nd, -,fl 1 :
though Mr. ( rr.vioHr c» ived the v-tc-of-bout I
sixty member- nf t m’lgre s, >n r turn» 'tfrmh',,/ ! ,
h majority of that emeus conrr?rrvd1n the nom i -
•nation of Air. VIonr-»e Wt t r, the cabinet (,t -
f’r's h at ’-I utr■> , wi- (o br ( vine 1. Mr. (>aw jr
M »«r.-r»* * •««ent mtb-.«--« met. m I thus aj I ■
.-rxi opportunity •vine’- a i , oi of talent-! |
I
md integrity could wish, ofdisplajing lii* talents,
iis integrity, his devotion to the interests of the
ration, and his capacity of filling, with useful
ness to the nation, the highest oilioo il*4ts gill.
This was an ample and an honorable field. How
has it been improved? Has tins administration ot
the treasury department, bv Mr. Crawford, fur
nished any new proofs of lus qualifications for
the Presidency? Has it increased the cotili
drncc. of the nation in his ability or integrity ,J
llo. it made him an additional number of friends,
among those who are most conversant with
puhliek business? The community gives no
sign of its confidence. Three tourlhs of the
members of Congress declare by their refusal to
nominate him, that, in their opinion, he is un
worthy of the place. Yet Mr. Crawford comes
forward, in the face of these discouragements,
and fortified by the rceommcn lation of our j
fourth against the refusal to recommend of three j
fourths, calls upon the people of America, to 1
make him their President! The profle, did we '
say? Not so: He lias, long since, given up]
all hopes of an election by the votes of the poo- j
pie.—There is no salvation for him in the free- '
dom of suffrage. It is fraught with perdilioa
and despair, and his plans of greatness must be 1
pursued by other means. As the suiftage of
the people is against him, that s"(f rage imixt !>t
abolished. As the puhliek voice is loud and
unanimous in his condemnation, that voice most \
he stifled. The people of Georgia, of New-York, j
ot Vermont, and Khode-Island must he deprived
of the right of choosing tlieir own electors; and
that power must he retained by or invested in, !
an aristocrat ick body in eaeh of these states, |
who can be conciliated by the largeness of the j
treasury !
In Georgia llie adopted State of Mr. Craw- |
ford, and where he first obtained distinction, the j
election of Senators an I Representatives to the
state legislature, last autumn, gave that gentle- j
man’s party a majority of four, in joint ballot of
both houses, lor Governor. Ills parti/.ans be
came alarmsd Ihr the electoral votes; and, bv
dint of management, obtained the passage of a
bill to d iprivo the p • >;>!o of the right of choos
ing electors an ! to vest tile pjicvr of doing so in
the legislature.
In .New \ >: k, the legislature lias exercised
thep.urrr with mt the right, of cho ising elec
tors, ever since the creation of the federal go
vernment. At llie last general election, nearly
all llie membersch >sen to the Mouse of Assam- I
hl.v, as well as the Senators elecle I, came in.
under a pledge »o their constituents, that they
would enact a law giving to the people the right
which they have so long claimed. vlr. Craw- !
ford's iriendsin New York, who had vainly at
tempted to stem the current ot public opinion
t\i l i/% p'nls, now ;\p;»lio 1 liioinsolves, ivitli i^reat
in lust iy an i skill, to prevent t'i • representatives
of the people from redeeming their pledga.
They have hitherto succeeded —Sr- n hat means
cannot he loubte I, by any one w'i > properlv
considers the history of the two sessions of the
legislature , holdeu since the election.
In \ crin.mt, at the last session of the legis
lature. in abortive attempt was made, to take
the choice of electors from the poo de, and vest
it in the (I moral Vssemhlv. Tlio representa
tives of the people were too honest to counte
nance this plan, and it was scouted from the le
gislative hall, with the greatest indignation.
In ltho lc-lslanj, the advocates of .Mr. Craw
ford, having vainly endeavoured to procure, a
muster of the people in his favour, see no hopes
of obtaining the votes of the Slate, which one of
them plegeit toone of Mr. Crawford’s friends, in
the Stale of X. ^ oik, about a twelve mouthago,
except by in /nogmg the members of the legis
lature. They are now, it is said, secretly at
woi ,r upon a plan to obtain, at the next session,
a repeal of the present law, and a passage of a
bill to vest the choice of electors in the General
Assembly.
All these inaii'C mers originated in the same
view of the qucstii>u,aud are intended to pro
mote the same object. The friends of Mr.
Craw lord have no hope in the people, in any
partnt the country; and their only chance of
success depends upon their plan, of depriving
the people of the power of ehousing electors,
and vesting that power in a few individuals, who
may he collecte I at one j> >iut, a i l ren lured
subservient to the views of the treasury candi
date. They do not even all'.ict any coucoal
nient of their plan of operati m. On the con
trary, they laugh, whenever tol l of new moie
meats, among the people, in favour of Mr. A
dains, arid avu.-rt, bo l-tingly a i l uuiilu-hiiigly,
that the talents and adroitness of their leaders
u iil, assuredly, defeat the wi lies of the great
mass of our population, and place their Apollo
in the chair
T'j> to the. present time, the elections of this
country have b. e t conducted whli a purity and
a modciati.mi, without example in any other
chuiitrv, trh . r> any part of the magistracy is
rencAfal'Ie by the suffrage of the people. \V:e
have seldom beard of bribery, or of public enter
tainments, given to the electors bv the candi
dates-\ ety seldom have we beard of popular
violence, or intoxication—never of tbe concen
tration, near tbe places of election of a military
force, to overawe the freemen. — Hut, if the pro
srcl mode of electioneering is to be counte
nance! an I tolerated, all the evils which »»e
have enutn ■ruled, and many more tli.ni we can
think of. n >w, will lie entailed upon this conn
try. 11 Mr. ('rawford. comitig forward as lie does
wiib nothing but the treasury patronage t< re
commend him, should be elected for the ensu
ing term of tbe Presidency, the Ahmv. will be
at bis disposal at the next election, and may be
*o dispose i as to intluem e and decide that, and
all fiiftne elections. This is within the consti
tutional power of the President. The control
oi the military force was annexed to the office
for the safety «>f flirt country; in the confidence
1 hat it would not be abused. Tlr.it it has not
been abn-el bv former Presidents, was owing
entirely to their virtue and integrity, and to the {
virtue and integrity of the people. If, there-1
fore, the people should now be so in li.Tcent to j
the eiearis employed by Mr. Crawford, in bis!
attempts upon the Pro Honey as to sudor him !
l(> he elected, they would give an indirect sane- i
lion t<> those means, and a virlual encourage- !
men! to him, to secure bis next election, bv o- i
thcrund more forcible measures. The term of |
eight years, which the example of Wvshink
'lox. introduce I. as (be limit of each Pre-Merit,
" '!! he successively extended to twelve fosix
tenn. to twenty years; imi to a tk.\ wry Fun
I iff! H e are warranted by bis history in Ibis
assertion. In f.vv.ry st-atf. witr.RK mon^hchi
ri a « nisk v on t it '• nr ins of nr ei*ii» ie a m< m. it
II 'c honk «o r.v rut .rotxT imt it nck of -rn:
I K I AS! It v AM) ' U M V , AV I!. I f > I l> IIV Till-'. II t Vm
OF AMBITtors AND OF-IO mm; si s. Philip,
of 1 facer Ion sniv.il the lib^-.i-s „f l!ie Grechin
republies by the !t< mires av ,u h be distributed
among the orator-- and m irvrxcr.x of the several
stale-; and his i-on overturned tbe fabrics of (heir
democrat i. , bv military force. Julius (hr n
rna:chod than! (0 Horne, with an a'iua,!
'vliieb the si ii ite . i I people were unable to in. j
i iif t*jf asi-jjks of nt: r.»:r*i n
1 c. a \ r» a I'lvrv j» n rir m to iif rrrncfi a-f j
>f Tut; rn . aivh an. Tim Medici, and oih
w wealthy rn a Vin'. in the Itali,in reptibliec,
'Opropiiat.-d tfir jr overgi-.itvn fortune , to the
"ircl.Tse m oral an | popnlai leaders. <)(»
Utimg. thus, (!ie . hief in:; Mslraev in (heir ipi.
cef.ive -brfes, fhev appropriated th- public mo- j
f-» liie srjneort of mercenary soldiers, to |
h . i- as-<ist-.me.: (|»ey became alrsolute princes, j
\ on the patrimony of the church and the ! ■
' M*ttl cbr.ir itself, and figured, rbiring many a- I.
among the greatest potentates of B trope.— | |
»ut wc need not multiply instances; History ||
abounds with them: Let us proGt by its instruc
tions.
Mr. Crawford is in possession of the treasury:
and, by means, at least of the regular and le
gal patronage of that department, if not by oth
er and indirect applications of its power, he now
seeks to stifle and suppress the public voice; and
to obtain the Presidency and the command of
the nrnu/ against the public will.
The occasion is momentous and impressive.
The question which we now decide must affect
our own liberties, and those of our posterity.
Are those liberties, and the civil institutions In
which wo fondly hope we have secured them, '
stdl valuable in our estimation?
If they are ***, let us cheek the first approach
es of corruption. Let us dismiss from our con
fidence the men who have essayed to undermine
that virtue, which is the basis of ourgoverninent,
and consign them to the obscurity and insignifi
cance which they deserve. Lotus, in fine;, call to
the chief magistracy of our republic, a man
whose purity of motive and devotion to the good
of his country h ive been tested by a life of la
bour and usefulness in the public service. A
n \ms is the name must frequently associated
with the early assertion of our liberties, & their
triumph and conservation by our national Indk
ei.NOKNct: an 1 our Constitution: Adams is i
the name, in which we can most safely trust, it I
we wish our liberties and constitution to descend j
to as an inheritance to our children!
As an evidence that the Albany junto calculated
to manage the proceedings of the legislature entire
ly in their own way. it may be well to intuition that
the disgraceful resolutions which were introduced
simultaneously into both houses, and which p is. -d
♦ he senate cm Tuesday, were drawn lip and in pilot
fore the legislature convened.—.llbnny (iuzeth . ■
f'rn.n l-'ic Cinrhirrili Crisis. \
I four friends at a distance wore to ju I go o'
Mr. Adam’s support in this state, bv the p i-,itivc. i
yet too Ircquei^ly unfounded assertions of those
editors who support oilier candidates for tho
presidency, they would conclude ho in I no
claims to the vote of Ohio. It i s our consolation
however, to know, lint in common with all re
flecting men, they place but little reliance on
the colored statements of partisan writers: and
entirely disregard the false an I ungenerous re
•narks of the unprincipled an 1 envious aspirants
for popular favor. As lor ourselves, we shall |
n »t contend with the “dead and the dying.”
I he grave of political oblivion is opening for •
•n iuy of our opponents, and we do not wish to |
make the tut nborof tliori; who co npare the In- I
neral prooes.don, much less to cliauut a requi
mn over their ashes.
#' oirf»s may he heard in the city as \vc U as in j
the wilderness; meetings may lie published to
have been held in taverns, and at militia inns
tecs: (be engines of fraud, corruption, an 1 in
trigue, may be put in full operation; the unmean
ing sarcasm of one editor, and the bitter invec
tive of another, may spend all their force; but
the cause we advocate, we arc assured, cannot
and will not he affected. It is the cause of the
people. It is the cause of political wisdom and
virtue, an I must evidently triumph. Our friends
are not distinguish!! I by their presumption, nor
their obstreperous attempts to obtrude their o
pinions into all subjects and on all occasions. 1
Like the Orecian phalanx, they move slowlvj
hut firmly on; and. governed by the same spirit !
of union that animate 1 the followers of Leoni
das they will defend to a man the principles for
winch they arc contending.
I- rom all parts of the Union, we receive the
most cheering information. Intelligent gentle
men, iu didcrcut sections of this state, continue
to assure us, that our electoral college will sup
port John Quincy Adams: and while most hear
tily uniting iu that heliet we call upon our op
ponents to allow us thecreditof candor, at least;
and hereafter, when they arc pretending to in
form and enlighten the public, not to lead them
into an error, that by an adherence to truth,
they would assuredly prevent.
NEVV-ORLEaTs r.\ 1761.
The mip.millele 1 rapidity with which a d.ca
rv wilderness is metamorphose-] into cultivated
fields an I busy villages, and villages into cities,
although in some measure experience 1 in the
ohl, was left to be more fully demonstrated in
the new world.—When reflecting on the vast
improvements which have been so fully exem
plified in our country, within the last few years,
we arc struck with admiration and astonishment
in the contemplation of the prospective._We
were recently put in possession of Charlevoix’*
rravels in North America about the middle of
the last century, in which we noticed his views
ot New-O,leans, the great emporium of the
j west-This place, which sixty years ago, was
: only known in newspaper piilliing, as appears by
j the traveller’s description, now contains more
than 50,000 souls, employs 200,000 tons of ship
ping, is pre-eminent in wealth and trade, and
; ranks as the tilth city’ in the Union.
o/tuaio ini.
Tlic Allowing letter is dated
‘-N rw-Oai.r.ANs, Jun'ry. 10, 1731.
“I am at length arrived in (his famous City
I which they have called In n-mvctle Or lean*.
Those who have given it this name thought that
I Or/r nut, was of the feminine Gender. Hut
what signifies that? Custom has establsihed it,
: on I that is above the rules of Grammar.
“ I his city js tlio first, which one of the great
est (livers in the IN oil I has seen raised on its
Hanks. If the eight hundred fine Houses, and
the five Parishes, which the News-Papers gave
if some two years ago, are reduced at present to
n hundred Barracks, placed in no very great
order: to a great store-house, built of wood, to
twoor three Houses, which would be no orna
ment toa Village of France; and to the half of
a sorrv Store House, which they agreed to lend
to the J.->rd of the Place, and which he had no
sooner taken possession of, but they turned him
cut to dwell under a Tent. What pleasure, on
t he other side, to sec innensioly increasing (his
tuiuro Capital of a fine and vast Country* and
to ho able to say, not with a sigh, like the Hero
oi CV gi/sj --caking of his dear native place con
sum,-1 !>y i|,c flumes, and the ficl Is where Trail
"own had been, hut full of a well grounded
hope, this mild and desert place, which the
reeds and trees do yet almost wholly cover, will
he one day, and perhaps that day is not far off,
an opulent City, and the Metropolis of a great
and rich Colony.
“You will ask rne. Madam, on what I found i
(Ills hope? I found it on the situ ttion of the Ci i
t'.at thirty-three Leagues from the Sea, and on
the side of a navigable Kiver, that one may come
n;> to this place in twenty-four hours; on the
fiuitliilness of the sail; on the mildness and good
ness or its climate, in 30 N. Latitude; outlie
industry of its inh ibitants; on Hie neighborhood
Of . V/.i /ro, to which we may go in fifteen days
by Sen; mi that of (he llmanth, which is still
nearer; and one of the finest Islands of ,•] ntrlca,
•oid nf the L'lg^Y'f Colonics. Need there anv
thing more to render i City flourishing? Home
and F n i.s b.i I not suchconsid wahl • beginnings,
acre not built under such happy auspices, arid
I hi n founders did not find on the Sent- a„’| jjM.
Filter tli** adi,miages wo have f iund on the
, '/ittorvi'/i/b. in comparison ,,f which, those two
Hirers aic out little Brooks.17
.Minaf IFn-hoi.—By an arrival at Norfdk
'm n l|r oM,intenig3ncclns been received that
i vess liilivu ha- been lost.—The Capt. states,
(h it m the Jfh. in l it. 23 10, long 7.3 40, be
aw a wreck to leeward, got out the boat and ,
>oar Ini Ion. foun I her to he a large mao of war !
n ig. with her Jarbore-J how out „f vater; herlar- |
bored quarter stove in, her masts and the great
er part of her rigging atnl sails standing; saw
two dead bodies on the wreck, under water, and
a number of pieces of flesh floating near the
wreck—found a Colombian pennant on board.
Supposed tier to be a Colombian man of war, and
probably blown up, as part of the stern frame
was laying in the fore-top; the long-boat was a
loiig'idc, bottom upwards; she was American
built; had a yellow streak round her—took from
the wreck an anchor, sails, rigging, &e.”
KOKEiGN.
Boston, August 12.
By the packet ship '/b/wr, t’apt. Jos. Cal
lender, arrived at this port last evening, Lon
don papers of the IJtii and Liverpool of 1.1th
July cere received. The Topaz, sailed nth
July and was overtaken by tbe Tullyho, winch
sailed the l.ilh, by which means C’apt. Callen
der obtained from Capt. Glover, papers 10 days
later than lie i»*>uld otherwise have brought.
Mr. T.q.IiiPs boat boarded the Topaz six
miles outside tlie light, and arrived at the wharf
with the papers, &c. about half past nine. We |
are indebted to Mr. T. for London p ipers to
the evening of the 12th ultimo, from which we i
have made some hasty selection.—[ShUisman.
TURKISH DEFEAT.
Accounts were received in London, on the
Ulli, from Greece, by IclteiN tiffin Trieste, da
ted June vhi, which confirm what has been t»o
fore stated of the defeat Turkish com
mander in chief. It appears that this General,
who i-> one of the b’jst in the Turkish army,
had proceeded with much expedition towards
the passes of the Thcriuopyu;, wl.a li he made
an elfurt to force.
The Tnikisli troops fought with more cou
rage than usual, and for some time the issue of
Hu* contest seemed doubtful. In the end, how
ever, the Putiiolic defence of the Greeks pre
vailed, and tho.l'acha, was compelled with some
loss to make a retreat to Larissa, where ho was
to wait lor reinforcements fruin Komclia. The
same leilcis stale that the corps of Constantine
Bozzaris, and the troops of the Pacha of Scutari,
had met, and that an engagement had taken
place, which must have turmitialcd favorable
to the Greeks, as Constantine remained in pos
session of the field, and the Turks had fallen
back 10 and 20 leagues, in all directions.
The naval force of tlio Turks hi the Gulf of
Lepauto is only eight vessels; three frigates,
two corvetts, and throe brigs. The Greeks
have in the waters of Ipsara uot less than 1U0
sail, mostly small.
Letters ft oin. Corfu, dated June 7, states that
Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek President, has
marched against the Turks under Omir Vrione,
and that as lie lias taken with him only the most
chosen troops, the issue could not be doubtful.
The prince will combine his operations with
those of Nicetas, who has received orders to
penetrate into Thessaly Livadia; in the centre
of which province the two armios are to form a
junction.
From. German papers received in London, Ju
ly »>•
Some Tiu kUh ships of war had entered the
harbor ol Yolo. The inhabitants were under
arms determined to oppose their landing. Dia
mento commands the Greeks in that quarter.
The Turkish llect was last otrtlie island ofSe
lioni. A Greek corps of observation had ar
rived near the island of Skyso and seetned re
solved to take the fust opportunity to attack
the Turkish ships. The Y'ice Admiral of the
Turkish fleet has the chief command in those
sens, and lias with him ahnut a third part of the
ships that have come from the Dardanelles.
With the remaining two thirds the Captain Pa
cha remained near Uytilene, expecting the E
gyptian squadron and the Asiatic corps that wa-.
c .Uncled aboutSmyrnaan l waslournbarlcthcrc.
'(his corps had committed great excesses in
Smyrna and Ike neighborhood. It appears that
the plan of the Greeks i- to destroy that part ol
the Turkish fleet which is at the entrance of the
harbor at Satoniclii, before the other larger di
vi-iuii, shall join it. In Macedonia all was
quiet, and the communications between the
Archipelago and Salonichi were entirely free,
i A corps of Turkish Troops has landed near
Oreo, on the northern point of Negropont,
whence it had advanced into the interior of the
country with the intention of uniting with the
Turks in the fortresses of the Island. The plan
failed. A corps of Greeks, compelled them to
make a hasty retreat and rc-cinbark—hut it was
believed that when re-inforced they would
make a landing on anoth *r part of the island,
particularly as they hail been joined by some
j troops from Macedonia.
j Si’AIN.— Madrid letters of June 20, state
1 that tlic Government bail received a note from
i the F rencli Ambassador, agai nst the conduct j
observed towards the Constitutionalists, and that
in consequence of it, orders had been given at
Ililboa and elsewhere, to put a decree ofamnes
ty into execution.
In Arragon the populace of several towns
resisted the Order, an j made an auto dc. ft, at
which in due form they burned (lie decice. Ii i
was felt necessary to send fora French battalion j
fr#m Saragossa to redune the mob to order.
The Pacha of Egypt was preparing to send a
llect to (’audio, manned with Austrian and Ma- i
lav sailors.
The plague is said to rage in Alexandria.
Lon don, July f>.—Government vesterdav
took up .some vessels as transports for six months
j certain ; their d^tioation is of course a secret,
hut .there cannot he a doubt that government
are about sen ling troops to some point in Eu
rope. Some sensation has been excited during
the last two or three days by the statement
that tbo king of Portugal bad made an applica
tion to bis majesty’s Government, for the aid of
a military force, and that this application had
been granted. The talcing up of the transports
is supposed to be connected with this applica
tion.
[The Courier of the 9th says that no British
troops will be sent to Portugal. It seems to ad
mit however that some Hanoverian soldiers were
to be sent. ]
July \0.—Bonl Bi/mn—The crowds that
presented them .elves this morning at No. \>0
Great (Jeorge-strect, to view the above illus
trious personage lying in state, were beyond all
precedent; and the uproar and confusion that
prevailed beggar description. The bustle was
so great that it was found expedient to call in
the aid of Handley and VVeale, tbc two principal
oilirersof Queen-square establishment, and even
their presence scarce!y tended to abate (be vio
lence of the applicants, so eager were the} to
gain admittance.
I iiis morning a wooden frame was erected
round the coffin an I urn, fo keep the spectators
o!l, upon the top of which were plumes of sombre
feathers. The splendid pall was then thrown
over the coflin—on each side were displayed
five escutcheons, and one at the head and foot.
Another pal! was placed over the urn, which
was decorated with ! escutcheons.
I be pall on the coffin was surmounted with
a li I of rich black feathers, which gave to the ,
whole a remarkably grand funeral aspect.
Outlie top of the pal! that enveloped the urn, !
were displayed his Lordship’s splendid coronet i
and cushion.
Five of the late Lord Byron’s suit accrim,!.!
’lied the body to England Amongst them n an t
Indian doctor, who attended his Lordship, and ■<
also bis Italian caurticr; the latter is a man of !
robust statute, and wears a rich uniform, cn r
inUitnirc, of blue and silver. —The muscular t
form and outline of bodily strength f jr which
the late Lord Byron was remarkable, were per
fectly visible after his decease, notwithstanding'
the operation of his last psiralizing illness, and
the previous indisposition, which was attended
with very debilitating effects. T’ e personal
appearance continued nearly the same when the
body was removed from the spirits, in which it
had been preserved in the voyage to this coun
try, into the colhu dually prepared for its recep
tion. The first line of the features had of course
collapsed in death, but they were previously re
duced, and expressive of much care and anxie
ty. ilis hair has grown thin, and become hi
many places grey : this alteration became tnoic
visible alien death, when the curls lav more ex
tended upon the surface of the head. There
was no appearance of convulsion upon the fea
tures, and the approach of death was in all pro
bability i. iperceplHdu to the deceased, who
seemed to have died in a state of extreme lan
guor.—Near the collin, on the ground, is an es
cutcheon, which was painted on wood in Greece,
ami then; displayed when the body of Lord By
ron lay in state at Missolonghi.
The late Lord Byron’s will passed the Seal of
the Prerogative Court in Doctor’s Commons on
the Oth inst. probate being granted to John Cam
ITobhiluse, Lsq. and John Hanson, of Cliaucc
rylaue, Lsq. executors. The personal estate is
Lnglnud was sworn under Cl0,000. The will i
daled the ‘i.'llh of July, Ml5, and, with the ex
ception of a bequest of £1000 each to his lord,
ship’s executors, is made solely to benefit his sis
ter, Agusta Mary Leigh, wife of George Leigh,
and her children; Lady B vron and any fa
mily he might have, being stated to he otherwise
amply provided for. The manor or Lordship of
Rochdale, in the county ot Lancaster, is given
to the executors in trust to he sold for the above
purpose; as is also the manor and estate of Now
stead, in the county of Nottingham, which lat
ter is subject to the charge of £d0,000 for fulfill
ing' the trust of his marriage settlement, but
which sum, or any part thereof, not so appro
priated, is to constitute part of the general es
tate. Mrs. Leigh is to have a life interest, free
from her husband’s cnntronl, and her children
are to inherit the principal,according to her ap
pointment hj' will or otherwise, and failing such
provision, in equal portions, to sons at twontv
one, and to daughters at that age or marriage,
with benefit of survivorship. There is a codicil
annexe.! to the will, dated at Venice, the 17th
November, 1B18, bequeathing to his executors
£5000 in trust for Allegra Ilyron, an infant a
bout twcuty-one months old, hv mo brought
up, and now residing at Venice,” to he paid to
her at twenty-one or marriage, “ provided she
docs not marry a native of Great Britain.” The
interest, in the mean lime, for her maintenance
and education.
li iiroun Ascent. iMr. Rossiter, one of Mr.
Harris’committee, and the uncle of his widow,
has made an ascent in the same balloon which
had proved fatal to Mr. Harris, for the benefit
01 his widow and family. He landed without a
nv difficulty, and without the balloon’s sustain
ing the slightest injury.
A L tn'fon paper contains the celebrated toast
of Air. .McFarland, with this appropriate title;
“ Dnnestic Carpeting”—“ May the skins” kc.
Died, in London, June 8, Her Majesty Ta
mcliamaha, consort of the ‘2d king of the iSand
wich Islands, of inflammation on the longs. The
King himself was sick, hut it was thought he
would shortly recover.
The Emperor of Russia has issued a Ukas«
to the etlect that no Russian functionary shalr
publish, without special permission, any work in
any language whatever which treats of the do
mestic or foreign affairs of the Empire. Does
his Imperial Majesty wish for foreign and do
mestic policy to he kept a profoun 1 secret—or
are foreigners only to he entrusted with the of
fice of making the rest of Europe acquainted
with them ? Or is the Russian Government en
gaged in some gigantic and mysterious enter
prise, the preparations for which it is anxious
diould not he di>closcJ.”
Captain Gordon of the brig Orono, arrived at
Providence on the 10th instant, states, that on
:he l ltliof June, being about !’. league E. of
Tobasco, the Orono was chased by a piratical
schooner but outsailed her—next morning in
sight she boarded a Spanish brig, and next even
ing boarded the Catharine, took out a!i the
crew, confined them in the hold of the piratical
boat, robbed her ot all her provisions, clothes,
watches, kr. of seamen, stove the cabin to pie
ces, took all her s^are rigging, and were about
unbending the sails, when a small sail hove in
sight, which detered them, 'flic Captain swore
that he would have the Orono, if he cruised af
ter her a month and would cut the crew to pie
ces. I lie O. escaped the barbarian by enter
ing the port in the night. Two days after, the
pirate appeared off the port, anil was taken near
the shore by an armed brig, the Captain and
CC -, however, escaped to their rendezvous,
which was at St. Peter and Paul, where they
have a droger. On the llth July, they made
an attempt to cut out the Orono, Hut were ta
ken and sent to Tobasco to be tried.
[flail, .l.ii or.
FROM GUAVAQUIL.
A letter from Guayaquil dated the 22 I of
May, received at Pbiladeljiha, says “Bolivar
lias advanced to Cuara, a town somewhat in the
interior from fYuxillo, in order to make himself
master r>f the jmsscs leading towards Lima.
That city is still in the hands of the Spaniards,
(lie port of Callao is blockaded, hut by a weak
force.
“ f have no idea that Bolivar will make any
attempt to go into Lima again. His object bein«
an engagement, with a view of obtaining pos
session of the interior of the country. °Soine
troops have just arrived from Panama, to which
will he added some new recruits from this quar
ter, and the whole will leave this in a day or
two, in the transports, to join Bolivar—they do
not exceed 1 BOO men.”
C Hmr.ESTos, August 13.—By a passcn^rr
iu the schr. Sally ^ Polly, from Matanzas,"We
‘earn tliat tlie Spanish armed brig Mnrmoro
with a crew of CO men from Cadiz for Havana,
fell in with the Colombian armed schr. Gen.
T adilla on the 1st inst. ofT Salt Kov Bank, and
both vessels engaged for half an'hour, when
the Padilla hauled off an I immediately after the
Spanish hrig blew up. The Padilla’s boats suc
ceeded in saving thirty-one of the Spanish brig’s
crew, which she sent into Matanzas on the ‘2d
mst. in a droger. City Gaz.
GF.NF.RU. BERNARD.
Of the various characters whom Napoleon
had encountered in this great and diversified ca
reer, Eas Casas says, in speahingof the several
loumies of the Emperor to inspect the fortifica
tions—
‘‘On one of those occasion*, he happened to !
rail in with a captain or Lieutenant Colonel of
Engineers, who was modestly assisting in the j
ortihcQtioris of the place, and with whom be
; rite red into discussion of certain points con*
looted with llic business in which he was en
gaged. Shortly after, the officei unexpectedly
•ei vivcd .1 letter informing him he was appointed
u i-do-camp to the Emperor, and directing him
»» repair to the Taiilcries, to enter upon his
Iti'ies—The poor officer was filled with aston
• imcut: ho thought ho was dreaming* or that
lie letter had been inis-diroctcd.-He was
o extremely diffident, and possessed so little 1
Iio-a .'edge of the world, that, this announcement i
f 11is promotion threw him into great perplexi- J I
v. He recollected having once seen me in '■ |
intwerp, and he begged I would render him > ’
my assistance. Accordingly, on my arrival at
Faria, he came and assured me of his total ip.
aorance of court manners, and the embarrass!
meut lie felt in presenting himself to the Einpc!
ror. However, Isoon succeeded iu encouratr!
mg Inin: and before lie reached the gate of the
Palace, lie hail mustered a tolerable decree of
confidence. This ollicer was General Bernard
whose great talents were brought into notice bJ
this circumstance, and who at tlie time of our
disasters proceeded to America, where he was
placed at the headoi the military works of the
United Stales. °
Napoleon loved to take people thus by sur
pnse. W lieuever he discovered talents, he ne
,e[ bided to raise it to its proper sphere, with
out su(leriug himself to bo swayed bv any secon
daiy considerations. This was one of bis most
striking characteristics.”
Dr. Smollel—An esteemed corrcsponderrt
has handed us an original letter of L>r. 8mol|[q’
to Richard Smith, Esq. formerly of Burlington’
N. J. and brother ol the historian ofNew-Yorlr
and New-Jersey. It is a literary curiosity, and
the inure so to us, as it is in some measure con
w J1.* ,our country. We presume
.I..-1, ,V,,,ffton ,ncu,‘oned in the letter, was
the King s printer m New York. We are not
aware that this letter was published, if not, it is
worthy ol being made known, as it contains a
bnol outline ol the life and family of Smollct, br
b,insoIf- Aurora. *
. a,n favoured with yours of the 26tft
ot February, and cannot but be pleased to fiat*
imselt a writer so high in your esteem. The
curiusdv you express with regard lu the partic.,-'
i™ 'r. V h,e.a“d li*e variety of situations i,t
iiicli I may have been, cannot be gratified;
w;thm tbe compass of a letter. Bcid^, there
are some particulars of my life which it would"
.11 become me to relate. The onfy similitude
between the cnoiimsta.iees of my own fortune
and those 1 have attributed t„ Roderick Ilaii
do,„ consist in my being Imrn of a respectable
family m Scotland, iu being bred a surgeon’s
mate on board a man of war, during the 0v1)C.
dition to Carlliagena. The low situations iu
which 1 have exhibited Roderick, I experienced
m my own person. I married very youug a na
tive ot Jamaica, a young lady well kuoivn and
universally respected under the name of Miss
Nancy LasscHs and by her 1 enjoy a comforta
' >ie 1 bough moderate estate iu that islaud I
practised surgery in Loudon, after having *j,„
l.rovcU mysch in travelling in Fiance and other
t.oeign countries till the year (19) when 1 took
uueioroi mcuiciiiu, and havclived
ever since m Chelsea, 1 hope with credit and
reputation—No man knows hotter than Mr
Rivingtoii what time 1 employed in writing the
four lust volumes of the History of England
and indeed the short period in which that work
was finished appears almost incredible to myself
when I recollect III it I turned over, an l con
sulted above three hundred volumes in tl,e
course of my labour. Mr. Kivingiou likewise
knows that 1 spent the best part of a year in re
vising, correcting and improving the quarto edi
tion which is now going to press, and which will
be continued in the same size to the late peacr
\V hatever reputation I may have got by t .is
work, has been dea.ly bought by the loss of
health, which 1 am of opinion 1 shall never re
trieve. I am now going to the South of France
loonier to try the ollecU of that climate, and
v t y probably shall never return.
I am very much obliged to you for the hone
you express, that ( have obtained some provision
Iru.n his Majesty, but ihe truth is, I have nei
ther pension uor place: nor am 1 of that dispo
sition which can stoop to solicit either. I have
always piqued myself upon my independence,
and 1 trust in Go l 1 shall preserve it to my dv«
mg day. Exclusive of some small detached* nor
io. .nances that l have published occasionally in
papers and magazines, the following is a ge»u
me list ot my productions. Roderick Random
the Regicide, a Ti agedy; a Tran-dation of Gil
olas; a I ranslalion of Don Quixote; au essay
upon the external use of water; Peregrine Pic
kle; Ferdinand Count Fathom; great part of the
Critical Review; a very small part of a compen
dium o! yoy ages. J he complete historv of Eng
land, and continuation, a small purl of the mo
dern I i q versa 11 listoryy some pieces in the Eri
tisii Magazine, comprehending the whole of Sir
Launcelot (. reaves, a small part of the transla
t.on ot \ olta.re’s wo. ks, histo. ieal and critical to
be found in that translation.
I am much mortified to ii.nl it is believed in
America, that I have lent my name ..^sell
ers : that is a species of prostitution of which l
am altogether incapable. 1 had engaged with
Mr. Riv mgton. anJ made some progression iu a
work which 1 shall finish if f recover mv health,
f you should see Mr. Rivingtoii please give ,„y
kindest compliments to him, tell him I wish him
all manner ot happiness ; though 1 have little tu
expect for my own share, having lost my only
child, a fine girl of fifteen, whose death has o
veru helmed myself and wife with unutterable
•orrow.
1 have now complied with your request and
bog in my tuna, you will commend me to all mv
.-.ends in America. I have endeavoured more
than once to do the colonies some "-cod.
1 am Sir, Yours &c.
r , TS. SMOLLET.
London, May Clh 1763.
From the New York Daily Advertiser, August
U. We are indebted to a friend for the fol
lowing interesting letter from London.
Extract (fa tetter from London, dated June 19.
1 can with truth assure you, the people of this
country have no cause to repine at the happiness
that awaits other nations, for historians will re
cord that the present times are like the reign of
Solomon—for silver is thought nothing of in the
rt)T,U^CT^ 1,10 4y*- 11 he truly said
that all lie dealers and manufacturers pay mo
ney, and in my line the greatest difficulty is to
prevail on people to take credit. Discounts of
paper on the first houses, can he obtained at 3
per cent, and 3uch is the superfluous capital at
the present tune, that people arc induced to ad
vanoe money in various undertakings, most of
which n'nl be of great national advantage. I
. enumerate a few, and when you call to
mind the immense amount which has been ex
pended in this way within 15 years it will ap
poar inconceivable to posterity. A superior
bridge is in progress across (be Thames, over
Dock head to (he Bricklayers’ Arms; a tunnel
underfills river lower down, a new “London
Bridge, is m considerable progress—Southwark
budge is completed; Waterloo, also a stupen
dous monument, of hitman art, and Vauxhall.
I lie bill for one at Hammersmith lias passed,and
one at \V indsor was finished last week. The
new streets from Pall mall to the Rcreiil’s Park
arc nearly finished in a style of architecture su
perior to any m Europe, and the park is encir
cled wit., elegant houses which let from 150 to
_L O') per annum: a post office is erecting which
wi.l cost .C >00.000. the bank of England is re
th-Tbfin>; ,U,C n:V’,r of ,1,nextprio<- excepting
r 7 i'othbuT7 '■> building in another style; the
V°'a ^xo,'ange has been under repair the last
J} oars; new roads are making in larious parts
« bn town—the slonc pavements are taken up
and broken into small pieces, and consequently
made like turnpike roads, and the chief streets
m London will be done in this way, which pre
sents noise. The roads throughout (he coun
i v are like bcnvliog greens—the hills are lower
ed every where, arid the coaches travel regu
iriy fiom 9 to 10 miles an hour; the poor taxes
• re every where reduced to a trifle; the rnanu
acturers are fully employed from one extreme
•art of iho conn try to the other; therearen
peculations going forward in tie raw material