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THE NUN.
She was very fair,
Am! intellect had 5 mu red its richest light i
Upon he, lutme; hut, alas for her!
She iia • a woman's heuil. and love loo scon
1divined his light fcitcis round her spnit's wing,
Binding it down to earth, ller life had been
I.ik.i a calm nimmet’s day, and she had dieamed
Its horns away, 'mid those sweet fautasies
That youthful feeling loves No threatening rtoi’d
Had darkened hei pute heaven of sinless thought,
blip looked on all things with a loving eye
Of happy innocence, mid her sweet voice j
W as like the carol ot young buds in spiing; ^
The echo of a glad and joyous heart. ^
Alas! alas! that g-iel should enter there!
But never yet was gentin woman led
By intellect to hapjiiticss. The light
Ot genius so, ves hut to illume the waste
O; hiighted hope, and she who ruddy fans
I tuj sacred flame, like the poor Hindoo wife.
Lights her own funeral pyre. Aye, Aline loved
As the iieait loves tit youth, as women love
To every season. Genius, beauty, nil
1 hat man rail prir.e, or women hna.t, were'given
As of,-rings to one deity. She lived
l.Uit in his pressure. Absence u-.is to her
i ne Soni s deep uiigiiight; tin lie was the sun
G, her briglit world of dieams, and her young heart |
Iiiku Meiiiimn's harp, beneath his t-yes aiouu
t> ivo out its hidden music. It was deep,
Intense devotion, pin,- infancy,
A et strong as dmith, which ilwra within her breast.
A i iia o| ten-lei ness could scarce repay
Such self forgotten love. But, ah! the Int
G! woman was upon her, and she met
A woman's recompense
The time had route
Wh their first parting now, and d ,ys passed mi;
A et bright nutir jpatiniis filled her heart.
And she was happy. But long weeks nod months j
Kolied by, and y-ot he came not. Then the rose
I aded troni Alina's cheek; yet she was calm; ;
A tt l, tiinugli |,er lip giew paler, it still wore
I -.-> (juii-l -miie; hut tiii! what eye could t,ar»f *j
T he daily witiieun.g of hnr heait, ,|,e stow
Piouacted martyrdom of Impe? At length
“bey told her ho was m fried Tin reproach
B'uUe lion, her lips, mu meekly, like a flmvi r, 1
?he sunk tieneath tlm blow. l'lie heavy hand
Of sickn-.'ss fell upon her, and she pi lived
f i> leave a scene of suffering and of sin.
Hot dentn caino not; and wli -n the healthful flo w
Gf Pie’s pore current came again, she turned
F-Ve.n al' her Fanner joys, ami found her home 1
V* itliin a convent’s walls. j
'\ hen 1 liisi saw Imr, five long years had past, j
And peace once more dwelt in her ln- ut. Her cheek '■
VV as pGln as n.n-file, and her ten tores wore j
The se'tied calmness of a sp lit schooled
L.v early siifT-'iiug. Idle lieme storm had passed,
Bnl ielt its trace of desolation. Time
Ff.i i done his ku: fly wink, nod she could smile ;
Cm-,- more iv ill, rheei dill in-s*; ‘-i:t wlieu she spoke !
G’ » ' i. . days. .1 .oi1 and de*»v\ light j
S-ioiie in her doveliku e\ fs, «s if a tear f
II id burst F'iooi us sealed fountain. Fattiik. '
Report op the Minority or the Commit-]
tee on' Retrench went. ]
CONTINUED (
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
In proceeding to inquire into the*!
condition ot the several Departments, in i
Reference to the disbursements oi' the I
public money, the minority of the Coin-1
lmttee tirst directed their attention to
the Department of Slate. On the organi-1
nation of the Committee, a letter of general
inquiry was addr<*ssed by the chairman to the!
Heads ol the several Departments, and an-1
Stveis. accompanied with documents, were!
received from them all. The answer of the!
Secretary of State presents a view of the
condition of his Department, fully sustained I
by the official documents from his own and]
tbo Register’s olHce,and highly satisfactory.]
I rorn this view, which the minority of the
committee will presently lay before the
House, it appears that there has been acon-j
finuod economy in the expenditure of thej
Department. While the minority of the
Committee make tins remark, however, they 1
Mtould not be understood as sanctioning the!
principle, that the greater or less did °rse-'
ment made in a Department is the only mea-!
sure of the success and fidelity with which if
has been administered. In the Department
cl Htate, particularly, the expenditures ne
cessary to be made depend, in part, on our I
relations with foreign powers, and on inci-j!
dents in our intercourse with other nations,]!
Which this government is unable cither to fore-! i
reo or control. In some respects, an increa-} (
sei! expenditure indicates abroad au exten-ij
sion ot friendly relations with foreign po\(*-|
c‘p, and at home an increase of public bu-! i
sin ess, arising out ol the augmented popula- i i
tion, multiplying pursuits, and growing pros-',
purity ot the country.
.A/S i^siu tho foreign affairs oi the conn- j,
t^-y, that the greatest fluctuation is likely L
to arise, so it is in tho (tjtpro}aviationn fori,
this branch of the service that the greatest di-!
versify exists in one year, compared with!)
*s others. j
.•a Hr* year I 3:.$, the appropriations ,
Were, omitting parts j
of a dollar, ^ 1.3 1,300 ,
T9-4, 309,350 ■ ♦
lf5-'h 330,050 f
350,93: !j
1P'-r» 290,550! #
.... . 89,55011
< lie great inferiority ot the appropriation 1.
of 1823, arises from the fact that, the sum of \
one hundred ihousnwl dollars, appropriated ,
.e. 1222, for the expense of the missions to; j
<<.»*■ new American <»overmnenfs, was not ex-if
pemie.l during that year, and was. iiccor-l «
dm pv at t!ie service of the Department,!*
lor next. Tim great inferiority of the',
appropriation for 1327, and particularly J J
tout (or 1328, i: owing jo oronoirnrni savings j '
M f'*e applications, and to ;ediirfjon<in some,?
>A (directs ofevpr>iidiii:re:a>, for instance, I
n»some of t hr missions to the new govern-j f
Jponfs in South America, ns is moic fully <w-1,
plained in flic note rf the Secretary. ’ !r
If the e.xpe.-u'A tre oft lie three years (.ft!,;.: ;
Administration he compared with that ofthe!»
thie.c prcc.:di?ig. some increase will appear. t
4o this increased expenditure tier remark j
utM,ve made ; v!ies with full force. It has I
grown Sv't oj tiie extension of onr relations; *
u-ith foreign powers, and other min.en con- r
netted wit h tlie growing prosperity of the-t
country. 1 ho same variation from'year to ,
rear will her- also he found: shewing that,!
cith the same oilicers at the head ,,f 7he De-'r
parfment, A with thesnmr in«’i\idnids com- \>
pr^mg a Congress at sucr.*«vajvo sessions, it :i
} ilopo*/«hi'.* Jo hr, >g *hc rvg* a'ht•^r-h"
xronrb of the paWA> 3fcmCe t» an uhiVurm
condition, either ot increase or diminution.
In the year 1822, the expenditure
was $173,879
1823, 314,668
*824, 270,731
1825, 306,731
1826, 255,296
1827, 287,163
Arranged in the order ot diminishing ex
penditure, the years would accordingly stand
ii'B follows:
1823, $314,663
1825. 306,751
1827, 237,405
1824. 270,731
1826, • 755,796
1822, 173,879
It may he added that the expenditure of
the present year, for which only $89,550 are
appropriated will probably fall as low as that
ot the lowest years in the foregoing cata
logue. It will also he observed stated in
the letter ol the Secretary, that the apparent
expenditure ot 18 27 is swelled above its rc-a!
amount, bv h sum of money remitted to
l.urope, for winch the requisition wars grani—
tcii in Dec. 1827, for the forcigu service of
18 23.
M ith regard to the expenses of the De
partment of Htatc proper, the small increase
ol expenditure in the. present administration
over that, ol the last, is fairly reforrible, in
part, to the natural increase of business, and
J° the known accumulation of some extra
items ol necessary expenditure. Tims, the
transcription of the immensely voluminous
papers relutiveto the north-eastern boundary,
wliiclt it hits been ncecssery to make twice,
would ol itself account for a considerable
p.ort ot the increase. The preparation of
the schedule of American claims on foreign
powers, was also an exceedingly laborious
and expensive task, imposed on the Depart
ment ol Sti;te by a resolution of the I louse
ol Representatives. The transcribing of the
papers relative to the claims on France, pi ior
to 1 800, in obedience to a resolution of the
Senate, under the Inst administration, but
which if was impossible to comply with til!
’he year !i:JG, (papers filling a printed vo
lume ot 810 ptigo.<.) was ulso a heavy item of
extra expenditure. The increased expense
ol special messengers grows out of the ex
tension of our intercourse with those parts of
the world where suitable opportunities for
conveyance, in the Usual channels of com
morr.ial intercourse, (a mode of transporting
important official documents, at best open to
objection,) do not often present themselves,
and tue increased number of treaties and
conventions which have been negotiated andf
transmitted. The invariable tisage of the!
Government, am] the manifest propriety of;
the thing retjuire that conventions andtrea-i
ties, genera! instructions of great importance ]
transmitted to the foreign ministers, and
confidential despatches, should be entrusted
to special messengers; and the minority of
the Committee have not found that these!
have been employed, iu any case not rerjuir-j
cd by the public service.
The following is a copy of the letter of;
the Secretary of State referred to. i
(A his letter has been published iu ta^
Whig.)
r%. f
Before proceeding to coiUatciit. on sepa
rate items of expenditure, the minority of i
the Committee would observe, that there isj
one general point in relation to the cxpnndi-!
fares ol the Department of State, upon !
which objection lias her? made, and on
which, for that reason, a remark will he offer-'
i'n. It is f ho mode of disbursing the moneys!
lor the contingent expenses of the Depart-!
Jicut. The disbursements are made by the j
lgnncy of a designated clerk, who, for that
impose, is entrusted with moderate sums,!
vhich he deposits in Bank,and draws, from!
ime to time, ns small payments are made,
iccounfing for flic expenditures in the same !
nanner as other accountants.
1 o this course no well grounded objec- i
ion appears to the majority of the Commit-!
ee. It is that which is adopted by individ
taks who have large c.ouccrns. A cash;
cooper in a counting house-, and an account)
d petty cash, are familiar to every body, as l
.kings not merely of convenience, but of ne- i
wssirv.
Tnis plan, however, is not new, nor has it,
■"■'•'n unknown to Congress. In the year;
the then Secretary of State, now Pro-:
ident of the TTmteil States, addressed a let-!
er (dated the 13th April, 1322) to the Com-!
niit.-e ol this House oil tlio Expenditures of
he Department, of State, in which lie states!
h’S practice to have existed before his com*!
ug into the Department. That letter is on :
fie lilos of this Douse, and a copy was laid !
>efore tliis committee with the letter of the j
ircsent Secretary of Stute. The commit-!
ee f>i 1322 (Reports Number 10G) reported i
:.s f ollows: “The expenditure of the moneys
appropriated for the contingent expenses of!
he Depa-tment is confided to one of the;
dorks nt the Department.” “The commit-J
ee have examined the accounts of these cx
rcmiitUrcs, with the vouchers for the said |
-'counts, as far as they judged necessary.1;
I'he objects of expenditure appear to be
u»di as are necessary to the execution of the
luties of the Department; and must, thero
i>re, i>e authorized by I a*. 7. The expendi
ng is within the appropriation, and is stip
K»ried by sufficient vouchers. The accounts j
ro regularly la p!; the expenditures nppcyj
o 1)0 made with fidelity and economy; and
ha committee arc unable to suggest any sub-1
of retrenchment compatible with the*
eublic service.”
D is natural now to inquire, what better j
tiode can be suggested or adopted.' or if.
m m iv bo objected to, what is there that*
nay not'
The minori'v of the Committee will now;
rocked to examine particularly scrap of the j
f ins of expenditure in the State Depart-j
tent, which have hccu. »>;• mar !>o. thought!
• n;*pV *t %s%
. 9
4J1h> llies6 is the uuilit allowed to Mr.
John A. King, as Charge 1)'AHairs at Lon-ii
cion, which has been said to have been made!
in violation ofluw, anil out of a fund appro-!
printed lor other objects.—This subject hav-|
ing been brought before the House of llep-1
resent at iyes at the last session of Congress,!
:u:d having, in obedience to a call Of the1
lloure, been reported upon bv the Secretary j
ol btatc, the minorit\ of the Committee wilij
only observe, that from the Secretary's ro-!
port, at that titno, -,t appears that Mr. King’s
appointment Mas made conformably to the
t Destruction Mhieh lias been given to the
law*ot ath May 1810. t»v everv succeeding
I Administration: and that the allowance
made to him Mats a medium between thol
highest and lowest rate of allowance made!
in similar cases. That it was mail.: out of j
the contingent (end for foreign intercourse.!
“1 N me opinion ci the: majority oi the
f omrnittce, both necos^.rv end proper.
; ^ bo expense occurred on the contingency]
ot the sickness of the minister at London,
i ^ be service ,>egu:i and terminated, in the re
j cess ot y’ongrorx: it w;»s, consequently one
; tor which no pic Aous appropriation could
•bo made: amt ih<> minority oi'the committee
‘ a,° ['Ware that Congress have ever con
sidered it a brunch of legislative dutv, to dc
, eide what part, or w hether anv pait, of an
i outiit, should be allow* d to a Charge ePAf
: fairs, alter his return lro;n his post. In the!
numerous balances which the records of the
j Government exhibit, oft lie settlement of the
account' oi lunetionaries of this class, ii is
j the belief oi the minority of the Committee,
! that when the same have .ot previously I
[been appropriated for, (which in the major-]
it.' of cji-cs they have not been.) the Kxeeu
tivc has decided the rate of allowance, and
ordered iis payment, out of ihe contingent'
fund for foreign intercourse. The minority!
I’d the Committee are aware that ‘*preco-:
! dents made-in violation of law,'’ are not cn
! tnled to respect. But, when they consider
; that the intercourse of tin; f«o\eminent with
; foreign nations is confided by the Consfitn-j
lion, to a considerable extent, to the Prrsi-;
| dent, and that, down f*> the; present d.iv '
there is no jmccilic act of Congress creating
i any foreign mission, they cannot but think I
that it would now be hazardous to preclude!
the Executive from the application of the
contingent fund to the exigencies of the for-;
j cjgn service, which arise during the recess of
[Congress, and which, the m'inoritx* of the;
Committee regard as a part of the object;;'
peculiarly intended to ho provided for by
that fund. The minority also think it an
undue measure of severity toward anv Ad-j
ministration, to charge it with the violation!
ot positive law, in cases where its acts have i
been, in conformity to an unvarying usage in ■
the construction of that law from the time of!
its enactment, and under the most approved
administrations ot the Government. Itinnv:
uh-o not be improper to re cal to the House, j
that neither the outfit, nor any other allow-1
ance made to our foreign agents, is a gratui- j
tous pecuniary emolument. In most instan
ces, it (alls below, and never, it is believed,]
rises above, the necessary expenses of their j
station. -dorst ol our citizens in the foreign ‘
service leave it with circumstances not men-!
ecu, lit having discharged important duties!
to the country: and the mi;u>rity of the Coin- j
ciitfee nave no reason tohe]iex;c that allow- ■
unces hue those made to ISIr. jxingaro even i
an indemnity for the sacrifices which every i
individual must make in his domestic estab-'
lishmenf, by entering the public service tin-!
der the like circumstances.
(hi the subject oi the empiovmcnt of J.
H. Pleasants, ns a special messenger, for;
bearing despatches, commissions, and in-!
structions to our Charges d’Athiirs at Biotic?
Jancrio and Buenos Ayres, the minority of
the Committee deem ii wmrcessnrv fo’snv
tiny thing, in addition to what i*-- stated in the
letter of the Secretary, which is here sub
joined.
L«I* ' $ loiter Jo Hr. Hamilton has:
been published.] ,
AjXiong the items of expenditure which;
have been objected to, \< the nun paid for
the publication of the entice of the provis-1
ion made by the Govt rnxm ni«* of France and
Hayti, for indemnity for the sufferers !>v the!
revolution :n St. Domingo.— It will probably}
be in the recollection of the House, that the'
notice in question was of coja idernblo i
length, directing, in detail, fho course to be
adopted by the unfortunate persons in ques
tion. to obtain their portion of Jliis long* de
layed indemnity. No other principle, it j
must be allowed, called upon the Fnited
States to aid them, by giving extensive pub
licity to tnis notire, than that ot comity to
the friendly foreign power cniiirnuTucnting
the documents to this Government, and lib"
crality toward the unfortunate exiles, who.
for thirty years ef peaceful submission to our!
laws, have many of them discharged all the i
duties oi good citizenship to the country. 1
1 he sums paid for printing, were in evorv
instance, those which a private individual
would have been charged f»r t.Iicsame
v«cc.— 1 he minority ot the Oommmittoo be
lieve that the same principles which actua
ted the Government of thr' I,. S. in extend-1
ing a generous measure of relief to the un-j
lortunato stilferers of >St. Pnjningo, at the :
period of tiie disasters in that island, equally <
justified the comparatively trilling cxpendi- ■ •
ture, necessary for Jlu; printing and cireula-h
tion of tiie notice referred Jo. of the provis-1;
ion made for their relief That a part of the ,
expense ot this publication should have been
paid out ol the contingent fund for foreign j
intercourse, and a part out of the contingent; i
fund of the Department, et State. the minor
it}'understand to be owing to the circu/n-j
ulunoc, that. Jhe amount paid (about $4,000) ,
was greater than could conveniently bo spa- \ •
red from cither find alone, at the same time ! i
tlirit. the nature of the service, brought it ;
properly withm the province of one fund as i
'he other. 'J. he. minority of tiie t 'oinniineo ,
STe tJre gr-iujrd 'GVitr th' ,'{>er*fa.rv;;
ji Sjatic fur this o.\pt;inhiui’o largo m it- j
<clf,) inasmuch as the portion of the indent-;
uity paid to those for ivhose benefit the no
tice was published, being received and ex-!
pended in tins country, will add so much to !
the aggregate of the public wealth.
An objccclion has been taken to the allow-,
ance oi smOO, as a fee to the Attorney Gen- j
oral for his professional services in a suit at
Baltimore. The minority of the Gonmiitteo J
understand the objection to this allowance j
be, that it was made fioin the contingent |
lund for foreign intercourse. They are, how-:
ever, not acquainted with :.uy specific fund i
provided by Congress for services of this
kind.—The traffic in slaves on the coast of A- •
hica must be considered as falling, general-1
ly, within the province of the foreign affairs j
oi tlie country, and has been matter of nego-1
tialion with foreign powers. The ded uce old
the interests of the United State;-, in tin? suit!
in question, :s, of course, a service of a con
tingent nature. The minority of the Coin-1
mittce understand that ilie duty devolved on i
tne Attorney General, bv his cniplovru'Mit in
this case, requiring his attendance for near a
fortnight, was not unreasonably compensa
ted by a fee of this amount; nor have they
heard any fund suggested, out of which
i» could with greater propriety have been
paid.
iiio jmrctiasc ot one Imiu.rcd copies oi
pi-iot s Diplomatic < ode, is object ”! to os
being made out of this fund.* It occurs,
ilov.t w r. to the minority of the Committee,
that the very valuable work ui question is
pluvlv and essentially connected with the
imvign sCivicc of the country, and the copies
‘•i it purchased by the Department of Slate
were deigned chiefly for distribution to the
ion !gn ministers and other persons engaged
in the public service abroad. A considera
ole number o! copies ol the same work were
purchased this winter by tiie House of llco
re>eatatives, and paid for out oi the contin
-( :it land ek the House; and the same rca
sany, in the opinion of the minority of the
Committee, justify it3 purchase by the Dc
p art moot of State', out oi the fund expressly i
devoted to the contingencies of that branch ‘
of T:i-’ service to which t!io work m ciucr tion !
refers itself.
bome objection Ins been made to the j
number of newspapers which are tukcu in '
the Department of k-tate, and. which are said I
lo have increased within the last tlireo years.!
On this head, the minority of the Committee j
ask to be indulged in a remark. The pub-1
i:c press is a vehicle of communication in j
ini-- country, which is growing in importance. '
with the augmentation of the population and ;
resources of the Union. I n an Executive j
Department of the Government* whoso j
duties are of a nature so miscellaneous
us those of the Department of State, it .
1 s absolutely necessary to a faithful vlis-1
charge of them, to he possessed of the con-1
tents of a considerable number of leading j
journals in every part of the country. It has |
;u.so been the usage ot the Government, ini
even7 period, to iurmsh the foreign minis-!
ters with some of the principal newspapers, I
a.nd these are procured and transmitted
thronurh the Department ofState. These
considerations will show that some little in
crease of this expenditure will take place!
with the extension of our diplomatic relations !
abroad, and the growth of the country at i
home.
in the course of the last J?umnicr, an ori
ginal portrait of Washington, by a diet in-,
guished American artist, was offered for sale j
to tin; Department of State, The portraiti
u:'d The merit of being a good painting, and f
of presenting a likeness of somewhat difie-'
rent diameter from that of the usual por-!
traits of Washington, and consequently af
fording the means, by comparison, of attain-!
irig and transmitting to posterity a more e ■
art conception of the countenance of the
- other of ids country. The Secretary ae-.
en ding!}' made a purchase of it, at a reason-j
abln price, as a part of the furniture of the j
Department of State, which he had .already I
iouud ornamented with the likenesses of all I
foe J residents of the Tinted States, except •
the second.—This purchase lias been objec i
‘eil in. hut tnc minority of the Committee j
!:nd nothing to censure in it. It is certainly !
sanctioned by the example of Congress, in,
(he large appropriations they have made tot
adorn the Capitol with historic paintings.—!
l wo years ago, a resolution passed the
House of Representatives, without a division, j
to purchase, at an expense of a por
■rait of Washington, for flic Hall of thr
House, to be paid out of its* contingent fund.
The minority would not intimate that a Head
'i» a Department possesses a like discri fiona
py authority with a branch of the Legislature;
:*ut. in the present case, they think'"the bTc
ctury of eiiitcfo have been -tronelv cofin
teuancod by flte precedents alluded to, in j
purchasing n portrait of Washington,-*!? u j
portion of the furniture of tlic oflice r.fth«,!
Department. - j
,\ view soiiur.vhr.* similar is taken by thr ;
Minority o! the committee of the purchase of
• silver Medal of the present Chief Magis-1
i>to, tort dollars vvbidi has also been ob- >
•pet *1 t.». \ m^riioriou-t and unfortunate!
v. ho repi; 'cut - nan-* li as having been
nvifed to the country by \L\ Jefferson', to b > ■
rnploycd as an engraver tit the Mint, .and
•ho uilcd u» obtafh that occupation, (adis
ippointincnt. ns he v< presents, ruinous to his
lifairs,) hud executed medals of the late
President Monroe, and of other rmifwm cit-(
//•ns, among them of the President ot the j
1 mted States. One of the latter was offer- j
'd for side by the artist nt the Department:
-f {^tnte. who represented, r.t the Fame time. 1.
Jiu losses winch he had encountered bv not |
■ coriving in this country, the employment i i
«vhich had been, (as ho alleged) promised ;
•hn, as an inducement to resort hither from I'
Pa!v. 1'aitlv from a sentiment excited be.,
Iiis consideration, and partly from a willing- (i
»ess to preserve, in the appropriate Depart-;'
P'P :i ;k' ;rr,rp f t bo r>roy r<"s<- r, f * if. • <
18 uiuoducud mto^fc cbjuntry, uinl a like*
ness ol the individual who was pronounced,
when called to it, “the best person to lill the
Department of State that could be found,'*'
and who did lill it for eight years with singu
lar diligence, integrity and success, the Sec
retuiv ol Stale wus induced to purchase for
t«'u dollars, the silver medal in question.
1 he minority ol tno Committee perceive
nothing objectionable infliis act, nor hazar
dous in the precedent. On the contrary,
they tuiiik there would bo a manifest propri
ety in purchasing, as apart of the appropri
ate furniture of the Department, a similar
medal ol all those who have successively
been called to the Chief Magistracy of the
country.
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MTS C F.T*I* A&CO US A ItTIC LES.
t l'mm the London Courier,
Plan < r the Cumj'uign again: t Turkrf—Ml tbe
. r-. ng pl..oe~- for I eg i:,g to 7 ui key arc ii.it oti l ho Mg lit
t ank , l the Danti 'C. Then* are o>i the left bank Tai
txm-, o posit o Nicopul-i—Giurgrvo, tele uc joint of
IkU 1-chuck, a place which, containii g Hi 000 iniiahi
,^n?" Bust uned in 1700, a regular siege bv the Princu
Cofonrg—Urahilt'iv, winch contains Ci:,C(J0"inhabitant^
tin.- fortifications of which were demolished in 100!»,
bn*, rebuilt id l 'k‘0, 7000 Ku&iaus peri-hod iu an us*
s in! on i(. C.a'al;*., an important point beiweCQ the
I'rHtJj^nd the Danube Those fortified points will ei^
ther he attacked or mask* d. wh 1st the grand Russian
arm? follows the line of the const, penetrating between
\ irrr. which it will be sufficent to mask, and U^;
Therrnopi!?>, of Rchumla, w hich it is tint necessary
pa-s. Ti e greatest obstacle in this direction is *Ba
zardjdc. i his town, situated upon lew ground, and
d. feiuh J I v some square towers, and a had earth iam
p\rl, cannot make a long resistance ar.d the army trill
reach by Piavades, the guipb of Uouiges. The fleet
k 'll bo in waiting there; and a new line of operatioijs
will be entered upon, which, leading to the forty
churches, will at once turn Schumla and Adrianuple.
Partial einbarcalion- upon the coasts of A->ia anJ Eu
rope, wtilopca the Bosphorus and the road to Const3n.
tinople.
The defence of Constantinople, with its fifteen sub
urbs. and twelve leagues of circmnfcionce, long and
narrow, am favourable to that impetuous courage
which has often induced the Turks to hazard unexpec
ted attacks and sudden sorties. The suburb ofEjul,
North-East of the city, offers an admirable position for
nn intrenched camp, of which (lie village of Tliopoche-.
Ir.skci is the key, hut all these n lvaotages must l>o cf
n.- avail, if a Fleet with troops shall have cn'ered the
Bosphorus. It was l , that port that !20,0U« Trench
and \ cnetians took Constantinople in Ic’O-l, whidii
contained upwards of 400,1109 inhabitants.
Such is tho p!au which, it is tmppposed, will he fu!'«
Towed by tlie Russians. Il'raads well upon paper; hnl
events may occur, which human foresight neither boing
ahh) to foresee nor provide against, may render it uft
cessary* to change cr abandon it altogether.
T/ir .7Tarringe of the Clergy legalized in Franc*
We find in a lata Paris paper, aqpther decision of h
French cout t establishing as Tegtrl, matrimony among
the clargv, with some remarks by the editor/
The tribunal of Caoibrai, on the 7tb cf May, gave
j-idgrpeot in the rase of Sieur Druon, a Catholic pnosr,
as plaintiff against the civil officer who had refused u>
acknowledge ins right to Itie tnariiage ceiemony. Ay
th* opening of the hearing. Mr. Leroy, council for fbfe
piaintuT, in reply to the public ministry, maintained
that tf,c marriage of priests was not opposed to thfc
poftd of society nor to the doctrines of the Church. ‘ He
sail that although if was forbidden by the council of
ProTH, it might he allowed by another council. The
celibacy rt the priests, therefore,** be continued, “is
not a" has been erroneously asserted, a doctrine cf on 5
religion. .he doctrines of the faith ar« immutable—
it is merely a regulation, Uje work of men, which inejl
can change °
In the judgment jvronotmeed by tlio court, Ihpy sta
ted, ‘-that the civd Dw regard* him wage ns a civti
contract; (hat R lecogniy.tH no obstacles to it but stitflj
as it has formally expressed; that an engagement in
sacred orders is no! at the present day an obstacle t&
marriage; that if the laws of the Church prohibit 0,ft
marriage oi its ministers, they aie addressed only to the
ccn-cietice,’ iec. .kc. and decided in his favor.
“ PliUs,^ remarks the editor, “within n few inoplhs,
three tribunals have ruccessively decided this grea^
anc-slioii in the same manner. They ato those of St
MtfOChotild, Nance and Cainhrai.
-V. 1". Daily Aitv'v.
PROFANE SWEARING.
r.D’u ( hesterfieM, whose aiflhoiity oi* such tuhiec.*^
rm one presumes to question, said' to Ids trm * Ono
u-»id or.lv as to s tv caring', and that l hope and believe
,s more tJ,an is necessary. Y. u may sometime* hear
some people, in {rood company, inlet lard their discourse*
'vit5j oaths, by way of embellishment, as tin v thintt; bn(
' r.tj nMtst observe too, that those who do so are never
tho.->e who contribu'c, in any degree, fo give (hatcom—
party the denominatiun offjtmd company. They arfi
a.ways stihailerns or people of low education; for that
practice, besides that it has noone temptation to pleat!
IS as silly and illiberal as it is wiclted.”
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rivi: DOLLARS REWARD "
Wlf.I, be given for taking up and delivering to me e 4
Gsilrgr, Mills,near Richmond, my IIOKSEjn da Ac
sorrel, about L> hands high, t> years old, one hind foni
while, short switch tail, shod all around, pares, and is i,.
' ! °rd :r; ne discovers a tenderness in his fore feet when
inde on hard ground or a pavement. }((• u as turned 01 >
l.nt Turo.’ay night rn the canal, and ir is probable was
roM* op toe hank by some negro, nr may be sptnevrbere in
nr about Ri-hninnd. JOHN A. FILCHER.
tialtego '.Jills, Aug. 1st
-Nicholas IP nr 167 1352
Dcuna LS U3C 160 171 o
;.bnve described two Uhd*. of Tobacco having
*; be. n hi liir Public Warehouse upwarrfsof three year?,
In, oil (be 1st day of September next, being court day
tac county ni Henrico, Se’l the in (oulc*.* cbrirr.ed previ
ims to that tune) 10 the highest bidder, nyrd diapo-e of the
proceed* as the ia» directs. WILLIAM PRICE.
. “11 V. '~ ->t ___ Superintend* o'.
If^wLSION «!c PLE/WSAWS oiler lor sale, just ur
L■*' rcirR4* rtt 'heir stoie, corner cf D anti 13fh street*, in
this city,
lUj Bags Cut>a Oree-n Coffee,
•Sh do Laguira rlo
nr> do Rio drf
1^*0 do St. Domingo do
40 boxes Gunpowder Tea (iqn. quality.
>0 lihds New Orleans Sujfar
"1 Ho Porto Rico do
<4 t o St Croft do /superior")
.i?. do rvinlasstx
10 rlo Raltiniorr Whiskdy
R5 l.’ils do do
• > do Rockbridge do
.? p..ws genuine Hollaml Gin
5 do French Brandy
T ) bbfs country Gin
o rto Annissred Cordial
i >rS) #i>s suic Leather, ai.d an rmtmn.CVt ») umcl
*"'*• k,l'»''“"i*” and bridle Lent her.
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fj'° Country Hatters. ”
YUS‘ :iZVV,ri haf "ow ftn hand a genera! assortment
hc-xo (v nT nni’ fn mining*, which he will sell
eap fnr ca*,i. viz: Braver. Garrotted and Raw Russia
\,ao : A: M,,<krat Skins, Spanish Rorfres,
. am Is W ool. Red XVool, Haw Corey Tin, Hatters Bas
R ' lU,,i English Skivers, Belongs, Satlcn Me
M, mo f„r Tips EmbojJd Cotton Tips, Bow Strlrgs—
’ 'lU .? K™er*1 "metit r.T Btork and Drab Bindings
” 1 h<" r-.”’ THOMPbOJf.