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H. BELL3....Editor and Proprietor.
MIDDLEBURY, VT, JUNE 22, 1841.
VOLUME VI, fttJMBER 7.
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From the Episcopal Recorder.
TEMPERATE DRINKING.
' Tis but a drop,' the fa:her said,
And gave it lo his son ;
But little did he thinka woik
Of death was then beuun.
The :drop' ihat lured when the bahe
Scarce lisp'd his Father's name,
Planted a fatal appetite,
Dtep in his infanl fiame. -
"Tis but a drop,' ihccomrades cried,
In truant school-boy tone ;
'It diil not hurt us in ourrobes
It will not now wc're grown.5
And so ihey drank lhe mixture up,
That reehng youthful band ;
For each had learned to love the taste,
From his own father's haEd.
"Tis but a drop,' the husband said,
While his poor ivife stood by,
In faminc, grief an.l lotieliness,
And rais'd th' imploring cry.
' 'Tis but a drop I'll drink it still
'Twill never injure me ;
I always drank so, madam, hush ;
We nerer can agrce.
She wept in vain in vain sho plead
The hungerof lier cliild,
And her own latter'd dress the wretch
Her mojrnful words reviled,
He took ihe cup wilh fiend-like air.
And deep and long he drank;
Then dashed it down, and on the
Insensible he sank.
earth,
' 'Tis but a dropt I need it now,"
The siagsiering drunkard saidj
'It was my food in infnncy
My meat, and drink, and bre.id.
A drop a drop oh, let me have,
' 'Twill so refresh my soul !
He took it trembled drnuk and
Graspmg lhe fatal bovl.
died,
The First Newspafer. It is stated in a
foreign pcriodical ihat the first printed news.
paper of which any trace can be found, was
printed in 1455, and gavc intrlligence of tho
peace of Karaman wilh lhe King of Cvprus,
and lhe conquest of Scrvia by tho Turks in
1454. This staiement is made by E. Groch
et of Drussels, from a rhaniinal note in the
handwritipg of Adrian de But, a Dutch mon.
kish writer of the fifiecnlh ceritury.
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Dritish Farmer's Magazine.
Cows as beasts or draugiit. It sccms
somcwhat odd, that while we have com
pcllcd thc horse, the ox, the mule, thc ass,
and evcn the dog to work as beasts of
draugiit, thc cow should have bcen gencr
alk overlooked. Whclhcr the experimcnt
may have bcen tested, and found to fail, 1
Itnow not; but ccrlain it is, that instanccs
arc very rare in this'counlry, wherc the
cow may be secn toiling as the horse. Ex
traordinary, however, as it may bc, a few
years ago, a cow was to be seen on the
banks of the Leeds and Livcrpool Canal,
pulling a boat along with comparative case,
and a proportionate degrce of gravity; thus
furnishing the boatman with both labor and
milk.
Tlie Flentins. too, arc beginnine to make
use of the cow as a beast. of draught, and
that animal is made to cart, plough and drill
for perhaps fivnorsix hours per day. And
it will be readily granted, I presume, that
plcnty of work of asuitabie nature for the
cow to cxecutc, may mostly be found on
any farm.
I know our farmers are slow to adopt
practice which is strange to them, hence
the tardy progrcss of agriculture ; others,
again, will condemn untried whatever is
recommended to them ; which perhaps
will be the case wilh the subject in ques
tion. Such, however, must not be hecded,
for if they are so wilfully obtuse, as to sland
in their own light. the blame must he in
thcmselves. There is nothing particularly
startlingina case of this sort. Ifacow
can be made to work a few hours a dav,
without lessening the quantity of her milk,
why should not her labor be acceptable?
But of course it is the small farmer who is
most likely to profit by it, or the laborer
who may'have his acreor two of land, a
cow or two, but no horse; and, as a mat
ter of course, for such only is the hint intcn
ded. In laying this subject before your read
ders, I anticipate the return of information
which must be valuablcj, 1 have seen in
your Magazine, at various times, papers on
the disease of stock, evidentlythe produc
tions of able veterinarians, and it is likely
that those individuals could well ascer
tain lhe propriety or impropriety or
f so using the cow. I carnestly hope
that some of those gentlemen will take up
the question, and give a dcfinite opinion on
the matter at the oulset; and if the cow
can really bc made more useful than she
now is, 1 hope the practice will be introdu
ced. These are the times for economy on"
the farm and elsewhere itoo, and a man is
not to be hlamed for using proper means
to lessen his outlay; hoping therefore, that
the subject will meet the attention ol rea
sonable men, "who look befbre they leap,"
and who will not hesitate to express their
opinions decidedly on it,
1 remain, air, yours, &c,
iNQCIItEIt.
I'arhsworth, Lancashire, JUarch 1840.
A Skim-milked Cheese wiTn a ven-
geance. Up at the west end of the city,
there is a good-natured, fun-making negro,
named "I'arsis," who hoVers round the gro
cery stores in that neighborhood rather
niore than is desirablw x,ike many other
gentlemen of coloryhe prides himself upon
lhe thickness ot his skull, and he is always
up for abetupon his bulting powers t and
well he may be,for his hcad is hard .enough
for a battering ram. The other day he
made a bet in a store that he could but in
the head of a flour barrel, and he succeed-
ed. He then took up a bet to drive it
through a Verv large cheese, which was to
be covered with a crash cloth to koep his
wool clear ol cheese crums. I he cheeze,
thus enveloped, was placcd jn a proper po
sition, and Parsisj starting off like alocomo
tive, buricd his hcad up to his cars in the
inviling target. Parsis nov begun (o fcel
himself irrcsistiblc, and talked up "purty
considerablc." A plan, however, was soon
contnved, to take the conceit out of him
Thcre bcing some grindstones in the store
lor salc, one ot ihem was pnvalely takeri
up, and wrapped upinthe same manncras
the cheese had becn, and Iooked precisely
as if it were a second cheese, and Parsis
rcadily took anotherbet fornincpence, that
he wouM but his head through it as casy
as he scnt it throuj-h the hrt. I he inter-
est of the spectators in the operation bc
camc intense. Every thing was carefully
atijustcd, and upon the word bcinsc niven
Parsis dartcd otT like an arrow at the am-
bush grindslone; he struck it fair in the cen
trc, and the next instant lay sprawling in
lhe middle of the floor, upon which he re-
coiled. ror some minuteshe laid apecch
Iess, and then raiscd himself slowly upon
his knces, and scratching his hcad, said, with
a squirnitng face "Darn hard cheese, dat
massa. JJoyskim Je milk too much. alto-
gedder, 'fore dey make him; dat's a fac."
Boslon Post.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHRENOLOGY NONPLUSSED.
The New Orleans Picayune gives the follow
mg as a fact. Faet or fancy, it might very easily
be true:
A well known eccentric comedian once called
on a nhrenolosist in ew iork.
"Sir."said lhe aclnr, "1 have called upon you
togeta characler, will you tlo me the favor to
examine the caste of niv head. '
"Sir, takca seat, and allow me to take your
hal ;"' said the polile prufessor to the then newly
uruacned snence.
The phrenologist proceed-d in his examination,
and soon deiected a remarkable prevalence of
ptotninent orgaii3 significant of very flattering
qu.ilities.
"Isow, sir.'' said ihe actot, ' I have leen nn
obslinateunbeliever in this new branchof knowl
etlge, but you hate read rriy characler so cm
pletely ih?t I am henceforth a convert. Will
you now, sir, indulge me in a whim, and tell me
what is the nature of my persnit in life ?"
Ii must bc meniioned that ihe comedian was
remarkable for a severe and serious character of
couutenance, conlrastinrr in a peculiar manner
with m rth-pmvoking appearance on the stage,
" Why, sir,"' said the professnr, " to do this is
not exactly a pnrt of my system, but''
' Well now you musi excuse me, sir ; I am
odd in my whim sometimes, but I am anxious to
be thoroughly convinced regarding this science
of phrcnology and I should like to be humored
upon this point. Here is double the amount of
your charge for fingering my iiericranium, and I
will pay it to you with pleasure if you will do
me the fivor to name my profession."
After a good deal of hesitation, anxious to
pocket the caoh, lhe phrenologist ventured to
pronounce his risitor a ministerial professor of
tlieotogy.
"What 1" satti the actor, wilh a start of surprise
"are ym acquainted with me 1n
'No, sir. upon my honor !" replied the prtf
fessor. 'Do you asscfre me that yotr have never seen
ot heard of me before !'' said the comedian, with
impressive soleranity.
"tsir, 1 do, with ihe most prolound sincerity."
"Asttinishiug 1" said tlte dramatic wap;, with a
lonk of pious wonder.
"Then you are"-
-began the phrenological
prolessor.
'Siop, sir, P replied the reverend Thesnian :
"Now will you tell me whether you judge from
my serious cnunt.nance and ihe saHe plafnness
ol'my haliilimjnts, or from the scientific cxami
naticnsyou have made of my natural develope
menis. Sir, as an bonestman, I entreat you not
to deceive me."
"Why. my dear'sir," said the accomplished
pupil of Spurzheim, "to be plain with you ex
cuse me I knew you were a preacher the in
stant I laid my hand upon youT hend f"
"Well, this is decisive," said the actor, with
solemn intjnation and a look of most extraoidi
naiy Rravity, rising at the same time, takiuo- his
hat, and pushing the double fce before thtrman
of science.
"It is my custom to register the njmes of
prominent individuals who visit my ofEce "
said the phrenobgist. " and I shall esteem it an
especial favor to enrol yours among my pat
rons." " You see it there, sir P ' replied the lall, mys
terious looking petson, ''staringyou in the face,
like the gost of your defunct second sight!" and
ashe walked away, he.poinled toaplay bill at
thejdoor, upon which wasinscribed in "forty-line
pica" Park Theatbe, Benefil of Sou.SnTn.
on which occasion he will appear in his popular
cbaracter ot Juaxcmorm! ! r1
Reugion TJie following short and beau'
tiful quotation is from the pages of the elegant
and the benevolent Mackenzie. Speaking of
those who protess ttdisbehef in rehgion, he ex'
presses himself in the following heart-touching
manner :
He who would undermine those founda
tions upon which ouf future hope is reared,
seeks to beat down that column which supports
the feebleness of humanity ; let him butthink
a moment. and his heart will arrest tho crueltv
of his purpose. Would he nluck its little
trcasure from tho bosom of poverty ? Would
he wrcst its crutch from thc eye of afiliction,
the only solace of its woe 1 The way we tread
is rucged, at best we teadi it however.
Iighter by the prospect of that better country
to which we trust it will lead. Tell us not it
will end in the gulf of eternal dissolution, or
break oflTin some wild, which fancy may fill up
as she pleases, but reason is unable to delineate;
quench not that beain, which, amidst the night
of this evil world, has cheered the despondency
of ill requited worth, and illumed the darkness
of suttenng virtue.
For the'Winning Side. The followinr?
is one of the best cxamples we ever heard of.
of a politician's consistnnnv nrinvprl nfT hv
inierest :
" When Napolcon escaped from Elba and
reiurnea to Jrance. the Afoniteur, &c, an'
nounced tho event as follows :
lst announcement March, 1815. The Mon
ster has escaped from the place of his bannish
mcnt ; ne has run awav from E ba. 2d. Thi
Corsican dragon (l'oger) has landed at Cape
Juan. 3d. The tiger has shown himself at
Gap tho troops are advancing from all sides,
in order to arrest his progress he will con-
clude his mtscrable advcnture b' becoming a
wandorer amona the raountains he cannot
possibly csoape. 4th. Tho monster has really
J I f n . .
auvaticea as iar as ijrenoble we know not to
what treachery to ascribe it. 5th. The tjrant
is actually at Lyons. Fear and terror seized
all at his appearance. 6th". The usurper has
ventured to approach tho capitol to within GO
hours march. 7ih. Bonapart is advancing by
forced marchcs but it is impossible he should
reach Paris. 8th. Napoleon will reach under
me waiis oi raris to.morrow. 6th- The Em
peror is at Fontainbleau. 10th. Yesterday
evening his Wajesty the Emperor mado his
public entry and arrivcd at the palace of the
Tuilleries nothing can excccd tho univcrsal
joy 1"
Loss of Tiie Sntr VVilliajI Bsotffl frtcoi
LlVERPOOL TO PniLADELPniA. HavTe, May
1U. lhe Liouis fhihppe Now-York packet
ship has this momont arrived. Information
having reached the town that some shiDwreck
ed seamen were on board, the report becaine
generai that they belonged to the rresident
and the excitement was bevond all descrinlion.
On the arrival in dock, however a strong body
ot gendarmie ware in waitmz, and lmmediate
ly took into custody Ihe mateandeight of the
crew of thc ship William Brown, bound from
Livrpool to Philadelphia, which was sunk by
an iceberg in the latter part of last month, for
as yct I cannot give you precise dates or any
thing cxccpt that three men were taken from
the Crescent, which vessel had picked them up
in their long boat Dut a tale of horror is to
be told about them. It oppears when the ves
sel struck, thirty-three passengers, the mate,
and eight of the crew took to lhe long boat ;
the captain, three of the crew, and eleven pas
sengers took to the jolly boat ; all the rost sunk
with the vessel. Tho boats parted in the
night.
Some days after, the mate and crew deter
mined ( as they say, in orter to lighten lhe
boat ) to throw seveiiteen of the passengers
overboard, which they accompiished ; and
SQme of tho most horrid and revolting scencs
took place. There were two brothers and a
sisterof one family ; the brothers were thrown
over, and the sisterjumped in after them. One
fineboy entreatcd fora few momcntsto say his
prayers ; they refused and hurled him inio the
sea at once. Some ching to lhe sides of the
boat, praying for mercy, but their hands were
cut off, and they were pushed inlo the deep.
Fifieen women and two men remained in the
boat." One hourajler Clie massacre, the Cres
ccnt fell in with the boat, and saved the sur
vivors of this horrid deed. The passengers re
mained on board the Crescent.- The crew ar
rived in the Ville de Lyon ; they are now un
def exainination before the Ahierican Consul.
The restilt I will not fail to cornmunicate to
you; but you may rely upon what I have
already stated. The jolly-boat has not been
heard of. The dates of the Ville de Lyoa haye
been anticipated by the Acadia.
The ship was of Philadelphia ;' her co'mp'any
consisted ot 17 pcrsons', andf she had 05 steer
age passenger, nearly all Irish, with a full cargo
on board. She had a rough passage out, and
struck again'st a' fiefd of ice at nine P. Af.,
when going under all sails at the rate of ten
knots an hour, in lat. 43 deg. 40 min, N., and
long. 43 deg. 39 min. W., by account. She
stove in hcr larboard bow, nnd within two
minutes struck anothcr field of ice. The ship
soon begun to fill, and the captain and crew
gotout'the boats, which were clearcd away at
11; and at midnight the ship went down, and
the 30 passengers who could not be taken into
the boats were 'drowned in her.
Further Farliculars. Havrt May 3. The
Amcricanship Crescent, Capt. Ball, arrived
here yesterday evening with the remainder of
the passengers of the William Brown, who
were saved in the long boat. The arrival of
this vessel has confirmed all the horrid details
given of the dreadful scene which took place
during the night of tbe ZOlh and 21st of April.
Of the 16 passeDgers who-were thrown- iiito-the
sea fourteen were men and twc women; of the
sevenrcen saved fifteen are women and two are
men. Une of these men was seized for the
purpose oT being thrown overboard by the crew
of the boat. He cried out to the mato to save
him, and not to tear him from his wife. The
mate told the men not to seperate man and wife,
if it were possible to help it. He fell into the
bottom "of the boat, and was saved. A boy 12
years old was thrown overboard. He cau"ht
hold of the boat, and favored by the darkness of
the night, crouched under tho bows and was
saved. All the women saved are vounc. ex-
cept the mother of a Scotch family from Dum
friesshire, who, with her fivo daughters and a
servant girl, was saved ; her name is Edgar.
Her-husband and son aro scttled in German-
town near Philadelphia.
A young.woman, with her mfant, succeeded
in getting into the boat with her husband ; they
are among the survivors. His name is Patrick
of Cookston, county Tyrone, the property.
ot Colonel btewart. beveral persons from that
gentleman's estato or neighborhood have met
with a watery grave. One family of the name
of Lynden (sixteen in all ) sunk with the ves
sel ; another named Corr father, mother, and
hve children sunk at the same time ; the lit
tle boy who was thrown from the boat was one
of that famih. He had not a soul left be
longing to him. They were also from Colonol
Stewart's- property. A Mrs. Anderson, with
three children who were coin: to toin her hus
band, a medirjal gentleman settled a Cincinnati,
sunk with tho sliipi Miss Anderson and a
Miss Bradlcy1 Were thrown into the sea from
lhe long boat. The tales which the survivors
relate are nitc&uj horrifvinrr. Thn r.rnw nnrl
i j o -
passengers were examined by tho British and
Amcrican Comuls this mornini. and the im.
pression is thal lhe dreadful act of throwing
their leuow crtatures overboard was ot imperi
ous necessityj but it is to be hoped that the
two Umsuls wllgivc pubhcity to theexamina-
lion, in order that thc public mind may be
satisfied on this point.
Truly the circumstances must be made out
in the clearest way to palliate such an act. We
have emigranlships sailing every week, and
if it is held as Iq w that might is right,' it had
better be decurcd so, nnd that tho crew are
lusunca unaer extremities in tnrowinjr over
board whom and as many as they think right,
without castinj lots, or making any choice
but their will. It may be well to consider
under what Jaemierants will trust thcmselves
I scnrcely think it will be the flag of that nation
which so declarss the law to be. I doubt very
much whether any inquirv with closed doors
by ofiicial gentlemen however cstimable their
.charactcr may bc, will be considered sufTicient
ih such a dreadful case to satisfy the public
minu.
fcjf Nine Slates have choscn Membcrs of
Congresssince Mr. Tylor assumed the Presi
dency. They were represented in tbe last
Congress by 46 Whigs and 42 Van Buien
men ; now by 58 Whigs 30 Oposition. Thcre
would have been two or three more Whigs but
lor thu Lrenerai i icket law m Afabama.
A Fiscal Agent. The Madisonian of the
8th insl. conlains a long atiicle upon this sub
ject, lounded upon those passage3 m the Preji
dent's message which advert tothe establishment
ofahscal agent, and includini; the subjoined
nutline of a plan which is agreed to be oolh ef-
ficient and constitutional. Whether the plan
sugnesled by lhe Aladisonun is that cnntempla
ted hy the Secretary ofthe Treasury or not, we
are unable lo say ; but v:e have reason tosuspect
tliat the Madisonian speaks not ahogether unad
viscdly. JV. Y. Com. .?dV.
Estab!ish; if Congress pleas'cs, a fucial agent
in this distnct a? a place of de'posit for, and ad
ministraiion ol the public funds. Give ita capital
of 20,000,000, based in part if you please, upon
the procecds ofthe sales of public lands, and in
part upon the public stocks and private sub
scriplions. Let the staies b'e asstfcfated ra the
ownership and direction of lhe institution. And
niih a view of preventingany tampering with it
on the part of Ihe Executive. or members of
Congress, under whnse supervision'the establish
ment might be specially placed, let the ofHcers
ofGivernment and members of Congress, for
re lime being, be excluded from all pecuniary
dealings wilh it. Let the agsncy here" do n'o
dicounting, and let the discbants fn thc staies,
if branchesare permitted.be confined to buiness
on short tirne, and prompt payment. Let the
Government appoint part ofthe directnrs, and
call lhe rest from the slates. Let the dividends
be limited to a certafn sum, and the surplus paid
into the Trrasury, or lo the staies. Let no direc
tor be a borrower. Let the insiiiutisn be opsn
ta dailv inspection, fnd compelled to nnke fre
quent reports. Let branches be established in
those siate, whose Legislalures will agree to
have them, and let the noles ( it allowed ) be
always redeemable in specie, and receivable
every where in payment of public dues.
Now, it seems to us that some such project is
shadowed forth in the President's message.
ASailor Drowned. The body of a yotrng'
man by the name of Cavid Holl.a'nd oh Satur
day drifted ashore oh Gar'dirt'e'r's Island. He
had lately arrived from a whaling voyago in
the ship Columbia, and had been missed about
three weeks ago. He was about 25 years of
ag"e, tfnd anative of Burlington Vu
WortDEBFDL PeesEnce oP Mid'. A Prompt
Action. We learn that two' men, whose
namcs we have not ascertained, were ycster.
day running a raft of Iogs down the main river
when approaching Great Work's Falls they
found1 it impossiblo to make land as is"tfsual
and were rapidly swept towards the Falls. In
an instant they cut a log clear from the raft
aud both jumped into the water, one upon each
side of the log, clinched their hands over the
top of it and gallantly and safely passed down
overthe Falls. Bangor Whig.
" I'll tell you," says an ex-member of Con
gress, in Michigan; "how I secured my election
in this district, several years ago. When I was
nominated, the party to which I belonged was in
the minority, and there was no hope ofrsucceed
ing unless something more than ordinary was
resorted to. After refleciiug some time t came
to the conclusion to sTEAt- hoo from one ol my
neigh'wrs, which I did, and in the nrorning tbe
neighbor traCed me to my dwelfing", and ascer
tained beyond a doubt that I was the thief. and
publised me as such When I immediately ap
pealed to the sympathies of the people, and asked
them ifthey ihouht I would stcal a hog 1 They
swallowed the baii said it was persccutiou oh
ihe part ofthe ncrshborl who was potitically on-
posed io me; and the consequence was, I was
tnumphantly.elected. iiut the next time I was
a candidate for lhe same ofice, a yankee from
Vermont, was tlie ODliosintr randidate. who
having learned the secrel, tlole athiep! and run
me skxj htghr !
CoNDlTiojf of" Tne Amkrica.y Navy. It has
been so much Ihe cus'om recently to fi-peak of
me weasness oi our martne ueiences, inai most
persons have probably ai incorrect idea of our
real naval'slrellgth,. The United StaKs Navy
at this lime cnmprises 08 sail, including eleven
ship) ot the liue, one razee, and fourteen 44s.
Then we have the frame timhers (contracted !or
and mostly in readinessyof t5'ships cf ttni liiir
18 Irigates, 15 corveite, fr6leamers and 9 bnga
and schooners, besides copper, iron. etc. In no
very Ioii penod, thtrefore, we could go to sea
wilh 26 heavy ships ofthe line, 32'frigjies, only
two of them raling les than 44 guns, 30 corvetis,
a dozri steant3hips, and.s srfiable proponion of
smaller vessels.- If halfa dnzen frigates and a
few corvettes Could in the last war mamtain the
honor ofthe country" aainst ihe irnmense Navy
of England, one would suppose that ihe aboVe
menltoned lnrce, otncereu and manued as it
wnuld be in the most eflicient manner, would
sive even England some troub!(
WRtTino ox NrWspapers. The H. S. tlis-
trict Attorney In N. York has receifed fronr
the Post Ofiice Drpattment?a qdahtity ofnews-
napers with their margins filled with writins.
He is ditected to prnceed agninst l!:e individual
aggressors according to the fost Uilice law
Frauds to an enormous extenl are practised this
way. Many individuals wh. sent journals
westward are accustomed to hll their marini
with details ol domestic affaiu. A paper of this
sort fell in our way once, which contained pro-
testations ot love and all its nameless endear-
raenis in full. All this on the marsin of a news
paper! Pkl. JV. Jlmer.
FOItElGN NEWS.
TER GREAT WESTERN.
Adhesion of France to the Eastern Treaty.
The followinii annpunccnient appears in the
London Globe (Ministerial organlof May 25:
We are iuformed, upon what wc consider to
be the best authority, that the London conference
has proceeded to the formal signilure of the pro-
tocols respeclina tne east, which had received
only the iniirals of the five plenipotentiaries
This is consummated, in an ofiicial form. the re
turn uf France into the European alliance, and
the end of the" e'mbafrrfssrnent vrhieh the treatv
ot the 15th ol Jnly had cteatedr Allhough long
loreseen, Ihi3stp iras not been considered with
out imnortance In the nolhicat cfrcle.-
The conectuess ofthe statement is rendere'd
nrobable bv one in La Vresst offhe 24th. llrai in-
struclions had been sent to the Frtnch charsed'-
nff.iires at London to sirrn the treat.
Greece. Exiract of a letter Irom Athens, 30
Anril :
"Our last arrivak from C'antlia in'for'm'ns that
thc Sfaxioles had come down from the moun
lains to Argrocoma, where the main b6dy of lhe
Chrisiins were assembled. A corps ofthe lat
ter remained in the environs of Canea, that they
might not lose sight ot the" Turks, and lhe in
hahilants could not leave the town even for their
ordinary business in Ihe ;counlry, without per-
mission from the insurgent cotnmandant. The
olher strong placcs of the island were in the same
po-Mtion. 5liistjpha Pacha had not dnred to
take any active sieps before the arrival uf the
promiscd reinforcements from lConstan'iuonle.
A report is spread that Mount Athos has rt vol-
ted. and that tne insurgenis iiaye bcatcr. the
Turkish garrison.''
ISSUKRECTION VS THE TrjRKISn EjlPIRE.-
From the German Papers.l Tbe Anzsburi
Gazeite publishes a letter, dated from the fron-
tier of Turtey, the 10th Rlay, which states that
Ihe mail from Constantinople ofthe 23th ult. had
been overdue several days, which was considered
the more extraordinarv, ihe i'acha of Nissory
havinz 50 positively asserted that the rcadsshncrld
he kept free for cnUriers. One report stated that
lhe Turks who were escorling the mail rad sur
rendered to the insurgenis, or that he had taken
the road through Widdin.- ,
Mortality vt KCYrT. A lelter fronr" Alexan
drta: gtvss an; ac'Cnuiit of the tava;cs which the
pfasu'e is making in Egypt, and upon Ihe de
uils of which lhe most implicit reliance may be
placed : We exiract lhe foII'wing therefromr
"The geoeral mortality at Cairo is greaily on
the increase, and the number is now computcd
at one hundred and fifteen a day. Of these
deaths, between seventy and eighty arfse from
lhe plague, and.I regrtt to add that among ihprtf
may be reckoned sveral disiirguished person
ages. In ihns city the diurnil a'verage already er
ceeds 20, and serious alarm' h begining to be
mariitested in consequence ofthe quarter whfch
which is inhabhed by foreigners. and which
hitlierto had been'exempr, having beccme infec
ted and presented a distfessm'g scene. I hive
also to add, thai lhe plague has nrade its appear
ance on b'oard two Atrstrian and tivo ihitish
shrpsyand that in consequence of the predoml
nance thereof in Egypt, the last French steara
er ihat left this port refused to lake any passen
gers." The Presioent St eamer. Frorri tlie Lbri
don Timrs. We have received by express let-
r. T ; -1. - i,n irril. r .
lers anu liautria iiuiu uiauuu tu .wuj tuauj
inCIUSlVc, wiiiwua4itieu . tuiuuuni, uj .iic
g'ular steamer wiih ihe Peninsular mnils. The
letter of our correspondent, which we subjo:n,
will be read with unusual interest :
Lisbon, A'fay 17, Fonr p..m.
The following fe a iranscnpl from lhe minutes
ofthe log book of lhe Portuzuese ship Conde de
Palma, arrived at this port from Rio de Janeiro
in 60 days on 6lh insr. A generai hope is enter
tained here that the vessel in quesuou must be
the lowr missingsteam-packet PresidenL Capt.
Almedia, however not being aware orj his ar
rivil thai this ship was overdue, did not mention
tbe circimstanceuotil some days ifter the depar
ture ortbe last mail for England. It is to be re
Wttted ihat he did not cornmunicate with the
eamer to place her idenliiy beyond a doubt :
' 6u the 22d of April, at 3 p. m. being ir lat.
29d. 29m. 18s. north, long. 40d. 23m. west of
Greenwich, wind at east, saw at abnt five or
miles a-head-. a vessel1 whose rijr" we could
iot well mike out, steeiing' the same cnurse,
nNE.- The same wind connnuing mrougnimi
ihe nisht, rtith fine weaiher, but rather a rough
sea. Early on the morning of the 23d, Ihe same
vessel was about sii mifes oh the larboard quar
ter when we coiihl well nrecrive her to be a"
large steamer nndei all sail, and making nouse
of her steam power. At on,- Iar. by obserya-
tion Sld. 24m. d6s. long. by chronometer 40d.
2Cm., she was fast sailing to leeward ; at 4 p.-
m. she was scafcely perceptible on lhe horizon i
soon nfterthe wind shifted to ENE, NE, NNE
N, WNW, and W, bl-w strong with an aita
ted sea ;: this continned until tlie 3d of May,-
when the weather became hner, and tlie wina
veered from W to WS W and SW, whiclr
broughtpto lhe Tag'us on the 6th inst.
in. a. me sreamer nan three marts; tiid
not show her color?,-or make any signal ; nor dhl
we show any. She was going on easily with all
hergatlsset, making no use ufber machinery,
and was using eTery endeavor to beat 'o wind f
ward, bttl was making much lee way ; the funne?
was painted while, and- we have a confused iderf
that the vessel was painted wilh a white strcak.
The. 1 imCs of the 26tb, ih its mouey articlo
remarfs as folhjwsr:
"It seems to be a matter of nreal drubt witir
those Ctmverwnt with such affairs, Wheiher the
steamer alluded to ih lhe Lisbon leiters received'
this morning was really the PrcifiSent ; and ihe'
lack of all positive Wetitity increases these
doubts, besides a ftesh onejalsed respecting the"
color ot her tunnel. Une accoont states that tr
was white another that the log says "not ceitniif
as to the color ofthe funnel," but this would noc
prove malerial were other t-atiitaciory m-
formaiib"! furnish'-d a1? to lhe bearings of ihe"
vessel. It ii necessarv. however. to slate ihat
lhe Presiilent had not a white funnel. At Lnyil'iT
it is considered eXtremely doubtful wheiher thc
vesscf seen was the rresident, and it is ihoughl
more likely to refeMbthe Dee Sieamer, wh'ch ar--"
rived on the I'Olh inst.: from. lhe West Indies,
while indeed the fact ofthe I'resident heintf air
business in the lootn, auguri but little cha'nce ot
her safety. '
ABoi;tTtor' of Fa'ENCir CotoufA'r, S"eavery.
This mcasure seems'to'be demandcd by public"
opinion in Francci Tho N. Y. Amcrican
says: "e have information trom a private'
sourcc, on which we fully rely, but which wa
are not at libertv to name now, that' the Aboli-
tioii of Colonial Slavery will bc inlroduced i'nto
the French Chambers by the Ministry bcfure'
the prcscnt session closes, and thnt lhe question
will be so well supportec nere,h t there can bc
but li'tle doubt that the cause will be much ad-
vanced."
EXTRAORDINARY FRESERVATIort OF A RoYAI
CitiLD. The Gazeite des Po'ites de Frankfort
of lhe 23d inst. states, that on thc lftih inst
whilst the young Princess Wilhclmina wa
plajing with herGoverness at one or the win
dows of the castle at Berlin she impr'udcntly
rcachcd lod far forward ttnd fell out of the wiri--dow,
when fortunatcly a yotfng jcfdttieyrnan'
shoemaker who was passing caught thcchild ti
his arms. The attcndants then brought tho
Princess tt her father, who immediaicly hand
ed his mrld watch to the shoemaker, then senf
for his father, loaded him wilh proscnls, nnd in'-'
formcd him that he would provide for hfs soh.-
Arhival of Foreigxers. In oric day lasf
wcck niorc than six hundred stecrage passen
gers arrived in New-York from Europu. Arf
English paper says th'irfy vessels" have sailuif
from Cork this season, convcying 4,662 cmt
grants fo New South Walcs, and across the
Atlantic. Of thc total number, 3,991 sailcd
for America, comprisinjr 474 to New York,-
1010 to Qucbcc and 2497 for St. Johns.- Large
numbcrs wcrc daily cmbarking for this coun
try at other ports.- AU fhose who cmbarkcd
for Canada, or nearly all, in thc end fi'nd their
way to thc United States. The dcstiny of a
bout one third of them may be lcarncd by ap-
plication fo thc supcrintendents of alinshousc
and pcnitcntiarics.
A Pikate Captured. Xew Orleans pa-
pcrS1 ofthe 4th insf. contain thc partictilars of
the captureofa piratical sch'ooncr, with her
crew, at a' place' called thc Chandclier, off Old
Ilarbor Key, on thc 29th of May. Captain
Taylor, of tho U. S. boat Izard, received in
formation' of thc piratc' from a fishcrman, pro
ceeded to thc place, found thc schooncr, antf
boardcd her.- The mastcr was abscn't, but rf
man whom hc found on board, with six others
said that he and the crew were out for tho pur
pose of fishing, and that the captain had a il
censc. Captain Taylor rcturncd to thc Izard,
but not feeling satisfied, hc,-the next morning
got under weigh with his vessel, and on ap-
proachmg the schooncr saWa man jump over
bbard, and swim towards him'r as he passed
him rapidly the manshouted, 'Captain Taylor
protcct mc.' Hc va3 picked up, and he sta'
ed that his name was Thompson, that he was
kidnapped in Mobilc ; that the schooner was a
piratical vessel, and he could show wherc the
arms wcrc concealcd. The Izard wasanchor
ed near, and on going on board, thc arms-wcro'
found stowcd away in the bread IockcrS. She
was then taken possession of and the two ves-'
sels' proceeded to the Bazile, wherc they arriv
cd'on thc lst instant with scven prisoncrs, who
weroput in irons and stronglyguarded, subject
to the order of tho Collcctor. On board the
schooncr were found the flag ofthe piratc, and
a copy of tho articlcs of agreement cntered rn'-"
to by the piraics.
Mapsualis TnNmt The irinefu'n"
der the rocky hill east of Mt. Ida', in 'hirf
citv. comTnehccd la'st O'ctob'er. bV MrBen1-
iamin' Marshall. is now compleled, am'f
tnose wno visn u win dc mgmy praTinco uy
an inspection1 of the work.
At the westcrn termmatton a the tunnc',
MrMarshall has sitesfor five manufactorKi
all of which mavbe carried bv the" vvater"
which passcs through lhe tunnel from thc
roestenkill. ihe toundations of two ot-
them ar& already laid, and several -otncr
buiftfings connccted with' them are nearly
com'pleted; so that bv the end of the yeaV
.i ?n i- . i -,, -
mere win De quue a large viuajre upon
ground which ih the month of 3anuary
last contained hardly a single building
When Mr Marshafr's manufactories; Sre3