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.u'S-. and w»* i*mIpvsI«i»»I In- w*ill return (o hi* ii ili' »• it»* is sinifi a* his health will permit lr appears from gouging the heads of tin (Jreal irii Hml tin* Sandusky and Seiuti river-, that their collected waters would hi iosnltieieoi in supply the summit of the mid tile imi • in a dry sea-mu : hence the suspen suini i.J fortln r operations no this route, un til sn-iii-ui m-i resource sli til he lived tin fur < periwat*. lit supply of w.iit-r. [ Columbus Gitztlle. TWO DAYS LATCH FUOM EUUOPK Nkw Youk, Octnher l i.—The packet sliij John Weil.*, C ipt. ilanis, aimed last evening from Liverpool. whence she sailed on iMoiidaj the Util of Oi jui-mhcr. Lnotlnn papers of tin evening ufSaturday till* 6th,have liecn receiv ed at this tinier, ami the morning paper? nnnounei- the receipt of a Sunday paper (tin Tin ) Tin* intelligence from Paris is two day? later. Ini! then- is Homing from tile south ol Sp.ii so late hy several days as Ims he fori re:»i lii'tl a* lie’ll Cihraltar and Malaga, ami u cniirsr- ive have nothing of much important-! to present nor re iders this day. Tile latest d tie Irom the Head (Quarters ol the Duke d’. Aiigouli'ine, is August .M. Ol the anticipate! tiperaiinos lieliin* Cadiz, there is no furthei iofonu.it.on. Preparations hy land and sea were proceeding w ith great vigor fur un imme diate attack up mi Trin-adeio and the Lie ol Leon; and the French, regardless of the fail ure of iionap.-irle ut>on the same place, ap pear confident of success.—Tin* artillery n tin- guard, together with llie Svviss,arrived 01: the - 5 I- Toe squadron had just hei-n rt-in lorceil hy twelve vessels. Six more were expected from Corunna, and when they sliai lia.e arrived, there wilt he thirty-two ships 11 war heiorc Cadiz. On the other side, the llu till 1 constructed at Seville and at Port St. Ma *y. composed of It*, great guns, 7 howitzers ami titty gnus’ships. Tin* Admiral Villaviu cetu-io lias been ordered by the Prince to re pair to liis head quarters, and lie arrived then ori tile Jp-oJ. An 1 ntire post of Constitu tionalists are said to have crossed the eaua 01 the Troeadcrii and piim-d the Fienclt troops. The reported failure of the attack on Alalagnrda, Iris been revived ; and it is stated that I lie attack was adjourn.-d on the a.rith to the *2i!(h of August. It is also reported, that nuthing turther will he done at Cadiz until the arrival of Mr. Y» ard, who issatd to be charged with di spatches from England. It was generally reported also,that his Royal Highness the Duke. d’Angmilrmc, had post poned the tremendous haltering, which he in tended to hare given f,, tiie walls of Cadi/., on the night dedicated to tile service of the Cod of St. Louis, and that a deputation of Tour of the members of the constitutional Cortes, had waited on this great commander, and implored his merciful consider.ilio » Anv thing, says t in Morning Chronicle of i til’ll, at present furnishes a MlOiccnt excuse for the postpone ment of important events to the Parisian Roy nhsts, for they are perfectly persuaded of the great military t dents of tin; Beloved Son of obi Louis ; and they are convinced that Cadiz must submit to his intuitive genius whenever circumstances render its surrender necessary. It is understood that there is a private artbie attached to the capitulation of Corunna, which binds tile Duke d’Angnuh-me to guarantee a (_ ItamSiT of Pcits and a Chamber of Deputies to the Spanish nation, provided he succeeds in destroying t In* const it m ion a! government._ j. .'its is the secret article which according to repot t, induced Morilln to betray his rnuntrv. and to accept the bribe which an English Col onel tendered m him. The London Courier says, the situation of atTuii* at Cadiz is such as to cause considera ble uneasiness to the French government. Every attempt at negnimuiun with the Curie had tailed, and there was no better ground for bei eving that better success will attend any future proposals. In the mean time the war lingers—the summer is hastening to a close, there is every reason to expect that matters 0 dl remain th is undecided till the rain? set in The French ministers, as may he supposed, me fully sensible of ihe increasing difficulties 01 the contest, and anxious if possible tu efleet a sneedy termination of the campaign. There is no later official intelligence from • Catalonia. Private letters from Perpignan, dated August -41;. state that the Ponstitol jon alists commanded by Mi Ians and Llobera, af ter the aflTiir of the l Jib between Man res a, and Moya, effected their retreat on Mont Blanc, and were but feebly pursued, '{’he French troops arrived on the 20th at Villafraura, so that the respective parlies occupied on (ha* day fin; same positions as before August in.— The French troops were to put themselves in motion mi the 20th towards Mont Blanc, ft seems that Marshal Morscey Ins decid -d to at’ack the enemy in the positions h- occupies W" know oof, says one of flic letters, if Mil-ms Will defend III" roll de Saint Christine, or if to L,1m<I i, 1 lie task of llti- Marshal is nviteb more difficult. I|» tu iv- jf j* j,?, rut niTtbc Constitutionalists fsom Tarragona l»v s-ndmg a corps of troops or» the mail from this town t0r ,,""l,Bl;'nr t,v L'*vrnihi-ll, and the tower of !>,s liaries, t,.,f it Is riot very probable that lie •ill. hy this rueans, lie a hie lo prevent the ref -. t of the enemy by fieri* or on Lerida. If 'Hans der ides on giving IwMle. |,e may rb f- ul the Coll of Saint Christine, and fight m the ..i nr position as General Sa.'irfi-id o< eu pu-d w hen he fought the Italian General F.il geoe, in ttie war of independence. We sh ill not, it is added, he long hi ignorance of the movements of the two armies, 'l Up r rend) arinv lias sustained a severe lo«s in the death of General t ainchy. tv ho eorn manded the liloekade of Fampelnos.—The siege was to Continence no the 5lh of Septem her, and Miters front Mayonne, dated August £n* nnticiiMte its speedy fall.—Not «o. they s ty, w ith f .id 7.; the French troops before that city, are not adequate t„ f,ke it. Tile block ade ol Santa, daily bee,one more, vigorous. A considerable French fleet was before (bill port. Allen Algesiras surrendered, there ap pear-, I I have been found but 210 prisoners in the..oriiT s, and five months provision-;. I lie latest Madrid d ite is August 2<I, con taining advices from Malaga ol the 20th only’; — Not so Into by J l days as our previous ac counts from tint place.' The Madrid article sa>s lliego was rerv coldly received by the troops and the inhabitants'— some of the nfii ce, and even generals descried. His troops that ram lin are about J0II0. The greater part are for capitulating, tint the regiment of <;,,||j. ci.t, and the Kmg’s dragoons are against it. (However coldly Up may have beer, received, he certainly made W'trm work among them, > »*f V t The story in the French papers of General ’/. irro <bd V ,||.. i.mr-u'imitte,I to the |le g-nr-v, on tin- 2t>|'» ult. ,1 Gran u)a, the l,„n ti hi S'ites.nan, of the Of It. savs. is generally di credited Indep*' dmitly of his known at tar- nmol to the (hm-tit otion, '.vltieh rentiers the event impr.di tble. leiii-rs dated the o./tli have le er, received from his friends at ,V|a drill, at which tune It might easily Imre ... VI tv lech are entirely silent on the sufi J,’m Tiie trench -nip Gusts vc, from Sf. Onntin g<* for II a V , Willi a Cargo v ibied at £ 20,000, ha? been captured hy a Spanish privateer. | Thii rj the present year, 33,048 males, and 38.1 *•' female slates, have heeu liberated from personal slavery in Russia. The Emperor has published a decree, permitting the Monks m r.o-v'i.i to leave their contents and releasing I them fr uit their votvs. On tins subject, the Courier Francois gives an able article, shott - ing ;he predelict ion tt hiclt Russia, has for Monk*, io Spain, while it is endeavoring to get • itl of its ott n as fast as possible. “It would appear,"says the Journalist, “ that deter Ca hineis consider ?louaehuisiii as a lo nefit tvliidi iliey ought to choose only for their neigh* . hors." B J be Kntperor of Russia was to set o(T from St. I'eteisburg the siitli of August, on his grand tour through his vast states; he is to inspect the second grand army, and then to t isit tile port and city of Odessa on the Hiaek Sea. 1 hence lie will go to Bessarabia, and return to Brets Lilursky, a town on tin-fron tiers nt Russia and Poland, where the United j 1 olt it army and the Russian troops cantoned jin litis kingdom are to ttianoMivre. The Em I pci or will lie absent two months. The troops i •'••tiewed will amount to 80,000 men, under Hie orders of the Grand Duke Constantine. Belfast has been lighted tt ith Gas. A Dub lin editor remarks that the light headed Cor poration of Dublin tire disposed to let the pen pie there continue to grope their way in “ darkness visible.” Alt unusual occurrence has just taken place at Glasgow. A gentleman hy'birth a German, publicly renounced the errors of Judaism, in the Episcopal Chapel there, and was baptized into the Christian Faith,according to the riles of the English Church. 1 li»* news front Ireland is of a mure tran i rl,,,l nature. Some attempts had been made at rioting hy a party who were collided mi a Sabbath, about two miles from Bandon, for the purpose, it should seem, of engaging in •he lawless and dangerous practice of ho tv* j ling. The Ret. Joseph Jervois, with his usu al attention to the duties of the magisterial "dire, despatched smite of the new police, w ho immediately dispersed the multitude._ If was understood that they would return the next day in greater numbers, inclined to make resis mice to any interruption offered them ;_ tin j* did so, and Mr. Jervois, accoo.panied by the police, again dispersed them. Upon this incident, the .Morning Chronicle remarks When tte read this, a gentleman acmiainted " itli that part of tin* country happened to In* with us, and we availed ourselves of the op portunity to ascertain from him vvliat horri ble crime this how ling was. He told us it was simply the rolling a hall along a road, which is the lower Irish a very favoiite amusement. We then asked him how this act came to he so decried, lie said lie supposed it was be came the people were fond nfit.fnrit was quite enough to constitute any act, a heinous off. nee in that country, that it gave plea sure to the people. In roads so‘little frequented, it was hardly’ possible that this howling could do any mischief. Bowling is said in this account to he illegal, and il may lie illegal for any tiling we know. With tile exception of working, it is diflicult to say what the lower orders may law fully do. 1 here is hardly a single amuse ment w hich is not envied them hy one des cription of persons or other. One set of Ala gistrates set themselves against fairs, another against dancing, another against street music another against, all athletic exercises-,_every thing, in short, in w hich the poor take plea sure is carefully proscribed. \Ve hear of in stances uf apparent cruelty towards Alagis i ''"'les in Ireland, hut we do not know how | much Biieh Magistrates in ly have goaded i them to violence by numberless acts of petty I tyranny. An they never to he treated with i any thing like kindness or indulgence ** THK FUNDS. J.o vpoN, (Sunday,) Sept. 7.—The anticipa tions of a settlement of the affairs of Spain b\ itegnriation, are murh weakened hy the xc cutinU daily arriv ing fmm the scene «»f action. i lie l.riglish I'nods have in consequence exhibited a languid appearance, and consols may now he quoted 1-3 per cent below the prices in our last. The medium price of con sols fur the account is now 87 .7 8 Colombian Bonds ran down on Monday to 42, hut have since bc.ru improving, and are now again at .73. I he new Spanish bonds, the proceeds of which are intended to he applied to the re payment of the holders of the hills drawn some months ago on Messrs. B.males, have at length n>me into the market; hut few b.ir ga ns have yet been done at toll ,7 percent be low the prices of the other Spanish securities, w hich have been tolerably steady at about 30. Extract of a private tetter 'tinted Port St. Mary, .dugust 22. •»»'■I'liurrrmiMJis .in- routmt.aliy arriving— ; the presenr.. ttn* commander in chief has jelec'iified ill hearts. This illustrious prince wa-« desirous of consulting his generals, and a connr il of war was assembled. They were ..sly of opinion as to the proba bility <>f success, and the wisdom of the mea sures which had been taken to obtain it. One circumstance ought to be remarked here.— \ t 'he moment wlien the prince generalissimo, who had put several questions, cairn: to the following —“ I know the hearts of my brave soldiers,but as Commander-in-chief,! am iei|uir ed to a-k you. gentlemen, what is the disposi tion (moral) of the army ?” At this moment, J I say. exclamations of Vive le Uoi! Vive le due d’Angmib me! were reiterated throughout the. eanip, with inconceivable energy — Prince.’observed Gen. Bourdesoult, * they have spoken what yon have heard.’ “ l> was upon the result of this council that a parley was resorted to, and a flag of truce sent oil'. It was proposed, at first, to grant only the pace of 21 houia for the answer of tin Cortes ; hut the prince wished them to he allow i d tiv e days, ‘J desire not,’ said he ‘ to be reproached will) having deprived the Cor* tes of the tin)** necessary for considering my proposals, and to come to a decision, which, if fa v ora hie, may prevent the eifiisinn of blood.’ “ " »■ f'Waii lilt answer of the Cortes with raininess. The ii slant we obtain it,and it is a now n, we -hall cither take possession of Ca diz, re* hg|p for it. Our enemies know already j what vve are composed of. They have tried us. but have not re-appeared. They talk, you say, of the position of Cadiz. Bonaparte, as I usual, is again Cited. They talk of his genius ! ami the.bravery of his troops, for the purpose j o| shewing that vve must miscarry where be! | eeulrl not succeed. These fears ari«e from a 1 i if! ii.*ij|f •us* p * in 1N • I (Irnuri !>*•( tv« m ili^ present I , war and that under Bonaparte. All the cir cumstances are totally different in both.— 1 I> -naparte deprived the Spaniards of’heir j I ^tng ; llie object of the HourIrons is to restore him. ! I,oNr>nr, Hept. f>,—We received last night I Brussels papers to the ,;d insf. The following are extracts :— Cahi.sim iic, Ang. M —Our Gazette con tains the following article:— ‘•If results from reports of the Central < omrnifiee at .Mi v core, and finni I hi' late ••vents ;,t f.eiozig, Balle, and Beilin, that se ct cf associations among the students have not )efceas<r|, not w i'list,mil mg 11 the measures adopted by fbe Cm wrmuenfs to binder them.1 .»ui as the B 'Cieties, which nr' eriliri'ly *erret, | a e most in'iinafely ronneeled with those i which are Ii- r •m, and whieliare known in (lie I Universities instruction o ' advantages from the barbarous language wi icb insulates them, or (Ynni a costume which i* often very expensive, and lastly, as the ad vantage and profit of th£ Innkeepers in ITm. versities is essentially different from that o| tin country, there is reason to expect,\»ry sh«»rt ly, the establishment of a surveillance nv.r the private conduct of the students, which vvoubl be introduced at the same time in all the Unitersities, and from which the happiest in fluence might be expected.” Our readers remember that,in consequent' of the^ massacre ot the Greeks at Prigamn, by ihe I inks, altera descent made by some ot tin* islanders <>| Ipsara, tin* Sultan sent Ibra him Pat lia wiili 2000 men to the spot. The .lltgtmeiur Zeilung says, under the head of Smyrna, July lti, •* In conspqiience of the lauding oi the Greeks, the Asiatics have burnt and murdered all that came in their w ay in the environs nf Pergamo: The Jamiissaries (ac cording to n letter from Broiipn,) who were sent from this place to restore order, have joined the Asiatic soldiery, and arc likewise in complete insurrection. This news has been brought by couriers to the Pacha. All this adds to our alarm.” Bkussfi.s, Sept. 1.— The wise decree of his Majesty, of the £0tb ultimo, presenting measures uf retaliation against France f.»r its prohibitory system, has excited great sensation in that kingdom — hut the places where its ef fects will he most seriously fell are the coun tries along the Meuse and the Moselle, in i Loraine, yvhich produce rnst quantities of i wine, the greater part of which used to he ex ] ported by land, by way of Belgium. The I Becree has been received w ith gratitude in our J manufacturing provinces. If this beneficial ! measure could be extended to the manufactures of another pnw er, w Inch refuses to admit ours the wishes of our manufuctuiers would he at* coiHplislu d. The detachment of troops which have lately marched to our frontiers have al ready occopii d the posts assigned them. On the oilier hand we learn that France is goiqg to draw close its tiipleline of custom house officers on its northern fmntier. /iKTl- I..I.- Ill U.. I. «... .1 T, sidcnt Maominichale, accompanied liy Mau rocordatos, had passed the Isthmus of Co • loth, with all the disposable troops of the Peloponnesus, and had taken up a position at Magara Four days afterw arris, Odysseus, having defeated the enemy at Thermopylae r joined Cnico'roni and Nicetas, who direct ed their march with the tumps of the Pelopon nesus towards the plains of St. Luc. At their arrival, the Greeks, less numerous than their opponents, encamped on the am round ing heights, and the two armies remained for tin* days within sight of each other. The Greeks, during this tune, contented themselves hy liarra-sing the Turks hy sham fights. On the o.h day, they div ided their (ui ec mln tliu e columns, commanded hy Odysseus, Nicetas, and Culcotroui, the latter being in the centre, and Cniuninnder-in-Chief. The first shock was very violent, and the carnage very great oil both sides: but after two hours’hard light ing, tile Turks wen* repulsed, and sought their safety in flight, leaving behind them £1,000 kill ed , and GOOjprisnuers ; their wounded amount 'll, to 3,000. The w’liole of their artillery and aiiioioiiidoii, their provisions, a number of camels and horses, remained in the hands of t lie conquerors. Tile Greeks say they have never made so valuable a capture. Gen. Nicetas, surnatiled Turcopiiagos, particularly distinguished him self ; with ti is own hand he killed twelve Turks Among the prisoners were Bekir Pacha, and sev enteen Bey a of Ruinelin. FROM SMYRNA. An attentive friend has favored us with the perusal of letters from Smyrna to 10th Au gust. They inclose extracts of a letter from lie Greek island of [psara, of the £’Jth July : w liich give very flattering accounts of the pros p<«ts of Grecian affairs at that dale. It will lie seen, they do not wholly agree w ith other accounts from Europe, of dates as late and la ter, in d pet haps allowances may be made for predilections on both sides. THE KXTKACTS. “IPSAKA, 29th Julv, J8£3.—We are in hourly expectation o! tin* return of our pri vateers. Some were before Lemnos, others in the Gulph of Salonica and Vnlo, and oth ers on the coast of Syria. Yesterday five vess-ls left our barlinr to go to tin* Darda nelles, ami land on the coast of Troy and Ikiso, and even faitlier, if they can. Some tiling must acci ne from this. It is really as tonishing to see, that the Greeks are regard less of the formidable fleet of the Captain Pacha, and that they are pillaging the Turk ish coast in spite of his exertions. According to the reports we have here, the Greek cause is prospering every where. The Captain Pacha has done nothing even up to the pre sent time. lie is still at anchor before Patras and it is said that a dangerous fever has very much weakened his fleet. “TheSeuate of the Morea has ordered the administrations of the three islands to keep themselves in port till the 10th August, O. S. (-2d) in order that they may then fall on the Turkish find. »* Th. A .u.. r<i. . . i Chenniiriotrs, <>( tin* Mnntinr^riny, have all lately revolted against llie 'Fork*. Hoineliit is entirely freed of the Turks, excepting Larissa, h is said, the Agrapiotes are ordered to as far as Triculu. Scondre Paeha, who was to mareh a gainst diet i reeks, with 1 {{,000 men, is prevented Irom executing his plan hy theievplt of the Montin* grins, which give him sufficient occupa tion. I believe the rapt. Pacha will do nothing this year. ( p to this time all ho has done has been to provision Patras and Corinth. (Ic has lamb'd only a few troops at Patras. There are il0,000 Turks in Livadin, but they have been purposely let m to get hold of their arms and baggage. It is already Ieported that Odysseus has destroyed a part of them ; however they never will be able to get into the IMorea, be cause tile passages are defended by 10,000 men. The Greek Senate is now at Megarr. \V** know that by sea the Turks are inefficient, for their vessels of war carry but few landing troops; so I calculate this terrible campaign jy surmounted by the Greeks. “ On the side of Vnlo and Trikeri the Greeks have again taken the offensive, and we hope the same will take place at Caristo (Ne grnpnnt) where ten Hydriot vessels have land ed troops and ammunition. It is added, that the Turks have been again obliged to shut themselves up in the castle of Caristo; and that the inhabitants of Negropunt are taking vigorous measures to cause the surrender of it.” SMYRNA I.FTTKRS. “ Smvrixa, IOtii August. The ronfirma (ino of the above we have just received,via Athens. It is moreover said, to-day, that the castle of Maieltimo in f'audia, has been taken, and that I lie Greeks were bombarding the castle of Canie, by land an*1 sea. Nikelarns has arrived before Patras with laOOO Greeks, to prevent any further landing of Turks. In Livadia Odysseus has defeated in five differ ent encounters the Imdy of troops there. The naval /!••«•» of the Greeks, it is said, and m believe it, have gone .nit to meet tin- Turks on their return. The fdrints have I t fire ship w ith them. W’e have accounts to day that the Persians have mado peace with tin Tmks.” [ Host on Cevtintl. m:w post office ukgtlation. [ClHCL'LAR.j Vosl OjJirt Otp'trlmml, ^ October id, IK23. Sin : Blanks arefuiwarded in yun, I'm tin purpose uf obtaining a statement, at the wins. I * eat li quarter, ol tin* number uf Newspapers d» posited ill your office, to be sent in the mail. \ oil w ill furnish one of these blanks qoar II 1 }.'• *" eaeb publisher nl a newspaper in \ out v leiuity, and be particular in requiring him to inake a return, under oath, of the number ol hi-papers mailed in your office, for the lasT .liree months, and the Post Ollires to which they w-re directed to lie sent. Tim. oath may he made by the person w ho usually folds and directs the papers, and must he as speci fic as tlm circumstances of llm case will ad mit. You will observe, that the numbers must In- placed in the column* designated as liaviug been forwarded in the mail, either over hr under » hundred miles, as may comport wit It the fact. 1 li there lie two or more newspapers pub lished io'your vicinity, and mailed at your of fice, after you have received from the*publish ers the returns, as above stated, you w ill re duce them into ope return, by stating in figures opposite to each Post Office, the total amount of papers sent to it. You are also required, to procure similar returns from the publishers of periodical works, which arc: mailed at your office. The printed foim may he changed, by spe cifving, in the caption, the number of sheets contained in the pamphlet; or a manuscript return may he made, w here the number of Post Offices to which the pamphlet may have been sent, are not numerous. A manuscript return may he made by the publisher uf a newspaper, where the offices to he inserted are few , and in such cases, you can arrange the offices in alphabetical order. You will re turn to this department, as well the original returns, as the consolidated one which you are required to make. This plan has been adopted from a eonvic tion that this department does not realize much mure than one. half the amount that should he received from newspaper postage, and that no mode can be effectual to ensure the collection of this amount, except one that shall enable this department to raise an ae coniit against each postmaster in the Union fur the postage on newspapers sent to his • •flier. The above arrangement will effectual » y uw mia. It is believed that the publishers of newspa pers will most readily lend thwir aid, to the ac complishment of this object. They will ex - | perience from it a most essential advantage, •ts 1 ostmasters will hi* piiuetual to inform them, when subscribers fail to take their pa pers uul of the Post Offices. Postmasters are now required to charge the postage on newspapers, one quarter in nd vancu, and to apprize printers of ail papers not taken out of their Post Offices; they will therefore lie required*to account to this <l< - partment, fur thi postage on all newspapers sent to their offices, unless they can shew, that subscribers failed to take them, and that the printers were duly apprized of the fact. A most rigid compliance with the duties here enjoined, will be. expected and required. 1 &f* JOHN McLEAN. ILj 1 bis ( ircular will be adilresspil io every l*osl iimsii'r, in wliobc vicinity one or more newspapers ait* publisbt*<l. The above Circular announces a new Ar rangement, adopted by the Postmaster Gene ral, the object ot which is, more completely to secure to the Post Office Department the lie venue accruing from Newspaper Postage. 'I he plan which has been thus resorted to is perhaps the only un< which was likely to he effective.. It will devolve some trouble upon the Publishers of Newspapers, hut it will re pay that trouble by advantages more than equivalent. It will put a perpetual end to the practice in many Post Offices, in total negli gence of their instructions, of Suffering papers to he received there which are not taken out of the office by the persons to whom they are directed. It will lop off at one blow the mor bid excrescences on the subscriptions to news papers, leaving them solid and healthful; it hemg in general a fair presumption that ke who pays his postage regularly will also pay his subscription. The Publishers of News papers, will, therefore, we should think, not object to this arrangement. It will he as troublesome to the Editors of this paper as to any others ; and, having viewed it in all its hearings, they confidently believe it will be an useful and acceptable arrangement as it res pect s publishers of journals of whatever de scription. As to the Public, there can he no doubt of the justice, and even necessity, of such an ar rangement as this. The People pay the postage on their newspapers, and the whole amount ought to accrue to the General Post Office, and contribute to defray the expenses of the transportation of those papers. The smallness of the amount of postage received at each Post Office has caused it to he some times disregarded altogether in the returns from *b» Deputy Post Offices to tin* General Post Office, and, in general, to have been! loosely attended to. Some very important Post Offices, we are informed, do not return a greater amount of newspaper postage quarter ly* than should be received for the postage on the National Intelligencer alone sent to those offices. When it is considered, that there is at present no check to those returns, the neces sity of interposing one will he at once per ceived. We have so much confidence in the public spirit of our professional brethren, that we are satisfied the impoitanccof this regulation to the public interest will he of itself a sufficient inducement to them to give Ilnur zealous sup port to a measure which, it is supposed, will add to the Revenue of the post Office De partment at least /[fly thousimj ilollum per annum. f JYtrf. Ini. ARRIVAL OF THE SEA GULL. Savannah, October0.—The U. $. Steam Galliot Sea Gull, Commmodure Porter, ar rived at this port yesterday from Thompson’s Island, via St. Mary’s, in want of fuel. The Sea Gtill left Thompson's island on the Ifith September, amt after experiencing a series of heavy N. ami N E. gales, being nearly nut of provisions, and reduced to a quart of water per man. put into Amelia Island for a supply ♦hi the 3d of this month. She was piloted from St. Mary’s through the inland navigation m 37 hours, by Lieut. Paine, of the Charleston sta tion. At 14 o'clock yesterday, the volunteer corps of Hm-sars, the Chatham Artillery, the Fencihles, the Guards and Blues, under the command of Col. Marshall, paraded and af terwards marched under the bluff to the wharves, where a salute was fired from the w hole line, in Imnor of the arrival of the gal lant Commodme, which was received with yards manned, mid answered by three heartv cheers from tin- Sea Cull. A salute w as also firvd from the Revenue cutter Florida, cap'. Harrison. In the afternoon a committee «■! the City Council wailed upon the Commo dore with an invitation ton public dinner, which, however, was politely declined, hut tin offer to furnish a supper of refreshments to lo crew, at the expense of the city, was accepted. Commodore Porter, we regret to state, sib) labors Under the effects of the severe Him •itli which he has been afflicted, which he affected one of his arms, ui the upper joint, in a painful manner. In other rnspects, hovvrv t.ue are happy to state, he enjoys health.— he remainder of the officers ami crew are in •■ie best health—not a case of sickness being reported hy the surgeon. Respecting the late fever at Thompson’* Island, we have been favored with the follow ing remarks : On the 10th of September, there were 1!) ••irk in the Hospital, at Thompson’s Island — I -l> in the .Marine Harrison, and about the same number of the Bargemen— mostly malignant Fev er. Dr. Conway, second acting surgeon of the Hospital, was toe only medical titan on tin Isiaml not down with the fever. Surgeon of ‘lie IN acock (she had no mate) was down with the fever, when sin- left the Island. Dr. New, also1 'nk. was officiating in his place. The John Mums left there with two surgeon’s mates, one of whom was sick. The Sea (Hill h it there with a surgeon and mate, both down | with the fever. rJ lie disease originated in the rapid d* com position of vegetable matter on the Island, du ring the hot weather, and alter the heavy rains. The crews were no doubt predisposed to re ceive it, from their having f«r nearly eight mouths been (by some Custom-house regula tions there) deprived of refreshments of all kinds. I hey have had, during that time, mi fresh meats, and fruit and vegetables only twice. The squadron has been ever since it left the United States wretchedly off for medical aid. None of the small vessels have any whatever. The disease at its commencement was found to be very much under the confront of medicine ; hut several died, who, fur the want of surgeons, could receive no medical aid w hatever—some of them without seeing a doctor front the time they sickened until they died. " nave Hern furnished with the following melancholy list of deaths at Thompson’s Isl and previous to the sailing of the Sea Gull.— T lie loss of so many v •double young ollicers is a subject of sincere lamentation. A part of l he oumes have been before communicated to the public—hut as this List may now he con sidcred as more complete than any yet pub lished, for til*1 information uf the friends of those who have diet!, we publish it entire — L-iMvftht Officers and Mm who hare died at .•Merton. Ihompson s Island, between the 1 stjunist and Hith September. llirli.iut M. Portf-r, Lieul. Kbit Aug. 1823 George \\ . Somerville, acting Lirul. 2Glh Sepi. lleuty Gilliam, Lieul. 2(1 Sepi. Nathaniel Ciou-r, Lieui. G’li Sepi. U in. M \\ iitton, Lieul. Couidi. ship John Adams, I3ih Ni pi. Anhui liaiiihridge, lining Bulling Master, 13ih Sepi. bimin i Marshal, Midshipman,2lili Aug. rViilfR Kii»«f, Jr. ilc». Ifolieil l ay lor, tin .Olli Sepi. John R. . d,j, . ilo ship John Adams. S.inmel Mm i i-oii, Gunner, do A ii i It tin \ It. Griee, Cinpeiiiei, 27th Aug. l> ni**l 11. Cassidy, Slew ml. J.nh Aug."' Daniel Ciui>e,do. Ijili Sepi. Elijah Pei kins, 0 Se.im iu. 20ili Aug. Sainin I Davis. Boy, 30lh Aug. Geo. Swmke, Lamlsuinu, ls> Sepi. John Thorpe, da. 8th Sept. Abraham Sloglon, O. Seaman, I lih Sept. Georg,- Mens. Landsman, 12ih Sept. .laeol) Spot wood do. IpiliS-pl. I h,nil.is Jones. Seaman, LVh Sepi. Baiiholunipw Court, Rov, IGih Srpl. Marines. Mark CIih*p, Corpoial, 12 !, Sepi. Daniel Quinn; PiivhIp. lih S* pi. Andrew Campbell, do. 7ili Sept. I honias Lighiini, do. 8ih Sept. Charles Sauialeis, do. 8lh Sepi. 1 niiid Anderson, do. I.j-h Sepi. Jll Havana. George \V. ILinimnsley Liem. The following is a list of the Officers at pre sent oil board the Sea Gull: Commodore DAVID POUTER. K ai.ph \ ooiuiins, Ln-ni. Couidi. commanding. David G. F irragui, I si Lieul. John Kmlil, 2 1 Lieul. W m. I). R dibit, Surgeon. Hemy \\ Bassett, Siiigemi's Male. Samuel W. Sloeklun, Midshipman. Kensey Johns, do. Quininn Rairlifie, do. Win. Sniilli, do. John WVldi, Master’s Male. P. Wilson, Secretary to the Crtmmodorn. AVe understand the Sea Gull leaves (bis da v, for Charleston. ARRIVAL OF COM. PORTER. Charleston, On - 1.er 13.—'The steam gal lint Sea Gull, t i, dore Porter, arrived in our harbour o S • . day. On learning his arrival, the Bri.r ■ ii ; General issued orders for the Regiment oi Artillery to parade, and be prepared to fire a .-alute. A Battalion of In fantry, consisting of the "Washington Light Infantry, the Cadet Infantry, the Irish Volun teers, and the German Fusiliers, ivith the bands attached to the several companies, un der the command of Lieut. Col. Hunt, were ordered out to receive the gallant Commodore on his landing, and to escort him to his lodg ings—a tribute of respect due to the exalted and devoted services of that ollicer. The troops were promptly paraded. It was with great regret, that the militarv and eitG..,,., learned, that indisposition and a desire to re turn to the. City of Washington as speedily as posihlc, would deprive them of an opportunity of expressing to him their sense of his servi ces, and of becoming personally known to so distinguished an ornament of our Navy. The following Communications passed be tween Gen. Geddes and Com. Porter: (itn. Gtddts to Com. Vorttr. “ Gen. Geddes has the honour to welcome Com. Porter no his arrival ; and to communi cate to him, that lie has detached from his Brigade a Regiment of Artillery, to fire a salute on his entering the hailmur, and a Battalion of Infantry to escort him to his lodgim'a. Saturday, Oct. Ut/i, 1823.” This was handed to the Commodore hy Capt. R. W. Cogdell, acting Aid of the Briga dier General. To which the Commodore replied as fol low s: Com. Porter has the honour to acknow - ledge the receipt of Gen. Geddes* note of this date, and after expressing to him his high sense of the distinguished and unlooked-for honour intended him, begs leave to arsure him, that nothing but an inability to go through the fatigue and excitement that such a reception would occasion, and his extreme desire to reach \V ashinglori, his place of destination, as early as possible, which determines him to sail the first change of wind, prevents his land ing at Charleston. , “ Coin. Porter appreciates the intentions of Gen. Geddes, and of the Citizens of Charles ton, as expressed to him hy Copt. Cogdell, as In* ought, and begs them to make allowance for a debility, arising from a severe indisposi tion, which does not permit hint to do always as he could wish. Saturday, Oct. II //,, 1823.” Great credit is due to the Officers and Soldiers, for their eager ohedienci to (lie m - rjeis issued. The prompt assembly of tin troops, upon hearing of the arrival of Com. Porter, was an earnest at once of their excel lent discipline, and their ardent desire to pay a just tribute to an officer, w lm contributed so I 'igo a share to tin honour of nnr Navy ;ninl should he ever have an opportunity «.f paying a visit to Charleston, he may rest assured, that iier citizens will delight to extend to him ev< - V mark of honour he ha* eo hardly earned - We Wish him a speedy restoration to health od that his useful services may lie prolonged to his country. % I I A subsequent communication from the J,* lendanl was made t.. Com. Porter, |, .,derin« to him, and bis Udicers and Crew, any fresh ••upplies that could eonti iHItto to their com- ^ The Commodore’s Reply was communica ted lo the troops, and a salute fired from the Artillery on the Battery, which was returned , by the Sea Gull. [City (in- » * October 14.—We omitted to mention yes terday, that the lotendant of this city, (Gen Geddes) Judge Johnson, Col. Bankhead, and a number of other gentlemen, paid the Com- ‘1 modore a visit, on board the Sea Gull, in the Roads, the preceding day. Yesterday a 3„p.' I'ly "f provisions, vegetables, Sic. wL sent down by the lotendant. The wind hat * mg become lair, howe ver, the vessel had parted before it reached her. j Tennessee legislature. Htelnetden,. Oct 1—The to.. house* ;iss(.m. 1 bled to the Representative Hall fi r the pose of electing a Public Printer. .Messrs iSorvell Sc Sonlib lts as a firm, and G. Wilson ^ Mess.8. Ileiskell Brown, as a firm j" nomination. On collecting and counting the ballots tile tellers reported for Norvell £c Cu bt votes, and for Wilson kco. Messrs. Norvell Sc Soublelts were declared duly elected. Received from the Senate the followintr re solution, h Resol red, That the election of Senator in Congress be postponed until Friday next it two o clock—in which a concurrence was asked. Mr. Crockett and Mr. Waterson opposed a concurrence, on the ground that this election absorbed all other considerations, and pre vented or at least interrupted all legislative business. Mr. Grundy, Mr. Maury and Mr. Jones were prepared to vote in the election, but as son., wished for time, they wert willing fr„„, principles of comity to give reasonable time to either a member of this house or to the. Senate who wished time, and would theiefurj vote for concurring with the resolution. Mr.Raneau at some length advocated a nor. Air. Speaker gave his opinion in favor of it, arising from a wish to preserve ihe good un derstanding nf tin two houses. (to tile question lilt* house non-conrurred with the Senate, and directed Mint the clerk inform the Senate that the house was ready to rrceive them and gu into the < lection. A message from ihejSenatc, informed till* 11huse that they insisted on their resolution for postponement. Air. Cluck, hoped the house would not runnir. Air \ "nog, preferred going info Ihe election to-day, hot could not see how the Senate was to lie brought. I'lie house refused again to concur. Mr. Speak, r am) Mieg.-nllemenufthe Senato appeared and took their seats. Air. Hamilton i.emulated Col. John Wil liams. Mr. Young nominated Gen. Andrew Jackson. On collecting and counting the ballots the telleisreported that General Andrew Jackson had Sb votes and Col. John Williams 2!m otes V hereupon tin Speaker of the Senate de clared that General Andrew Jackson was duly elected Senator in the the Congress of tli'o United Stales for six years. The Senator? withdrew and the house ad journed. October 2 — On motion of Air. Grundy, the house resolved itself into a committee of (lie whole. Air. Cheatham in the chair, on the hill to “ amend the Penal laws of this -tale, and to establish a jail and penitentiary house therein. And alter some time spent therein, the committee rose, reported progiess, and 0b t-ined leave to sit again on Monday next. The two bouses having met for the purpose of attending the inauguration of the Governor, Ins excellency and suite appeared at the bar of the house, and were invited to take seats prepared lor them within the hall. The se veral oaths prescribed by the constitution and laws of this slate, w ere administeied to his Excellency by Rennet Smith, Esq. preceded by a prayer Iroin the Rev. Robert lli iiderson, ami followed by one from the Rev. Gideon Blackburn. The preamble arid resolution? introduced , by Mr. Grundy, instructing our Senator and requesting our representatives, in Congress, not to attend a caucus fur the purpose of nom inating a Pn sident and Vice President of the. United Stalls, were taken up and agieed to. ( (Jucnsinpr.—A day or two after the meeting of the Legislature ol tin- state of WnuMjvcr, now in ses-ion, we observe that sundrtf resolu tions were introduced by Mr. Giiusnv, former ly » leading Member of the House of Repre sentatives of the United Stales, preceded by a preamble of considerable length, tile object of which preamble and resolutions wa? to disapprove n| the mode ot nominating per son* as President and Vire President of the United States by a Congressional caucus, and instructing the Senators and requesting iho Representatives from that state not to attend ailv surli eanriK \NV hut e some curiosity to see Mr. Gruivdt’s Preamble, as well as his promised Speech, which we hope will he reported, because, to oor certain knowledge, Mr. G. has attended at least one Presidential Caucus ; and, if we are not mistaken, was one of file most zealous as well as one of the most influential suppor ters of it. We refer to the Meeting of the Republican Members of Congress, at which .Mr. Madison Was nominated for r.'-election to the Presidency, when, probably, less than on any other occasion, was there a necessity for such a nomina l iou,t he He publican parly anti Mr. Madison being so identified as to exclude the idea of any other candidate. Iris not our wish, nevertheless, to quarrel with the cliangu id opinion ol tins distinguished gentleman,and we shall listen respectfully to liis reasons for il* But we will venture to assure him of one thing • that the notion of a nomination iigain.il the atnse of the /‘eople is fallacious. The great argument in favor of a caucus, is, that tho sense of the People may have sonic sort of i h .nee of being expressed, which, with five candidates before the People, it cannot have. We cannot think that the Legislature of the “late of Tennessee will interfere to legislate for Member* of Congress how I fin/ shall think, not in regard to their nfTit'ial business, hut in I heir personal and individual capacities, over *vbirli that Legislature can exercise neither legal nor moral control. We think so the less, In cause We know that the principle •ift'aii •osing Das been more distinctly recognised Inf 'hr slrtt of Tennessee, than by any olhei slate, ftliatevci. Tile s.meiion to it is placed on h*P Siafule-Honk, Our readers may have a -uriosity to know in what form of words this lanctiori could be embodied, anti vve therefore (Hole if. Tile following is the third section id t law o| the State of Tennessee, respecting llm diaf.. KIcf'iiotM : “ ^ • 3. lie it eiMe/ert, That it shall anti mar hry aw lid foi the ( .unity (Jotiri* of earli cmtnlv vtifhin liw Stale, ,n tin; last term »>f tlieir respective points a each anil every year, iicxi prcoctlnig the general ■lections, to use great care it ml nltenuun in the ap* i liniment of .Inrots to a MeinJ the said enmity eonrtr, ■o firai lenn tin renf in each and every year in wlltrli » -aid general eVetums -lt,.|l Come on j anti il shall nd limy l * lawful fur i|n- Sheriff, of each parlienlar • oiov, at the .liit era id fiisl term tif the smil eiiinity onus (ii caH m said Huey, on Monil.i) die fir»l jlny of