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AN EXECUTION IN PARIS.
Dvmiuek. hi noticing the little feet of the
ladies of the celestial empire, quaintly re
marks, “They (the laches in question) sel
dom stir abroad, and one would be apt to
think, that, as some have conjectured, their
keeping up their fondness for the fashion
were a stratagem of the men's, to keep
?hcm from gossiping and gadding about,
and confine them at home.* I never stum
ble upon this passage of flic worthy Bucca
neer. without wishing that the friends of
tlie Parisian ladies would either advise
them to refrain from the custom of honoring
executions with their presence, or intro
duce the fashion of little feet to “keep them
from gossipping and gadding about. I
once had ocular demonstration of this pen
chant of the French ladies for such dis
gusting exhibitions, on one day, coming
from the Court Royale, which l was w the
habit of attending, not only for the sake of
listening to, and deriving amusement and
instruction from the pleading of the advo
cates, hut also that I might accustom my
self to the v inous provincial dialects, from
the Shibboleth of tlie Faubourg St. AI tome
to die patens the Bretagne and the jrccb
of tlic Marseillois; and I advise cveryEng
lish stranger who is desirous of attaining
a thorough knowledge of the French foogue.
to take his lessons, as I did, from me pro
ceedings of the chambers of correctional
police^ he will find it infinitely preferable
to tlie usualy recommended course of vis
iting the theatres, (they have no Emery’s
nor Rayner’s,) and his stock of knowledge
will obtain a greater increase by attending
to tlie responses ot a French witness than
by li stennig to tlie futile attempt at provin
cial dialect by any artist on the stage; al
ways excepting Odry, on whom an English
public will soon have it in their power to
pass sentence, and presuming that the stu
dent has somewhat more than a superficial
knowledge of the tongue he wishes to mas
ter, before he attempts to pursue the wind
ings of a jndicial investigation. As 1
descended the broad flight of steps that lead
from tlie Palais de Justice to the spacious
court yard below, 1 became entangled ic a
dense crowd, from which I found cxtrica
lion impossible till 1 had reached the foun
tain in the Place du Chatelet. As soon as
I had escaped from the pressure of the
“throng, I sought a place of security, and
>vas in a short time acquainted with the
cause of such a multitude being collected;
an execution was about to take place, and
of all such scenes, this must have been the
most dreadful—it was the execution of a
mother and son; the former was sixty-five
years of age, and the latter but twenty-fc^ir;
thev were convicted of having murdered an
infirm woman of eighty. The Place du
Chatelet is midway between the Coneierge
ne, to which tho criminals had beeu that
morning brought trom liicetre, ami the
Place du (ireve. where tliey were to sutler.
Bv the time the procession approached on
the bridge, I had become surrounded by as
great a crowd as that I had fullcn into on
leaving the Palais de Justice. The priso
ners were both seated in one cart, with
their backs to the horses, and a priest at tie
Side of each; the vehicle was proceeded
and followed by a detachment of gendarme
rie, the “swallows of the guillotine,’’whom
I had mentioned in my article on Vidcc.
The son sat near tlie horses; his appear
ance was dejected in the extreme; despair
and terror had lent a deadly wild expression
to his features, and he occasionally put his
hand to his brow, as if to dash otF the cl ra
iny drops that started ou his forehead; and
then applied both hands to his throat, as if
he were gasping for that breath which he
was about to loose forever. His head sank
on the priest's shoulders, and his wnole
frame seemed unuerved by utter debility.
His aged mother, the partner of'his crime,
appeared, on the contrary, the picture of
resolution and daring courage. “Upon
her eye-balls murderous tyranny sat in
nrim majesty, to frighten the world.'’ Her
grey hair which had fallen from under her
cap, and hung in matted locks about her
face, heightened the Hecate expression of
her eyes, which flashed with vindictive
glances on the multitude assembled to new
her progress.
As soon as the cart had passed, the rush
cf the throng swept rae with it; I was Car
rie * with the stream towards the spot where
the world was finally to close 01 two
wretched beings who had alike violated the
laws of God and man. and was thus forced
to witness an exhibition which I would
otherwise have gladly escaped. On ar
riving at the foot of the scafiold, the old
woman leaped boldiv from the cart, hurri
edly ascended the steps, and stood *iloue
and unsupported on the platform; but the
sou had not power to rise, terror had chain
ed him to his scat, and he was ultimately
lifted from the cart, assisted up the steps,
and placed by the side of his mother, near
-the executioner. To tin' most aged was
allotted the priority of undergoing the last
penalty of the law; she was bound—placed
under the knife—-and was, in a moment
lifelt *ss. As the weapon rar.idiy and ob
liquely descending ringing in tlie grooves,
I was watching the effect of tlie sound on
the other prisoner, whose back was turned
to the sight; I could only remark a slight
tremor, and a couvulsivo rising of the
shoulders, but when a gendarme slightly
touched him, to warn him that his tune had
come, he fell tinder tlie touch, as if he had
struck life from him; and tons probably
unconscious of the remaining [»art of the
sacrifice; his coat, which had been loosly
thrown round his shoulders, was rudely
torn from him, his shist rent down, and he
dragged to the knife by that hair which
seemed to have been previously curled
with the greatest attention to affect.—From
** -the time of the arrival of the cart at tlie
f foot of the scaffold till tlie striking off tlie
JT son’s head, ten minutes had not been con
r i'Onjed, and in less th in ten more the whole
structure was taken to pieces, and the mul
titude dispersed.
The number of females on this occasion
was immense; they, at least formed two
thirds of the multitude, and evidently took
the greatest interest in tlic whole affair: they
apparently considered it as a fete, and en
I joyed it accordingly* Their dress, more
over, bespoke them as to belong, if not to
the upper classes, at least to the middle
| rank of society; certainly the low er orders
j dal not predominate. \ oltaire s assertion,
that the French were a compound of the
tv^er and monkey, "'as never more forci
bly illustrated than in the conduct of these
feniaies on such an occasion. As the cart
! passed to the place of execution, they as
j sailed the son with every epithet of vitupe
! ration afforded them by a copious vocabu
Ilarv. His features, distorted with terror,
! and his hands, compressed with agony,
were subjects of ridicule; and their savage
remarks ceased only w hen the unit of his
life “had been withdrawn from the sum of
human existence.” The unyielding demea
j tier of lus guilty mother was, on the other
hand, received with marked approbation;
and, as she occasionally with convulsive
features, and arms uplifted in the wild par
oxysm of insanity, turned round to revile
the craven terror of her offspring, the ap
plause from those of her own sex was re
doubled. and repeated at every frantic ges
ture of the exulting demoniac. I again as
sert, that this want of feeling was not seen
in the lower orders exclusively; and that it
is not confined to the lower orders alone, is
proved by an anecdote told by Morris, in
his view s of modern France. He asked .a
lady m Paris, who was under twenty years
of age, and the mother of three children,
what made her so indifferent to them, and
unmoved by the adversity under which she
was labouring! She replied, without hesi
ation that she attributed it to the many
scenes of horror w hich she had witnessed
in Paris during the revolution, which had
steeled her heart agaiq^t the finer feelings,
and rendered her proof against poverty,
misery and distress. She added, that
when u child, she was often promised as a
reward for g*>od behaviour to go and see the
! victims of political fiiry guillotined, and had
often witnessed the execution of seventy or
| eighty in the short space of an hour; the
I young and old scrambling for places to sec
well, as if they had been at play. She also
observed, that to see two or three cart loads
of dead perfectly naked bodies go by her
window in the course of a morning was
very usual.
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THE TURKISH MANIFESTO
from the Moniteur of Thursday, February 21.
Constantinople, Jan. 12.
Even the least informed aro aware, that
| ill Mussulmen naturally hate the Infidels,
; and that the Infidels on their side arc the
| enemies of the Mussulmen; that Russia,
j above all, has u particular hatred of Islam
ism, and that she is the chief enemy of the
Sublime Porte. For fifty or sixty years,
i anxious jalouse) to put into execution her
1 guilty project against the Mussulmen na
* ion and tiie Ottoman empire, she has con
stantly profited by the slightest pretext to
declare war; the disorders committed bv
the Janissaries, w ho, thank God! are anni
hilated, favored by progress; she has by
! degrees, invaded our provinces; her arro
gance and her pretensions have been ever
augmenting, and she has, at last, imagin
ed that she has discovered an easy method
of executing her ancient plan against the
sublime Porte, by exciting an insurrection
against her co-reLigiomsts, the Greeks.
Tiie latter united in the name of religion,
made a simultaneous revolt—they did all
the evil they possibly could to the Mussul
men, and in concert with the Russians,
who, on their taut attacked ihc Ottoman
empire, conspired the extermination of all
the faithful, and the ruin of the Sublime
Porte—which may God avert'—Thanks to
divine assistance, and to the protection of
our Holy Prophet! this perfideous plot was
discovered a short time before it was to be
put in execution.
I he measures which ware taken in the
capitol without loss of time, checked at
their commencement the guilty projects
which seemed so easy of accomplishment;
the sword inflicted justieo on a good num
ber of tin1 rebels of the Morea of Negro
pout, of Vrcaurnunia, of Missolonghi, ot
Ythens, and other places on the Continent.
' Hie rebels of the Morea, and of the isles
| Foyer, dared at the very beginning of these !
I troubles, to engage with the Mussulman; j
j tliev killed a great number of them; they J
reduced tlieir wives and their children to
bondage, and under the name of the “Go
vernment of Greece,” they committed un
{ heard-of excesses. For many years, con
! siderable forces, both military and naval,
were sent against them, but our land troops
discouraged by want of pay, did not display
the requisite ardor; our fleet did not suc
ceed on account ofthc ancient disorganiza
tion of the arsenal. The matter being spun
i out, other Europeans as well as the Russi
ans animated by ambition, furnished se
cretly, every kind of assistance to the
rebels, either by promises or by deeds, and
thus become the chief cause of the prolon
gation of our troubles. At last, led away
by the subtlety and insinuations of Russia,
England and France united themselves to
her, and, under the pretext that their com
merce suffered by the long continuance
of those troubles, they prevailed on the
Greeks, bv every kind of artifice entirely
to renounce their duties as [rayahs] tribu
taries.
It was at different times proposed to the
Sublime Porte no longer to mtertere with
the affairs ot' the Greeks, but to give them
a form of independent government; to sep
erate them altogether from the Mussulmen;
to establish among them a chief, as in
Wallachia and Moldavia; aud to grant
them their liberty, on condition of an annu
al tribute. Such, uearly, were the vain
proposals that were made. As it is evi
dent pretence of liberty tended to nothing
else, which may Heaven forbid! than to
make fall into the hands of the Infidels the
whole of those countries in Europe and
Asia, where the Greeks were mixed with
the Mussulmen—to place by degrees the
Ravahs in the place of the Ottomans, and
the Ottomans in the place of the Rayahs—
to convert, perhaps, our Mosques into
Churches, and to ring hells within them:
in a word to annihilate Islamism with ease
and promptitude;—neither reason, nor law.
nor religicn, couid admit of such proposals
being accepted. The Sublime Porte gave
repeatedly both by writing and by word of
mouth, the necessary answers, with all
official formality, and according to the
tenor of treaties—Although the object of
the Franks had been obvious from the be
ginning, and although every thing announ
ced that, at last, the sword must answer
their proposals, nevertheless not to trouble
the repose of Mussulmen, and, on the oth
er hand, to gain the necessary time for
warlike preparations, the Sublime Porte
endeavored to temporize (sc'fforga detem
poriser) as much as possible by satisfac
tory answers and official conferences on
the subject of the dishonor and of the inju
ry winch the proposals of the three powers
would cause to the empire and to the nation.
It is here proper to observe, that although
the demands made at Ackerman by the
Russians on the subject of indemnities,
and especially in respect to the Servians,
were not in any respect proper to be granted,
nevertheless, circumstances being pressing
wo complied with them whether we would
or not aa matter of necessity, in order that
we might seize an opportunity of making a
peace favorable to the Mahometan nation.
Up to this time most of the articles had been
executed, the conferences respecting the j
persons to be indemnified, and respecting
Servia had also been entered upon, and
although these two afliiirs were not of a [
character to be arranged with a good grace,
they wrerc, nevertlieless, taken into con
sideration as acts ot violence.—Russia,
however did not stop them. The military j
reforms adopted by the Sublime Porte of
fended her; she was aware that some day
that surrender miirht hurl back upon her
the evils which she had prepared against
Islamisra. From that moment she resolved
to leave no moment of relation to Mussul
men. Russia, England and France, a
mong themselves, agreed to establish for
cibly the liberty which wc have mentioned.
About a year ago, the three powers simul
taneously demanded the liberty of Greece,
by the means of their ambassadors, ollici
ailv and openly, as quite a simple conces
sion. The Sublime Porte could not sub
scribe to this, neither according to law, noi
according to reason, nor according to poli
cy, nor according to religion. The Mus
selman nation was indignant at it and it is
quite impossible (detont impossibilite) that
it should be consented to. The Ottoman
Government endeavored to prevail on them
to renounce their prejudices by every sort
of arguments and answers, but its language
produced no effect.—Proud of their power,
they obstinately and rigorously persisted
to press their demands; and they finished
by sending fleets into the Mediterranean:
they openly hindered the Egyptian and < >t
toman squadrons, destined for that pur
pose, from attacking the islands. These
two squadrons having entered the Porte of
ATavarin. were there tranquilly waiting the
orders of the Sublime Porte, when the
Russian, English and French fleets sud
denly entering the same harbor, and all
three began to fire at once, and every one
knows tlie catastrophe which resulted to the
Imperial squadron.
The three powers, having openly violat
ed subsistuig treaties, and declared war,
the Sublime Porte had a right to retaliate,
and to act otherwise than it ha9 done to
wards the Ambassadors, the subjects, and
the vessels which were in this place. But
the Ministers of the three Powers have en
deavored to justify them by declaring that
it was the commanders of the Imperial
[Turkish] fleet who had been the cause ot
the battle; the Sublime Porte considering
the circumstances, remained still silent,
and by a last effort of policy invited the
three Ambassadors to abandon together the
| affairs of Greece. Deaf to the voice of
justice, those infidels did not cease to re
quire that their demand respecting the in
dependence of Greece be admitted such as
' it had been made. It may even be said
! that their solicitations become more press
| mg. In a word, the hostile intentions of
the Franks against Islamism became evi
dent. Nevertheless, for the purpose of
gaining time, at least till summer, every
possible show of moderation was used in
the conferences and conversations which
took place some weeks ago. It was re
! pcatedly declared to the Ambassadors, that
| as soon as tlie Greeks would sue for par
i don, their faults would be wholly forgotten;
1 that their goods, their persons, their es
I fates, would be restored; that they would
| enjoy perfect tranquility; that they should
be relieved from the payment of the capi
tation and other tributes which they owe
j since the beginning of the insurrections;
| that besides, in order to gratify tlie three
i Powers, they would be exempt from all
1 tribute for the space of one year; and that
j all the privileges which the condition of
! Rayahs allowed would be granted them;
! but nothing beyond that limit.
In the course of the conferences, the
Sublime Porte earnestly requested tlie am
bassadors to transmit to their respective
Courts those friendly declarations and sin
cere explanations, promising that the ar
mistic wlueh they had demanded would be
observed until the answer should be re
ceived. The invitation only served to in
crease their pride and their pretensions.
Finally they declared that they would con
sent to nothing so long as the privileges
which they claimed should not be granted
to thc Greeks inhabiting ancient Greece,
that is to say, the Morea, Attica, and the
isles of the Archipelago, and they announc
ed that they would depart all three together.
Thus have our affairs come to this point.
If at present, (God preserve us from it!)
after having witnessed sacJi conduct, and
been asked such conditions, we were to
mve way, and to concede the independence
of the Greeks, the contagion would soon
extend to all the Greeks settled in Romelia
and Anatolia, without the possibility of
arresting the evil. They would all pretend
to the same independence; they would de
nounce their duties as Rayahs, and. tri
umphing in a year or two over the gen
erous Mussulman nation, they would finish
one dav, by suddenly imposing laws upon
ns. (God preserve us from it!) and thc ruin
of* our religion and our empire would be
the inevitable result. Whilst, thanks to
God! thc numerous provinces of Europe
and Asia are filled with an immense Mus
sulman population, does the sacred book,
and does our law permit us, through fear
of war, to let our religion be trodden under
the foot, and to deliver ourselves to the
Infidels from hand to hand, our wives, our
children, our goods, and our property ?
Though, in the origin, the whole world
was in the power of the infidels, neverthe
less. at thc birth of the true religion, God,
aided the faithful, our Mussulmen broth
ers, who have appeared and disappeared
since the happy time of our Great Prophet,
up to this day, through the effect of their
sincere devotion and unconquerable cour
age, thought nothing of the number of the
Infidels. United in heart for the defence
of religion how many thousand times have
thev not put thousands of Infidels to the
sword? I low many provinces ana stales
have they not thus conquered sword in
hand? As often as we shall be united like
them and that we shall affront battles for
the glorv of God, the Most High will en
lighten us with his inspirations, and our
holy Legislator will cover us with his tute
lary trgis; liis absent companions will bo
| come our guides; and who can doubt that,
under their auspices, we should not gain
the most briliant victory?
If the three Powers, when they see us
determined, as in the past, to reject their
vein demands,, accept our answers, and
oir explanations, and desist from the Grock
nfiitr, it will be well. If, on the contrary,
ftev should persist to force us to except
tkeir demands, even though according to
tradition, which says, that all the Infidels
compose hut one nation, they should all
league themselves against us, we would
recommend ourselves to God—we would
dace ourselves under the protection of our
Holy Prophet; and united for tlie defence
c,f our religion and the empire, all the
Viziers, all the Ulemas, all the Ridgals,
and perhaps, even all Mus9ulmen, would
form hut one single corps.
This war is not, like all former w’ars, a
!K)litical conflict to acquire provinces or to
settle frontiers. The object of the Infidels
is to annihilate Islamism, and to tread un
der foot the Mussulman nation. It must,
therefore, be considered purely as a religi
ous and national. Let all the Faithful,
; rich or poor, great or small knew that to
fight is the duty of us all. Let them not
dream of a monthly pay, or of any pay
whatever; far from it, let us sacrifice our
property and our persons; let us fulfill with
| zeal all the duties which the honor of Isbim
istn imposes upon us; let us unite our ef
! forts, and labour with heart and soul for
! the maintenance of religion until the day
of judgement. Mussulmcn have no other
means of obtaining salvation either in this
world or the next. We hope that the Most
High will vouchsafe to confound aud dis
perse in every quarter the Infidels, foes to
our religion and our empire, and that in all
times, in all cases, lie will grant victory to
the Faithful. Our true position being thus
known to all Mussulman, there is no doubt
that if they have the least faith and piety,
they will also know their duty, they will
unite heart and soul to maintain our religi
on and our empire, as well as to insure
their own salvation in this world and the
next; and that if the occasion requires it,
they will discharge with zeal and valor the
varied functions of the war, and fulfil ex
actly the duties imposed upon us by our
I holy law. Help comes from God!
VERY LATE FROM EUROPE.
HIGHLY INTERESTING-WAR PROCLAIMED.
Postcripts to the New A'ork afternoon
papers of Friday announce that the packet
ship William 'Hiompson has armed at
New York from Liverpool, bringing ad
vices up to the date of her sailing. From
the following extracts made from-the Lon
don Observer of the 16th it will be seen that
the question, of war or peace in Europe,
is no longer doubtful—but that Russia has
issued her declaration against Turkey.
“LONDON, Sunday, March 16th.—
On Tuesday night the Russian Ambassa
dor received despatches from his court,
containing the Emperor’s declaration of
war against Turkey, and which was im
mediately communicated by his Excellen
cy to the Duke of Wellington and to the
Earl of Dudley, who sent intelligence of
the event to his Majesty. The Emperor
justifies the declaration of War on the
ground of Turkey’s having violated the
treaty of Ackerman, and upon that of lier
having excited the Persians to their recent
hostilities. To these are added, the clos
ing of the Bosphorus against the trade of
Odessa.
“It is supposed that the Russians have
already crossed the Pruth, though the
French papers pretend to believe that they
will not cross it until the 12th proximo.—
In the meantime, the Turks are once
more resorting to a system of evasion and
procrastmatiou. The Reis Effendi has
declared his regret and sorrow at the pub
lication of the Manifesto, and protests
that some ol the most ofiensi«c passages
m it ara positive forgeries, whilst others
have been misrepresented by the Allies.
The Greeks have put forth a manifesto,
in which they lay claim to a northern line
of deliberation, almost the same which
we pointed out months ago. This would
include all the ancient Grrcca Borealis,
with Thesaly and Epirus, to the confines^
of Macedonia. Probably the people ot
Epirus are too much alienated trom the
Greeks to form any integral part ol their
kingdom, and the new division had better
not contain more than the ancient Acar
nania and jEtolia, tlie line running IV. h.
and including Locris, Phocis, l>oris and
Thessaly. Tlie French troops have not
yet left Toulon, nor have any English
troops embarked for Greece. 1 lie use ol
such an armament cannot be to oppose tlie
Turks: it can be only meant to overawe |
the factious chiefs and lawless lieteroge
neous masses which compose the Greek
population. Another week may bring us
more decisive news as to the Russian
movements; but it is impossible that *he
emperor can have ventured upon a devia
tion of the treaty of July, without a scret
understanding with Austria; for, if Russia
were an equal match for this power and
Turkey combined, it is obvious that Eng
land and Prance, or either, could turn the
ballance against her. ’
A Liverpool paper of the 1 • th, the la
test received, says:—“War, there is too
much reason to fear, has once more bro
ken out in Europe. Russia, incenccd at
the conduct of the Porte, or, rather, bent
on agrandizing herself at the expense of
Turkey, has resolved to attack tlie latter
power,' and to wage hostilities against it
on her own separate account, and to u
vciiffp her own individual quarrel.
Bell's Weekly Messenger ot Sunday
the 16th savs: We have received French
papers to the 14th inst. Ificy announce
that the Emperor Nicholas has considered
the document put forth by the Porte as a
declaration of war, and had consequently
sent orders to his army to cross the 1 ruth,
and to take up a position in the pricipoli
ties of Wallachia and Moldavia. They
add, that it was not his intention to sepa
rate his cause from that of his allies.
Letters from Paris to the 13th, mention
that the Russian army was to commence
its march on the 12th of April.
They also announce that peace between
Persia and Russia had not been concluded,
and hostilities were to be re-commenced.
Fr.tm the Monitcur.
Paris, March 13.—The news which
has been received to day from St. Peters
burg, justifies the apprehensions, which
were naturally conceived on the eflect
which the Turkish Manifesto would excite
in that capitol. This document, by what
ever name it may have been called, lias
been considered by the Russian Cabinet as
a real declaration of war, with the more
reason as repeated acts of hostility accom
panied the publication of it. The Bosphor
us entirely closed against navigation— Rus
sian vessels confiscated—the influence of
the Porte easily recognised in the rupture
of a treaty which Russia was on the point
of concluding with Persia—the losses sus
tained by Odessa, so many causes of com
plaint did not permit Russia again to re
fuse a defiance so boldly offered to its pow
er and its moderation. We must therefore
expect shortly to receivo official notice ot
the passage of the Pruth by the Russian ar
my, and of the occupation of the principal
ities. It is affirmed, that orders have been
given for the army to commence its march
on tho 12th of April.
It id still difficult to foresee what may
be the consequences, with respect to the
treaty of the 6th of July, of a determina
tion which the provocations all directly pro
ceeding from the Porte seem to render
more peculiar to Russia. rI he conferences
at London still continue; the object of them
will be to seek for means to maintain the
bond which the Porte cndcuvors to hroak,
and to mako the occupation of the princi
palities, which it has rendered inevitable,
co-ordinate with the measures which it may
appear proper to take simultaneously on
the side of the Morea and the Archipelago.
The Russian Cabinet lias given reason to
believe, by the sacrifices which it has hith
erto made to the common cause, that it will
co-operate 6inccrcly to maintain a confor
mity of view’s and action, which circum
stance, more imperious than unforeseen,
have induced it to anticipate on its own
part.
If this harmony, of which nothing yet in
dicates the interruption, should continue
to direct the measures taken on cither side
to attain the common object, the tranquil
ity of Europe might be guaranteed; for it
would be difficult to believe that the Porte
would still persist in braving the demon
strations which the European aihances
would render so formidable by its union.
I his# union is desirable tor all parties, es
pecially for the Porte. Sensible, at length,
to the danger of its situation, it must end
by understanding it. We desire this.
'Hie question, both for it and the peace of
Europe, is to be decided between the Pruth
and die Danube.
Alter the passage of the Pruth, the Porte
will, doubtless, consider more attentively
the evidence of danger, and the necessity
of its submission, as well to the proposals!
of the 6th of July as to the conditions oftlie i
treaty of Akerman, which remained to be j
fulfilled. It is upon the banks of the Dan
ube that we must wish that satisfaction may
be obtained, for too many complicated
questions would be met with by all parties
upon the other side of that river on the ru
ins of the Ottoman empire.
The same letters announce, that the
treaty between Persia and Russia has not I
been signed, and that hostilities were going
to recommence.
The Russian army, at the moment of
passing the Pruth, is abundantly supplied
i with all necessary resource?.
Interesting from Carthagena.
New York, April 23—The par^
brig Medina, Captain Shipman, arrive
here yesterday, in 27 days from Canin',
gena. We are indebted to a passengej
for the follow ing interesting bkctch of ~af.
fairs in tint quater: On the 4th of March,
tien. Padilla secretly armed about 2,0Tjj
citizens of Carthagena for purposes u*.
known to the principal inhabitants, which
excited the most lively feelings of apprc.
hension. During the night, aaout 5»»
troops, stationed in the city, left it, with
their officers fur Turbaco, about ter,
miles distant from Carthagena, where
Gen. Montillo, an officer of great distinc.
tion and influence, resided. On thcoih,
informrtion was received that Gen. Mon.
Ullo held a secret order of President Bofc.
var s to take command of that departmer/
whenever it should be necessary tor pro
moting the public good. Gen. ladillure
fused to receive him as the commanding
officer, and made every exertion to put j
the city in a state ol defence, by arming
all the inhabitants. Most ot the Ameri
can and English ladies embarked on board \
the American and English packets, and
the forieguers obtained arms, and placed i
their houses in the best state ot defence,
fearing a general plunder. Four gun
boats, with troops, were despatched by
Gcu. Padilla, to take possession ol r..
! fortress at Boca Cliica, which common!
j the harbor of Carthagena. The officer
in cliarga of this fortress, was, fortunatly,
the friend of Montillo, and relused to
surrcnd«r. Padilla, finding Gen. Mont,
illo in command ofthc harbor, and an army
at the gite of the city, viewed Ins situa.
tion so extremely critical, ns to induce
him to leave Carthagena during the night
On Sunday morning, three ot Padilla*
soldiers were shot by Montillo. In thf
evening Gen. M. arrived, and took pos.
session of the city. It was extremely
fortunate that Col. W att, United States’
Charge des Affaires, was at Carthagena,
during the revolution, as they considered
themselves perfectly sate, who became
his companions; and Ins exertions mat
not wanting for the good of all.
The situation of Colombia is extremely
gloomy. Discord and revolt appear con
spicuous in every department, and the in
fluence of Bolivar, in whom tho country
confides, alone stays tho arm of cm!
war.
Tlie last information from Ocani,
wliere the new Congress was to assemble,
is, that it was feared there would no!
sufficient members appear, to form a gov
ernment. Commerce is neurly annihilated,
and all confidence destroyed.
The Brazilian ship St. Nicholas, load*
cd with rice, hides, and ivory, arrived ot
the 4th of March, a prize to the Buenoi
Ayr can privateer brig President. !*hfl
was captured on her passage from
Muranham to Lisbon. 'Hie privateer took
from her $10,000 in specie.
Ill addition to the above verbal imA
genre, we have received Carthageua p*
pers of late dates, as also the annexed
proclamation of Bolivar,
SIMON BOLIVAR, Liberator, /W
dent of the Republic of Colombia, «p,
Colobianb: The Grand Convention
must have assembled yesterday—a dajr
of hope for the country ! The Legislator*
have already begun to supply your deficiet*
cies, by complying with the public voice,
which demands peace and the security of
social order. Your representatives will
justify the confidence reposed in them by
the nation; they share in your trials; they
sigh for your relief; they proceed troa
yourselves, and have no object hut ti*
public happiness. I)o not apprehend tint i
their passions will be represented, nor the.*
private views: for they arc not repreastt
tives of themselves, but of you. I hesi
tate not to say, that the Grand Conus*
tion will complete the work of your Lj
erty.
Inhabitants op Bogota: It is
pain that I leave the capitol for a t*
months, while your deputies delibcra*
concerning the happiness of the statc.
My presence here is not as necessary**
in Rome of the departments, where, be**1
tofore, have been experienced the lame*
able effects of dissention, which you lw,f
escaped, through your devotion to d*
laws and your duty. I confide in you
ancient virtue, and I leave you with**
anxiety, under the prudent adroiniatratw0*
Inhabitants op Bogota : If J*
should ever be afflicted by uncxpcc^i
eviU, remember me, that I may fly !C
serve you as the most worthy Colombia*
BOLIVAR.
Bogota, 3d .March, 19%—19.
Certain intelligence of the fate of L*
Peyrouse and hi* companion* at Icn^
has been obtained. A letter from M*
John Kassel, of the British East Id*
Company’s ship Kcscarch, dated No^
bcr7 1S28, says that he had ascertain
that his ships were both wrecked, in &
same night, on a reef off the Monied*1 *’
land, in lat. 11 40, and long, 107 EaJ
One of them, with alf on board, perish
a part of the crew of the other escape
They built a small vessel at a place all*
Paion, in which t.ey embarked all but*
men, who remained on the Island,
those two, one died about three year? sin*f*
the other left the Island in a canoe, &
probably perished.
Extraordinary calamity.—TV
css True American says that the foau'1 ■
Mr. Nathaniel Underhill, in theinter^
that county, consisting of eight Pers0I!^(C.
arose one day last week in a state of
tal derangement, and from the last acc
so still continue. Tlie case is •' >
most scrutinizing invocation « t ‘
icaL facnHw.