WHOLE NO. 297. NORWALK, CONN . TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1824.

VOL. VI. NO. 45.

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tXXX * PUBLISHED BY

s. w. BENEDICT. TERMS .—Two Doilars per annum, payable

Quarterly. Mail subscribers in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS , less than a square, 75

cents: a square, $1 00, for three insertions. <xxx*

, ACCOMMODATION PACKETS, To'sail from E. D. Hoyt's Landing at Aor-

ivalk, for Peck-Slip, JViw-York. _

THE Nov walk Line ol 1 ackets, Citizen, • Sabina, and Mechanic, have commenced

on their Winter Arrangement, and one of the above vessels will leave Norwalk and New-York every Tuesday and Saturday thiongd the season. For freight or passage apply to

U L LCAPGINSONBOAR^^a^tor^Sj

A BARGAIN, For those icishing to mom to the State of Ohm. For those * r ̂ ̂ exchu;1ge ,or pr0.

" perty in the country or city, , ii 'HH a valuable Farm, lying in the UUSflBBL s l ate of Ohio, arid bordering on

the Ohio river, about 250 miles below P.tts-btirgh and 10 miles above Letait RdP l d s '• 1

the above farm is 400 acres of first late Kind with a good dwelling house, a large improve­ment, a young and growing orchard of apple and peach trees. The above . . under good fence and in a good state of cultivation This is universally allowed to be one <of the healthiest situations in the state of Ohio, and is in the midst of a v e r y flourishing neighbor­hood. For further particulars inquire of the subscriber, at the store of Parrott .and Knk, Sherwood's Bridge, in the town of Greenwicn, Conn. EZEKIEL M. RNAPF.

Sept. 24th, 1825. h2 t t

FOR SALE,

ON reasonable terms,that val­uable and pleasant situation

__ known by the name of "The Village," lying about a mile from the Old Well, in Norwalk, and consisting of 2 large Dwelling-Houses, a large Pottery, 2 Kilns b u r n i n g Ware, a good Store andI Barn, will, other building?, and 20 acres of Land. *or further particulars inquire of

BESJ. ISAACS,

Norwalk, Nov. 3, 1825. 36 t f _ |.pOR SALE, the Store and

Wharf in Darien, near Go-rum's Mill,belonging to Nathan-

, iel Clock. All persons indebt­ed nt said store, are requested to make imme­diate pavment without further notice.

Darien, Dec. 5, 1823. 41*6w

1131

M i l l :

FOR SALE—A Saw-Mill and Fulling-Mill, (with a dwelling

House in the upper part of the m same,) and a sufficient head of

water to carry on the business thro' the year. Xlso, a Double Carding Machine in excellent order, to carry on the business, situate in New Canrfan, at Silver Mine. Also, twenty acies of Land situate in.said town, at Cheese spring rictee. Also, thirteen acres at South end of Rogers hill, so called. Also, two acres at North end of Whitlock farm. The above property will be sold—a great bargain.

NATHAN S. COMSTOCK. New-Canaan, Dec. 10th, 1823. 5w4g

a -A.lT ™

riiHE article here enumerated must not be considered as adding one more number

' to the already extensive catalogue of advertis­ed Medicines ; it is in fact HII important im­provement only, in a well known composition.

The Embrocation contains 3 of the most _ valuable articles to be met with in the whole

, Circle of Medicine, never before employed in any other Opodeldoc, in addition to the other ingredient usually made use of in the hard kind and will be found of 3 times its strength and effect. The money will be cheerfully refund ed to those who, after having used one bottle, may think differently.

The Hon. Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. LL. D. one of the first Medical Professors in the state (if New-York, has given a certificate in its favour—such authority you will not dispute.

Certificates also from several respectable , citizens are annexed to the directions, who

have received the greatest benefit from the ' Improved Liquid Opodeldoc,' when they had previously uSed the hard kind to no purpose.

This article is asserted to be a sovereign remedy in Bruises, Sprains, Gout, Rheuma­tism, cramp,numbness, stiffness of the neck or joints,slight burns, fresh wounds,chilblains,Sic.

• For the use of horse's and cattle in these cases, it may be considered as inestimable. '

'As the whole family of mankind are lial. 'e to these casualties, no prudent person should be without a bottle of it in their house.'

It is prepared by J. P. JVhitwell, whose name is impressed on each bottle, without which it is not genuine. N. B. In cas­es of acute Gout and Rheumatism,a tea spoon­ful on going to bed, taken inwardly, in a wine glass of cold water, has in conjunction with the external application of it, performed some most extraordinary cures.

AROMATIC SNUFF. Also may be had, that valuable and popular

article, AROMATIC SNUFF , recommended by Doctor Waterhouse, which Snuff is so cele­brated throughout the American continent, in cases of catarrh and head-ache, and which possesses that desirable property of sensibly stimulating the spirits without subsequent de­pression. The above valuable Medicines

\mav be had of Benjamin Isaacs, at Norwajk, and Knappfy Hoyt , Stamford.

November, 11, 1823. 37 ly

Move Kew Goods.

D& S. LYNES &, CO. have ree'd by the • last arrivals from New-York, 40 Pieces

Domestic Muslins, from 8 to 16 cents per yd.; Ladies' black Ostrich Feathers, Gentlemen's Seal-skin Caps ; Buckskin Mittens fa, Gloves, Sattinets at 50 cents a yard and rising, an as­sortment of Gimps, 4-4 domestic Plaids, su­perfine black Bombazettes, dark and light silk Shawls, cotton do. Leghorn Gipsies and Hats, domestic and imported Checks, Sic.Sic.

December 22d, 1823.

NEW AND CHEAP STORE. EBE.VEZER STE VENS,

RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has just 'ree'd

from the New-York auctions a handsome and general assortment of Dry-Goods, Groceries, Crockery, fcc. which are offered, at his store adjoining the bridge, cheaper than they can be bought in New-York, or elsewhere. The following are but a part:

Extra super blue and black Clothsand Cas-simeres, Sattinetts, Circassians, Bombazines, Bombazettes, Angola Cassimere, white, red and yellow Flannels, common and superfine Linens, imported and domestic Shirting and Sheeting, plain and Fig'd mul muslins, Jacko-net muslins, Book do. Cambric do. fig'd and plain Lenoes, striped Jaconet muslins for la­dies1 hdkfs. plain and striped Drillings, light and dark London Calicoes, Canton Crapes, real India Levantine Silks, Sinchews and Lutestrings,striped and plaid Silks,black Sat­in, white and black silk and cotton hose, black and slate col'd do. Ladies' and Miss's sizes, plaid, fig'd and plain Ribbons, pink and black Italian Crapes, beaver, kid and silk Gloves, plaid and plain silk Shawls, an assortment of Vestings, Gentlemen's white and figured Cra­vats, a Inrge assortment of Domestic Ging­hams, very cheap, union mixt and domestic stripe for men's wear, olive cord, bed-ticken, Russia Duck, Diaper, striped Jean, Grand Durils, brown linen and cotton Holland,black muslins, Long LaWn, green, pink and white Florence, Suspenders, silk and cotton flagg hdkfs. Chintz Calicoes, window paper, Wal­lace's superior coat and vest buttons, needles, pins, combs, a small assortment of Leghorns.

Groceries—St. Croix Rum, Cogniac Bran­dy, Holland and Baltimore Gin, Madeira and other Wines, Jamaica and Portland Rum, Young Hyson, and Hyson Skin Tea, of very superior quality, lump, loaf, and brown Su­gars, molasses, paper and plug tobacco, gin­ger, coffee, box raisins, starch, ricf, pepper, pimento, candles, soap, cinnam .1, macknboy snuff, blown salt, &c. fcc. Also, a general assortment of Crockerv.

Norwalk, July 7tb, 1*823. 19

GROCERIES, CROCKERY, kc. r5" ,HE subscribers have just received from

New-York, a handsome assortment of Groceries, Crockery, Hardware and Fruit, which they will sell as cheap as the cheapest. The following articles comprise a pa*t of their assortment:

GROCERIES— Cogniac and common Brandy, Jamaica, St. Croix, and N. E. Rum, Holland and Pierpont Gin, Madeira, Port, Lisbon, Malaga, Currant and Cherry Wines, Cordials of all kinds, Ale and Porter, Molas­ses, (none superior,) Loaf Lump and brown Sugar, Box and Keg Raisins, imported Cur­rants, Mace, Citron and Cloves, Carroway seed, Wlieat, Rye and Buckwheat Flour, Old hyson, Young hyson, hyson skin and sou­chong Tea, Alspice,Pepper, Ginger,Nutmegs and Cinnamon, ground Nicquaragua wood, do. Logwood, Coffee,Copperas, Allum, Vine­gar and Whiskey, Winter and summer Oil, Codfish, Mackeral, pork and beefHams, soap and Candles, blown Salt, Rice,Cheese,crack­ers, Mustard, Indigo, Onions, and a general assortment of West India Fruit, $-c.

CROCKERY—Consisting of Liverpool, enamelled, and crtatn colored Wa re as follows:

Dining Plates, Twifflers, Muffins, Tea setts and Teas, Coffee pots and Coffees, 4, 2 arid 1 qt. and pinUtnd 1-2 pint pitchers, quart, pint and 1-2 pint bowls, sugar bares, peppers,mus­tards, bakers,Chambers, Ewers basins, Sic. &c. Also—Blue and green-edged ware.

GLASS-WARE—Quart and pint Decan­ters, double flint ground bottom Tumblers, common do. Wine Glasses of all kinds and si­zes, Mustards, salts, quart, pint, and 1-2 pinj Bottles, Vinegars, &c.

HARDWARE—Pewter facits, block tin and iron table and tea Spoons, slate and slate pencils, snuffers, wood, saw and rattail files, gimblets, sad irons and stands, japiined lamps, candlesticks, trunk, chest, cupboard, and pad locks, hinges butts and screws, skates, pen and pocket knives, knives and forks, scissors, shears, razors, shovel and tongs, stock locks, curry-combs, spiders, tea kettles, griddles, bel-lows nails, lOd, 8d, and 4d cut nails, powder ani shot, Weavers' brushes, Sic.

BARTRAM SI STREET.

FROM NEW-YORK DIRECT.

THE subscribers are now offering to the public a general assortment of DRY-

GOODS, consisting of Superfine and Com­mon Cloths, Cassimeres, Sattinetts, Flannels, Plaids, Baizes, Cassimere Shawls, Bomba­zettes, Sic. Sic. together with a good assort­ment of cheap Domestic Shirtings and Sheet­ings, with a variety of Fancy Articles.

Persons wishing to purchase will do well to call at the Old Stand where good Goods are always to be had. CROCKERYand GROCERIES , of the first quality, as usual, for sale CHEAP.

LEWIS MALLORY SI CO. Norwalk, Oct. £0, 1823. 34

WM. J.STREET has just ree'd per Sloop Orbit, from Albany, a fresh supply of

'Lumber, consisting of 50.000 best warranted Shingles,

5.000 feet. Merchantable Boards, 10,000 feer Albany Count. Boards,

3,000 feet Ci'ip P.'»ards, or Siding, which, together with i-.is former stock, will be sold at the lowest market prices.

fames'1 Patent Stoves.

'T'HE subscriber has on hand a quantity of Patent Cooking Stoves, which he offers

to the public on as reasonable terms as they can be obtained in New-York or elsewhere.

MATTHIAS HUBBELL. Norwalk, Nov. 24th, 1823. 39

JOSEPH KEELER, WATCII SI CLOCK-MAKE^, SILVER SMITH,

AND JEWELER, \\^OULD inform his old customers, and * v the public at large, that he has taken a

stand directly opposite Mr. Lewis Mallory's Store, where he carries on his business in all its various branches, and confidently hopes that by a close application to the same, he ma v obtain a share of the public patronage. He has on hand a small assortment of Goods in his line, which will be sold cheap for Cash.

*** Wanted an Apprentice to the above business. Norwalk, April 28. 9

FREDERICK REED, WATCII AJ\TD CLOCK-MAKER,

TTAS removed from N. Beer's Store to the room next door to W. Daskam's Groce­

ry, (nearly opposite the Post-Office) where he is ready to attend upon his friends and cus­tomers. Watches and Clocks repaireu upon the shortest notice, and warranted for one year. He has on hand a small assortment of Jewelry and other articles in his line, whicli he will sell on the most reasonable terms.— All orders punctually attended to.

Norwalk, April 15, 1823. 7

rf^HE MANHATTAN FIltE INSU-RANCE COMPANY, (in the citv of

New-York, Office 26 Wall-st.) Insure against loss or damage by Fire—Dwelling Houses, Ware-houses, Manufactories, and Buildings in general, Household Furniture, Machinery, Merchandize,and other Personal Property,on as favorable terms as any similarlnstitution in the city. This Company was incorporated for the purpose of Insuring against Losses by Fire only. ELEAZARLORD , President.

THOS. BELL , Jr. Secretary. DIRECTORS.

Eleazar Lord, William Few, Isaac Pierson, Samuel Tooker, Harman Hendricks, Ichabod Frail, Peter H. Shenck, Halsted E. Haight. Samuel St. John, Elbert Anderson, William F. Mott, David L. Haight, Abraham P. Maybie, Thad's B. Wakeman, Jacob T. Walden, William Watkinson, James D. Wolfe, jr. Isaac Lawrence, Daniel Rapelye, Samuel D. Rogers, Jesse Scofield.

Applications for Insurance will be received by Wm. fj- B. Lockwood, Agents SI Surveyors

Norwalk, Dec. 15,1?23. 42

NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE, Wesi side of the Bridge, Ea,si end New Block.

I^HE subscriber bason hand a general as-• sortment of Gentlemen, Ladies & Child­

ren's Shoes and Boots, manufactured of the best materials, in the best manner, and new­est fashion, which he offers for cash.

Custom work done in the neatest and best manner, and at the shortest notice.

WILLIAM MAYBURY. Norwalk, April 28th, 1823. 0

CLOTHING AND DYEING. A LARGE quantity of Wool just ree'd, and

for sale by the subscriber, who would in­form the public,that he still pursues the Cloth­ing and Dyeing business, and is now ready to receive any orders his customers may see fit to send him. They are informed that he is now able to furnish them with the best In­digo Blue and Scarlet, upon wool, yarn or cloth, and every other colour that may be cal­led for. Cloth will be dyed and dressed thro' the season, in a manner a little superior to what has ever been done before. Indigo bine, Red, and Black, on Cotton yarn, or cotton goods of any kind. Indigo Blue and Black, on Linen and Tow yam. Silk and Crape gowns, and goods of every name, will be done according to order and short notice. Direc­tions will be given for preparing and manu­facturing the ingrain Carpels, as also the dye­ing of yarn suitable for that kind of goods.— Orders left at the store of Wm. J. Street, or at Mr. L. Mallory's, Norwalk, will he taken, done and returned, as soon as convenient, by

DAVID SELLKCK. Norwalk, Oct. 18th, 182S. S3

TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. 'T 'HE subscriber will manufacture Coni-

mon Cloths, with the exception of Indigo blues, for 75 cents per yd ; and weave them 1 1-4 yds wide; broad cloths of the same qual­ity for double the price with a small addition, which will be about 2s less than can be made lw hi ring in the family way, allowing for the board and difference in width, Sic. besides the cloth will be much superior; fine cloths, and Indigo blues, proportionally cheap.

Carding, Dying, and finishing, done for cus­tomers. ELIAS PECK , Jr.

Cloths, Sattinets, See. for sale at said facto­ry, by the piece or yd. at reasonable prices.

Greenwich Factoy, May 26, 1823. 14

FLAX SEED WANTED.

THE subscriber will,lor the accommodation of farmers and customers, receive their

Seed and put it in casks, on the same terms as has been customary. JOHN BURRALL.

ALMANACKS, FOR 1824, Just published, and for sale Wholesale and Re­tail, at the Bookstore and Library west end of New Block. P. PRICE.

The CYmstian &\manaclv,

For 1824—(Astronomical Calculations for the meridian of New-York)—Just ree'd and for sale, wholesale and retail, by P. PRICE.

LEGHORN HATS. HP HE subscribers have constantly oil hand *• an assortment of Leghorn Hats, which

are offered to the public very low, for Cash. Likewise, a quantity of.Ladies' Straw Hats.

D. SI S. LYMES SI Co.

Move Kew Goods.

WILLIAM J. STREET, TTAS received during the past week, in ad-•*--*- dition to his former Stock of DryGoods, the following artieles, which wifl be offered to the public at the very lowest market prices :

Super blue, black, drab and mixt Cloths ; common blue and black do. i fine black, blue, mixt and striped Cassimeres; Pelisse Cloths, assorted ;blue and black mixt Sattinets ; Car­oline Stripes and Plaids ; Tartan Plaids: super dark Calicoes ; Furniture Calicoes; green Baize; red, white, yellow and green Flannels ; black Bombazettes,a handsome as­sortment ; plain, scarlet, and bordered cassi­mere Shawls ; white, blue and lilach border­ed do. do.; cashmere Hdkfs. and cassimere Points ; merino Shawls ; dark imitation do.; 11-4 Rose and 4 Point Blankets; drab and olive Lion-skin coating ; drab Kersey ; t 'rlb and olive Velvet-cord ; black'and col'dTabby Velvets ;*silk do.; superior India Levantine; Sinchews and Sarsnets; green, blue, dark, pink, and straw-col'd Florences ; plaid, silk and velveteen Hdkfs.; black, white and green French Crape ; green Gauze ; black Canton Crape ; Cambric, Book, and Jackonet Mus­lins ; fig'd Jaconet and Swiss Muslins ; gen­tlemen's and ladies' worsted Hose ; gentle­men's mixt worsted Socks ; mixt and white lamb's wool do.; ladies' kid, beaVer and cas­tor Gloves ; lined kid do.; buckskin Mittens ; gentlemen's beaver and Woodstock Gloves ; cotton imitation Plaids; domestic and import­ed Ginghams ; Irish Linen and Lawn : silk and cotton Flaggs ; German do.; black Can­ton and plaid silk Hdkls. ; fine and common Shirtings ; domestic Muslins, some at 9 cts a yard ; Checks, very cheap; Bed-Tickings, a large assortment; Ribbons; black and white Tbule Lace ; batted cotton ; cotton yarn ; sus­penders ; elastics; umbrellas, Sic. &c.

GROCERIES.—St.Croix and NewRnm, Cogniac Brandy,Holland and American Gin, Cider Brandy, Hyson-skin and Souchong Tea, Loaf, Lump, and Brown Sugars,Wines, Molasses, Pepper, Alspice, Pearlash, Indigo, Shot. Tobacco, Sic. Sic.

Hard and Hollow WARE, 8fc.—Pots, Ket­tles, Frying-Pans, Spiders, (with and without covers,) Knives and Forks, Tea and Table Spoons, Looking Glasses, Wrought and Cut Nails, 7 by 9 and 6 by 8 Glass (by the box or less) Pins by the pack, Slates and P»ncils, Norfolk and ThumbLatches, Butts Si Screws, Pad and Stock Locks, Chest, Trunk and Cupboard do. IIL Hinges, Candlesticks,wool Cards, curry Combs, Bellows, patent Wheel Heads,Violin Strings, Flax Ropes, HenYp do. suitable for Well Ropes, and other purposes, 12 1-2 cts. the lb. Likewise—A general as­sortment of blue printed enamelled and cream colored Ware.

Norwalk, Dec. 8th, 1823. 43

NEW GOODS. 'T'HE subscriber having replenished his

stock in trade now offers for sale a good assortment of Groceries, Crockery, Hard-Ware, Sic. The following articles comprise a part:—

GROCERIES—Molasses, St. Croix, Ja­maica and New-England Rum, Holland and Pierpont Gin,CurrentWine,Cogniac Brandy, Lump Sugar, N. Orleans and Havana brown Sugar, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Old Hy­son and Soushong Teas,Box Raisins,Keg do. Allum, Copperas, Dye Woods, Alspice and Pepper, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Chalk, Pipes, Plug and Paper Tobacco, Soap and Candles, Chocolate,Coffee, Salt Peter,Brimstone,Gin­ger, Brooms, Spanish Indigo, do Segars, Sic.

H ARb-WARE—Knives and Forks, Jack and Pen Knives, Shoe Knives, Bread do. Batt Hinges aod Screws, fid, and lOd, Wrought Nails, 4fid, 8d, and lOd, Cut Nails, Shoe Brushes, Scrubbing do. Paper Snuff Boxes, Table and Tea Spoons, Heel Ball, Rasps and Shoe Pincers, Ink Powder, Hunt's Blacking, Wafers,Buttons aud Pencils, Saw Files, Pad­locks, Pegging and Awl Hafts, Bellows,Shav­ing Soap, Sin. Sic.

CROCKERY A good assortment of Crockery, and Glass-Ware.

Persons wishing any of the above articles will do well to call and judge for themselves.

JOHNBURRALL. Norwalk, Nov. 14th, 1823. S8

DRYrGOODS, GROCERIES,Sic. Sic.

ELI B. BENNETT has recently added to his Stock the following Articles, many

of which are well adapted to the approaching season :—Blue, black, mixt and drab Cloths and Cassimeres ; Pelisse Cloths; Sattinetts ; Devonshire Kersey ; Drab and Olive Velvets Tabby do ; crimson, red, white, and yellow Flannel ; green Baize; Bombazettes ; Fig'd and black Ratinett; silk and Valentia Vest­ings ; Swansdown do.; 8-4 Sf 9-4 Rose Blan­kets ; 3 1-2 8i4 Points do.; Caroline and Im­itation Plaids ; Scotch do.; Black Cassimere Shawls; Scarlet do. do.; White and colored do.; do. with Borders; Cashmere, Velveteen and silk Shawls; black and green French Crapes ; Canton do.; Caroline and otherGing-hams ; Bed Tickings ; Unbleached Sheeting and Shirtings ; black Canton Hkfs.; silk and cotton Flagg do. ; Black Sinchews ; green and white Florence; Cambric Si Book Mus­lins; Book do.; plain and fig'd Leno ; do.Jack­onet ; Sarsinet Cambric ; white and figured Cravats; Linen Cambrics ; Irish Linens; brown and black do.; Velvet Ribbons ; Cam­bric and common Dimity; 3-4 Si 4-4 checks ; black worsted Hose ; Bobinet Lace ; Men's Beaver and Ladies' kid Si silk Gloves ; buck­skin Mittens, Sic. Sic.

Also, a general assortment of Groceries, Crockery, Hard, Hollow and Glass-Ware.

THE NEW TESTAMENT, with the 'Classical pronunciation of the proper

names*as they stand in the text, by which they are accented and divided into syllable* exact­ly as they ought to be pronounced, to which is added an explanatory Key: by Israel Al-ger, ;jnn. Price 50 cents—Just received and for sale at the BookstoreSiLibrarv. P.PRICE.

1%/j RS. Sally Hoyt and Mrs. Jane Michaels having connected themselves in business,

and taken a room in the house of Capt. Ja-bez Gregory, respectfully inform their friends and the public, that, they will do all kinds.of work in the aboVe branches of business, upon the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. Those who may favor them with their work may depend on having it done well.

Norwalk, Dec. 23.

D NEW GOODS.

Si S. LYNES Si Co. have recently ad­ded to their present assortment of Dry-

Goods,the following articles,which are offered to the public, attheirusuallow prices forCash*

Blue, Black, Mixt]and drab Cloths ; com­mon and superfine Cassimere ; Satinets, as­sorted Flannels ; 7, 8, 10 and 11 Ros» Blan­kets; S, 3 1-2, and 4 Point do.; Drab Kersey; Dorchester Si other Tickings ; a general as­sortment of Bombazettes ; Raltinet; Oil Cloths ; Tartan and Caroline Plaids ; Imita­tion Plaids ; Valentia and other Vestings ; Furniture and other Calicoes ; Cassimere Shawls, a general assortment ; Superior 8-4 Scarlet and Black Merino Shawls ; 4 and 6-4 do.; Silk and Tabby Velvets ; green cz red Baize ; Buckskin Mittens by the doz. or pair; India Levantine ; figured, plaid, and plain Silks; Cassimere points; black and colored Crapes; figured do; blk and white Gymp; Childrens' stockings aad socks ; blue and scar­let Camblet ; Velvet Ribbons ; Spool and Floss Cotton ; sprig'd and dotted Swiss Mus­lin ; Plain do.; Jackonet aud other Muslins Cotton yarn, from No. 5 to 14 ; Batting Cot­ton ; Domestic Shirtings ; fine Cotton, do. Horse Rugs, Sic. Sic. Sic.

At a Court of Probate held at Stamford, Nov. Uh., 1823—S. HI MINER , Judge, present*

T TP ON the petition of Isaac Pcnnoyer, of ^ Darien, shewing to this court that he is guardian to James H. Pennoyer, and Smith Penndyer , of Darien, praying for liberty to sell certain lands in said petition described, belonging to his said wards, as per petition'on file: Ordered, that the further hearing of sjiid petition be postponed until the 1st Mon­day of February next, at 9 o'clock, A.M. then to be held at the Probate Office in Stamford, and that Said guardian give notice of the pen­dency of said petition, by advertising this .or­der in the Norwalk Gazette as the law directs.

41*6w Attest, S. H. MINER , Judge.

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Inhabi­tants of the Town of Stamfoid, legally war­ned, and held in said Stamford, on Nov. 17,1823, Voted:—

That all Swinfe. under ten weeks old shall be free commoners on the highway without being ringed—and that all Swine more than en weeks old shall be free commoners on the highway if well ringed. Certified by

4S SEYMOUR JARVIS , Town-Clerk.

At a Court of Probate holden at Norwalk, De­cember 22c/, 1823.

THIS Court limits and appoints six months from this date for the Creditors to the es­

tate of Samuel Patrick, late of Norwalk, de­ceased, to exhibit their claims against said estate, and the Administrators are heieby^or-dered to give notice thereof as the law directs.

W. M. BETTS , Judge. Public Notice is hereby given that unless

the creditors to the estate of Samuel Patrick, late of Norwalk, dee'd, exhibit their claims a-gainst said estate within the time above limi­ted they will evei* after be debarred a legal re­covery. JOHN PATRICK , ? Adminis-

LEWIS PATRICK . $ trators. Norwalk, Dec. 22d, 1823. *43

OYSTERS. A constant supply of Oysters, of a superior

-^- quality, will be kept for sale during the winter, at the store of Nathaniel Clock, Da­rien, Rings End landing.

Darien, Dec. 29, 1823. *44

CONNECTICUT REGISTERS, for 1824, Just received and for sale at the Bookstore

and Library. P. PRICE.

T\ & S. LYNES & CO. have rfecently ad-ded to their stock of Dry Goods, the

following articles, which were bought t^ieap at auction, and will he sold unusually low for Cash. Super Black, Blue and Mixt Cloths, Olive and Snuff' Brown do. Super and com­mon Drab do. a variety of Blue, Black and Drab Polisse Cloths, Blue and Black Mixt Satinetts, Superior Blue, Black Mixt Cassi­meres, Tartan and Caroline Plaids, worsted Camblets, SailsburvFlannels, super dark Cal­icoes,Green, Red,White and YellowFlannels, Green and Kid Baize, Bordered and plain Cassimere Shawls, Bordered and plain Scar­let do. Rose Blankets from 6 4 to 11-4, Oil Cloths, Drab and Olive Cords and Velvets, Cotton imitation Plaids, Cotton Fringe, In­dia Levantine, Sinchews and Lutestrings,su­perior Sattin Levantine, Green, Blue, Pink, White and Crimson Florence, Striped and Plaid do. Black and coloured Canton Crapes, Black, Green, Pink and White" French do. Swansdown and ValentiaVestings, Bl'k Silk, do. Gentlemen and Ladies' worsted Hose, Gentlemen's black and white worsted Socks, Men's mixt and white lambs wool Hose,Cam­bric, Jackoii6t and Swiss Muslins, Silk and Cotton Velvateen Shawls, a general assort­ment Merino Shawls, Silk Hose, Furniture Calicoes, fine and common Shirtings, assort­ed Gimps, Kid, Castor and horse skin Gloves, Ladias' lined Gloves, a large quantity of Rib­bands, Ganzly and Lambs wool Waistcoats, Batting Cotton and Cotton Yarn, Silk and Cotton Flags, Buckskin Mittens abd.Gloves, Green Gauze, Domestic and Imported Ging­hams, Horn and Shell Combs, Irish Linens, Domestic Muslins, Linen Diapers,Umbrellas, Silk and Cotton Velvets, Domestic and Im­ported Checks, Knitting Cotton, Suspenders, Buttons, Fur Caps, Sic. Sic. Sic.

A LARGE supply of Country made Flan­nel, just ree'd and for sale by

- WM . J. STREET,), . . :; ,

di i> "" ' ' i tinvriil ""i

JEFFERSON AND ADAMS. A lew months s'rrice, a most wicked effort

was made, by the treacherous publication of the Cunningham correspondence, to destroy the merited popularity of John Q. Adamsj from an expectation that the friendship,which Mr. Jefferson had so long entertained for his venerable father, would be converted into re-

- septoient, in which the republicans would not only participate, but visit the supposed wrongs 'Of the father upon the son. So far from this

, desired result being produced, the people re­coiled with horror from the deed, and their in­dignation has been loud, deep and universal. But to show, still farther, how impotent has been the malignant blow aimed at an aged patriot, who is trembling on the verge of the grave, permission has been granted to publish the following voluntary communication, from the illustrious sage of Monticello to his distin­guished compatriot, in the glorious career of the revolution, which must overwhelm with shame and mortification, the participants in that wanton outrage upon confidential inter­course, and blast forever their desperate hopes to send to their tombs as implacable enemies, two of the only three surviving signers of the Declaration of Independence. While the ho­liness of friendship is thus preserved from vile profanation, the citizens of the United States will rejoice at the triumph of virtue, and learn how to appreciate, those lofty sentiments and that exalted friendship, which neither time, political dissensions, nor private enemies can obliterate.—Boston Patriot.

MONTICELLO, Oct. 12,18*23, Dear Sir—I do not write with the ease

which your letter of September 18 supposes. Crippled wrists and fingers make writing slow and laborious ; but, while writing to you I lose the sense of these things, in the recollection of ancient times,when youth and health made happiness out of every thing. I forgot for a while the hoary winter of age, when we can think of nothing but how to keep ourselves warm, and how to get rid of our heavy hours until the friendly hand of death shall rid us of all at once. Against this tedium vita; how­ever, I am fortunately mounted on a hobby, which indeed I should have better managed some SO or 40 years ago, but whose easy am­ble is still sufficient to give exercise and a-musement to an Octogenary rider. This is the establishment of an University,on a scale more comprehensive, and in a country more healthy and central, than our old William and Mary,which these obstacles have long kept in a s tate of languor and inefficiency. But the tardiness with which such works proceed,may render it doubtful whether 1 shall live to see it go into action.

Putting aside these things, however, for the present,-J write this letter as due to a friend­ship coeval with our government, and now at­tempted to be poisoned, when too late in life to be replaced by new affections. I had for some time observed, in the public papers,dark hints and mysterious inuendos of a correspon­dence of yours with a friend, to whoni you had opened your bosom without reserve, and which was to be made public by that friend, or his representative ; and now it is said to be actually published. It has not yet reached us, but extracts have been given, and such as see­med most likely to draw a curtain of separa­tion between yoij-^nd myself. Were there no other motive, than that of indignation against the author of this outrage on private confidence whose shaft seems to have been aimed at your­self, particularly ; this would make it the du­ty of every honorable mind to disappoint that aim, by opposing to its impression, a seven­fold shield of apathy and insensibility. With me, however, no such armour is needed. The circumstance* of the times, in which we have happened to live, and the partiality of our friends, at a particular period, placed us in a s ta t e of apparent opposition,which some might suppose to be personal also : and there might not be wanting those who wished to make it so, by filling our ears with malignant false­hoods ; by dressing up hideous phantoms of their own creation, presenting them to you under my name, to me under your's, and en­deavoring to instil into our minds, things con­cerning each othSf, tfie most destitute of truth. And if there hatTbeen at anytime a moment, when we were off our guard, and in a temper to let the whispers of these people make us foro-et what we had known of each other for

, so many years—and years of so much trial; yet all men who have, attended to the work­ings of the human mind, who have seen the false colors under which passion sometimes dresses the actions and motives of others, have seen also these passions subsiding with time and reflection, dissipating like mists be­fore the rising sun, and restoring to us the sight of all things in their true shape and co­lors. It would be strange indeed, if at our years, we were to go an age back, to hunt up imaginary or forgotten facts, to disturb the repose of affections,so sweetening to the even­ing of our lives.

Be assured, my dear sir, that I am incapa­ble of receiving the slightest impression, from the efforts now made, to plant thorns on the pillow of age, worth and wisdom, and to sow tares between friends who have been such for near half -a century. Beseeching you then not to suffer your mind to be disquieted by tiiis wicked attempt to poison its peace, and praying you to throw it by among the things which have never happened. I add sincere assurances of my unabated and constant at­tachment, friendship and respect.

THOS. JEFFERSON.

U. S. NAVY.—Extract from the Report of the Commissioners of the Navy, Nov. 13.

Vessels of War in commission,Nov. 10,1323. Franklin, Ship of the Line, Pacific. UnitedStates,44, preparing to relieve theF.

Constitution, 44, Cyane, 24, Ontario,18, Erie 18, and Nonsuch, 12, Mediterranean.

Congress, 36, carrying Ministers to Spain and to South America.—Dolphin,12, Pacific.

John Adams, 24, Peacock, 18, Hornet, 18, Spark, 14, Grampus, 12, Shark, 12, W.Indies.

Porpoise,12, surveying Florida Coast. To­tal, 16. And in commission, specially equip­ped for the suppression of piracy, 1 steam gal­liot, Sea Gull, and 8 schooners.

Vessels in ordinary.—Independence,ship of the line, Washington, do. Columbus, do. The hulls of these ships are in good order.—Dela­ware, ship of the line, North Carolina, do. O-hio,do.; have never been in commission : hulls in good order. Guerriere, 44, requires re­pairs. Java, 44, very much decayed. Con­stellation, 36, requires some repairs. Mace­donian, 36, do. Fulton,steam frigate, used as

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a veceivmg Vessel. Alert, irt godd order as such. Asp, much decayed and useless.

Ships of the line on the slocks.—1 at Ports­mouth, could be launched in 60 days.' 1 at Boston, in 80. i at do. in 90. 1 at Philadel­phia, in ISO. 1 at Gosport, Va. in 120.

Frigates of the Jirst class.—1 at Washing­ton, could be launched in SO days; and 1,in 90. 1 at Philadelphia, in 30. 1 at N. York, in 30. 1 at Portsmouth, in 30.

These vessels are building under the law for the gradual increase of the Navy; and the fol­lowing were also built under that law :—Co ­lumbus, Delaware, N. Carolina, and Ohio.— Making the number built and building as fol­lows : 9 ships of the line,& 5 frigates,1st class.

Tariff,^'c.—A letter datedWashington,Dec. 28, says—'We shall soon have the Tariff from the Committee on Manufactures. I think the bill for 10 sloops of war (which will probably be reported soon) will pass the House, and from present appearances it will become a law this session.

Great preparations are making for discus­sing the Greek question—I think it probable this will be a more interesting question than the mild charactei of Mr. Webster's resolu­tion would authorize us to expect. It is high­ly probable a resolution will be submitted ei­ther as an amendment to or substitute for Mr. W. of a much more formidable character.

It is my opinion that Mr. Clay will offer such a one. Should this be the case it will produce an animated discussion. I Sm not yet dccided upon this question, that is, whether I should not prefer Mr. Clay's proposition to Mr. Webster's. I shall however wait to see what these propositions are.

We are persuaded that onr government has received the most conclusive information of the resolution of Great Britain to oppose any aggressions which the Allied Powers may make upon South America—and propositions to join her in that policy. We are persuaded that the committee of Foreign Relations are in posssession of this information. We anti­cipate a prompt and energetic report fromMr. Forsyth,the Chairman of the Committee. W re anticipate a corresponding tone on the part of Congress, the fitting out of a squadron, &;c. he.—Richmond Enquirer.

From the Quehtc Gazette. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—This Message,

which is always of importane tous.on account of our proximity to the American Union, be­comes more so from the new attitude which its Government assumes in this State paper.

Forty years ago the United Colonies con­tented themselves with wresting the right of Government from the Mother Country. Ten years after they began to lay claims to Louis­iana, and in a little more than another ten years they invaded Canada and took posses­sion of the Floridas. They now say to all Europe 'set not your foot on the Continents of North or South America. We will suffer you to retain the Colonies which you still pos­sess ; but you shall no longer colonize; those Colonies which have withdrawn themselves from their allegiance, we take under our pro­tection. We know that they cannot be regai­ned by the Government from which they have withdrawn themselves, and none other shall interfere.' Will the Holy Alliance take up the gauntlet which is thus boldly thrown down by the United States, at a moment when the whole Continent of Europe is subservient to its power, or prostrate at its feet ? This Dec­laration of the United States is almost a gua­rantee of the Independence of the South A-mefican Colonies, whose population it will powerfully influence in the support of the ex­isting order of things. England, however much she may be astonished at the boldness and we verily believe, the ambition of her young rival, is, we are inclined to think, fa­vorable to the separation of the Spanish Col­onies from Spain, and their being laid open to British trade. She also is almost pledged to support the young Republics ; and she can do it effectually. If she remains firm, we doubt, if the Holy. Brotherhood of Despots, and the still more Holy Brotherhood of the Inquisition, united, will be able to put down the 'scandal' oftoqstitulions, civil and reli­gious liberty and piiblic prosperity on the A-merican Continents. There is a part of Mr. Monroe's Message which concerns this Country more nearly than thef)eclaration re­lating to South America. It seems that Nego­tiations respecting Boundaries, and the free Navigation of the St.Lawreiice from itssource to the ocean 'have been.opened' between the United States and Great Britain, ' which it is hoped,' says the Message ' will have a satis­factory result.' We hope so too. The manner in which British interests have here-fore been looked to and maintained in Amer­ica, however, leaves us but a poor augury for the future. We trust the ' every thing is worth what it will bring' Statesmen will have no in­fluence in the pending negotiations. England if she be so disposed, will, no doubt, have a fine opportunity of disburdening herself of her North American Colonies.

FROM CADIZ.—Capt. Le Craw arrived at Marblehead from Cadiz, (sailed Nov. 11) informs us, that the U. S. frigate Constitution and schr. Nonsuch, sailed for Gibraltar same day—that the French ships did not appear to have any intention of leaving Cadiz very soon, many At" them having hauled into the Carac-cas to repair, while a sufficient number were left in the bay to keep the Spaniards in awe-that several others were employed in taking away the brass cannon from Cadiz, (among them some not bored out) for what purpose unknown-—but most probably taken in barter for their services in favor of the Spanish King.

[Salem Register.

FROM MEXICO.—We learn of Captain Boyer, of the Cato, who arrived last evening from Alvarado, -that the Castle of St. Juan, recommenced firing upon Vera Cruz on the 2d of December. News was received at Mex­ico, that a fleet from Havana, of 5 sail, inclu­ding a frigate and a schooner of WTar, arrived off the Castle on the 21st Nov. with provisions, troops, &c. Capt. B. saw vessels of war ly­ing at anchor about 12 or 15 miles from Alva­rado on the 4th ult.—Merc. Advertiser.

The London Courier is now printed by a machine constructed by a Mr. Napier, which is capable of throwing off more than 2000 an hour—on one occasion it produced at the rate of23S0per hour. No new steam apparatus is employed, but two men alternately turn a fly wheel which acts as an impelling power.

FROM FRANCE.—By an arrival tit Bal­timore from Havre, advices to the 17th Nov. have been received. By these we learn, that Baron de Kleigelstein, Austrian Ministfel: at Lisbon, has been charged to transmit to the Emperor of Brazil, a letter from his father-in-law the Emperor of Austria, urging him to acknowledge the authority of Portugal!

It is believed that the declaration of the Northern courts, relating to the non-acknowl­edgment of the independence of the ci-devant Spanish and Portuguese Colonies will spee­dily be published.

Since the commencement of the Spanish war the number of French vessels of war has been increased from 90 to 150, and the ma­rines from 8,000 to 19,000.

Barcelona was occupied by the French a-bout the 5th November. The late governor, Rotten, embarked on the 6th for Genoa, to proceed thence for Switzerland, his native country. Mina was to sail next day for Gib­raltar and England.

The Constitutionel of Nov. 15, says that the Ordinance of Dissolution is about to be published—that the Electoral Colleges will be convoked for the 15th of February. The Correctional Tribunal produced its judgment against the responsible editor of the Courier Francois, for having copied from a foreign journal an article, a"- official, which had not previously been inserted in a French Official Journal, condemning him to three months imprisonment and a fine of two thousand francs.—Bait. Fed. Gaz.

NEW-YORK, Dec. SI. FROM ENGLAND.—The ship Orbit, fr.

Liverpool, ar. yesterday, with London papers to the I4tii Nov. They contain no intelli­gence of importance. The subject which ap­pears to engage thft whole attention of politi­cians, is the views of the Allied powers with regard to South America. The London Cour­ier, in replying to an answer from a French Ministerial paper to an article respcciing S. America, says—'It seems strange, that the simple declaration of the intention of ourMin-isters to watch over and protect British inter­ests should excite so much alarm and so much spleen. The time is now arrived when those interests may be consulted without offence or injury to the only government entitled to feel the one or complain of the other, were we,to­morrow to acknowledge the independence of the South American Republics. If Spain were in a condition, which she notoriously is not, to attempt the reconquest of her colonies, our recognition of them as independent states, might be considered as a violation of good faith towards her. But Spain has not resour­ces within herself, to despatch a single regi­ment, or equip a single vessel; and if, there­fore, she does send troops and ships, can there be a question as to the means by which she will be enabled to do so ? But we are prepar­ed to contend that France herself is deeply interested in the independence of South A-merica ; next to ourselves, the most interest­ed of any European Power. Whether or not, in her present position, she may feel herself at liberty to pursue her interest, upon princi­ples as free and unshackled as those which will direct our own policy, is a question we cannot solve. Our interests are obvious e-nough. We are at peace—we desire to re­main so, and to cultivate all the peculiar ad­vantages which peace ought to secure for a great commercial country like England. This is the first duty of Ministers, and to this their most anxious labors are directed. They have shewn it strongly in their past measures by firmly resisting no ordinary temptation to draw the sword ; they will shew it as strongly in their future ones ; On this question, too, the whole country is with them.'

The ships now on commission are fully suf­ficient to protect the freedom of commerce in the new American States, and thero are five times as many ready to be brought forward, should M. Cheateaubriand require it. There are now in commission the Britannia, 120 guns, (well known to Frenchmen); Prince Regent, 120; Queen Charlotte, 120; Ocean, 104; Ganges, 86; Rochford, 36 ; Cambridge, 86 ; Albion, 82; Bulwark, 82 ; Gloucester, 82; Ramilies, 78 ; Revenge, 78; Superb,78 ; Windsor Castle, 78 ; Spartiete, 78. There are also in commission five ships of one deck, carrying 00 guns each ; there are 21 heavy frigates of 44 guns each ; there are also 21 ships of 24 to 52 guns, 56 sloops, 26 gun brigs and schooners, and 5 yachts.—London paper.

From the Paris Constitutional, Nov. 9. Our ministers now certainly do not medi­

tate any distant expedition, unless they think, as has been said, of re-conquering the Span­ish colonies. But they have great interests to contend with. The speech of Mr. Canning on receiving the freedom of Plymouth, is al­most threatening ; the refusal of the British government to take part in a new Congress, where the affairs of South America should be discussed,requires also important negociations; some determination or other must be taken respecting the Peninsula, particularly what must be done with respect to its internal af­fairs ; dissentions are not appeased in eight or ten months ; the time at which the 40,000 men who are to remain at Cadiz, at Madrid, and on the Ebro are to be withdrawn. Our internal affairs will also require some-atten­tion, a determined part must be taken on the dissolution of the Chamber, the integral ren­ovation, and the means of procuring a pliant majority. It seems that the plans in contem­plation are not easy of execution, since the Ordinance of dissolution has not yet appear­ed, and we read to day in the fanatical paper the following paragraph :— ' Will the Ministerial plan receive the Roy­

al sanction ? We dare not affirm it: but what we may venture to reveal is, that Royal wis­dom seems to hesitate, to wish to keep the Ministry from the abyss.'

PARIS, NOV. 11.—Certain London papers have neglected nothing to convert into a very serious matter the refusal of the French Ad­miral to let a ship of the U. States enter Ca­diz during the blockade. This case, say the enemies of France, is so much the more criti­cal, because the said ship had on board an A-merican Envoy. The National Intelligencer contains, on this subject, a very prudent arti­cle, whioh announces that some explanations had been required from the French govern­ment, and requests, meanwhile, all considerate persons to abstain from imprudent conjectures.

From the London Courier, Nov. II. In France, they are already speaking of the

vessels of war which are about to sail from Ca­diz. They will be augmented by two frigates and three corvettes, and the necessary trans­

ports will be procured in the different ports of" Europe for Twenty Thousand Infantry and two Thousand Cavalry. It is said that Gen. Morillo will command the expedition and those troops only will be employed which have already served in South America, and who are accustomed to the climate. The expedi­tion will repair to Havana to unite with Mo­rales, whose army it is said amounts to twenty five hundred men. Cuba being the centre of operations, it is supposed that the.General in Chief will first attack Mexico, because of its vicinity to Havana ; and that Spain will there find powerful auxiliaries in the aristocracy and clergy. Spain intends to publish a manifesto, in which she will announce to the nations of Europe, that she will permit mangers to par­ticipate to a certain degree in the commerce of her colonies, contenting herself with the recovery of her sovereignty c»f this part of the new world.

The health of the King of France is repre­sented as continuing in a very precarious state. The inquiries in relation to this matter, and the probability of his speedy dissolution, are the general subject of conversation, and it Was reported that the return of the Duke d'Angou-leme, from Spain, had been hastened on ac­count of the very uncertain state of the King.

It is said there were two classes of bankers at Paris, who were disposed to contract lor a Loan to the King of Spain. One set insisted as a preliminary, that he should recognize the former loans ; the other, that he should not. The latter was finally accepted.

In regard to the rumors of hostility, and op­position to the Royalist party, on the part ol Ballasteros, and others, the British Traveller remarks—" That the Constitutionalists are highly exasperated at the faithless conduct of the Royalists, will not be doubted—but it were inconsistent to cherish even a hope, that the party which has so unequivocally submitted, as to deliver up the fortresses, by which alone they were protected, should now venture to brave the power beneath which they made such feeble resistance.'

The Liberals, who return to their homes with passports by virtue of the King's decree, are put in prison on their arrival, in spite of the Royal word, which is less strong than par­ty hatred. The soldiers who were taken pris­oners, and have been disbanded, are in such a miserable state, that they are obliged to beg alms in the streets of Madrid.

We have on a former occasion mentioned the terrible inundations in the Tyrol and Voralburg. Those accounts, it seems, have not been exaggerated. The Austrian Obser­ver of November 2, says—The whole of the country which extends from Ober Dranburg to Brenner has been the theatre of disasters without example ; the three principal rivers of Pusthertal united a multitude of torrents, the roads, bridges, and edifices were all carri­ed away,and the people with difficulty saved.

Turkey.—Another insurrection is said to have taken place at Constantinople. The plan for destroying the power of the Janissa­ries, has been frustrated by the influence of their friends in the Divan. According to several commercial letters, the plan of the Sultan, which was to disband the janissaries, or to reorganize them, and to take from them all influence in political affairs, could not be put into execution, although it was the wish of the opulent people.

The Grand Seignor has exiled several of his confidential servants, which had caused a great sensation al Constantinople, particuiarly amongst the diplomatic corps; and it is be­lieved it has some connexion with the negoci-ation of Lord Strangford, which was the cause of the dismissal of the Reis Effendi. A-mongst those disgraced is Ibrahim Pacha,who has rendered great services to the Sultan.— Up to this date the Porte has not taken any steps to put into force the decree prohibiting the navigation of the Black Sea.

Lord Byron, at the last advices, was in the Island of Cephalonia.

The exports from England of British man­ufactures, the last year, to Buenos Ayres and Chili, are stated to hare exceeded 7,000,000 of dollars in amount.

Sir Robeit Wilson has arrived in England.

NEW-YORK, Jan. 1. FROM FRANCE.—By the Stephania,

which arrived last evening* we received our files of Paris papers to tlie 20tb, and Havre dates to the 21st Nov. The papers announce that the King of Spain arrived at Madrid on the 13th Nov.; that on the 12th, at Aranjeuz, he made some important decrees.

A new Spanish Ministry was to be formed, and SAEZ was removed.—The Duke of An-gouleme was expected at Paris on the IsfDec.

The extracts from London papers of Nov. 15, contain nothing new. We find no partic­ulars in the papers respecting the situation of the ship Paris, except under the Havre date of the 5th Nov. which mentions that the peo­ple were then employed in landing the cargo, and it was not then known whether the ship would be got off. We regret to learn from Capt. Macv, that all the crew, except Capt. Robinson, and the mate, were subsequently lost, on their passage from Cherburg to Havre in a French sloop.

Extract of a letter from Madrid, Nov. 7. • The report of a Congress which I mention­

ed in my last, gains ground daily; hut it is now said that it will not be composed of Envoys Extraordinary of the Powers, but of the Am­bassadors accredited at our Court, and that it will be held at the Convent of the Escurial. The 1st of December is mentioned as the day for its first sitting.

* It is s;iven out as certain that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is to be displaced ; and the possibility of a total change of Ministers is spoken of. To day it is positively said also that M. Herro, Minister of Finance, and M. D'Elisado, Director General of the Treasury, are to be removed. ' It is stated that Riego, when his sentence

was read, discovered much calmness and sang froid, and that he replied to the Judge who read it to him, ' may my death restore calm and happiness to Spain.'

Ballasteros is said to have been arrested, while meditating an escape.

A member of the Cortes, who voted for the Regency at Seville, has been arrested and hung at Grenada.

Gen. Morillo has also been arrested. The French Consuls and Spanish authori­

ties in the ports, have disagreed concerning the French vessels taken by Spanish priva­teers, which the Royalists refuse to give up.

The ecclesiastics are demanding the re-es­tablishment of the Inquisition.

NEW-YOR£, jan.S.—By "the ship Uniori,fr. Liverpool, (which was cast on the south side of L. Island, 40 miles from Sandy Hook, on the SI.st ult.) intelligence from England-to the 22d November is received. The papers con­tain no news of importance. A cabinet coun­cil was held at London Nov. 18, but nothing had transpired of its deliberations. The Brit-tish Parliament is further prorogued to the 23d February. The Mexican gov't has nego-ciated a heavy loan with the house of Barclav, secured by the custom house revenue.

We learn that the cargo of the ship Paris was all saved, part of it damaged.- It wa-s feared the ship would not be got off. 53 per-"" scms, including the seamen of the Paris and some other wrecked vessel, were on board the sloop lost on her way frornCherbing to Havre.

LONDON, Nov. 20.—Brazil Letters men­tion that Portuguese Commissioners had ar­rived from Lisbon at Riode Janeiro, dis­patched by King John VI. and his new Minis­ters, giving an account of the overthrow of the Constitution, and the re-establishment of absolute power, and inviting the Brazilians to return to the state of modified Colonies, ns also urging the Emperor to return home and resume his station of heir to the Portuo-ue.sc ;

Monarchy. Several conferences had^been held between the Emperor, attended by his Ministers,and the Portuguese Commissioners', the precise result of wlrfch was not known.— The circumstance, however, had excited seri­ous anxiety among the reflecting part of the Brazilians, as well as the European residents in the country, who are generally Constitu­tionalists, and have hitherto compelled their new Sovereign to retain the distinctive title of Constitutional Emperor. It is understood that the Portuguese Commissioners were pro­vided with papers indicating that it wasthe wish of the High Continental Powers, that Portugal, now that she had returned to her duty, should not be dismembered, and, it is added, that private letters from the Austrian Court for the Empress (who, it will be remem­bered, is a younger sister of the widow of Bo­naparte, alalia Louisa) were also entrusted to the Commissioners, telling her to use ali her influence with the Emperor, in order to in­duce him to return home and join his family. The Queen of Portugal, a true Bourbon, and deep in the plots of the late invasion, is also said to have written pressing letters to her son, and it was understood that the two French frigates in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, had private instructions to offer their services to convey the Emperor and his family across the Atlantic,should he deem it expedient to return.

THE GREEKS.—Semlin, Oct. 23.—Since the death of the heroic Marca Bozzari, his brother Constantine has made himself known; and, according to a letter from Tino, dated Oct. 13, and whifch has been received atNis-sa, he has avenged the death of his brother in a manner worthy of him. He is said to have completely defeated the Pacha of Scutaria, ' who had advanced with fresh troops, toward the end of September, and to have destroyed the greater part of his army. Among th& prisoners were 600 Latin Christians, whuin Bozzari sent to their homes, after reproach­ing them for having fought againsttheir Chris­tian brethren. iViay all the Christians of the west appreciate this conduct. According to the latest private letters from Macedonia lind Thessaly, we learn that as far as the Pelopo-nesus is concerned, the Greeks have nothing more to fear. It is true that bags full of hu­man ears, stated to be those of slain Greeks, and for which the Porte, according to ancient custom, pays a certain sum, are sent froin time to time as trophies to Constantinople.— But the Franks are no longer deceived by this, as it is a certain fact, that the Turks cut off the ears of their own dead, which they de­liver to the Porte as those of Christians.

From Gibraltar.—Letters from Gibraltar, to Nov. 7, mention that a French squadron had sailed forMahon, &c. to demand, in the name of Ferdinand, the surrender of the Bal­earic Islands ; and also the death of Townsend Smith, Esq. of Virginia, the U* States Consul at Tunis. The Ontario was left that the of­ficers might superintend his funeral at Gibral­tar.—Boston Cent.

CONGRESS. The National Intelligencer of Monday con­

tains the Report of the Select Committee, ap­pointed on the 5th inst. in the House of'Rep­resentatives, to take into consideration the subject of amending the Constitution of the U. States, in respect to the election of a Pres­ident and Vice President of the U. States. The Report is of enormous length, being a general and diffuse dissertation on the sub­ject. In some parts, it appears to us objection­able both as to doctrine and diction : but we have not space, at present, for a critical ac­count of them. The following passages de­serve to be pressed upon the attention of the country.—National Gazette.

' Pre-existing bodies, sufficiently small and permanent to be exposed to the tampering and seductive arts of intrigue and corruption, ought to have no agency in the election of a President of the U. States, upon any ground short of absolute necessity. State legislatures are bodies of this description, and there is no pretence of a necessity for interposing them between the people and the electoral college. According to the true conception of our po­litical system, the people exercise the elective power. When, from considerations of con­venience, agents are appointed for this spe­cial purpose, it is not, as in the case of a legis­lative trust, to exercise their own judgments, but simply to execute the popular will. The. assumption, that the legislatures would make a better choice than the people, involves the admission that their choice would be different from the people ; an admission which, if the foregoing views be correct, furnishes, in itself, an unanswerable objection to the interposition of such an agency. In proportion, therefore, as the number of intermediate agencies is in-. . creased, the chances are multiplied, that the ~ will of the people will be defeated, in the choice of Chief Magistrate. The committee have no confidence in that sort of artificial and complicated machinery, through which some suppose it necessary to filtrate the pop­ular will, in order to purify and enlighten if. The stream of elective sovereignty is no where so pure as at its source. Every remove from J this, is an advance in a course inevitably end­ing in corruption. Indeed, it is apparent,that the framers of this constitution, by ordaining that' each state shall appoint, in such manner

^ the Legislature thereof mny prescribe, the Electors of President and Vice President, in­tended to exclude the Legislatures from mak­ing the appointment themselves. That this is the true interpretation of the constitution, is sibundantlv obvious, as well from the fair im­port of the words of that instrument, as from the profoundest commentary every written on it. The authors of the ' Federalist,' in speak­ing of the election of the President, rise these words : ' It was desirable that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of a per^. son to whom so important a trust was to be confided. This end will be answered by com­mitting the right of making it, not to any pre-established body, but to men chosen by the peo­ple for the special purpose, and at the particu­lar conjuncture.'' * ' # _

« Assuming it as an undeniable positioti.that a majority of the people of the U. States have a right to elect the President, and that the will o f such a majority ought to prevail, it can be demonstrated that the system of voting by a general ticket would render this fundamental principle of our government the sport of acci­dental combinations. Six of the States, for example, if they give an unanimous vote, can elect the President. But, if they vote by a general ticket, the candidate who obtains a bare majority of the popular vote, receives the unanimous electoral vote of the state. So that, assuming the population of the U. States to be eight millions, a little more than two millions of the people might elect the Presi­dent. Let us again suppose that there are two stales, one containing nine hundred thou­sand people, and entitled to thirty electoral votes, and the other containing eight hundred thousand people, and entitled to twenty six e-lectoral votes. Let us further suppose, that there are two candidates for the Presidency, of whom one is supported by five hundred thousand of the people of the supposed state, and the other by the remaining four hundred thousand, and the entire eight hundred thou­sand of t he other state. Under these circum­stances, the candidate who obtains the support of only five hundred thousand of the people, would receive thirty electoral votes, while twelve hundred thousand people could give the opposing candidate only twenty-six . Ac­cording to this system of false equations, a large minority ol the people is precisely equal to no minority at all. By thus entirely exclu­ding the state minorities from the calculation, in making up the general aggregate, the peo­ple are literally immolated, by hundreds of thousands, at the shrine of ail artificial ^3nd delusive svstem, which, by making a majori­ty equal to the tchole in each state, gives a mi­nority an equal chance for the ascendancy in tiie Union.'' . . ' The true popular principle in the opinion

of the committee, is that which prevails in all other popular elections throughout the United States. In the election, for example, of the Governor of a State, by the people, a candid­ate does not count the unanimous vote of ev­ery county where he happens to obtain a ma­jority, but the respective majorities of the sev­eral candidates are added to their respective minorities, and the aggregates thus produced are taken as the true expression of the pop­ular will.'

Senate, Friday, Dec. 28.—Mr. Barton offer­ed a resolution for an inquiry as to the expe­diency of offering at public sale the lead mines and salines of the U. States.

Mr. Mills gave notice that, on Monday next he should ask leave to introduce a joint reso­lution proposing an amendment to the Con­stitution of the U, States, in relation to the e-lection of President and "Vice President.

The Senate adjourned till Monday.

House of Representatives, Dec.. £6.—The bill for extending the half pay of pensions of officers, widows, &c.; and the bills for the re­lief of B. Robbins, and London Case, were passe(], The bill for the relief of Jacob Schaeffer was called up and read a third time. This claimant enlisted as a private in the ar­my for 5 years ; but after serving some eigh­teen months, he was discharged, the war be-in* over, and he being anxious to rejoin his family, on condition of relinquishing his claims to bounty land. He now asks for the passage of a law to give him his bounty land. On the question of passing this bill, the ayes were 79—nays 89.

Senate, Monday, Dcc.29.—Mr.Findlay pre­sented the memorial of sundry persons of the city and county of Philadelphia, piaying foi a revision of the tariff.

Mr. Mills introduced a joint resolution for an amendment to the Constitution of the U. States, relating to the election of President.

Mr. Van Beuren, also, introduced a resolu­tion on the same subject. [It provides that the Electors ofPresident and Vice President be chosen by districts, composed of contigu­ous territory, and divided by the several states. The states are also to prescribe the manner of voting, the qualifications of voters, and the place of meeting of the Electors. When no choice is made at the first meeting, (no per­son having a majority of the whole number of votes) the President shall notify the Execu­tives of the several states, and publish the number of votes given to each person as Pres­ident ; whereupon the Electors shall again meet on the day that shall be designated by law, and vote for one of the two persons who shall have had, at the first meeting, the great­est number of votes. A list of the votes so given shall be transmitted to the seat of gov­ernment, and the person having the greatest number, shall be declared chosen. But if two or more persons shall have received an equal number of votes, the House of Representa­tives shall choose one ol them for President, as now prescribed by the Constitution.]

Both the resolutions were referred to the same committee to whom the other proprosi-tions for amending the Constitution, have been referred.

House of Representatives, Dec.%9.—On mo­tion of Mr. Floyd, it was Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of occupying the Columbia or Or­egon river, and to regulate the intercourse with the Indian tribes ; and that they have leave to report by bill'or otherwise.

On motion of Mr. Cambreleng, it was Re­solved,'Thut the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be Instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, that eve­ry Postmaster intending to resign his appoint­ment, shall give a reasonable notice, at his of­fice, of such his intention. _

Mr. Campbell stated, in support of this res­olution, that Postmasters are now in the prac x'.e of resigning secretly, and recommending

a successor; whose appointment is often the first intimation any body receives of the in­tention of the predecessor to resign. He thought this inexpedient and unfair.

On motion of Mr. Farrelly, it was Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be in­structed to inquire into the organization and number of the Engineer corps, and. ascertain whether any alteration he necessary in the same. [The ground of this resolution was stated by the mover to be, what he apprehen­ded to be a perversion of the original inten­tion of constituting this corps. It was first raised to promote the defence of the nation, in the erection of fortifications on our fron­tier; but it had been diverted to the occupa­tion of exploring routes for canals and inter­nal improvements, fee.]

The House went into committee of the whole, on the report of the Committee of Claims unfavorable to the petition of Garret Fountain. Mr. Tyson, of New-York, moved to amend the report, by striking out the word ' not' in that part of it"which recommends that the praver of the petitioner shall not be grant­ed ; which gave rise to a'debate of more than an 'hour. The circumstances of the case are briefly these : Garret Fountain, the petition­er, was agent to a contractor for furnishing provisions for the troops at a post in the-Bay of New-York, on the Long Island shore.— Tiiere being there no public store, he applied for and obtained permission from Gen. Dear­born, to erect a store at his own expense, on the public ground, at the post. The building cost him $1,000 ; when he ceased to be an a-gent, he offered the store to the government at a rent of $150,which was refused, and Gen. Dearborn ordered the Deputy Quartermaster totake possession of the store, and allowFoun-tain $100 per annum. The Government oc­cupied the store for three and an half years, and the present claim is for that rent. It was refused at the Treasury for want of a law re­cognizing the payment of rent by the United States for a store house, the law only provid­ing that at every permanent post a store house shall be built at the public expense. The claim was advocated on the ground of its e-quity and legality, and resisted on the plea that as this was not a permanent but a tempo­rary post, contractors must put up such build­ings as they wanted on their ovrn expense ; but the claim was not for the cost of the build­ing, which was confessed to be forfeited, but merely for the rent of it when no longer oc­cupied by the owner, but by the U. States.

The amendment (to reject the unfavorable report) was adopted, ayes 83, noes 59. When the Committee rose, and the House concur­ring in the amendment. The amended re­port was recommitted to the Committee of Claims, with instructions to bring in a bill pursuant thereto.

Costs in suits by Patentees.—The bill con­cerning costs in certain cases, was taken up.

This bill provides, ' That in suits commen­ced in the Courts of the United Slates, after the passage of this act, to recover damages for the violation of any right arising under Let­ters Patent, lawfully issued, for any new and useful invention, discovery, or improvement, costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff or plain­tiffs, in all cases, where the sum recovered by him or them shall not be less than $100.

An amendment was agreed to reducing the minimum to $30. [On the following day this amendment was rejected.]

Senate, Dec. 30.—An inquiry was directed as to the expediency of establishing a Navy Yard at Charleston, S. C. for building and re­pairing sloops of war and other vessels of an inferior class.

House of Representatives, Dec. 30.—Mr. Webster, from the Committee on the Judica-ry, who were instructed to inquire into the ex­pediency of establishing an Uniform System of Bankruptcy, reported that it is not expedi­ent to establish such a system.

Mr. W. observed, that the committee had thought it proper to make an early communi­cation of their opinion on this important sub­ject to the House. In this opinion, a great majority of the committee concurred ; indeed, he believed he was the only member who had the misfortune to differ from that opinion.— The whole committee, however, were desirous of giving a fair opportunity to those gentle­men who, like himself, were in favor of the system,to bring the question before the House Such an opportunity would now be offered, as any member might move to amend the re­port, by altering it from a negative to an affir­mative character. He therefore moved that the report lie on the table,which was agreed to.

The Committee on Elections, made a re­port favorable to the petition of Parmenio Adams, who claims the seat of Isaac Wilson, representative from the state of New York.

Mr. Morgan presented a memorial from a committee appointed by a numerous meeting of the citizens in New York, praying Con­gress to recognize the Independence of the Greeks,which was read Sfordered to be printed

Mr. Rich offered the following : Resolved, That the Com't on Indian Affairs be instruc­ted to inquire into the expediency of adopting measures which shall more'effectually restrain either citizens of the U. States or foreigners from hunting or trapping on lands to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, [and exclude foreigners from a participation in the Indian trade. The cause of Mr. R's intro­ducing this resolution was the differences that took place last summer between the traders and Indians, afid terminated in the destruction of many lives. Unless foreigners could be excluded from the trade he said we might look for nothing but a recurrence of these scenes. The resolution was adopted.

Ordnance Department.—Mr. Floyd made a motion that a certain document called for by the House last year, from the President, rela­ting to the expenditures of the Ordnance De­partment, be referred to a Select Committee. A long debate arose whether it should be re­ferred to a select committee, or to the com­mittee on expenditures in the War Depart­ment. The advocates for the latter claimed that it properly belonged to that committee, and that any other course would be irregular. On the other hand it was contended that the Report was so voluminous, and required such a minute investigation, that it would not be in the power of that committee to do justice to it. The motion to refer it to a Select Com­mittee finally prevailed. During the debate one gentleman stated, ns a specimen of some of the exdenditures in the Ordnance Depart­ment, mentioned in the Report, that in 1819, eight dollars per barrel was paid for Com, for the use of the Departments

A bill for the relief of certain distillers in

the County of Berks, Penri; wai taken up. Mr. Kremer moved to amend it by striking out the words ' in the county of Berks.' Mr-Foot, of Conn, suggested as a modification of the amendment, To strike out the words • in the state of Pennsylvania,' leaving the bill to operate throughout the Union. He thought that Congress were equally bound to do jus­tice to all. Mr. Buchanan said it was enough to remedy grievances when we know them to exist, and Mr.M'Lean believed it best to pass the bill as it stood, granting the relief to those who asked for it. The amendments were neg­atived, and the bill passed to a third reading.

Wednesday, Dec. 81.—No business of im­portance was transacted in either house this day. In the Senate, Mr. Barbour submitted k resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee of bdth houses, to present to their respective houses all such acts of Con­gress as may expire during the session, and which the public service ma}' require to be re­newed ; which resolution was read, and laid over for consideration.

In the House, Mr. Beecher moved to take up the bill for extending theCumberlandRoad. Carried, 73 to 70. The bill was then, on mo­tion of Mr.B.referred to the committee of the whole. The bill from the Senate,concern­ing discriminating duties and imposts, (for re­viving the laws suspending them on vessels from certain ports in the North of Europe; which expire on the 1st of Jan. 1824,) was ta­ken up for consideration, and twice read, and after some discussion ordered to a 3d reading.

A Message was received from the President transmitting a Report from the Secretary of State,with accompanying documents,contain­ing the information requested by the resolu­tion of the House, of the 19th insf. relating to the condition and future prospects of the Greeks. [These documents consist of Let­ters from Mr. Forsyth, Mr.Rush,and Mr.Lau-riottis, and from other persons not named,with the answers to the same, together with a sta­tistical table of Greece,ree'd fr. Mr.Middleton.

The following is the committee appointed on Mr» Floyd's motion for an inquiry into the expediency of occupying the month of the O-regon, (Columbia): Messrs. Floyd, Gurley, Scott, Ilayden, Bassett, Frost, and Baylies.

Sales at Auction.—A memorial hasbeen ad­dressed to Congress by a numerous body of merchants, traders, and manufacturers of this city, pray ing that a duty of ten per cent, may be imposed on sales of foreign goods by auc­tion. The memorial states, that of all the foreign merchandise yearly imported into the U. States, amounting in value to $60,000,000, from one-half to three-fourths are disposed of by sales at auction, and of the goods, thus sold, the greater part is owned by foreign manufac­turers and traders. It seems that the facili­ties which auctions afford for effecting speedy 9aies of all kinds of goods, and the long cred­it on duties granted by our government, pre­sent powerful inducements to foreign mer­chants and manufacturers to pour the whole of their refuse and surplus productions into our market, to the serious injury of the Amer­ican trader, and the ruin of our manufactur­ing establishments. The memorial states, that this ai--o encourages frauds on the reven­ue, and is the occasion of numerous imposi­tions on the public.—JV> Y. Observer.

PatersonManufactures.—A memorial sign­ed by nearly one hundred inhabitants of the village of Paterson, N.Jersey, interested in the manufacture of flax, hemp, and tow, has re­cently been presented to Congress, praying for such duties oil duck and all coarse cloths manufactured from flax and hemp, as will ef­fectually protect the petitioners from foreign competition.—lb.

A fortunate Soldier.—The new Executive of Pennsylvania, like every other new Execu­tive, is thronged with applicants for office. A-mong others, is captain David Maffit, ofPhil-adalphia, for a renewal of his commission of Port Warden. As a recommendation he fur­nishes a list of captures made by him, as a privateersman, during the late war, and that of the revolution. In the last war, the num­ber of captures, were 31—the amount of ton­nage captured, 7,375—number of guns, 114, and the number of men, 515. He sailed part of tbe time in the schr.Atlas,of 13guns andl 15 men, and the rest of the time in the brig llat-tle-snake, of seventeen guns and 113 men.— He appears to be a fine jovial old son of Nep tune ; and says, that in addition to the pulling down of the thirty-four enemy's flags, he was present at the striking of sixty-seven in the revolutionary war, making in all one hundred and one. He notes in his iist, that at eight of the captures, in the late war, the schr. Scourge, ofNew-York, was in company.—Spectator.

—©©©— (By last Evening's Mail.)

FROM ENGLAND.—By the arrival at N. York of the packet ship Corinthian, Lon­don papers to the 22d Nov. are ree'd. They contain no important intelligence. Lord Ers-kine died in Scotland on the 17th Nov.

An express had reached London with in­formation that the decrees issued by King Ferdinand, at Aranjeuz on the 12th, contain a general amnesty for the past, with the ex­ception of certain individuals said to be nam­ed, and a recognition of all the debts of the constitutional government up to the period of the departure of the ambassadors of the Alli­ed Sovereigns from Madrid.

SEVILLE, Oct.27.—The French have em­barked an immense number of pieces of brass ordnance both from hence and Cadiz, on board the squadron in which the Royal Guard is to sail for Brest. Some officers of the Span­ish Artillery state their value does not amount to less than 8,000,000 of dollars. This sys­tem, it is understood, they have adopted by way of repayment of the expenses of the war.

Important.—A letter from Teneriffe, dated Nov. 15, states that a FreHch frigate had just arrived at Santa Cruz, and demanded in the name of the French Government, the whole of the Canary Islands, ceded to them, as is said, by Ferdinand. The inhabitants declare they will sacrifice their lives and fortunes ere the French flag shall wave over them.

The paicer of the Pully exemplified.—There is at the shop of Messrs. Scott Clark, Pump and Block Makers, No.l7,Fish-st. a purchase rove by Mr. Almoran Holn»esvof this city, on which is suspended twenty-fivehundredweight, and so ingenious is the application, that eleven ounces will raise the above comparatively e-normous weight.—Boston Eve. Gaz.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1824.

"VIRTUE,LIBERTY,AND INDEPENDENCE.'

Mr. Wood's Silversmith shop, in Stamford, was broken open by a couple of rogues fast Tuesday night, and property of considerable value taken out. The villains had been lurk­ing about the place for some tinie, arid proba­bly would have committed other depredations had they not been disturbed while engaged in this, by a young man who slept in the store.

The Greek Ball.—It is expected that a col­lection will be taken up by the ladies at this Ball, and they are respectfully invited to con­tribute such sums as may suit their conven­ience, in support of a cause in which tbe whole christian world are deeply interested.—Com.

On the 19th nit. a collection of $80 04 was taken up in Trinity Church, Utica, and of $101 68 in the Presbyterian Church in that place. The Treasurer of the Greek Fund in New York has received $100 from Peter Smith, and his son GerHt, of Madison county. Also $20 from the Greek class, and the heads of the lower classes of A. M. Vicker's school in the city. In the Church in Montgomery, N. Y. $25 has been contributed to the Fund]

A Hatter in New-York, advertises that he will give in aid of the Greek Fund 25 cents on every hat of the new fashion which he shall sell for the three ensuing months.

A letter from Richmond dated Dec. 24, states that much alarm existed in that city in consequence of a vast number of blacks hav­ing poured into it for some day? past. Infor­mation had been given that insurrection and a general massacre was intended. Some of the companies of militia were under arms.

The prison bounds for the county ofWash-ington, District of Columbia, have recently been extended through the whole county.

A comet is now visible from 4 to 6 o'clock in the morning : at 5 o'clock it bears a little to the north and east: it moves very rapidly.

The number of Revolutionary Pensioners, now in the United States, as appears by a late report to Congress, is 12,858 ; of which num­ber 859 reside in Connecticut. New York has a greater number than any state, viz. two thousand nine hundred and forty eight.

A freshet has been produced in the North River by the late rains and mild weather, and many vessels, lying at Albany, damaged by the floating ice. The injury done to the pier was inconsiderable ; hence it is thought that the plan on which it is constructed will render it both safe property for the stockholders, and make a secure harbor for such craft as may be laid up in the basin for the winter.

Mr. Brown, our Minister to France has ar­rived at New York, with his family, and will soon embark in the Cyane.

Orders have been given to fit out the Con­gress frigate to join the squadron under the command of Commodore Porter.

A meeting of those friendly to the election of Gen. Jackson to the Presidency, has been called in the town of Salem, N.J.

It is stated in the Mobile Argus that a ru­mor is in circulation that the legislature of Al­abama has made a law giving the choice of Presidential Electors to the people. If this rumor be true the vote of that state will be for General Jackson.

The correspondent of the Spectator states that a grand Military Ball is to be given at Mr. Secretary Adams', to Gen. Jackson, on the 8th inst. So many tickets are issued that the house will not hold the guests, and can­vass tents are to be added to the rear.

The difficulties which lately existed in Princeton College have been settled with the dismissal of a single student only. The ac count therefore, which was published in a Phil­adelphia paper, was greatly exaggerated.

It ir rumored that a disturbance has recent­ly taken place in Hamilton College.

A JEW !—A PrgsJjyterian Church was late­ly sold by auctioD f / i»tNew Orleans, to pay off the debts of the Tutetess, and purchased for 20,000 dollars, by Mr. Judah Touro, a native of New England and a Jew, that it might not be converted to^ any other use than that for which it was intended ; and the society still worship in it.

A manufactory-lor converting iron into steel, has recentlyibeen commenced in Morris county, New Jersey, which produces as good, as firm and as beautiful Steel as any imported from England or Germany. No cast steel, ever imported from Great Britain, excels it for the firmest and finest instruments. This manufacture is one of incalculable value to the United States. All our edge tools, ham­mers, cutlery, &c. depend upon good steel.

The Philadelphia Board of Health reports the deaths of 132 persons, during the week ending on the 27th Dec. Thirty three persons died of"smallpox—17 adults and 16 children.

A writer in the Philadelphia National Ga­zette states that the disease at present pre­vailing in that city, is in part genuine small pox, and in part a disease somewhat similar, which is mild and runs a safe course, variously called small pox, modified small pox,varioloid horn pock, and aggravated chicken pox.

A man by the name of M'Donald, has late­ly been committed to jail in Virginia, for kill­ing his mother, aged about eighty years ; he had beaten her in a most shocking manner.— Intoxication is assigned as the cause. The father has however been taken up as accessa­ry to the crime.—U. S. Gaz.

A resolution for taxing Bachelors above 25, has passed the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, and a Committee of 7 married men was appointed to fix the amount!

MARRIED—In Springfield, Rev. Elijah Waterman, of Bridgeport, to Mrs. Lucy Tal-cott. In Poundridge, Mr. Wm. G. Pelham to Miss Abigail K. Avary. In Stamford, on the 28th ult. by the Rev. Henry Iloyt, Mr. Joseph June to Miss Sally June.

D I E D —In this town, on Sunday last, Miss Eliza Hoyt, aged 18. At Unadilla, Mr. Uri­ahtlanford, formerly of this town.

RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 3d inst. an indented apprentice to the

shoemaking business, named Abraham Hoyt, about 18 years of age. All persons are for­bid trusting, haboring, or employing him on penalty of the law. NATHAN LOCKWOOD.

Norwalk, Jan. 5th, 18£3. 45

Greek Ball. A T a meeting held on Monday evening,

the 29th inst. by the Committee appoint­ed for the purpose of making Arrangements for a Ball in favor of the Greeks, to be hoideil on the 8th of January ensuing, It was

Resolved, That John Eversley, juti. Wm» Williams, and James Glynn, be appointed Acting Committee for the same : And that the inhabitants of this and the neighbour' ing towns be respectfully invited to attend. ,

Tickets triay be obtained at P.Price'sBook-store, or of the following Committee i

Henry Chichester, John Scribner, John Ev-ersley,jr. Wm, Williams, Chas. Hunter.. Ed-win Lockwood, Chas. Worrell, jr. Jas. Glynn, Chas. Isaacs.

Each Ticket to admit one gentleman and two iadfes. Price $2.

Norwalk, Dec. 29th, 1823.

LADIES' SOCKS, E^Oli sale at the Shoe Store east end of New

Block: Wanted—by the subscriber an apprentice to the Shoe-making business.

Norwalk, Jan. 5. WM. MAYBURY:

1" .OST—On the evening of the31stult.be-tween Saugatuck arid Norwalk, a $5 bill,

on the State Bank at Trenton. Whoever will return said bill to the subscriber, or leave it St this office, shall be reasonably rewarded.

ROBERT TAYLOR. Norwalk, Jan. 2d, 1824. 45

List of letters remaining in the Post-Office at JVorwalk, Jan. 1, 1824. 45

"CRANNY Byxby, PhiloBetts, Salmon Brori-•*- son, W. G. Betts, Daniel Chase, George Gregory, Bradley Gilbert, Mr. Hart, James Hanford, Susan Hyatt', MaryN.Hanford,Setll Hicock, New-Canaan, Lucy Kellogg 2, Jarvis Kellogg, James E. Kilbourn, Hannah Knapp, Joseph Keeler, Wm. Leach, Elvin Metrashj Lucretia Marvin 2,Griden Morgan,Wm. Mul­len, Moses Marcan, Wm. Maybury, Aaron Nash, AbigailOImstead, Sam'IPartrick, Jesse Poor, James Reed,Wilton, Eunice Rockwell, Justus Rockwell, John R. Richmond, George Selleck, Joseph St. John, Miss Eliza Thor-burn, Seth Taylor,Reed Tubbs, Jesup Wake-man. WM. M. BETTS, P. M.

At a Court of Probate held at Stamford, Dec. 2.7th, 1823—S. H. MINER, Judge, present.

TTPON the petition of Enos WilmotoC Da-rien, shewing to this Court that he is guar­

dian to Oliver Clock, and Harriet Clock, of said Da rien, praying for liberty to sell cer­tain lands belonging to his said wards, aspe> petition on file : Ordered, that the further hearing of said petition be postponed until the 1st Monday of March next, at 9 o'clock, A. M. then to be heard at the Probate Office in Stamford, and that said guardian give notice of the pendency of said petition by publishing this order in the Norwalk Gazette as the law directs. (45w6) Attest, S.H.MINER, Judge.

At a Court of Probate held at Stamford, Dec. 2,7th, 1823—S. H. MINER, Judge, present.

TTPON the petition of Martha Clock, ofDa-^ rien, shewing to this Court that she is guardian to Sarah Clock and Elizabeth Clock, of said Darien, praying for liberty to sell cer­tain lands belonging to her said Wards, as per petition on file : Ordered,that the further hear­ing of said petition be postponed until the 1st Monday of March next, at 9 o'clock, A. M. then to be beard at the Probate Office .in said Stamford, and that said guardian publish this order in the Norwalk Gazette as the law di­rects. (45w6) Attest, S. H. MINER, Judge.

HPHE Hon. Court of Probate for the District *• of Fairfield hath limited and allowed six

months from this date for the creditors to the estate of John Goodsell, late of Weston, dee'd, to exhibit their claims against said estate.— Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within the time above limited will be debarred a recovery. SETIJ TAYLOR, Adm'r.

Norwalkj Jan. 2d, 1824. *45

IV OTICE is hereby given to the creditors ^ to the estate of David Meeker, late of Ridgefiejd, in the district of Danbury, dee'd, represented insolvent, that the third Monday pf January, 1824, at ten p,'clock in the fore-npon, at the Probate Oflic^fcip Danbury, in said district, is assighed by iltftCourt of Pro-bat^, for said district, for the appointment of Commissioners, on said estate, when and wliere all persons interested in said estate, are hereby notified to appear, (if they see cause) and be heard relative to said appointment.

JAMES SEERS, Adm'r. Ridgefield, Dec. 22d, 1823. 44

DISSOLUTION. rPHE Co-partnership heretofore existing -*• under the firm of Crocker Birchard &.

Co. is this day dissolved by mutual agree­ment. WILLIAM CROCKER,

•EZRA BIRCHARD, SAMUEL SMITH.

N. B. The business will in future be carri­ed on at the old Stand by the subscribers un­der the firm of E. Birchard &, Co. who soli­cit a continuance of the patronage of their friends and the public generally.

EZRA BIRCHARD. MAJOR BOUTON.

Ridgefield, Dec. 20th, 1823. *44

13Y order of the Court of Probate for the 4-* district of Danbury, six months from this time are limited and allowed to the creditors of the estate of John Benedict, late of Ridge­field, in said district, deceased, for the exhi­bition of their respective claims against said estate, and all who neglect to exhibit their claims within the time limited as aforesaid, will be debarred a recovery. All persons in­debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment.

SAMUEL HOYT, > Execu-MATTHIAS HUBBELL. £ tors.

Ridgefield, Dec. 25th, 1823. 44

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« SOUND THE LOUD TRUMP."

Adapted to Miriam's Song, and designed to be sung in St. Matthew's Church, N. York, on the occasion of taking up a Collection to aid the SUFFERING GREEKS.

BY MRS. C.M.THAYER.

Sound the loud trump o'er the jEgean sea, The Moslem has fal l 'n and Greece shall bo free! Sing, for the land once so splendid in story, The cradle of genius, the home of the brave, Rekindles the fires of her primitive glory ; Greece shall exult over tyranny's grave. Sound the loud trump o'er the iEgean sea, TheMpslem has fal l 'n aaidGreece shall be free!

Rous'd by the spiri t that gallantly shone When the Persian's proud host was in batt le

o 'ert brown— Wake the bold harp that for ages hasslumber 'd The deeds of her heroes with ecstacy tel l ; In glory's bright archives her sons shall be

number 'd, Immortal as those who at Marathon fell . Sound the loud trump o'er the iEgean sea, TheMoslem has fal l 'n at idGreece shall be (ree!

Loud let the chorus of tr iumph ascend : Wide may the empire of Freedom extend ! Greece,where the olive and myrtle have flour-

ish 'd, Once the proud home of the free and the brave, Where science was cradled and l iberty nour-

ish 'cl , Greece shall exult over tyranny's grate. Sound the loud trump o'er the iEgean sea, The Moslem has fal l 'n 8c Greece shall be free!

Praise to Jehovah, our Saviour and Lord, Our zeal is His Spiri t , our l ight is His Word. | le the strong fetters of slavery has broken. Kis banner of Light to the nations unfniTd : • The mandate of Mercy Jehovah has spoken, And Freedom &. Peace shall i i i iune the world. Sound the loud txump o'er the iEgean sea, The Moslem has fail'n and Greece shall be Free.

THE ESQUIMAUX.

Prepared for the New-York Observer from an account of Capt. Parry's late Expedition, published ill the London Literary Guz&ite.

Marriages and Funerals.—An Esquimaux bespeaks his wife while she is yet a child, and when she is of marriageable age she is bro ' t home to him, and there is a feast on the occa­sion. Their funerals are equally simple: i l in winter, the corpse is merely covcred over with snow ; if in summer, a shallow trench is dug, where i t is deposited, and two or three flat s tones at top complete the rude sepulchre. Thev ai t careful not to allow any stories or weighty matter to rest on the body,- and seem to think that even alter-death i t may be sensi­ble to the oppression. Two wives were pos­sessed by several of the natives.

Their Houses.—Their houses are buil t of snow, and are usually grouped together ; three in a groupe. They are curiously shaped and constructed, resembling three immense bee­hives, And are entered by one long passage by al l the three families to whom these yield an abode. They are about 9 feet in diame­ter, and 7 or 8 feet in height. The passage is about 20 feet in length, and so lov that you must creep along nearly on all-fours, in order to reach the hut. This is ingeniously intend­ed to exclude the cold air , which i t does ef­fectually. The huts are entirely made of square blocks of solid snow, with a larger key-block at the top of the rotunda. The window is a piece of flat t ransparent ice. Round the interior runs a seat ot the same material as the walls , upon which the skins of animals are thrown for seats.and beds. The houses are without any art if icial warmth, except what i? produced by a sort of oil lamp, in which they used pieces of dry mo«s tor wicks. . Their Food and Cookery— The Esquimaux often feat f lesh in a raw state ; but i t is some­times cooked, and the women almost invaria­bly submit their food to that process. The utensils-are uncommon, though simple. They consist of two vessels ol s tone ; the lower ves­sel a good deal resembles aj i English kitchen ash shovel; the upper one a trough, of a wide, coffin l 'brm. In f 'hc f irst , which is f i l led wit i oil , a number of mo>:« svicks f loat , and we lighted for the fuel . The oil is gradually sup­plied from str ings of fat hung up above the ' f lames, the heat of which melts them into so many reservoirs of grease. In the second u-tensil , placed over the fire thus made, the meat is s tewed. The natives are fi l thy iu their eaiing, and hardly reject any thing, from the blubber of whale to the flesh of wolf . When hungry, they devoured the carcases often or •a dozen of "the lat ter , which were kil led by our seamen. Their food, indeed, consisted chiefly of seal and wolves ' f lesh ; but notwith­standing this, they appeared to be perfeolly contented, nay, even happy. Their dresses were made entirely of skins, chiefly those of the rein-deer.

Their account of their origin.—They say that their race originally sprung from a bene­ficent female Spiri t ; arul that from another wicked female Spiri t are descended the other three creatures who inhabit the earth, name­ly, the It kali , or ir .cians; the Cablunae, or Europeans ; and the Dogs, which they drive! The I;kali they abhor and sneak of as mur­derers, "ho never spare their tubes. Ofthe Cablunai they had only heard by report , ne­ver having seen a Emopean ti l l ihey encoun­tered those in the Fury and Hecla ; but i t is clear from their classing them with thelndians and Dogs, that they have no very exalted i-dea of th; ir vir tues.

Thzir Conors.—In the management of the canoe, the Esquimaux arc very expert . Thev are amazingly l ight , and formed of skin over whalebone. . The largest which Capt. P. ob­tained is 26 feet in length. In these the na t ive pursues his manne chase, and spears the fish and fowl. The spear is double-pointed with bone, about six or seven inches in length, and barbed. They kil l at 20 yards distance.

Mode of catching Seals.— The method of catching seals through a hole in the ice, is one of the most dexterous of Esquimaux contriv­ances : a l ine ia let down, at the end of which is .faistened a small piece of white bone or tooth, above an inch long, cut into a rude fish-form, and having two morsels of pyri tes stuck into i t to resemble eyes. This bait is drawn through the water, and when seals or other prey approach to examine i t , the watch­ful native spears them from above.

Curious Spectacles.—Spectacles are anoth­er of their art icles, which struck us as curious and well contrived. They consist of a piece of wood scraped thin, l ike a bandage, and per forated with two narrow horizontal sl i ts ,some

' t ' l ing pig 's eyes, where we would have

glassies) a rim about ah inch "broad projects in the same direction as that of a hat would ; arid this simple mechanical process,tied about the.head, protects the eyes from the drifting snow and spiculte, and improves the sharp­ness of the sight.

Their Dogs.—These strong and hardy an­imals draw the country sledges at the rate of five r i i i les and more an hour. Nor is this performed with a l ight weight at tached to them. Eight in harness will draw ihrte 'e or four persons with ease and speed in this man­ner. On one occasion an anchor and stock, weighing about a ton, was dragged to i ts des­t ination by fif teen or sixteen of them. With them the Esquimaux hunts the great white Polar bear ; and some of those brought to England carry the scars of their prowess in this way. Those in the ships, twelve or four­teen in number, are large creatures of various colors. They are exceeding fierce, and more l ike wolves than dogs. A good many died in consequence of the heat , on their way to Eng­land. In the I lecla was one dog bred between the Esquimaux dog and a lurcher taken out from this country. She had six female pups, and the specimen we saw is now a fine pow­erful animal, and qii i te tame. I t gave a sin­gular proof of it 's sagacity in the r iver: a l ight­er came alongside with some casks of fresh water, into which i t immediately leapt over the side, and rah from cask to cask, trying to get . i ts head into a bung-hole. This being impossible, one of the men good-humoredly drew a bowl full for i t , which i t despatched with evident delight, and then begged for an­other draught. This i t al>o obtained, drank it nearly all , and with signs of gratif ication and thankfulness made its way back into the ship.

On their native soil , however, these fero­cious animals are often destroyed by the st i l l more ferocious wolves. The lat ter hunt in packs, and even drag the dogs from the huts to devour them. Attracted by the scent, they were always prowling about our vessels, and daringly carried off whatever came in their way. Thirteen of them were seen in one pack; all of which were trapped and slain. I t was of these the hungry Esquimaux made their dinners. At one t ime they bore away a dog from the Fury, in spite of the pursuit of the men.

Shrimps or Sea Lice—There is also anoth­er minute creature hi extraordinary abun­dance; we mean the small shrimp, which is known by the name ofthe Sea-louse. These performed a very curious office to the natu­ralists in the Expedit ion, and their usefulness was very drolly discovered. An officer one day was desirous of preparing a Solan goose for cooking, and in order to reduce i ts sal tness he plunged i t through an ice-hole into the wa­ter ; but alas ! next morning, when the goose was to be drawn up for spit t ing, nothing but the skeleton appeared. The sea l ice had picked i ts bones as clean as any anatomist coidd have scraped them, and thus finely pre­pared i t for any collection of natural history which inight want such a specimen ! The hint was not lost , for, after this t ime, whatever skeletons or bones required polishing, were submitted to the l ice operators, and so dil i­gent were they in executing the task confided to them, they would eat a sea-hoise 's head clean in a couple of nights !

GEOLOGY— Continued.—The ancient history of the globe, which may be regarded as the* ul t imate object of geological research­es, is undoubtedly one ofthe most curious sub­jects that can engage the attention of enlight­ened men. The lowest and most level parts of the earth, when penetrated to a very great depth, exhibit nothing but horizontal strata, composed of various substances, and contain­ing almost al l of them innumerable marine productions. Similar strata ofthe same kind of productions compose the hil ls even to a great height. Sometimes the shells are so nu­merous as to consti tute the entire body of the stratum. They are almost every where in such a state of perfect preservation, that even the smallest of them retain their most deli­cate parts , vheir sharpest r idges, and terider-est processes. They, are found in elevations far above the level of every part of the ocean, and iu places to which the sea could not be conveyed by any presently exist ing cause.— They "are not merely enclosed in loose saaid, but are often incrusted and penetrated on all s ides by the hardest stones. Every part of the earth, every hemisphere, every continent, every island of any size, exhibits the same phenomenon. We are therefore, forcibly led to believe not -only that the sea has at one pe­riod or another covered all our plains, but that i t must have remained there a long t ime, and in a state of tranquil i ty, which circum­stance was necessary for the formations of deposites so extensive, so thick, in part so sol­id, and containing exuvia; so perfectly pre­served. A nice and scrupulous comparison of the forms, contexture, and composit ion of these shells , and of those which st i l l inhabit the sea, cannot detect the sl ightest difference between them. They have, therefore, once l ived in the sea, and been deposited by i t ; con­sequently the sea must have rested in the pla­ces where the deposit ions have taken place. Hence, i t is evident, that the basin or reservoir containingthesea has undergonesoniechange either in extent , si tuation, or in both.

The traces of revolutions become sti l l more apparent and decisive when we ascend a l i t t le higher, and approach nearer to the foot ofthe great chain of mountains. There are st i l l found many beds of shells ; some of these are oven larger and more solid ; the shells are quite as numerous, and as entirely preserved, but not of the same species with those found in less elevated regions. The strata which contain them are not so generally horizontal; they have various degrees of inclination, and are sometimes si tuated vert ically. While in the plains and low hil ls i t was necessary to dig deep in order to delect the succession of the strata, here we perceive them by means of the valleys, which t ime or violence has produ­ced, and which disclose their edges to the eye of an observer.

Thus the Sea, previous to the formation of the horizontal strata had formed otlfers,which by some means have been broken, l if ted up, and overturned in a thousand ways. But the sea has not always deposited stony substances of the same kind. I t has observed a regular succession as to the nature of i ts deposites ; the more ancient the strata are so much the more uniform and extensive are they; and the more recent they are, the more l imited are they, and the more variat ion is observed in them at small distances. These irruptions and retreats ot the sea have been neither slow nor gradual; most ofthe catastropbies which

have occasioned thetn haVe been sndden, fthd this is easily proved, especially with regard to the last of them, or the Mosaic deluge,the tra­ces of which are very conspicuous. In the northern regions i t has left the carcases ol some large quadrupeds, which the ice had ar­rested, and which are preserved even to the present day, with their skin, their hair , and their f lesh. If they had not been frozen as soon as kil led, they must have been quickly decomposed by putrefaction. But this perpet­ual frost cotikl not have taken possession ol the regions which these animals inhabited,ex­cept by the same causes which destroyed them ; this cause must therefore have been as sudden as i ts effect . The two most remarkable phe­nomena of this kind, and which mCist for ever banish the idea of a slow and gradual revolu­t ion, are the rhinoceros, discovered in 1771, on the banks of the Vilhoui,and thte Elephant recently found by Mr. Adams near the mouth of the Sena. This last retained i ts f lesh and skin, on which was hair of two kinds ; one, short , f ine and crisped, resembling wool ; and the other l ike brist le. The flesh wa's st iH in such high preservation, that i l was ^aten by dogs. Every part of the globe hears l l ie im­press of these great and terrible events so dis­t inctly, that they must be visible to all who are qualif ied to read their history in the re­mains which they have left behind.

GREEK CAUSE.—The following Circu­lar has been addressed by the Students in the Theological Seminary at Andover, to their fel­low Students in al l the Colleges and higher Seminaries in our country:—

To the Members of Gentlemen—In behalf of the Members of

the TheologiealSerninary in this place,we beg leave to address you on a subject ,which we are confident has already excited your at tention.

To Americans, any brave and generous na­tion, struggling for civil and religious free­dom, is a spectacle never to be regarded with indifference : but when a people, inheri t ing a spiri t which ages of suffering h;r> e. not subdu­ed, and professing the same Christ ian fni 'h with ourselves—breaking the chains of their oppressors, not only look to us as the chosen people of freedom, gathering strength from our example, and hope from our history ; but call on us as Freemen and as Christ ians to aid l l iem in their hour of peri l ;—if we should turn away from that appeal , and refuse to hear their cry, we should prove ourselves unworthy of the name in which we glory.

The case is not imaginary. I t is this day before us.—The Greeks, to whom learning is a birthright, and freedom peculiarly an inher­i tance, have broken the fetters of their bond­age, and in their struggle they have looked to America as the sanctuary of l iberty and reli­gion, and they have besought us by al l the sympathies of freemen and fellow christ ians, not to let them perish in so noble a conflict . Nor has their voice been disregarded. Thro'-out our country but one sensation has been felt . The public expression of the senti­ments of our beloved Chief Magistrate has given a new impulse to that sensation, and the measures recently adopted in the city of New-York are directing i t into a channel of powerful efficiency.

But we have been led to address you on this occasion, because we feel that Greece has some peculiar claims on us and YOU. AS men of let ters, we have lormed an acquaintance with her historians and philosophers, her ora­tors and poets. For ourselves, we have look­ed at this contest from the beginning with no ordinary emotion. We have regarded i l as a means which the wise Governor of Nations is using, to bring to nought the dominion of the false prophet. As we pursued our course in the various departments of study, we were perpetually reminded of the Greeks—and we have felt ourselves under some personal obli­gations to the countrymen of Homer and Xen-ophon, and the descendants of Socrates and Plato ;—and when we saw our fel low cit izens coming forward with their contributions, we thought i t a privilege to offer our mite, and we felt that i t would enhance our satisfaction if we might contribute in such a way that i t should be made a simple and enduring mon­ument of our grati tude. Under the influence of such impressions, the members of this Sem­inary, on the evening of the Dili inst . adopted the following Resolutions :

1. Resolved, That the members of this Sem­inary deeply sympathize with the Greeks in their present struggle.

2. That a Committee, consist ing of one from every college and state,represented here, be appointed to confer with our Professors on the subject; to take up a contribution, and re­ceive subscriptions here ; and to propose a Circular for the various colleges and profes­sional seminaries in this country.

3. That if the members of the other l i tera­ry insti tut ions concur in the plan, i t be repre­sented to the government of Greece, as our wish, that the money contributed in these in­st i tut ions, be devoted, after the establishment, of Grecian freedom, to the promotion of l i ter­ature in that country, in some such way, as that i t may become a permanent token ofthe respect and esteem with which the Greeks are regarded by the American youth devoted to study.

We have been led to present these Resolu­tions for your consideration,from a persuasion that the emotions which we feel , must be Com­mon to all engaged in l i terary pursuits . The consideration too, that representatives from 12 colleges, and as many different states, are found in our number, rel ieved us from some partof the diffidence,which we rnightotherwise have felt . In concluding, we would remark, that the object to be gained by the plan pro­posed, is not so much the pecuniary aid we may afford the Greeks, as the public test imo­ny,"which in this way will be given to our fel­low cit izens and to the Greeks, that the young men in al l our seminaries of Education, have heard, and regarded the cry of a christ ian peo­ple, s truggling with their persecutors—a civil­ized people, contending with their savage op­pressors, and a people whose ancestors were the highest in the course of human improve­ment, drivirlg forth a nation of untutored bar­barians, from the land where learning and re­finement once had their abode, and where the innses st i l l love to l inger.

Most respectfully, yours, fee. Jacob Abbot, Me. Bowdoin College. ' George D. Boardman, Watervil le College. George W. Blagden, Dist . Columbia. Leonard Bacon, Theol. Sem. Andover. } v

JYathaniel Boulon, Yale College. " *•' Josiah Brewer, Mass. Samuel H. Cowles, Conn. Pindar Field, Amherst College.

Orrtimel S. Hinckley, N.H. Dart. College. George Howe, Penn. Mid. College* Wm. JV. Hunt, Wm. College. T. S. W. Molt, Nova Scotia. Jas. Muencher, R. I . Br. Universi ty. Edivard Palmer, S. C. Horace Siisons, Ham. College. John B. JVolt, N. York, Union College. Joseph C. Styles, Georgia. Royal Washburn, Vt. Universi ty. William Withington, Harvard Univ.

Dr. Adam Clark says, ' Constantinople was taken by the Turks iu 1453; and since that t ime ti l l the present, October 1022,three hun­dred and sixty nine years.have elapsed. '

Decline of Mahomedanisth.—The follow­ing important communication, says the Lon­don Baptist Magazine for October, may be depended on as authentic; i t is from the pen of a gentleman w hose rank and character ren­der his test imony indubitable.

'You asf? me if the Mahomedan religion is on the decline. I answer: in Persia they can scarcely be calledMahomedans : they are De­ists , i f any thing, and are ready to receive the Christ ian fai th. A few such men as Mr.Mar-tyn would soou effect a change. Yotr cannot conceive the eagerness with which they ask for his translat ion of the New Testament. I have distr ibuted several hundreds, and could have done so with twice the number, if they had been sent me. At Mecca, . the resort is so much fallen off that not one in a hundred now goes, for those that did. Indeed the rev­enues, in consequence of this , have so much decreased, that in l ieu of overflowing treasu­ries, the Ottoman Government is obliged to make large remittances for the payment of i ts officers and troops. Those pilgrims who now resort make no offerings or presents ; they are satisfied with going. Indeed, from my own observation, after a residence of near 24 yrs. amongst the Arabs arid Persians, I can safely say that Islamism is fast fal l ing to decay. '

To give some idea of the diversi ty of lan­guages and idioms employed by the various nations who inhabit the vast empire of Rus­sia, i t wil l be sufficient to mention that the Bible Societies have already caused the Bible to be translated inio twenty nine languages oi dialects for the use of that empire.

The Republic of Colombia has established the following diplomatic salaries,viz.Ministers Plenipotentiary to Eurtipe, #10,000 ; to the American states, $8000. To Charge d 'Af-fairs one half the above salaries ; and to Se­cretaries of Legation one quarter the sum.— The expenses of the voyage out and home, in­curred by diplomatists , to be defrayed out of the national treasury, separate from their sal­aries. Each Secretaryship of Legation estab­lished in Europe or America is to have two officers at tached to i t ; the chief officer to re ceive in Europe$1300 annually, and in Amer­ica $1500 ; the junior officer is to receive in Europe $1400 annually,and inAmerica$1200. There are to be l ikewise six supernumerary of­ficers at tached to each secretaryship of lega­tion in Europe and America. These si tua­t ions are to be fi l led by wealthy youths of up wards of 17 years of age, whose parents may design them for a diplomatic l ife. In order to advance their education under the Ministers plenipotentiary with whom they may serve, $300 are to be granted out of the national treasury to those in Europe, and $300 to those in America. Consuls General of the Repub­lic are to receive in Europe $3000 annually, and in America $2500.—Dai. Adv.

The House of Bourbon, i t is calculated, reigns at this t ime over forty seven mill ions of people in Europe, viz:—Naples and Sicily, (new census) 5,422, 889 ; Spain, 10,500,000 ; Tuscany, 300,000 ; and France 30,000,000.

DETROIT , Dec, 5.—Indian Law altered. A few days ago a Chippewa Indian, l iving at Saginaw, was kil led by a neighbouring Indian of the same tribe. Agreeably to the old cus­tom, the relat ives of the deceased met those of the slayer, for the purpose of compromising the matter by "receiving presents, or putt ing the slayer to death. At the council i t was fi­nally determined, that the brethren of the de­ceased should receive a certain amount of pre­sents to indemnify them for their loss,and both part ies were on the point of shaking hands and l ighting the pipe of concil iat ion, when KishkaukOjthe notorious Saginaw Chief,step­ped up to the slayer, and. with a single blow of his tomahawk, laid him dead at his feet .— Thelndians present were very-much astonish­ed, and asked him the reason whv he had in r

terfered to prevent the operation of their old luw? He replied in his peculiar tone and manner, 'The law .is now'altered; '

In the Irfft annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy i t is stated that 'Eleven Africans, none of whom could speak the English lan­guage* were some months ago, brought by a Cauf. Chase,as mariners, into the port of Bal-t i i jKfe, and were taken into the possession of fhe officers of government, and art investiga­t ion insti tuted info the supposed violation of our laws in introducinj$ ' them. 3y means of an interpreter , who understood the languages of al l , except one or two of them, i t was, sub­sequently, discovered, that they belonged to tr ibes in the neighborhood of Mensurado, and that some of them were ofthe head men of their tr ibes. I t was therefore believed, that their restoration by this Government would have a salutary eftect; and'an inquiry was di­rected to be made through the interpreter , whether they were will ing to return to Africa. Such being found to be their wish, t t iey were, in the early part of October, sent to our agent at Mensurado, with directions to permit their return to their several homes, by th£ best and most expedit ious means- '

The sentiments language of thePresident 's Message,in regard to theGreeksand the views ofthe Holy Alliance,are understood, at Wash­ington, to be emphatically and entirely his own. The deportment of Gen. Jackson is courteous and amiable towards every one.— He is on the best terms with some ofthe oth­er candidates for the Presidency, and has been reconciled with personal enemies, a-gainst whom his resentments had been most violently manifested both in deed and word. Cards of invitat ion for a mili tary ball on the 8th of January, in compliment to i . im, have been issued.—Aai. Gaz.

The Army—Gen. Brown's report of the or­ganization of the army gives 6,183 men, 541

of whom arev«ommissioned,and 4,-152 privates —354 sergeants, 424 corporals. 2,420 of these men,under the command of Major Gen­eral Scott , are distr ibuted in various garri­sons, from Fi. Sull ivan, in the State of Maine, to Green Bay in the Michigan Terri tory— 2,347 under the command of Major General Gaines, are placed in garrisons from St.Marks in East Florida,to the Council Bluffs, in Mis­souri .—$54,070 have since the 1st of January 1823, been advanced to officers, on account of recruit ing service, and the accounts rendered for set t lement since that t ime, amount to six­teen thousand, four hundred and sixteen dol­lars, eleven cents.

" Man, social man, is essentially a caucus­ing animal, and will go on caucusing, so long as society exists any Vihere.free oflhe palsying influence of absolute despotism."—JVat. Intell.

A difficulty has long been felt in the want of some generic term, by which man could be classed separately from his fellow animals. He has been called a two-legged animal, a talking animal, a.dancing animal, and in fafct fias been designated by almost every-peculiar qualification which he can be supposed to possess distinctly and alone from the rest of creation, as a mark of nature's favor; yet, un­til. now, the invention of philosophy has been taxed in vain. Monkeys and geese walk on two legs; parrots and magpies talk ; dogs and bears dance ; and in fact no exclusive physical property had been discovered for. the lords of the creation, until the National Intelligencer supplied the vacuum in natural history, and divulged the secret that " man is a caucusing animal ." Cavillers might possibly object that the application is given only to social man, and that savages are not included in it ; but savages meet in council to smoke tobacco, and sometimes get drunk, and therefore may be said to be caucusing animals. The excep­tion, also, while " free from the palsy," &c. • may be supposed to place man sometimes on a level with his brother brutes ; but we doubt whether even the Turks may not caucus, par­ticularly when they are well drenched with opium, which exalts them above the paralysis of absolute despotism, and puts tlieni on plan­ning means to massacre the Greeks. It may perhaps be said that some animals* besides man are addicted to " caucus"—inasmuch as wild geese gabble in'concert, and follow'a file leader ; and sheep are well known to herd together, and run after a bell wether. But these are invidious cavils, since geese and sheep enact but one of the offices of caucusing as it is performed by rational beings. True it is that they, as well as we, when so employ--ed, are but the blind followers of a leading machine ; but there is this essential difference between us, that the geese and sheep keep in the wake of head ram or gander for their oum good, while man, " social man," says " ditto" to his caucus chief, for the special behoof of the said chief alone. We could thus, we think, refute all the " quirks and quibbles" of sophistry, against our natio.nal definition of the human race ; but in so doing, wp.should betray presumption, iu assuming a task which properly belongs to the gifted Intelligencer, that first drew the line Imween the lord of cre­ation and his subject fellows.—JY.Y.Amer.

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CLAY'S STOMACH BITTERS, Just received and for sale at the GAZETTE OFFICE—Also by S. St . John, & B. Isaacs, Norwalk, and Seymour Jarvis, Stamford. rpHESE approved Bitters will give rel ief in -*• al l cases of Nausea, vomiting, f latulence,

heart-burn,costiveness,weakness at the breast , pain in the stomach, loss of appeti te, and all symptoms of indigestion. They are a verv pleasant cordial hit ter , and are recommended for the use of taverns, as well as private finnir l ies.—Price 38 Cents. 37