Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 38, Richmond, Wayne County, 27 November 1824 — Page 2

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(The following letter was received by the Post Master, al Dayton, Ohio, in answer to a letter addressed by him to the Agent of the Haytien government. Philadelphia, Nov. 5th, 1 824. Dear Sir: This morning I received rour kind favor of the 12th ult. In mv own name and on behalf of my government, I render to your citizens many thanks for the seal they have manifested in behalf of the people of colour of your place. itb the utmost cheerfulness I hasten to give you all the information in my power on the subject of your epistle. A society to aid emigration has been organised in

New York, consisting of gentlemen of the I in execution at Motherwell. The col

first respectability of that city, at the head of which Gen. Clarkson presides. Fifty thousand weight of Coffee lias been deposited in the hands of the treasurer of the Society, converted into money , and is to be appropriated as circumtances may require. Persons arriving in that city from the country, if in necessitous circumstan-

Selected from various Eastern Papers. Great Britain. The Glasgow Journal has the following paragraph respecting Mr. Owen, who has recently arrived at NewYork. "Mr. Owen set off from Derby, to embark for the U. States, for the express pur-

i pusc ui iit-uiiiit; mi me I'uiiuase oi Happ s celebrated settlement ofHarmony, including all the landed property and "buildings upon it. The property contains more than ; 20,000 acres, 3000 of which arc already ; under cultivation. About 1000 acres more 'are rich meadow land en the hanks of the Wabash. His object is to erect communi

ties upon it, similar to the plan to be put I

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is situated upon the southern extremity of the state of Indiana.' France. It is remarked, that this is the

third time in the history of France, that i

three brothers have successively ascended ; the throne. In the 14th century, 3 sons j of Philip le Bel reigned successively, un- j der the names of Louis 10th, Philip 5th,'

The following is an extract of a letter from an American gentleman to his friend in New-York. Smyrna, 17th August. In the Morca the Greeks have been very successful. We have undisputed accounts of three battles they have gained over the Turks; the one on the plains of Marathon, where they destroyed 10.000 Turks Greek loss 6.000; another at Zeitun, (near the Thermopylae.) where the Turks lost 8,000 men, with a very trifling sacrifice on the side of the Greeks: the other at Arte, where the Turks lost 22,000 men. The Greek Government is in Napoli di Romani. They have paid off their troops with the money remitted from England, and they are disciplining their soldiers in the Morea. The Greek cause

is -raining ground. The government is in

attack; the effect of which notritjti ing the unremitted exertions and ; the surgeon, several will never, it

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regretted that the carpenter John rje j field, yvho fought most courageous! 1"" ! hi? life by a blow from the whale spa jet I did Win. Warren, boat &teerer, v3,f) ! speared most dreadfully through lb.. 1

Captain Coninand l!ie crew are off,rj,.;;" that the attack was concerted ai.dorV ' tt

led bv Europeans or Americans resi.f , i the Lland.

From the Cmcinmti N-t:,rn.i1 C-Uj, "INTERNAL IMI'ROVEMKNt While the good work progre .f vorably under the direction of ( ur C; , i Commissioner?, and so mnr.v dilT-r 1 j 11 1 VtJl S

nave neen aircauj sunuucei, w?

undisputed possession of the direction of confine the operation of political ;

hoth army and navy, an mc suitors nave yw um uun umyoiour i ;,

received three months pay in advance. The Turkish fleet left Scio on the 1 2th

- 1 vu We have long witnessed, with n;

absence ot a law in unio, lor securing

the

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ces, are supplied with food, clothing, &c. I and Charles 4 th. In the 16thcentury the

and safely conveyed on hoard the ship. 3 sons ot Henry 11. also bore the crown in ! Mechanic are deniable. All persons turn. They were Francis the 2d, Charles

above twelve years ol ago emigrating at; 9th, and Henry 3d.

government -xpei.ee, -0: all between j 1 he following is the speech of the new

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for Samos, and as yet we have heard no estates 01 habitual oiicNkAnns and siend, positive news; the storv, however, which j thrifts to their -families, and have m0! appears the most accredited, is that the ; .fared why our legislature, whose hm

Greeks hae deslroyed nearly all the j; I,Jve "VtM 1111 V lu l,J p"'jcct he.

Turkish transports, and that they have

driven the Captain Pacha himself from be

neath the sun, had not regarded the wa

of the widow and orpnan.

six and twelve '10; and all under six, free of charce.

kinr to the peers and the deputies

"My heart is too deeply affected to allow

Your exertions, dear sir. in forwarding I me to express the sentiments which I feel; I

to tne above place of embarkation, as many persons as mav be deireus to emigrate to (Hirfcui tn. will geath oblige, Your mo;t oht. Servant. Signed. J. GRANVILLE. P. S. Tlie monev will be paid to the Captain of the ship in which the emigrants embark, at such port in Hayti as they S1 all have been landed. The ship i? free ft.in port charjies. The residue of provision made for passengers av ill be landed and sold by the captain free of duties. Should you prefer corresponding with any o:.e at Baltimore, there is a Society organized in that cit, under the same regulations with that ot N. York. The president of which is Mr. Johnson. Maor of the iitv; and Bishop Kemp, itc-Presi-dciit.

f From the IVnnnr.'i Li U ran, Gatfffe. The PniLANTiiRoric Socifty of Hayti. Oi the Oth of August last a meetii g ys held at Port-au-Prince, for the purpose of reyiyinc the'Sciete Pl.ilantropioue d'Haiti," in 1 fj -JO. the operation of which had been Mispended for seyeral c;irs nn account of politiml atfairs of importance. The subject yvas discu?5-d before the Members, .f the Committee f Public InMiuction nr d other influential t vz 1 : and c haye the proe vi'u Lr" of that meelinc an.d si vrral su'-sejuent 0 s m a phamphlet pul-l;-ed at Port-au-Prince, and foiw aided to the Kmiirratien Society i 1 thiit. It yya resyed to revive the t.riuit al society, and to make provision hr laisinjj fur ds from vcluntary u!s ii tion for the purpo-e of a?Mtinii miurai ts fiom other com tries to Hayti ard the lelh-wirg oflicer yvere elected: M. I; jib ac, P11 sident; Viallet.Yice-President ; Nau. '1'ieaenror, r. Kach member is to pay $10 on joining the Sof iety. and a certain tum Dionthh, to le added to the funds. A society of coloured people has been f -rned in Cine innati for the purpese of obtaining correct intelligence of the nature of the soil and climate of St. Domingo; o: dan accnt is to he sent out to make incuiri , and to report early in the spring, i " The town coin cil of Provider ce, P. I. is preparing to send away dl of the idle and iii"o)ute coloured people, that are found in that place.

The President of Hayti has issued a pr l unation annouirmu the failure of the Mission to Franc the refusal of the French government toaeknovy h dge the independence of the republic, jnd exhoiting the inhabitants to b prepared to resist any attempts, that France may contemplate yyilh a yiew to it subjugation.

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A laughable occurrence took dace fhf iniihUi of fl. l n:,re oitOsitc

thi-city on the 23d ult. Three hoys "ere amusing thoiYiselyc. in a beat, when a sturgeon, weighing 130 pounds, yycaiy of his own element, leaped on l oaid ol thcit yesbel. at d yvuiild hae cbtnii ed undi?puted p:..?.(.i.fcioi ,f it, had there I ecu a possibility of flung. But our heroes yvere tibligcd to icmairt on board, set up a piteous cry. which collected a h.ige onct.-urtc ol j . oi-lc on the wharve-. yvho, pentivug t!(-re w;; nothing to aj ptehe t d, ei joeu tl sii gular spectr.e 1c. The l-oys h; ving i) Il rntitered returngr, r turned to their car, 'and brought their pfiZ- twshoie , hayir . b arnt that a fh out cMyater isa er fcarmkbt tbii. ttdhuitu

but 1 should be unworthy of him w ho has

left me such great examples, if, yielding too much to my grief, I did not preserve fortitude enough to fulfil the duties which arc imposed on me. I was a brother, now I am a king; and this title, of itself, points out the conduct I ought to observe. ! "I have promised, as a subjec t, to maintain the character of the constitution w hich we owe to the sovereign of whom Heaven has jut deprived us. Now that the right of my birth has made the power fall into my own bands, I will employ it entirely in consolidating for the happiness of my people the great act yvbich I have promised to maintain. My confidence in my subjects is entire, and 1 am fully certain that I shall find them the same sentiments with respect to me. UI must add, gentlemen, that, conformably to the institutions of the king, whom we deplore, I shall convoke the chambers at the end of Dee ember." East In runs. By an arrival from Calcutta, news has been n-ceive d that the Birmosc war was still raging, with no prospect of its early termination. Ti e British army had been drawn from Cbittagong, for the , purpose of a general junetion of forces in Kangooti, yy i.ic h they succeeded incaptuii:g. Rangoon is the principal port of the Bitman tinpire, has f it m 30 to 40.000 inhabitants, ai d ce 1 fains si me Christian missions; among tl 111,01 e of the American Baptist So iefy . The Bitmese. taking advantage of the y it!nhay al of the British fore o, bad approached ( hittjgong.

with an aim of uj yy art's e t 50.000 men. but hearing of the fall of Kai goon, retired towards Aya. The' British airm rescued many of the missionaries, who had been ordc if toexoeution by the- Biimese remmanders. The publit ation ef the cftirial accounts of the war had been suspended at Calcutta. 1 Peru'. Information has been received, via Porto Cabello, that Bolivar ai d Canterac have met and hud a gei oral action, in which the latte r was kilb d and his at my routed. "Bolivar had 15000 men, and lost C00O in killed and wounded. He lad possession of Lima and Callao he drives all 1 before him. I Latkst. Paris papers, to the 2d Oct. received at New Yelk. Charles X. entercel his capital. Paris, em the 27lh Sept. j and was received with great enthusiasm. I There is a report that m me Russian troops have arrived at Majt rca, in the Mediterranean. I It seems that the dev of Algiers is about

to make yvaron Spain and Sardinia. Many of the cities and towns ol Spain are disturbed by mob.- the y appear to have

some conncctn n with political matlers,and several bodies of insurgents are said to be I organized. The genen ment is usir g great severity to keep the people qis'u t. The present population of St. Petersburg ii given at 300,000 souls, besides 1,000 English residents. The account of the defeat of the captain Pacha at Samos is confirmee indct d, it is saiel that Cat at is had fulfilled bis oath of j bloyving up the Admiral's ship, on board I of yvbich the Pacha. yas, and that be him- ! self peTishcd with his e i e inies. Another re port dise redits the whole slati ment. but confnms the ac count of the previously statied def at of the' Turkish flee t. ! The Egyptian fleet bad not dmc any thing. It was desigre d to attack Hydra; ; which was well fortified ai d ran i'soncd, land cnc mpastcd ni ill fire fchips, ready for i the ciitmy.

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fore the Island. There are upwards of jl 1 t,"lBl,lu,l u l,,our sister states C0.000 Turk- at Seala Nova waiting to be i have long since adopted cHicicnt me.j, transported to Samos. They are said to j, to remedy the evil, of which the wcste-rii be suffering a great deal fromdiseases,anelj Cou'try wl11 ;,0,, ,OU(3,J sorrowful there are more than 8 or 10,000 disabled ' complain. We have a statute by v lick A II .1. 1.

their camp. They all begin to I . imois anu lunaues are proiecica, and their

property preseryeei 111 111c nanus 01 LrU ir dians. We can eliscovcr no reason why

tne drunkard and spcnuinrm stionl i ,e. e xcepted from this rule. The claims ii. cie-ty areas great as the possible difli.-I. i ties that may arise to individuals;, and t! e i peace and happiness of domestic life ;;re ; too valuable to be left without protcuijs from the constitutcil autliorities.

nien in

murmur, and in fact we have seen many

of them return here. On the Island of Sa- j

mos the Greeks arc perfect) well preparto receive the attack, and are de termined to defend themselves to the Iat. We hear they have closed all their wells and poisoned their wines and spirits.

Dr.srr.RATF. attempt or the Pn.r.w IsLANPKRS. The English W hale ship Sy

ren, Capt. Erederic Collin, recently arriv

ed at Deptferd, from theS. Seas, reported

that on the 31st of March, 1823, while off!

the southernmost of the Pelew Islands, several large sailing canoes appeared in sight, yvbich ii creast d in number to near fhiity, each hay ing from G to 10 on boarel, and on approaching many of the natives called out, s through motives of inejuiry, "English? Ei ubsl; ?" and being answere d in the aiTinnaiiye, 1 1 oy carr.c alongside, and y itb tolerable i orrect pronui iation. repealed, (iive us a rop this yyas comp-lied with. Eiom the gercrally reported mild and pacific demeanor of thec people, who. to the number of about enc hundred, ejuie kly crowded the de k. c ilities yvere t x hanged in ap aienth the m st fiiei.eily nanre-r, aidasti.cy bn tight few provisions with them and no articles ef curiosity, the ciew C( rnmei re d hai tei ii g for their spcais. with whie h they yy ere a ine-d. and yyith which the se-cmed to part reluctantly. At this time the4 ve-ssel continued under easy sail, the canoes eh sely accc mpany ing them, to their e mpanirs, in which tliose on hi ard s eine el in i.oelegrcc ai xious to return. The mate yyhefelta little distiust ficm their stipe ricaify in numbe-rs, the e re yv being eu:l 3T, ce n.municated his opinion to the captain. yyhe ii stantly co-incided. anel gave eielcis to croyvel more sail, thinking it yyouhi induce- them to depart. This appeared loeccaion some little dislike, and in a fe yy minutes after, yyhile captain Ccfhn yyas in the heat lashed to the side, giving crelers to that ef'e e t, two of the natives suddenly se ized him and e'neleau red to thr w I im into the sea, yvhilea general attack yyas cen meieed on the rest of the crew. The captain disengaged himself, succeeded in gaining the de ek.ai el calling aloud that the lives and safety of the ship depended on de spe'ratc fighting, a fierce engagement cr sued. Those' of the in-. tics who in ti; tbe bad parted yy ith the ir spears, were assisted w ith ethers fre m the cane es, or ay nib el lbn-seyes of the harpoons, yvbich yyith great elextcrity they breke to a suitable le 1 gth, yvhile others gaining the v. haling spade s. used in diggir g into the fish when caught, continued a most furious atlae k ; neyy ithstanding the disparity. 'the ere w sucee eeled in driving the m te the stern of the ye sscl they hape el e verboard and regaii ed the ir cane cs. It is worthy of remark, that when any eif fhe natives yere we uncled, or stunted by being knocke d de yy n, they yere instnntly thre wn bv the ir c e nunele s into ti e sea. where they either swam or were picked up by their cempanions, who frequently attempted to acceiipnny them to return, but yy ere always repulsed in endeavevin.g to get up the side s, anel throughout enec uraged by loud che ering. On their quitting the Sy icn the crew cerrn enced fir it g, and though greatly exhausted, havii g a ready supply of ammunition, it was ke pt up yvhile yyitbin musket shot, but with what effect was not kne vn, as sev oral the supposed kille d, from their falling into the yyater. were seen to rise and regain their canoes; 1 early the yyhole of the ship's company wtro wounded fcevticly iu tii

Prevention or Dkuxkcxxess. Our reaelers arc ayvare that the Vobv tile Alkali lia? been considered as arfr. r 'i

lor intoicalnn. In; sani, in a l; rrrr .number, that should this be the cac it is cfoubtful yvhelhc r the antidote would r.i-t I encourage the vice rather tliau tor d tosuppress it. In one of the foreign journrdsit is state d that a German Plnsician, (M. Bralhl Cramer) lias discovered thst the I exhibition of diluted Sulpliuric Acid, Mth ! occasional bitters, causes at length suda ! disgust towards hrandv and other sniritu- ; ous potations, as to eradicate the diHi 1 tien to inebriety. If this should prove trip, it yvould be a far more valuable discovot than that of a medicine w hich rendini a drunken man sober, and enable him to return to his favorite potations y ith in.ii- : inty. Med. Chir. Itn.iciL,Ao. 18.

Tnr. t4II( pe oe the Bourbons' We learn fre m a Paris correspondent s wevu'f curious oarticulars illustrative of tl e eiaw

1 ning character of the probable future h l.rfJ I iter of the French crown the young Dole' I of D. uideaux. To use what may l e tienominated the 7f,7.'rr of the French (A-art language, the ch.ilel already posssescsa i.o j ble Vrc, and is fully imbued w ith an idct of his own in mense conse ejuence. Our "correspondent informs us that this pri?'oljr ' hope of Frar ee, or rather of the Ih e ol B( urbon.is already ii supportribh-haughty . anel acts the future Louis XIX. villi ludicrous gravity. The for uii e spin ; of youthful mind is in fact, utterly in peded by a routii e of the most iwposirg tl quette, the chief tei del cy of whirl). I ever, is to impose upon the poor boyliinf self, who is thus fermally led info a false estimate of himself and of every uY around him. As he proceeds from ere apartment to another, it seems that he is prec ceded and follow t d by two armed pages or attendants, w ho loudly cx !aim the door opens, "Monsigncur le Luc Be urdcaux," w hich anne ui ec irent is reechoed fn.m roem to i cm r.s the child p 5cs,w ho assumes the measured step;iiuJ' emn de meaner ef a Me nareh of Puerdfoid, as he thus makes his way to the .ipnrln-crfo rf his mother. A finer" recipe tor m:aiS ;"a king of shreds and patches r.H-K n u nothing, all canopy and ell clan (;U scarcely he in agined; ar d what is vi i the cre'ation of a mere c inpty ai el ii i -( pageant forms the l est pait of ll.c 'V suit, for if. as be feie d)serve d be U cy' stitutienally toon ercurial foi d consummation, the next probability is b ! be yvill sink info a mere wallowing ?ci ;u' alist, like Louis XV. or a lond.'trorjl poy erishor of his people 1 y !fb;71,I l7 , and uncccssan war. Giule and 'I J' "1"

Pnoor.Fss or dahkits?. The fIp'n. of Austria begins noyv to discovci 11 J u' brothers of the Holy Alliance have'-, but very little in nil n ting the cau ' v

legitimacy bv makii g use ef the b)0,,V and heha's boldly denounced tbouM'

lie s. lie: naics niai an l ie faction yvorks. tl e ui h in 1,8 ''S , ovci thicw all tb.at is legitimate.'