Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 54, Richmond, Wayne County, 2 April 1825 — Page 2

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ForiBiGii sur.ir.iAirc. Selected from Eastern Papers. Greece. The Greeks have struct: another blow against tn naval power of their oppressors, which cannot fail to remove all doubt, had any remained, that their independence as a nation is now effectually secured. After the engagement of the 14th November, oflTCandia, in which thej were prevented from utterly destroying the fleet of the Pacha of Egypt, by a violent storm, it appears that the latter left the station he occupied in the bay of Mocri. on the 24th of the same month, with the intention of proceeding to Candia, with provisions for that place. The Greek admiral Miaulis, received intelligence of this movement by one of his squadron, and immediately pursued the enemy with the whole of his fleet, and came up with him about noon on the 25th. The Greeks broke the Egyptian line at the first attack, entirely defeated the enemy, and were actively following up the ietorv bv pursuing the fleet of Ibraham Pacha", which was steering towards Alexandria in the utmost disorder. So completely crippled were the Egyptian naval uccors, that it was thought the Pacha of Egypt would retire from ihe contest; and being convinced of the weakness of the Sultan, that he would soon declare his long meditated intention of shaking off the Ottoman yoke, arid re-establishinc the independence of his country. The Pacha lost 12 vessels of war, amoi g which a fine frigate that was burnt, and 15 transports, 7 of which were destroved, and 8 taken by

the patriots. The victorious fleet had entered the port of HvdrU. In the battles of the 14th and 25th, 3000 Egyptian troops were taken prisoners by the Greeks.- No alarm was frit in Greece on account of the revolt of Coloctroni, and there was every reason to believe that the civil broils would be put an end to bv the convocation of a new general congress, if before its assembling the factions had not submitted to the executive government. Other accounts say that the rebels had all submitted. The Turkish divan is stated to have refolded on listening to no proposition from the Greeks, short of a return to their former state of degradation under the yoke of the barbarians. A Paris paper of the 30th Jan. contains a letter from Germany, in which it is said that the court of Spain had succeeded in preventing the Pope from acknowledging an agent who had been sent to Rome by th Colombian government, and it was

respect to the United States: "Nearly half a century has elapsed since the memorable declaration of independence by thirteen United States of America. In that interval, Europe has been convulsed to a degree threatening the dissolution of society yet has North America-continued

j to flourish, and increase, with a progressive march of improvement and prosperity, until she may justly claim to rank as a power of the first class. To the establishment of her independence the celebrated marquis de Lafayette, is known to have codtributed essentially. Actuated by an en- ! thusiastic ardour for liberty, he devoted j his person and his fortune to the cause of ! the United States, and participation in I their triumph. After an absence of more i than 40 years, Lafayette revisits the Unii ted States in every part of which he has been received with honor, respect, and ! gratitude. But the gratitude of Amerira has net been restrained within the coW limits of barren thanks.a sumequal to 45,000 sterling, with one complete and entire township of land, has been voted by the American congress to General La fayette, in compensastion for his important services and expenditure during the American revolution P ! Tithes in Ireland. At a meeting on I Wednesdav sennight,of the Catholic Association in Dublin, Mr. CVConnell read (he , following document in MS. which had been j posted up in the town of Ballymore, on i the 1 2th of last Maywhich he stated should

. be brought before Parliament. "To be sold by public cant, auction, in the town j of Bally more, on Saturdav,the 15th instant j one cow, the property of Janus Scully lone new bed sheet, arid one gown, the ; property of John Quinn 7 hanks varn. ; the property of the Widow Scott and one ; petticoat, and one apron, the property of the Widow Gallagher; seized under, ai d by ; virtue of a levying warrant, for tithe, due j to the Rev. John Usher. Dated this 12th day of May, 1 824' Litr paper. The funeral of the late king of France j is aid to have cost the nation about x400,- ! 000. This sum would nav the salarv of j our President for sixteen years, j A French writer of eminence calculates the destruction of men in the wars of the : French Revolution, and those waged b ; Bonaparte after his accession to supreme power, at upwards of're millions! I The Chinese, it appears from recent experimettts, have a nlode of adulterating ! black tea, by mean? of sandy particles,;, r ' minute chrvstals of magnetic iron, -r '-

The brig Hunter eailed early in the last month from Norfolk for Liberia. This vessel had oo board sixty-seven emigrants under the patronage of the Colonization Society. The Pensacola paper mentions that several articles of furniture were exhibited at that place, manufactured out of the red bay-wood of Florida, one of the most abundant productions of the soil, which may challenge comparison with articles made of the real mahogany. The influenza is vert prevalent in Boston, and in other towns in New England. In Boston alone it is said several thousand persons are afflicted with it. In consequence of the late sudden changes of the weather, from the mildness of spring to snow and storms, catarrhs and colds are prevalent to an uncommon degree. Philadelphia. New-York and . Boston are peculiarly afflicted. Too much caution cannot be shown to these trivial complaints, which neglected, settle into fatal pulmonary diseases. As mauv as 118 deaths have occurred at New ork in one week; an unusual proportion arose lrom common cohls. Philn. Post. Previously to the termination of the late session of the legislature of Maryland, air act was passed, abolishing imprisonment for debt, so far as regards females. Gov. Wolcott, of Connecticut, has appointed the 1st of April next, to be a day of public fasting, humiliation and prayer throughout that state. The lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, has appointed the 7th of April next, as a day of public fasting and prayer in that state. In the city of Pittsburgh, on the 19th of February, several persons were tried" t r a riot committed in burning the efligy of H'enrv Clav, for his vote in favor of Mr. Adam as President of the Union. The jury could not agree, and the defendants were bound over to appear at the next court. On the first of January, l'C?3. there-were G03 prisoners conti ied in the State Prison, in New-York. In 1824, there were received 188, making a total of 79G. Of this number, there were discharged in 1 824, by pardon 73, expiration of sentence 51, arid bv death 30, leaving C42 prisoners on the lt of January, 1825 of which number there were 470 white men and 1G white women; 133 black men and 23 black women Americans 505, foreigners 137. Of the above number UG were sentenced

employments, thirty-four years, ft this period, he hs made eight v0v r the Pacific Ocean, five to the BriirM ' Africa, four to the Coast of Gained ' London, one to the grand Banks a' ?et:

to the North West Coast and Cant r? all which he has sailed by comnn 'ir; 979,960 miles, making three an hS, . .

and dav, or two thirds the rate nf k'

from Washington to Nantucket, fn,.

verage of the whole thirty-lour years p has passed Cape Horn sixteen times ? the Cape of Good Hope twice,circu:J,r igated the Globe twice, visited neari.!'

the ports on the western coast of f !' and South America, New Hollar tf Zealand, more than forty Maiid iV.?

Southern and Pacific Oceans: hnsrU

ed 15,000 barrel of Spermaceti 0j 4000 barrels whale oil, and ncvr Uj"

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man Kiueu on ooaru uis vessel, nor a boof one of his men broken by a whale, " From the Portland, M. Arrn, Mvri,o

Breach of promise of Mrrjage

JSinry feme. vs. Iciris stetson Thi acti

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the result of the trial wasappam.tlv rt reiv ed with uiaversal app:T)batir. Ti er.vj; wa mar.aged wit!, much anility and i:Leraiifv bv the council on bntii H-if-. ;t;d ji;.r.

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exhiintion ol ehq'ierrce r.r.c: i re -ic t;.!t rr.i a we recollect ever havi.-g v. itr.r-f d the state. Tiie ,Inry. :U:r pTehiri: an a!)le and interes'ii g char-'r' ir. in Judge Whitman, retired ab.-'Ut an hour, aid re

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