Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 55, Richmond, Wayne County, 9 April 1825 — Page 2

FOREIGN SUKIE1ARY. Greece. The friends of Grecian emancipation, have lately beerr pained by the accounts of divisions, and even a civil war among the Greeks. But it affords us peculiar satisfaction to state that these dissentions have been completely suppressed, and the blockade of Patras resumed.That there have been difficulties there is Do doubt; but as our information upon this lubject was principally derived through

Turkish sources at Smyrna, it is fair to presume the statements were generally exaggerated. Upon this subject the following letter from Zante, dated January 5, contains some interesting, and, as the London papers assure us, authentic particulars. "Zante, January 5. "I have the pleasure to inform you, that at last the Government has triumphed over its internal enemies, as gloriouslv as over its external enemies. We may say that this new attempt of those who are contrary to the Government, has had a providential effect, both in freeing our country from the tyrannical yoke of the Primates, as it serves to show to Europe that there is really a Government in Greeee,and not a merely nominal one, as has been hitherto believed. After the death of Colocotroni's son, the Government sfnt orders speedily to all the troops of Romelia to march into the Peloponessus at the lame time that the island sent different other troops to Napoli di Romania, Goura Caratalso itrnari, Caraiscaki, and several other Generals, proceeded speedily also to the Peninsula, and some by the way of Corinh. These drove before them the Insurgents who besieged that fortress, whilst others landed at Vostizza, and proceeding toCalavrita, in that place awaited the seditious Chiefs. These, after a short resistance, seeing themselves abandoned by thtir own troops, and being hated by thir people, betook themselves to tlight; and there have already arrived here as fugitives, the famous Geo. Sissini, with his famih, frm whom I have lean ed that Lo. do and several others have sought rerefuge at Calamos. We should really on this occasion, be grateful to the President George Conduriottis, who undertook the direr ion of the Government with considerable trouble, and was readv to sacrifice every thing, and even his life, rather than suffer himself to be overcome. Tney say that Colocotroni, having lost also his iecond son. bv a fall from hi hoie, has

u'mitted to the Government, by the medi atioti of Ci:linpnlo, and that he has now been dstir ed for Euhea They sav, also that Papa' Flessa is destined for Candis, and that Patras will u: -douhtedly.be strictly blockaded. In Gastouni there are 5000 men from Romelin, and it is thought that these will proceed to Patras. The arrival of the fourth instalment of the loan from London, was of considerable use in repressing the Insurgents. Even before it arrival, the President had disbursed 60,000 Spanish dollars, of hi own money. uT'e Egyptian fleet is no longer heard of. After Ms last disaster, so glorious to the Admiral Miauli. Ibrahim Pacha think no longer of proceeding to Candia; he is How at Rhode. Tie Sultan, by sending a new Pacha to Rom' lia, !ia caused a Revolution there, which is promoted b OmerVri-.e. All thf s thing co-operate to our Independe.ee." The foregoing gives rather a favorable view of the actual state of a flairs in Greece. In addition to tnis, some further intelligence is furr.ished by the British Pres, derived through tlu latest German journals. It h here stated, that. Omer Vnone, the Tui kih Commander in Albania, apprehensive of the treac hery of the Divan, who under the pretext of promoting him, are endeavoring to get him into their power, has opened nogociations with Prince Mav-

rocordata ; an armistice had been agreed to, arid it was expected that the Pacha would de hire himself independent. The instant be does so, a signal will be given for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. Every Pacha remote from Constantinople, will, at once, raise himsi If from subjection tosovereignty. Thewilx Viceroy of Eg pt will he among the foremost to seize the golden opportunity for which he has so long been wat( hingand dissembling. The Austrian Observer, the consistent and persevering friend of the Mahometans, asserts, that they are resolved upon making their Text campaign with more vigor than eor. Their resolution may be very good, but we inspect, their power will begin not a little to fail them. Every effort, it seems, however, w ill be made to call into the field a gr at lev of the Turkish forces. The Sultan, with his own hand-writii g, has summoned the Pachas of Widden and Belgrade. Aarm has penetrated the Divan, and not without reason, for never was the mpire of Constantinople in a more critical state. It h fighting row not for victory but for life."

A letter from a French officer returning from Greece, and written while performing quarantine at Toulon, to his friend in Marseilles, confirms the foregoing so faras it respects the happy termination of the dissention in Greece. He left on the tenth January, and his intelligence is the latest we have seen. In regard to these dissentions, he says "it was a necessary evil. The fire was smothering under the ashes, and burst out at a fortunate moment.

It was even very fortunate that the civil ! war assumed so decided an aspect, as to j force the government, notwithstanding its clemency, to put down some turbulent Chiefs. It is most true that Panos Colocotroni has been killed. Theodore Kegris died of the typhus." Hydra and Napoli ;di Romania are incumbered with prisoners I and horses. The disciplined troops of Mahomet Ali, who have been captured, are employed in cleaning the streets and gut

ters. The French ohVer continues: There is as much difference between an Egyptian and a Greek Palikar, as between a Neapolitan and one of the ancient guard of France. At the time the newspapers said so much about the renowned expedition of the Viceroy of Egypt, our Imcn only spoke about the Egyptian sabres and the Arab horses, which were on the ! point of falling into their hands. Ibraham j Pacha having suffered immense losses, is ! now at Suda; he spoke of an attack on the i Morea: 1 wish it may take place, though I ! believe nothing of it ; he is, doubtless, waitling for the spring, if the Greeks do not in i the meantime drive him from there; thev

were preparing for that stroke, and did not doubt ofsuccess." The new republics. Fro?n a Paris pa.-

per.Jan. 10. The destinies of Europe i arid America are fast unfolding themselves. ! England, which is at the head of cixilizai tioru solemnly recognizes the independence of Colombia, Mexico and Buenos J Ayres. Leaning on the tridMit of Neptune, she braves the Holy Alliance, and .defies the tempest that may he raised agai;st her, her security and her policy ' being in harmonv with the interests of her I subjects. One of the most active interpreters of the thoughts of the ministers has made some verv hitter arid threatening remarks on the conduct of Great Britain; another and more independent paper, an- ; nounces that the representatives of the ! Holy Alliance met vesterda, and that a t note was sent to the English government.

H e learn t(? that the JJnush ministry art; ! preparing for all events, and have deman ded of Portugal what is to he expected j from her; should Great Britain be opposed ! to the Holy Alliance? All this shows that 1 the resolution of the cabinet of St. James ! is taken and irrevocable, and that even the i chances of a general rupture cannot turn J it from the line of policy it has adopted. j W hat will the French ministry do unde these circumstances? Shall we remain idl spectators of the dispute, as at the patitition of Poland? Wecannot believe this, j and yet every thing which is now passing ' tends to make us fear that it will be so

Great Britain alu! Ireland. The Enp'A government had determined to senl another expedition to explore the sou re? of the Niger. It is to be commanded by Capt. Saing, who served under sir Charlt McCarthy, in the campaign against the Ashantees. The affairs of Ireland were occupying much of the attention of parliament; but it does not appear that any particular course to relieve the condition of the people, hal been resolved on; but an intention was manifested to put down the "Catholic Association," as being illegal. But the object of the association is seemingly no more than to petition for a redress of grievance? ! France. The Etoile says, that 100 members of the chamber of peers,and 100 of that of the deputies, to be selected by lot, will accompany the king to his coronation at Rheims, there being no means of accomodating the whole of the two chambers at that august ceremony. The London papers give us to understand that the French minister, M. Villele, has addressed a note to the Spanish ministry, advising that they shall yield to necessity, and acknowledge the independence of the trans-Atlantic states saying that any further delay can only tend to irritate the states interested. Sic It is said that negociations are about to

be opened between the court of France & that of Rome, for obtaining the dispensations relative to religious marriages. The P aris Quoti(henne declares that Spain is about to declare war with Eng

land, supported by Russia; the ambassat dor of that power at Madrid, having pro- ; posed to conclude an alliance offensive and defensive with Spain! Spain. Ferdinand was constantly occupied with devising projects to root out the

cnnstitutn nalists. Among other decrees, issued with that object, was one to regulate the size and right of wearing mustacliios; another, prohibiting, the carrying

meat in blankets, especially, by joldiers; and a third, prohibiting the wearing of caps, from which, even the ladies were not excepted', ft is admitted, on all hands, that, unless Spain is assisted by the "holy alliance," it is utterly impossible in her to succeed in any attempt to recover her former possessions in South America. It is stated that the French minister at Madrid has succeeded in his object of defeating the design of re-establishing the inquisition. It is said the king has resolved to establish a regular ministry. Hitherto, all his affairs seem to have been attended to in a pro tempore manner. Portugal. Lisbon is the theatre of a great deal of petty political intrigues between the partisans of the queen and the government of her husband. But they do not appear to amount to much, and will not have any considerable effect on the "balance of power" in Europe. Two Sicilies. The king of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand I. died on the 4th January, and bequeathed his throne to his eldest son. Francis, duke of Calabria. The King of Spain has issued orders to the Governor of Havana positive and peremptory orders, to arrest all Free Masons, who are required to deposit all the insignia of their 'offices, and badges of their memberhood, into the hands of the government. After this royal mandate, it is declared to he high treason for Free Masons to assemble as a body on Masonic business. The government are commanded to arrest those who are suspected of Free Masonry and if we understand the nature of the order, the oath of three persons shall be considered as proof of the lact The people are furthermore required,, to renounce the dangerous dogma, that they inherit a right to reform their own government, which has created so much confusion in his majesty's revolted colonics of South America. The Havana is said to be all in commotion on the reception of this intelligence. Colombian Republic. The New-York Evening Post savs, "Letters are stated to have been received in that city, from Santa

Martha, announcing the arrival there of a

vessel with the British agent, empowered bv his government nS recognise the inde pendencc of the Republic. An express was immediately despatched for Bogota with the gratifying intelligence. Extract from themes-age of tV.c executive of the o-ovin.i .." oe la Plata, at I the opening of the session of Congress-, at

Buenos Ayres, on the 1 5th December last. "We have performed a great national d ut v to the republic of the United State of North America. ThU republic has solemnly recognized our it dependence. She has, at the same time, made an appeal to our national honor, supposing us capable of, singly, resisting: the Spanish power and she has constituted herself the guardian of the field of battle, by declaring she would not permit any foreign power to assist our foes The neighboring empire of Brazil, offers a contrast with this noble republic, and is a deplorable exception to the general policy' of the American nations. The province of Montevideo, separated from the rest by mean and low artifices, and retained in subjection by the force of arms, is a scandal, the more odious, as the usurpation is exercised under the appearance of legitimacy. The government of the provinces of Buenos Avres has used every means with the court .of Rio Janeiro, to remove these evils, that moderation could dictate; and, although she has yet been unsuccessful, she does not despair. Perhaps, the advice of powerful friends will induce her to listen to reason and ward off from the coasts of America the terrible necessity of war. The instability of some of the European powers and the malevolence of others, seem to threaten, the new republics in this part of the world; but this proceeds from the violent position in which they are placed by a policy inconsistent with the true state of things. Kings can have no strength or power but that given by the perfection of social order. They well know its extent and advantages. But, frightened at the commotion that surrounds their thrones, they wish to place things in their former

state, and paralyze the activity of the human reason. They wish that truth and and error should unite themselves to strengthen their authority. From these principles have sprung the inexnlicahle

doctrines which now torment the people of

Kuropc, and lor the propogation of which the holy Alliance was formed. It is, therefore, difficult for them to recognize, as legitimate, governments whose origin is not

obscure, and whose authority does not rest

on miracles, hut on the simple and natural rights of the people. Nevertheless, we

have little to fear that the soldiers of the

holy alliance will advance to this side of

the seas to establish the odious leeitimacv

of the catholic king.

"Great Britain, not bound by any ties

to the allies, has adopted, (ow.

American states, a noble rnna,

Of a people, the most civilized th

free, anu, inereiore, the most powerful

lnd

Europe. The recognition of the

dence of the republics will be t!10 ii i . . U1L Cot

quence oi me principles sue has procj v ed. You may be assured, gentlc-nn T' this important event, as far as relate the provinces of Rio de 1 a Plata win to

a nation capable of maintaining o

institutions which we already pos

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From the National Intelligencer,

The African Colony. l)Gr hnif Intel v hren rnreivpH. i ... .a-

. ; "l l"c Miirp 0 the American Colonization Society in j-4 city, and also at the Navy Department from the Colony at Liberia, which are' the highest degree satisfactory. ThoC.'l ony is under good government, and r, oidlv improving, as mav be uAimA '

some of the facts hereafter stated. Thj ui most respect has been paid to the instructions of the Society, and the system prc. pared for thegovr ri ment of the Co1piV lias been cheerfully acquisesced in re'. ceiving a consentaneous -upport from th People, which is not a little promoted bv the agency which the Magistrates ad Council have in the deliberation; of the

cntrand in the administration of justice The laws are very sparingly multiplied but, when formed, are exactly enforce A small uniformed military force is lished for the preservation of police. &c. and the militia are periodically called cut in the number requisite for sentries. Since the organization of the gunrd, then, has not been a single instance of the pu!j. lie stores being pillaged, as had frequently happened before. Upon the whole, 't reports present a picture of an excelled provinical government in succeed epu. ation. Resides the public buildings arid improvements, whit h ate extendi', e, 1 i(rc

house, about a d zen frame beiic:

nearly J0 log buildings have htclv L eu

built, or are building, all com red with s! it gh s obtained in the settlement. Nearly every proprietor of land, single weneu not excepted, has a dwelling ut 11 aua:;eed, and several are neaily complete.!. Two houses of worship are' builJii p, the one by the Methodests, the other hv the Haptists. There is a school for ho. another for girls, a third, an evening schoc!, for adults. The discovery of indigenous Coffee on that coast, samples cS which have bee a forwarded to the United States, is full of auspicious promise to tlu interest? of the Cel.ny. Indigo bears full ten cuttings in the year, and its culture is extending. The population of the Colony i above 330, of whom about three-fourths are grown persons. Three only have died within the last ix months, and those froia old age, &C. Two marriages hr.d takca place within the last four weeks. Thee are a few of the particular? bv llis late arrival, which maybe interesting to the friends of this undertaking, and to the public generally.

High life below Stairs. The fadiioc of servants aping their mastcis and rni? tresses, is becoming very prevalent it is true, thev dn nnt Alis St. A r 2 1

liquid rouge, because it h too dear, but they make great personal s-arrihYe? to purchase a hat and feathers, and other In coming ornaments The colored folks aro dipping deep in these hon ton tout lies, and they, like their betters, have their coteries and converrationes. A gentleman in Mercer-street being ti roused from his slumbers about two in the morning, by a low murmuring souno, and supposing that thieves had broken into

his house, sprang from his bed, en emmn and grouping his way towards the kitchen, saw a light streaming through the kev-hole, and placing his eye there, perceived a n using tire, a table with rups,sancers, loat and butter, chipped meat, Sec. &c. ard several strapping black gentlemen and l ubes together with the cook of the family, was entertaining her guests. The gentleman, considering it rather a late hour tor a party, and without his knowledge or consent, determined to break in upon their revels accordingly, throwingopen the door he rushed in the centre of them, and his shirt and white night-cap, was taken instantly for a ghost, and the guests set ui a scream so loud and shr ill, as to awakerv the watch. Several escaped, but two cr three failing to make gc.ed their retreat, were carried to the Watch House, to fn1 the evening's entertainments. Noah's Advocate

Florida. A census o f Florida had beeft ordered by the teirilorial government. 1J)C St. Augustine paper says that such has been the recent influx of population, that it will he found 'that Florida is entitled t claim admission as one of the states