Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 64, Richmond, Wayne County, 11 June 1825 — Page 2

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Greece. We have cheering intelligence from Greece. Accounts from Napoli de Romania of March 1 2, Ccphalonia, March U, Zante, March 24, all confirm the statement, (of which we have before published a rumor) that the Egyptians who landed at Mod n, had been completely beaten. The Cephalonia account adds, "that Ibrahim Pacha himself js blocked up in the fortress of Modon. His troops only landed in Greece to meet their death. Among those who have been taken prisoners are many Europeans, especially Frenchmni anong whom there is a General. W hat a terrible stigma for their country The intelligence as conveyed from Zante, is as follows: "The Arab troops who were landed at Modon, manure with their corpses the tine olive plains of that place. According to all the letters which we have

received to day from trie reioponcssus they have been almost entirely destroyed or taken prisoners. The Greeks have made a rich booty. A division of the Greek fleet, of seven vessels of war and

five fife ships, have shut up the division of

Egyptian fleet, in the Gulphol L,oron,and only wait for a favorable wind to send the tireships against them. The President, T. Conduriottis, with 10,000 men, is already marching against Patras. We learn also, that the Hydriotes having heard of the arrival of a part of the Turkish fleet in the Straights of the Dardenelles, sent fort) vessels to oppose them. The campaign already augurs badly for the Turks, and we may soon expect very favorable intelligence. The fleet of the Pacha of Ejrvpt, consisting of 52 sail, had landed 6000 men near Naxaran, but they were repulsed and driven back to Mondon. A Greek fleet it was expected would attack the Egyptian on the following day. A letter of the 7th March, from Algiers, published in the London papers, gives a detailed account oflhe earthquake at Belida. Of 15,000 inhabitants, only 300. and some of them were wounded, are said to have escaped. 280 children were crushed in the ruins of one of the schools. 7000 bodies horribly mutilated, had been extricated from the ruins. The troops which the Dey had sent to superintend and assist in the work of relief, had been attacked and put to flight by the Cohails, descendants of the ancient Numidians. Sixty banking houses have petitioned the King of France, to send Consuls to South America, after the example of the U. States and England. Spain. Disaffection, suspicion, and murder, are the common topics of the Spanish journals ''which are evident proofs of the state of that country. Great num bers are still upholding what they in vain Strove to maintain; and are yet heard repeating the watchwords of the Patriot arm, "Constitution and the Cortes." Spain cannot remain long in her present convulsed state a revolution must, and will take place and when again involved in war, we cannot anticipate such a speedy termination as that of the "glorious" campaign of the Duked" Angoulme. Experience has taught them the effect of their

submission to the yoke of a tyrant, and if

a spark of patriotism is left in Spam, it may yet extend itself and completely change the whole political face of affairs in that unhappy country. Letters from Gibraltar, of March 20th, state that the Spanish government has consented to release young Lucien Murat, upon the guarantee of the American Minister, never again to touch at Spain or the Sicilies. Havanna is reported to be in a miserable condition. Even females 'are proscribed and grossly insulted by the rabble in the streets, on suspicion of being attached to the constitution. The bishop, who is a benevolent man, was ordered to Madrid, but feigned sieknesss to avoid the grasp of the humane Ferdinand, and was fined 4.000 dollars for disobedience. "Such, (says the Pensacola Gazette,) are the roses which

crow in wardens managed bv kings; irra-

dialed by the fawning, heartless smiles of

their courtiers, and watered by the tears of the miserable victims of tyranny." It is stated that the British Company have concluded a contract with the government of Guatemela, for cutting a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. The nlace chosen for it is the south side of

Lake Nicaragua, which Iiumlnlt recom

mended. The Baron Hyde- de Neuville, who is now a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, exerts himself in that body to procure the abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. In oi.e of his recent speeches on the subject, he mentioned that an American of the United States, Col. Sw an, had been confined sixteen years in the jail of Sle. "Pclagie, and was he believed, still there. The project of a canal cuitablc for the

largest vessels, between Paris and tha sea, is maturing in the hands of the ablest engineers of France, under the auspices of the king and a number of the most opulent mercantile houses. Mexico.- The New-York Advocate recently stated, that there was no truth in the reports from Mexico, of an intended invasion of Cuba. We have just conversed witli a very intelligent gentleman, a particular friend, to whom wc have been indebted for some important letters from Mexico during the late winter, who has just arrived from Alvarado and Tampico. He assures us that the expedition was in a state of preparation, but there was no doubt that the chief object was to create a diversion that would have a favourable effect upon the operations of the republicans against the fortress of St. John de Ulloa, which is still held by the royalists, much to the inconvenience of the patriots, and the commerce of Vera Crnz. The old Don who commands the fortress, is resolved not to yield till the last. Immense offers have been made to buy' him off but no adequate inducement could be offered and the only mode that can be adopted, is to create the division spoken of, or to blockade, with a competent force, and starve them out. Every thing in Mexico is improving. Changes are frequent, but all for the better. The country is becoming prosperous, and the people contented and happy. Such are the fruits of freedom. A. Y. Com. Adv.

Ladkah Sheep. An English traveller, named Moorecroft,in Tartary,amongother novelties which have attracted his attention in natural history, makes special mention of the Ladkah sheep. This animal he describes, when full grown, as being scarcely as large as an ordinary lamb of five months old; "yet in the fineness of its tleece, the flavor of its flesh, and the peculiarities of its constitution, it is said to be inferior to no race. It is completely domiciliated as the British dog. In the night it shelter in a walled yard, or under its master's roof; in the day it feeds on the surface of granite rocks where cursory observation can scarcely discover a speck of vegetation. If permitted, it will pick up crumbs, drink salted or buttered tea or broth, or nibble clean-picked bones. It gives two lambs, and is shorn twice in a year. Mr. xM. has procured some of them to import into England. We believe our climate did not well suit the full blooded merinos. Suppose we procure some of these? By the account given, they would live most luxuriantly amongst the most rocky and barren parts of New-York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. .A. Y. Com. Adv. Haytie.v Emigration. The report respecting the determination of the Haytien Government, to provide for the return of emigrants to that country, turns out to be incorrect. Numbers of them, however, are dissatisfied and have determined to return Of these, Mr. Granville in a letter dated, Port-au-Prince, March 24, says, "By the high pretentions of some servants, who have not found here the remains of splendid tables, and who thought that with the old coats and boots of their masters, they would be here gentlemen and lords, their disappointed vanity not being able to bend

to a hoe or an axe, return to the broom and the shoebrush in the U. States. Farewell to them." Poor people! their golden dreams of luxury and laziness are disappointed. They remind us of the proud gander, Who though he makes great ado in attempting to fly, is often pitched headlong into a mud pond! Shrphcrdstozrn (Va.) Jour. Florida. From information received from Tallahassc, the seat of government for Florida, a very flattering account is

given of the character of the soil. I he writer states, that, as far, as he has explored, he has seen no land that may not be cultivated to advantage, and a great portion of it is first rate. The greatest objection that exists to the country, is the extraordinary number of ponds that abound

through all the rich lands. Many of them are said to furnish plenty of good fish, and are supposed to be fed by subte r ;eous

streams. From these ponds run as fine riv ulets of pure spiing water as are seen in any section of our country. From this circumstance, it is the general opinion that they will not be likely to generate those fev ersjusually to be apprehended fromstanant waters. There is every reason to believe that the sugar cane and sea island cotton will succeed in that country. Should the country prove to be healthy, it is represented to be one of the most eligible regions of the U. States. JVat. Jour. In all labour there is profit ; but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but

envy, the rottenness of the bones.

domestic surarjiimr.

The editor of the Norwalk Gazette offers a premium of a year's paper for the best Written Dunning Address to his delinquent customers, which shall be received within one month, and be judged to answer the purpose. The whole line of canal from Mount Carbon to Philadelphia, is now in the full tide of successful expeiiment, having floating on its bosom hundreds ef boats laden with coal, merchandize, timber, and other articles of trade. The directors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Delaware give notice, that being about to close the concerns of that institution, it is necessary, that all notes of that bank, be presented for payment on or before the 1st day of January, 1826. Trenton bank. The State Bank of New-Jersey, at Trenton, has stopped pay ment of its notes in specie. W hile we caution our citizens against receiving of them, as they have, at par, in their mercantile transactions, we do not consider the stoppage other than a temporary one, the effect of a larger than usual demand for the precious metals within its vaults. Crisis. A writer in the Owego Gazette proposes the construction of a rail way down the main alley of the Susquehannah, from Owego to Baltimore. The Montgomery (Alabama) Republican of the 22d of April say s "Our merchants in this town have received goods in eighteen days from the time they were slurped at New-York. An expedition of transportation, considering the length and windings of the Alabama, and the circuitous route by sea, which we believe has never been equalled." J. Blanchard, hair dresser, and one of the City sergeants, died at Salisbury, England, of a cancer in the tongue, aged 55. He was in the habit ol playing much on the Jew's harp, and the one generally used was made of brass. His tongue at last became affected, and the corroding disease kept him in perpetual torment since the month of August last. An act passed at the late session of the legislature of Maine, directing that 10,000 copies of the constitution of that state, together with the constitution of the United States, should be printed and bound up in the spelling book form, to be gratuitouslydistributed for the use of common schools. Gen. Bolivar has, a third time, renounced the station of chief magistrate of Colombia. His reason for it is, that the glory of the republic is tarnished by his continuance there, as his enemies charge him with being prompted, in his services to the republic, by ambition. Bolivar was expected at Bogota, the latter end of April from Peru. Pennsylvania Tobacco. Cegars made of Tobacco raised on the farm of Mr. Brenneman, of Lancaster county, in this state,

have been exhibited, and are said to be equal in flavor and taste to the best Havana cigars. Many of our farmers are turning their attention to the culture of this plant, the proceeds of which, to the Southern planters, is immense. Lycoming Gaz. There arrived at Georgetown, last week, from Ohio, nine wagon-loads of Tobacco, each wagon carrying three hogsheads. Some of the Tobacco was condemned by the inspector on account of its being put up in too high a state; but even in that state, twenty-five dollars per cwt. was refused for it, and it has been taken to the country for re-handing and re-packing; when it will bring 23 or 30 dollars being the price given for that which passed in

spection. JXut. Int. A patent has just been obtained for a Cast Iron Grist JVr, by Henry Baily, of Hartford, Conn. This mill, we are informed, will grind all kinds of grain fine enough for any purpose ; and is also calculated to break and grind ears of Corn, OilCake, Plaster, &c. by the power of one horse, at the rate often bushels per hour. A specimen of its work has been sent us, and may now be seen at Mr. Brown's Hotel, in this city. The sample is decisive as to the power and performance of this mill. lb.

American Manufactures. On reading the advertisement of Messrs. Appleton &, Co, we were induced to call and examine some very superior American Prints, recently received fom the Merrimack Manufacturing Company. The goods sold at 22 to 24 cents by the package, are firm and fine, measuring over 27 inches, and the

colors warranted fast. We have no doubt that our shipping houses will find that

American Prints will have the same pre fcrence over British, in the Spanish mar

kets, as it is now known the American

Shirtings and Sheeting have overall others.

It is gratify ing to us that in so early a stage of our manufactures they are able to come

into compilation with the I r Ush goods n forcig: markets. "l know cl

of 7-4 superfine Blue cloths of Am. manufacture (made by the same hoj"? have the sale of the Merrimack r, to one of our best informed shippj J?) es, who gave the prefere.ee to the A can cloths over any British goods j' market, although the British had th ! vantage of 25 per cent, return dutv l shipped. Bait. Pat. Mie&

"C rvants at this present vritinrr.vr want carpenters, joiners, bricklayer? sons, and all sorts of labourers, whose cupation it is to build up, or to pull 0CC" houses or tenements of every sort r-W1 . r n I J "'tort servants, of all work, or any work, jn(, or outdoor, waiters, cooks, chambeVrnailT laundresscrs or coachmen, are in perr,(,Sj al demand; and we want every kiid Jr building materials, from a shingle to a t ie bricks, &c; for all which, higher fric-es and better wages arc given here, at this time, than in any city or town in the UDj. States, or the civilized world." .V. Y. Evening PQSit The Acacia or Locust Tree, common ?5 it is, and therefore but little rioticed, is onfe of the most beautiful trees that adorn the grove. It has been in bloom for a week loading the surrounding air with the mrnf delightful perfumes, the sweetness of which only makes us regret the short duration of its blossoms; these, however, will he succeeded by pods ol so rich an umber brown that autumn will seem to peep through the veil of spring to repay us for the loss of the orange odour. The elegant foliage of this tree has been often remarked, forme d by its pinnated leaves, so judiciously scattered over the branches, that not one obscures another; and their feathery lightness is only surpassed by the pleasing emerald tints with which they are colored. But what makes this beautiful tree still more interesting, is, that it is regarded by the Indians as the emblem of chaste li ve. These children of the fun stare, no doubt, as susceptible of the gentle passion as th; more polished inhabitants of this city: ard they are certainly not le-s delicate iij apressing their sentiments, which, i:U;;d of a sonnet or flattering word?, are tc Id fcv a branch of the locust tree in blom! This is the love letter of an Amerk an Indian, and we think it equals the l!oury language of the Orientals. In bad g ather and at night fall, the leaves of the locust fold themselves up, giving to the tree the appearance of being stripped of half its foliage; it is said that this phenomena being noticed repeatedly at evening by an intelligent child, it observed that it was not yet bed time, for the acacia tree had not begun its praj ers. Maryland pep. The following is an extract of a letter from Fort Wavne, dated April 10th, addressed to the Editor of the Greeusturg., (Pa.) Gazette: "This countrv is populating very la.-.. A number of families arrived this spnr?, and several more anticipated. They have emigrated so fast, that there is scarcely holies sufficient to shelter them.

"Thi is, for for it? size, quite a place of business, but principally couln.cd to

trading with the Indians. 1 nerc oa ?n ,ll1nr annually exrtia-

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here by this agencv but for want oi industrious farmers, who would turn t.icirat tention to cultivation, and raising produce as we stand in need of, the m ey is most commonly taken from us b ' i h hrii.tr laree quantities

of flour, whiskev,pork,and such .other

cles as arc in season, i ''f .

here this season, 4 keel and 5 n

oaded with the above articles, oewu-

eral wagon-loads."

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UHIO AND 1IIESAFEA ' n P,,t(v Monday, the stockholders of the oiamac company assembled, four nu" ,

sixty shaies.(a large majority oi i j

being represented, and came iu

mous determination to assem ter granted to the new comr.v' . slf. terms of the act of Virginia, whin

reived the sanction of congress o. .

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last Barnstable Gazette, that ttie .

that town besin to feel considers

est in the canal proposed to i cross the isthmus of Cape Cod.

derful that amidst all the surf Rr tal of which we hear so much r;! state,' and the enterprise and pu of its citizens, a canal of on V v i i i. i n utK" p..

nines ana a naif u-' (t,en shorten the sailing distance be fercnt parts of the state 150 n1ilc'i,.t pots

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