Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 79, Richmond, Wayne County, 15 October 1825 — Page 2

is the son of Mr. Joseph N. Howe, of this place. Having received the usual mcdii aland surgical education, he waspromptc 1 last summer, not less by a generous zeal for the cause of oppressed and suffering humanity, than by a desire to accomplish himself in his profession, to repair to Greece, and enter her service as an army surgeon. Having received the aid of hrs friends in his outfit, and being provided vf i tli a few surgical instruments and letters of recommendation, from the Greek Committee, Dr. Howe sailed in the month of November, and arrived happily at Nappli. The following letter from Prince Mavrocordatos will show the favorable reception he has met: translation. To the Secretary of the Greek Committee at Boston. "Sip. Dr. Howe has placed in my hands your second letter, bearing date November C. 1C24. I need not say that it was received with the same interest as that of tftiicb Mr. Miller was the bearer.

'li recce stands in great need ot surgeons, and receives with pleasure and gi :,ude, those who are dispocd to devote to Ik .'eir talents and theirlabors. Your countryman will be very useful to us in the proent state of things, as the seige of Patras is about to take place. He will be employed as a surgeon, in the army destined for this expedition. 4I renew to you my thanks for your zeal in favor of the Greeks, and for the good w ishes you express for the success of our cau?e. "Please to accept the assurance of the cteem and distinguished consideration, with w hich I have the honor to be sir, your humble, ven obedient orvai t, A. MAVKOCOKD ATOS. Napoli li Romania, March 7 Ji, Ilii-V Frma vcrv interesting private letter of Dr. Howe to his father in this town, it appear th.it he has met with great success in his professional labors in Greece. The letters from Mr. Miller, Dr. Howe and Colonel (now General) Jarvis, came down the end of March. In a letter of March 20th Mr. Milbr writes as follow-: uThe report which have Keen circulated in England and America respecting Greece are false as- they arc injurious. After having been in the eountn nearly four months, ai.d marched more than thru' hundred miles with the soldiers ; observed their mode ol warfare, learnt the state of the eountn, the character of the enemy, and remarked the poliev of the government, I can say sincerely that I think Greece will be free. But the struggle vviJ! be long and perplexed. Patras is now blockaded by the Greek fleets, and the kind forces are expected to march every da to attac k it In land. They are to be commanded by the president Corduriotti. The want of money retards every thing here. W e have been under marching orders for several weeks; but the soldiers, some of whom have served four years and never received a para, wish lor a little pa v. 'I have thus far been no expense to Greece. It is my wish to serve them, and not to enrich myself. As to mv (pialifuations for usefulness in the country, others, of course, not my self, mut judge. If, however, the committee wish me to be -useful to Greece they must give me a small support for one or two years. I ask for no luxuries, I am willing to fare as a Greek. But to follow in the track of those foreigners of all nations, who without ever seeing the enemy or rendering the least service to the country , have nevertheless been importuning the government for bread and monev, is what I would not willingly do. I wish to be understood, that I have noclairn upon the Committee whatever, and wish -then) to act in this case for the good of

Ureeee, and not for me. "There is now four Americans here. Gen. Jarvis I hae already mentioned: Dr. Howe is a fine young man, and is giving an example of moral and political principle, . which does honor to our country. There is a Mr. Allen of Kentucky" In a joint letter, subscribed by Gen. Jarvis, I. P. Miller and Samuel G. Howe, addressed to the Greek Committee, is the following passaged kiAs to the progress of the revolution, we jointly give it as our opinion, that taking into consideration all things, the. Greek? exerted themselves beyond every thing ..... which could reasonably be expected; and judging from the past and present slate of allairs. we do not hesitate in saying, that we believe they will succeed in establishing their freedom. Two hundred thousand Turks have already perished in this canguinary contest. There are now in Greece more than two hundred thousand stand of arms which, though not good, are nevertheless e.iual to the Turks. Order is daily gainii .g. ground with the principles of rational liberty learned in the school of adversity. We uould exhort the friends of Greece in America, to citrt themselves

for this suffering people, remembering that the struggle is not yet oxer. (Kr LATER. Greece. We have additional reason to believe that Ibrahim Pacha has met with his reward. He was a murderer and exterminator of the first rank. It is stated that in four days time, he killed-ofT 5,000 persons in the Morca, chiefly women and ehil dren he murdered the bishop of Modon and 17 officers of rank, in violation of a treaty, and the ravages committed by him in the plain of Calamata is computed at 15,000,000 francs. He gave up the most beautiful of the young girls that he had captured to the lusts of the Christian officers who accompanied him, some of whom.we are happy to believe, have fallen into the hands of the Greeks. Auastason Mavrominhalis, son of the late president, has refused the offer of the Senate to have the two Turkish pachas exchanged for his brother, who is in captivity, say ing that he would rather hear of his death than to have him restored on terms disadvantageous to his country. Spain. Civil distentions, battles and conflicts among the people, and efforts to re-establish the holy inquisition, with all sorts of tyranny and abundant misery, distinguish Spain above all the nations of the earth thanks to the "holy alliance.' Africa. A sanguinary war is now carrying on among the tribes or nations in the neighborhood of the Deong river. l hey have had several severe battles, and many prisoners have been made to supply the Christiem trader on the coast with human flesh, to be ridded to the mass of exterminating matter already in the West Indies. Major Denham mentions, that the tribes of Africans who inhabit the country called Bornott, in the interior of Africa, amount to about 2,000,000, and punish theft by lining the felons up to their necks in the earth, which is the most dreadful punishment that can be inflicted, as they are almost devour-! ed alive bv the ilie?. I

(KrLATER STILL.-.-GREF.CE. The accounts from this eountn are nu

mcrous but so colifused that it is irnpossi-j ble to father probable truth from them. I and whether Ibrahim has been beaten or i is a victor, does not clearly appear. Pro- J babilities,howeverare against him. There j is a report that in consequence of (hsen !

tions among the chiefs, the English flag had been' hoisted at Missolonghi and Napoli de Romania. We must wait patiently for further intelligence. There i much said about assisting the Greeks in England, and it is stated that the sum of 300,000, raised by private sub

scriptions, is to be put at the disposal of1 lord Cochrane to aid them with a naval1 force and that a body of troops, amounting

to 3.500, is to be raised for their help, and j

placed under the command of Sir Robert Wilson. Though this m.'iv riot be true to the extent given, it appears highly probable that some bold ainl flieicnt measures have been resolved on, and that Cochrane has really embarked in the cause of the Greeks. It was supposed that he would

proceed to join them immediately. The'

price of the Greek scrip has much advanced in consequence, and so the whole maybe only a stock-jobbing speculation ; but,

with a few ships and the troops spoken of.j (ij to beheid), Cochrane and Wilson would!

throw a weight in the scale that might cause the Turkish power to kick the beam.

The new work of Milton, which after a century and a half's concealment has been recently brought to light and published, is

likely to afford much food for comment. We have not had an opportunity of seeing j it ourselves, and do not indeed know that a ! single copy of it has been received as yet in

America, but the periodicals lor August, which wc have received, notice it, and inform us of some of its peculiarities. It is a treatise on Christian doctrine, written in Latin, but a good translation has been made and is bound up with the original. The Times newspaper furnishes us with the prefatory address of Milton, as it will be found in our columns this day; it cannot be read without deep interest. The boldness, not irreverent however or presumptuous, with which the right and duty are therein claimed and enforced, of examining and deciding on, each one for himself, after diligent study and sincere application, the meaning and obligation of the Scriptures, prepares us to expect some of the striding dissents of the writer from doctrines generally established and held sacred. The chief points in which he differs from the church of England, are as respects the doctrine of Trinity church di-ciplinc the Sabbath and marriage. With respect to the Sunday, or Lord's day, he contends in limine with many others, that the Jewish law of the Sabbath having been repealed, no particular day of worship has been appointed by divine commandment in j its place. The most startling, however, ofj his doctrines, is that which concerns mar

riage, wherein he contends, that polygamy is allowed by the law of God, and justifies this opinion by the example of the patriarchs. It was before known, that Milton's notion's respecting divorces differed from those received by Christians, and that the indissolubility of the marriage contract, ex cept in one or two specific cases, as established by the laws of c ivilized nations, was not founded in Scripture; but this wider deviation as to the unity of wives is alike new and unexpected. V. V. American, Mrs. Frv, of London, whose name will be remembered when those of more than half of the present bishops of all the established churches in the world are forgotten, because of their gluttony or want of usefulness, has been denied access to tlie female prisoners at Chlemsford, England, lest by encouraging cleanliness and discouraging profanity, but promoting habits of industry and inducing those miserables to read the bible, and be awakened to a sense of their guilt, she may inculcate doctrines at variance with the orthodox establishment of England Mrs. Fry, being a member of the society f Friends or Quakers! Now, what is there in this less absurd and ridiculous, than that public piayers were offered in all the churches of Oporto, the theatres shut, and a great procession of all the ecclesiastical, civil and military authorities, and a large body of the people was formed to "appease the Div ine Majesty' because that some u-afcrs had been iclonously taken out of a church! JVilts.

spread ox-cr the world. u, never arrive, when the rb...i .

seraphim, shall again blaze on

the covenant, it is to bo i,,., "f; rk

age of prosperity and happjncs7arta attend the descendants of tlien. v -x "tolaic,; Dr. Prujeal'. A certain Uav .

on this justly celebrated physician.,, .J

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uuiiuif .luuiii uer uauguter. MVK her?'' says the doctor. Aln5 ,i !

cannot tell; but she has Instil , ("

her looks, her stomach ; her strcnl sumes every day, so we fr J5' c

From Niks' Register. Religious! Four persons were lately brought before the mayor of Ceret, in France, for eating mutton on a Saturday ! The public prosecutor demanded that they should each be fined 300 francs, and imprisoned fir one year! The court did not impose the penalty, but directed that the eriminals should pa the costs of the prosecution! Both parties appealed, and the result was that the mutton eaters on a Saturday, were relieved of the costs. The Paris papers also give us the following evidence of priestly religion: On Sunday, the J 2th ol June, 182j, M. B. curate of the commune ol Blois. department of Loir-ct-Cher. after having merely read the pastoral letter of the bishop, which prescribed prayers ot thanksgiving on account of the coronation of his majesty , Charles X. addressed his parishioners as follows: "My very dear brethren, as Charles the 10th is not a Christian; as he wishes to support the charter, which is a law contrary to religion, we ought not to pray for hirn any more than Louis ICth, who was the author of this charter. 'They are both damnkd. Lot those of my opinion rise." Immediatly two-thirds of the congregation, amounting to two or three hundred, rose to signify their approbation."' The curate will be called to account by his superiors.

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- v " j w,j ""i marry her'" las, doctor! that we would tYm.t

nave otiereu Her as good a match, )

eouiu expeci, oui sne win not hear r.f ' rying' "Is there no other, do y0 't, that she would be content to m;,rnr Ah. dorfnr t:t is wh-.f 1.1

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there is a young gentleman we doUt J loves, that her father and I can never r) sent to.' "Why look you madam

the doctor gravely, (being anions; all books in his closet,) then the cai "u

your daughter would marry one m.-m 1

you would have her marv another v '111

my hooks 1 Una no remedy tor such a di,

as this.

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Mr. Clarice, a London rhomit,"insliy direction of the Lords of th Admirilu some time been engaged in analiz'p u i

sacks of dour taken out of the warrii at Hull; and las found that upward, one-third consisted of plaster if pnris ground bones, which the Imtnan t rr: could never digest. The owtrr h"; Hour, who proposed to send it to Spain

Portugal, was fined 10,000 pouuk. V

analvizing some souchong tea, Mr. CM

j found 25 per cent, of lead ore in ii.

A (it. Joi;n;

When the Kingof Pruia entered S Ithe firt time, a little Protestant toui.1, ealous of a Catholic village, r imfln r to request permission of the King h;

! all the inhabitants of the v i 11 t : j sword. The king replied to the d 'I'i llfthat village were to a! permit , i fiit tmyir ihm.'its wmilil vnii t!,!: L !

well in granting it?" "Oh gr ( ii;; S

reign.(said the depulies,);it would ! ;i different thing, for zee are the true Chui

Because it tolerate the proteitants of every ret. F.n. IIlc.

A new Judge in Israel. It will be n

collected that Grand Island, a few miles! below Buffalo, N. V. in the Niagara rivr, ' was purchased some time since, by the j Jews, with the avowed purpose of establishing there, a City of Refuge for the j Hebrew nation. The work began in earn-1 est on the 14th ultimo, and the favored '

spot is named 'Arrarat." MordecaiM.j Noah, who styles himself in his address, or J

proclamatioifTo the scattered tribes of Lrael, "Citizen of the United States of America, late Consul of the said states, for the city and kingdom wf Tunis, High Sheriff of New York, Counsellor at Law, and by the grace of God, Governor and Judge of Israel," is appointed the first chief magistrate. The ceremonies were exceedingly imposing, masonic processions, military es

corts, martial music, and the chaunting ofj

the Hebrew Jubilate composed a great part of the parade. Noah was clad in

black and wore the judicial robes of crim-j

son silk, trimmed with ermine, and a richlv I embossed golden medal suspended from! his neck. The proclamation is drawn up j with ability, altlio' there is somewhat of,1 arrogance in many of the expressions that J arc used. How far, the nower which ap-; pears to be extremely arbitrary .that is vest- i ed in the Judge, will be consistent with i the policy of our government, time must j determine. For ourselves we arc willing' to risque its full exercise. The fullest toi- j eration to religious opinion, under our po-; litical compact, can produce no injury. j As a subject for reflection, the circumstances connected with the establishment of ! this new refuge, -offer the most ample, and interesting materials. The magnifi- i cent temples, the splendid cities, even the!

very tombs of the sons ol Ahrahim have been demolished. Their name alone, has been the only source to indenlity for the scattered thousands of the faithful,"' who are

Tkial or Desha. At the Serna term of the Circuit Court held in Han cour tv, Ky . the trial of Iaae B. -f.a the murder of Francis Baker an nil- c

on. We understand from travellers V

in three or four days -a iurv was obta

from a remote part of the county, vt f not heard of the minder!! Wp li.uf been informed very minutely of the ulars of the trial, but we lenrnthat! jury after retiring about three k brought -in a verdict of GUILTL 1

venh'rt of the J.n v wa set a-ide Hy n

Court, and a new trial granted, on t ground that there was no proof ct tkr;: dcr having been committed in I' lerr:: county, as alleged in the indi (mei.t. n withstanding it was proved to bae In committed at a certain pot, known i: u hole county to tie in Flemit'gcoui.b. it is determined to clear Deshn. the (' ornor had better pardon him at onrr ;

safe expense, for there will, prolmhi? no ... o i.

be a jury found that will he willin quit him. Indiana Journal.

to -

Governor Cass and General CvM

who had been appointed by the rient, for the pu.posc, have nu ceeeltd i mediators, in the establishment of a gfi'i al treaty of peace between the niner.'1 of Indians of the Upper Mississippi. J ' meeting took place at Praire (hi Chun

tween the mediators and the rrpreKM

lives of the Sacs, Foxes, Iowa?. uu " Chippcwas, Pottawattamies, .Alerrm1 Simiv. iuu Wimiehafoes: and rcMi!ttd

the amicable adjustment of all d tl

and has happilv prevented a war, 11 1 but for the timely and wise intervention !

our Government, would hare been"

table. Jat. Journal.

c ... Thorp are '

these schools in Great Britain ard iHniwl.wi Kt- tr. oqi frrriinitous teaeher?

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830,027 scholars. I he csianusi."" .

neaveniv chanties, uoint; pi"1

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r;i;.. ..,i ii,. -iH.'f;ition or

risv in them: or if there be, the

of them may atone for the wrorp oio t,-rl -.11 inM ,wwif)llS tliat l"1'

. .i ... iT.,;na NllL

goi up in raie;. ami or ine u .j( and we see and feel the beneitt el

'Practice is better than picathint -

c M".,o final l,f,uCi South Carolina. 1 nc can-" (. the North and Santee rivers at Cnai i i r icet " is nearly completed. It i 1U . -hi and 5 feet deep. A ijood roau

made on its margin. t 1,s , work, but a very uefnl one to Jc of C hai 1 est oi j . A Va.

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