Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 81, Richmond, Wayne County, 29 October 1825 — Page 2

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

, France. Important! The duchess of Berrv has given her consent to be godmother to a church hell at Rouen 1 France and the Netherlands are rapidly approaching a state of zcnr through the custom houses, in an exclusion of the products of one anotrwr. Both parties desire "free trade" on Wr ""itish print iple that is, to exclude thev .iuf ctures of the ot e that come into tompelilitrii with those of the other, respectively. Spain by all accounts, is approaching a dreadful crisis. The storm, that has been gathering so long, is now daily expected to hurst forth. So great is the amount of w retchedne? that it would seem as if the people car be sufferers by cay change in the cone. n of things. Greece. We have been r..ore thai usu allv a.-xious for news from this intere stir g cou: 1 1 v ; fur. at the date of our last advices, important events were speedily expected to take place hut the rumors are so per-pb-x d that we know,rl?p; -t to rely upon. We ate ct in the eT.oTfloS to the result of Ibrahim's formidable expedition to the Mrea whether he lias been beaten or net. A Turkish spy was caught at Napoli di R m aria on his being put to the torture, he confessed his crimes, and then was burnt live! It i- stated that the British authorities if! th" Ionian islands. have had some sharp co; f r : r-s with the Austiiars, arising from their violated neutralitv in favor ot th- Turks. The French also appear to a-!-l tt.e barbarians as far as they can, without the dar.j r of making an opei rui'. 'ire with the Greeks. T whole establishment of the pacha o S I eaca has been detrotd bv fire tli- rur s cover a 'pare of more than the qn trter of a league in extent. It is supposed ot to have boon a t idei.tal. ! i--tated that lord Coc l ra: e has left L - ! to prepare for his t X;s"dition a

- i g i the Turks. The tor I3iitih pa i ii-: - e. )t)tl. run it: but tiie liberal both in i

I. L'i a d and France, speak most appro Yngly of it. Ti.f Paris Constitutionel savs: "That t'e Lr rd tu;h corT nii-sita-er of the be iai I'l l ds has hail a very smait Xj lai atiei Wltti the A'JsIliai s, who had violated a n tr ility. by preventing the Greek fleet fie m att e kit ,g the Ttn kis oticwhci.it could ti done it with advantage; and that eannon shot had been exchanged he teen the Kiiylishai d Austrian vessel 01 V at iin asi n."" The Etuii'c denies that inter a ge of shots had taken place, but admits that his Lord-hip had been o; b irl the Austrian vessel. It adds, the Sailing of . -in K irlhti ship had beer- occasioned by an Aluerine fi igate w ithout statii w h it that Irigafo has done. W ' st I.D!i:s. Ti er difer I tla Natici -a! ( i z Ho has bee; told, by a get th mat le.entU left Martb ique, that in sr m paits(.J t i-Iai (1, a rnvsteriotis superstition ha h-,j t.(. avfs (o enter into nsso ci iiioTi-, ( t i' f i,h of which is the eb st "H tioh of n" ; ui ( attb h poison. N- i 1 1 -iii the i-, r;',r pat. mai bur aired i -grH vrr,- w hit i ,ii (1 a i umber of horses, li.if h tatallv poi-oned in corse epict e e . a d v, r, i j n p rat-.is ha e been detected, tl e ,av - r nthlv acknowledged theii gu If at '1 . -si.irl t o other motive that th i r -e r t . .hit L'at "nn. J I avti. The Cot sfitutior.-el asserts that a (oismjI r:'-neral arid vice consul have been app u d b the Frnch goert ment f r tfie re j'-lic ( f H t li. ''he f rmi r i a jei tb fin ; who ia been consul at liio

J" i iro. in 000 frano kt u n lit. th r of T Sal 1 1 . Klsi ' b rdi; .-.i

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pectedthat additicnal pains would be (a- contains but a pmall portion, witt heat if ken in guarding the frontiers. packed away in the cham Wre have heard In San Juan, the nevr system, embracinc .some wild theorists lecommend this mode

a toleration of all kinds of religious wor- It to heat the wheat, which they say, "will

ship, has been santioned after a long struggle. An earthquake, which occurred about the time, was attributed by the intolerant party, to the intentions of their oppose rs. Band a Oriental. The column of Abreu

has been obliged to follow the Rio Negro,

kill the weevil and destroy Ihe egg from which they hatch." This reminds us of the old story of the Dutch man who set fire to his barn to divest it of rats; for we know that wheat thus heated will never afterwards grow, r..,r will the flour made from if reward the mil-

near the mountain, to Mercedes, where it ler for his labour of grinding.

ft is not our design to enter into the na

tural history of this insect. We are des;.ous that the farr ?rs should preserve their

present and future crops of wheat from de-

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clrurfinn: and beiiLr willing that ther V..u n it U iKclfcs In .iHmni t .

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by means of a loop; then rcsfin Vft bow on a table, ho!J the other end I ? thread betwixt yourfore fmfferar.i the

anil fhn c!ifMfwt .k:ii: . "J

ii a .. tin r

goblet; prerr::ing tliat the shill

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when it received its equilibriun,, vrill then, u its own accord, and w-nj th? least agency from the person hJ-i?Ut

(it, assume the action of a pendulum, vi a 'ting from side to side in the gla. ".,.,,1', ;a few seconus, will strike the hour iu, lrr,

to time of day, for instance, if the tim, i

125 minutes past six, it will strike C. if 3' minutes pat 6, it will strike 7; and if XJ '

find it difficult 10 hold it in an immovaVu

remains near a strong division under the command of Ribera. On the 22d of July, when the imperial column was under march, Capt. Gomez took from it 400 horses, G soldiers, and killed 5 men.

Capt. LavaJlejah, in a bold enterprise j against Monte Video, way wounded and j. ' .1 1 . m !

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fat not general liead-ouarters were above opinton. We believe thev are pronuceu j; count tor tlte vibration of the shill

.Monte Viilon. nnd the overntiifiit nrrimt- '. f.m :t Mor vvliirTi. after beintf laid in the ,i tr what cause its sfriLriiirr flw, l'i

ed the town of Florida, where the greater ! grain, requires';! certain degree of heat toj;bs to be traced, remains ura xnaired. r,

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j pari 01 me representatives 01 me provin- produce animation. 1 nai poriun. nunn

cs were assemlled. J he centre column j is produced by the straw in the stack, durcontinues stationed in the Baira de Fin-j ing the summer and fall, appears to be na-

tado.

should profit by our short experience we , ment. It is necessary U remark, t,;if u ' fre l tell them "that which we know j thread should be over the pulse ofti'! T ds much, however, we will add, as mere ; - thumb, and this may in some meuem-i. .

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The military general of the province of j heat we would have the farmers to guardT Sao Pedro has published a proclamation to j when we advise them to thresh and keep all the inhabitants on that side of the Pla- their wheat cool. Whether the egg is ta, urging them to remain firm to the Bra-'- i deposited in the field or in the stack, we zilian government, and to coi -fide it the ' pretend not to say, but we have rather conConstitution a:td administration of the Em- j eluded in the latter: hut we can with safoprror. j t) say, that the wheat now on hand, w hich Capt. Caballero was the cnmmaedcr of j nev er went through the sweat, or w hich the Patriot part w hich had a sin ful ; ; has never attained that heat to which engagement with the enemv on the IV rdi- j; nearlv all wheat in the stack is subj et, do, and killed two officers, w ith a ( ot;ider- j whether it contains the egg or not, has proable number ol nrisin ers. A ). I). Adx. dured no weevil: and that which we have

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lit is no less astonishing than true, Vl when it has struck the proper number, itvirbration ceases, it assumes a rotarv m

t ure's choice. It is against that portion of j tioa, and at last becomes stationary as !, ... .1" r a . ! tr ir- " sit

1 fore. J Y. Minerva,

Thk lie km an f.miirk. S me of the London papers state t'sat the progress of the war, against the Burmese, is viewed with much alarm ; on account of the great

jbsof men, sustained in earning it on.

aoi the t'-diousness of the contest. Of the 10 or 12,000 men, originally sent to Rangoon, it is said that no more than 1.300 w ire It-it so the invaders have perished! Tne c Innate is the enemv of the British, and t is intimated thai the fragment of the arm must retire without comjdetir g the conquest, to the imminent danger of a gen oral insurrection throughout 1j dia an cvent that w ill take place, som.cr or later, and the disposition to commence it, is said to have manifested itself l the pitting up f placards, inviting the people to rise and -hake oil the KnJih bo; dage. Runji i t Si g, a prince of great abilities, is stated to have crossed the Indus, from is ow n Sheik eountn , at the head of i 0. 000 men, well armed aral di.-c ipl'n ed b .1 f irmidable number of Kunpeati officers, French and Russi m, and uiovided with a 'landsomo train of artillery 5ce. it is supposed that he will ga'thi r round him an immense force. In the mean time, the Fu r-ipean fon e is dwindling aw av, and the atlairs of the company appear to he mana-

! ged w ith more regard to peculation and

ioot, than to preserve its power in the st, hy the performance of acts of justice ind of mercy . From Maj -villiTIIK WFKVIL. The enquiry of almost even farmer is,

I low shall we preserve qui wheat from

recently received from the stack, ceases to

i hatch or in any wise produce them, so soon I as we can get it perfectly cool. ! Oa these and other observations tor j numerous for insertion, we advise those j w ho would preserve their present crop. ! to thrash and clean them immediately ;and j those who would hereafter effectually ! guard against the flying weevil, adti-et; I thresh from the shock, or before the wheat j take the sweat.

N.& N. HIXSON. 77;c Ohio Steam Mill. Maysville,Sept. '20. 1C2.5. $

From the Cauic ticut Mirror.

j The Militia. One grand alteration ; should and we believe shorth will he j made, in the economy of our militia. Met , jand particularly those who can least atb.rd it, are called out to train four or five times a y ear, on pretence of learning their duty and heing qualifn-d to act as soldiers, ac cording to the rub s at d discipline of war, ,w henever it shall please their country to need their1 personal appearance. W bat do they learn? w e speak not of a few well dressed companies, and even thev look I more like parade than service. Vhat, j that is or can be serviceable.do they b an 1 ;and who is there to teach them? Ofliccrs tell men to do what they hardly know how to do themselves and the same itib a dub, roll calling, dragging muline of formality goes on; muster after muster, am! year after year, and not one sir.gle fde learns more of the military than the bov that -sells him bis beer or cat;d. "Who as a private ever came away f om trait. ing betlerversod in military taci'cs that when

The -Hiccrs have

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warmth, stir it daily . The wheat which we received about the first of this month, which then had Mme weevil in the grain, we found heated in a few days. We spread and constantly

he b to have an income ot 60.-! stirred t for tib ut two weeks; those then

The vice consul is a Willi! in it ate their way out none have since

' i character. Melhcn, the au!s through Colombia, and his 0 francs. I !ie emperor has appointed . a committee to regulate the o d civil conceit s of the win le

hotly of the Jew s it. his kingdom of P laid.

v.'oaie t-( he placed under anew and 'fix- d1 f.rder of tbir gs. . The Ab x a: di i. Fhenix queries w hether tbi- tnav i ot produce a quarrel between ti e autociat and the governor of Gland l-l 1 d,"jud'je of the Jews.' Brazil. The empress oftentimes rides

on lease a n k. and always uttride. like a !

mati a mode wiih dots not si 1 m to be p; rti-eii 1 any oil er v :man i. Re zil. Bri nos Avhis. Ae have K teived a hb t Vie Bueno- Ay res "Arges,'' which, ah-. sigh no h't r than the kilerc ar t il." of 0. hi ii we spoke on S.iturdav, c emtains a tew iti n s of intelligence- which we did l nt . i wi it, . c lallc i. rJ'" e notorious Bit c he ira, who had been for .. I iti;' time committing lohberies in the Pi a:; ol Co:ceptio!i, in C'hili, has re-passt(J tb. A . ilew w ith a part ot bis hat d, w beie it V a- -nr. nocd be inter di d to u: dcrlake

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tei prises in the Blain nfMei.dc-

the weevil?"1

We answer thresh it immediately.: he went on parade.

clean it from the chaff, spread it in a barn ! nothing new, nothing old, to communicate, or open room, and if it acquires the least j Let llum be drilled thoroughly and screw

ed to the utmost tenison of disc ipline, until they are compelled to know their dutylet them train four days to a private's one, and lie may learn something. Anapologv at least for an effec five force can be brought out for inspection and review of the higher grades of the militia officers. But call out sixty militia companies together, and let the governor if he pleases, look at ; their captains, lieutenants and ensigns, and j say how much military information is probably to be obtained fr:m them. It is art ! unconscionable imposition upon the time, the money and the good sense of any man, ! who knows enough to be trusted with a i musket, to be warned out spring and fall to j get such rudiments of the art of war, in

such a way from such sources. If the above re marks are just, and no d ubt they are, with respect t the militia of

; Connecticut, with how much greater force j will they apply to this concernment, in Ohio? Every year the conviction is gaining ground, and even militia trainings are hut a nuisance to society; they do not answer the purpose for which f hey are kept , up; they demoralize our vouth, are bur-

thensome to the poor, and a pest to civil society ; and Ihe legislature could render no greater kindness to the people, than passing an act to abolish them forever. The people of this country have suifereel

1 1.. 1 .in." ji b n in.; iR-.nn us much mum;: j ridden by the military, as the people in j Spain have sulf red themselves to be priest1 1 . 1 . 1

nuuen ny me prn sts.

i bred in it it now bes in bulk without heating and we consider it greatly preferable ; to that whic h we aie daily receiving from I the threshing floor. I We have now several thousand bushels j of wheat on hand, which was threshed frni j the shock and from the stark before the I weev il commenced their ravages. It has j b en lying in garners near sixty days, and I has be en kept cool by frequent stiring; the ; weevil has not touched it and we have

no hesitation in saying, let their ravages be what 1 1 icy may in the stack, wheat thus c leaned and kept cool, will in all cases be free from the fly ing weevil. We are now receiving a lot of a thou sand bushc 1-. w ha h was thre-hed in July

; ami -auy u. yugUM, iun llirougli ttie tan j and spiead in a large barn. It is perfectly cool, ami has not received ihe least dam- ; age. All small lot, threshed and cleaned j about that time, and kept coed, we find in ; the same good older. It i? also said that j some who threshe d and penned their ; wheat in the clndl beore the wee vil vveie visible, have preserved it; but for this we I speak with some doubt, j We now hear many speak of threshin"

and slowing away in me c nan. lfut those

va: Cou is, ban ta r c, arid I ill ones Ay res. h we would advise to be cautious; there is - niclligei.ee Cm! t- c n mm ic ated scarce a slack of wheat in the c on- t rv ,.n-

DUELLING. The National Intelligencer makes th

fnllitivi n cr retti:iflf nn tt In.. I I. .

two midshipmen of the United States j Navy. I 'It is shocking to think what distress fi. j milies are frequently involved in hy ie i want of some corrective of this fatal piac j tice amongst tliis youtig and inconsiderate I class of naval ollic ers. If men choose to j fight, thev are of an age to judge for thc-n'j. ; selves, and thev must take the eot sequences of their rashness. It isaid, aid pc j. s haps truly, that tlte privilege of hi h a, j lowed this mode of private quarrels inn, be tolerated in the anilitai v profe?np.j but surely it does not follow that bovs, h--1-cause they wear the buttons of midst I men, should be permitted, for even vt iiihful rcsentmeiit, to gt out to fake each nthi ers lives. We have always thought th,y 'ought to be treated as bovs contn led ;.s sti,i:!i their disputes settled by their seaiois and superiors, and not be nllowi d U japp tase their juvetiib? passions by s!e ! Ii -,g I each other"' blood. It is the repr ac jour service that the shores of the Medit, ;

rauean, where our ?;avv has been chi -rv employ cd, are whitened witli the ton.!t? of American officers who haver fallen bv thn hnd of their own brethren. These fi' d combats take place piincipalh amongst the junior c lass of officers; and if tlie effects of their indiscretion extended nt h tt themselves, the evil would be comparatively slight: but it is the soffeiings cd" their

! agonized parents and re latives w hit h c j most regard in reflecting on the untimely I fate of so many promising youths who j might otherwise prove a blowing to t'.eir i families and ornaments of their country."'

period Ol

Reforming a ScoM. In the cailv ofthe history of Methodism, some

Wesley s opponents, in the excess of their

! zeal against enthusiasm, took up a vhd" J wagon load of Methodists, and carried them befjre a justice. When thev were j asked what these pe rsons had done, time ; was an awkwanl silence; at last ore 0.' the accusers said. "Why they pretended to he I better than other people; and besides, th.cy j pr.i ved from morning to niuht' T! e magistrate asl;eel if they had clone any j tiling cdse ? "Yes, sir" said an old ina:;, ;4 an'f please vou worship; thev cotivertcd my wife. Till she went among them, s! e had such a tongue! and now she is a qua t j as a lamb."' ''Carry them back, carry thc-m i hack," said the magistrate; "and let then) I convert all the scolds in the town.'

Cjjhioi's F.v: rutvrvT c:t:,.,v i n:.w

ofiiciiiiiy '.to the government, ana it was cat-n tiiciy free from weevil, and that which I! or sixpence ::t tlte end of a piece of thread

A new sect of Christians, called Sabb.v tans, has lately arisen, and made inar.y converts in Lancashire, Knglai d. 'J'la " insist upon respecting the seventh day, c-r the Sabbath, ofthe creation, and the fouitu commandment, as imperative on the 1;man rare, and particularly on true believers in the sac red scriptures: and as such they assert that there e xists 1.0 ' authority either in the Old or New Testament f-r

'changing the Sabbath from Saturday, the

j seventh day, to Sunday, the first day ol hie I week; because Chiist came to fulfil the j commandments, and not to break tbtn j This sec t is 'already so numerous in ei j district, that much inconvenience was laic j ly f it on a market day , kept on the SatinI day, or seventh dav, fiom the number ol

persons who refused to open their shops or pursue their usual occupations. Muich(.:tir prrcr.

Wool.. The Nevv-llamps! iire Piit tells that, a few towns on the Conncctiut river, w ill sell during the present y ear.li' n 60, to 100.000 dollai uoith ed" wool. It is thus that the people of the north may enter into a laudable competition with tbo?e of the - south wool against cotton, tjucctbt; to the grea crs of both!--vi