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FRIENDLY TO TIZCUGHT, TO FREEDOM, AND TO PEACE." Cowper.

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lYUMBER 83.

RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1825.

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pRlXTtl AVI) FUHLISHKD EVERY SATURDAY BY l:Dmund S. BUXTON, frvit street opposite the Ilichnwntt Hotel. 'riLi3 price of TiiilrArV.r .n.id l)dhr un I Fifty Cents for til'ty-two num-

:, t it paia in aiivatice; i wo Dullard if t within thi- year, or Two Dollar :md Fifty ,t-, if not .vii ! leMore tot' expiration of the r : ivin-nt m advance bciiiix to the mutual .-,;t (' !))! h part ie, that moilc is Hihctft d.

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uhr. P notify a di-continuanre at the rxpirati,vjiftNe time u!-cribel lor, wi.l he eonii!t red , , w i.-. ;n nt :--f- VI Lfltt rs fo t'if F.'iittr mutt havt I'll postage aid j' ' l' It ,rl nnl ' alltn ltd to. TERM OF ADVERTISING. "Xx ?;i -i le?, for three insertion One Dol- ) ..r, i h r oitiii'ianee Twenty-rlve cent, t r i be Ttiniei)t in the same proportion.

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i 1,1111 "c';v onauing, ana saw the aJi'ious on which ttielmds arc said M have ; summits of the mountains covered with jj been -ranted, those who are weak enough , poop! with telescopes in their hands. We to rem ve thither upon the assurance.,

ii u .kmf imm..'Ui:lNv the result of given, will forfeit their tenures, and be

; inu ii.iv.ii engagement, we hope that : the Peloponessus will soon convince Ibra

him Pacha of the valour of its inhabitants.

Ii thrown out by anew set of speculators.

Hi ha already lost main of I, is follower-

!l P'llatlo;i never in lr r.iot in thr Wtrrn

cvi-itry U:Uil the Government of the Uni-

tf I btates took the su!iect im(.nedi;itel v in

in dillrrenter.-a-etnents: He is surround-!h ,n 1, enacted laws and regulations, and

v.. , unriv.N ,n liiooiaina: wo

GREECS.

X f .'Mowing is an extract of a private

,t - iv i tpaa C rlu. L -tters from

aii', convey the s tm; intelligence.

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will not permit him to escano.

! Extract of a letter from J. M. Allen, , Iq. an American oflicer in th" Greek Ser vice, dated V;itica (ulph of Colocynthia,) ; June 25, 1825, from on board the Miltiada, captain Shaines: I "I have arain an opportunity of giving

1 1 ou some little intelligence. In my last, I ! informed oii that our two tleets had ejected a union, and that the Heels were in port of Suda, in Candia. Some days since, beinfrotHfiat port, we discovered fo ty ofthe ; evoniie-s sliip- otrthe mouth of theHarbour. About o e lock in the afternoon the nd-

; , i - detailed manner:

. .kvl'. Au. 1 1. I cannot fail t. com- J nvral made the siijht for all the brulotes to ' t ii the tollowioi: s.itist'o top approach and endeavor to set tire to the . i-otn (ireece. Kuo-. tnen, tiiat after I ''nemv's friiatcs and corvctts; our ships of ! ; -i had been blockaded 1 05 d i j war -.vert' ordered to approach and cover

the frigate with our guns. Wo obeyed th" signal, and made all sail, and after a liir'jf f one hour and a ti ilf, sueceded in

!i Vales-i, and strict.' b'.-seijed ! j iv; ! land and -ea. by all the i

inev en ifn v ireri. i w u

the commainh r-of the Knit that t iti n, to 'T-iiado to capitulate, promi-in: t ni ints. !v a in that ifthe the place the e.ietnv w.Mihi

i 'jive piar!t r t o t ,-prev' tet !.e C reek ll

itn t. their a--i-t-ince, int 'vo- copied i- t ransportiitL; to place of -ecui ity in other

; ;! A 1 I i v -a: l,c!iO, that the ,! , i'i. I' lop i!;c- - wa on the point '!!, r into the p ver ot 'Ihnihim Pacha, tri- z thi- ene titeid C hiefs bcL'a -hate, a d Council of v ar vva held, t'r -t vv!o answered the propositi., -to. brav" Nata H ZZ ri-, who ?poke ,i- . if i i: 1 and my 50U will sacrit'uIv-. a i l the enemy -tudl, at least.

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i -V e e-mv s s'.np into part, wit tout reeeiv iajthe I at damage, or loio; a single in an. It was a glorious siiht for u to see th" crew of the friuato takinir their 1 ft

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tliulit; the explosion was terriblv awful.! et iThe friizate was a Venetian built ship;

I there were 400 men on board. We picked up 15; 13 were Greeks who had been forced to flight against their countrymen: it he other 2 were Turks. It was ourintenjtion to have made an attempt to enter the 'port at niht with our brulotes, but at this

! time of the year the wind are so variable j that it would have been impoi!de to sue-. Iceed. Since the commencement of thi!

ejave perfect assurance of clear and indis

pu table titles to the lands; and this, we hue no doubt will be the case with regard to Texas, and Mexico generally. We have no fears as to consequences. Land, however rich, (and it certainly is

not richer in Texas than in many parts of

this Union,) is not, alone, a suflirient attraction to induce men to emigrate, unless it he those unfortunate beings, the victims of tyranny in Europe, to whom any asylum would lie acceptable. The citizens ofthe United States, however, have many motives for remaining at home, independently of the facility of procuring lands. They have moral institutions, civil associations, and political establishments, that are

jdear to them. They have uaies, customs j and manners, a sameness oflanirua"c and sentiments, that are common to more than j ten millions of people. It is these, "u.finite-

v more than the land, that constitute their country. And is it to be imagined that any considerable body of individuals of this nation w il l leave all these bleessinijs, tested In expeiience, and travel into the wilderness of Texas, to seek their fortune, vh'a fortune, at any rate competence, is within their reach in these States' There may indeed there always will be, a few persons ready for any change, even from better for worse: but men of this descriptimaro of very little use to any country ; and, as the Union can lose nothing, so Mexico or-Texas can gain nothing by their emigration. Their very going will be proof oftheir lack ofindutiv; for if it were land only they wanted, thev can oh-

i JImo!!';"'.:! AiV!i-lV l:.t.t!iber iui; ,,, ii.o l.,n.l of tl.ir n.H.ers, by open-

. . J t.ip.ani i is sti rnkl not vi able to hi h the con- i in.r ;1 tr;wle with 40.000.000 f i.,h(.it.-int

in Africa: by supplying them with the necessities of life, and receiving the produce oftheir soil, instead of slaves, in return. This benevolent object may be effected. Tiie exports from this country will be manufactured articles of small bulk; those received from them, will be much more bulky, and consequently three-fourths of the vessels in this trade would be under the

necessity of going out in ballast, and af-

torU a tavorable opportunity to colonists to procure a passage. They would reduce the price to Africa so low" as to be within the reach of every colored person in America. Dy uniting the transportation of colonists with a lucrative commerce, it will be reduced to an every day business, and

'quickened by the keen principles of self-

interest, which will always procure the most favourable terms. Books will shortly be opened in this city for raising a stock tor this purpose. V e ask not for donations to be made, for carrying blacks to Africa without any txertions on their own part; but we ask for an investuvnt of stock, which promises a handsome return, and at the same time oflWs an opportu'.ity to our coloured population to obtain a passage to that country, by means of a small degree of industry and economy,

j without burdening any one.

campaign, we have destroyed between 50 f; (am enough of it in Ohio, Missouri, Arkan i a' d CO ail of :hips, which is no m dl hui-U is, Louisiana, and elsewhere, quite as ne, We onlv want the ft igati s.wbic h w e !i g od as they can find in Texas, and at a

i-.Mis-olonghiwithouthavingplat.t (I j know to bc coming, to ensure our liberty j very moderate price for the fee simple. Z among our bones In tne sam- j, and independence. Had we only toiird within the protection of law, good order,

r the fttnous Nicetas replied aho. , trig ie. wo could then with impunity hid ,j liberty ol conscience, and the regular ad

' t'ter turn ah the others, who at hri 1 hen inclined to capitulate. Tie i en Pacha having heard thi informed j , Ii Vale-si ttsat the tme win pre-' i-, sirice he expected the'ii ck tl ttdl . : tn rner:t in thoe waters, and that ;

d ei ricetothe whole Turkish empire, ar;d

I what r; other nat'nin hut the English

Dardanelles. little handful of

nave none namely pa When I look upon our

merchant ve-si h, and -cc them dauntlcssly I I i . I i L

ma comnat inree umes ineir

apfiroacn

i!d not be able to remain tie re ar. e num e-r of frigate?, it makes tne long for

, ate! that therefore the order fort'e greater nvans. and deplore our want of re

whouhl be lmrn -tiiatelv 'ien. 'Uree. .None, mv dear

'.t . in tie meantime, would e, ond j woo Tights in company with Greeks, and i-eilt with hi boat-. Rnv di VTab hare their difficulties and privations, can rn':i" li itelv ordered all hi troop, who j; or otight to judge of tliere character and ' in great numbers, some say 32.000, ! braverv. If you hear any one who has

: and on the 2d of August, t w. ! been i r Greece, say that the Greeks are selore sue.rie, the Tut ks a..aulfe( il not ""brave, tell him, from me, it is false; f e on all sides lv land, and -1000 j and that he is no friend to liberty or Greece,

whose shores motives of interest can alone have induced him to visit. 'I have now served as a volunteer four month, and I have not received a cent for mv service; on the contrary, as long as h ive a para, Greece shall be welcome to it. The bravery of the sailors, and the intrepi I enthusiaism of the brulotiers, in

-, but he

s :a llenr boat a-itel their operational. The tiring lasted f air hour-, and

'die -urrounding places were shaken by i

T'" commanders of the European ves- ' on the look out, on the masts . . i ii :

;r -oip, witft telescopes in men

i- it the deieeness of thesmoke im

, ii particular, has inspired me with the ut-

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l ttietr fccin". t hen the cartiain

rrewh!tt subsided, they saw, with i most esteem and love for them. You shall ;e. the banner of the cross ftill wa- , hrar frorn mc aga,n shortly. In the mean . . .i f .1 r r a i . I , tirrf. bdinvf m O

"i i :.( walls of i lie loriress; lor tney iift doubted iti the least of its beijig!

d to surretider to the assault of so!

r i h!e a fierce. The Greeks fought j

!ts( rirnittaldeardourand intrepidity ,

From the National Journal.

The Sr.TTi.KMr.vTs in Texas. Some of

our public prints have expressed appre-

1 ! bhe tn itches with the encna 's corp -i hensions that our Southern and Western

beycral thousatifls found a grave, be- ! population will be drained by the land :: the walls of Misolonghi, and the j speculators who have obtained permission 1 d, pursued by the Greeks to Keras-j from the Mexican Government to make

. A ereat lonritiK ot :ifrnirotion. ba"-l setllemeuts in the province ol the 1 cxas.

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1 nese lears, we are inclined loininu, are

! ministration of justice, and within visiting

distatice of relatives, old friend, and acquaintances. We must be allowed to think that Gen. Wilkinson, Mr. Austin, and others, take upon themselves a very serious responsibil

ity, when thev hold out a land of promise in Texas to families, including women and j children. The lands of Texas have been but superficially explored and examined.

I he principal speculators themselves know scarcely any thing about its qualities, except in a few spots of no great extent. Let those go who uiav; they will be sure to find the province of Texas in point of soil, like most other districts of equal extent, with a great deal of bad, as well as of good land within its limits. But, even supposing that Texas should be settled principally by citizens of the United States, how would that injure our country? Would it not, in fact, be an expansion of our Republican empire? And under any circumstances, will it not be belter that the part of the Mexican territory which borders on the United States should be American than that it should be Spanish? We presume that this will be the opinion of every reflecting and intelligent person. Upon this supposition, we should always have in Texas a moral force in our favor; the territory, though nominally Mexican, would in fact, be virtually American.

We see published w hat is given as a copy of the will of the late Pauline Bonaparte, princess of Borghese. After disposing of Uer great estates she specially bequeath a number of illas and other things of value, to many different persons, some of which appear to be worth very large sums. Besides, she gives various legac ies in money,

j to the amount of more than 350,000 frar.es i 20,000 of which to the son ol Jer me

Bonaparte, whose marriage with his mothei in America was "annulled." The principal heirs ar her brothers Louis and Jerome, and sister Can line. To Joseph hc lelt nothing because he was already better provided for than the rest of the family. There is no estimate of the total value of her property hut it must have been enormous. JVilcs

Colour, fcc fell into the power of ;' reeb. Nit etas performed prodigies ! V;d,r at Va-siladi against the enemy. attached that dace bv sea, all of V' . m r. 'l , t;... .., .1... rr..-'i,: i. i i..,)

I I l 1 11 !. 1 1 S HI' 1 li I tO. II III " C u I'Te th,. cnuhl regain their vessels. An

n'''i;t!i m Lfvii.rT i,i wMi- hif.inTf.t thi-; io-

' 'e to Zante. An Knglish frigate

,iV' d here, ha, brought maov letters and

1:if'fs.which come xpn ss from all 'nh s.

rv. Our

'i llitj mmi-ioner fhed tears of

hd o needed the merited tribute of! lv- to Creciae valour, aial narticularlv i

t ' I ' 1 do! Nota B "zzaris. The same frigate

n hate with the news, parsed the

w Vw h w as in m tier; with

in a great degree groundless. It is much easier to speak of planting a colony, how ever small, than actually to make one grow and flourish. What is taking place in Mexico, is precisely what ensued at the close of the American Revolutionary War. Large grants of land were then sought for from the Government ofthe United States, bv projectors, so that they might sell out in small parcels to those who would settle upon it and improve it. But what has become of all these tine schemes? Few or none of them have proved successful. Individuals do not like to embark their families and labour in the occupancy of lands held bv a tiil1 which depends on contingent

uckseuadion. A merchant vessel1-! s. Suppose that General Wilkinson,!

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From the National Journal. The Baltimore American contains a communication, signed 'Mary lander," from which it appears, that booksare about to be opened in that city, for . the investment of capital in a scheme of commercial intercourse with Africa. We presume the idea of this traffic has been suggested by the formativn of an Knglish Company for a sim ilar purpose? and we think it probable that, under judicious dircctioixsuch an intercourse; might be made a source of considerable profit. The communication to which we refer thus explains the cbject of the institutions, and the means by which it is proposed tC carry it into successful op e rat ion. Our object is to aiTord facilities to the free colouied people of Mary land, and oi the United States, to procure their own pas-

On Death. Some have stvled this certain, but at most times unwelcome visitor, the king of Terrors, when he might, with les impropriety have been termed the terror of kings. The Poet has lent his fictitious, the Painter his colors, the Ortator his tropes to protray Death ns the grand destroyer, who, for a perishable state gives u that which is eternal? Can he be styled the enemy who is the best friend only ofthe best, who never deserts them at their utmost need, and whose friendship proves the most valuable to those who live the longest? Can he be termed the prince of phantoms and of shades, who destroys that which is transc ient and temporary to establish that which alone is real and ' x i? And what are the mournful escutcheens, the sable trophies, and the me lancholy insignia, with which we surround him the sepulcural gloom, the mouldering carca-e, and slimy worm? These, indeed, are the idle fears and empty terrors, not of the dead, but of the living. The dark domain of death we dread the ruggedness of s- o e of the roads that b ad to it. But if they a;e rugged, they are short; and it is only those that are smooth that are wearisome and long. But perhaps he summons us too soon from the feast of life. Be it so; if the exchange is not for the better, it is not his fault, but our own; or he summons us late the call is rather a reprieve than a sentence, for who .would wish to set at the board when he can no longer partake of the banquet or to live on to pain, when he has long been dead to pleasure? Tyrants can sentence their victims to death, but how much more dreadful would be their power could they sentence them to life? Life i the gaoler of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is Death: .vhat we call life is journey to death, and what we call death is a passport to Life True wisdom thanks Death for what he takes and still more for what he brings. Let us therefore, like sentinels, be ready because we are uncertain, and calm because we are prepared. There is nothing formidable about Death but the consequence of it; and these we ourselves can regulate and control. The shortest life is long enough if it lead to a better, and tho longest too short if it do Dot