Public Leger, Volume 3, Number 140, Richmond, Wayne County, 27 January 1827 — Page 2

Ih re was nothing, at nnv rate, which! con! 1 prevent us from contributing thati k'ad ofnid which the present cirr umstan-t c - of the Greeks render more imperative j Jv desirable. Lot us -eo, for a moment,

what we have done. Have we nt extendi d i.ur ;iifar! p iti various emergencies

in wl.icli we have hern called upon to act?; When tin inhabif ants of the Inland of St.! j) u:ii go were driven from their hemes hy the sanguinary revolution which took place t there, we received lln-n and nppropi iatcd ' J 1 1 ; d f r their v lit f. Again, w hen the in-; habitants were banished hv the it justice:

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the west of the Mississippi, after some dL cussion, was laid on the table; Hnd a reso hit ion, offered b) Mr. Wce-ms,. to it quire into tbe expediency of assisting such free people of color as wish to emigrate to Liberia, was rejected. January 8. In the House of Representatives, Mr. WickhhV laid a resolution on the table calling for information as to the surveys of roads and canals which yet remain to be made. On motion of Mr. Jennings, it was (ayes 78, noes 31.) Resolved That the committee on public lands be instructed to iitntnre into the c x

a-. i oppres.i.,1, .d the bpan-h government.;, liel ofreiucini- thc price of such of

tyeaig.ucucmaii aS turn ana a ; (hp jldic lands as have been exposed to IH ll' , , ... sale for the term of eight years, and remain Uut there vvas another case which came ( r i ' , , unsold, to seventy-tive cents per acre; and Sti 1 nearer to t hi: arid that was the case , i r i j i i. , . , ,. ... ' that so much of said lands as shall remain of the inhabitants of V enc zul a. a ter that! i i r. i i i . i , . i i; unsold, after having been exposed to sale rl 're h ad Mith red Irem the earthquake iii tf., . r . i .. i i ' ... 1 . ; for the term of sixteen years, be reduced I -. I -J. l he were at that time engaged' . 4-r. , J

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Resolved. That the said committee inquire into the expediency of vesting in fee

j u . -'4-'''''VulMsimnleanv of the nuclic lands which mav

pre sent necessities of the l-reek-: (U ' , i V i e ... . " I I lio iv nnct'ii l.tcrtli- lur fiio term nl ttiifv.

the Choctaw and Cbickasnvr Indians" , Mhat person, though the most ndvanfa

geous; and in thus treating mm, uum iTected his own name from imputation from

.!. hrnri. .itu! stamped with false

hood, i9 far as his official act could do it, those made upon the character of his predecessorand here the matter should have rested. It was obviously a matter out of the line of congressional investigation a private slander, for which the laws 'afforded a remedy. If the House of Representatives is to take upon itseU thc business of the courts and investigate any and

all charges, from whatever source, ujv.nl the conduct of men in office, they will! We time for little ele, and if the practice j

ofdoing so be not general, it ought not to

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Great Britain and ! rein nth

iii inr !iiii in a verv

condition. A writer in the Lor

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j eralives cannot subsist t!rouh Ih, j without extensive private "suh.r!.1 r

ana grams oi money rrorn govertitt)(. A Glasgow paper says 'Mho Jf., ing people are now obliged to waV.j''' clothes without soap, go to bed uit'. , ir candle, and In live on oat n aj, and fish, and surh other arfh -l..a .V. ' r'

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exUtatall. At any rate there is noth- !j produce of the districts in which ti;,, f ing in this cae, according to our judg-j l ment, to make it an exception. The I ho wool -n trade of 5 uhll-vor!!,, u!l. Houe. therefore, as it set ms to us, ha? in 1 depends much upon exports, priori,,,!!,

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I a res-Ma; ce against oppresMon, as the; i; k- now are. Yet what wr re the suf-

fi r i-u of that people in comparison with

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ifiir ir ;tt ivhirh nvi v reni:titi uncuht I

re ,!;! ii mii' : hutthe lir eks are!'. i i

House, therefore, as it set ms to us, ha? in

this instance travelled beyond its powers, or, at least, out of its ordinary and safe tract. Y. Y. American

The

'Y"iv inhabitant of one or two cities were'Jr

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;J1 b 1 1 . i h r d fiom the homesof their fathers a- d tf.? -t ones that wcie equalh dear to nu-niorv ai tl to hope. The language of the lire k- is our cm mies have depri-

o I hi a't i ulfore our con meree, all the art." The vineyard of Attire upr-inted: the sliores of the IVIopo-

are laul waste. All the resources

in the States respectively, in which such

land- may be situated. January 0. In the Senate, Mr. Thorn as, from the committee on roads and ca

Of thc members composing the present General Assembly of thU state. 32 are natives of Pennsylvania. 22 of Virginia, 11 of Connecticut, 8 of Massachusetts, 3 of

New Hampshire, 3 of Mar) land, 5 of Ken- ! bor, to procure the common uJces-aiiCs cf land. 4 of life.

the. United kites, continues extr.m, ! depressed. In the township of Dc0

nti!-, iiitii- mi iii ic3i-Tii no Ii'Wfr r

5,ouu perso'.s oi me n?i m paupers. The artisans in ' Lancashire am)

shire are in a clepiorahie state. F

once in the enjoyment of mam-

are now unable, by the most anhj

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Ireland, G of New Yoik, 3 of New Jersey.

Ye- ; ci

nals. reported a bill to grant a quantity of; 1 of of North Carolina, I of Delaware, 1

land to the state of Illinois, for thc purpose j of Rhode I-land, I of Maine, and 2 of Ohio.

ol aiding in opening a canal to connect the ! Of these, 53 are farmers, 9 mechanics, 27

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j - - '""""ii ui n,r f , j, . ton weavers and manufacturers u h; burn and its vicinity continue n u. jlt'

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t t ear tonntn have been destrow o; and ;;othor orJt.r; lht. Sch;itr tot)U uj, tfu, m to ; Qhh Stale Journal. sh.h e tarn a deaf ear h their com ' tlitt icc of lhc puMir and?. ! which ja::t- U-es theLonM.tntion stand i;j0il this h;u :l debate of a considerable!; A ncrson, at Lock port, N. Y. has ron-ek.

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t !' i!i air cnn-Titoent'i relume to rati

J th" 'id? 'Iiie u ho are daih peuring i t :t t; :a t!o ir upir'lunns uealth the ; iveans to li -(-initiate the hg!t of the Gos- ; t ! tnr -ejh d iikrneii nat'otis, will they I e ;! - i i 1

nnw.iU j t; it we s!iouhl leiul :iir hchev-v-n e t.i tUo ,o aie alt cad Christians I ii toe are eekir.g to spiead the blesiigs t i if. vt r-i .n, t! e will !e cqu dh ready t i x !:.. prott r ti ri ai d kii dot to those

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waters of the Illinois river with thse ofj lawyers, 2 physicians, 5 merchants, 7 tav- ' ted that, in the district around BluLluirl

yike Alichiiian. Alter passing over some ern keepers and 4 printers. i mere are .10001 a.wu pnor pM-nk- H

cno on inai o'scnpuon ol la!)or (: i . U nr nnn . '

uii uuiuuvi J)jjj aie cpjlle out of

l,oour t),',i:a!;b i. gtli took place, which ended in post-' trived a pump and apparatus, so that his'j It i supposed that there are fortv nil

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In the House' of hep. Mr. McLane, from ' drink, tread upon a platform, which gives i the committee of ways and means, report j motion to the pump, and continues it while !

they remain, supply ipg the trough with

ilcs.

U d a bill authorizing the secretary of the I

.treasury to exchange a stock of five per; water.

cent, to the amount ol sixteen millions of j dollars, for certain stocks of six per cent. and to borrow a miip equal to any deficien- j ey in the amount authorized to be exchan- j ged: the bill was twice read. The house i

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A large and respectable meeting was held in New York on Saturday the 7th int. to adof t measures to aid the Greeks

Seveial spirited addresses were delivered and a committee appointed to receive sub-

n! attf nipt to dej iet t!(( sutf rings of the a!a t; d Gn ek. He ta uld not corrm and the 1 1 ijf in which he cculd give to t'sern a h oiaf- renrt mentation and co

. went into the consideration of the hill for!

the relief of the surviving dVtcers of the : jscriptions, several ot w hich, for one huiid

.revolution r) army.aiid on motion of Mr. red dollars, were made on the spot. , Webster, its further consideration was ji

Slave 'rnrie. A Spanish schooner, under ' Hutch colours, has been captured hy an ' L'nghsh liop of war. On going into the I hold, 2 10 slaves were found in a state of starvation. ixt had died out of a cargo

( oi jw. un inrowirtg a vam amongst them.

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ptstponed to the I 1 th. f... m r.. .i.,. c i i. i-ii

1 'in u. 1j ,t there were gentlemen on , . . f . . , . . . i r i . thonzn. a sale ol the reserved lead mines m it t; Mr, w ho were cap:. hie ot this w hose i At i i - i ... , . i. m 3Iissoun, after some discuifion, was laul .s . u . ui 1 in.nl ie. 1 he can give an ! . t . r.,. nr v. ... - , , , , , .... on the table. I he hill lor opening mihta- ( i:u o f t ii-v riptnai ol that w hich he should ; ,i rr .. m- i- c - r nr road in thn I emlnrv nl iirhnnn. nf-

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ju-fiie ,i: id h'Utianitx. All he could sax ; v. a-, i!: ai they are ;i people contending for ; h . r! and all tl at dear to man; aid!

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lo the Ilotjeo of Representatives, a hill was reported from the committee on man ufactures, relative to duties on imports

j When tltt- schooner was captured, she had

crly one da) s proUMons ou board.

Wrmi c:lcni:ati)n. Prom the procee-

ortuh-atcd miseries that result frem nnrJl hil lrom the military committee, to j d,ngs had, it appears probable that the I-: an! pestilence. He would ko ..of'? Ul rV '- , ... Mrf'" M,r land will appropriate r, .rr-: hut w ouldleave hi, reflation to be J'-nuury l.-lo the Senate, a lull u as 000 a year to aid m the transportation il -r, ,. t- th r. .!:. 11 ,'!r'p-rted tor reducing the duties on certain ; tJf free persons of color to Africa, under

. iiiijiMi icii arm ies. 0111 wa? repori'-u nr t loe aireciion 01 ine coloniz ilion society.

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S'Jit n -g and patenting pu' he 1 itd, wa r rred to the committee on public land-. Mr. l hite submitted a resolution n tlie so j- rt fifiii,. removal of ihe Ph iida In til .Mr. Little, f0m the srleet cornnnMf v on the mi!.i t, icpoited a bill fixing t '- ratio f.f r' ptf-.ntat:on after the 3d td t . . . 1 . 1 r r - - .1 . . t 1 - 1 -"

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ii v ! Hi.)., wa o -idered in nantnittee, a :n :iu of .Mr. i :ros who made a 1 !- ') lit apM;: to lht li 'U-e in h.Vour oi

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ir.tradui e. a bill to Ihnit and restrain the ! ari-dirtsM, ol the V. S. C ojrts iti certain T'.ie bill auto nz;ng the sale f r - rved s iit pri -g in Minuri, was pa m I- Mr. : d Sit.i t d a resolution on t?.'' Ul.jl ! ..fi,, l.. .r Ii,.. c .1 ,r .,f 1...

af " " ' ' '11 i I 111 s'uei-f t ( j 1 1 ral. Mr. Noble introdu

I ' d a bill lo authorize the I'reMilet.t to av c -r a in the northern boundary .f Indiana.' w i.ii ', w,,, read twice and referred to the c oitirniifeo 011 ihe judiciary. Ihe I Ioie of H'-pp sentatives was en gag' d (,n the the bill to pr. vide fur thr! irviung rffic ersof the army of the Kevo-: liHon. 'J'he amendatory bill providing, for the ofli, , rs only, w as rejected, and the j dd I ill. which embraces b th ohVers and i- ! !; rs, pas-ed through comn.ittee, and vva reported to the H mjnC. j J'in. 1 :,-y G. Tiie .Senate did not sit. I itio I foiiM. of Hep. a resolution tfer-1 cd by Mr. ilaile, relative to thc removal ot i

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j lions ei Mieep in ine uniieu i l t?g'h.m 0f Great Britain and Ireland, a?id 1 fiat the anj nual clip of wool amounts to 140 !T,tl!u.ri; r.f ! pounds. i (inter and Turkey. It is state! t!i;it : Turks hay e at last ) ieldi d to the rt n, :,. I strances of I gland and Krai re on (he subject of the (i reeks, and that an arra'-'-ment for the independence of Greece be made on terms less favorable to ll.c por. ; te than had been formerl) proposed. ! The Turkish ileet h d returned to the 1 Dardanelles w ithout attar king S iiro. The Mediterranean swarms with Gntk pirates. j Colombia. Bolivar arrived at Bocrrli ! 00 the 11th of Nov. and proceeded Ar Vtj nezm la on thc 2Mh, and was cxpertr-d at I Carthagcna on the 25th Jan. The private I letters state, that on arriving at I3fgotat

j Bolivar took decisive measures to restue order; that he. vested himself with theuj tiiority given him by the constitution in cases of insurrection; that he had dcj patched Santander to Peru, abolished the j offices of secretary of foreign affairs ardof , the navy; ordered thc army to be reduced ! to C.000 men, and increased the pay of the ; officers in the navy 100 per cent. TU ; intend int at Curthngena was to be rn :

ved. It also stated that a convention of the people was to be called. The letteis enclose the following PROCLAMATION Or BOLIVAR: Caloinbiam: Kive years sitae 1 left tl-s capital to march at the head of the lite" ting armv from ihe shores of the Catica is

tip ally occupied in a discussion of the rev- f Wrt Inliu Trade. There is ore feature1' tno silvery lit ights of Potosi. A million of

Colombians two sister republics, have obtained independence under the shadow of your banners; and the vtorld of CtdunduJ has ceased to be Spanish. Such U theresuit of our absence. Your misfortunes have called me bndc to Colombia: I come full of zeal to consc crate mself to the national will which shall be my cod, because it is infallible The national voice obliges me to take upon myself the supreme command: I b hor it mortal!, since h that I am acru'd of ambition and an attempt at monarchy. What! do they think me so mad as to aspire to degrade mvself? Do they not koff that lhc destiny of LIBERATOR fcmore sublime than the throne? Colombians: I return to submit to the insupportable weight of the magistral for in moments of danger, to give it u? were cowardice, not moderation: yctcoui t on me only until the laws of the people recover their sovereignty. Permit nic tka to serv e you as a plain soldier and a huC republican, as a citizen armed in deft i"55 of the beautiful trophies of our victoria rour rights. BO LI YAK. o,Aor. 23, 1G2C. . The ariival of the Liberator mayn,pi those commotions which' would ecmtj portend a civil yvar, and restore peace a' order to the Republic.

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.M, intredue-d a bill f -r the e-tabii -hmmt V "K t 1 ' Uiy?lvr U "nest y w ,sh that this appropriation . f" 11 -tun, dMibts in the ,taU ot Ohio, j I"1"" r.:i1 ,Mr- 1,1 j, nwy he made. Let us keep the door open j J I. i:ri and Iilinoi. A bill t.. author,. ! 1 "l 'VV-n 7' ' yvas reler-j h,r the egress of tins class, who senouslyj th- ...I -.- tr.- re rvcd vdt Prii at.dilT11 lhe.hl!,irr l!,rihutl! a P"rl,on C iteire with the pursuit, ot a more de ! t:. liMaj,r,l.il!en in tic M.te ot 1 t,K hat,:ial rrVt'J'u iifIl0"t? re-j siraMe population, without advancing! M -ouri. w,. ordered to'-, 3d radin. n.e ( tm ir own prosperity among us.-AVcs. j

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lu'ionary hill, but at'j-aimed without !j of the controversy w ith K gland, on the

oomiag to a vote. Mr. Livingston moved ; subject of thc colonial trade, that serms to ihe lLoise to take up his resolution on the j be generally overlooked especially by Mibject of the Greeks, and afked for the j those who seem w illing to attribute all the

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J House refused to consider it by a vote of

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derstand the subject properly, the propo ; sition of the Bn i?h Cabinet was, to open ' her colonial ports to the ves t Is and pro 'I.. .rl. IT.:. i . . . . .

By the lettei's of our Washington Cor-1; J're of the United States, provided the

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n'O ()0j ii hahi-' uiv r.M.ii is iroiu me pa-(;- ", hu m j is iu ini vessejs

w 1 1 1 keen the I " i,,ai I , ,r 1,1(1 A,' x ,nur,a 11 willi!1"" l""UUM:"ul 01 l,M colonies nui

he seen that th.- V ice Ph suit nt has been ! o lreat liritam herself. J bus w e were

a at thi tin,. The hill t provide for I U) ,ue If,e or'J''cl ' we are persuaded) a h c auuuiiMi inio ine colonies, hut not t e loin of the . Ilirers f ihe army of the v,'r Groundless charge-So grou dless!;into the home ports of Great Britain, while

jail me untisti vessels, hoth colonial nd ; those belonging to Great Britain, were to be admitted into the United States, on thc j principle of rexiprv iVy. The United States were willing to open their ports to the y esiseh of such colonies, as should have their j ports opened to vessel.-, of the U-States and this was truly called recwrveitu. Rut

ch ime in silent contemn!. The ii no, the British must have an advantage.!

idea however, of again occupying the pub- j! nd no very trilling one, and this, we ho-i

lie witli his name and acts may have had j neve, was the can-, ot the present diliicul it influence in determining this gentle i tics. Baltimore Patriot. man as to ihe course he has adopted. jj The House of Representatives, howev-'! The Steam Ilj.it s at present employed on or, it apt ears hi us should have refused jjdho western waiters, amount to one hundred

from its improbability ; ami from the char

acter of its author or authors, so little en- ! titled to regard; that we confess our.stirJ nriz at th measures taken hy the Vice President in r bnion to it. lie had char- ; eter enough much as he is fallen, in our

estimation and in that of many others who once confided in him. to have lived down

ch a charge iti

the investigation asked hy Mr. Calhoun. Mr. C. says, indeed, that thc chnrge assumed grav ity and somewhat of an official nature, from its hav ing been lodged in one f (1 the executive tiepai I n ei.ts but there is nothing in that. Krom goi d or evil motives, an individual gives, informa

tion to the war department, that a persoi

and twenty-seven, having an aggregate ol

21,500 tons. I he largest is the George Vashi"".ton, of 375 tons, and there are M or 15 of fiom 30 to GO tons, for iiavinatine

tbe upper parts of the rivers, when the!

waters are low.

Ti'mh'jrivin --It was estimated that

with whom it w as about to make a con- on a day just preceding that appointed for

tract, had, on a previous occasion, v ililied J thanksgiving in Massachusetts last month.

the character of the then head of that de

partmnt,

present

product:.

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ir M itMiuw mi; Jinn ! in iiimiih' (jit.

A veil .at Hilcri;-tion r lli nc.n" , ( mnrkt t prie-, ilMvln ercil nt the 1iT":it, ;t " ' '.'

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v riztii' store, .111 Milton, or itt .Miu-' 11 T.... ... -..... It 1 . ..1 1.... O.lls.

ti on, Su-ir. Gins ne, l?cc-ax, t 'aiuU' 4

Wool, hitieti, rt, izc.

racterof the then head of that de ijahout 134,000 lbs. of poultry were cxo-ed !i ir:im, ner.M-as. Su-ar, inrnjr, " t, i consequence of w hich the ft sale in the Boston market, valued at II ctMVf ,! nt Co1. 1 .'m.N nnX" 7'' ,'' secretin. ,rjltS the VrcVU 0(j -S0,?W, or c,., X,v lb. j! Zl'X, Ur' 'taV.-r"-