Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 31, Richmond, Wayne County, 14 August 1822 — Page 2
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Foreign News.
Grcvi Britain & Ireland An arlivnl at New-York, furnishes Londopapers of the evening of the 43th of June. The ('Stressed condition of the
people of Ireland continues to increase lare subscriptions have "been raised, but they are wholly iixide.jnate even for present relief. "We repeat," says the last Dublin p iper, that a million of men, womer ami children, are starving are a -iually dy ing of hunger, and, in one of the finest seasons ever remembered, a malignant f;'er, with cver appearance of the worst symptom? ei pestilence, has srt in.' ' Some idea of the extreme dis-
trer- to which the peasantry are re
duced, maybe formed from the fact, that, in the town of Gal'vay, a number of women arc bily mplyl
tiraw itiir down turf from the bogs, in the neighborhood of the town, on their backs. For as great a load as they are capable of carrying, they obtain but one penny half penny; and in order to obtain this scanty pittance to sustain life, they perform a jour rev of six mile?, barefooted, under a burning sun." uWc pledge ourselves to this fact, that the distresses, in extent and degree, even in those parishes where it was supposed to be less severe, i frightfal and appalling; and that scenes -have been witnessed by the vi-itors, which so far exceeded any idea formed of what human n it tin1 could endure, that the beholders were obliged to retreat in di.-may and horror. He speak not of a diiary instam e of wretchedness iucii as we. have described, but masses uf it, where human beinirs had
Lot treated lOod for six and thirt j
that ! announce to you this fetelli-
gence.7' rUh the otner xar.uvii is
stated that the ror has not comuiittd himself as tot-J evacuation of
i tie two provinces that the soldiers of the marine had risen in insurrec
tion against their' chief officer, be
cause he had. recommended pacific
measures, and that Alexander would
Mjon review his armies on the frontier. Our opinion still is, that his love of legitimacy and respect for the
'holy alliance,"'' will not cure him of
his love ol 1 urkey. Hayti. It appears that a number
of slaves have made their escape to
this island, from Turk's Island, Tor-
tola, iVc. and that they find an asylum therein.
not to Acknowledge the South Ame-1
ican States The priesthood is becoming more
oid more unpopular in Spain, as be-
i! g the authors of the disturbances.
The cortcs have requested the
king.4ta inform every foreign govern
ment, which, whether directly or indirectly, would take part in our do
mestic concerns, that the nation is not
m a situation to receive laws; that
-he possesses power and resources to
cause herselt to be respected; and that if she knew how to derend her
independence and her king with
iflory, it is w ilh the same glory and
with still greater exertions, that she will alwavs know how to defend her king and her liberty." Portugal. A circular of the For tugucse government to its ministers
at foreign courts, dated the 4th of
June, relates, that those of Vienna.
Naples and Turin, having declared
that the would not acknowledge the
new order of tilings established in
Portugal, his most faithful majet
immediately- recalled his ministers
from those capitals, and suspended
his consuls in the dominions of tip-
three sovereigns from the exercise of
their functions. Russians, Turks S,' Greeks, The pacha of Salonichi had received reinforcements, arid defeated the Greeks near Jerizza. After this, he fell upon thirty Greek-village, and carried away the women and children as slaves. The Greek population of the isle
of Scio were conveyed successivelyjpci.dunce of. iho B mails, and estab1 A I 1 I i i I I f. '
io uoasianunopie, ana soiu nice viicied the basis of a new government herds; the most considerable persons. which is to be on the representative and women of the fiiEt families, wereiprincj.le. The frrst cortes was to treated like the others. There were w, t on the atn or fith of .Ton lntt.
accounts at Constantinople of an un- 'f he prince is nominally at the head fortunate naval combat for the Turk- 0f the executive power. ish lleet, but no certain details were A letter dated Rio Janeiro, 17th
June. 8ah "A fortes Ii.-m hnon r:ill.
RICH UONl) LVT I L1GFN rji.
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 4 822.
CT VVe have not been able to ob
tain Official Returns from all the
Counties in this District, but as far as we have heard, it appears that
Judge Test has a large majority, and
we believe his election is cci tam.
VVe expect to be able to give the re
turn in our next.
Mr.. Lacev:
1 was greatly pleased in reading
the valuable discovery of an antidote for the Hydrophobia, inserted some time since in your paper; but my felicity will not be complete, until an
antidote is found for those painful and dangerous Bites, so frequently received from certain classes of the
human hind.
Cuba. The pirates arc still busy
off the coasts of this island. Among
the vessels lately robbed, was the British brig Zephyr. She was board
ed by a piratical schooner of two
gun-, 9 pounders', and 33 men. 1 hoy abused the n:ivienTers and crew in
the most brutal manner, and made There is a class of traders which deal
preparations as if to fire the brig, and m foreign goods and bank stock, burn her and .-ill who were on board: whose bites are often as destructive to
but, on the captain delivering to them'thc interest of the people, as the 1500JD-sterling in gold, they retired hydrophobia is to their lives, after plundering the vessel and a- Therc m mcmbcrs of the busing the lieple as they liked. It , d siolJS who Uve hy bi. is to be hoped that these things will .. ,. r i;.w. ....
make the British cruisers a little ,r.& . i e jrini
A lie U11I1I21CI O IIIC Witt
more active tiian they tiave been.
Brazils A complete revolution eeu to have taken place iu this
country. A national congress had
been called, who declared the inde-
ni mastered bv creatures almost as!rt.t;iincd for deliberate botrh,.r apulJ ar nominated, and sil n..n;. ....! i u., u...i rl. f0r, .VCIl,)trate hutchen. g0ontie despatched to Endand and
r"-" w streets ot trie town were lilledithe United Spates JU-.1 a. many rags as cnanled them to wilh their festering remair.l ,U1UUU a.ate,.
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crawl out without outraging decen- Thousands of Greeks are exposed'. Cl7'"' Upper Peru is CV . . . l4o ... C . .. til (lllll t ll'sifIl nf rntvilictc
The colonial trade bill was to be Tea i a -econd time in the house of
lord on the 15th of June. At a late
royal levee, a part of the royal family were informed, it was 4'his majesty's pleasure that they should not attend." There is some low quarrelling in the illustrious house. G. S. Kemble, the celebrated player, i? dead. The price of wheat, fcc. was drrhning. A meeting was held at Lloyd's to consider the propriety of v. ii'ig jOOJ for tiiereliefof the peopL ol Ireland the proposition was l..-t, tor it 246, against it 2G9. The monumental statue of the late duke of Kent, one of the royal brother,
cnts him as resting his ri'ht
n:m on the liiblc!
reor
r runce is quiet the chambers
pie, especially women and girls. i berna s force is 1,000 men, and Someofthce kill each other to re- . I.;mirc 2 has ;tiu K,l l,t i,mn,r. cue themselves from the Turk iSa" M-'ii"liri"was preparing an equal
ome refuse food, and are la.she!;,ort(' t() Ultic t! e 4-ld against them.
with whips some are purchased for, 1 m' tw l,;illih frigates that had the express purpose of beinir mur-i'"'L'n Lruishig in the Pacific, were
dered, for which, according to thelvcl1 l!P to ,he agt of San Martin
Koran, uthe faithful" will be eter- al "uaquii and one ot them wag
tally rewarded. In the vicinity of .captured ij lord Cochrane after she Salonica, the Greeks, to prcventai arried ll,e Peruvian flag for their wives and daughters from tall-imort! ll,an a moth. Chiloe (the lag into the hands of the Turks it is!southern part of hih,) was yet pos-
aid. at the request of the females,i6e-sttl .v l,lc royaiits-an expedition had put them to death! jwas littitig out against it. The faIt is stated that tle English took mou brig Macedonian, of Boston, is
an active part in the reduction of.111 another scrape, having been con
Scio and it is also intimated thatcmncJ at Lima, as belonging to
their parishioners with inditferent
sermons; and neglect to return in visits and private instruction to their congregate ns, a compensation for the salaries they receive. The lawyers bite their clients with large fees for trilling ervice,or for neglecting and postponing their suits. The physicians are equally voracious; for in addition to heavy bill, they frequently leave their patients in a worse situation than they found them. An other cla; known by the name
of nvindlersi is particularly poisonous
It is made up of petty merchants,
horse-jockio, bankers, omce-hunters, &lc. all of which make very painful
0 m wounds.
Now Mr. r.ditor, if you can devise
a remedy against the depredations ofj
these hwnayi dogs that will prevent them from biting w ith impunity, you shall receive the thanks of PHILANTHROPIST.
tjielanyensbehasWi,
lour, w mcn error we correct a as discovered; though, in ') host, one more or less
material. To avoid similar mil )
m- . ft ' J
lor trie luture, we hate kj l
a list for our own use; and as may have as bad memories JS selves, we publish it - for th1-
our readers. The .following s. )
rate ol apportionment, accoffn I which, tne members of the pJ
ocpiusciiuuivt's tor me next r
grcss are to be chosen: (the mi
Congress being composed accrJ
to tne oiu nitio.) i nc whnl .
her is 212, exclusive of the y
Maine hr3 New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri
13 G 34 C 1 9 22 13 1 a 3 u
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thev exnect to obtain tl
i of this island to facilitate their trade
in the Levant! It is hardly possible
mat these tilings can be true.
certain royalists,
Mexico. We hear of nrn rf h
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imperial proceediigs of the emnero
I 4 w .. .
v., uTi..i, imouiu iaie expeai-, a London naner sneaking nf ih " " .".u n, ngni
tj ., r bamana. B. Constant and! io,000 female's that were draped' , r VreV " thern trq..,, rorbin des hsarts had fri,m Scio and sold a. slaves, mvf iirg ca n eo.raionmmSlhQVC fougat a duel, sitting .on two chairs -what a howl would have been 4t a! be" PProat the distance of ten paces, the ,m if n mnnv iaa . : 1 Lpnated to provide thin for the cer-
former being lame and unable tojbeen disposed of in the sam stand. They tired very calmly j.And adds "The English e.
same manner.'
twice at each other, w ithout doini? U now ..r,i,i;.. i - .
h.irm itiHlKnxi i.iii ., .1 . . . J
-- IIU VIJL.II 1.111, llUal.lir i III K it
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produces the white slave trade in the
cast, and affectinc trreat indignation
that it should be carried on by other
nations in trie west. 7
OCT 1 he course of conduct that Ruia will pursue, in respect to
i mi kii is crin . . a .
rcud;l.,d write, been placed at i?
. ----- .nuv nit. i Ul
nau agreed to evacuate Moldavia k
up by the seconds.
Toe debates in the chamber of
deputies are, as usual, very tumultuous. The abbe Frayssinous, who recommended tliat ttie common people should not be allowed to learn to
the head of the loucatiok of France !
Spain. The naval establishment.
small as It now is, languishes for the
want of. money which has been pretty liberally appropriated, but not
Tecved into the treasury. Tht
arrears of pay to the naval officers
arnzans and day laborers, are said
to amount to $1,250,000. Some oil
-thc&e nad not received any thine for
12 or 14 mouths. The construction
of two frigates ig suspended for the
want of funds. The army is paid
pretty regularly.
It is confidently asserted by the
journal uenais, mat the Spanish ambassador has receiv d a note, in answer to that ofM. Zea, in width Sydia invites the Luropean powers
Wallachia, as dematided bv R,,cC;..
but the later accounts tell n that they still occupied thern. The British minister at Constantinople has been exerting himself to presem peace and give up the Greeks to the mercy of the Turks. The Rus
sian army remains at statu quo hut it is said that vessels were clearing - A. A m K r
oui ai tiaessa lor Constantinople.
..nociii was very lirm in London that there would not beanv war, and the king of Frace. in renlv ,j
uicsairom me chamber of n-c M,
tne lutn ol June, savs "Sinm
opening or tne session I have receiv
ed accounts which a&Mjre me tbii
peace will not he disturbed i:i tho
emony. It is reported-that his non
ularity was declining, and that thev
were noi invested wun power to
name an emperor.
The Havana papers, as to intelli
gence Irom the late poisewions of
apaiu on the continent, cannot be
reiiea on, though thejrmay tell the
irum: nut the narrative eiven in
them of the coronation of Iturw
hide, makes that affair the act oil
a.
a mot, and to appear as if his empe-
rorsnip wouia noi long wear a crown
a he com try is represented as dis
tracted w ith parties and suflerinff fo
everything.
The frigate Constellation, captain Ridgcly, has arrived at New-York, from the Pacific all well. Left Valparaiso on the 7th of May and
stopped at Rio Janeiro and M. Pier
re s. i he I ranklin was at Valoa
raiso the schooner Dolphin had just
sailed for the coast of Peru. Du ring her cruise of two years and fiv
months, this vctscl has lost 13 officers
and men, by diseases and casualties.
She has some money on board, chief
ly for merchants at Baltimore.
The Aorth Carolina 74, in compa
ny with the ship Cyane and corvettt
John Adams, arrived at Norfolk,
Irom the Delaware, last week. The
new shin by the trial made, is '.nought
to be a very superior sailor, and in
every respect is an elegant ship.
In conscauence of the Dublicif,
of an incorrect report of war tan been declared between Russia j Turkey, a few days since, a u
chant in Roton, who believed news, bought a large quanti.ti
opium, amounting to $40,000, d
culatin that, should war com
this article would command a a
market in Europe. The report
ing unfounded, the opium remaW
drug on the hands of the pure!
who, in consequence, has fail This fact no doubt will be a g
lesson against such ra&h euterpri
Uni
The brig Siwr&,capt. LIton, arriv
ed at Norfolk on the 25 ult. Irom a
cruise, last from Havana all well.
Boston, July il. An evening paper mentions r
the amount of the failures fori last two months does not fall far i;
of three millions of dollars. K much of this was owing amongt
bankrupts is not stated. In ar,;''
to tiie request of a Providence en we can only say, that we have tat! no list of the late failures, but t? ture to repeat, that they do no'J
mount to eighty. Ltntnc
Saterr., Julvti
We reeret to learn that faHii
continue to take place almost -da
at Boston, some of them of jxtw extensively engaged in commerce. We are informed that, within t
last two months, there have bf more than eighty failures in that cit.
Sioec. It isbaidthe' Rrififih
India Company owe 20.00O:OOOf
a"d that their debt is increasing at
- w vi a million a year.-
St Sebastian, May 12. The factions -in Biscay are arrain
in motion: we hearlroci several quarters, that, one of tteac-daVsrtf jjr
icrent nands into winch they are di
vined ;irn n n.'.nmk1 . d ' i
east.Itiswiththehiirhei,tAii.f-.:::Jr: w ,vu.-.. gv 4 qe
Native alum has been found on the
banks of the Au Sable river, NewYork, but the extent of the vein is
not ascertained. Almott anv ouan-
ity of this article may be furnished
by the works near Baltimore, which
have been in operation several years
i iiu cumin inssmriii, ujsih - j
ilarm. which such a state of tnin
must necessarilv nroduce.are indCK
a serious calamity.
Essex Register
American wine. Major Adlum, a
valuable citizen of the district of
Columbia, cultivates the vine to
such an extent as to supply a consid
erable quantity of good wine for sale
in the stores. Aici' Rt v.
From the National Intelligencer.
have more than once found ourselves it a loss to recollect the r Tart num.
ber of Representatives aDDortioned
to each state, according to the fourth
Census. The other day, we recol
lect, we attributed to the state of New York thirtv-five Rt
Jtives, when, in fact acd in Uotb, as
JVew York, July p
Commercial Embn tress m ei K liging correspondent informs i
Kq V.i : mll hi
iiiii ujoi titiit u caaiciii - brought the distressing intelligenc of another failure in Boston, forth: heavy sum of between five, a&d 6 hundred fhoiw.inrl .ll:r- The -in
- -r f M V m count adds, tiiat the whole amount the late failures in that city up the present time, is about io
millions. These pecuniary distrcjs(
es aie understood to arise frosiuK
quantity of produce remaining hand, which could not be sold at t
fair price. It is said the Boston roer.
chants predict, that similar failures
will not be confined to that city -)
uch a calamity be averted
iiew-i orK: c.-'-
The Jlux or dysentinj is
alent in some of the neiffniw"'' townships. W.c have jcil rf
. fa