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P o m g i Y I m e t U g e i w S ' i JVem- York, Dec, 20, i, . L&TRST FROM EUROPE/ Cadmus, Capt. Allyn.aiv rived yesterday from Havre, whence she November. Fans pa* • peC3ffothe;4Stuk^ T h e Cadmus fa the sqime ship that brought file J^dti' 6 nrX:Guesix 4h'Qres* - -■ - Oapt, VMtyn visithfy&l' thfe family , p f L a F avette . • ;rit riyft'U/'on fhe 24th of *’October,*. H e . | # f t t p a g b f letters for the' Ce'rjeral and hM ?^h. cihd; a Portrait o f the General to be presented to Congress,1 from ' M. S 6 h e % ^ . ^ i w i e r i ' 9 f ^ ^ b d i tfhfoh we understand will be exhibited a few days at the Adademy of'Arts, our j&itiztens ■ „ .G R E E C E . AND T U R liE Y ; T h e in tel! igence from G r e e c e rcoqtinues to be highly fovouyabfe* ’ '^M iA^gsbtttghG a - chipeia&d, fumishe|X Sitt^oh to believe that the cause of Gr eece_is;aecur e . Itis assert- ed that a' g^§at ^ 0 # ^ h ^ 'declared in their -.•1 taka —f tvoepy^anjtr^hat~impeFtant- j)lhce destspring.; * , t t h a t ,'f'T u i$ ^ ] [f^ :n.eV‘e'rehd®h»to^d.^t>l*ll 8 Er'd»s* 33 ters-4 s u t p r i z i n g : things will tj§ published in ' » • Neife.front: Trieste' o f Oct.-14th speaks o f a nbw victcfry obtained by the-G r eeks on the 25th joE g |pt. over the T u r k ish Kgyp* an eye upon all writings o f (pat nature inur* dei to immediately put an end to Masomc Tn- stitiitibfih the Com w u n er^t, f c . Jn all parts o f Spain things have reached guch a point of disorder, that great excesses prevail every w lw ie,^ T/he povei* jr of the finances increases daily. T h e pioducts of the octrois aud custom -houses a r e hardly suffi cjeht for the expenses of the king's house hold, ' • ■;* v; f . ..! .f. T h e expedition'preparing at Ferrol, of which the Loiidon Courier makes tnenti&ti, appears to fee in tended againsttlia.nunierpus Colombian privateers about Cuba.\ ’ \ Eigfoy/toito p.dVet^s'werh'hfhefte^.at^i^b, at the time of the affair at Alnraeria, on sus picion b f a design t o giwe up Cateiowa to the revolutionists.' , It is declared that the'foinistry is t o be re-. hewed. •^ h p o J i f c h ' ^ lfW ^ e WtigdSrnliif required to' ftiro^sh with list's of all persons'kiiowu for their attachment to .the'constitution. ‘ The decree relatiiigto this subject is long pad very preui$e;'iif its re quirements. ■'' ; Jriert Oct: 26.—-Alt the folters fi/riftSpain contaio afflicting riewj-*ribey $pea!t 6 f notb foig b uraTTelisj-^h^inVStiobs, and \eXecm tions; Fifteen uffi'eens* e£ jjif Sun- stitutinmt! army who capitulated, v e r / m a chapel arCdrunfia'a wfoifidg the _ h # r of' pfih fohuicht. * T lfof te is sejdoni ti day (hat w i do iid): hdai‘ o f ifobdemnafions tb dehth‘Vr t o tlie - -;*V na- tianfleeivbetiVeeteFatofQaand Samos, sf\. The Ottomans, after their;defe;u, tlod to Mitylene w ith 05 y e ^ e l s - . A t t t h e flassqlm an tr^os-' p&pfov to foeW im V e r m f dW5v at Budrdm fbltihtbtliie ftan^ o f j l l g Greeks, It ik fpf t^er. stated, that:ther€on4,of tne ^a,. ^ocbdtiuntcle^ pfthefleetpfTTfs\ lather,'add bnce a}d-dc4 cam p jb.G e u ^ r p ttcIjy/ahd ariejjheiv o f the together With 8 millions o f piastre 3 ,w'nLCh they had carried to Napdltdi It'omnoia- T h e viceroy, ef.E g y p t ftas loslW lastfrigate,'w b icb bore the Admical’k flag., • / « t t is said, baw.ever,that the . Pacha of Sc«^ G ^ liM b o a to^d ih ja% ;a A a « ^ fee the Ported add has engaged Omer Vrione to break^^ his,^^ngrehmont with Msiii^ocordnto.” ..A lettoiT r o m Snoiyjcna states, a b‘rig bound from Alexanurih for C&aswutinople,- Witli ti cirgo of 600tJ quintals o f iftokr coffee^ aud 22 chestk4lletl With p a ras, ( a stnall Turkish . coin) whichThSr‘;peckrvy^ s'edrtiug lb the Strife*- has beeV capturdC% th e _ G j ^ l£3i and conducted toH y d i’n,5? > 7T^ p: ? A letter from Ancona, dated the 8th Obi, states, thatitw a s nnuounced i n Ithaca, Zanie and Cephaiohia, that th e total;deiitroclioa of ^ i ' t r d ^ ^ ^ J r i i ^ g y p t i a r f e e G -had* hoeu celebrated, with .grpat fejmcings,“m fhe Mo* . tea* v' T h e Greek Chronicle o f tfie 13th Septem- %efvpnblfshed a tilissolongln. States-(hilt pre parations w ere making for an attack on Arth. ii.e t t ^ f r m i t Niecfha, 2 1 st Oct. affirm that the destruction <if *the E ^ p tiaa fleel gives -the .death blow to alL t h e j hopes .of the .'Tacks.. *\ ' \ ' '* , Accounts froth Constantinople' o f the 2d of O e tb b e i^ W t o ^ a tt^ e -ch a u g e a j f GoE,itul V izer woultlhave au unhappy. w ftoeace up ion theralationsof ttioPorte with^heCbrpi tian Powers, a s the fselhoi P.icha had adopt hti a iho^jtoraomfirii^lg syhem . * T h e Captain Pacha hod retfiTnctlTi’bm the jilorea io Mi.tyie.oe, after siiccesaive deleata, >' GAixdi’Aug* th lose its atalignity^pihrthN ihouhahtf per sons h%ve-<Bedt»f'il*iiet^«il.the«ot«ipew:ist ■arten£«if-darc»r,andthea3tli.ofJune:amojg ihetn were many. Fra,m s.; 'flie 'Pacha has baen iifl tlie time at Alexandrja, i a quarau tines, and ihe principal persons ol tlie. city followed his ex unple., Tltfo I’lirks. brgin n> • jforgetThen ferabsm and ta!ie pre,ouuuons jigainat ih e disease ‘ ; , 7 ^ \ ' ^ r Setrx. ’ _ — A Ponrpnper--J<ntfKnjrr^c-€W^gi£fse, oi Octy, Slst,asserts ro»fidel/tty . liut tlie hiu-jrei Of wilhdiawing the French troops Trtnti . Spaiii was before the M inistfrs at their recent - . GittHsels,. It sppeays ffilhcoif' to retiin an “ a rm y there in licit longer without ex.icttng ot Ferdinend lie W guarantees, as w e ll/or ••ft* tke peeunjnry iij th<’Sje-;goiaiantees cmi- , ^So£;Tj?^^ ohiained,, as Jfpairi has no system of eredit Wiiitih Wehfd permit,us to hope for the reimbursement of the eoiisiderable sums al reaSy advahcfed^rbj^ F ianc^and the new ex penses wbicb nn/sa ^ absolutely necesin%. ih fhevpreselit state tfi things, would . cause- ' Tlie. evacuation of Spairt ht the ex|untjiy» of^ the treaty o f the month o f July last,'has a| length been decid ed ; from whijcifve learn that Oie.evacuatipi' xvill Aot'be r*rtntddiate!y complete.; 25,^00 men Will re-enter France, and the retnaiutler o f theV m y will retire.tfpon the Ebrw, am the Stfong placeisisuch as p a d izf Pampeluna Jt» I. 7 . 1 I rumain in mil ninver until ’he m-i* fh u r td tu j, 1(1. \ KtAGjgru Re t i e r B t t t , On motion o f Mr. Tracy, the H o u se w e n t into comhiittee o f the whole on the b ill au thorising payment for property lost; or de* stroyeft b y /h e enemy duriqg the late war which, was. read. - : U r . VYright offered as an amendment a proviso, t ||^ f h e injuries sustained, for tyhicii A^ 9 8 ^ ' . W ^ f 9 5 d^B?l|on qr use o f th e prop erty by tbe UhUed States. ’. \S’ • Aft^r spme debate,, the committee rose and reported progress. ' • ' . • '4; . / ' ^ V , December i f . Mlf. Conwpy^ j> f Arkansas, o^ored th e .following, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Committee qn Indian Affairs be' instructed to inquire -into; the e x l»ediency o f organisingalitiie.t|rritOry 'qfthe '•Oaited States Jyihg w e ^ iof th§ #Mte o^MTs. ;hpqri^ d T e r r U >i^e$'dFAfk9ti$$!$fh^:^ P ^ i^ gan, into a separate Territory; tp btejjqcopi ed exclusively by Indians, pndfdf^dlLofising the president o f tbe such measures as he may think best to c o lo nize a ll the Indians o f the pr'eseht States and Territories, permanently within the same. ~ Mr. Cambreleng. o f N . Y . laid on the ta- ble the/61 lowing resolution :. Unsolved,r That th e President o f ;the itJnited States b e requested to communicate to this House, i f compatible wi th the public interest, th e correspondence with the Span ish Government relating to the piracies of tb e / s l a nd of .-Cuba. & c . will remain/n.out power until 'lie pet feet execution. Of the treaties, by wnich the occupation ha? been |•egujaled.,, . The London lOorning C bi ouicte expresses an opinion that the English government, id agree.ment with other cabipets, will require ihe French government to explain their in- tentions without equivocations, the policy of . that Cabinet, With regird to Spain,-is niyste rloiis and iriex p ic ib le ; above all, they ha e nof rftmonstrated with Ferdinand, agSiostthe cruel persecutious to will ;.ti Subjects are sub jected, by a vindictive and in-rciiess faction. Mxnaio, Oct 21.-—It app» ars that the In-' ... . qyisitiou will Tot he re-established. ' i t is ^fod-that (hey afre going to Establish in a ll ihe provinces, composedfof eq- cle<iisti sand roertof letters, wlio uri‘ kuoivn for their ft lenity, virtues qnd know edge, -vbo wiH have the Gahon Hitt#rard lor presid^qt. , Thi? j-lutp. will especially direct thejr auen- tihti to 1Ke jsuppre<sIon of irre|ig_ioife a'ol re yoiqtioiiarybooks j they wifl lilewise have T Ik .S e n a t e , Dec. 15.—-On th e resolution offered by Mr* Brown of O h ip,to appoint a com m ittee on roads andc inaie, M r. Chan dler o f Maine observed that h e was-one .of those who belieyed that this w a s a subject on wbich Cdngress had na rigjit- to Ijegislate ; that h e believed it to he unconstitutioniil, and .that, for hrs par t , be was dpRSrinined to- rai Be his v o ice and vote against the resolution. ■ - - r ^ q p s o i n s ^ n i p ^ l / c b i p ^ ^ of Ohio and o f ;Mr. Noble q / Indiana, i n favour o f the Appointment? d / a aom m ittee/the res olution w^s barried, . T h e resid a e o f the session .was.passed Tn the coaSiderati o n ol executive business. ,In t h e H o u s e , o f Mr. S p e a k e r laid b efore th e House a commu nication from the Department o f the Treas ury, stating the amoptit ond period? at ivhicb the honds taken for duties qh ionports, in the y&Vr 1 8 2 2 , became payable, B y this state m ent, it appears that foe Mnties on imports w h ich accrued during theyear l 822^am6unt- ed to j9 4 ,0 9 5 ,3 3 6 87:, o f Whicb $484,686 42' werevreceived -in Cash, and t b e residue of $23BT0;65O -4^on foe several credits at- owed by law / ft is estinaated*Jhnt, if these credits hadbeen allowed on a n im e r e s t o f 6 per c e n t., the interest thereon would have amounted to $ 1 ,151,416 B8, T h e Speaker also /aid before the House, from the same Department! a statement ip relation to the rate o f interest at which the B ;nk pi thp United Stales will continue the onn of seven millions o f dollarB t o th? U- nited States, hy wbicb i t appeafs that the B a ik declines making any ch.inge in f o e terms on w h i.li the loan was originally made. T h e Speaker also laid b e fore' the House, foona-fop^same--D’epaxtmeiil,_a.„Matenient of. 'osses sustained during tlie last thirty years ipoa hortcls g ifen for duties ot* importsydis- iingtiiiiung the\ amount in eaClr yeai. T h e tot.il amount,ojT losses sustained, is,^ l,5 7 5 ,- 676 6'7^ \ ' T h eso~comtrinpic,\tions w o r e severally re- ferred to.the .Committees of ways and meads, and ordered to hV^vmlc,^% , On motion o f Mr. Jennings o f Indiana, re solved that a committee b6 iippointed t o in quire into the expediency o f app'ropriaiing money npott apledg*> 0fTheTtereo per cent, fund o f Indiana, to e n a b le said state to eon- •Cfucf a catinF round foe* folls o f Ohio, at Jlel- ler-ooviUe,1 w ith leave .to report by b ill or ifoerw ise, - —, '., Tonnage duties o n , Cafial . J3oc*s.—T h e $pe ikar laid h f fore th e HfOuse-a Communica tion from: the; Department ,of th e Treasury, Trcc<?rnpnffietf-by-Jf-report/^m:The FIfst CnmplroHer o f f o e Treasury:, with e n d o , -uireSjOn -foe subject of (be collection o f ton nage duties on Canal Boats. M r . Storrs moved fon t these papers be referred to the Cotnmii££o o n Coounerce, with the- following instructions* v‘z : **■ That .foe.uommUpicntion ana\ accompa nying papers foe referred to t lie Conagritiee on Commerce with instructions t o inquire into the 'expediency Of so' amending the acts o f Congress, regiilatihg the commerce of the United Shites, . and imposing duties on tohnagev that, they shall pot b^ coastrued to extend. to . b oats.employed exclusively in transportation on-,tbe i^ e r io r canals o f the respective states, ’ . ,M r . N biVton (Chairman of th e Committee on Commerce) suggested that it would Be better to leave thecomniittee atliirge. Uuder tbe i ssU raiice that -they Vroulcl do justice to all parties in the case referred to. _ . , ^ Mr. Stbrfs explained that t b e object o f his motion vitas merely to present tojbe consid eration o f the comonittee, th e expediency of the measure referred to'. .* Sir. Tracy doiibted whether, by adopting foe language ofthe ihstruction. it would not be conceding too tnnoh^?—inasmuch as h e did not believe that the Iqws were susceptible of being so construed‘as. to include the canal boats, wfoch th e inetrtictiohs seenaed to take for granted. Mr. Storrs kind lie hud taken particular care so to frame his.tnotiotTas to avoid Any such adtrtisSion, as'would be seen on refer ring to th e expression “ the acts shall not be so construed as to eictend to boats,” &c. T h e Motion of Mr. .Storrs, was then agreed‘to. - — 6 n motion o f Mr. Storrs, the.cammunica- tion received sothe. days since, from the Governor of New-York, o a this subject, was referred to th e sinte com mittee.—-JV. :¥orh^Stateeman. . T ....... ............. . N iagara R e i ^ e f B i l i ,. . T h e House fftea went into comnaittee of the whole, oh the bill authorising payment for property destroyed by the enemy, during the late wfor. ^ After considerable debate, the committee rose, reported progress, and- obtained leave to sit again, : ’ ' meaning of t h e .Apocalypse haY'been re vealed, ■'■-,1 - I certify; o n honour, that I have discover ed the\ meaning o f thie Apocalypse, which (except that o f some passages in the second and third chapters,) has never been op proacijed- by a n y ex^iositor. — . - ALEXANDER SM YTH Ah Essay <‘expl!iifiing^ this -wonderful-boolC\ will-bo put to press as soon as a small edition is subscribed /or? and may be had for fifty cents a. copy, in sheets, fay \eh closing the money .to the author,, or any member o f Con gress at Washington » W e doiibt not that subscnbeis in “ companies, half-companies, pairs or singlq,’; w ill soon be offered, sufficient to fake Up a largp cdition of this-cU .rious production. 'VEDNESDAY,* DECEMBER 29 , 1-824. PRESIDENTIAL ELEC T IO N . The votes o f all the states have beeti as- pertained, which stand.as follows : States. Adams. Jackson. Crawford. Clay’ N . Eng’d states 51 00 Ne.w-T-Yorlc' 26 1 Pennsylvania 00 ^ 28 Maryland 3 J t Dehtware 1 00 N e w -Jersey 00 8 Virginia 00 00 N . Carolina 00 15 Georgia. 0 0 00 Kentucky ’ 0 0 00 T etiaesgee .0 0 - J l 'Gljin ' O0! . 00 S . C.iroliaa 0 0 . 11 Alabama 00 5 Indiana . 00 ' 5 iLouisian'n . 1 '4 Mississippi 00 3 Illinois 1 . 2 EVlissouri 00 00 83 10Q 00 5 00 1 2 QO 24 00 &' 00 0 6 - GO\ Oft o * oo fo r \ o o .. oo oo 41 oo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ° , X)0 oo GO 14. DO. 1 6 0 0 0 ^ - . 0 0 0 Too o o 0 0 GO af 3 7 Mr. Calhoun is elected Vice-President by a considerable' majority. St- John's Church, a new edificc erected in this village and devoted to the Egiscopal woiiship, was opened on ChristmakTeve.' T he buildingwag appropriately illuminated, and decorated with evergreen? and'ah in teresting discourse was delivered-by the Rector. R e v . E . G, G ear , on the occasion. T h is Church is a neat briGk edifice, jn the Gothic style, and reflects great credit upon those whose public spirit, zeal and perse verance, have contributed to its erection. • . : ■ ” * - * It is the third house, for public w o rship, which has been built In this village withWq; few y e a r s ; and while it indicates th e rapid increase o f wealfo, population, arid Moral improvement, is calculated to awaken senti ments or veneration For that happy constitu tion o f civil government, which secures to its citizens the p eacefulpriyilege o f worshipping th e ir Maker conformably to ther-dict-ltes of theirowaxbnsciences^Thefoilowiaghj'im n ! writteti b y foe Rev. ftlir. Pierpofit, p f ’Bo^- ton, and sung ftt tfte reqent opening o f a Con- gregational Church in Salem, appear? to us a? appropriate op-the present occasion :-— O Thou, to whom in ancient time, ’ The lyre of Hebrejv bards wos strung, Whom lungs adored in songsubiihne, And prophets praised with Rowing tongue. Not now, on Zion’s height alone, Thv favoured worshipper may dwell, Norwhere, at Sultry-noon, tliy Son ' Sat, weary, by the Patriarch’s well. , From every place below the skies, jlhe grateful sqh^'.the ferVent pra.y*r^- The incensej>fthe heart—ntayrise - . To Heaven, and find acceptance fhore. Fn tliis Thy house, whose doors we now For socidl worship first ulifbld, T o Thee the, suppliant throng shaJl, bow, While circling years on years are rolled. To Thee, shall Age, with snowy hair, And Strength and.Beauty , bend the knee, Atid Childhood lisp, with reverend air, Its praises and its prayers to Thee. .• O Thou, to whom in ancient time, The lyre of'prophet bardswaa strung, To Tbee, at ]ast,_in every clime ■ ^ Shall temples rise, and praise be sung. ^ Useful Information.—k correspondent of tiio' States- tnah’,- in reconrmendihg SpaRord’s Gazetteer M f the state of New-Ycrifk, gives the following interesting and useful summary: Indeed, thefe are many of otir own citi zens, to whom the study o f Dr. Spaffotd would not he- altogether .useless. They, would not then require tri be inldfifried, that the'state contained, 6n the lst'of January, 1824, (and the county o f prleans, and a number o f now townp havfc,b0ep 'erected pince) ’ I 65 counties, 862jlownjs and cities. 876' pesfoffice^ fout 7 id 1789^, and 20 '-1 : J. . iu 1793.) Abcut30O,OOO electors. Colleges 5, with 755 students. c .Academ es 3 6 , ^ifo. Common schools 7,382, vyith 377,034 schpljirs. T ’;'' ' :’/\ v School-fund distributed annually, JS80,- 000 . ‘ T, T , Miftlfo 146,000- ' V I '* ■ PuhUc deht,, (in g 5 , 8 9 9 ,500 ca nal stock,) $6,949,500. , . Funds unappropriated, $ 4 ,270,806, ir- plnsiye o f cahals, schoolp,iiterary and otfier Taxable property. asSesged at a low rate. Population,’1,372,812. Great JD iscm r^J ! G e n e ral SiifTH /pelcbraftd for his4 services on tfie fifopliers^ ^Hfiis’^te'durmg the late whr- and at present a'rgpresentatiVp iq Congress from Virginia, publishes the followiiig notice* in'a late National Intelli gencer: ■ . . . , ' - s 'The Dook o f Revelation Unspaled.—-A fter fh m a i n i b g h i d d e p d u r f o g 'm a n y c e n t u r i e s , t h e tmload a p a f ( o f hie Height consisting „0I foad^ w h ich was 'piled up in the stream,,witk a U . S , flag flying o v e r « showing the places eJ, inteading t o sfind small boats from th e f o o t j ? ! ofthe RdpitlsTafter p assingwith a lurgeone» that on returning they discovered that bolk flag m d lead had Been stolen B y a party o f Sack Indians, encamped r,enr the? place- and no doubt saw the lead deposited. - ** \\ ij General Jackson’s Warm friends are, iav anqong all classes pf p e o p le, from fo e most exalted to fhe most hum b le, from fofrAfvJ most refined to tbe most savage Oneof; io the Choctaw Chiefs at present here, is on&i of the most enthusiastic admirer o f Jackson, and when his name, was mentioned at the Theatre the other evening, he exclaitned Hi, e t s h c y , “ Good—?Jackson gnndS' — He sqy^ _ r_ Jackson’s frieudsar& likecorn— corn^ -growe- tW >ai every where So Jackson’s friends a r e * every where This rude, but nohle, old 'f Choctaw Chief, seems to manifest the great est pie tsure in talking of Jackson, who he maintains is next to the( Great Sprnt—-and what is strange for afn Indian -to admit, i s that = Jackson ig greater than hihaself—-tee pi ices his fore and middle finger together, and says the longest is Gen. Jackson.*and th fush-lq-ma-ta h a — -JVaf Journal. The U n ited States .— T h e r e are sonie par^ tieelars disclosed,- in the docu ments'whieh accompanied the President’s Message, that- may be interesting* to our readers—-such ?as the following : . . T h e vvhole number o f men enlisted to re- cruitthe army, for the year ending the 3 0th Septem ber, 1 824, was 2,558. _____ . • The aggregate strength o f our little army, by the latest return, was 6,779.. T h e ag gregate permitted b y law, i f th e ranks, were full, is about 6,189 T h e quarter master general and coqamis* sary general’s departments appear to have been admirably managed, and, as to the pay master’s department, the head of it'says, in his report, .that h e is confident, that the whole f if the troops are now .paid to. foajficst o f Septeniber, and ^ considerable portion tp the first^jf November, and that the paymas ters will render vouchers, before the close ofth e 3 ’ear, which will fully account for all sums ad vanced to them within the three first quarters. T h e annual expense o f medical stores for the army, itappears by th e surgeon general’s report, has h o t been ’more than' ^ 2 '56.per p m . T h e depths in the army in the two first quarters o f foe y ear were about 5 3 , and 13 o f them tvere from consumption. T h e expense o f the national armory, in Springfield, Mass. for foe year 1823, was 186,824 dollars; that o fth e amory at Har per’s F erry, V ir, was 1 9 4 ,868 dollars Inthe yearT8^3, \ arms w ere distributed IKe several states and territories, under the act pf J 8 0 8 , “ for atoning and equipping the wFrile foody of/he?m 1 1 iffm’’“ T h e number o f revolutionary pensioner is 13.034, that qf invalid pensioners, 3,736, and that of half pay, in lieu o f bounty land, 2 0 2 . -Of the first Mass there died; i n the three ft r st quariers o f 1824,411: o f the se-' cond class, 73 ; of. tbe third class, none,--- T h e annual-amount o f pepsions to tine first clpss is g l , 3 3 7 ,316, to the second, $298,- 0 0 6 , to thd tfoifd, 6 ,876 . \ “ T h e number o f military bounty land war rants issued, up*to the 2 2 d -of Nqrember, 1824, is Sfi,6 5 1 , c o v e r in g !,475,632 acres o f land. . . : ' d^ he M unchausen in O hio . R a ttle Snakes.— A s the - p eople at a dif. tance may not b e aware o fthe abundance pf -these-rtepfelesi^nHtouio-parts-nf-Ohior-tver^ub can give tbejrti some idea, by the following fa c t j - aB-related-by C iptairr Riley^wlioSe book ts fatmliar to the generality o f readers. T h e Capt<un happening to fnll in w it Ir the commissioners who w e re locating the Black Swamp road, the subject o f surveying, & c.' was naturally introduced, when he related his experience.^ H e -sap, When he-*hadh been surveying in the neighbourhood of,hi* new town, he was awqre tfoqt the ^onntiy. abounded with snakes, aiffi^he^lmd;t^r precaution to bandage hi^legs w ith Wollen leggings, after foe Imliaii fisbion* Some- times jn the extensive prairies forough which he Jh id t o run sjraight lines, he was obliged to keep fo? e y e oB an o b ject half s m ile or sot. aheem-rand foe hiid'^|Saf found ttf\ the * il course of JBis prOgress, with brush or rub-* Ifl bish, as he atfirat supposed, hut to his utter 1 fo astonishment, on coming out? ne found from .s(e fifty to a fmnftred w e ight o f rattle snakes hanging to each legging t— N m - U s b o n Ga zette , . - / Ipj 4 pj ng h«j T ii I D e f e r r e d A r t i c l e s . A-dqnation, s e p t ftorn Arnerica; o f up*^, wards o f eight thousand pounds’through the house o f Daring & C £ . has bcen remitted to G reece y-nf’eum, be It known,.tu the shame o f .the United ^ingtlom, almost as large as dll f o e subscriptions' which the G r e e k Com-' mittee hare been .able tO>Ofofoin, in this coun try after 18' months exbrtioaai— JtondomL 1 Morn. Chronicle. Unca.~-From a census ' taken a few .daVs ; iCr” 0 nnnnun lti-il St t>..o *• * J 2361 are males, and 2201 females, there w e re only ’385-1 inliabitantov makinw increase ia one year o f 8 7 7 / Eighty nine new,stores and dwelling.houses\have been t*j & h sldughterfRgeSEablfshnient, together withm ia nitrous out-hoURes, & c. k c . - T h e ariceKsidn -of iD b a b iforit^ fes-tee^#-thq-inc>sf/espfe 6 y^ table and useful, class o f cifizeh§jfand;the im- / Si Al K have received a file 6 f the Mexican paper, E l Sol, tothe 17th ult. inclusive, aqd letters from Alvarado t o the 24th. A t Ihe latter date that pj.ice was still very sickly. —--JVkt. Gdx. T h e expulsion o f the Spaniards from the tl'e o f Uloa, and the fortification .of. the t, w e re demanded o f the Mexican Union in a strong mahifesto o f the legislature o f the State of-Vera Cruz,'and both were, fikely'to' be soon attempted by the general govern ment. On the IQth ult. ihe Mexican G ene ral Rincon, tbpk possession of the island Sacrificios, and erected butteries,, with the intention of maintaining the p o s t .,. Progr°ss had been made by the Supreme CongreiS in establishing an internal disciplinr^tftl prac tice for the legislature, find ’b y /h e States in choosing Senators and judgesofthe Supreme^ Court. A very rigorops npohce had been begun to be exercised in the-capital in order to put an end to the robberies and assassina tions by which it was disgraced. . . ^ ,.|,On the 4 th ult. the President o f M e x ic® published .by order, u decree of the Some reign Congress which authorised him to rel ceive proposals/or cutting, open a commvm* pillion between the two oceans by the lethirfu^tf Tehuantepec, and for rendering navigably the rivers o f Alvarado, Panucd, Bravo dqjj- N o r ie , Santiago and Colorado of the West. T h e proposals must be submitted within eight months from the ^th ult. T h e enter prise o f thus uniting thq Pacific and Atlantic is o f the greatest importance. V f '— 11 S t L o u is, Nfo7T22 form \ Indidn, Jhxdacity.—W e are lttfbrme Sir, Vi?dlnm Gibson, Who arrived herwaji days sipae from Fort St Anthony, thatum descending the Des MOmes Rapids bis boat struck a rock, when he was compe^eir to S.WS*SWSfiy. ■ ■£ J5L . . , , !and;the im - ; provemenfcs that have bqen nii'ide are valuR- ble and permanent, Probably n o Tillage in ihe stufe fit/he ptoqenf (itoe is more, flbar-' ishing foatx thiw.*^G6yeiT)er£J H j * (J -■ . - 1, ’ It isstoted in f o e Albany Dally Adverfiserj, that Cjiancellor Kent has promptly refused 4U«epft|^ ° f fo®' , Jaws* -with- Erastus ! E s q .; he has expressed; fiq rejfoonh fofe de*, clining to act, but ,they moist^be.ntevious to •; - j- : ;• . • ' '*> .. • • r ' Boat*H^0i-r-A Bo&t-racnto^ Tfode at N . * York, on . Tjfoscsday last', betiveeri-a fooal o f , Capt. ttarjri^, o f thRllasSaj*, (British frigate) arid a boat nailed , the Am eriatit bwueu « by i h e ’ WMte Hidl boys, rif Hew-York, for f ' American b O a tbeatthc Eng-- ' ijsh about 300 yards. T im e o f runnirig / 4 miles) 22 a j n u t e s / T h e eBallenge waS ftivett | by, the F ft Jubilees —T h e New-York papers state/.; that/or the first timC within- 2 7 . years, the '; doors o f tfop debtors’ prison;,.. inrthaf city^ j have been thrown open, there being not a / single person in confinenient. . a m R fa k tizM * sittemptis makiftg to* resuscitatetthixinstittition, (Directors ha^a receritiy p epn chdsen, and a^catl bhs h|eU made on the stbckhplddrs t<i pay ti Cterffiin/; per cent on their shares.' - , .1 Insult resented .—^Tha coinim n d ev o f one of the small schooners under Com. Porter, ■ in the W est Inches (having, on some pretence^ been imprisoned tnd insulted by the Span-: . ish authorities o f the tofihjpf Fsixarado* foe ^omthodo-re' h men,^marched n'pn toLa battery’ uolcj^itrnm th ...on oH?|00 | sjflrked tffe oSh an f u m b le p ! thout V! ‘ #noqq ,0r ( r « n 7©0cTtu pO> 0 OO> 0 F * $ l '^T AviriilleT left his mill,;jop the ftay thatjl Fayelte visited Salem, arm rircte ag door the foljowfng — No’jgrinditi^ except for La F lyette, Who, in ..our struggle j ground our enenaiegfii ftOW T h e fteport of'^Q kChipntcal , Crifin tprowmg ufl thd ChrtaiB '<rf'
