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Q k U I i ‘ f^ntsrtained b j the Um ted Stales Tor her rights, and of their determina- lion not to Hiterfere «’llh them- T h e Provinces beloegiog to this hemisphere are our neighbors, and have snccessive* ly, as each poflion of the country ac quired its independeneej pressed their rjecognition by an appeal to fads uot to be contested, and* which they thought gave them a just IjMe to it.— T o motives of interest this government has invariable disclaimed all pretension, being resolved to take no part in the ‘ contFovei*S|',,'or other measure in regard to it, which should iipt merit the sanc tion of the civilized woi-ld. T o oth er claims a jyst sensibility has been arwaya felt, and £rankly^ acknowledged, huttheyrip ^ ^ ^ s e lyes, could never become an aj l i ^ e cause of action. It was this government to look hi ev e r j ifllB^tant fact and 'cirquosstaacef w h ^ a aoim opin- ioU-cotdd be ihrm !^ I^lphich has been done. When we then, the great length o f tit^'^ whicli this war has been prosecut^ j the cooiprete snccess which h a s ,|lt^ d e d it, in favor of the FfovinceS^ the |>resent Condi tion of the parties, ^tbe otter ina- biJitj of S j p ^ 1^4g»^uce any change ih it, w e compelled to Conclude tfait its hite is^settled, and that the PfWMW&s8 whicit have declared Iheijr lpdl^ n d e n c e ,.aiidare in the\ enjoy'* n^ent of it, oughV W b e reeogp||pl» O f the views o f the,Spanish O ovem ■ ment on formatiotffisiJifeen rece ^ l y received It may be hi^unaeda^w m e surccess- ful progress of the tep m tm such a tong series o f yearSv gaming strength and extending annually in eve- LATE 8 t gROM ENGL4ISD. By arrivals at Charleston and New-York, brifaging liOuadoni papefs to the 2M Jaouai^y. GREEKS, TURKS AND RUSSIANS. Accounts from the hanks o f the Dan ube mention that letters from W idden as late as 9th December ^ay but little of thef insurrection in Servia. T h e Greek force at Cassandfia is said to have been destroyed after S' battle of 14 hours, in whkh the Greeks lost i6- 000 men. T h e T«rk^ flatter them- sel V ^ w ith ending the siege o f the fort of by a general assault. T\ news from the Morea, coUflfms accounts previously received-of the success o f the Greeks* Prince Dime- trids ITpsilanti, has been nominated chief o f Ibe Oreefe |tajles; twenty-five senators had been ejected to represent the principal tow n s., • T h e s e k of Gov- eroment will be at Tripolizza. ■A body of Greeks^ amounting to iS^OOor 2 0 0 d |^ ^ s a id to have embark ed c:i^||to|||||^M |iant yes^eia at Santos, : td delivef H from the G r e e k ^ R I I |||^ P P ^ December after T h e Turks pave one hundred and fifty pieces of cannon on theline of the Prulbfthe most of which dre Buglisb. ry direction^ and embracing, by the late important e v e n f^ with littie ^ex ception, all the dQmlnion&W|i Spain, south of the U n ited S t d jB K m this C o n tin e n tp lacin g , therll|^R iri|6of^ piete sovereignty over th ^ w h o fe in the handa o f ther people, wHf reconcile the Patent counlTy to an acc^m o d a - tiotri||i^th^m,-Qn the basis lOTUieir uu- .qU a H B |pbpendence. Nor has- any au M |||P P a F m a tion be.en recently re- ceiv e r W ib e disposition oC^other 'pavg’ ers,tespCi^tiDg it. A sincere desire has been cherished to act id concert with them in the proposed recognition-, o f which several were sonie time pail duly apprized, but it was understood that they were not prepared it^— T h e Immense space betweeu those powers, ^ e p which border on the At-' lantie, a n d these Provinces,, makes the movement dnafiair o f less interest and excitem ent to them tbair to us. It is probable, therefore, that they baye been • leaw attentive to its progress than, we have been.- It m aybe presumed,, how ever, that the late events will clispei all d o i^ t of the result. In proposing this measure, if is not contemplated to change thereby, in the' slightest manner, pur friendly relations- with either of the parties,. b«f ta ob- serve,^ia all respects^ as hilretofore, should the war be continued, the most perfect neutrality between them.- O f this frieudiy disposition ad assurance will be given to the government of o f news front Constantinople, whlcW eached to December 13^ that on the 30lh November the Divan de manded, tbrougb the medium of Aus tria and fijogland, a delay pf 3p dSjra to decide definitively as to thp Russian ul- titaatum.’'’ . T h ieoew s faakinspired the people, here with new hopes pf peace. Londonf Jan. 20.—^Frotp the east of Europe, it is stated, that thfe Greeks of Cassandra, who were lately defeated there, hzve resumed offensive measures on the arrival ofa^reinforcement io the gulf of Gontessa, and have advanced tP PanomVa place about 15' leagues distaut from Salonica. iMkasuresseem to' be lakep for the evacuatiou of Wal- iachia and 'Vloldavia by l^he Turkish troops,., but sonre letters assert that (j|i% is not with pacific iutehtioiis, but for the sake o f taking u p a spotiger pos- Hion on the Danube. 1 T h e Sun of yesterday ;asserts,' as frbn¥ indubitable authority, that , the British government has abandoned all hope o f preserving peaee between Ruw- sia and T u r k e y . f ■ T h e Persiaa war is said' to be at,a«* end. NolhingrWas known at the.court of Teheran,; beyond the irruption of prince Mahpmed.AU Mlnzi, into the PashaUek of Bagdad f it is said no- orders were gi ven fer this irruptionvi; IR E L A N D .^ Disturbances still contmue to pre vail iu this country* The^pounties o f Carlow, Kildare, W icklow pud Dublin have been searched for arniSj and 66;^ stand o f muskets,^ I2 d swords^ pikes and bayoj^ets seized. ATdSentry, a body o f armted' meUv From iite NH^cnaFtrJ 6lligCnter. LATE AND; INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. B y late papers from Uiexico, which have been received in this c ity, it pears that Ibe whole o f the kingdom i?* independent and tranquilly proceeding to organize J lsgovefum e n t T h e foi- iowihg pass^gcj from a prqdlamalion of the regetrey of M exico announciog the fqrm o f election, induces the belief that the Regency do not consider t he treaty priguala as bidding Jipon the nation. -. ; “ T h e sovereign junta has ordained the installation of a national congress, i which Wilt unite all the intelligence ne* cessary to eslabjlsh a coQStitution suip ed to the circumstances o f the etepire, where the legislative power Is confided to a national representation, in order, that it may be justly Said I h a ttbe res* oloiioDS o f the cougresB,aad theconsti- tutidii they establish, is the legitimate CKpressioG o f the will o f the iiiiabitants of this empire? Exercis#| therefore, citizens, the noble right o f Sttflrteige to Which the Re- geHcy iiirite y o u . Remember that the i>bjeut o f MseicbUng this Congress is, that it should proceed to perfect and consoiid-ate a conStitotioDj suited to the independence o f the nation, which will discuss measures calculated to give stability to the empire, to secure its happiness, and to promote its glory T h is is the plan of this great Work.’* The manner of electing deputies does not very essentially differ from that prescribed by the cou;stitution of Spain. Jl is made imperative oh some of the provinces to chose one deputy from among the secular clergy, One from the army, and one either a magistrate, a lawyer or a literary man^ Mexico is moreibver obliged to send a raifser and a Uoisfeman ; Gnadalaxara, a mer- ebant: Vera Cruz, a merchant; Pue bla, a mechanic j Nueva Biscayza, a farmer, and so jEoiirth* T h e deputies were to rfleet in Mexi co, on t he 13lfa of February, 1822— to deliver their certificates to the R e gency on the 15tb, and the Congress s n^as to be assembled on the 24tb of that month. A s soon as the depulies pfreet, they are to be divided into two bodies of equal numbers, and with the same pow ers, so that the laws which originate in one ebatuber may be revised in the other. . ^ By the 12*tb aftiefe Of ffi? tretdy of fgualaall the inhabitants o f New Spain without any distinefionsf Europeans, Afticans, and I n ^ n ^ a r e declared to be^citizeus a ^ ' may hold any office according to thOirnerit. \ iB(^.^aaniEtiBetv vntmgapiiw Spain,4o whom, it- is presumed, it will between 5d0 and mostly ipoUntedy be, as it ought to be, satisfactory.—- T h e measure is proposed,, under tho rough conviction that it is in strict ac cord with the law o f n ations; that it is^ just and right, as to-parties and thab the United States owe it to their sta-- tion and character in the World;, as well' as to their essential interests,-to adopt it. Should Congress concur in the view herein'presented, they wilj doubt-' Less see the propriety of making the necessary appropriations ^for carrying it into effect. JAM E S MONROE. Wasbington, March 8,1822. ' C apt . S ym m e s .— Our readers have heard much o f this enthusiastic man, and his project o f discovering world within a wodd’. A late Cincionati pa per g ives notice that the Captain wilF- attend in person'ah|he hotel for a few days, and requests all “ who are willing to aid him in his-philOsophrcal pursuit^’ to call and “ !en#on--a tong credit^ or' gratuitously subscribe” to enable hiat to go on a tour to the Atlantic States,- for the purpose o f there raising a sum by loans and subscriptions- to- present himself before the National- Govern ment, or anyforeign power I T h is sec ond Columbus adds, thatto the labor ers in the vineyard of ChristiaDity he hopes to open a new and exteuaive field for the propagation o f the Gospel,” as Well as “ to the merchant a new field of commerce,” Bqt we can tell Capt. Symmesj.as the author of ihe Pirate %aid o f Triptolemu8,.his famous Agri- coltoralist of Zetland, that “ 'be Came into the world at least a centiiry too soon!” Depend on it, tbe^good people will require a little more ligKtf before they lend their money toexpjorethe in side of the earth tnseareb o€ missionary fields. Capt. 8 . wants ohly one hun dred thonsand d o lors to fit out two or three strong whaling ships, with 100 men, well armed, and provided with /rapd sledges, — [N , H . SejdinH. attacked the bouse of DV Mellefontef Esq* and the houses Messrs; Dbyle and Patterson, from^ whi ch' they took arms;^ The. parly were\ pursued; bue kified and* Others wounded; T h e pa pers detail-wgreat number of outra^s, in which many lives- Were lost,^and mS-' ny persons wpundedt Froiipthe Duflin Morninjf Poti'o/fuesde^. F atal M ista XI s .— T h e following letter received in town yesterday,-com?* muuicates a most and unfortunate aud fatal occurFeoce ; Fhave thia'mqment hetrd o f a most shocking occurrence wbiefe took- place in the neigbborbobd''Of' this* towu last niglib I'am so burned,.! cannot'now be cireomstantiali' ' T h e short account is this :' T h e R(BV.'Mk Chester, o f this town,, a magistrate, took a party o f the 22d regiment, to patrol tfie country to the soulliwest pf M allow; and' having sent out an^ advanced' gt^rd, he was informed by tfieta tbafrtiey heard, the trampling o f horses cotuing onward Mr. Chester and ffie military officer placing their part^on each-side of the. road, ^ b in d the'<^che8i- W T h e supposed marauders advane c d ^ lh e t w o firstthat appeared' were fired at by at least 10 or 12 soldiers. T h e y fell > bat when the main body -came up, it Was discovered . that, in- stead^of WhUeboys, they were King’s troops Jr aTtd,'tothe utter consternation of ail parties, it was'found that the in dividuals who fell were, the ReV. J . B Lowe, and one Law, a constable, who were both o f the party mistaken by Mr. Chester for WhUehoys; and bad Stcidestally preceded them fop a mo ment. T h e Rev- Mr. Lowe was per forated with five balk;, he died in- stantly. T h e constable is in the in firmary, wounded, and past all hope.” An Aiislriao army of 3 5 ,000 men continued at Naples to watch the move- I ments o f revolutionary nrinciples. FtiRm-**Recept accounts froml^ern ^i^e, that Gen. Lacerna yet remained in Sierra, but with a force npt ex Ceediog 2000 meif, owtbg to the re* peated dekertious wl^iclt he bij^s met with j (hat the ports lyipg betwemi the ktiti^ e s o f tSr. aod- twenty degree, Sooth, aife blockaded;; that three large vessels o f War have proceeded to cruise there j that at fiima troops were pre paring for an expedition against Ari* ca ; and'that 5 0 0 men bad arrived at Piurs,' from Trdxillo,- to join tbe 1500 wherweref ^ere,- and to descend to fa ile, in orffer fo rcinforee Guayaquil. At Lima, every thing was in a hap py train ; and Gen. SU Martin was fully restored to his health. A treaty bad^been made between the' Head of the new goVernme.nt and- the. R o y a l' commander o f t he ships o f war at Pana ma, among which were two frigates for rautual-couveniencc; • m T .ExlrmVtJaiUlletfrofn a'geMtmdn of Buenos Ayres tohis friend'in the city o f New York. « General Carrera k no more, H e was treacherously deli vered to his ene- mies'by one of h is officers; carried to the spot where bts brother died,s aind was shot. Ife refused to he blinded, and'died like w martyrbut, horrid to relate, fais head, arms,- and legs were savered from his body, and sent to dif ferent provioces—*^RamireZ'Shared the same fate. Order is again restored in the interior. T h e present adeninistpa- tion 18 very popular,?and daily gaining ground all their measures lend f© the general .good and prosperity of the country.” WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20 S ooth A merica and the U. S tates .'.-^ Th'e message of the President, YeCbrnmend- ing the recognition of the South American governments,- will b'e received in ever;^ part of the country, as it has been doubtless by .congress, with sincere expressions of appro bation; To say nothing of the sympathy which tpust necesarily grow out of a prox imity of territory and a similarity of views, this step fe now sanctioned by the soberest carcuMions of policy. It is the more wel- cotne from iiaiVing been the result Of mature reflection, and of a consciousness of the fi nal a n i Undoubted success Of the' Patrio^. The South Americans partake of their climate in the ardency of their feelings and I, Zttachrr^ts* Towards no nation havelhey itiore liberally, and, We believCj more sin- cerelyj extended them, tllan towards Our bwnf And althdtigh it has not comported witii the wise and pendent policy of our gov ernment to hastily recognize their indepen dence in an official shape; yet the expres sions of interest and regard have been mu tual, and in most instances fairly reciproca ted. Whatever may have been the previ*- otis condition of things, howevet’, w« are confident that this last act of our getern- ment, although^ in itself, it cannot aflect our relations either with Bpaia or the Re publics, will be gratefully and joyfully re ceived by the latter. A friend of ours, a resident at Valparaiso, has described to us the excitement which a report of this kind produced at that place'; and which may be taken as a sort *f index to the gdaeral state’ of the public fedling, Ncarfy tWo years since, when Mr. Forbes arrived at Buenos Ayres, a report was circulated that he camo in the character of a Minister of the United States. Expresses were immediately started in eve ry direction} and a few |days brought the intelligence to Valparaiso. The citizens were in raptures, and congratulated each oilier, and the Americans, in tbe warmest terms-—th.e governor, and his secretary, Claro, whose coolness and evenness of con duct are proverbial, oh cemmunicating the information ttf onr friend, emb'riieed him# and Were affected eteU fo tears. The'A- merican flag was displayed, the municipal autliorities were convened, salutes were fi red', afid balls and iUuminatidDs, and ail the - ifextravaganCe of unbounded joyi commem- grated the supposed even tr SoTJTfit A me HICAN AypAi|is.—Our atten tive correspondent at Washington, has for warded to us the documentjs. accompanying the President’s late Message to Cong^resS on this subject.- They occupy 73- pages, and consist Cf letters from the agents of dhr govermnentin So-hth America, including an interdsting letter from JaX. Smith Wifcox esq. an American citizen af Mexico'. Our correspondent adds It is said tbfit the foreign Ministers, partichlariy the Spanish, are highly di^atjsfied with the message. This, however, iya- matter of no great mo ment. The House will nearly u'hamiBOus-i ly meet the views of the PrOTideht.” J ohn R andolph .— Our correspondent at Washington states, that this gentleman, in closing his speech of.the 9th inst. on the batikmpt bill, to o k , an xfiectionate leave of the house, and ^ v e notice that he should je'absent during the remainder of the ses sion. He sailed from New-Yorfc, in the packet Amity,for Liivbrpo6l,on the 16 th inst. ? — Farehee t well jack, ‘*”VVe Could befterspare a better mart.’’ ■ o n the subject ofthe reported arrest of Captains Hull a«d Shaw, tho National Intel ligencer says :• Captain HnR, We arfe informed, is adt un der arrest. Captain Shaw, . we regret to bear, is under arrest, and a court martial has been ordered for his trial, of which Captain , Tingey is tbe President. The Editor of Ihe Port Folio has offered a premium of^OO doliars=for the best designs for engravings from scenes in the “. Spy.” The nature of the tbllowin'g dommuuic^- tion is such as will command the public at tention even if the' views of the writer should not be practically seconded. OUR POOR RATES. Jffr. CrOsiJcell —Are the substantial inb.abr itUnts of this county aware of the increas ed expenses incurred by them for the sup port ofthe poor ? It appears to me that the facts are not known, or there would be a de gree of excitement which the subject de mands. I send you the tbliowing state ment, in the hope that it may be brought before the several towns, at their coming town-meetings, and some plan adopted to lessen the expenses, by giving employment to the poor. Experience has shewn that Such an arrangement reduces the number of paupers very materially, whenever if has been adopted. The amount of taxes collected in ^this county during the last year was about 'l6,- 000 dollars. Of this sum, 3,500 dollars were raised by the different towns for their “ poor money,” and about 500 dollars for county and foreign paupers. In addition to these sUms, it is believed that about 1000 dollars are annually collected for the same purpose by licenses, fines, &c. Thus ma king an expenditure pf 5000 dollars during the last year, .for the support of a class of beings, who, -with very few exceptions, are not entitled, either iby misfortue or by un foreseen accidents, to any sympathy. The first question which arises, is, shall we passively continue in the practice of a system which lays so large a tax upori us ; or shall we adopt a system bj w-hich the de serving pdor can maintain themselves, and the vagabond pauper be compelled' to labour and lire temperately ?' I think but one opin ion ca* prevail on this subject, It has been found by far the most success ful .and economical of all tire plans sugges ted by the philanthropists of the age in which we live, to procure a farpi, sufficient- lylaVge to employ all the paupers of a given district, and % their labour therdon, pro vide for themselves the sustenance they re quire. It should be a well-selected .spot, sonear-a market as to give.the overseer an opportunity to dispose of bis surplus articles, With comfortable buildings for the use of the residents, and suitajile apartments for the sick. The arrangement may be such as to afford every species of labour to which their sex,^-Sge and strength might be adap ted : The more robust of the males till the fields and prepare fuel for the household; the less hai-dy, oid\*or young, find employ ment in the garden ; atkl the females with in doors, in spinning, atlehdiogthe sick, &c. Idleness would be utterly discountenanced ; Siieh as were, in good health, and refused to perform their daily task,' would be denied their usual sustenance. Spirituous liquors would be prohibited-; and the paupers would not be suffered to leave the farm without the consent of the overseer, under pain of being denied admittance upon it a- gain. The superintetidant should be aman whose habits and disposition qualified him for the station ; and who should govern them by regulating thfeir diet a jd labour rather than by fear of the lash or close confine ment. Under such a master, and under sueb goyetnm^bt, the worthy unfortunate would find an asylum and a home—he would gladly labour for what his health and com fort required. But the vagabond, who had couiumed'bts substance by interoperate liv- ing,——debilitated aud depraved--—would go with reluctance to a spot where he would be compfilJed to change his habits,* and »tfe- nouncebis favourive through wretched in- dulgencies. With starvation,-however, on the one side, and labour on the other, he ^Votild.either become altered in his courses, or so far aroused from his lethargy as to sapport himself without-the, aid of the town. Let uS pursue this plan in our own coufi- ty, and it will not be long before this item of out taxes vyill become comparatively unim portant, The statute relative to the poor,, points out the mode in whiclithe towns that unite in forming such an establishment should proceed ; and I do not doubt if the plan were fairly explained, but that a large majority of the inhabitants of this county would sanction its adoption. A freeholder . tWl which iqs iidw fakeo plaC'e. but little probability, it appears to ns, ofLg. . passage ofariy law of bankruptcy, that ca^ be of use to the prese^ generation of men. We see no remedy Tor this, but in an a- mendment ofthe Constitution, restoring ttr the states, respectively, the powers in this re spect which they possessed before the adop tion of that constitution.; or, if this be deni ed, in the passage, by Congress, and by ev ery state in the union, of laws abolishingiro- prisontrient of the body for any thing fast fraud or breach of the peace, aud providing\ for the security of the creditor against the favoritism of the debtor, &c. Previous ta the vote by which the hill for auniform system of Bankruptcy was reject ed, Mr. Walworth laid a joini r-esolution oa the table to amend the Constitution of the U- S. to the following effect :—- “ That until Congress shall esti^blish uni form lawSjOn the subject6fjbankruptcy,thro’- out the United States, it shall be lawful for the several states, for any of them, to enact bankrupt dr iusolveht laws in the same man ner, and with the like efiect, as they might, have done previous to the adoption of tha constitution ofthe United States.” T he A otortionment L aw , which has* received the signature of the President,gives; one Representative in Congress for every* 40,000 persons in each.state, ft goes intoj operation onthe 4lh of March, 1-823, and ac—, cording to the late census will give to thess states, the following representation :— ' Maine, 7 North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshife, 6 Massachusetts, 13 Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ldaware, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, 9 Illinois, 2.2 Missouri, 0 6 5 34 § 26 1 St T a* b 9 life I d 3 .1 1 Whqle number, 212 or 213-. B o w DO“i N E CoLLisG B, atBruuswick, Maine, WaS destroyed by fire on the 4,til inst. The building was erected in I807y and cqsL it is said, ^16,000. There were OOfstudents; some o f wbofo losteverj^tbing. A t the late session o f Ibe Superior Court in Litchfield, Con. a young lady recovered of a young gehllemarvof that county,-a verdict pf iff an atUipn of slander. F atau AcdiDKNT.—-Cfo the- 15th inst; while tHe'sfoam boat Befinna was on her passage-' from New-r-BrunswicTc, to New- York, the boiler burst, and burnt the engi neer a o s e v e rely th a t he died dm ing the d ay, a colored man snd boy, it is believed, wil not suryive- Tw»men were executed at Bostoq an the 17th inst. for-highway robbery... CaHMUNICATIOM. 'M a !H¥ iot H HoCr !—A hog raised, on the farm of col. Abm. Salisbury, was brought to this town during the last week. I t is now two'yearsand nine_ months old, and weighs ] within a few pounds twelve hundred t It measures 9 feet from the nose to the root of the tail, is 6 feet 6 inpheshi girth, and 3 feet 7 inches in height. L E G l S L A T U R E ^ f N E W .Y O R K . March 13.—Mr. Powers, from a select committee, reported a bill regulating the time and manner of electii^ general state officers, and justices of the peace, and for prescribing the number of coroners to be e- lected by the people. An act to incorporate the Bainbridge and Deposit turnpike company, passed unani mously. Mr. White offered a,resolution that the house will adjourn on the 16th of April next. March 14.—Mr. Keyser reported nnfa- vorably on the petitions for. the erection of anew county from Ontario and Steuben. •March 15.—Mr. Grant, from a select committee, reported a bill to annex part of the town of Delhi to Andes in the county of D e law a re. . ■ M f . J. Tracy, from a teleet commitfee,- reported a bill apportioning tlte m em b ers o f Assembly for this state. / M r. Grant rep'Wrted a bill to encourage the raising of sheep, and to promote domes tic manufacturesin the county of Delaware. BANKRUPT B ILL— r e j e c t e d ! IJov^se o f dt.‘—March 13, half past 5 p, m . The Bankrupt Bill, after an arduous debate, has just been defeated. On the question for engrossing the bill fo^ a third reading, it was lost, py a majority of 27 votes, as fol- low5; , Y eas — - Messrs. Allen, liSass. Baldwin, Barber, Conn. Bayly, Bigelow, Borland, Breckenridge, Burrows,Gambreleng,Camp bell, N. Y. Causden, Cocke, Golden, Conk- ling, Crafts, Cushman, Darlington, Deni son, Durfee, Dwight, Eddy, Edwards, Con., Edwards, Penp. Eustis, Farrelly, Findley, Fuller, Gorham, Hawks, Herrick, Hill, Holcomb, Hubbard, jones, Tenn. Lent, Little, McCarty, ^Milnor, Montgomery, Moore, Pa. Moore, Va. Moore, Ala. Neale, Nelsoor Mass* Patterson, N. Y. Pitcher, Poinsett, Rich, Rochester, Rogers, Ruggles, Russ, Russell, Sawyer, Sergeant, S..Smith,. J. S. Smith, Sterling, N. Y. Stoddard, Tay lor, Tod, Tomlinson, Tracy, Van Rensse laer, Whitman, Williamson, Wood, Wood- son, Wright-v-72. N ays — Me^rs. Alexander, Allen, Ten. T he G eneral P ost -Q ffice .—~Evcr3'- day adds the most Convincing proof of the sterling capahili^iand fitness .of the Post- Master G e n e r a l ! In pursuance offa call from ^he House of Representatives,, this of ficer has submitted a report of the receipts and expenditures of rhis department for the last five years; in which he anticipates a considerable deficiency in the j evenue fo r tike current year. To^supply tiiis deficieu-; cy, and to reduce the expenditures of the department, he proposes, 1st. A discontinuance of all post routes which do not produce one third of the ex- r pense of transporting, the mails. 2d. An increase of the postage ofnews- - papers, and to majee printers pay postage oh- their exchange papers. ' ^ ' 3d. All newspaper postage to he paid bcr fore the papers are put id the mail. 4th. Adimunition ofthe expenses of col lection, by a reduction of the commissions of post-tnasters,, and regulating by law-, theiF clerk hire and office expenses. 5th. Prohibiting all passengers io stages, which travel a post road, owuers and dri vers, and all passengers in the steanj-boats from carrying letters. We have neither time nor room, (says the '-Commercial Advertiser, j to make .such re marks as naturally suggest themselves oct propositions sp, extraordinary (and absurdj* As to the 4th, we of course have nothing to. say. But we are sore that the three first will never be sanctioned by the people, and .the fifth could never be enforced. It has- been attempted in England, to prevent le^- ters from bemg carried by private qonveyt- ances, and a fine often guineas for every letter found upon passengers, but without effect. And ifin England, where a monarch. has but to speak the word, and a hundred. thousand bayonets will instantly bristle in. the air to enforce his mandates, such a reg- • ulation could not be enforced, we hardlr believe it could be carried into effect amonl^;- a people who are their own,masters. Post Office Departrfient was instituted for- public convenience, not to faise a revenue.* to support other branches ef the govern.-- ment. Were the revenue ever so large,. not a cent of it should ever go into the genis- eral treasury. It Bbould go to diffuse thef- light of intelligence to every corner oLthe. Union, and bring knowledge to the door oF every cottage, postage upon newspapers.-is- already sufficiently high ; and ifjtis to be increased, the Governmeut bad better intro duce the English stamp at once, aijd dispense with the postage altogether. But in oor views, the Post M a^er Geaerr- al has not proposed the proper expedient for retreoebment—^^^d stories are told, as to the speculations of contractors for carry - ing the mail. The mammoth contractors, itissaid, are in the habit offarniiiigou.t4heir contracts, and pocketing their twenty-five or fifty pm* cent. The expenses of trans porting the mails forlhe year 1811, amount ed to ^800,418. Here, then, is tbe.place- to strike.' Reduce this expenditure:, *anl|i make contractors attend to their own busi- nesf, Above all, do not give contracts for carrying the mail in the state of Maine, tfi- persons on the Chenango river, west of thcr Susqnehannah. dy, Chambers, Condict, Conner, Cook, Cuthbert; Dane, Dickinson, Edwards, N. C. Giitncr, Gist, Gross, Hall, Hardin, H*ar- din, Harvey, Hobart, Jackson, F . Johnson, .7. T, Johnson, J . S. Johnston, Jones, Va. Keys, Latlirop, Leftwich, Lincoln, Litch field, Long, Lowndes, McCoy, McDuffie, McNeill, M e ^ e rry, Mallary, Matlack, - Matson, Mattocks,Mercer, Metcalf, Mitch ell, Pa. Mitchel, S. Q. Morgan, Murray, Nelson, Ya. New, Newton, Overstreet, Patterson, Penn. Reed, Mass. Reid, Geo. .Rhea, Ross, Sanders, Scott, Sloan, Arthur Smith, . W , Smith, A. Smyth,^ Steven son, Stewart, Sivan,.- Swearingen, Tatnall, Thompson, Trimble,'Tucker, S. C. Tucker,. Va..Upbara, Vance, Van Wyck, Walker, Walworth, Whipple, Williams, N. C. Wii. liams, Va. Wilson, Wooiicpck, tVonpan-99* The Intelligencer, of (he 14tli insL sa-ps: —The Bankrupt Bill has beeaso desiciveJy rejected that there is no prospect of its being revived a t the present sas-sion. of Congress. There must be a radical change in the com position of the Hodso of Kepresantatlves— such a one -as there is little reason to expect at present—before tiia subject can bn.j-e.vi- TFashington, {Been.} Feh. 2S* A wful . — On Saturday nighh last^ a fire broke out in the office of Thom as M. T . M’Cennan, Esq. in Maideff Street,. vtrhich destroyi-(l the house in which it originated *and Ihe ond adjoiiv. ing. After the fire, a crowd of people h id assembled together near the place when a stack of chimneys that’ hath, bee« left standing, gave way,andcnisl)- ed to instant de^thfour persons, severe-- iy woiindiogseveral mpre. T h e names of the killed are, James \Wilson Ihe yoimgpstson of .lolm W ilson, Es(;*' Jeremiah DeVkrr,s(one mason, a inan^ ried mup— .lospph iLr-ker, a bo}',. tn-’phew of rhe ab.-ve, »* d Henry* Tay* foc,soM ofM r. Matlln V Pavior. The* ti llowii-gpersinijs rin* i- >jnded ; Thom.- M. i . IVUC.ejHuui i'i »{. sever.-lv—- rhnmas. Morgan pr -lhunotaty,, ■severelyAdd Son vnsl-y Wilson, a ved, w’itijguy U-ipe of*a re-iuU.difforvuj tVu.uj 1 *>.ii.-''Jh-ond iJuv siie, a L'tyja,hd*y>.« k -
