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“ The Pacha* in reply to the proposed supCrb contrast o f the b r i^ y e r d u r e of the arrangement, observed, that after the taking of Navarin, he had sent a note to the Greek government on this subject, offering to ex change all the prisoners but two, Hadgi Christi and Captain Nicholsot—whom had long ago promised his chiefs never should b o under existing circumstances.— T h e sarqe proposal he would still abide by. O n b eingurged’to give u p the two m^qaes- tk>n also, he obstinately refosed.- He had pledged his wotd, and he would ke«p it.— 'WhatwQuld, Euyope-say o f a. man-who acfe- . ed with SO, little firmness ? In^ead of ad miring hie waciilation, they would despise Mm for it, ^It is for w o m e n / added the hm igh^ Pacha, ‘ to be mutablej I never pass my word but it is sacred. W h a t I say • i mean J and what I have said I. will d o.’— A s for the Turkish r>risonerS, « e i r release would be of no j^antage to^him. The moment they w§re free he should send them out o f the Morea. The pripcipal person age, Ali Pacha, had a rank answering to a general o f brigade, and neither he nor the Porte h ad need of his assistance ; if they had, they Would have adopted sufficient . means to e i^cthis freedom, long before this. H e wished to conciliate the E nglish n a tion; Imd in proof thereof, he stated that the captain of hig Britannic M ajesty’s ship C h a fecieer, (Capt. Hope Johnson) having -interfered with the disposition of a Greek vessel captured by. th&-T4irks, whichyhe ! considered no legal prize. Ibrghim con stituted him judge in the affair ; and when •_ oiiinqiiiry it had been decided aga^iist the tufted mountains, spotted, viliag,.s and Chateaux, opposed to lHe y i ^ t blue of the remoter distance, the line of which .is bro ken by the towering, snow ckjed Pic du M ididcPau. One houseyin I p centre of the town, has inscribed on it, “ Hknaddotte, kiwg'of Sweden’^ was horn ltere.% Brancht es of his fainily still reside in thejplace and Its environs. * , The Bearnaia have very ’formed features, especially the womeh, with jet black hair, like their n e a r.- rieigfe’Ours the Spaniards. A t Pau, as in most p ie r parts of France, there are two class^ of men essentially distinct in character one be longing to the ancient regime^ inc&dingthe old noblesse ; the other emhracingi?.llthose who have sprung up since the revoffilion.— In dress, manners, , and outward appearance they are as opposite as light aiad dafkness except\that the younger still retain the uni versal politeness of the nation. T l^ old beaux have silvered |iair, wear whit^/ilk stockings, and, with a ^roquelaure are'^ust wliat we see on the Eiklish stage, the v^ry pink of fribble and ’ gplahtry. The other party is mostly in a sop o f military u n d r ^ custume, with complelje mops o f black hai^j a l a lirutus, terrfficiwiiiskers, and their gate the most consequential and supercili ous that can be imagined. Avalmphes .— I received the following Bxplanah'on of the progress o f these phe- nomenju The first snows which fall ad here to those left from preceeding' winters, aiid become solid- by the successiqn o B E F U - B - L I C A N . . iffOV. i s ; 18 . JI 16 . Greeks, h e relinquished all claim to ine vesj i;haws and frosts. Otjier snows again de s e l l This story,us well as most. o f wi Ibrahim asserted, beai's the stamp of .^n- ...Iruth. Hiaevasion relative to the prison arsis open artd palpable. Speaking of ffie Morea, although he > refgretted-thc necessity of his present pro ceedkigs, as yet it was his intention to pur sue them to the utmost, fie would burn and destroy the whole jHorea, so that it should neither be profitable to ^the Greeks jiqr to him, n or one. W h at wqu I c these infatuated men, the dupe' o f ther own imbecile Government, do for provisions in ’ the winter ? knew that his own soldiers would alaosuffer—^that they too must perish, . But his ffitber ‘ Mehemet Ali was training 140,00(1 ipen,^ to d he, was in daily expecta tion of areinforcement o f 10,000. If these ' w ^ e Cut off, he would have more ; and he , Would persevere till the Greeks returned to - thsir'former st§.te. One o f the castles on - the plain, he said, had just beer carried by . assault^ and the garrison all put to the sword; the other was expected to foil immediately. H e repeated, ‘ I will not. cease till, the Mo rea be a ru in / T h e Sultan h'as already conferred upon him the title and insignit of iPacha of this unhappy land : ‘ a n d / salt hi&Highness, if the good people o f Eng- who are so fbnd^of sending money to the Greeks, would send it directly to me, it would save them- donsiderable trouble-, - ^eventually, it all comes to my treasury. , : ^ v e taken heaps of purses from the G reek soldiers, filled with sovereigns.’ T h i s ,! are ac cusad o f dip^ng their fingers deeply into ffiaJbans. a t least have not detained the sojaiers’ pay.’^ Friday, Septemhlir l6 .—W e had a ^O B id conference with Ibrahim this morn- . ing. H e d g reed toglve upthe vvhole o fthe - prisoners in Modon, amounting to 80 per sons, with the excepBon 0,^ Hadgi cChristi and Captain Nicholsa, on condition that , Ali Selim Pachas, ■ w ith their families, wei^ surrendered. He then turned to the llff^rs of Greece, Colocostroni, i he said, was not worth two p aras as a soldier ; that he never fought buuself, but invariably sent his sonto . ] ^ l e , while he was collect ing money, with the acknowledged inten tion of escaping to? Corfu, if events were unfavourable* r Liberty ! liberty! what changes they ring' upon this liberty! I prize liberty as as another man, but the Greeks are not fit for it. If they had it, and were become. an, established govern- . ment,they Would be the scourge o ’ Europe; . they WQuld respect neither the laws nor'the usages o f nations. Even iu« the :^enith o f their feme, tliey were remarkable for. their duplicity and civil^ disssnsfons 5 and. they are the same peopie still.’ * * * * * ‘ The best, things for the G reeks/con tinued the despot, ‘ would be an uncondi tional surrender. Let them return to their former condition. You know foe extent of the population* in E g y p t : I will gain my ob je c t at whatevi-r sacrifice; and I hope tliat a good God loid enable me to do so. P’ “ J u s t as we were departing, Sufeiman Bey came up with a fetter from the Pacha . for Capt, Hamilton, He. looks exactly hke an ostler turned bandit; a. striking vulgar face marked with: tlje? smffil-pox (as if in i sympathy tvith his master L) is set off by small light blue eyes, light hair, and a flat 'fiose. I'w a s on horseback when he ariri- \ Ved, a n d heard my friend Smart, expend ' some few flowers of-riiCtoric upon him, ere/ I knew on what soil they were planted. I turned away in disgust. This person was |>taisedfooin the r a i ^ ' o f Bonaparte, be came aide-deHcamp to general Ney, for at tempting to e& c t Whose escape he was .outlawed. He\then in the corps qf , ifle M amelukes,whom he organized; and finally abendoping h is religion for the poliu scendirig on these weak holds, tod their weight soon becoming enormous, the slight est gale o f wind^.is sufficient to set inino tion these masses,\ which once detachec gathers size and force from the incalculable rapidity with which they descend andsweej: down every obstacle opposed to them ; even the houses which are constructed of stone and mai'ble. The street is actually board ed over from roof to roof, to protect the place a s much possible. Falley o f Campan .— T h is valley is the boast of every Frenchman, and deserves all praise, It exhibits a vast plain of the richest verdure, studded with noble cAnieana; and large villages. .A thousand brooks to d rivuldts murmur at your feet; every meadow has its little water-fall ; the acacia the walnut, and every ^ tree that can adorn a landscape, are seen in abundance. As the view extends upwards to the skies, the peaks and ridges become violet tinted, with here and there patches of black pine, some of which creep to the summits, in fine con- stast to the. glowing tinge which marks their hared peaks. The stupendous Pic flu Mici, the grand ornament d f jh t s beautiful spec tacle reigns lord p aramount T h f following extract from the letters of Burbefiuiers, who travelled as an ambassa dor hmohg. the Turks in 1554, offers a cu rious contrast feetween the c h a racter of the Janissaries in their primative condMdn/tod* that to which t h ^ had degenerated pre viously to their fete partial extremination: “ A t Buda 1 first saw ffie Ganissaries (the Turks thus* terfli the Imperial Infanfr his whole dominions;-employod either in gatfishiiag his or for thepro- tection o f ike Christians and jewsip.ga.iast'' the insults of the., inuItittideT~~^here is no \’SUage; town or city, in which some Janis saries are not found, who defend Christians, Jews, and professors of other religions, against the insolence of the vulgar. • Some of the Janissaries came into my apartment, and saluted me with bare head, approach ing me respectfully, and t^iehing my gar ment or my hand, as i f they would kiss them. Theyofleredm e beauquets of flowers (pya- cinths or narcissuses) and, when they re- ired, they went backward as far as the door :o avoid turning thejr back upon m e.. T h ere hey stood with extreme modesty, their lands folded upon their breasts, silently ooking towai:^.- the ground ; resembling more our rabnks than soldiers. W hen I, gave them some money, they received.it with bended head; and with loud ejaculations' times and occurrences.- o f thanks and. prayers, and depai'ted. Tru- y, had I not been inforinod they were J a n issaries, I should have*’coneluded, that they Were a sort of Turkish monks, or the fel- ows o f some college. Such are the Janis saries Who spread so much terror in the ie ld n f battle !” faith of the Crescent, he fed and degra became SuleiiffiS^'lBey, and the associate and friend to d general o f Ibrahim Pacha.” ■ Prom a Tour in the Pyrenneies, - 'P a n is the principal town Beame,de- . lightfuUy situated oii the grave de Pan*— r A t the western extremity of the town, rises the proud chateau of Henri Quatre. The parkailached to this his birth pdace, forms ihft principal promenade firom tvhich the view is most enchanting; The but-worI<s “of the castle slope down - from the terrace - nJmost to the river’s edge ; a handsome bridge crosses the double torrent and onthe^ tered dreadfully, left swell up the green hills of the Juraiie- . on tod Gilos, whose vineyards produce the fine white wines so much esteemed by foreigners. T h e eye then takes the whole fange of the H qw Pymuiees, eiyoying the “ I am credibly informed; that in London at least a thousand girls perish every year irombad feeding, uninterrupted labour, and almost total want o f rest, in the work-rooms of milliners.and ipantuarmakejcs. Littledoes a fine lady know, when her heart flutters, un der the court dress, that perhaps it has cost three human lives .”-—From Truth f a JVo- vel, just published. Speaking Terms .—JVIet also a foee-and- easy actor, whb told me he had passed thi’ee festive days at the seat o f the Mai’quis and Marchioness of , loithout any invita tion ; convinced (as proved to be the case) that my Lord and L ady, not being on speak ing terms, w'ould each, suppose the other had asked him.— Reynold’s Life and Time. M r, Davis of Slough, has published the result of an experiment for ripening wall fruit, by covering the wall with black paint, which has completely succeeded, besides ad ding lo the weight of grapes nearly two- thirds. Professional Dignity. —^Two Chimney- Sweepers’ hoys were playing a t marbles un der the Piazzas in Covent garden, when Garrick and Foote Happened to pass by to^ gether. One o f the boys exclaimed to the other, \ I say, Jackj feokee, loolfee I Player- men, Piayermen.!” “ H o ld your tongue,” cried the .other,,“ you don’t know what you may come to yourself before you die.” Lord Dormer, and Mr. Edward Monck- ton, the late meihher for S t ^ r d , botli sfut- Once, upon the occasion of their meeting in London, Mr. Monekton, seeing Lord ;Hormer making a vain attempt to give utterance'tp his words, said to him, “ My dear Lo—-or—ord, wh—y do—-n’t you go to the man tkat cur^-cured me ?” TO THE PUBLIC. . . j.In.dom m encm g t h e publication o f -a.. be'w pa per in this village and county, an,jgxpose of the political opinions of the editor will OhqUef tion- ably be ex p e c ted from him by tb£\t intellig e n t public from whom he is deshoo^ of deriving patronage and support. And, in avowing our predileetion for any particular cla84.,fif tenents in the political creed of the day, we are aware that other,, and full as important con siderations, should govern us in betjoniing the director o f so responsible and important au or gan of the public mind as' a Press,. We feel these considerations—considerations|of a mor al and religious nature, weigh witji* tis. Our duty to a well organized government—its civil and religious institutions—to the moral and fra ternal ties which connect society aftd hallow the fireside of domestic quiet—^ail indicate to us, with unerring precision, the cours|e we are to pursue; It is our intention not swerve irom it. It will be our endeavor, iivafl tilings, lo rig'htly apprehend the public vQiceiand con- sultyhe puWic wial, to the oi! per sonal or party interests; to conciliate, as far as is consistent with the impartial discharger>f our duty, ,th.u-popnL*’ ^flh«tion, and deserve that support and encouragement for our labors which we are so anxious to obtain; and be, at all times, and under all circumstances, “ fe manner courteous, and in action firm.” We acknowledge that we have pjliitical an tipathies, and political partialities, j Yet the freedom of our venerated institutioi$. excuse them—^institutions which invite ourfliscussion and deduct wholesome doctrines from a rivalry of opinion. For, so long as our pipfic func tionaries and the principles of our fimeral gov ernment are open to enquiry and lial Ife to cen sure and correction, and an enlighten id and pa triotic people shall exercise this fi'ee< on; of en quiry and censure with their accustomc i shrewd ness, so long shall We, as a republilji Femain free, independerit afid happy. But When this spirit of enquiry is checked by the hirelings of office; and the stern and ,^ e x ible remonstrances of our yeomanry are awed into a submissive silence; then shall we cease to the free, inquisiUve, and hap|^ 4 )eople we are. \The gloom' of aii oppressiyjidespo tism and a long and dreary night o f slumber will close upon the light, the strength and en ergy o f a once powerful republic. L^t jus cher ish this enquiry ;' and while we seek tpXriumph over our opponents as -a party,, let |is not en- deavotr ta’ crush them as a people. L^l^s have an opposition, from whose momentary de feat, we can only derive the glory o f a triumph, and without whose competion neithe^ flfe nor energy would pervade our operatidns. Our means are ther same—our principles, essentially, the same—‘and though our ulterior flews may clash, yet they should not produce disferd in the discharge o f those duties which are in^bsamony with the requisitions of our constitutiWfel free dom Assembly, Wfi are inclined to the opinion, has thus manifested her utter contempt of the however, that these two branches o f thq next Legiflature will contain a majority unfavprafife to the? views of the presen lExecutive. GREENE COUNTY ELECTION. FOR GOVERNOR. Clinton. Rochester. Catskill 268 296 Athens . ; 169 88 Coxsakie 193 134. New-Baltimore 67 165 Greenville 119 207 Durham 179 204 Cairo 103 237 Windham 194 145 Lexington 64 264 Hunter TOO 66 1456 1806 FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR. Huntington. Pitcher. Catskill 257 305 .Athens 165 91 Coxsakie IH 133 New-Baltimore . 69 164 Greenville H 7 20 s Durham 173 •211 Cairo 94 244 Windham # 163 175 Lexington 63 265 Hunter 97 65 1392 1861 FOR SENATOR. Thompson. M^Cniriy. Catskill 258 303 Athens 166 90 •Coxsakie 192 134 New-Baltimore 62 170 Greenville 116 208 Durham 134 210 Cairo' 99 238 Windham. 189 144 Lexington 63 263 . Hunter 98 •66 1377 1826 FOR CONGRESS. Burr. Hobbie. Catskill 255 300 Athens 169 88 Coxsakie 196 142 New-Baltimore 69 162 Greenville 110 209 Durham 155 210 Cairo 92 222 Windham 206 119 Lexington ' 69 249 Hunter 97 56 Regency discipline and tactics. She has elect ed her entire Assembly ticket, consisting of James Birdsall, Esq'. Gen. Augustus C. Welch, and Joseph’ Juliand, gentlemen who will do much to redeem her character in the next Le gislature' o f this state. John C. Clark, Esq. is elected from that district, consisting of Che nango and Broome, for Congress, by a majority of 430 over the regency candidate, Robert Mon- ell. John A. Collier, the candidate for the Sen ate from the sixth district, is unquestionably elected. 1418 FGR ASSEMBLY. 1757 Catskill Athens Coxsakie New-Baltimore Greenville Durham Cairo Windham Lexington Hunter 288, 43 129 167, 148 130 214 151 272 53 001 39 11 1393 1388 1805 1595 143 71 •J- ifajfet pne as should ,bdst expr^^ss’ our conceplioife'of ihpse sound and vital principles upon which^are bas- edVhe articles of our civil compact. Mid it is our intention that its name shall he] Jin al things, the fair expression of our politic? [ opin ions. We shall support the present a< minis tration of the state and national gover iment, so long as they are characterized by the sent policy and measures. A desire to procure a living in prosecudng the duties o f our vocation, has been among me mo tives which has induced us to establishjourself in this Village; and are led to hope, ttom an assidious application in the faithful discharge of those duties and the fiourishing aspect o f the village and County, to secure to ourseH atid fam ily a competent siqiport. It is all jilrfeask.— And it will always be our endeavor (to' rrender the Republican a useful and interesting litera ry, Commercial and political regialfijp q f the In the revolutions of political budi^K ,We can not always look for results propitiouf|i|ovthe ad vancement o f the forms >^f good go^Veillnnent, nor derive those moral reflections, flora the develope'ment of-their causes which carry sat isfaction and pride to the hpart of the patriot. A party, whether dominant or in the Minority, is nevei virtuous, when pledged onlyitp ife own lurposes ; either while wielding thej^ceptre of lower, and distributing witfe a Iavisi|'flaud, the bounties of the public offices upon! fla adher ents, without regard to merit; or when strug gling to obtain the ascendency for ipe support and exercise of its selfish policy, ir^ihe'oxclu- sive assumption, o f the public purse anddirec- tion of the popular will. Its great feature is rapacity ; an inordinate desire qf jain^to the impoverishment of others, i^hftpr grayed against thfe interests o f the state;:i|t th^ char acter of an . o p p o s ing candidate, or contending or the‘extension of popular immunities, it ex erts its faculties with equal «eal—it kindles in the cause of merit\ or worthless—hdmfliistera to the cravings. o f duplicity, or. the requisitions of patriotism—it becomes the h^ndm^id o f vice or virtue—as the expediency of time ^nd.place may require, so long as it promotes the inter ests—the all-devouring interests o f ppt|* It is idle to talk o f the freedom of the,public will, so long as a diseftgenuous^factipn'sWays it. A majority o f the public, cannot aqtifrqpa sel fish motives or with any individual yltefior de sign to personal aggrandizeiflent—they ajre, un questionably, in the abstract, virtuoug. B^t they maybe seducedflom the expression pf tljieir al legiance to vijrtue, and, yield it to the piirp^ses of party. Names are the synonomes 0 f ptflitical virtue now-a-days ; and they, who dd not think for themselves, are caught by the faeination of sounds. If a party establish a gobfl nrine for itself, it.may deery the virtues of an A^stides with impunity, and soil_ the fairest eharajijter by its (inimpeached slahd^; 1 The returns fobs far received do not feithor- ize the adoption o f any conclusion ih fe^rd lo the election of Members of the Senate and The Election.—The following are .the elec tion returns, as given in the Albany Daily Ad vertiser o f yesterday. They are derived part ly from official and partly from authentica ted accaunts’*^^ They leave nol^ubt o f lection of Mr. Glintoh and Mr. Huntington by a bandsome majority. Aithougb .wb have thus the the bi^nefactor o f the state in the character o f Governor for twoyears longer—'yet there is but little satisfaction in seeing so large a portion o f the people so soon forgetting their own interests in seeking to ele- vate to the gubernatorial chair, a gentleman whose qualifications are incomparably so much inferior to his, whose glory 'ahd fame are so strongly identified with th 6 prosperity and hap piness o f the great and powerful state of New- York. M A JO R ITIES. Clinton. Rockesie Albany 447 Rensselaer 469 Montgomery . 400 Columbia 169- Schenectady 250 Ulster 400 Orange 504 Dutchess 100 Kockland 168 W estebester- SOO New-York 1298 ' Kings 150 Richmond 40 Queens 500 Putnam 200 Greene 350 Schoharie - Ontario 1000 Seneca 450 Cayuga 200 Yates 560 Onondaga -ii. 319 Madison 275 Chentogo 350 Oneida 1047 0 Lewis 44 Jefferson 86 Herkimer > 400 Broome w •' W ashington . 850 W arren 300 Clinton 2 0 0 . Monroe 60 Orleans 160 Otsego 30 Sullivan - 15 Niagara 283 Wayne 200 Livingston l5 0 Genesee 150 Steuben 1000 Clinton 226 Columbia 169 Cortland 60 Delaware 500 Erie 450 Essex 200 ■ftonklin 350 Tumpldns 600 Chenango County.—\Wp are gratified at see ing the renovated spirit which has pervaded the uthertQ stiff necked County of Chenango, at the present election. It argues well of her fu ture prosperity and*th^ attainment o f those ob- ccts of internal improvement, for which she 1 . ■ ' fas. Ay manner of living accords witl that of Europe, but is new to me. Before I rise in the morning,, a strong cup of coffer and toast is brought to me ; at ten o’cfecl-1 we eat what is called a de’jeuner a la fouri nhette, consisting of meats and wine: anc at mght, we dine — afler this jve have coffee! W e use wine in abundance, costing but t h r ^ cents a bottle. The wine in qolnmon use IS made by the Consuls in their own houses*! you know the reUgioa of these people for4 bids the use o f wine ; they cultivate thel -.grape and sell them toj us. ■ ^ &i;fet«/.-~This is < confined exclusively! taxjonsular families, |which consist Of thel English, French, Liflch, Danish, Swedish I Sardmian, Neapolitfe, and Portuguese. J Among them I find ^ e a t hospitality, intel J iigence, and accomplishments. I general- ] ly pass several days flhen I make a visit.-. We all speak French or Italian.. Thej Turks and Moors nqver make or receive! visits from C h r is tas, and seldom, amona-l themselves, Their ladies are never allow- ! ed to leave the house, except to go to the baths, where they couect from each other! th e news o f the tmvn. They are veiyi».| norant, as they are never taught, and have I no intercourse. \When they accidently an.1 pear in thO streets, they are covered- vnth a | white muslin, wliich conceals theirwhofe ’ face, leaving only the. eyes to direct them i which may be seen like brilliant jets. Theyf are said to be beautifol, but I have neverl seen any face exbept ivith a spyglass froml the terrace, and therefore cannot judge f Every, house has a fiat terrace, onwhichi the women are allowed to walk in the eve-| ning, precisely such 33 David was walkinJf when he unhappily espied Bethsheba. If | | should be found conversing with a Maho*| medan, woman, -I would be expelled thei country,\ and she tied up in a sack and I thrown into the sea. 3uch is their contempt for Christians. Ther^ is a little girl who ' sometimes comes to the wall that sepa. in some recent strictures upon the conduct rates our terraces ; but she will soon be old We have been disappointed in- the expecta tion of isSUing OUr first sheet anterior to the election, owing in a great measure to the de tention of the materials, composing the office, on the river by contrary winds. We hope in future to be punctual in distributing the paper on every Wednesday morning ; and we would at t h e sam e tim e , request th o s e p e r s o n s w h o may hold subscriptions to the “Republican, ” to forward them to us, as soon as possible. We invite the attention of readers to the conditions printed on the fourth page of this week’s paper—where they will always be found. As Two Dpllars to a printer just commencing business, is Worth three at the expiration of the year, subscribers will please remember our de termination to adhere to these terms in every instance. We invite payments in advance', which, it is conceived, will be for the benefit Jf both. The expenses of a printing establish ment are great-~especially in the commence ment—and thO profits arising from it, are very limited, and frequently nothing, for the first six months o f publication. PrOmthe United States Gazette. ’ The Constitutional power of congress to layout roads, to establish public schools, &c. has been denied byffiany politicians of the present day, and particularly since the election of the present President of the United States. The Richmond Enquirer, adopted by the editors of tfle National In telligencer in reference to t h e ‘^powers that bp,” charges them with servility in man; r things, and among others in advocating the cause o f Mr. Adams in reference to the moo ted point above alluded to. The editors o; the Intelligencer,'With n degree of coolness thatshow s their good sense, and is gener ally t o attendant upon a successful a r ^ - ment, defend themselves by showing that not only are they and the President o f the United States in favour o f such a con struction, but that every magistrate that our country has ever had, has held the same opinion. It is sufficient for their argument tfeit they show that M r. Jefferson, Mr Madison and M r. Monroe so thought, ant that other gentleman of the same school of politics advocated a similar opinion. Mr. Jefferson in his last message to Congress recommends the appropriating of the an ticipated surplus revenue o f the Unitec States, to the “ improvement of roads, car nals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union, under the powers that Congress may already pos sess, ot such-amendment of the Constitu tion as may be approved tff hy the States.” In the year 1796, Madison offered a re- Bohxijaxit in the House*uf Representative! I for PsiabSkfeing a natiohffi road gia to M tin e ; upon the support <£ his re solution,'the itftelligencer says that Mr. Baldwan (a Veteran republicon o f the ole stamp) said,.* I t was properly the business of tfle Genetal Goropiment to undertake the improvement o f the roadsf for the dit- ferent'states are incompetent to the busi ness, their different designs clashing with each other. It is enqugh for them to make good roads to th e seaports. T h e cross roads should be left for the Government of the whole.” However, we may advocate the doctrine advanced by these , gentlemen, we do not know that their recemmeudation of mea sures would sanctify them with* u s , but the Intelligencer knew its inen, and used names for argument with thdse who like the wo man in the scripture sav, “ only let us be called by thy name’mjL ' A resolutiou has'passed in thb Legisla ture of Rhode island, requesting (he dele gates o f that state in Congress, to use their influence to obtain.the p a ssageof a Genera Bankrupt Law. A motion to repeal the lax o f 1 per cent, on pales of domestic goods by auction, has been postponed. W e understand that the b a n k o f the U- nited States, with a view to second the ef forts of the General C j m ^ m e n t , to restore a metalic currency ^ H | c e of the small bills of the almost i ^ P ^ b l e btoks, with which o u r countiy abounds, h a s instructed its several offices noUto receive in payment or deposit, any bank notes whatever, under ihe denomination of five dollars^JProm - dence Journal. W FORSzezr is s r m j J i Q W Q B . A L G IER S . Communicated for the Virginia Herald. ! Extract from three letters received from a yOung A merican gentleman in Algiers, to his brother in Virginia, dated in July and August last. I now propose to give you a sketch o f of is from an immense, cistern, the people and habits of ~ this country. I may commence with describing my own situation. I reside with the Consul Gene ral, as Secretary, and of course, receive from the natives and foreign Consuls, the respect due to the representative of a great nation. It is usual with the different Con suls o f Europpjprto keep rivo houses, one in own, and the other in the country. W e have but one, and that in town; and you will see presently^ that th i ^ ^ n o t the most agreeable. Ihaveam p y ^ |H |m m o d a tions, a large library, and th e ^ | ^ B ^ of one of the best and most in tell^^ u men that the can produce. The most elegant room in the house is my study, a t one end o f which is a portrait o f Genera! Washington, and jtspjred, and was tfe“ to lay • - • - - -I i(,rs*^>W2an lo 'f l at the other, a Chiosk, from which I now write to you, T h e Tferks call a Chiosk a small room, or rather recess from a ferw r one, in which they recline on carpefe orlo^ enough to put on the Adja, or covering fori the face, ahd I shall never again see her.-^. As the ladies are never allowed to see men i marriages are contracted by-third persons 1 and the husband’ sees his bride for the first I time a t the nuptials. A little girl o f abofe four years of age, the grand daughter of a former Bashaw, was brought here on th« festival of Beiraihjby her black Eunuch * she had perhaps f 10,000 worth o f jewelil onherfieck, hands, and ankles, around which last, there were gojden Ornaments^ enclosing something that make a tinklifl^ noise as-.she walked.’ This is that tioned in the Sd chapter; 18 verse, Isaiah t] ** And in that day, the Lord-will take awayl the bravery of.-their tinkling ornaments] about theirifeet.’’ I refer you to that chap-j ter for -Jhe d resaof oriental women. They] wear, however, a peculiar head-dress, calt] eda Samarre,:inade of gold or silver, and| which projects nearly two feet from-th(>j head- Eighty |«-etty Greek girls were late# ly brought here as captivas to the Alg^ rines, who a re pngaged with the Turks fe ;, their, unholy war with the Gredcs. These were presented to dfiiarcnt officer^of go vernment. , T The d t p — This tooutmOfl inhabiiants; Mborsy A rabs, Jew s , ^ie0oeo, and lCa les. T h e Turks reign...|#. jconquerors.- The moors came froinU Spahr, and the| Arabs *from-Egypt. T h § Jew s ire to b « found in every part o f the g loie, according prophecy ; and here tfleir number is larg^ TUey are not treated as well as the dogs < Mahommedans, but are allowed tohav their synagogues. The negroes are slavey here, as in America, and are bought ani9 sold at the public bazar' o r market plac^ Their condition is infinitely better among Us, than here or their own country, farthe in the interior. These peojfie areident cally the same as those on bur plantation^ except that a Fidgina nigger is much free and feels more importance. .TheKabyiei are to this country, what -the Tmlians are ours, except that they have n ever been con quered by the Turks. T h e tribes of tb interior preserve their original independ ence. All these people are Mahommeaan except the Jews, whoever wiU- adhere their religion. TJhey have told me, th^i - ,g| leni would be ''re-built. Of their faith' ij I this, and o f their affeCtioii fo r the holyb^f you may judge from this feet; Itie®*] stomary for old men, when retiring M business, to m a k e ,over tfleir property their children, reserving fpc themselves least possible suppbrt during their livesj mi to embark for Palestine |o die. Ailih houses are built 6 f a sort o f brick, ® plastered white.;- as there is Httle about t^em, we never havO-Uj^aS atC»f stantinople. They have opene'squares h their centre, and corridors running w'*® them. T h e streets are not large enough I admit a cart, and it is w ith' difficulf'/o'^ can ride through them. But fois is tffe for it is a great defence agaiH.t the in(e»» heat which, we sufler in summer. you comb kj^his country, you \cannot comprehend;^wha;t the scriptures the s h a d ^ of a high rock, or a stream in a thirsty land. 'VV’e hav® springs of water, and that which we t f C i A a I / a T .—J <1.(1 ceives all the rain water from Ifle terras® T he house. Every house has one oftl'^j without which, we would be eight o f the y e ar and not a drop o f Earth or Heaven. Yon now 3 how joyous the Israelites were wLn opened the rock from which gtisMdstrefi''l of water. / J Baths ..—^These are not / qfwater, M Steam vapor. A large r, I is heated in the room, which fire. I have been to o‘Cf but shall nf J | go again. I entered f attendant made me on the s'\” J \oor which was voY >, i soon ' “’y warm
