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4 On motion of Mr. Isaacs, it was Resolved, That the committee on military af fairs be instructed to inquire into the expedien- cy of so amending the several laws allowing a bounty to enlisted soldiers or their heirs, and al- so the laws authorising the commutation ofthe land bounty for half pay ; that the same bounty in land, or the allowance of half pay, may be extended to the children of such soldiers who may have been regularly enlisted, but who may have fallen in action or died before they had been mustered iuto service, as by law is allowed in other cases. And then the House adjourned to Monday. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1823. Colonization Society.-We beg leave once more to remind the people of Troy of the meeting this evening at the Court House, at 7 o'clock, to re- ceive the report of the committee appointed at the former meeting, and to determine what steps shall be taken in reference lo the formation of a society to aid in the colonization of the free peo- ple of color of this country on the coast of Af- rica. * We hope none will make up their minds on this subject upon a slight examination of its me- rits, for this would be neither candid nor wise; and Ave are persuaded the more carefully the subject is examined in all its details, the more will every man, Avho regards experience as a safe guide, or who is Avilling to provide for the future by the counsels Avhich past time has fur- nished, be convinced both of the practicability and the unspeakable importance of the proposed object. Not that we expect an auxiliary socie- ty in this place will be able, directly and of it- self, to accomplish much ; this we suppose no- body calculates upon. But the establishment of such societies in different parts of the United States will, nevertheless, be of very great im- portance in collecting and expressing the public opinion on the general question. They will thus gradually call the attention of the whole country to the subject, and produce a concert of action, the total result of which Avill be of vast amount. The most important benefit to spring from these auxiliaries, however, and that which their friends most confidently anticipate, will be the preparation they will make, by enlightening and propitiating the general opinion of the coun- try, for the national government to enter smooth- ly upon a comprehensive and permanent system of policy, that shall soon manifest its efficacy, by arresting the progress of the mighty evil, under which the land is groaning, and that shall ulti- mately remove it entirely. And when the means and efforts of philanthropic indiv iduals in all quarters ofthe country, of distinct societies, of the free people of color themselves, of the seve- ral states & of the whole nation shall be earnestly 'working together for the accomplishment of an object so interesting to them all, what may hot be hoped? Education in Vermont. —The following com- munication, from one whtso correspondence on all subjects that fall within the range of his va- rious inquiries, we shall be happy to cultivate, exhibits a very pleasing view of the condition and prospects of medical science in Vermont.— Together with the communication we received a catalogue ( comprising the officers and students of Middlebury College and of the Vermont Academy of Medicine. The number of students at the latter institution, during the last academ- ical year, has been 125, as stated below. The Faculty, we learn from the catalogue, consists of Joseph A. Gallup, M. D. President ofthe in- stitution, and Professor of the Theory and Prac- tice of Physic, and Medical Jurisprudence; Theodore WoodAvard, M. D. Registrar, and Professor of the Principles & Practice of Surge- ry and Obstetrics; William Anderson, M. D. (a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ed- inburgh) Professor of Anatomy and Physiology ; Amos Eaton, Esqr. (of Troy) Professor of Che- mistry and Natural Philosophy, and Lecturer on Mineralogy and Zoology; and Jonathan A. Al- len, M. D. Professor of Botany, Materia Medica and Pharmacy. Jedediah Smith, M. D. is the assistant in the chemical department; Mr. Peter Van Keuren is Dissector, and Mr. Geo. W. Graves is his assistant. h The Lectures are delivered at the new Medi- cal College at Castleton. They commence the first Tuesday in September, annually, and con- tinue fourteen weeks. Fees for all the courses, $40. Matriculation and Library fee, $3. Graduation fee, $12. The pre-requisites for an examination for the Degree of Doctor in Medicine, are three years study in the office ofa regularly educated phy- sician, with attendance upon two courses of lec- tures, one of which must be at this institution. The time occupied in attending lectures, being considered a part of the three years. The can- didate must be twenty-one years of age, and of a good moral character. The Degrees are conferred by the combined authorities of Middlebury College, and Vermont A r -\/r~.i:~: - ! • digality, the Faculty recommend fiiat students h orn a distance should be placed under the par- ticular guardianship of some person in Middle- bury, who will attend to his expenses and his habits. \ To be admitted to the Freshman clas, the can- didate must be thoroughly acquainted with the grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, and be able to Construe and parse any portion ofthe following books; viz. Virgil, the Greek Testa- ment, Cicero's Select Orations, and Dalzel's Col- lectanea Grasca Minora. He must likewise be able to translate English into Latin correctly; and possess a knowledge of G eography and A- rithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Frac- tions, with the doctrine of Roots and Powers. N. B. The time appointed for examination, is the day preceding the annual Commencement Applications from a distance, however, may be examined at the close ofthe ensuing vacation. For admission to an advanced standing, the candidate, in addition to the requisites for theaccount Freshman class, must be acquainted with the studies pursued by the class, which he wishes to join. It is desirable that those youth, who are stu dying Avith a view to enter this college, should use the particular books here prescribed. In extraordinary cases, however, an equivalent knoAyledge of other approved classicks will be admitted as a substitute for partial deficiencies. No scholar from another college can be ad mitted without examination ; nor can any such application be admitted to examination, without producing from the presiding officer, a certificate of his good standing and regular dismission N. B. In all cases, a bond, for the payment of the college bills, is required. For the Sentinel. VERMONT ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. As late as the year 1819, a medical student re- gularly educated, Avas a rare curiosity in the state of Vermont. Grea: efforts had been made, however, to establish a medical school at Castle- ton for several years by Doctors Woodward and Gridley, and they succeeded in obtaining an act of incorporation. In the fall of 1820 they pro- ceeded in making up a board of professors, and in uniting with Middlebury College as a branch of that institution. From 24 students, their highest number preceding that year, their num- bers encreased to 54. In 1821 the number was 76—in 1822 it was 85. The number this year was 125. It is very manifest that this great in- crease of numbers does not depend on the in- crease of medical students ; but that every phy- sician now sends his students to attend lectures, instead of completing their studies in a private office. The great success of this school induced the corporation of Burlington College to establish a medical branch, Avhich is now conducted by able professors, d'he number of students in that de- partment is between 50 and 60 this year. An- other school has been established this year in Berkshire county,'Mass. which is attached to Williams College. The number of students in the Berkshire school is said to exceed that of Burlington. Thus it appears, that the persevering efforts of two individuals at Castleton, made under very discouraging circumstances, having not a friend in the legislature of that state but the Honorable Chancey Langdon, have resulted in the build- ing up of three schools, where about two hun- dred and fifty students have received medical instruction this year. A semi-annual commencement is hereafter to be held in Castleton, where the medical lectures are given. The first was that on the 2d inst. at wdiich President Bates of Middlebury, conferred the degree of M. D. on twenty seven ofthe stu- dents belonging to the senior medical class, and on four others, who were entitled to degrees but had not attended lectures with the classes at that school. A. wreck. Tbey were passengers in the schooner Adeline, from Cape Haytien, bound to Phila -•elphia, Avhich was cast away on Monday morn- ing last, one mile north of Cape Henlooen pght and attribute the preservation of their lives chiefly to the active, extraordinary and pers vering efforts of Mr. Ware, the wreck master. who cannot be too highly considered for the de votion he exhibited upon the distressing occa sion. The Democratic Press states that Gen. D'Ev ereux, goes commissioner extraordinary to En land on important business from the Columbian Government. Flis nomination by the Execu tive as Ambassador to Russia, had been confirm ed by an unanimous vote of the Senate; but he declined the honor until the Russian government shall have first acknowledged the Indepenpence of Columbia ; then he is to proceed to the Courts ofRu ssia, Sweden, andDenmark. We are in formed that the General gives a mostank flatterin ef the state of affairs in Columbia, andu- ofthe great intelligence, dignity,f soundt policy and liberal principles displayed by thebolish Congress whoserisonment session had justt closed at Bogota.o Met Adver. Academy of Medicine, at a Commencement in Castleton, at the close of the lecture term.\ Rev. Joshua Bates, S. T. D. President; Fre- derick Hall, A. M. and A. A. S. Painter Pro- fessor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ; Rev. John Hough,. A. M. Professor of Divinity ; Robert B. Patton, A. M. Professor of Langua- ges ; Jonathan A. Allen, M. D. Lecturer on Chemistry, and Edward Turner, A. M. Tutor and Librarian, constitute the College Faculty. The course of study is judiciously arranged, and sufficiently extensive, if it be faithfully pur- sued, for the institution of the pupils in all the great branches of good learning. In addition to the daily recitations, there is a course of lectures on Experimental Philosophy, for the Senior and Junior classes; one on Natural and Revealed Religion, for all classes; one on Philology and Classical Literature ; one on Chemistry, for the Senior and Junior classes ; one on Mineralogy; and the German Language is, also, taught to t'uch as wish to acquire it, though it is not a part ofthe classical course. There are two examina- tions of the whole college, twice a year; and there is an exhibition for each of the three up- per classes, once a year. The expenses ofthe institution are very mo- derate. Tuition is $20 a year, room rent $6, and there is a charge for repairs atd other inci- dental expenses, of $6, making the college char- ges only $32 a year. The students board in private families, but they obtain board for #1, to $1,50 a week. As a precaution against pro- Savings Bank. —The amount deposited in the Troy Savings Bank last Saturday evening was $734. This is a considerable increase upon the average amount of deposits heretofore made; and we rejoice to see it. The institution is attract- ing the attention of those for whose benefit it was established. The Savings Bank is truly one of the most efficacious though simple modes of sup- pressing vice among the poor, by substituting care and economy for a wasteful improvidence, and thus averting the evils of poverty, that the ingenuity of benevolent men has ever devised. The wisest precepts and the warmest exhorta- tions sometimes offend, however cautiously they may be administered; and pride and shame, each its own way, prevent the good they would ac- complish. Even when well received, they are seldom productive of any permanent benefit; they are heard at distant intervals, and their in- fluence is occasional and transient. But these Savings-Banks hurt the self-love of no one ; their appeal is made without the agency of the tongue, and they speak no personal reproaches. But though silent, they are persuasive; they pro- duce their effect, not by formal treatises upon right and wrong, but by stimulating into activi- ty a principle of human nature that had lain dormant, and the moment that is awakened, the requisite lessons of prudence are acquired.— There is an internal power set in operation, which like the main-spring ofa Avatch, gives mo- tion to all the complex machine, and the indi- vidual tells the hour regularly and keeps up with time. The Legislature of New-Jersey have adjourn- ed. Bills were passed, granting a b at Ho- boken, a majority of the directors to be man facturers ; reducing the rate o interes to 6 per cent, after the 4th of July next; to a im- p for deb in certain cases ; t incorpo rate the Orange and Sussex Canal Company- and to annul six marriage contracts.— ib. A very large meeting was held in Philadelphia on the 11th -inst. to consider Avhat measures Avere proper to be adopted to express the sympa thy of the citizens for their Christian brethren the Greeks, \ heroically struggling for their lives, liberty and religion, against the grinding tyranny ofthe ferocious disciples of Mahomet.\ The Right Rev. William White was called to the chair, and Matthew Carey was apposnted Secretary. The meeting was addressed by the Right Rev . William White, and various reso- lutions were passed, and a committee appointed consisting of C. M. Dallas, W. Meredith, J. P Grant, F. Biddle, J. M. Barker, M. Carey, % P. Cope, J. B. Ingersol, L. Cheeves, B. Vaux, C.Price, H. Binney, J. Sergeant' to transmit a memorial on behalf of the meeting, to the Con- gress ofthe United States, praying them to take into their consideration the expediency of reco^ nizing the Independence of the Greeks; and that the same Committee draft and publish an address to our fellow-citizens at large, upon the same interesting subject.\ It was resolved to appoint ward committees to solicit contributions, and that the Clergy be re quested, if they think it proper, and consistent with ether calls on their congregations for char- itable contributions, to preach sermons and make collections, in furtherance of the liberation of the Greeks from the yoke of Mahometan ser- vitude- A committee of thirteen persons was authorised to correspond with the NeAv-York Greek Committee, and with other Committees that may be formed elseAvhere for this object— and that a plan be devised for remitting to the Greeks all contributions for that brave and*suf- fering people. The Common Council adjourned on the above meeting, that the members, individually, could have an opportunity to attend the meetings in behalf of tlie Greeks.— N, Y. Daily Advertiser. The Messrs. Schuylers now have in their pos- session on their farm in the south part of this city, a PIG of the grass breed, three years old, which weighed on Friday last at the scales of xMr. H. Swartwout, twelve hundred thirty-tivo pounds; he measures nine feet in length, 2 feet 5 inches across the back, and round the girth 7 feet 2 in- ches. Extraordinary productions of this descrip- tion should be noticed, in order to invite com- petition. If not sold this winter this pig Avill be sent to NCAV-York in the spring. We have been obliged to emit our New York Price Current to-day on account of the tardi- ness of the southern mails yesterday, Avhich pre- vented our receiving the Daily Advertiser in season to correct the quotations. We trust this will not again occur. We perceive by the Canaudaigua papers that the construction of a side-cut from the lake at that place to the Erie Canal, is about to be un- dertaken in earnest, under an act passed in 1821, incorporating the Ontario Canal Company. Books of subscription have been opened, and the amount of stock, §50,000, required by the act, has been subscribed. A meeting has also been held at Geneva to consider the mode best to be adopted for the im- provement of the navigation of the Seneca river, from the lake to the canal at Montezuma. Gen. D'EVEREUX, of Columbia, and John Mahan, Esq. have arrived at Philadelphia, after a narrow and providential escape from ship- Edildrial Correspondence. X. Y. Statesman. WASHINGTON, 15th Dec. 1823. The most important fact which I can to-day communicate is, that the committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS were summoned by the Chairman, Mr. Forsyth, to meet immediately after the hoitse ad- journed this morning. I can do no more than mention this circumstance. Our readers are aware, that the usual time for committees to sit is in the morning before the house meets. [We have little doubt, from information ob- tained from other sources, that the extraordina- ry call of the committee mentioned above, is in consequence of a formal proposition having been made, as we stated a few days since, by the Bri- tish government to our government, to unite in defence of the South American States against any efforts of Spain in conjunction with the so- vereigns called by a misnomer the \ Holy Al- lies,\ against their independence.] POLITICS. There is a rumour in eirculapon here, that a congressional caucus will be held at the capitol on Saturday next. I have not been able to trace the report to any authentic source, nor to learn that any notices have been distributed. It is said, Avith what truth I know not, that as a preparatory step with the view of ascertaining the sentiments of the members, a subscrip- tion paper has been circulated for obtaining the signatures of those who are willing to attend.— Common report adds, that seventy out of both houses have manifested a determination to go into caucus. In order to divest the measure of the odium of being called nocturnal orgies, or midnight cabals, the meeting is to be held in the day time, and some say with open doors, and with free admission to all, wdio may wish to bepont, present. It is also said that no attempts will be made to draw the old lines of party, or to say to any man, \stand aside, for I am holier than thou: -1 These reported amendments of the caucus sys- tem indicate a conviction that the measure as it has heretofore existed, is unpopular, and that the pill needs gilding to render it palatable. If the injunction of secrecy is to be removed; if spectators are to be admitted; and if the meet- ing is to take place in broad day, I shall hope for the pleasure of being present, for the purpose of reporting the proceedings. It is also rumoured that the resolutions of the Tennessee legislature in opposition to a caucus Avill be laid before the House. Each member ofthe delegation from that state received a copy of these resolutions from the Executive in the form of instructions; and as the whole business wears an official stamp, it is deemed by some to be a proper subject for the cognizance of Con- gress. It it not improbable that this document will be presented to-morrow or next day; and the disposition ef it may perhaps call forth an expression ofthe sentiments ofthe House. Washington, Dec. 9, 1823. APPOINTMENTS. The Hon. James Brown, Senator of the U. S. from Louisiana, is appointed Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France. The folloAving appointments, made hf the President during the recess, were confirmed to- day. Willard Hall, of Delaware, to be Judge of theheonsul.uited District,ason,.sd ind andf for the.,oston,e Districtobeo of Delaware.t-Master Edgarlamuel Mandolph,df o Virginia,n t beoeetates. Attorneyy off t U. Ss for East-F'orida.nitedf,t, Peterhe R oftainingtates.fo, Mississippi,, t bef Judgetoo. off t Unite States, for. the.ooheef Districtlaimsd o Missis- sippi. Davi Floy andcerff. W We Blair, to be Com- missioners forhe.tates.he as t c andonsulc titlese o lan in Florida John M'Lean, o Ohio t b Post Genera o t U S William Tudor, ovy B t b C aee Lima. Harri E Folgera o Massachusetts, t b Clumbia at Santae Martha, i t Republied of Co- Smith Thompson, t b Assistan Justic o thehe Supremetary Cour of th Unite S Robert Wash o Missouri t b Attorne of t U S S S Southard o NeAA'-Jersey, t b Secr of t N ofth Unite States Francis W. Armstrong, of Alabama, to be Marshal of the District of Alabama. Charles M. Norton, of Mississippi, to be Mar- shal of the District of Mississippi. We understand that Commodore Hull will be instructed by the GoA-ernment, to pay a short visit to the Sandwich Islands, at an early period after ol arrival in the Pacific Ocean as the public interest will permit him to be absent from the coast of Chili and Peru. The Frigate Uni- ted Stats^ which is the flag =hip of Com. Hull, will sail «v m Norfolk in about two weeks.—JVhva Inielli. Greece —The following letter, translated from a Paris paper, furnishes cheering intelligence from Greece, and abundantly disproves the dis- couraging accounts that have recently come to America by Avay of Smyrna. Zea, Sept. 16.—The remnants (debris) of the Turkish army, which had penetrated into Liva- dia pursued by Gen. Odysseus, and taken re- fuge, to the number of abont two thousand men, in the place of Negropont, in the island of Eu- boea, and, after having rejoined the troops that the Capitan-Pacha had landed there last sum- mer, they undertook an excursion into the in- terior of this island—they had, however, made but little progress, when the Greek commander, Diamantis, encountered them. At the first news ofthe direction of these forces towards Eu- beca, this commander, who had just obtained together with Gen. Tassos considerable advan- tages atVolos, in Thessaly, embarked with 1500 men, and sailed fort he same plaee ; on his arri- val, he assembled around him all the troops of the Island, and marched against the Turks,whom he defeated and forced once more to take refuge in the place of Negropont. This commander, one of the most intrepid and most skilful of Greece, deserves to be known.— Diamantis is one of those Souoiotes, Avhom their courage and unmerited misfortunes have recommended to public esteem. When, in 1803, Souli, after so unequal and so glorious a contest of near 100 years, capitulated to Ali Pacha, this hief would not follow his countrymen who re- tired to the Ionian Isles. By a daring retreat from mountain to mountain, he attained the heights of Agrapha, and offered his services to the two brothers;, Catzantonio ond Lepeniote, who, in rebellion against Ali Pacha, were wa- ging at this period a deadly war with the troops of the Satrap. After the doath of these two chiefs, Diamantis continued the Avar by himself. Ali Pacha, who, after a war of five years, could not reduce him by arms, at last recognized him as Armatole (chief the jpilitia) of Livadia. At the beginning of the Creek insurrection, Diamantis fought at first; for three months, in Livadia. Summoned a&erAvards to the aid of Cassandra, he occupied thiis peninsula ; and, posted Avith a small number of troops on the isthmus Avhich bears the name of Gates of Cas- sandra, he kept in check, during six monihs, all the Turkish forces of Macedonia. Since this period, he has constantly distinguish- ed himself by the boldness of his eaterprizes— sometimes in Livadia, sometimes in Euboea, in Olympus, at Volos, and elsewhere. By the rapidity of his marches, Avhich seemed as it Avere o multiply his forces, he Avas always present where urgent danger required thc promptest aid. At this very moment, a part of his troops, com- manded by one of his officers, occupies Cassan- ria, in Macedonia ; another part defends Vo- los, in the eastern part cf Thessaly, while he himself directs the siege of Negropont. Once shut up in this last place, the Turks dared not make a seeond attempt on Eubtea.— Confiding, however, in their numbers, they re- solved to attempt an excursion into Attica ; com- manded by Jussuff-Brecou-Pacha, they advanc- ed as far as Mount Parnes (Attica)—but, at the mce of about ten leagues from Athens, Gen. Odysseus, who was advancing upon them, met, and drove them back with loss. A second at- tack made against them by this general, as tbey ,vere crossing the defiles that lead from Attica to Eubcea, was very fatal to them. At this period the commander Dinrnantis, finding in this last island the strong city of«Chalcide feebly defend- ed by tlie Turks, a great number of whom had gone over to the continent, took possession of it without much resistance. Thii city, situated at a short distance from the fortified place of Negro- and which it overlooks, facilitated hith- erto the communications of this place with the sea, and those with Carystos by land. Its occu- pation is valuable to the Greeks, as, by that means, they may press more closely the sie«-e of Negropont. Isle of Candia, Aug. 21—A division ofthe Turkish fleet, surprised in the port of Canee, a Hydriot brig, commanded by the gallant Ma- cromuros, at the bottom of the bay Without means to escape, the Greek was summoned to surrender ; and on his refusal, a heavy corvette and brig were sent against him, and placed him between two fires. After a sanguinary combat of an hour Macromuros shot away the masts of one of his adversaries, made sail, and forced his Avay through the whole Turkish squrdrom They pursued, and not being able to escape by sailing, the Greek anchored his vessel close in shore, at a favourable point, landed part of his his guns, established a land battery, and com- pletely succeeded in repulsing the Turks. Ano- ther Greek brig, surprized in the^port of Soda, saved himself by similar intrepidity ; and every where, events have justified the supreme con tempt with which the Greek saailors look down upon the Turks. the 3d ult, we-published a letterfrcmhirri to the Agricultural Society, in which he gives several interesting particulars as tothe improved method of management which he had adopted in rela- tion to his bees, and, in particular states that » that for the last seven years, I have not inten tionally destroyed a single bee.\ We were de- sirous at the time, to ascertain how he contrived to obtain the honey and avoid the usual practice of killing the insects; but this information he de- clined giving. We now perceive by the Miner- of this morning, that the following easy me- thod of taking the honey without destroying the hees, is generally practisetfin France:—In the dusk of the evening, when the bees are quietly lodged, approjfcdi the hive, and turn it gently over. Having steadily placed it in a small pit, previously dug to receive it, with its bottom up wards, cover it with a clean new hive, which has been properly prepared, with a few sticks' across the inside of it, and rubbed With aromatic herbs : then having carefully adjusted the mouth of each hive to the other, so that no aperture remain be- tween them, take a small stick, and beat gently round the sides of the lower hive for about ten minutes, in which time the bees will leave their cells in the old hive, ascend, and adhere to the new one. Then gently lift the upper hive, With all its little tenants, and plaee it on the stand from Avhich the other was taken. This should be done sometime in the week preceding Mid- summer-day, that the bees may have time, be- fore the summer flowers are faded, to lay in a new stock of honey, which they will not fail to do for their subsistence through the winter. Ev. Post. We know not to wdiom we are indebted for the following description of that unwearied pat- ron of children—that homely, but delightful personification of parental kindness—SANTE CLAUS, his costume and his equipage, as he goes about visiting the fire-sides of this happy land, laden with Christmas bounties; but, from Avhomsoever it may have come, Ave give thanks for it. There is, to our apprehension, a spirit of cordial goodness in it, a playfulness of fancy, and a benevolent alacrity to enter into the feelings and promote the simple pleasures of children, which are altogether charming. We hope our little patrons, both lads and lasses, will accept it as proof of our unfeigned good will toward them—as a token of our wannest wish that they may have many a merry Christmas; that they may long retain their beautiful relish for those unbought, homebred joys, which derive their fla- vor from filial piety and fraternal love, and which they may be assured are the least alloyed that time can furnish them ; and that they may never part with that simplicity of character, which is their own fairest ornament, and for the sake of which they have been pronounced, bymon authority which none can gainsay, the types of such as shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. DIED, ia this ciiy on Friday morning, of ty- phus fever, Mr. George Henry Yvonnet, aged IS years, son of Mr. Francis Yvonnet, deeply la- mented by a numerous circle of relatives uml friends. On. Sunday last, of consumption, Mr. Ralph Day. At West Point on the 15th inst. Doct. James Cutbush, acting Professor of Chemistry and Miu* eralogy in the U. S. Military Academy. EAGLE HOTEL. \VW\U\m SeWeck INFORMS his friends and the public that be. has purchased the well known Stand, situat- ed in the village of Waterford, formerly occupied by Billiard Morris, which he has thoroughly re- fitted, ft\-nished and stocked, in a superior style, and has uow opened for the reception of compa- ny. From its locality and elegant accommoda- tions, and by'r-mstantly keeping his table supplied with the choicest delicacies ofthe season, and his bar inferior to n^tte, he flatters himself to be able to render the above establishment an agree- able resort for parties of pleasure, as well as for the public generally. Hav..^g employed faithful and experienced servants, Avbo will spare no pains to please, together with his\ov/n indefatiga- ble exertions to promote the comi^rt and conve- nience of his guests, he hopes to mehsta share of public patronage. > N. B. A few genteel boarders may be tecora- modated. Waterford, Dec. 23. 6T#7 NOTICE I S hereby given, that the President, Directors and Company of the Troy and SandlaRe Turnpike will apply to the Legislature of thi' State at their next session, for a confirmation o{ the road of said company, where it is actually worked and finished, and also for power to com- mute by the year with persons passing the jrate-; on said road, Avho may request it, instead of ex- acting the lega toll for travelling the said roadi Dated at Troy, this 20th day of December, 1823. By order of the President and Directors. 6T47 A. DOUGLAS, Clerk. Extract of a letter from an American fo the Ed- itors of the Commercial Advertiser, SMYRNA, Sept. 29. The affairs of the Greeks go on Avell: they have had some important success in Romelia.— The fleets have remained idle all summer. The Captain Pacha was by the last accounts at My- telene. The Greeks will be too wise to risk a battle with him ; not to be beaten, is victory to them. IQ m y opinion they have more to fear from Russia, than the Turks. The mis-named Holy Alliance, governs Europe—England not excepted; and Alexander governs that alliance. There exists at this moment, in my view, a more powerful combination against the rights and li- berties of mankind, than ever before existed.— The English appear more inclined to befriend the Greeks, than any other nation ; but I believe this leeling exists more with the people, than the government. For my part, since the affair of Naples, I have set down the English Ministry to be perfectly in accord with the despots of Eu- rope. There is yet, however, too much of the spirit of liberty in the land of our ancestors, to allow them to indulge in their opinions, without much caution. It is reported that the Russians and Turks have arranged their differences ; and as the Persians, (who are said to be entirely un- der the influence of Russia,) have made peace with the Turks, I am inclined to believe this re- port ; and no doubt it Avas settled among the legitimate brothers and cousins, Avhat the Greeks are to submit to. That Russia will ever wish to see them an independent nation, I never can believe. Morales. —A letter from St. Jago, (Cuba,) da- ted Oct. 25th, and received at Kingston, (Jamai- ca.) states that two vessels had arrived there from Havana, with $47,000 in specie for Gen. Morales, who waso fittingoseph out anome expedition at.e that i--ice, destination000 unknown. It is also men- tioned that 4 troops had arrived attandsom Principe.f on their wayr, to join the expedition a St Jago — Statesman. Bees. —A premium Avas gi/en at our last Ag- riculturalCornwad Fai t Mr. J Caywood, o New- Orange county, for s h -if**. For the Sentinel. ACCOUNT OF A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS, 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with eare Kl , -. - . y- ..»' . J *. A. • In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there ; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar plums dahe'd in their heads, And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long Aviuter's nap— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprung from the bed to see what Avas the mat- Away to the window I flew like a flash, [ter, Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow, Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below ; When, what to my wondering eyes should ap- pear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and .shouted, and call'd them by name : \ Now ! Dasher\ now ! Dancer, now ! Prancer, and Vixen, \On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem; \ To the top of the porch ! to tlie top of the wall! \ Nov/dash away ! dash away ! dash away all!\ As dry leav es before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys—and St. Nicholas \ too : And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and Avas turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound : He was dress'd all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnish'd with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys was flung on his back, And he look'd like a peddler just opening his pack: His eyes—hoAV they twinkled! his dimples how merry, His cheeks Avere like roses, his nose like a cherry; Flis droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard ef his chin was as white as the snow; The stump ofa pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly: He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laugh'd when I saw him in spite of myself; A wink oiYiis eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And fill'd all the stockings; then tura'd with a jirk, And laying his finger aside of his nose And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down ofa thistle: But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— HapDy Christmas to all, and to all a good night. He specimens of Honey, which he exhibited, and on daughter of Dr. Simon Newcomb MARRIED, at Prospect Hill, Rensselaer co. on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Griffen, Mr. Thomas W. Newcomb, son of Dan- iel Newcomb., Esq. to Miss Nomina Newcomb, A LAW, Relative to the Public Burying Ground in the City of Troy. WHEREAS, the committee appointed by the Common Council of the city of Trov, to level and lay out the common burying ground of said city, have reported that they have com- pleted the same,andwbereas,it appears that there has been great irregularity in the interments heretofore made, and an unnecessary waste of the ground, for the prevention of which— Be it Ordained by the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- men, and Commonalty of }he city of Troy, in Common Council convencd,That a Superintend- ant ofthe codmon burying ground of said citv shall from time to time be appointed by the com- council of said city, to hold his office du- ring their pleasure, and shall receive such rea- sonable compensation for. his services as the com- mon council shall think proper, whose duty it shall be to make and keep a register of all intei-- ments made in the said ground, designating the square and parts thereof in whieh such inter- ments shall have been made ; that sucii register and a map of the said burying ground shall be kept by the said superintendent, and a map and copy of such register shall be kept and fib u in the office ofthe clerk of this city, and all future entries on the register and map of the said super - intentendent shall be copied into the register and map filed with the said clerk, as often as once in 90 days. Aud it shall be the duty of the said superintendent to license such and so many grave diggers as he shall think proper in his discretion from year to year ; to prescribe the place of ma- king interments, and to establish such perma nent rules for the regulation of grave-diggers'and the compensation for their services as he shall think needful, and to give fuch instructions ir re- lation thereto as circumstances- may from time to time require, which regulations and instruc- tions shaU not be repugnant to the laAVs of this city. Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, That the division of said ground into lots of eighteen feet square, as made by the committee appointed for that purpose, a map whereof is on file in the of- • fice of the clerk ofthis city, be confirmed and es- tablished as the permanent division of said bury- ing ground, and that each ofthe said squares shall be considered as div ided by an east and west line into two half squares ; that the interments be commenced along the north and south sides of the said squares; that the graves of adult persons be dug in the front, and made up six feet in length ; that the graves of youths be dug in the central division of said squares, in the rear of the adults, and be made up five feet in length ; that the graves of children be dug in the rear of the graves of youths, and be made up of the length of four feet, and that grave stones be pla- ced in the manner in which graves are hereby- directed-to be made up; that every grave be dug at least five feet deep. That the gravc-dig- ger, or other person making any interment in said ground, shall put at the head of every grave, a piece of board, four inches in width, and two feet out of the ground, and a sufficient depth in the ground, on which shall be written the name of the person interred, with red chalk, or other equally durable substance. Sec. 3. And be it further ordained, That no person shall dig any grave in tbe said burying ground, without being licensed as aforesaid, or Avithout being employed by some licensed grave digger, for Avhom such licensed grave digger shall be responsible, or without special permis- sion from the said superintendent, or in case of his absence or inability, of the mayor, or in his absence, of the recorder of said city. Sec. 4 And be it further ordained, That eve- ry grave digger shall pay for such license as aforesaid the sum of eight dollars per annum, to be received by the said superintendant, and to be accounted for by him towards such compen- sation as may be allowed him by the common council; which license the said superintendant shall be authorised to revoke in case such li- censed grave digger shall wilfully violate any section in this law contained, or any instructions given to him by the said superintendant; and after the revocation of such license, and the of- fender being duly notified thereof, the said li- cense shall be null and void. Sec.nyf 5. And be it further ordained, Thatrkit if anyl person shalltrow,flf wilfully, audnyneaidnglyl maliciouslyidlfnyr injure,onu- de-eeeesassec-a face,w47 orn throw downayaidrnowi. a monumenteutlersndt oroayd m mentalslaceassed stoneuse erecteddant,heare,etd,esyen i saum buryingheond, ground,eoard h shall ibrfeifetayny andpr p thid s of twentyboundaryrson fivearm dol- lar ; o i anytenqueenltint, person, shall wilfully injur anylnyhen- tree planted, inn s groundroundround. by permissionwine,ing ofthovonespheant :-aidum superin,ak,f. ormovr shal wilfully remfreniz anyhichlaidn post s i t sa g as t \ of a lotrouenaheeb s or part o a square, or shalo wilfully t u o re any piecee ocn b w m b s inyddy s g t m th p of a grave o ifr a pes orng j s shal ca o k s ordinao p a horse c ox, bull sheep, o s t t in s g thenuen shal forfeit a p t s o five dollars Sec.Ji. And be it further ordained, That al fines, p a forfeitures incurred for t violatio o a sectionberlain in thi or c tained shal b s fo a collecte in th name o t cham of thi city i an a tio o d i a cour hay c thereof P December 4,1823 3 ESAIAS WARREN, Mayor. Masonic Diplomas. J UST RECEIVED, and for sale at the Troy Bookstore, by WM. S. PARXER, Masonic Diplomas for the Royal Arch, ?dark Master, ah4 Master Maso»—en paxajTmen^.. e>«g|»tly e*« craved.
