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FOREIGN. Morn iha J^, K Av}icn(iaiP, ] Titeipncket dWip vaWdrtf w hich «ail<?4 on tho 1st S<eptember, frcftft Liverpool! hos brought ua Lpwlgn p;ipcrj> to the archmg oflhe SOttijn* cliisive. It will gratify our readiers to learn that Bi§h»p Hobart kaa. ireturried; in this vessel in re stored neallh. ‘ ' By the estfflote we subjoin it will be pereoiv*^ ed tiia't Spain is in a state of clerical aimrehy. The priests nnd monies, are ilie ruling powers^ and n|)pear bent on detbroning ITcraiiiaradr^tho cmbrOMilerGr Ferdinand—as being too Uberal I and substituting the infant Hon Carlos in his place.. A sort of in^rrection under l^ossieros had also broken outn It remains to be seen* whether the legitim-^tes of Ilus.sia and France^ will consider k as dangeroiis a precedent for^ for priest^.io make a revolution, us llbrthO pc6-' 1 > \ . i ■ From Cfreoce the accounts arc still cohfusedi though it is pretty clear that Ibriduiii Pacha has resinned offensive operatiotis. The following is an extract pf a letter, from J.M. AtEEN, E$(}. an American Otficcr in the Creek service, dated Vatica (in the Culplt of Colocvnthta) June'25* 1825, from on board the Captain S ahinf . s ;— * ; “ I bavo again an opportunity of giviii^ you some little intelligence. In my last, I b-:;lieve i informed you that our two rtects bad effected a union, and tjiat the Turkish and Egyptian fleets were m the port of Snda, in Candiu.— Some days since being off that port, wc discov ered forty of the enemy’s ships off the mouth of the harbour. JVbout one o’clock in the after noon the Admiral made the signal for all the hrulnttss to approach, and endeavour to set tire to 1 he enemy’s frigates and corvettes; our ships of war were ordered to approach and cover the frigates with our guns. We obeyed the sigifal and made all sail, and, after a ftght of one hour and a half, succeeded in bornhig one frigate of thirty four guns, and driving the enemy’s ships into port, without receiving the least damage, or losing a single man. ' It was a glorious sight for us to see the crow of the.frigate taking their lofty flight; tho explosion was terribly awful, 'i'he frigate ivas a. Venitjan built ship*; there were 400 men On hoard. Wc picked up 15; 13 were Greeks, who had been forced to fight against their countrymen; the other two were Tutks. It was our intention to have made an attempt to enter the port at, night with our bruloics, but at this time of the year tho winds are so variable that it would have been impossible to succeed. Since the commence ment of the campaign, wc have destroyed be tween 50 and 60 sail of ships, which is no small hUslnoss. Wc only want the frigates,, which ^ve know to he coming, to insure our liberty and independence. Had wo only four frigate^, we could then with impunity hid defiance to the whole Turkish , empire, and do what no other but the English have tionc—namely, pass the Dardanelles. When I look upon our little handful of merchant vessels, «nd see thcnib (iaiintlcssly approach and combat three times their number of frigates, it makes me long for greater means, and deplore our want o f resour ces. None my dear L ------ , but he who fights in company with Greeks and shares their diffi culties and privations, can or ought to jndge of their character and bravery. If you hear any one, who has been in Greece, say that the Greeks arc not brave, tell him, from iikj , it is false; and that he is no friend to Liberty or Greece; whose shores, motives of interest can alone have induced him to visit. “ I have now served as a volunteer four months, and I have not received a cent for my services; on the contrary, as long as I have ac para, Greece shall be welcome to it. The bra very of the sailors, and the intrepid entlfiusiasm of the Iruhtiers, in particular, has inspired me with the utmost .esteem and love for themi— You shall hear from hie again shortly. In the mean time, believe me,” & a J^PAix.—The' mtel%6nce froAr Spain ^ows moj’e important. From the accounts published in the London Courier of the 29tli, and from private advices, the editor says ” it is evident that the state of Spain is rapidly hastening to a crisis. According to some accounts, it has been, found necessary to strengthen the garrison of St. Ildefonso, by-marching thither a battalion of one of the Swis^ regiments. The occasion of this reinforcement was said to he the discov ery of a plot to assassinate the Minister, M. Zea. It is added, that, an extraordinary Council of State was summoned for the 17th, when “ many pressing and important affairs would be discuss ed. . ' \ Among other events which have occurred is the .circumstance of General Bessieres having quitted Madrid on the 16th, and placed himself at thc’head of some armed partizans, to deliver the King from the captivity in which he is re presented to be held by his Slinisters. A se vere Froclamation, or Royal Decree, had been issued by Ferdinand in consequence of this, da-, ted St. Ildefonso, Atign.st I tth^ in W’hich, with out naming any individuals, .summary punish ment is ordered to he inflicted on the” rebels” who .shall pot surrender at discretion. A t Se ville, meanwhile, .numerous persons have been arrested. According to letters from Cadiz, these arrests wli **, in consequence of an extensive conspiracy which had been discovered,, similar to that which took place iiiFortugal last year. In Cadiz also, at the date of the last letter, it was I m u ^ expected that afircsts would take place. Jllong the persons apprehended at f?eville. Were many Of the higher orders of the clergy.' V The JEmpcf Of Alexander has Issued a rescript fo» puttingdow© It is’ arain aquounend that Mai'ia Louisa, (wiV dow ofh»a|io!con,][he's boon iriafried-Mio whonr jit IS ftotiflOiitioDed, ^ A furious lemjpest hail and tain in some' parts of Nopfok,' on the i 5th of July, destroyed the corn and vines, and blocked the yoadpp with sand., Tho.ifirand Ship Canal from London to Ports* mouth, baa boon decided upon. Tho expense is estimated at at 4,000,QOO/. to bo subscribed in 40,000 shares. A‘ watchmaker of Bayreuth, has manufacthr- ed a cage filled with birds'to t|ic number of 60 representing parrot^, .sparrdw,<5, &.o,‘ each of which has the peculiarMiiote given by nature.— The cage is made of brass, imd the wheels which make 'them mo^O and produce the sound are of silver; the plumage real. A per-son of distinc tion, it appears oicred the watchmaker 32,000 florins for his cage, but ho would not take less than 60,000. * From tht^Conmclkui Courani. PYROIiTGNEOUS ACID. M r . E ditor —If you Judge the following re marks to be of sufficient importance to merit a place in your paper, you ivill please to give them an insertion. The wTitct professes to have had some acquaintance with this article, hotb with regard to its manufacture and its use. It will not, lioweyer, he so much his object to sat isfy the chemical inquirer, as to state such fact^ concerning it as are of a practical nature. If a piece of cold iron be held for a few mo ments in a stream of smoke, it hecoraes cover ed with moisture. It is common for the Neiv- England farmer to bring in liis axe in a cold win- tcr'’s morning, to take the frost ont^ as he terms it. He holds it directly in the blaze and smoke of his fire, and in a short time it becomes co vered with small drops of a brown liquid. This liquid, instead o f cominjj out b f the axe, as he may perhaps suppose, isiiothing Ics^ than the pyroligneous acid. I say impuref be cause it is mixed w’ith tar, gum, charcoal, &c., and it is owing to these impurities that it has a brown colour. Smoke consists in part of pyro ligneous acid, in a state of vapour, and this li quid is collected upon the axe for the simple reason that the axe is cool enough to condense it. So fast as succes.sivo portions of smoke come in couiact with the axe, this part is depo sited until the axe becomes too w arm to con dense it. Here then wc have a simple iHu.stration of the whole theory of smoking meat. Wc place a ham in a smoke house,—build a fire under it, and continue this several days, in order that zee may get some of this moisture to settle on the ham and penetrate it. WTc get at the same time the gummy, tarry matter, which gives the sooty co lour, and the unpleasant taste to the outside of a ham. It must be obvious to every one, that the same cflbct would be produced on the meat, by simply bathing it over with the impure acid. But there is a way in which those impurities arc alf removed from the acid, and it is render ed almost colourless as w'ater; retaining, at the same time. Its smoky taste, ami its antiseptic property. In tlie opinion of many, the flavor of hams prepared with the porifed acid, is sujiori- or to that given in the common mode of f>mok- ing. To say tho least, it is fully equal. The acid may he used in the manner here mentioned, by bathing tho meal vFith it, or it may be mi.xed with the pickle w hich is put to the meat. In cither case the quantify of ncit! wanted will be about the same,—-one quart to 150 or 200 pounds of meat, according to the d if ferent tastes of different persons. When the mode by lathing is adopted, the acid should be applied after the meat has been suitably salted, and it will be necessary to allow a few hours hetw-cen cade Lathing for the acid to penetrate. This bathing may be performed by means of a brush, a hit of rag, or by immers ing the meat in the acid. In tliis last mention ed mode, if a piece bo suffered to remain a ve ry short lime in the acid, (longer or shorter ac cording to its size) the w'hole operation may be perlbrmed at onre. Wlicn different bath ings are applied, a ham of 20 pound.s may re quire wetting three or four times. It is imma terial ivhcther this ho done before tho ham be comes dried or afterwards, and it can at any time be repeated. IV’hcn the acid is applied in this mode, lipenctrates the meat in the same manner, and for the same reason, that it pene trates it U'hen applied in the common process of smoking. When the mode by putting it in the pickle is preferred, it will he necessary that the meat should remain iti (hat situation tbree or four weeks, after which, I consider it best that it should be taken out and hung up in some con venient place to dry. This drying can he ef fected without any trouble, ami I think it best for twro reasons. O p ' c is, that w*hcn dried, it cooks more naturally than w'hen filled with mois ture. The other is, that it is not to he expect ed that a large ham can be long preserved in a weak brine. With regard to the preservation of meat thro* the summer, I consider it safest to suppose that hams, &c. prepared with the acid will require the same attention as those smoked in the common way. I have, however, kept hams the summer past, with very little trouble in the open air, in a chamber, by bathing them over, (wo or three tiffics with the acid. The antiseptic quality of this .substance tsre- maiJcahle. On the 8th of April last, I took a thick piece of veal {fresh) from a hind quarter, * weighing two pounds; I immersed it in the pu rified acid for five minutes; after wJricK I en closed it in a net, and hung it up in a hack room, exposed as much as might be to flics.— :It has never exhibited any signs of putrefaction, itnd is now perfectly fresh and sweet. It indi cates to the smell and taste, that it isvery strongs ly im^egnated with smoke, The appHcation pf (his acid to any kind of meat is jiropcr in all those cases where smoke is required. Tho Mercanxth Advertiser i>( Ncw OrIcani repuMisbes from the New-Yorfe Review, the abib article on the (^eek cantroversy, ao 4 tHw introduces it to its roadtrp t ” The following romarj?? o a the contreversy concerning the Creek lands, cannot be too gen erally or aftentively read. Wc recomroend them particulatly to our ijeigbbour of the ”G6m- mercial Journal,” who apparently kccords to. a faction in Georgia more tfian their due. In cendiary as have been the official declaratlohs of Governor Troup, in the course of Itus dis* pute, and touching a stilt darker Business, we should be sorry, indeed, tehear that he had one partizan or apologist in Louisiana. The tiirie is, perhaps, not very remete, when the ;^llant seamen and wooden ramparts of the Eastern states, may' prove our most effectual s a fe^ a r A Let us not, then, with suicidal hands. Join in the Quixotic Crusade-whiph a few unprincipled land* speculators seem willing to commence against our best friends.” There is sense and truth, in these observa tions, and they arc worthy of being ineditated. The idea, indeed, which, whenever in the north any question touching Southern interests *i$ frankly discu.sscd, is immediately thrown out, that wc are endangering the Union, and that; the Southern states wdli he driven to secede from the confederacy, seems to us ridiculous.— The interests and the weakness, if not the pa triotism, of those Southern states will forever prevent any real wish or attempts on their part to dissever the bonds that constitute us one na tion.—A* 1'. Jbner. day, from itm led from GibraltSdF 0 © t anfi sailed nm u l B Antonio, one of'the'Gape de on* thcriotb, then proceeded to the. coast of j^frlca, ahd arciyed nt Cape MessuraSp, the M d August, whef^ . she only remaiiied dttp The Colony waa found in a mdst proa^oets and healthy condi tion, and the intercourse with the natlvek'tl-ks enthempstfties^yf«iat^ ^ciakmffer- ed severely irom the heat 'the coast o f Afri ca, but havooeverthfficssBeehperfectlyheffithy. ^M /Y.Spm a tor. ' Copy o fa leiterfr^ tiie^creidry of^hc Jfavy^to Com. Lewis fi^triugX&ni dated In the Natchitoches (La.) Courier of August 23, wc 'find tlie following account of the arrival of a Mulude from New Mexico. Natchitoches lies on the boundary line between Louisiana and Texas, and is of course, a thoroughfare for all traffic by the southern route between New Mex ico and the United States. ” Trade zdtli the Mexican States. —The largest Muladc or drove of Mules perhaps ever driven through this place arrived here a few weeks ago, and left here last Tuesday, part for New-Or- Icans, and part for Natchez. It is composed of twelve hundred Mules, all in prime order, and was brought in under the care of about 80 men, corporals, drivers or swimmers, commanded by A. A. de la Llata, one of the proprietors and a citizen of the state of Tamaulipas, from whence the mules are im ported. In performing the laborious task of driving that immense number of Mules through such an extensive wilderness, they had every night to erect a temporary enclosure to secure them from being carried off by the Etampilla, or gangs of wild hor.«es and mules.. In swim ming of the many rivers that intervene, the greatest hardships and dangers ivere encounter ed and overcome, by this hardy band of adven turers. Of the number of about twelve hun dred, only about twenty-fi' - Mules had been lost on their arrival at Natchitoches, either iu the swimming of rivers* or in consequence of fatigue.—^Aar. Jour. ^ .IManc/iofyJcfidenti.*—Aheart-rendingsccne occurred in J unius on Friday last. hlr. Jacob Peters, and Mr. William Steel, young men of South Waterloo, Fayette, were hunting toge ther in thq'woods east of Seneca Falls. Peters had fired at a squirrel on a tree, ivhich after wards attempted to run down. Ho and his companion ran tow'ards the spot, with a view to prevent the game from escaping, when the ri- | tie of Steel, probably being cocked, accident ally t\'ent off and shot Peters, who immediately expired. Mr. Steel ran out of the woods into a field, hallooing in distress; those who heard him, at first supposed he might be playing some trick, till finally he aftparciitly fainted nnd fell It was some little time before he recovered, so as to Icll what was the matter. The fata! spot was sought for, but could not be found, until Mr. Steel so far came to bis rational senses, as to be enabled to lead the way. As soon as he came in sight of the body, overcome by grief and distraction, he again fainted. A coroner’s inquest was held, and no blame was attached to the unfortunate and disconsolate survivor.— The ball broke an arm, passed through the chest, and lodged against the skin in the opposite side. We also Icaip that a young woman in Ovid, on Thursday or Friday last, who had been pea ring peaches, rose from her seat with a knife in her hand, stepped on some pearings and slipt down, when at falling, the Imifo entered her side, and she died in about 12 hours. Truly, even in the midst of health, we are surrounded by death in a thousand forms.—-Woterfoo Fur- Accidentsr^On Wednesday evening last, as Mr. Robert Martin, bis wife and infant, and 2 other persons, all of this city, were returning from the ordination at Catskill, in a single one horse wagon, and had arrived within the su burbs of the city, the horse suddenly took fright, and before he could be prevented, pre cipitated himself with the waggon, backwards, down a bank of 10 or 12 feet, ffimost perpendi cular. , Mrs. Martin was thrown from the wagg on—^the horse fell upon, her, and, By his strug gling, before assistance could Be rendered, brui sed her in such a shocking manner, that she di ed last evening. Her infant’escaped unhurt, and the other passengers sustained little or no injury. On Sunday evening, the 0th inst. Mr. Oliver Calkins, of Catskill, was knocked overboard by thehoom ofasloop, between this city and Cats- klll, and drowned. Mis body has pot been found.— Gazette, The Cyanc.-r— The United States ship Cyane, Captain Creighton,, arrived at this port yefetor- leap. ' The Cyane rife,-where «he was de- UJIV» JUVidtJ*9 44^f8f6. “ Your letter of the 29 thtilt. ved. I have ^ am lned the sevetal Cii&Mmini- cations accompanying it, & have only topxpress toy high gtatilicwtion at the $eal and skill which have been maaifesred by yourself ipiA^ose under yoUr command. The nalqral riiH t is feJJ, in the present .subdued* state of witbin the sphere of ypto operations. ’ X am respectfully, ^ m m u b l l : ^ o u T i m D . Commodore Lewis Warrihgto'fk, Commanding the C. S. Squmfon^ in the }hst Indies AorfolkJ^ ' By Messrs. Pitcher and Hammond, two of the state road commissioners, who are now in this city, w'e learn, that baving completed the examination of the various routes leading -west from Athens, Catskill and Kingston to lake E- rie, they intend, early in the ensuing week, to proceed to the examination of those leading from Newburgh and Poughkeepsie, to intersect the route through Sullivan county. These, which will probably occupy much less time,^ will, we believe, complete their labours, of this sort.— Alb. Argus^ Among the inventions of the age, ire see it is mentioned in the Brussels papers, that a pro cess of reprinting newspapers by lithography, has been found o u t; by means whereof it is cal culated, that the French papers may be reprint ed and distributed ifi Brussels, in two liours after the arrival there of the mail, and at about onc-tbird of the subscription price. If this in vention answers the hopes of its projectors, it may make material alterations in newspaper affiiirs, which, to us, are important ones.—AC F. Amer. JSiHorical F a c t .- ^ t has been long .a m - mour that Gen. B raddock was killed by one of his own nien, *Phis is placed beyond doubt, by the statement o f one who could not be mistaken. Braddock, during the battle in which be lost his. life,. ordered the Provincial troops to form a Ooliiran. Thej^ rather chose the Indian mode of fighting, from behind the shelter of a tree, Braddock. in his vexation, rode up to a man by the^ name o f Fawcet, and cut him down. Thom as Fawcet, a brother o f the killed, learning the manner o f h it death, watched the oppor tunity Ibrieven ^ , and shot Braddock thro* the body, of which wound he died. Tho mas Fawcet is now, or was lately, residing near Itoiire! Hill, and is about 95 years o f age.— [Newbruyport Herald.} Chestnut Bark ,—^The bark of the chestnut tree contains twice as much tanning matter as oak bark, and nearly twice as much coiouring- matter as logwood. The colouring substance of chestnut bark is to that of Pampeachy log wood exactly as 1.857 to 1. Leather prepared with this substance is more firm an^ solid, and yet more supple. This bark is the best sub stance for making ink ? mixed with iron it be comes a bluish black. The liquor drawn from this bark appears blue at the outside, like indi go ; but it gives on paper the finest black. In dyeing it has a greater allinity for wool than su mach, and in other respects it diflers very Jittle. from sumach and gallnqts. The colour obtain ed from this substance is unchangeable by air and light. , ^ Military General Officer, who was very observant of his military duties, having re tired from the service, and descended to less exiiensiveapartmentl^waafoundbyafriendas- sisting a servant in sewing two, beds together. ^ “ What” ^aid the friend, ” turning Upholsterer. i General 1” ” Not at all,” replied the General, “ I am following my old profession— taek-4icks/* A young man who was pitying his addresses:, to an Irish girl, had gained so fhr on her-affec- tions'that sho had consented to attend him to the ’ tehiple of Hymen, when some eebnomical fearf arose iu his breast which cooled the fiamC Cu pid had kindled; he therefore waited op hi$ des tined hridc and hegan to talk <uf hard timea, household cxi>enses,&c,’tin her patience being exhausted, she very politely turned him out of the heuse. Her mistresg, hearing the noise, called to know what it was. ” Kothii)^, madam,” replied she, ” but kicking the, cares o f the world out of doors. ” A punster being asked by a musician whether he was a lover of harftioayi replied-—” Y'es, hut I prefer it when it is ahtiU^d, for tlicu it is money, and that, my friend, Is the better half of it. I have no o^ection tp your notes, hut- I like those of the ftink jqf England much bet ter ; yours may m&ke the best times, but those infinitely the best of tunos.\ l l o w ^ l that bank notes are excelfofit thmg^I w ill allow, btit pray what tune will they make l\ ‘ The very best tune in the vvorffi— ”
