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scales, in the presence of her friends, The principal cause of this event is 'quitt him or keep him a state prisoner j — and then piled on dollars and crowns, silver money, until they weighed her a Greek emissary taken by tliem, pla ced 500 Albanians, bearing the Greek colors, on a height pointed nut for that purpose, and who gave the unfortunate Missolonghites the signal for the sortie They discovered their error too late ; but seeing all hopes of safety lost, they down.\ Report says she was a plump healthy girl. Tins must have been a iat marriage portion in those days.— Hoaton New* letter. IriT gjwrtjgtfc iscribed to a ruse of the Gallo-Egyp- at an annual expense tothe public trea tians, who according to the account of ;SUiy of something like three thousand dollars. l'disbon Ball, one the princi- pal witness against Desha, was drown- ed in Licking river a few days since.— Lexington Rep. led for by the fact that one of the sub- jects of difference with Mexico has been the superior privileges which, under Un- objectionable treaty, the United States of North America might claim over Great Hi irain ami the other European nations. Th«* difficulties thiown in the From the Mew-York Statesman. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. State of Commercial Affair*. —The Liverpool Advertiser of the 1st ult. says :—\ As an evidence of the impro- ved state of things it may be mentioned that in tin conrse of last week upwards ot 1400 baes o\ wool was disposed of. The sale in this article for the last few months have been very trivial indeed, ;tnd as the present demand is not spec- ulation, we may look upon it as a sure indication of an improving trade amonc the manufacturers oi Yorkshire.\ The same paper adds to another item of intelligence—\Things are slowly hot gradually returning to their old standard.\ Greece. —A inter dated Corfu, 2d May, says: \The Serashigr is conva- lescent. He has sent for the governor Prevesa to come to Missolonghi: the latter obey d him immediately, and his departure has filled the christians of Prevesa with consternation. They are afraid that the Turks, drunk wiih vic- tory, may pan from mere insult to new acts of feiocity. There is a rumour at Zante ot the recapture of Tripolirzn by the Greeks; but it is not believed. Hydra is a prey to civil war. which Miaulis had returned with his fleet to terminate. 71 Positive ioformation had beea recei- ved at Liverpool, of the embarkation of Lord Cochrane for Greece. The sum of 100,000 pounds sterling • 140,000 dollars] bad been collected in Loom u for the relic? of the distress* d manufacturers. 1 he king of England's speech for I confirm what he has said.\ the dissolution of parliament had been |«- •• = 'arranged' in Council; and it was ea- t • eti . tl at tlie diss< lution would take place abool ihe I si June. Prepara- tions for a near i lection bad become ac- t \i i ; ii . til\ kingdom. Some changes iu the representation are e\- Tlie following are extracts from a paper accompanying the print of the tvn £?f(H% WESTFIELI>, JULY 15, l?::f,. It will i.c i^-. '•!• • :• I I• •• * • '•\••'• n)>->» we mutt •••in- reawriu rt pert fag Sfr. K..p-n\« nolire of (.ur p>i|»-r [|a hat, in I • • •;; i'-n. r ,f ihoM rmaafks, a> M Mpf> •• 'i' • \ '• '\' \ '• ».'e willi US We iir.- not IKKMH ' ' if.fiv I,,- ,,,,. set fire to a mine, which had been for Declaration of Independence, by John a long time prepared, and were blown 'Trumbull, up together with the enemy, which pressed them round on every side. The circumstance of the frigate Tyramus having touched at New-York on her way to England from Mexico, u One. serious difficulty presented it- self which could not be overcome.— There exists no record on the Journals of Congress of the members who weie actually present on that occasion ; and ~~-r-i i~ .i »• o . i I..T. but vhuiiM (!.•• s.iric little, illiberal spirit i I lie death ot thai man is peter, who can ' r \\' 1 • . . , . ,.,. .. .... eserrmttby pablwbewof Be»»pau«r»geiteraJIy, look back npon a life well spent, ilieven- , . .,.,,,, ., 1 • howestrMivew i I ••>:.'• ••aciil itmi ol luulli- rrahle patriarchs of .mrcmintn areswiftij . ^^ fM m --f y to#Btf ek»a>« iris Um passing to the tomb—MSS1 they will he no • Z, „.;,.,„. in> ., <.„ ri , ,,,;.„!,..,. : ,•..-, fcrwumm more seen or heard on the earth. But they esev*t tba BM4 ••< m»v penoa to expand » need no inuiiuinent to j»er|H tuate their in* m-j <-\»l\' ! '' 1 '\\» >•' roolb, i\ Ik* Barrow p i upon til instead of proceeding in a direct course, IH becaaaa necessary, therefore, to be has given rise to much conjecture in guided principally by the original ia- London. One of the morning papers [strument, which is preserved in tbeof- atlributes the change of destination to fice of the Secretary of State, although information recicved at Havana by Mr. it is well known that this was not eu- Morier, the Envoy to Mexico, and grossed on the parchment matH several \that some internal convulsion was J weeks bad elapsed, during which time threatened in regard to Cuba.\ The ! some members, (among whom were Globe and Traveller says, \the devia- George Clinton and Robert 11. Livings- tion may as easily, perhaps, be acconn- ton] were called to other duties, and did not sign the instrument ; and also, that among the signatures are the names of several gentlemen, as George Clymer, Benjamin Rush, ex'c. who srere not e- lected to seats in Cuogtem until after the 4th Of July.\ Robert K. Livingston was one of Ihe wayoftbe negotiatiotts in Mexico by An- \ wta C,|U ' °f 'he committee appointed to glo American influence are spoken of in j draft the Declaration. <>rv—their names are .written hearts of a free people. JOHN ADAMS, -died at Quincey, Mass. on the 4th iost. just fifty years after signing the instrument which has placed us among the must favored nations on earth.\ F\ rl IOBDINABY < oixcinExcE. Just as our paper was going to press, the eastern mail brought us the melan- choly intelligence of the death of THOM- AS JIUKRSON. He died at Mouticei-I h>, on the Jth inst. Thus have two il-1 lustrioos fathers departed in peace, just I fifty year*after signing the declaration | that gave birth to their country. 1 hi ;s one of those singular circumstances for which we cannot account Well might they say with good old Simeon, on a still greater occasion, M Now let tevt thou thy servant d« part in peace,\ ,.: i i.rutting oUtre, ;i<« n-timifil e> view Gen •-.'• i ..iiiii'v a- il.o worki, mi.I lliiivia Ike at pi I A. To CarrrspomlenU. ••./»/.'•-.\ am] •• .VtrriiJ\ IMIIII' too bite for this paper— tin\ will be had in consideration, next n et k. What has become ol •• S> SELECTED TOASTS. The following toasts are selected from those drank at the celebration on the 4th inst. by the New-York typoj iph- ical society. The words printed in italic*) nre technical phrases used in a pi inting office. The Day.—A brilliant page of freedom. The United Mites —A has gone through fifty never been battered. Lafayette.—Tl»e Living point.-- the world to liberty. itar in the form, whi titt <i> • and nil ' w Inch Bolivar.—The distribution < f I: lor we have seen the salvation ofoui ' tab ots. in the cam be was enc i« ••! ii all the letters thence. Some communica- ' \ Two he.ids are also introduced of count! v tion with Washington on that subject gemlemen who are known to have may therefore be desirable.\ Spain. —The Madrid Correspondent of the I'atis (*ilote says under the date of I Ufa May —•• There is r ason to be- lieve, from the deranged state in whi h the finances of Spain are known to be, that tiie journey made to Madrid b\ Mr. Cod;, to demand i<>rtv millions due to English mer. hants, is but i pretex • m- ployed b) ihe Cabinet of London for seizing on ihe Havana. Mr. ('. has , hinted as much, an i other Englishm n $$0m$tt<. <it<>,±i,i. — The Milledgeville Jour- nal contains • correspondence between ; Mr. Barbour, Secretary ;>; War, and pectt d to I iki place. been members actually present, but who were conspicuously opposed tothe act. as prematme and unwise, and who, therefore, did not sii'n. John Dickin- son, author of Farmer's Letters, who in all the debates on the question, was ihe abie and eloquent opposer oi' .vlr. John Adams : and the late Thomas Witling, of Philadelphia.\ hiiring the quarter t n ling June 30, J -<'. * > letters have passed through the I'n.i Office in this village for Upper < 'ami,hi. via Q ,\( nston i a t lusict of tetters mailed at this Office. During the saute tteriod ubout one thousand /'tins have b< en received through the same channel. The mail is sent a- cross the river every day (Sundays excepted) In/ which all litters and newspapers paid or unpaid are for- the balls that be used, and the beautv The following letter was received bj . \' the ITOJ•/. be has finished, have press- dated ed on bis brow the laurels of imperial*. the Postmaster at Baltimore, Charlotteeille. Jul it lt>2u IB—1 give von a mere line to say. able fame The art of Printing.—The footstep that Mr. JBPFBBSON expired to day, at i of knowledge, which puts a ptriod to in minutes before one o'clock. It is an i i.' : iiice. fustihi.-. \\\ tue, and con' i ts event which has been hourly expected I vice - * . i for three or lour days past. loui friend, P. MINOR. John S. Skinner, esquire, Baltimore. The following happy notice of the a- bove is from the New-York American. This paper b again arrayed in sa- bles, and another ol the sons of our he- roic age has passed to the tomb. \\\ coincidence marvellous and enviable. 'I he Press.— May the bh <-? ; '_« r of a free Press be speedili distributed throughout all (Ihristendom. ( bir Countrywomen—the faitcst coJ* ume in the library of nature. By Mr. Brown — Washington and Lafayette—Who but Washinijt«Mfi can boast such a son- a ! such a father ? who but Lafavette THOMAS JBFFERSOX 1:1 l :l iKe By Mr. A/etcalf. America—A pat- tern to the world—may other nations m aimer with his great compeer, John l follow her example, until usurpation Adams, breathed his la>t on the 4iii ot July. (Emphatically may we say, In i i v. ii h Ihe approaching •' ct'n ns, an I to show w iiat their char- • : • •.:!;. is, it iu iy I e a i M to quot< with a Boston paper, had the horse* Governor Troup, relative to the fixing ii-ari/-/ This arrangement is carried \and the chariot of tin descended to of the boundary between Georgia and [ON under thi sanction of the Po*t Alabama, from the temper of which \ Master General. — Niagara Sentinel. The pcrtu in Me.vico, anxious for we augur the allavinent ol lhos< an- ami Ivranny be banished from the By Jlfr. Smith—The United States o( Imerka— A solid formal twenfu- take iiji the patriarchs-, it might have fours, locked up in the hearts of a free be< n more wonderful, bin not more glo- people. May it never be unlocked un- rious. We remember nothing in die an-1 t;l il ceases to produce a fiur impress- rfcs ol I .•:.. John Russel and J grj feelings which formerly marked the [theinvasumand independence of Cuba, nds of man so striking so beautiful, I ton . ta ihe house of Commons onjofficial acts ol Gov. T. the restoration lore much dissatisfied with the viewsoj .-:..: May, made in support of lot\ that harmonj tid respect w ! ':c h otrr Kxcculivi on that subject; while ; i more effectual pro- J should subsist between! the executive of those views, as opened in the message \ ' ,\ and eonuption' teach ol the individual States and that J of Mr. Adams on the Panama Mission, His lordship siid 'that the practices iof ihe I oton. an received with exultation by tin so i 4orious that if the House did I The correspondence consists of a I adverse party. i ! do something to check them, itIcommunication from Mr. B.to Gov.T. I .// the riant publii meeting in would be better at once to legalise the < en< losing a letter which the form< r had [ Dublin relative to tht situation of that • of votes like any other commod-1 written to the governor of Alabama, in [metropolis, 'In chief magistrate sf«- ity.\ Mr. Hume stated that the day I answer to one from him, requesting the J ted that twenty-one thousand persons previous, an < fli r of a borough was I appropriation ol a commissioner on the \of its population wt re out of employ. made io him i i t*3000, b« ing so much ' part of the I . S. to aid in the ascer- ; • lor each Vi le, and fjOO to be spent. >': II. \\ ,.- n mentioned il at •< similar communication i.aJ beta forwarded to l.ila. On taking the question, i\^ numbers The S ih'in Register contains intelli- gence of the renewal ol the war be- tween the British and Burmese, in con- tainment of the disputed boundary. In this letter, Mr. B. stat< s, that as no appointment has !>• en made i u the de- sired object, the President does not feel sequence of a detalchment of the P.rit authorised to make the appointment J isfa troops who were ignorant of the were eipia!, there being T~ ai/':< and 7- and entertains tin hope that the matter treaty of peace, having attacked a di- fiai/.s ; when op m the Speaker gave his ! may be equitably and satisfactorily ad- casting vote in favour oj tin- resolu- tions. It it hardly necessary to state that I .or J Russell, Sir II. \\ ilson, and par- ticularly Mr. Home, an indefatigable advocate of reform, are copiously abu- v tlie papers friendly to the minis- try, IMI to the e.xKt'ujL' abuses. Mr. Stewart Wortley, one c\' the tl.it • English gentlemen who visited the United Stati s in company ;i veai or two ago, is about to be created a peel justed without the interposition of the governmeut of the United .States The vision of the Burmese and Killed a num- ber of tloir men. As soon as it was known, the Burmese, enraged at what answer of Gov. Tioup to the above j they considered the perfidy of the Brit- eommunication, and its enclosure, con-lisb army, made a furious attack upon eludes as follows :— M It is not appro- them, and defeated them with a \real bended that any serious difficulty will , loss, having completely annihilated occur between the two States, and the three regiments. I expression of this sentiment by the | President, so favourable to the n raoval • La Plaisance Bay. —The Michigan of one embarrassment, will prove, as it Sentinel of the 2 nil ult. mentions the i^ hoped, the precursor oi the removal ai rival of the schr. Erie, Capt.Merrit, of all, in the unhappy difference which I in the harbor of La Plaisance Bay. An attempt on Segropont, made by occurred between the! general govern-I Capt. M. although unacquainted with • detachment of Greek troops under I roent and this, on other subjects con-(the channel, sailed into the Bay with is the death of these two\ time-honor- ed\ patriots, on the jubilee of ibal free- dom, which they devoted themselves and all that was dear to them, to pro- claim and establish. It cannot be all chance, it may be permitted us to believe,that the prayer A. Drank at Bataria. I ne State of Kent-York —Without an equal in resources and enterprise may union a: home render hei respect- able abroad. Thi ) niith of our Country —Let most natural on such a day, hi the I them remember that virtue and integri- mouths of such nun, u Lord now let- ty rue the life of liberty, test thou thy servant depart in peace,'\ Election of President and fice Pre- was put up and favorably heard. The sident of the United States —Let the God who gave them being, and inspired 1 people act for themselves: ma) the their hearts in the day of peri), and in present congress remember from a horn a desponding land, tilled them with j they derived their authority. Greece. —The votaries of liberty throughout the world behold ber sor- rows and are afflicted ; may they soon rally to ber standard and wrest the iiou sceptre from the \ mindless Ottoman.\ The Independent States of Smith nope anil through a with conudence—who long (and to other co lias v ...... ,,. i>i„u , oi'.ntries a calamitous/ period of fifty years, watched and signally protected the aik of freedom, which under his guidance they reared, until it has now become the li'4ht, and hope, and promise of the u-1 America —They followed our example :—that < tod n i, and have triumphed. With UOerty lor hey reach the goal interpose, and on the fiftieth anniversa-l of 'heir highest ambition. inverse :—uiai uou may in Ms wisdom and in histendemess, have >eeu lit to their object. Col. Fabvier, had failed, and had also lost 1000 men, besides cannon, Sec. FabVier ;md a remnant of his force had escaped with difficulty; and it is ad- ded that the unsuccessful issue of the neeted w ith it. Jl'eevil —It is stated in an Ohio pa- per. that if in stacking wheat, eldi leaves are strewed over each layer it is further stated, that it the w neat is same been equally successful. course have affair has determined the Colonel to sheaves, that it will entirely secure tl leave (ireec°. wheat against the ravage of the weevil Trieste, April l$th. — I vessel ar- lived from Kante, after sixteen days' passage, brings intelligence that Ibra- him Pacha h it a feeble garrison at Missolonghi, and has «et out for the Motea with the remainder of his troops. The Turco Egyptian fleet has set sail for Napoli di Romania. Two frigates |have pursued tie and two bri<js of this fleet attacked Maulis' squadron on the 13th, which they metjin the Archipelago. It appears that the garrison and inhabitants ol Missolonghi capable of bearing arms, within the few last days, amounted al- together, to 3,200 men ; but besides these, there reckoned HX>0 young wo- men, 000 young men, between ten and eighteen years old, and 700 invalids and wounded. Two thousand armed j Isaac ]!. Desha's rase, was called up men, having in the midst of them the I the first day of the June Term of the women and children, made the aortic 7 i out ditttctllty. It is but recently that it was discovered that a good harbor Could be found near the mouth of the river Rasin. The discovery ol the fact is an important event for the inter- ests of the southern pari of the territo- ry—it will more than double the value of real estate bordering upon and in threshed and cleaned and put into casks, | the vicinity of the Raisin.— Det. Gaz. and the surface of the wheat covered j - with elder haves, it Will likewise pre- Tiie Hon. .'.///ft Trumbull, aged ,<> rve it. The writer asserts that he has [years composed an Oration for the or* not only saved his own grain by these j casioii, which was read by A. <•• means, but that all hf* neighbours who j Whitney, Esq. at the celebration on the Tiie South Carolina [Cheraw^ Spec- tator of the IHth ult. says—\Tin re never was such a want of corn since the days thai Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for it. We ate requested to say that it will sell readily in Ckcrsw, at one. dol- lar and fity cents, the bushel. 4th, at the cit\ of Detroit. A CARD. rv ol the great day of independenc V>\ Judge Taggart. The seeds of have recalled to himself the spirit of \ Republicanism transplanted to Europe these might j TWO, who hiving seen ful-j —May a little leven leveo the whole filled and surpassed all that in the most lump. daring aspirations of youthful hope and! — ardor, they had ventured to anticipate for their country,and having attained to M« Kawcoua, nut rtii: w i.^ 11.r.N s r IR. ihe bighes t hoi iors which a grateful na- I understand a small party of Thcat- tion could pay, could no longer woithi- ricol Performers from the Rochester lin ger upon e; artb. 1'heatie. under the management of Mr, ., , , , , I Smith, who is now on his w.iv to (\in- Rir. I.Io\il, late senator IO eonjrress from ' *> Massachusetts, .helmed an no iiai.on to a ; cinnitti, to open the Theatre of which public dinw r tendered to bun by a ausaber he was formerly manager,] intend stop- of the citizens of Boston. A similar course ping for threi nights in your village.— of conduct would hare done honor to a a r- j y\ v s | lils played with success, at most \ ! ! of the principal villages through which he has passed, and it is to be hoped tain member of congress from tin part of the state of Ifew-York\. Weui' not believe in the propriety of paying man twice fordoing his duty. O'IMONO SI'M.DINO, junior editor Oil that be may receive that patronage at Westiield, to which he is justly entitled as an actor. I have seen him in most I -SOU, IVIItS. ORR, Milliner, from London, INFORMS the public that she is _ engaged in the MILLINERY bu- ll,;,.,. .n Traill Court, and a venue:; si|lesSj incluclissi- Dress and Corset slaves. The other 1000 men who re- I ed or expressed an opinion touching !niakinp. STRAW, CHIP, and LEG- mained in the city, assembled the 700 the prisoner's guiltguilt. Theeffort to HORN BONNETS cleaned, dyed, press- invalids together, with the women and procure a jury was continued the next ed, and altered at the shortest notice, children in the church, which they dav without success, and the dial aban- and most reasonable terms, at the two blew up into the air, and then proceed- doned for the term. No expectation is story dwelling, nearly opposite Dr. ed to shore the fate of their compatri- now entertained of his being tried again Spencer's in the village of Westfield. ots, who fell in combatting the enemy, i in that county. This will in effect ac- j Westfield, July 13. of the 2Sd; they were all slain except : summoned to try him. The whole pan- forty who were taken alive and made uel was rejected, each one having fonn- iroprietor of the Rochester Album, died mi I 0 f (',,, characters in the plays which are to be given as an entertainment on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evening next, and he docs them justice. Mr. S. excels iii the comic. B. the 27th ultimo, aftei ahngering illness of rising six months. To be esteemed be nee- ded hut to be known. Vs a friend, be was -ulcere and constant in his attachments.— His manners w ere uii.e-umm:; and modest; and an intimate aoQUaintsnce with hnn, in- stead of H mini ins; more conspicuous the taults and foibles incident tobuman life, on- ly •erred to discover the excellent qual- ities of his heart. Iu consequence of severe illness. \\ e have been uiiahle, for several weeks past, to ile- \ ate that attention to our paper w Inch it re- quires. The week before last, we were prevented, by a concatenation of unlucky circumstances, from issuing any paper: Our principal hand was unavoidably absent, aud every other one in iheolhce was, from sick- ness, unable to touch a type. We will en- deavor, hereafter, to avoid the recurrence of a like irregularity. In lC*iO, there were more than Jiet i/nti inhabitants in the town of Nantucket, of the name of Coffin. The Albany trgus state-, that t hancel- lor Sandtbrd has declined hen;:; ;< candidate for Governor. Quert —Who will be nom- inated at the Herkimer Convention J I .—— M. M. Noah, has relinquished the publi. cation of the National Advocate, aud coin ineneed a new paper uuder the title of \The .Yew-Yurie Impartr.\ We would nSvwe Noah and Southwuk to unite their estab- lishments aud forces.