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J' t e l - ■ h m FOREIGIf. FEOM ENGLAND.—^The packet ship Canada, Captain Graham, from LiverpobJ, brought us Liverpool papets to thel7tb, the day of her sailing, and London to the 16th o f April. Tbe^ bill for the relief of the Roman Catholicks passed the House o f Lords on the 10th of April, by a vote o f 213 to 109, making a majority o f . one hundred and four in favor o f the measure. The Royal sanc tion having now been given to it, it has be come the law o f the land, and this question which has agitated the British empire for fif ty years is now settled. The measure of Cat'hoiick Emancipation was first brought forward by Fox, in the English House of Commons Vn the 18th o f March, 1779, and on the 18th of March, 1829, it passed that body by an overwhelming majority, making precisely half a^century. The excitenient produced upon the public mind by the dis cussion of this measure is rapidly subsiding. The great number o f its opposers seem dis posed to allow the experiment a fair trial, consoling themselves with the hope that the disastrous consequences which they predic ted as likely to result from it may not take place. The disfranchisement bill was then like, wise read a third time and passed. The King on giving his assent to the Cath- click R e lief Bill, expressed to Lord W el lington his satisfaction at the firmness with which he had carried it through Parliament. The popularity o f this minister i f is said to be almost unprecedented in Great Britain. He is the favorite o f all parties, all classes and all parts o f the kingdom. Despatches from Lisbon to the 4th of April had been received at London. The expedition toTerceira remained windbound on the Tagus. The inundations had occa sioned a scene o f misery and distress in the neighborhood o f Lisbon, to which no paral lel is remembered. From Abrahtes to Lis bon the villages are deserted and under watei. On the high grounds the crops have been ruined by the rains., on the low wash ed away by the floods. The London Times o f the l7th of April, gives the following account o f the installa tion o f the new Pope Pius VJII. On the 2d instant he proceeded from the palace On Monte Cavailo, where the Conclave was held, to the church o f S t. Peter, where, seat ed on the high altar, he admitted the Cardi nals to his slipper and his band. Th,e im mense interior o f that cathedral was crowd ed with all the rank and fashion o f Rome. The King o f Bavaria and the Archdukes of Russia were among the spectators o f the ceremonies. It is stated as a fact, which may be o f some importance at the present crisis, that Count Funchal, the representa tive o f the Emperor Don Pedro, and o f his daughter the young Queen o f Portugal, had been received at a private audience by bis '’’H o liness; while the person pretending to be the Ambassador o f the King o f Portugal was refused admission into the presence of his Holiness. Gribojedoflj the Russian Ambassador at the court o f Persia, was assassinated in the city of Teheran, on the 12tfa o f February., A quarrel took place before the door o f the Russian Minister,between his Suite and the populace, in which some o f the latter were killed. On the news being spread, an im mense crowd hastened from the bazaar to avenge the death o f their countrymen.— They forced the gate u f the hotel, beat, down the Cossacks, and killed four o f the Persian guards, and penetrating to the inner apartments, sacrificed to their rage every, thiqg that came in their way. The Russian Minister was butchered, with his whole suite, excepting M. Melzofi) first Secretary o f Legation, and three other persons. The Schah, who p u f himself at the head o f a considerable force, to dSipeise the rioters, came too late. His court has gone into mourning for eight days. Paris, April 12.— Earthquake in Spain .— Letters from Spain, as well as the journals, are full o f dreadful details of the effects of the earthquake. Four towns have been en tirely turned—namely, Guardamar, Torre- vieja, Almoradi, and Los . D olores. The numb*r gf-the dead is incalculable. After 400 bodies had been dug out o f the ruins of Almoradi, 70 more were found. Mineral springs have been removed to the distance o f six miles from the,place where tlieir sour ces originally were. The river Segura^ which flowed through the city o f Murqia,: has changed its course and its mouth. Four great craters are opened at Benejuzar, and emit lava and infectious exhalations. Two other craters, opened at the place where Torrevieja was built, pour forth torrents of fcEtid water. The King has taken measures to succour the victims of this disaster. He has ordered all therevenues o f the province « f Murcia to be employed in relieving the persons whom this misfortune has reduced to misery. It is.>said, also, that 80,000 ■francs, the produce of the sale o f oil, have been destined for the same purpose.. A letter from Madrid o f the SOthnlt. gives the following summary o f the damages and loss o f life sustained by the dreadful convul sion of nature: ‘‘Murcia, capital of the province-rNot a. church or edifice that has not been considerably damaged. The bridges of Segura, which unites tho two parts o f the city, have suffered materially.— Several houses have been ruined, and a great number of persons perished. Garthagena —The quarter o f Serrata has been ruined, •Saint Fulgencia has disappeared. Rojales, La Granja, Cox, San Mi'guel, Callosa, and several other cities and, villages, have suf fered a great deal o f injury. La Mata is a heap of ruins: Ihe earthquake has dried up two salt lakes. Torre Vejo—Not a jingle house is standing, the number o f killed and wounded is very great, ©rihueia—Some edifices have fallen; the number o f deaths IS but seven, the wholejpopulation is in the fields. Guardamar is no longer in existence; two wind-mills only are standing, the village having entirely disappeared. Maadja and several other villages in the vicinity have sustained great injury. Raful—this village lias been destroyed; the number killed and wounded is immense. Aix Garres—Seve ral houses have tumbled; and a mountain near the town has rolled away, and several individuals have perished. Benejusar—The greater part of the houses have fallen; the number o f wounded is considerable, and the killed amount to 250, Almoravi—^Not a sin gle house or edifice remaining on its foun dation. Already 400 persons have been taken dead from beneath the ruins, besides a large number o f wounded.. The earth quake o f the 21st was accompanied by a tremendous noise. Travellers observed at the moment o f the shock, a -column of fire proceeding from the eastern coast o f Murcia. Nor have the shocks ceased ever since the J3tfa in that province, and further evils are expected.’ —Liverpool Mercury.' FOUR DAYS L a t e r .—The packet ship jLmethyst arrived at Boston on Tuesday o f last weeks ia 19 days from Liverpool, bringing Lon- ■don dates to the 20th, and Liverpool to the 21st April, inclusive, four days later than were •brought by the packet ship Canada. They fur- •nish, however, but little additional intelligence. A terrible accident happened at Hyde on the 1st o f April, at about half past 9 o’clock in the evening. The cotton spinners who turned out •at Stockport, amounting in number to 10,000 have been mainly supported by those spinners who remained in full work in other places, par^ ticifiarly in Manchester, Hyde, and the neigh bourhood. The master manufacturers resolved, in consequence, to reduce the. wages of those employed, while the turn out continued, and pilblishe'd an address to the operatives', who met in. great numbers'to consider it, at the Norfolk Anns in Hyde. The club room in which the meeting was held, is 15 yards long and 6 yards wide. Six or seven hundred persohs,incluilmg females, attended at half pastS; and in about an hour afterwards two beams gave way, by which about 300 persons were precipitated into the room below- The floor of that.room. also gave way; and the whole mass descended into the cellar. The noise was heard all over the town. A scene of horrible confusion ensued. Twenty-nine were killed, and ten or twelve others were not expected to recover. The silk trade had been a subject of debate for several successive days in the House of Cohunpns. A hill had been brought ih, read once, and committed, imposing certain duties on the importation of Silk goods, and to alldviP a drawback upon the exportation thereof. Mr. Fitzgerald contended that the principle ot free trade, as applied to the silk trade, had entirely failed,, and so far from operating beneficially, it would annihilate the silk manufacture of the country. Ireland —The latest accounts from Ireland Concur in representing the great benefits that, even at this.eavly period, have accrued to that loiig afflicted country, from the passing Qf the Catholick Relief Bill. The Papists evince lio indecent exultation on the occasion; the pio- testants no abject despondency, but both parties seemed inclined to co-operate with each other in the, promotio.n of a general good will and toleration. Meanwhile, numerous commercial speculations wait only till the. country shall have settled down into a,firm, decided, and per manent tranquillity. Confidence has already ex tended itself more or less among all classes of the community; and many, distinguished by the strong violence of their ultm-Protestantism, have, now that the great question is settled, confessed that they had been mistaken in their opinions. Orcliuela,April 2 — ^The number of victims hitherto dug out of the ruins of the towns des troyed by the earthquake amounts already to more than 3000, of that o f the persons wound ed or mutilated, more than double that number. The hpuses destroyed are between 6 and 7000. The wine and oil of last year are Iqst. Egina, March 7.—On the 4th of February the Greek squadroa obtained considerable ad vantages over that of the Turks, in the Gulf of Ambraica; the latter being obliged to quit the gulf, having lost two vessels, which were cap tured by the Greeks. On the 9 th of February the Greeks recovered the superiority in Beota; they put to flight Mahmoud, the nevv Pacha of Lividia, and Omer Pach,‘ who were come from Thebes to attack them. They took from them 200 prisoners and three standards, on which is painted the hand of the Prophet. These stand ards are considered as sacred by the Turks, and always defended with the greatest valor. Since this event, the Turks have remained in the for tresses which they still held, and the Greeks are masters of the country. A Royal Mrrrderer.-—The late arrivals from England bfing an account o f a murder committed in the, palace o f Queluz by the “ Holy Saint Miguel,’’ as he has been some times called by the more loyal among his Portuguese subjects. It comes in the shape of a letter from Lisbon re,geived in London. I f ihe story be authentic, and we do not know that the London journals have made any attempts to discredit it, it furnishes one of the most frightful examples of princely wickedness that the age has seen. It is al most impossible to believe that such an, oc currence could have taken place in a civil ized and Christian nation. The following is the story: “ T h e King had, for some.weeks previous to the massacre at the Palace, entertained very strong suspicions as to the continued fidelity to his Government o f his elder sister, Donna Isabel Maria, who was the late prin cess Regent o f Portugal. The day on which. the murder was committed, Don Miguel was driven' into one o f liis mad fits o f brutal re venge from receiving intelligence, through some o f hia minions, that a servant o f the Princess had, the day before, left the palace by Donna Isabella’s command, having the greatest part o f bis sister's jew els in his possession, and taking with him also some State documents belonging to his mistress, of the greatest importance. These docu ments, we learn, were supposed to have re lated to the government of his country by the Princess during her Regency. “ The moment Don Miguel was apprised of the servant’s departure, he hastened to the apartment of his unfortunate sister, and insisted on the Princess’ producing the jew els and documents to which we have alluded. The Prince at the same time furiously de manded what had become o f his sister’s va let. The Princess was at first so terrified by her brother's menacing manner, that her utterance Was choked—she was unable to answer his r ^ id interrogatories at the in stants The Prince at this grew more en raged, and aimed a violent blow at his sis ter’s face. He then attempted to grapple her t'hroat, but the Princess, by a desperate effort, providentially escaped from the mon ster's murderous grasp, and the monster was himself thrown oil the floor. On rising frOm the ground, Don Miguel discharged a pistol at his fugitive sister, just as she vyas hurry ing out o f the room. The bajl missed the Princess, but a servant in the palace. Who was hastening to the scene with Count Camarde, was shot dead by the assassin.—’ The Count was him self wounded with a blow, aimed at his life, by bis royal master, with a bayonet, fixed at the end o f Don Mi guel’s pistol. The attendants at the Palace no longer affect to conceal the commission of the crime. The Guards at Queluz, the “Archeros,” also now openly talk o f the aG fair. The tumult and the alarm produced on the occasion, rendered concealment of the horrible circumstances o f the deed, for any length of time, quite out o f the question The news spread through the capital with fearful rapidity. Horror was depicted on every countenance. The princess, it is said, afterwards waited her expected execution, by the hands o f her brother, with great for titude. Don Miguel, however, has not yet put his sister to death. Donna Isabel is now shut up in asolitary apartment o f the Palace, under the constant surveilance of 'the Royal Guards.” From the Philadelphia Gazette' JBfatil. —An interesemg letter from our cor respondent at Rio, appeai^s in the Gazette to-day. The following is believid to be a correct list of the cases, in which “ full and complete iu- dempity should have been promptly afforded.” Brig Spark, captured off Bid; ship Panther, detained off .Rio; ship ,;Spernio captured off Pernambuco, 1824; brigs Exchange, do. do.; Leonidas, do. in the Rio Plata; Ruth, on the high seas; Cecily, burnt; Hussar, do.; schr. Amity, do.; brigs Budget,captured in the River; Matilda, do. do,; schrs. Express, do. do.; Tell Tale, 1 ^ . do.; Magnet, do..do.; Francis, do.do.; Hannah,do. do.; Hero,at St. Catharine’s; Rio, in the River; brigs President Adams, a new vessel, fired into and sunk by the Brazilians; Pioneer, captured in the River; Sarah George, do. do, Ontario detained at Rio by the Govern- ment; schr. Adams, captured in the River; Shillalah, do. do.; Jos. Meads, do. Others might be added, of vessels detained for a short time, and then released: of these, the Spark’s is the only case settled and paid, and that set tlement is in bills drawn at six, twelve, and eighteen months. Awards for amounts to be paid haye been given in the following cases. Ship Panther, brig Sarah George, brig Ruth, schrs. Rio, Hero, brig Ontario, and brig-——. Many of ihejO awards have lieen made on the most shameful principles. In some instances when the most ample vouchers (^such as oath and consular cer tificates) were attached,to proy« the charges jlist, deductions of 25 percenthave been made, in others 35, and hyen aS high as 50 per cent have been submitted to.\ Inso saying, we wish- nbt to caR any censure upon Mr Tudor. He did the best he could, under the instructions sent him by the late Administration. But, after all, are those claiiBants to whom awards have been given, anv better off than those in whose favour the Brazilian Commis sioners have made no decision ? Are even the owners of the Sp;irk, better off than the own ers of the other vessels? It is one thing to pay in biils, and another to pay off the bills them selves. Report says that the first set of bills drawn in favour of the owners of the Spark, have been protested! They were due in Feb- .ruary last. ' One word from Mr. Adams,spokenat,a proper time, and in a proper manner, would have pre- \vented these aggressions. But Mr. Raguet was left without instructions for the period of seventeen-months. Afterwards when that able and faithful minister, by a bold movement trans ferred the seat of negotiatioii from. Rio, to Washington, full and complete indemnity might havefaeen immediately obtained. But an agree ment of a singular kind was patched up with Mr. Rabello, and though i t was much vaunted of at the time, its true character must now be obvious to all. , What can be done now? Is it not too late to send out a fleet? The French, and English fleets are there already. They will leave little or nothing for us. From the River Plate. —Papers of Buenos Ayres to 14th March, and Montevideo to 24th, have been received by an arrival at Salem. The insurrection at Santa Fe, had not been suppressed, notwithstanding the accounts of the uniform success of the government troops over the rebels, as reported in the Buenos Ayres papers. During the ides of March, 1000 in fantry, under General Layalle, ^ere embarked from Buenos-Ayres to reinforce the army; and the Timesi newspaper of 6th March, said, “ The destinies o f the Republick are depending upon the expedition.” The arrest and banishment of revolutionists continued at Buenos Ayres. Admiral Brown remained in authority, and on the 12th March, ordered a levy of a battallion of foreigners for the defence o f the city . The deaths in Buenos Ayres in February exceeded the births, 46— Bad provisions were said to be the cause of the mortality. Many deaths by Small pox had occurred at Montevideo, owing, as was. said, to the physi cians being destitute o f vaccine matter! The Buenos Ayres papers represented to the other evils o f the existing civil war, that the commu nication with the interior Provinces, Chili, Pe rn, &c. was cut off; and that alarm prevailed in Del Carmer, from a tbreatened invasion of the Indians,. Colombia — The schooner Splendid, seven teen days from Porto Gabello, arrived a tN ew - York on Monday. She brings information that shortly before her sailing, intelligence had been received by express from Bogota, that a gene ral action had taken place between the Colom bian and Peruvian forces, in which'the former remained masters of the field. Ati armistice had been agreed to between the two powers, and it is said that in the mean time thadifferen-. ces between them are to be referred to the arbi tration of the United States.— Post.. C A T S K ILL. TH B R S D A Y , MAV 21. D eath of Gov. J ay — ^^By the Evening Post of Tuesday, we learn that the venerable J ohn J ay , is no more. He expired at his resi dence in the county of Westchester, on Sunday last, m the 84th year of his age. His name is written upon the pages of his country’s earliest history. Thus oile by one the founders of our fabrick of state, are called away; but they have lived to see the fruits of their labours realized, and their patriotick ambition more than satisfied. To the ship which bears the fortunes of their country, they may give this their final bene-, diction. Nuper solicitum que tiiihi tsdium, Nunc desiderium, curaque non levis; Interfusa nitentes Vites squora Cyclades. G. SiJ* The Court of Common Pleas and Ge neral Sessions, for this county, will sit in this village next week. The session will, com-' mence on Tuesday. If it dont rain there will be one new thing under the sun. It will fur nish an 'excellent opportunity for our delinquent subscribers, to bring or remit the balance due for the Reqorder, previous to the commence ment of the present year. We find that we were not understood, in our rem-arks upon the banking system in our last. It was not our intention to applaud or to derogate the provisions of any ac< of the last legislature vvliich refers to the banking interest; nor do we think our language will bear that' construction. Our design in penning those re marks, was to congratulate the publick upon the adoption of a course of legislativeinvestiga- tio'n, which must 'nevitably result in the adop tion of the surest means of improvement,.— Nothing more, 6;^ - We have received a communication o f a singular kind, froqi some queer chap, who -we presume is a second cousin to Joe Strickland .— The m-atbematical question which he sends for our solution, ia one which in our days of peda- gogitk probation, we once forwarded for inser tion in the columns of this same Gatskill Re corder, over the signature “ Diophantus.”— VVe well recollect the noise.it made in the ma thematical world, i. e. the county of Greene; and it even carried its wonderments as far as the good county of Delaware. Then a host of hard questions followed, till some sarcastick fellow sent us some questions from Kiskatom, which put a datnper upon our probletnatick prospects. The questions ran thus:— “ If an irresistible body come in contact with an immoveable one, what will be the conse quence? « Ifam ansix feet high wear a sword thr«e feet long.ho w broad must be the brim of his hat?” Since the question sent us by our new cor respondent is the same that began the fofmer campaign, it would not he advisable to com mence a n ew ono at this time, unless there is some prospect of getting past the aforesaid “ immoveable body.” We Will thereforewait for an answer to our Kiskatom <ju’estion,: b!efore we begin again de novo. Our friend Jllek may find the answer to his question in the files of the Recorder, sometime in 1824; with seve||l communications which were not answers. G. S tage R egister — This periodical directo ry, from the press of the American Traveller, is really a useful Fade Mecum ioi the tourist or man of business, who has occasion to profit by any .of the numerous facilities with which our country so much abounds. It contains “ a full account of the principal lines o f Stages, Steam boats, and Canal Packets, in the New-Englatid States, and the State of New-York; their hours of departure and arrival, t0Wn,s through whipli thej'- pass, proprietors’ names, fartf, distanpe .olf routes, &c,” The twenty-fourth number is before us. The Stage Register is con nected with the American Traveller, and issued once in two months; price o f the Register and Traveller ^5, per annum. The Traveller is printed twice a week; and the Register is in no instance issued separate from it. This work, together with divers topographical and statis tical information, which the Traveller takes some pains to procure, is certainly a great convenience in a .Stage Office, or a bar room, and ought to be patronized by every such es tablishment in the country. Beside this, the Traveller usually contains a great deal of well .selected miscellaneous and news matter, and no small share of amusing original. G. R emovals .— Among the amusing matter with which the columns of oiir publick journals are filled, nonets more laughable than the com plaint made by the adherents to Mn Adams and the partakers of his bounty, because the present occupants of high and responsible sta tions, choose rather to employ their friends than thejr avowed enemies. Now it isperfectly natu ral to place confidence in our faithful friends, rather than in the minions of a broken down fac tion,wlio haVealieady shown themselves capable of every outrage to carry their political points,and who evince no repentance which should warrant a hope that they are jaore honest in iheir humili ation than they were in their success; but the moral and exemplary disciples of Henty Clay have no charity for such partiality. They be lieve that publick affairs are like the operation of our pauper laws;—the people, after' having • suffered from the prodigality and licentiousness of parents, must maintain their brats, now they are no more. Mr. Van Buren, us usual, in the independent and fearlefs discharge of his duty, by which he has always gained the admiration even of his opponents, has found it proper to dismiss from hisservice,several of the clerks and subordi nate officerspf his department. Among these, he has run foul of a sort of snag, without any injury however, in the person of Mr. Slade, one of the clerks of his department. Mr. Slade, during the late Presidential contest, was a kind of Coffin Handbill agent, and travelled through Vermont, distributing the patronage of the go vernment printing, and electioneering for the Six Militiamen & Co. at the same time. He was somewhat displeased with the result of the election, which, without his consent or appro bation, made it extremely doubtful whether any future^dividend would be realized-by the ad venturers in the Contingent Fund speculation; yet he was reluctantly resigning himself to the necessity of receiving an ordinary salary, even from the hands of Mr. Van Buren, Only think then o f the mortification and confusion to which he was obliged to submit, when he received a polite note from Mr. Van Buren, giving him to understand that he was no longer needed in the department, “ I wont be turned out!” said he;—“ here I am,, in a good place, receiving a good salary from government,—and now to be turned out, because I happened to mistake trumps,—I wont stand it!” Hemlock and cin ders ! what a passion he was in. He sat down •and wrote, a letter ..to Mr. Van Buren,—ay— and published it too, accusing him of ingrati tude, and defamation, and persecution, and all that. No doubt he would have challenged the Secretary to fight him, forthwith, had he not learned too much morality, from Mr, Clay, when he received his instructions on the sub ject o f John Harris’s sermons. But his griefs did not end here. The incorrigible Secretary would not reply to his long-spun denunciations, though the. National Journal magnanimously offered their columns for the purpose. Mr. Van Buren must take care whom he bites his thumb at. The new collector o f the port of Boston has been vastly wicked, by the same course. Not having the fear of Ebony and Topaz before his eyes, he has ejected from the office of Inspector, Ebenezer Clough. The Ex-Inspector has also published a letter, still more curious than that of Mr. Slade, “ Gracious Heaven!!!” says he, as if he inquired for some great judgement upon the wicked people—“ Gracious Heaven!!!— what is our country coming to? Is it possible, in a free country like this, that a man for only exercising the right of his conscience, which right God and his Country enjoined upon him as a duty, is to be deprived o f a living? If so— farewell Independence, and also .farewell Li berty!” That is right, Mr. Clough. Nothing like showing a proper resentment. G. C atholick EMAifCiPATioN.— Wesay amen to every sentiment contained in the following paragraphs, in. which we believe we shall be joined by every enlightened and liberal Amer ican. We do not however rejoice at it be cause it will add to the power and influence of the British Empire; but for the rapid growth of those seeds of Liberty which were sown at the birth of eur own nation, and which must sooner or later effect the emancipation of the world.— We see the same enlightened policy pioneering, its way into the politicks of the most intolerant nations on earth, , Every privilege given to the people o f any nation, by which they may exer cise the freedom of thought which their Maker gave them, is a victory gained for the philan thropy of posterity. The Persian, the Turkish, and even the Chinese Empires, have made such concessions to the demands of liberty,tbat they can. not retract. Who can doubt that a political millennium is at hand ? G. English Politicks.—.-Catholick Emantipa- on.—The measure of Catholick Emancipation, which, has, at last, been carried by such majori ties through every branch of the British goyem- inent, may be justly looked upon as one of the most important measures of the present day in Europe. The war between Turkey and Rus sia sinks before it, in leading to important results. The usual diplomatick relations o f the governments of Europe are as dust in thebal- ance. The influence which this measure must have on the publick mind in Europe, botli di rectly and indirectly, will be unequalled by any thing that has occurred since the first dawning of the French Revolution. Catholick emancii pation, however far telched it may appear, is one of the deadliest blows ever levelled at the ultra principles and abominable doctrines of the Holy Alliance—a blow which hope could scarcely have anticipated, in her tooSt tnilliant dreams. ' I t is indeed a singular circumstance to re mark, fh.at'all this great work should have been accomplished by a plain, unpretending, but sen sible, firm and honest Military Leader; but still a military leader, as his reyilers would say.— Where now be the jibes and jeers which the Ittlle diplomatists of the age broke over his name and his character? Silent as the grave. The victories which Wellington achieved for his country at Salamanca, at Talavera, at Waterloo, sink into -insignificance when com pared with the glorious civil triumph of Cath- plick Emancipation over Bigotry, prejudice, and illiberality. He has won fresh laurels. He has fought for liberty when she was most in danger; and he deserves, as he will receive, the approbation of posterity. The English government will, in a few years, asume a new character. Her tone will be raised, and hpr rep utation extended. It is fortunate for the United States that we have a man at the head of pur affairs who is as firm, as honourable, as pure, as patriot can be. I'he present situation of England is now favor able to the resumption of our colonial negotia- ’tioDs with that country, and the. character of the English Premier furnishes a just expecta tion that he will meet the friendly overtures of the United States with a similar spirit and equal liberality— J\^*. F. Enquirer. F emale H eroism . —By a letter from a frienil in Warwarsing, Ulster county, we learn that a Mrs. Donnelly, of that town, caught a bear, on the 8th of the present month, and car ried it home in triumph. She had been about three quarters of' a mile from home, where her husband was at work, to carry him his dinner. On her return, through a bye road, leading through the woods, she discovered the young bear, pursued and caught it, without much diffi culty. I With a wonderful. presence of mind, she grasped him by the neck, to prevent biting, and muffled him so that his cries should not alarm the old one, and bore him off a prisoner of war. There might have been a disagreeable rescue, had the cries of the ursine youngster roused, one or two of his sylvan ancestors.‘— Few women would hazard such an encounter, even were there no danger of a recapture This is true old fashioned female courage; such as our female ancestors knew, when they stood in daily expectation of meeting bears, catamounts, and hostile Indians. Thank Heaven, it is not entirely 'extinct; though every appearance among modern fashionables speaks much for doubt on that point. G. T he W eather . —It is a delicate subject, and like many others, too little understood to warrant an uncalled for opinion. It haS’ so often assumed’ all the appearance o f a permanent in clination to the character o f Spring,—then it has experienced a reaction scarcely outdone by the evanescent prosperity of some political hum bug; We have so often promised our friends more pleasant weather, that we shall lose our reputation, for augury by any further trials. If we were now asked the question, whether we might expect rain, or snow, or fair weather, we could only answer as the prudent German re- plied to the same question,-'* We think so too.” At any rate, it is fine weather for vegetation, just now. , G. A nniversaries .— During the last week, the American Tract Society, the American Bible Society, the American Home Missionary Socie ty, the American Seaman’s Friend Society, the New-York Sunday School Union, the Presby terian Branch of the American Education So ciety, and the General Sabbath Union, held each their annual meeting in the City of New- York. The minutes of these several meetings, as given in the New-York Observer, are en- couraging to (he ioterests of benevolence. C o N N E U T IC IT T L E G I S L A T U R E . — On t h e 6 t h inst.,the two houses o f the Legislature met in Hartford at the usual hour, and organized accor ding to law. The two houses, together with the Governor, and a large number of the Cler gy, then proceeded to the' Centre Church, where a sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Hill, of New-Haven. Lieutenant Abraham Van Buren of the U. S. Army, (a son of the Hon. Martin Van Buren) has recently been appointed an Aid-de-camp to the Commander-in-chief. Mr. Van Buren is a graduate of the U. S. Militaiy Academy for 1827, and is advantageously known in the Ar my as an officer o f fine promise. Return of Mr. Sparks fiom Europe,—- Among the passengers in the Caledonia on Mon day, was Mr. Sparks, who, having completed his historical researchesin Europe, has returned, to this country after an absence o f nearly a year and a half. He has been exceedingly fortunate in obtaining access to documents connected with the period of the Atnerican revolution whether deposited in the^publick archiev.es or in the possession of private persons. The utmost courtesy and liberality has been shorvn him by the publick functionaries both in England and France in submitting tohis inspeclion and per mitting him to copy the diplomatick and other papers in their keeping, as not wishing to keep back the truth of the history, and as desirous of affording every facility to the labours of a learned and able man who bad no other object in view than that of giving a fair and impartial record of important events. The materials discovered by Mr. Sparks, in Paris, were, we understand, much more important than we ex pected to meet with. They throw great light, not only on our relations with the French go- yernmenl at that crilical period o f our history but with the courts of the other European n'a- tioDS. They show, moreover, the beginning and progress of these negotiations, direct and HidirecL by which a final settlement was af fected between this country and Great Britain. On this point, we understand, the information they afford is particularly full and interesting. The confidential letters .also of the French min isters in this Country to their own government, their accounts of passing events, of the state of publick feeling in our country, of the characters of publick inen, and the plans proposed and dis cussed by them at different stages of the war of the revolution are exceedingly minute and valuable. The instructions of the British go vernment to its officers here, and the military correspondence relating to the American cam paigns, throw important light on the dispositions of thbir government towards the coionie.<>, and on the operations and plans of the British ar mies. The whole mass of materials thus col lected will set many events connected with our revolutionary struggle in a new point of view, and will enable Mr. Sparks to write its history, with' more authenticity and impartiality than has yet been done. The posthumous papers of Gen. Washington, with historical and explana tory notes by Mr. Sparks, are to be published in London by Murray.— Eve. Post, Anecdote o f an Eagle. —A boatman, while engaged in conveying salt on the Onondaga Lake, a few years since, saw a large grey Eagle cutting his gyrations in the air, apparently no ticing some prey in the lake beneath. In a mo ment he poised,and darted from his altitude in to the water from which he was unable to rise A continued flapping wjth liis broad and extend ed pinions kept him from being drawn under, and proved that his diamond eyes had not mis taken their object. He approached the land slowly, the unknown creature below acting as propellant and helmsman. The boatman grew interested in the affair and landed. The Eagle, on touching terra Anna, showed himself fastened to a fine salmon. Our hero, thinking it time to take his share qf the plunder, cut himself a stout cudgel, an approached the imperial bird of Jove; which, havingbis talon.s fast, was unable to rise, advance or recede. Three times was the club raised to strike, but the noble bearing o f the regal bird, and his undaunted front, made even the boatman quail. He could not assault imprisoned majesty. The Eagle exhibited no signs of fear, but occasionally nibbled the gills of his prize, and indignantly glanced at the in trusive boatman. At length the talons of one leg became released, and by a dexterous turn, those of the other, when he soared away to his thunder elouds on high, leaving the much covet ed salmon to the boatman, who, on weighing it, found it to balance twenty six pounds.—JV. F M. Courier. The extensive mansion o f Mr, Feather- stonhaugh in Duanesburgh, was burnt to the ground on Wednesday night last. The fir© is^upposed to have communicated to the roof from a foul chimney. The vvheather had beeii unusually hot, and the shingles of the roof which had been laid sixteen years, were very dry, and inflammable. Two men servants, Mr- F. and his youngest son were in the bouse, and all fast asleep until a short time before daylight, when the first alarm was given by the falling in o f the roof o f the east wing, in which the library was.— Mr. F, slept up stairs and had a narrow es cape, havingno retreat but by the back stairs which were in a state o f conflagration.— The whole ,of the library, papers, engrav- ihgs and other important objects which Mr. F. had been more than twenty years in col lecting, were entirely consumed. Som e furniture, a little wine, and a few garments were saved. The house was 130 feet front and 50 deep.— Daily Advertiser, Prevention o f Forgeries — A method of se curing this object bas been invented by Messrs. Jocelyns and Atwater, of New-Haven, which, it is believed, will prove entirely adequate to the end in view. The plan is applicable more particularly to checks, drafts, promissory notes, post notes and bills of exchange. We under stand that it is now under the consideration o f the officers of the banks in this city. The na ture of the invention is such that it would be difficult to give an intelligible description of if through the columns of a newspaper, though perfectly simple in itself. It is of great interest to the commercial community, and if we may rely upon the opinion of competent judges, will be likely to obtain general adoptioD.—Jf. Y. M- Courier. Aedderit and Providential Escape. —Owing to the late rains, the Schoharie creek is much swollen and rapid, and its passage at its intersec tion with the Erie canal, difficult and hazardous. Itis now passed by means of ropes, suspended from one side, of the creek to the other, to which the painters or ropes at the stern and bow o f the boats are attached. About sundown on Thursday afternoon, a packet boat, on its pas sage west, having about forty passengers on board, attempted to cross; but having been struck suddenly by the current, the support of the rope was lost, and the boat passed rapidly down the creek about twenty rods, and turning broadside, went over tlie dam, 8 or 10feet high. What is singular, although the baggage which was on deck, was all thrown into the creek, not a passenger was thrown out or hurt. The bag gage. sunk, and bad not been recovered on Tuesday night; though it was believed it would be. In one of the trunks was ^7000, and in another ^5000, belonging to two of the passen- gers.-a-j2/5, Argus. Horned Snake, —There was killed oii the farm of Mr. Holliman Potter, last week, in Cranston, R. I. a snake about four feetiu lenglh, of a bright yellow and brown, variegated. On examination, it was found there was a sharp horn in the end of his tail. • About twelve years since, a snake of a similar kind was killed near the same place by Mr. Potter. No others of the kindhave ever been seen in that neighbour hood. ____ The father of Mr. Peel, of the British Cabi net, one of the richest men in England under the degree of a Peer, is, it is said, exceedingly displeased at his son’s change of opinion on the Catholick question. He has hitherto been exceedingly proud of the political elevation of his son and of his political course, and had set tled upon him ten thousand pounds a year.— Now he talks of disinheriting him.—E v . Post. The Grand Jury at Washington have found a bill against Doctor. Watkins. Mr. Kendall, in the discharge of his duty, has been fiercely, and We may say savagely attacked, particularly by the Richmond Whig, Let him do his duty and disregard these malevolent defaulters.—JVbaA. Cficese.—Between twenty and thirty tons of cheese were . made in the township-of New Lyme, Ashtabula co. Ohio, during the last sea son, and sent to New-York for a’market. Few States in the Union are increasing more rapidly in wealth, population, and internal resources, than Ohio. We learn from good authority, that Governor Van Ness, of Vermont, is appointed Minister to Spain, but will not embark for that country for some months— JV: Y . M. Courier. ' Canal Tolls. —On Saturday the 9ih inst. there was received for tolls by John B. Staats, collector at Albany, $3507, which is one thou sand dollars more than was ever collected before in one day at the same office.— Ib. From Vera Cruz — A Conductor of one mil- lionnf dollars arrived safely at Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico, on the 8th of April. This is a proof that the country is quiet, and travel ling once more secure. There were no new arrivals at Vera Cruz from the United States previous to 8th AprjI. Coal. —We learn that there is great call at the Schuylkill rnines for teams, and also operatives of all descriptions; in short the demand for coal far exceeds the ability to supply it. Money, men, and horses are wanted in considerable quantity. We have here abundance of each to spare; and that a trade, valuabiq^to individuals | and to the commonwealth, should suffer for either, proves the difficulty of directing the no tions of that many headed machine, the publick. We learn also that aii individual has, or is about to engage to make advances upon, and thus se-1 cure to himself, 40,000 tons of coal, and there by regulate and control the market. From all] whicji we infer that unless extraordinary exer tions be made to increase the supply, coal will I be very scarce.and be raised to an enormously| high price.—.aurora. Steamboat Casualties. —The number of| steamboat accidents, during the present season,! has been almost unparalleled. From what! causes we are not able to determine. The fo!-| lowing is the most complete list of losses awil damages, that we have been able to procure: I The ColumbU's—near the mouth o f the Ohio: I boat and cargo entiiely lost. The Illinois—be-f tween the mouth of the Ohio and St. Louis. I Boat and cargo entirely lost. The Pilot—in thsi Mississippi, above the mouth of the Ohio. Tliej Montezuma—a few miles below Helena. Boat| and a greater part o f the cargo, entirely lost - The Decatur—entirely lost. The Muskingum! —lost on Rpd River. The Natchez—at tbul mouth of False River. The Belle Creole—en-r tirely lost. The Hercules—run down by a bri?l L..
