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FOREIGN.
FROM LIVERPOOL.
Bv the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Dyer, ar
rived at this port on Saturday evening last,
w<> have received Liverpool dates to the 27th I
March and London to the 20th, both inclu
sive.
From the London l imes.
PORTUGAL.
FROM OUR F*l MOUTH CORRESPONDENT.
Falmouth, Sunday Afternoon, March 23.
The Lord of the Isle steamer arriv’d hete thisj
forenoon from Vigo, with several passengers,
bv her we have received full confirmation of
the news relative to an attempt, on the 4th inst.
on the part of Don Miguels forces tc take the
Foz, anti of their being repelled with considera
ble loss. From conversation with some of the
passengers, who left Oporto on the 9th, we
learn that M; nlius had landed 400 troops, that
a great quantity of provisions had also been
landed. The accounts which they give of the
st te of Oporto are by no means so gloomy as
had been represented in the London papers.
Although a scarcity of fresh provisions had
been much felt, yet there were at least suffi
cient supplies of fish, salt meat, rice, and oil,
for three months subsistence. In fine weather
the landing of provisions from vessels olf Opor
to could be effected without difficulty, particu
larly at night. The Lord of the Isle left Vi
go on the 27th, at which time the squadron of
admiral Sai toi ions was lying there. The dis
satisfaction which had prevailed had, in a great
measure, subsided, and the ships were in the
most effective state, and only waited the settle
ment of the weather to proceed to sea.
It appears to be the decided opinion of those
who came from Oporto in this steamer that it
is quite impossible for Don Miguel to take
Oporto; and on the other hand, tha- Don Pe
dro’s only chance of success is by a well nun
aged and vigorous attack on Miguel’s forces,
so- which it is slated, active preparations were
go'ng on.
Extract of a letter from Smyrna, dated Feb.
20:—“On the evening of the 18th inst. our
town surrendeied to Ibrahim Pacha, who mere
ly sent an officer to ask our Governor to give
up the town, which was immediately done.
All the neighboring townsare under the govern
ment of Ibraham P icha. Sundry inland duties
have been taken off, and the people appear to
be in fa/or of the new government. It is
said that in a few days we sh dl have a small ar
my of 1,000 men here. The town remains
tranquil, and property perfectly safe, not the
least alarm exists. All payments due this post
have been suspended by arrangement.”
LATE FROM MATANZAS.
Newport, April 29.
The ship Boy, Capt. Pitman, arrived here
yesterday in 13 days from Matanzas. Capt.
P. informs that the Cholera was raging there
to a frightful extent; the deaths were said to be
upwards of 100 daily, but such was the state
of alarm, that no accurate information could be
obtained. All business was suspended, and
the communication with the country was entire
ly cut off.
Matanzas, April 12.
“The Cholera is raging here with much fu
ry; it is impossible to form any correct opinion
of its ravages, 4 *’ ave endeavored to
( j o so j even question when the government
itself returns of the number of interments:
of the number of cases I know it has not, for
1 beard one of the most eminent physicians
sa y to-day, he had not had time to report for a
W p>k past. Business is almost paralized, and
.11 who could leave the city have done so; there
are some cases in tho country, some plantations
having suffered severely.
“Two cargoes of slaves, over 1000, arrived
a few days since, one of them lande.i her cargo
Somh of the, Matanzas, on the other side, all
of whom died, alfho’ I. tided in perfect health;
and the oilier, a few leagues to leeward of this,
the most of whom are dead, and the residue
dying.
“I received r. latter to-day from II rvana,
dated the 10th inst. which states, that the num
ber of deaths by Cholera the d-<y before, was
only 10—but adds, that it had broken out on
esiales to the southward, and unless soon check
ed, must ruin the planters.”
The following intelligence from Bombay,
dated Nov. 2. was received at Salem by an ar
rival from that port, it states that the people of
Cuttuck in the district of Balasore, are suffer
ing the utmost distress for want of food, in con
sequence of the destruction of their corps by the
inundation which occurred in October, 1831.
About 200 are said to have died of starvation,
and the survivors are s.iid to be suffering all the
horrors of famine. Many distinguished Eng
lish gentlemen, and some worthy and compas
sionate Hindoos, and other native residents of
Calcutta, have made a subscription, and bought
a quantity of rice, which they have sent tc Cut
tuck, to be distributed gratis among the poor
people. The government also had despatched
a small ship laden with the same article, not
however, to be given away, in charity, to the
starving population, but to be sold at cost ’
variety.
GRA MAT ICA LSMOKING.
As it is customary with cigar smokers to re
late the news of the day with cigars in their
mouths, and as the generality of smokers make
an awkward appearance in consequence of ■
not understanding the theory of punctuation, in
I smoking; the following system is recommended:
I a single puff serves for a comma (,) pull, pull a
semicolon (;) puff, puff, puff, a colon (.) puff,
puff, puff, puff, a period, (.) A pause, with a ci
gar kept in the mouih, represents a dash, ( )
longer or shorter in continuance. With the
under lip raise the cigar almost against the nose
for an exclamation, (!)— -and to express great
, emotion, even to the shedding of tears, raise
as before the cigar to the end of the nose.
For an inte:rogation, (?)it is only neccessaiy to
open the lips, and draw the cigar round the cor
ner of the mouth. Taking the cigar from the
mouth, and shaking the ashes f.omthe end is
the conclusion of a paragraph; (fl) and throw
ing it into the fne finishes the section. (§) Never
begin a story with a half smoked cigar, for to
light another while conversing, is not only a
breach of politeness: but interferes with the a
bove svstem of punctuation, which destroy all
energy and harmony of expression.
INTERESTING INCIDENT.
' The following curious fact is reported by a
’ • gentleman from the Western part of the State. |
j In August last, a young gentleman in company
I with his sister and her husband, visited Niaga
jra Falls. While rambling round the treinen
[•’ dnons scene, where the sublime and the teni
t ble predominate over all other sentiments, he
I undertook to seek in a wild spirit of adventure,
, 1 a new’ view of the cataract, from a position un
der the Table Rock and about half way down
the precipice. Disregarding the remonstrar
ces of his friends he was treading tiie edge of
the cliff, which overhung the gulf of raging
waters, when his foot slipped upon the spray
wet moss, and he fell upon one knee on the
very brink. He saved himself only by catch
’ mg at a large shrub. Tne roots upon the fur
’ ther side gave way, and while endeavoring to
; maintain his balance by seizing hold of the moss
and slender roots, he discovered in a crevice
• ' from which he had torn die shrub, eight Span
" ish dollars, of tjn ancient date, whose sleep of
• ages was thus most unceremoniously dis u.-bed.
J After securing his prize, he extricated himself
• from his perilous situation, and rejoined his
■ friends.
s Upon this incident, Mr. Fisher has executed
’ a painting, including a view o! a part of the
5 Falls and taking, veiy judiciously, the moment
■ when the shrub gives way, and the hidden
5 money is unearthed. — Boston Courier.
t CAPE DE VERD SUFFERERS.
The exrent and degree ol the suffering endured
by the hapless people of the De Ver.ls, may lie
imagined from the fact, that the population of the
Island amounted to 33.4G0 persons; and that out
of this, in the course of the year 1332,30,500 per
, sons died of starvation. It is alleJged th it the ac
count, instead of being exaggerated. <io?a not m
elude the whole number—-many having die-d in tie
J fields, many being devoured by the dogs, and
5 some even by their own frantic fellow sutierers!—
* This picture of horror is unparalleled *n the an
s nals of the human race.
J
- FOSSIL FOREST DISCOVERED AT ROME.
An interesting discovery has been made by
a pedestrian tourist, Dr. Weatherhead, if.we
are not misinformed, in the immediate vicinity
tJ of Rome, a discription of which is given in tho
t Edinburg Philosophical Journal of the Scienc ■
t for this month—namely, that of a fossil under
, ground forest, above 40 feet in thickness and
’ extending for several miles. The petrific
s matter is a calesinter, and the discoverer ui
j this colossal phenomenon in the natural his
j tory is of opinion that it has been occasion
.. ed by an eatthquake, the memory of which is
s lost—probably long prior to the foundation ol
Rome. Not less singular than the phenome
non itself, is the circumstance of i’s ha dug es-
! caped the observance of the scientific for so
j i many ages.— Tablet.
'■> | THE TENDER PASSION.
’ , Police Office, London. March 7.
'* I Yesterday a pretty, dark eyed girl applied fora
■ warrant tom.*- fohe swici. she had en
, I couraged the courtship of a young man until she
. j recently discovered that it would not lie to her advan
tage to marry him. When she unfolded her tale to
! ' him, he vowed either to hang or drown himself on
her account. “Well what then?” said Mr. Cham-
i hers. “Why, your worship,l told him he might i
■ do as he pleased; and then he said he would wollop
me, before he left this world.” Much laughter; j
' folowed this unexpected termination to the sentence
I but the complainant was nought bashed, and went
-onto say—“l verily believe he will hide me. i
J Why. ’twas only tother night that he attempted to
1 git into my bed room window; but, here she
shook her head, I caught up the poker, and poked |
at him till he was glad to make himself scaice. ,
' He has, however, been frequently on the watch
i since.” U arrant granted.
I
WALLED IT ALIVE.
Apparatus has lately been constructed in Bramp
ton church for the purpose of warming it wish hot
air.and as is customary, in order tu guard against
accidents by tire, a wall was built around the furnace.
The man employed in the structure, which is
formed of bricks and Roman cement, continued
steadily at his work by the light of a candle untd
it was completed. And it was not till tie insetted
the] st brick, and was perfectly “built in.” as ever
an unhappy martyr in the days of persecution, that ■
he discovered his error, and remembered that he
was woiking within the circle instead of out. His
first impulse was to pull out the last few brick and
thus make himself a place of exit; but it was now
too late, the cement bad already hardened, and
defied all his efforts to undo what he had once
done. In this dilemma he remained for a consid- (
erable time, calling in vain for help.—His pitiable
situation was at length discovered by one of the
1 church wardens and the sexton, who, after cosidcr
j able difficulty succeeded in extricating him from
J his imprisonment.— English Paper.
THE INDIAN WAR OVER.
A letter from a gentleman at Peoria, dated on
Thursday, the 11th inst. says: “The inhabitants
on the frontier are gaining confidence, and will soon
return to their homes. Il is altogether a ground
less alarm.”
W e copy the following fiom the Galcnian of
the 2d in corroboration of this statement:
“On Friday last we saw Mr John Doughberry, a
trader, who has lived with tlie Winnebagoes all win
ter, and who married a half breed, who said that
Whirling Thunder, was at his house, on Sugar
Creek, when he left home, that he had conversed
with him and all the principle chiefs of the Rock
river bend, and that he was positively certain, that
no hostile intentions were entertained by any of
them; that he would pledge his head that the
Winnebagoes would not disturb the peace, but
that if attacked they would defend themselves—
And to convince the publick of tho correctness of
t his assertions, he will bring all the principle chiefs
[into Galena in eight days, to speak tor tyem
[selves.”
i As a further evidence of the friendly disposition
of the Indians, we give the following communication
i made to the editor oflhe Galenian, by John 11.
■ Kinz e,
Mr. fcinzie had just returned from a trip to Chic
ago, and had travelled through the Winnebagoes
and Pottawatomie country.
‘ From my persona.'knowledge of the present
feelings of the Indians, arid the assurance ol some
respectable traders among those tribes named, I
can confidently state that there is not the least
ground for danger or alarm—that the Indians had
never expressed a greater desire to remain at peace
and to cultivate a better understanding than at the
present time. The Winnebagoes under this
agency arc very much alarmed by the repmts put
in circulation by our people. They come to me
every day, to hear the news, and to reiterate their
wish to remain at peace with the whites; and that
they may be permitted to cultivate their fields with
out molestation.
“The Indians are i.i a state of demi-starvation.
Many have been obliged to subsist on acorns, and '
were it not for the issues of provisions to them, oc
casionally, by their respective agents, many would
ceitainlv have perished.”
We would here again express an opinion—
; founded upon all the evidence that we have been
able to obtain on the subject—that there is no
thing more improbable than an Indian war the pre
sent spring. We are satisfied that the “mystery”
which is made to hang around the movements of
the Indians., is caused by their extreme fear of the
whites, who, they believe are seeking an occasion
to make war upon them. We regard the recent
gioundless alarm as unfortunate for our iState.—
’e feai that it will be made use of by designing
men to check the current of emigration now setting
rapidly for this country. — San. Jour.
DIVORCES.
The Legislature of Georgia, at its List ses-
( sion, separted twemy-seven couples.
j A. hair breadth escape—lt divorces Mary
II ire and Willis Hate.
Not so well—And loosed the marriage knot
of Win. and Jane Sowell.
Double barrelled no longer—And parted
!i Wm. Gunn and Polly Gunn.
A bursting of ordinance—And split Catha
jriiie Cannon and John Camion.
i A beau that did not slick—And released S.
I Bostick and Sarah Bostick.
! A real division of gains—And separated 11. I.
’ Gains from Mary Gams.
’ .No longer a Belle, or a bell that wont chime
' —And interrupted the matrimonial cords of
\ Elizabeth Bell and Thomas Bell.
Tin* Pool refused—i drawn match—-And
| broke the match of Jme Po-d and T. Pnol.
And Abraham Brown was divorced from llar-
; riet Brown.
While she was young and debonair,
I made her Brown while she was fair,
But since I’m <4.1 and wiser grown,
I will no longer have her lirown.
Hi’ huiQud Cumpucr.
POLITICAL.
UNION MEETING
AT MILLEDGEVILLE.
While the restless md uneasy collected for the
purpose of ousting Mr. Lumpkin, the Union
I men have not been i<lle. The following ac
i count, taken from a Milledgeville paper. 4ipn-
I tains the details of a meeting, to every sylmhle
j and sentence of which we subscribe. There
jis no peace-meal work about this business—let
them that can, make from this meeting good
or bad, we approve of it in toto.—lntelligencer.
•
} Agreeably to previous notice, a very 1 irge
I and respectable meeting of the Union party fiom
j every quarter of the State, convened in the
j Representative Chamber, ;it the State House, :
jon Tuesday evening the 14th inst. The sub- j
joined resolutions were utiatiimously adopted
by the meeting. If there wis a dissepting voice,
we do not recollect to have heard it. After (he
resolution, referring to Messrs. Forsyth and
Wayne, was read, Judge Wayne rose and ad
diessed the meeting at considerable length, giv
ing a lucid exposition of his own and Mr. I e~-
svth’s course, a succinct and very lucid narrative
:of the principles of the old democratic patty,
of the innovations attempted tn be introduced
by the nullifiers into the republican creed, and
of the administration of President Jackson.
The effort was very happy, and was received
bv repeated bursts of applause. We hope ihat
Judge Wayne will consent to pen down the
substance of his remarks for the press.
UNION DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
At a large meeting of Union Democratic Ki
pubHearts, Iroin all parts of Georgia, composed
of members of the State Convention and others,
who are opposed to the Nullification doctrines
of South-Carolina, and who believe in tiie prin
ciples, as explained by Mr. Madison, which
brought the Republican party into power in
1801, and who sustain the administration of An
drew Jackson —agreeably to previous notice,
convened in the Representative Hall, on 1 ues
day evening, May 14, 1533.
i On motion of Dr. N. B. Powell, Thomas
' Haynes esq. was called to the Cbair, and Jo
seph Sturges esq. of the county of Upson, was
appointed Secretary.
John A. Cuthbeit esq. then moved for the
appointment of a committee to prepare and re
j port suitable resolutions expressive of the sense*
, oflhe meeting on the subject for which it had
I convened : whereupon the Chair appointed
John A. Cuthbert,esq. Colonel Alficd Iverson,
1 General Valentine Walker,’General James C.
Watson, and Dennis L. Ryan, esq. to peiform
that duty.
The Committee having retired on their re
turn, submitted the following Preamble and
1 Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted,
to wit :
iVhcreas, at a period of great political ex
citement, calculated to produce unnecessary
and most dangerous convulsions in the country,
it becomes the high and sacred <luty of goiui
citizens, to unite in maintaining those principles,
on which depend the peace and good order of
society, the perpetuity of.good government, and
the preset vat ion of national independence and
of individual liberty :
Be if. resolved, by this assembly, com
posed of citizens from vat ions parts of the
State of Georgia, convened in Milledgeville,
that we approve and will maintain the piinci
ples asserted in the Virginia Report and Reso
lutions of 1798 and 1799,ns expounded by
'.James Madison, the pure, enligliteued, a«d ven
' erable patriarch, liy whom they were prepared
; —by which alone can be preserved, at (he same
lime, the delegated powers of the federal gov
ernment, and the reserved powets of the
Stales.
Be it further resolved, That, we disapprove
of the doctrines ol nullification, believing that
they are opposed to the theory ol the Cotistili -
tion oflhe United States, tbit they are incom
patible with the existan< e of the I cderal Union,
that they lead inevitably to civil war, and tiie
i multiplication of standing armies, and are most
( dangerous to liberty : and that we behold, with
■ deep regret, the continued military preparations
in a neighboring sister State, which has y ielded
iiself to the guidance of those pet melons prin
ciples.
Bo if further resolved, That we most cordi
ally approve the measures oflhe administration
of Andrew Jackson, the gallant soldier, the pro
found statesman, the ardent and disinterested
patriot; alike in war and in peace, the defence
j and ornament, the pride and glory ol his country;
i and that we are deeply sensible of our peculiar
•obligations Io him, as the sieadf ist friend ol
Georgia, in her Indian comroveicies.
Be. it fuither resolved, Tint we are decided
ily opposed to the principles of (be Protective
i Tariff, and Io all legislation intended lor theex-
I elusive benefit of any particular class of our cit
zens ; and that we look will) increasing coi.fi
l deuce, for the overthrow of this most iiriquil
■' otis system, to the wisdom and patriotism of the
; American people, through the regular and con
stitutional action oflhe government..
Be it further r/suhud, That we cordially ap
prove ofthe conduct of our Senato/John For*
syili, and of our Representative James M,
Wayiip, in the uneqnivoca. ami energetic sup
port, •••liich they have given io the mlmjnistra
tion of Andrew’Jackson, in their uniform, and
judicious efforts to relieve the coumty from the
burdens of an unjust protective tariff, and in
: their bold ami determined opposition to the po
litical heresy of mil'ificatioti.
i Be it further rt. solved, That J din A. Cuth-
I brj-t, esq. Colomd Nlt.ed Iveisoo, Thomas \V.
Harris, esq. General James C. Waison, Dr.
I Tomiinson Fori, General Wiilian B. Wofford,
] ami Dennis L. Ryan, esq. he a committee, in
behalf ol this assembly, to transmit a copy of
these resolutions to the i’resident of the United
States, and in affectionate teirns to exptcss tp
him, our profomid gratitude fur his invaluable
services, in war ami in peace, to our common
i country, and om high confidence in the vigor,
the wisdom ami the purity of his mlmitiis,ration:
am) that a copy of these resolutions lie iiansmit
(ted to the venerabh* James Al r.lisun, ami to tho
> honorable John Forsvth.
Beit further r< solved, Th it i>r“ foregoing
preamble and resolulions be published in the
several newspapers of mis place.
TIIE MAN OF THE AGE.
Whether we regard General J ack pow
erful influence upon the mimls of tim Amer
ican people, and thcii; firm i<'!ianc<: upon his
firmness, or the iuieti-e inierest felt in li.s move
ments, by the ii lends ami thu locs of,,|. oeiloin in
foreign na ions, we may assert that I: ■ fills a
larger i»lacu in the eye of the worl i, tii.r. any
other living man. 'l ite enemies of lepublican
pruicip’.cs in th s country bute him wkh tmilig-