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POETRY*
l From the Token.]
Tilt: GIFT.
I rorOp I'ilh o gill ’i . a simple flower,
tint perhaps may wile a weary hrtar,
Ami i!n< spirit flint ils light magic. weaves
May tou< * your heart withits simple leaves
Anri, If these should (,il, li at least will he
A token of love Item air to thee.
This is for age. It will sooth unrest
Ami freshen life in the fainting breast,
It wilt drop a hfiftn in its thirsty springs
As the lark sheds dew from its early w ings,
’ I is a token ttoht youth tho* wild and gay,
Will never turn lrorn the old atva y.
This for the vonng. It will wake to birth
A better feeling than idle cnirtll,
It will stir the heart t silent love,
As til' 1 la flight hnsh“s the gentle dove,
’l is a token of friendship s secret flow,
The flashing tide of tho g'oii l below.
This for the loved. It will take the place
Os the thrilling tone mid the beaming face,
It will breathe of words that have past his
tongue,
and startle thoughts that to him ‘nave
sprung,
’ 1 .s a token of all the heart enn keep.
Os holy love in its toaulains deep.
ho take my gift. Tis a simple flower,
!•;! perhaps will wile a weary hour,
And t„ spirit that itslight magic weaves
M• y touch your bstart with its simple leaves
Bat it these should fail, it at least will he,
A “ 1 en nl love from me lo lh“e.
<■"’ mu naiwpii ijgsii
mz&cj&i.£AOT.
From the Legendary
THE MURDERER'S GRAVE.
A few hundred yards from the small
•z.eum, which, known by the whites un
y r the appellation of line creek, divides
•m territory of the Muscogee* or Creek
■confederacy from the state of Alabama,
lands, or rather stood, a ruined cot
tage of logs. Travelling throitgbtbe
wilderness, several years ago, J passed
This desolate spot. The walls blackened
by the smoke of many (ires, ar.d in part
decayed, stood tottering to their fall;
the roof was entirely gone; a part only
•if the chimney was left, built in the
c tstotn of the country, or split sticks,
an I thickly plastered in the inside with
mud. The fences had fallen around a
small field which showed traces of for
te r cultivation and was fast filling up
i iih briers, plum bushes, and sedge
pr.-ss, ‘ here the still evident marks of
.oe hoe and the corn field gave proof
that human beings had once found the
a home. The mists of night w ere T.lo
i•’ around us the dark magnolia forest
neii frowned on the secluded spot,
ai id the. thick and gloomy swamp
<>!’Cine Creek, which stretched its un
. saltiiful morass almost to the door,
:ve to the whole scene the stilness and
horror of death. A! hough habituated
i tring a journey ol many days to the
• aitu.de and gloom of the wilderness, I
’ is struck with the peculiarly lugibrious
iect of the scene ; and with indefina
ble feeling of melancholy, i stopped uiy
jorse to survey it more at leisure. My
c r.npaniou Vlio had ridden a few yards
. i advance, not hearing the accustomed
vi m I of iny horse’s tramp, turned his
-li : id to learn the cause of mv lingering,
i, nl rode hack to the spot where 1 had
■'•.tiled.
“Ilers,” said he, “ is Riley’s grave.
“i mark that small mound of earth re
s-ritihling the heap of soil accumulated
■fr-un a fallen, and which is, in truth, the
> feet ofthe tiunk to which tliose decay
ing pine knots once belonged : there the
murderer fell, and there he lies buried.”
Not being so familiar with the legends
of this wild region as to remember the
i.-y of the man whose crime* and death
. 1 given a name to this lonely scene ;
desolation, 1 inquired Into his history j
.i;fi listened with deep and silent hue- !
r ,t to a tale of revenge ar.d remorse, i
i Tangly illustrative of the aboriginal
. naracter.
Barney Riley, as he was termed by the I
••• hues—ins Indian appellation is now ‘
i ‘. gotten —was a petty chieftain belong- :
t ig to the confederacy of the Upper
>V eeks. Being “ a half breed, and, like
’ nf the mixed race, more intelligent
;u the full blooded Indians, he aoquir
...! a strong influence among his native
die.” Regarding the people his father
-.. fed to him in blond and friendship, lie
-ok very early a decided parr in favor
i-fthe United States in the dissentions
•u mg the Greek nation, and after the
real.ing out. of the war in 1512, joined
Ti i A'ncrican forces with his small hand |
wf svvrlor*. Brave and hardy, acctis
• nie.> to confront danger and conquer
‘ficukics, he led Ins men to battle, and ,
1 v m mv in it times proved by ids activi- j
r of material service • a the army. ‘Tis j
dhintry and abilities attracted the no- i
• ofthe commander in chief, and Ri- i
. y’sname was coupled with applause in i
.any pf the despatches daring the j
unpa'gu. On the restoration of peace |
■At ‘turned to his people, honored with i
tv? thanks of his “ Great Father, and
,td nvn to cultivate his fields and pur- j
; ie the chase as in times gone by.” Al
towgb di-Ringuishetl in wai and in eotm
< l, he was still young, anil devoted bitn
nclf to his one wife, a lovely Indian girl,
h ‘ seemed contented and happy.
About, this time, the restoration of
tranquility, and tlie opening of the licli
i intis iust ceded to the United States on !
tlie upper waters of due Alabama, began
io attract numerous emigrants Irom
the Atlantic settlement*, and the milita
ry rOal was scan t .rouged with cara
vans, hastening to these fertile coun
tries at the west. The country from
the Oakoiuljtee to the settlements on
the Mis issippi, was s*ill one howling
wildcrne**,and many di ‘contented spirits
among the conquered tribes still medi
tated a hostile stroke against their white
oppressors. Travelling was of course
hazardous and insecure, and persons
who w :re not a lie to associate in par
tes strong enough for, mutual defence,
s ere fain to procure tho guidance and
protection ot smnowell known warrior or
<• lief, whose name and presence might
- autre a safe passage tlito’those troub
led countries.
Os this class was I,——.. I knew
him formerly, and had heard some re
mote, allusion to Itis fate. Though his
i f.sfortunes and embarrassments had
<'. ‘,> t-it him to seek a distant asylum, a
s. inner heart boat tint in a human bo
* tui. Frank and manly, open to kinrl
: and pnmi|4 t > meet friendship, he
> as loved by all who knew him, and
“f-ct tinsel to weep” glistened in
bid ling “•'loll speed !” to tlieir old assj
••p : ;;';tlo. Ij————.M'l been a Chnipan*
ibn in arms with Riley, and knew his
sagacity, iiis courage and fidelity. Un
der his-direction lie led a small family of
slaves towards the spot which lie had
fixed for his future home, and traversed
tiie wild nd dangerous path in safety
and peace. Like most men of his eager
and sanguine temperament, I, was
easily excited to anger, and though rea
dy to atone for the injury done in the
warmth ot feeling , did not always con
troul his passions before they outburs*.
Some sliglu cause of altercation produ
ced a quarrel with his guide, and a blow
from the hand of 1, ■■■ was treasured by
Riley, with deep threats of vengeance.
On the banks of yonder erdek lie watch
ed his time, and the bullet too truly
aimed closed the career of one who lit
tle dreamed of death at the moment. —
His slaves, terrified at the death of their
master, fled in various directions and
carried the news ofhis murder to tin:
nearest settlements.
The story of L ’s unhappy end
soon reached his family, and his nearest
relatives took immediate measures t
bring the murderer to justice, Riley
knew ihat punishment would speedily
follow his crime, but took no steps to e
vade or prevent bis doom. The laws
of retaliation among his countrymen are
severe but simple—“blood for blood”
and he “ miglrt run who lead them.”—
On the first notice of a demand. Ire bold
ly avowed Ins deed, and gave himself up
for trial. No thought seemed to enter
his mind of denial or escape. \ deep
and settled remorse had possessed hi,
thoughts, and influenced his conduct.
He had no wish to shun the retribution
which he knew was required. When
his judges were assembled in tiie coun
cil at tiie public square, he stood up and
addressed them.
“Fathers,” said he, “I have kilted
my brother—my friend. lie struck me
and 1 slew him. That honor which for
bade me to sutler a blow without inflict
ing vengeance, forbids tne to deny the
do (I, or to attempt to escape the pun
ishment you may decree. Fathers! 1
have ho w isli to live. My life is forfeit
ed to your law, and I offer it as the sole
return for the life 1 have taken. Ail 1
ask for is to die a warrior’s (death. J.et
me not die the death of a dog, but bold
ly confront if like a brave man who fears
it not. I have braved death in battle.
Ido not fear it. I shall not shrink trorn
it now. Fathers ! bury me where 1 fall,
and let no one mourn for the man who
murdered his friend. He had fought by
my side—fie trusted trie. 1 loved him,
and had sworn tt> protect him.”
Anaved in his splendid dress of cere
mony, he walked slowly and gravely to
the place of execution, chanting in a
steady voice his death song, and recoun
ting his deeds of prowess. Seating him
self in front of the assembled tribe upon
yonder fallen tree, and facing the decli
ning sun, he opened the rutile ol his em
broidered shill, and crossing his hands
upon his breast, gave with his own’voice
the signal of death, unmoved and unap
palled. Six balls passed through both
liis hands and his bosom, and lie fell
backwards so composedly as not to lift
his feet from the grass on which they
rested. He was buried where he fell,
and that small mound marks the scene
of his punishment—that hillock is the
murderer’s grave; that hovel whose
mins mark tlie spot, was erected for his
widow, who lingered a few season* in
sorrow, supporting a wretched existence
by cultivating yonder little field, Hire
was never seen to smile, or to mingle
with her tribe, she held no more inter
course with her fellows than was una
voidable and accidental, and now sleeps
by the side of her husband. The Indian
shuns tiie spot, for he dreams that tiie
spirit ofthe murderer inhabits it. The
traveller views the scene v.ith curiosity
and horror, on account of Its story, ami
pausing for a few moments to survey
this lonely and desolate glade, hastens
on to more cheerful and happy regions.
With this narrative we put spurs to our
horses, and hurrying along the read, in
a few moments found ourselves beyond
the gloomy and tangled forests of tiie
Creek.
FOREIGN. 1 1
Nwv Vokk, Jan. It. t
After a Ion;: interval, #c hop y ester- ,
clay afternoon overrun with foreign pa- (
pers—-but they are singularly barren of ,
that sort of interest which our ncitenblc t
community seems alone to look for—
that derived from war, or apprehended
scarcity. As to war, tilings remain very ,
much as thry were. No important (
movement has been made by the litis- j (
sians since the fall ol Varna—they ap- I,
pear now to lie intent upon the redue- ! ,
tion ot Will stria—and then will, as from j ;
the general complexion of the accounts, ! (
appears tons dear, sit down quietly be- ,
fore Choumla, and await a more favora
ble season for military operations.— ,
Meantime the diplomacy of Europe will
beat work to bring about a peace. The
Emperor had gone to Wt. I'elersbtirgh—
w here, within a short period alter his ar
vial from the conquest of Varna, his
mother, the Empress Dowager, died.
Dell’s Weekly Messenger says, “from
all the news arrived from those quartets,
it appears that the. Russians are much
more desirous of finishing the campaign
than the Turks. In other words, the
Russians are more exhausted by getting
tbe victory, such as it is, than tbe Turks
are by losing the battle.
The French military and marine forc
es had obtained entire possession of the
IMorea, having been obliged to bombard,
Tor ajpw hours, the Castle of the Morea.
on the Wtraits of Lepanto, garrisoned by
six htindtpd Turks, who surrendered as
soon as a breach was eilected. The
British frigate* Talbot and La Jilnntl r
aided the ’French attack, by landing
sailors, merinos, and cannon, ami
throughout acted under the orders ot
Admiral do Rigny. ‘ibis certainly looks
like harmony in the views of the two
governments, as to the proceeding* of
the French in (ireece. The French
troops in the Morea appear to have suf
fered severely from sickness.
Don AfigW, of Portugal, driving his
sister, was overturned, broke i;is
thigh. The accident w*as occasioned,
the loyal Portugese say, by the viva*
with which tire Don was received during
his drive ; whereat his mules were alarm
ed. ran a wav*, and overturned him.
The Courier of the tan November
. five* th” Turkish official account bribe
. Itt! of tinder the head of Cou
staßtinap!'.', October 27, the cause of
| the fall of Varrta is ascribed to the trea
chery of Yussuf Mubhs. lie is distinct
ly accused of having been bribed by the
Russian gold. The Turks make the
number killed On both sines, ig tlie three
days of hard fighting previous to the
taking of Varna, to be 10,01)0. The
particulars of the £6nHici do not vhry
esse min My from the Russian accounts.
Preparations are making to retake Vai
na—a body has been formed of 80,000
men, between Aides and Studa, for this
purpose, and 80 pieces of cannon have
been forwarded under the command of
Abduraman Pacha, the ancient govern
or of Bosnia.
The Poite regards Yussuf Muhlis as
a traitor. The Grand Vizier lias been
accused of bad management, is deposed,
and banished Dimotica, in Romelia,
and Mahemet has been appointed to his
station—and thus has become the second
dignitary in the Empire.
Accounts from Constantinople, in the
Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thurs
day, state that the Dragomans of the
Foreign Legations having made some
inquiries of the Reis-Efl'endi alter the
fall of Varna, the hitter replied, “that
the fall of Varna was not of such im
portance a* the general indignation
seemed to indicate—but that all Mus
siilmen were deeply afflicted that a Turk
should have betrayed his God Rnd his
country as Jussuf Pacha had done.”—
The Sultan expressed his indignation in
similar terms, and immediately disgrac
ed the Grand Vizier. The appoint
ment of the new Grand Vizier has given
the greatest satisfaction to the army.—
Hnssien Pacliu has sent information
from Ch< unda, that the Russians had
quitted their position belorc his camp,
but that they were pressing the attack of
Silistria, whither he meant to send part
of his army to succom it.
Orders have been despatched to the
Pacha of Egypt to obtain supplies of
provisions for Constantinople by all
possible means
From the London Courier, Dee. 8.
The raising of tlie siege of Silistria,
which we announced on Saturday,
makes a most important change in the
state of affairs, ami altogether deranges
the plan Russia had in contemplation.
The authentic account which we pub
lished, attributed the raising of lire siege j
to the severity of tlie weather. But we |
know that HussemPacha had sent troops I
to the relief of tlie place ; and the abaipn’
rir nient of the camp of Kalafat by tpp ‘
Pacha of Widdin (which could not be
accounted for by any movements made i
in General Geisinar, who did not ad
vance to Kalafat until he had heard that
the Turks had abandoned it) may have
had for its object a rapid movement to
wards .Silistria. for the purpose of tlie
Paclm's combining his operations with
die division sent from Chouinla. It is
difficult to believe that the Russians rais- |
ed the siege merely on account of the i
severity ofthe wea ■'her—and in fact we j
had no previous intelligence of tlie wea- j
ther having become so suddenly severe ;
as to oblige the Russians to give up, on |
that-account alone, an operation of Mich j
g, eat importance. We are inclined, i
therefore, to believe tiiat there was some
severe lighting. An article from Jassy,
of the 1 ith lilt, says—
Within these few hoars we have learnt
that the head quarters of Count U itt
genstein,- which were lately at Kalla
rasch, near Silistria, on the left bank of
the Danube, w ill come here to-day, and
it is even reported that Count Diebitsch, i
and some other Geueials have already
arrived.
We hear also of an action said to have
taken place near to Silistria, but the
statements are so vague, that it is diffi
cult todistinguish the true from the false.
The most current account is, that Jins
seiu Pacha, or Omer \ rione or as others
have it, the Pacha of Widdin had made
an attempt to relieve Silistria.
Whether this account he trtte'or false,
this much is certain—that the Russians
have abandoned the siege of Silistria.—
And thus have they rendered their whole
line of position iu Bulgaria insecure:
for Silistria was to have been the sup
port of their right wing; Bazardjik was
to have been the central point and Var
na was to have ensured the safety ot
their left wing. This [dan has been all
deranged, llazardjik must be abandon
ed, and the authentic advices received
on Saturday considered it to be doubt
ful whether tire* Russians could retain
possession of Vania, the Turks having
announced that they will not go into
winter quarters. The Russians, how
ever, have been compelled to disconti
nue active operations. They retired a
cross the Danube, and tlieir head-quar
ters are to be at Jassy, the eapitol of
Moldavia. Not ottlv Bulgaria, there
fore. but Wallachia, arc, it seems, to be
evacuated.
Wh at effect these events may produce
upon the Councils of the Belligerent
Powers we know not. Some persons
are of opinion that they may indispose
the Sultan to peace—wc do not believe
that they will—we are sure tiiey ought
not: but at any rate they will not weak
en the efforts of France, Great Britain,
and . Austria, to induce the Belligerents
to open immediate negotiations.
Tangier Ims been blockaded by two
of hi* Majesty's ships of war, our Con
sul Mr. Douglas, having been put into
close confinement. It lias been notified
that if a shot or shell be fired against
the town, the English will be put to
death—an idle threat, which the little
piratical power will not dare to execute
against a single individual, for it is well
aware of the terrible and signal venge
ance it would bring upon it. We know
not what offence has been given to the
Tangierine Authorities.
Much speculation w as excited in Eng
land by the expected chances in the
ministry. It was said that Lord Sid
niouth and the Marquis of Salisbury
will come into the Cabinet. It was al
so reported that the Duke of Welling
ton is desirous that Mr. liuskisson
should return to the ministry. A eor
respondent of the Liverpool Mercury
I says. “ I Can state to you upon authori
j it which is unquestionable, that indiiert
’ if not direct overtures have been made
to Mr, lluskisson at the suggestion of
Mr. Peel. This is a fact. What else
has been stated of his refusal tp go hack
unless Earl Dudley and Messrs. Grant
and Wayne are reinstated, may lie true,
(and, indeed, personal friends of Mr. 11.
countenance the rumor) but of this I
1 have heard nothing positive.’’
LorJ Cochrati and Capo d’lstria.were
both at Egina, at the last dates In
consequence of tlie obstinacy of the
Porte, the three powers weie expected
to declare Greece indopendeqt.
Important. —\\ o can state upon au
thority, which we believe to be unques
tionable, that for the last three weeks
Mr. Peel and the Marquis of Anglesea
have been in constant communication
on the subject of adopting strong meas
ures to put down all political socrettes
in Ireland. Several communications
in which the expediency of this impor
tant step was deeply and deliberately
canvassed, have passed between them.
The last was from the Lord Lieutenant
to the f-f'cretary, in which Lord Angle
sea declared his intention of resigning
office in case any coercive measure un
accompanied by any concessions to the
Catholics, should be put into operation.
Thus the matter rests at present. The
opini< * of those from whom we have
our information is, that the Marquis w ill
resign.— Atlas*
The Fever at Gibraltar. —The ac-
Count&which we have received are mel
ancliofy beyond belief. To be better
understood, we co back to the com
mencement of the calamity. About tlie
18th of August, a fever of a most malig
nant nature broke out in a district num
bered 2k, near Prince Edward’s Wall;
the was afnortality which which
the hospitals with patients, driven
thither from their own spacious apart
ment* £6 an atmosphere already crowd
ed with the sick, where they rapidly
sank under the distemper. About the
Dili of September, General Miranda,
commanding at Algeziras, sent several
Spanish physicians to ascertain the na
ture of the disorder, and on the I ollow -
ing day, a cordon sonitaire was resolved
on and established ; from the 6ih to tlie
14th of September, three British regi
ments were encamped on the neutral
ground, (a low’ swampy situation,) but
dfentkvued to do tlie town duty ; and the
Unfortunate effect of this sudden transi
tion may be best judged by the fact, that
from the hour of this encampment, eve- j
ry guard returning from town sent in
from six to ten fever cases, and in less
than three weeks, one hundred and
j twentv fine fellows, soldiers ol the 12th,
! 4£d and 43d regiments, three of the
I finest corps in the service, died ; seven
I thousand ofthe inhabitants were alscven
| camped close to the troops, and from
this encampment from 40 to bO coffins
were daily deposited in tiie graves.—
The surface of the sand on the neutral
ground is scarcely throe feet from the
’water, and the heat of the sun causes j
such powerful evaporation, that alter
four o’clocx in the afternoon a fog arises
which in less than a quarter of an hour
involves the w hole encampment in dark- 1
IH'ss, and completely saturates tlie outer |
canvass of the tents; this continues all [
Wight, and before morning the arms of;
the soldiers, their clotl-es hiui accoutre
ments, are in the most wretched state of j
dampness, and w hen the sun vises the J
exhalations are in the highest degree of- j
fefisive. The officers wito have suffered
and sunk, are not in any thing like a j
just proportion to the men who have
fallen victims to this sad mortality, be-!
cause thev have been defended through j
the right Ivy the double canvass of tiie :
marquees ; hut even these precautions [
have been insufficient to secure them al
together. It stems to be thought that if
the remained in their uar
racks\i;4^town, with about twenty out
of tliewWyV thousand inhabitants en
camped, the mortality would not have
been of one fifth its (♦'sent extent.
A prettv just idea of the scare ol Gib- [
raltar may be ascertained from the fact,
that in consequence ot numerous per
sons having died on hoard ships in die
hay, to which they had (led (or saiety,
at. order lias been issued prohibiting
fishing—it being imagined tiiat the fish
mav have been contaminated by feeding
on the bodies which hate been cast into
the sea from the vessels. It seems pret
ty clear, from all we can see of the mat
ter, that, whether the subsequent treat
ment of the fever was or was not judi
cious, it originated in the denseness ol
the population: the dreadful fact is,
that nearly a thousand persons have al
ready fallen victims to the malady.
Lo.xpox, Dec. 0.
War in Turkey. —lmportant intelli
gence from the seat of \Var lias arrived
tins morning, together with interesting
details from Constantinople. The main
(Vet. how ever, of the raising of the siege
of Silistria, was communicated to the
public in our paper of Saturday. We
now add the details. In the account
(rom Bucharest, ofthe 17th and 19th,
and from Vienna of the 28th and 27th,
it Ls said that the wea? .. >r had become
unexpectedly severe—tiiat violent storms
had taken place, much snow had fallen,
and tlie cold become intense, so that pro
visions could not be sent to the besieging
army, nor the besieging works be car
ried on. It was resolved, therefore, to
raise tlie siege, which was done immedi
ately and the troops marched in the first
instance to Ilirshova. The head quar
ters of the Russian army were removed
to Jassy. It is added in the Bucharest
accounts, that the Russians could not
carry away their artillery, but had re
course to burying it, with the intention
of recovering it in the Spline ! Blit
Hussein Pacha is said to have accelera
ted the retreat of the Russians by a
movement fioni Ohoumla, combined
with the advance ofthe Pacha of Hid
den from Kalafat. It is now evident
that the Pacha abandoned that position
for the purpose of making an attack up
on the Russians before Silistria, and of
inducing General Geismar to direct his
force to Kalafat—an operation which
prevented him from tnter ouring the Rus
sians before Silistria. It it believed that
there wa* some severe fighting before
the siege was raised.
State of Portugal. —Ten private gen
tlemen, twelve officers and fourteen pri
vates. arrived in tlie last packet from
l.isbon. besides sonic Portuguese ladies.
In what a situation that country trust
be, from which ils native* seem to think
themselves too fortunate in making their
escape! That a Government, whole
only weapon* eem lo lie arrest*, im
prisonment* and confiscation, should
have üb*ixted *o long, is a circumstance
which to manv ha* appealed extraordi
rv ; bid tyrrany seems destined to reach
ace trln degree of intensity, before it
’ exhausts the paricncb cf tire people.—
Robespiere and Marat made the whole
population of Frdtrce tremble and bow
down before them; but they reigned
only for a time, and the chains they had
forged for others, were broken upon
their own heads. It will be tlie same
in Portugal, when men feel convicted
that there is less misery in resistance to
such a system than in obedience to it;
that life itself is not desirable when it can
only be held upon terms of such base
and abject submission.
The Moreu.—' The Major part of the
French army in the Moiea will it is said
return to France, leaving only a force
of about 2,000 men there ; for nothing
indicates any intention on the part of
the Porte toendeavor to replace the Mn
rea under its power. The following is
an article in the Paris Papers of Friday:
Toulon Sov. 30.—1 t is said that the
French Army will soon return from the
Morea, leaving a sufficient garrison in
Patras, Modon,Corun, and Navai in, till
the Ist of April. At that period it is ho
ped that the Greek Army will he suffici
ently organized to enable it to occupy
and preserve those bulwarks of their
coasts. In consequence ol this measure
it is stated that the numerous contracts
for articles of all kinds to be sent to
Greece are suspended.
Europe. —The news by the late arri
vals do not throw much additional light
upon the politics of the great powers of
Europe. The Russian and Turkish
campaign appears to have leached a
close for the present season. The de
cided and lapel measures of the Porte
in fixing disgrace upon the Graud Vi
zier, indicates the policy w hich has, and
will regulate that power, it is not to be
presumed, that at present tlie Turks are
very much alarmed at the advances of
Nicholas. What the winter may bring
forth, in the shape of negotiations, may
be difficult to conjecture. The move
ments in Prussia and Poland are omin
ous that all is not sound in tlie centre
of Europe. If Nicholas persists in Lis
original demands, we cannot see how a
general war is to be avoided. Should the
next spring set in without peace, and
both parties again take the fit-id, the
year 1849 will be fruitful of strange e
vents. The Russians, during the win
ter, will probably confine their opera
tions on a small scale in Bulgaria.
The affairs in Greece are in a pecu
liar condition. That country is now,
in a great measure, independent. But
that it will be restored to harmony by
the evacuation of the Turks, is what
we dare not expect. The President is
a mere creature ofthe Russian Emperor.
Intrigues will follow intrigues, to give
every preponderancy ofthe policy of the
north. The French have tin ir armies
there, and their fleets, and their Savans:
but tiie Russians will overrrun the pub
lic councils with managers and intri
guers. Caps D’lstria is only waiting
t II lie can get the signal from the Czar,
from the Ba kans, and then we may,
perhaps, see an attempt made to throw
off equally the French and English in
fluence. No confidence was ever placed
upon the deeliuntiohs of Russia relative
to the affairs of Greece. Itwas her in
trigues which first set on foot the in
surrection that led to the revolution.—
The colouring of liberty and freedom
which that revolution took, was against
the wishes of Russia—against her views
—against her policy. Tlie object of
Nesselrode was, to avail himself of the
religious sympathy between the Greeks
and the Russians, to advance his poli
tical views upon the whole exte.nt of
Turkey, in Europe. The flames have
been kindled, but w here tiie conflagra
tion is to end, time only can tell.
Neiv- York Enquirer.
New York, Jan. 23.
IHfXJCO.—It ai pears by the papers
and letters from Mexico, received by
the Leonidas, up to the 27th of last
month, that tlie first movement at the
Capital in favonrof Guerrero, w as on the
30th of November. The party was [lead
ed by General I,abate, who on that day
got possession of the batteries, and issu
ed a proclamation, declaring the elec
tion of Pedraza to be illegal, and the
purpose of r his partisans to insist upon
placing Guerrero in the presidential
chair. From that time until the 4th,
severe! skirmishes took place between
the followers I.abato, and the adherents
of Pedrasa, the Presidentelect, when
the latter gave up the contest, and the
City has since remained quiet. In the
skirmish that took place, about 300
persons were killed, and some Spanish
houses were plundered, but no Ameri
can or British property were molested.
At the onset the Congress retired to a
neighboring place. The Executive, and
heads of departments however remain
ed, with the exception of Pedrasa, (with
Secretary of war,) who left the City, and
Guerrero was appniuttd to that office,
which he continued to hold until the last
date.—Padre Alpuce, was also appoint
ed Minister of Grace and Justice.
It appears to have been believed that
no further commotion would ensue—and
that Guerrero (who is now said to have
a majority of legal votes) would be de
clared President, and go into office ( n
the first of January. This, it is said, will
be latal to the Spanish interest. The
Scotch party accuse Mr. Poinsett, as
having done much to Iwing about this
change, and assert that lie is in high fa
vor with the Government.
On the whole, tlie aspect of things
does not appear to have been by any
means so disastrous tirtlie interest of
this cou try, as wc were led to appre
hend, from the first reports.
7? i I'ohilion in the City of Mexico, —
or anew mode of electing the President
of II Hi jmhtic !
The fast sailing schooner Shamrock,
j Captain Alexander, arrived at IJalti
more on Wednesday last, in twenty
two days fiom Tampico, bringing intel
ligence that a revolt had taken place in
City of Mexico, which was succeeded
by a battle between the adherents of
Guerrero, and the Government troops
under I’edraza, the newly elected Pre
sident of the Republic of Mexico. The
revolt, it appears, had its origin in the
dissatisfaction felt by the friends of
Guerrero at the election of his opponent
l’edraza, to tire Presidency. Tire Ed
itors of the Baltimore American are in
debted to an e teemed commercial friend
, for the following copy of a letter front
the city of Mexico, which detail* the
particulars of this event;
.) “On the tKHh of November, at niglif,
■ a grito tor the usual pretext of expul
sion of Spaniards w as given, and the rv-
I gjinent of artillery, and one or two ic-
I giments of militia revolted. On the Ist
i of December, an action began iu the
. suburbs, between the revelters find Gov
ernment troops, and night only put a
i stop to the firing. On the second day,
at day break, the fight was renewed,
and, after some hot work, the rebels ad
vanced a few squares. All tlie convent
tops were occupied by government. On
the third, the rebels lost three or four
guns, and were forced bark to their oil
posts. The loss on both soles was about \
equal—perhaps one or two hundred kill
ed each day. Both sides fought with
desperate valor, the action being carri
ed on with cannon in the streets, and
with musketry from the convents and
house tops. On the 4th December, the
day was opened by an interchange of
message*, and as nothing could be ef
fected bv tliesb means, the fighting was
renewed with greater violence. A: noon
one convent surrendered, through a
forged order, purporting to come from
tiie President, [Pedraza;] and the bells
being uninediaiely rung, a panic was!
spread through the government troop*. •
In three hours the victors [rebelsj* were
in possession of the Palace, and all the |
Convents, and then the canaille of tlie
town, with the victorious soldiers, rush
ed to tire Parian and Portale*, and a
few other .shops, and in two hours clear
ed out a property estimated at from i
three to five millions, and making no
distinction between Spaniard and Mex- 5
lean. The leaders of tiie insurgents :
were Garcia, who died of his wounds; ,
Horata ; the three Tolsas; two French* i
men, and another.
“ Guerrero arrived on the Sd day w itlt
fresh troops, and gave an impulse to tiie
action which soon decided the contest. ’
On the 4th and sth, Guerrero and Zava- ’
la took summary measures to stop the i
pillage, by shooting and cutting (low n i
the thieves, and they have since collect- i
ed much of the property, except what I
the officers kept for themselves, which (
Would be the drift part. They profess ‘
to return the goods to the owners, But t
a5 this is impossible, it will go to the t
officers and troops. They are acting j
most wisely, and trying to make up the i
Administration as nearly as it was be- r
fore. It consists of same President and t
.Ministers, except Pedraza; but they
cannot get the Congress or Senate to
meet, and the whole affair is still in a
state of uncertainty. Their energy and
activity, however,can accomplish much, j
Pedraza and Fiiisola, the Commander
in-Chief, have left the city with some
hundred horse and many officers, and
are collecting forces in Puebla. They
expect to be joined by Rincon, Calde
ron, Cortesan, Parres, and Maizqtiiz,
who can bring into the field, probably,
(0.000 veterans; and the new Govern
ment has only two regiments of practis
ed or disciplined troops. At first we
certainly expected an immediate re-ac
tion, which would quash the new party,
but they seem to be acting with so much
prudence and wisdom, that it begins to
look doubtful. No doubt some of tlie
Stares will resist most resolutely, and
the country will be divided for a long
time ; but tlie usurpers may keep their
post in the City and State of Mexico.
The condurta is at present sale at Pue- I
Ma, under Maizqtiiz, and we believe it :
will get down safe.”
The editors of the American are also
indebted to the same source for City of
Mexico papers, to the 10th ult. inclusive.
That of the last date announces that
tranquillity had been restored through
out the City. The editor is loud in his
praises of Guerrero, whom he styles
“ the immortal Guerrero,” “ the hero of
the South.” &c.
DOMESTIC.
CONGRESS. “
Georgia Claims. —The Route resu
med the consideration of tlie report of
the Committee on Indian Affairs, of the
sth of February last, on the expediency
of providing by law to carry into full
effect the fourth article ofthe Treaty of
the Bth of January 1821, between the
United Stales and the Creek Indians,
so far as it relates to the claims of the
citizen* ofthe State of Georgia against
the said Indians, for injuries prior to the
year 1802.
The question recurred on the motion
made by Mr on the 18th in
stant, to strike cut from the last para
grrph of said report, the word “in
expedient,” and to insert, in lieu thereof,
the word “ expedient.”
And ihc question being put, was deci
ded by yeas and nays as follows:
Yeas —Messrs. Alexander, Robert, Al
len, Archer, P. P. Barbour, Barlow,
Barney, Barringer, Basset, Blake,
Brent, Bryan, Buck, Runner, Carson,
Claiborne, Crockett, De Graff, Desha,
Duncan, Earl, Everett, Floyd, of Geor
gia, Fort, Gale.Garrow, Gilmer, Gor
ham, Gurley, Hall, Ilarvey, Haynes,
Hinds, Hnbbie, Iloffman. Holmeslsacks
Keese, Kretner, Lea, Lumpkin, Mal
lary, Marable, Marked, Martin, May
nard, McDuffie, McKean, John Mitch
ell, James C. Mitchell, Thomas P.
Moore, Gabriel Moore, Nockolls, Orr
Owen, Polk, Ramsay, Roane, Serge
ant, Shepperd, Smith, Sprigg, J. S.
Stevenson, Sterigere, Stewart, Suther
land, Taliaferro, Thompson. Starling
Tucker, Van Renssalear, Ward, Wash
ington, Weems, Wilde, Wolf, Silas
Wright, Yancey.—7B.
Nays.- Messrs Addatrs, Alston. John
Anderson, Samuel Anderson, Arm
strong, Bailey, Baldwin, Barber,Barker
Barnard, Bartlett, Bartley, Isaac. C.
Bates, Edward Bales, Beecher, Brown,
Buchanan, Buckner, Butman, Cham
bers, Chilton, John C. Clark, James
Clark, Condict, Coulter, Culpepper,
Daniel, John Davenport, Dickinson,
Drayton, Drvight, Forward, Fry Garn
*ey, I Italy, l lodges, Ingeroll, Johnson,
Lawrence, L"eompte, Lefiler,
Long. Lvon, Martimlale, Maxwell. Mc-
Coy, Mellatton, Mclntire, McKee, Mc-
Lean, Mcrwin, Muhlenberg, O'Brien,
Pearce. Pierson, Plant, James F. Ran
dolph. Reed. Richardson. Ripley, Rives
Russel, Sawyer, Sinnickson, Sloan*,
Sprague. Storrs, Stower, Swann, Swift
Taber, Taylor, Tracy, Vance, Varnum,
Whipple. Whittlesey, W illiams, James
Wilson, Ephraim K. Wilson, John J.
Wood, Silas Wood, John Woods,
Woodcock, John G. Wright— 87.
The said report was tjieo conc.qad in
t; by tlie II: t;:e; t> r; chirring fa: .■
- graph Oi ba his as follows •
-j “ Your coinniitte, however, entertain
-i the opinion, that it is ( nlirelr competent
i for the President of the United fc;talcs
: to allow, and cause to fie i aid, any and
- ‘all sucli claims intended to be provide!
i for in said treaty, il, indeed, any such
. exist, which hart not been aiicndy ad
, | justed and paid. The President is the
■ j tribunal to which the citizens of Geo;*-
i ! gia hare expressly agreed their claims
should ho referred, and whose decision
thev have also agreed, should be final
and conclusive. The committee hare
I no official information of any decision,
winch may have been made upon any of
those claims, w hi; li in their opinion,
calls for iho intervention ot Fongiess;
and believing I but the President has
power to liquidate and adjust any which
ought to be paid, deem it inupedieiit r<
legislate upon the subject, and the com
mittee, therefore, ask t > be discl'aigrd
from tho limber consideration of the
subject.
A gentleman of this city has received
a letter from the commander oi the
I Buenos Ay rean private armed brig l:ie
j sidente, dated at Rocas, the 4d lilt, in
; which he encloses an extract from his
| logbook, giving an account ofthe eap
tme of a piratical vessel, uhidi haft
plundered two American vessels. Tlie
vessel was sent into M. Eustatia, and
the property and crow weie delivered up
to the Governor of that Island, who had
promised to write to the United States,-
m order to linflVmt tiie owners ol the
goods found on board ot tier. Os ti e>
eleven men in the pirate, seven bad
made full confession ofthe crime.
iY ’c York Gazette.
Jefferson's Library. —The library of
Mr. .1 after son will be offered for sale in
Washington City, some time uc r
momli. It comprises about £OOO vol
umes; consisting of small annual in ; oi
rations made by him since the sale of
his former collection to Congress, and
of works presented by their authors.
These bonks were bequeathed, such of
them as were not already possessed by
that institution,to thel/niversityof'Virgin
ia; and the remainder to two grandson*
iii-larv ; but the condition of hisestntr*
requires that this bequest be diverted i<>
the payment of his debts.
The National Inteligencer after noti
cing thi* sale, adds—** This is a proper
occasion, too, for falling the attention cf
‘nnTWffffi’fX'TtrTTfir fftrt that the workso*
Mr. Jefferson are now about to be put
to press, and that these persons who (V
sire to have a copy should sr:hscril■<>
without delay, as very few copies will
be printed above the number engaged.
Cure for Rheumatism. —A gentle
man who was confined to his house for
four months by a set ere attack oi in
flamatory Rheumatism, was constantly
visited by his neighbors during his ill
ness and in tlie course of his confine
ment received from them the following
prescriptions, all said to be infallible in
the cure of the disease under which ho
laboured.
“Blue clay mixed with vinegar and
salt, applied cold to the part averted —
beef brine applied hot—live angle woi ms
put on crawling—pulverized brimstonri
and turpentine mixed—cider brandy and
red pepper, bathe the pint, and drink
plentifully—cold sliower bath—hot me
dicated vapour ball;—raw muskratsskia
fur next to the part affected—rattle
snake's oil— tar, brimstone and saltpetre,
mixed to a salve and applied hot—
skunk’s grease—the marrow of a horse’s
off'hind leg—gin and saltpetre, to drink
—camphor and alcohol—bark of moun
tain ash steeped in brandy—root of
skunks cabbage, made a poultice of;
marrow of bogs jaws, annoint w ith it—
hops steeped in vinegar—rattlisnakes’
skins, bound round —slices of (at pork,
spread with pulverized sallpetio, and ap
plied—oil of spike, mint and origanum,
equal parts mixed and bath—cairy a
certain bone of a certum animal in my
waistcoat pocket nine days : (I promis
ed never to tell what bone this was:)
ells skins; poke berries put lo Jamaica
spirits and drank : ginger and ground
red peppers, mixed with hogs lard—
showering, as follows : nine pails foil of
cold water, nine mornings in succession,
projected from an elevation of nine feet
above the head—old shots burnt to
charcoal, pulverized and mixed with
raw whiskey mid vinegar, drink nine
spoonfuls a day—friction of the part af
fected by the hands of a pure blooded
African—equal parts of wild turnip,
Cayenne pepper and gunpowder, steep
ed in eider brandy, nine spoonfuls a (lay
nine days in succession. This is an an
tidote to infiamation with a vengeance*
to it; my teeth are yet blazing like oven
wood.”— Albany Adv.
Capt. Tatlor, of the Buenos A< re
an privateer Srhr. Federal, arrived at’
Wilmington, (N. C.) on the 18th inst.
from Curracoa, on his way to Wash
ington, to demand of cur Government
restitution of his vessel, captured by the
U. ri. sloop of war Erie, as v eil as fur
injury done him by Capt. Ti n.s r.ir, nr
confining him on board the Erie.
CL Courier.
Senator of Maine, —The lion. John
Unimex, on a second balloting iu each
branch ofthe Legislature of Maine,hu*
been elected a Senator to tire Con/rest
ofthe United States, to Trill the vaean
cy occasioned bv the resignation of Gov.
Parris. Two years ago, Mr. Holmes was
rlropt, because his friendship to Mr. Ad
ams’ adininistraton w as questioned, an t
Gov. Parris was elected in bis place.
In Parris, however, they caught a tar
ter, for be threw a somerset and
came nut a Jackson man, while, at
home. Mr. Holmes came out decidedly
I for Adams, lie has now wormed himseit
into the old scat again. But what nfls
lie wiil take, remains to l.e seen.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
From the Louisiana Advertiser of tho
13th instant, we learn that the Hon.
EnwARD Ltvisorron has been elected
to the Henat' 1 of the United States, in
tlie place of the Hon. D. BocliugM.
whose term of office w ill expire on the
4th of March next. Mr. I.iviv sto.x
was a Senator in ‘99, and has been In";’,
and most constantly engaged in : ul.n
life, and ranks high as a statesmar
South Carolina Go*?%v