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PROCEEDING* OF UONURE*$.
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■'SENATE. ..
Friday, February 1,
Tlie bill for (lie relief of Ssiis.m Oee itur W is
revi, .uffi the lAink'liil»*:i with $100,000. Thu
Seu'iie rt'siinit® tip' consideration of ilie loll
t ovidgig for certain suiviv.ng Officers of'lie
A.'ilu ioiiiiry Ai my. Tlie discussion ofciipi-
C0btvei .il hours but no question was taken.
Monday, Fein nary 4.*
Mr. Ci.lib presented a Report and the ipso*
Iiii'oiis of the State of Gem pa, insist ing on the
fulfilment of the comparts between the State
and ilit. United States, in relation to the lauds
J?‘‘ occupied by llie-Cjierokue Indians. The Sen
ate spent some hours in tlie consideration of
Executive! business.'
** Tuesday, Felirunry 5.
The Select Committees, for the reinmidei
*, of the session^ were ordered to lie appointed
by the Vice President. The Senate went into
the consideration of Executive business at half
past twelve.
no use or t hepresenta Tints.
Thuhsday, .1 itua'ry 31.
Mr. Mallary, front the Committee on Miiiu-
faciures to which was referred sundry memo
rials, petitions, and remonstrances in relation
to an fncr/fase of the Tariff of Dudes on Ini-
^ purrs by way of protection to. Homo Manulac-
* “ tures, made « report in detail, accompanied by
the following bill, wlticlr was tend twice and
*>committeino the ConftniUec.ofthe Whole on
. ‘ » the Suite rtf the Union:
A BILL in alteration of Pip several acts imposing da-
* tie* on imports.
lie it enti led hi/ the Sen tie. anti Ifnnse of
Representatives of the Unit eel States of Ameri-
*• tain Ctyfgrcssmstm'dcd, That fiom.andafter
the thirtieth day of June, one lliotisapd eight
hundred and twenty eight, in liew nftiio duties
nmv imposed by law, on the importation of tlie
articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be
levied, collected, and paid, the following duties:
thrf.ds to say; c *-»
First, On iron, in bars or bolts, not manu
factured, iu whole, orraqT part, by rolling, one
cent per pound,
Second, On bar iron,*niade wholly, or in
. part by rolling, thirty-seven dollars per ton.
Third, On iron, in pigs, sixty-two and one
half cents per one liuudred and twelve pounds.
• 'Fourth, On iron pr steel wire, nof exceed
ing number fourteen, six cefffs per pound, and
USCr Dumber fourteen, ten cents per pound.
Fifth, On round iron, or brayicr's rods, of
three sixteenths m eight sixteenths of an inch
diameter inclusive; and on iron in nail or spike
rods, slit or rolled; 'and on iron in sheets and
hoop iron ; and on iron slit or rolled for band
>)ron, scroll iron, or casement rolls, three and
one half centsjjgr. pound.
Siith, On fixes, ad7.es, drawing.knives, cut
ting knives, sickles or reaping hooks, scythes,
spades,, shovels, squares of iron or steel, bridle
bits of all de*cripiiniis, steelyards and scale
» beams, socket chisels, vices, and screws of iron,
far wood, called wood screws; ttn per cent, ad
valorem in addi ion to the present ratesof duty.
Seventh, On steel, one dollar and fifty cents
per one hundred and twelve pounds.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That,
£7 from ami after tho thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred hnd twenty eiglu.there
shall be levied, collected, and paid, on the im
portation of the articles hereinafter mentioned,
the following duties, in lieu of those uow im
posed by law:
First, On wool unmanufactured, seven rents
. per pound'; and, also, in addition thereto, tony
per cent, ad valorem, until the thirtieth day of
** ^Jiirte, one thousand eight hundred end twenty-
Cnine; from which time an additional ad valor-
., cni duty of- five per cent, shall be imposed, an
-Jyiidly unit'd the w hole of said ad valorem duty
*“sifull amount to fifty per cent. And all wool
’ imported on the skin, shall bo estimated as to
^weight and value, and shall pay the snmo rate
"of duty as other iaipmtcd wool.
Second, O n maiiufaciui'cs of wool, or of
which wool shall he a component part (except
blankets, worsted stuff goods, Bombasines, Ini-
siorv, mils, cloves, caps, and bindings,) die ac-
tu d value of which, at tho place whence impor
ted, shall no' exceed fifty cents the square yard,
* there shall be levied, collected, and paid, six
teen cents on ©very square yard.
Third, On all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall be 11 component part, except
.•os aforesaid, the actual vaiun of which, at the
place whence Imported, shall exceed fifty cents
the squiiro yard, and shall not exceed one dol
lar the square yard, there, shall be levied col
lected and paid a duty of forty cents on every
square yard. .*
.Faurtji, On all manufactures of wool, or of
which wool shall bo a component part, except
as aforesaid, tho actual value of which,.at the
pluce whence imported shall exceed one dollar
tho squarp yard, and shall not excead two dol
lars and fifty cents tho square yard, there shall
be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of one
dollar on every square yard. ■
Fifth, All manufactures of wool, orof which
wool shall be n component part, except as afore
said, the actual value of which, at the place
* whence imported, shall exceed two dollurs and
fifty cents the square yard, and shall not exceed
four dollars the square yard, shall be deemed
to have cost, at the place ’whence imposed
four dollarstlib square yard, nnd a duty of forty
per cent, ad valorem shall be levied, collected,
and paid on such valuation.
Sixth, On id)-manufactures of wool, or of
8 winch wool shall be a component part, except
as aforesaid, the actual value of which, ut the
place whence imported, shall exceed four dol-
tars- die square yard, there shall bo levied, col-
, ■ kctedtv'nd paid, a duty of forty-five per cent,
ad valorem.
Seventh, On woollen bfthkets, hosiery, mils,
gloves, Aqil bindings, thirty-five cents ad valo
rem. ,l *.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That,
from and after the thirtieth day of June, ono
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there
shall be levied, collected, nnd paid, on the im
portation of the fnllnwingartides, in lieu of the
dunes now imposed by law
fe-K
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rafr-
n o lions lid en-ht hundred and twen y-11'ne,
r . util wli.ch time, live doll ins per ton, int«M -
•inn, per annum, unul the duty shall amount to
sixty doll.us per uni.
Second, On umuunnfietilred fl ix, forty-five
I dollars per inn, until the 30;li day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fwent.v-n tie, from
which Itrno in additional duty office doll irs per
ton, per annum, until the duty shall amount to
six v dollars par ton.
Third, Ou sail duck, nine cents the square
yard.
Fourth, On molasses, ten cents per gallon.
Fifth, On all imported distilled spirits, ten
cents per gallon, in addition to the duty now
imposed hy law.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That,
from and after the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, 110
drawback of duty shall he allowed ou the ex
portation of any spirit, distilled in the United
States, fionunu'bisse.s; no drawback shall lie
allowed on any quantity of sail-duck, less than
fifty bolts exported in one ship or vessel, at any
ono time. And in till cases of drawback of du
ties claimed on cordage mmufictured from
foreign hemp, the amount of drawback shall be
computed hv the quantity of hump used, and
excluding the weight of tar, and till other mate
rials used in manufacturing tlie cordage.
Sec. 5. And he it further enaeted, That,
from and after the thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, there
shall lie levied, collered, and paid, in lieu of
the du i s now imposed by law, on window
glass, of the sizes above ten inches by fifteen
inches, five dollars for one hundred square feet:
Provide/!, That all window glass imported in
plates or siipets uncut, shall ho chargeable with
the same rate of duty. On vials ami (mules
not exceeding the capacity of six ounces e’acli,
one dollar ami seventy-five re ns per groce.
Sec. Ci. And be it further enacted, That all
cotton cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which
cotton shall be a component material, excepting
nankeens imported direct from Chinn, tho ori
ginal cost of which, at the place whence im
ported with tlie addition of twenty per cent, if
imported from the Cape ofGood,Hupe, or from
any place beyond it, and often per cent, if
imported from any other place, shall he less
than thirty-five cents tlte square yard ; shall,
with such add).ion, be taken and deemed to
have cost thirty-five cents the square yard, and
charged with duty accordingly.
Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That, in
all cases where the duty which now is, or m ay
hereafter be imposed, on any goods, wares or
merchandises imported into the United States,
shall, hy l.nv, be regulated by, or be directed
to be estimated or levied upon the value of the
square yard, or of any other quantity or par
cel thereof; and in all cases where there is or
shall be imposed any ad v alorem rate of duty on
any goods, -vares, or merchandises, imported
into the United S.ates, it shall bo the duty of
the Collector within whose district die smite
shall be imported or entered, to cause the ac-
tu.*I value diereof, at the time and place
Jrom which he same shall have been imported
into the United Suites, to bo ap|h-atsed, estima
ted, tind the number of such yards, parcels, or
quantities, and such actual value of every of
them, as the case ni iy icqu.re: And it sh ill iu
every such case, he the duty of the apprais
ers of the United States, and of every other
person who shall act as such appraiser, by all
the reasonable ways and means m his 01 their
power, to ascertain, estimate, aifil appraise the
true and actual value, any invoice or affidavit
thereto, to* the contrary notwithstanding, of
he said goods, wares, and merchandise, at the
time and place from whence the same shall
have been imported into the United States, and
the number of such yards, parcels or quanti
ties, and such actual value of every of then), as
the case may require, and till such goods, wares,
and merchandises, being manufactures of wool,
or whereof wool shall ho a component part,
which shall be imported into the United States
man untiinishod condition, shall, iu every such
appraisal, bo taken, deemed,'and estimated,
by tlie said appraisers, and every of them, nnd
every person who shrill act as sucli appraiser,
to have been, at the time and place from whence
the same were imported into the United States,
of as .great actual value, as if the same had
beon entirely finished. And to the valuo of
the said goods, wares,, and merchandise, so
ascertained, there shall, in all cases where the
same are or shall be charged with an advalo-
rem duty, bo added all charges, except in
surance, and also twenty per centum on the
said actual value and charges, if imported from
the Cape of Good Hope, or any place beyond
ihtfsamo, or from beyond Cape Horn; or ten
per centum if from any other place or country:
aud the said ad valorem rates of duty shall be
estimated on such nggregnto amount, any thing
in any act'to the contrary notwithstanding;
Provided, That in till cases where any goods,
wares, or merchandise, subject to ad valorem
duty, or whereon the duty is, or shall be,
by law, regulated by, or be directed to bo esti
mated or iovied upon, the valuo of the square
yard, or any other quantity, or parcel thereof,
shall have been imported into tho United States,
from u country other than that in which the
samewere manufactured or produced, the ap
praisers shall valuo tho same at the current
value thereof, at tlie time of such last exporta
tion to tho United States, in tho country
where tho same may hays been originally man-
ufictued or produced. V
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That, in'
all cases where the actual value to be appraised,
estiqjpted, and ascertained, as hereinbefore sta
ted, of any goods, wares oHncrchandisc, im
ported into the United States, and subject to.a-
oy ad valorem duty, or whereon the duty is re
gulated by, or-directed to bo imposed or levied
on,-the*v;dtie of tho square yard, or other par
cel or quantity thereof, shall by ten per cent,
exceed the invoice value thereof, in addition to
the duty imposed by law'on the same, if they
had beeu invoiced at their real value, as afore
said, there shall be levied and collected on the
same goods, wares and merchandise, 50 pgr
centum of the duty so imposed on tho same
goods, wares, and merchandise, when fairly in-
I'ftimi «obtained shallliu so const rued to itn-
ose the said Us' mentioned duly of fifi.v per
cdtijuni, for n variance he: ween die bottifide
Hivoiceef goods produced in the manner spe
cified ill the proviso to the saveuih sect mi) of
his act, and the current value of the said
merchandise in the country where the same
may have been originally m iiiuftcturcd pi-
produced. And further, That the penalty
act of fifty per centum, imposed by the thirteenth
section of the act, entitjea“An :ic>siipplenienta
ry'to, and to amend, the tic; entitle.! “ An act to
regulate tlie collection of duties on imports and
lounge, passed the second day of March, one
housnnd seven hundred and n'uietv-nine, and
for oilier purposes,” approved March first,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three,
shall not he deemed to apply or attach to tiny
goods, wares, or merchandise which shall he
subject to the additional duty of fifty per cen
tum, as aforesaid, imposed by this section of
this act. ,
Sec. <). And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of die' Trea
sury, under the direction of the President of
Un e I States, from limo to time, to establish
such rules ami regulations, not inconsistent
with the laws of the United States, as the Pre
sident of the United S.ates shall think proper,
to secure a just, faithful, and impartial apprai
sal of all goods, wares, and merchandise, as
aforesaid, imported into the Uni.ed States, ns
just and proper entries of such actual value
thereof, and of the squ-are yards, parcels, or
other quantities thereof, as the case may. re
quire, and such actual Millie of every of them:
And it shall** be the duty of the Secretary of
the Treasury to report all such rules and regu
lations, with the reasons therefor, to the then
next scssien of Congress.
Friday, February 1.
The discussion was resumed on the resolu
tions offered by Mr. Chilton. Mr. Everett
addiessed the House in a very powerful speech.
Mr. Randolph succeeded. He complained of
weakness, and his remarks seemed to testily to
the correctness of the complaint. Mr. Hamil
ton took the floor, hut before he had proceeded
n his remarks he House adjourned.
Saturday, February 2.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Sergeant occupied
the floor upon the resolu ions of Mr. Cli lion.
M . Mamikon moved to amend the amendmen
offered by Mr. Blike. Mr. Buchanan took
the floor af.er Mr. Sergeant, and on his motion,
before ho went into any remarks, tho House
adjourned.
Monday, February 4.
After the petitions had been presented, the
House resumed the'consideration of tlie resolu
tions offered by Mr. Chilton, when Mr. Buc-
hann in made some remarks which occupied
nearly two hours. Mr. Rives then obtained
the floor, but being somewhat indisposed the
House adjourned.
Mr. Mercer made an unsuccessful effort to
offer a resolution to enforce, hereafter, the
rule of the Haute wh.cli hin ts the considora-
ion of motious and resolutions to an hour, but
as it required the unanimous consent of the
House to offer a resolution wh.le ono.her is
pending, nnd as an objection was made, ho did
not succeed.
Tuesday, February 5.
The Consideration of the resolutions offer
ed hy Mr. Clidton was resumed. Mr. Ran
dolph then occupied die flour, .for n few m. ii-
uies, to correct a misrepresentation of his lan
guage wli ch had appoared under the editori
al head of the Telegraph of Saturday:—Mr.
Rives thou spoke on the resolution, for abom
an hour nnd a half. Some impatience then
being manifested to take the quest on, the
House having refused to adjourn when M-.
Bartlett took the floor, the question was put on
the amendment of Mr. Hamilton, which was
carried—Aves 112, Noes 74.
forced into any hollow, ^whether upwards or
downwards, or to anv extent to tyliich the hol
low m iy ex'end, while gunpowder can only go
as fur as the operator can reach to place it.
And lei it be remembered again, ihat the
gas can be obtained at an expense so very in
considerable, as to he unworthy of notice, and
one cubic foot of this gas, with its due propor
tion of atmospheric air, is equal to one h df
pound of gu npow ler. A few days past, it wait
aiitiounred in tiiis paper, of an invention of Mr.
B’s. for pumping the gas right aw.iy from a
brick oven hy means of an exhauster; and, by
that method, superceding the necessuy of c ist
iron retorts, when gas is made for light. Ties
gas for explosion, may be collected in the same
economical ma mer.
LITERARY.
lXTELLIOF.X(t
bolivar.
Extract from a letter written /.
in ifaricaihn, d,ted U, A
“We have no pcdmic.l
var is at the hcd.i, ,,f Govern,,,
sing himself... Bpgoia. g„ i() „ * '
b dls, aud placing civic crowo,
Js inlander, wlide at heart lieliw 1 1
Iy hatred for him. I
•var has done .lie least good L .
1-y, much h um, since his rLr‘ 'iH
South. The Grand C-mven iop h, H
led to meet iu March, io rev,*,, t‘H
non. Me int'rae.all the acts ofr U|| f
been confirmed by the Ceiigic,*
doubt whether there will he anv*. • 1
all. My own opinio,, is that t°'
the steps of Napoleon, and will 1
does, with despot, c sway, under ,| le
“L bertador,” or “D elatorwuh... > ,.
t'°". The name ol King or Eni|,e'„”“,i
From tlte Albany Argus.
I have seen, in n public paper, some remarks
on my Spelling Book, uuder die tide of “Eiu- „
meuictrv Ins ructiun," said to be copied from I a little too startling, but I ihiiik it vr 11
the Albany Argus. By tho low numbers I ! best tiling for the people. They
have seen, I perceive the object of the writer 'despicable set of people, and don!i«V
is to prove my book a defective work, and the tlie blessings of liberty, neither do 1 ,
orthography and the pronunciation, in some li .® m i«nni»ii iu™ ■ ev ^
respects, inconsistent aud erroneous.
I shall not enter into a particular examina
tion of ihe objections raised against dial book,
cementing myself with a few general remarks.
Tiie American Spi lling Bonk, as it was ori
ginally published, was compiled in the year
THE ARTS.
First, On unmanufactured hemp', forty-five
dollan per ton, until tho thirtieth day of Jttn«ri voiced: Provided always, That nothing in this
Mr. BnoAUMEADow describes below another
of .he invendons for which Congress has au
thorized him to take out a patent;
Invention for Blasting Rocks, pulling up
Trees by the roots, and many other useful ap
plications, without the use of Gunpowder.—
This invention consists,, first, in die mixing
togedier, in certain proporiions, tydroge.i gas
wuh atmospheric air, say. four pans of common
air, and one of hydrogen gas. This mixture
may be fired or ignited by a candle, the flint
and steel, or’ by the electric spark. When
ignited, tho explosion is very tremendous, and
the effect produced is quite equal to that of
gunpowder, nnd much more economical, nnd
much easior applied : for theso plain reasons:
First, the hydrogen gas can be hud in great
abundance from all vcgatnblcs, and most min
erals, particularly co d, aud even water itself
will furtiish this destructive combustible. The
gas produced from one common sized tree, say
foui tons weight, by converting the tree into
charcoal, and preserving the smoke, and mixing
the gas with its due proportion of common air,
confining and igniting the snmo, would lift a
weight of twenty-five thousand tons. Again:
this gas can be poured into any and all cavities,
crevices and shelves of rocks, by means of tho
force pump, and even bo ignited uuder water
itself.
Tlte inventor strongly recommends this now
mode to tlie consideration of the Recorder of
she City of New York, for the purpose of a
h,dishing that dangerous place callod “Hurl
Ga e,” while tho power to do so exists in all
the trees that surround the spot.
That part of the invention for pulling up
trees by the roots, must be done in a cylinder
of cast iron, placed in a horizontal position,
with a chain fastened to a piston rod, nnd the
other end connected to a large hook, like an
anchor with ono fluke. This honk is placed at
the bottom of the tree, and the cylinder being
made fust at the other extremity, the gas is then
ignitej, which is contained in a cast iron bulb-
screw at the bottom of the cylinder. Tho ex-
p ansive power of this forco drives the piston up
the cylinder and brings the hook and tree at the
sametime.
Both of theso plans arc recommended to the
notice of those gentlemen that are connected
with canals, rail ways, and the like. It must
be recollected that the gas can be very easily
1782, before lie close of the war of the revolu
tion.—At that time, the subject of philology
was but little atteuded to in this country, and
had but recen ly begun to engage the attention
of the English. To compile an elemuntaty
hook at that time, which should be tolerably,
perfect, was no easy task; and notwithstanding
all the faults of my book, the scetne, arrange
ment and execution of it, m ty be considered as
a great advance ill tho means of elementary
instruction. Neither in orthography nor in
pronunciation had I, in many cases, any settled
principles or authorities to follow; but it so
happens that my pronunciation is generally
correcr, and that book has dono more, pre
sume, than all other causes, to correct the vul
gar errors that formally prevailed.—-Since my
return from England, I have examined the
work, and I find, t in, excepting words of un
settled pronunciation, tho pronunciation direc
ted in my book uccords nearly with that of all
well bred people in England at this day.
That there aro some errors, defects nnd in
consistencies in tlie work, is not to be wonder
ed at; for this is precisely the fact with every
English diction try I have yet seen. To take
any one of these books as a standard, will not
remedy the evil, for as many and as good au
thors can he produced ag dost such a book as
in favor of it. No oue English book is in ac-
dordancc with other book*, or With prevailing
usages in England; and what is worse, no
English book is consistent with itself. Walk
er's dictionary is full of inconsistencies from
beginning to end; and the attempt to make it
a standard has done more to corrupt the lan
guage than any event-tint has taken place for
five hundred years past. No book is taken as
an ultimate standard in England; and W .Ike's
piainiin hation is so erroneous that no loss than
three dictionaries have been published to cor
rect it; all of them approaching much nearer ’o
actual usage thin VValkei’s. English gen la-
men, with great unanimity, declare, that W d-
ker is not their standard. Sheridan, Walker,
Jones, Perry, and J1 meson, all have their ad
vocates—they all have dieir merits; but of all
theso, Walker is the most incorrect. lean
produce from eight to ten thousand instances
of vowels marked in W ilker’s dictionary for
an etroneous pronunciation—it least I did not,
during eight mouths, that I was in England,
hear one of them pronounced according 10 his
notation. And if I can judge from a carefnl
at-entiou to spe ikers of all classsus, while in
England, I should say that neither Walker nor
any other writer, is, hy the great body of well
bred people, regarded as an authority for pro
nunciation: tni.s being entirely regulated by
the practice of the higher classes of society.
But tho evils of our philology lie deepor;
and a mere dabbling in pronunciation will not
reach them.
The orthography is unsettled; no two au
thors are agreed on the spelling of somo clas
ses of words, and no dictionary is consistent
with itself. And further, so me of the oldest
and best established rules of orthography, are
disregarded by every w her without oxception.
It, some instances, words constantly occur
in books, though they do not belong to the
language, having no origin but iu some egre
gious blunder.
In a vast number of words, tho definitions
are imperfect or incorrect, and even in com
mon words, and more still, in technical words.
TI10 definitions were taken from books written
a century ago, and later investigations prove
them to be incorrect; yet the old definitons are
continued in the latter editions, and the public
is tateil for new books without improvement,'
and with all the errors of the old ones.
The vocabulary of the language is very in
complete. Jonson and Walker aro deficient
in from five hi fen thousand words, which
mny be called English, and sciemiflic terms,
the defect is equally great. And there jire as
many defects in their definitions, as there aro
in the number of words.
As to the deduction of words from their ori
ginals. as Johnson styles them, there is nothmg
tn Johnson's or any other dictionary, that de
serves that namo.
The grammar of the language is in a condi
tion equally bad. Our languago is distinguish
ed for strength nnd copiousness; but it is a
compound of many languages and full of ano
malies . That any individual can do all that is
required towords correcting its disoredei s, is
hardly to bo expected. But I have devoted
twenty years. to this object; ntid tho work
which I hnve prepared, and which is now tn
the press, will, I hope, present tho language to
my feBow citizens, purified from somo of its
corruptions* and lay tho foundation for some
thing like regularity and sysiem in orthography,
pronunciation aud constructions.
NOAH WEBSTER.
It -w to improve them, in reg.ml o ,1
lie liny have the good of the comi-rv hi i
and perhaps he has; time w.U show.”
FROM SMYRNA.
The brig Phebo Anti.wlrrh o.rived at \«
York, on the evening of the 29 hiil, u I
■iu tin 1 tm toil. 1 . 1 I
tn on the 12th November, advices!
feom that place to the 10 It Nov. C :ip , 71
per informs that, considerable alarm
among the Europeans at that place,who*
yet ignorant of what measures t| le Tu tl
government would adopt towords them. El
ven sail of British and French mmi ufj
were in the port, a force sufficient for the mol
tion of their countrymen, , n ,nv of whom,
embarking their property, expecting to I
obliged to flee the place. The governor I
fi st prohibited them from removing ill
effects, but afterwards permbed it to be donl
—There had been no stipulation on the {l |
nf the governor, with the copimatidw of tf
Allied squadrons, for the safety of Europcf
residents, as was stated iu the last London
pers. *
The U. S. frigate Constitution was it.,.,
and would remain until tho result of the uegl
nations at Constan'snople was known, '
From the M irea we are Widiou; uews |
somo time pas»; Ibrahim Pacha, from he l
accounts, was laying waste the coi.inr.v--l
w II be obliged now to evacuate it; the'caul
of the Greeks is now, probably goinal, and!
maybe presumed, they wll be furnished fid
Europe, with every material for forming soil
good kind of government, which is most dl
vmitly to he wished. ]
A letter from'Smyrna to the edi nrof iJ
New York Advertiser of die lO.h of Nil
states that—The Greeks are attacking ii .ij
and have possession of all the Island exci’iil
in® the Castle, which they are borabtid.ii
from die height ofTutoli, which commiti]
it. They have 27 vessels strictly block .do
tlie place. The Castle is said, is no' wil
supplied with provisions, and may be vxpcc.et
to fdl pretty soon
'File English officers here, who wore in till
battle w ilk freely about dm streets iviihoot d.,ill
ger, and the wounded from ihe Flench shipf
are received 111 lie hospitals. Our cor«es^»a>
den s say tha Turkey can do iio hingmore;
g dust G-eecwm independence—Her troop,
will lie wanted at home.
Our squadron have destroyed several pi-|
rates. Several American vessels have sitffer-|
ed lately,
The Hydra paper mentions, that the clergy I
of that Island havttig been callod upon, •„ rcn-l
der a list of 'lie fundies reduced to want by I
soldiers killed and disabled in the war have re-F
ported a total, in Ilvdra alone, of 1040 per*!
sons'. For their relief Mr. M Her Ins »ciit|
from Poros 9230 cocks of InJ. m corn, which |
is to bo distributed from dm magazines.
Nassau, January 30.
A wild Boar which for many ye irs hod i ,,es * I
tad the Island of Grand Bahama, by w“»l
means found its way into tho enclosure ot Mr. I
Charles Weatherford’s dwelling Imure, alluit
tlii her by a Sow in a styo; upon his being “®*
covered Mr. Weatherford had tho einciit.' 13
attack the monster with a hand hatchet, upen
which the animal made a desperata rush u|x* !
him, ripped Inin m the* leg with his immeic 3
tusks, Weatherford succeeded in cutting 11“'
in the shoulder, which so exasperated the llour j
that upon the second onset lie would certainly j
have destroyed Waatliorford hut for the unir.
assistance of his two Sons, who shot nnn <> M
with two bulls* . .
This -pi.Dilution marauder measured 5 _
from the snout to the root of the tatl, »tooo3 1
high, and netted 260 pouuds of pork; b"
baffled the skill of tlio hunters for a Iona 11
limo past, and tho destruction of yams P 01 L 9
and pumpkims is altogether incalculable- ..
thick part of his brawn was 1 1*2 ineneb
head 15 inches long.
VALPARAISO. -■ *
A serious affair took place in V«py*.
recently, bet ween the Government a " d , .
British Officers on (hat station. An
naval officer, in a quarrel with a citizen
theatre, struck the Chilian; upon win*■ .
soldiers were called in, and one of them
ed the officer with his bayonet—«P® n j
tho Englishman drew a pistol, and «• .
soldier dead on tho spot. This caUSC< ffl
immediate arrest of all the British 13
then in the House, who wore sent to P ,'
The next morning Admiral Sinclair»
Consul applied to the Governor for the ^
of the officers, hut In consequence
lay in giving them up, several hundred
from the flee* were twico landed, »od apt^.
ances were quite ilirentnmg. The 0 ^
wore, however, released, when the . b.
killed the soldier, wtw given up by the • ^
ral to be tried by tho authorities °* _
ratso.
foreign
was expected
At cue time, a geuenil massacre 0
residents, by tho eurugetL p°i'