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, '• THF. URXEHOVS STRANGER..
-? Gbor^ Vtttfcn, •» yoiiij? Englishman, of
gO ul tiVNli n!d I,irgo .foriiiiiiv inherited ft out
nature. aH tliu qualities which, properly‘jrulii-
Vaietl can remler a man esteemed. Lilu ii-
pened upon lint in d ialing colours; rich, amia
ble, and handsome, lie was universally conned
.. t—Wherever he went the hand of fimmlsliip
% was oxtenad * h im, and the smiles of welcome
- hailed his approach. Warm hearted and con
fiding, lie entrusted entirely to appearances,
and soon 'betamo the dupe of an unfaithful
mistress and n false friend. I’ride sustained
mm outwardly under the blow, but it '•preyed
Y upon his spirits; lie became disgusted with life,
, t and lost all faith in his fellow creatures. Had
he consulted his inclinations alone, lie would
have buried himself in solitude; but his pride
t - forbade a step which would have proclaimed
his wretchedness. He must live in the public
eye; lie must shew his c mtempt, his indifference
for her whose remembrance was still agony.
He went to Paris, was seen constantly in the
lest gociety, anil in ail fashionable public pla-
cijjy—itnd while everyday deepened his dis-
WamMur life, he was envied, ami admired, as
tne'fovorite of nature.
; One niglij. ho was returning homo earlier
than usual, on foot; in passing the Pont'Louis
XVJ, he perceived a man seated upon the
parapet holding a dog upon his knees, which
he seeded to bo fondling, for ho was stooping
over it. .Jusyis Villurs came tip, lie suddenly
rose IfyCthrew the animal into the river; biit
he had scarcely ilbne so, when ho staggered
and fetf Villars hastened to the spot, and
Stfy found liith.in a siyoon. He tried for some mo
ments iiieffecfually to restore him to his senses;
at .last he had the' satisfaction to see life slowly
reiurn and the same instamadog dripping with
.Water, ran to ifjojsufferer, and began to caress
him. It was'iiAlccd the faithful creature which
he had attempted to.destroy; but the stone,
which lie tied round his-neck with an unsteady
hand, was so badly fastened that the dog shook
it off without difficulty. TV -
It would have moved a harder heart than
. that of Villars, to see the caresses which the
affectionate prenture lavished upon his master,
as he strove by plaintive moans, to call him hack
to life. At last he opened his eyes, aud fixed
them widly on the dog. ‘Azor! my poor Azor!’
-criod ho, btirsiing into tears, have I not then
/• destroyed thee?’
‘He lias escaped a death which you do not
appear to have inflicted willingly. 1
‘Willingly! ah no, no! But I have no means,
none, none on earth! I could not see him die
of hunger, mid have offered him in vain to
different neqglgU.. Will you take him, Sir? Do,
I beseech yoivdo!’
Tonchad at once by the wretched nppenr-
anco of the poor sufferer, and the despair of his
tone, Villars said in a sootliing^voicc, ‘I would
not refuse your dog, did I not think you would
like better to keep him. yourself; and I will
enable you to do it, at least for the present.
He drew a louis d’or from his purse, and
placed it in the old man’s band.—Wiirds cun-
. < not describe the burst of gratitude with which
it was received. .
‘You have saved my lifelfc cried ho. ‘Mine!
did I say! Ah, a life a thousand Bines dearer .ban
Ybjne. My child, my poor Julia will now have
foDil.’
cluet—-lie s upped to. present. it toiler, aud as
fie did so, a fiiilo dog which was' running'oh
before ho.^ turned back, and. springing up hi
VMlarS;" began to caress liim with great fond-"
lli!8s.-. A “ ;>*? T
‘Come away Azor,’ cried die lady.
‘Azor!’ repeated Villars, ‘can it be?*
lln looked up as he spoke, and met the eyes
iff a beautiful girl fixed upon him with <i look in
which joy;timjdityY aiid siirpdse, worn blend
ed. She advanced eagerly as if to speak, but
stopped -hort suddenly, and remained silent.
‘i cannot be mistaken!’ cried Villars, this
dog belongs to that person.whom I have once
known.’ . .
‘knew it—I was sure of id’ exclaimed the
young lady; ‘you are ray father’s benefactor!’
‘Julia my dgarj’ said- the other lady in a
lone of reproof: but hor accents wero alike un
heeded by Julia and Villars, who were each
too eager for an explanation not to be quickly
satisfied that the conjectures wore just.
‘O how happy will this m ike mj father!’
cried alio delightful Julia: how often has lie la
mented that litmitild not discover one to whom
tie owed so, much!’ *
‘How! has he not received my letter!’
Never sir:—from the moment you quitted hs,
wo have, never heard of yon; hut will you not
go to see my father!—we live so near so very
near!’ • “..V ~ i ■ •
Villars wanted no second inyitation; he ac
companied his fulr guide to her habitation—but
what a different habitation from that in which
he hud found Her? •
In an elegant apartment in one of tho hand
somest hotels in the Rue Rivoli. Villars was her.’
MASON jrxrgBArsr
bn regarded her wuh an affection merely fra
ternal. . H ippy in her socieiy, be never thought
of. risk mg'" h.nnolf .whether lie could be happy
without it, but the moment came in whirl) he
was obliged to put tho question to his heart.
One morning when be went as usual to Del-
ntont’s, he found him alone, and more thought
ful th in common.
‘Have you not something on your mind my
dear sir, which renders my company- just now
mporfunate to you ? If so, tell me at once to
gone.’
‘On tho contrary, I shall tell you to stay,
1 want to consult you about a proposal I
liavojust received fot 1 Jiilia!’
‘A proposal for Julia !’
‘Yes,—what is there in that to surprise
you!’ •' - >• ,
‘Nothing, nothing,’stammered Villars; ‘only
thought—that is I did not think.’
He stopped. Delmont looked at him inqtti-
ngly, and finding that he did not proceed, ho
finished the sentence in his own way:
.‘You did not think, I presume, that my child
gvor meant to marry. Well, what her deter
mination may he, I can’t tell you; but at any
rate, tho Count St. Maur is very anxious to
learn it. You know more of him than I do,
tell me what you think of him.*
Villars hesitated; he knew-nothing but good
of the Count, and yet he could not bring him
self to. say so, At last lie uttered with effort:
‘I believe him to be n worthy man: but who is
there that can deserve Julia!’
‘You are partial, Villars; my daughter is a
good girl," but there itre many-who desbrve
[The qu dity' of the silk cnclo ed in the a- | titourw.s spread of i
bnve, confirms the opinion before expressed, I consisting ol l 1 -‘)00 itu*n it n - '' t: ‘ v
and founded on similar evidence, ihat worms Danube. A gene.til ntoyemeL '’aa* -' l *1
our wttire black mulberry, U>my i'muiediately tiirik
nger sdk than that which is ; Cossacks instnhtjy passea tlte'pr' h*** 1 "''''’
fed on tho leaf Of
yield finer and stronger
imported. There is in the garden ai the garri
son at Annapolis, a very large and apparently
old mulberry tree, that is altogether peculiar and
unlike any we lm\e seen, or read of in Mieliuux,
or elsewhere. Its fruit is black und of the size
and flavour of tho white mulberry tree; but its
loaves aro far more numerous than that of any
other mulberry ttce, and entirely dissimilar in
shape, colour, &c. the upper surface is of a ve
ry deep green and as glossy and shining as oiled
silk cloth. Our notice was attracted to it by
accident last summer ]
Ho attempted to move, hut he tottered and
would havo fallen, had not Villars supported
bint;, not* \vuuld ho leavo him till ho had con-
■ ducted him. to his dwelling, which was at no
great distance; and as ho went, he took the
'• precaution to provide a bottle of wine and a
few bjjcuits.
Never did succor come at n more seasons
- bio moment; the daughter of the old man, re
duced at once by sickness and famine, tvas
nearly exhausted; in n few hours relief would
, havo been too late—Villars left his purse, and
taking tho direction of the old man, hastened
• to sond 1 ^ physician to his suffering daughter.
Villars had that bight' a sound and tranquil
sleep, the first he had enjoyed for a long time.
T|to next day he visited the old man, whom he
found greatly restored; and lie heard with ex
treme pleasure that the physician had declared
■ ; that quiet nnd good nourishment was all that
was wanting t? complete tlt/t young woman’s
recovery.. In spite of the wretchedness of his
appearance, tho maimei
old man were those of a gontleman. His gra
titude had in it nothing servile; it seemed
the frank emotion ofn generous mind; and
before Villars quitted him he determined tose-
'. euro his old ago from the attnek of penury.
jBut 'on rcturaio£.'?iome, he found a - letter,
which, fora moincTit nt least, drove every thing
from.-liis mind; his mother, whom lip tenderly
loved, was taken suddenly and dangerously ill,
so dangerous that it \v»s necessary for him to
set out immediately, if ho hoped, to find Itera-
Ijve* ' } .. .
.wile lost not. an instant in spying the sum
mons; butjust as lie was on the point ofdeparting,
be. recollikted tlie poor old man. Ho wrote n
hasty line to account for his not seeing him a<
gain, gave him his address in Euglnnd, and do
sired to hear how he wenfoin. Ho enclosed i
batik note of a thousnmVfranks, and sent the
letter by his valet, with directions to deliver
to the old man biamy^ . •
The crisis of his mother’s disorder was over
when he ‘nrrivedpslie was pronounced out.of
danger. He staid fill ho saw Iter perfectly re--
covered, one} thcUijUiiablo to remain in a place
which brought to his mind the most painful re-
-. collections, he returned to France.
Although surprised, and, in some degree of-
- fended, at not hearing from his old ncqaintnnco,
Y Hats still felt an interest in his fate. He
went to inquire after him, and was told that ho
had quitted Ills lodgings suddenly, nnd no one
knew whither ho was gone; his daughter ac-
• companied him, and both were in perfect
health. ... ""
‘lie is like the rest,’ said Villars to himself,
received by tho object of his bounty with tho
most lively joy, and the most touching gratitude.
Far from having forgotten his benefactor, Del
mont had made every effort to discover him,
ihough lie had never received tho last proof of
his regard—for the valet had kept back tho
letter, for the'sake of appropriating to himself
the bank note which it coniained.
They passed the day together, and in the
course of it Villars learned from Delmont the
vicissitudes of his life. We shall give them in
his own words. -
‘A few years ago I was one of the richest
merchants' in Lyons, and one of the happiest
men in France—perhaps I ought to say in the
world. Every thing prospering with me, I
enjoyed excellent health, and as I thought, ma
ny sincere friends, and a dutiful aud affectionate
child, who was once tho pride and tlid.joy of my
life. Next to that dear daughter was a friend in
jvhom I.placed implicit confidence; I had known
him more than thirty years: I had often ser
ved him, and I always found him punctuul, in
his engagement*. One day Jie came to ask me
for a certain sum of money, much larger than any I
had before lent him. I complied without hesita
tion and lie wont away, promising to return to
supper. ' ;
Wo waited for some time! at last wo sal
down to tahlo, and just as we did so, one of my
neighbors entered with horror in htf-counte
nance. ‘Ah Heaven!’ cried he abruptly,
poor Mercer lias shot himself.’
‘Never shall I forget my feelings in that ter
rible moment; tho fatal news was indeed true.
The unfortunate man had been for a long time
secretly addicted to gambling. Seeing him
self on the brink of ruin, ho determined to
make u desperate effort to rotrievo his ♦affairs;
he failed, and, wanting tho eourago to face ig
nominy in this world, he rushed into the pre
sence of nn Offended Deity.
‘This was the beginning of my misfortunes;
rief and horror overwhelmed me; I sunk un-
er the weight of my feelings, and a violent
fever reduced me to the brink of the grave.
While I was suffering under it, losses came
thick upon me, and, with the return of .my
health I found mysclfn beggar, nay, worse, for
1 owed a largo sum which I could not pay, My
Julia inherited her mother’s fortune, it was
settled upon her out of ray power to touch;
hut no sooner did she learn the state of my. af
fairs than unknown to me, she surtendered ev
ery shilling to my creditors.-’
‘Noblo girl! cried Villars.
•Noble, indeed; but how was her conduct
appreciated, where most it ought to have been
felt! Sho had a lovor: they were brought up
together, and 1 believed him truly attached to
her. I know that her affection for him was
ppearunce, tho manners and lauguago of the on b' that of a sister; but she acceded to mv
Id man wore those of a gontleman. His gra- wishes, and consented to give him her’ hand;
tho day was fixed, when my illness delayed the
marriago; but uoithor Julia nor myself over
doubted tho truth. No sooner did ho learn
that sho lud given up hor inheritonce, than he
wrote her an eternal farewell!’
‘The scoundrel 1’
‘Si* I called him. Julia uttored no ropronch
her check was pale, but her voice did not fal
ter, when throwing herself into mv arms s'he
exclaimed, ‘Father, from this moment we have
nothing in tho world but each otlior!’ We
ti ited Lyons. I sought employment in Paris:
found it; my salary was scanty, but Julia’s
industry at needle work added a little to it:
and if we wero not happy, wo wore at least con
tent.
■* ‘But fortune had not done persecuting mo; the
loss of ray placo nnd tho illness of my daugh-
tca, reduced us to the state in which you
found us. Your bcnificcnco relieved us from
certain death. Ah! never, from that hour,
havo wo addresied a prayer to heaven, in which
you wore not remembered!
‘A few days after Providence had sent you
to our assistance, wo received intelligence of
a most unhoped for reverse of fortune. Tho
lovor who had so cruelly destroyed my child
was dead, and icpented of his conduct, ho left
hor the whole of his immense property. He
had no near relative—thus nothing hindered
us from profliting by his will; but we lost no
time in returning again to Paris,. where only
wo could hopo to discover you. Till to-day,
our researches have been unavailing. Thank
‘I don’t know one'!’ cried Villars, warmly.
‘I do; there isu'man whom l should select for
her from all others—but I do not know that
she would be his choice, and I own.that it
would hurt me that my child should be refused.’
‘Refused ! Julia refused ? impossible 1’.
There was no need of more; tho look nnd
tone were sufficient. - -
‘She is yours,’ cried Delmont; ‘why did you
not ask mo for her at once !’
But what said Julia ! Her tonguo said no
thing, hut her eyes and blushes spoke sufficient
ly. Villars received her hand, and declared
himself the happiest of men. It is what all
new married men say;, but the husband who
repeats it, as our hero does,Vf the end of ten
years, has a right to lie believed.
“agriculture.
From the American Fanner.
On the Culture op Silk—with samples.
New Village, (Ohio,~) 1st Jan. 1828.
Friend Skinner: In ray last letter, I en
closed the silk worm eggs, which I iiad before
promised. With this you will receivo four
skeins of-silk, made from the common red niul-
beriy,. indigenous to this country. I should
be glad if you .would test the strength of this
silk with some of the sipo quality made from
tho white mulberry. Tho rod yielding a more
substantial food than '.lie white, must, in my o-
! linion, make the strongest texture of silk.—As
1 am a well wisher to the silk business, so I
have been much pleased with the pefusal of ma
ny vilunble pieces on that subject in your use
ful work. I have, however, ono fault to find
with the whole of them. They are loo lengthy
for a beginner. ‘;- '• *
I have concluded to give a miniature view of
the whole process .necessary to the growing of
silk, if you Will have the. goodness to lend mo a
small corner in one of your pages—which I
shall do in as few words as possible, that I may
not crowd on other useful matter. ■ ' i
Silk worm eggs should he put in a. tight box,
so as to secure them from the depredations of
ants, nnd placed on a shelf in a dry cejlar. As
.soon os the mulberry leaves put forth in the
spring, bring them up and expose them to
the air of a common sitting room. In two
or threo days they will begin to hatch. Lay
your leaves on them, to which they will soon
attach themselves, and will be easily removed
io small boards, and from these to shelves, and
the shelves multiplied in proportion to their
growth. Care must be taken to clean the
shelves every two or threo days. Tho worms
should be moved soon after being fed, when
they will be principally on tho loaves. When
they discover nn inclination to wind, which will
easily bo known by their beginning to travel or
crawl about, set up bushei for them to make
their bulls on. In less than ten days after they
begin to wind, remove the balls'from tho bush
es and expose them to the sun, or place them i n
an oven of moderate warmth, to kill the insect.
Immediate reeling will supercede tho necessity
of heat, which is done in tho following manner:
Fill an iron kettlo with water and place it-o-
vor tho firo in such a manner that ono person
may.conveniently attend it without being too
much exposed to the firo. An arch kettle
would answer hpst. Tho hotter your wa
ter is kept the better, provided it doth not
boil. Now put in your balls, say sixty to begin
_ . heaven, we-have "at last found ynu; it was the
•no sincerity, no uratitude.—What a fool I was ou'v thing wanting to our folicily.’
to expect it;’ and for a few days he was more VillTirs replityt only bvt'iasniiis
. r days he was moro
gloomy thanusujl. Some months had elapsed,
nnd he had jnenrly forcotten the adventure,
vlien one dav, in crossint? the galleries of the
ThuilicriCs, be suw a* lady 'drop herhandker-
rpliad only by grasping wilii lervor
the hand that Delmont extended to him, and
from that day they were inseperable. .
Treated by Julia with tho easy freodothof n
sistof, Villars behoved,.during some time,‘that
with. Have it) toadiness a small brush, mane
of about a dozen twigs, with this stir your balls
about, and in a little timo you will have a suffi
cient number of fibres collected to make a
thread, when you may commence reeling,
some of tho fibre* break or give out, die per
son at tho kettle, by the help of the brush,
will readily collect a few more, which will bo
easily united to the thread by a stroke of the
thumb and finger. For reeling, two hands will
bo necessary, one nt the reel and ono at the
kettle. It is unnecessary to describe tho man
ner of twisting, doubling, &c. To preserve
your seed, take any number oftfio best looking
balls; clear them well of tho tow, andHay them
in any convenient place, or you may stringthem
with a needle and thread, and hang them up.
In ten or twclvo days, your millets will come
out. Spread a sheet or sheets of paper on a
table—put your millers on the paper—in about
three days they will deposit their eggs and die
—fold up your paper and dispose of it according
to the instructions already given.
With less ji.fi.—-'— •«— t i „•
*• «c|milt0llt|U lllrtll A ltrt\n IgtWlI, ft
few years ago, Tcommenced the growing of silk,
and you may jttdgo of nty success by tho sam
ple sent.
I remain, with due respoct vour friend,
CALVIN MORRELL.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By tbearrivnlat New York of the ships Ca
nada and Corinthian, from Liverpool and Lon
don, papers are brought from those places to
the 2d of January.
Contrary to what was oxpccted, Cotton has
declined a shade, in the Liverpool Market.—
Stock on hand in that port on tho 1st of Janua
ry, 842,700 bales. Sales of Uplands had taken
place at 5 to 8 3-4d. for ordinary to fair qualities;
6 to 6 l-4d.for good fair; and 6 3-4for prime.
It would seem by the accounts from Con
stantinople, that war was'momently expected be
tween Turkey and the Allied Powers. The
Russian troops on tho Turkish frontier, were
under the commnnd of Count Wittgenstein,
who mado so conspicuous n figure at the time of
Buonaparte’s invasion, and were said to be rea
dy to cross the Pruth at a moment's warning.
The ambassadors of the Allied Powers at
Constantinople had demanded their passports,
which it is said wero refused, ontlte ground that
they wero unnecessary, the ministers being
pet fectly safe under tho Sublime Pot te. Tho
probability, is, that the Grand Seiguorwas not
quite ready to take the last step, nnd as the de
parture of-the ministers would be equivalent to
formal declaration of war, he preferred keep
ing them a little while longer.
Peace has been concluded between ihe Rus
sians and the Persians. The Russians retain
all the territory lying north of the Arttxes, and
a small portion of that to the southward—the
Persians to pay all the expenses of the war.—
The. treaty leaves Russia at liberty to pursue
her measures against Turkey.
The London Sun of the 2d states, that it was
reported that Prince Esterhazy had that morn
ing received a confirmation of the report from
Vienna, of tho departure of the Russian ambas
sador from Constantinople, and that the British
and French Ambassadors were immediately to
embark; but the Government had received no
advices. .
Greets.—We find successive rumors from
two or threo different quarters, in the latest pa
pers, of tho destruction of a Greek squadron at
ornear -Scio. Tho accounts are however so
brief and contradictory, and the opinions of
different editors so inconsistent, that it is impos
sible to give entire credit to any representation.
The probability wo think is that Admiral Rig-
ny has destroyed a considerable number of pira
tical vessels under the Greek flag.
London, December 31.
In our preceding columns we have given from
the German nnd P-tiris papers, received sinco
our last, various statements respecting the pro
gress of affairs, in the east; and we wish we
could add that there-prevailed in all, or in any
of them reasonable grounds for believing that
a pacific! adjustment of the question was proba
ble. Such however is not the fact; nnd so far
as they are entitled to Confidence, they consti
tute a mass of concurrent evidence of the most
unfavorable character.
Front Odessa, under dnto of Nov. 24, we
learn that Count Wittgenstein had issued an
order of the day, recommending to the com
manders of corps and divisions to take the
greatest caro that the troops and materiel an
ready to commence the campaign nt the-short-
est notice. The General-in-Chief had inspec
ted the pontoons for passing the Danube, and
hatLexpressed his satisfaction with them. A
new kind of Congreve Rocket had been distrib
uted to die Gili corps.
Under the date of Jassy, Nov. 16th, it is an
nounced that Count Wittgenstein bud positive
ordm-s to pass tho Russian frontiers, without
waiting for further instructions from Peters-
burgh, as soon ns ho had authentic information
of the arrival of M. do Ribeaupierfo at Odes
sa. This, wo aro inclined to bolievo is ti sub
stantially correct description of the nature of
Count Wittgenstein’s instructions; as it would
be obviously desirable, in tho event of a final
rupture of tho ncgociations at Constantinople,
that so much delay should not interveno as
would bo necessary to transmit the knowledge
of that fact to St. Petersburg!!, and to convey
from St. Petersburgh, to tho army of the
P ruth the requisite instructions. When, there
fore, wo officially learn that tho Russian Am
bassador is. at Odessa, we may- expect also
to hear that the Russian trdops have entered the
Principalities. ' . > :
.On the other hand, the preparations of tho
Porte aro equally warlike. This we loam
from other, sources than the correspondents of
the Continental Journals. The different Turk
ish garrisons being strengthened und put into
state of complete' defence. Whether actual
war take place or not, it is sufficiently manifest
that tho Sultan will derive considerable advan
tage from thn‘t system of discipline, aud that
more complete organization of his military for
ces, which tho changes lately introduced into
tho Turkish army must render necessary.
According to accounts from Constantinople,
of the 27th ult. the Sultan was preparing for
notion. The field equipages were ready, and
the horses to he used in tho campaign, hud boon
sent to Adrinnoplc. v * '-j
Such is die general complexion ofthuintell
grticb communicated front Odessa, Constant
1 11 *. ..r.. « .. •
impit. mm jtcwy. rrom iw :gv."r place, n|sn,
wo find aii article, contained in \ho Allgeiuriinu
Z'diung received this meriting, which indicates
the state of feverish excitement prevailing in
that quarter, , The account will bo fouiid in a
subsequent paragraph. It appears that a ru
mour,ti is added, Was uirfounotut ,ni .
sacks returned; hut if tl„, whole’si!'. l, l
not a fiction, it is cle'aj ’he H uss; '' tr '|'
“stand like gicvhoumis tu ;t u . j Ll
upon tho srm i.” Every ,ihi„ tt ‘.Y"
from collision, where so lii.] e Z ,' lr U ' H
The departure of the Allied
from Constantinople, though still
by any official no'ification of the f. iC r f r "l
have received every confirmation I
authentic character. The alledged « °- f 'H
their leaving varies between the is,"*' 1
inst. M. Je Ribeahpierie, it is roanr,,.^ 1
to Odessa, and Mr. Stta'foid r • ’ c i
Gen, Gnilleniinoi to Corftj, The" '
is said, declined to give them iiassnnm ,
«he ground that they needed 'ZTl' *H
were under the protection of the OuL '1
vernment. The Sultan probably , m G *
that by refusing a formal diplomatic Mu . ,
thejr departure, ho will avoid what rn'iv 1
an overt declaration of hostilities. Sumf,? 1 *?
are expressed ns to tho truth.tf,he»]u?T
Admiral de Rigny had destroyed ^
fleer. No further accounts of that t ran , !
beyond the repetition of tho first, have ml
received.
This town and the environs were ye ,! I'
thrown into the greatest alarm. A rLl, j
circulated that a body of 1500 Turkish
had cros-ed tho Danube at TurtuLv
marched towards Bucharest, up un "
stmgers wore immediately dispatched L"
Boyars of the town to the Russianfromi e «'
announce this news. Upon this
there was a general stir in the Russian
and t« o pulks of Cossacks, we know not whr J
er by their own uccord or bv superior .mT*
put themselves in motion and crossedthe P™
A courier came to M. de Porta,, a
Colonel of Engineers, longreside.it here
brought him a communication from Gen K»
sakow, upon which the Colonel insrantlvh
jetted toSkuliaiikv, tho head quarters of
kow, and, on the road, commanded the Cm
sacks to return to their former station behm
the Pmth, with winch order they imnwdfcJ
complied. When Col. dePortashada
at Sktilianky, and declared the inroad ofihl
Turks into tho Principalities to be a fiction i
vonted at Jassy, as ho had received no oflidj
accounts by way of Bucharest, which wou)
certainly have been sent to him on such an ii
portant event, the Russian troops receifod«,
dersto halt, aiid return to their old.cantdnmeitjl
Very serious remarks are made here respect ,1
tho rapid proceedings of the Russian -ivn
guard ; they prove that tho army is authorise,
on the first news of u;ty event, contrary to tlii
Treaty, to act on tho offensive, widigutwaiiii
for orders from-St. Petersburg!).
PROCEEDINGS OF C'>\({RF,SS.
SENATE.
Trursdav Feb. 14.
The bill regulating processe, in the C.-ui
of the United States in those States adnfn-
loto the Union since the year 1789, was t iki
up; the amendment proposed by Mr. Rowts
ns a substitute, being under fonsidenniun,
After a long discussion, the first section oftiu
amendment was adopted, and thosucund .ejeC-
ted,,.
* Friday, Feb. 15.
The bill for the organiz uiou uf a M.litit
System was taken up, apd after xonw discu*-
sion, laid on tho table.' The Sen ile sptata
short time in the consideration of executirt
business.
Toesday, Feh. 13.
Mr. Websfer resutned his seat. The hill
for the erection bfn breakwater at the ttn-uth ofj
Delaware Bay, was taken up, and explained
and advocated by Mr.' Woodbury aud Mr.
Marks; when it-'WES postponed, on motion of
Mr. Smith ofS. C. to Wednesday.—TlieP'O*
cess Bill was taken up. Tho motion to recon*
sider the late vote, ordering it to a third retd*
ingj-was lost. Mr. Parris’ motion to recommit
it; occasioned a long debate; after which the
Senate adjourned, without taking ths question.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
„ ’’ Y Thursday Feb 14.
In tire House of Representatives, the House
in’ Committee of tho Whole on tho State ot .n»
Union, resumed the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for tho support ei ™
Nttvy. Mr. Huffman muvod to reduce IW
appropriation in the first clause of lie b*Hi
with a view to prevent any increase in theming
her of officers on shore “waiting for orddb,
which I10 described its composing a cits* ia
which the inefficient,-unqualified, and die
worthy, were the majority. The motion to ->•
mend, after much discussion, tvas negatived 7
a vote of 104 to 53. Some amendments' m
made in the bill, on motion of Mr. McDit/ie>
after which, the Committee rose, and tepo* t-
1 iso hill and amendments. The :-iiie»<luie.i
wero then concurred in ; but no question " ,l5
taken on the engrossment of tins h-H* ”
Friday, fob. 15.
Mr.-Floyd, ofVn. moved the follow.ui •
Jicsoli c't, That the committee rawhom 'v'
referred-the rules nnd'orders of this .
instructed to inquire into the expi'ihmc) 1
providing some means of making thffSteiw;-
pliers responsible for the accuracy of their r 4
h ort ** ’ , eVt
After some remarks by Mr. Floyd ol
and Mr. Stevenson of Pn. .
Mr. Lumpkin, said, that with feelings ot p
found personal respect for tho gentleman ‘
Virginia, nnd the gentleman from Penn 5 ) .
ilia, who hud spoken in. support of this rc i0
tion, he must differ front them us to the pn'l 1 .^
ety of making this matter a subject: 0
quiry or of action by the House. If evil' a ^
from any mistake or misicinesntaiions bv - -
reporter* op »fy «f them, :Use evils Iwtl
counterparts. TI10 tiling had its adva 11 -"-'
as well us its disadvantages. Wltboute .
ing at all on the question, as 10 the *®?**VlT
of tho reports given, he was of op'ff*
while the IIouso loft the press at fulU'ber 1