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AND GENERKAL
DRUG AND FAMILY MEDICINE
\ ARE-HOUSE,
MACCASSAR, Russia, Bears and Antique
Oils, Pomatums in large and small pots,
all sorts of Perfumery
Rose Orange, Flower and Lavender Waters
Cologne Water in boxes
Milk of Roses, or Beauty’s Preservative
Low’s superior scented Shaving and Wash Soaps,
all sorts of perfume
Naples. Pot, Cake and Quintessence ’
Shaving Soaps
Windsor Perfumed Fancy Soaps by Ball Soaps
the box
Hair Powder, plain and scented powder Puffs, as
sorted sizes
Ladies and Gentlemens’ Pocket Books, with and
without clasps, of all sizes
Lafayette silk and hair stocks, an elegant article
for gentlemen's wear
Ladies indispensables, assorted patterns
Gilt card cases, assorted sizes
Visiting cards, do do
Silver pencil cases, best quality
Do Tooth with tweasers do
Lead perils, warranted of the best
Penknives, Segar Boxes, Dominoes do
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Ladies Toilet dress cases
Gentlemens’ shaving do
Marshall's superior dentrifice
Belton’s do do
Burton’s do do
Prepared charcoal from the willow bark
Bo do common charcoal
Eye stones, snuff boxes, a fine assortment ReeveV
colours
Floating Nuremburgh and French Tapers, for
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Durable Ink, Aromatic spirits of vinegar
Phosphorus Boxes, hair powder boxes
Platina and fancy wood shaving boxes
Round shaving cake soap do
Superior and large Ivory, bone and wood tied
shaving brushes
English. French and American superior and fan
cy penetrating hair brushes of all sizes
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Plate, nail and comb brushes
Furniture, shoe and whitewash do
Sweeping and hearth brushes
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nia much admired durable and fancy silver wire
tooth brushes made on an improved plan, and
T u order ! w hh plain and fluted handles
John Barber’s and Thomas Scargill’s superior ra
zors, in single and double cases, made to or
der, warranted to please the purchaser or to
be returned
Day and Martin's imported shoe blacking
caume otto of roses, large and small size bottles
fearl powder for beautifying the skin
Maceoboy, Scotch and Cephalic snuffs
Lombard's fine cut chewing tobacco
]onqu m and Venella Beans -
Apothecary s scales and weights
s crow *n Lancets, spring lancets with ex
wades, with a fine assortment of surgical in
nunents, Apoteecary’r glass ware, &c. Togeth
|wfii a very general and extensive assortment I
’ Drugs, Medicines,Chemicals, patent Medicines,
Mooes, Dye stuffs, &c. All of which has been
•ected by himself for this market. Offered at
TU °lesale and retail by
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i FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1823.
Henry G. Lamar declines being a candidate for
Congress. We are sorry for it.
Our fellow citizen, John McPherson Berrien,
Senator in Congress, arrived here yesterday in
the Carolina, from Augusta.
From our oeliging friend in Washington, we
have received many valuable public documents,
of which we shall avail ourselves in the course of
cur remarks.
The Tariff Act having received the signature
of the President of the United, is published in the
National Intelligencer of the 21st ult.
; The Legislature of Ilhode-Island has passed an
; ordor of n °tice on a petition for a Rail Way from
Boston to Providence, and authorised a survey.
j Accident.— A negro man belonging to Mr. Wink
’fter was yesterday killed on board the steam boat
Cotton Plant, while on a pleasure excursion to Ty
bee. May not these repeated instances of such
serious calamnity be received as solemn admoni
tions, that the sabbath should be devoted to other
pursuits than idle recreation and lighthearted
mirth.
In tho state of very general depression in which
the agricultural interests of this section of coun
try languish, the attention of many of our most
intelligent citizens is turned to the subject of do
mestic manufactures. No country in the world
has greater tacilities for rearing up manufactur
ing establishments, than Georgia ; her numerous
streams scattered through every section of the
State ; the abundance with which all the necessa
ries of life can be produced, the cheapness of la
bor, and the low price of the raw material, all,
together, hold out inducements of no ordinary de
gree.
The progressive decline in the price of cotton,
through a scries of years, throughout tho world,
prove incontestibly, that the cultivation of that ar
ticle has been carried to too great extent, and
while the same cause, which has lowered the
pi ice, continues to operate, no reasonable man
can indulge the hope of any permanent rise.—
When there is more of any article made, than can
be consumed, every days experience teaches us,
that the value of it must sink in the market.—
Such is now the fact in regard to cotton ; and al
though the diminished price has a tendency to in
crease the demand, yet as the supply increases in
more than a like ratio, this increase of demand
cannot raise the value. Temporary and partial
causes may effect a temporary and partial advance;
yet while the supply more than meets the demand,
any such advance can neither be permanent nor
general.
The establishment of manufacturing villages
■ hroughout the State, would have a two-fold ef
fect ; Ist. it would substraet a portion ol capital
aud labor from the cultivation of cotton, which
‘•ranch of industry has already been carried too
‘ar, and 2dly. it would build up markets at home,
for many articles of agricultural produce, which
cannot be carried to a foreign market, and for
which, consequently, there is now no demand.—
This is an object of the utmost importance. The
planter now says he must make cotton, because
no other production of his plantation will com
mand money. But in the neighborhood of manu
facturing establishments, every article from tho
plantation would meet with a ready and prompt
sale. And thus could the growing of cotton be
regulated by the demand for it.
In the southern parts of the State there can be
no doubt but that the cultivation of the sugar cane
will soon become a very important branch of in
dustry. And the increased duty on sugar and mo
lasses, will give such an impulse to this business,
as will soon enable our planters not only to supply
ourselves, bat the northern states, with these ar
ticles, and thus compensate themselves for any
extra charges on northern woollens.
Amiust all the violence of feeling with which
the Presidential contest has-been urged, little or
nothing has been said in regard to the candidates
for the Vice Presidency. Among the Editors of
our own State, there is an occasional murmur
against Mr. Calhoun, though none that we have
heard of, has dared to name an opponent to him.
In truth Mr. Calhoun can never be forgiven by
the leading politicians in this State, for the decid
ed and effectual opposition he gave to Mr. Craw
ford in 1822, ’3 and ’4. And although he is at the
head of the opposition to the present administra
tion, the rallying point of the Jackson party, the
hidden power which is felt and not seen, the hand
behind the curtain which moves the wires, and
sets all the political puppets a-dancing ; yet such
is the degree of hostility against him in this State,
that our consistent politicians will sacrifice their
principles to their enmity; and by the ii opposi
tion to him, promote the success of the adminis
tration candidate ; whose exaltation, above all
others, will tend to put down those doctrines, for
which they are so strenuously contending !
The first Session of the twentieth Congress, has
now closed, and the members of that body from
this State, are about to return to their constitu
ents, to receive the reward of their labours. Most,
if not all of thorn, it is believed, will be candidates
for re-election ; and thus will, their past services,
whatever they may have been, be brought into re
view before the people. There have already been
numerous candidates announced in different sec
tions of the State, to oppose their claims, and it
may be presumed that their past conduct will be
closely scrutinized. To do this, is not only the
right, but the duty of the People.
The number of Candidates which have been an
n >unced, have not been called out by any public
expression of disapprobation, of the conduct of the
oresent delegation ta Congress, so far as we have
Ascertained, but it is rather the result of individ
lal competition. The present delegation, even if
mthing of a splendid nature has been acconiplish
d by them, have still watched over the interests
t'the State, with assiduous attention, —perhaps
Ath accurate and extensive intelligence. We,
r our own part, are so unfortunate as to differ
with most of our Representatives, in regard to the
THE ARGUS.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1828.
powers of the General Government, m encoura
ging internal improvement, and the policy to be
pursued for the encouragement of Domestic Man
ufactures.
It does appear to us, that a power, so essentially
necessary to tho prosperity of the nation, to its
safety, and very existence, as that of constructing
roads and canals, does and must, belong to Con
gress. It does not appear to us, to interfere with
any of those sovereign rights, reserved by the
states to themselves; nor does it seem to carry a
long with it, any danger to their safety or inde
pendence. Other politicians think differently.
But those who have observed how often the secret
(influence of parties give tone and excitement to
public opinion, should be cautious in receiving the
clamorous assertions of partizans as indubitable
truths.
| In regard to our Indian difficulties, we have
j been assured, that the strenuous, though concilia
ting and dignified, exertions, of our enlightened
Representative, Mr. Lumpkin, will shortly bring
, them to the most satisfactory conclusion. His ex
i tensive and intimate knowledge of Indian affairs,
has enabled him to recommend a course, a<t owns
acceptable to the government, and satislaclory to
ourselves. If there is any one individual among
our Representation, who more eminently than a
nother, deserves the grateful regards of his fel©w
citizens, it is this distinguished gentleman. Uni
ting the most gentlemanly manners, w T ith gnat
I zeal in tho cause of liia constitunents, he has doie
[ much to remove that prejudice and exasperated
feeling, which has so long interfered w r ith oir
rights and interests.
We have long been of opinion, that there an
individuals in this count’ 1 1 —we hope their number
is small—who are secretly inimical to the Union
of tho States, arid who are stedfastly aiming at
its dismemberment. For this purpose, advantage
is taken of every circumstance to excite and sti
mulate sectional prejudice ; to instil into the pub
lic mind distrust and hostility against the general
government, and insidiously break asunder those
bonds which bind together this great political
family under one head—a government, which can
exist only in the affections of the people. We
have more than reason to s itepect, that it is w T ith
this object, that many of those unceasing clamors
are raised about state rights and southern inter
ests—as if Congress, which is composed of the
people of the States, could form projects against
themselves! Or as if the small northern states,
which are as a grain of dust in the balance, could
trample on the rights of the South, who are
greatly superior to them in the weight of Repre
sentation! We have no doubt but there are ma
ny who sincerely dread the prevalence of what
they call the northern policy. But* if we mistake
not, those fears have been excited by the artful
insinuations of interested politicians ; who were
actuated more by selfishness than terror, and
whose arguments sprung, not from of dan
ger to the conntry, but a hope of advantage tOj
themselves. From such a source has sprung the
modern w atch -word of the party —that war-cry
which is to aro use the peaceful citizen to tumult
and excitement.
To show’ that our opinion, in regard to the hos
tility of certain politicians tow r ards the Union, and
their efforts to stir up the prejudices of the people
against it, w e insert several extracts from a poli
tical essay lately published in the Columbia Tele
scope, and republished in other papers.
“ It is now manifest, that the written contract
of our union contains no limitation, no safeguard
which the vote of a majority may not overleap;
that the minority are considered as having no
rights; and the general welfare is whatever a
bare majority may think fit to vote it to be.”—
[Perhaps it would suit this writer better, to place
the controling power in the hands of the minority!]
“ The proceedings of the present Session of
Congress is not the close, but the commencement
of a long train of oppressions wliich are openly
meditated.”
Such sentiments as these, widely disseminated
among the people, have the direct tendency of
sapping the foundations of our Union, which only
rest on the basis of public opinion. And the cer
tain object of which, when connected with such
language as the following, extracted from the
same article, cannot be mistaken ; viz. to sow jea
lousy and distrust, rancour, and hostility among
different sections of the nation, and finally to
snap those cords of union which now bind toge
ther the hearts and the hands of our countrymen
in harmony, peace, and friendship.
“ This is not all. Thus treated by those [the
people of the north] who regard you as their pro
perty—as their working cattle—who destine all
your earnings, all the proceeds of your labour to
their pocket—you are forbidden even to complain,
lest the patience of your proud and dignified op
pressors should be exhausted, they should be com
pelled to punish you for your teasing remon
strances !
You are treated in these northern papers, with
a contempt absolutely unexampled. You are
laughed to scorn; you are tauntefci with your
weakness ; it is asked what would you do, what
would become of you without northern protec
tion P
Your able and faithful Representatives in Con
gress, are abused, reviled; taunted—-designated
and treated as Bullies and Hotspurs ; and this, for
merely doing their tiuty, and endeavouring, tho’
in vain, to obtain some protection for your rights
and mterests!”
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—The
amendments of the Senate to the bill making ap
propriations for the Indian Department, being un
der consideration, (in Committee of the wliole*
Mr. Taylor in the chair.)
Mr. Lumpkift said, the bill on the table, as it
passed the House, set apart $50,000 to enable the
President of the United States to extinguish the
Cherokee claims to all the lands which they occu
py within the limits of Georgia, and thereby fulfil
a long delayed obligation on the part of the Unit
ed States. Now, sir, [said Mr. L.] the amend
ment of the Senate proposes also to extinguish the
Cherokee title to all the lands within the limits of
the State of North Carolina—this, too, is to be
done out of the sum 6et apart by this House, for
the specific enabling this government
to fulfil its obligations to the State of Georgia.
Mr. L. said, Sir, while I express a confident
hope that this Committee w 11 refuse to concur
with the Senate in placing North Carolina, (on
this occasion) upon an equal footing wiih Geor
gia—l wish to be distinctly understood, as enter
taining none but the kindest feelings toward#
North Carolina. He said, while protested a
gainstthe interest £ and wishes of North Carolina
being attached to til jii claims and demands oi
Georgia, as an unnatural alliance, which would
place Iho wishes and interest of one State upon an
equal footing with the just demands and rights oj
another , he would again repeat that he entertain
ed all the friendly feels of a good neighbor to that
! State. He highly respected her Representatives
with whom he was associated here, as well as the
people they represented.
Mr. L. said, as a Representative of the State of
Georgia, he felt it to be an imperious duty which
devolved on him, upon this and all similar occa
sions, to vindicate the rights and interest of the
! State, and not suffer himself to be led astray, by
a compromising spirit of condescension to his good
neighbors. Mr. L. said, the item of fifty thou
sand dollars was incorporated in that bill, at his
instance, and as “the phaseology will show, for the
purpose of extinguishing the Cherokee claims, to
the lands in Georgia, and thereby satisfy her, and
fulfil a contract which this Government bound it
self to perform, more than a quarter of a centurv
ago. The propriety of this appropriation so far
as it relates to Georgia, has, at the present ses
sion of Congress, underwent the scrutiny and in
vestigation of two committees of this House—was
then discussed in Committee- of the whole House
—and lastly by the House itself ; and has been
sactioned by all, with a very near approach to
unanimity. It was sent in this form to the other
branch of the Legislature. It % now returned to
us with this amendment,,’ including North Caro
lina, and that too, without the subject of extin
guishing Indian titles within that state being even
submitted to the consideration of this House, or
any one of its committees. Sir, this is joining
together that which should be kept asunder As
well might Tennessee and Alabama propose to
be included with Georgia ; and thereby delay the
just demands of Georgia, which have so often
been a fruitful subject of irritation and conflict be
tween that state and this government. The
claims of Georgia upon this Government to ex
tinguish the Cherokee title, as soon as it can be
done on reasonable and peaceable terms, is im
perative ! and that it may be accompliseed upon
such terms as I consider reasonable and peaceable,
I have strong confidence, if the proper means be
resorted to by this Government ; but, I am not
prepared to concur in the attempt to extinguish
the Cherokee title to any lands in Georgia, is
completed by this government. This policy of
extinguishing the Cherokee tit le, in the adjoining
state's, hae already thrown the largest portion of
the Cherokee population on the Territory of Geor
gia, and has been the principal cause of the disa
bility of this Government to comply with its obli
gations to Georgia ; in this is to be found the
want of good faith on the part of this Govern
ment.
Mr. Chairman :—lt is true that lam decidedly
in favour of the emigration plan, and believe the
Indians can never prosper while they remain in
any of the States or Territories of this Union.
And I shall never content until I see them planted
in permanent and good homes West of the Mis
sissippi river, and then I would never “ leave them
nor forsake them,” until I made them as comfort
able and happy as any township or village in New
England. With all due regard to the interest of
other States, in which the Cherokees reside, I
hope they will not consider me as illiberal, or
bearing upon their interests, while I protest
against extinguishing the Cherokee title to one
acre of land in any of those States, until the de
mands of Georgia upon this Government be fully
and completely complied with, as contained in the
compact of ABO 2.
Should I fail of success in my views, in relation
to the emigration of the Indians generally, never
theless I feel assured that justice may be extended
to Georgia, by removing the Indians from her
toil, and settling them in the Territory which they
occupy in other States, where the right of soil is
admitted to be in the United States. Yes Sir, this
can be done without violence to the rights, inter
est, md prosperity, of the Cherokee Indians ; for
I speak advisedly when I state to this Committee,
that tie Cherokee Indians claim lands out of the
limitsof Georgia suflicient in extent and quality
to sustain them in comfort for a centur v to come.
Mr. Chairman, I consider this amendment of
the Senate injurious to the interests of Georgia.
I consder it an untimely appendange, calculated,
in sone degree, to retard the fulfilment of the
obligaion of this government to the state of Geor
gia. i, therefore, with great confidence, look to
this Committee, and this House, and trust they
will rtfuse to concur with the Senate in their pro
posedamendment.
WASHINGTON, May 23.
In the Senate yesterday, the resolution
submitted on Wednesday by Mr. Kane,
directing tlre Secretary of the Navy to re
port the number and names of Midship
men, with the States from which they have
respectively been appointed since the pre- ;
sent session of Congress, was considered
and agreed to. The bill authorizing a
subscription to the stock of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company, was read
the third time and passed. The bill from
the House of Representatives,altering the
duties on imported Wii.es, and the bill mak
ing an appropriation lor the N vy Hospital
Fund, were twice read and referred. The
Senate went into the consideration of Exe
cutive business, and after being engaged
therein for nearly two hours, the doors
wera opened when the following bills from
the House, making appropriations for the
first quarter of 1829, were read twice and
referred, viz: the bill making appropriati
ons for the support of the Navy of the Uni
ted States ; the hill making appropriations
for the suppression of the Slave Trade;
the bill making an appropriation for the
Military Service of the United States; the
bill appropriations for the payment
of the Revolutionary and other pensioners
of the United Slates; and the bill making
appropriations for certain fortifications.—
The following bills were also lead twice,
and referred: the bill making appropria
tions to carry into effect certain Indian
Treaties ; the bill making an appropriation
for the purchase of Books, and for other
purposes: the hill to authorize the Post 1
Master General to erect an additional
Building, and to employ five additional
Clerks ; the bill authorizing the Legislative
Council of the Territory of Michigan, to
take charge of the School Lands in said
Territoty : the bill allowing compensation
to the members of the Legislative Council
of the Territory of Arkansas ; the bill to
authorize the licensing of vessels to be em
ployed in the Mackerel Fishery; the bill
the President of the United States to hold
a treaty with the Chippewa, Ottowa, Pot
towafamie, Winnebagoe, Foxes and Sacs
Nations of Indians; and the resolution from
the House, in relation to the manner oi ex
ecuting the Printing, ordered by both
Houses of Congress.
I The Senate then adjourned to meet to
morrow morning at 10 o’clock
WASHINGTON, May 24.—1n the Senate,yes
terday, the bill to enlarge the powers of the several
Corporations of the District of Columbia and for
other purposes, was passed. The Bill for abolish
ing the office of Major General was considered,
and amended by a provision for the abolition of Bre
vet Rank in the army. The bill as amended, was re
jected by a vote of 20 to 20, the Vice President not
being present. At 4 o’clock, the Senate took a re
cess till six, the President protempore took the
Chair, and a quorum not appearing, the Senate ad
journed.
In the House of Representatives, Mr M’Duifie
gave notice that he should to day ask the House
to take up the report of the Select Committee on
the subject of the recent assault. Mr. Gor.nan,
as ono of the minority of that Committee, offered
a proposition, which he intended to move as an a
mendment to the resolutions appended to the re
port of the Select Committee. This substitute re
solves that the Sergeant at Arms take Russell Jar
vis into custody, and bring him to the bar of the
House, to receive a reprimand, and that then he
be discharged; and further, that the Speaker with
hold from him the privilege of admission to tiie
floor, usually allowed <‘. i ‘£drt*lrs. Some objections
were made to the receiving and printing the prop
osition, but it was finally carried in the affirma
tive. The House concurred in the amendment
made by the Senate in the Bill to enlarge the pow
ers of the {Several Corporations of the District.
Various other Senate bills were acted on, and the
House adjourned about balf past five o’clock, after
rejecting several propositions to take a recess.
The bill to enlarge the powers of the several
Corporations in the District of Columbia passed
the Senate yesterday,with an amendment striking
out the third section. That section provides for
the taxing of articles which may pass down the Ca
nal, and is connsidered of minor importance. The
House concured in the amendment; so that the
bill has now finally passed.
The Senate yesterday rejected the bill from the
House of Representatives to abolish the oificee pf
Major General. We are glad to find, in this in
stance, that a sounder discretion, and more liberal
views, exist in the Senate, than we found in the
House, when that question was submitted to it.—
W T e are glad to perceive that the crude, narrow*,
and unstatesrnanlike opinions of so large a portion
of the House, on the subject, have been thus cor
rected by the salutary interference of the other
branch ; and that tbe symmetry and efficiency of
our military system are not to be among the first
offerings on the* shrine of retrenchments.— Jour.
LATEST FROM EJfGLAXD .
The packet ship Amethyst , at Boston, brought
Liverpool papers of the 21st, and London of the
20th ult.— Alley contain no later intelligence from
the Continent, than has reached us by way of
France.
On the 10th an express arrived in London from
Paris, whose intelligence did not transpire that
day.
It wa3 said that the ship Lyra , had arrived in
England from Lisbon, with despatches to April
8 : but nothing had been published.
A petition has been presented in the British
Parliament against the importation of lead.
1000 Journeymen weavers have petitioned that
a rate of wages shall be fixed by law, below’ whi6h
employers shall not be allowed to go in their pay.
A call has been made for a return of the Mavo-
Population. The Anti-Slavery Society of Liver
pool has petitioned. It wishes Sugar from Slave
labor not to be encouraged. It states that the
slaves in the colonies have diminished 28,000.
The Scotch Surgeons have petitioned for some
legislative enactment by which they may be able
to obtain subjects for dissection.
The people of New South Wales have petition
ed for a Legislature, equal representation and trial
by jury. They stale their number at 55,000
35,000 free English. The residue convicts. Go
vernment returns give the British population at
40,000 —only 18,04)0 free.—lt w’as remarked in
Parliament that party spirit raged, owing to the
number of persons of education among fne con
victs, and that such should not be sent out.
The British ships C’tcsar, and Bengal, whiidi
sailed from St. Helena, Feb. 25, have both arriv
ed safe in England. This seems to leave no
chance for the Topaz.
Cowes, April 18.—The Sunbury, arrived last
night, from the Mauritius, was plundered Sthinst.
lat. 40, 37, N. long. 22, 23, by a brig under Bue
nos Ayres colours, of several sails, cordage, other
stores and small part of her cargo. The pirates
took master and carpenter on board their vessel,
(armed with (i carriage guns and a large one on a
pivot, with about 30 men, 220 tons, painted yel
low on the bulwarks and ports) kept them confin
ed from half past 3>to 10 P. M. when they put them
on board, after taking the Captain’s money, the
men s clothes and the mates w’atch. Crew ap
peared to be principally Italians and Spaniards ;
an Englishman seemed to be the leader, but he
called himself an American.
Tho Earl of Dalhousie, present Governor oftho
Canadas, is again said to be going to India as Go
vernor.
Sir Walter Scott, was in London at the latest
dates.
Ihe King was to hold a drawing room on the
23d, and soon after was to give a juvenile hall.
Mademoiselle Sontag was drawing crow’ded
houses at the opera house.
While the Medway, capt. Wight, was in Ba
hia, refresliing, on her voyage to New South
Wales, a small schooner came in from the coast
of Africa, with 400 slaves. It appeared that she
had originally taken on board 600 in all, male and
female, but being chased by a ship of war, to pre
vent capture and to lighten the vessel, the cap
tain had thrown 200 of them overboard.
The Odessa article adds, “ that above one hun
dred transports of different nations have been
placed at the disposal of the Commissariat depart
ment. The government has signed contracts
with several merchants and captains of snips for
the material and the wine which may be required
for an army on its march in the interior of Tur
key.” An article from Berlin, March 9, observes
“ the private letters from Petersburgh say that the
war with Turkey is considered close at hand, and
that the people had received the news with the
greatest joy. It was said in that capital that or
ders had been given to fit out all tbe ships of war
at Sebasto—all which are to join the fleet in the
Black Bea, and it is thought this fleet will be sent
to cruize at the entrance of the Bosphorus. Many
vessels are fitting out at Odessa.”
An account from Warsaw, March 24, speaks
with great rapture of the prospect that their “be
loved Monarch” will passthrough that city onlua
waj r to the army, and declares that he will receive
the homage of the Polish nation. Letters from
St. Petefsburgh also announce that many persons
of distinction will shortly arrive at Warsaw, and
among them a great monarch and a foreign states
man, w hose presence will cause great = surprise.
The Grand Duke Constantine was then at War
saw, but his head quarters were at Dublin. The
field equipage .of the Emperor Nichohts had ar
rived In the environs of Brody.
The Morning Chronicle of the 19th says—Lord
Prudhoe is now in Constantinople, and writes that
the English were there treated with the utmost
kindness and consideration, and he thinks that the
Porte is assured of the support of England in the
event of Russia invading her. The editor says,
if the Turks count on the support of England,they
are deceiving themselves; their government can
never be so imprudent as to involve the country
in a war for any such object as the defence of
Turkey.
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