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Volume XJ
rrHLISHEO WEEKLY,
BY PHILIP C. GUI El 7 .
|T23” NEW ARRANGEMENT.
As experience has discovered 1o us the little
attention paid o printing and :hi, and the
diflicnl’ v aud expense in collecting such debts;
l as a few only can be caiied liberal in paying
punctually u hat they nw t justly, to the printer,
we lavt , after due consideration, come to this
conc'u-non, that we ouoht hot to give credit
‘ e are compe'led,'herefoie, to adopt anew
pWn In cOnseqnnce of his determination,
•/’ terms sltull in future be,for the paper three
collars per annum# if paid in advance—four
dollars, if paid within six months—and five
dollars if paid only a 1 the end of ‘he year
For advcrtis meats, they are to be paid in ad-
Vance hiitriff tales e*r< pied which are to be
paid quarterly. The above ruies shall be
su icily observed, and n<> one need apply who
ia n *■ ready to comp'y with them
1 erin -i of Adver u.g, 75 cents per square
for the first ins- tion, and 62 4-2 centi for
each continuation.
Foreign Intelligence.
LdiThSl FUOJIJ I UkOPE.
Nrw-York, March 20.
By the ship r I'zabeth. Capain
Smith, arrived yfsferdav from Ha
vre. the Editor of the Vdvocale has
received his tiles of Pa"!* pipers,
and is also indebted to the Editois
of the Commercial Advertiser for
the loan of the latest papers.
The affairs of Spain remaiu in a
very unsettled state.
The decree recently issued by
Krig Ferdinand respeeli ghis Ime
riean tY.loiiKs will be found io this
<Jav% paper The question of Cont
mer< ial interests detached from
that respecting the Independence of
the Colonies.
The Greek tausc continued to
prosper.— I heir latul.ng in the Isle
of Mitvlene was attended with com
plete sij.m ess.
A privnte letter* dated Syra,
(Greece) Feh. 2d, slates that ait ex
pedite has recently been sent out
Against tSie Lie of Srio, Hie Greek
tr oops, to tiie number of about 4000
men, lauded near the fun cess of
that Island, completely routed the
Turkish i roupm-and <u;:pe.led them
to shut themselves up in the castle,
where they are now bio kaded. A
squadron of twelve vessels from *ly- t
dm and fpura, aocompauied by
thee fi e ships, are cruizing in ihe
chancel of Ario. to prevent the en
trati of succour in troops, or am- j
munition, which might come from J
Asia, tortile garrison in the cast'e.
Several of the prin iplr 5 iols, dis
tinguished by heir rn he or merit,
re at ihe head of the expedition. It
is worthy of remurk .hat some of
them aro the sain** persons iha. were
■o', warmly opp •aed to the former
•XlVdition the Simians, tr* 1822,
V-.ich was so ill combi*. ( .d, The ;
principal expence of the enterprise
is also paid by riiese men. A park
of riege artillery, v ffi lent to a
ta-k ihe fortress r? oe Isla.u., was
embarked at [Napoli di Romanm.arid
lias arrived at its dcslK ation. Sev- .
eral vessels laden with an.munition
ad provisions have also sailed from >
Syra for the same place.
PARIS, February Iff
• The following is from the Journal
i]rs Ihbatsi —
The five per cents, for money ex
ceeded par to-day, (February 17 )
It is an event which will form an
epoch in the history of our fi >a? es.
Under the ancient regime ihe 5 per
never ex-ceded ‘4 ; and un
der Bonaparte they never rose high
er than Pi. It wa* reserved for the
Constitutional regime, and a loyal
ist administration to see them at
par.
The Opposition incessantly repeat
that Fiance will he overwhelmed
with loans.
It is true that we owe 197.000,000
of rentes ; 63 millions are anterior
to the restoration and result from
old debts of the State,
One hundred and thirty were cre
ated to liquidate the arreufs of the
revolution, and the btudtns imposed
upon us by the Hundred Days.
Four millions have been constitu
ted for the Spanish war ; aod out .f
the 197.000.000 w hich form the total
debt, these four mitiions are the .ly
part that belongs to the King's Gov
ern meat.
Did the Opposition reflect duly
when they exposed thetnsvlves to
receive by fans u c b a reply u their
dcdcioraucijs 2
The Washington News.
."PNM-ril DritPriE
The following copy of the King
of Spain’s Decree, of the 9th insi.
relative to the American t’olunie*.
ra< bed us last night by e.xpress
By my preceding Decrees, I abol
ished iu my ultra marine States the
soi (iisaut Coostiiutional regime,
aud re-established my Government
there upon the footing that it exis'ed
previous to March 7th, 1820, as it
took place in the Peninsula. The
provisions concerned only the imer
oal regime. As to the commercial
relations f signified to the auriiori
ties by my Ordonnance of Jan. Atii,
that they were to maintain ibose re
latioas as they existed, with the con
sent of the local chief. Having
since that period heard my Council
of the Indies, and my Council of
Ministers, I have resolved to ordaiu
as follows :
1. File direct commerce shall he
maintai ed iu tny American States
with foreigners, subjects of Powers
in alliance and amity with Spain;
am) the trading vessels of the said
Powers will be allowed to traffi’ in
those ports, as they are iri the ports
of my European States.
2. V Decree ahail he issued, or a
Law ena ted to regulate this com
merce, anil determine (he ports in
which if shall he carried on, as well
in the North Sea and the Islands,
as in the Pa ifin O :ean. Custom
Houses shall be estahli-bed where
import and export duties shall be
received upon the footing ol equal
i*v between the subjects of the said
Pawe? s.
3. It shall likewise be determined
by the regulations upon this subject,
what advantages, preferences and
exemption* ought to be granted to
Spanish ‘mni.neree.navigation, agri
cult and in an u far lures,
4 Until the two foregoing artl
cles can receive their perfect execu
tion, no innovation shall he made in
the actual state of ihe commerce of
Amri-p'*; ru*d it ha!! h? inflated
as murii as possible, in other res
pens, to what is the practice with
regard to the Island of Cuba.
The American Spaniards will see
in these measures a fresh proof of
my warm desires to increase their
prosperity; the European Spaniards
will see the firm resolution to se
cure to them ihe exemptions aud
preference to which they are enti
tled ; i lie merchants of good faith
of all countries will see the inten
tion to preserve aod favour the ex
bring mercantile relations, and the
advantageous employment of their
capita! ; and lastly the allied or
Iricudly Sovercsg is aod Govern
ments, will behold a public testimo
ny of the value that I attach to the
preservation of the harmony and
good understanding that unites U3.
London , Sunday Evening. Feb. 22.
WAR WITH ALGIERS.
The fallowing no'ifi-ation of hos
tilities having oomuic.ced against
the Regency of Algiers, ap
peared in the Gazette of Saturday
night.
Admiralty Office. Fb 21.—Des
patches,dated the 31st of last m >nth,
aod Ist inst. have tins morning been
received at this office, from the
hon Captain Spencer, of his Majes
ty’s ship Naiad (who had been di
rected to proceed to Algiers,*o make,
in **oojuaction with his Majesty’s
Consul at that Regency, a remon
strance against some late proceed
ings of the Dey,) stating that his
negoi iation bad ended unsatisfario
rily, and that the Consul was obli
ged lo strike the British flag, and
embark on hoard his Majesty’s ship.
Capt. Spencer further reports,
tbaf having met an Algerine cor
vette, he tell it, under his instruc
tions, liis duty to attack her, and
that she was laid on board, and cap
tured in the most handsome manner,
by his Majesty’s brig Cameiion,
when Capt. Spencer had the satis
faction to fiod that he had rescued
17 Spaniards, whom the Algerines
was arrying into slavery.
The causes ot this w arlike decla
ration on our part, are, it appears,
*wo tvd—vrp, the refusal on the
part of the Dev, to make reparation
for an insult offered to tbr British
Consular flag, of what uature does
WASHINGTON, (georgia) SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1824.
not yet appear ; ihe other— a decla
ration that he was resoled no ling
er to observe <b? terms cf a treaty
made with him, not to retain any
Christian captives ofanyoarion in
a state of slavery. Cap'nin Spen
cer’s exploit, recorded ab;-ve, was
the immediate coisscqierqe of the
latter dete: nrioafior.
Admiralty Office , Feb. ti.—This
bto give notice, that He Lords
Commissioners of the Admira/ly
will immediately appoint covvoyg, to
afford protection to ihe iryis thro 9
(he S rails of Gibraltar, aid wbbin
ihe Mediterranean, until tie and ifer
em-es with the regency of Algiers
shall he arranged.
J W. CRfkFR.
Frankfort papers to the 16<h inst.
arrived yesterday. The Gazette of
Sol cure contains the cpy <jf h com
plimentary lettei from the King of
France, in reply to the ewgrafula
tioo of the Swiss, on his conquest
ot Spain. Anew Ordinance, pub
is lied at Geneva, subjects Foreign
ers lo personal appearance befoie
the pohec on their arrival, and at
the Alien Office, if their residence
should exceed three weeks—the pen
alties for non-compliance are fine
and imprisonment.
From the National Inteliigei cer of 27th ult,
Ini'fd States and Great Britain.
In the House of Commons, the
17th ult. a long speech was deliv
ered l y Lord Nugent, on the con
duct of his Majesty’s Ministers to
wards Spain, and condemning, io
the strongest teims, their calm sub
mission to the French blockade of
Ladiz, and the ude and provoking
manner of some of the French hoar
ding officers. He also condemned
the withdrawal of Sir William A’-
C’ourt from his post, and pointed
out, in glowing colors, the degra
dation to which the Fughsh govern
ment had been lowered. He then
broke out in the following
■ Jl,c* tiw Uunsr IrrmT” UIC faand
judge Mr. Appleton, the Ameri
can charge d’affaires at Cadiz was
preparing a protest to the Duke of
Angouleme, in the matter of cer
tain American vessels detained at
Cadiz. Two English captains of
merchant ships, who had entered
Cadiz and token iu their cargoes
prior to the French blockade being
deriared—who were lyieg in the
hatbor to the ruin of thdirowners,
and saw no means of application,
nor British authorities to apply to—
these captains went to Mr Apple
ten, the American mioitter. and
intreated as a favor, (halhe would
have the goodness to ineltde their
nair.es in <he protest. Hele t then,
was the British flag asking protec
tion from the Americans against the
French. As for the Americans,
they were our brother* in
and in feeling. He trusted that he
would always think of them as he
thought of them now—with the
warmest interest and admiration.
He hoped, at some period, to see
England and America linked in the
bunds of the closest interest and
amity, forming a rallying point for
the rights a; and liberties of the wprld;
and lie trusted that ths time at
which he should behold this, was
not very far distant, hut he might
be allowed to feel some jealousy, ‘
some slight humiiia inn, at seeing j
the interest of the British Jag a- j
bandoned by the British nAuister,
and seeking, though from \
America, yet still protect/on from *j
a foreign power. For tht effect of
this inglorious policy, asregarded
England, we need now loik only at
the Spanish ports, and see all the
commerce of the country ;ut der the
control and in the hands <it France.
French vessels, he was {informed,
were admitted duty free tito every !
port of Spain, while heavy duties
were still levied upon the ships ot
G. Britain ”
From the Alexandria Herald.
MOST HORRIfILE.
at Captain Hedges, of thi brig Ran. ;
ger, arrived here 00 Monday, from
Isle of May, reports the following
horrible transactions:
He was informed, by the captain
of a British vessel who had arrived
at the Lie of May, from Madeira,
that a few days pray tons te hi* sail-
jr.g, the sehooncr Napoleon was
j brought into the latter place by a
j cutter, which had been sent out for
: the purpose—the c fibers of the Na
! poleon having been cruelly murder
ed by three of the crew who were
‘ shipped at Savannah.
The particulars are these: One
of the crew, being an active fellow,
was taken from before the mast by
the captaiu to relieve the mate, and
received into the cabin, where he as
certained that there was a sum of
specie on board, which fact he com
municated to two other sailors (for
eigners) who formed and executed
their hellish designs to get the mo
ney, by striking the captain to the
deck (with tho cook’s axe,) whence
they carried him to the windlass
and there chopped off his bead with
the axe and threw him overboard !
The male hearing tiie struggle on
deck,came up io ascertain the cause;
and soon shared the same fate ! The
cook was next taken from the fore
castle—-his head also severed from
his body, and both thrown over
board !
Another person jumped overboard
aud was drowned in preference to
being murdered. A passenger, who
was at the time id the cabin, went
to the compaoion-way aud begged
the crew to spare his life. They
asked if he would join. He consent
ed—and his life was spared. The
uiutinecrs then entered the cabin,
ransacked it, touud liquor, and soon
became drut*k. A small buy was
left at the helm, and the passenger
got on deck.
The boy soon steered the vessel
for the land, and when within one
half or three quarters of a mile of
it, the passenger lowered the boat,
gained the shore, and shortly after
the vessel was taken possession of
by the soldiers and carried into Ma
deira, with all the murderers, by or
der of the authorities.
The Napoleon hails from Yar
moutD, iViass.-o-Laptain Hall v/as
from Plymouth, Mass. He is rep
resented as being an amiable man,
without fatuity, aud has made one
or more voyages from Alexandria.
The above transactions occurred
in FunchaU Roads, in the night,
some day last month, while the ves*
sel was becalmed.
The prisoners, it was supposed,
would be scut to the United States
for trial j
To the Editors of the Richmond En •
quiver.
Washingfm* Bareli 17,1824.
I break a loi.g silence aod in groat
haste, to inform you of the sentence
of the Court Martial upon Lieut,
Kennon of the Navy, which is just
made known :
“The Court.having duly aud ma
turely considered the same, do And,
that the specifications in support of
the change exhibited against the ac
cused are not proved—and they ad
judge (hat the accused is fully ac
quitted of the charge and the spe
cifications thereof alleged against
him.”
This sentence is approved by the
Secretary & sent to Lieut. Kenno'a
to-day at Norfolk. But at the same
time he has orders to go out in the
Peacock to the Paoifio aud join the
frigate United States—is told that
some parts of his defence 7, re not ap
proved—and that it is not the iuten
tion of the Depart men't to order the
arrest and trial of Com. Porter upon
the charges preferred by Lieut. Keu
non against him ! >
The proceedings of the late trial
will not be published,—Kennon will
obtain no redress for his multiplied
wrongs and great expenses—the
Guvernment will hear none of the
farts connected with the murder of
Liiut . Cocke at Porto Rico ! and the
fit st act of the new Secretary is to
tell young officers to submit implicit
ly to tbeindignities and abuse of their
commanders io any shape, ar and to
sanction the monstrous principle as
serted some time ago by a certain
officer, “that laws were not made
for Post Captains ” / /
Os the great sensation occasioned
by this aet of the Secretary, you
shall hear more aaon-
AIRiLND
i
LIEUTEJTdXT U. KEXXOX,
As (he conductors of a free press>
we abjure every thing that wears
even tho semblance of oppression•
and therefore feel ourselves call< *1
upon to pubtirii the following ierici
as an act of justice to Lieut. Ken
non, and in discharge of what wo
consider a duty to the public. Sousa
may infer that the author intends to
censure the conduct of the Court in
not expressing an opinion Upon the
conduct of the prosecutor of Lieot.
K. but in this wo do not concur,
believing that the writer eould noE
have thought it their province so io
do.—Neither are we apprised that is
was the duty of the Secretary of the
Navy to express an opinion upon
the demerits of the prosecutor, fur
ther than became necessary in an.
nounring the acquittal of Lieut. K
We have too muoh confidem e iu
those who administer our Govern
ment, o believe for a moment, iuiv
Lieut. Kenuon will be denied tin
right of arraigning his proseet
tor, should he he so disposed, bt
of this we are confident, that then
is an omnipotence in public opinion
that will compel the publication ot
the proceedings in the trial, sb u!d
the accused jc.quireit—maugre the
disposition may exist at Washington
to withheld them.
The N*vv is not less a favorite
than an effective branch of the pub
lic service, and the reputation of e
very officer in it materially oon
; eerns them—it is their earnest de
sire (we speak for this section oC
country) to see the evidence against
thisoffi er, and we trust there will
not be found any one toquestion their
; right, so long a9 the Government is
called a Republic.—Xorf blli beacon
Extract of a letter to the Editors of*
the beacon, dated
Richmond. 19th March, 1824.
“ I have this moment returned!
from Washington, and knowing tho
interest you and your readers fak©
in the sentence of the Court Martial
lately held upon Lieut. Kennon, £
take great pleasure in informing
you that it was just made known a#
I left the city, and that it “full#
acquits ” that worthy officer upo©
every charge and specification, Uu>
Court declaring that they are “ not
proved
“I understood this would be mad*
known to Lieut. K
and that he weuld be ordei-rd r g®
out passenger in the Peacock*
from your port to resume tho
situation he held on hoard the fri-%
gate United Htafes, previous to hi*
arrest. The Secretary consider*
this a sufficient recompense for all
Lieui K“ monN wrong..!
and expenses! The ■ ourt pronouao®
no censure upon his Prosecutor, nop
does the secretary deem it propet?
for him to bestow any mark of re*
prehension for a libellous and anon*
ymous at* ark upon a subordinate of*
finer, tUe charges against whom a
select Court* after “duly and ma
turely considering the same,” de
clare are i( not proved”! /
“Withholding the sentence from
Lieut. K. until the eve of the Pea
cock's sailing, completely deprive*
him of the right he has, io a copy
of the proceedings for publinatioo*
and I was assured, at the Depart
ment, that nothing but the sentence
would be sent to the Press from that
Quarter l
“My authority justifies the most
implicit reliance upon these facts,
and I impart them to you with e
qual ot’ofideoce in their truth.
“Io a course like this, and will*
reference to one of the most aggra
vated insults to which a youog offi
cer was ever subjected, I am sorry
to say. but one opinion prevails w*tli
regard to the new Secretary ] Might
against Right must now he consider
ed as the doctrine of the Navy Dc*
partment!
“I trust there will not be a voic®
in the country that will not be rais
ed against such svsceinatic oppies
sion, nor a Press that will n*#t free
riy be employed to give it* denuncia
tion rise most ample circulation sail
effect.—Let the friends of the Navy
look Cos 1 his in reason.”
Extract of a letter to the Elditor qf
the Herald , dated
[Ni 15.
