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Timlicrs in Dim. iron, bolts and
{•lank for covering 156 00
Shu t piling 56 00
S< curing t > guard looks&.momiils 200 00
C lrjv nt rs, nil laborers work it
contingencies 400 00
Grubbing, 210 00
Guard Locks at ends of Canal, 1000 00
Aggregate, S “474 00
JVorthern Section.
Section 1.
22,586 cubic yards at lOcts. 2238 60
Section 2.
26,481 cubic yards at 11 cts. 2312 01
Section 3.
2G,491 cubic yards at 11 cts. 2012 01
Culmt, 350 00
Section 4.
24,024 cebic yards at 10 cts. 2402 40
Section 5.
31,359 cubic yards at 12 cts. 4123 OS
Section 6.
12,222 cubic yards at 10 cts. 1222 20
10,699 cubic yards at 14 cts. 2757 72
1,639 cubic yards at 20 cts. 327 60
Section 7.
14,730 cubic yards at 14 i ts. 2HO£ 20
1,170 cubic yards at 20 cts. 234 00
16,206 cubic yards at 10 cts. 1629 60
Culvert, 350 00
Section 8.
10,305 cubic yards at 12 cts 2316 60
DrJn, 240 00
Section 9.
1,650 cubic yards at 10 cts 165 00
32,;96 cubic yards at 15 eta 4932 90
1,576 cubic yards at 20 et.s 315 20
2,262 cubic yards at 10 cts 226 20
Culvert, 350 00
Section 10.
13,110 cubic yards at 10 cts 1314 00
0,769 cubic yards at 12 rts 812 16
522 cubic yards at 20 cts 104 40
Si ction J 1
17,892 cubic yards at 13 its 2325 96
5,541 cubic yards at 10 cts 554 40
1,849 cubic yards at 20 cts SCO 60
Section 12.
6,600 cubic yards at 10 cts 660 00
0,1 0 cubic yards at 14 cts 1281 00
600 cubic yards at 20 cts 120 00
Section 13.
0,150 cubic yards at 14 cts 1281 00
600 cubic yards at 20 cts 120 00
10,000 cubic yards at 12 cts 1200 00
720 cubic yards at 10 cts 72 00
Waste g.*Us and weir across
Pip: maker’s Cre-k, 500 00
. Section 14.
18,330 cubic yards at 13 cts 2382 00
1,170 cubic yards at 20 cts 234 00
Section 15.
7,050 cubic yards at 10 cts 705 00
600 cubic yards at 20 cts 120 00
9,120 cubic yards at 11 cts 1032 UO
I,4locubic vurdsat 13 cts 197 20
Section 16.
1 1,820 cubic yards at 10 cts 1482 00
2,310 cubic yards at 20 cts 46» 00
Section 17.
14,820 cubic yards at 10 its 1482 00
2,340 cubic yards at 20 cts 409 00
Section 19.
20,600 c bio yards at 10 cts 2060 00
3,420 cubic yards at 20 cts 684 00
Bridges, 500 00
Grubbing, 7200 00
Waste weirs, 1000 00
Clearing passage through
Pipilinker’s Crick, 5000 00
F.-ciier from Ur at Ogi eciiee, 6000 00
13 llct Lockage at j> 100 5200 00
$79,283 it
Contingencies at 10 pi ret. is 7923 90
$37,217 64
RECAPITULATION*.
Southern section, $39158 00
Little Oss*** eh. e. 7474 00
ISoittiern section, omi <j‘»
Aggregate, $132349 74
II the Canal should end at the City
of Savannah, it will cost £ 162,676,
and which augments the expence
j. 29,827. The average exp nee ol
tne excavation, is nearly $ 8,000,
and li tv lake this sum, and allow
ing the distance to he 50 miles be
tween the Ogoechee and Altamaha
Rivers, and putting on the contingent
amount, and grubbing, it will amount
to $ 180,000, and the whole expcnce
of both routes, ending at Savannah,
w ill ho jJ 642,676.
The expence of the route is en
hanced hv encountering a depth ol
excavations deeper than is necessary
to construct the hanks. But if the
Canal could he located at a medium
di pin, and pass through common
soils, the cost per mile would amount
to jji oUOO.
\ou will also observe that the di
mensions ol the Canal is greater tnan
that oi the Nevv-Yurk Canals
The utility ol tiie contemplated
Canal, 1 have considered under the
following heads :
1. In view of the internal naviga
tion of the countiy.
2. The present prices paid for
transput tation.
3. A comparison of the advanta
ges ot transportation on the Canal.
In taking a geographical view ol
the btute, we perceive that the di
rection of the Contemplated Canal
passes the Great Ogeechee, and the
Counouchee, and ends on the North
margin ol the Altamaha River; and
that it lays half-way between the sea
Coast and the mountainous part oi
the State.
The principal tributaries of the
Altamaha, is the Oconee, the Ocrnul
gee, ami tiie Great Ohoopie. The
hr»t is navigable 120 miles, the sec
ond 160, and the last. 40. The dis
tance lroin the forks to Darien, is
200 mil s, and to the mouth of the
Ohoopie 3d miles. The distance
from Darien to Savannah, through
the inland passage, is 150 miles.
1 iie length ol the Oconee to Darien,
is 020 miles The Ocinulgee 350
miles, and tlie Ohoopie and Altama
ha River to Darien, is 204 miles, li
we add the 1 ngth of the inland pas
sage, the distance from Savannah, i
to the head of the Oconee, 470 miles
The Ocinulgee, 510 “
The Ohoopie, 364 “
The length of the Canal from the
Altamaha Uivcr to the City of Sa
vannah, is titi miles; and the iollow-'
i"g Rivers to the head of their navi
gation.
The Oconee is 222 miles—dis
tance saved 248 miles
The Ocmulgce is 252 miles —dis-
tance saved 248 miles.
The Ohoopie is 118 miles —dis-
tance saved 236.
The Cannouchee is navigated to
its confluence with Cedar creek, for
rafts and small boats. The distance
from its navigable waters passing
down the Great Ogeechee, and
through the inland passage to Sa
vannah, is 216 miles.
The distance by the Canal will be
66 miles.
The distance from the waters
which can be navigated on the Great
Ogeechee to Savannah, is 376 miles,
and the distance on the Canal will
he 2UO miles.
The distance above described was
taken on a map of the State, made
by Eieazer Early.
2. The present prices paid for land
carriage from Louisville to Savan
nah, is* $ 1 25 per hundred.
From Milledgeville by land to Sa
vannah, the present price is £ 2 25
per hundred. From Milledgeville to
Darien, the present p.rice is $ 1 per
hundred. * ,
From Milledgeville to Fort fames
the present price is 37 1-2 cts. per
hundred.
From Milledgeville to Augusta,
the present price of land transporta
tion, is $1 per hundred. From Au
gusta to Savannah, the present price
is 50 cts. in high water and 75 cts.
in low.
3. A single horse on a Canal w ill
draw 30 tons, and two horses 60 tons,
and they will move at the rate of 3
miles per hour. A boat will pass
from one end of the Canal to the
other in twenty-four hours. A boy
and two men will be required to
manage the boat.
It we allow the men S2O, and the
boys $lO per month, and two horses
S3O each, the expence per month
will be $ 110.
The boats w ill pass and repass 10
times, or it will make 20 voyages
during a month. 20 multiplcd by
60 gives 1200 tons. If the toll is
50 cents lor every 300 lbs. it will
amount to £-1000
Allow the owner of the
boat a profit of one
dollar per ton, 1200
$5310
5310 doll-, divided by 20, gives
265 dolls, nearly, div ide this by 60
tons, and We have $ 1 33-100 per
ton. The present expence of a ton
from Fort James to Milledgeville, is
£7 50-100, which makes the aggre
gate expence $1 1 83 per ton. This
makes a saving of $ 8 20-100 by the
way of Darien, and by land to Sa
vannah, of $33 17-100, and by the
way of Augusta, at the lowest rates,
ot sl3 17. And l have no doubt
but that after the Canal has been in
operation for three or four years that
Milledgeviile lor st 8.
A Canal boat ol’6U tons will carry
400 hales of Cotton.
The following information I have
received from respectable individ
uals.
That the Altamaha last summer
was not navigated by Steam Boats
on account ot’ the great drought in
the River and that they never as
cend higher than the junction of the
Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers; and
that during tli most favorable sum
mers and autumns, they cannot as
cend higher than the mouth of the
Ohoopie.
I have also been informed that the
produce which descends the Altama
fia River, is transshiped at Darien,
and that part of the inland passage
from Darien to Savannah, can only
he navigated in high tides.
'The advantages which llie Canal
will combine, in certainty, safety, ce
lerity, and economy, and in facilita
ting the transportation of heavy and
bulky comtnodies ; and the liberality
of your grants, will, if manag and ju
diciously, enrich its possessors, and
propagate its vivifying influence from
the hanks ot tiie Savannah, to the
head waters of the Ocmulgee.
The citiz; ns of the State will be
benefited from its consummation It
will augment the internal commerce
of the' country. It will emulate all
classes to enterprising and industri
ous exertions ; and the planter in the
vicinity of the Canal, will not he de
pendent on scanty and precarious
supplies from stagnant back waters.
But his fields will he flooded from the
Canal, and he can either use dry or
w. t cultures. The climate will he
modified, lor the swamps will he
drained, the forests cleared, and the
country opened to the sea breezes.
The majestic oaks and pines ol
theOgeechee, the Cannouchee, the
Oconee, the Ocmulgee, the Ohoopie,
and the Altamaha Rivers, which are
now unaccessiblo, will become arti
cles oi traffic, and emolument, with
the West indies, the Northern, the
Southern, and European ports.
And should the head branches of
the Tennessee River he united to
either, the head waters of the Oco
nee, or Ocmulgee Rivers, your Canal
will he the passage through which
the products of the fertile lands of
Ylahama, Tennessee, and Mississippi
will disembouge.
'I he line of communication once
perfected to the Altamaha will he
continued to the Appalachic Bay.
1 or the length ol the line to connect
the Gulf ol Mexico, with the port of
Savannah is only 230 miles ; and the
distance by the St Marys and Su
GEORGIA STATESMAN.
wanee route is 200 miles, and the
Florida route by the St. Johns River
is 100 miles, neither one of th in
possess the practicability of becom
ing ship channels, and the route b\**
Savannah will save 120 miles by the
St. Marys, and 180 mills by the St
Johns ol diflicult and dangerous navi
gation.
The increase of trade in Savannah
will produce a further augmentation
of capitalists, and the edifices now
vacant will be occupied. The har
bor will become the centering point
of the Southern States.
Savannah will then go on increas
ing aud prospering, and by availing
herself of the advantages of her
geographical position, she will be
come the commercial emporium of
the South.
I cannot conclude a subject which
is so intimately blended with the fu
ture prosperity of the citizens of
Georgia, without an assurance that
vou have my most fervent wishes for
an early and successful completion
to vour Canal.
DE WITT CLINTON, Jr.
Civil Engineer.
February 1 1, 1826.
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
[CVi/ir uaen from our last.]
Mr. Clyfner “ did not object to
this mode of encouraging manu
factures, and “ obtaining revenue by
combining the two objects in one
bill he was satisfied that a political
necessity existed for both the one
and the other.'’ Lloyds Debates ot
congress, Yol. 1. p. 31.
Air. Clymer “ hoped gentlemen
would be disposed to extend a de
gree of patronage to a manufacture
[steel] winch a moment s reflection
w ould convince them w as highly de
serving protection.” Idem, p 63.
Mr. Carroll “ niofed to insert
window and other glass : a manufac
ture ot this article was begun in Ma
ryland, and attended with consider
able success. If the legislature was
to grant a small encouragement, it
would be permanently established.”
Idem, p. 34.
Air. Wadsworth—‘ By moderating
the duties we shall obtain revenue,
and give that encouragement to
manufactures which is intended.”—
idem, p. 123.
Air. Ames “ thought this useful
and accommodating manuiacture
[nails] which yielded a clear gam ol
alt it sold lor, but the cost of the
material; the labor employed in it
would he thrown away probably in
many instances. ******
lie hoped the article would remain
in the bill.” Idem, 81.
The same— *‘ The committee were
already informed ot' the flourishing
situation ol the manufacture, [nails,J
but they ought not to join the gentle
man troin Carolina, (Air. Tucker, )
... Q a -* , -- 1 * *
lore deserve legislative protection;
lie had no doubt but the committee
would concur m laying a small pro
tecting duty in favor ol this manufac
ture ” Idem, p. 82.
Mr. Fitzsimons “ was willing to
allow a small duty, because it was
tiie policy ofthe slates who thought
it proper, m this manner, to protect
their manufactures,” Idem, p. 83.
The same “It being my opinion
that an enumeration oi articles wih
tend to clear away difficulties, 1 wish
as many to he selected as possible—
lor this reason l have prepared my -
scifwith an additional number,among
these are some calculated to protect
the productions of our country, anu
protect our infant manufactures,
idem, p. 17.
Mr. Madison—" Regulations have
been provided,[insocieofthe states,j
and have succeeded in producing
some establishments which ought
not to he allowed to perish from tlie
alteration which has taken place.
It w ould be cruel to neglect t hem,aim
direct their industry to other chan
nels ; tor it is not possible for the
hand ol man to shift from one em
pioymert to another w ithout being
injured by the change. There may
be some manufactures which, being
once formed, can advance towuru
perfection without any adventitious
aid , while others, for want of the
fostering hand ol’’government, will
be unable to go on at all. L gisla
tive attention will thcrelorc he ne
cessary to collect the proper objects
tor this purpose.” Idem, p. 26.
The same.—“ The states that are
most— nopuiatiun, amt
ripe for manufactures, ought to have
their particular interests attended to
in some degree- While these stales
retained the power of making regu
lations of trade, they had the power
to protect and cherish such institu
tions; by adopting the present con
stitution ; they have thrown the
exercise of this power into other
hands; they must have done tins
w ith an expectation that those inter
ests would not be neglected here.’
Idem. p. 24.
Mr Hartley.-—"lf we consult the
history ol the ancient w orld, we shall
see that they have thought proper
lor along time past, to give great en
couragement to establish manufac
tures, by laying such partial duties
on the importation of loreign good
as to give the heme manufactures,
considerable advantage in the prict
when brought to n arket. * * * i
think it both politic, and just, thai
the fostering hand of the genera,
government should extend to al>
those manufactures which will tend to
national utility. Our stock of materi
tls is, in many instances, equal to
the greatest demand, and our arti
sans sufficient to work them, even
up for exportation. In those cases
1 take it to be the policy of every
enlightened nation to give their man
ulacturcs the degree of encourage
ment necessary to protect them,
without oppressing the other parts
of the community; and under this
encouragement the industry of the
manufacturer will l»e employed to
add to the wealth of the nation.”
—ldem, page 22.
Mr White.—“ In order to charge
specified articles of manufacture, so
as to encourage our domestic ones,
it will be necessary to examine the
present state of each throughout the
union”—ldem, p. 19.
Mr. Loud mot—l shall certainly
move tor it. [the article of glass,] as
1 suppose we are capable of manu
facturing this as well as many others.
In fact, it is well known, that we
have and can do it as well as most
nations ; the materials being almost
all produced in our country.” Idem,
p. 28.
The same.— ’■ Let ns take then
the resolution of congress in 1783,
and make it the basis of our
system, adding only such protecting
duties as are necessary to support
the manufactures established by the
legislatures of the manufacturing
states.” Idem, 34.
Air. Sinnickson “ declared himself
a friend to this manufacture, [beer.]
and thought if the duty was laid high
enough to effect a prohibition, the
manufacture would increase, and of
consequence the price be lessened.”
—ldem, p. 65
Air. Lawrence “ thought that if
candles were an object of considera
ble importation,they ought to be tax
ed tor the sake of obtaining revenue ;
and il they were not imported in
considerable quantities, the burden
upon the consumer would be small,
while it tended to cherish a valuable
manufacture.” Idem, p. 68.
I trust these extracts, to which
copious additions might he made, are
abundantly sufficient to settle this
question forever. But this is not all.
The preamble of the second act of
congress, dated July 20, 1789, sign
ed by General Washington, president
ol the iederal convention, and presi
dent of the United States, is in the
following words :
“ Whereas it is necessary for the
support of government—for the dis
charge ol the debts ol the United
States, and the encouragement and
protection of manufactures, that du
ties be laid on goods, wares, and
merchandize imported.”
The practice ot government dur
ing the whole of its existence has
been conformable to these views,
and surely, therelore, objections at
liri>ai>nt are wholly out of time and
place. COJLBKKT.
Philadelphia, Jan. 7, 1826.
AN ACT
To lay out anew county out of the
counties ol Henry and Monroe.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
<f Representatives of the State oj (Geor
gia, in General Assembly met, and by
me authority of the same it is hereby
nacted, That anew county shall lie
laid out ot the counties of Henry and
Monroe, that is to say begii ning
an the west bank of the south branch
at the Ocmulgee river where the
outh boundary line of the lot one
Hundred and twenty-tour in the
eighth district ol Henry county
strikes the same, and running thence
a strait line to the southeast corner
of Hie lot one hundred and seventy
eight in the first district of Henry co.
thence a straight lino to the corner
of Pike and Monroe counties on the
line dividing the counties of Monroe
and Henry, thence due south along
the line dividing the counties of Pike
and Alonroe until the same strikes
the south-west corner of the lot one
hundred and thirty-nine in the third
(hstrict of Monroe county, thence due
east until the same strikes Sandy
Creek in the fourteenth district oi
said county, and when the same toits
confluence with the Ocmulgee river,
thence up the same anil along the
banks ofthc most southern branch
thereof to the place of begining, and
all that part ofthc counties of Henry
and Monroe comprehended within
the l nes aforesaid shall form a new*
county to he known by the name of
Butts.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That all officers civil and rnilitatry,
who may he comprehended within
the county of Butts shall hold (heir
respective commissions iri like man
ner as if they had been commissioned
for said county.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the said county of Butts is
iierehy attached and constituted a
part of the Flint circuit, and that the
superior courts in said county shall
l>e ncld on the second Mondays in
April and October in each year, and
ihat the inferior courts in said county
hall be held on the second Monday
m May and November in each year
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted,
That the said county of Butts is
iierehy attached to the second brig
ide of the fifth division of Georgia
militia.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted.
That the superior and inferior court*
nd elections of said county shall be
mid at the house of Jacob Holly till
•uch time as the same may bo made
permanent by the justices of the in
ferior court of said county : and that
Yelverton Thaxton, Calvary Knight,
William Barclay, Abel Robertson
and John Cargill be and they are
hereby appointed commissioners with
authority to superintend the election
of justices of the inferior court and
other county officers and to do and
perform all other acts preparatory to
the organization of said ct unty of
Butts, &. the location of the public site
of said county by the inferior court of
the same, and that the said county
of Butts be and the same is hereby
constituted a part ol the seventh
congressional district.
Sec. 6. And he it further enacted,
That all lines herein described not
bounded by any lbrnier lines here
tofore run, or by water courses,shall
so soon after the passage of this act
as may be convenient, be run and
plainly marked by the county survey
or of Henry county, who shall be al
lowed a reasonable compensation
therefor, to be paid by the said coun
ty of Butts, and that until the same
shall take place, and the organiza
tion herein before described, the
sheriffs of Henry and Monroe shall
exercise their several functions, and
that so soon as the said lines shall be
run and mark l and as aforesaid, all
writs, processes, recognizances and
other matters of what kind soever
which by law ought to be tried in
either of the aforesaid counties o!
Monroe and Henry, and which is by
this line ceded to the said county ot
Butts, according to the laws now in
force in this state, be and the same
are hereby transferred to the superior,
inferior and other courts of siad
county of Butts, and the clerks ol
the sup rior, interior and of ordinary
courts of the counties ot Henry and
Monroe, are hereby directed to cer
tify and send up the same accord
ingly.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted .
That all laws and parts ol' laws mili
tating against the true intent and
meaning of this act, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
RUSSIA.
Extract of a letter from an Ameri
can Gentleman at Berlin, Prussia,
to the Editors of the N. \ Daily
Advertiser, dated Dec. loth 1825.
The sudden death of the Empe
ror Alexander, has produced a sen
sation here unequalled by any event
since the battle of \V aterloo. Eve
ry eye is anxiously prying into the
future, and every heart is beating
with anxiety, lest Europe which has
so long enjoyed tranquility, should
again become the theatre of blood.
As yet nothing has transpired re
lative to the future measures of
the Russian Government. That a
great change will take place, which
will give anew face to the ail'airs
of Europe, seems more than pro
bable. The character of Con
stantin , who is to succeed to the
throne, is so different from that of
the late Emperor and his views on
many subjects, are so diametrically
opposite to those which have so gen
erally prevailed at the courts of the
Continent, since the Congress of Vi
enna, that seems next to an impossi
bility that Europe should continue
to xhibit that tranquil aspect which
it has done during the last ten years.
The present Emperor is represented
as possessing violent passions, and
as having a great dislike to Prince
Metternich, who has so long direct
ed the Holy Alliance. The intluence
of the Austrian Minister was so great
over Alexandr, as to induce him to
withstand the ardent wishes of his
subjects, who with few exceptions
have for several years looked upon
the noble struggle of the Greeks,
with the deepest sympathy. The
unity of religious feeling between the
Russian nation and the Greeks, has
produced this sympathy, which has
been not a little strengthened by the
barbarity of the Turks. The nation
al unity is represented as now being
so great, that the whole nation would
rejoice to march to Constantinople,
and that nothing but the autocrati
cal power of Alexander, has enabled
him to withstand the ardent wishes
of his subj cts. The destruction of
a part ofthe city of St. Petersburgh
a year since by the ovcrilowing of
the Neva, was received by the na
tion as a judgement of Heaven upon
them because they had allowed the
Christian Greeks to suffer so long
without affording them any assis
tance.
Should the pesent Emperor, in or
der to acquire popularity amo.ig his
subjects, comply with their wishes,
Constantinople must immediate fall.
A large army is now assembled
upon the Russian frontier and the
Turkish power has been so much
weakened by the disasters of the
three last campaigns in Greece, that
it could not assemble an army great
enough to oppose the overwhelming
force which Russia could easily send
into Turkey. There is no European
power at present which could pre
sent any obstacle to the progress
of the Russian armies. Prus
sia, though strong enough to defend
herself against austria trembles be
fore the colossal power of the Czar
and would be very unwilling to in
terfere in such a struggle. Her re
sources also are so limited, that she
is at present unable to carry on an
offensive war within her own territo
ry-, is in resources hut little if at all
-uperior to Prussia, and would not
[March 7,
have in her power to oppose the
Russan armies, before the fate of
Constantinople was decided. Eng
land can send her fleets, and perhaps
destroy the Turkish metropolis, but
from such a warfare the Czar has
nothing to fear, but the destruction
ofthe Russian commerce in the Me
diterranean and Baltic, which would
he a trifling sacrifice for the exten
sive territory which he would add to
his dominions. The Russian army
according to Hassel in 1819, amount
ed to 900,000 men. Since that time
it has been considerably augmented
The Austrian army amounts to 270-
000, and the Prussian to 165,000
men The two armies can present
but little resistance to the overwhelm
ing power of the Russian Emperor
The true policy of Prussia, as w ell as
of Austria, is not to interfere in such
a struggle, unless they should be
supported by English gold, and by
the armies of France.
Past experience has shown to
England the folly of mingling in eve
ry continental struggle. She has
thus far gained nothing but a few
victories, which the nation are be
ginning to feel were a poor compen
sation for the great increase ol her
taxes, and for her national debt.—
Besides she has nothing to fear from
Russia. The Russian fleet, even if
Turkey should fall, must he too fee
ble to excite any uneasiness, in the
minds of the English nation. India
is too distant to be easily subdued
while by the fall of Turkey, the Eng
lish commerce, if she should remain
neutral, would probably be greatlv
extended in the Black Sea, and oil
the shores of the Archipelago.—
France is so far removed from the
dominions of the Czar, that she has
nothing to dread. Her finances are
at present so much embarrassed,
that the French ministry would be
very unwilling to involve themselves
in a war, which must be carried on
at an immense expense, at more than
a thousand miles from her capital.—
Such being the present state of Eu
rope, there seenis no obstacle to the
tall of Constantinople, should the
i ['resent Emperor of Russia desire it
SOUTH AMERICA.
By the Navarre, from Rio Janeiro
we learn that war was declared by
the Emperor of Brazil against the
United Provinces of Rio de la Plata,
on the 10th of December last. We
give a translation oi the Declaration
of War, with a letter to Mr. Sander
son, of Philadelphia, from the Na
tional Gazette. Great preparations
were making, when the Navarre sail
ed, to prosecute the war with vigor,
fleets were fitting out; transports
sailing ; a general press for the land
and sea service ; and a strong force
was blockading the port of Buenos
Ayres. Several privateers from Bue
nos Ayres had made their appear
ance on the coast ol’ llror.ll j one ol
them was off Cape Frio, and had
made several captures.
Translated for the jXational Gazette.
[From the “ Diaria do Rio de Janeiro,” ot
December 17. J
DECREE OR DECLARATION OF WAR.
The Government of the United
Provinces of Rio and; la Plata having
committed acts of hostility against
this Empire without provocation, or
previous formal declaration of war,
rejecting thus the terms established
among civilized nations, it is requi
red by the dignity of the Brazilian
People, and the rank which belongs
to us among powers, that I, having
heard my Council of State, should
Declare, as 1 now do, WAR against
the said Provinces and their Gov
ernment ; directing that by sea and
and all possible hostillities he wa
ged upon them ; authorizing such
armamentsas my subjects may please
to use against that nation ; declaring
that all captures or prizes of what
ever nature, shall accrue entirely to
the captors, without any deduction
in favor of the public treasury. [Fol
lows the regulation for the publica
tion and distribution ofthe Decree.]
Rio de Janeiro, 10th Dec. 1825
fourth year ol the Independence and
the Empire.
AFFAIRS OF THE GREEKS
I here is little respecting thcGreeks
An article from Corfu, dated Nov
15, states that Jussuf Pacha had
been deprived of his command, on
representation of Rodscliid that he
had not been duly supported by Jus
suf in his attack on Missolonghi. The
Turkish army are said to have left
its entrenchments before the town,
on the 18th of October. Ibrahim
Pacha, in his excursion through the
Morea, is said to have lost 1000 men
The Liverpool Courier of the 27th
says, “ the accounts from this quarter
do not bear that decided character
which was expected ; for the con
tradictions prove that nothing de
cisive has occurred. One account
states the raising of the seige ol
Missolonghi, and the very latest.
Dec. 17, only affirms that its fall wa*
expected. The letters from Corfu,
of November 23, indicate, that the
horrible plan is formed by Ibrahim,
of transporting the Greeks to Egypt,
and planting Egyptians in the Mo
rea. How far this plan can be car
ried into effect, will depend on cir
cumstances.
Presbyterian Church at Paterson,
•M. J. —A foot stove, left in the house
after service, on Sunday, 30th Jan
set fire to the building, which nar
row! escaped being burnt