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2 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