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Fr.ni the Philadelphia Guxette, March 24.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the ship Lancaster, Captain West, we
have received London papers to the 16th of
February, ami Liverpool to the 19tli.
After a discussion which lasted four days,
Mr. Uoulburn’s motion for leave to bring in
a “bill to amend the existing laws relative to
unlawful associations in Irejaml.” was carri
ed at three o’clock on the morning of the
26th. The principal object of this bill, tho’ J
directed against all societies in Ireland, is the j
suppression of the Catholic Association.—
The numoers were 278, in support of the
motion, and 123 against it, leaving a majori
ty of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE
in favor of the Ministers
Mr. Brougham opposed the motibn that
the bill be read a first time, on the ground
that he had a petition to present from the
Catholic Association, praying to be heard by
counsel. The bill was, however, read a first
time, and ordered to be printed, tliough, at
the request of Mr. Brougham, the second
reading was postponed to the following Mon
day.
“The more we consider the subject of this
strange measure, the more is our early opin- j
ion confirmed'—■-That ministers might as’
well attempt to catch the winds, or to fix
the ocean, as to destroy thebody against j
whom they haie declared hostilities.—
If asked how this coercive law can be
evaded, we answer by any one of a thou
sand acts, which, under any conceivable sys
tem of law, each individual of the 3000 com
posing the association, might every day per
form. The law may be eluded by any man
who can put his hand into his pocket and pay
money to another. It may be eluded by the
change of a name. It may be eluded by a
weekly or half week))’ calling together of an
-aggregate meeting—by a dinner, or a suc
cession of dinners, where speeches are made
and reported—where seditions sentiments
may be conveyed under words that are in*
teligible; and, what is worse than all, but
What iho Government would do well te pre
pare for, the defeat of the law may be con
summated by deep concealment, by meetings
.at which no epeechee are reported , and where
transactions take place, t>f which we shall
know nothing until we see them developed
in their fruits.”
The people at the different Gaming hou
ses, complain bitterly that so much of their
business has migrated to the stock exchange.
Last year 112,840 persons were admitted
into*tbe British Museum.
The Levant Company, after listeningto an
address from Lord Grenville, their gover
*or in ,
r Vernnient, agreeably to the request made to
them by his Majesty’s Ministers
The latest news from Madrid, is dated
February Bth. At that time, Ferdinand was
recovering from an indisposition which had
confined turn to his room for several days.
From the tenor of the latest Paris papers,
it w as anticipated that the important measure
of indemnity to the emigrants, though at
tended with infinite difficulties would be
carried through, Mr Cassimer Perrier
Strongly objected to a demand of a thousand
yniUiinu tu initriiiiiitjf’ tlu - i-Miiffnniis. before
*nv document* were’ presented to afford
proof of the ability of France to support
such an extravagant expenditure.
From the answers of the ministers in the
Chamber of Deputies, it is to be inferred that
the recognition of the South American States
by England, was a measure anticipated bv
the French Government, and therefore no
occasion ofstrife exists now between the two
governments on tins subject.
A letter from Copenhagen, of the s:h of
February, states as a report, that Sw eden
had determined on following the example of
England ih the recognition of the South
American States; and -that M. tie Hanswolf,
who, four months since, had left Stockholm
for Colombia, would be intrusted with the
negociation of treaties with the republic.
Beethoven. — There has recently appeared
at Vienna a collection of the works of the
celebrated Beethoven. It extends to fifty
one volumes folio, and contains four thou
sand pages of music.
From English papers.
Fetters from Cadiz state, that the Guadal
quiver Company have established a steam
packet to sail between Cadiz and Barcelona,
touching, on her passage, at the intermedi
ate ports of Gibraltar, Malaga, Alicant, &c.
Besides the Lakes of Genoa and Constance,
those of Neufcbatel, Biel, Zurich, and Wal-
Jcctaut will have the advantage of steam
boats by the<end'of this year. Abbi Hil
let maintained, that if a wife let the meat be
too much roasted, it was a sufficient reason
for a husband to divorce her! The follow
ing facts will show the value of literary pro
perty in former days. The manuscript of
“Robinson Crusoe,” ran through the whole
trade, and no one would print it. The book
seller, who at last bought it, cleared a thou
sand guineas by it. How many more thou
sands has his successors accumulated by it
since! “Bum’s Justice” was disposed ofby
its author for a mere trifle, as well as “Bu
chan's Domestic Medicine;” both of which
yield immense incomes. The ‘‘Vicar of
Wakefield,” the most delightful novel in
our language, was sold for a few pounds; and
Miss Burney’s “Evelina” produced only five
guineas. Dr. Johnson fixed his “Lives of
the Poets” at two hundred guineas, by which
the booksellers, in the course of a few years,
iSf*,-aj*cd upwards of twenty-five thousand.—
Accounts from Stockholm of the 4th instant
mention, that the Continental Gas Company
l)f London has concluded a contract with the
Swedish Government, by which they are to
•have the exclusive privilege of lightning that
City for 21 years, as well as all public estab
lishments, &c. Anew vegetable, called the
Asparagus potato, has been introduced into
‘this country: it comes into season just as the
Asparagus goes out. The King of England
Kossesses the special privilege, that he can,
y his writ of protection, privilege a defer.-
slant from all personal and many real suits
for one year at a time, and no longer, in re
spect of his being engaged in his service out
*(.fthe realm. The last that appears on the
)ooks is one granted by William HI, in 6J2,
/) Lord Cult, to protect him from being out
lawed by his tailor.
Sketches in India.—Lieut. Col. Forrest
‘ *he staff in Bengal, in his picturesque ;
ijc along the Ganges and Jumna, has given
‘o novel and striking narrative:
, “*hy of the Elephant.— “ After march
‘9 mostly by the banka of the Ganges for
(bur more days, we begtn to lose trices of
cultivation, and to encounter occasional
tracts of jungle. On one occasion we came
to a nullah, 40 r 50 yard* wide, which fora
’time puzzled us to cross. There was a woo
den bridge over it, and all the horses, carts,
and persons on foot passed in safety, although
its construction did not appear very strong,
but no inducements urging, could pre
vail upon the loaded bagage Elephants to al
temnt it; when brought iip to it they ex
pressed the greatest alarm, striking the
j flooring of the bridge with their trunks,
I which seemed to convince them at once ol
its insufficiency to bear their ponderous
bulk. The bed of the nullah was too shallow
in water for them to swim, and too deep in
mud to ford. No resource* remained but to
iiy the experiment of unloading the ele
phants, pass them over the bridge light, and
carry their loads after them. I his was ac
cordingly done and perfectly comprehend
ed by these sagacious animals,who now walk
ed over cheerfully and confidently.
Hunting Party.— “ln expedition of some
sport, being now in the vicinity ot Rajmahal
I tills, a groupe of mountains which in this
part separates the provinces ot Bengal and
Bahar, we halted one entire day at the \il- |
j lage of Fnthipore, and having procured
’ from thence a shekarn, or in plain English,
! a poacher, well acquainted with the haunts
i of the different species of game with whicli.
these bills abound, we mounted our elephants
for it is thus that Indian sportsmen take the
field, and formed a party ot eight or nine
persons. Several baggage elephants with
our servants, accompanied us to beat the
jungles, and a great many persons from the
village with long bamboo poles, volunteered
for the ssnfiKiervice, wilh a tribe of tne com
mon parish or tillage dogs.
“We saw. oil entering the jungle, a great
quantity of game, of various sorts,- as the ,
wild buffaloes, hog-deer, wild hog, deer ot j
different kinds, patridges, and chuokores
(a large species of the partridge.) florikens, \
a small species of the bustard, and the com- \
moil domestic barndoor fowl of England in j
great numbers, called here the jungle-fowl,
and when wc found open spots with partial
cultivated fields, quail in great quantities, J
and very tame. W e had a very pleasant I
day’s sport, but our reward was only some of
the partridges and quails. W r e got several ■
shots at the buffaloes, and several we could
hear distinctly hit—but the common leaden
ounce ball has no effect on these tough-skin
ned *animals, unless it chances to hit a vital
part, behind the ear, ot fore-leg. The two
ounce rifle, with pewter balls, to be certain
of your shot, the tiger and buffakie both re
quire.
- ■ —rn-mtr cmmrc'Trf -tttxrrtttj trxr Ltuiiii II|9OTI !
‘be tracks of a rhinoceros, several of which
are found upon tlies? hills, we followed i Item \
sometime, in hopes of coming up wit It him: I
in some parts he appeared to have very re
cently passed, since the water was still mud
dy w here he had trodden. Our pursuit, was
however, in vain.
An Indian Jungle.—-“I had never entered
so deeply into the jungles as I did this day, :
and I felt much delighted with the extreme- j
ly curious scene they in several parts pre-!
sented. The height of the grass struck me ,
as ]
on a vefywie elephant, not than 7 feet j
high—the howdah or seat fastened on the ,
animal’s back, must have been full two feet j
higher, it being strapped on a very thick |
pad: this would give 13 feet. Now when j
standing upright, the. attitude usually adopt- i
ed by sportsmen when beating the jungle in J
order to see better around them, my head
must have been 19 feet above the ground— I
but the grass was generally three, and in ]
some places 6 feet liiger than my head. The
stalks were full an inch and a half in diame
ter, and it would he almost impossible, cer
tainly very fatiguing, to force a passage on
foot through such a thicket, independent of
ihe chance of meeting with a tiger on a sud
den—by no means a pleasant rencontre.”
COLOVI HI V.
The following account of the Palace of the
Deputies and the other public buildings at j
Bogota, is copied from Mollien’s travels j
the Republic of Columbia in 1822 and 1823:
The place designated with the name of
the Palace of the Deputies, is nothing but a
large house, situated at the corner of a street
the ground-floor of which is let out in shops
for the selling of brand?. The first objects
which attract attention upon ascending the
staircase, are two fames painted upon the
wall, at the foot of which is this inscription —
‘No country without laws.’ Having gained
the inner gallery, the noise which escapes
through a small door indicates it to the vi*
sitor to be that of the llall of Assembly. This
consists of a long and narrow room, in the
middle of which has been erected a wooden
balustrade, upon which the spectators lean;
for no one is seated but the representatives,
who are economically placed upon arm
chairs made of polished wood, with leather
bottoms, tanged in long rows; within the ba
lustrade, eight chandelier, glazed windows, j
and a matting, compose the decorations ol
the Palace of Deputies
Upon quitting this, it is only necessary to
cross the street to enter the Palace of the
Senate, which is, perhaps, still more simple
than that of the representatives. The Domi
nicans having granted this body one of the
wings of their convent, it was fitted up in a
similar manner to the Hall of the Deputies;
the walls are, however, ornamented with em
blematical figures. Under one of these,
which represents Justice, the ignorant pain
ter has written Policy.
Thus in the Palacethere is neither salte
de reception, hall, nor antichamber; and
when the Ministers attend to make any conr.-
inunicalion to one of the chambers, llioy are
obliged to wait upon the staircase till the
usher of the house, who is at the same time
manager of the theatre, comes to disengage
them of their umbrella, and invite them to
enter.
In their places of confinement the Span
ish Americans have established a system of
excessive indulgence, Ihe prisons are on
Ihe ground floor, and the windows are suffi
ciently low to allow the passers by to con
verse with those incarcerated; as to state
prisoners, they are treated with greater se
veriiv.
The oilier public buildirtga in Bogota are
the Mint and the Theatre. The internal ar
rangements of both are excessively bad—
neither of them seems adapted to the ob
jects for which it was intended: it is how
ever, very surprising to find establishments
of this kind in places so far removed from all
communication with Europe.
In travelling over the Cordillera, M. Mo*- <
lien experienced great inconvenience from l
the cold, for which, in one instance, he found
a remedy of a most Extraordinary description.
“The cold, however,” he says, “which 1 felt
did not last all the night, for my host had
conceived the singular idea of bringing up a
great number of cats, which were trained to
place themselves upon the feet of travellers.
1 had t woof them whose furs kept me very
wafm!”
Sirth Sense in Fishes.— ln a curious paper
by Dr. Knox, on thj theory of a sixth Sense
in Fishes, suppose.! to reside in ceetain tu
bular organs of shirks and rays, which are
lound on dissection! immediately under the
integuments of rtiepiead; the ingenious wri
ter is inclined to qgree with Mr. Jacobson,
that these organs are organ* of touch. He
describes tile parallel transparent tubes as
they appear, filled!with a gelatinous fluid,
ami largely supplies with nerves which com
municate with these integuments; and he al
so gives an account pf their (probable) modes
of action—adding Ins opinion that “they may
i be classed with the sixth sense invented by
i Buffon. with the theories of Spallanzani, re
| lative to the accurate fl ,f?bt of bats through
darkened chambers, after he had destroyed
the organs of sight and hearing, leaving to
them an organ of sense by which the flight
was really directed, or with the sense of re
sistance, which a skilful metaphysical writer
invented anj defended so plausibly.”
The J 3 ha nix. —A work on the Phoenix has
lately oeen published at Paris, tromihe pen
of M. Metral. The author has enriched it
with a number of materials extractecUrom
both ancient and modern writers. He has
levied contributions on above six’y authors:
among w hom are, of the Greeks, Herodotus,
Lucian, Plutarch, and Sirabo: of the Romans
-Ausouiu's, Claudian, l.actafltius, Pliny, Ovid,
I and Tacitus; of the Italians —Dante and fas
’ssoso—of the French — LarcheJ, .Vli-
I oiinet, Cliampollion. A scientific lyiter.ol
! great reputation, M. Marcoz, proposed to*
! himself to consider the phoenix in an as
’ tronomiqaj point of view. M. Metral eon
siders u purely* as aj literary question,
I To him it appears, that in the history of the
; Phoenix is to be found that of Egypt, and he
1 devotes ten chapters of his work to prove
i the truth of this discovery, which has"for its
I basis the allegoricfl genius of the East.—
London paper.
AN IRISH ORIGINAL.
So-vstveet, London, —Among the odd
fish ,vlio were caught by the watchmen in
casting . their nets on feridflV .fright- *•
j Hibernian wag rather advanced in years of
’ very seedy exterior, but possessing all the
i dry good humour, and joke cracking dispos
ition oF his whiskey loving conut rvmen.
On being put to the bar, the watchman
was called upon to state the charge, which
was done in a very few words.
In fact, Mr. Butler, the detenu, was found
dead drunk, under the piazzas in Covent
Garden, at two o’clock in the morning
| ‘Well,* said Sir Ricshard,* how do you ac
: count for your disorderly conduct?’
i Mr. B. (with a grin) O! faith Sir. Rich
hrrrr.T never warTfifteh‘T BiraWnuntant, and
i if I was myself, when 1 was dead drunk, a#
I the watchman says, what I’d be saying
j would’nt do me much good, for ‘dead men
| tell no tales.’
I Sir. Richard, What brought you in such
j a state?
I Mr. Rutler. I suppose I brought myself
that wav by drinking liquor.
Sir R. It would have been well if yon
bad taken yonreself home to bed.
I Mr. B. ‘For, Gad you’re right, it would
• have been well, but there were two rasons
j against that—first I was blind drunk as well
as dead drunk; and so I could’nt see my way;
1 and next if my e> es were as good as your
worship’s, I rould’nt have seen what I hav’nt
got —which is a bed.
Sir. R. Have yon no lodgings?
Mr. fl. Devil a lodging, except in the
Words of the owld song, ‘On the cowld
j ground.*
Sir. R. What are you?
Mr. 11. ’Faith, I’ain a prisoner, 1 believe.
Sir. U. 1 mean bow do jou get your liv
ingl?
Mr. B. Through the blessings of Provi
dence.
Sir. R. Have you no trade?
Mr 1 B. Is it in me?—the devil a trade
have I.
Sir. R. Were you brought up to no
business?
Mr. B. No, by my sowl, I was tenderly
rared, and my education was my only pat
rimony.
Sir. R. That sort of money does’nv go
far with a man of your inclinations.
Mr. B, (Witii a laugh)—’Fore Gad,'’
you’re right again—all the laming in the
world is of no use -Mhe bar. I mane the
bar at a public hoirfe; unless you back it with
j a circulating medium.
Sir. R, I’m afraid you have been circu
lating your earning’s through a very impro
per medium,
Mr. B. Devil a truer word you ever spoke
in your life
Sir. R. If I let you go now, you’ll set off
and get drunk again?
Mr. B. I’ll go bale I won’t for I haven’t
a rap in the world; and as for my credit, it is
like mv coat —worn out.
Sir. “it, lam half disposed to try you.
Mr. B. Not for tippling, I hope your
worship—for if you do, I’m sure to be found
guilty.
Sir. R. You seem to be a good humoured
fellow.
Mr. B. lam sure there’s a pair of us your
worship.
Sir. Richard laughed, and told Mr. B.
to go about his business and mend his ways.
Mr. B. Before I go, I’ll ask you one fa
vour.
Sir. R. Well what is it?
Mr. B. Just give me a bit of a note to
your countryman, Mr. M’ Adam, and as I
despair of mending my own ways, perhaps
he'll give me a job in mending the ways of
others.
Sir. Richard again laughed, and bid him
go out and wait, and he’ll endeavour to put.
him in the way to industry.
Mr. B. shrugged his shoulders with good
humour, and pulling up his unmentionables,
trotted out’ of tiie office. The worthy
Magistrate subsequently gave liim a letter,
which would probably procure for him pres
ent occupation,
EXTRACTS FROM THE MESSAGE.
iff the Vice Fh-esideut of the Selmblu -/ Cos
‘■’fnnl'i-z, acur.g ns the President, to the •’-<* •- j
•j. *> v gres of 1825.
run tu xvrroxAt. ixtbu
-ej'vcKK.j
Frmn Supplement to the Gaxette of Cofm
hia. * . ;
“•ls CtfUofic M ifeity, so far from rd-n
----quishing lus old pretentious to
reignty of these countries, warned as he has
been by the justice, experience, and the rum
of the Spanish nation, still retains his hos
tile vie ivs, nor Is there the least prospected
reconciliation.” ’ i
“Congress may remain unsatisfied that
our means of defence arc most abundant, and
whatever enterprise may be attempted bv
Spain, will only end irf tier disgrace, and a.ld
to the lustre of our arms,”
“Our relations with the American govern
ment are on the footing of friendship and
good intelligence, that ought ever to exist 1
between states maintaining the same cause.
The assistance we have afforded Peru has j
produced such an. important change in that
country- that her independence can no lon-;
ger be of doubt.”
“The Government of Mexico has just pre-,
sented a terrible example to the usurpers of;
the power of the people. The General j
lturbide contemned the law which |
banished him, and entered the Mex
ican Territory in a mariner which alarmed
the governmet. An act of declar
ed him a traitor, and condemned him to die,
winch sentence was accomplished without
the least disturbance. By’ this conduct, it
appears, certain that the Mexican govern
ment has advanced one step towards stabili
ty and happiness. Recent information, from
that part of America has acquainted us with
the energetic and extraordinary measures
which have been rendered necessary to be
empioved. for the defence of independence
against the views of Spain, and to recall
those to a seuse-okdutv who have treated the
compact of union with contempt.
“The Provinces of Guatimala preserve,
without any opposition, the state of sove
reignty, for w’hicli they declared by their
spontaneous will. An accredited minister
on the part of that government to this Re
public, resides in the capital. 1 his‘affords
a favorable opportunity for us to understand
each other on points deeply interesting to
both parties The fixing the boundaries be
tween Colombia and Guatimala, is a point o!
the utmost necessity at the present moment
for some strangers have pretended to spec
ulate on the Mosquito Shore; and the in
terior boundary i* entirely uncertain. The
according io the fundamental law
of the.l2th of July, 1221, has claimed, as be
longing to the Republic, the whole of the
Atlantic coast between Cape Gracios a Dios
and the river Chagres; deeming all Colonies
unlawful, that have not been planted with
the permission of the government, and in
virtue of the laws of Oolombia.”
“The agitated state in which Brazil has
hitherto remained, has prevented our enter
ing into relations of amity and good will with
that government, with whom we ought also
to settle the important questions of bouwla
• -%r IT ft Ttrc rytmru ariuerjre nuSn iwrthe
most friendly and cordial relations. You
will have before you in a sl/brt time, for your
examination and approbation, the treaty of
peace, friendship, navigation and commerce,
that the Executive has concluded with the
government of those Slates.”
“Colombia will be proud of having been the
first of the old Spanish American states that
has presented itself to the world, united by
means of public treaties with a nation pre
eminently favored by the genius of Liberty.
You will likewise receive, for examination,
the Convention which has been settled with
the same States, to put an end to the horri
ble slave trade; our laws have declared a
gainst that execrable commerce, and on this
basis the Executive regulated its conduct.—
The law of the 21st of July, of the 11th year,
prohibits the introduction of slaves: The
law regulating cruizers declares all vessels
found trafficking in slaves in the waters with
in the Jurisdiction! of the Republic, to be law
ful prizes; but as there are no punishments
for the infraction of the law, and it being for
the benefit of the human race, that the au
thority of the law regulating cruizers should
be extended; it appears to the executive that
this convention with the United Slates sup
plies the dificiency.”
[The document then proceeds to notice
the relations of the government with Great
Britain, and states that the Executive had
deferred the Exequatur to the commissions of
the British Consuls, on account of the sqnbi
guous manner in which they were worded,
but allowed them to remain on the footing of
agents for commerce and seamen. The com
missioners of his Britanic Majesty had accep
ted this condition with pleasure, without hav
ing refuted. the arguments on which the ex
equatur was deferred.]
“The Executive of Hayti has despatched
an accredited agent to this Government, to
propose the adjustment of a treaty of de
fensive alliance against the respective inva
ders of both territories. The language of
liberty employed in the propositions of the
Agent, and the private services whicli the
the Liberator received from the humane and
sensible Petion, in the hour ofccalamity, have
not misled the Executive in the line of con
duct it was its duty to adopt on so delicate a
negotiation. Hayti defended her indepen
dence against the pretentions of France, of
which she was a part, and Columbia defen
ded hers against those of Spain. A defen- J
sive alliance with.Hayti, would place us un
der the necessity of going to war with a na-!
tion against whom we have no cause of com- j
plaint, and whom we ought not unriecessari- ‘
ly to provoke,”
After some further observations, the mes
sage adds:—
“All these considerations have caused the
Executive to lay by the proposition of the
Haytien Agent, until the assembly of the
! Plenipotentiaries of the American goveru
; menis shall meet. Our Allies and France
will see, in this noble proceeding, the good
faith and principles on which the policy of
the Columbian government is founded, and
France, in particular, will observe that we 1
have aeted on the most open manner in the
steps we have taken to incline his most >
Christian Majesty in favor of the Republic,
and that we do not attribute to the French
government the suspicious and insiduous
conduct observed by the persons who came
to Columbia in the frigate Tame, whose voy
age appears to have been undertaken to visit i
MV* euntry a- ’> te state of **>*■•
f i rs
, -I -:, .maud V mint ed by the Republic
lj IJsr rudued tVieV ‘- ‘-ntive to provide for
1 ■ r; ,g;u,on utv ■ new mode of instruc
number of colleges; to
H h new prate t?tsship> and to reform
. ere yet suffering fioin
;,'l ,• is. n ofeducation, and from
me horrors'*>f war. 1 ® &c.
m A 4 n neP'l VII t K .l
#, !trgenera!, lain giud to ass irc vov, that
the order and rej^ilardy ot the progress of
the constitutional s uFered no. alter
ation. The Jfuihortw* respect the au%\itu
lions, and the enjoy the right freely
to demand the • fulfilment <>t ‘be Wws.
h would, in lee l.be a phenomenon, were a
‘new-born society to progress towards pros,
perity without encountering some obstacles
i without some sui di oscillations. ‘.Columbia
lias vet to sjiffer from the vvande ing of ig.
norance, and the effects of the in< essant sjig.
i gestions of its enemies, although ,it is true,
that neither the one nor the otlur can pre.
i vent its reaching that point at whrch it, must
i one day arrive. The of Paste,
i which, it was feared, would be jwdkniged,
j from the nature of the country andrheehav.
j acter of the people, have disappeared, $ and
: the government have been as indtfjgent aj
i the public security would permit, ‘flit peo
j pie desire to live in peacCunder the pntec.
i tion of the laws; and whilst they lake ipoq
themselves the task of preferring pubic
der, and sustaining our institutions, tie re
public will enjoy internal peace, and tie ar
med force will no longer have to a|leid to
this duty.” /
“The commerce of the
some regulations to repress the abifesrif th e
sailors, and to favor navigation; all, ts re
gards the external commerce on 4e toasts
inhabited bv wandering tribes, sole special
laws are necessary to relieve theexecutive
from the trouble and difficulties If has en
countered on that head within til last few
years. I ask of congress to pas; law pro.
liihifing the granting of Letters naturali.
.’.ation to individuals of any natior rilli whom
tlie Republics is at war. This ime of the
laws contained in the code of a ation who
may’ call herself truly, free, and c the utility
of which it would be superfluousl expatiate.
“The poverty oftlye national trkury must
exist, whilst the payment of thlold debt
falls on the annual ordinary rentskid Whilst
the system is continued of not ling the
public eXpenditureand properly coring it.”
“J hope that the Legislature ul extend
its consideration to the uniform isolation
of the decimal rents, to the reformF the hw
on direct contribution, and to the Rher ob
jects which the Executive will p<4t out to
you, in virtue of the permission whili is con-
cceded by the constitution.
“I he various and disagreeable qestions
occasioned by the loan of March, 18*2, have
been settled to the satisfaction of thole inter
ested in it, and to the honor of the Republic.
The Executive employed in this transaction
the power conceded bv the act of the Ist of
July, 1823, the results of which will be speed
ily communicated to you.
“Congress may rest assured that the con
duct we have pursued in this affair hapre
ceived the approbation of the most respects.
Me t oil' m iy,verg -ftrt,-. Have Hetfrt able to com
prehend all it's difficulties.” >
“It is very important to the public prospe
rity. and to the national credit, to provide for
funding the national, debt. Every yearne*
difficulties are added to those already accu.
undated on this subject. The debt embra
ces different epochs, different objects, and
creditors, which* have not been properly
classed. Although during the last session,
one act on this subject was passed, you will
agree with the Executive that it is very im
perfect.”
“The army has continually given proof of
its obedience to the laws. Although within
the Republic there have been no enemies
for it to contend with, it has remained on the
war footing require f by European politics,
“Our navy is receiving all the increaseuvl
strength that our present circumstances ;d
----mit of. The Columbian flag is respectedm
every sea; and wherever it has fought aguinit
the Castilian flag, it has left a monument c
otir superiority. t
“Naval schools have been formed in Car
tliagena and Guayaquil, as far as the limited
means at the disposal of the Executive ad
mitted.”
Tire message closes ijs follows;
“This is the present state of our republic,
in every branch of its administration. French
sl>ip and the best disposition with the Amer
ioanand foreign Governments—regularity in
treaties and conventions—order and tranqui
lity in the interior—respect and submission
to the laws—a free press—the increase of
public education —well founded hopes of im
proving the national wealth—an army cover
ed with glory, consecrated entirely to the
cause of liberty and independence; and suf
ficient resources to meet any event, and to
sustain its dignity, government, and lavs.—
It is for you to remove the obstacles that im
pede the rapid progress ofthis Republic to
happiness and prosperity, and to reform
those defects which public opinion pointed
out and which you acknowledge to exist. If
we cast our eyes back on the period when
the code of laws was first published, and re
collect what Columbia was then,we slisfll per
ceive with agreeable surprise, that we have
made a rapid stride, and conquered vast dif
ficulties. This ought to animate us to pro
secute our designs with the greatest” zeab£
patriotism. The executive firmlyJelieves
that these virtues exist in the Legislative bo
-1 dy; and you, I hope, will have sufficient con-
I fidence in me to believe, that I shall afford
I all the assistence that the experiquep of ad
ministration may have placed in my nower—
and above all, I shall be extremely punctual
in the execution of your wise deifications.’
[Signed by Francisco de P Satvtandeb,
and dated at Bogota, January 2,1825.]
A Philadelphia physician, in a letter to a
lady, on the deleterious effects of wearing
corsets, has the following remarks: “I anti
cipate the happy period when tjje fairest
portion of the fair creation will step forth
unincumbered with slabs of walnut and tiers
of whalebbne. The constitution of our fe*
males must be excellent, to withstand, in an?
tolerable degree, the terrible inflictions of
the corset eight long hours every,day. No
other animal could survive it. Take the
honest ox. and enclose his sides with hoop
poles, put an oaken plartk beneath him, ana
gird the whole with a bed-cord, and demand
of him lahor. He would labor, indeed, but
it would be for breath.”