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. mrwixoRTEti AND HIT MEALING, PUBLISHERS. |(1 Lj Paper !-■ puhli'hevl every Monday and lernoon, at >5 Ofl per annum, payable in ad- 1 [) a t the expiration of the year. ,-ements not exceediiic a square, inserted the u2 1-2 cents, and 4'J It 1 cents for each con- O THE TtriBLIO. letter addressed by me to Mr Carter l' / -*jTerly, of Virginia, has lately, without Jv consent, agency or wish on my part, fund its way in the newspapers, accom- f ; »anieii by a statement over the signature if H, Clay, contradicting and denying, x r not any thing I have written, but that which he himself makes me to say. Ft is rot the interpretation given by him to my letter, but my own language and own state ment, that I am called upon to defend and expect to vindicate. To explain the manner in which my o- pinions have found their way into the journals rtf the day, seems, in the first place, to be due boih to the public and myself. Mr. Beverly, being on a visit at my house, requested to know of me, other gentlemen being present, whether the overtures heretofore imputed to Mr. Clay were well founded, and if I had a knowledge of any of the facts myself. I answered him candidly ; being unable, as well as unwilling, to refuse telling things I had heard, and knew to be true.—A let ter detailing our conversation, shortly af terwards obtained publicity in the “North Carolina Journal,” printed at Fayettville. On the 15th of May last,.fr n m Louisville Kentucky, a communication was addres sed to me by Mr. Beveily, stating what be fore I had not known that he was the wri ter of this Favettville letter. He explain ed the reasons for his having repeated the conversation, and requested to be infor med if in any thing lie had misquoted or misconceived my meaning. Under such circumstances, concealment and silence might have seemed mere afiectation, or indeed something of a different and even worse character. Publicity having been given to the conversation, and an appeal made to me for its accuracy, I felt it to he due to Mr. Beverly, that nothing of fabrication should be imputed to him, ano to myself, that what I had stated should be correctly understood. Accordingly, on the 6th of June, and in reply to his of tFie 15th of May, I addressed him a letter of which the public are already possessed Flow, and bv what means, it found its wav into the columns of a newspaper, Mr. Bev erley has explained : he states to me that he gave it into the hands of Mr. Noah Zane, of Wheeling, Virginia, at his ear nest request, for perusal, under a pledge of honor that it should be returned ; and with no expectation that anv copy of it was to bo retained ; that on liiv njvflvlnc; for, and demanding the letter, it was refu sed to be restored until two copies shohld be made. He proceeds to say. “Mr. Zane, an old and most respecta ble gentleman, asked the loan of your let ter as a favor; and contrary to all custom and propriety in such cases, he, in con junction with Mr. Clay and his friends, took copies of it, without mv knowledge or ptivityin any way, and without asking my leave to do so. Soon as T under stood that such was the use they were ma king of it, I demanded of Mr. Zane the letter, and remonstrated against the unpre cedented course they were taking. He refused to restore it to me, most peremp torily, until they had satisfied themselves by furnishing to Mr. Clay one copy, and reserving another for their own use.” The original conversation referred to, and the above extract of a letter from Mr. Bevei l v at Wheeling, dated 25th of June, are presented to show that F have not, as is charged, “placed mvself in the attitude of a public arcuser,” and that whatever publicity has been given to this transaction has ari en from no agency or procurement of mine ; and that Mr. Clay, in fact, has himself held the matter up to public gaze. In doing this, he should have quoted what F had written accurately and fairly ; for then, the text and his commentary would have suited together ; at present his con tradiction is a something suggested by himself, and is not contained in mv letter. The statement contained in my letter to Mr. Beverly is this-: That in January 1825, a member of Congress of high re spectability visited me one morning and observed—“he had informed the friends of Mr. Clay, that the friends of Mr. Ad ams had made overtures to them, saying, if Mr. Clav and his friends would unite in aid of the election of Mr. Adams, Mr. Clav should be Secretary of State; that the friends of Mr Adams were urging, as a reason to induce the friends of .Mr. Clay to accede to this proposition, that if F was elected F’rcsident, Mr. Adams would be continued Secretary of State, (inuendo, there would be no room for Kentucky ;) that the friends of Mr. Clay sta f ed, the West did not wish to separate from the West, and if I would say o" permit any of my confidential friends to sav that in case I was elected president, Mr. Adams should not be continued Secretary of State ; by a complete union of Mr. Clay and hisfriends, they would put an end to the Presidential contest in one hour ; and he was of opin ion that it was right to fight such intrigu ers with their own weapons.” This disclosure was made to me by Mr. James Buchanan, a member of Congress from l’ensylvania, a gentleman of the first respectability and intelligence. The eve ning before lie had communicated, sub stantially, the same proposition to Major Eaton, my colleague in the Senate, with a desire warmly manifested that lie should communicate with me, and ascertain mv views on the subject. This he declined d *ing, suegetsing to Mr. Buchanan that he, as well as himself, could converse with me, and ascertain my opinion; though rom his knowledge of me, he thought he could well conjecture my answer—that I would enter into no engagement whatever. It was the morning succeeding this inter view, after Major Eaton had objected to converse with me on the subject, and be fore I had set out from my lodging for the capitol, that Mr. Buchanan came to visit me, and when the conversation I have stated took place. The answer re turned, has already been published, and need not here be repeated. To be thus approached by a gentleman of Mr. Buchanan’s high character and standing, with an apology profferred at the time for what he was about to remark to me—one who, as I understood, had al ways to that moment, been on familiar and friendly terms with Mr. Clay, assuring me that on certain terms and conditions being assented toon mv part, then, “by an un friends, they petent authority gives; and far less should he distrust that exercise, when in the hands of correct and honorable men. Innocence never seeks for safety thro- covert ways and hidden ambuscades ; she fights by day in the open plain, and proud in her own strength, meets her enemy fearlessly; in the proposition made by Mr. M’Dutiie, there was nothing to alarm, nothing that innocence should have doubt ed about ; it was neither mare nor less, than a cal! of the attention of the commit tee to particular inquiries, with applica tion for power to ferret out the truth, through an appeal to the oath of .those of Phalermo witii 3000 men, and on the 16th of May, that is ten days after the defeat, the Acroplis held out. On the 13th, Lord Cochrane was scouring the Archipelago in search of reinforcement. There is an incident connected with this defeat, which shows that the spirit of their fathers is still alive in the Greeks, and recalls to us the days and the deeds of Leonidas and the Spartans. After the battle, a very honorable capitulation was offered to the Greeks, who are yet besieg ed in the Acropolis ; they returned for answer, that “ if the Pacha wished their arms, he must come and take them, and of Mr. Clay and his 1 would put an end to the Presidential con- possessed would have been amply suffi- 1 test in one hour,” what other conclusions cient to produce a different result, had Mr ! or interference was to be made, than that Clay been at all desirous that a different ! he spoke by authority, either of Mr. Clay one should have been produced. The 1 himself or some of his confidential friends. 1 resolution contained strong imputations, The character of Mr. Buchanan, with ; and serious charges—Mr Clay and his me forbids the idea that he was acting on friends were both implicated. Can it be his own responsibility, or that under any | presumed, under such a state of general circumstances, he could have been indu- ! excitement, that if Mr Clay desired it, he ced to propose an arrangement, unless j could not have found present &, at hand, possessed of satisfactory assurances, that ! some friend to ask in his behalf, that the if accepted, it would be carried fully into i resolution should be adopted, and full who might be called upon to depose be- ■ that they would not surrender the citadel fore them. j until death.” Before the attack, Lord Without documeufs, and acquainted ; Cochrance promised 1000 talens to the with the number of Mr Clav’s friends in j man who should carry off the colours ol the House, I cannot assert that they were j Redschid Pacha, and the same to him ’ in opposition to Mr M’Duffie’s resolution, i who should hoist the Admiral s flag on Yet it is obvious, that the influence he the gate of the citadel of Athens. The Paris Constitution^, of the 14th, contains the following article effect. A weak mind would seldom or ever be thus disposed to act, an intelligent one never. Under all these circumstances appear ing at that time, I did not resist the impres sion that Mr. Buchanan hud approached me on the cautiously-submitted proposi tion of some authorized person; and there fore, in giving him mv answer, did request him “to say to Mr. Clay and hisfriends,” what, that answer bad been. Whether the communication was made to Mr. Clay and his friends I know not ; this, though, I do know, that while the opinions and course of Mr. Clay as to the election, were but matter of conjecture with many at and before this time, very shortly after this conversation took place, his, and his friends, opinion became forthwith matter of certainty and general knowledge, Still F have not said, nor do I now say, that the proposal made to me was “with the privity and consent” of Mr. Clay ; nor ei ther, have I said that hisyWe/ttfs in Con- gr,ss made propositions to me. These are Mr. Clav’s interpretations of my letter to Mr Beverly, and not what mv letter itself contains. What I have stated, are the facts of a conversation between myself and a member of Congress of high respec tability. The conclusion and inference from that conversation—the time-man ner—and all the ci r cumstances, satisfied my mind that it was not unauthorised. So I have thought, and so I still think ; and vet, I again repeat that in this supposition I may have possibly done Mr. Clay injus tice. Ifhe should be able to sustain the averments he has made, and acquit him- himself of anv agency and participation in the matter. I bee leave to-acsnrp Mm that so far from affording me pain, it will give me pleasure. I certainly can have no de sire that the character of my country, through the acts of a prominent citizen, shall rest under any serious imputation : for the honoi of that country, I should greatly prefer, that any inference I lave made, may turn out to be ill Founded. Mr. Clay declares his great satisfaction that this matter has at last been brought to light, and the public consideration. He feels rejoiced “ that a specific accusation by a responsible accuser has at length ap peared.” To this a passing notice is due. It must bo recollected, that in conse quence of a letter from Mr. George Kre- mer in January, 1825, an enquiry was set on foot in Congress upon the application of Mr. Clay himself. On this memorable occasion, of guilt -mputed on the one hand, and innocence maintained on the other, Mr. M’Duffle, it will be recollected, submitted for consid eration to the House of Representatives, as matter of instruction to the committee the following resolution : “ That the said committee be instructed to inquire wheth er the friends of Mr. Clay have hinted, that they would fight for those who would pqy best or any thing to that effect; and whether overtures were said to have been made by the friends of Adams to the friends of Mr. Clav, offering the appoint ment of Secretary of State for his aid to elect Adams; and whether the friends of Clay gave this information to the friends of Jackson and hinted that if his friends would offer the same price they would close with them; and whether Henry Clay has transferred or resolved to transfer, his interest to John Q. Adams; and whether it was said and believed that as a consid eration for his abandonment of duty to his constituents, Clay was to be appointed Secretary of State, and that the said com mittee be authorised to send for persons and papers, and to compel the persons- so sent for to answer upon oath.” Now here is a resolution, officially sub mitted, covering more than the ground of my communication to Mr. Beverly ; and resting in connexion with an accusation publicly charged in the newspapers ; and yet Mr Clay at this late period, professes to be rejoiced, that “ a specific accusa tion, by a responsible accuser, has at length appeared.” Certainly more than two years ago, an accuser respectable, and an accusation specific, were both before him—were both within his reach, & might have been met, if he had been at all dispo sed to the interview, or rejoiced at the prospect of meeting an accuser. Had Mr M’Duffie believed the charge groundless and untrue, he js a man of too high sense of honor to have pressed upon the con sideration of the committee an instruction clothed in the pointed phraseology that is; nor can it be inferred, in a matter so seri ous, the friends of Mr Clay would have voted against extending this asked for power to the committee. An innocent man before an impartial tribunal fears not to meet the exercise of any power that com- powers extended to the committee? And moreover, can it be thought that sucli an indulgence, if desired by Mr Clay, or anyofhi3 friends, could or would have been denied ? And yet, it was denied in asmuch as the resolution was rejected, and the power asked for, refused to the committee. A solicitude to find “ a spe cific accusation, by a responsible accu ser,” could not have been so seriously en tertained then, as it is earnestly express ed now, or else so excellent an opportuni ty being aftorded to encounter both, both could have boon so carelessly regarded— so contemned, and so thrown away. A controversy with me can no more dis close or render apparent Mr Clay’s inno cence, than could the controversy placed within his reach two and a half years ago; and yet, while the one was avoided, or at any rate not embraced with a zeal cor responding with the necessity of the oc casion, at the prospect by the other, ex ceeding joy seems to be manifested.— Then, as now a specific, accusation was before him. One further remark and I am done, with a hope that, on this subject, I may not be under any necessity of again ap pearing in the newspapers. In saying what I have, all the circumstances con sidered, I have felt it was due to myself, and to the public. My wish would have been, to avoid having any *h."g to say or do in this matter from any apprehension well conceived, that per son will not be wanting who may charge whatever is done, to a desire to affect others, and benefit myself. My owu feelings, though, are of higher im- es leave to 3K1I|, ° tlwt nnrtanw nnA — ion of those who impose censure where it is believed not to be deserved. I have been actuated by no such design, nor go verned by any such consideration.— The origin—the beginning of this matter, was at my own house and fireside where surely a freeman may be permitted to speak on public topics without having ascribed to him improper designs. I have not gone into highways and market places, to proclaim mv opinions, and in this feel that I have differed from some who, even at public dinner tables, have not scrupled to consider me as a legitimate subject for a speech, and the entertain ment of the company. Yet, for this, who has heard me complain? No one. Trust ing to the justice of an intelligent people, I have been content to rely for security on their decision, against the countless assaults and slanders, which so repeat edly are sought to be palmed upon them without seeking to present myself in my own defence, and still less, to become “the responsible accuser” of Mr Clay or any other person. ANDREW JACKSON. Hermitage, July 18th, 1827. s» LA TES T FROM FRANCE. — C By the packet ship Edward Quesnel, which left Havre on the l6:h, Paris pa pers to the 15th June aie received. These papers bear melancholy tidings concerning the poor Greeks—two thou sand five hundred of whom have been put to the sword! in a battle fought on the l6ih of May. Humanity bleeds in be holding this miserable but heroic people slaughtered like dogs; but manhood ex ults in the desperate and unyielding cou rage with which they meet destruction, instead of slavery. The Greeks, it seems, had assembled 10,000 men for the rel ef of Athens. Four thousand had marched in the direction of Asomato, at the north of the Pyreus, for the purpose of attack ing the Turks in the rear, who occupied a fortified position among the olive groves, while the other troops were to attack them in front. On the 4th Karaiskaki Commenced the attack on the Turks, and was killed, with 300 of his men. On the 6th, an engagement took place between the Turks and those Greeks who had ef fected a landing from the fleet. Two thousand men, sent by Redschid Pacha, attacked them, and the defeat and slaugh ter of the Greeks wss horrid. Out of 22 Philhellenists 18 were killed. The total loss of the Greeks in killed was 1500 men. Lord Cochrane with difficulty succeeded in taking on board the fleet the remnant of the army, and General Church, in ral lying his troops, narrowly escaped being made prisoner. The expedition is said to have been well planned, and the defeat is attributed to the superiority of the Turk ish cavalry. The Greeks, however, though defeated with great loss, still conttnued their efforts for the preservation of Athens. At the receipt of the last intelligence, General “ Trieste, June 2.—A vessel which left Svra, May 19, has brought down the un- ! pleasant news that the Greeks had suffered j a total defeat under the walls of the A- cropolis, and that this Bulwark of Ancient ! and Modern Greece, was lost beyond re covery. 2500 Greeks were left dead on the field of battle, among them Karaiskaki ! and most of the defenders of Missolonghi. The garrison of Acropolis was momently expected to blow up. The greatest con sternation prevailed among the Greeks. “ Another letter from Syra, of the same date, says : The Greek troops sent to the relief of the Acropolis, and which con sisted of the flower of the nation, have been completely defeated The Turks, reinforced by troops front Constantinople, surrounded the Greek corps, which could not force a passage, and lost upwards of 3000 men, including the brave Karaiskaki. The Acropolis has not yet fallen, but ne gotiations for a capitulation are now going on. A French, and an English frigate, and the Austrian corvette Caroline, are in the Roads of Athens, f >r the purpose of assisting in the negotiation, and providing for the safety of the garrison.” The Augsburg Gazette contains a ru mour of the Emperor of Russia having written to the allied courts that his troops will occupy Moldavia and Wallachia, in case the Turkish fleet quits the Darda nelles. The Brussels papers quote from the Florence Gazette an article which inti mates that Lord Cochrane means to pass the Dardanelles, with a view to attack the Turks in the Marmora. A letter from Marseilles states that a principal cause of the menacing attitude that France has just assumed towards Al giers, is the insult offered by that Regen cy to the flag of the Pope, several of whose subjects are at this moment captives at Algiers. A letter of the 25th ult. from Stock holm, says:—“ We are assured that or ders have been given for a 74 gun ship, two frigates, and some light vessels, to be fl US'.A nill. lui^-tko _ T-—— ” ” conjectured that these vessels are to join the Russian squadron, fitting out at Cron- stadt for the Mediterranean. In the di plomatic circles it is said that England and Russia are determined to settle the affairs of Greece and compel the Porte to acknowledge the independence of that ill- fated country, and the principal islands, such as Cyprus,' Candia, <fcc.” Extract of a private letter of the 11th ult. from Constantinople :—The Marquis do Ribeaupierre has made known to the Reis Effendi, that even if the other Pow ers should abandon the intentions of inter fering in the affairs of Greece, the inter vention of Russia would nevertheless take place. The declaration has made a deep impression on the Porte, and the import ant crisis is certainly at hand.” The following is the formula of the oath that Lord Cochrane took before the Na tional Assembly of Greece, at Trezena, on the 11th of April :—“ I swear to shed my blood, if it be necessary for the salva tion of the Greeks, and not to abandon them except they abandon themselves. LONDON, JUNE 14. House of Lords, June 13.—Shortly af ter the meeting of the House, Lord Gode rich rose and said, that he was unable yesterday to answer the questions put to him, as to his intentions relative to the Corn Laws. He was now prepared to sav, that since their Lordships had for the second time adopted the amendment, he could not think of again submitting the bill to the house, seeing that the amend ment adopted, is subversive of its funda mental principles. His Lordship there fore said, that he would not propose any further proceedings in relation to it.— Thus the question as to the corn laws is at an end for this year, and Ministers are evidently in a minority in the House of Lords. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. NEW-YORK, AUGUST 1. The ship Georgia, Capt. Smith, from Liverpool, brings us London papers to the 15th and Liverpool to the 16th of June inclusive from which we have ex tracted every thing of interest. The withdrawal of the Corn Bill has created a good deal of excitement. The cotton market remained firm, and an advance of Id had taken place in Sea Islands. The Sun of the evening of the 14th, thus remarks, on the abandonment of the Corn Bill; “It is with unfeigned regret that we have to announce the abandon ment of the Corn Bill last night in the House of Lords. It has always appeared to us a masterpiece of legislation, and as such we have warmly supported it. We are now exposed to all the ruinous conse quences of fluctuation which it had in view to remove, and we can only trust that providence will avert those evils which the glaring selfishness of an inveterate faction would bring upon the nation.— That, that party do not take the trouble of following extract from Lord 6rey*s speech ;—‘If there was to bo a contest,* said his Lordship, ‘between that house and a great portion of the population, his part was taken. He was one of an order with which he must stand or fall, and to the last hour of his life he would maintain the privileges and independence of Par liament.’ And yet this is the individual who was once considered the ‘ friend of the people,’ now co-alescmg with Utlra Tories, from whom, according to his own words, he differs ‘as far as the poles are asunder.’ We regard to the Duke of Wellington’s share in the matter, we can only say, that we have too much remaining respect for the Hero of Waterloo, to trust ourselves with making any comments on such un justifiable conduct, whilst under the in fluence of the serious mortification which we feel at the failure of this bill. A Liverpool Circular of the 1 Gth, holds the following language on this subject: —“ The rejection ol the Corn Bill by the House of Lords, has produced great sur prize with commercial men; the disap pointment is more strongly felt, as it has generally been understood, in that House the opposition to any Bill is made at the second reading, which in the instance now alluded to had passed with so decided a majority, and serious dissent or subse- quet defeat was not anticipated. The re sult however is otherwise, and its conse quences and effects will probably be felt in creating some stagnation in business and a curtailed demand for manufactured goods; should this bo the case (and, though to be feared, it is to be hoped it will not,) a check may be experienced to the steady and progressive improvement of late percptible in the Commercial and Manufacturing interests of the country, in asmuch as the received public opinion is, that the late improvement is in a great measure attributable to the prospect ot a modification in our Corn Laws, having produced a great interchange of commo dities with other nations, which had the bill passed, would have been followc 1 up; its rejection will therefore most probably curtail this demand.” In the House of Lords on the 14th, Lord Teynham asked a question of Lord Dudly respecting the continued occupation of Spain by French troops. Lord Dudley in reply said, that when a noble friend of his asked a question nearly similiar, on a former occasion respecting a course which government intended to pursue, he told his friend that he must then decline giving any answer—that the time in fact had not come when such a disclosure ought to be made. For reasons nearly similiar, he said, I must now also decline giving a distinct reply to the noble Lord’s question. The subject is one of great importance, and I can assure the noble Lord and tho House that it has been left out of the view of gov ernment ; and I can also assure him, most sincerely, that in my judgement, *and in that of my colleagues, any information that we could now afford would do any thing _ ,. j — .«w- the noble Lord. On that ground, there fore, I must refuse to give any specific answer. Lord Teynham. There can be no doubt that the occupation of Cadiz and the other Spanish ports by France is an indication of a hostile feeling, if not of an act of hos tility, on the part of that country towards England : and I am sure that the House will agree with me in thinking that the deepest responsibility rests with the noble Viscount and all his Majesty’s government. (Hear, hear.) Lord Dudley. When the day of expla nation corifes, I have no doubt that it will appear that his Majesty’s government had not been unmindful of their duty. (Hear.) Pre- . - 'jam,, tottering infant of three year! old, are seen laboring at the same oar. To vent these little creatures from drown in? in the eveDt of falling overboard, thev have generally a string made fast to them and some have a hollow gourd tied up 0a ' their backs to keep them from sinking CREEK INDIANS. MACON, AUGUST 7. Colonel Brearly and the Indian deputa tion appointed to explore the land west of the Arkansas for the purpose of fixing up. on a suitable place for the emigrating p ar . ty to locate themselves, having returned the emigtting party were notified to meet the deputation on the 29th July at the fa]] 3 of Chatahoochy. Col. Crowell, Agent of the Creek nation had called a national council on the same day to be held at Wo. wpka—Upon the arrival of Co). B. at Fort Mitchell an arrangement took place between the agents ; the meeting of the emigrating party at the falls was suspend ed and they were requested to attend the national council in order that the deputa tion should make a report to them so far as related to a description of the country and the manner in which they were receiv- ed by the Cherokeesand Osage Indians. Accordingly the McIntosh partyattend- ed the national council on the 1st. inst, w hen Arbeka Tustunnugee chief of the deputation addressed the council and gave a clear and lucid description of the local situation of the Country—describing the water courses, quality of land, variety of game and pointing out to them the verv great advantages that it possessed over the Creek nation. His communication was confirmed by several Indians (not of the McIntosh or emigrating party,) thev sta ted that hespok4#ie truth, they had been through that Country many years since The address of Arbeka had considera ble weight, and there is at present no doubt but that a considerable body will emigrate. The Little Prince addressed the depu tation, expressed himself in a very friendly manner, said he wished to part friendly, and that those of the McIntosh party that did not think proper to emigrate, should remain and be protected. The mad Ti ger and other chiefs spoke in the same friendly manner—Chilly McIntosh repli ed to them, in a very eloquent speech.— The McIntosh party then shook hands with the head men of the nation and then retired to meet at the Falls of the Chata- hoochie on the 4th inst. to organize thoir council, and to make such arrangements as may be necessary previous to their em igration, and to receive the official report of the deputation, as well as to receive the emblems of friendship, sent to them by the Cherokee and Osage Indians. The national council was uncommonly numerous.—Macon Messenger. Church still kept possession of the heights cloaking their views will be seen from the From the Aurora and Franklin Gazette. Extract from the Journal of a Voyage to Canton. I left the ship at Whampoa to go to Canton. The distance is about 12 or 15 miles; the river winding in serpentine courses through alow marshy country, con verted for the most part into rice fields. A few miles back the ground swells into hills of considerable height, but all appar ently quite naked and barren, with no thing upon them except here and there a Pagoda These towers I am informed are to be seen all over the country, and are supposed to have been erected imme diately after the first Tartar conquest, though the Chinese profess to have no his tory or tradition of their origin or use.— As they are in sight of each other the whole way from Canton to Pekin, it seems very evident that they were erected for the purpose of watch and signal tow ers. On the passage up the river there ap peared nothing to engage the attention, except the immense floating city of boats, which almost formed a bridge across for several miles. It seems the ancestors of this amphibious people emigrated in their boats from a distant part of the coast of China, several centuries ago, but not be ing permitted to land, have continued from generation to live in them, with the indul gence of going to shore in the day time only; so that the numerous families that inhabit them are all born, live and die on water. How so many, for they are said to amount to 200,000, an estimate I think much too extravagant, make out to gain a livelihood, I cannot imagine. Yet so far I have not observed any marks of poverty and distress among them. They all ap pear healthy and contented, well clothed, and well fed. It is truly astonishing to see with what rapidity boats and even vessels of consid erable burthen, are propelled by means of two large sculls or oars, on the pivots, and fixed to two pieces of projecting wood on the stern. From six to ten men accor ding to the size of the vessel, are required to work one of these, in which there ap pears to be considerable slight necssary, and is equally as well understood by the women and children, as the men. The husband wife and children, down to the THE GOUT CURED; Or, a Doctor against his will. was according to the relation of Olear- ins, very much afflicted with the gout. At a certain period, when he suffered very severe pains, he caused it publicly to be proclaimed at Moscow, that he would re ward with extraordinary favor and great riches, the man, whoever he might be, that would relieve him from those pains. “It seems that no one voluntarily ap peared to earn the favor of the Grand Duke; and indeed no wonder, for a doctor had his whole existence at stake in those times in Russia, if his cure failed upon some high noble patient; and Gude- now was in the habit of mak.ng the sur geon, as if he considered the latter as an absolute master of nature, responsible for the result of his art. “ The wife ofa certain bojaar, or coun- cellor of the cabinet, who received very harsh treatment from her husband, took advantage of the public edict of the grand duke, to revenge herself, in a cunning manner, on her cruel husband. She there? fore had the duke informed that her hus band possessed an infallible remedy for the gout, but that he was not sufficiently hu mane to impart it. “ The bojaar was immediately sent for ♦o court, and strictly examined ; the lat ter declared by all that was holy, that he was unacquainted with any such remedy, and had not the slightest knowledge of medicine. But oaths would not avail him Gudenow had him severely whipped and confined. When, shortly after, he was a- gain examined, he repeated the same dec larations, adding that this trick was prob ably played upon him by his wife; the duke had him whipped a second time ; but more severely, and threatened him with death, if he did not speedily relieve him from pain. Seized with terror, the bojaar was now entirely at a loss what to be at. He promised to do bis best, but requested a few days in order to have the necessary drugs gathered. Havigg, with great diffi culty, had his request granted, he sent to Ozirbak, two days journey from Moscow, in order to get thence, all sorts of drug9 which were to be had there. He sent for cart loads of them, mixed them all togeth er,and prepared a bath for the duke, in the hope of his blind cure proving success ful.—Gudenow after having used the bath really found some relief, and the bojaar had his life spared him. Nevertheless, because he knew such an art, denied his knowledge of it, and refused his assistance to the grand duke, the latter had him a- gain thoroughly whipped,and after being entirely recovered, he gave him a new dress, two hundred rubles,, and eighteen slaves, by way ofa present. In addition to this he seriously admonished the doc tor never to be revenged on his wife. It is said that the bojaar, after this occur rence, lived many years in peace and hap piness with his spouse." It is reported, says the Providence, (R. I.) Gazette, that Mr. T. J. Randolph has received an offer from some person in Boston, of $100,000 for the late IVIr. Jef ferson’s manuscripts. EDGE CUT OFF