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LATEST FROM EUROPE.
NEW-YORK, JAN. 9,
By the arrival yesterday morning ofthe
pricket ship Napoleon, Capt. Smith, from
Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24rh
Nov, the Editors of the Morning Courier
Save received their regular files of London
papers to the 22d, and Liverpool papers
to the 2lth Nov. inclusive, which, with
| ■ their Floyd’s Lists, Prices Cut rent, &.c
Eu-
y
enable then) to present their reader
fopean accounts of the latest dates.
ENGLAND.
Gore’s Liverpool Advertiser of the
2h3d publishes the following letter.
LONDON, NOV. 20th.
“ II If past seven o'clock,—Up to seven
• .’clock no further intelligence had been
received either at the Foreign Office or
She Admiralty, from Constansinople or
Navarino ; but despatches are hourly, in
deed momentnirlv expected. At the Ad
miralty, messengers arc in attendance ie;r-
dy to he sent off to the ueads of govern
ment when information arrives, and the
printers who are kept at the Admiralty
for the purpose of printing short notes
cf what the dispatches contain, for imme
diate transmission to ministers, the lords
of the privy counc.1, &c. are desired to be
in attendance until a late hour. The
Duke of Clarence is expected to stay at the
Admiralty until nearly nine o’clock this
evening. All the ministers remain in tow n,
nnd so anxious are they for intelligence,
that such of them as are engage lout for the
evening, leave word with their colleagues
where they are to be sent to.
There is a report current, that other
accounts, from the log-book* of two or
three ships at Navarino, have been re
ceived by ministers, and that they are
singularly at variance with the dispatches
from Sir Edward Corlrington. I have
direct authority from the Admiral and
Foreign Office to state, that there is no
truth in the report,
Price Esterhazv hn3 despatches from
Yienna np to the 11th instant, and persons
tji the Stock Exchange, supposed to be
connected with his immediate friends,
have been selling largely. It soems bare
ly possible, that dispatches from Vienna
of the 11th should not bring intelligence
fromlConstantinoplc np to the28thor 29ih
of October. According to a report in a
j,*ood quarter, Esterhazv has not received
fmv intimation of the Navarino news hav
ing reached Constantinople, but positive
information that the Portecontinued de
termined for hostilities and had rejected
the intervention of Austria,”
from the London New Times of 23d of Nov.
The city to-dav has been inundated
*tth reports of the most warlike descrip
tion, which created considerable alarm
Amongst the merchants, jobbers and spec
ulators,on the Stock Exchange, i$’c.
Four or five expresses from Paris have
arrived quoting the prices of the French
Rentes. Three Per Cents, in the even
ing, 63 f. being it further decline of near
two per cent. This increased the con
sternation which was caused by the iniel-
ligpn , 'e from Leghorn, although the fall
ip the French Funds was aMrihuted to
the state of the election at Paris. Added
fo the above, a rumour also became cur
rent, tint at Patras a massacre of nearly
nil the Franks bad taken place, and that
the crews of several vessels had been seiz
ed and out into irons, fee. Srch a com
bination of alarming reports had an instan
taneous effect upon the money market.—
Consols from 84^ declined immediately to
the Turks at Nnvariu fired from their fir's
upon the Combined Fleet, on leaving the
harbour, and sunk three ships of the line
and six frigates.”
The interference of the Alliance must
have been seriously felt by the Turks.—-
Three .Austrian ships, which had.taken iu
cargoes of barley, rice, cheese, &. brandy,
on account of IbrahinPacha was detained
off Zant by Admiral De Rigney, and in
formed that they would expose themselves
to risk of capture, if they approached any
Turkish port in the Motea. The Aus
trians, upon this representation being
made, changed their destination.
Intelligence of the obstacles thus
thrown in the way of the meditated war
fare, probably reached Constantionple
some days before the arrival of the more
important news.
GREECE.
[Extract of a letter from an English officer ser
ving with General Church.}
Camp near Corinth, Sept. 21—“ We
have been constantly occupved in prepa
ring an oxpedition, which will shortly
cross the Gttif of Lepanto, and land at
Salona. For this purose several gun-boats
have been dragged across the Isthmus from
the side of Kenchrees.
“ you have, no doubt, heard of the el
der Colucotroni’s success in the neigh
bourhood ofCalavrita, where several hun
dred Arabs, have been destroyed and
‘‘The Ministers feef themselves in a
predicament regarding this matter. The
promotions aud orders were given with
out consulting them, by the Lord high ad
miral—their first knowledge of them, was
from the Gazette. They have remon
strated against him with the King, who
has, in consequence, stopped the promo
tion of the two Marine officers, whose
commissions, you are aware, are signed
by his Majesty. This is hard upon them ;
but no doubt an ea r ly opportunity will be
taken to promote them. Im the mean
time, it marks the opinion of the Minis
ters.
“It is said that Sir John Gore has been
sent out, as the personal friend of Admiral
Codrington, to call upon him to account
for his conduct, preparatory to his being
recalled. It is reported that Sir George
Cockburn is to succeed him in the com
mand, and that his place at the Admiralty
is to be filled bv Sir Henry IIotham.—
Never was there a subject on which pub
lic opinion seemed so much divided—both
as regards the necessity of the battle, and
the consequences that will result from it.—
But whatever may he thought -of the course
pursued bv Admiral C. there can be but
ot!^ opinion as to the gallantry of the af
fair ; for it is admitted on all hfinds, that
there has seldom been a sovetrer naval
fight, when the *elai’ve forces are taken
into account.— harlcston l ourier.
made prisoners. His corp is 8,000 strong ,
and has now taken up a position near; -matter*- ;
Vostizza* to which place the General in Frankfort Dec. 2 j, 182/i
Chief intends marching in a few days.— Patrick Henry Darby, Esq. ;
All idea of Kintahi’s approaching the vei- J Sir—With tins note you will receive
dponnessus is now jgjj; an end, for we have j Richmond Enquirer, containing a let-
iust heard that he has broken up his camp j “*r, Iron Felix Grundy, esq. fo General
at Thebes, and is proceeding to Zeitouni. j Jackson, and the General’s answer.
(From the Gazette dc France.)
83$ advanced to S4 1-2 3-3 and again
declined to 88 5-3, but at 'be close of the
market were flat at 84 1-2 3-3. The
business transacted has been to a very
" irge extent indeed, and the Market
’hrnuehout thedav has been in the most
fiverictj state. It was stated that letters
Tom Berlin had btutit received this morn
ing of a vefv 1 tie da'e, which, if anv credit
van be attached to the veno'-ts contained
•a them, were of the utmost importance.
They state that war teas inevitable, that
Trieste, Nov. G,—According to (ho
news front Zante and Corfu, of the 27th
October, a part ofthe Allied fleet were to
go to the Dardanelles, in oj-der to protect
’he Christians at Constantinople. Ibra
him has laid an embargo on the vessels of
the Franks, which aro in the Morea.—
Admiral Codrington, who’s repairing his
vessels at Maltmanda Zante, stops all ves
sels destined for the Dardanelles, telling
them they must wait for news from Con
stcintino'.dc.
The German papers, contain an article
from Trieste, which notices a report of
the Franks at Patras having been all mas
sacred. It was considered ns a mere ru
mour. Tho number of Franks in Pa-
tros must be extremely small. There
are some slight details of tho affair
of Navarino, on tlie authority of an En
glish Captain.
AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Nov 8.—The celebrated place
of pilgrimage, Maria-Zcll(with the excep
tion of a few detached houses.) was total
ly destroyed by fire on the night of the 1st
of this mouth. A furious storm raging at
tho time spread the flames with a rapidity
which baffled every attempt to extinguish
them, or even to sa ve any of the unfortu
nate inhabitants; 140 bouses, the beauti
ful church, the convent, and the p ost-of-
fice, are reduced to ashes. The number
of persons who have lost their lives is un
certain ; but it is known that two families,
consisting of 11 persons, perished in the
flames.
The Gratz journal of the 5th says, it is
feared that many children, old people,
and sick persons, had lost their lives.—
The image of the Vi.gin was saved.
Munich, Nov. 8.—It is believed that the
number of students in our University,
which exceeded 1,600 in the last half year,
will amount in this halfyear to 2,000 and
more; among whom there are, in partic
ular, many North Germans, Gottingen.—
FRANCE.
The French Ministers have received a
defeat in the elections of tho Capital.—
For all the eight Electoral Colleges of Pa
ris, the candidates opposed to the Minis
ter have been returned. The popular
candidate for the second College, had
1012 votes, his opponent but 88 ; the pop-
nlar candidate for the third College, gain
ed 1,117, his opponent counted hut 9; nnd
for the fourth College, the popular candi
date polled 1,035 ; Whilst the Ministeri
al candidate obtained but 22 ;
This state of things has caused a great
sensation in Paris. The Funds have ex
perienced a rapid decline: but whether
that ought to be wholly ascribed to the
Elections, is a matter of some doubt.
From the Gazette de Franee, Paris, Nov 20.
The Vienna Court Gazette, of Nov. 10,
invites all persons who have any claim on
Don Miguel to apply immediately as the
This answer, I imagine, you peruse
with some degree of surprise as it seems
to be intended and will be understood, by
the general’s friends at least, as a full and
complete denial of a statemen’, which has
been long circulated and generally credi
ted, of his having threatened to use perso
nal violence upon a Senator ofthe United
States, for his official conduct in the Se
minole war.
You will unquestionably recollect, that
in tho casual conversations which have
passed between us, touching the character
of Gen. Jackson, this subject has been
more than once alluded to. If I have
not misunderstood your remarks, in one
or more of those conversations, ymi have
mentioned that General Jackson himself,
in giving an account of the occurrences
at Washington, at the period in question,
informed you personally that it was his
intention to have made an a'tacJc upon the
person of Mr. Eppcs, then a Senator from
Virginia, with the threatened purpose of
cuVing his cars off !
That I may be enabled to state what
the general has said upon this subject, up
on former occasions, in a more authentic
shape than the repetition of common-con
versations, I ask the favor of you, to in
form me, by letter, wltat threats or avow
als you have heard General Jackson make
of the nature above described.
It is admitted that the giving of public
statements of such private conversations*
when not confidential, may be considered
as a matter of some delicacv ; but I am at
’he same time aware, that considerations
of mere delicacy will weigh but little with
you, against the right of the people to bo
put in possession of corrert. information
of men and things, at a crisis like this.
I am, sir, respectfully, y<>ur obedient
servant, J. G. DANA.
aodpropcrly appreciate the present strange
and curious connexion between Gen. Jack-
son and Felix Grundy, as well as the an
swer I will give to your enquiries.
As to what interpretation Gen. Jackson
and his political friends will give to his
letter to Mr. Grundy, I do not know. I
have long since discovered, that, like o-
ther idolators and devotees, they inter
pret every thing by their interests and
wishes. But for myself, I understand it
as going more to the place of action, and
the conversation with Decatur, than to the
substance ofthe charge ofintended violence
to the person of Mr. Eppes. I n fact, Ido
not see that intention at ail denied in the
letter. And I know he could not deny it
with truth.
As to the stated conversation between
Gen. Jackson and Com. Decatur, I never
heard of it until I saw it published in the
papers. Ifit ever did take place, Gen.
Jackson could not be expected to tell it;
and I know nothing on the subject but
what I derived from him‘and Dr. Bron-
attgh. But with regard to his dissatisfac
tion with the conduct of Mr. Eppns, and
of his intention to personally chastise him,
and as to his going in search of Mr. Eppes
for the purpose, it formed a topic of as
common conversation with Gen. Jackson
as most other incidents of his acts at
Washington city in relation to the Semi
nole ivar^ I understood from both Gen.
Jackson and Dr. Broti;ni*»h, that he left his
lodgings in search of Mr. Eppes, in com
pany with l he Doctor, that they went" to
wards the Senate chamber, in hopes of
meeting him on the street. That the Se
nate sat unusually late, and Mr. Eppes, as
they supposed, hearing of tho intention of
Gen. Jackson, left the Senate chamber,
before its adjournment, and secreted him
self.
I have heard General Jackson repeat
edly state, that he would have caned Mr.
opHuons- I regret it ih[e' foore,’ for I en-
tertaia,for each of them the highest es
teem. nor can I believe that thev will
teem, nor can 1 believe that they will
persist in a course which will end in their
support of Gen. Jackson. I am not as
tonished at their opposing the administra
tion, as it is friendly to “Internal Im
provements and Domestic Manufactures,”
but I can never believe that they will give
a preference to a man like. Gen. Jackson
over our present Chief Magistrate.
I think the friends of Mr. Clay ought
to contradict the base, unfounded charge;
as one, I am determined that such an ac
cusation shall not rest npon me. If Gen.
Jackson does not establish his assertion,
(which he cannot,) he ought to stand forth
to the world, as a proven base calumnia
tor, as unworthy of public or private con
fidence, and avoided by every man who
has a respect for virtue and f ir’honor.
Your obedient servant,
WM. BRENT.
Gambling.—Wc ha.\e several times
noticed the magnificent gambling estab
lishments in London and Paris—better-
known by the significant aud appropriate
term of Hells. As these receptacles of
vice and monuments of human misery are
countenanced or protected by government
they are for that reason well known, and
are only visited by the initiated of “ good
society”—by black legs of established
reputation—noblemen of great estates—
heirs apparent—rich bankers, and men
having something substantial to display on
the glittering tables. With us, however,
we have no such public and recognised
establishment; but we have private recep
tacles of a more dangerous and desperate
character ; Faro Banks, upon a limited
scale, and black legs who keep their cur
ricles and pass for gentlemen. We have
not the men, or the moans, it is true, to
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, JANUARY 21,1323
Mathew Hall M’Allistcr, of Savannah
has been appointed United States Atto *'
ney for the District of Georgia, i Q pj ac#
of R. W. Habersham, resigned.
Eppes, if lie could have found him ; and lose $100,000 in one night, but there are
Austria w tS ntak'iMi' the mo«t formidable j Prince was about to depart,
jfeparntinns, and that Prussia bad enga?- The Augsburg Gazette, has some ne
ed to fnrn’sti the Emperor of Rusia wi ll! counts from Constantinople to the 25th
SO,OOO.anx.'larv troops, for whose Services
rhe was to receive n narf of Russian Po
land. ( ,The.generalfeelin'/at Berlin was
said to be that nothing could prevent a War
taking piece
TURKEY.
The dn;n.< from Constantinople ns vet,
£0 not fneak of the intelligence of the
he’fie of N tvnrin having reached that city.
The London Courier observes in refer
ence to Turkish Affairs. “ Each day
that elapses, without the arrival of anv
fresh in'elligPnce from ’he Mediterranean
or f om Constantinople, na lilt ally excites
the public anxiety, while it affords an am
ple scope for the promulgation of every
description of rumour. Up to the mo
ment of going to press, no dispatches bad
reached the Foreign Office or the Admi
ralty, and it is only a llirice told tale to
nd'\ they me hourly expected. With
resoect to reports that are in circulation,
besides the letter from Flovd’s Agent at
Leghorn, which we have elsewhere notic
ed, there is another, founded upon letters
from Berlin of a recent date, which men
tion that “ war was considered as inevita
ble.” “ Austen, we are further told, upon
this same au’bority, “ is making great
preparations* and Prussia has agreed to
furn! sh Russia with'SOjKX) aux ilary tr00ps
for which she is to receive, as a compen
sation, Some yiart uf Poland.” “ The
Courier however,*does nut give credence
tj> these reports. A letter, dated Leghorn
"0*. ft. says “it is reported, to day,' tbit
fc
October; all was tranquil.
PORTUGAL.
By Lisbon Gazettes and letters to the
4th iust. it would seem that as the time for
Don Miguel’s accession to the Regency
approaches, the enemies of the Charter,
pretending to be the friends of the Prince,
are redoubling their mischievous dili
gence, and renewing th'-ir attempts at in
surrection and confusion. At Guimara-
ens—to the north-east Oporto—and at se
veral other places,the Aposolicais have re
sumed their attack on public order by de-
clating the Infante a King, while he pro
fesses to be only the King’s Lieut.—and
proclaiming him “ absolute,’’while he de
clares that he is Constitutional. The
Ministry have issued a circular calling up
on the authorities to suppress those dis
orders; and, if they are sincere in their
professions, there is no doubt that they
can be easily suppressed.
We have been favored with the sight of
ait interesting letter from London, dated
on the 22nd November, of which the fol
lowing are extracts:—
“I wrote you bv last packet, giving you
some of the “on dits,” respecting the Na
varino aflfait—since then, various reports
tfec. have been afloat, but no accounts
have yet been received from Constantino
ple, after the battle was known there.—
They have been expecting to receive in
telligence to-day, at the Foreign Office,
so that I presume very few hours will pass
over, without news o£aaoj^«ert or other,.
Dec. 26, 1827, Frankfort, Ky.
J. G. Dana, Esq.
Sir—I received your letter of the 24fh
inst. relative to Gen Jackson’s threatened
chastisement of Mr. Eppes, in 1819, with
its enclosures ; and have read both your
letter and those of General Jackson and
Mr. Grundy, and considered their con
tents.
I was once the lawyer, the agent, the
friend, and much in the company and con
fidence of Gen. Jackson. To purchase
the support of Felix Grundy, in the full
of 1823, in favor of his election to the Se
nate of the United States, in opposition to
Col. John Williams, in my absence to
East Tennessee, on the businesss of a
near relation of Mrs. Jackson—through
the agency of John H. Eaton, he formed
a combination with my enemies and a
portion of his own , in which, as the price
of Mr. Grundy’s support, I was to be giv
en up by Gen. Jackson, to be sacrificed
in character and fortune* >
In that arrangement, lie not only trans
ferred away mbre than $100,000=of my
property, which he had before transferred
itb
that if Mr. Eppes had resisted his chastise
ment, he would have CUT OFF HIS
EARS, as a signal mark of disgrace, and
left the consequences to his country and
the opinion of mankind. He fat ther sta
ted, at one or more times, 10 me, when
conversing on this subject,that he had 'hro’
life faught for his reputation, and would
not permit any set ofscoundrels to tarnish
his character with impunity, by falsehood,
and misrepresentation."
Gen. Jackson charged Mr. Eppes with
having prejudged the case, and then ta
king his seat in the committee, with an j
express understanding that his presence
would form a majority to report unfavor
ably to his conduct, so near the close of the
session,, that the report could not be acted
upon by the Senate.
Gen. Jackson further stated, repeated
ly, that William H. Crawford was the
principal &, secret mover of these charges
against him, in both houses ; and that Mr.
Clay and Mr. Eppes both acted in obedi
ence to the will and wishes of Mr.
Crawford, ojvthat subject. Ho stated
to me, mote 'than once, that he -went
to Mr. Monroe and denounced Mr.
Crawford to him, as a base and infamous
scoundrel; offered to prove the facts of
his conduct and villianv, and pressed Mr.
Monroe to dismiss him from the cabinet.
I have had numerous conversations with
Gen. Jackson connected with these sub
jects ; sometimes general, and often in de-
tajj. I never understood them as private
or confidential ; and have still less reason
to consider them so, since I have seen the
approval, by Gen. Jackson, of Mr. Bever
ly’s Fayetteville lettei.
I am, with great esteem, &c.
PATRICK II. DARBY.
—QQ©—
Amongthe documents appended to Mr.
Clay’s Pamphlet, the following letter from
Mr. Brent, a member from Louisiana, is
deserving attention.—
St. Martinsville, Attakapas, Lou. }
7- )
to me, but he afterward wrote eitner two
or throe letters to James Jackson,
of Alabama,.to perswa^e him no^ to pay
me $5,000 which .was.dne-tu’-mej as my
proportion of the compromise -ar.tj settle
ment. But if is due til 'fhe Waracter of
James Jackson, to say that he tjiid not
accord with the . wishqs'anpopigjons of
GeneraJ'Jackson, and paidmo the kmour.i
of my proportion. / ’■]
When the effect of this treacherous ar
rangement on the part of Gen. Jackson,]
was brought up to operate against me, by
conjunction ofthe legislative and judicia
ry powers.of the State, acting together for
thedestruction of my interests&whfenlwas
compelled to remove to Kentucky,^Gene
ral Jacksou, did not forget that he nad in
jured me in Tennessee, nor neglect to
follow me in my removal!
Every friendship and every confidence,
therefore, that has existed between Gen.
Jackson and myself, stand cancelled both
in his breast and mine, by the acts of in
justice, treachery and outrage, tharhe has
exercised towards me. But whatever Ge
neral Jackson has communicated as “pri
vate,” or whatever may have passed be
tween us of a private and confidential cha
racter, stands registered in the book of
our then friendly relations; and no wrong
or injustice on the part of Gen' Jackson,
shall ever cause me to violate the sanctity
of confidence, or to trespass on the laws
and privileges of friendship.
I have thought proper to make the fore*
going remarks, that the public may. knew
4th June, 1827
Dear Sir—I had seen the letter you al
luded to in the public prints before I re
ceived yours of the 1st May. I cannot
express the indignant feelings it excited.
It is the fabrication of a desperate man,
who, to obtain his object, dares to assert
what he knows to be false. You ask me
to say, whether T know or believe that
such a proposition was ever made, or
whether conditions of any sort were pro
posed by the friends of Mr. Clay to any
one, 011 the compliance of which their
vote was made to depend. No honorable
man can believe for a moment that such
a proposition was ever made, or such a
condition stipulated
I was a friend of Mr. Clay’s through
out the contest—I was in the confidence
of ail his friends, and I declare to God
that I never heard of such thing until it
was assorted bv the disappointed adherents
of Genera! Jackson. I am not only igno
rant of any such arrangements, but do not
believe they ever existed. I know full
well that at the time the charge was made
by Genera! Jackson or his friends, that
no person with whom I conversed believ
ed Mr. Clay had acted improperly, ex
cept (ha adherents of General Jackson,
who, l shall always believe, felt augry at
Mr. Clay and his friends for having too
much; firmness in the first instance to be
acted upon by their violence ; and in the
sqpond instance, too much integrity and
love of country to yield to a taction head
ed by a Military Chief, without talents,
and whose life is a history of immorality,
bloodshed, and violation of the laws of
God and of his country.
I well recollect that the high-minded
and honorable friends of Mr. Crawford,
amongst whom I name the honorable Mr.
Forsyth of Georgia, the Hon. Mr. Ste
venson of Virginia, the Hon. Mr. Wil
liams, Saunders, Edwards, of North Caro
lina, and others whom I could name, and
amongst them the Hon. Samuel Smith of
Maryland, in frequent conversation with
me, repelled such charges, as the effusions
of disappointed men, and approved of the
choice made by the friends of Mr. Clay,
in preference to Gen. Jackson. I regret
now to see these gentlemen, all except
Mr. Williams,, acting against their dtp
too many places where a few thousands
may be won and thrice such winnings
lost; where tho unwary are decoyed and
tempted, first to venture what is their
own, and then excited to lose what is the
property of others—where parents hazard
what belongs to their children—husbands
risk the resources of their wives—-men in
business the property of their creditors,
and public and private agents the monoy
of their employers, until, step by step,
they aro led on to ruin and disgrace, and
sometimes a violent death closes the scene
forever.
Gambling is not an inherent vice ; it is
a hectic excitement, produced by gradual
indtilgan.ee—it steals imperceptibly upon
us ; men commence bv playing cards in
their own houses, or in the houses of
friends; whist, loo, and brag ; they play
for a trifle and win, and their cupidity is
excited to win more, and not finding the
resources in the domestic circle, they dis
cover and frequent gambling houses; they
are permitted to win first in order that
their appetite may be whetted, and in the
end they are sure to be ruined. Every
Faro Bank has 25 per cent in favor of the
banker; .and yet, with a knowledge of
this fact, men madly stake their last dol
lar, on a card, and then come borne to wit
ness the misery and distres brought on
their families.
It is incredible how much money is lost
in this city by gambling, andwhat scenes
of heart-rending distress are its inevitable
results. Nor is this vice confined to the
profession alone ; gentlemen—men of
busines, and men of familiy—meet at each
other’s houses and in the kindest manner
imaginable, pillage each other of a few
thousands a night. Many a check presen
ted for payment at a bank in the morning
is the result of a gambling debt the night
previous. It is difficult to check a con
firmed vice, or reform a corrupt age, but
much may he done by parents to guard
against the approach cf vice. Let cards
be prohibited in families; let the rising
generation have no example before them
which can excite them to gamble, or lead
to this deplorable propensity ; what com
mences merely as an amusement, termi
nates in ruinous attachment. It must be
a family without resources—without the
charms of social converse—without a
cheering fireside—without amiable inter
course—without good books, that must
fly to cards to pass away tho time. Pa
rents should use every rational effort to
make their homes comfortable and attrac
tive to their children. Innocent amuse
ments of every kind should be encourag
ed to a reasonable extent; improving con
versation and the society of chaste females
should not be lost sight of. It is by ear
ly and correct impressions, and proper ex
amples, that the path through life is to be
rendered safe and happy.
We are however, very defective in our
domestic systems. Take an honest me
chanic, who by hrs labor has realised a
handsome fortune, aud we shall find but
few in that class who will bring up their
sons-to a similar mechanical employment.
They appear to be ashamed of the honest
occupation by which they have made for
tunes. Their hoys must be gentlemen
lawyers or doctors—wear fashionable
clothes—have money in their pockets—
keep a gig—resort to gambling houses, or
houses of ill fame, and ruin follows. Pa
rents who]can give their sons fortunes
will not see them wasted if they bring them
up to be industrious and economical.
Employment is the grand secret and the
grand charm to ensure tranquility, good
principles, and happiness; it is idleness
that is the parent of vice, and t he roet of
evil.
With respect to gambling houses and
gamblers, we believe that tbere are legis
lative enactments to supress them and
punish their keepers ; if not, we bave that
sweeping machine that embraces every
imaginable offence—the Common Law.
It behoves our Police to be more than
The Anti-Jackson Convention assem
bled at Richmond Virginia, have recom
mended John Quincy Adams as a fit p er
son to be supported for President of th 3
U.S. and Richard Rush for Vice-Presi.
dent. The following is the Electors'’
Ticket, framed by the Convention. Th**
influence of such names, and particularly
in so good a cause, would redeem 07"-
Virginia from her thraldom.
James Madison, of Orange.
JAMES MONROE, of Loudoun.
Col. S. \\ RIGHT, of Norfolk.
BENJ. HARRISON, of Charles Citr
J. GOODH1N, of Dinwiddie.
Dr. RICHARD FIELD, of Brunswick,
E. C, CARRINGTON, of Halifax
BENJ. HATCHER, of Chesterfield.
SAMI EL BRANCH, of Buckingham.
Judge FLEMING SAUNDERS, of Franklir
DAVID S. GARLAND, of Amherst.
CHAPMAN JOHNSON, of Richmond.
Judge F. T. BROOKE, of Spottsylrania.
CHARLES HILL, ol K. and Queen.
Capt. ROB, LIVELY, of Elizabeth City
Capt. HANCOCK EUSTACE, of Stafford
Judge W. A. G D ADE, of Prince Wiliam
ALFRED H. POWELL, of Frederick.
Col. JOS. MAUZEY, of Rockingham.
Judge A. STUART, of Augusta.
BALLARD SMITH, of G.ecnbrier.
Col. BENJ. ESTILL. of Washington.
Judge LEWIS SUMMERS, of Kanawha
ALPHCI S P. WILSON, of Monon-alia
It is not uncommon to read iu certain
papers, such sublime but unintelligible
jargon as, “ the destiny of the coalition u
fixed and their days are numbered.” We
know not the meaning of it, unless, in
plain English, it be that Mr. Adams is
destined to be re-elected and serve his
country another Presidential term. The
EJectoralTicket lately nominated at Rich
mond, would seem to warrant this inter
pretation. But time, wo suppose, will
solve all the enigmas of the day.
The present political contest is man
aged as if life and death were, the alterna
tives of victory or defeat—indeed, as it
the liberty and happiness of our beloved
country were considered jeopardized by
a false step in the selection between the
two distinguished candidates for the Pre
sidency. This ever appeared to us to be
any thing but a just apprehension on either
side. Rest assured the temple of our lib
erty, founded in the intelligence, and sup
ported by the affection of the people, is
not to be shaken by petty Masts. And
when the tempest comes, which may be
dreaded, it will not blow from the quarter
fa which certain party politicians now
look for their portentous dangers. The
general government is weak,Compared to
the States, and of its organization, the
Executive Department is the feeblest
branch. Let who will be President of
the United States, his ambitious view.-
are opposed by barriers which he cannot
transcend. No, the tempest which is to
number us with Tyre, Palmyra, Greece
and Rome, aud give us an existence only
in the ever-du ing page of History, will
be raised by the States. Here all the
danger lies. So it was viewed by the wis
est of those, who remedied the evils of
the old Confederation fcy the formation
of our present Constitution—sq it has been
viewed by our greatest men, from that
time to this; and, we need not add what
is but too apparent, that the truth of this
assertion is fearfully illustrated in the pre
sent seditious and disorganizing doctrines
of several members of the confederacy..
usually vigilant and to stand on no cars- •tenable and unfounded,!' and that previous
mony with the gambfing establishments
They are all private, as they are called,
but are nevertheless public receptacles of
vie*, tf io&toatidn, of fain, and suicide.
In the Kentucky Convention of the
friends of the Administration, Which met
at Frankfort, on the 17th ult., a proposi*
tion was offered to nominate Mr. Craw-,
ford for the Vice-Presidency ; but the
convention, after fixing upon their Electo*
ral Ticket, adjourned without nominating
any gentleman for the second office of the.
government.
The Legislature of Delaware has ad
journed, being unable to make choice of
a Speaker, after 19 ballotiDgs. A majori
ty of the whole number of votes is neces
sary to a choice. Party Spirit is the pre
sent ** Prince of the Powers of the Air.”
A Jackson Committee in the District
of Columbia, who have taken the Gene
ral’s reputation under their particular
Guardianship, state through their chair
man, John P. Van Ness, that they have
set on foot an enquiry, to show, that Mr-
Clay’s charges against Gen. Jackson and
bis friends in his late pamphlet, are “ un
to the election there '* must have been
(not that there was) an understanding be'
tween Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams and their
'fri«od«t frith regard to tit Secretary of*
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