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GEORGIA COURIER.
J. G. M’WHORTEIt
AND
HENRY MEALING,
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Mmticello, Mrch 6, 1821.
Sm, I have duly received your letter
of February iGth, and have now to ex
press my sense of the honorablo station,
proposed to mv ex-breihern and myself
in the constitution of the Society, for the
civilization and improvement of the In
dian tribes, The object, too. expressed
as that of the association, is one which I
have ever had much at heart; and never
omitted an occasion of promoting, while
I have been in situations to doit with ef
fect. And nothing, even now, in the calm
of age and retirement would excite in me
a more lively interest th;tu an approvable
plan of raising that respectable and unfor
tunate people from the state of physical
dcinoral abjection,to which they have been
reduced, by circumstances, foreign to
them. That the plan, now proposed, is
Entitled to unmixed approbation, I am not
priM.ned v.j say, After-mature consider-
Rtioo and with ail the partialities, which
its pr.ileosed object would rightfully claim
from me, I shall, not undertake to draw
the line, of demarcation between private
associations of laudable views & unimpos
ing number*,Alt,lose whose magnitude may
rivaiizt the march of regular government.
Yet such a line does exist. I have seen
the days—they were ihose who preceded
the revolution, when even this last and
perilous^ engine became necessary. But
they icere days ichich no man would wish
to see a second time. That was .the case
where the regular authorities of the Go-
9err. ni; ut had combined against the righ s
of he people, and no means of correction
remained to them, but to organize a colla
teral power, which, with t/jeir supporte
migKt rescue, and secure their violated
rights jTTii sacli is not ti e case with our
Government. Wt need hazard no colla
teral power, which, by a change of its or
iginal views, and assumption of o'hers we
know not how virtuous or how mischiev
ous, would be ready organized and in
| force sufficient to shake the established
| foundations of society, and endanger its
peace . nd the principles on which it is bas
ed. Is no: the machine now proposed of
this gigantic stature? It is to consist of
the Ex-Presidents of yhe United States
the Vice Presidents, the Heads of all the
Executive Departments, the Members of
the Supreme Judiciary, the Governors of
the several Slates and Territories, all the
Members df both Houses of Congress, all
the General Officers of the Armv, the
Commissioners of the Navy, all Presi
dents and Professors of Colleges and
Theological Seminaries,all (he Clergy of
the Uuitdd States, the Presidents and
Secretaries of all associations having rein
tion to Indians, all Commanding Officers
within opv-aear Tudian Territories, All
Superintendents and Agents; all these
ex-officers and as many private individuals
as will pay a certain price for inemberhsip.
Observe, too, that the Clergy will con
stitute* uineteen-twentieths of this asso
ciation, and. by the law of the majority
may command the twentieth part, compo
sed of all the high authorities of the Unit
*d States, civil and military. These may
he outvoted by the nineteen 1 b parts with
ancootroliabie power, both as to purpose
and process, Can this formidable array
be reviewed without dismay ? It will be
said, that in this association, will be all
the confidential officers of the Govern
ment, the choice of the pcuple themselves.
No man on earth has more implicit con
fidence than myself in the integrity and
discretion of this chosen band of servants
but is confidence or discretion, or is strict
limit, the principle of our constitution?—
It will comprehend, indeed, all the func
tionaries of the Government, but seceded
from their constitutional station as guar
dians of the nation, and acting, not by the
laws of their station, but by thos> of a
voluntary'society, having no limit to their
purposes, but the <ame will which consti
tutes their ^existence It will be, the au
thorites vf'th' ptople and all influential
characters among them, arrai/ed on one
ftdo and on the other, the people deserted
by ihtir leaders. It is a fearful array.
I.i will be said that these ate imaginary
fears. I-know they are so at present
know it is*impossible for these agents of
our choice and unbounhed confidence to
harbour machinations against the adora
hie principles of our Constitution, as for
gravity to ffffange its direction and gravid
bodies'ao mount upwards. The fears aie,
indeed imaginary, but the example is real.
Under its authority, as a precedent, future
associations will arise, with objects with
which we -should shudder at this time.
The Society of Jacobius, in another
country, was instituted on the principles
and views as virtuous as ever kindled -the
hearts of Patriots. It was the pure pat
riotism of their purposes,, which extended
their association to the limets of the nation
and rendered their power within*it bound
less : and it was their power which de
generated their principles and practices to
such enormities as never before could have
been imaguttd; yet these were men and
we and our descendants will be no more.
The present is a case, where, if ever we
are to guard against ourselves, not against
ourselves as we are, but as we may be,
for who can now imagine what we mav
become under circumstances not now im
aginable. The object, too, of this in
stitution seems to require so hazardous an
example, as little as. anyone which could
be proposed. The Government is, at
ini* time going on with the process of civ-
*The Clergy of the United States may proba-
b|y be estimated at 8000, the residue of this So-
•icty at 400; but if the former number be halved
reafouing will be the same.
lUsoiiigihe Indians, on a ’plan probably
as premising as any one of us is able to
devise, and with resources more compe
tent than we could expect to command by
voluntary taxation. Is it that the new
characters called into association with
those of the Government are wiser gthan
these; Is it that a plan originated by a
meeting of private individuals, is better
than that prepared by the concentrated
wisdom of the nation, of men not self-cho
sen, but clothed with the full confidence
of the people 1 Is it that there is no dan
ger that a new authority, marchiug inde-
pendantly alongside the Government in the
same object, may not produce collision,
not thwart and obstruct the operations of
the Government, or wrestthc object entire
ly from their hands? Might we not as
well appoint a Committee for each De
partment of the Government to counsel
and direct its head seperately, as volun
teer ourselves to counsel and direct the
whole in mass ; and might we not do it
as well for their foreign, their fiscal and
their military, as for theif Indian affairs?
and how many societies, auxiliary to the
Government, may we not expeect to see
spring up in imitation of this, offering to
associate themselves in this and hat of its
functions ? In a wojd, why not take the
Government out of its constitutional hands
associate them, indeed, with us, to pre
serve a semblance that the acts are theirs,
but ensuring them to bo our own, by al
lowing them a minor vote onty.
These considerations have impressed
my mind with a force so irresistible, that
(in duty bound to answer your polite letter
without which, l should not have obtrud
ed my opinion ;) I have not been able to
withhold the expression of them. Not
knowing the individuals who have propo
sed thisplan, I cannot be conceived as en
tertaining personal disrespect for them.-—
On the contrary, I see in the printed list
persons for whom I cherish sentiments
of sincere friendship, and others, for whose
opinions and purity of purpose, I have
the highest respect. Yet thinking as I
do. that this association is unnecessary ;
that the Government is proceeding in the
same object under control of the law : that
they are competent to it in means} and
wisdom and inclination ; that this associa
tion, this wheel within a wheel, is more
likely to produce collision than aid, and
that it is, in its magnitude, of dangerous
example; I am bound to say, that as a
dutiful citizen, I cannot in conscience
become a member o f this Society, possess
ing, as it does, my entire confidence in the
integrity of its views. I feel with awe
the weight of opinion to which I may be
opposed, and that for myself I have noed
to ask the indulgence of a belief, that the
opinion I have given is the best result I
can deduce' from my own reason and ex
perience. and that it it sincerely conscien
tious. Repeating, therefore, my just
acknowledgment for the honor proposed
to me, I beg leave to add tho assurances
to tho Society and to yourself, of my high
est confidence and consideration,
(Signed)
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
By a recent Law of the State of New*
York, it is provided, that whenever anv
Bill of Exchange in drawn or negotiated
within this State, that shall be returned
unpaid, and duly protested, the person to
whom the same is made payable shall be
entitled to recover from the drawer or the
endorser the damages hereinafter speci-
fien over the principal sum on the face of
the Bill, together with lawful interest on
the aggregate amount, and damages from
the time at which notice of soch protest
shall have been given, and payment de
manded—that is to say, if the* Bill shall
have been drawn upon any person in
New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
setts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-
Jersey, Pensylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, or District of Columbia,
5 per ceHt.: if on Norih-Carclina, South-
Carolina, or Georgia, 7b per cent.: if on
any other State, or place .adjacent to this
continent, north of ihe Equator, (com
prehending the West Indies, and places
etsewhere in the Western Atlantic Ocean,)
10 per cent.
[In reference to this subject, and iu
consequence of a communication having
been made by the Chamber of Commerce
at Charleston, to the Chamber ot Com
merce in the City of New-York, a report
was made by a committee of the latter
body, which, after stating the objections
to a system of re-drawing said to prevail in
Europe, in the case of protested Bills,
recommended that congress be petitioned
for an Act, prescribing the mode of set
tling dishonoured Bills, and subjecting
them to damages, as set forth in the follow
ing draft of a memorial submitted by
them]
To the Honourable the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States, in Congress
assembled, the memorial of the Chamber of
Commerce of the City of N'ew-York respective
ly represents,—
That (he various rates of damages on
dishonoured Bills, established imtiie dif
ferent States, and the uncertainty in some
of them, whether they should be charged
on the re-exebango, have produced incon
veniences which it is desired should be
remedied by an Act of Congress. They
therefore pray that your Honourable Bo
dy would pass a law, prescribing that dis
honoured Bills should be settled,by re
funding the amount originally paid for
them in dollars, wi'h interest at six per
cent, from the date of the Bills, aud dama
ges, as follows:
Five per cent, on protested Bills with
the States.
Ten per cent, on Bills drawn in the
United States on Europe, and all places
on the Atlantic side of North and South
America, and Islands in the Atlantic not
within the {Anted States.
Fifteen per cent, drawn od Asia, Afri
ca N. W* Coast of America.
And on all Bills drawn in Canada, the
West-Indies, or any other foreign places,
negociated by an endorser within thie
and interest, as are applied to Bilk, with
in the United States on the same pla
ces.
The personalities that are bandied in
the House of Representatives are really a
discredit to any deliberative assembly.—
The Speaker of the House deserves great
credit for his repeated attempts to restrain
the speakers, particularly during the de
bate on Retrenchment. With how much
success the columns of the National Intel
ligence afford the mortifying evidence.—
We have placed below some of the speci
mens of the temper and manners that pre
vailed during that debate.—Chas. Pat.
Mr. Wright of Ohio, spoke as follows:
The gentleman from North Carolina,
has taken occasion also to animadvert up
on a certain secret committee, with which
he supposes I was some way connected.—
He said in relation to another subject he
discussed, that certain observations, he
had heard showed a profound ignorance
of the subject. He will take no offence,
I hope, if I adopt his own language, and
say, that his remarks as to this matter
showed a profound ignorance of the sub
ject he discussed.
[The Speaker called Mr. W. to order,
ana remarked, that it was not in order to
use personalities in debate. :
Mr. Wright replied, that he was' aware
of that but, he said, I think, sir, it is in
order to reply to personalities gentlemen
have been allowed to use towards me. • .,
The Speaker said, certainly ; but the
Chair did not understaad.the gentleman'
from North Carolina to make personal
allusion to the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. WrighT said,’ he understood the-
gontleman so ; and I appeal to the gen
tleman to avow or disavow his intention to
give his remarks a personal application to
me.
Mr. Carbon replied, that he did.
The Speaker observed, that he had
not so understood him, or he should have
called him to order.]
Mr. Wright resumed. Sir, I sav, the
gentleman, in his assertions, to use his
own language, showed himself profoundly
ignorant of the subject. Sir, I never at
tended or belonged to any such secret
committee; no list of any such committee
was ever made out bv me, and nonesuch
was ever published, so far as I know
would advise the gentleman to use greater
caution in advancing charges here.
1 have (continued Mr. Wright,) at
tracted the notice of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, who, a short time
since occupied a position near the door,
but is now I know not where, fMr. Kre-
mer) and I may be expected to pay him
a, pasing notice. That gentleman has al
together mistaken the side I advocated, in
ranking me among the opposers of tho
measure, which I should not have suppo
sed he could do, unless he were asleep
when I spoke. Sir, whenever that gen
tleman rises on this floor to “cryaloud
and spare not,” although his remarks have
not the charm of novelty to rec urnnend
them; being made up of a set of words and
phrases, which, with a little alteration,
are made to suit all occasions, yet there is
something in the matter and manner so in
finitely farcical and amusing, both to my
self and the House,, that I cannot find it
in mv heart, by any reply of mine, to in
terpose tlie slrghtest’-ob'stades in ' he way
of exhibitions, affording so much enter-
toinment to all around me,
Mr. Kremer, of Pa. said in reply I
ought to thank the gentleman from Ohio
for being so greatly amused bv me. I
wish I could return the compliment by
saying, that I was either amused or in
structed by him. But it was the reverse':
for he never speaks, but he reminds me of
an old hen, who is eternally cackling,
cackling, and never lays an egg. I have
done wkh the gentieman. j
Mr. Carson spoke in reply to Mr.
Wright. I cannot regret any thing that
has fallen from that gentleman ; he can
say nothing which can affect me. I am
perfectly secure from his malignant shafts.
of the opposition gentlemen, (excellent
words to frank home to their “constitu
ents” (but they have not been able to lo
cate 'any one charge embraced by those
terme upon any oft he measures or officers
of the government.
Every Drummer his own Fifer.—Yes
terday afternoon a drummer was escorted
down Courtland-street by a cavalcade of
sweeps and little white boys, who were
gathered around him by the singular fact
that he did his own fifing, notwithstanding
the busy employment of his hands to keep
-up the perpetual rub a dub. For this
purpose he bad a singularly contrived in
strument, composed of short pipes, mod
ulated we presume, after the flute, or Sy
rinx of the great musical father of the
Satyrs. We cannot affirm that the mu
sic was quite as full, clear and exhilara
ting as that of the real fife ; but it did ex
ceedingly well, and the sweeps and boys
aforesaid, marched in about as good keep
ing as the ordinary militia. We there
fore recommend the inventor to the pat
ronage of the friends of Mr.-Chilton’s re
solutions in- Congress. In their econ
omical speeches, which cost the nation
ten times more than. they save by re
trenchments, several of the opposition rad-
icals^have baen attacking the Military A-
caderny at West Point. - Now if they
will sbnd our ingenious drumming fifer
and two others like him, to that station,
half a .dozen common drummers and filers
may be drummed nut of camp instanter,
whereby a clear saving Can be made to the
nation of 27 dollars a month, besides ra
tions for three, and the entire expense of
three fifes and keeping them in repair!
N. Y. Com. Adv.
two of froe 180 to 200 feet above the
surface of the ocean interpose, where
plains and swamps were represented to
exist; and all the bays and inlets on both
the Gulf and Atlantic, within the limits of
the proposed points of connection, are
obstructed by sand-bars and sboals, pre
senting insuperable obstacles to the en
trance of vessels of a large class.”
Although those facts may put at rest all'
idea of forming a Ship Channel, they do
not oppose, in the opinion of the Commis
sioners, the feasibility of a Canal for
Steam-Boats or small .coasting vessels,
such as are best adapted to the navigation,
of the Gulf, and the Lakes by which New-
Orleans is approached. The commis
sioners have not ventured any estimate of
such a canal as they deem practicable.—>
In a short time we may expect to have a
report from the U.. S. Engineers, two bri
gades of whom have been several months
engaged in making surveys and examina
tions in Florida, with the view of gaining
information in regard to a canal. In ob
taining this facility of transportation, the
people of the Western and South Western
parts of this State have as deep an inter-
as any others, since their trade must pass
fhrougb the Gulf of Mexico.
Mill. Recorder.
[From the Raleigh (S. C.) Register.
Messrs Editors
I noticed ina late
number of your paper, that a Mr. Darby
said, that some time before the last elec
tion for President, whilst Mr. Crawford
s a candidate for that office. General
Jackson charged Mr. Crawford with a
corrupt use of the public money. Now,
Sirs, lest some good people should sus
pect that Mr. Darby has gotten up this
story from personal motives to injure the
General, I do assure you it is not a new
tale. A gentleman, a warm friend to
the General, and well known to yourselves
and most people in our County, whose
word was never doubted where he was
known, asserted in the streets of Raleigh,
before the election, that on a late visit
to Tennessee, he (jeard General Jackson
say, Mr. Crawford had acted corruptly in
his office, and that he had told President
Monroe, he could prove the fact on him.
You know that Mr. Crawford was then
the General’s mest prominent rival in the
Southorn States. Who, Sirs, can doubt,
but the General ought to be rewarded
with the Presidency, for his sagacity
discovering; and his disinterested pat
riotism in making known the misdemea
nors of his three rivals for the high of
fice? You know, that neither Jefferson^
Madison, or Monroe had integrity enough
during their electioneering campaigns
thus to expose the unworthiness of tbeir
several competitors ! FAIR PLAY.
From the National Advoetae.
United Staes, the same rate of (Usages
Extract of a letter from Washington,
Dated January 24.
Yesterday the new member from Ken
tucky a Mr. Chilton introduced a resolu
tion for reform and retrenchment. He has
been in bis seat but little more than a
week, has made no examinations and
knows nothing of the operations of the
government, and yet he assumes to pro
nounce with all that confidence' and as
surance, which is usually -characteristic of
extreAe ignorance, that several existing-of-
fices should be dispensed with* many are
sinecures, and the salaries of all are too
high—very high—very extravagant !—
He was answered very happily by Mr
Barney in a strain of keen and merited
raillery and sarcasm, which- -however—be
was too insensible to feel or dull of appre
hension to comprehend. As an instance
of the undefined and aimless design of the
mover, he made some attemps to specify
yesterday, some ef the offices-he denoun
ced as sinecures, and instanced the office
of the 5th auditor—a very responsible aud
laborious office. Mr. Buchanan of Penn-
.sylvania, in answer, observed that the gen
tleman could not have informed himself as
to the duties of thu 5th auditor, and went
on to point out some of them. To day
Chilton declared that he had no particu
lar reference to thefith auditor, but one
of the audiors, first, second, third, fourth
or fifth should be dismissed, for it could
not he that so many were necessary, tho*
he did not pretend to understand any thing
of the duties of either. He justified bis
resolution by declaring frequently without
any reserve, that be had pledged himself
te his constituents (a word very often re
peated by him) t? introduce it and - to re
turn the Government. The debate is still
proceeding & may be as interminable as
the debate on the resolution of Gen. Saun
ders last session, which was terminated
only by the expiration of the session.—
Corruption, profusion, extravagance, and
reform havo become familiar to the mouth
From the Marylander.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
In the administration Kentucky Ad
ddress, we find the following paragraph
“We cannot say that we admired much
the selection which he made of the person
to whom he has thus unbosomed himself
the name of Swartwout makes a conspic
uous figure in the history of Aaron Burr
We well remember, also, in the bitter
controversy between General Jackson
and General Adair, when the old story
of the latter’s connection with Colonel
Burr was thrown up to him by Gen. Jack
son, that he gave him the following cour
teous retort: “That this affair relates to
him (Jackson) and myself alone. What
ever were the intentions of Col. Burr,
neither organized troops, nor did I
WRITE confidential letters, recom
MENDING HIM TO MV FRIENDS ; NOR DID
THINK IT NECESSARY, AFTER HiS FAILURE
WAS UNIVERSALLV KNOWN, TO SAVE MY
SELF BY TURNING INFORMER, OR STATE’S
WITNESS.”
[Froro the Utica Sentinel.]
-- -It is undeniable, that the late address
ef-Mr. Clay, has made, and is still making
a very strong impression upon the public-
mind in all parts of the country. At first
thp Jacksonites affected to hold it in a ve
ry - slight consideration, and .to notice it
only with a ■“ Fob !” But this they find
don't do, and they again begin to bestir
themselves ilTthe earnest to ward off its
inevitable effects upon the public senti
ment, in favour of that grossly injured and
traduced gentleman and patriot. Accor
dingly, the central Jackson committee at
Washington, have issued a notice, humbly
begging their partisans to hold still and
suspend their opinions at present on this
matter, until they can have time to get
up a countervailing publication against it.
They do not eveB pretend that they have
any new evidence in their possession, as'
yet, but intimated that they are busv in
looking it up ; and in effect, if not in plain
terms, acvertisefor their friends to bring
forward whatever they can ffnd. If this
is Dot putting out “ signals of distress,”
we know not what can be considered as a
mark of it.
The Commissioners to whom the Le
gislative Council of Florida had referred
the investigation of the practicability *afod
probable cost of opening a communication
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic,
by the most advisable route through the
Promontory of Florida, have made a Re
port, which is not very encouraging nor
so explicit as was desirable. The project
of a-Ship ( hcmnel, of the practicability of
which some have been very sanguine,
they rejedt as entirely visionary. Ac-
qording to |ieir report* “ hills of so dev#- j
Five days later from Liverpool.
NEW-YORK, FEB. 5.
By the Pilot Boat which arrived last
night at 11 o’clock, and brought up the
Captains of the packets John Jay and
Queen Mab, we have received our regular
files of London papers to the 7(b, and Li
verpool to the 9th of December. Paris
dates direct to 2d, and via London to 3d,
and from Havre direct to the 3d Decem
ber.
The John Jay sailed on the 9th, with
the Pacific, on board of which is passenger
the notorious Snelson, who robbed the
Bank at Petersburgh, and escaped to En
gland by way of Quebec. The principal
part of the money taken from the Bank
was found in his possession. From what
transpired previous to, and since his ap
prehension, there can be but little doubt
of his insanity.
The Queen Mab sailed from Havre on
the 3d, put into Cowes on account of head
winds on the 5th, and sailed tbence on
the 7th December.
The great question in relation to Tur-
keyhad not yet been decided; but the
opinion that War was inevitable, was con
stantly gaining ground. The administra
tion prints appear to be preparing the pub
lic mind for such a result.
We have received, via Paris, news from
Constantinople, to the 9th ult. Intelli
gence of the landing of Fabvier, support
ed by Lord Cochrane, in the Isle of
Scio, reached Constantinople while the
Divan was deliberatingonthe battle ofNav-
arin. The Allies, it was at once conclu
ded, had taken part in that enterpiise, and
this increased the irritation which had
previously existed.
On the 9th, it is stated, the Reis Effen-
di made known to the Dragomans of En
gland, France, and Russia, that all inter
course with the threeCourts was suspended
till they desisted from interfering in the af
fairs of Greece, and till it should be a-
greed to give “His Sublimity” an indem
nification for the loss of his fleet, and sat
isfaction for the affront offered to the Ot
toman flag.
The Ambassadors are stated to have
replied on the 10th, when it was conjec
tured they demanded their passports. On
the same day the Reis Effendi is reported
to have signed to the Austrian Internuncio
the desire of the Porte to remain at peace
and to have requested his intervention.
Warlike preparations, had, however,
been ordered on the largest scale ; the
fortresses on the Danube had been
strengthened, and the Sultan was about to
repair to Adrianople.
After the Globe had been circulated,
an Extra was issued announcing “ that at
the date of the last accounts the Ambas
sadors of the three Allied Powers had
been refused passports for Couriers, so
that no further despatches could be ex
pectedfrom them ; and that they were ex
pected so leave Constantinople immedi
ately.
The 3 per Cent. Consols had, declined
in consequence of this intelligence to 82?.
FRANCE.-—-The dissatisfaction a-
gainst the ministry continues, and that a
change will take place is almost reduced
to a certainty. The following is an ex
tract of a letter from our correspondent,
dated Havre, 2d Dec.
“ The elections are nearly over, and
will decidely place the ministry in the
minority. It is therefore expectod that
some changes at head-quarters will take
place; probably Pyrumus or Corbiere,
the most obnoxious creatures of Villele,
will be removed. Even Villele himself
appears to grapple still, and not to des
pair, drawing to him,, by promises and
favors, several of the new Electors.—
The Censorship was announced as inten
ded to be re-established this day ; bur I
scarcely credit it. It is certain, however,
that tbe number of new Peers is to be
carried to 100, and that all tbe ministers,
and their more immediate adherents, are
reserving for that closing profusion of ho
nors. Cottons are brick, and Sugars ad
vancing ; Coffee seems also inclining to
revive.”
Under Paris dates of 2d Dec. we find
the following very important inteligence
which, if true, is equal to a declaration of
war. The Allies cannot recede, no,
would they if they could.
PARIS, DEC 2.
A courier, who arrived yesterday from
Vienna, has brought the following intelli
gence :
On the 10th of this month a grand Di
van was held at Constantinople, and the
answers of the Ambassadors of the three
Powers was there decided on.
1st. Before any negociation, and t as a
preliminary condition, the three Powers
shall renounce all intervention direct or
indirect, io the affairs of Turkey and
Greece. .
2d. The three Powers shaii oafce
public and solemn reparation to the Ot
toman Porte, for the insult offered tn
flagatNavarin.
3d. The three Powers shall engage
wholly to indemnify the Sublime Po r t 9
for all the losses resulting from this insult.
On the receipt of this answer,Mr.Strat
ford Canning demanded a firman, in order
to forward it to his Government, aod take
its orders. The firman was refused.—
The French and RussianAmbassadors did
not think fit to expose themselves to r
similar refusal.
The Austrian Internuncio, M. Otten-
fels, alone, dispatched a courier to Vienna,
This courier was charged with despatches
by the three Ambassador, and it was from
Vienna that those arrived yesterday
which are destined for the Governments*
of France and England.
The Imperial Palace at Adrianople
was preparing to receive the Sultan, who
will go there when he puts himself at the
head of the army.
Troops and ammunition have been sect
to Silistria to put the fortresses on the
Danube in a state of defence. The prin
cipalities are given upas not capable oi
being defended.
Wilmington, (N. C.) Feb. fl.
Late from South America.—The Schr.
Argonaut, Captain Etchbergner, from the
Spanish Main, IS days out put into this
port iQ distress, on the 31st ult. passengers
Mr. James D. Dowie, Mr. Samuel P.
Thompson; and James L. .Roberts, Cap
tain, and Silas Kelong, mate of the
Schooner Ben Allan.
We are indebted to the politeness of
M r - Dowie and Mr. Thompson, for the
relations of souio interesting occurrences,
mercantile and political.
The affairs and government of Colum
bia are yet in an unsetteled state in conse
quence of the scarcity of the money ; and
of the conflicting opinions, relative to the
President Simon Bolivar, who is becom
ing very unpopular. This great leader
and chicftan, by disclosing views of sel
fish ambition ; and by endeavouriug to
prevail upon the people, to adopt the con
stitution of Bolivia, has tarnished tbe glo
ry he had acquired. He is aiming to
form a convention, into which he is stri
ving to introduce his Generals and others
who are his tools and his dupes, in order
to establish arbitrary rule.
It is currently reported, that he has a.
powerful opponent in Gen. Santander ;
and another, in Gen. Paez, both of whom
are rising in public favour. The civil of
ficers are mostly filled with military char
acters.
A Spanish fleet is cruising off the coas*-
of C( lombia. It chased a topsail schoon
er, commanded by Padilla, into port.—
The Colombian fleet remain in Cartha-
gena, entirely dismantled, for want of mo
ney, to fit them out for service.
From Smyrna.—Extract of a letter
from Smyrna, Nov. 12 received in Bos
ton ;—“ My last was of the third inst.
when I mentioned to you that we had just
learnt the affair of Navatino. Since then
we know of the Sultan having known of
it before it was publicly known. Ho dis
armed the populace, forbidding any one,
upon the pain oj death, to carry arms, by
which measure the usual excesses that
follow such events were prevented, aud
we are quite tranquil though naturally un
der considerable anxiety till we hear of
the determination of his Ottoman High
ness, and whether he will follow his head
strong measures, or agree to the proposed
armistice, My own opinion is, that lie
must ultimately yield to the demands
which is the wisest thing he cau do, or he
may loose Greece altogether. We alj
hope that the Sultan will yield, which wilt
put an end to this protracted war, with
its attendant evils. The Admirals have
said that they intend to put down all pira
cies, and will take strong measures imme
diately. Something favourable is don*
at Stamboul.
“The U. S. ship Warren ha3 been to
Miconi, and fired into the town, made the
primates of the Island prisoners for a day
or two, landed nearly all her crew, and
searched the Island, and found two boxei.
of opium and some figs.
“Lord Cochrane has been at Scio tl but
he is gone off. The Greek army, under
Col. Fabvier, about 1500 strong, are upoo
the Island, endeavouring to reduce the
Castle; but to-day Captain Hamilton and
the Frnnch Admiral have gone to enforce
the armistce, and will probably order the
army away.”
We are sorry to hear that the New
Court House of Butts' County was - burnt
down on Thursday night last; and wo
learn it wa3 altogether an accident, and
took place nearly in the following m»naeri
the workmen had been employed to a
late hour, and on retiring from work, per
haps, threw down a small bit of a burnt^
candle-wick; which might have had on it
imperceptible fire, and falling, probably,
amongst some light shavings, which are
always to be found in a building so much
advanced in its erection. We hope this
is the only cause, and if so, this misfortune
will induce workmen to be more cautious
in future. The house was nearly finished
and by tbe accident, the Builder, who, we
understand, is a worthy old gentleman, of
remarkable industry, loses nearly 4or 5,
000 dollars. But we hope there is sym
pathy enough in the bosoms of the proper
Authorities, to mitigate the loss of the suf
ferer.—Jacksonian, FA. 2-
Thtatrical Sympathy—At i
entation of Mary Stuart, tbe other even
ing, when Lord Linsey seizes -Mary by
tbe wrist, and leaves the impress of bis
gauntlet on her flesh, Mr. Forrest as
Douglass, steps between, and says, 'shame!
—an honest fellow in the pit, whose feel
ing were becoming gradually excited,
jumped up crying, “so it is a damned
shame ; knock the fellow dowo, Mr. Yoi-
rest.”--WV. Y.