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fudUofa iVw calumnious intli' itltial-; aud
crounds so trivial, she
especially if, upon grounus
should nourish such an BU ' n '°* .
Ei.Kl.md, a, to feci a rcpugimnee o m *ke
comm... cause with her, cv.rum behall of
their common inheritance ot ‘ r *, .
Tin. t rample of America has already done
much for that cause : and the very existence
of such a country, under slid, a government,
is a tower of strength, and « f
cminigcinent for all win, may neicalttt have
to struggle for the restoration or the ext n-
Sion of their rights. It -hows withm w hat
limits popular institutions ure safe and piac
tit able ; and what a large infusion of dc.nu-
SS b consistent with the mithoritv o go
vernment, and the good order of societ,.--
B«t her*/7«r».rr, as well as her example,
will be wanted in the crisis which seems to
be approaching; and that influence must he
paralxicd and inoperative, it she shall think
{t a dfutv to divide herself from England, to
look with jealousy upon her proceedings and
to judge unfavorably of all the parties sIm*
contains. We do not ask her to think well
of that party, whether in power or outol it,
which has always insulted am reviled her
because she is free and independent, ami t e-
mocratrc .and prosperous ; but we do conn-
dently lay claim to her favorahle opinion tor
that great majority of the nation that have
always been opposed to this party ; which
has divided with her the honor ot its re
proaches, and is bound, by every considera
tion of interest and duty, consistency and
common sense, to maintain her rights and
l.cr reputation, and to promote and proclaim
her prosperity.”
After those high, and we do not scru
ple to Tay, deserved compliments, he
vindicates” the Review more in detail,
but first he makes the following candid
acknowledgment:
“ It will be understood, that wo deny al
together the justice of the charge: But we
wish distinctly to say in the beginning, that
if it should appear to any one that in the
course of agreat deal of nasty writing, bv a
variety of hands, in the course of twenty long
years, some rash or petulant expressions
have been admitted, at which the national
pride of onr tr.ms-al luetic brethren might be
justly offended, we shall most certainly feel
no anxiety to justify these expressions, nor
any foar that, with the liberal and reasona
ble part of the nation to which they relate,
our avowal of regret for having employed
them would not be received as a sufficient
atonement.”
His vindication consists chiefly in con
fessing that the Review has sometimes
spoken harshly of our couutrytnen, but
that it has sufficiently atoned for those
■censures by more numerous praises, and
that in truth they really think very fa
vorably of the U. States ; that though
they have asserted that Americans have
scarcely any literature of their own
growth, they have at the same litre ex
cused us, by admitting that our circum
stances have led our men of genius ano
ther way ; that they have treated the
works of American authors as favorably
as those of Europeans of equal charac
ter, though they admit the injustice of
come of their remarks ; that what they
have said about American manners was
not of sufficient importance to excite any
ill will, and that when they exulted at
the innocence of England, end at the
guilt of America, in holding negroes in
bondage, they were not so well acquaint
ed with the history of the U. States as
Ihev now are, and that in fact they have
no cause to boast on that subject. With
regard to the character of England, they
assert that it has been painted by Mr.
"Walsh in too dark colors, and that it is
rather a distorted and deformed" carica
ture than a just portrait, and very fairly
•compare it with a most fluttering account
of the same country given by the same
gentleman in 1C10, when his feelings
were not quite so warmly American -as
they have since become. This is a very
fair hit, and we did not feel displeased
at it, though Mr. Walsh has atoned for
those things by this work, which has in
truth extorted from this Journal ou ac
knowledgment of its former errors.—
This is no ordinary merit, but it does
not wholly belong to him. Though he
has pointed out theirmisrepresentations,
it would only have procured us a repeti
tion of abuse had not these reviewers a-
mong them some 1 liberal and magnani
mous men. Authors are unwilling to
confess their faults, particularly when
they arc free to remain silent. But these
gentlemen have overcome this weak
ness, and in the face of Europe aud the
world have acknowledged their error,
and this is a sufficient atonement. We
never felt hurt at their strictures upon
American works when they really de
served them ; it was only when their re
marks were levelloJ at the country
through the productions of its children,
that we felt angry, though our sorrow
always predominated.
Paris, June 12.
The following speech was pronounced by
the assassin Louvel, before the Chamber of
Peers, in a faulteriug voice aud a tone scarce
ly audible. It may be considered as the
essence of the desolating principles which
for many years have been perverting his
mind ; and the effect which it produced
was so much the more profoundly felt, that
none of the ordinary motives which excite
men to political crimes seem to haw bad
the slightest influence nn him. It was the re
sult of an abstract perversion of moral no
tions operating on a weak intellect, but-on
a determined resolution. Lnuvel seemed
to represent the genius of evil ; he was ja
cobinism personified, dispassionately promul
gating its doctrines, though sometimes a trait
of obliterated humanity intervened, and
.tooished the auditor :—
“ I have to-day to blush for k crime which
Intone committed: I have, however in dy
ing, the consolation of .thinking that I have
dishonored neitherthe nation nor my family.
I ought "to be. considered as a Frenchman
wh. has devoted himself to be sacrificed, in
order to destroy, in virtue of my system, a por
tion of those individuals who have taken up
arms against their country ; Ian. accused'
of having deprived a prince of his life—-1 am
alone guilty ; but among the men who hold
the reins of Government, there are others as
guilty as I am; they hjive proclaimed, accor
ding to my notions, crimes for virtues. The
wo.it Go' ernn.cnts which France has had,
have always punished those who betrayed
it, or who carried arms against the nation.
“ According to my system, w hen foreign
armies menace, parties in the interim should
cease, ami rally lo combat in a common
cause against the enemies of ail the French.
Fronclimen who do not rally are guilty. Jn
my opinion, if a Frenchman is obliged to
quit France in consequence of the injustice
of Government, and appears in hrtiis against
France with foreign armies, that Freucl.mim
is guilty, ami is no longer entitled lo the ad
vantages of Ins quality of French citizen.
“According to my opinion, 1 cannot help
thinking that, if the battle of Waterloo tins'
been so fatal to France,-it is to bo attributed
to the Frenchmen who, from Ghent and at
Brussels, introduced treason in our armies
and furnished succour to the enemy.
“ Conformably to my opinion, and to my
systrm> the death of Louis XVI. was neces
sary, because the nation consented to it. If
a mindful of factious rnen had penetrated the
King’s palace and put their Sovereign to
death, 1 might believe it ; hut, as Louis XVI.
and his . family w ere long in a state of im
prisonment, one cannot conceive that the na
tion «li<] not approve ; so that hail there been
blit a few persons concerned in it he would
not have perished—the whole nation would
have opposed it. To-day the Bourbons pre
tend to be masters of the nation ; but, in my
judgment, the Bourbons are guilty, and the
nation would he dishonored if it suffered
them to govern it.”
The. ohduiacy exhibited by Louvcl during
the whole of his trial, did not forsake him
to the last. He supped, the night on which
he received his sentence, w ith a good appe
tite, drunk a whole bottle of wine with a de
gree of disgusting sensuality, and . praised it
as being to his taste ; he ordered fine sheets
tube put on his bed, an indulgence which
was granted him. “ 1 was very well pleas
ed with the Chamber of l’i ere," said he,
“only one thing w.x«d me; that is, that the
trial lasted two days.” “Why,” said one of
Ins guards, “ y ou gain a day hy it“ and 1
consider it time lost,” (replied the murderer)
—“ Why do you persist in not celling for the
consolations of religion ; why do you not
send fora priest ?” (said one of the guards.)
Louvel—“ Can a priest semi me to heaven ?”
Guard—“ If you repent sincerely, yon may
lie pardoned by the Almighty.” Louvel—
“ Do.you think the Prince of Conde is in
Heaven?”—Guard—“ As far as we. are able
to judge, he is so, for he lived a good life, and
suffered whilst on earth ; his reeon.pence
then, we may he permitted to think, must be
in the other world.” Louvel—“ Eh bien,
(well then) 1 would fain go there, in order to
torment him.”—The above conversation
may lie depended on as corning from one
who heard it personally.
The tranquility of the town has not been
disturbed during the last three days. The
lower classes of 4he people have taken no
part w hatever in the insurrection, not even
on Saturday evenings, when their time is at
their own disposal. On these occasions, their
heads are generally disturbed hy the wine
they purchase, duty free, on the outside of
the barriers. Since Friday, not a seditious
cry has been heard,or a coup de sabre given.
This revolutionary movement may be there
fore considered as entirely suppressed, and
the .measures of the Executive have been
crowned with entire success.
SITUATION OF FRANCE.
The following article is copied from the
London Morning Post. There is doubtless
much truth in the article, although the pic
ture is probably two or three shades darker,
than the actual state of things in the French
capital will warrant. It sets us right upon
one point, about which we believe there has
been a general misconception in this coun
try. We allude to the election project, which
is the chief cause of the present ferment in
that country. It seems that Ce Cakf.s, a
late minister and adviser of the king, mana
ged to procure a repeal of the Election Law,
which was instituted at the return of Louis
XVIII. with the Charter itself. This inno
vation, says the Morning Post, poisoned the
very springs end sources of representation,
and threw the power into the hands of the
old Jacobin party. The King has been dri
ven to dismiss Uc Cazes, and it has been
found necessary to restore the election law,
as nearly as possible lo w hat it was at tl.eii-
doptiou of tl.e charter of Louis XVIII.
[.V. Y. Spectator.)
ALARMING STATE OF FRANCE.
The French Revolution, after an uneasy
and feverish slumber, seems about to awake
again ; and what may be the consequences
of that awakening wc tremble to think.—
What stupendous events arise from con
temptible causes! M. De Gaze has already
cost the interior of France more disturbance
and bloodshed than even Bonaparte himself.
Napoleon was a master spirit, w ho could rule
as well as excite, and he repressed by the
force of his tyranny the indignation which it
created ; but De Caze had just -so much
strength ami talents as enabled him to make
a disturbance ;—like a cowardly hoy, lie set
(ire to a train of gunpowder with averted
eyes, and ran away from the explosion. In
spite of the objects which at this moment in
terest u.s at home, in spite of the disgust
which De Case's administration lias given
us for all French politics, the state of France
has of late grown so tremendously volcanic,
that the attention of England will soon he
painfully forced to the danger; our own lit
tle family quarrels will he forgotten when we
see our neighbor’s house in flames, &. threat
ening to involve ours in the conflagration.—
We know from the French papers, and still
more fully from private sources, that Paris
exhibits now the features of August 17t)2,k
that her streets resound with the cries of
March, til 15. The voice is the voice of Ja
cob, hut the hands are the hands of Esau ;
they carry the pikes of San’erre, hut their
cry is Free t'JCmpereur ; and the spirit of the
lionapertist Leaders of this sansculotte mob
have risen to such a pitch, .that they talk o-
penly of chns.xnl, hunting away the imbecile
Bo'iihnns, and recalling the Jacobin Empe
ror. They “ can call spirits from the vasty
deep ; but tesU (hey otme being vailed ?” Can
their cries chann Prometheus from his rock ?
Can they bring Bonaparte from St. Helene. ?
Yes! they think, they-say, tlroy can ! They
talk of ARRESTING AI.T. THE F.NGLISU IN
France, as hostages for the restoration of
the Emperor. This may he only .the talk,
of madmen: but, in the present State of
France, it may well'he feared that these mad
men are not unlikely to get the power into
their hands; and we therefore earnestly ad
vise onr countrymen to return home without
delay. Perhaps the danger may not lie so
near, nor so great, as it appears ; hut, after
the lessons which our countrymen received
in 1708 from Robespierre, and in 1802 from
Bonaparte, thuse will deserve but little pity
who shall be a tilled time caught iu the same
trap.
The immediate spring of all this commo
tion is the Election Law; the remote cause
is M. De C aze. That unworthy favorite
found France at peace, contented with its
king, and kajipy under his government. Tit
Chamber of Deputies, at once the friend of
the throne and the charter, united tlrti king
and the people; hut unhappily this same
Chamber would not truckle lo the favorite,
aud lie Caze had power enough over the
mind oftlm weak monarch lo induct* him to
dissolve a representation, w hose fault was,
that it was at once too independent of the
minister, and too much attached to the mo
narch. But the mere dissolution of the
Chamber would have been insufficient to
huve secured the^/’ertirite; the ri al sense of
France was against the upstart and Lis mea-
mircs ; he'lhftnCore took the hold resolution
of poisoning the very springs and: oarers of
representation, by a new law <f ( lection, w hid)
threw tlie power into I he hands of the old
jacobin party. All the friends <rf good or
der and the charter opposed this horrible vi
olence, and foretold its revolutionary effect.
In vain—the favorite carried all before him.
The royalists were every where persecuted,
prosecuted, and punished ; the rev ukitionitts
were every where employed, encouraged Si
infiaiiT.-d. Madame, the orphan of tllo Tem
ple, Monsieur, the king’s brother, wire in
sulted amt almost driven from the Court;
while Davmi.-t was created a Peer and a
Duke, and lien. V .indamme, of butchering
memory, and ‘llegnault, Napoleon’s toad
enter, w ere rectified from exile; La Fayette,
as vain and silly us he. was thirty years ago,
was re-elected to the new .National Conven-
tion ; the demagogue Manuel w as forced
upon the electors of La Vendee ; and Grc-
goire, the regicide, was brought forward n-
gnin to try whether the king had the nerves
to stand tlTe eight of his brother's Wood : he
stood it all, and the favorite stood also ; but
the blood of Louis's nephew, assassinated
so near his person that his own turn might
come next, did, it seems, touch at Inst the
;eneroussoul of the Monarch; andthe /’u-
t'on’le, after having turned out two sets of
colleagues—tire one because they would al
ter file Law ofElections, and the other be
cause tiny would nn!—was himself tenderly
removed, with the title of a Duke, and the
rank of Ambassador to England—we say
tile rank, because we cannot believe that the
French government will dare to insult the
English nalioirby the actual-presenceof M.
D< Caze.
The Law of Elections, thus made hy De
Cnv.e for his own purposes, thus favorahle to
the revolutionary doctrines, and Mills fertile
in Jarobin Regicides and llonapaiiisl De
puties, was of course to be repealed, aud (lie
attempt to undo tins Gordian knot of I>e
Caze’s has brought the Monarchy to the
brink of a precipice—-over which, even while
we write, it may have already fallen.
To hear all the cries which arc uttered a-
bout *tho Chatter, one could scarcely believe
that the law, w hich is attempted to be re
pealed, was made about four years ago hy
De Caze, iate a Clerk of-ohl Madame Bona
parte’s, substituted instead of the law which
w as instituted at the restoration of liie Mon
archy with the ('harlcr itself. 1 <e Caze and
his clique were the innovators ; and theob-
ject of the present Government is, only to
undo' the mischief done by the others ; hut
they wit! tail; the mischief is too strong, and
they -are too weak ; and the Duke of Rich
elieu, and the second-hand Cahinet which
he has formed, neither Royalists nor Liber
ates, swill speedily, we fear, he overthrown ;
and the Rovai Family seems to us (we say
it with a heavy heart) nbt unlikely to be for
ced to a n« vv emigration, in which, we ven
ture to predict, llwt tile grateful De Caze
will not follow them. We sincerely hope
that our apprehensions may he groundless ;
the mob ofParisnrenot the people of France;
hut the people of France have been so often
enslaved by the mob of Paris, that wc trem
ble for the issue of the present contest. Our
best hope is iu Marshal Macdonald ; if lie is
a man of honor, as wc believe liiqj to he, the
Throne may be saved.
LATEST FROM E.XGLAXD.
Boston, August 4.
Arrived this morning ship Jasper, Crock
er, 40 days from Liverpool. Capt. C. has
favored us with the London Globe, of the
evening o f the 2‘2d June.
The negociation concerning the Queen af
ter lasting near a fortnight, had completely
failed, and the result was brought to the
House of Commons and laid on the table,
hut had not been taKen lip, as Mr. Wilber-,
force had given notice of a motion, which he
hoped still would avert flic necessity of an
inquiry—and Lord Castlereagh and others
bad suspended their views to give time for
his motion tube decided.
Much impatience had been manifested lie-
cause Mr. W’s motion had been delayed one
day longer than was at first proposed, but
lie had pledged himself to make it in the e-
vening of the 22d of June, (our latest date!
and Mr. Tierney had stated that he should
resist any attempt at farther delay, and call
for the opinion of the House. Lord A. Ha
milton had also given notice of two motions
on the subject, one related to the order for
omitting tlic'Queen In the Prayers. Mr. W.
appears to have had some conferences in
preparing his motion.
The Queen is said to have determined to
remain in England, and to have engaged a
residence in liie country.
Bills for a loan of 12,000,Otdd. aud the
funding of 0,000,000/. in Exchequer Bills,
arc before Parliament. But the appropria
tions proceed-in their usual style.
Accounts from Paris wee,', to June lfl.—
The Municipal Body of Paris had present
ed a Loyal Address to the King, lamenting
the late disturbances. Tile King said the
Charter was dearer to him than to those
who had shouted its name. At Brest, Nautz,
and Rennes, there had been riots, which had
been suppressed by the military.
London, June 20.
A new Ordonanco of Police lias been pub
lished at Paris, strictly enjoining all hotel-
keepers, fcc. and all persons letting lodgings,
or having inmates, to make a daily return of
all persons in their houses, whether residing
there as lodgers, as guests, or ns friends.
An article from Inin, dated the Oth inst.
says—“Messrs. Calderon and Cerezo, com
prehended in the late Royal Decree against
the fit) perjured members of the Cortts, are
at Bayonne; and Messrs. Labnndcsa, Cnt-
tero and Sanchez, belonging to the same
party, are at St. Jean de Ltis.
41 The Marquis de Villa-Piayres, Secre
tary-General of the Supreme Tribunal of the
Inquisition, was to leave the capital on tlie
■till, in order to proceed to Genoa, where, he
is conveying all the furniture of his house,
ahd even his library. Two regiments have
had a quarrel at Zere-z, hut tilt: particulars
are not yet known.”
A Frankfort article mentions the negocia
tion of a new loan of 100,000,01)0 roubles for
the Court of Russia.
We are informed hy an intelligent French
man, just arrived from Franee, that some
very serious disturbances have taken place,
at Lyons. An immense reioh assembled,
wlpmvere attacked, and finally dispersed by
the Swiss, w ith tile loss, however, of about
800 of the latter killed, and wounded. That
tUCLegion de (a Yisr.sc had refund to lire
ion the populace, mid were in consequence
I decimated, and their Colonel thrown into
prison. lie adds that the censure will not
allow any of the alioie particulars to appear
in the Journals.
The negociation between his Majesty’s
Ministers and the Queen, has failed. '1 lie
correspondence, hy the King’s command,
was laid upon the table oflmtll Houses, and
ordered to be printed. They are, in all, ten
papers. The two first are genuine copies
of the li tter of the Eail of Liverpool, dated
the 10th inst. and her Majesty’s answer, the
substance of which was stated, hut not accu
rately, iu the papersten days ago. Her Ma*
jesty was not called on to renounce the style
and title of Queen. The next was a letter
from .Lord Liverpool, to say, that though
they had not received an answer to the pro
posal of the 15th April, made to Mr. Brough
am, they were still ready to recuiveany pro
position that her Majesty might.he gracious
ly'pleased to make. To this her Majesty-
answers, tliattliis preposition of the 15th A-'
pril had never reached her hand till now ;
but tlie desire which 'lie had to yii Id to the
wishes of the two Houses of Parliament,
would dispose her to receive, with the most
serious attention, any proposal that his Ma
jesty’s Ministers might now make to tier,
consistent with her honor and dignity. That
it was important <tt» her Majesty, that her
name should he restored to the Liturgy, as
the withdrawing it, contrary to the. Statute,
bad the appearance, of tending to some Par
liamentary or legal proceedings against her,
and that must he removed or nn equivalent
resorted to as the nicans-of removing that
impression. That a suitable Royal resi
dence should he provided for her, such as
her apartments in Kensington Palace, which
she had never given up, and that then she
would he prepared to receive further propo
sals. To this Lord Liverpool replied, that
the withdrawing her Majesty’s name from
the Liturgy had no view to any Parliamen
tary «r legal proceedings, but was grounded
on the precedent that the Queen of King
George 1, was not included in tin* Liturgy ;
and that, as to a Royal residence, there, was
none at this time unoccupied, her Majesty’s
former apartments in Kensington Palace be
ing in the possession of her R. H- the Du
chess of Kent; but his Majesty’s Ministers
had directions to supply Iht with tlie means
of 4uch accommodation as her Majesty
might he pleased to choose lor herself. To
this the Queen replied that the omission of
the name from the Liturgy of the Queen of !
King George 1. was only while she continu
ed abroad, and that tlie restoration ofhcr'J
Majesty’s name was indispensable to herlwi-
nor. A proposal was then offered of a me
diation, which »vas agreed to ; and the next
papers are the Protocols of the meetings at
the house of Lord Castlereagh, in St. James
square. At these conferences it was stated,
on the part of her Majesty, that under the
unfortunate circumstances in which she was
placed, her anxious desire fur the public tran
quility would make her give up with reluc
tance her wish to remain in this country ;
Imt in taking up her residence abroad, in
structions must he given to his Majesty’s Mi
nisters to receive and pri sent tier at every
Court whirh she might visit, as Queen of
the United Kingdom. As to her name be
ing restored to the Liturgy, she again de
manded it as a sine qua non. It was an
swered, that it was the invariable eliquet,
that foreign-Courts would not receive any
person who had not been presented to the
Court -•of their own Sovereign. But if her
Majesty would condescend to fix tier resi
dence cither at tlie Court of Milan, or ano
ther in Italy, his Majesty w ould instruct his
Minister at such Court to shew her the due
attentions as Queen of England, hut his Ma
jesty could npt take upon himself to say that
liis recommendation would be effectual as to
her being received as Queen. It is also »eid,,
that when her Majesty had fixed on the
place of her future residence, a suitable pro-.
vision (and we understand the sum stated
was 50,000/ a year) would he settled on her
for life. The natural aud dignified reply to
this was—that money ought not to he men
tioned, for nothing was so distant from her
thoughts. It was not for money that she
contended, and it must not-be alluded to a-
gain. Filially, she could not accept-of a con?
ditioual recommendation to he received at
the Court where she might take up her resi
dence, and she must insist on the stipulations
which had been required. Here the negoti
ation broke off.
We beg leave to state., that this-is a veiy
imperfect sketch of these important docu
ments, the digestion of which occupied much
time, since the minute of each conference
was not made final till after the'third peru
sal. This day we shall procure a correct
copy of the. papers which wilt appear tomor
row. In the mean time it seems obvious
that no very great difficulty remains to In
overcome. Her Majesty having consented
to live abroad, and the King having consent
ed to her hearing the style and title of Queen,
nothing seems left to setile hut some re
cognition of the obvious indignity of with
holding her name, from the Liturgy, and of
not receiving her with such public distinction
as should assure to her a becoming reception
at the Foreign Court in the country w here
she may eluise to reside. Surely all this
may yet he done; and report says, that the
Country Gentlemen have yet a proposition
to make hy which tlie public enquiry may
be avoided.—Chronicle.
FROM THE WEST-INDIES.
Capt. Slade arrived at Philadelphia, who
left Porto Rico 26th nit.states that two Spa
nish brigs of war arrived there the day pre
vious from Porto Cavello, (he officers of
winch stated that n cmsntiim of hostilities had
taken place on the Main between the Patri
ots and Royalists.
From Russia.—C’aptni*i Smith, of tlie
Solon, arrived at Ncw-York, left Cron-
stiulton the Cth of June, and lias brought
dispatches for government from the A-
mericao minister at St. Petersburg, who
was about to embark for home. A Rus
sian fleet of five sail of tlie line and some
smaller vessels, fitting out at Cronstndt,
had hauled out from the Mole ; another
fleet was fitting out at Archangel, but
their destination was not known. There,
was no news. Captain S. was at St. Pe
tersburg the latter part of May, and wit
nessed a review of 10.000 line troops,
hy the Emperor Alexander.
The Spanish nuefeJmnts in London have
wailed on tjie Duke do Frias, the new am
bassador from Spain. In answer to their
congratulation on the happy events in Spain,
the Duke said—“ It gives me. pleasure to
assure y ou, that tlie King is as sincerly at
tached to the constitution as any man in the
country. Spain, I trust, will now become
the abode and asylum of rational liberty,
where persons from all parts of the world
may find protection.”
imavtiftTic.
We me sorry to find tiiut nlternpis,
which deserve to he stigmatized as in
cendiary, are making to revive tho con-
troiersy, ly tvliichCongress was so dis
tracted at its last session, and which was
then so satislaclorily adjusted. The fac
tious politicians of tlie East, by whose
incumbution the Hartford Convention
sprung into being, are not satisfied with
the concord which was restored, by tlie
compromise of tlie last session, between
the East and the South. They are fan
ning the smothered embers, in the hope
of reluniining tlie extinguished flame.—
Fortunately, they cannot succeed
There is a kindness betw een the differ
ent sections of the country, which will
not he converted into enmity. Were it
otherwise, we should most earnestly
pray, that those who kindled the volcano
should first fe*-l the force of its explosion.
We trust that the Missouri question
will not be revived at tlie next session.
We hope more temperate counsels will
prevail than that of the scribe at New-
York, who hopes to find tlie Eastern
states “ united, firm, and inflexible,” in
opposing the admission of the state of
Missouri into the Union, as now consti
tuted. It is astonishing to us, indeed,
that any man should so far brave public
opinion ns some of these editors have
done, who unequivocally express their
hope of seeing the North arrayed against
Ihe South on a question respecting w hicii
they can have no common feeling. An
other thing has surprised us still more ;
that, whilst the whole South unites in
execration of the slave-trade, its repre-
sentfllives are vilified for standing forth
for what they helieve inalienahl« rights,
hv those whose neighbors and townsmen
are known to he deeply engaged in this
nefarious traffic, not only in despite of
the common dictates of humanity but in
defiance of the laws of the country.
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Norfolk, August 2.
INTERESTING FROM OIHltALTAK.
We learn from a respectable source, that
iuimcdiaU'ly on the arrival of the Columbus
iu the Bay of Gibraltar, and before she an
chored, a despatch was delivered to Com
modore Bainhridge, from Governor Don,
acquainting him with the measures of res
triction he! had thought it his duty to:impose
upon the American squadron, in March last ;
hut that he was instructed l»y his Govern
ment instantly to remove the same, and to
ofl'er to them the customary civilities of the
port. Some time being taxon in investiga
ting the circumstances of this transaction,
(which of course Commodore Rainbridge
was ignorant of)—and Governor Don hav
ing withdrawn the restrictions upon the
squadron, and made satisfactory explana
tions respecting the conduct of his officers,
salutes were exchanged, and Commodore
B. went on shore and visited the Governor.
Alter lias the British officers who violated
the restriction imposed upon the Guerriere
hy carrying a challenge on hoard to Capt.
Thompson and his officers, to meet the offi
cers of the ntfli Itegt. magnanimously ac
knowledged the impropriety of their con
duct, and made satisfactory apologies to the.
Americans. Thus ended the second Punic
■war, and, like the first, to tlie honor of the
American military character. Indeed wo
are assured, that the honorable conduct of
Mi*' officers of the Guerriere, on this occasion,
was-the theme of panegyric even amongst
tlie EnglishuienRi Gibraltar. Governor Don
had been instructed hy his Government to,
bring the offending officers of the Garrison to
a Court .Martial, and informed Commodore
Bainhridge of his desire to do so, hut upon
application to Captain Thompson and his
officers, fora statement of farts, relative to i
their visit on board the Guerriere, they de
clined making any repoit whatever cu the
subject.—AVe learn moreover, that the Brit
ish Government were not well pleased with
the Governor for adopting so harsh a mea
sure against ottr squadron on so frivolous a
pretext as a private dispute, between two
young officers—and that Commodore Bain-
hridge, in hD negotiations w ith the Governor
upon tlie subject, maintained the honor oi' his
officers and the dignity of his country, with
an independence and firmness worthy -of his
character and station.
It is much to he rejoiced at that this iin-
plensarvt afl’air has terminated thus amicably
and satisbietorily ; and if we are not deceived
in our judgement of human nature, it will he
the foundation of n more friendly regard on
the part of the British officers tow aids those
of our Navy on that st-dion that has hereto
fore existed, or could have existed in the
common course of things.
Commodore Bainhridge in the Columbus,
and Captain Warrington in tlie Guerriere,
sailed from Gibraltar on the 12th and arrived
at Malaga on the lbtli June.—Capt. Brown,
in the Peacock, and Capt. Perry, in the
Spark, were nut on a cruize; but were ex
pected to put into Gibraltar, for supplies, the
first fair wind.
Intelligence was received at Gibraltar on
the 21st June, that the Spanish Government
were about sending deputies to (la- South
American Colonies to offer terms of recon
ciliation. It was reported that General Cam-
pana and the two Colonels implicated in tlie
horrid massacre at Cadiz, have been con
demned hy the council of war to lie shot!
and General Freyre to he stripped of all his
honors and emoluments.
Extract of a Letter from an aged revolu
tionary tfjlcer.
“Your present ofiJinus"’ Declaration
of Independence is received. It is n
beautiful specimen of the. art of engrav
ing ; the designs are good, and such as
Ihe subject demanded. It is tlie birth
day suit for such an infant as was never
before politically bovn.
“ The worthies placed at the head of
tlie oval are well selected.
“ Washington*—there U no need to
say more—lie stands alone.
“ Hancock—Lis «• ;1 of charity cm-
hracc'j tlie whole human family ; and lie
bad the honor of being proscribed.
“ Jefferson—lie had the pinions of
Mercury. If a certain set of words is
belter than any other to give immortali
ty to a subject, this truth is exemplified
in tlie composition of the Declaration of
Independence.
“When 1 contemplate the wonderful
assemblage of patriots on that day, and
now see them m their hand writiug
fresli and peiicclly executed by them,
after a lapse ot 44 years, it suggests to
me strongly tlie idea of the immortality
of man.
“ \ou and I have happily had our lot
on this stage at an interesting era. God
1ms sustained our souls in life during the
Revolutionary struggle, and to tlie pre
sent time, when we see our numbers at
least tripled,
“We may, perhaps, regret the present
scarcity of money, and perhaps not—it
may teacli us wisdom. Our country is
blessed with health, and is overflowing
with provisions.—If we are not tolerably
linppy, it must be for want of sensibility;
and that may be excited by a little re
flection, and hy just looking across the
water ; this, I think, would effect a rad
ical cure.”—A'ut. Int.
Printers of Newspapers will he glad to see.
and (paid in promulgating the following no
tice, iv liieii appears in tlie National Intelli
gencer.
Ge.vf.ral Post-Office, Aug. 3. 1820-
It having been represented to this Of
fice, that the Newspaper Mail is fre
quently CiU'ried outside, instead of in
side of stages, to tlie great injury of
newspapers contained therein, Notice is
hereby given, to all whom it may con
cern, that on information being given to
this Otlice of such a practice being pur
sued by any Contractor for carrying the
Mail, or by tlie persons employed by
him, the penalty annexed to such a vi
olation of the Rules ot this Office will be
rigidly enforced in every case. And,
for the iufurmation of the Public, and to
put tlie Contractors on their guard, the
following Article, contained in" every.
Contract made vvilli this Department, is
now published.
“£). 'I hut, when tlie said mail goes by
a stage wagon, it sliall invariably be car
ried within tlie body of a comfortable
stage, suitable for tlie accommodation of
at least seven travellers ; and when it
is carried oil horseback, it shall be cov
ered securely, with an oil cloth or bear
jkin, against rain or snow, under a pe
nalty of dollars for each time the
mail is wet, without such covering ; and
that when it stops at night, it slir.il be
put in a secure place, and there be lock
ed up. A penalty of one dollar a niilo
shall be incurred for every mile in which,
the mail, when conveyed by stage, shall
be carried out of the body of the car
riage above described.”
MORE SILVER MINES IN THE WEST.
Salem (Ind.) July 26.
We have been informed by gentlemen
of credibility, that there has been a Sil
ver Mine lately discovered in tlie late
purchase in this state. The circum
stances relating to it are these : A few
months ago n gentleman near the bounda
ry line was informed, by an Indian, that
there was amine of this kind some where»
but refused to tell him where it was, un
less the man would pay him fifty dollars,
a horse, gun, and several blankets, w hich
themnn did, and was taken to the place,
and brought away several pounds of the
ore. 41e has since, we are told, brought
away about three hundred pounds. He
refuses to tel! where it is but says there
i« at least three wagon loads already cast,
into bars by the indians, which he in
tends to-bring away. We have seen (so
have severed citizens of Salem) some of
the ore, and should suppose it at least
two-thirds silver. The ore is so pure
that it can be drawn out with the ham
mer, into bars of almost any size, and it
is thought hy some to be siitlicientlv pure
iu its natural state. From the represen
tation of it, the mine is inexhaustible,
and in a situation difficult to be discovcr-
■ed.
Should tlie above be truth, Indiana
may be before Ohio in coining dollars.
It is said that Ohio felt considerable re
lief on the discovery of the Zanesville
mine, and that the banks in that neigh
borhood were raised 20 per cent. Should
the late discovery prove as exhilirating
to the bank of Indiana, we might reckon
our money no more than twenty-live
per cent, below par, instead offortyflvo
and fifty, as heretofore.
TROM THE INDEPENDENT OBSERVER.
Beat this, if you can!... There has been
tatted sind killed in the township ofBrook-
iyn, Connecticut, the postseason, Eleven
lluiulred and Thirty Hogs, about one half
of which were-under one year old,
weighing Three Hundred and Sixty Thou
sand Seven Hundred and fifty Seven
Pounds. The average weight was two
bundled seventy one and a half pounds.
The largest hog weighed seven hundred
and thirty seven pounds. Two hundred
and nine thousand seven hundred and
ninety four pounds linve been sold.—
l wo persons fatted and killed thirty
thousand four hundred and ninety pounds.
I be above hogs consumed, in fatting, at
least 2H,()00 bushels of grain. They
were worth, at the timo they were kil
led, more than 20,000 dollars.
A large quantity of cheese, butter, and
grain, has also been exported from the
town—thus creating a revenue ofnt least
•10,000 dollars. If every town would c-
i)n.d this in their produce, we should
hear no more of the cry of “ hard
times.”
The township of Brooklyn contain?
17,000 acres of land, 1200 inhabitants,
and 166 dwelling houses.
The pilot boat .Eijlus, employed by go
vernment for tlie use of the Commissioners
appointed by the Navy Board to make a sur
vey of the coast of North Carolina, returned
yesterday to this port. Capt. Elliot, one.
of the Commissioners, has come home in
her, tlie survey having been completed. TIib
oilier Commissioners, who went out in her,
proceeded on to the Eastward some tiniu
since. The pilot boat Wesley, also engngi <\
in the survey, will he herein a few days,fuil
the revenue cutter employed at Sr.iitlivllle^