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if newspaper or pamphlets, is subject >y law to letter postage. The Postmaster General en- oins the utmost vigilance and impar- iality on all Postmasters, in the per- orraance of these duties. And he topes to witness the beneficial result if their zealous efforts in the public toufidence reposed in the safety of the mail, and the fidelity of its agents. RUSSIA AND TURKEY- The following is the closing part of the Russian declaration of war against Turkey. “Russia, now placed in a situation n which her honor and her interests ,vill not suffer her any longer to re- BSfrnain, declares war against the Otto- an Porte, not without regret, after aving, however, for sixteen years to other, neglected nothing to spare it lie evils which will accompany it.-— ifche causes of this war sufficiently in- TBcate the objects of it. Brought on tty Turkey, it will impose upon it ' e burden of making good all the ex- enses caused by it, and the losses ustainod by the subjects of his Impe rial Majesty. Undertaken for the urpose of enforcing the treaties | which the Porte considers as no long er existing, it will aim at securing ; their observance and efficacy. In duced by the imperative necessity of securing for the future inviolable lib erty to the commerce of the Black ' Sea, and the navigation of the Bospho- Jfrus, it will be directed to this object, f which is equally advantageous to all the European states. “While Russia has recourse to arras, she thinks that far from having indulged in hatred to the Ottoman ■ Porte, or of having contemplated its ■j overthrow, according.to the accusa tion of the Divan, she has given a con vincing proof that if she had designed •to combat it to the utmost, or over- tnrn it, she would have seized all the opportunities for war which her rela tions vvitii the Porte have incessantly presented. “Russia, nevertheless, is very far from entertaining ambiguous plans: countries and nations enough already obey her laws; cares enough are al ready united with the extent of her dominions. “Lastly, Russia, though at war with the Porte, for reasons which are independent of the Convention of the -56th of July, has not departed, and will not depart, from the stipulations f that act. It did not, and could not, ondemn Russia to sacrifice her earl- er important rights, to endure decided (affronts, and to demand no indemnity "or the most sensible injuries. But the duties which it imposed upon her, and the principles on which it is founded, will be fulfilled with scrupu lous fidelity, and strictly observed.— <The allies will find Russia always ready to adt jn Concert with them in | the execution of the'treaty Of London, always zealous to co-operate in a | work which is recommended to its care by religion, & all the feelings which do honor to humanity, always inclined to make use of its situation only for the speedy fulfilment of the treaty of the 6th of July, hot to make any change in its nature and its effects. “The Emperor will not lay down his arms till he has obtained the re sults stated iri this declaration; and he, expects them from the benediction of Him to whom justice, and a pure con science, has never yet appealed in vain. \ “Given at St. Petersburgh, 14th (26th) April, 1828.” The Paris dates, which are later than we received by the way of Hav re, furnish intelligence from the Rus sian army, from Constantinople, &c. of an aspect much more warlike. It will be seen by our extracts, that the English papers appear generally to be lieve the Pruth had already been cross ed, if not the Danube, that the inva ders would push on for Constantinople, and there were strong reasons to anti cipate for them a rapid and easy tri umph. As we are not furnished with the evidence on which their opinions are founded, any further than they are supplied, by extracts from the re marks of other newspapers, we can not, of course, speak with the confi dence we could wish. The reports must at least have been more strongly corroborated than usual, to elicit so many strong and concurrent expres sions. War appears to have been more apprehended at Constantinople; and it is very probable the reports may prove true.—JW Y. Adv.- Supplies for tht Greeks.—Summary of the Value of the Contributions in clothing, provisions and money, re ceived for the suffering Greeks, from various parts of our country, and which have been mostly forwarded by the brig Herald, lately sailed. From the State of New York, $33,573 48; Connecticut, $11,869 39; Massachu setts, $3,152 55; Maryland, $2,459 30; Rhode Island, $1,948 25; New Jersey, $1,217 17; Vermont, $517 32; Virginia, $75 00; Ohio, $67 00 from Upper Canada, $10 00; total amount received by the Greek Com mittee to 28th May, 1828, $59,889 43.—Vis. fy Tel. Pioneer Stages.—We are happy to learn that preparations for putting this line in operation are in such a state of forwardness, that all West of Utica will be ready for running prob ably by the 16th, which is only four teen days later than the time first named.—A cargo of coaches for this line was received this week, by the Sabbath-keeping line of boats, and we hope in due season to see them in motion and patronised by the friends of religion and good order throughout the country. Let it be seen whether there is religion and patriotism enough to aid and support those whose only object in getting up this line, is, to prevent the gross and habitual violation of the Sabbath—an institution which the old line proprie tors declare is one of the best that In finite wisdom ever gave to man.—Ro chester Ob. Monstrous Serpent.—A rattle Snake was killed a few days ago at Hamil ton, Harris county, Georgia, measur ing 6 1-2 feet long, .and 22 1-2 inches in circumference,—its mouth when expanded was 6 inches between the extremities; there were only seven rattles to the tail, the balance having been lost in combat with some of his serpentine tribe. When the snake was killed, it had a large rabbit in its mouth nearly swallowed, which caus ed it to beoome an easy prey to its murderer. Three fangs were extract ed and measured nearly two inches long. The rattlesnake is very cow ardly and acts always on the defensive; but its bite is instant death when at tacked by an enemy.—Columbus Enq. The Troy Sentinel says—“ In the afternoon of Saturday last a tempest of thunder, lightning, rain, hail, and wind, passed over a part of Pittstown and Hoosic, destroying crops bridges, and fences, covering meadows with sand and mud and laying waste the promise of the year. Such was the extraordinary accumulation of water, that haystacks were floated from their places; and in one instance a man, a blacksmith, living in Hoosic, was surprised by the sudden invasion of the flood and drowned in his own shop. The President has ratified, by pro clamation, a treaty concluded between John Tipton on the part of the United States, and the Eel River or Thorn ton party of Miama Indians. They cede to the United States a reserva tion of land 10 miles square, at their village on Sugartree Creek, in Indi ana, and agree to remove to a five mile reservation on Eel River by the 15th of October. The United States agree to pay them $2000 in goods at present, $8000 in goods next summer, build 12 log houses, clear and fence 4Q acres of land, and furnish them with oxen, horses, and $500 worth of pro vision, to pay Peter Langlois $1000 in silver, and $3000 in goods for pro visions heretofore delivered, and to ap propriate $1000 per year for five years, and longer, if Congress think proper, to be applied under the direc- tidn of the President to the education of the youths 6f the Miami nation. Our Legislature has repealed the law prohibiting the imprisonment of females for debt. This is a most un gallant act. One good bachelor—Mr. Shepard-—lifted up his voice against it, for which the ladies owe him thanks. Several married men, we perceive, spoke of the propensity of females to contract debts which they were una ble or unwilling to pay. They are crusty husbands, we will warrant. It is to be hoped that their wives will make them suffer for it when they get home.—Conn, paper. Intemperance.—A late number of the Onondaga Register, relates a shocking and melancholy instance of death by the use of ardent spirits.— A Mr. Fountain, of that town, who had long been addicted! tb habits of in temperance, was induced for one dol lar to swallow a quart of whiskey.— After taking this dram, he was carried from the store to his house, where, af ter lying a short time in a state of in sensibility, he expired. The Clinton Vases.—The Albany Daily Advertiser states that the Grand Lodge have purchased the Vases from Mr. Anthony Blanchard for the sum ($600) at which he purchased them at auction, and have resolved to pre sent them to the family of Mr. Clinton. It iss tated much to the honor of Mr. Blanchard, that he j&fused the sum $2000 for them, which had been of fered by a person tfrho wished to send them to London. / A Valuable Cow.—Mr. Abner Baldwin, of East Cain Township, has a small cow, supposed to weigh about four hundred pounds, with small horns from which he has made, in one week, fourteen pounds ofexcellent butter, and feels confident that, in a week or two hence, when the pasture im proves, he can make sixteen pounds per week! Considering the sizo of the cow, we are of opinion that she sFands unrivalled as a buttermaker.— Downington (Pa.) Journal. A large Steam-Boat and a long River. Our passage up the Mississippi forms an epoch in the history of navi gation. It was an enterprise of the boldest and most extraordinary nature; probably unparalleled. Never before did a steam boat ascend a river twen ty-two thousand miles above its mouth. The vessel which conveyed us was the Virginia, of one hundred and eighteen feet long, and twenty-two wide, draw ing six feet water, and of two-thousand tons burthen.—Beltrami's Pilgrimage in America. Yesterday afternoon [last Sabbath] about 4 o’clock, nine young men of this city, chartered a sailboat for the purpose of visiting the Woodlands on the western bank of the river Schuyl kill, and seeing some friends. When opposite the United States Arsenal, a young-man very.iraprudently sprang up the mast,against the wishes and con trary to the advice of his companions, which occasioned the boat to upset, and shocking to relate, five individuals perished. Thus in a moment have the fond hopes of relatives and friends of these unfortunate young men been blasted by this sudden and afflicting dispensation of Divine Providence. Philadelphia Gaz. Little Rock, Ark. June 1.—Fatal Rccounter.—The mortifying and pain ful duty again devolves upon us, of recording the fact, that our unlucky and ill fated little town (already too notorious at home and abroad for such occurrences) has unfortunately been the scene of another homicide- It took place on Saturday evening last, soon after the execution of the wretched Strickland, in the store of Messrs. Wilson and Stuart, between Gen. Edmund Hogan and Andrew Scott, Esq. late Judge of the superior court of this territory, and resulted in the almost instant death of the form er. Having felt it a duty which we owe to the public, to notice the result of the unfortunate and melancholy oc curence, justice to the living perhaps demands that we should relate some of the circumstances under which it hap pened. They are briefly these: Gen. Hogdn and judge Scott tnet at the above store, in company with number of other persons, all apparent ly in good hnmor. They had been com petitors for a seat in the Legislative Council, at the last August election, and the conversation tiirned on some of the events of that canvass, which produced a fesw warm words between them. Gen. Hogan anserted some thing, which was denied by judge Scott, on which H. repeated the as sertion, and remarked that he could prove it. Judge S. replied, in sub stance, that the assertion was untrue, that it could not be proved, ahd that the person who made it was a liar\— This reply was followed by a blow from H. which felled S. to the floor, who, in rising, drew the spear from his cane, and gave H. four stabs in the breast and sides, three of which Were mortal. Hogan walked to the door, commenced vomiting blood, and wafc a corpse in less than ten minutes. 25 or 30 years ot very rough service at sea. The letter is published in the N. Y. American.—Vt. Chronicle. As an old seaman, I would recom mend the discontinuance of serving out grog regularly in the Navy. It may be well in going into battle-, or at any time when great exertions are requir ed for a short time. I have always found that when too fre quently taken, it loses its stimulating effects, and that when long continued exertion was required, those who took none did the most; besides it makes habitual drunkards of many seamen that otherwise would not have been so. “Forty.”—-A. writer in the Athe- nceum, under the head ’‘Biblical Cri ticism,” has some curious observa tions on the word “forty,” as used in the Scriptures. He observes that this numeral, which occurs so fre quently, and in places where its intro duction is manifestly at variance with passages that precede and follow it, is in the East constantly used as a general term, implying “many,” cor an indefinite number, as we use the words “score,” and “dozen or two.” A ruined palace at Persenolis is call ed “Cselminar.” or the “forty pil lars,” though it has but nineteen stan ding, and when perfect had two hun dred and sixty. The arabs also use one thousand.and one in a similar man ner. Thus Moses was in the Mount “forty” days, means many days. The The Israelites lived many, not “for-; ty” years in the wilderness. This meaning explains numerous difficul-.. ties in Scripture history. Persians A-;' abs, and Turks, still use the term “forty” in this sense. ROYAL AMUSEMENTS. Louis XVI. was a excellent lock smith. Ferdinand the beloved is fa mous for his embroidery of petticoats. The present .Emperor of Austria is said to make the best sealing-wax in Europe. He r examines, with care, the seal of every letter brought him, and is delighted when he can say, as he generally does, “My own wax is better than that?’ It is a pity that the employments off Kings are hot always as innocent. Ferdinand would have no doubt made^n excellent*linen dra per’s shopman^ had he been placed where nature designed him to be fix ed; and the representative of the Cae sars would have made an excellent managing clerk in the house of cer tain wholesale stationers. An old Shipmaster's Opinion.—The fellowing hints are given in a some what odd, but very sensible letter to the Secretary of the Navy, respecting the proposed voyage of discovery.— The writer has seen as he intimates, Yankee Trick.—A few days since, a man who belongs to a gang of yanlcee turnpike makers, who are for the present at Bushwick, committed an assault and battery on a peaceable in habitant of that town. A warrant was issued against him, and the con stable apprehended him, but the fel low was rather pugnacious, & easily effected his escape. A few days af terwards the constable discovered Mr. While Hat, (as he was called for want of a better name,) and immedi ately gathered a posse, and chased him into a house, occupied by his turnpik- ing companions. The party surroun ded the house, and while they were summoning courage to enter, White- hat was seen to issue from a back door and fly swiftly across the fields, and the whole party immediately join ed pursuit. The chase continued some distance, but at length Runawa- way was overtaken, when behold! it was not the real Runaway, but one of his companions who had assumed the disguise and led the whole pack off on a false scent. On returning to the house the offender was not to be found, and the constable had only to enter it as an escape.—Brooklyn (L. I.) Star, May 29. Extraordinary Damages.— John Cra mer, Esq. recovered a verdict of $5650, for a case of libel, against the Editor? of the Albany Daily Adverti ser. It originated in a publication, by which Mr. Cramer lost his election, as Senator for the fourth district. JAMES FOSTEfc; JOHN FIELDS; J r . WATIE. The following are Candidates for the ettf suing Legislature of the Cherokee Nation} to represent the District of Chattooga* For the Committee. RICHARD FIELDS, THOMAS WILSON, DANIEL GRIFFIN,Jr. LITTLE TURTLE, 5 DWARD GUNTER, NDREW ROSS. For the Council. BARK; AHCHILLA SMITH, HEAD THROWER, JOHN RATCLIFF, LAUGH AT MUSH, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, SAH-KE-AH, SCRAPER. The following are Candidates for the en suing General Council of the Cherokee Nation, to represent the District of Chick- amauga; For the Committee. DANIEL McCOY, RICHARD TAYLOR, JOHN F. BALDRIDGE. For. thf. Council. NATHAN HICKS, CHARLES REECE, CUN-NF.-QUOH-YO-GE, SLEEPING RABBIT, THOMAS MANON, TSU-NU-GE. The following are Candidates for the neral Council of the Cherokee Nation to re present the District of Ahmoe. For Committee. JAMES Bl&BEY, THOMAS FIELDS, THOMAS FOREMAN. For Council. GEO. FIELDS, YOUNG WOLF, JOHN WATTS, CRAWLING SNAKE, DE-SQUAH-NE, DEER IN THE WATER. The following are Candidates for the General Council of the Cherokee Natiprt to represent the District ofHickory Log. For Committee. john Duncan, JAMES DANIEL, GEORGE WATERS, SAMUEL DOWNING. GEORGE STILL, RACCOON, MOSES DOWNING, EDMUND DUNCAN. For Council. MOSES PARRIS, JOHN R. DANIEL, . JAMES DAUGHERTY* SLIM FELLOW, CHEWEA, RISING FAWN, TUCKQUO, GEORGE CARY, WM. PROCTER, YOUNG CHICKEN. ICP We are authorised to annotlnete David Vann, a Candidate for the Committee for High Towef District. JV\S5.!T* SS& D0t ACr’-IcSy oVdhaP <t- AJUW S0A1T. spks —nil deipGdey e«..iz e* tlv (PP«)WI. Ahwoyz.—so-LLy, au?<xy, lgtp 1 . in, jzcy, csyz DebAeiTM^y. SFK9 DUBA./1. (F9P(P, 3*0, O’CJJvI, V- pjy, jia. jvo-z* r.A, v«it,i-z. ahweyz.—O’ov.uy, dipw, o><xa ssy, boci/isi, dosup i)$G<xaay, uyD, jv>a* nV, DVtf.lZ. irsrsz DeLAe<r>u<*y. SFKS DIiB.M.—ACF-Jii, G.yj, JG.ZA- dtyz. aMveyz.—*o-y, ipo®s$p<>*-, ©hiay, CPSWVOv, O'PBoeXZJKT’Z. D-5.9Z DOVAer.IoSV - . SPK9 DhB^.—DdSA*G.*yojy, jj^y. «>J, y^EriiLZ. NOTICE. T HE annual Examination of the Mis< sion School at Brainerd will take place on the last Monday in this month.— All persons interested in the welfare of th^ rising generation are respectfully invited to attend. JOHN C. ELSWORTH. July 9, 1828. .The Court of Inquiry organized at Charlestown, Mass, to investigate the conduct of Lieut. Percival, at the Sandwich Islands, lately closed its session having spent six weeks in the trial. The following are Candidates for the General Council of the Cherokee Nation to represent the District of Coosewatee. For the Committee; WALTER ADAIR, JOHN RIDGE. . For the Council MAJOR RIDGE, TF.-SA-DASKI> Iilpi-V’ B© T&r.U, Dli IrS-TS Le?<EX<*)t AlTUiAP^T, OW IpAJJb.AI>*T, Ah* O^OAV •v*o- aj» ip©w. i>.ie o’eAWse owo-J jhIV©T66J I»4«CJI. hSAGT AU TCTOFiitV aji* uiihP TGSPojy, aTi-c^a. plip ae*h^«y. SCP* The Examination of the School a Creek Path, under the superintendence o the Rev. William Potter, will. take placi on the Friday preceding the second Sab bath in August. NoTTce. T AKEN un on Tdrripin Creek, hi Z&ehariah Simmons, oh the 19tli insf a BAY HORSE, with a small white on hii forehead, about Six yfears oh), and five fee and two inches high, and without an* brafid: J. VAN N. ' April S0tb,182S. 11-9."