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• cation With the capital and interior,
but they failed, and he took post on
the road at Eski Staraboul.
The bulletin of the 7th says, that
although the entreuchments are with
in reach of the Turkish cannon in Cho-
umla, no sortie is made, which shows
they have not as much spirit as in
former times.
The garrison of Varna has made
several strong but unsuccessful sallies;
and Gen. Suchtelen has established
his position, and is joined by Lieut.
Gen. Anchacofl*. The bulletin of the
8th, says Prince Menzikolf, on the
2d, drove the Turks from the heights
on the north west, and occupied them.
Tour he opened a communication with
Ad. Greigh’s fleet of & line ships, 5
frigates, 5 bomb vessels, &c. On the
5th, the Emperor arrived, with a re
inforcement and 15 cannon.
Accounts from Odessa of the 9th
cay he reached there the day before.
Letters of the 11th mention that he
was still there, with the Grand Duke
Michael. The surrender of Choum-
la, Varna, and Sillistria, was hourly
expected. There was no hope of
peace.
F> •twice.—The second expedition for
the Morea was expected to sail soon
—to consist of three regiments -of in
fantry. The frigates Armide and Di-
slon, with the Caravane and Zebre,
will form the escort.—Id.
Constant Aug. 0.
Russia and Turkey■—The garrison
of Silistria made a sortie on the 21st
July, and according to Turkish ac
counts, killed 2000 men. Troops will
have to be sent to Bosnia to quiet dis
turbances. The last news from
Shuinla represented it ns closely
blockaded, and Hussein Pacha in a
critical situation; the Russians ex
pecting reinforcements. Jussuf Pacha
lost a sou in action in which the Rus
sians got the better.
FROM A REVIEW OF HALL’S
TOUR THROUGH IRELAND.
“Our author was hospitably receiv
ed by Mr. Edgeworth. In the course
ef the conversation with Mr. E. and
his daughter, Mr. Hall says:—“I
hinted that though the Roman Catho
lic catechisms are clear, that a priest
cannot forgive sin without sincere re
pentance; yet that from many con
versations 1 had had with Catholics in
■various parts of Ireland, I had reason
to conclude, that the body of the peo
ple believe, that on being simply cr,n-
fessed, priests can without any condi
tion whatever, if they please, forgive
sin. Mr. E. was not of this opinion;
Mrs. and Miss fi. were. He inline
Jiately rang tho bell for the coach
man, who he said was a sensible
young fellow and a Catholic, and
would decide the question at once.—
This man was asked, among other
things, whether he went to the m uss
and to confession; and whether he
thought that on the mere confession of
sins, the priest could forgive them?
He answered “I think he can.”
“Pray, John,” said Mr. E. “if you
were to stab me with your knife to
the heart, here, in the midst of my
family, and should run and confess it
to your priest, and he should absolve
you' would you be forgiven 3 ‘ I think
I should,’’ said the man; * because i (
is said by our Saviour to his dis 'iples
and to the bishop and priests their
successors, whose sins ye forgive, they
are forgiven.” The answers of some
other servants called in for the pur
pose, did not go quite so far as this
man’s, but most of them tended to
show that their priests do not dwell
sufficiently on the conditions necessa
ry to forgiveness, or pass them over
altogether; and, as this appeared a
matter of importance, I had entered
into conversation with people in vari
ous parts of Ireland, and been at pains
to ascertain the fact. Mr. E. told
illie priest, when he called next day,
what the coachman had said; adding,
that he was sorry such dortrines were
afloat. The priest denied that such
doctrines were,taught, and called the
.coachman an ass. Though we were
1 good friends the day before, 1 could
■easily see from the fury of his eyes,
that the priest was now not so fond of
me; having learned that I had led to
the inquiry. Though many of the
better sort in Ireland, pretend to be
lieve neither in the “infallibility of the
Pope, nor in the power of the priests
to forgive sin; yet, to my certain
knowledge, a large proportion of the
people believe both.”
DEISM RENOUNCED.
In the town of Fintona (Ireland)
■and its neighborhood, there were n
number of individuafs who were De
ists, that went,,io use their own lan
guage, to hear J and G——, im
pressed with the idea that J was
mad, and C a fool. They came.
away impressed with the same idea,
and went to one of their own houses,
when they determined upon attempt
ing a similar controversy; they soon
found that they could not carry it bn
without reading. Read they did, and
mark the glorious consequence—eight
of nine renounced Tom Paine and oth
er Deistical hooks they weft in the
habit of reading. I have been led to
understand, that the owner of Tom
Paine could not rest in his bed, but
got up in the middle of the night, cut
it in pieces, and burned it in the grate
of his bed-room, lest it should do
harm before morning.—Dublin Chris
tian Examiner.
New Stage Coach.—The Philadel-
plii i Chronicle describes a large coach
in the progress of construction in that
city, by Mr. Gleason, to run between
Bordontown and Washington, N.J.
It is divided into two compartments
for passengers, one above the other,
each containing seven benches; and
will he able to accommodate no less
than 58 persons; 28 below and 28 a-
*])ove. The length ot the carriage
body is 13 feet, its breadth 5, and its
height 10. The roof will be about
15 feet from the ground. The wheels
are 4, with double sets of spokes, and
rims 18 inches wide. The baggage
wi*i be placed on a car drawn behind,
to run on a single wheel 12 1-2 feet,
wide. This great machine is to be
drawn by 12 horses, placed three a-
breast, and the driver is to hare for
assistants two postillions.' It is in
tended that it shall travel at the usual
rate. It will certainly improve a sin
gle horse track, and either mend or
spoil the road. It is a doubtful ex
periment; hut still worth making.
Fr ,ra the New York Observer,
THE MISSION AT BEYROOT
ABANDONED.
We have received a letter from
Malta, dated July 28, 1828, which
says, *“ivlr. Smith, our Missionary to
Egypt, and Messrs. Goodell and Bird,
with their families, from Beyroot, are
all here in Malta.”
This is not unexpected news to us;
indeed we expressed our anticipations
of such an event, a number of weeks
since. We lind in the Worcester
Yeoman, a letter from Mr. Goodell,
dated Malta,July -1th, which contains
a few words of explanation. The fol
lowing is an extract:
“The brig Herald from Nevv-York,
touched here on the IG;h uit. and sail
ed under convoy, on the 19th. It wa*
an unexpected pleasure to meet again
with our worthy countryman, the com
panion in our former labors, the Rev.
Jonas King, who, while thousands in
quire alter her temporal welfare, goes
to Greece to ascertain her moral state;
mil, by establishing schools, and dis
tributing Bibles and Tracts, to raise
her from her present moral degrada
tion, and free her from her present
moral servitude.
We left Beyroot, about the 1st of
May, fleeing from the plague, which
was then raging there, and from war
which then threatened, and of which
we had contiunal alarms. We ex
ceedingly regret that it was necessa
ry for us to leave Syria; but our
friends will probably he happy to hear
that we are now in a place of safety, in
no danger from a Turkish scimitar or
a Turkish prison. What will be the
result of the present political disturb
ances in this quarter, it is impossible
to foresee. At any rate, Greece is
free: hui what will become ofTurkey,
if she continue obstinate, seein9 to be
morcproblematioal.
W ien the war-cloud shall be dis
persed, we may expect that the mis
sionaries will return to their several
tie! Is of labor, with far better pros
pects than they have hitherto enjoy
ed. —
CUSTOMS IN SYRIA.
A friend has favoured us with the
following extract of a letter from his
corrcsjmmlcnl at Beyroot. The wri
ter is a native of New-England, who,
in the service of the Gospel, has made
Syria his homo. — FI. C/iron.
“Every letter we receive from our
friends makes us feel how different ev
ery thing iaiti this country, from that to
which we have been accustomed in A-
merica. To come directly from Boston
to Beyroot is almost like-coming to an
other world. If there are people- in the*
moon, as learned doctors would have
us believe* their customs can hardly
he mire unlike ours, than the customs
of America are unlike those of Syria.
There, for instance, one reads and
writes from left to right, but here from
right to left. There the .ladies in
company cover their lect, and uncov
er their face: here their face must be
covered, and their feet bare. There
the gentlemen arc taught to wait upon
the ladies, but here the ladies upon
the gentlemen. There the best seal
is offered to the female sex, but here
none at all, or, if any, the lowest.—
There the lady in a genteel and becom
ing manner rides literally on horse
back, hut here, whether she rides a-
lone or behind her husband, whether
on a horse or an ais, both her feet are
never found the sirne side of the ani
mal. There it « an object to have
good roads,here for security in war it
is an object to lave those which are
scarcely passable. There men make
roads for their animals, here their ani
mals make roids for them. There it
is indispensable that a speaker or wri
ter he intelligible in order to he pop
ular, hut hen to he unintelligible is
the perfecti)n of good wriling.-Thire
the bridegrnom goes after the bride,
here she goes to - him. There no one
appears more happy and lovely than
the bride, here ao one appears more
sad, she not being permitted to smile
or speak, or even open her eyes, for a ,
whole day. There truth has great in
fluence over men, here men have al
most entire influence, over truth.—
There the boundaries of right and
wrong are distinct, here they are whol
ly imperceptible. There every kind
of-improvement is encouraged, but
here discouraged. In fine, here one
mounts the wrong side of the horse,
milks the wrong side of the cow, tells
lies even when the truth would an
swer his purpose much better, values
hia time as nothing worth, is disgust
ingly and servilely cringing to his su
periors, makes every one below him
feel his power, & while he is exhaus
ting the rich stores of the Arabic lan
guage in compliments, in the warm
est expressions, of friendship and of
the most vehement longing after your
society and prosperity, his cloak con
ceals the dagger which he intends to
plunge into your heart. Oh what would
I not give for one such peaceful,
pleasant, industrious, intelligent and
pious family as are scattered over the
United States, and such as I could
name to you.-—But one such family I
fear all Asia does not contain, among
her native population. Such abodes
of innocence and industry and quiet
ness have no existence here even in
idea. And were the government the
best in the world, and were the best
means that could be employed put in
operation to raise the people of this
country from their degradation, one
generation at least must pass away.,
before they could be elevated to any
thing like New-England virtue, knowl
edge, and happiness.”
From the Philadelphian.
MISSION AT DWIGHT.
A letter just received from one of
the faithful Missionaries of the Ame
rican Board, at Dwight, in the Arkan
sas Territory, states that the interest
hitherto-felt both by Parents and chil
dren in education and general mental
improvement, is incrensiug. * A dia
gram enclosed, with the accompany
ing calculations, shewing the 'process
of ascertaining the altitude of a per
pendicular at the foot of a hill, from
the hill's side, the work .of James
Madison Payne, an Indian hoy, twelve
years old, proves (as the waiter well
observes) that the red children of the
forest are “as capable of being inte
rested in right lines, angels, and paral
lelograms &c. as any other youth.—
The boy, above mentioned, entered
their school at the age of o years, to
tally ignorant of the English language;
and now, speaks and reads it with
fluency and accuracy; and within the
same time has obtained a good knowl
edge of Geography, English Gram
mar, and the rules of .Arithmetic, and
besides has made some progress in
Surveying, and the mensuration of
heights and distances. Others in the
schools are nearly as far advanced.—
The adult scholars begin to feel, that
the time is at hand, when they who
have been enjoying the privileges of
the schools, will exercise the greatest
influence in the nation.
We had in our office on Saturday, a
dozen of apples, which grew upon the
farm of the Rev. Mr. Cornish, iu
Dutchess county, which exceeded ii.
.size anything of the kind that we hat!
ever before seen. One of them mea
sured J5 inches in circumference, and
weighed Hi ounces and a half; and
the whole number approached nearly
to the same size and weight. They
are very handsome, and finely flavor
ed fruit, and somewhat resemble that
which is called in the markets here
the Ox-apple.
INFLUENCE OF YOUNG MEN.
When Cataline attempted to over
throw the liberties of Rome, he began
by corrupting the young men of the
city, and forming them for deeds of
daring and crime. In this he acted
with keen discernment of what con
stitutes the strength and .safety of a
community—Ihe, virtue and intelligence
of its youth—especially of its young men.
This class of persons, has, with much
propriety, been denominated the flow
er of the country—the rising hope of
the church jind society. Whilst, they
are preserved uncorrupted, and come
forward wit hr enlightened minds and
good morals, to act their respective
parts on the stage of life, the founda
tions of social order and happiness are
secure, and no weapon formed against
the safety of the community can pros
per.
This, indeed, is a truth so obvious,
that all wise and benevolent men,-
whether statesmen, philanthropists, or
ministers of religion, have always felt
a deep and peculiar interest in this
class of society; and in all attempts
to produce reformation and advance
human happiness, the young, and par
ticularly the young men have engaged
their first and chief regards.
How entirely this accords with the
spirit of inspiration, it is needless to
remark. Hardly any trait of the Bi
ble is more prominent than its benevo
lent concern for the youthful genera
tions of men. On them its instructions
drop as the rain, and distil as the dew;
round their path it pours its purest
light and sweetest promises; and by
every motive of kindness and entreaty
of invitation and warning, aims to form
them for duty and happiness, for holi
ness and God.—Hawes.
Important—If true.—We give the
following story as we find it. The
Public Ledger of August 30, says,
“Letters dated about the 10th, of
this month, have been received
from Malta, which contain news,
if afterwards confirmed, of ^ great
political importance. They state
his majesty s ship the Dryad, of
42 guns, Captain the lion. G. A.
Crolton, had received orders to sail
for Corfu, and then to take Mr. Strat
ford Canning on board, for the Dard
anelles. They further state that the
object of this Minister’s mission to
'Constantinople, is to arrange with the
Sultan moderate terms of peace, to
be transmitted to the Head Quarters
of the Emperor of Russia, and to ac
company these terms with a threat
that Great Britain will espouse the
cause of the Sultan, if they be reject
ed by his Imperial Majesty. We
know not what confidence ought to he
reposed in this intelligence, but we
do know that it has been received by
an eminent individual deeply connect
ed with the politics, and the com
merce of Egypt; and we also know
that it is perfectly in unison with the
declared object of the powerful army
which his Most Christian Majesty has
ordered in the Levant.”—N. Y. Obs.
Extraardinary Phenonmdnon. —Tlie
family of Mr. Shepherd of Gillygate,
were recently alarmed by a smell of
fire, and knowing that there had been
none in the house since the previous
night, they proceeded to inquire into
the cause. On two of the family of
Mr. Shepherd going up stairs, they
observed in the lodging room window
a basin and ewer, and over them were
laid towels; at a little distance was
placed a globular glass bottle filled
with water, in which a bouquet of
flowers had been placed. The rays
of the sun had been concentrated into
a focus by the water and the globe of
glass, and thus conducted with all
their force upon the towels, in which
a lafge hole was actually burnt, and
at the time of entering the room they
were, in flames. Had not this timely
discovery been made, the house might
have fallen a sacrifice to the devour
ing element.— York (Eng-) Herald.
The following anecdote appears in
the “Memoirs of General Miller,’
when relating the particulars of a bat
tle iii Peru:—“The men of one squad
ron and all the officers of a Royalist
cavalry regiment wore silver helmets
These became the objects of the par
ticular attention of the Patriot soldiers
during the pursuit. Some had the
presence of mind to save thcmselrelfj
by thro .ring off their helmets, nlncll
like the golden apples of Hippomene9
did not fail to arrest the. progress of
the pursuers. These silver baits
proved irresistible to the Patriot sol
diers as the apples to Atalanta. In a
few hours every silver helmet had
changed, not exactly heads, but own
ers, for all were broken up and stow
ed away in the valises of the captors.”
On the 24th inst. the honest
and able Chief Justice of the United
States, John Marshall, entered his
74th year, with his faculties as fresb
and vigorous as at fifty.
Curious Invention.—A Hungarian,
of the name of Mallergy, lias discover
ed tins menus of walking in rivers, how
ever rapid he their currents. He
uses a pair of long boots, made of ve
ry thin iron plate, surrounded, at (he
upper extremity, with a quantity of
cork. He made a public trial, *n the
20th of March, at Pest, in the waters
of the Danube, and the expfriment
was most successful!
From the Now Hampshire Observer,
ONE PLEASURE FORGOTTEN.
Mu. Mii.ekr—-I happened to-be in
a stage coach about four months since;
with a young man of respectable ap
pearance, who, as I afterwards found
out, was a mechanic, from the coun
try, and as nearly as I could judge, a-
bout 25 years of age. During the
first port of our journey which com
menced early in the morning, he was
fast asleep; but when he awoke, he
apologised for his incivility, as he call
ed it, by saying that lie had been at
the theatre the preceding ntght, and
had not been able to gc-t his usual rest.
After conversing with him respecting
the play, the actors, &c. I asked kirn
to give me his sober opinion of the ef
fect of an attendance at the theatre
upon the mind. He seemed at a loss
for some time, either because he had
never happened to think of the subject
before, or because he was ashamed to
let conscience give its verdict. While
he hesitated, and for the sake of re
lieving his embarrassment, I told him
the opinions of some of the wisest and
best of men upon the subject, togeth
er with an anecdote of Rev. John
Newton, who, after listening to a lady
who had been to the theatre, and was
recounting the various pleasures which
she -received from the anticipation,
the actual enjoyment, and the recollec
tion of the play, replied, Madam,
there is one kind of pleasure eon-
connected with this enjoyment, which
you have forgotten. What is that,
Sir? said she. The pleasure that the
thoughts ol it will afford you in your
dying hour. Well, said my compan
ion, that is just what 1 was thinking of
at the theatre. Wlien I saw the men
and women on Ihe last night, carrying
on so like fools, I couldn’t help think
ing how they would feel when they
came to die. And I felt guilty my
self for being there, for I should not
have been willing to die in the theatre.
OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.—
The public houses in New Bedford,
Mass, were all closed on Sunday, the
2Istult\
MARRIED—On Thursday 23d insl. by
tho Rev. Mr. Samuel A. Worcester, Mr
Gronr.E W. Gunter of Creek Path, to
MissEi.izx Nave daughter of Mr. Henry
Nave of Rossvillc, Chickamauga District.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
I N February 1827, a man by the name,
of W 11,1,1 AM STONE sold me a
horse, which lias since that time prev-d to
be stolen. Said Stone formerly lived in
Jackson County Alabama, and is about five
feet 16 or 11 inches high, light colored hair,
spare made, ami about 25 years of age, I
will give the above reward for anv informa
tion of the residence of said Stone.
WILLIAM LESLEY,
Chattooga District, C. Nation, O-1. 2(>
1828.- ' S5—St.
POCKET HOOK LOST.
A BOUT the middle of July last was
stolen out of my Pocket at my house,
a large Washed Leather Pocket-Book-,
containing one note on the State Bank of
Georgia for $15, one note of hand on Eli
jah Hicks for $85, payable sometime in
October next; a receipt of Henry Megyrof
! lm State of New York, for two notes on
John Byers of the said State, and some
other papers not recollected. To any per-
on getting & delivering said Book, paper?
and money to me; I will give ten dollars,
and five for the apprehension of the rogue,
I do hereby for warn all persons from tra
iing for said note of Elijah Hicks. And
J alsoforwarn Elijah Ricks from paying
aid note to anvperson excepting myself.
GEORGE HARLlN
Coosewaytee Cherokee Nation, -Augtftfk
13. 1828.*—24-tf.