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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.