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IN SENATE OP TIIE IJ. STATES.
May 19, 1»26.
C!)c Cmlt Crcatp.
The Senate took up the report of the
Committee of Conference on the disagree
ing vote of the two Houses, in regard to
the appropriation bll for carrying into ef
fect the Treaty w ith the Creek Indians.—
The repot i having been read—
Mr. BERRIEN, of Georgia, next nd
dre sed the Senate. He said, I touch this
sul'j ct with extreme reluctance. It throws
n e back upon rWollectiona to which it is
unple «ant to recur. It awakens feelings
winch I hare no disposition to indulge.—
But can 1 he silent ? My colleague and
faithful coadju.or in this cause, has been
called away by the pressure of domestic
calamity, lam the sole ’epresentative of
Georgia on this fl >or. The Senate will ex
pect from me, sir—what, with all possible
respect for the Senate, is iufinielv more
important to me, the People of Georgia,
my own immediate constituents, to whom
al"iic I arku iwl>*dge responsibility, they
will expect from me—an expression of
their feelings on this occasion. I obey.
Y >u have arrived at the last scene to the
present act, of the great political drama of
the Creek controversy in its pi ogress,
you have seen two of the sovereign States
of toe American Confederation—especially,
you have seen one of those States, which
Tma always b en taithful and forward in the
discharge of her duties to this Union
(I iveil to the wall, by the combined force
of th * administration and its allies, consist
ing of a portion of (lie Creek nation, and
certain Cherokee diplomatists. Hitherto,
in ihe discussions before the Senate on this
subject, I have imposed a restraint upon
my own feelings, under the influence of
motives which h.ve now ceas-d to operate.
It was my first duly to > btain an acknowl
edgment, on this floor, of the rights of G -or
pin, leprossing, for that purpose, even die
■tory m her wrongs. It was my first du'y,i
sir, and 1 have sacrificed to it every other
confide nlion. As a motive to forbearance,
it no lui ger exists. The rights of Georgia
have been prostrated. The Senadir from'
New-Ymk deceives himself, when he sup
poses that she has a*.q tired all the land
within her limits. Tin* Senate ton, acted
under this impression in (lie ratification of
the new treaty, and were deaf to my soli
citation to amed that instrument bv an ar
ticle which should, in exprisi ternu , relin
quish to Georgia die lands within her b mu
u.iry. G mtlein n shrunk from an invest!
gation of the tieaiy of the I idian .Springs,
am* feared to alter die one suhnittelt't*
them, les , by its f dime, that investigation
might b come necessary Yes, sir: (lie
rights of G nirgia have been prostrated
'They h ive fallen before the power of (he
ailmlid-i'a'i-ni, ami the fiond mid the Inso
lence of the s.ivages who n they h tve sustai •
ed in d cherished- of those savages, by whom
the administration have bean made the con
scious instruments of the Iraud winch they;
themselves have con- ened against their
own brethren of the forest. The admin-!
istration have been passive spectators of
tin* ins deuce with which, in the nflicial
character they have given to them, those
savages have bearded the Representatives
«.f G orgi.i, even in die official journal of
the Government. Why then, sh mid I bel
ideal? I have the evidence of oppression)
ami of fraud, and accumulated wrongsj
prompt to (heir exposure.
It was a duly scarcely less sacred to pro-i
toct the friends and followers of that g«l-|
hint Chieftain who had seal d with hi< blood
Ins devotion to Georgia and to this Union.
To it also is finished. I invoke the testi
m my of no man lo peeve with what fidelity
it has been performed. The hour of retri |
button has come. I will not imitate, I
am incapable of imita ing, the ex unple,
of th »-e who have foully calumniated!
a People wlo se honor is so justly dear)
to me ; but, under die responsibility of my
•latum— indcr my personal responsibility,!
Ifyou will—l am f.ee to speak, and I will,
speak, of die wrongs of Georgia. [ shall
be brief, for the occasion requires it ami my
own feelings will prompt me to turn as
qtickly as L may from so disgusting a sub
ject.
Sir, in (he progress of that controversy,
which has grown out of the treaty of tin*
Indian Springs, the People of Geurgi i h ive
been giossly and wantonly calumniated,
iml the acts of he Administration has as
sisted to give currency to these calumnies.—
Her Cliul Magistrate has been traduced.
'1 ite solemn act of her Legislature, has
been set at naught, hy a rescript of .he Fed
eral Executive. A military force has been
q tanered on her b .filers, to cn-erce h r to
submission; and without atrial, without
the privilege ol being heard, without the
* toblence of evidence, she has been de
prived of rights, seemed to her hy the sol
emn stipulations of tieaty.
When, in obedience to the w ill of (lie
Legislature ol Georgia, her Chief Magis
trate had communicated to the President,
his determination lo survey the coded (eii
tory, his right to do so was admitted. L
Was declared by the President, that the ad
would be “ wholly'’ on the re spun s bility ol
(he Government of Georgia, and that •• die
Government of .he United States would not
be in any manner responsible for .uv con
sequent.es which might result From th
measure.” When Ins willingness to en-
A • ... "
counter this responsibility was announced,
i. was met by the declaration, that th j
President would “ not permit the survey to
be made,” and he was refered to a Major
General of the army of the United S.ate
and one thousand regulars. The truinei
bands of the Empire were to be employe!
to cu-erce him to submission. Why this
paltering? Above all, sir, why this men
ace.
The highest judicial tribunal of the Uni
ted Stales had long since decided the rigli
of Georgia to grant anil sell the lands, which
s' e was, about lo survey. Independently
then of any title acquired by die treaty of
the Indian Springs, unles there is any on*
prepuiedto affirm that the right to grant
does not involve the right to difine. the lim
its of tho thing granted, the act which she
was about to perform, was manifestly with
in her competency. When this proposi
tion, thus clear and simple in its principle,
shall come to be understood by the People
‘of the United States, by what term of rep
robation sufficiently strong, will they de
signate the menace to employ the military
force of this Union, to prevent a Sovereign
State from the exercise oi lier unquestiona
ble right ?
To tliis lawless mandate, her Chi-T Ma
gistrate submitted. Unable to repress the
feelings, which had been excited by the
contumely of the Government un.l its agents,
■he nevertheless respected the peace of tiie
Union, and the tyranny was unresisted.—
The Senate will permit me to say a passing
w»i(l of this calumniated individual —the
friend and companion of my earlier years -
whose name has been associated in the jour
nals devoted to the Administration, with
the epithets of madness and of treason, —
Sir, there is no man, however vindicative
his feelings, however led astray, hy the
reveries of a malevole.it farcy, who, in the
moment of retirement, coin mining with
G >d and his own co science, had die hardi
hood lo avow to himself a belief ol theca
lumnies which were uttered agiinsttlie chi I
Magistrate of Geo gni. Lo.e for his coun
try —indignation against her oppressors—
these are the qualities of the patriot—- hese
are the qualities which lie has exhibited n
this controversy
The murder of tint illustrious chieftain,
who, through lile, had manifested a generous
gallant demotion to the People of this Union,
is another incident in this drama, on which
that People will ’ere long, affix the seal of
their reprobation. It is one of tiros.* events
■ which grew out of the countenance given
by the Federal Government, to the opposi
tion to the treaty of the Indian Springs,
It was naked murder. The shallow pre
tence of a law, and the judgment of a Coun
cil, was got up ex post facto. I appeal to
those who are conversant with the laws and
, customs of the Indian* l , if ouch a law could
have existed vlt;. u«. the k • wledge of tin*
, agent; I appe,-' • i to *ay, if Indian
.Councils are net. ci open ? To those
, wlio know the <>t the Council
, wliiol. vfa; as*-.* ..<rt note the death ol
, Mclntosh, how many friends he had in it, I
. appeal. Let them siy, if it would not have
, been an act of madness for his intended
r murderers, to have mi le known tiieir ob
ject in that Council ? Yes, sir, I repeat the
.{declaration, it was naked murder. This gal
s hint chieftain fell, like Alcihiades, hy the
I hands of the midnight assas-in ; and, like
, ihe emissaries of the Persian Satrap, his as
! sassins feared to come within the reach ol
' his valiant arm.
| The murder of Mclntosh—the defama
tion of the Chief Magistrate of Georgia—
ijthe menace of military force to coerce her
to submission—were followed by the fra
, ductioti of two of her cherished citizen*,
. employed as the agents of the General G *-
I vernment in negotiating the treaty —geiule-
, men, whose integrity will not shrink from
, a comparison with that of the proudest and
loftiest of their accusers. Then the sym
pathies of he People *-f the Union were ex
cited in behalf of “ tiie children of the for
jpst,” who were represented as indignantly
spurning the gold, which was ottered to en
•ltice them from the graves of their fathers,
and resolutely determined never to aban-
Jdon them. The incidents of the plot, being
|; thus prepared, the aft'.ir hastens to its con
i’; summation. A new treaty is negotiated
, here—a pure and spotless treaty. The
4 rights of Georgia and of Alabama are sac
. rtficeil, the United Stales obtain a part ol
the lands,and pay double the. amount stipu
lated by the old treaty ; and those pure, ami
. noble, and unsophisticated sons of the for
.est, having succeeded in imposing on the
( simplicity of this Government, next con
. cert, under its eye, and with its knowledge
. the mean-, ofdetrau ling their own conslitu
.jents, the chiefs and warriors of the.Cieek
s nation.
.1 F««r their ag-ney in exciting the Creeks
I I to resist the lurmer treaty, and in deluding
,I this Govern in.-til to annul it, three Chero
i kees, Vann, and (he father vs the
former, are to recei.e forty thousanu
.j dollars of the money stipulated t*. be paid
. by ine United States to tne chiefs of the
Creek nation ; and <lie Government, when
f informed ol Hie projected fraud, deems it
. self powetless to avert it. Nay, when ap
piized hy your amendment, that you alst
had deticted it, that G vernment does not
i nesitate t>* intetpose, by one of its higl
I functionaries, to resist your proceeding ; bt
I a singular fatui y, thus giving its counten
e a ace and support to the commission of tin
,l fraud. Sir, 1 speak nf what has passed be
fore your eves, even in his hull.
One-fifth of the whole purchase money h
.to b • given to three Cherokees. I’kn thou
I. sand OOLLVR-. reward one d the her ie» ol
Fort M inis—-i bon wh'Ch it so well be
o come* us to bestow. A lew choseu favorite
n
r divi'le among themselves upwards of one
IUNDKKD AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
caving a pittance for distribution among
he groat body of the Chief’s and Warriors
‘ jf tlie nation. But it is the price of blood
- —of the blood of Mclntosh. !?hall it not
»e fi eely distributed among those who shed
-it? And think you, the Chiefs and Warri
ors against whom this audacious fraud is
i meditated, will tamely acquiesce in it?
) Armed with this damning proof of the cur-
I option of tlieir adversai ies, will the follow
ers of Mclntosh ,-leep? Sir, if one spark of
ids gallant spirit yet lingers among them,
- especially if it burns as it should burn in
die bosom of that youthful chieftain, whose
prerogative it is to vindicate a father’s
. memory, the name of the White warrior
, of the Muscogee, will again become the
terror of his foes.
But the administration, though it con
. dein s (he fraud, thinks that we have no
\ power to prevent its consummation. What,
i sir, have we no power to sen that our own
treaty is carried into effect ? Have we no
interest in doing so ?
Hive we no powei p We have stipulated
■ for the payment of two hundred and forty
• seven thousand dollars to t'i» Chiefs of the
, Creek nation, to be distribu'id among the
• Ch efs and Warriors of that notion. Is not
. the distribution pan of the coruract as well
;as the payment? We know that a few of
■ those (Jiiifis, in fraudulent violation of the
• rights secured by that treaty, are about to
■ appropriate this money t" themselves. Are
we powerless to prevent it ? Nay, must we,
■ too, suffer ourselves to be made the consci
ous instruments of its consummation r We
■ have made a bugain with a savage tribe,
O ... “ 9
: winch yin; choose to digi tty with the name
of a treaty, Concerning whom we legislate
- with their co sent, or wifhout'it, as it seems
good in our eyes. We know that some ten
f »r twenty vs them are a ..out to cheat the
remainder. We hav* the meins in our
. hands, without which their corrupt purpose
• cannot be eif eted. Have we not the right
to see that our own bargain is honestly ful
tilled ? Consistently wi li common honesty,
, .hi we put the consideration money of the
, -ontract into the hands of those, who we
, know are ab >ut to defraud the People who
i trusted them? Sir, the proposition is ab-
I’ -urd.
i But have we no interest in preventing
i this fraud ? What if .he great body ol the
. nation, disci.timing die validity of a treaty,
. the consideration money Pm which they have
never received, and which you have paid
with a knowledge of the fraud about to be
> practised on them, shall refuse ns execution,
I will you not be in a worse dilemma, than
1 that from which you have endeavored to es
cape, by annulling the treaty of the Indian
i Springs?
Will you say it is their own affair; that
i they have trusted these persons to negotiate
l ihe treaty, and therefore they are entitled
[ to receive the money ? The answer is plain.
• They trusted these men, believing them to
1 be nonest. Now you know them to be
- otherwise.
> Will you shelter yourselves under the
. powers granted to tin I) legation ? and did
> vou not die ate tlnon ? Wis not the council
■ convened bv >. ur i rd r r Hid you nut lequire
the appoin limit of h D legation, draught
| their and direct its execution ?
Was it a free will off ring of the f'rrek
. nation? Wav it not rather fin* act of these
. very men, who had soiled tin* Cre ks to
p resist ilie old ireiiy, and wim, by means of
tliis corrupt agreement, are now about to
, enjoy the iruit?. if heir sperul ition on the
. simplicity of this G v. rumen! ?
Sir, you have the power a d it is your
i interest, and it is your doty io exercise it.
| You legislate for these People as you will—
. vou assume a guardianship over all the In -
. dian tribes, fur the preservation of the pub
. lie peace. This cousi leraiion alone is suf
\ ficient to authorize ami to demand your in
. tei lerence. Suffer tins fraud to be consum
, mated—this con upt distribution to be car
. lied into effect, and ih • war-whoop will
> again be heard in the nation, and the torna
. hawk and die scalping knife will do their
I ollice.
It is another miserable suggestion, prom-
Jinently put forth in the report, that the dele-
I 'gallon individually agreed to the distribu-
Jimn. Yes sir, those who were to share thi
I spoils, consents I to the commission oj
. the fraud. But mark ihe progress of this
e'affatr; 1 refer to die report of the Superin
. t iideut. When Ridge was first asked, il
e! the members of the Delegation were appri
Jzed of it, he answered, “ No—but Oj.othle
1; yonolo ai.d Chari-s Cornells knew it, am
that was enough.” Subsequently, (heir as
s sent was ob.aiued—and how? hook to tin
n-'dgreemeni. Bach member of (lie delcgaiim
{not otherwise pmvided for, was to retem
ejFIVK THOUSAND DOLLARS. Win
u 'does not j ticeive that this was the price o
,|Uhcir assent ?
e And was this intended fraud known to I'm
n Administration ? Did they negotiate wi I
- men thus profligate and corrupt, knowmj
them to be so? And did they conceal tint
0 knowledge of the luct, from the Senate, dn
it constitutional advisers of the President ?-
h Leaving iliem to ratify iu ignorance, i
v i'reaty which had been negoliatid in f.aud
1 I refer ugi.m to the report. Ridge prenentei
i,. their paper containing this fraudulent ag ee
• - ment, at the time of signing the lirst tu-aiy
which was on the 24th of January last. Tin
is next tlav it was submilted to ue Senate
t Af.crwards, on the 31st i f March, tin sup
P plemental article was negotiatid a d alsi
> -.ubinilied ; and on the 21-t of Apml, tin
is treaty was ratified. From the 2jili U Jaau
& ary, then, until the 21st of April, this treaty
, being before the Senate, the Administration
g knew, and withheld from that body the know
sjledge of the lact, that the greater part of the
J money stipulated by that treaty, to be dig
it tributed among the Chiefs and Warriors of
il the nation, was to be fraudulently kept from
- them, and appropriated to some ten or twen
s ly chiefs. In this ignorance, the Senate was
? suffered to ratify this treaty, which, with a
- knowledge of the fact, they would have
- spurned. Nay more. When the Senate
f had detected the fraud, and guarded against
, it by the amendment under consideration,
i tue Administration intei sered to resist that
e amendment. The Senator from Missouri,
s influenced by a desire to terminate this un
r happy controversy, in a mode consistent
i with the rights ol Georgia, i,*d least embar
rassing lo tue Geneial Government, suggest
- ed the propriety of presents to Ihe Chiefs,
; as a means uniformly resorted to, in nego
, dating with savage tribes. This the Depart
i ment “ peremptorily refused”—and yet, at
; the moment of this refusal, knew, and had
long known, the projected fraud, wnich has
lat length happily been brought to light. 1
- make no comments on this statement ; ]
* present if on this floor to the American Peo
e pie : tiiey will determine the character of the
t transaction.
1 But 1 will relieve the Senate, so far as 1
I .an concerned, fi om the further consideration j
; of this disgusting subject.' To me it is in
; different which of tnc.se amendments shall
p p*evail, I believe that adopted by the
, .Senate will be most efficient, and as a mem
ber of the Committee of Conference, I have!
i not felt authoiized to yield an important!
, principle, without its saned m. My chief)
i object has been to expose (he fraud, and thus'
• to prevent its consummation, and that pur
* pose has been fulfilled.
i I leave to those who have directed this
i controversy, the cheering leflectiun, that
r they have trampled on the rights of Ge r
- S ,a » which the* were bound to protect; and
t calumniated her citizens, their agents,
whose honor it was their duty to guard : that
, they have imputed fraud lo the old treaty.
i ami have shrunk from ihe proof of it ; and
; t lat the operations which have eventuated in
) that compact, which we are now called up
- on io consumable, were commenced in blood,
and have terminated i i corruption.
liui'opeau IhlbWi^ence.
j New-York, May 30.
The barque Pallas, Captain Biewster, ar
tived in Boston on Sunday, from Cowes,
’ wneace she sailed on the 23th ul'i no
By this irrivil the editors of (lie commer
dal Advertiser have r*ceivg,| fj.indaa .'
1 pers of the evening ofAp il 22 i—three
diys later than our las' advices. The)
I are also indebted to tie editors of the
j B iston Gazette, Diily Advertiser. and
Patriot, fur slips containing a variety of ex
• tracts.
’ THE GREEK WAR
We rejoice to say that the news of the
fall of Mi-solonghi was premiture, n >t
| withstanding tin- particularity with wh ch
II it was given, and there was reason to be
e lieve that that fortress nad not *ur
t! rendered at the last dates. The Paris
? Etoile states, upon the authority of (otters
i from Coifu of the 2>th and 26ih of March,
e! tD it the garrison of Missolonghi still held
a(°ut. The same letters give the details of ;
f die assult and capture of Anatolico, which
u correspond, in point of date, with the ac
e count vve before copied from a L union pa
jp'*r, of the alleged fall of Missolonghi.—
r ! Where the truth lies, we know not; but
certain it is, that Ihe Earl of Liverpool, in
-jthe house of Lords, ih answer to an en- |
, qoiry respecting the letter which has been
; published in many of the papers, purporting
- to be from an English colonel, said, “ the
. facts mentioned in the letter could not
- therefore be true, for it represented Mis
-.'solonghi to have fallen at a time when it
1 had certainly not fallen.” It was asserted
-!in the London papers, on the authority of a
r letter from France, that M. Villele had
|declared that England, France, and Au--
i-jtria had agreed on dictating to Turkey an
!- arrangement with Greece, and in conse
i-'quence, for the observance of neutrality,
te France would not allow of open contribu
\f tions for the Greeks. We hope this intel
is ligence may prove true, but the hope is a
i- very feeble one.
if. There is much difficulty in reconciling
i-. these conflicting accounts, arising from the
;- confusion of d lies. For instance, the Cor
dfu dales are after the new style, and the
i- Greek dates the «M. According to our
ie account from the Gulf of Lepanto, Misso
ni longhi fell on the tenth of M trch O. S. or
•f the 21sl of March N. S. and our latest
io accounts now, are from Corfu, March 26,
if N. S. 'I he question then arises, might not
Missolonghi have fallen on (he 21st, ai d
>e ilie event not have been known at Corfu
hi "i» the 26 h? It is hardly to be expected,
ig however, (hat Lord Liverpool would have
irlspokcn so positively, upon vague informa
ie tioii ; hut after this comparison of dates,
- we confess we cannot find any positive au
a thority for the contradiction. Again: Un
i ? iler date of Corfu, March 23, we find an ar
mL 1 tide which describes Ibrahim Pacha to be
e-jon ihe point of making a grand attack on
Missolonghi from different quarters, and
ie with every prospect of success. Now this
e preparation evidently alludes to the exer
|>- tions which were said by our last accounts,
*o n* have preceded the l ist and fatal assault
ie of tie Turks. We trust, however, that all
x- vual prove as we could wish.
r The following paragraph, also dated Cor*
t fu, March 23d, bears too str ng a resem
. blance to manufactured news, for us to place
. much reliance upon it:
“ Greece is stated to be in great danger,
r but it is mentioned that the Lord High Com
, missioner of the lonian islands had acted
in such a manner as to create an impression
! that he had received instructions to prevent
Missnlonghi from falling into the hands of
the Turks, Russia, France and England are
said to concur in wishing to bring the con
test to a close. It is added that on the
20th Sir Frederick Adam had required that
the operations against Missolonghi should
be suspended, as he understood an order
to conclude an armistice, if not already re
ceived, might be expected from Constan
tinople. To this Ibrahim Pacha objected,
on account of the sacrifices which had been
made by the Porte. Sir F. Adam, is repre
sented to have replied, that if he did not
yield with a good grace, to the common wish
of the Allies, submission would be com
pelled.”
GREAT BRITAIN.
On the 20th it was announced that a good
deal was doing, both in British and foreign
money markets, attended with an advance
in almost every description of securities.— 3
But there was a decline on the 22d. For
particulars, the reader is referred to our ex
tracts below. An express from Paris on the
'2oth, announced that the French Funds had
declined about 10 cents.
It was expected that the dissolution of
parliament would take place some time from
jthe middle of May to the second ■
IJune, but the precise time was n.n ;
’I Serious disturbances have tak > 'daje at
I Blackburn among the laboring c av-es* Au
immense number of persons at’-.'k-d the
pnwerloora factory of Messrs. Sykes, and
completely demolished the windows. One
of the market coaches was assailed with a
volley of stones, which very much damaged
the vehicle, and seriously injured several
manufacturers. Two parties of soldiers
were ordered out, and tranquility finally
restored. At a meeting of master manu
facturers it was resolved to raise the wages
of their workmen, as far as their means will
admit.
The Blackburn mail states, that as a med
ical gentleman was returning, on horseback,
from the neighborhood of was
attacked by three men, one of whom seized
the rains of the horse, and beggedthiib to
give him one shilling, as himself, his wife
a id five children were entirely starving for
want of food ; the gentleman inquired who
the other two men were, and he was in
formed *hey were in the same situation ;
upon which l e kindly gave each of them a
s illing, and they went peaceably away.
We copy the following paragraph from the
Globe of April 22 s
The continental journalists, who have the
talent of making much out of nothing, draw
important conclusions from the fact that the
Duke of Wellington is about to leave St,
Petersburg. We hardly know how this
fearful act could have been averted, except
Iby his staying there, which was never the
intention of his Grace or of those who sent
j him. The Duke of Wellington was sent
th -re on a special mi.-sion, avowedly to com
pliment the Emperor on his accession ; and
if on the same occasion any propositions
were to be made, there is nothing surpris
ing if they have been already considered
and settled.
Many cvwumstances make it highly im
probable that Russia will engage in hostili]
ties wiih Turkey, except under some such
explanation as to die causes, and such guar
antees as to the fi >al purpose of it, as will
satisfy the other powers of Europe. The
general tendency of the present measures
of the Russian government is to lessen the
power of the mili'arv force. The empire
now, is as it generally has been, very fee
ble, in its financial resources, and incapable
of extensive wars of offence ; the Emperor,
bisides, inheriting the policy of Alexander,
is closely united with the Prussian Mon
arch. There does not appear the least pro
bability that under such circumstances he
would provoke all the powers of Europe,
who on the point of limiting Russia, within
its present bounds, have the most perfect
union of feeling and interests. We sin**
cerely hope, that with the general consent
of all, some interposition in favor of the
perishing Greeks will take placebeyond
that, war is as improbable as it would be
pernicious.
QERMANV.
German papers to the 16th April, have
been received. They announce that the
Emperor of Austria has completely recov
ered from his illness, and that he has ap
peared in public. A paper of the 9th gives
a long detail of his first appearance, with
, Ins consort and family, and the joy display
ed by ihe inhabitants. The Hotel of the
i Foreign Ambassadors, with the whole citv,
were splendidly illuminated ; and “Te
, Deum” was to be solemnly ebaunted in the
■ churches on the 14th. As we su-pected,
therefore, there is to truth in the rumor
, which reached here on Sunday, through
• Austrian Italy, of the emperor’s being agam
** sick, nigh unto death.” Francis is deci
dedly popular in his hereditary states j but
in Italy, his birth place, the Austrian yoke
i is that of iron, and strikes to the hearts of
the Italians,
i Letters from Frankfort of 14th April,
state that great bustle and perplexity pre
vailed on its Exchange ; the Austrian
: “ Metolligues” had fallen one percent, and
the other public funds in proportion. The
sudden depression of the funds was attribu-