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committee on the Post Office and Post j nM to make war with robbiris end cat-birds.
Roads was instructed to enquire into the Ox- j If it is deemed expedient and necessary to
pt-diency of establishing a Post Rout# from I put me out of tbe way at this time, and the
* Morgantown, N. C. to Athens, in Georgia, I plan is to draw a challenge from me, “ real
by the way of Rutherford,
Pendleton—Aug. Chron.
The House of Representatives, by a vote
X of 80 to 72, have refused to consider some
\ Resolutions offered by Air. Hamilton, of
South Carolina, providing for the restoration
bPflie fines levied under the Sedition law.
Greenville, and > gentlemen must be put forward.” as was
once said "by the “ flower of kfiighthood
and chivalry.” 1 / r “ young rifle.”
i of a letter frim Washington, dated
January 16/A, 1827.
The intelligence of Randolph’s defeat
was received yesterday morning, and the
news ofi.it was cried by runners through the
streets/ more than half an hour before the
^tejular tiitfi for delivering the mail. At
, opening of the Senate, a crowd of
?' materialists rushed tip from the House of
•resentatives, to see how'he would look,
letters are, doubtless, already on the
“ icky and Ohio, and every
• .giving such accounts as you
To us, however, he ap-
‘ man who had been honored,
and when the Bill came up
' the-compensation of the Post
moral, he spoke upon it with
manner, beauty of expression,
propriety of argument, which
delighted'all his friends. The
a meagre account of it the next
t even jn the “marrowless skeleton”
r reports* you may discover one
that be is still true to the principles
l he has maintained for thirty years.
* .....THE MILITIA.
The following' is an extract from the Re
port of the Secretary of war, transmitted to
who had committed the outrage, and who
was under trial when the Morning Star
sailed, and it was thought would be brake.
congress on the 5th mat.—“ I intentionally . The officer ofthe boat, was detained
forbehr making any remark oq the various ® ®" board the Spanish fngate,
alterations recommended by the Board of
Officers. The wisdom of those to whom
they arc submitted, should congress deter
mine to legislate on the subject, will correct
any errors into which they . may have been
betrayed, .and supply any defect which may
have escaped their observation. I cannot,
however, abstain from calling your attention
to the highly interesting fact, that we have :
according to the last census, two millions of
male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45.
The difference indicated between that
number and those embodied in the returns
oftbe Militia from the States, results from
the exemptions from militia service, which,
in some of the States, are equal to one half
of their whole number, which from their a-
a ges, should be enrolled. From our happy
position in regard to Europe, and 4om the
no less fortunate relations maintained with
( our neighbours, and their actual condition,
it would appear that keeping up a system of
the militia so extensive as the present, and
burthensome, without any advantage, to a
large class of our citizens, was altogether
unnecessary. A different organization,
/The Kill for closma the Torts against .. ^ e s . • . . , , .7,. ,
u7w... , , . . . ? . , ! therefore, by which at least a million and a
e British colostal trade, is still held back, i, c ■ , ■ ... ., ,
v * Jr ’ - _ .hwfofour most useful citizens would be
he Committee of ?he House of Repre-i J. . , .. llnnrrtfitllMo
.' , , , . ‘ e . , * , relieved from the unprofitable oageantry of
mtatives have had it for weeks, but tho| mil : tarv f or % m „„ c : v * A „ va f n n
fearful moment of delivery is still procrasti
nated. Ministry see themselves in the
dire position which Be Witt Clinton so for
cibly described, one, •“ from which they
\dther advance without danger, nor
retreat without disgr.vce,” and they feel,
jpth some apprehension of the consequen-
39, that tbe whole country knows that
this miserable predicament in which they
id, is the undeniable fruit of their own
jlomatic involutions” and oT their total
of the negotiations/ with England
to tbp .stale elections at
icussfon ^ the subject,
;ot at, ..vrill opea the eye9
lonest man' Krofskx. .
Harrisburg, January 9, 1827.
fear Sir ;—Yesterday was one of tri
umph to Pennsylvania. # At eleven o’clock
the House of Representatives passed the
following resolution :
<f Resolved, That, as a token of respeetto
Andrew Jackson, the man who, with his
brave companions in arms, so triumphantly
overcame, on the 8th of January, 1815, the
united Military skill and daring courage o r
the victors of NapoleonT the House of Re
presentatives will n*w adjourn, to join in
the festivities of the day^s^t apart, under
Providence, by American/tfafor and pat dot-
ism, as a. jubilee with the American people.”
The Senate also adjourned. At three
o’clock, the members of the Legislature
inarched in procession to Eberman’s Hotel,
and sat dpwn to an elegant entertainment.
Genera] Duncan officiated as President of
the day; Mr. Speaker Ritner, and Mr.
Hawkins, Vice Presidents. A number of
toasts were drank on the occasion. I have
not been able to procure them ; bnt, as a
specimen of the spirit that pervaded them, I
send yea the following:
“ The 8th of January, 1815, and the 4th
of March, 1929—The first found Andrew
Jackson heading a victorious army, the se
the same course. The completion of theft score'of poetical quotations. /.
works already commenced in”our neighbor- paragraph, which strikes us as the quinte-
huod with those here referred to* will place j scence of absurdity. “ Throw the weight of
Savannah, as to. comta&ta&ri importance, far 1000 brave Americans into the scale, and
in advance of r ny city of
vunnah Georgian.
Sot
-Sa
lt is reported by a vessel arrived at 7 '
bile, that a boat belonging to the Un..od
States frigata Constellation, was fired into
from a Spanish frigate in the port of Ha-
the fate of Turkey js sealed forever.”
When the legion get money it means to
march.—“ Let die addressers send a week’s
[salary each, and it will do more good
than a month’s marching.
JV. Y. Enquirer.
FROM THE'BOSTON STATESMAN.
during one night. The commander of the We two or three days since, accepted a
Constellation demanded the liberation of the ! P° ,ite invitation to visit a revolutionaiy ve
officer, and the punishment of the captain I teran > now in the House of Correction, who
military parade, for five or s ; x days tn a
jyear, constituting so injurious a draft on
! their industry, must be one which cannot,
i fail to be well received by the A merican
people ; and, when, too, it is believed, that
notwithstanding this relief, a superior ef
ficiency will be imparted to this natural arm
of the national defence.”
cond will find him at tbe head of a happy' be estimated at
people.” ^
Upwards of 100 members,
^twenty -invited guests,
8 never witnessed gr
feeling ; the toasts'5
and firmness and wei^JVoithy
bers of p. di igmfiedbody**^^
" Ale»Sld*i« £henix Gazette, of the
lltb instant, Mr. VandeventeT was
yesterday examined by the Calhoun Com
mittee. We understand that Mr. M‘Duffie
is counsel for the Vice-President, and at
tends regularly in that capacity. We repeat
that the care is more difficult than tbe Vice
President’s friends at first supposed: and if it
it: allowed to judgefrom rueful countenances,
particularly those of the witness and coun-
.sftl just named, the develops ments of yes-
Tefday were not of a very pleasant charac-
The following paper from J. E. Edwards
of the War Department, was read by Mr.
BURGES, in his remark - on the bills pend
ing in the House, for the relief of surviv
ing Revolutionary Officers and soldiers. .
Pension Office, .May 4, 1826.
Sir : In answer to your inquiry as to the
number of Revolutionary Officers and sol-
s, who served three years or more, I
me, from the number that have applied
fot pensions, that there cannot at present be
living less than 11,500. Of those who ser
ved two years, and less than three, there are,
in all probability, 3000. Of those who ser
ved one year, and less than (wo, I should
presume there are about 2000 ; send, per
haps, there may be about 1500 of those
who served nine months.
I am unable to form any thing like an ac
curate estimate of the number of those who
served eight months, and no longer. Tl:
army, in 1775, was composed entirelwof
such men. There were between tbirtyund
forty regiments of them, say 35, /each
of-which contained not less than 50(fmen,
which would amount to 17,500 men : out
of whom there maybe now about the tenth
part living, which is a very fair calculation,
and this class will amount to 1750. Few
of these men. I believe, can be classed a-
mong any other description of men, as very
few of them re-inlisted at the end of the
year 1775. They were in the service just
long enough to become disgusted with
military life, and most of them abandoned it
as soon as .
> the regular ar-
.. the line, may
L The greater part of
‘ very essential service
ed three years, and none
than one year, to my know-
jYat. Ini. 1
Commodore Porter.—By letters From
Havana, received at New York, and else
where,' it appears that an action was highly
probable between Commodore Porter and
Commodore Laborde- A passenger in the
schooner General Pike, at New York from
Havana, December 26, states that an embar
go had been laid on that port for four days
to enable commodote Laborde to proceed
to sea with part^ofhu* squadron. Commo
dore Porter had sent in notice of his being
on the coast, with "the intention of cruizing
against Spanish commeAe, and was ready
to meet the Spanish squadron, a notification
which was accepted by Laborde ; that he
had already captured a Spanish ship with a
valuable cargo of quicksilver, &c. On the
sailing of the Spanish squadron, the embar
go was raised. The Mexican squadron sail
ed from Vera Cruz on the 8th December.
It comprises the frigate Libertad, brigs
Bravo and Victory and schr. Hermon. The
Commodore’s ship is represented by those
who have visited her, as well as the other
vessels, to be in fine condition, manned prin
cipally with American seamen and Mexican
ma rines. The squadron of Laborde c-onsi ns
is said of the Loyalty, a frigate of the lar
gest class, the Are thusa, frigate, and Her
cules, brig, and it was said, he intended to
cruise to windward in order to fall in with
the Casilda, frigate, and. two brigs which
were out cruizing. The crews of the Span
ish squadron, however, it is said, ave^ not to
be depended on, being made up for the most
part of motley materials from the prisons
and cells of the Moro Castle, &c. and it is
believed will not “ shovv fight.” An un
friendly feeling had been ekeited at Havana
towards American citizens, in consequence
of the appearance of Commodore Porter off
that port.
In addition to the above, we learn from
Captain Maxwell, of the brig Mary, arrived
yesterday, and who left at Havana on the
14th- instant, that much excitement was
caused at Havana by thq appearance of
Com. Porter’s squadron off the harbor,
and a fast-sailing Philadelphia brig was
chartered for the purpose of reconnoitering
his force and destination. The arrival of
the commodore however,* at Key West was
immunicated by a cartel with the prison
ers he had captured, but which was sent
back by the Spanish authorities, who de
clined to negociate. The force which has
sailed in pursuit of Commodore Porter, ac
cording to our informant, consists of four
frigates, one mounting 64 guns, and five
bri&s and smaller vessels.—Georgian.
Those
my* but who <
Mr. White, Delegate from Florida, who
introduced a resolution in the House of
The following piece, taken from the Na
tional Journal, seems as ardent in feeling
as strange in character; we are however
ignorant of what it alludes to
The Vice-President had better give his
bully some advice, or he will injure no one
but himself. He has already been guilty
of * conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman,” and is therefore liable to be
cashiered. Is it supposed that I can be in
fimidafod, or diverted from my bourse, by a
fellow who, has been instructed, or who has
thought pitHpeajKd turn round, grinj grate
his teeth at me, <at a party and in the pre
sence of ladies,) and stare with the same
expression of countenance as he would ex- Bering the iducements of the necessary cap
i hewin
presentatives, early in the present session
proposing “ an inquiry into the expediqpcy
of making an appropriation for opening ant
improving an inland navigation from J|t
Mary’s to Cape Florida, and from Apala
chicola, through St Andrew’s Bay, to
Chactawachie,” has addressed a long letter
to the Chairman of the committee on Roads
and canals, to which it was reported. By
this letter, Mr. White makes it appear, that
jo. line of interior communication may be o-
pened along the coast of Florida from St
Mary’s to Tortugas, a distance of five hun
dred and eighty-six miles, by cutting short
canals at different places, amounting in the
whole, in length, to thirteen miles, at an
estimated cost of fifty thousand dollars
This communication continued to the nor
thern verge of South-Carolina, through the
natural channels which already exist, will
afford an extent ^of inland navigation, per
haps unknown to any portion of the world
Connected with the - Canal contemplated
through Florida,-the present project is of
an importance inferior to none which has
yetbefen presented to the American people
Should it be carried into operation, its
fccts upon our commerce must be benefi
dally felt. As the nearest and best harbor,
on this line of interior communication, of-
has attained the very advanced age of one
hundred and five years. He is a Scotch
man by birth, of the name of Boaald Mc
Donald ; and though he has traced the
country* of his adoption from her Indian
path’s, her log houses, and her forest-fields,
in all her advances, to civilization, wealth
and refinement; though all the friends and
kindred of his early days have long since
faded from life’s picture and new genera
tions risen around him, to give place, in
their turn, to others who now guide the des
tinies of the nation, he still retains his facul
ties, both mental and physical, in a degree
truly astonishing. He possesses all the
sprightliness and vigor usually attendant on
a healthy person of seventy-five; can walk
without a staff' or any kind of support; is
but little troubled with deafness, and can
discern objects distinctly.
He came to America in the army of Geni.
Braddock, and was with that officer at the
time of his memorable defeat in 1755 ; he
was at the taking of Quebec, and in several
other important engagements; and during
our revolutionary struggle, was four years
confined on board the “ Jersey prison ship
He has made it a practice for many years to
visit some descendants of his former friends
at the South ; and no longer ago than last
spring, he made a journey on foot from this
place to Petersburg, Va. travelling from 8':
to 12 miles a day. The crime for which he i
is now confined, is no other than Intemper
ance, and his release will be granted in a
few days.—He says that for the first 80
years of his life he drank intoxicating li
quors of no kind; but since that period hi
has indulged himself in some degree; pre- (
ferring however, cider and beer to stro:
liquors. When speaking of his brave com
patriots in arms and the happy consequences
of the revolution, a playful smile seemed to
of Garman, with her infa
deftce in West Hanover Township, Penn
sylvania, about ten weeks since, and no in
formation having been received from her,
apprehensions were entertained for her s afe-*
ty ; and on Tuesday last, after her bonnet
and shawl having been found in a wild and
lonely place in the woods, search was madq
and her body found buried two feet below
the surface of the ground, her brains knock
out and her infant child, with its throat cut,
laid in her arms. The murderer had taken
pains to break off a quantity of laurel, and
stick in the ground over the grave; but the
shortness of its apparent growth, led to sus
picion that it was not real. Two persons,
one hitherto of high standing ip Dauphin
ounty, Pa. have been committed to jail
charged with the murder.
Fatal Accident.—Mr. Black, a steady in
dustrious man, mate of the steam boat Ma-
which passed down the river on Sun
day night, from Augusta for Charleston, on
tho passage down, unfortunately fell from
the cotton on the guard of the boat, by whi J
he was killed, his skull having been frac
tured.—Sav. Georgian.
It is stated as a report in the
Times of the 12th December, tl
French King had beefc shot at and iVo
A letter received id Philadelphia
•King was shot at by one of his gu
on parade. The ball grazed his
the guard finding that he had faded
aim, drew another pistol with which h
out his own brains. “T
'iC~F* The subscribers and friends of the
Church” are informed that a meeting will be 1
morrow Evening, at 4 o’clock, at the Chapc^
purpose of determining upon the location for s
about to be erected for its exclusive benef
presume an object so benevolent in its vie^
not fail to engage the attention of the citize
rally.
FOR TH^ATHSNfiM^
THE JEOjLIAN HARP,
s yon harp’s melodious strings , » -
hand now sweeps along ? .
ne on Zephyr’s wiags,^
li magic strains of i
MMfe
SjT *"
I
rest on his countenance and joy animated
his whole frame; but when his thoughts
turned upon those who were more closely
allied to him by the ties of kindred and af
fection, a tear stole down his furrowed
cheek and a deep drawn sigh, suddenly
struggling to escape, almost choked his ut
terance. We question whether, in the
whole United States, a parallel can be
found to this very uncommon instance of
longevity.
The following letter is stated in the Auro
ra to be authenticated; and if so, the pros
pect of peace in Colombia, appears to be
more flattering than some of our recent ac
counts had fed us to believe :—Georgian.
Extract of a letter from Gen. Paez to a re
lation of Gen. Bolivar, in Cnraccas, da
ted Valencia, Dec. 15, 1826.
“ James Ibarra is here on his return from
his mk ion to the Liberator, whom he left at
Bogota, and who intended to proceed to
Venezuela on the 25th of November. I
suppose he is now near us, and I anxiously
look forward to the moment when, in con
junction with all my friends, I may fold him
in my .arms. He comes with a heart en
tirely Venezuelean, and says that, by the
measures we adopted, we have avoided ma
ny evils. I cannot express the satisfaction
I feel; ho is much pleased at Ibarra’s mis
sion, and in consequence has given him the
rank of General of Brigade.. Inform all our
friends of this event; one .of the most im
important. JVo one has any cause forfear
I am the guarranty of this promise. Every
thing will now be happiness, joy, and con*v
tent, on receiving in his native soil the best
friend of Venezuela, the Liberator of his
country.
"* 4
hibit it, in hewing a p ; ece of timber, if his
broad axe shpuld come in oontadt vuith a
ital and supplies, this must become the
principal depot from which .the productions
of Florbla, which are annually increasing
in valu-Aand which will be received by this
route, fiV^be shippedin packets to the north
and to Europe ; and should if
practicable t8 c
isthmus, the V]
h no
e found im-
ship canal across the
e products of the West,
circuitous and dan-
nd the Cape, will take
The Governor of Ohio states in his Mes
sage to the Legislature, that the .present
free population of the young Hercules, a-
mounts to 800,000, and that the grand total
of souls is more than d j million. Twenty
years ago the population ivas forty-six thou
sand ; and in twenty pore it will be the se
cond, if not the first /State jn the Union.
TKe Canal Commissioners anticipate that
upwards of 100 miles fin the Ohio and Mi
ami Canals will be natigated in thd month
of July next, when thfe State will begin to
derive revenue therefrom.—Alex. Gaz, r
■ «; -■ tM'kl ■ 4. r\ ^ ’
A committee of young men (who have
formed themselves _ into what they call
“ The American Greek Legion”) Phila
delphia, has just published two ,.columns of
an address to the public about Greece. It
Papers and letters from Washington give
extraordinary accounts of a Miss Liver
more from Massachusetts, a sort of female
Irvine in the ardour of her devotions and
the crowds whom she draws after her. Af
ter attempting in vain to obtain the use of
the Capitol, she was invited by tbe Pastors
of Georgetown into their Churches—her
fame spread through the C'ty, and she was
finally invited by Mr. Speaker Taylor to
“ give her testimony” as she calls her ser
mon, in the Capitol.—The hall, lobby and
gallery were filled by an immense crowd.
The President, Secretary of War, and ma
ny members, of Congress were among her
auditors. A correspondent of the N. Y.
Com. Advertiser states, that “ the text was
from 2d Sam. chap, xxiii. v. 3 and 4—“ He
that ruleth over men, must’be just, rul
ing in the fear of God. And he shall be as
the light of the morning when the sun riS-
eth, even a morning without clouds : as the
tender grass springing out of the earth by
clear shining after rain.” She adapted her
discourse to the occasion ; and expatiated
on the character and duties of Rulers. “ Af
ter finishing her sermorx. (says the same let
ter) she sang alone a long hymn; her voice
was much admired by the best judges. The
softest notes of it filled the room. She is a
woman of delicate form and an expressive
face. She is now past thirty-five years of
age, and retains much of the good looks Of
her youth. I remember her, when in the
blooming charms of seventeen, she moved
down the dance “ fairy steps **.id laughing
eye /” but little then did I anticipate the day
when she wonld draw after her crowds of
hearers as a preacher. I think she will do
much good, for there is leas fanaticism and
more good sense in her discourse than in
(he sermons of Whitfield which have been
printed in this Country.” She seems to
unite the Quaker and the Methodist.
is written in thavery worst
common place.
their inability
glaringly true
delphia and *
ew-Yo
;ed reft
history,
puerile
essing
t write an address, which is
It praises Greece, Phila
It abuses Europe
dozen
s of
It contains
es to the
studded w
O! to the thro
That vihS.aV
Whjit bliss those whisp
With r&ptme pregnant bo
B/.rk! from afar that heavenly
, \Near and more near it rising s m
Mjw sinks—and now it bursts ?-giin,
f And all its full luxuriance tells.
jO! sure it is some echo faint
i Of sacred music from above—
+ Sung to their harps by many a saint,
And Seraph in the/ realms oflove.
For such a strain so soft, so sweet,
Ne’er burst from any mortal hand,
Such are the notes that'spirits greet,
When joining heaven’s etherial band. ' '
Such when a brother quits this scene,
Sucn is the soothing requiem sung
Unto a Seraph's solemn strain,
On harps divine, responsive strung.
How rapid from those fairy fingers
Does that full song of magic spring—
And now how slow, how soft it lingers,
Just whispering o’er each listening string.
It is in efforts such as these , , "
Sure melody exerts her power,
"Her skill, the ravished heart to please,
And lead it captive to her bower.
0 when my wearied spirits sink',
And life’s slow pulses languid move,
Then on Eternity’s dread brink,
Ere yet my mortal pangs I prove.
May such a strain so sweet be given, ,
Thus swelling on the Zephyr’s breath,
’Twould waft my soul entranced to Heaven,
And strew with bliss the path of death.
’ ■ N.
THE SIGH.
Oh ’tis not now the sigh of grief,
The sigh that rends the anguished breast—
But’tis the one that yields relief
By which the purest joy’s exprest.
Of joy alone? oh, no indeed,
Of woe sincere, of heavenly bliss
That swells the heart, from doubts all freed,
Of bliss, that words cannot express.
For what can speak the swelling joy,
The soft confession ever gives 1
Oh, nought but the heart thrilling sigh,
That its existence thence receives.
Ah, chide not then fair maid the Bigh!
Ah, let it ever gently flow!
Ah,-let it meet within thine eye
A conscious sympathetic glow.
V
TO CORREOTONDENTS.
“Jurmis” shall appear in our next.—“ PhUd' is
received and under consideration. It will be grati
fying to us to recognise “X” as a frequent contri
butor to our columns.
■f.1
1%
m
Fire.—On Thursday the 18th inst. The
city of Alexandria was visited by a most cal
amitous conflagration, commencing above
Royal Street near Pine street, and sweeping
every building on both sides
as Water street, except the
at the corner of Pine, and
arrested
ed Mr. „
cent small bi flH
perty lost is very great. We have heard of
no estimate, and are not competent to form
an opinion. The distress is great, and calls
ity of tboso who have
means to relieve
is in contemplate
move for an appropriation in the House of
Representatives to day.—By actual compu
tation, 44 front buildings (exclusive of back
ones) are destroyed. * Perha;
jjjf~ '* than 50 buildings
S .Telegraph
| Departed this life, at his residence in Lawrcnce :
ville, Gwinnett County, on the 24th qltimo, Mr. Wm. n
Terrele; in tbs 43d year of hiA-age.—Mr. Terrcil
has left behind him an amiable and affectionate wife
red relations
death societ
uaa icit uuuuu wm mi wwauiu
with five small children and many endea;
to mourn their irreparable losfe.—In hisd
loudly for the
hearts to feel
understand [that
not be