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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