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Mn. FowoMis’ l.v.Ti«a.—Ailhenojy toHlie fesn.
formed at the ibpenhg oftf»e Investigation
•of his ehsrges, we sS*H. 'studiously refrain from
any other comment on Oie belter qf Mr. Edwards,
In the succeeding columns, than such nsthe l elter
indispensably imposes upon us die duty of. ru ak
in tills letter, Mn Edwards expresses his aston
^shmeiit that 'Host' should have, stated that here-
tnainedhere some stays altar the reprtt of the
ticaretary of the Treasury to the. House of Re*-
prescntaihes, which is ,the assigned motive fur
liis charges against Mr. Crawford. By his own
.shewirg, he remained here t%o days after that re*
port was made, via « ffom the 22J to the 24: h of
March, and we stated^ therefore, nothing but the
fact. We will not petmit ourselves to be drawn
into*"Controversy On this suhicct now* but we
feet hound to State, that we had reasons, indepen
dent of our knowledge of this fact, for believing
that the stuck upon 41r. Crawford t^as in the'run-
temptation of Mr.Edwards before the transmission
of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury to
Congress. The to injure Mr. Draw*
'ford did nut depend upon Ids Rpuftjdg urtethmf
• 'eKXnatnertfb'r we turns the authority of Mr.EJ-
wards him-6 If, in hr* address to the Home uPRe-
pres, ntatiyes,-fbr saying that, more than twelve
months ago, tie was the,assailant vf Mr. Crawford
inahsnurymous gube, when no justification ex
isted syrch ss is now alleged. We do not now
touch the question ol the propriety or impropriety
of•Hie.sttacjf tAm tmde upon the Secretary of ihe
Treasury, but we refer to facts which Mr K. lias
j troy it fotever; yet, ji u «;R ttffoVd any con
isolniion for the itiufUticuliotj tiuU must re
‘ suit fnmi this uflditionul proof of tire little
reliance that $ to be placed in rash nnd has
ty conclusions, -1 havu no Ivesiiation in ad-
mitfing that I regard the unfortunate, con
test in which I have been re uctontly in
volved, with all those apprehensions which
a ralimiai n»5» may be supposed to feel,
Who is fully Vcnsibre' thatl/e has every dis*
advantage, and ihe tiioSt fearful odds, to etv
counter, without.any thing more to sustain
him, than the mere justice. of his cause.
Little, indeed, is-the merit I can justly
claim for n»y'fortitude in' eng aging in
this most imptensant controversy ; for, I
am free* to confess that, if Mr Crawford had
not r^hderjed it necessauy to thy reputation,
I should not have had ‘he temerity to enter
the lists\vitlt.an antagonist possessing such
formidable* and appalling advantage# over
me; and I do sincerely declare, that, even
after I had -written my ‘Address to the
House or Representatives, t would most
gladly have withheld ii, if I could have hop
ed, by any more pacific means, to hStve oh
tained a withdrawal of his.urijust insinuation,
Qtr to have paralysed its effects. I had hot
been svrch un ihatieptivu and careless ob
server of the current events of a few years
past,(which ffte public Kwe also witnessed,)
as not to. fikve. foreseen * the consequences
of any apehipt, on iny part, to question the
'ftaslrifeh&il'W "*m-fWcTffeti untSlilfertTiy imvH n’t Reeling
,be<fn prpiiouhccd against me,' by gentlemen
»pp«-« *2SS «*“*
no purpose of .wn<Ac«ooii if htmsAf, that ML K -dcred thfcm extrenie.y anxious to Become
~ --- *- - « ■-*- r - my judges; nor by the Unblushing lalsahooiis,
<ucused Mr - Cruitjhrd, fifteen mouths ago,
XpppreaSiap-df certain public documents, Stc.
, , and other vile meap8,bw which cen.ain ndws
which,onthelMe occa-ioft,lie desired to beta- pppC-,* Editors hat4 eftileavored’tu ld(tyUall
injury
when he it the
i bid certainly
humbler editors of this paper,
. same time charged ht with a crime which, if et-
Ti.bU.hed, would have justly damned us in the
•e^fmation of all honest men. His attempt toil*
jura n», therefore, by anonymous publications,
»a without the justification of self defence, be
ing ? political movement merely, directed against
us, because we were-supposed to be friendly to
Mr. L'tpwfiml. The knowledge of this foot, sure
j|y i. Horded to us, apart from other considerations,
• reason to suppose that hostility to Ur, Crawfortl
•Actuated Mr. B.m preferring charges against him
suit-did ip pretvrnng charge- against us as it-
half-avowed in tile first letter of A. B. which in-
ikicf*l,u« to ask t\e House of liepreacntauves to
in vestigate our ^ conduct as w officers of that House.
We, repeat,', we do nut meddle with the motive or
to. the JlNrefanr, of the
f'cas'ury We only speak of the fact of itsesw-
tence. We riever.said Mr. E’j. letter was no* writ
<en at Wbeetli.g. We believe^ however, that.h
itSfld ImVftbeoo written before Mr. E’sdejktrturiy
from Washington, had-he preferred that .course,
-because all the knowledge which he could have
•of the report of Mr.’(?rawford, andof the tfiatiera
allc.iged in his letter, were in Ills, posses-.ion be
fore he left Washington. WherL these things are
BW
: in. his. possea-.ion
_ When, these thing!
ered, we do not think Sir E. has sufficient
reason for. the surprise which he expresses at our
having stated a tact, which fact he adrai'
,L. £ ^ _
Havutg at that time, nothing m rtty puast ^
Dion to establish the truth ot my oath, befuD
the CommiUte, I had rio other means ol
defence than to impeach and invalidate the
statement that was so well calculated to in
jure me. ThisI did, as well as I could, and
irauamitied my vindication, impotfect as it
was, to the House, Intending to make, but
SATUHDAY EMiWINt.; JtNh *3, TtbM
Jussra Co*r»nan,.Es(i. has requested us to slat,
that the is not a candidate for a scat in the neju
Legislature. -
fearing that J. should not be able to trans
mit, a more prefect ope before an adjourn
ment might take place that would deprive
me of the opportunity of coVcning my de
fence through the same channel by which l
had been assailed. Had I then possessed
the testimony which I have since been for
tur.ate onougli to procure, but of which I
then had no certainty, I believe 1 should, on
my own account, and not In respect to the
claim of any one else, have abstained from
everything like' recrimination. It will be
seen that I could hot have made the full and
triumphant defence that 1s now in my pow
«r, without having returned to Edwards'
ville ^ and no time was lost - in prepat eing
for for lather defence after 1 reached theve.
My present task is to show, 1st, that my
conduct, in regard to the Dank oi Edwards
vilfe, has been (airly. staWd; pnd 2t '» that
I dn| not swear falselyjand 3di tirat the facts
which I have alleged urgutnentajively, in
my vindication against Mr Crawford, are
true. All ertbis t um able, to-.do, and
shall do, ff l ean have a fair oppoVtuni
As to
justice of Mr Crawford’s attack upon jne v ty nffiirded nre Far that purpose. As to
or to defend myself against, it And hence,] Mr Crawiord’s intentloni m regard to thoso
I have neither heen*surprised by the abuse,
vilifications, aotl prejudications, that liqVe
aits to a sut-
.These couscqubndes I ieH Anew before
hand .1 should have to meet; They were
painful hr anticipation; tb&r realisation is
excessively sq; Lut I had ifo other alterna
tive than to bear them', or, most cHskoobra
lily, to shrink, front tlie defence of my own
charactei-. I did not beside between such
alternatives, and, whatever may be Ihf re
sult, I shall never regret the dhqicej fuade
The good people of this Union have
witnessed the harsh and unfair- treatment
that I have expt ridneedi apd’-1 have no
doubt they will concur With me in the opin
ion that it is. high time'thaban'overbeaiing
end domineering spii'it; too often heietolon
exhibited, which would thus overawe and
intimidate Ircetnen from the .exercise of aii
acknowledged right,.of the performanceol
a pUbjic duty, should receive a sulutaiy
Check; and I shall not Jt;egj et the opportu
nity of conuibutii^ to tpat object,by affnVtl-
ing a demonstration of. the uttec impotcncy
of such means to produce the slightest ef
fect upon myself, ' ‘ * l .
Whenever the timo shall arfive that any
several ads, l have not put that in issue by
any thing that I have suid in my vindica
tion. It was not necessary for me to do so
None can-admit those facts to be true, add
deny thejmuhess of the arguments 1 have
ucduced from them, ** •,
In thus using them, I expressly disclaim
ed “ any o'her construction of theftt lhap
the most innocent of which they, were sus
ceptibleand, considering M/ C<awford’s
present state of health, I im extvcmdy re
luctant to push any cortu-oversy with him
beyond what is accessary to. my own de
fence. I, therefore, shall be content, as.it
relates.to him, tfiai those facts' shall be fair
1y decided on without reference to any “ bid
intentions ” Uut I jjlall insist, before ti c
nation, that each fort ought to be distinct
>y decided on if I -have misstated any
lact, let it be specifically alleged, so that I
can meet it fairly. If, on tlie other hand,
any one or all of the Tacts 1 have allegi d bt
true, the people must see that 1 ought t
have the benefit of such a decision. I fc<
no solititude but about tyre facts, whic
have not been decided on by the committee;
and these shall be’so distinctly alleged by
me, and? accompp;neo>Avitb suck proof to
.faV.rettem'aUeaRftr theburpokaof theargu, f American fitwen cannot, in decent ahd res
meui in which it has been employed. pectful terips, vindicate hw own character
We have only oqe or two general remark* to against the injustice bf a public office!, -or
ciTfowh wuw’^lf’ Mr d q ue « i ? n the infalHJiiH.y of the latter, with
•only, wlgcb be declares to have been his objeci,
Vo lar from complaining of it, every one would
.have lent io him a kind snJ respectful attention,
and none more willingly than we, His address to
thetlouse of Representatives was,on the contrary,
•Whatever may have been its m„tivc,oufc ofthe most
Violent impeachments ever made oi the conduct
Of s public man—made at a moment, too, w.hen
that man 8tood.ii> the delicate relation of & candi- , _ . , ,
date for the highest honors of the nation, and was presented themselves in relation to this.un
till-cfore most vitally vulnerable. We have happy affair, nothing has surprised me
hi .etofore Mid. that, d,.passionately and impure, tjiat you should- have stated to
sl y viewed, the report of the Secretary of th
Tre sury did not impugn the veracity of Mr Ed-
Wi-rds: It stated a fact merely, which Mr, E. him-
self had made it necessary toj advert to; and we
hare seen nothing to change. that opin
Spit-— <>• .
' But we forbear going farther into this paper —
We hope there will be a full investigation of the
aiibjccta referred to the Committee of Congress,
b- tore whom Mr. Edwards is to appear, without
out-wives attaching to those matters any verygreat
importance—the character of the committee is
the pledge for its fuirtun Betide what may, the
honor and integrity of Wm. H. Crawford have
nothing to fear from any crucible of human fabri
-cation. We have no belief in the perfectibility of
■man—we ask for Mr Crawford no exemption from
the error* of judgment or of accident, to which
-the bes.t and wisest men are liable—all that we
ask for .him is the character of unsullied honor,
and of an integrity that disdains concealment
whilst it defies reproach
Messrs. Gales & Sbaton: There hav
ing been much speculation in regard to my
willingness to return to this place, and
meet my accusers face to face I beg leave,
through the medium of your very useful
4tad widely circulated paper, to state to the
public, that a countermand of (he orders of
the President, under which I left the city,
In March last, and the summons of . the
<oremittee, having reached me at Edwards-
ville, on the afternoon of the 12th uit. I
instantly commenced the indispensable pre
parations for my return, left home the next
dny, and by availing myself of every possi*
<He means of expediting my journey, should
•bare arrived here on the 28th nit. (the
out being vilified, denounced, and prejuilg
ed, on the Jloof ofthe House of Retire*
aentativea, and such conduct shall be tole
rated by public sentiment, and backed 1 by
power and patronage> we may bid-a final a-,
dieu to our liberties, and aggression may
triumph with impunity. .
Rut, among all tbe occurrences that have jjball be attended to in due tune. At pro
iresented themselves in relation to this.un* sentiJ have enough to do to attend to the
main poyit.*-
so many
ties; and disadvantages I have to epe unter;
but, knowing myself that the facts I hav
alleged,are substantially true, as abpvi-sug
ges(ed,l will maintain them firmly, trust
Ing to a final decision by a just and entighi
ened people. Bi yond this, it is not iny
wish to go Rut,' if tfjere uljall bp a deter
minipjon to .push matters further, I can
hav6 ho objection, and the -public mpy rc3t
assured that I Ihajl not be intimidated from
pushing a scrutiny to the utmost limit. I
wish, it, howev§r, to be Understood, that it
will be defensive on my part.
There are other, collateral matters -that
tHe public that ’ I remained here several,
days after Mr Crawford made the report
in question; and that other gentlemen, who
knew Lhad left the city, under the orders
of the Presidpnt, and in pursuance of ar
rangements for my embarkation for Mexi
co, which had been made before the report
was sent to the House, should themselves
have imagined, or gould have supposed,
that an intelligent people could be induced
to believe, that any justification for the vitu
perative reproaches that have been so un
sparingly bestowed updn me, was to be
found in the circumstance of my having
embraced thefirst opportunity that present
ed itself, on my journey, to vindicate myself,
is also rather more than I. was prepared to’
expect. Nor is it improbable that it may
be regarded by those impartial judges, to
whom we all havp to submit, as an artifice
to lessen the odium that is justly due to the
means which left me no other alternative
than to submit in silence to injurious im
putations, or to defend myself under those
disadvantageous circumstances.
After Mr Crawford's report,which occu
pies nearly three columns ol yotir paper, to
prove that that I had aworn falsely, it can
no longer be doubted : by any one that his
Report was intended to impeach my credi
bility, the "thore especially as it appears,
from his own view of the subject, that the
letter therein alluded to, was not one of
those which he was bound to have comma-
, v mealed, or about which any remark what
fourteenth day lrom St. Louis,) had I not ever was required by his official duty
flAhnonn /if In a Qonnin «... «•*. * * *
ecuted and attacked from
t'quarters, the people can
beat no loss to discover the true motive of,
such an illiberal course, and the impossibil
ity oi my attending to-sudv a multiplicity
ol-attacks at orte^and the same -time.
If, after al); the combination against me
shall prove too powerful, and I shall be put
down, my fellow-citizens shall see that it
will be for no greater an offence than the
fearless defence of my own character, and
maintaining the trnth.
In conciusion, ! have only to request that
you will correct the error into which you
were betrayed in regard to the time I re
mained here after Mr. Crawford’s report was
made; I have testimony which you can See
if you desire it, that I left here on the 24th
of March, and transacted business in Balti
more on the evening of that day The re
port was made on the 22d, and between
that day and the 24th there surely was but
one day NINIAN EDWARDS.
Washington, June 1
NINIAN EDWARDS, since his arrival at Wash
ington has made two publications, one addressed
the editors of the National Intelligencer, in
which he promises to substantiate all the charges
he has preferred against the Secretary oftheTrea.
sury; and upbraids Gales & Seaton for having
made in their paper a misstatement (as he says j
about his departure from VVashinglon, See. The
Intelligencer, however, has given Mr Edwards a
se* ere rejoinder; and has put him hers de combat.
The other publication appears in the Washington
Republican, in which a letter is given purporting
to be a copy ofthe letter alleged by Edwards to
have been written and forwarded by the late Col.
Stephenson, to the Secretary ofthe Treasury, en.
closing Edwards’ publication in the St. Louis En-
quirer. The printed copy contains this passage
Two of the directors have already’ resigned—
"others taik of doing so—ahd the publication of
"Governor Edwards herewith transmuted, shews
•‘the course ho is disposed to'pursuel” The copy
of a letter is now produced to corroborate Ed
wards’ testimony before the Committee of ih* es-
tigaiion of 1B23 The Receiver is dead The
copy has neither signature nor day of date, is said
to have been obtained from a paper in the land
office at Edwafdsvillevthus endorsed, in the hand
writing of the Receiver, "Copy to the Treasury
Department, (October, 1819!" The whole is an*
oiy pious, and there ts qo certificate to the. truth
of thre circumstances set forth. Edwards has at
so addresseda lettVr to thp Editor of ihe tauis-
ville, (Ky^.J.Advertiser,:dated the 18ib ult. In
this phillipio he says—"I do most solemnly declare
"that no man, Mr. Crawford excepted, can regret
"more than Ido; ami tji'it 1 never -atmld have en
"gnged in it, had I not sincerely believed myself,
and been advised by my most dispassionate
'friends and other impartial -gentlemen, that n
was absolutely and cssrntially due to my >wi
ch»rncter.” 't hese declarations fully confir t.
vimt Mr. Randolph stated in his lelter to iheetu
: irsof the Richmond Enquirer, that he knew "too
well the baseness and timidity of the charade
of Edwards (self convicted ai he it) to believ
-that be would have dared to take such a measuix-
even covered by flight from the resentment of
"his injured enemy, without a promise of, protec.
“lion from a higher quarter.” Who are these dis
passionate frien us and other impartial gentlemen
Are they not to be found in and about the Presi.
lent!* house f And has not .-the conduct of Ed
•vards completely verified tlie opinions Mr.
Randolph formed of his charade- ) Again—E(
arils in his Louisville address'adverting to the
productions of A. B. and "the documents furnish
!d by Mr. Crawford himself,” says "these publi
"cations, as to all substantial facts, rely exclusive
"ly upon those documents for support ” Will
then; the committee of Investigation have exnm'
no4 these documents, ih connection with Ed
wards' Charges, and have unanimously reported
that they could find nothing in them to the disr
p'srngotnent of Mr. Crawford’s character. As
therefore, Edwards avows, that he has no other
oroof, what remains to be expected from him?—
Edwards also declares that he acted only on the
lefensive, and that he does not choose to be made
a prosecutor.—By this we presume he means-the
reader to infer a distinction, between being made
a prosecutor and being made a tool. Speaking
uf his being arraigned at the bar of the public, he
says—"there I will meet him,” (Mr. C,) "and
there I v/lW fcetp fUm ” One would be led to be
lieve from (besc remarks that Edwards has aban
doned ail hopes of ever going minister to Mexico,
tig must stay at home and continue his denuncia
tions of Mr Crawford in the newspapers, ’other
wise he cannot repay his "dispassionate friends”
and "other impartial gentlemen,” who u advisetP»
him to wjjte his address, and procured him 11.250
dollars as a recompence for bis services.
£iiitcaffr :m Europe.
Tly the arrival,of the ships, £'»itg, .md ,So„ ( )>
Uosion, at this port, and the CnnuiUi, ut N^YniU,
umdon papers to the 2d May, and Liverpool.!*
ie 4th inclusive, have been received. v
The accounts from 'Greece are no later than be-
■ re received, b.n they furnish some Ibrther
ticulars confirming former reports
Tliu diffleu,ties between Great Britain and" the
Algerin a are not adjusted A vigorous blockade
is established at all the ports in the Dey’s domin-
ibn. p..
The celebrated traveller Belaonl, died at Benin,
in AFriqu nu the 2d December last, while on his
route to Housa and Timbuctoo.
Accounts from Spain represent the state ofd«-
tress throughout that kingdom as being v e fy
much aggravated by the uncertainty which pre
vailed respeting the measures which the govern-
ment might adopt. Madrid had been set on fire
in four different places at the same time, and was
only saved by the activity ofthe French troops.
In Portugal, Ministers have been actively en-,
gaged In investigating a plot, which was said to
have extended all over the Peninsula, but the a*
larm had subsided, without any discoveries being
made. ’ ! ’" ' ■
The Basha, Bey oFTunis, died on the 28th of
March, arid is succeeded by his eldest son, Sufi
Hasian Bev
* ‘ LIVERPOOL MARKET
Livauvonij May !,
The anim ued demand for CoVion, which wa
experienced during the last fortnight in March
ha, continued through thejiast month, thetotil
sale*«» which amounted to 48,530 bales of which
35,830 were of American descriptions,—the
have been the .principal buyers, about 700) hsea
only (chiefly Bowens) having been taken on
latiop—notwithstanding the large buihiett
as been done, it has not been found practica-’
ble to establish any improvement of moment, and
nur prices ire now not more thvn J<l per lb. higher
than they were on the lst .ultiriio. The market,
however, is very firm under the impression that we
-hall not receive as inurli this year as las', and so
tar such has been the css^ oij’r Import up to the
present time being 14,244, baits less, while our
••ales are 16,080 more
The sales.vf Tobacco last month, consisted of
883-llhds. at a decline upon previous rate* of 44
f l per lb. oti low Virginia U-al and stemmed.--
he manufacturers, who haye been induced from
'■•" low price of this article to purchase largely,
ti-.ng at present well stocked, und there being lit*
• c export demand, no immediate improvement
•i the value of. Tobacco seeriv- .pr6hable; unletf
ome speculation should be excited by our ve-y
educed rates
The great decline in the price of Rice has caus
'd some purchasers to come forward, and sales of
very good-and fine qualities have been made at
.the low rate of !7s 61 pettewt for new Carolina.
The import this month has been 3368 <• sks, and
our stock of both old and new is very hear*,
t here J)ive arrived 10,27^ barrels of Flour during
the month of April, tlie price of which is nearly
nominal, ss there is little or -io demand. The im
port of Turpentine has again Lei.n much heavier
than was anticipated amounting to .8345 barrels
und prices have given'WHy Is per cwt. upon g' od,
and Is 6d upon middling qualities Turpentiae
all soft would command higher prices in proper
lion, ss the trade find a ready aide for Spirits; bjrt
Rosio,,of which (peirslocksare Very heavy,being
unsaleable, renders them very unwilling to buy
mixed lots—above 5000 barrels have arrived
witlitq the last three days, find at a public sale of
part of it only 12s 3d per cwt was offend for
such ss was two thirds soft In Tar but little is
'•oing Staves are wanted, and good would read!,
ly. cumm^nd my highest .quotations
Cotton imported Ih’s yeur at LIvcrDf-nl—A me*
t-ican, 125,320 bagft Hravtil,' 35,666;VEast India.
2,067; VVest lndii, 5fc~12,993; total of al Wnl*,
176,046 Sume period in 1823—Amercfin, 147,008
bags; Brazil, 33,377;. East lndi«. 4,000; West India,
&C 5,905; tdtal of all kinds, 190,290.
xnet Col. Johnson, of the Senate, and other
Members of Congrcs*, al W ashing ton, in
'Pem.sylyania, and learnt from them, that
■Congiess would certainly adjourn on the-
-27tb inst. and that it was not dxpected that
. ihe committee would be,authorized to act
after the adjournment. Supposing, in con
-sequence ol this information^ that 1 had lost
;,gil opportunity of deriving any advantage
from my presence, I afterwards yielded to
-the claims ol my frail constitution, by tra
-veiling more leisurely, but nevertheless
have performed the journey in less time
•than, I believe, it has evtr bseri done by a
tiy Member of Congress, or, indeed, any o
»her ptvsoD irom that quarter of the U-
•*ioti. -■
•* Although t}ie promptitude and dfacrity
.-with which I determined to obey the sum-
,.tnons of the committee, and the persever
),anr.e with which, qndor very adverse cir
-siinisfances, ! encountered the toil and la
r(igue cif so long a journey, in so short a
•tirnvi, jmay' not-, afford the most satisfactory
•aerification of certain J>pjd and confidenj.
•prctlictidiiv, that "I wouftl not dare*t8‘ shew
lace here,” in vindication
Who, then,-can jie so unjust as to blame
me for defending myself? ’W here, let me
ask, is the man to be found, who sets the
least value on his character, and being con
scious of his innocence,would not hafe done
so J If, then; there, is any blame for bring
ing this subject before ihe House d! Repre
seutatives, at so late a period of the session,
it is due to Mr Crawford—not to me; for
my defence was produced by his attack:
and this he fnight have made earlier, or for
borne to have made at all
The truth is, that 1 never saw or heard
ofthe report until the morning after it was
made, A copy ol it was then brought to
me by a member of the House of Repre
sentatives, about one hoar before my, intend
ed departure, and so entirely unexpected
was it to me,-that J could not -decide what
course it wonld be best to take ip regard to
it* I however waited the balance of that
day, endeavoring to collect such documents
as I supposed-might be useful to me, in any
event that might probably happen, left the
city thenexi-mdrninfc, and arrived in Balti
more the same evening;’ without having
determined how or wheu l should defend
in vindication ol my own
an ingeniOH&^/oi’, ibm-’mjseifi Nor wee ariy jpart .of my dafencc, torpid iSi^te^^^clijiofcet
Among the bills of importance before
Congress, at the late session, which passed
One House, and failed in the other, w^s the
bill " to alter and establish certain post
routes.’^ This bill ia of a discription of
which one it passed every year, almost
without exception It this year passed the
House of Representatives, and was laid over,
or rejected, in the Senate. The reason of
this was, that it proposed the establishment
ot such a great number of pew post routes,
introduced at pleasure by inividuaLmem
bers of the House of Representatives, that,
a: the late hour at which it went to ttfe Sens
ate, it was impossible to make due investi
gation of the necessity or expediency oi
these several" routes. Another reason was,
that the number of proposed new routes
was so great, that, if the bill bao passed, a
considerable ofifiro/iriation oj money from
the Treasury w *uld have been necessaty
to carry it into effect—contrary to the ob
vious policy ni the government, which is,
to makefile Post Office Establishment sup
port itself. The rejected bill contained a
provision aulhorizingMembers of Congress
to frank letters and public documents for
sixty days instead of thirty, before and after
each session of Congress,—A at. Int.
Capt. Ede*, from Smyrtia, state that at the time
he sailed, ( March 6th) "a report had just reached
Smyrna, that Lord Byron, at the head of 10,000
men, was advancing at Patras/’
CURIOUS FACT —A~Mr. David Evan*, of
Plymouth, about 8 miles from this village, norm
time last Week, whilst chopping in the woods, fel
led a hollow tree Which contained from four ti
eight thousand Swallows / They were ofthe kin'
generally denominated the wood swallow— 1 Th<
breast is White, tail forked, and tail feathers sharp
pointed. When discovered they were prittcinally
Edwards says in the Louisville paper, that in
his on his attack he does not "expect the least as
sistance from any one.” Has'be not the Palace
and the War Department to back him ? Has he
not 59,000 a year? Is not this assistance, Mr.
Minister.?
The Mexican minister in his publication, that he
wrote on his way to Washington, talks about
"burning gunpowder,” and protests solemnly
against such a measure. Edwards, we presume,
anticipated that he might be brought to an ac
oount for some or his recent acts, which, induced
him to introduce the word gun powder He re-
minds us of Shakspeare’s fop in Henry IV. who
observes— ^
- "it was great pity, so it was,
- tint villunious salt petre should be diggtff
Out of the bowels of the harmless earth
-Which many a gooff tall fellow had destroy'd
So cowardly; and, but for these vile guns
He himself would have been a soldier.”.
In Edward’s Louisville address he says:—
"If like "a flying Parthian, I have thrown my
arrows behind me,” it will be seen that they were
pointed with truth/ and the "fluttering” already
exhibited shows that, my supposed hurry did not
prevent me from taking pretty good aim.”
At the time this Worthy gentleman penned the
above remarks, he had . not seen Mr. Crawford’s
vindication, or the report of the cpminittee of in
vestigation. The" arrows he speaks of baye re
coiled on his own head.
Mr. Rush, our Minister in London, has officially
notified the Blockade of Algiers by the British
Government.
The joint commissioners under the treaty of
Ghent, assembled in their chambers on the 1st
instant, in the city of Washington, and .were all
present. They have adjourned for a few dnys
when they meet again, it is thought probable tha
the question of average value of'slaves deported
will be speedily decided!.
Mr. Noble, of the Senate, is waiting in Wash
mgton, ot the request of the investigating Com
Total Sales in April.—Am rican, 35,830 balej)*
Braail, 6,790 do; West ItSlia, Wc. 2,250 do; Eut
Indm, 650 do, total, 48,530.
Total siles this year—203,290 bile* of which
141,610 were American; Uruziv 48,760 bales, W
India, 9,870 do; East India, 3,050 jo.
Bales of • itton, th • week, ending May 14% 4509
uplands. 7i to 9J; 1094Orleans, 9 to lid; and 411
bale* beu inland The only *ale of Turpentine,
was 112 middling qua) at 126; 530 bblsCar Tnr,
at 13 9 i; 140 bbls, New fink Pot A-hes, at 40s.-
Sma’lsale8 of Car. Rice, at 16 to Fhxseed,
50to 51* Wheat declined 3d.
Liverpool, May 4 —The demand for Cotton
ntiuues very timbed, and the sales for the last
3 days were 3100 bags. We do not however
luotcany alteration in the prices. Very little w0
[one. at our Cotton market to day, but it was rath
er less dull.
M« M. Noi.11, T*q, editor dflAhe National Ad*
vocate, has been elected Grand Sachem of tha
Tammany Society in New York, \ . -
Col. Giobok Cbooiias. who distinguished him*
seif by the gallant defence of Fort Sandusky m
the late war, has been appointed Post Master si
New Orleans.
^The Providence Patriot says, there has beeo
a general turn out of the workmen in the manu
factories in Pawtucket, on account ofthe propre-
tors lowering the wages since the passing of tM
tariff*bill, and reducing the time hitherto alloww
at the several meals. All the factories except one
have been shut up during the time. Here i»
commencement of oppression upon the laboring
class ofthe community.
Extract of u letter, dated
Buiiithotoh, May 27, 1824,
“It is t with deep regret, I write, to give w>u!
hasty sketch of a public calamity, which ha* tins
day fallen upon us About 9 o’clock, A M- our
college edifice (the walls of which were of brick,
160 feet in length, wirigs70 feet ip breadth, f° uf
stories high) was discovered to be on fire Our
citizens immediately repaired to the scene of du*
tress, but strived too late to save the building •r
The President ofthe institution was on a journey
for ttie recovery of his health, tlnd it being vatt>
tion, the priii- ipul part of the students were absent
—every exertion was,made to.save the books anfl
effects they had left; but aa it blew a gale fro®.
tl>e south, it wns imposiiible to enter many of tn"
rooms. The accident is silpposedTo have origv
nated from a spark which fell upon the roof. (
chimney having taken fire ) 1 learn about
volumes belongingto ohe ofthe principal 80r.ieu«
in collet
ble woti
ge, together with many 1
rkB, oftihe public Iibrary
:ith many scarce and vslu*
are destroyed.
Ship News*— Among ether ifsU of cargoes, ig
the Nantucket: Inquirer of Tuesday-we nnd ( ,
following. “Arriveil, sloop Henry, frdm ksbnoM P
passengers, 4 ladies, 3 musicians, 1 hon, ‘
l Shetland puny, a monkey, a baboon, and
yers,"
'• A fire broUtwiut fe woods
County, N. Y. on the niglU.ot the 19th u|
md continued raging for days- .
"ommeocetl accidently from buruing v
md enread over neat ly 20,000 aners C tL
1 ...ing io it? r.'i)ii*’C fru n 70-io «t>!')Uo ,■
'of w.uod standing,h.u!