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WM *8*5 tu&'UteiucK si >-«&. but rMlTik. i............Eight Hollars per annum. a'insr..,.......-Sis Dollar/, per am.am HU1M lit *UTA*r* "Prom thliNatiunul Intelligencer, 5d inti. 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!