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■StajmMfcaw* FREDERICK 45. FELL, tll-< Y VttlNTMt “ CATCH A WKA8HI, AHL5EJ 1 ." A number of the shift carpenters at Phil* itMpliiu, who recently" turned out” for higher wage*, and a few sail-makers, liinetl a small Woop forth* purpose of celebrating the fourth »f July,at the Capes ut the De laware. i On reaching the pi ace, however, they were unable to realize their anticipa ted enjoyment, and being full of gin and independence, they, after weighty deliber atiou, resolved upon cruising in pursuit of adventures. Their stores were ample, aud having appointed a"Commodore,” they set tail with “buoyaut-hearts aod spirits free as air.” After cruising for some time without success, the U. S. schr. Weasel hove in view anil gave to ihe almost dropping spir its of their commodore, the hope of accom plisiiing something worthy of himself, 1 shall not pretend to describe the soul-pier cing flash thst darted through the mist of the liquor from his half-bunged eye, when he first beheld his destined prey, wounding the bnsoui of the auimous waters, that kis sed the prow in sport and wantonuess. No: shall I describe the shout of joy which arose front the gallant crew and rent the troubled oir, when order* were given to “bear down upon her,” and make her yield submissive to their power. The order was promptly obeyed—op went the sails—each man to tiia post-and. as the belligerent forces floated towards each other, there was A calm u still as death, And li e boldest held his breath For a lime,” , But when within mu6ket.9bot, the Commo dore, with a degree of promptness which distinguishes, our American commanders, ordered the schr. to send her papers aboard immediately, or dread impending ruin. Capt. Z mizinger, who was at a loos to un- -derstand the nature of the demand, mani fested, as the Commodore thought some re Juctance in complying, when,In order to enforce obedience to ibis modest request, a musket was fired from the cabin window of the sloop. Capt. Z. unwilling that the commodore should have all the fun ou his #ide, ordered a 12 pounder to be fired over them, and squared off to give a second broadside, if necessary, but, on the clearing up of the smoke, the pot-valor of our coin modore evaporated, and he, with half his crew, were discovered on their (races, ex claiming, “ As you are braye, be merciful!” The boat was then sent aboard, not with papers, but with orders to bring the Comma dare with his crew aboard the schr. where they were examined, and Capt, Z. having satisfied himself that they were true w»d loyal citizens of this commonwealth, in { >ut*uit of pleasure, after detaining them hr four hours, permitted theln to return to their sloop, ou their promising that they would never attempt to • catch A Weasel asleep again/*—Aurora, feelings and powers were considerably alf'ctod at times during the performance, though he came nut recruited and com par* ativly fresh at the ond. Jl Nobt* Horse— Au English paper an nounces the death of the highly celebrated huntes Hooky Walker, the properly of Capt William Healey. The perloronnces of this burse, as an hunter, have been very extraordinary. He has been known to leap thirty-five five barred gates in one day, with hli owner) and in the grand steeple chase, teir New castle, he leapt the great Burn Of dine yards deep water, and won the match gallantly, which was for 200 sovereigns. On the banks were stationed men with ropes, for the preservation of the .daring rider, Capt. Wm. llealey, who ac complished this unequalled task iu theprtt' seuce of thousands. WASH INTON July 15. tview us more iq. the light of.spies than. Commission under llie 6t. Petersburg friends. Convention.—'The Board of Commission- You will preceiye from this report, sir, ers on the 81st instant closed the testimo- the manner id which we have performed nv on both sides on the question of average our duty; and 1 sincerely hope it will meet value, and on the 14th instant separated with your approbation. To the- prompt by mutual agreement for tlje purpose ofur-jand active exertions of Lt. Com* Legare, 1 ranging and digesting the documentary feel much indebted j and I assure you ft CENEL10US SENTIMENTS. "jf ROM THE MOBILE COMMERCIAL REGISTER WILLIAM H. CHAW FORD. This statesman, like the patriarch Jeffer son, appears destined to encounter the vile persecutions and bitter reproaches of de signing partisans; but it is pleasant to pre- ceive that he is in good hands. Mr Crawford has uniformly been out first choice tor the Presidency.Our attach ment existed before we commenced our (editorial labors,and it bas gradually streng thened as the groundless charge* against jiim have accumulated; in rebutting accusa tions, which our long residence iu the State to which he belongs enabled as to know the falsity of, our feelings become warmly and willingly enlisted iu his behalf. If he bad (in our opinion) been justly dealt by, we should perhaps have been as likely to have ^elected another candidate. We have been his disinterested and unsolicited friend and advocate. We anticipate no benefit from his success, other than every citizen, (n common with us, will enjoy. Twice have the A. B.” men arraigned his public con duct before a committee, and twice has he been honorably acquitted; a tnirdtiine he |« arraigned before the bar of the nation, after having openly defied the malice of bis enemies. We are not so cold hearted as to abandon bun while beset by Philis tines; bn the contrary, we are non more anxious for him; besides, we confidence in bis integrity .and believe that, like pure gold, tbeoftener be is tried the purer he wifi dune. Pedettrain Feat.—At Brooklyn, (L. L) -*m Saturday afternoon, a young man, a hat ter, of the name of Stewart, for a trifling wager, (the eggs only, it was said) picked up and deposited in a half bushel, one hun dred eggs, placed at a yard distance from each other, on a strait line. He was to-do |t in an boar, but succeeded in finishing it |n fifty-four and an hall minutes, five and An half within time. In performing this feat], he went upwards of six miles, and Stooped to the ground and turned about two hundred times, without cracking an egg. A lieutenant in England, picked up one hundred stones and pnt them in a basket in forty five minutes, in 16 IT, and won great odd* laid against him on the stake. \Vhether he threw or tossed them is not elated, but Stewart was to lose every egg he broke, and therefore obliged to. lay them <Wp carefully. To say that he did it MhU would not be strictly true, aghis Or, Sruollei,—An esteemed correspondent has handed us an original letter of Doctor Smou.it, to Kick,id Smith, Esq. formerly of Burlington, N. J. and brother of toe Historian of New York and New Jersey .—It is a literary curiosity, and the more so to us, «s it ia in some measure con nected with our own country.—We presume that Mr Hivinostou mentioned in the letter, was the King's printer in N. York. We are not, aware that this letter was published t if not, it is worthy of being mads known, as it contains a brief outline of the lifts and family of Satou.iT by himself — .bo-ora. Sir.—1 am favored with yours of the 26th of February, and cannot but be pleased to find my self aa a writer so high in your esteem. The curiosity you express with regard to the par tioulars of my life, and the variety of situations in which I may have been, cannot be gratified within the compass of a letter. Besides there are some particulars of my life which it would ill become me to relate. The only similitude be tween the circumstances of my own fortune and those I have attributed to Roderick Random, consists of my being born of a respectable family in Scotland, in being bred a surgeon, and having served as a surgeon's mate on board of a man of war, during the expedition to Carthagena The low situations in which I have exhibited Rode rick, I never experienced in my own person. 1 married very young, a 'native of .lamaics, young lady well known and universally respect ed, underthe name of Miss Nancy Lassclls, and by her I enjoy a comfortable though moderate estate in that Island. I practised surgery in London, after liaviug improved myself in travel ling in France and other foreign countries, till the year (49,) when 1 took my degree of Doc tor of Medicine, and have lived ever since in Chelsea, I hope with credit and reputation. No man knows better than Mr. Uivington what time 1 employed in writing the four first vol umes of the History Of England, and indeed the short period in which that work was finished ap pears almost incredible to myself, when 1 recol lect that I turned over and consulted above three hundred volumes in the course of my la bor. Mr. Uivington likewise knows that l spent the best part of a year in revising, correcting and improving the quarto Edition wbich is now- going to press. And wltifch will be continued in the tame size to the late peace. Whatever reputation I may have got hy this work has been dearly bought by the loss of health, which 1 am of opinion 1 shall never re. trieve. 1 am now going to the South of France, in order to try the effects of that climate, and very probably shall never return. 1 am very much obliged to you for the hope you express that l have obtained some provision from his Majesty, but the truth is, I have neither peusiunnor placet nor am I of that disposition which can stooo to solicit either. I have always picqyed myself upon my independence, and I trust in God | shall preserve it to my dying day. Exclusive of some smsll detached performances that I have published occasionally to papers and magazines, the following is a genuine list of my productionin—Roderick Random, the Regicide, (a Tragedy,) a translation of Gil Biss, a transla tion of Don Quixote, an Essay upon the External Use of Water, Peregrine Fickle, Ferdinand Count Fathom, great part of the Critical Review, a very small pavt of a Compendium of Voyages, the complete History of England, and continua tion, a small part of the Modem Universal Histo ry, some pieces in the British Magazine compre hending the whole of 8ir LaunceTot Greaves, i small part of the translation of Voltaire’s works, Historical and Critical, to be found in the trans lation. I am much mortified to find it is believed in America that I have lent my name to Uooksel ters: that is a species of prostitution of which I am altogether incapable. I had engaged with Mr Rivington, ami made some progression in a work which I shall finish if I recover my health If you should see Mr Uivington, please give my kindest compliments to him, tell him I wish him all manner of happiness, though I have little to expect from my own share, having lost my only child, a fine girl of fifteen, whose death has o- vcrwhelmed myself and wife with unutterable sorrow. I have now complied with your request, and beg in my turn you will commend me to all my friends in America. I have endeavored more than once to do the Colonies some good, I am, Sir, Yours, &e. TS. SMOLLETT. London, May 3th, 1763. ' evidence Which lias been submitted to them, with an understanding that, unless more time should prove necessary, they are to meet again on the 24tlt of August next, and proceed, without further delay, to the discussion of thequestion of average value. wat. m. Among the passengers on board the Steam Boat from Old Point Comfort oh Tuesday was Col. Fenwick, of tho Artilery. We understand he is on his way to West- Point, us one of a Board of Officers, about to convene at that post, for the purpose of revising the system of Infantry Drill for the use of the Army.—ib. Law Decisions.—Two points have re* centlyb mn decided by the supreme Court of the State of Alabama, which are consid ered of great importance as to their effect on a very large amount of existk£ con tracts. The jirst is, that, under the State Law of 1818 a higher rate of interest than S percent, is not recoverable on any contract except those which expressly stipulate for t he payment of higher interest from the date, and then only to the time fixed for payment. The second is, that a note with a “ sorall” at the signature, with the word seal written in the scroll, is not sufficient to constitute a sealed note.—ib. Would have afforded me great pleasure to have been associated with him lor a longer tithe. From this place I shall proceed with all possible dispatch, to execute yqur further orders. 1 have the honor to be, flee. JOHN H. LEE. Com. BAViD Pohtbb, Ac. Ac. Ac. . Cruising for Pirates.—The following Report of one of the officers of Comm. Porter's squadron, with a copy of which we have been politely furnished py the Navy Department, affords a tolerable idea of the nature of the service in which the smuller vessels of our West India Squadron are engaged. U. S. Sohomner Jaokall, Sisal, \2th May 1824 StR .* I have the honor .to report to you, that, for the purpose of executing your or- den to me on the 25th of April, the Jackal! ami Wild Cat sailed, on the 26th of that month, from Thompson's Island. On the foliowing day we made the Coast of Coba (Bihi* Honda) and passing Cape Antoni* in the night, we were unable to look in there, although I felt a great desire to do so. On the 29ih arrived otf Catoche, and on the same afternoon-anchored between the 1-land of Cuntoy and the maih land This Island is small and thinly wooded so that it required but a few hours to exam ine every part of it; we could discover no traces of any persons living there or even of any persons having been there, except two thatched huts, in a very decayed stats. Early on the morning of the 30th, we left that Island, anil, approaching as near the shore as the .safety of the vessels would permit, we proceed to the Island of Mug eres, and in the night anchored between its Suuthwest end and the main land. O.. the following morning, having, found th.> watering place, the vessels were removed * The Fox had been there about one before. : WASHINGTON, July 16. As Captain Hopneb, mentioned below, has, for some throe years past made consid erable figure in some of ourSouthern ports, as well as in the newspapers, and as reflec tions have been cast on the Commander of our W. India Squadron for.his conduct to him djTc.it is due to Coro. Porter, and to the world in general, that this man should be exhibited in bis true character by the {publication of the following Le'tter* from i:he American . Consul at Laguira to the Secrotary of the Navy; * Consulate of the United States, ? Laguira, 30th Nov. 1823. $ Sir: I deem it my duty to enclose to the Navy Department the affidavit of John Bed- well and Francis Hankay, late officers of the Colombian privateer Centeiin, H»pner, master, relative to certain transactions of said Hopner recently ut Key West, Thompson's Island. The testimony of these persons will tend to place the conduct of Commodore Portej, with regard to the Centella priva tes in the most advantageous light; and i« rendered more necessary by the sentence of the Commandant of Marine of the 2d department of Colombia undertaking t< inculpate Commodore Porter therein. ROBT.K. LOWRY. //on Secuxtart of Tux Navt, Washington. toP.V tk schooner in side the reef off Honda, and lookout from her 12 bi»„. I he steam galliot Sea Gull and a toS schooner beating up,-and signalizJ each other, the Captain of La Cbniol abandoned the prize, and made sail tot westward. The prize was taken pW siun of uy the crew of a fishing smack „m sent at the time. p e> JOHN BEDW ELL Master nf the Ceulella . fra. hankay. ,, , , . Prize master. Sworn to before me this 27th Oct. lRoq ROBT. K. LOWUY, From' Florida.—tho following is„ extract of a Letter ofa late date, (Juno 1C fiom gne of our subscribers, whtl lives? Gadsden County, 1 in Florida, and whw, o 'ly means of addressing us, he says jsb the Hands of individuals wh.o come in explore the. country, -he being fil I mrhaps, a hundred) miles from any p w *• Notwithstanding the many reports about the satisfaction of our Indians, I css assure you the Indian*.between the Tilts hass'ee and the Appaiachicola rivers, aft by no means satisfied with the loteTreatv. They assert, they.khcw not what the Tin ty was,in reality, tfil lately—the C|ii t | excepted, who have resefves’of laml— a « l am ponvinced they will not leave tf I iart of the country cheerfully. A tnilitg orce will have to see them off. '* ! observe some one has stated,arnot fished in your paper, the excellency ofik salt of this country. It is truely ,1 line country; but that writer has eill 1 not examined for himself, nr is decern or in the country. He describes the Till hassee lands as based upon a samlsta when he should have said a limestoi There are but few veins of water which i above the bed of limestono. As to sup graining so wefi.it has not yet been tri in the country. The lands to the wedj Ocklockoney rjver, on thg waters uf Link River, coutain (lie only goud free stotj uud sandstone water in this county." " Laguira, Oct. 27, 1823. Having this day seen a communication of Captain Charles C. Hopner, i ombian privateer La Centella,) in answer to a piece copied from a Norfolk to a Charleston paper, concerning the conduct of the Captain of the above schooner, in which he denies the transaction, alluded to in the publication, we late officers of the Centella, and present at the time of the circumstances above alluded to taking place, do, in justification uf ourselves, ant to wipe away the stigma thrown on -the Commander of the United States' Squad ron at Key West, (or Thompson’s Island,;! voluntarily appear before K. K.. Lowry E«q. United States' Consul for this port, and make oath, that the commander of the La Ceoteiia.Chas. C. Hopner, had made an arrangement with a Captain Appleby. ofKey Vacas, to purchase such cargoes as Captain Hopner would bring to the last mentioned Key, and put the vessels ashore nk iiinioli lima A MnlnL,, ••mr 4. to it, and at the same time detachment of ’* t . w ^‘, c ' 1 t ,,0 «. Mptam Appleby^ was to. meu were sent on shore for the purpose of ,a ' <e c ” 8, fc e * Gn the faith of ihe above commencing an examination. This Island ®" r b ei J 1 i en *» a small schooner, (prize to La is larger, niure thickly wooded, and much more difficult of access than Cootoy; and we were, consequently, compelled to pro ceed at a comparatively slow rate; but, sir. I can safely say, that, at the expiration of two days, almost every foot of Mugeres had been traversed. We found here six Centella ) under charge of Mr John Bart let, was despatched to Key Vacas from off the Matanzas. The La Centella arrived a day or two afterwards, and took out of the prize a few articles for the use of the vesseL The coffra of the cargo was weigh cd, and then the prize schooner was towed Indians, from the vicinity of Sisal. They **y tjie boats of the Lo Centella, aud on stated that they made annual visits to this Island, for the pnrpose of makiog salt, large quantities of which was piled up on 1 the borders of the Salt Ponds -in the inte- While at Mugeres, we were visited by several parties of Indians from tfip main, and the Islands of Caukum. i could glean nothing satisfactory from these men, respecting piracy; the stor.ies they told were so very contradictory, and seemingly without foundation, that it was impossible io reconcile them with eacji other, or with truth; but from all I could hear, and from my own observations, Mugeres has not, for the last two year?, been the resort of pirates! A severe gale detained us at anchor three days longer than was necessary; and this Steam Beat accident.—The boiler of the 8 team Ferry boat Jersey, burst yesterday about 1 o’ clock, while she was at the wharf on the Jersey side, and we lament to state, killed Miss Char lotte Neilson, a young lady of nineteen years of age, adopted daughter of Mr. Peter V Ledyard of this city. The Mercantile Advertiser states that “the master cf the boat, Capt West, was standing on the wharf within a few feet of the boat, was severely scalded, and it was feared yes terday would not survive. A colored man was also badly scalded. Providentially these were the only persons within reach of the explosion. The forward cabin was not injured, and a pas senger who wbs in it escaped unhurt This sc. cident appears to be unaccountable—the boiler was of copper, just finished, on the low pressure principle, the furnace of 3.8ths inch copper. We were tohl that the safety valve was open at the time the explosion took place. If so, the only conjecture that can arise, is that some sub stance was drawn to it from within, and obstruc ted th e passage. The explosion was powerful; the boiler being twisted and torn to pieces—It was thrown a considerable height in the air, and fell in a direct contrary position to that in which it originally was placed—/V. Y. Statesman. The Hartford, Uonn. Times, has lately chang. ed iu editor, and continues to support Mr. Crawford. i The Providence, R. I. Oateite, has declared in fevor of Mr. Crawford. the setting in of the breeze was beat up to a small Key bearing about W. or N. N. W from Key Vacas, aud was run ashore un tier the lee side of the above-Key, and de livered into the hands of Captains Appleby and Richardson, a Captain Fiveadh being on board at the same time. In considera tion of the above prize, Captain Hopner re ceived from Captain Appleby (a resident ofKey Vacas, three bills, for 81300 each drawn on •' Street & Co.” Chaileston South Carolina. At the time the polacre brig Dolofou* was despatched under the command of Mr Bsrtlet, it was well understood among the officers of the La Centella that her destina tion was the Floridas, to be made, away previously been; the brig arrived, and. cir cumstances suiting, she was run on shore, aod sold to the same contractors—bills circumstance afforded an opportunity of * n same manner the schooner had visiting the main land, which was done by ****“'" h ““ * k “ : * ' - : ‘ Lieut Com. Legare and Lieut. Piercy, though without discovering any^ thing more than a lew uninhabited fishing huts. On the 7th of this in6nth we sailed from Mug eres, and passing again by Contoy, anchor, ed near Cape Catoche; and here our re searches were as little to our satisfaction, as they had been hitherto; nothing was to be seen but an old dilapidated church and a fishing hut. From thence we con tinued our course towards New Matiga, exaraing the coast as we went along,' and arrived thtere on the afternoon of the 8th. Some of the Indians had informed me that a piratical vessel was fitting out at this place, hut no such vessel was there on our arrival; and the Commandant, who is apparently a respectable man, assured me that the Fox was the last vessel he had seen.* On the 9th. wo left New Malaga, and coasted it along within two miles of the shore, looking into all the inlets, and communicating with almost every settle ment between Malaga and Sisal, until our arrival at the latter place late bn the 11th. From the time we commenced our examin ation of the coast, we have never sailed during the night, except once in the chace of a schooner, which proved to he a pri va teer, fitted out at Sisal. At this port, the Commandant has been barely civil to us, and the inhabitants generally appear to From the New Yolk Evening Post. IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. BREMEN, May 15th, 18!|] <>f the Col- Extract from the memorial of St Peterehui on the pacification of Greece, sentubruulil present year The Emperor, after the efforts made in! South of Europe.to crush I he germs <f dim that bad made such a dangerous progress, thij the period arrived for him to attend to the me of pacifying the Levant, It becomes nece io draw to a close the troubles of Greece 11 are of a highly injurious influence on the o merce of Russia in the Levant, by paralyzing n industry of many provinces of the Russian " pire. The Emperor has undergone immu sacrifices through h'm love of peace, ami hill sire of consolidating the ties by which be j bound to his allies. Through the able mu incut of Lord Strangford, however, the 1 has been brought to consent to-sutisfy the j ejaimsof Kus^a.—Upon which, the Kmpe has dispatched the State Counsellor,JHintiisi to Constantinople. In not sending an ambr dor to Czarnowitz, oh announced, ne is actui by considerations of the deepest import I he Tui'ks could not fall to consider the | senee of an ambassador ss a decisive triumph j vef the Greeks; and yet, shuuld the Strug continue, what would be the result? In en case of success on tlie part of the Greeks, I Itussiun Ambassador would certainty becimiel object of suspicion to the Uivunj he would I sup nosed to hold communicatiim with its revl ed subjects, snd hjs situation wou'd be ptecij that of Baron de frogbnoff. ut the time of I criminal enterprise oftffePrinces Ypsilanti. f protestations of this ambassador were il'urrf ed, and he was obliged to quit Consltnlim Should the Turks be victorious, how could ij Russian ambassador remain t» witness the b excesses and cruelties in which that bark nation would of course indylge? His pro would sanction a calumnious interpretation the sentiments of the Emperor, and ocasioij opinion that it was his intention to replace f Greeks under the yoke of barbarous dei and rank Mahometans with Christians. On the other hand, it is essential that t powers who have succeeded in represiiny volutioti and anarchy in the two Peniw* should not find the cause of tire Greek* itrf ened by the accession of the revolution! the countries where order has been re-csti ed; If is only through the prompt co-opei of the-allies that it will be possible to pm” still longer succession of evils, and stop fusion of blood, already sufficiently shea If ■campaigns. In all i»-<Jbabllity, a fourth 1 bring more efficient or decisive result*. Porte stimulated by the recollection of »■ achievements, obstinately refuses to be mw with less than absolute sovereignty; the 0 * inured by three years of resistance and afe intent on absolute independence. ™ the following terms of pacification, ass just between exaggerated and opposing pre^ 11 and'Which will insure to. the Greeks P|»r ... ,,, dufon of the problem must lie between ,.ven on Charleston, oo Messrs. Street & t^ro extremes. The Russian Cabinet pr Co. The cargo was put onboard wreck- 'ers, (one of wbich was under the command of theaforemqntione.dCaptain Richardson* 1 and taken to Sf. Mary’s from thence, as far as can be ascertained, was carried to Charleston, At-the time the schooner was placed under the small Key for the benefit of the purchasers, Captain Hopner made an arrangement with Captain Richardson to survey the coast to windward about Key Tavernero, to find a good harbor, sound it, and buoy it off, for ihe purpose of Carrying thither the prizes of the Centella, bejjng out of the way of the United States' Squad ron on that station- The Centella put into Key West, and was ordered oft' by Commodore Porter: off Key Vacas was informed of the transaction* and that orders were given to an office: Marines, tyjio commanded at Key Vacl not to allow the CentellaTo come to an ai chor. The i Centella at this time had a small Spanish schooner, cargo 50 boxes of whjte and brotyn sugars; in company, brought with her for the-; purpose disposial. On aecouut of the above circumstances. now necessary; to the Turks useful andf advantages in place of a sovereignty affection and resistance:— it is calculated that, in accordance V“I staples drawn from usages of Turkey wj .three principalities may be established l j continent of Greece. The first to be cow of Thessaly,Bostis,and Attica, or Kaste^Vl The second of the ancient Venetian bowl the Adriatic, that portion excepted tongs to Austria;, of Epirus and Arcaas Western -Greece. The third, of the J' 5 which might be'added Uandia, ° r ' 5 . Greece. The Lies to be subjectedit cipal regulations, and governed nearly have been heretofore. ; < In 1465, the Torks, hayingconqu* 1 ^. cilia, eotabfishcd therein princes acju)j> "I the Divan as their head, with the privy S 3 ever, of,not receiving Ottoman troop*- 'J Solimap l after conquering Moldavia, P Ji ;he same privileges. Latterly, these p i were modified, extended and PW&A “Sfl Bale-guard of Russia. In 1774 M wished to erect the Morea into a (W haps,that the Forte hasalways becnd^^ verse to foreign interventioiun the cm last negociations- The anriala o» »nte rj however, (Uripsh example® °f tweig'V