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THURSDAY EVENING, Jut-T 18.
OUATIO tV
Ddixred by Robot Milledgfe Charlton
£sj. on the 4 th of July 1829.
■ , * Savannah 0 h July, 1820.
R/M. CruraioN-, Esq.
Sir—Will you fuvor the Committee by
... . v o( your olos
nerienn Indepem
Anniversary of American tin
Very respectfully yflhrs,
■ lUCHARDWAYNE*,
RICHARD It. CUYLER,
DUNUAR MOREL,
ISAAC D’LYON,
I,. H.^fRTHj
In ordor to make room for Mr. Charl
ton’s chaste arid spirited fmtith of July O
ration, «vH compelled to onift rainy pr«-
- pored article!.
The President of the United Stales, and
hl< Family, errompanlcd l>y the Secretary
of War and‘several other piddle officers
. lelt Washington City, on the. 8th inst. in
.'the Steamho*t Potomac, for Fortress Mon
roe, &c. and Norfolk, and would return,it
it said in five or silt days. .
meetmg of tire Court and Com.
! of tho Borough of Norfolk,
i 7th for the purpose
give the Gcn-
r ^ with hi*
I station.
TlrS Now*York Mercantile. states that
Mr. Jonathan Frory, si roapeotable apotlie-
. carv at fliidson, was killed on'the (Id Iqgl.
by the explosion of a'soda water fountain.
' Having charged the vessel too powerfully
the top was for red off. and struck lion in
the forehead as he was leading over it with
■fetch foroe a* to carry the top of Ills sk’ull
completely off, and caused liis death in*tan-
tancnmly. The explosion was oj louJ as
thatoftlie discharge of a cannon.
Hie last Nat. Intelligencer states) th it
Mr. Andrew Coyle, the Chief Clerk in tho
Post Office Department lias been removed.
And Ob.idiab U. Brown, another Clerk, put
in liis place, -v " *
The United States ship Natche*, Alex
ander Claxton, Esq. Commander, was to
have sailed on llie.8tli inst. for Maracaibo,
with our Minister to Colombia the Hon.
Thomas P. Moore, end his Secretary of
Legation, Mr. J* Pickett.
One of the owners of the Corinthian
which arrived at New York on the Cth inst
from Lon Ion has received a letter from
. Liverpool, dated 29th May, which states
' that thp demand for ,cotton continued
brisk. 1
A fetter from London of the 90th May.
says, “we have accounts from Liverpool
this morning, which'quote an advance of
1-4’per pound irirUpland Colton, and large
sales making. Hete the same-feeling has*
boan evinced, but specu ators have given
the preference to Brazil Cotton, which
comparatively is the cheapest in the mar.
tat: _____
'file Governor of South Carolina, has
commuted the punishment nf. William Hin
gon. who was lately convicted of the crime
of forgery st Gamden, and was to have
bjen executed on the 3d inst. He is to be
publicly whipped.
The Fwipefor ofBrazil, it is said in the
. New York Journal of Commerce, has been
negotiating with the House of Rotclischild
dico for another loan.
Mr.Hezekiah How, ot New Haven, has
t just published, “Sketches of Naval Lite
with notices of men, manners,and scenery
1 on the shores of the Mediterranean, &t
This work is written by'Ml. George *i
now a tutor in Yale' College. Mr, Jones
accompanied the frigate Brandy wineon her
first trip to Europe, as sciiool-mastei 1 and
chaplain to the frigate.
. No opposition (says a London paper of
the 8tst,of May.) has yet been announced
to the re-elecliim of Mr. O'Cmineil for the
County of Clare. In the event of any op
ponent presenting himself, Mr. O'Con-
. nefl’s expenses will be defrayed out of the
old Catholic- rent, of which the sum of
£10,008 still remains.' _
“WAR, FAMINE AND PESTI
LENCE.”
We learn from Kentucky, that Mr. Haw.
kins,-one of the defaulting coalition post,
masters has challenged Mr. Saunders, the
Opitoroftbo Kentucky Argus. Mr. Saun
ders, although a ptiqr man, wjtlPa depen
daht family was -compelled to resign liis
office ns prbse’cilting Attorney and accept
the challenge, ot else permit himself to.be
put ’down by Mr. Clay's partisans. V\ hen
we^Couple with this, the case of poor Hen
ning, it wpuid appear thi(t Mr Clay had
declared war upon the pre^s. But not con
tent with nar.he'isUaveilingnyer die State
doing all he can to provoke a famine. ,
JJ. S. Tel.
The following js an additional item of
discomfiture in the celebration at New York
We copy it from the Commercial Adverti
ser:
‘‘A large flock of sheep which had been
brought to'town to celebrate independence,
hcadei\,by an old bell-weather, were pro-
, needing op Broadway in a sheepish and
' 'coc.'
ctnli
Satannah, July 6th 1829. ,
Gentlemen—In compliance with your
request, I enclose you a copy of tire Ora
tion dollVered by me on the 4th of July in
stant. I should feel reluctant to do so—
convinced as I nn>, that I must loose much
by submitting it to o critical investigation,
did I not kniwv, that I am trusting it in the
die canso of lib
erty, “their lives their fortunes, and their
sacred, honors;”—the Vows were already
Itiadet the hearts w etc already nerved I & it
needed hut one step to make tile breach too
immcasurcablo to ho closed by the words
of pcaconr amity. That Rubicon Is past
—the hostile hands arc gathered, and their
bayonets are crimsoned with the blond of
consanguinity.' Onct they have niet, &. tho
jnlilirT I cause of freedom drooped beneath the
‘'prowess of her eneAiy—Again, and her
banners are fioathigcan triumph-,above the
field of battle, and her gallant s6ns ate rin
sing the hosannas of victory- to tho ihvono
of the Almighty Being—those who survi
Vcd, embraced each other in iho fullness of
their gratitude and glory, & those who per
ished, perished with tho valonr of freemen
within their hearts, and the war cry ofllherty
upon their, lips, Then came the bold tlcfi
oftlie oner
r wavalrmdyunfurlrill of delight and happiness—even then,—
i folds were gathered, I some passing recollection, sonto uncalled
for sorrow,' will cast its mildew upon thy
heart, and darken the scenes that memory
was gilding with her retiring sunbeams.
Alas, that-cate should ever (low,
Third
ctice.
ance <
enemy... Yo fools—traitors to
your God and CountVy i apostates .froth
the /kith ofyotir forefathers—banish from
your hearts th* dchniotuhat has enshrotM-
ed them—desert tho standard of rebellion,
which you have rested against us, and re
turn and humble.yourselves . before the
. aHine it in the l throne of your rightful sovereign, or we wilj
hands ofiny feHow citizens,—'fvlio have cut yon off as ungrateful and accursed obe
ever been ready toriuok oulv to the merits, jects, and your uamo shall be handed dqwn
and furgivo tlte defects of'those, who arc to posterity, tarnished with the imputation
united to them, both in feeling and inter-1 of rebels and of traitors, r, ' h -"‘
ilizatlop,—in tho desert and In the city,— ous natnre .occurred In Bethnal G, c , n
wltero wisdom and learning unfold their Road, between tho weaversaiitl policooffi.
light, and whole ignorance andsupoVstltlon vets stationed in that district. The otioti
" ‘ 1 ' . . . i— of it was flint Messrs. Wilson anil Womc a
e*t.—Relying upon their kindnes*. to pass I answer of onr fathers. It spoke snj
• ■ 1 — 1 “ 1 re- and dispassionately—it answered the ’
the
to pa
over the imperfections contained in it, I r.
maln’ with tile greatest respect, your friend
and obedient servant,
ROBERTM. CUAULTON.
To Richard llayne,
R. R. Cuiflcr,
•rMorel, Committee.
DlLyOn,
U.rurth. .
ORATION.
Fellou-Citiitns and Soldiers !
The birth jday of Liberty again dawns
upon a host of freemen. Fifty four years
ago, the temple, upon whose alut-we now
dedicate our choicest oflerings,was a shape I our s'rn of victory, ot our shroud of glory
less miss, above whose mouldering -ruins, 1— we have cast tht gauntlet of defiance,
tyranny and despotism reigned with undi- [and we wilt redeem it with the best blood
sided dominjon.—Fifty ftrnr years ago, the I that flows within our veins. We ulll not
„ ,. ..... u..,. j i r#l)lrn - ( y 0( j mly again destroy onr fields
and cottages—you may again crimson your
light that now sheds its brightness around
tltis vast and .glorious continent, was a fee
ble ra.v.stritggling amidst tho tempest ol | blades with the’blood of your,brethren—
you may indeed fulfil your threat, and cut
contending passions, and like the .solitary |
beam, that bursis its .way (hr a moment, I
ds
- y
. us off front the land of the living. All this
through the black clouds which obicnre may be so ;—it may be, that in Hie lapse of
the brightness of its parent lifminary. ser- a tow years, nothing will remain ofut,but
ving but to show more’visihly, the darkness the record that we once have been—but in
that dwelt arentnd it (—Fifty four years a- the same page'which hands down to poster!
go, the bosoms that now pulsate with the ty, the history of our deaths—in the tame
proud recollection that they are members I record, which bears to futuie ages,.tho ta.la
of a free and Independent nation, groaned I of obr mi-to, tunes, will be inscribed the
beneath the weight of their' opprcsalons, glorious characters—they died, in defence
and sig|ted to find the gifts which nature I of liberty tind their country—they perished
had spread so bonntiffclly before them, sae- lin the effort to redeem frpni the hands of
tificeo at live shtjne of an ungovernahte I the enemy, the pledge they had given to
aOhitlin. When weary with the perseett- the world, in-the cause of freedom j—they
tion which attended upon them in the land I fell as metr should fall,whose dearest rights’,
Of their nativity—where every voice, that I and sweetojt pleasures have beeq sactifi
did twit add its plaudits to the deeds of a I e'ett and trample! oh. Go on'.'then with
despot was regarded with envy and sus-1 younprcparalions,—you will find us ready
lieion,—where every heart that refused to 1 to encounter (hettt;—what We want lit
mw itsell to the earth, before, the altar strength,we will makeup in contege—what
that had been raised, by the sacrifice of we want in discipline, we will make up in
every pure and sacred right, was gut of! valor; and when you shall be weary of
from the communion of fellowship,—where I your cruelty, svhen you shall repent-ofyour
religion was made a mask to hide tne e- unkindness, and once more hail us with the
normitiesof those who professed to be her ] voice, of friendship we will extend onr
vntar-es,—when weary of all these evils, j arms ttmo yon, and forgetful of the past,
opr. forefathers abandoned their cottages I clasp you in the fond embrace of fraternal
and (besides, and sought refuge within the | affection. Once more we tell you thon,
bosom of a wilderness,the change was one,
attendant with n 1 must as many trials,as that, I
they had so lately escaped from t Danger
sprung up ftomeverv forest tree,and death
lurked-around their wandering footsteps,,
and snatched from their view, the partners J
ones
oredi
f their foe. v ith
With candor—Itsaid, irp cannot return;
we have borne yont oppressions and tyran
ny, until obedience has ceased to be a vir
tue and become a crimo. IVo ere not trai
tors or apostates—we worship at. the altar
of our God, and raise our grateful voices to
his throne for the blessings he' has 'heaped
upon.us: We are not refeels t wo have
bowed ourselves down to the will of a mon-
arehi until bv his-ctuelty, he has niade u*
castoff the yoke, and has censed lo be onr
lawful sovereign—Now ive ere freemen—
we have reared tho banner of liberty, amt
w* will live by it, or die by it—it shall be
That fairejr should buf wcilvo her spoil,
To vanish at ailhotlon’s kilell; < v ' ;
Whore is tig, the greal and Immortal
Washington, who led out armies on to vic
tory.and grory l—'rltero aro those whose
disinterested valour obtained for us the li
borties that we are now enjoyln|t?r-wheri
aro those, who when the almiesof-a hossili
coltnlry, menace^' tho destruction of our
lives and happiness, unfurled the banner of
defiance,,end proclaimed ttitlio world, that
we were “a free hnd independent nation 1"
Alas,—death htts claimeu 1 svictilns,—the
heart that rofttsed -to bend beneath tlte,
weight of tyranny, hath yielded to tire un
alterable mandate;—stowly and mournful
ly, liko .the receding stops of tlte autumn,
they have vanished ftotri hut sight,, aud
been laid in the sepulchre of mnrluiity.
"I? this tho moral of human life,
,4 Afe tltese the limits of glory's rclgi
"Haveoceans of blood, and an a '
“And a iltous.md battles been a
Ah no',—tho’-ltfe’s eterur“ J “'
Hath snatched them fr<
And borne them from
of everiasti
ho gloom,
tit’s narrow cell,'
tho toiiib,
. le spell, . b.
'Till reason shall have loft lierthiotie,
And gfttitudg from man Hath flown.
Three years agfii tbree ofthote who sign
ed this glorious declaration of out rights,
yet lived to receive (hehenedictlonsoftlieir
but on the very day, oh which
And o’e
Unfold her kit
children, . ..
they fix'd proclaimed their independence to
tho world, in the very hour, in which they
had cast aside forever the shackles which
hid bound their oneigies, two of them yiel
ded upiheir existence,—even, then did the
nofile spirits that inhabited their bosbrhs',
leave their frail tenements of clay, to min
gle onco mote tyith their gallant co-patri
ots In the .regions of eternity. Om'k of
them was tho . father of democracy,—(lie
pillar thkt supported its noble temple, lie
asked but to witness one more celebration
of tfie day, he had' contributed to recorl)
upon life page of immortality, and Provi
dence granted him that boon, Heyieldetl
life ran of glory and of honor, and as
spread their "impenetrable darkness;—by
thanctnuen and the Christian,—the infidel
gttd tim believer,—the white man and the
savage,'
’Tis Woman’s lovo,—that darling flowbr,
Thai blossoms in life's dosovt way,
The liopo of manhood's dawning hour,
Its charm when youth hnih pnsuvway,—
Tho veil, that mercy’s hand hath thrown,
To shield us from, our tonny cares,
When all our other joys hnvo flown,
And Earth a-hmimHes* wasto appears.
It comes upon the heart like tho spring of.
life in the barren and uncultivated wilder
ness at wIiosb foiint, the weary pilgrim of
the desert forgets his past trials end misfor
tunes,—it colncs upon .tilt! livait, like the
pillar of fire which served to guide, and
protect the wandering Israelites, whilst at
tins same lime it case dafknoss .md doubt
aiotmd tlte (outsteps of their oppressors,—
it comes upun.tbe heart like tlte manna in
the wilderness,'liko the fountain of living
witter wlitcU' , sprang"f(om tlte barren rook,
when faint from hunger and! thirst, the
Chiltltcn of God, rebelled against his holy
ifcand deprecated that being who
J tlynu in the.it-.worst of trials,—it
upon the’ heart, liko the tjow of the
■r’s night,' upun- the' parched and
withered blossoms, bidding them ngain un*
fold themselves in rcoovalqg beauty and
loveliness.
“And tuforned by tho finy, or enwren
•* ' by tho willow,—
Your smiles are our meed
soms our pillow,”
Fellow-Soldiers.l fear melhave
tresspassed on your kindness,but bear wit!
me but ftp- a moment longer; niit.il 1' shall
have addressed you upon a topic, w ithout
whioh-my duly would bo Intf tmperfeftly
ilischsrged."- (Tur Country has 'beemno a
we will hot return.
Such was the declaration contained in
the instrument, that has just been read to
yon, and suffer me to detain you for a mo
ment, while I pause to admire, tho.heroic
.courage-which dictated it. In the history
'of their afflictions, and the affections of [of ancient Rome, ere tier citizens were
their heard. The tomahawk of the^avage corrupted by the enervating arts of luxury
was crirbsoned by the blood of the helpless and opulence, there stands recorded an
anti the innocent, ami the gallant, yet un-1 instance of self devotion to the love of
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fortunate exife, fell beneath the arrows of a country, which has stamped upon the page
secret and unsparing pnemvV,- But Provi- I -r,n,u >s, ms r ,„» in nt> «,t-n, —
deuce ever watchful over the footstep's
the unfortunate, extended tlte arm of sue
of immortality, the martyr to Iris valour.—
of I An unfathomable gulf suddenly appeared
. re-1 in-the heart of the city, and continued to
cour, to shield and protect those, who 'had increase, pntil |t threatened the destruction
yielded up their dearest pleasures,tiiat tlrov nf the' whole country. Tlte Sybils propli-
miglrt preserve untarnished, the character! ecied that nothing could close it, but cast
of freeman. Thanative of the forest burled log into its abyss, that which was tho most
the exlerminating.hatchrt -and clasped in I valuable. Every tt|iog was thrown in in
the right hand of fellowship, his Christian j vain, until MarciUs Cuitlus,'spurring his
brother. Peace arid-plenty again lent their I unwilling steed, to the brink of the proci-
smiles to cheer tho wounded of the weary I pice, sprung in sword in.hand, oxcla'ioring,
exile,—Pleavtre spreadber bright enchant-1 “ what is rnrire valuable, than the lifo of a
mem o’er the scene—the charms of domes, i
tic. happiness again diffused their blessings,->
and the wanderer, turning from the past.
.eyfied. nytuner, when they became
rr’assed among' tire multiplicity of
people and tilings, bayonets mid bonnets,
and gigot aleeves .of the colored ladies.
Their leaderr under these circumstances,
made a desperate bolt into Mr. Wilson’s
luit/itore.and his simple flock folio * eel him.
-baaing and. bleating, to the no small , di*
coinfiture of (lie worthy artizau, whose cqs
redo jot wear-'wool'hats, or raiabea-
with but onc,feeiing of icgre for the rQun-
try he had deserted, gave himself op to the
joys, that were springing around him, and
looked uuon the .future with feelings of
hope antfseren'rty, But .these things were
not of long duration, Tlte mighty Manqrqir
who presided over the destinies of "Great
Britain, not satisfied that he had dri
ven them- from the hohie of their fa
thers-))-not content, that by his oppres
sions he tpd compelled them to seek .til
asylum io the heart of a wilderness—not
content, that he had exposed them to the
vengeance of tho savage,, whose weapon
was yet reeking with tire blood of their
brethren, still followed them with unrelent
ing persecution, and- asserted that light,
which his own tyranny had compelled them
to abandon. Whilst danger and doubt en
closed them, with theii toils, no arm of suc
cour was extruded to release them from
their |abyrin}li,whilst death and destruction
were desolating their ranks, no voice pour
ed its balm of consolation npon tlinjr hearts
—bur as soon as dangernntl doubt had van
ished—as soon as tranquility had again un
furled her banner above them—then, and
not till then, did ho claim.thetrophic's they
had woi» from tho enemy—then and not
till ihen.did he soek to reclaim those,who in
he had deserted in the .hour ol peril and
time of danger. Still, did they trot rebel:
they wept to sc4 their liberties again inva
ded,—they sighed to find Hie same oppres
sion which had dfiven them from ihrir
homes, still pursuing them In the land of
their adoption—but yet, whilst they bowed
dowjiMitaoriow to the dispensation, the)r
offered ho resistance to himr.svlio claimed
them as Iris rightful subjects. But obe
dience instead of pacifying, only increased
the oppression ;—Again, were the. rights
that (loti had given them, snatched' froins
them by the hand of the Tyrant (—again
were the liberties they had obtained by.
their toil, and blood .sacrificed to the avarice
of an unfeeling Monarch, and the s'orms
that- had vanished heneaih lire dawning
beams of happiness.again o'erclouded the
i.et.exclmnng from their vision, every
anty and prosperity. But this
tp.mpistiojiol »•(
prospect.
v.c«tige of,
could neve!
last. The sword was already
unsheathed, w hose blade,w as to hear des
truction'and desolation within (he ranks of
brave man!” -y It was indeed a noble ac
tion, but compared to that which I have en
deavored 16 recall to yoiir recollection, it
dwindles into insignificance. -On thn one
hand, amidst the'general consternation and
danger, but one heart ooulfi be found, will
ing to-saetificH itself for the welfare of the
whole: On the other, the Vofitea of tens of
thousands re-echoed" the glorious declara
tion, each one of whom was prepared to
plunge into the opening gulf, winch threat-
ene'il the destruction or his'-'lib'erty* and
country, .-ijrrl make Iris on n body.a terrier
against its future inroads. ■ Oh tho one
hand lie who saved Iris city front impend
ing destruction'; but hastened for a forv
moments that catastrophe, which without
his interference, would soon have enclosed
them iovnne common sepulchre—on tlte
other, those who drew fire sword of free
dom. mighr still have lived,; if thev had
been conrcnl to bear tire injuries thaf were
heaped upon them ;' but no, they said
what would bo lifo without its greatest
blessing ( “AVohold those truths in by self
evident, that all mon are created equal—
thatthey are endowed with certain nnaljeb-
able rights—that amongst these, are lifei
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,”—
and believing as we do, tlilt tin se rights
have been snatciied ft-otn us, whilst, we feni
that tlieir restoration will he obtained by
Ihetife blood of our hearts, whilst we know
that the step we aro about to take’-may'
bring misery, and destruction upon ns, still
ive will not shrink front it—we Itave erect
ed the temple of liberty, and it shall riencr
be dishonored, whilst wo have arms to de-
ftntl, or heat ts to cherish it. Oil, it was
indeed a noble action—it was n deed tiiat
will be cast into the balance of mercy to
outweigh a thousand.indiscretions,—it wad
a deed that will rerrialn upon tho record of
Eternity, when’Time shall have;ceased
his flight, and Earth and her inhabitants
been swept away by tho mandate nf the E-
fcrnal ( it was a deed that- rescuer! froth
misety an'd dishonor, millions of Unborn
beings, and gsve to the oppressed of every
nation a safe and welcome asylum. Hut
it is ever timi with life ; in its dearoit mo
ments. in the midst of ail its pleasures,
when Beaulv and Joy are embracing each
other Jike the “ twin sisters of affectiort’,"
when Memory is painting the history of
(lie past w ith her hriglilest pencil, and Fan
cy and Hope are pointing onwards to hours
up a
lnrc!oscd his eyes forever open tho scene
of existence, ins lips uttered his parting be
nndlctinn—"’God bless my Country.”—
Tirz oxitF-p was of a different creed, but
not the less devoted to liis native soil. He
too gafe up his spirit nn this eventful day,
and whilst4he,shouts of millions tvero as
cchdtng to the" heavens,whilst tens of tbou-
sands were breathing forth Ills narpo in gra
titude,—whilst tire hand of death’was up
on liis heart, and its rattle within his throal,
still the unconquerable spirit ofliberty, bur
sting its waf for a moment, thro' the dark
ness that death had spread around it. utter
ed its; expiring acoents—“Independence
noio'and Independence/orewr.” OSkstiff
remains;—the last frail link-in that chain,
which bound together a host of patriots,—
the last frail flower, that rears its seated
and withered head, above the desolation
that dwells around i(. Once It was a fra"
rrafit blossom,—surrounded by congenial
mds, and clad in all the pride and beauty
of lovelinoss,—rjow,— t|ie storms of time
and sorrow have sw ept from around ii, Uj
companions of its youth,—and il ls left Ilk
the treei wlireTl stands in tlte nlidst of the
desert, whose lofty hearing attracts the
gaze oftlie traveller, because it is alone in
its grandeur.; He' soon must perish.—Na
ture must claim her doc,—the stream of
life must obb into" tlte ocean of Efernity.
but nlr'Gpd! if it he that die prayers of
sinful man, can avail aught to tliose'ivho
have already passed to tlieir eternal homes,'
—listen to tire voices ofihcn gr.tt'efnf des
cendants, and grant, that when this last
frail relic of mortality shall" have been
borne to the bosom of his' fathers, that the
spirits of those who were united here in
one kindred feeling, may clasp each other
in an eternal embrace id the regions oftlie'
blest.
But perhaps we have the greater cause
to congratulate ourselves upon ibis return
ing anniversary, when wo behold liberty
extending its glorious cause throughout the
nations of the Earth. The land of kind
ness and hospitality.—the land, from whose
bosom-hath sprung some of onr best and
bravest citizens,—the land, above v.-fiost
unhappy soil; the ivceds of tyranny o’er
shadowed the fair flower of freedom whose
generonsand chivalricsons wove condemn
od to die upon the gibbet pf the malefactor
and their brethren dare not weep in (public
above the deed that had desolated theirhap-
pinesj; ■■■■:: • -
Dark, silcrit arid sad were the teat* that
. - they sherl.
Like the night dew that falls on the grave
■■•j o’er liis head.”
But that hour of darkness has past away ;
—ihe'time has at length'come when the
green banner toby fire waved ahove their
.ashes, and the weary exile inny return to
his darling-bland, and enjoy ill bts native
land,-the religiottof his fathers. Oh, long
have, her gallant yet unfortunate oxilos
looked forward to'this moment with feel
ings ofltope and exaltation,—and hope for
Once has not-deceived them. The same
spirit that dwelt in the hearts of-Tono and
.T inmott, shall again animate the bosoms of
their countrymen,—unlrainellcd, by. the
shackles which oppression had cast around
their energies, Atgri now, that the film has
fallen from the eves" of her persecutors,—
tfow, that they have ceased to wield the
sword of vengeance, and extended the sym
bol of friendship, the hebrls that refused to
worship at a shrine repugnant to their feel-'
ings, shall melt beneath the voice of "kind
liest, and lay tlieir willing tribute at the al
tar of affection, ivliat could never have
been exacted from them, by the mandate
of oppression.
“ Erin, oh Erin,’thy winter is past,
“ And the;hope that lived thro'it, hath
blossomed at last." <
•_ What shall I say to my fair countrywo
men 1 Tratpefl in the walks of virtue, you
know not tlte dangers that beset tire soldier
in Iris patli thro’ life. Vice, clad in the
fairy robeofpreasu.e, bekons him on to her
palaces,—temptation assumes tire garb of
virturo. and allures him from the path of
fluty, and sorrow and remorse sired tlreit
baneful influence around him,—but there
is ir charm that can banish from his heart
those feeiingsof remorse,—there is n charm
that can call him hack frrtm the depths of
sill and misery, ami restore him to tiro path
nf virtue;—it "Is a Charm alike attractive
in the wilderness, and in the paths of civ-
few days since, gave out a quantity 'r,(
work, hut from the cutting which took
place on Salmdny and Munday, they
deemed it necessary to send for it back a-
“alii in an unniiumfaclmcd state. Thk 'i
etna nn unusual circumstance, was Street
uously resitted on tlte part of those t 0
whom tiro work was given. The const-
qiience was that several hundred- of t] ia
weavers inrmedia'ely assembled, and com-
tnenced an attempt upon the polico win,
stones, bricks, and any other weapons tin,
could procure; five of the latter were «.
verely wounded, and hod it not been f ot
the timely arrival of others stationed in the
neighborhood, in all probability lives would
have been lost, as tire officers were compel,
led to use their swords and discharged their
pistols. Several windows wero broken, £;
up'to a late hour last night tho whole ef
that district was in the utmost agitation
and alarm. * Several were secured, and un-
derwept an examination before tiro tnagts
tratos at Worship-street office, at the close
nf tvMeh tjley were remanded until the
probable fate of one of the wounded men ■
can bo ascertained. • 'P
Eight SpitalfieltJ* weavers ;have been |
sentenced to three months.. Imprisonment
by the Magistrates of Word dp street office,
iiinst their.employersja I
th others to strike agaiqn j
ufnse to pay .within top
of tlte face' of tho Cook price of
great ami glorious nniton, aniHio who pre
sides nt its belli! It o braveapd generous he
ro. Tho’ Clad, ju lire panoply of war, the
proudest title vou can bear ij tliat of Citi
zens of a free Republic.' We tne united
hy bands, which have been wrought by the
iloori and toil of our futhers and the altar
ive worship at has heon erected by tltl sac-
Hfiop of theii lives. Suffer not thon h the
temple, whose corner stdne wasfdld by the
valour ofyotir fathers, lobe polluted by the
discord anil disSentions of their'sons. From
'Maine to Florida, we are all tiro children
of one family,—possessing the same feel
ings, the same interests,the same affections.
Let not then the trifling indiscretions of
Vour brethren arm you against then), but
forgive them, tho’ they should have sinned
against ynit, ope hundred limes, and tel the
memory of your past affection be the charm
to srintli tho Anger Of your'liiurts,— ;h "”
»ith them, therejnro, until they spur
disdain, the offer of reconciliation, and
trample ‘tinder foptr tho token of y'onr
friendship,—bear with litem, until the trqn
hand of oppression shall agnin have grasp
rd your dearest liberties,—but when oliedi-
eneS shall again become criminal,—when
they who ome were the sufferers of t trail-
ny, atialt attempt themselves to wield Us
odious sceptre,—wlfen deaf to the voice nf
vea
son; they shall l.ulgh at yotit reptoach
es, then iegf with them no longer,—tear the
recollection of that affection trom yqut
hearts, aud its shackles froip your hands,
and to use the 'words of one of Georgia’s
lien and purest patriots, “ having exhaust
ed the argument, ttdnd by your arms."
“ Sti iltc,—till tho last armed foe expires,
1 Strike,—fqr your altars and your fires,
“ Strike,—for the green gravoi of your
sires; ■ , ■■ *
“God;—and your native land.!’
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
We tnalrc some additional extracts from
tiie London papers to the 1st June, recelv'--
ed.lty tho Corinthian at New York.
The address of Mr. O’Connell to the
electors of ClarcJtas jnst been published.
It consists chiefly of assurances fo main-
cain tlieir inteVest if returned by them tq'
Parliament, and promises to bdvocate - tiie
cause of reform in every particular. In con
clusion, ho says, ”
“To both Catholic and Protestant friends
1 would recall to mind that wc achieved
emancipation ill the most peaceful,, loyal,
and constitutional manner. We commit
ted no offence—wc were gtiilly of no crime
—we destroyed no property—we injuretl no
man’s persons—we affected no riian’s life!
Tire glorious revolution which gave ns
Catholic Emancipation was effected with
out tho destruction of one particle nl any''
man’s property—without the sltfdding of
one drop of human blood. A sober, inornt-
anrl religious people cannot continoeslaves;
they become loo powerful for their oppres
sors; and l.qir progress towards prosperity
and liberty is in vain opposed by tho Peels
and Wellingtons, of society. The poor
smugglers for anyiont abuses yield to n ne
cessity whjcli Violates no low and. commits
no crime;.mtl havingfonce aheady succeCd-
,ed by these metnis, our next success is
equally certain, if ive adopt the sarpo ,vlr.-
tuousjrnd ircesistghla means. Elrctots of,
Clare, I havp been illegally injured, and
you have been Unworthily Insulted, by that
unwortliy ministerial dexterity which fie
privetl nie of my right to represent you in
Parliament. I call upon you to wipe away'
that ipjury—to blot out that ihsiilt,hy.send-
ing me back to express -my sentiments and
yours to the men, wbo'fti so undignified a
manner, injureil me and Insultedyou.’' ‘
Chineee Theatre burnt loitHthcloss of six1
tylives. -■ A short time since, sriys the Re
gister,-at the district of Shantak,a religious
drama was tn be performed in honor cii'one
of the idols of the land, and an immense
erowd-pf women and children were assem
bled tn be spectators.—It is usual to an
nounce tho play by beating a drum, nt three
successive periods, and letting off rockets,
The second drum and a Ijirgc rocket pro
claimed the near approach of tlte perform
ance; but the rocket-fell on the le/t covered
stand which contained the women npd chil
dren set it on fire and burnt it to tire ground
occasioning the melancholy dca.th of up
wards of sixty persons, „ •
Wc can st,tie on tho authority of a res
pectable Protestant Minister in France,
that the Popohas docided upon granting
permission to tho Roman Catholjc priests
to marry, with a proviso that those who do
so shall not be allowed to receive confes
lions. ,, , ( - '
Accounts from Gibraltar to the Dili May
state th'afUn! Ajmslolic partyTn Spain liave
failed ima plnn to get possession of Ceuta
in which plan thero wore to bo employed,
above 3,000 galley slaveg, but the project
being discovjred, the slaves have been con
fined, and not suffered to work. Tile Spa
nislr goardas da cpsta have captiirqd at
Capo Plata, a gnnlettc, having on board
400,000 francs value Vn contraband goods.
Yesterday afternoon an affray of a sari
18JE4, and who do not continue tq_givo )C at
nines at that price. ’.-j i, I
Birmingham is beginning to (ceithekor-
dvs of (lie evil tithe. Most' rolpectakjs
hoiises arc actually idle for want oforrien.
The'w.orkmen, they have hitherto employ
ed at'e edlter in half employ or have beta
discharged! Money transactions me be.
comiKt! more and more difficult of atljurt.
meiif—and) what is more apalling—thy/
are not only getting worse every day, Ut •
there seems no prospoct—remote or near,
—of rf change for jlre better.
The accoOnts from Manchester this 1
morning are more favourable than for mas j
ny months;. The.demand for manufactuo
ed goods had Improved, and there »at
some return oftlie necessary confidence a-
mang the nierchams. 1- ,
At the .request of Mr. Secretary Peel,
SirJ. Maelptush postponed, h|e notice of
motion resftfsetin our Ueiatioria with I’d-
Jugal, from to-morrow to Mopdaj oext.
The reonrt has been revived ill the city
lhal the Duke of k bllington is going io
Vienna imroeClatcly after til* prorogation
ofPaluamtqnt. . - a
On the 2d May, no fewer than 31 slincit
of-.in earthquake were fejt tti tilt kingdom
of Murcia. . ' ...
A stock broker wh6 formerly held.a Ata*
atiftfl" lii the War Office, and-.who to the
present time lint obtui.nccl a pension of
£loa;africanded last week, it is supposed,
for America. As he had for several years
heen accustomed to transact the little busi
ness qjf Jlte tjoniesficsih several noble,fitro*
life*,Orwell as for the clerks.in the public
offices, it is impossible to: calculate upog
tire dismay anil distress tills event Iras entil
ed.- ..A domestic who has for several-years
been in tiro ser vice of i noblo Lord, had
entrusted to'the fugitive nearly BlOOp fot
investment, the saving's of his whole fife,
all of »liicli isof course lust., The cahimh
tv had so grcat.au effect upon the poor man
tiiat- he tetinwaied-his existeure on Mon-
(lav) - The exact, amount, that Is deficientl)
Hot ascertained. , -
, Lqndox, May 27.—On Saturday espt-
Ross lefr.VVool.wich in Iris steam vessel,ihi
V.Hitory, witlr which lie is about onre more-
to attempt the discovery of the NorthWul l
Passage. .. .
From the Danube, May I It.—A letter fr, •
Meljldia,oftlie i-t in-i. says: 1
. “Mirny Russian officers, whose keslth
has suffered in the last campaign, corns-
here tq; enjoy the b nnflt of our mineral
wa qts. Tlu-y affirm with much confidence |
that the following are the operations which
their annv will have to execute in iheen* I
suing campaign in European Turkov:
“1st. By taking Gioreeto to obtain
undijputrti possession .of Wallachla, and
secure it against any incursions of t he j
Turks; and theft to prepare with'the great
est activity, and oh a large scale, means to
carry tire wa 1 into Servia in the next cam
paign, or! jf circumstances allow it, in tbs
present.
“Silly. To obtain ppssossion, at any
sacrifice, and in tile .shortest time, of tho
fortress of New Oysowa, and of Fort Elia-,
rtlrcth", which liclongs to it, in order, by an
miiqtemfjued cohitmtajdatlon withtbpllan-
nat of Temcswar, io receive, by means of
the Danube the supplies of tho aimy, which
it Iras hiUif‘rt'1 bcetrnetcssary to bring by
land irom Tfansylvania.
"StJIy. .Put tho rjiain .army which ad
vances to Bnlgarja to take Silistria, to c-
pen atrunimerfufited communication with
Varna, to defeat tiie Turkish army .which .
may oppose tlieir undertakings and so to j
weaken it by repeated attacks, that it wifi
not.Jie able to kehpjtli.e field, but be forced
to retreat to Rmnelia. , K ;
.'■'4thly.:To take Choirndla, and make
themselves masters of 'all the passes of the
Balkan from Eminet on the Black Sea to
tho place whereyort descend intq-the plains <
of Moriiza, by the: road which leads from
Sophia by wayoflchteman, to Tartar Ba-.,
zardjic, by the Trajan Uate, partly rather
more to the west, and to secure all-those
passages against the attacks of the Turks
from Rtfmelia.
“Stilly. Meantime totnko Rudschulf.and
While, Itpssgrad, Tirnovn, ami Plewna, are
made into great military depots, to occupy
Nieopolis and Sophia, and by means of a
fortified position batvkeon those two places,
to oppose all attempts of the Turks advan
cing frilm Bosnia and Servia towards Bul
garia." — — i
• The following very heal and appropriate;
Toasf was drank at one of the private ply
ties by whom the late Anniversary was cel
ebrated at Alexandria: i
"Qumcr/ and Monticetlo: Tho burial
places of the Apostles of Liberty:
There Honor conies a pilgrim gray,
To deck the turf.that wraps their day;
And Freedom shall awhile repair. .
To dwell a weeping hermit there."
.Original Anecdote.—Some years yince,
pno of our Supreme Judges was" privately
reprimanding an Attorney, fqr. tiring™,;
several small suits into the Court aver
which he piesided; remarking that «
would have been tnuoh better for botnjjPF"
ties in each case hnd he persuaded his
ents to leavo their oansos la the nrl, ' ,ri j"“ 1 '
of some two or tlireo honest mon. “J “j}:,
your honor,” retorted tlte Lawyer, “tti> P‘,-:
not choose Io trouble honest-men
them."—Comt-ffen-,.