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Daily Paper.;.....might dollars per inimiii. Cuimt.y Paper six dollars per annum. PAYABLE lit AUVANOZ. to tho a pet i thoie towards word In ■*" “ cause tl fear us. Captain lor fear, All Nows, and New Advertisements ap- pcar in both papers O^Offico in Dickson’*, three story ' Driok building, on the Bay, hear tho -Ex- orick birtlijnfc .. change* between Bull Wtul Drayto»-*tr*ots» s.VfMXAtl. —*- of those w ho'are neither. This innfter do serves Ills coiisidtration', and as ho will probably revise his work for the correction of Its numerous faults, 1n a literary point of view* the consequence of tUebn?\te"n wmen it was written, wo must rocomiitlnd tojitm in the calmness of after thought, to re- slew'hi* whole syitem of thought aud fee ling toward this country.” THURSDAY EVENING, Oot. 16. 3W (C?“By the sloop Olhello, we have re ceived New York pap'ers to Saturday last. They contain no news. •*j Wo have received returns from fifty four counties, for Governor end fifty twrr for member of Congress. Twenty'two roUn- ties for the former anil twenty four lor the latter, still remain to be heard from. See - tabular statement published itraholher col umn. . , Colt). Porter has arrived at Washing ton. The address of the lion. John M’Pher- ,'spn Berrien, before the Cllnsophic and A- irierican Whig Society of Nassau Hall, de livered on the tSth'ult. in Princeton it spo- ken of In terms of commendation suited to the Justly aoquired fame of that geritle- ' v Amct- Unl itry."* It will those,w ho Vi halo __ r Hall is too and torygenerous fur hate; but ite has tindesignedly played Into thtthands of those who’are neither. This matter Randolph—Everett, Hrady. del I ?Wi«t-Towps, ^Vhfte. Telfair—Wells, Hutton. . ulloi -Thomas, 0ver*|reet, i . • ■ * 1 ■e A deputation of the Crock Indians, Wh- 1 Ifisting' of V number of C Id els. has gone on ,ro hint in triumph thi^filt the is and in Tas«fS2Siw5*- ."—'•ho entered the City m a car ls ith the Maym. preceded and fol ■ .rlage wttn tnc mayo,, — . lowed bv nn lmmenm cavalcade of oftkers. S,J1 - r .. . sidcrcd one of tho mi in point of situation and other natural ad of tbo finest cities ii on n strait dlvldln HU • a ¥Mg to Wnshirtgwn, es.we ,uc inroinieU.tln-imeh the Cherokee Nation. This route,, which is not their \isoa1 one, may hav\boeii ta Ojt the occasion of the commencement at tho college, on the following day.twen- icre graduated, and the de* was conferred on Mr. Her- f?.i rnpf.—We understand, (saye ihe N. 'York Mercantile A durliser, of the 6th Inst.) that the duties at the Custom House io this -city for the quarter ertdrng the Sotli June, amounted to four millions three’ hundred ‘thousand dollars! end that the amount so- cured in tlie month of July.exceeded one -million of dollars. The 0. States frigate Brandy wine, la- Jones. Commander, arrived at Ne» 'ork on the Bth Inst, from Callao. The B. has heen absent frotn the United Stales three years, one month an'il four days, and hjtve sailed over 60,000 miles. She has’ brought home'for trial six mntineers from the ship Constitution of Norfolk, end three from tho brig Pint Captain, of New York. Mr. Figaniere. Portuguese Consul, lit New York, on the part of |)oo Pedro haa returned his exyquator to tliePresident. in consequence, he says; of theacknoWlodge ment by the Ooygfn'iieiiT of the United a.bfhed government of Portugal. He con- eiders himself, notwithstanding “the con-' tul appointed by the lawful government of liprtiigal for the State of New York, Con hecticut and Eaat Jersey.” The Branch Hank, (says tho Mobile Register of the'-Cd inst.) has been removed 49 the (tanking Honse at -Summer rille.— -The Custom House, and the offices of the County and Circuit Court! have also left the City. The sickness we-regret to add, has not apparently abated, '<t= 3® c ■ ft jte ATTACK OP TERCEIRA, AND ENTIllE DEFK IT OP DON MIGUEL’S SCJUAlMt-JN To Gapt. -Bridges, of fits Sicily, and lis paiienpers, arrived at New York on tlie Sthjns . from St. Miehaels, the editors of he Journal of Commerce are indebted for he following particular* relative to the o- iterations of -the blockading squadron off Tcrceira, - Don Miguel’s squadion, consisting of . tfne 74, three frigates, two corvetts, four Jflgs, and several transports, in all 17 sail got under way from St. Michaels on the S6th of July, and on the 8th of August tpade an attack on the east end of Tercel rat after'bombarding for about S hours, Jhey effected a landing of 1600 men, in two divisions of 800 each, in twenty-six - largo boats. The first and second divisions irete allowed to land quietly; bpt on their attempting it the third time, tlie Inhabt- jants of tlie island suddenly rustled upon (hem out ofthe fmt, and cut the whole to pieces, except one man, who escaped- by swimming.' Those in the boats seeing tlie fat/; of their comrads on shore, refused to land, ami forccJ tlie officers to return to the cliipc—which they gladly acquirtccd in.— The batteries on the shore commenced flrc on the boats, and killed upwards of COO tnen of their crews, and nearly an equal Dumber on board the fleet shared life same fate. The 7) a lone lost upwards of 100 moo,end was much damaged from <hc *bot, having received twenty three 18 end *4lb. shot in hcrTiull; the frigate Dian: received upwards of 30 shot. Tlie while S uadion then cut their cables, and aban nod the object of their attack. Some of them bore away for Lisbon, others lot St. v Michaels, and the remainder for Fayal, to repair damages. , Captain Hall.-fUe October number of the North Amerlffan Review, cootains a ’long and rather severe criticism, of Oapt. Hall’s Travels. -The article closes with the following remarks; ••We repeat, we havoheen actuated - by mo ill will-toward the traveller; but we ap peal to the impartial reader, that we have, shown him to be i,i'possession of prejudi- in ppsi . _ , under whicli lie could not, and to iiave , , .,. . tol minitted errors which prove that fie did it, see the country as it 1& U)j work In eoinpliattco with a requost made in tlie New York'Courier addreis«d to editors generally, weinsert the following:— (£7“ lievolutionary Soldiers.—It Is in contemplation to ntemniaTixe the ensuing Gongross in fttyorSf.such. nPlt-.Cummis. stoned Officers etui Soldiers of the Army ofthe Revolutionary, as enlisted for three years, served to ibc rinse of tlitr war, and were honorably discharged,and who receive no pensions With litis view, itis deemed expedient to -ascertain their numboi. Will some por- son in each of the United Plates volunteer in shi> service, and communicate the result as soon as practicable to James Pairlee, Esq. City Hall. N.J1 The partleslntsrestcd ire most likely to be found in the humbler walks of life—Of ficers of the Revolution, nnd patriotic ciii- zens, will do svcll to circulate this ndtices— tlteir patronage is solicilcd. * . To tlie good feeling nnd liberality of tho iress totvltds themithe old Army are much uduhted, and by a gratuitous insertion of mMttva nmnrs. fKditon. this in their respective papers, ^Editors, will confer one more -favor (and U has much the a|ipeBrance of being the last.j on a meritorious,but nfriok Injured remnant ask of-their of that army.jvhb ate aboollo « country, inn charity but jurtice No It Claimants must be particular to put down their whole time of service, whe- iher In one Or moreclrampslgne and their presont pieces of residence, and pay "their postage, Noii'ct—PursuanOo the above inforuia- lion, the Non-Commissioned officers and Soldiers of the above description, now re tiding in ihe State ol Genrgia tiro request. i report their names, Stc. Ac. In Hen- jamin Sliedall, Esq. Justice ofthe Peace Sarannah. All communications most bo postpaid. TABLE OF ELECTION RETURNS, FOR OCTOBER, 1818. Cauidut. Appling . Baker Baldwin llibli B.yan Uulln;lt llorka Butts Caindett Chatham Clari Coweta Carroll Campbell Decatur DeKalb ’ Dooley Early Effingham Elbert Emanuel . Fayette - Franklin Glynn i Iri-ene Gwinnett. I labor sham Hell Hancock Harris llenrjr . -Houston •Irwin J cksnn Jasper Jefferson Jones Liwrens Liberty Lincoln Lowndes ' Lee * Madison ,Marion McIntosh Merriwethei Monroe Montgomery M-rgan Muscogee Newton Oglethorpe Pike Pulaski Putnam Rabun Hichmond Randolph Screven Troup Talbot Taliaferro Tatlnall Thomas Telfair Twiggs Epson Warren ■ Walton Wilkinson Ware Washington IVavne Wilkes ■fi 'J’otal Majority for For G Itaawr 468 453 81 58 *85 380 -•*49 470 758 973 oremor. c.s»i«a 187 3(8 83 09 547 89 *5 *- 430 -3} For Cot CbaUioa-j <8* 221 16 44 SUB *03 115 480 •157 408 *4 54 1065 138 71 *2 97 0 998 67 *64 ft- * • 984 117 803 d0 - 7il 58 743 *! *0 1118 <39 548 1092 84 1U77 85 oi r 08 333 in 88 851 172 048 847 187 <56 714 319 390 287 *40 10 ' 548 403 850 187 . *43 0 200 20 88 434 19 (88 418 IOC 114 71 71 644 481 * m 112 19 15 599 9* *19 2 ill 107 no 43p 989 310 739 19 157 3:l7 89 171 227 *7 077 245 86 480 4*3 446 90 71 71 210 85 95 488 181 991 3*7 88 4 100 139 60 837 440 l (18 107 298 580 IS 797 1*0 610 480 75 388 495 89* - *99 091 80 910 *1031 10086 12454 ■; t *78 648 88 -8 436 185 171 .688 104 568 168 61 <805 751 18 671 508 *40 *51 665 373 631 388 160 17* 1J0 •640 05 *68 X*8 Jill 508 4(8 64* 4 H J37 *37 400 140 405 500 071 415 *05 17* 13845 Majority for 5471 STATE T.EOIStATURE. The gentlemen first named in the coun ty representation are Senators. Gwinnett—Nesbit, Boring, Hutchins, Breaster, fhnry— Strictland, Bussell, Johnson, Tuggle. Fayette—Birch. Mann. Walton—Phillips, Echols, Easley. Campbell—Black, Uamey. DeKalb—Ezznrd, Aikin, Mays. - Habersham—lilnir, Wofford, Cleveland. Harris—Lawe, Harper Henry—Strictland, Russell, Johnson. Jackson—Sferfiwether, Barnett, Burns, Bowyrj ketttononsulrwilbthe C tors in whtt-h both irilios me Interested, the retention or disposal of their lauds. Tlie * -uslldo object of the Creeks In sending eptilalinn to Washington at tiiis time is said to ho to ascertain whether tho Indigo Agent has giypu them ourrcct intorinaiion -of tho views ofthe Government in regald to their rights and future prospects. •„ jl/i/f, Rett Tlis Inrp*ol° ,s of tlie Penitentiary hevn- not folmd it necessary, up to lire 1st of this monllt. to'draw from tlie Treasury any part nr tho appropriation made by tlie Legislature for its support. Of coins*, tho labour of the convicts has been found sttffl cientto defray the expellees ofthe inatitu- lion so far through tlie year, as with like good management we truit it will do for the future—lb. civil and mUliAtff & citlaensof all M»k*’ He has gone to Washington »Ith despatch es Bom our minister at Mexico und « i» hot to bo doubted Hint ti e Hero of Orln.ns wtll teceivo ,'illl cordiality the Hero or Valparaiso. Tliat lie should pt« In requist lion talents so vatlous and aoUistliigu:shcd. and offer him emplo.vmeiit wherein he may essoinlally serve the Itc-pulillej wlll but further demonstrate his knowledge ofthe human character and public feeling. We aro requested instate that the Modi cal Sooicty of Augusta, Geo. will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday the 14lh instant; on which occasion A Cunning ham, M. D will read a Paper, and .Paul, F. Eve, M. D. will exhibit a newly inven —Aug- Chron. ted Cupping Instrument—Aug. B ALTIMORE, Oct. 7, By fhe brlgBevan, ai l‘hljpii«l(dila'fi'om. — x, the editor of the National Ga- Vera Crux Xelte has received ve.hnl inhumation that a guard Was stationed around the residence ofMr. Poinsett, to protect ii is person. Ho was certainly safe and tranquil on Ihe i*d August. The editor has received afiloof the Bulletin Official, published in tlie Mex. lean capital, to the itsl August inclusive. The Bulletin ofthe 17th AugOst, contains Santa Anon’s first dospatcli. in whioh he pledge* himself to destroy the invaders or perish iq the attempt. Tho Suprrme Go vernment was organizing two armies of re serve t and had decreed a forced loan of Ji,8IB,tld, tube idhsaed upon tlie-sov oral states knd applied exclusively to the exigencies of the present war. It was ascertained tint many of The in vading troops were disposed to desert to Ihe Mexicans, but deterred hy the appre hension of falling under the (operation of the law that expels all Spaniards from the soil, According to the Mexican official re ports, the number of hostile force was five thousand, as tlie vanguard, to be followed quickly hy a second expedition of the santo amount, and .finally hy another bodv of ten thousand, who were to be directed a- gainst'Vera Crux. Perhaps this exaggera tion was intentional, witlt the purpose of ronsing.llie Mexicans to greater efforts— They do not seem, however, to have need ed any other stimulus than their loreofin- dependence—Amei lean. NEW YORK. Oct. ». Marseilles; InraririVtliat the frigate built at coittmands on the I s,.u i„,i of Rumclin win J* ) h * in, now diffieultlei.elthw diJilo,naM c ''*i5»lt> rent. Ifneaulul wesponsSdk} 1111 ^ ed-to,thilull of t 'oiistantiiiople Tho (all u lk ' t | nail lor n now Congress of S 0 vX jyUs cpmn.uni- the rdepuiicsito.adjh.t'thebalan^ , cation with the Moditcrrano,in,umuu-mip- m l-.uropc. Turkey in Eurone « ted access to nil ilio nation*ofEH«>P0 “»«• b« divided into prlncipami c ^ th ^ SI tlie Coast jf Afrlcit t whilst, on tho North, dor the guardlanililp of Nroliel,,' by tho Bluett Sei, to the Danvihe and other niter of Franco nnd Austria. ^1 will follow ns tho nattnnl result or tliat svntpDtliy which leads melt of cungeMn minds to appreciate tire wnrjh ami to feel for the sufferings tfe«ch other—Baltimore 'Republican, Tth tint. greafrivers, It Ims access to tlie interior of Germany, Poland, nod Russia. The Tuika tti»o poMtss too navigRlion qrtno Red Ben, by wlllilt the whole of Ihe rieli- cs ofthe East might he obtained; yet, wlllt these advantages, superlbr, to tlmso ehjoy. oil by any otlier cnuntiy in tlie world, coin- ether of Franco a,ulAm‘tVi. "S' I taming herself the eommsnd of iff ! nolles in conjunction with Russia is one result which nuist lns.tLi.il1 place should (he Turks bo drive tho trade to the Rlack S f a twill be p " all nations. The jealousy of tbo * • contending powers will produce I * mere* is'totnlly ncgleuod—the arts ami vorahle to general commerce—V, f • il Cour, anil Enauiier, sciences languish, and even the internal tmdo is vorv incDnsIdernhle. ’Ihe fiisl city erected on this desirable situation was ■ I 1 as .. . ... f ... Il„ ,• lltn ’In sll*l> NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13. ■ Health ofthe Cit}l— Httrhijt the last ton davi tlie cases of cpiilMiiiC have nmcb ill- minished. Tlie weather though not fl it tering to the planters, appears tit he more favorable to the provalonl sickness 1 And what is more favor bio still, there is, with the exceptlwribf a few unadvised persons who have already returned ' to tho ■ hy* scardo a subject for tho disease to subsist upon. The sickness most complained of at present is the autumnal fevers, which are prevalent to a limited extent. In a fetv weeks we hope to he able to hid ottt nb sent fellow citizens a welcome return, nnd strangers a hospitable reception. inquirer. The following highly comp caRed ilyxantlutn, froutByzai, the leader letter-was oddresicd'to ‘fcotTfa 111 , -* »•* —J .k- r«.. U.. at— j)fg|Unn» efll , 1 of a Colony of Megura, nnd tor, by tlie President.or Mexico, onhi.^ vlng that country—Upland Vnj* 1*5 [or Dim David Porter/ S. My Deab Sir—ByyOMntteoii,,. 1 ant informed of tlio dcterniinitio, cient splendour, of Conslantinopie, as il was tlieii called. Is spoken of witlt nstonis uielR lijr w riters of the middle ages ; a(Mr From Bogota.—We have heen favored with a flic of the Bogota Gazette to Aug. 16th inclusive. Tho paper of the SOtli July contains a detailed account, from the Guayaquil Patriot, of the blowing up ofthe frigate Pritcba We mention it for tho purpose of saying, In opposition to the nc counts hithn to published that n 't a single llfi I cat lost by the accident. According to the Guayaquil account, the fire did not reach tin- magazine, (containing 1850 lbs. of powder.) until nearly three hours after il was first enmmunioated to the ruin ; af fording ample time for all mi board lo ee- cape from Ihe scene of danger Colombian Privateers.—Tho paper of the Id August contains a di oree, prohibit ing further letters of marque to b6 issued in favor any vessol ofthe nnticn,— recalling such letters, where the vessels have not al ready sailed—nnd commanding that by every possible means, informaiiuh be com- munioated to the commanders of priva teers at lea,-ordering them to return to their ports from which they proceeded, 1 on or before the dny when their patent* shall expite, under penalty of being considered at piratps. The object of this decree Is not to siitpeud privateering ollogcther. but lo Institute a more rigid system of rblns, so that privateers hereafter coinntissiuiied, may not abuse their privileges by commit ting depredation upon the commerce of friendly nattoni—N Y. Jaunt. Com. the founder, iiiiti ytmrsbefiire llTe Clirlltnlo era. This city*edited until the time of tlie Emperor (or gM'verus, who destroyed it nnd dtfcpeisod till' inhabitants. Constantine the Great, lent ruhtidering the situation morn favorahlo have come to, toiotlre^oilieUaluj! ttiun that of Rome, rebuilt it in ■ S30, wiffu hud lothe bosom of your fiimftj great magnificence, which is supposed to ortng as you dp at this , tipuiiciu, Iiave bran one prlrtcipnl enlise or Hie do- cannot be ol service to tho Ucimkh cline »f the Western Empire. The an- I give you tlisnkt, In them, ■ country, for the Very ir you hayp rendered It dm jy> writers tit tne inmate ages ; after mantl in out Marine; remaining the capital or Ihe Eestetn I'm- whatever events may pile Tor one hundred-hears, it fell by con- tho same generosity ai quest into the hands of tho Turks In 1458 tvlift have retained poisesilon until the pre sent time. The City stands at tlie eastern extremity of Rumania, on a neck of land that advances toward* Natoila; on the south it is washed hy Ihe tea of Alartndra nnd on thR northeast by the Gulf of the Golden Horn.- It is 'bnilt, like ancient Rome, on seven hills, rising one nbote tho I Tor- elve hioh laces, CM swelling taR From Paulson'e Ph iladelph a Advertiser. 'that place for the Pacha uf Egypt, was to sail ina few dajrs*. She was to take out .1000 Cuirassiers, and equipments for 7000 horsemen. Geq. Lioner, the agent for the 1’ach.i, had engaged 85 officers formerly In the French XVmy, who would proceed in the frigate for Egypt, for the purpose of training (he new regiments. Among them were five chiefs of squadrons, -the remaind er captains, Tho former were to receive 20,. OOOfiancs, and the latter 10,000 per yeai (or iheir services. "From the New York Evening Post, Oct. fi* •Prom St. Michael.—From Cnpi. Rus sell, who arrived here this morning in tho hri'g Sicily, (left St. Michaels <d Sept.) we learn that the schr. Gleaner, Thayer, of and from Pbrtland, was cut out of Angro by boats from Don Miguel's squadron and carried into St. Michaels. After dischar ging her cargo, she was ordered to Lisbon for trial. The soldiers plundered the crew of all their clothing. They cgriie home passengers in the Sicily, the captain and mate remaining with Iheir vessel. ’ Capt. II. himself, in the Galatea, of and from New lledlord, bound on i whaling voyage, was boarded, July 4lh, hy a brig of Don Miguel’s squadron, and afterwards board ed an>l taken by nne of his frigates, and carried to St. Michaels. The cargo was laken nut, and the second mate and eleven men weretlirown into prison. On Ihe 86th, tlie captain, second mate, and an English captain and men, were going on board of the G. with Ids papers, to proceod on his voyage, when they got near the ship tho soldiers hailed him to keep off. They laid On their oars, tlie soldieja fired three guna at them, one of tlie shots wept through thn boat, one the English captain’* thigh, and ona through the second mate’s fool. Capt. Russell then went ashore and abandoned his ship. On the S7lh tho Portuguese look charge oHior, and on tlie S9th sailed for Lisbon with despatch. They put ihe orew, II in number, into prison,where they still remained when caplain Russell (tail ed. The American Consul had demand ed them, but Don Miguel's officers would, not gire them up, Tl\ey were to bo sent lo Lisbon to bo tried. Tlie British brig Britou, and British schr. Vine, were taken by the squadron, and' ordered -to Lisbon. Fire—A fire broke out (Ilia forenoon ab out 11 o’clock in a Blacksmith’s shop, be longing to Air. Lawrence.-corner of the 8tl> Avenue and Twenty first street,and hefore it was got under destroyed- four buildings on the 8th Avenue, and three on Twenty first street, all brick front two story bniiil- dings. Three of them belonged to AIL Weiss, two to Mr, Knin, and one to Air. Dickorman, and one other owner not a* eertained. They were all burnt nearly tc tlie ground before tlie engines could reach ihe scene orconflagration. Most of them were insured. COAIMODOUE PORTER, officer, whose eallantr, This hrave officer, whoso gallantry and mg the war, has returned to the bosom of his family and countrv—alike gratitude and sound feeling, demn'nd that such men should be cherished and protected; on bis return to New York a f lor comjnitting i„. calculable havocon Ihe British commerce in ihe Pacific, sustaining himself by his uvn fertile genius and daring enterprise, die fame of his hold achievements had i Extract of a letter from, a gentleman, da, ted - - ' - ’■■'-I' -' , ucdatqiHmi miter In beautiful succession, ojj gently* wards tile water; tlj filing an Irregular triangle miles in circomforebce, Hint spat!* is cloialy covoiod ’ mosque*, baths, fountains, and a short distance the proudly domes of three hundred mosques the the President is ondowed with' ry powers—He will'at leaSf keep those wiio are so clamorous agai this city. against us Texas—Canadas.—\ very curious aril etc appeared recently in, tho Boston Patri of touching the acquisition of Texas, jind shewing the dnsirableues*of rounding out tlte Republic by tho purchase ofthe Cana da*. From the style, ntannor,' and opin ions advanced in that article,* sve strongly suspect that tt originated in some oilier per snn than the editor of the Patriot. In re lation to the subject generally of our for eign negneiations, it is very evident that the opposition prints led onbv tiic Natinn- nl'Iniellipencer, are starting every species of our rumour which may be calculated to excite the jealousy of foreign governments nnd thereby throw obstacles in the way of acconiplishingdesirabletreaties. Tlie ac quisition of the Texas or thn Canadas inay possibly becomn propel subjects of investi gation, whenever tlie respective govern ment of these countries shew a disposition to approach the question. "TJntil that mo ment shall arrive, we see little use in spec ulating so far in advance ofthe measures now before the government, and which in volve interests that may be injuriously af fected by such a course—Tlie disposition, shown hy severnl prints to turn tile Texas affair into a “Alissouri question,’’ is the old feeling which formed the strongest ofthe opposition to Jefferson’s administration. The opposition now may be met in the same way that tlie - opposition then was met; and as easily put down.—N.- Y. Courier. We learn from our Paris newspapers that Prince Talleyrand had. lately, private au diences of the Kinggf France. He affords a memorable instance of Ihe success nf sa gacity knd experience In counteracting personal and political antipathies. He is.a statesman whose counsel and co operation no ruler would have admitted but from the force of his inteilecluai renown nnd the general sense of their value—Hat. Gaz. nnd elegant mlnkrett crowned by glitter- ing crescents, the ancient towers on the walls, and Hie gaudily coloured kiotkiand houses rising above the stupendous trees in -the Seraglio, situated hn the extreme point, form a rich plctureiquc, ana extra ordinary scene. The Gulf of the Golden Horn, to tho northeast of tits city forms a noble St capa clous harbour, four milts in length by half a mile in breadth, capable of securely can mining twelve hundred ship* uf the lur ge*t size, and is generally filled wi ll the curiously built vessel* and gaudily decora led boats of the Turks f on the opposito shore is. the maritime town ofGalata, con taining the docks, arsnnals, carillon foun dries, barracks, Ac ; above which stands the populous suburb of Pern, tlie residence ofthe Foreign Alinisthr* to tho Porte, and nil foreigners of distinction, none whatever being allowed to reside in the city. Be yonil, as far as the oye can reach, is immense forest of cypres* and mulberry aiv» ccmctcrie* of all l^wta the European onus one combiner (owns; palaces til every *tyiq ofar- chitectnre, plcainro gardens, and romantic vilbfges. On the opposite nr Asiatic shore stand* the nxtensivo town of Scutari, also a suburb of Constantinople, although In another quarter of the globe, and separated liy a sea a mile in brentllh; and at a shoil distance tlie ancient nnd ruinous city of Ctdozdone,whose Inhabilnnts were accoun ted blind for erecting tlioir city in tliat -place having the mure fnvnmble site of Constniitlnnple hefore their eyes. Ai Somo distance tlie group ofthe Princes'Is land; in tile Sen of Alnrmora, and Jhi snow-clad summit of Mttont Olympus, close the progpect. From the ancient Tower of-Lcandor, near Scutari, and ini mediately opposite tlie Seraglio, the whole of these objects are seen fir one brilliant nnp interesting coup d'aril—o combination of nature nnd art so imposing and magni ficent, ns to defy l{ie power of language adequately to doserfbo—London San. m • 1 From the N. Y. Evening Post. French Politics—VVe havo obligingly been permitted to publish the following extract of a letter from an American gen llenian in Paris to hi* friend in this city, on the subject of the late changes in tlie French Ministry. It comes from one whose character and wltosn oppoitnniiics Passion Ffoteer—Among tlie recent donations to the Massachusetts Horticuliu rnl Society, was n beautiful specimen of .thepassion flower, from J. AI. Gonrges, Esq. of Weston, accompanied with a note giving tlie following notice of this singular flower. '•The vine on which it grows abounds on the hills uf Judea, and after the nscention uf Christ, hi* disciples were delighted to notice, ornamented witlt beautiful bios- soms, that lowly vine, which before was always known lobe,barron, They hailed it as a token given to commemorate tho sufferings, and the death of -the Saviour, for thky saw in (he centre ofthe flower a Grown of Thorns, in the three petals three nails, nnd in the five stamens three ham mers, with heads thereof drooping, as if cpnseiou* ofthe honid deed they had botfn made to perform* They were amazed with uf observing tile course of French politics -presiding, Albert Robert* was, on 1 give the highest authority to his state- last, arraigned upon a charge of murder, I I'oi having killed, at tlio. Marine Guirl| •Wo have ha PARIS, August |8, 1880. andcharamerrinHieuicLt dUtarn seas dT ^ pleased to give it a name in accordance qW iili tlioir affections, the Saviour's or Pas- slot) flower,:by that name it goo to oar mR The horrible- outrage said to have been perpetratcd last week in Boston, upon a female, turns oot. to have been committed fi? ! 8 J r John Barleycorn.”—The lady Torn-- 4tt- id a great explosion hero in consequence ortho late extraordinary uni) unexpected change ofthe Alinistry. Tlio papers, with the excepting of tlio Quoti dienne nnd Journal dts Debate,, have com nienred an attack on the Now Alinistcrs, which exceeds in violence any thing of the kind which has nccuired since the restora- tinn. , The Prince de Pollgnac, the new A!ini‘ter of Foreign Afihirs, is represented as n!liu:hcd to tlie Congregation of Jesuits' —devoted IO Ihe British Cabinet, and nn enemy to the Charter, and utterly incom potent to discharge the duties of Ids office. Count do la Bourdonnaye, the Minister of tlie Interior, is viewed as *n intriguer; an enemy In rational liberty ,nd tho constltu- tion. The Minister of War Is accused of having deserted tho standard of Napoleon, and Joined the British army the evening before (he liaitlo of Waterloo. Chabrol, the Minister f Finance, has had the mis fortune to belong to the deplorable Alinistry ofVillole. Afonthel. the Minister of In struction, is subject lo the same objection. AI Courvoiscr. the Minister of Justice,has lately connected himself with the Jesuits and inveighed against (lie ordinances for tlio suppression of iheir order. In a word, it is said, and perhaps with trutli, that the Alinistry will.have no strong support in the chambers and nation, and of course will not fast longer than the meeting of thole- s. ■ " If. gislaiure. Europe—Freedom of the Blade. Sea.— Ihe recent news is of a most important character. If the Turks be defeated and Constantinople taken, a new state of things will be presented to all tlic naiion* of the old world. Whai will th ‘ he the move on the chessboard of Europoan diplomacy? Who will command the passes.to tlie Black Sea7 who will occupy Hie fino country that LL 0 ’ bo 'l v e® n the Gull ol Venice and the b-tiine? The foreign polity of England has been uniform for several centuries past. Siiv has plantedjiot Gibraltar * Juries pest. Shu I every strait,& fore; towards a country count on manv and true Triendt. Tremain with the highestcoii: Your friend wlioJtis' V. OUERllEiij Util, 18(8. . in 1787,—Th6 following L ■ ho late Thomas Jefferson to a S dated Paris, Feb. Tth, 1787, is iniereu. as giving a view of life in that City, ail. period. It will be perceived (list th,, J not much difference between the |;f P ,1 fine lady as Jefferson depicts it, 3m | „ j,i in these later days t— ■ ”1 know. Madame, (list the 12 , llom L Is not yet e/plred ; but it will hs, m «M before Ibis will have Ihe lionot ofbeingL into yout hands. You aie then enm r to tell mo tiuly and honkslly, whether ft do not find tlie tranquil pleosares,of Ar, ica preferable to tlio empty bailie offal For to what does that buttle tcndl An o'clock, it is dny, thn tnadame. The 4 tains are drawn. Propped on bolitert^ pillows, and the head scratched inion tie oilier, (ha liulletlnaof tho tick ittn and the billets of the svell. She ssri aomo of her acquaintances, anil ftcthj tlie visit* of others. If the inbrohigtix very thronged, she is able-16 get o«t, hobble round the cage nf Ihe Palais rdj hut she must hobble quickly, .for thet four's-litrii is come, andntrciAendouik it is I Happy if lie does riot make her i rive when dinner it half over! Tho toj tilde of digestion s little passed, slut, ten half nn hour through the streets, b way of paying-visits, Sc then to the ■ cles. • *1 These finished, another htlfhonr It A vnted to dodging in and out ofthe doorstf( hsrr very sincere friends, end asvty ton per. After slipper, sards, mid after car bed ; lo rise at noon the next day, tread likea mill horse, the same t . circle over again. Thus tho day* of Ii nre consumed, one Ay oee, without anol ject beyond Ihe present moment; ever f ing front the omm of (hat, yet cartyiq svith us j *ternul(y in pursuit of Ira. plot which keeps eternally before uav Itilti nr bankruptcy happen tlip ns out of ll clc, it is matter for (he buz oUViaet and Is cotnplelely forgotten 5? lies morning. In America', On' the otkribuj the society of-your husband, the foil a for the children, the arrangements cl I house, the improvement! of the' gtonil fill every moment with a healllij W useful activity. Every exertion it« aging, because lo present arnuieineat. X | joins the promise of soniii future i I'ho intervals of leisure are filled-l)j|f ciety of real friends, whoso affection not thinned to cob-web,'by being i. over a tliniisand objects. This is ttieff I lure, in the light rit is presented lot.'T mind t now let me nave U in yours. Hu I do not concur this year, we shall then nr if not then, in a year or two more.-■ You snn I am determined nottowpf»| myself mistaken.” Trial for Murdcrl—In.thc Court of?* ! sions, now titling In this city, Judge lb? I House on Charleston Neck, on the Cd • July last, one ofthe Gmirn, named Ik* ns G. llefry. The trial occupied proMt and Ihe case was nblp.argued by Air JFJ tigru. Attorney General, on Ihe part of* State; and by Co). B. F. Hunt, fttr rrisnQer. The Jnry, after being cut * hours, returned intp Court lalo in thy sty. I noon of Saturday, with a verdict of« I Snilty—Charleston Mercury. I Laeus Naturae-A Kitten (born M I •foVv Itours'prcviotisly) wascx(dbitea I office on Saturday evening last as an objro j of curiosity.' It has eight legs, t'™I goes and two tails. It has one body si\K I down as thenavnl, after whiohItdsstpWffi ted into two, both of which appeared » ■ I perfectly formed. One tail Is on tit® hw | of each of these bodies.—II), At the Triennial Meeting ofthe C(Wl<)| GrandJJhapter of the United Siatej at tlio New Alasonic Hall in the Ojff fJ Now York on Thursday the 10th ull- follow ing named gentlemen were Iccted officers ol inat body, viz: , AI. E. anti linn. Edward LIvInpW’Tj Louisiana, General Grand High M. E. and Hon. Joel R Poinscit, «.? I M. E.antl Hon. jocik roinswi, -j. Carolina, Deputy G, G. High E. and Rev. Paul Doan, of Massachu»« ' •• rs • at _ -nil, J,!!)’ Q G King ng; AI E l.obbens Chapman. bT; ■ of New York, O O Secretary ;*(.» L I icrGrlrinel, Esq. of Rhode Island »» -I Treasurer. . ’rNiVla M E and Rev. Jonathan Nve ol n | Jonathan Nye Hampshire G G Chaplain. . . off I M E Autos Nourie, Esq, of mam?... J Marshal. f|lH In tlie Circuit Court now held If (f | city, Judge Duer piesiding a „ J2604 wa* rendored. jrcjMordBy ag j<ph .Samuel H. Adcllngtbli, tit ^ lVor / ( |ii lud I 1). Allen, in a case in winch -| been given » an iusolvonl, " j,||iid , tncndatlon ofthe defendant, t j occupied the > oort during the P r ' al s3 1 occupied (he l-oort Itstriua of Wednofday.-andthet, I i t ■ ■ • ’■ 'I •TH