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vta.ro m council* on a proper certificate vd the i good behaviour of die town, that he wu- so sat isfied. U ntii thta should fiappen, the Custom-! house officers, who were new not safe in Bos ton or safe no longer than while they neglected their duty, should be removed to Salem, where they might exercise their functions.”j; Upon these arguments, leave was given to bring in the celebrated Poston port biil, which will serve as a model lor any Charleston port fill it may be necessary to prepare, and the reasons tu opposition and support of which are so appli cable, that gentlemen by consulting the reports, may find their own speeches in those of Lord P, orth, his partisans, or his opponents, with one exception—a little better Lnglish. Lord North for example is reported to have said, “ l hope that this act will not in any shape, require a mi litary force to put it in execution. The rest of file colonies will not take fire at the j proper punishment inflicted on those who have | disobeyed your authority. \I e shall then he nearly in a'situation that all lenient measures will be at an end, if they do. ‘lut if wc exert ourselves now with firmness and intrepidity, it is more likely they will submit to our .uthority.— li the consequences of their not obeying this act arc likely to produce rebellion,those consequen ces belong to them, and nut to us: it is not what we have brought on, but what they alone have occasioned. IVc are only answerable that our measures are just and equitable. Let us continue to proceed with firmness, justice and resolution, which, if pursued, will certainly pro duce that due obi dienee and respect to the laws of this country, and the security ol the trade ot its people which I so ardently wish tor. We all know said Mr. W., that the bill passed. If such a one comes to us, that coincidence, at least, will I trust, be wanting. After its passage, history informs us, that se i oral gentlemen who had voted for it, were ne vertheless of opinion that something of a con ciliatory nature should attend this measure of severity, and might give greater efficacy to it.— That parliament whilst it resented the outra ges of the American populace, ought not to be too w illing to irritate the sober part of the co loni s.” A motion was accordingly made for a repeal of the tea duty laid in 1767. The debate upon the policy of a repeal at that particular time, was long and earnest ; the party for the repeal strongly urging experience, wiiich they insisted was in their favor. That the attempt to tax America had inflamed, that repeal had quieted, an 1 the new taxes had inflamed it again. The good effect of rigour would depend on a tinc ture of lenity. The lenity might render the ri gor unnecessary. They, therefore, earnestly pressed the repeal of the obnoxious duty, as a probable method of restoring tranquility, How were these arguments met 1 The ministry said, a “repeal at that time, would show such a degree of wavering and inconsistency, as would deficit the good effect of the rigorous plan.— That Parliament ought to show that it would re lax none of its just rights, but enforce them in a particular way; that it was provided with I means of compelling obedience when resisted., If this tax was repealed, what answer is tv be ! give.: when they demand the repeal of the duty on wme.”t On these grounds the motion was negatived.’ After the Boston port bill, came the hill for the better regulating government in the province of Massachusetts Bay.” Both these memorable laws weie before them. They were doubtless pattern acts for all lovers of strong government; hut politicians, a little holder than the British Ministry, would put them together, lie would not go through with them. Gentle men curious in engines of coercion, might per haps liars scanned them clause by clause. In bringing forward that bill, Lord North favored, the House of C ommons with a dissertation on tho posse comilalus.* Then came the bill for the better administration ofjustice in Massa chusetts Bay. That too would furnish some hints to an American Draco. They would be gathered U~go doubt. It was on that bill that Col. Bam Was enabled to nanA U? proud boast: “It •sistedtho violence of America at tne ,„'zard > my popularity there ; I now resist your lr . ii/. *t the same risk here.” it was then, too, . gave his memorable, but fruitless warning, “ t know the vast superiority of your disciphm . troops over the provincials: but beware how you supply the want of discipline by desperation.” Sir, said Mr. IV., th e fatal dilemma of At,. Dunning is exactly that, presented to the Soutn: “resist and we will cut your throat; submit, and vye will tax you. From this hasty review of councils, whose folly and madness could be excelled only by our own, it was grateful to turn to a safer, a wiser precedent—that set by Thomas Jefferson, res pecting the repeal of the embargo. It would be unjust and imprudent to use any other than nis own words : “Air. Adams called on nte pend ing the embargo, and, while endeavors weremak- sing to obtain its repeal, he made some apologies lor the call, on the ground ofour not being in the habit of confidential communications ; but that which he had then to make, involved too serious ly, the interest of our country, not to overrule all other considerations with him, and make it his duty to reveal it to myself particularly. 1 j •assured him there was no occasion for any apol- 1 ogy for his visit; that, on the contrary, his com- i anunications would be thankfully received, and would add a confirmation the more to my entire -confidence in the rectitude and patriotism of his -conduct and principles. He spoke then of the dissatisfaction of-the Eastern portion ofour con federacy with the restraints of the embargo then existing, and their restlessness under it.—That there was nothing which might not bo attempted to rid themselves of it. That he had informa tion, of the most unquestionable certainty, that certain citizens of tiie Eastern States, (t think j io named Massachusetts particularly,) were in negotiation with agents of the British Govern ment, the object of which was, an agreement that the JVew England States should take no fur- ther part in the war then going on ; that, without formally declaring their separation from the IJn- J Ibid. 1774, pages 62 and 63. i Ibid. 1 i 74, pages 6S, 69. * furtbimentery lilatorv. vol. 17,1774, p. iltlj. ! ion of these Stales, they should withdraw front 1 ! ul! its nii obediancc to them ; that their naviga ! tion and commerce should be tree from restraint and interruption by the British ; that they should be considered and” treated by them as neutrals, and as such might conduct themselves towards both putties, and, at the close of the war, be at liberty to rejoin the confederacy. He assured . tue that there was imminent danger ; that the Cunven ion would take place ; that the tempta tions wore such as might debauch many front th. ii fide lit v to the Union ; and that, to enable its friends to make head against it, the repeal of the embargo was absolutely necessary. I ex pressed a just sense of the met it of this informa t'on, attii of the importance of the disclosure to tlie safety and even the salvation of our country: and however reluctant I was to abandon the measure, (a measure which, persevered in a lit th longer, we had subsequent and satisfactory i assurance, would have effected its object com pletely,) from that moment, and influenced by that information. 1 saw the necessity ot abandon ing it : and instead of effecting our ourpose by this peaceful weapon, we must fight it out or break the Union, I than recommended to my friends to yield to the necessity of a repeal of the embargo, and to endeavor to supply its place by the best substitute, ill which they could pro cure a general concurrence.”t Mr. Wild;: was not unapprized, that,in some of these details, the memory of Mr. Jefferson was inaccurate. The correctness of the mate rial part, however, remained unim;,cached. The discontent of the East and the machinations of . some leading men there, to produce a dissolution of the Union, or temporary secession front it, had been communicated to Mr. Jefferson; and, instead of seeking means to punish the instiga tors of Iks resistance to a lair of Congress, or ashing new and extraordinary powers to enfon e ! it, Air. J. recommended a repeal of the embargo. | This much Mr. W T , thought was apparent, ! even from the statement of the distinguished j gentleman referred to, made with a view ofcor tecting the errors of Mr. Jefferson’s oetogena ; rian memory. To avoid all injustice, Mr. IV. would use his own language : “It was in these letters of 1808 and 1809,” says Mr. Adams, “that I mentioned the design of certain leaders of the federal party to effect a dissolution of the Union, and the establishment of a Northern con federacy. This design had been formed in the winter of ISO 3-4, immediately after, and as a consequence of the acquisition of Louisiana. Its justify ing causes to those who entertained it, were, that the annexation of Louisiana to the Union transcend ed the constitutional powers of the Government of the United States. That it formed in fact a new confederacy, to which the States united by the former compact, were not bound to adhere. That it was oppressive to the interests, and de structive to the influence of the Northern sec tion of the confederacy ; whose right and duty it therefore was to secede from the new body pol itic, and to constitute one of their own. This plan was so far matured, that tho proposal had ; been made to an individual to permit himself, at j the proper time, to be placed at the head of the ! military movements which it was foreseen would be necessary for carry ing it into execution. In all this there was no overt act of treason. In the abstract theory of our Government, the obe dience of the citizen is not due to an unconsti tutional law. lie may lawfully resist its execu tion. If a single individual undertakes this re sistance, our Constitutions, both of the United States and of each separate Slate, have provided a judiciary power, judges, and juries, to decide between the individual and the legislative act which he has resisted as unconstitutional. But let us suppose the case, that legislative acts of one or more States of this Union are passed, conflicting with acts of Congress, and eanora in r the resistance of their citizens against them, and what else can be the result but tear,civil war? Ami is not that dc facto a dissolution of tho Un ion, so far as the resisting States are concerned ? Lid what would be the condition of every citi -71 ti in the resisting States?—Bound by the r üble duty of allegiance to the Union and to Mate, he would be crushed between the up r atiii ”"ther mill-stone, with the performance ff very civic duty everted into a crime, and lilty of treason, by every act ol yu “d’ ( ' nce *°i the law. || It was precisely this miserable state of things ■ 1 clearly and ably delineated by the gentleman troni Massachusetts, [Mr. Adams]that he Mr. v. desired to avoid. He conjured, nay, he im plored his political friends to aid him in averting it. If they turned a deaf ear to his prayers, he reminded them thatthe Southrons were Italians, not in their skies only. If they should trace up the failure of peace to those whose cause they had been upholding, there wasdangerthey might adopt the desperate saying of Cosmo de Medici: You shall read, said he, that we are commanded to forgive our enemies—but you will no where find, we are required to forgive our friends .” Mr. W. wished to forgive all, or rather he wished, by a comprehensive measure of concil iation, so to bury every past cause of complaint, that there should be nothing left to forgive. In pursuit of that just object, he acknowledged no friend but him who aided, he recognized no en- I emy but those who obstructed it. Whosoever, i in this hour of peril and dismay, would aid him j in his h->ly purpose—whosoever would even i dare to speak, what the freeman of the country thought, hut had not yet uttered, him would he grapple to his heart with links of steel! And he who thwarted him in this most cherished object of Ins life, would he tear thence, though he were his brother ol the same womb, born at the same birth 1 j) Correspondence between Mr. Adams and several citizens of -Massachusetts, Boston, 1529. .2 Poor man. —What is a poor man! A rich subject for teflection. He is, or is suspected to be, guilty of every crime. He is a traitor. who, owning no sovereign, is ready to grasp at a crown. He is a man of no note, and so perfect a contradiction,that when he is doing his best to earn money, he is most desirous of receiving n ‘heck ; in one sense his power is great, lor he is aide t-i owe more than the the richest. lie i a thief, for he robs himself to give to his wife and children. V\ hen he sleeps, he is better off'than | his coat rrhiit, neither of which have known the luxury of nap tor months; ore easily seen through, a circumstance which the curiosity ot his elbows is apt to take, for let hint stay athomc ns lie nmy, his elbows are always out. MxsOTx&joiraoTrs. The I l ife. —To n fond and confiding girl, few hours itt life are so full of buoyaney and hope,! ol kindness and affection, as those of courtship; and few, it may be truly *tid, are so important to her future welfare and happiness. In her lover she too often sees all that is worthy and respectable in man ; the ardour of her affection softens the most offensive tiaits of character; and obliterates all minor failings. Whatever she may have collected front poetry, is brought in aid of her imagination, which pictures, in the most glowing colours, the character ot a husband; anil Iter affection persuades her that in her lover she has found a perfect representative ol this ideal picture. In the dream of confidence in the prudence of her choice; and delightful anticipations of succeeding yi at sot ath oat ami happiness, she is led to the aitar; and how tten, alas: docs one ! short year bring hr me to her ‘losom the sad re ality of the falsity ami emptiness of hopes of all mutual love, tender assiduity and lasting af fection. Yesterday, the lover was all attention, and love marked every action: to-day, the hus band is cold distant and neglectful; preferring the company of the worthless and dissipated to that of her, who but a few days since, he flatter ed himself was dearer to him than all the world beside. I can hardly picture to myself a situation more truly heart rending and deplorable, than that of a female who has found every want anti ipated, and every reasonable wish gratified un der th, 1 paternal roof, with the warm confidence of youth, to t-epose on the bosom of affection, but finding her confidence betrayed, her affec tion slighted, and herself, with a helpless off spring, left to struggle with unkindness, poverty and want. Such, alas! is too often the case in this world of uncertainty, where we find, mixed with the kindest blessing of our Heavenly Fa ther, evils which almost stagger our strongest faith. In my boyish days, when every thing was bright and sunnv and pleasure ipor’ :d in beauti ful perspective before me, I sometimes wander ed to a neighboring farm house, a pt-s an idle hour with its lovely inmates, aho vere as thoughtless and cheerful as myself Among these beautiful girls was one more advanced in age than the rest, whose modesty and blooming beauty was the admiration and envy of the vil lage throng. Twenty winters have passed over my head since I sbw her sporting on the green, and yet, at this distant day, I cannot recollect her sylph-like form* her spri"ht!” manner, arid her affectionate smile without a thrill ot delight. Eliza’s hand had been often solicited by her equals, and even by those whose fortunes were much superior to her own, but none were able to win her heart. About her twentieth year,she met at a friend’s, a young gentlemen who had recently come to reside in the neighborhood ; his figure was elegant, his features regular, and his whole appearance such, as at first sight, was calculated to excite the affectations of a young, inexperienced, and susceptible girl. He was flippant, bold, and even boisterous ; which, to one little acquainted with the world, might indi cate a great degree of spirit, but it was, in fact, nothing but the ebulition of an irritable mil pet ulant temper. To this man Eliza became most passionately attached—he offered her iiis hand, and it was accepted, in opposition to the ad vice and entreaties of her parents. It was about this time 1 left the paternal roof, and new scenes and increasing cares almost ob literated the beautiful Eliza from my recollec tion. During one of the inclement nights of our New England winters, I was called to an ob scure part of the city, to visit professionally, a poor and helpless wretch who was pining with disease produced by intemperance. As I sat by the bed of the sufferer, I heard, in an adjoining room the voice of a female, pleading with great earnestness, l v *th °ne ffho appeared to be the employer of her husband. “ For heavens sail?;’ I she said, “do keep back every cent you can oi his earnings; iu*t p shilling that enters his pock et ever finds its way here. The tippling shop and tavern take it all—it is hard, and, perhaps, wrong, to speak of ones husband thus. The time was wTien I did not believe it possible; but what am I to do—where am I to seek suste nance, clothing and fuel for those, my freezing and starving children 1 But, my dear sir,’ she continued, her sobs almost suffocating her, ‘this is but e small part of what I suffer. Oh ! I could sustain myself under poverty and want, I could live with him cheerfully and affectionate !y under all the vicissitudes of fortune, if I could only receive the love and kindneess which is a wife’s due.’ I inquired the name of her who so strongly excited my sympathy ; in a moment the beau tiful Eliza flitted before my mind—she who at twenty years was so beautiful, so affectionate and so happy, that angels might almost have en vied her lot. I arose with an indistinct feeling that I should meet something which my youth ful mind was wont to contemplate with such de light. I entered the room but what did I see ! —the shadow of her whose early dawn was the promise of earthly bliss. Would to God it ne ver had been my lot to have thus encountered her, who, in youth, had left such a magic and undying spell on my mind. The three friends — Trust no friend before thou hast tried him, for they abound more at the festal board than at the prison door, A certain man had three friends, two of them he loved warmly, the other he regarded with in difference, though that one was the best of his welhvishers. The man was summoned before a tribunal, and though innocent, his accusers were hitter against him. “Who among you,” sgid he, “will go with me. and bear witness for me? For nu accusers am bitter against me, and the king is displeased.,’ . The first ol his friend, at once excused Him self from accompanying Bim, on the ph a >i eth er business. The second followed him I ’ the door of the tribunal; there he turned back and wont his way, through fear of the offended judge. The third, on whom he relied the least, spoke ■ for him, and bore witness to his innocence, so that the judge dismissed him and rewarded him. , : Man has three friends in tins world; how do they demean themselves towards him in the hour ol death, when God calls him to judge— , mpnlf His best beloved friend, gold, is the first to leave him, and accompanies him not. His friends and kinsmen accompany him to the port tl of the grave, and then turn back to their own homes. The third, when he is most neg lected of, is his good works. They alone go with him to the Judge’s throne and obtain mer cy and grace. The Cholera.—tty a late statement in the pa pers, it appears that the Cholera continues its ravages in Nashville, Te nnessee,and the annex ed article shows that it exists to a distressing j extent in other parts of the State. Gallatin, Tenn. .March 8. Cholera. —We are informed, by a gentleman direct from the neighborhood, in whom implicit credit may be placed, that seven severe cases of Cholera have appeared in the family of a Mr. Tribew, in the north-west part ot this county, 12 or 15 miles from this place, three of which pro ved fatal within a very short time. The eyes of one is said to have bursted. The Cholera at Havana. —The brig Topaz, Captain Granger, which arrived last evening from Havana, brings melancholy accounts con cerning the extent of the Chi lera in that city.— We have seen letters under the date of the 10th instant, which gave many distressing particulars. One of these says, “business is completely at a stand, in consequence of the panic ; goods lay in the custom house day alter day, for, as noth ing is doing, merchants do not care to take them out. All the goods consigned to me are left in the custom house.” Captain Granger informs ; us that within the last four days beiore his sail- j ing, the number of deaths in Havana from Chol era, was between 4 and 000. The disease is confined principally to the blacks, and to whites of had habits, or broken constitutions. It how ever attacked many persons of correct lives and robust frames. As an instance of the rapidity with which this malady destroys life in Havan na, we may mention the following circumstar.ce, A gentleman in this city received two letters by the Topaz from Havanna, both of which are dated the 10th instant. On opening the first he found it to be from Mr. W. Ferrossicr, an indi vidual represented to us to be correct in his hab its of living, and of a hale and hardy constitu tion. The letter was written in perfect health, and made no mention of any illness existing in the writer’s family. The second letter was from a different person, and among others who had been attacked with cholera, mentioned the name of J. W. Perrossier. The writer had afterwards interlined,immediately above the name, “he in since dean; ’and in a postcript to the letter the subsequent death of Mr. Perossiers wife is men tioned, and the interment of both in one grave. This is indeed a striking instance of the speed with which the epidemic destroys its victims.— A’, F. Eve. Post. Dreadful Progress of the Cholera at liman— na.—We have been favored with the following extract’ of a letter, received in this city, by the schooner February, dated “ Havana, March 23. “ Since our last, the Cholera has acquired a character of a ten-fold malignity, and is making frightful havoc. The number of deaths daily is from three to 400; and though we have now had it for a month, it shows no sign of abatement. The city is nearly deserted, and many wealthy persons have left the Island.” Cholera at Oporto. —Capt. Jennings of the brig Marccllus arrived at Philadelphia on the 21st inst. from Malaga and Gibralter, informs that the C holera had broken out at Oporto, and wh3 risking considerable ravages. It was car ried thither by the troops sent out for Don Pe dro’s army, several staff officers of which died on the passage. The disease first made its ap pearance among those of the inhabitants visi ted by the troops. This intelligence was brought to Gibraltar by the Hyperion, the mas ter of which inadvertantly mentioned the fact, and he was fiftwith ordered to Port Mahon. The Portuguese vessels also arrived from Opor to while the Marcellus lay at Gibralter, and were likewise ordered off.—The new’s created great alarm at Gibraltar. This is the first ac count of the cholera in either Portugal or Spain. We regret to announce the total destruction, . by fire, of the Treasury building; but we are happy to add, that, as far as can now be ascer tained, all the public accounts and vouchers re lating to the receipt and disbursement of the public moneys have been saved. It is understood the fire was discovered at about half past 2 o’clock on Sunday morning, by a person accidentally passing. The flame was first seen issuing from the windows of the room on the upper floor adjoining the centre projection, on the north front. The alarm was immediately given : and by great exertions on the part of the Secretary and other public offi cers, as well as on the part of the citizens gen erally, who seemed to take an equal interest in the matter, the most important part of the public papers were preserved. The public records and documents, being the chief objects of so licitude, the principal and earliest efforts were made for their preservation The manner in which the fire originated has not been ascertained. The necessary meas ures have, however, been taken to obtain infor mation on the subject, and, as soon us the Cult is known, it w ill lie communicated to out ■ readers. It appcars'that the messenger, whose turn it was to watch, w as, absent, from sickness and that the person who usually sleeps in the building, was not aware of the fire until lie was awakened from the outside. The Secretary has, with great promptness, engaged several contigious houses opposite to ■ Strother’s Hotel, for the use of the Treasury; the public books and papers have already been removed to them ; and the business of the De partment will he transacted there to day as usu al.—Globe. John Randolph —The following spirited de scription of Mr. Handolph is given in a letter from Virginia, to the editor oi the JY. It. Pet riot. “While speaking, he stands quite erect’— : His gestures ar few. but never fail of their ef fect.—ln some orators, the rise to enthusiasm is indicated by an increase of gesticulation, and a more rapid and confused utterance. Not so with him. ’1 he eyes of his auditory are not di. ! verted by any uncalled for gesture or ostenta tions shifting of attitudes. The light of his black eyes seem concentrated to a burning fe- tus, which it is sometimes painful to encounter, I ani yet is impossible to get away from the chnr ! ruing serpent. Like those in love, his hearers i feel their bonds, yet w ould not he tree; “In tho 1 very torrent and whirlwind of his passion,” his composure is greatest, and his enunciation most deliberate and distinct. I have heard some orators, whose words in consequence of a defective move ment of the organs of pro nunciation, seemed to be obtruded and lacerated in their delivery. But his Lave a free full and bona jiide discharge. All that is musical in modulation, distinct in utterance, appropriate in emphasis, felicitious in thought, an energetic in expression, plant his words in the car with an effect that defies the power of criticicism: anil they fall too on tho tympanum, with that sort of ringing w hich like new eagles from the mint shows the metai to be sterling and the coinage masterly. W hile under the spell of his enchant ment, so completely is one satisfied, that ul! idea of any thing nearer to perfection than him self, are either held in abeyance or entiiely ex pelled the mind. There is this peculiarity about his shrill and piercing voice, that liis j words can be accurately distinguished as far as their sound can be heard ; and each man in tho crowd conceives his own proper ear to be tho target at which are aimed the unerring bullets of his rhetoric. In fighting, no matter what may be the size of his anlogonist, there is no adaptation of his bods to the dimensions of tho object to be demolished ; but like the lightning ofheaven which finds it as easy to shatter an oak as consume a reed, the flash comes bury ing in one common grave, the pigmy and the giant. In witnessing encounters of this sort, I have frequently wished (with the love of slaughter natural to some) that his victims pos sessed more recuperative energy, that the period of dcmolation might be, longer pro tracted. It is true he has handled some, who like Goldsmith’s village schoolmaster, “though conquered, could argue still,” but this reaction was little more than sub sultiis lendium of ex piring nature. He sometimes, however, by way of “ good measure.” continues to gore them after they are utterly defunct; hut 1 could never look with much satisfaction upon his mangling of a dead body or dragging a dead Hector around the walls of Troy. “ In private life there is no telling what he is. ; He is not a subject of ordinary speculation. . He is altogether, a splendid anomaly, an unique,:! a sui generis, Ccesar out nullus, a lusiis natunr.A a great man with many littlenesses, “of differ ent natures, marvellously mixed connection, exquisite of distant worlds.” He is the veriest riddle to his dearest friends. Sometimes lie is fond of men of parts, sometimes in rapture wit! j those of no points. Sometimes he sees what is ) not to be seen,* again, cannot discover what ii ; ever so plain. At one time he astounds hi” | friends by rudeness, at another surprises his cn- | emy by kindness. Fearing no one in the work J he makes all the world fear him. He is an ardent admirer ofiadies, horses, am 1 dogs, but does not know to which lie give s th J preference, so equally is his esteem divide gi among them. In his household he is plain bu|H neat to Eastern scrupulosity.—drinks coffe *1 and wine, no milk—stnoke segars, and some J times pipes ; chews tea for tobacco; at other snuff; and detests whiskey. * For optics sharp it takes I ween, To sec what is not to be seen. Great Battle between the armies of the Gram • Sultan and the Egyptians.—Conslantinopi December 26.—The greatest gloom prevail here, The Sultan and his people appear [ have fallen into a state of apathy, indicative ot fatal dissolution. The former gives up hi case as desperate, and does not venture to el cite the people’s minds liy artificial means, he should not be able to calm them again, ar keep them within bounds. The unlortunate rs suit of the battle of Koniah, and the captivity (| the Grand Vizier, leaves the capital without tl * means of defence, There are still, perhap | 30,000 Turkish troops dispersed in Asia Mine and 10,000 regulars in reserve; but their sp does not correspond with the threatening ds ger, nor is there any able leader, possessit sufficient self-confidence, and who is considf | ed as able to restore good fortune to the star | aids of the Sultan, lledschid -Pacha was te* only man possessed of these qualification His former good fortune has deserted him. a# gone over to his younger adversary. He fous* valiantly, and when his defeat was decided, djfl voted himself to death, which, however he m not find. Superior to his uiversary in tm number of his troops, he unhappily did not sjj with prudence, which an able general shm|| never loose sight of. He resolved on the 21* to fight a battle, which should decide the ca jj paign at one blow. With this view, he folk j ed lbiaham into the defiles of Karaman, to jjS tack him there. Ilis measures were nearly J billows • The main body of the Sultan’s trooSß moat 42,000 in number, chiefly Albanians, 600 of the Grand Viziei’s household troops