n:>irval ( oN(.l{r,SS Ol' r>NAMA. A k'ltc.- IVoin liualiiuc.la, received a! Boston says, “we are v\Uhout any nows iVo’.n the Congress ol’ Panama, without doubt becausc the RcprcsontativL-s of Colonibuu Peru, and Guatimaia \\ere llic only ones that had arrived tl»ere. Al vliis date (June 18th) those Irom Mexico jnusi be there; and the majority being fonvened, it is natural to ex.pccl that t1iey vill connmence their sessions. 1 have vecjuested one ol my particular friends there to advise you directly ol the most important occurrences of the session.” Extract of u letter from rananialo a pciitlcman in Kingston, diUtil the lOtli ull. “\Ve have here the Mexican Legation to the grand American Assenibly, Messrs. Michelena, and Doniinf^utz, with their Secretary, M. (iut'rra, on the arrival of uhorn itas ai^reed upon to instal the buid Assembly on the 15th of the present month. We believe that this extraor dinary occurrence will call the attention of Eui'ope, and occasion some variation jn the political machinations, which somci cabinets have entertained with respect to the Colombian world. TIr' day before yesterday the battalion of Bargas arrived here fron» Peru, and proceedeil to Carthaj^ena; we expect \c- vy soon tlie arrival of the rest of tlie ar- niv—and also the Liberator, whom we desire with much anxiety.” We have been favored w ith the Cartha- qeiia Gazf*tte ol tiie ‘23d of July, which, howfver. contuiii'' no news, and huith/ic articles of any sort. The lirst, an extract IVom the Gazette Extraordinary of the IsUinnis, of the 22d June, giving an ac- cuint oftlie Installation of the American Congress, c.n thai day—the second, an ad- dresV, from Don Manuel Lorenzo De Vid- aurre, Vleiiipntentiary from the Republic of Peru, to the Plenipoteniiaries from the other Stales—and the third, a letter from Gen. Paez to the Liberator Uolivar. The address of Vidaurre contains many judicious reflections as to the subjects that ought to occupy the deliberations ol the Congress,—in none of which do w“ perceive the slightest catise to regret that oui cou-ntry has decided to take a part in those deliberations—and takes an in teresting view of the future prospects and cUslinies of the infant States. Nat. Journal Accounts from Portugal mention, that D(-n Miguel is to marry his niece, the daught-er of Don Pedro, Emperor ol' Brazil. According to the filtli article of the Fundamental law of 1139 and 1614, •which governs the relationship between those parlies on their marriage—the King’s daughter shall be Queen, provided she be married to a Portuguese Lord ; but he shall not take the title of King until lie has a son by the Queen, his consort, When in company with the Queen, he sJiall Wvtlk on her left hand, and shall not put the royal crown on his head. Mr. Randolph.—In noticing this g^h tkniat;, t!ie Liverpool Merciinj says :— “Strangers of any note, or notoriety ■when they visit Liverpool, should, as Hamlet says, “speak by the card,” as it has become the fashion to lake notes ol the small talk in which they may indulge by land or by sea. W'hen lioswell told Dr. Johnson the people called him a mad dog, the lat;er replied, “A\, and they say you are the tin canister tied to my tail.” When Mr. Kandolj>h was lately in Liverpool, the editorial tin canisti r followed him every where, and the pul) lie have been favored \vitli all the tiitle-tat tie of the American Hotspur, as he is dubbed in his own country. As Mr Randolph has been brought so prominent ly bt fore the public of la>e, we shall take tlu liberty to observe that wc are not a mongsl his warm admirers. He appears to have some very anti-republican preju dices and predilections. And as some of our newspapers ha\e i-eeii busy in j)uli iiig ihis American Senator, it may be well to know in what tsiimalion lie iicld in liis own country. As fur as liave been able to judge from reading the ArneiiCtiii papers:, 1 should suppose lie v.as thought bui little of; his pubilc lil of lute seems to have been any thing bu consistent, or useful to his fiiisiituenls.’ L'ftas. ('unrn til.:; Ilf i'.'L ciec'.ioii Uj lus vo^‘ in favor of the I'atholic claim;>. II. Labou- chere is elertcd a member for the bo rough of St. Michael’s. Admiral Coflin, a member of the last Parliament, was not a candidate. Mr. Southey, the poet, it is stated, declined ac.cepling the ^eat to whi:h hj v.as chosen, alleging that his incomc was loo limited to ahnit of his holding the seat. Colonel Dawson of the British Army, a gcnlleman who was in this city the last year, and travelled ihrough the counii y, was a candidate lor the county of I’ipperary in Ireland, bui did not succeed. lioHl 1). JJdi . According to an article in the I.ondon Journal of Arts and Sciences, for the month of July, it appears there are at present one hundred manufactories in i'rance devoted to the making of sugar from the fiicl root. Tlic (juantity ol su gar actually prejiared is estiniated at from four to five million of pounds, 'i his, however, is l)Ut one twentieth of the con sumption in that country, The manu factories arc 'iu a thriving state, and the demand for the article iiu reasing. 'I he price of fuel in the French market being almost one sixth pai i of the wliole cost i f manufacturing—the sugar, of course, in countries where fuel is more plenty, could be afl'orded proporlionaI>ly cheaj)- er. The N. York Pimes, in allusion to this subject, remarks—it is not impossi ble lhal w ith the exhaustless supply of fuel and extent of unimproved land in out own country, this may al no distant d^y be added to the numerous branches ol American manufatlures. Nut. Journal. TheEnglisgh ministry have placed the Steam boai Coniel, al the dis|)o,-al of our ingeiiioui countrynian, Mr. Perkins, for tije purpose of expenmi;nt. Pdrhnmtntary Kltdions. — It bar. been crroiM'lUhiy sluteU that Mi V\ ortley, one of the I'ligUsh gentlenien w iio travelled in thi'j coiiutrv last year, has been creatnl a ];eer It is his fatlier, who had bet ti I'oi' nujiv \t-ars, one of the Knights of the shire of ^ fji k. Mr. Wortley, ihe sun, isietuinrd for liossiney, the same bo rough v, hi'^!» hr represented for the last I'ariiament. ll> was laiely married to u daughter o!' I'le I’arl of llarrowby, Pres- .•(k'lit of the King’'- Co-jncil. Mr. Stun- ky, another of the tra\tilers, is returned »'or Preston, a very populous borough, against C'obbett. e do not see the name of Mr. Dennison in ilie iiai of mepi- bei> 1 t'lni i)f (I. He sat in the last Parliu- nifti! li;r Newcastle, in Siailbidshire. what wc hayc o_bbcrvcd, v.« infer, .'i sreat fn/crprize.— I’lie government of Ciualimala lias granted to A. II, Palmer, Esfj. and others, ol the city of New-\ oi k, the righl to open a direct canal commu-j nication for snips, from the Atlantic to' the Pacilic ocean, through the river San Juan and the lake Nicaragua, with the privilege of an exclusive navigalio.i for twenty years. I’his important grant was obtained recently from the government ol Guatimala through Col. W'illiams, our minister, by (>ol. De Beneski, agent for the company, who arrived in this coun try, after having accomplished his j)ur- pose, early in the present month, and who was recently in Albany, N. Y. The whole extent of excavation, we are informed, will not exceed 17 miles, (the distance between the lake and the river,) which will require a lockage of 200 feet. The work is required to be completed in 18 months, and it is said will be commenced with 6000 men from this country. An attempt will be made (and doubtless a sticcessful one) to obtain an act of incorporation of the legislature of this state. The style of the company is the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Com pany. The agent of an English company was desirous to obtain the grant or to partic ipate in the advantages of it, and olVei ed a large bonus for the privilege ; but it a source of gratification that ilie enter- prize, skill and means of our own coun trymen, have been charged with the ex ecution of this truly great undertaking. It can scarcely fail to be a source of wealth to the company, and advantage to ihv whole commercial world. Jilljimij Jlfgus. Tasti.—'I’he London Courier of July 18th, having meiuined lhal Mr. Price has become ilie lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, adds, “ \Ve wish him success ; but he has to administer to a public taste some what more refined lliaii mat of the Uni ted States.” \Ve are a little curious to knoiv what the j)ublic taste is, lor which Mr. I’rice is to cater. Most of the stars in the 'I heairical Hrmament of England either have held or will hold their course westward. N. York is to prop the sink ing forlunes of old Drriiy. I^lliston is ruined, and se. ks an asylum here. Kean has expressed his gratitude, we believe sincerely, to tlie a’ulience of this city for having rc\i\ed his hopes and regen erated his anilntion, w hen he was :i [>erse- cuteu exile, shattered in fame and fortune, .vir. Price will no doubt transfer to oui i)oards his be I actors, when public taste will not pa> him for emplo)ing tliem in l.ni'jaiid. We do not, il is true, \i;ro>r many actors in our o\v ii soil. It is loo nc li, and yields a more usi fui crop. But wiM.analVoid to import them : and gene lally improve them loo. Hut periiaps this pul-'lic taste to which Mi. Price is so carefully u> administer, has many hett rogftieoiia »leinenis. Is ii a taste lor Luv • ingand selling M>tes anl coiisi ienees Tor moI)s and massacres on all puldicoc casions ? I'o the eye ol ihis public lasie does the condition of starving thousands, in all the variilies of want ami wretched ness and (U“>pait, piesenl a (ticlure on which it delights to ihvell .“ Is il amu:(- ed with seeing the widow of one of their most popuhir and eminent (.'baiu ellors, wandering ihrough the public stieet'', iot'lorii and ragged, to ask charity al the I’olico oiiice.' is it in cock lighting, lion baiting, rat killinj;; or bj\iiig, that ."^Ir. I’l iee istoiind the aliinenl oF riiis re fined pii!)lic taster We really do not tide the meaniuf;- of this -sagc hint ; but hope the Amei u:an manager, (as he is quaintly culled, to distinguish him, per haps, frotu Mr. Ilewle!, the Africati man- ager,)uill be able to understand ii for his own beuelit. ^V. I'. Eccn. wiic- :;co!/Tr pcinieu tion. Lafayette in his American tour, has w ril- if .1 alctter to africnd in N’irgiiiia, in which he says : “ The desire to make our countrymen accjuainled v. ith w hat is beautilul, simple, and admiralde in the institutions ol the U- States, has suggested an idea, which aj>- pears a hapj)y one, and will obtaiti, 1 sincerely hope, your aj)|)rohalion. It is the j)Ublication ot a monihly Journal, ihe lievHC JiiudK nijie, a periodical paper ol frouj e'*ghl to ten sheets ol letter press: whose special purpose is to demonstrate hy fact.'iy the immense advantages of the system introduced in your country, and to make the Euroi)eans, more exactly ac quainted with the happy results, which such w ise institutions have procured to the United States. Il will be our endea vour to take advantage ol all the discov eries in the sciences, manulaciures, and agriculture, which enrich the two Amer icas ; we intend also to follow them in the progressive increaseoftheirlitcralure. The stockholders in this useful undur- laking arc gentlemen very well known and highly respectable. The editorship is to be confided to a young gentleman, who is my triend, and w’as liiy compan ion in arms, wliose talents, sentiments, and perfect iniegrity, are sure guarantees of ihe exceilcncc of his work.” P'rom the Cliarleslon Courier. The following Letter, from the Chair man, inclosing the Preamble and Resolu tions passed at a meeting of the friends of ihe Administration, held in this city, on the 27th ull. together with the answer of th. President of the United States, has been communicated for publication. Jlia cxceltenn/ John Q. ..hiams, Vresident of the Uni led Slates. Sir—\ have the honor to transmit to you, the Preamble and Resolutions a- dopted by a numerous atul respectable body of the Citizens of Charleston and its vicinity, at a meeting held on the 27th inst. at the Court House in this city. I am, Sir, with great respcct and con sideration, Thkodoke Gaillxku, Chairman. Charleslon^ July 29, 1826. /.V,7i./wVf.-.o^..'.-~W*hri8t tbe vc- sally 6s ihaMlir proportion of who QUINCY, loth AVGUST, 1826. Siu—I ha\e received your letter of the 29th ull. inclosing a copy of several resolu tions, adopted by a numerous and respec table meeting of the Citizens of Charles ton and its vicinity, expressive of their general approbation of the measures hitherto pursued by ihe present Adminis tration of the United States. In the collisions incidential to all pub lic service, the approbation of the candid and the disinterested, is doubly precious, because it pronounces in advancc the ir revocable decision of pjsterity. In the course of a life already long, and now drawing to its close, it has more than once been my destiny, to have, for the preservation of all that can give value to existence, no reliance upon earth, save or that cool and unbiassed sulTrage of the disinterested and the candid. It is a proud and exulting- testimonial to the character yf my ' ounirymen, when I add, that in this reliance upon them 1 have nevrr been disuppointed. Of that pure and magnanimous spirit, which in judging of the actions and mo tives of Public men, discards all partial and sordid considerations, and assumes a stdndard of estimation commensurate with ihe great, varied, but perfectly re- concileable interests of our whole country, the inhabilanls of Charleston, whose res olutions you iransmitled to me, gave a memorable example. They are the res olutions of men, to whom I am known onl> as a Fuldic Servant, Irom th- days when in 1‘oreign lands a Charles Cotes- worih’ Pinckney, and in the Senate of the Uniled Slates a Thomas Sumter and a John Gaillard were my fellow-servanls and friends : Of men known to me only as highly respected fellow-citizens, a portion of that great community, to whose welfare., all the faculties of my soul, arc and ought to be devotevl. In the chairman of the meeting, it is pecu liarly grateful to me to recogiiisc llie bro ther of that statesman and patriot, so long an ornament of the Senate of the U. Stales, atu( whose decease, at wiiatever period it could have ha[)pened, muat have been lamented as a i>ublic calamity. I j)ruy you, sii', to make knowti to the citizens ol Charleston, al whose meeting you |)resiiled, that I have re' ened their resolutions, with the, grateful sentiment (luc lo the dispensation of ju itice, under circumstances which superadd to its in herenl excellence, the eiidearing altri- butc of generosity. Assure llicm, that so far as rectitude of intention, atid puri ty of purpose can be pledged, the conli- denee whu.h they have avuwcd shall nev er be ubuseil or betrayed ; and that utider every \icissitude which can befal my re maining days, the recollei tion of their >pontaMeous trii)uie to those qualities, shall be recorded in my memory, among the inosl cheering occurrenccs of my lilV'. And be pleased to accept for yniirself, my respectful and cordial salutations. JOMV; (^Ll.\( V Au.v.ms. The slowest advances to greatne.ss are the most secure : but swifl rises are often attended with precipitate falls ; and what is soonest got, is generally shurtebl in ihe posscsbion. Ti’ue I ublic IS echoing the praises of the illus trious author of the Declaration of Inde pendence, it is proper to recal his senii- mt>nls, now that the lips which uttered them are forever closed by the seal ol death. Especially ihe opinion of the de parted sage, on men ami measures that are passing through the ordeal of public s-rutinv. should be presented to the na tion. When the lorrcnt of bitter waters was poured forth at the close of the Se minole campaign, by the remorseless per secutors of that virtuous and enlightened patriot Andrew Jackson, Ihomas Jeffer son came forth from his retirement-, and at a public dinner in Virginia, gave the following toast : •'.'Imhfw Jarksmi: Honor and grutitudc to tlie n.iui who has Idled the measure ol his coun try's v;lory.” Such was the matured, disinterested opinion of Thomas Jell’erson, openly pro nounced, of Andrew Jackson. It was the last eulogy of the sage of Monticello on the character and services ol a candidate for a public station; the only one since his retirement from the busy scene oi politics ; his farewell panegyric of a per secuted j)airiot. It is remarkable on this account, but still more so from the strong language selected by Mr. JelVerson. To say of any man but Washington,^ “he has filled the measure of his country’s glory,” is certaiuly placing l/im iiexi^to the be loved “ father of his country. ” National Republican. Mr. .Teffh-von'fi Tonst of Gen. Jackson.— The facts respecting this Toast, we have been informed by a Iri^nd, arc these :— Soon after ihe War, (ien. Jackson was invited bv the ci:izens of Lynchburg to a public dinner—Mr. JcP.erson being in the neigl'.borhood was alsxj invited j and both accepted the invitations. After din ner, the latter gentleman gave this Toast: Honor and gratitude to those n ho have filled the measure of their count rij's honor." This toast was doubtless intended as a compliment to Gen. J. although he was not named in it. At that time, it is prob able no man in the U. States had ever thought of the (ieneral as our future Pres ident. M . Jefferson’s opinijii upon this subject is not known with positive cer tainty : but if any one of those Editors whoi)rofess so much I'cverence for it, as to oiler it to the guidance of others, will adopt it for themselves, w-e believe lhal the most satisfdctory proof cati be addu ced that this great Statesman was always opposed lo the election of Cien. Jackson to the Presidency ; and that this senti ment was avowed by him a few weeks before his latnentcd death. • Petersburg Intel. cannot read or write is reduced to ks- than one in a thousand. Such is the in Massachusetts, where, in a populatio-x of nearly or quite .six hundred thousand Rouls, there are not to be found four hundred who are wholly untaught. question whether the world can furnish a similar example of intelligence in tl,e People, and in the Government by whose providence it is encouraged and promoted National Intelligcncer. The Batavia (Ohio) Spirit of Times protests against the course of the oppo sition, and considers, in reference lo the Presidential Election, “that there is a degree of political depravity in continu ing the coniest during the whole Presi dential term.” The Editor justly re marks :-7- “If those unfriendly lo the Administra tion are pursuing a corrcct and honour able course, and should ultimately be triumphant, would not ihe precedent they are setting, justify their opponents in pursuing the same course during the next four years ? They might impeach the abilit) and integrity of the President —foully bespatter his public and private character—calunmiate every member of his Cal)inet, and labour incessantly to bring his administration into disrepute, and jdace iheir own favorite in the I’res- ideniial Chair. Al this rale, w'e see no end to strife—a feverish exciieincni will perpetually be kept up. Would not such a stage of things be somewhat dangerous: A torrent of abuse ‘ continually poured upon the highest OlFicers of government, would destroy resj>ect—distrust wdUm fol low, and ultimately for our much valued institutions; beiween which and anarchy there would but a single step.” Great surprise has bicn expressed, in some of the 1‘Lastern j)apers, that there are, within the stale of Mds'-acluiselis ;is appears by the recent enumeration, more ihaii three hundred persons, who cannot read or write. To us il rathe appears a matter of surprise that there arc so few, rather than ihat there are so many illiterate persons. W'e are very much alraid, that il the pojiulation of our city was polled, il would be found that in our comjiaruUvely limited p(jpulalioti, there are at least lhal number' who can neither read ior write, nolwithstanding our laudable estal)lishmenl anil support of Free Schools. In some of the South ern and Western Slates, instead of three hundred, we have no doubt there might be.lounilien times that nuniher, and per haps ten fold again, ignorant of letters, or al least ol the art and mystery of wilt ing. And il will long be the case, un less, happily, they could be jiersuadcd to adojil the New-l-.ngland system, or something analogous to it, as is so strong ly recommended by the \enerable Ji i - i i:rso\, in lhal admirable Letter of his to Major Cartwright, which we lately published. The cperation of that sys tem in the Eastern States, but particular ly in Connei ticut, wheie il has attained the highest perlection, needs only lo be seen to be admired. We confess, how ever, 'luit we did not supi)ose it hud dif- lus\;d tbe knowlxMl^je oflctters so uni\er* Mail rohhery.—The New Y'ork Evenine- Post of the 24lh ult. says, “ We without any ncwppapers this morning from the southward, on account of the newspaper bag having been stolen from behind the U. S. mail coach last nighty somewhere beiween Kingston and Eiiza* bethtown. The villains no doubt were in pursuit of the letter bag, but missed their mark, as that was well secured in the front of the coach, under the driver’s feet. With some sharp instrumeni, the leather boot which held the newspaper bag was ripped open from end to end, and left hanging only by the straps. Such is the present dearth of news, that the rogues have had a hard bargain, if they ca»ried their load any distancs before they examined its contents. Mr. Lyon, ihe contractor for carrying the mail, has gone in search of it, and in all probabili ty will recover it without much trouble.” Distressing Occurrcnce (it N. York. About 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon, as a party of ladies, with some small children, were walking for pleasure round the beautiful grounds of .Gen. Stevens, at Hoboken, two of them, Miss Sinclair, daughier of Mr. John Sinclair, merchant, of Brooklyn, and Miss M’Intosh, sister of Mr. M’Intosh, of the same place, on reaching the sheltered cove, determined lo bathe, while the others remained iti sight as protectors. When descending into the river, hand in hand, they “suddenly stepped into deep water, and immediate ly sunk to rise no more. The terror and distress of their companions attracted the notice of some persons in a boat at no great distance, who repaired lo the spot, and after some lime spent in searching, succeded in finding the bodies.” A num ber of gentlemen were assembled to dine in the grove a little way above, who ran to their assistance. Every effort that could be suggested on the spot, lo kindle again ihe vital spark, was resorted to in vain. A boat was then chartered by the gentlemen, and the bodies of the unfor- lunate females were sent to Brooklyn as soon as possible, that they might not be detained, lo the additional anguish of friends, by the New-Jersey Coroner. The age of one of the young ladies was 16, and the other 20. The mother of the youngest, who was a very beautiful girl, was present, to witness the agonizing scene, and the sister of the eldest. N. V. Com. Adv. A Rogue C.^ught.—Early last week s person slept into one of the city banks* of New York, immediately after the doors were opened, and being templed by a bundle of notes Iyin.g on the teller’s desk, of the denomination of one thousand dol lars each, he helped himself to a handful and walked out at double quick lime* 'I'he clerk pursued, but the thief escaped and came on to Philadelphia. He went lo a pawnbroker in the Northern Liber ties before bank hours and asked him if he could change one of the notes. Tha broker replied that he had not so much money in his house, but that he could reauily gel it changed at the hour of o- pening the banks, if the note were a good one. “ The note is genuipci “ 1 it out of bank mysell, and if you do the business for me, I will give you five dol lars.” The broker took the note and proceeded towards Chesnut street, but imagined that something niusl be wrong* as he was lo receive live dollars for walk ing but a short distance. He according ly enfjuired of two baiiKS whether the note Mas genuine, and beinij answered if the anirmativr, related the circumstances and was recommended to apply to the Muyoi'. He did so, and the mayor hat ing receivetl piivate advices irom the. New York bank, for prudently thcNe"' York papers had not given |)ubliciiy the irunsaction, he sent Oi-.e of the high con’stables with the broker, to apprehend the thief. As they approached the br*'- ker’s- house they discovered the nian pfejjing out of an alley in the vicinity Suspicion was at oncc confirmed. ^he> separated for the purposeof apprehending,' him, but he seeing the manoeuvre, toolr. the alarm and made a tin’icly escape- On I’riday he made an attempt to efieci an exchange of his stolen money at anoihrr broker’s, ami was fortunately .•.pprehend- ed and committed to prison to await the order of Ihe aulhorilics of New York- Philad. Aurora. More Kentucky Horrors.—.\n unfortu* luite occurrence took place in one ol th'.‘ streets of Lexington, Ken. betvvcf’n iiinc and ten o’clock on the evening ol Wed nesday last. The circumstances, as lar as they have come lo our know ledge, arc aslolluws;—liome young men who had drank freely, and were making a great, noise in the streets, were met by the wa'.ch, when a rencounter took place be tween the captain of the watch an».' Thomas Park, on?; of tho ywung; -

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