uf'icin'c. winch
part;'"i:l:r !. i' - .',t'
bavt i-iia'. I’-. 1 ' ii' .bit^ an! prow-
l*rati('li c,l' tin*  xport iratlr, will he
prosonsed in cictall. and (hi ir lolal vahte
ascci luiiu’d wiiJi nior‘ precision, in ilie
gcDt-ral Statistical Table, now in a coursc
of proparaiion, under liio act of the lOtli
of Ffhruarv, 1820, which will be trans-
>ni‘.tfd k) Conj^ress at as early a day as
their voluminous nature will allow. Of
the amount of American Marnifactures,
produced for consumption within the
United States durin^r ihe year, it is im
possil)Io to speak with exactness; but,
from indications tiiat cannot deceive, it
is evident that it is urj;e so large, that
the amount exported, would sink to a le
vel below all comparison with it. The
sur'st guide to our belief, under this
iiead, is, that in those branches which
have at length been enabled, throu;^h a
pro\ idcnt legislation, to stand up against
\hat ovcrwhi Irning com pell tioti of pre-
eslablished excellence and capital from
abroad, which must otherwise have kept
down forever their first attempts, the ar
ticle can now be had ciieapcr in price, as
well as belter in quality, than the same
article from abroad, as it was seen in our
markets, prior to the efricient proteciiork
a{Torded to our own. Hen-'e, the appre
hensions of monopoly pass away. Hence,
the certainly, that conipeiilion at honu-
will bring down prices, e\entually, if tiot
immediately, whilst it creates and diRii-
■sesnew wealth at home; labor being ttu
foundation of wealth, and produc ing .md
disseminating it more nniversc.IIy, and in
liigher degrees, in proportion as it ex
ists undrr diver silk'd foims and in full ac-
livity. vt is then, that the farmer, the
the artisan, am! the merchunt. give sup
port to each other, each enlarging the
occupations and the gains of each? the
"State, m.canwhilf, reaping the fruits in
fiscal prosperity and political power. As
TCM:ardb the Cotton Mannfacturies of the
Countr/, there are grounds for supposing
lha! they now make a call for full one-
fourth pHft of ail the rrw cotton grown
in the United States. Authentic infor-
Tnaii'in us to the etaci quantity, is not, in
deed. [)0sseseed at the Treasury; but, as
•an .rpj r(j7 imacioii, it is believt d that the
■ab^nc proportion may be taken without
the iiazai d of essential error. It is gra-
tifv I'.g to add, that thos« parts of the U.
Sta'ts, where manutacturing establish-
iner?', (,f ail kinds, flourish most,exhibit
an .!iifivaied iiKlnstry, an orderly aspect,
.arui an iticrcasin^ i)opulation.”
•tt’ASHINGTO::, DKCKAHIFU 14.—In the
Set .'!■ yesterday, Mr. Barton's resolu
tion r-t-iativc to the donatioji of small lot*
of ii'f public lands was taken up, and
■was exp.ained by some remarks of Mr.
Barton.
A bill v'as offered by Mr. Dickerson»
and pdsscd to a second reading, which
proNwlcs that ^3,000,000 annually, in-
•stead of bring ap])lied to the extinguish-
jneiii oi’ the public debt, shall be paid
over to the several states, in the ratio >f
the apportionment of direct taxes.
In the House of Kepresentatives, the
Annurl Meport of the Secretary of the
.Treasury on the state of the fir»unces was
received, and 6,000 copies were ordered
to be pointed. I'ive private bills'were
acieci oQ in committee of the whole, and
ordered to be engrossed, and read a
third time to-day. Among the resolu
tions (juci’cd v/as one (which was laid
on the table until to-day, under one of
the rules of the House,) by f ir. Mitchell,
of Tennessee, i>roviding that in calling
over the itarnes of the stales for tiie peti
tions, ihe Older in which they are named
bhall be changed according to the mode
\ircscribed in ihe rtsoluiion.
i5ECEMr,ER 15.—In the Senate, yester
day, ihe resoluiitjn offered by Mr. Dick
erson, ‘ to provide for the disliMbution
of a pa! • of tin' revenues of ihe U. States,
amoi g the several Stales of the Uni^n,”
was le id a third time, and referred to a
select ('.rr, mil lee of seven members.
Mr. Josirisotu cl‘\venturk\, brought hc-
fiire ihe Senate' the eml)arra?ised situa
tion of the C’ulumhia C'oilege, and urt;ed
the expedicnry of relu ving the Institu
tion bv a release of the debt due from it
to ll’.' CiiaertiPienl.
In the Ii(jnse, several biils were re-
portt (3, lead aiui conunitted; atiiottg o-
th' ! h, tlu bil! t()i the jxe^er'alion and re-
pa.r of the CumberlumI load; and a hill
lehitive to the n'iillu in boundary ol’tlie
istat( ( I Illino;'.. 'I'hr various bills which,
on I c prececiitig day passed through
coiiiiiiiiue. were read a third time and
pasied. Mr. iMitchell’s resolution rela
tive to a change of the older in which
the s’utes are calh d over was considered;
bui . Iter a few words fiom Mr. Mitchell,
the Speaker, and .Mr. Spra;>ue, of .Maine,
it was on motion of Mr. IJreni, of Loui.
laid on the ial)ie. U[)wards of twenty
new resolutions were otl'ered, all ot which
will >)' lound in the cohsnwis approj)riat-
td to our report of [irocecdings.
DFOF.MnrR IG.—Ill the Senate, the rrs-
olutio'i \esterday submitted by Mr. John
son, of KA-ntuck\, proposing an in(iuiry
inio the expedieticy of relieving the Co-
Ijjmbia College in tiie District of Colum
bia, by the release cf a. debt due from the
College to tl e (Jo\t Itiiiient. was taken
tip and ligi’eed uj. l'!ie resolution yes-
ter(i,.y Mdunittrd In Mi. Ki-«'d, of Mi^.
Risiij.i 1. pi. j..,- !,^ rtti iii(jijii) into the ex
oi i,i.c ccu-wi^Ui*ui)al powers of the
Government over tlie puMic lands and In
to the expefliency fif appropi iating a p or
tion of :l.e same for tin- purpose i i' iiiie"
nal ini])rov« nients within the st;jtes and
lerritoiifs where the lands lie, was taken
up for consideration. Mr. Heed sup
ported the resolution by a brief but in
teresting slatetnent of facts respecting
the situation of some western stales and
letriiories, and the peculiar rel«tioti in
which the new states stand to the (ii-ner-
al Government. Mr. Heed’s resolution
and remarks willbe ptiblished hereafter.
Mr. ]>arton did not think that constitu
tional fpiesiions were fit subjects f«}r re
ports anti arguments of committees; and,
at his suggesii;>n, the resolution was so
modified as to submit to the commiitee an
iiujuiry iiuo the question of ex|>ediency
only. The question being taken on a-
greeing to the resolution, as modified,
it was decided in the negative. Ayes 12,
uoes 15.
In the House, several bills w’cre re-
l)oried, read .-Mid cotriauUed, a'ld a pri
vate bill wasoidered to a third reading.
The l)ills which were ordered to a tliird
reading on 1’hursday were {)assed. '1 In;
resolution oflei ed by Mr. 15artlett, led to
some short di'cussion, when it was ul
timately adopK'd, us amended by Mr.
M’Coy% Among the resolutions oiTered
was one b;. Mr. M’Lean, of Ohio. i allit)g
Coi- information from the W'ar I)t nari-
ffent as to any (iisposition to emigtau
which may have been evinced by the In
dian tribes, ancJ the best mode f»f over-
(oming any obsiccles to their removal
west of the Mississippi. A resolutio «
was also ofl’ered by Mr. Drayton, of S.
C., on the sul)ject of an e(jual extrnsion
of the judiciary system to all tlu' states (;f
the Union. Mr. Mitchell, of S. C., laid
a resolution on the table calling for in
formation from the Secretary of the Treas
ury as to the amount and description of
merchandise annually shipped to the West
India inlands: and the like infonnation
as to the annual imports from the same
islands.
DECEMBEu 19.—In thc Senate, Mr.
Reed’h resolution considered on I'riday
last, and then rejected, was yesterday
reconsidered and agreed to. Mr. John
son, of Kentuky, sulimiited a resolution,
instructing ih^ Comrtiittee on Military
Affairs to inquire into the expediency of
establishing a National Armoury at the
Horse Shoe Bend, on Licking River.
In the House of Representatives, a
message was received IVom the Presi
dent, communicating a despatch from
Mr. Gallatin, w hich will be found in out
report of proceedings. Several cornmu-
nications from the War and Navy De
partments were aUo received, amog
which was the repf)ri of Captain M’Neill
of the survey made by him during the
autumn, of a route for the national road
The report from the Navy Deparinieni
communicated the result of the snrvey
of the harbor of Haliimore, which from a
hasty g!i.nce, we t-egard as favorable. A-
mong the resoliiuons, was one offered by
'Mr. iJrent, cailii.g for information on the
-iiii'jeci of the bonr.dary line belween
^iexico and the L/iiied States. An a-
mendment was offered by Mr. V'inton of
Ohio, to Ihe resolution laid in the table
on I'tidav l)y Mr. M’Lean, which indui -
ed u successful motinti Tor the printing of
both. A resolution ofMr.Vinton refutive
to the Quapaw Indians was aJojited, after
striking out the clause v. hir!’ called for
the instriictions given to tiie C ommission-
ers who negotiated the tre.ty with that
tribe. The resolution otVered on Friday
by Mr, Mitchell, of S. C. relative to
our exports to and imports from the
Britsh colfinies, was agreed to, after be
ing modified, on motion of Mr. 'I'omlin
son, of Connecticut, so as to give it a
wider range.
Mr.Randolph took Ins seat in iheSetiate
yesterday. His appcarance is more n
tural than it has been for man> years,
and we learn from his fellow tiavtdler;,.
that his conduct beiween N. V. :k anfl
Washington, was quite (.fnteei. Hi.
person Is evidently much itnpi oveo b,
his tour, and wehope his mind lius “re
ceived a sympatl'etic aid.” How miii.i
1)1*' are the views and opinions (>f nu;i!—
It is said that the Adtninisiration jK.rtv is-
now far from being averse to his re-elec
tion, while the Oppostii(;n is aiixious Ibi
hib deb'at. ^Qlcxitndria Gazdfe.
—
Few persons ai»' aware, we believe, ol
tiie extent of the busitiess done in some ol
tiie priniinj; offices of ihe United States,
or of the numbei of persons who obtain
tlieir bread in that vocation, 'i here are
now employed in the office in v hich l!ie
National intelligencer is printed, nitiety-
seven persons, including »be two editors
iitul clerks. If the reporli'is be added,
we have ihe rouml ivimber ofoiietiuri-
tlred. So large a number ol worknieti of
course turn out a cotisidorablo (juantity
of work.—Of this an opinion may be
formed from the fact, that the (piamit)
ot pajier consumed in this office within
the week, which includes iliis da\, will
have exceeded three hundred reams.
Xul. I/ll.
Jin old Sinner—A gentleman ciichhi ytam
of age ran away from Pottsvdle, Penn,
and canied '.is property with him, to u-
'^id the maintenance of an iilegiiimau
claU! !
VEHV l.A 1 K FIIOM KNGL.^iM).
BAi.i iMoio, Di.c. 16—1>\ Ihe packet
ship W’iiliam '1 hompson,Capt.^Maxwell,
the editors of thc New-York Commer
cial have received copious files of Loudon
papers to ihe 14th of November, and
Liverpool ofthe 16th inclusive. Among
the Passeni>ers in this ship, are John A.
King, I'.sq., late Secretary of legation to
the Court of St. James, l)earer of Des
patches for (io\ rnmeni, and Mr. War
ing, King’s Messenger-. 'I'lie inrporl of
these lespat( hes is said to be of a friend
ly nature. They have no relation, how
ever, lo the West India question,'which
remains untouched.
Mr. William IJeach Lawrence, the
successor of Mr. J. A. King, reached
Liverpool on the 12th and London on
the 14th Nov., and immediately enter
ed upon the iluties of his office.
Meetings have been held at Liverpool,
Leeds, and several other places, to pcti
'.ion for a repeal of thc Corn Law^. A
meeting has also been helil of the s;.ip
owners at J/iverpool to ad>j)t measu'es
for obtaining relief against the operati(;fi
of the new navigation laws. [Mr. Hus-
kissiin’s free trade acts.]
The author of Waverly has returned
to I'ligland—having procured a varien
of important documents at «Paris, to il
lustrate his I.ife of Na()jIeon. He has
moreover rwo new noveh in a for
ward state. In one of them the scene
ii' s in Ireland, and embraces an interesr-
in^>- period of legendary history. The
other will lurther illustrate the manners
of Scotland and is entitled “Tiie Chron
icles of Car.nongate.” The latter will be
published shortly.
It is stated from Stockholm, that it is
almost impossible U> form an idea ofthe
miserable situation ofthe agriculturalists.
A ton of Oats costs S crowns, 32 shillings
Hanco. As to Barley, none can be got
and the scarcity of hay and straw is be
yond all descripTion. People are oblig
ed to k’ll their cattle, from a dread oi'
not b>*itig able to keep tlieni during the
win\r. A number of farms have been
sold by auction, because the proprietors
were unable to pay ihe taxes.
A great fire broke out in Lyons, on tl e
night of Nov. 7. It commenced in the
Rue Sala, bthind the barracks of La
Charile. At 12 o’clock the fire com In u-
ed. All the space comprised between
the Rue Sala, and the place Grulier, and
the quay of the Rhone, was at that hour
nothing but a heap of ashes. A post
script from Paris, Nov. 7, announces in
formation that the fire was got under ai
liaif pHSt two o’clock.
Jijj'aifi ofthe Greekn.—Acconnts have
been received from Marseilles of Lord
Cochrane’s having efiVcied the purchase
of a small frigate in tliai port for the sum
of ^12,000. This, with Capt. llasting’s
steaia-vessel, and the IVigate from New-
York, wiil give a new character to the
(.ireek naval forc^-. [A letter from Cow
es, states that the Greek frigate Hope,
from this port, was spoken 22nd Oci.lat.
40, Ion. 5o5.]
The following is an extract of a letter
from Mr. Orlan one ofthe Greek De
puties, to a Mt niber of Parliament in
London, dated .Marseilles, October 31.
** The 'news from Greeci- is, in every
respect, of a more favoralile natnre than
heretofore. Letters, which I received
yesterday, bearing date tiie 29il> of Sep-
tem!)er, s'ate, that the 'I'urkish lleet were
at Mjlilene; that of the Gr eeks at Samos,
w'hicli place the former have attempted
to possess ihemseives of, but have oeen
sucers'-i'tiliy ''e[)ij!s f| ”
Thr Su'/'>■}■ of thc Greeks.—W'e copy
tin* f ;!!()^^ 11^-^ t xirucl from a letter to the
er'i'ot ')f tl'e Mt-rni^g Hei alfl, written at
Cr-Ti‘i«, be». Hi'i of ; he intere iLlng ex
tra' Is IVom ItM- liretk Chiefiains, which
:ire iiri(|u* stional'ly authe;jtic. It willbe
se* n i'.;,! tl!»-ir lani^ua^* corresponds
V. it!) the Staten (ni;i of Professur Eve
rt ' t’s letter prJ.iihlied U\ i;s this day.—
lit ally, Wf slu iiii! Miink a cargo of pro-
’• r u rift niighi e'i--i;\ he olitained here,
. t!f: sent out for u\t lelief ..f these suffer-
ii!i' hfi ocs, and ttu ir starvi-.g families.—
I'Ik V (lesci VI- ali tlial we cati do for them.
Wlio u i'! take the iead t
You have heard olM. Iv/natd, and his
praise-vvorlliy iH’orts in behalf «)f the
(iii'i ks. 1 yesterd.iy paiil a visit to this
gentleman, who is ai the liearl of a com
mittee formed here for the |)Urpose of
aiding the unfortiiiiatQ,(Christians of the
Ivist, in tiu'ii for emancipation.
M. I’vynard haS already subsci bed several
thousand pouruls to ilie cause, atul de
votes the w hule of his time to thisj sub
ject. He was kind enough lo show me
several letters whu.h he has received
V. iihin these f"w days from the leading
chiefs, witii all of wliom he is in corres
pondent e. As these are ol‘ a very iccent
date, (0( t. 4, N. S.) I subjoin one or two
extracts. Nikitss, afier e:i[)ressing his
!;''aiitude for the ex‘rii(;ns of the com-
rnr.tei- III r.iiropi, savs: We tio longer
(ear the F._i;:yptijms nor their discij)lined
troops; l/ui w hile we are fighting them,
we ask our Christian bretiiren ol'luirope
for liread for our wives and children,
and the old men who have retired to the
mountains ” '1 be l’'.|)hoi a of Sparta ol)
serve, “ l’’i'esh aMaeks have been madt
on Maina: Mid I'm- Mm iias ho n repuls
ed three imm s—Ic wd! ' e -.i ;iiw'ays, !)ut
piocuie us i'( ■• (] i' I -.-ur wives and chil
dren, who have subai--V.'d od roou siucc
every thing; has U’cn dt*;»triyed by onr j dared ' lAbe 6nfy a govt^nUactit of |..
f ruel etieoM*.” -In addition to the aboer j o--'*i, of Boyacu and Cauca.
addition
di'plurabii picturt, i' is an undi wb ■
fact, thai from a thousand tn twelve kun
dredfamilies are encamped in the open utt
outside the walls of Najioli di Romania,
in a state of the most indescribable dis
tress.
• LONDON, Kov. 14.—Despatches have
been received ai the Colonial Office from
ihe western coast t)f Africa, with inlelii-
gence of an engagement which had taken
place between tlie Ashantees and the force
commanded by lieut. col. Purdon.
It appears that on the 7th of August
last, the Ashantees, amounting to 25,000,
had advanced to the village of Doodewan,
about twenty-four miles from British Ac
cra, where they were met by 11,000, men,
lomtnanded by lieut. CoK Purdon, and
composed of the troops of Accattoo,
King of Aquirnboo: Adononqua, King of
Aquassim; Dunqua, the Queen of.\kim;
Cinljoe Cheeboo, King of Dinkerab;
young Cudjoe, King ol Assip; the King
of I'ufil, and many other caboseers and
captains from different parls of the coast,
w ith the whole of ihe Briiish, Dutch, and
Danish Accras, divided into five brigailes,
and two strong corps of observation to
protect and flank.
At hair past 9 o’clock the attack was
cooimemed h\ thi Ashantees, in a most
im|*osiii;; and deti-rrnined manner. I'hey
were mt • halfway !>y llte nniied foicts.
under the ■ '’unand of Lieut. Col. Pur-
don. 1 !ie haltle lasted an hour; when
a pausi' t.'ok place, in consequence of
some of ilie Allies giving way. At ilti s
critical moment a teserved party of tin
Hoyal Afrii. an c»)i ps opened on the ene
my a desinutive fire of rockers, grape
and canniscer. from two field pieces, w hich
did infinite execution.
The Ashantees immediately fted in ail
directions, leaving the Kint;’s camp and
tcpiipage (in which was found llie head
cf tl;e late Sir Charles M’Cjrihv) on the
fit'ld. 'i'heirloss. in killed, wounded am:
prisoners, is estimated at 5000 meti.^—
I'he loss, of the force commanded hy
Lieut. Col. Purdon, amounts to about
800 killed and 2000 wounded. Of the Af
rican corps only two men have been
wounded.
It was reported at the date of the last
accounts, that the Ashantee King, who
commanded in the bailie, (and who is ihe
brother of the king, who was opposed
lo the late Sir Charles M’Carthy,) had
received two wounds.
ner5'M*9ez. Uiercfore, on the Tihfjf
N ivembtr, cot-vened apublic nieei.i.^/
I he r(^:ivent of S„n Francisco at Cai ui c .jj
On that occasion he made a speec i,
cidedly in favor of the course taken by
Caraccas. The meeting, afier deidjti j,
lion and discusion, then adopted resolu
lions.xalling on General Paez to issue
proclamation for the holding ofelenions
in each ofthe districts of Venezui'u,
choose deputies to a general assembly of
the state.
On 13th of November, accordipj,]
the General issued a proclamatiot], j ’
reeling these elections, and decreein*
that all the deputies shall assemble in tl^
city of Valencia on the 10th of next Ja*'^
uary, and that the constituent congres«^
of the state of Venezuela shalljbe installc?
by the 15th of that month.
On the 23d of November, General
Paez being at Laguira, intelligence was
received, that Porto Cabello had revolted
against him and the declaration of V>n-
ezuelean independence. The General
immediately summoned ail his dispoj.
able forces and marched to Caraccasj'
where he would promptly adopt meas
ures to suppress the revolt at Porto Ca>
bellot
The conduct and sentiments of Bolivar,
in relation to the monarchical
pi-inciplef
recently avowed, ap!)Oar to be generally
reprobated in Venezuela; and Paez has
taken the popular side of the question,
liolivar was to leave Lima on the 25th of
August for Colombia. The renubJir i.
IgUf
in a very unsettled state.
repubJic it:
Salt. Palrioti
A paper by the last arrival contains a
letter from Capt. Clapperton, the celebra
ted English traveller in Africa. It is
dated ai Hio, or Eyo, the capital ofYow-
reba, 22nd February, 1826, and says:
I have been well used here; depart in
two days for Yonri, where poor Park
was killed. I will get all his papers, if
not sent home by Bello, and hear every
circumstance connerted with his death,
r have made irriportant discoveries here,
as every fool is new ground. I have past
over a range of hills which were not
known to exisi before; and traversed one
of the most extensive kingdoms in Afri
ca, thc very name of which was unknown
to Europeans. In the capital rW’ this
kingdom I ha'e remained upwards of
two months. The celebrated Niger is
only two day's journey to the eastward of
me; its course to the sea in the Bight of
Benin,can be no longer doubiful.
VKUY INTEp.STING FUOM COLOMHlA.
Hy the brig Colombiar., Rugan, in 15
days from Laguira, ihe editor of ihe
Philadelphia Aurora has received Carac
cas papers to the 23d of November,
and verbal intelligence to the 26th. By
these ii appears that the republic of Co
lombia is declared to be “ in a stale of
complete dissolution,” and Venezuela
was about to constitute heraeif into an
independent state.
On the 2Hth of August, tlie people of
(iuayaquil assembled in town meeting;
and the inlendant read a document, in
which the forces of Spain, naval and
military, on the coasts and in the neigh
borhood of (Colombia, and in Cuba, arc
greatly magnified, the republic is repre
sented to bo in exiromc'danger from this
source; \’enezuela in arms against the
present system of thc rejiuljlic; the eas
tern sections under martial law ; Magda
lena containing within its bosom the
se'-ds ol a dreadful combustion ; preteri-
s.ons cheiKslied at Panama of a hostile
nature ; the central provinces distracted
In' opposite opinions, interests and pas
sions ; no national paity existing; the
geiterals, politicians, and revolutionary
leaders, all disa!>reeing, and the elements
of dcslrui'iion constantly increasing. For
these reasons, the people of (ruayaqnil
unanimously resolved to -onsign the ab
solute soveieignty of the country into tlu
hands of Bolivar, as dictator, and adopt
ed the constitution cf Oolivia. The cit
izens ol Quito, following thc “ ignomin
ious example” of (iuayaquil, on the f,th
of Sei)teniber, resolved loen.real Uidi-
\ar lo "^dii^n to leceive them under his
protection” as dictator, and inviting hin.
to convoke a grand national conveniioii.
Panama adoptetl a nearly similar course.
On the 6th of Novemljcr, the |)eople of
C araccas declared Venezuela and A pure
to he independeiil federalslates, Sc invited
tl-.e t.lhei departmeius of Cloioinbia t,
c(jtifederate witli ihein. The govern-
mcui oi \v£;'j at ihc ■sain'; '.iiiic tlc»
THE GKEEKS.
Copy of a le*icr from Edward Everett'
Member of Congress, from Massachu
setts, to Matthew Caiey of Philadelpl.ia,
Washinj(ton^ 1th Dec. 1826.
Matthew Cauev, Esq.
Dear perceive, in a late Natioti.
al Gazette, the report of the doings of a
commiitee raised for the relief of the
Greeks, and, as the organ of that com
mittee, I beg leave to addrc.ss you. In
the report alluded to, which I have nad
an opportunity only to look over hasiily^
various modes and plans of relief are sug
gested, which I doubt not will receive due
consideration, on the part of ihose to
whom they are referred. My only ob
ject in intruding upon you, is to obse.-ve,
that I received from Greece thc day be
fore yesterday, accounts of the country,
which have led me to think, that the o-
mount of suffering for want of food, is
equal to that produced by the direct oper
ations of the hosiile force. One of'the
letters I have received is from our conn-
tryman Jarvis, who has distinguished
himself in the military service of tnft
rouritry, and possesses the cor.hdence of'
its j.v)vernmcnt. He writes as follow.
“The Committees for the relief oi' the
(ireeks in France, Holland and (ieneva,
have sent twelve cargoes of j)rovisions,
and an agent to superintend their distri
bution. This has prevented thc final star
vation of the country. Let not the Uni
ted States, among so many stales and na
tions, be indifferent to ihe sufferings of
this dreadful bur no:; not desperate con
flict.”
With this letter from .Mr. Jarvis, I re
ceived one from Ko]ocoir;ni, w'ho ha»
been so prominent from the commence
ment ofthe revolution as a military chief,
and is now at thc head of the Greek for
ces. His letter is dated Napoli, 25th Ju
ly, and is written in Romiac. He thtir
txpresses himself, on the assistance re
ceived by his country from other na^
lions:—
“Our Christian brethren throughout
the world, sympathising with Clreece in
her extremity, have sent us aid of vari
ous kinds, to support us in our holy watv
From the societies for the relief of thc
Greeks in England, in France, in Switz
erland, and many other countries in Eu
rope, we have fre(iuent communications
ol articles both for sustenance and war:
which have proved a relief to the pover
ty and destitution of the Circeks,to whom
the fqe has kfi no afiriculturct no commenc.
no arts.; and who, being exclusively oc
cupied in the struggle, have no tneans of
supplyitig what is needful either for sus-
tenaiue or military operations.”
“ I he people of America, a people cl*
Christians, a people devoted to liherty.
of whose friendship and sympathy for
Greece we have already rceeived ample
proof, are, to otr great misfortune, thc
furthest removed from us. But reinote
as they are, sir. the friends of freeilom
atul the frieruls of humanity may yet con-
triliute to the relief of our country; nor
wil their aid be the less efricient or
serviceable, particularly in our presen!:
emergency.”
From this authentic source of infof
mation, 1 am led lo think, dear sir, that
a great amount of suffering might be re
lieved by the despatch of a Vt ssel loaded
with provisions for this unhappy coun
try. Many excellent and benevolent per
sons would co-operaie in this mode ol
aiding the Cireeks, who would object to
other pi opo.-,itions. An amount of funds,
(piite inadequate to any eflicient military
cfpiipnient, would suffice for the pur
chase oi a very considerable (jiiantity of
food and iis transportati ):i to tlu- scone
ol disiress. I am, dear sir, vviili
vour friend and serv.iiit,
liDWAUD EVLlirTr.