Jforetgm
listria, and advance with 50,000
men into Servia, which has not,
as yet, felt the miseries of war.
This movement is described by
our correspondent to be necessa
ry, the principalities and Bessara
bia having been totally exhausted.
All the accounts in the German
papers concur in stating, that al
though the Russians have opened
the campaign with a formidable
army, and with all the experience
which the events of the last year
afforded them, there is little pros
pect of their carrying into effect
all the intended operations of the
present summer.
Admiral Greigh having been
informed at Sizeboli of the ap
pearance of the Turkish fleet in
the Black Sea, hastened with the
squadron under his command to
go to meet it.
The new campaign is thus at
last fairly opened. According to
the Russian account from Bucha
rest, 120,000 men are to pass the
Danube. The troops look very
fine. The Turks are said to be
strengthening all the approaches
to Silistria, for three leagues
northward. Choumla seems im
pregnable. It cannot be ap
proached till eleven outworks are
taken. Numbers of workmen are
3 nmnlnvnrl in mnkirirr tlin w.ivs
letter also received, and mentions ovcr lne Balkan passable,
that a general battle had been It is said that the Greeks have
brought on by an attempt to push tfl;en the caslje 0f Romelia, and
some cattle into Silistria; that the; juioiongin was expected to sur
garrison had made a vigorous sor-ren(er j
lie; ana mat me uussians were
defeated witli great loss.
A German paper states that
Varna had been recaptured by the
Turks, after a horrible carnage.
This statement, however, is decla
red not to be entitled to credit.
The Russian army, it is gene
rally agreed, has suffered during
the spring from sickness the
plague and various contagious
disorders having made great hav-
Latest from Europe. By an
arrival at Philadelphia, Liverpool
dates to the 3th of June have been
received. They do not contain
much interesting information, ei
ther of a commercial or political
nature. The following items are
the most important:
The most melancholy account
of the distresses of the manufac
turing classes are given in the
British papers.
The subject of Parliamentary
reform was introduced into the
House of Commons on the 3d of
June. A conviction of the ne
cessity of some change in the sys
tem of representation, is said to
be gradually growing in the pub
lic mind.
The Duke of Wellington is so
thoroughly convinced, as it is
said, the Russians cannot subju
gate the Turks, that he thinks in
terference unnecessary.
Despatches received in London
from Lord Cowley, the English
ambassador at Vienna, mention a
prevailing report in that city, that
the Turks had defeated the Rus
sians at a place called Czernado
va. This is supposed to be the
same aftair alluded to in a Pans
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Xarborougl),
I'KIDAY, JULY 31, 1829.
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oc among them.
It is mentioned from Sicily, that
Admiral Malcolm had issued or
ders for all the English vessels of
war in the Mediterranean imme
diately to join the fleet off Sy
racuse. A Berlin paper of May 30, says,
the campaign on the Danube has
commenced with the investment
of the important fortress of Silis
tria, which has been executed
with signal energy and success.
AVe have received a letter from
our own correspondent, inform
ing us that on the 3th May, the
garrisons of Rudschuck and Gur
gevo attacked the Russians be
fore those places, and a very se
vere engagement took place, with
out anv decided success on either
side. One hundred wagons of
wounded Russians were sent to
Bucharest. Our correspondent
also corroborates the account of a
Russian corps which had crossed
the Danube, near Hirsova, having
been attacked and defeated by
the Turks 3,600 wounded Rus
sians were sent to Brailow and
Gallaez. He adds that some se
rious events have taken place on
the shores of the Black Sea, but
that all persons coming from that
quarter are strictly prohibited
from speaking upon military or
political events. It is supposed
that the Russian General will
leave about 25,000 men before Si-
The Election.. .The polls were open
ed yesterday, in the several districts in
this count', for the purpose of electing
mcmuers of the ucneral Assembly, and
a Representative in Congress for this
district. In our next paper we will
give the official state of the polls.
'...The election was held in Pitt
county last week. It is said that Mar
shall Dickinson was elected to the Sen
ate without opposition, and Wm. Clark
and Alfred Mpye to the House of Com
mons.. .State of the poll for the Commons:
Clark 590, Moye 540, Robert Williams
317, John Cherry 2S3, Ruel Anderson
136, Turner House 4S. -
j Sir, depends the future peace or
lasting misery oi an innocent, ua
ccllcnt wife and ten children.
Their husband and father appeals
to your mercy to save, not him
self, but them from shame and
contumely. Driven to despera
tion at times, by the embarrass
ments in which his long and ar
dent political warfare involved
him, every other source exhaust
ed, he resorted to his official au
thority to raise funds, which he
most firmly believed at the time
would result in no loss either to
the public or to individuals. Fate
has decreed it otherwise. And
those against whom he fought
and against whom he would wil
lingly have lost every drop of his
blood, have triumphed, and now
trample upon the enemy whom
more than all others, they hated
and feared. He is here in the
hands of the Marshal of Pennsyl
vania on a criminal charge he
was on his way to Washington
where his family are anxiously,
trembling expecting him.
"The enclosed paper will show
how you may save that family
from wretchedness and degrada
tion. It is the copy of the explan
ation forced from him at Boston
and addressed to Mr. Harris the
Agent. He forthwith sent a copy
of it to the 4th Auditor, who will
receive it by this day's mail.
Contradict it, and the family of
the wretched being whom you
once honored with the name of
friend, will henceforth live in ig
nommy and disgrace. Confirm
it, and they are saved. 1 ho pa
pers referred to were "mislaid or
lost during your long illness and
absence from the office." O God
! he can write no more the ofli
cer is at his elbow to carry him
to Washington. Write to Mrs.
W. under cover to her son W. H.
W. at the Branch Bank, Wash
ington make her happy, and may
'the all-powerful so bless and pros
'per you.
"Hon. Samuel L. Southard,
Trenton, New-Jersey."
Every material statement in this let
ter was proved to be utterly false.
Case of Anne JloyalL After
the Jury in the preceding case had
retired, the Attorney of the U. S.
took up the case of Mrs. Hoy
all, under the charge of being a
'common scold.
From Washington. ...Our latest ac
counts from Washington City inform us
that l)r. Watkins's fate is still undecid
ed. Qn the 20th inst. the case on one
indictment was submitted to the Jury,
who returned the following verdict:
"The Jurors in the case of the U. States
against Tobias Watkins, find him guilty of
obtaining 750 dollars in his official capacity,
and of applying the same to his own private
1 C A
use.
This verdict being considered insuffi
cient by the Court, the Jury retired
again to their room and in about fifteen
minutes handed in another verdict, as
follows.
"The Jurors in the case of the U. States
against Tobias Watkins, find him guilty of
obtaining 750 dollars, money of the United
States, in his official capacity, and of apply
ing the same to his own private use."
Which verdict was received and re
corded. The following letter from the
accused to Mr. Southard, late Secretary
of the Navy, was produced by the lat
ter on the the trial, under the compulso
ry power of the Court:
"Philadelphia, May I, 1829.
"On you, and, perhaps, on you
I alone, my worthy and honored
numerous witnesses, Mrs. Royall
rose and made a short but pathet
ic address to the Jury, urging
them to defend her against op
pression, to prove themselves the
protectors of personal rights and
liberty; warning them against
sanctioning a system of elerical
domination & persecution, which
if not checked by the freedom of
speech and of the press, and these
defended by independent juries,
would produce a state of things
which would endanger the Judge
on the Bench, and even the Pre
sident himself; declaring that this
system, and this prosecution, were
part of a general scheme, of which
the attempt to stop the mails on
the Sabbath was another feature,
&c. &c. The counsel on both
sides submitted the case without
argument, and the Jury having re
tired a few minutes returned with
After the exam
ination and cross-examination of of his term, he would arrange his
Mr. Coxe, for the defendant, mo
ved an arrest of judgment. Tho
defendant then gave security in
$100 to appear to answer the
judgment.
Rotation in OJJice...Ve believe there
has been as yet only two removals, in
this State, of persons holding public offi.
ces under the control of the present Na
tional Administration. These removals
do not appear to have produced thoe
pitiful and contemptible lamentations
complaints and threats, which have so
frequently proceeded from the "deran
ged" officers in other sections of the"
country. In one instance, and we are
pleased to notice it although we are fear
ful it will be a solitary case, the deran
ged officer appears to have "some me
thod in his madness." The individual
referred to is Dr. James Manney, hte
Collector of Beaufort, who, in reply to
some strictures on his political conduct
by the Raleigh Star, observes:
"I dilTer from many of my es
teemed friends with respect to the
tenure of public offices. I am of
opinion that the President should
be elected for six years, and be
forever after ineligible. I would
prefer the present term of four
years to any longer period than
six. A law should be passed by
Congress fixing the term of all
officers appointed by the Presi
dent to six years and that thev
should not be re-appointed for the
next six years. The public offi
ces were created by the Sovereign
People for their own benefit not
to gratify the friends and parti
zans of any great man. Six years
is long enough for any public offi
cer to hold an office. Every free
man in our Republic, may be a
candidate for the honors and
emoluments of public office and
let every one have a chance by
renewing all our public offices at
certain, short stated periods. It
was never intended by the fra
mcrs of our admirable Constitu
tion, that the public officers should
be appointed for life, and that the
office should descend from father
to son. The keeping of the pat
ronage and emoluments of public
offices in the same family for ma
ny years is aristocratical; it gra
vitates towards monarchy. No
prudent man will depend upon the
emoluments of a public office for
the support of a family it is not
his property, he is only a tenant at
will and the emoluments should
be laid aside for a rainy dav. If
a public officer knew that he was
to return to private life at the end
business accordingly, and not be
placed in the awkward situations
that many are now in. Many
who have been in office for half a
century, are now complaining be
cause they are removed. I think
their complaints are truly ridicu
lous. Were they promised a life
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estate wnen tiicv accented wiicn
i
the improvements above mention
ed are carried into effect, the Pre
sident will not be beleaguered
with such a host of hungry office-
seekers, who are looking out for
1 .1.
a snug me estate. It is rauiei
degrading to the dignity of a free
born and high minded republican
to be cringing and licking the dust
from a great man's shoes, for the
sake of some petty office. Agri
culture, manufactures and com
merce, open their immeasurable
resources to the industrious and
enterprising. The petty om
a verdict of "guilty as indicted "of the Republic are generally