"V 1 1 j - if 1 ii II Political, FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AtnORA.'. T.ik Kection. never has been the usage of this paper to publish imperfect returns, n the morning after election ; we usually wait till " the results are sufficiently authenticated to pre vent misiut'ormation. - 'nie; result is not known nor can it be con - jfctured upon any other data than from the ten or of public opinion in the intercourse of soeie- There is one featnrs of the present election which will render it memorable. No election . was ever so laboriously wrought upon by in trigue, by, the combination $f the agepts of powT j er, by efforts to proscribe", degrade, and break down ey.'ry man who shewed any disposition to question the" infallibility vf the powers that be ! We need nut any longer be astonished at the al leged infallibility of the pope or the political inability of the Kings of England to do wrung there wanted in our ease oujy the inquisition or Newgate', "to confn in the dogma ofgoyern meutaland ministerial infallibility. - Another trait, which though not new in its ' character, is characteristic of the slate, of pul- litiear despair which ul.tuys precedes the fall of a sinking faction. . The adherent's of abused power have not ven tured to dispute a single" allegation iu:ide ugainst llie$n. -The men iu power have, as to public, measures, suencea ine presses, aim wnai was never before known uiidar this government, the ni-jst profligate of all the instruments of corrup tion, publicly boasted of this subjection of the press and proclaimed its .debasement and silence as atrumph of the ruling party 1 From the meeting of congress' in the last year, the incapacity of the administration, the Inadequacy of its measures to the exigencies of th country, the corruption practised in the fi s cal department, the extravagance and waste of the. public resources, the sacrifice of the manu fact u ring industry of the nation, the sacrifice of the national interests to a ba.ik speculation, (he perfidious treatment of the army, whose valor had supplied the waut of talents in the rulers, and triumphed over a veteran enemy theabu- -. 8e lit the post-oiuee in lis money concerns, ami the obstruction of the circulation of papers ob noxious to the rui ng party the flagrant pro tection given by the rul ng power to those who were by evidence cm vie ted, and wnum a com- !iJi-iis i;iiSLWj rx;ii.?'iui a vert full was si., it. Qd. new doabloon V dV j fcouse, V After th$ first had performed bis, part DeW'aol1ara'4s.l0dci-3d O. Robinson, Ksn has been appointed the for blanket and pillow and l"d bimseiraown British Consul at Philadelphia. ' t lupod the 9r" All eyes were turned towards me UuKe or Kent dm gone irpm j&iigiana to Brussels, to reside there three years. - t The English play-bills announced tne in tended departure ofMr. locledon jfoji ;. Auneri- ca. ". ".'.. .-'" ' " ' The Japanese have discovered an inclination to trade with the English j ana mey nave per. him in anxious f xpectatiqn,when he drewfrom his bosom i a pistolj lappeo the muzzle to his ear. and blew out his brains t This closed the entertainment. ' .. - ' X As horrid as this deed appears, the deluded man who beeame its vietim had undoubtedly anticipated as much eclat, as he does who de v mitted an academv to be established,! in which liberately coes out to shoot bis friend, or to be the Enzlish language istausht, and it has many shot in a duel. And if there are shades of pnpils. difference in the two" crimes, the self-murderer Accounts from India state, that there was a is ihe least criminal. , ' report that the Napaulwar would be renewed a second time. ' - A long letter from Fouche to the Duke of Wellington, is published in the English pa pers. , The Abbe Vinson, and another priest,Vl. Fleury, of Nantes, are on trial in Fmucc, lor boston, oot. 0. V The U. 3. Frigate Macedonian Now lying at the navy yaru in vnariestown, bas been late ly examined, found'lo, be extremely defective and badly built in her upper works, and is now undergoing: a thorougtLxepair. She is to be al- their publications, calculated to alarm the pur-' most wholly re-built above (he guu-wale, inclu- ehasers of the national domains, particularly ; ding her spar aud gun-decks, which are to be eliureli property, whom it.isuot iutehded to'dis made-);iitirely'new.'-.S"; s : v turb in their possessions. . The long expected Mummy,' an excelTent re- tie;!. Aiiiicl, being offered the alternative of presentation of which wb gave upon our first surreuder tu' Franco, or uuprisoumenl for lil'epag;e, has arrived n town. We are sorry to in Hanover, Las, chose the. latter.. -.z.i::szz:.Tz.. preeive that any diincuUies have arisen he-i A private letter from Fans menlians a quar-j iween MrrWilkins, the original owner, and the rel betweHii the French National (luarila and present possor, on account of the public exhi some foreign troops at Sirasburg, in whiqh more i buion of the cariosity. . Air, Wilkius, in a let thai! 130 persons were killed or wounded. A J ter from Kentucky to a gentleman itr Btistoii, ob Paris paper says the foreigners and guards were: serves, he intended the present for the Massa near coming (o blows, but the authorities produ-t chusetts Antiquarian yociety -to whose care he ced any accommodaiion. - j. . finally consign her. An English letter says, General Merlin (bro-j The atmosphere, for a few days p'ist, has been ther to Merlin de Thionville,) has beeu called marked by strong peculiarities. It appears to 4 mittee of co.ieress had tlie audacity to"report innocent .in the face of the evidence the inti midation of witnesses by disinisnion from office for only daring to declare the truth upon oath all these transactions, have p.eve'r been at- temjitedlo be refuted, and the characteristic of tie only moae oi vntuiea-tfl-led tolhat is lhe""ver ::V-iaaiaiSb4ayia mhtejea Mars aa-o , a lhe: acts are jwss-i feientlv jaiti&l--by abus g and slander ng,and Ii i ' , accus ng the ed tor if the Aurora of murder J .' 1 ! 1 And this is the characteristic whieh marks' their despair -the returns of the election when they f are.declared, will prove, that in this district iif and in thjs state, the government of the union f' and the state, have forfeited the public confi- C denM' - ' . a-- ' .' ' The result of this election will not show those Ui names on all the returns, whieh indicate a per- 'J k : feetahef entire change ; but it will show, that l g , after all the effurts of a corrupt treasury, united "! with all the official influence of the general go- . rernment and the state patronage with tickets ?!ecUd by a wicked and corrupt body of agents in I He name of delegates and conferees, really ' elected and put in nomination by influence of the two administrations, united to corrupt and pwei'lJhfredojn of election After. all this, th.s J act mil peine result ; that me jtgrnt in nto actual service, and has required for his staff the. Aids of Marshal Ney. The Duke of tiichelieu, it is said, is lo re present Louis IP, at the meeting of Sovereigns, See. at Carlsbad. Madame Joseph Bonaparte has asked for passports to go to Hweden. In Franee the -apprehensions of an unpro ductivu harvest, have in a great degree suqsi-ded. British cotton goods are no longer admitted 1o entry in the port of Biscay. Several valua ble seizures have been tnide. No new Knights of Malta are to be made. -. The order is to be suffered to expire. The Kiug of Naples has forqiddeu his sub jects applyiug to the Ptipe for indulgence. The Emperor .of Russia, has appoint ! the son of Gustavus, late Kingol' J34 ' f)-n, to Lj ui, vernor ot Finland have been sensibly impregnated with smoke, so that distant objects became much obscured, and the sun and moon both assumed the redness of flame. We understand this state of things has been so evideut in towns further to the eastward, that at Portland the smoke insinuated itself into the houses, and rendered breathing extremely uncomfortable. The excessive burning of wood at the north-west, is the cause to which this ef fect is geuerally ascribed. BALTIMORE, OCTOBER 7. Daring attempt at Robbery and Murder! On Huoday last about dusk, a gentleman and lady of this city, who where returning in a gig from Harford, were assailed by two men, on the new Philadelphia Turnpike a short dis ui.ice b")nd Murray's Tavern. Oue of the villains seized the bridle 6f the horse; the other came along side of the giir, and while in the act The French Government have required of1 of making a'desperate blow with, a large club, the Dutch to eive iin Mr. N. rii.non : but the, Dufch authorities hesitated to f ake any stepg on the' subject, aKhoush they had held Ar. 6. in I this double corruption will be in ihe minor ty ; that they are no longer capable, even aided by the nower of the two eoveruments, to aceom- fer?0Q!ited insEjiland because the words by night VeTe uScd instead of by nighti in enumerating tue words of a let ter quoted in his indictment. MhXICO. . " The . editors of the Mercantile Advertiser were yesterday favored withj a translation of the following interesting intelligence from Mex ico. The fact here stated of the revolutionists having taken possession of Matagorda, is con finned by the report of Captain Fowler, from New-Orleans. " His Excellency Don Jose Manuel de Her rera, minister plenipotentiary from the Repub lican Covernment of Mexico, to the U. States, has communicated, under date of 2-Hli Aug'ist last, from the port of Matagorda, to a respec table person at Philadelphia, the following in formal ion. ' . The Itepublican army of the province of Ve- in to tfin Jace-Jj y.. -w-as struck across the head hv the gentleman. wit h the biff eiidTof.Jtis wlti p. T'i bludgeon 1 Mexico struck the gentleman on the shoulder, passed lady, and felrtnto the .Tlie yilliiin t hencaired- on the'other, w1o held ine norsey io:Trsnoor which- tie wat aljpol to do with a pistol, when the gentleman jumped from the gig and ran along side calling for help whieh brought several persons to his assistance. The villains in the mean time decamped, into the woods, and the gentleman and lady reach ed the eiWy in safety. NASHVILLE, (TEN.) SEPT. 11 Died, on Monday, Caleb llewett, esq. high sheriff' of this county.. The deceased received on Thursday last, a writ against a man named James Maxwell, for abusing and beating a ne gro of Major Stump's. He weut to where Max well, who whs a journeyman carpenter, was at work, and told him that he had a writ for him, when sad to 'relate he made at him with an adze, and struck him on the head such a blow as eventually deprived him of existence. Mr. Hewetl was a""ybuni gentleman esteemed by sailed abont th m;.nA nf V..r . r!'oawj ' ll I fi , Y V UUgUll rZ.T ' I I I ll ir.iu r.l" i . r y.j , 1Ui Bquaaron that has ' grossly: outraged thenation, by firing 7n Z flagand shedding the, blood of ouVgallairt sea men m their own waters. . This we trust will be last on the long list of our grievances from the miserable bigots who govern Spainwtheir shameful conduct at Valparaiso, at Fayal at the two Carthagenas, at Cadiz, .and in many other places and on numerous oceassions, will ere long receive the chastisement it so justly merits, from our brave sailors and soldiers. Small is is the United States' squadron b0,v on this station, we think that, hail they onUr they would soonxgive a good aecount'of the Doris. 1 : hat sensations this outrage may excite at; v asninion cny, we Know not out are coiibdenr. that the nublic Vitinp will ImiHIv ilpmnn i - ( 1----- ... . J Huric. ment for the past, and security for the future or war ! NEW-ORLFANS, SEPT. 17. We ' hive at. last received such informal inii- relative to the Outrage lately commitled on the American flag by theSpaniaids, as may be re lied on.. Expecting to receive some informa iion, we forebnpe any allusion to the subject iu yesterday's gazette The Firebrand was not in company wi i h any oJ her vesstl wlien she fell iu -with the three Spanish corvettes. Wheu fired upon, lieut. Cunuingham shewed his colors, aud hailed the comtiuidore, mentioning the ebaraa ter of his vessel." -.After., continuing their fire some time, the Spaniard sent an officer on buarp the Firebrand, : to whom Mr. Cunningham's ' commission was shewn; and afterwards, Air. Campbell, second in command of the Firebrand was sent aboard the corvette, pu the reqisitiou of the Spanish captain. When Mr. Campbell arrived i.n the Deck, he was insulted by the most oprobrinusatiiie, and aeentinel was plac ed over him ; his boat's crew was also compel- , led to go on hoard immediately put in irous, and then cruelly beaten. It i added, that Mr. Cunningham repfatediy assured the Spanish captaiu that he had struck his flag ; that be 1 Ta'l .-.t . . !nn li. kit n..tl . consiirerea ine rireoranu as a ii-- i 'iu; olic majesty, and entreated that she might be takeu possession of, agreeably to the usages of hpllirrni-onlu ' Tills wax declined by Jhe aal- lant champion of the Inqisiiion 1ul he stili detaitied Mr. Campbell and his boat's crew. Al the expiration of ft.ur hours, however, a sail appeared at a distance : the prisoners were released, aud the Firebrand permitttd to de part by the redoubtable Don, who did not tail -.1. . I .. ... 10 loau iter viMiiuiniiiiei iuc hmhi-ji re proaches, audprotesled thai he had orders to drive everv American vessel from the Gulf of Gazette UALV.tGH, OCTOBER 1 8 ".816. tile plihany object depending; on tfje pubi c $uf- Pit . , fc fruge-Ll they have lost public cLfidenceL?.l Kepubl.can troops of the province thaTsach is theetes.ation of the publie that 1 e"i,e.av".r,',!5 ' ,orc,ed 11 ra Cruz, uTdtrthomnmniHif Gpn.-VHoria'QJy1 hi:u' an(l acquaintance. was MSS for licrsilf. laid seige on tne l8ih 4uy last, to the citie r dft very gcnerai.ever cou!UiMpuiLIC iee,inT Cordova ana virizuno, winch were then on the i ue. more cAiieu man u was on me occasou leve of surrendering. Th Commauder in Chief i every one seemed to forget his uiual avoeatinng of Pile- Mo arrest, the murderer, who had fled, lite North Carolina FiVyinui. Patrick Henry was the. first ni'tn in Virginia, who publicly pronounced N'trA, Carolina ." a poor tlespistd ptkr !"Th( language, how ever, hus now become commim j an;l fne can hardly ex pect from tlieir papers much better than xtmt which fol lows : Fit 'M A. VIRGINIA TPA'PER. ?sorth-Canditiii is only a Privinre bfVir-. ginia, and seems conteuted with In r Jegra'Ja tion, Some of her citizens wish the State yet to' be something ; but the majority piifrr walking under our huge legs and cret ping a botit Virginia. N'orth-Carolina has been our maid servant these twenty years, and there is no prospect at present of her going into busi- inarches to oeeupy the port ot Uuazacualros, which was without means of defence. Gen. Basta mente had been victorious over the' Royalists as often as he had met them, and was pursu ing them with all haste. Una. Arredoudo, com -i federalism ha lost many of. its abhorrent fea tures, in cntnparrison with the corrupt and de basing measures, and the shameles proscription ,of upfight, and stedfast republicans, to the malice1 and vengeance of men who have aggran dised themselves by the violation of all obli gations and oaths Hd the plunder of the pub lie. : ." . " r; This election, is perhaps moro indepen dent of party than has been m anifested nn ,nny wcmiwii iucc mc '""" J : '..J' J..11.. Spirit is in fact sunk, and the love of real free-I V"'." a k 3 7 i A au5"c"".u5 ) m r m . 7 ' (hail sltroticvf Ii - MiihauMiiunf 4 a 1.a n u i '''GeneraKZavaleHe .' 1 he publhrvrifl- heftstnni-fce'- learn, that' this t'nrtunate unfbrtnnute officer, whti sonar-r.-wlv escan-d ' therteck-hamDcrinsr med.ller' in-Frwicf, pursuit in every diection was constant until I:. . , Ul,;tVl1-r(.markHbieevt:1,,siil!ltwccL nday night, wnen he was takeu, and js now 1 . ,. ' .. uYwxrkmi' e J t His preneralsliip seem a to be rather back'ia m.n Vfnour.clng bimseU sliru.sk very.,nioclestly from. thefub lie ca', and apiieured quite anxious to escape those u'- He is a which, is grtat in everv di. ection was constant until confined in jail. - . ( ' - ' - -v . .... tlUk'lTllC. IT FT. SKPT. W. I Wi - i,., o. K.stlunil. IVn... il.0 'teuton which aie souK-lini' s so inconveineat. v , U. Illliri INLII ' . J ' '";,,BV,5 V dom and democracy prevails, in Spile of its - . 1 .... I A:.L..l DP BO anu li Hyp'icrnicai cucuuea. Foreign. T1 - BOSTON, Foreign 8umnary,By the politeness of Cap- : !,: p : i r. 'PI, ;b ,..,.., nn,:nn il,i (lu T...Vnn ill. tha btrapiiina tiirure -i-t neilv six. feet : IIIAIIUvr IU tilici UI llic lllt:i:IUr liril llltca lur vuivnnirew ntviiifti, ui.m utui vvn.vn a.u ... --- -. . . .. . - I ' . ... i . ... :.. t..f u. l. r..-. nn,n ..ll i i it t ieliU' )iih.i in mi.iv'i t. ui ..ii. ill uviauii uiiiiwi-i rciii race does noUieteriomtc in the ijey wiu-ld for this. Frenchman li:is, of course, grown four inches since sins landing in this favored country. A pair of neat ringsm ' hl's' ears, added much to the diprcUy of bis appearMce M though the circuinslanee indue d a-sarcastic rogue to t.nt tlw. cr,.iif.r.il nnituJilv. wrote his name Z?"" H-lUrtll., ...f,.-..- .- y - . . the lloyatists, had fallen back with the few for- ofher commiHissioners baa completed ihe treaty ce8 under his orders on Monterrey, the capital with the different Indian tribes in a manner per of the new kinzdom of Leon, iii consequeuce i haps the best calculated to1 promote the gener- of the Republicans havine occuoied the nort of ia'1 eal of the covernment, as well as to settle Matagorda, where they had fortihed them- the animosities or dinerenees between differeut Indian nations, as-well between all existing Strength. Subsequent to the nossession i them and the Uniteil States. or all lauds (y- ine tuooin oi liar creek anu Tort iog between let- Deposit on the north side of the Tennessee, ri-' ngiis ver, the commissioners for the United States ;r;4Ii.ren r Vrhappil y, this rtluslrious jx-r.-.or.asL: did i"' sPel ' of that port has been the evacuation of St. An tonia de Baxar, capital of the province of Tex as,., .whish was garrisoned by the regiment of Estremadura, one of the most famous corps of the Royal party. . lf The Renulilirnn Armv nf tlip N'irlh !. fnr t&io liiover. ot the snip niior irom Liverpool, the nresent. under the command or TTiiL Pt re. land includeU thereinithev have also asrreed to 1 ....,ma ..mhr rS-j; ..w ,Heux. ubon the a ji a - I t , . . - -,j . -. .. -i t cunuiirt'jjv - VL !" A f. ii'ith l.iinnn 1 nanort t e A : a 1 I . i 1 'li.-t s . ramA O a -t ti t. - 1. 1 I , - Z. .1 : . 1 - j.-.... wo nave iice ii itiiuicu mm uuMuvu Uia s, uurius iuc iiuHenpe oi uen. i oieua, wno i n.ow sr o iv,uu, wnyauie oisu ui icu uiuiuui iu- u mtn-M-ni-Hn--nt with n this ! h; but beini;-prevvutcd, for a ci:.y; JJ " runiremtnt of the stages, - from cwtinuiug IM0" V " i have agreed to giveg 80,000 payable" in ten ah- t'avoml us, in French, .with an account of the in!r; w nual instalments: and tor the establishment of U..i-,'u-t.ti;mM fnivlravcine in his nauve cou..i . general Coffee's line with the possession of the ! !,,.stowintr some ene'r-'etVc iliubles, sucrejlntw ami boini"- j. in the bTnited States on busiuess of moment, and stalmeuts. nns - the -a ith of August. . r. Accordiug to these papers business was im- ! whose presence with the armv, is jtnpatiehtlv roying in England. Most of the manufactures desired, f : ' "; lad recovered one ner cent, of their late fall, i The renresentatives who are ta enmnose ' Retrenchment was still the order of the day., the" next Consress, are named bv thrDeuiile. geatlemau;froin the Balize,. we leftni The harvest was tolerable. Sufficient distress, . and by the present time will, have oucned their U Slates schooner Firebrand, mount in ' however, still continued to cause anxiety, and to Hession. It afforded great pleasure to see thei a"d commanded liy' ljieut. Cunningham, while require tue cuniiuiii exei uuus ui uciicuhcih. j j0y aua enmiisiftsm wnien pervaded the .Alexi- 1 1,11 M'v uaiize a lew uays since was nreu on ny 9;orH.puri, fiogianu, uie vuun anu nuiCaiis on tne uays oi election A person w ho was witness in -this interesting tteene savs, that in the . province of Valadolid, there were vari ous likenesses - of Washington and Franklin, which the people carried in their prpcfssions, accompanied with music aud songs, allegorical of the occasion"'- - - . L. expected to meet Ins wi.i persons think' r not improa' hie tint a n.- Llic General , r I , , ' . and some persons think' r not imp Onj.EA.NS, 5EPTEMBERJL .i.-u;- .'-. fiMiirTllioVe ut the pui speck of tt'or'' with the Dons.' 13 v a tl.at ll,e : " rid the b:illonn.m!.P.'who swiiVdltd '!: pie of Kiehmond a fe w d ys hgo, ar v r-ii.1'1 ftl' and did lie navel north .or soudi " . " r. llf f . I ' Mills of Mr. Marsland, have been destroyed by an accidental fire. A Mr. uufslay, was also a sufferer, in property. Te London Courier says, France has reeu- larly paid the instalments of the indemnities to the Allies, and has now a considerable sum in readiness for, the -next periodical pay- '.' ment. -' ;' r';v-:-' y. '-yy'- ;': ; The Coujjer cpmbHm?nt Mr. Hughes, who went to Cai thagena in the Macedou Ian, for pfo ' curing the release, of the British, as well as A .J"mcrifan prisoners. ' r 'y. . ..y y The same paper complains of the attacks on Britain, iu the toasts drank in America on the h of July,; , It saysTtngjand never ntters a . word of reproach at the r separation. ' ; shead',so-ncoCt.bcpP 5".' Domestic; A t B AN tf,-cfi4. pany of spectators rAitached to the show bill of a wire dance appeared an advertisement of an Italian sailor, who promised to exhibit won derful feals, sash as lbs spectators had never uuisil DIUVIU v " UI IU('lVtlSV f csni ui vial III j f r 1 . I . V I f'f.m-uhifiM Ml i Mill T 1 1 1 IV compaov) ami one ot the crew of the Firebrand . '. . , . . . . ,.i ihe-uubn;1' killed. Lieul. C4n,,isl,.m imdiUl,. re- T - T, ' T l 'm ii was uuuouuueu same lima since mat a -r ... , .. . i ....,, i iJ-suni 1 lv. has wor.i'''i r.'ii nii.u nit" "1 "i ? ,,7TT tils lini'"'". -r- Rat i1 small squadron Was lilting out at the Havana, to go against the Carthagenian privateers chiis ing off that port and in the Gulf. The captain-general of Cuba, being furnished with the mans by (he merchants of Havana, had purr chased for 'that object, three former American - A real Tragedy was exhibited , at Sacket's privateers, name! v-Vouna WaibTof SmWni; Harbour, a fe w days since, before a large comkad pierced for ' 22 guns j the brig Reindeer, of nrnii. .nA.liilAn'Jlll.al..J tn.ll I'll I .n . .u " ' t 1 f I ,L. 383 tons,, ana pierced for 20 guns and the schooner Chasseur SI'S tons, and 18 ports ; all remarkable fine sailing vessels These were to be joiued by an old fashioned Spanish sloop of and snurns, in nr.jrhty passion, . ... 11 - a.. I k., n..Tnn n-jt roil uiTe. K.rtivur Mil HinUCHtCli l J I' - - . see whether the impart aj puoi.c w, ; . tlemcn do ; and whethjrr it can oe bei.eveu, . , tors of the k ubieky Ueportcr, or of the inv ft of&f aftof. the othrrintsLs.imaai-iy ci.- . f r totaUv e-xembtfrom some 'of .he n.ost wnr of humanity. ' r. ,-. - -tr? -. fcdvernment-I speak of its dmin.strjo to extend its influence in tbsaVb., tlie newspapers is maintained by favtfrs . :