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GREEXSBOROUGH JV- ?. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22 82?
NO, 35.J
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THE PATRIOT,
Is printed anil published weekly by
T. EARLY STM.YGE,
Jt Two Dollars per innum, pijHhle within
throe month from the receipt of the first
number, or Three Dollars after the expi
ration of that time.
J9o ;xtr iobr discontinued until all arrear
tts are paij, unless at die option of the
Rditor; and a failure to notify a d'nconiin-
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iance will oe considered s new engage
ment.
jmVEIiTISEMr.XTS,
Sot exceed.nR lfi Imes, neatly .nserted thr rpceivf ( London papers" of the C -h
l.n.es for one dollar, and 25 cents for ere Oc'oher, and Paris journals to with
ry s..cceedr.gpubUcaiont thoae of ffrea jn tw (,r fhrer ,lavs offhaf ftr.te.
:-Ii-ntrth . In the. aanru nronnrt'um I. f n. : . i. " . . ,
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:j.fmp.m Rdior mtrstiJC ppst.TaJ;rr.:
V.ik r-L
KKPOUT
o Tiip Post Master General,
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Post OrFtci' Departmf.nt
Aor. 15ffc, I82r
The Receipts ol thi Deait
ttier.i lor tne year eiiu'i.jr i i juiV
!., m unted to 1,473.551 00
TJurifig the s.'upe peri
nl the expenditures
were 1,573 293 00
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Xieavms one hnndred tlnuatid
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turf lus f receipts.
P e receipts of tiie last vrar ex
Mkn a IhnA llm lili lirn aaaiI ...
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182G. 134 18
1824. 3(14 ,3,5 C '!".)
1625. 359 203 88
If to the afcve sums tl ei e 'e add"'
thp air ' unt of thp reduction of expen
'dituie. upon sKb'UhtMl routev. with
out lese' itig the public accommoda
tion, and due allowance be made f
increased services, at a rate f com
pensation below what had usuallv
been paid, th condition of ! De-
parunent will be f und to have been
Improved, within four years ending
1st July lasti tnore than a million of
nollars; and the ust year, in cmpa-
Yison with tlie ver peeCtdinj; 1st Ju
1y 1823, near half a million.
Within the last year an augmented
transportation of the mail has been
atrhnnzed, of four hundred and fif
teen thousand two hundred and four
teen tiles aunually in stages, and on
rorseback or in sidkies five, hundred
thousand and thirty two miles.
Under the contracts recently made
'grrat additional facilities hare been
fpven, by accelerating, the mail on
eading routes, increasing the num
ber of trips, and establishing lines
"which connect important districts of
country. There are faw towns or til
lages in the Union which are not ac-l
trommodated with mail stages.
The post office! have increased to
deven thousand.
In the last fior years there' has
been added to the mail operations of
the country, in revenue, transporta
tion jot the mail, and post offices,
more than one third. The mean of
the Department are now ample to
tmef the reasonable wants of the
tVuntry, and a vigilant administra
tton of its affairs, for a few years to
tnime, Ul pacP at the disposition of
the Government an annual surplus of
moie than half a million of dollars.
This sum will be augmented as facjl
Sties of mail interoouise are roulti-
oiiu van ur uiomi au vuniar pous-.
ly applied, if deemed within the Con
oMium-ua. powers 01 congrens, in the
t..t ..... I a-
.auinmucHi nu repairs ci mail
roads.
Uy the the last annual s'atcment,
lnete was shown to lie ill flprtucit oiwl
iue from
post masters, including
judgements obtained on old accounts
w sum ot 8270,631 87
" o this sum may be ad.
-de4l--'the-aarp(rtitTttfittt'WK-"'i:!'"
Jer! 100,312 00
..iio5is'. ' ' .
S7C,6o5- 87
repairs latelv dli )- - !'!(
The
t pc jBiiie en tho mail roacs rrora
Coiumbus to l);ik4 in the Stite of
Mississippi, and fro-n Fort M i'c'iell
to Line ('reek, in Alabama, are near
ly ( ompieted, under contract- which
require the work to Lie done mi the
u ,
manner, and at a price that
Mrini,t f;i; tw meet t(,e u5jc
h;it:on.
I have (he honor to be, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
JOHN M'LEAN
The President of the United State.
FOR K I UN.
Since ur la r mimnnrv. 10 hr
i ncrr ia ijoi ' iiiir in triese .nurnaiS
:?eilTier '"ii? cvufifm or cohdtet the
statement jriven in our laf of '.he
course of events in Constantinople 't
W be reridlected bv -ur raadera
..UUll!veaa.viccUronj CmtaHmtle
which were 8 iid to have ben receiv
ed in Iridon Dy a government t
press, were of the 17tl of S?ntc:.ib t.
Thor is a paragraph in the last Ga
zetie de Frjnce, dated at Conslinti
nop'e the lCth of September, one day
later; bat t!:e only sta ement cootairi
led in it i that the ci y wan trant-uil,
;and tfyat " in consequence of the
nieaure what masurese1 takan bj
the Seraskta. many French and Kn-
glih subj-cts have resolved to remam
i. J , . f n t 1
under the protection of Curon Often-
fels aod not to quit the cardtuf. even
in case oi nipiH-e." i r.e't i io-
Turksh
quadr',i
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fift ara the bloc kauin
-lit rue Uazette deKiancc. th- l" h
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w 'i.i hum 'n- ' "'in,; at ,
; Triesft Oclohtt 5 Lexers fro .
tii eek i;iec idii', t ie criteiits d
w'dch we canno' guarantee is au'hc:?
tic, i" the fodowin Ueclarati -n.s.a.- i
having, been inde to the G ive.rume.a !
of N r.oii di .ll'inian'M, by t ie Ad.iu- .
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rais e inuDaoinn tne tnglisii an
F - Tci squadrons in the Lrvaiit:
4 I. I he treaty between thf three
Powim s. Kr.iiic, K'lglan !, and Russia
ha been sent to the Anihassadors ar
Constantinople.
2 Tuey arc ordered to present it
to the Sultan. ,
'5: Whicheterofthe three Powers
s'tall -ucceed in ouUinin the consent
of the Sultan, h";s C'in, ji,t -iii.'l o
binding with respect to th: two others.
"4. An armistice soail be prelini
nary of this negotiation
'5. Greece must see clearly that
the Powers favor it.
6. The Vice oy of E. ypt has been
informed of this resolution of the
Powers.
"7. Twdve ships of the Ihe, four
for each Power, guarantee the Treaty.
'8. Tne Greek Government will
withdraw from Napoli di Roimnia.
9. 1 he .Deputies of three Island ,
Hydra, Spezzia. ml Io.ara shall ac
company tne Government, and shall
support it, of whatever persons it may
bo composed.
"10. The Deputies of the Catho
lics are ulso to be called to the G i
veriim;nt 411. The Government must seek
to maintaia tranquility and good or
der, and to punish, in time, every
person, island, or province, wliicii
may refuse obedience to it.
"12. AU he bandits who oppress
the islands of the Arcnipelago, must
quit them, or submit to the laws; if
liiey do not, tuey will be compelled
to do so by the forces of the three
Allied Powers.
"13. The Goveinment must take
measure thjtLord Cochrane roav
not commit any act of hostility during
the negotiattou and ttie armistice.
14. The two Admirals are author
ized t ign in the nine of the'lius
siaii Admiral, who has not yet arriv
ed v
A private c mmunication, publish
ed in the New York papers, states
that an ag eement has been made be
tween Russia, Frame, ano England,
Eu opc and Africa, and to partition
them among thtma Ives. Ve pre
sun e this i no' proposition of a very
recent u, ' It is well known ti.al
viewa ol .hta cnaracceif harp t?ee3 cr.-
terfained by thnv powers l o-since.
and we have freqi-nMy taken oc ,a-
nion to advert to tl'ero. and to tprn
late on (hp m-niiam itv nf thpir hi'in
ultimately carried into efect Cut it
n umiKcijr, cru ii n iirw ajrrcmciii
of this character had b-'eti mail?, that
it would have been uhbrej to trans
pire at the very moment v hen at
tempts aro making to induce the Sul
tan to recede to a proposition, on the
p t cf the-e powers, to mediate be
tween him nd Greece, since the very
edVct of such a disclosure v.ould be
to cut Mflfever- chatic-2 of that medi
ation btng acce;iteiT. Indej endently
of this, ve hare been told that the
Sultan erplicitly demanded whether
the Allied Powers had any ulterior
view, bttore he woold ctisent even
mlifiUSo tiaiuinjand il it V;5r
itpres.-io!! that the reply of th. Allied
Mu'isters vas a negative. Suppo-
t tb!t7 the f.r.ister.c-e of any agree-
f hraeler, : nf -jt-rerent
Lite, it n tist. have been kept a pro
lotiitd secret, even trom the Anbii
5adoi liieniselves; ami it is, therefore,
very improbable tnat it should have
escaped through the medium o a pri
vaie correspondent , in a New T.iik
paper. 1' ib wfj.ile is probably rmthmj;
lnore t iati a Stocl: h:. change rumor.
1'be atouut- from 8pain are tin to
tn. Tth ot Ocuber, It: jrive statements
of Ms cooditiuu of the it;suren,s
ivfncti it ts diir,cu!t to reconcile. "Ac
cording to wu.e account, the pre
sence of the '-ing ha entirely restor
ed tiaiJf t'lif; v. nile other., inlo.-m
i u iLi the iiisurents aro-yet in jreat
l irc and aie dany perpetrating jrrtat
The following regala'ioij reecntly
ini ia by ui rin nl rrusna iu itii.
II ler.ish province , uia loterost nihnj
oi our readers.
B?rh tl. Gel. 1 In tonsequence of
' tw of March '7 :32'., (lis Via-
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J'y im-My issuoa - wu o.uiuances
for the ortva:.ation of the States in
the provinces on theUhine, and io
osipbalia: and a tnrd ordinance
rela:ive to the Assruhlte of the
Circle in the sme ciuifies In the
llneiiigti Provinces -lh crder of Prin
ces who uavo a fuli vn'.-.. eonsisti of
tho Princes of Solmi Brauo!l,
r'otms ilohensolin Ijici. Wiod, tatz
feld, and Snlms-Ueis'jrcheJ Dye.k.
To be a member of the , Equestrian
Older, the person rnum possess an
estate in the country formerly kelong
n to the immediate nobility of the
empire, and which pays at leaat 11
e owns per ya' as land tax; itiZi is
to be tbe year for tbe eoinmnc- mrnt.
Several small properties united will
n t give the right which belongs to
one united property. According to
these principles, the Royal C 'minis
sinner of the State is to draw- op a
paper, in which are to be inscribed
the noble es'.ates, to the possession of
which his Majesty ban attached, by
pariieuUrjprmlege, the right of being
a A . a r .
ariemoeroi ine states, i re eques
trian Ordee has 13 representatives;
the cities have the same uuir.hfr.
Colog e alone has two. The parish
es also nominate 25 Deputiej, select
ed from five electo'al Arroodisements
in that of Col igne, faur; Dassnldorf,
six; Aix-la-Cliapelle, four, Cob.'entz,
six; and PrevM. , f.ve. In the large
towns a Deputy most pay ' at least
thirty crowos taxes, including at least
eighteen on nceoun: nf trade. A De
puty of the third oru'er must pay at
least twenty erwn tares. The De
puties of tbe Stctes receive three
crowns a day while assembled, inelu-jand
uiog the time ntcssary for travel- i reverse. Although do decisive ad
linr. and one crown ten erreiehoo ner 1 tantare has been obtained by us b-
mite 'German) for travelling eip6o- i
--s. In vvestnliwlia tne Urder of
Princes with a full vote;, consists of
the Duke d'Aremberg, tbe Princes of
Salm-Salm ayn-Wittgensteio-Bet -lebourg,
Payu Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein,
K unit. Ilittberg, de Henthe-im-Z
iklenbourg-RLeda, de Denthe
im Aieinforth, and Salno Horstmar,
'!-Duls"'of''littrtr,"lnd'Xr2isr,iitid';
Baron Stein; in all 11 votes. Tbe
Equestriau order has twenty pepu
tes, ths towns the same number;
Monster has two; the; country din',
trietj aeadj th nimn fan?rter of De,.
, puiict to t:-e Aiipmbly. Phe rega-
latij reittive in tl.o noble ett&tM
are the same no in th Uhnnink
riinfla In tK imm. .1 . t. I
clai. a Depaty tiutt pay wenty-fd'ir '
i r-ri?w i inoio ct thtrj and
lonrth data, sixteen eronas er.pita-
lion. The DBiltiea fram ihe nfta.
auts, must pay twenty-five erowni
land tax The Deputies reeeiva the
same diet money as iu tue Ithenleh
provioc-'i.
It it aidj that t' e Lord High Ad
miralof Balaad has resolved apoti
.'iMins; oat another expedition to Ihs
Nrth Pole.
I
From Ev.r oj, c Knclish aeeouLts
to th- sdult. have hn r-eeived by
the Manchester at 'New ik. No-
thing eertaiir hodliefcu hoard ' from
(irocio o Turkey.
4paia continues in a state of great
a gilttiio.Qt. ae d, Ike 1 ovai.jttLaJuiarevi
s:ttSi-f''-'f"l' ""TV ""' -"-.
STili'lBTiitf aoitiitiViiea (tea ting t ide
royal lron;i aent to r;uP. :heoi.
Ths i tn daspntehes fiom Vienna
represento that the Legociations for
tho reiurn oi' Don Viiijuel t'j Lisbon
were proeedin satisfftctordy. The
iiftot is to visit ..oodon in hii way
o Porlu,;r.!.
'ihel&tt of the Steam-boats coa-
tru;;ad in LonJon for the Greeks
wa. accidentally horot in the river
Thamea, tod the previous one, the
Enterprise, i said n the Times to
have fautider?d at sea A nist sin
guhr futality seems to bars at ondod
the fhjKna ir, foreign eountrtea of tb
uuappy Greeks.
Tho Gi -de tf Tuesday ?d Oet
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o'ui ..;iru no umer or nis .'iaje'-iy in
(iiuoil parntittin vessels of the FT
tales to -nter p;rt of the hvhamn
(ulcudc, in iialUit, 'or the'purpune of
expn.'tiag thenct- Jruil :ui salt, .-the
produce ct' those iilaii.?c.
From Rio Janeiro. We learn says
the New Yo'k Enquirer ;f th" 3-1
inst by the Wm. fell, Captain R&s
sett, arrived at this port yesterday
from ttio, that tho Emperor was eol
lectin all his forces, their destina
tion to be for Rio Grande. , The
country was iu a deplorable condition;
no mnQy in circulation exeept paper,
and that at a discount of 4U per cent,
The market was very dull, nd eof
fee high. Ths Pro.'.iUi'in frigate
Polar, wis lost about ib- id Oct a
small ditneu from Cape Fro, and!
all hands suppo ied 10 he lost, in con
ser ii nee of a mutiny on boord.
From the V'v Y k "viqoirer.
Fr 'titc L hrt-d V'.Ptl CrUZ
W 4tl, t:.'37 ,
Dkar Sti:: I tako tlie liberty nfi
farwardin tn you tbe ooelosed mani-j
fss'o of tie Federation ofpure, Itoy- !
alist of Sotin, both in th ori-rinal'
and in tbe. English translation: I he .
Government of xio feels an inter report, accoraianied by a bili, c m
est in giving il as mneh publicity as cemiug the. Public Treasurer, which)
possible; ai.d I know not how 1 an was lead tlie find time ami .1.
eB'ect this object better, than by ob-
Uining y.ur consent to its iosertion in
full. ,0 your widely creu lated new.-
pper. In eotdplym? with this re
qaest.you will further oblige me by
sendioimeafew napersin wliichit
is published, as 1 should wish ts
transmit them to the seat of govern
ment. Should you discover any er
rors in the translation, you will,
hope, use tho freedom of correcting
them '
We have returned from our long
ernise in tho face of a superior force,
without haviog eapeiieoeed any
ynd the capture and destruction of
thirty sail of merchant vessels, ne
vertteless. the Uovernment is psrteet
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Lsen effpfiteil that tli rf mr t of
i- o..:.r....i ti... .1.. ..... , ' 1
r ...m " . "sT". f I
mvc . u 1 ii rv,ii,i. in a nui llulc,
however. I trust .that wa shall be
plaeed in a position to strike a more
effective blow.
- 'T-ami-Tery'jresneetfnlly;"'--':-' rr
your obedient servant,
DAVID POUTBtt.
M M bab; Esq. New Tork
C7" Hie deemn ot n'fuded to U a
vary eariovs oee, bsiiig a f ircQl pro-j
position U elevnte to tht Sd h
Thrnn, Don Carlo- fi',the mink
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.the present year Etiqu rer
Legislature of N. Carolina.
IN SEN ATE.
Saturday Dec 9.
0" Motion of Mr. YrKichin 1
Raolvcd. That tbe M lnary Co'nW
mittee be instructed 1 1 etiq.n e mttf
th- expediency of amending he
litia law. (hit every cmunaud rig of.
f cr of ti cotnpa., shall have dis
7 7- V HS U
j keenK men tinder
cretionary power aa U, ihe iu. 0f
arrni ;
t v&nv tftrXKetftenff ,; "Hfe't' e'-?1
sdmc vsp'nption irora M Utary
daiiea ti all o0x era, is now giv l Jj;
Pfl til rnninn..l lir ?" -'
wiesara. speigh- of Greenes
Spaight of Craven. Owen, Ward,
od Davcnpor', were named as
CotntDittcc to join that of Ihe other ..
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r. use, in relation to the con'empla- V
ti d meeting oi the Storkholdeta ot
the Dank .f Cape Fear.
Mvndatj, Bee to.
Mi. Parker submitied a resoiffi
firm directing the CmninitUe of F&T
nan c, to enquire into tbe proprie-f
ty ot withh- Iding any further appro!
priation, for the education of Misst'
K'Rkely.
Mr. Ward submitted a res dufi ni
which was adopted, m.king it the
duly of the CjtDiitrollet , t tike 4 '
list d.'all tho p operty beor,g(K td
tho Stklo m poflsesston, nf thv tl .v
erna., at the ex.tira ion of cac, o
rial ttvm and fi-e the Ham in his f
fi v, to take 11st also ,f the furnit
ure of the Capit d and fil.. tha . ,
I'ne eiigrtivted bnl; to alter n Met
passed in 18O fixing tb ti ne f,n
paying the puube tn,ney i.,to the
1 reasuty, -11 entries of land, waff
read die third Uoi".
Tuesday Dec ii.
Hie bill to amend an r!i tii.;aprt
in 1815, kins further pruviniun
in Ihv .r of owners of gfravs, wan re
jected on its second reading.
The Senate resolved ifsel l,t a
c.tmmitree 0f (bo wh de, Mr. Oteen
m the chair, on the bill f,r iIk di.
wsion ol Haywood C unty. After
sbine, tim.-spent therein, the Com
oaiitee rose and reported the bill,
with an amendment to strike out the
first section. Mr. Speight -tf Gr ene
moved for the ind-frute puofp ,De
mem of the bill ar d amendment
which wan carried. 3S to 29. '
Mr. Pickett, from the Com mi 'tea
n iho treasury,' made a rUt il.-rf
the order of the day for Thurwlar
f The bill provide in 'what sum the
rrea9ut.er 8Ba glve bond Im what
tima lt 0 . ' wnas
e' a,ter PP0"meit and 10 .
Hbata,anocr-J ' v
Wednesday, Dec t2.
Mr. Speight of Greene, submit
ted a Resoluti m, which was concur
red :n by tiie Senate that the Stato
accept of the surrender made by G
V. Haywood, Executor of the Es
tate of his father the late John H ,y.
wood and the other heirs, of the pn.
perty belonging to said father, to
save the State from loss, under Hm
tation9 therein anerifi'd.
Thursday. Dec.
Mr. Smith presented t, ;i tl a
mend an act passed In 1809. to a
. r iow, mi a
mn, the aeveral acts h
f Clor TA
passed relative to tlie removal 0r ob
structions to the passage of fish up
the several rivers of this Stt. sr,
far. as relates to tUcKedee aii4 ,YaiW,
kin, which was readtne fira! time
and subsequently the; second and
thinl 'imv J
T" bill di.-eclne 'Ihe manner in
which H uds shU beroaitor kes&r
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