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Voir.), tt dsj of It'll fi got tl.ciifoi .ncr ;niv.,tiar,, amidst joys that 'ult uf viler li-pu'r' ii capable of ii.spi;m;. 1 lu-y ha J kept it c? till a fc'r or rulher an ftirly hour nti SiiiJ-y mos -ning ; ar.d U the breaking up cf tf.c farry, uudi so much r.oisc in (he street;, w j-.c ureal oiL-siee to (he actions and MUr ii.haliunis. in his prayer alter s?rmnn in the forenoon, Mr. no' iced (heir ii regularity thui 'Oh Lord, while v.c recommend (o (hy fatherly care ami protection ult ranki and condition of men, e in a particular man ner pray for the check and ticking weav ers of . In thjr wisdom and mercy be pleased to send them either iruir sense or lesa siller!' About the time when the volunteer sys tem was introduced, a corps was raised in Mr. -s neighborhood ', their uniforms uppeared to smart, that many coniidered them is the most genteel galadrcsst per haps willing that their patriotism might be us conspicuous as possible. One Sunday a youthful hero of this class entered Mr. -r-'s kirk; and although he could have easiU found a se.it, seemed to prefer standing in the passjge, right In front of the minister; and with much apparent complacency, often bending his looks to hi white cassimere small clothes. After reading ouf the text, Mr. observing tnat the young man still kept hts terpen dicular position, pointed to him and called out, ' lak a seat amang the lave there, lad, an we'll a look at your Lraw brecks when the kit k skuil 1 !' Ucinjj not only indifferent, but inatten tive, to dress in his own person, he had a great dis'ike to seeing the silly airs (hat a new coat or gown will sometimes inspire in a little mind j and his indignation was sure to be raised when he saw people dressing beyond their station. One Sun day afternoon a girl who attended his kirk regularly, and who was personally known to him, came in with a new bonnet cf greater magnitude and more richly orna mented, than he thought befitting the wearer, lie soon observed it, aud, paus ing in the middle of his sermon, utd, Look ony o' you that's near hand there, whether my wife be sleeping ; for I canna get a Kim ' her for a' thae fine falderals about Jenny 11 -s braw new bonnet It happened one Sunday, either from the weather being warm or the preacher being less animated than usual, that sever -alof his auditors exhibited strong symp- - toms et drowsiness. Alter a pause, long e.Ajugh to command attention, he called out' Hold up your heads, my friends, and mind that neither saints nor sinners re sleeping in the other world!' t his short, but energetic address, had its effect in general ; but one man was so overpow ercd tint in a few minutes he gave audi tie demonstration of being sound asleep. Again the preacher paused, and then in a loud voice railed out 4 John S this is the second time I've stopped to waken you ; but I give you fair warning that if 1 need" to stop a third time, I'll expose you cy name to a the congregation. tUNCt Entftikh .Yewfi.if:H-i. The tax paid to the British govemrwent on newspapers, is A 1-2 '. sterling, or about 6 rents tor eve ry paper. This tax on the Times a daily paper printed in London is said to amount to 56 1 C2,296 annually. Every advertise ment pays a heavy duty to government, the shortest pay 3 shillings sterling, er 67 cents. A daily paper in England costs a subscriber about 4') dollars annually. No credit is given on Newspapers in London. Man cf War' TaiLtt. The sails and rordage of a first rate man of war require 180,000 lbs. of rough hemp for their con struction ; and it is said to average five arret of land to produce a ton of hemp ; thus one of tloc monstrous towers of hu man ingenuity consumes a year's produce of 42 acres of land to furnish its neces sary tackle. In answer to an inquiry from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal, we state that the Key of the 1'aitite is in the United State. It is at Mount Vernon, and is the proper ty of Judge Washington. Dem. i'rttt. Camion. It should be generally known that atmospheric air, when suddenly com pressed to a certain degree, becomes suf ficiently heated to set fire to gunpowder ; and therefore, in loading a gun, the ball hiiotiiu be driven so siowiy m to aiiow the escape of the :ir contained in the barrel. It is probable that almost all the acciden tal discharges of guns, which occur in the ait of loading, arise from a sudden and ioleut compression of air. Mr. Elihu Sexton, of Chenango, a short time sinrc, while in the act of loading his rifle, experienced some difficulty, from the elasticity of the air, in forcing down the bull, ro overcome which, he made a sudden and violent effort, by which Lis gun was instantly discharged, the lock re maining unaltered. One of his hands was tetercly l.irrratrri, whilst the charge, in eluding the uuitoil, was driven through his other wrist. SrLut't Harbor Gar. A black man, nick-named 7ko Sab, in London, lately undertook, Tor a wager, to hew mii1 swallow a glass tumbler, which he did, and died soon after in great HHincwwMnHcrrM4 1'itoM u. wet:. By the ship Draper, from Havre, we have received from' our correspondent a file of Cali .nani's Paris Taper to the 3d of May ; the entiacts from which, though not of a late date, are still of interest. A'rgrtjivWf m important island in the lvtmt, has been taken by the Greeks, af ter several hard fought battles, in which they were assisted by the troops of the Peloponnesus. , A large sum of money sent by the Porte to Chomrhid Pacha h i been inteiccpted by the inhabitants 'of Longonko. The Creeks appear on all sides to be gaining ground. The provisional govern ment is removed from Argos, to Corinth, and has issued a declaration of Indepen dence, and promulgated a new Constitu tion. Corinth is the centre and key of wreecc. The preparations for war between Rus sia and Turkey, are still vigorously pro gressing. Europeans at Constantinople were gradually embarking. A Constantinople an embargo has been laid on all Turkish vessels trading to the mouth of the Danube. The Russian flotilla stationed in the Danube had tailed from Isniael, and is now at Reni, at the confluence of the Pruth and Danube. Russian Pontoons, transported by land, were daily arriving. I he Emperor Alexander was at the head quarters ol the Imperial Cuard at Minsk ! In Spain the Cortes has adopted the proposition to make commercial regula tions with the American Cohniet, 44 which had obtained their independence.' His Holiness the Pope was recruiting in health. '.'. Adv. FROM MEXICO. fUIl ApBLFHI A, JUNE 19. Yesterdar arrived at this nort. the schooner Highlander, Cant. Gibson, from the port of Alvarado,- from which place she sailed on the SStti May; and brings oHk lat intelligence from the city of Mex ico, to the '.Mil of the same month on which day the Mexican Congress assem bled in that city, and declared Don Augu. tineXturbidc.thirf of that government, with the title rf Kmfiertr. We have re ceived a copy of the Proclamation issued on the occasion published at Mexico. It appears by the advices through this channel, that, on the receipt of the intel ligence from Spain, by the Governor of the castle of St. Juan d'Uiloa at Vera Cruz, that the treaty entered into by the Viceroy O'Donohu with Yturbide, at Cor dova, having been declared null and void, that the Congress of Mexico resolved that every prospect of amicable accom modation being at an end, determined to proclaim total separation and indepen dence of Spain, and the extinction of ev ery title to allegiance to the royal author ity of Spain ; and to select a chief of their own country, and Yturbide was nominated. The royal general Davilla. at St. Juan d'Uiloa, had, prior to this act, declared war against the independents, and issued orders to all the Europeans, particularly the troops (hat had capitulated, to take up arms in support ol the royal authority. In several of the provinces these orders were obeyed, and some nartial insui rec lions followed, but in every instance the ft a . independents triumphed, and general tranquility was established. Colonel liradburn, in the service of Mexico, who is the bearer of dcsDatrhes. brings official information, that a minister would shortlv.leave Mexico for th IVi. ted Slates, and in case of any delay, that Colonel Caret, now' in this city, would be invested with full power. Information of the 'resident's Message to Congress, recommending the acknowl edgment ol the ludependence of Spanish America, had been received in Mexico on the I st of Mar. b? Col. Ilrai!! mm. vhn carried important despatches from Col. cortex. 1 he news was received with ex. Inordinary reioicintrs. illumination. nrt salvos of artillery were ordered through out tne citadels ana cities of Mexico. By these advices we learn that bishop Mier, who had been seized and rnnHur,! in St. Juan d'Uiloa, had been released. His case was made ft subiect of rlcen in. lerest in Congress ; and the royal gener al was notified that twelve Spanish officers of rank should be subjected to the like treatment as he should sutler ; and the of fleers were set apart by lot. and their names communicated. The venerable bishop was thereupon released and res tored to his country. He was at Alvara do when the ship sailed. Gen. Wilkinson was at the city of Mex ico, and in good health. lie is entirely silent on politics, having business which requires abstraction wholly from stu h A fairs. .iurcra. MKXlCO. 1 fw of our i in .ens have a suTirictitly c J'prihrfisivc idea cf the impmt.ir.ee if a countiy which is now ereucd into an Empire, and of w hich Augusti ic .tu bule as declared ... tit, bv a!uuc f'f the Mexican Congress of Tith Ma. That excellent Ixmdon Jouinui 44 Hell's W cekly Messenger" has a seiies of No, on the 44 opening of S. America ;" some dutkh are devoted to Mrxtco. We seue a few of the facts which it presents, and group them together , for our readers. The Messenger represents the territory of Mexico as greater than the Russian Empire in Asia, or the whole extent of the United States of America its fiotu ,'uthn to be ejual to that of Great Uritaiii before the peace of Amicus its revenue exceeding 10,000,000. Its mines pro duce annually 823,000,000 in gold and ,silver, being half the amount of the whole produce of the precious metals from all th mines i,i the world Its importation exceeds 2o millions of dollars; its expor tation, in agricultural, manufacturing; and mineral produce, 16 .millions 44 about half the total export and import of Great Ilritain." Mexico, the metropolis of this large empire, is described as superior to Bny city in the world, with the exception of St. Petersburg and London, for the regularity and breadth of its streets, the grandeur of its public places, its neatness, freshness and activity. The houses are almost all built of stone, adorned with pi I lars of porphyry. The great square (Pla za Masor ) is peculiarly magnificent ; equal in size to Russell s square in London, su perior to any In Paris, is surrounded on all sides by an open piazza, supported on pillars of porphyry, beautifully worked and delicately proportioned. It is adorn ed by some noble monuments of the ge nius of the people ; an University, Pub lie Library, an Academy of Sciences und Fine Arts, the mint, military and naval asylum, he. &c. A spacious and fertile region like this which has sustained such prosperity even under the withering touch of Spanish mis rule, must start into ctganli'-. existence under the auspices of a fiee government, administered upon wise principles. All the lies between Mexico and Spain are now dissolved ; and lurbide is for mally declared Emperor. Certainly the most (iifncult of all problems is to us er tain the degree of liberty for which na tion is qualified! which has just h iken olf the fetters of bondage. Is Mexico, with her established hierarchy, and the comparatively small number of landed proprietaries, the richest in the world, ca pable of enjoying a constitution, as free us that of the U. States ? We should cer tainlv hesitate before we laid down such a proposition 7 and jet-we -are disposed Jo suspect the professions of a man, who would wear the title of Emperor, and yet pretends to take Washington for his ex ample. The whole conduct of Yti rbide is indeed under a cloud. In the long ac counts of the Revolution which Mr. Wil cox presented last winter to Mr. Adams, and published with the official papers, there was room to doubt of the sincerity of his views. His recent election creates a deeper doubt. Bonaparte himself, when he took the. first step to power, did not part with all hs professions for the liber ty of France. The Mexican may be playing the same game and au impar. lial world iil hold him to the proof Rut they will abide hy his acts, not by his hon ied professions. They will ask, whether the adoption of the imperial title is the best means by which Yturbide means to prepare his people for a free constitution ? whether the Mexicans, with all their li.ib its of bondage, and all their landed and clerical aristocracy, were not capable of having a President as their ( lucf Magis trate! like (lie Republic of Colombia? whether, if this man were the apoatle of Liberty and the Votary of Washington, lie has shewn his attachment by assuming a title which the new world ought to abhor and by setting an example, which the aspiring chicftms of the Southern Prov inces may he disposed to imitate ? YVhy may not San Martin attempt to play 'the same game as Yturbic'e has done I Meanwhile, the influence of our free constitution must te felt in Mexico. Ev ery where, indeed, it must be more or less felt. 'I his example of prcspetity which a people enjoys under a free constitution cannot be entirely thrown away, even up on the Austrian or the Russian. It must be felt with greater force among our neighbors. Let their press be free, tmd Mexico must catch much of our inspira tion. Even in Mexico, already there is much division of sentiment upon the es tablishment of the monarchy. The Nat. Caxctte has received a file of the Mexi can papers, styled The Sun which, it says, is full of disruss'on about the forms of government some parts of the si my have manifested a predilection for a Re. public the cavalry regiment, No. 1 1, had made known to the Congress that the suf frage of its officers was r.t for the 44 tem pered monarchy s.ncrioiicd hy the assem bly ," but for the Republican foim, Sec One of the essayists in the Sun says, however, that "as in a human frame a sudden transition from one extreme to an other is impossible or dangerous, so has it alwayj been remarked to be the case with bodies politic. The mental improve ment and social virtues neccssaiy lor4rf rrative republican government, unfortu nately do not, eg yet, exist in the mass ol the people." Hit h. ::. 1 he Aurora makes some just reflec tions on this event, though e arc dispo sed to fear it betrays too strong a confi dence in the professions of ihe man i with this single caveat, we submit the fullow ing extracts from the last Aurora : 44 It would be the tx'ieme of disingc tiuity to forbear expressing on iiu.li an oc casion (he opinion, that tltc trca.i'jU ' u; imicriul government in Mexico, is mi oc currence which calls for the most serious attention of the United States ; and we shall be very explicit in what we have to say on this subjec(, because we Know it will come under the eye ol the eminent character who is most conspicuous in tho event. There may not be that danger from .the imperial regime, under the pres ent occupant of that station ; nor h it in fact that the form in Mexico corresponds with the Jormi of the same denomination in Europe. ' The title of emperor in Mex-' ico is obnoxious from the idea of abndute ; deiotimn, with which it is associated in i European and Asiatic idiom. In Mexico so far, it is no more in fact than the title of p.remlcnt; and being associated with an , elective representative legislation, will be in fact, only a mixed monarchy or an ex tended aristocracy with a chief. It is the itaue that is to be apprehended the pres ent chief jluguitin iturbnte, so late us the 8th of -Miry last, made the Unsought dec laration, which he had so often made be fore, that he had determined deliberately and irrevocably to follow the great exam pie of the illustrious, Washington; and when order and constitutional government should be restored, to retire to hts estate, lu thc character or an untitled private cAucn. 44 So far then the danger is in some dc gree removed of an empire placed between the reiubhcfvi the north and south or the new world; but who can furcsce thc char ' . . , . ,. .. f .. acter, or anticipate the disposition of a lu- ture successor? We think it lit to state these sentiments, and to say that, in cur opinion, the only forms of rovernmciit adapted to the new world, are constitu tional, equal, and representative, und di vested of titles that cany odium from the analogy which they bear to thc despotisms of Europe and Asia." The Ixiat Qongrcn. Never did any Le gislative body excite such general disap probation as this has done. From Maine to Louisiana, but one sentiment ii ex pressed in the public prints. We sin cerely hope that the members, who ha-,c an opportunity afforded them'e.f doing so at the next Session, will use every exer tion to atone for past offences, und will, by a dignilied and manly course, regain that pubhc confidence which they seem to ' rt , t j , . f , . , have MTcomplctely lost. We hope they T ? P ' " breaSt will be comlnced that the cood neonle oft0' cvcry Anic,1. under whatever cir- jur fiee country are enlightened people, cumstanccs, or in whatever land, it may tid tha( it is not on money they have fix- find him. Maj. J. M'Clclland presided ed their whole affections, regardless ofUS presil!cnt, assisted by Dr. S. L. Per the means by which it is made or saved. . ... ., . . We believe the creat body of the neonle I rant, M X ""resident. After me cloth wish to see our Government conducted economically, but not parsimoniously. They would not prostrate the dignity of the country by measuring out to its pub lic officers merely a daily allowance, nor would they place it at the mercy of for eign powers, by disbanding our seamen, and thc small remains of our gallant army, no, not even if direct taxes should be thc consequence of retaining them. They exult too much in thote noble and glori ous men, who so often during thc late war silenced the British thunder on thc land and the seas, they yet feel too sore froii' the disastrous defeats, which our army I sustained at the commencement of that i war, to risk a recurrence of those disas ters, by lilaeinc thrmirlvr in a unno t j i 1 1 ' - situation than (ha( war found us. The idea of saving a dollar, has not the magi cal effect upon the generous and high minded citizens of these states, w hich the wcu!d-be Snowing ones at W'ashingte.n suppose, they have limits which they es timate higher than all their wealth, they have .icfjuned a dignity of character, which they will retain at thc expense or a part of it. We do hope, then, that the next session of Congress will exhibit a more enlightened and patriotic course than the last has done. If there are abu ses in any Department of the Government, let those abuses be corrected, if the s-Ja. ities of any of our officers are greatly Le ;yond a reasonable compensation for thc .duties they perform, let them be lowered, if there are any sinecure offices, let them jbe abolished, the people wih these things done. Rut to lake the last session for the evidence, there is ceitainly no Depart ment in the Government in which there is greater abuse than this, nor any officer so exorbitantly paid as the Members. Can wc support the first position? To what have the exclusive efforts of mem hti been lirfct?fl in the i'JTT?rt".!S pd hai rassing calls on the Executive for in formation To the public good ? Let the call for Mr. Russell's letter answer. Was the public concerned in this? No, their sole object has been thc advancement of the pretensions of different men to the Presi dency. Is it not an abuse of their hijh trust to use it for such a pat pose. IT these personal views had no influence over their proceedings, how long a time would have been necessary to enable them to dischaige correctly and dispassionately, all (he business which was done during the session X certainly, hot more than half ti e time during which they were receiv ing compensation. Then we arrive at this conclusion, that while serving thc public, the members received RIO a day. Wc venture to predict, that if a similar course be pursued at the next session, the next election will introduce more new members into the I louse, than did the last. 7 -1'.. J. J ' . S.lfJSlWItY: Tt l DAY MOUNISt;, JL'I.Y 'J, .1MFJUCJX I.YM.PF.A n&VCi:. The anniversary of our National Rirtli Day was celebrated in this place on Thurs day last. The weather was fine ; and no untoward event Inan cd the festivities of the day. All classes of citizens seemed to feel the inspiration of the occasion, and to be suitably impressed with the import tancc ind the giandcurof the event which this day commemorates. The blcssingt which we enjoy appeared to be stamped with greater value by the recollections which the day awakened, and the fire of 'TG was enkindled in every heart. At 12 o'clock the ciiucns assembled at j the Coutt-lloiise, ugrccably to previous arran(;emcnt5, whcn thc Declaration of , , , ,-,.. I P"" h h much effect, A- I ohrkxck, jun. after which an Oration was pronounced by II. C. Jones, Es.p replete with American and patriotic ri,,. ri,.,,.. ,..,r.i r i tcc'.tng. 1 he presence of the I air, whose ., ' sm,,es aie ,1,c bcst ,,,c dearcst reward fr every honorable enterprizc and deed of noble daring, and w hich impart anima tion to the orator, and life to the audience, gave additional eclat to the scene. Thc transactions at the Court-House conclu ded with several well discharged" vollies of musketry by a detachment from Copt. Wood's company. At 3 o'clock, a very respectable num ber of gentlemen sat down to un excellent dinner, prepared by Mr. U '.. . Stuuf ter: among thc guests, we no'.iccd sever al gentlemen from our sister states, who were invited to join in commemorating a day which calls up a thousand tender, and i Wa3 rernove(' the following set toasts were drank to, interspersed with numerous pa triotic and enlivening songs : 1. The fourth of Julv. 1776 The hirth rf American glory memorable in the annuls of the world. 2. The Menu-"! and Statesmen nf the Revolu tionary War When Americans cease to vrner ate their memories, they will become unworthy to he free. 3. The I'nion of the State The man th.it would impair it, in a fit (igurf for the "hand of storn to point iis slow unmoving finger at." A. The State rf North-Carolina 'I no virtuous to intrigue for appointments, and too proud t" fur them. 5. liic I'nivcrsity of Nnrth-Carulina, and the otln r Scivinarici of Learning. p. A Cener:tion of the free people cf North. Cahd.ns When the Lcgihturf feel power and torrM riht, the next appeal ii to the people thifiistlvis, the source of all political power. 7. Internal Improvement A anhVicney of resources, if well discharged. More of practice ami less of theory. P. 1 he Navy cf the t'nitcd States Hie tri dent of Ne ptune U pawing from thc Eastern t; the Western hemisphere. 9. The mrmo-v nf ihr Vi'dor r.f l.tc r, W ...!! I,-!- I.:. 1:1 :.. n 1 10. The Independent States of South Amer ica Lite ti they have broken the sh icklesof Tyranny, aiyl may thrv, likcu appreciate thc blevaings .f a free Kovernment. 11. 'I he cause ol the patriot Creeks May they be as successful in their struggle, as the heme of the American t evolution, in subduing their enemies and erecting a free govemmrnt. Ii The Holy Alliance Ihe legitimacy of kings their creed the destruction of liberty, their ohji-ct. Mar the ciirsci of hate, and the, hisses of acorn, of the whole worlJ, rest upon them. ' ' U. Thc downfall of the colonial system The perseverance of the t'ni' t J States has dune ninth to produce it. After the regular toasts were finished, a number of volumccrs were given, ac companicd, likewise, with appropriate songs. We look down (he following at tfi tiiiic, which, we Lciicvc, comprise - -.1".. iw. i.j.ii ,i aaiii. nearly all that were drank : Its .M ij. J. .1TW.iiif. The. Fair Ses Our greatest glory. .Without them, should not be here to enjoy this day. Jhi lir. S. I,. Forum!. Thc land we live in May it always enjoy peace, happiness, and indc pendenr, H i .Mr. Kilter. The Orator of the Day. Hy. Mr.. Martin. 1 he patriot deiu ral liolivar .May his future conduct he such as to merit tins envious appellation of thc Washington of Sout'.i America. y .V-. Jvnet. John C. Calhoun the Star of the South. Hy .Mr. In jtt-e-t, r.f Crtrg-ia.Xht Fathrr of our country Over his tomb the Genius of Tyranny and Liberty both weep the former, that he ever lived; the latter, that he ever died !;' .1iy. J. Cetud. Our guest from Georgia, Mr. lngstrcet, vho has so liberally caterU;n. cd ui this day. Jh .Mr. .Martin, (after the President had re tired,) The health of our President. Uil Mr. .Milot. To the patriot Greek the justice of .Vri.ide, and tin rour.nje o:' leonidas. -