liovv far t!..y ;rc tj:ir.ti until by the rulrs.
h'c!i he j"-clc.s U reverr. One
feat erase of the neglect of religion
is the want of !!' examination. Men
arc fc.uful (,( examining their actions,
because thrir judgments condemn
what their inclination rpprove ; and
in this voluntary blindness, they grope
their way through ta the brink ol
eternity.
But apart from these cons-derations,
a habit of solitary riflcUion is highly
valuable. All who have been great in
philosophy, io literature, or in public
lift, have been accustomed to patient
reflection i and to this habit we are in
debted, in a considerable degree, for
the discoveries of Newton, the mighty
strains of Milton, and the practical
wisdom of Washington and Franklin.
lie who can find no amusement in
his own reflection, is depeadent on oth
ers for a relief from ennui ; and con
sequently subject to disappointment
from caprice or treachery, lie flies
from one amusement to another, and
runs a tedious round, which frequent
repetition renders insipid, but which
is, nevertheless, preferable to the insup
portable burthen of his oh n thoughts.
Dut he who is accustomed to this
mental abstraction possesses an inex
haustible fund of gratification, to which
he can have access at all times, and in
xll situations. In a crowd he may a
reuse himself with observations upon
human character and manners ; and in
retirement, he can weigh opinions,
canvas sentiments, and carefully select
and arrange the acquisitions which he
has made in reading or conversation.
There are many hours even in the
busiest life, which are necessarily spent
in seclusion from the eye of our dear
est friends. To render these agreeable
and profitable, is an object of n tri
fling importauce, and there can be no
method better adapted to this end, than
a habit of reflection, of investigating
our own hearts, correcting our errors,
and rectifying those minor faults,"
out virtues. Columbian Star.
Jlltjieamfdari Troii'.in rttpectinj the end tf the
The Rer. Henry Grey, in moving one
of the resolutions at the Public Annual
Meeting of the Scotch Missionary Socie
ty, to which the report was read, among
other interesting intelligence, communi
cated some peculiarly remarkable infor
mation, relative to the Mahommedatis re
tiding in Europe nd the western parts of
Asia, which he had received from a gen
tleman who had been in those quarters.
The gentleman expressed to Mr. Grey,
his surprise at the accounts given in the
memoirs of the Her. Henry Martyn, re
specting the religious discussions into
which he was permitted to enter with the
Mahommcdans in Persia ; no such discus
sions bring'allowed in European Tuikey.
There a widely circulated opinion new
R re vails, founded on tradition, that the
lahommedan religion is to be overthrown
lv the Christian ; and that the disciple
of Islam are to be speedily driven out of
Europe ; subsequently to be expelled from
Asia Minor ; and at last to take refuse in
Damascus, where they are to suffer siege,
b overthrown, and perish ; upon which
the end of the world will come. The im
pression, produced by such report accor
ding to this gentleman, it to strong, that
many Mahommcdans in Constantinople
will not bury the bodies of their friends on
European ground, but convey them to the
opposite coast ol Asia ; while some of the
more wealthy make Damascus their sep
ulchre. 1 hi coincides in no small de
gree with what is stated in the Report
from Karass, and tends to shew that these
foreboding of discomfiture are probably
very extensively circulated in Mahomme
dan countries.
Nor is it unimportant to add, that sev
eral of the circumstances alluded to, as
well as those stated in the Report, are
considered hy Mahommedans in general
as presages of the resurrection and final
judgment. Of these events the Koran
itself does yet specifically mention any
distinguishing sign, though it frequently
allude to them. Tradition, however, a
bundantly makes up for this defect in their
sacred book, pointing out no fewer than
ei(jht let, and seventeen grrattr signs of
their approach. Among these are, decay
cf faith, i.e. of attachment to Mahomme
danism (tumults and set'i'ions ; a war
with the I urks; the sun's lisinj? in the
west, which some imagine it originally
did war with the Greeks, and the ta
ling of Constantinople by the Jews;
the coming of Antichrit, whom they call
Aftit'h at Uajee!, he. the faise or King
I hrist, simply el Dujerl --the descrnt oi
Jtsus on earth, who they imagine is first
to nif r near Damawus, whr n the pro-
pie are returning from the rapture ot
Constantinople j war vith the Jrws .
an rtHfisr r,f tr ' tn'.',n t or according to
what Mnhatnnijd himself i rrported to
have said, three eclipses of thut luminary .
of which will he seen in the east, an-
thcr in the west, ami the third in Arabia,
he. iV S-iu'i A.-i. rfcliro. Disc. 4.
i .atks r fkou r.uturK.
KRWYOHK, AIGIST 9.
The packet Ship Columbia, ('-apt. Rog
ers, arrived last evening from Liverpool, I
having sailed on the 2d of July, and bro't
papers of that day, with London daUs to i
the 1st of the month. j
The Royal assent was given, on the 2-kh ;
of June, by commission, to the Irish malt :
duty bill, the West India and Ameikan
intercourse bill, the ancient commercial '
statutes bill, the rate of interest bill, the
colonian trade bill, and the navigation laws
amendment bill. j
In the House of Commons, an address j
was agreed to, on the subject of the Slave i
Trade, calling for the correspondence
with other powers for the abolition of the
trafic. Mr. Wilberforce complained that j
America had refused to sanction the pi in- j
ciple of mutual search, and thereby op- i
posed a serious obstacle to the final and !
complete abolition of the trade. j
A shipment to the amount of ,40,887, '
principally was made by one house in Ljv- j
erpeol, in the Belvidera for Baltimore.
I he Turkish and Greek fleets were j
near to each other on the Ulh of May, be-1
tween Samos and Sciq, More ships of
war were fitting out at Constantinople on (
the 25th ol May.
A most horrid event took place at Con
stantinople about the 2 5th of May, in the
execution or the most barbarous murder
of a great number of Greek hostages, by
order cf the Porte.
It is said that the above horrible trans
action, will put a stop to the unfinished
negotiation with Turkey, and that orders
have been sent to the troops on the Turk
ish frontier to delay their march until it is
known what feelings may be excited in
Russia.
The persons executed are stated in one
account to be 72 Greek merchants, some
of them the most respective in the Le
vant, whose name are given. Some of
them had relations in London, where the
new occasioned a fcreat excitement.
In answer to inquiries in the Hcuse of
Commons, whether Kovernment was in
possession of the facts and whether any
of the persons thus murdered were under
any pledge of safety from the British
minister Ixird Londonderry said he be
lieved the enormities were greater than
represented in the papers ; but he believed
none of the persons executed were under
I5riti-.li protection, except so far us hu
manity was concerned, and in that way
Lord Strangford had greatly exerted him
self, without success.
A member inquired whether the min
ister could give any account of the new
slave trade recently established in the
east, for amiable and accomplished Chris
tian females, by a government which was
encouraged and supported by the free and
enlightened administration of England ?
C0NS1ANTIN0PLE, MAY 26.
A cry of horror will resound through
out Europe when the new cruelties in
Scio are made known. All are massa
cred. Even the 78 prelates who were de
uined as hostages have been cut to pieces
in the fort. The generous French Con
sul, Digcomisthc most to be pitied. He
had cone into the village and proclaimed
the Turkish amnestv, and at the same
time pledged himself for the Sultan's
giving pa-don. The inhabitants on this
Mirrendered all their arms, on which the
Asiatic fell on 13 tillages, and executed
a general massacre. All fell without de
fence under the sword of the Turks, who
behaved with the most refined cruelties.
The whole island is a sepulchre : the few
women and children who were sheltered
in the French Consulate are in the deep
est misery. Some Greeks still combat
in the mountains, but their destruction Is
certain- These events have excited such
terror hefe, that nobody now ventures to
intercede for a Greek family, for fear
of being included in the same proscrip
tion. StLIM, ivsz 3.
Letters from Bitoglia of May 23d, have
been received at Belgrade, from which it
appears that consternation prevails in that
part of the country. The Turks are ad
vancing in great force towards Larissa.
The agents of the English are said to
have succeeded in inducing the Surloits
and Albanians to submit to Chourschind
Pacha, who will soon effect his junction
with the Pacha of Salontchi, to march
uno Iiuia against the Moi ta. Diiisivc
events may therefore soon be expected in
these parts. Nothing but a miracle can
save the Greeks as affairs now stand. It
is affirmed that operations of the Tufks
both hy sea and land, are directed by En
glish officers, and that they have promis
ed entirely to quell the insurrection of the
Greeks before the termination of the ne
gotiations with Russia.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Idle ft and in forfait new from the Cofcm
biun lirtublic.
avgvst 9. Bv the arrival of the srhr.
j Mary U Ann, Capt. Ga'es, in f5 day
hom Lauayra, we have received Utter
i.l papers fiom Caraccas to the 2J;I of
July inclusive. An extra page of the
Angio Colonibitinu of t'e 3id juK, con
tains fiom Bogota, the following impor
tant "Gazette Extraotiiinaiv."
" Wii or the kuiw ttn.n;sATi;D.
.1jrt, June 2i, l$22. $
Government has just received ac
counts from the head-quarters of the Lib
erator, at Pastes, dated June 8, enclosing
the capitulations conceded by the Libera
tion: army to the Spaniards, who defend
ed Pastos and Quito, in virtue of wbich
those places were occupied the first by
bis Excellency the Liberator President
on the said 8th of June, and the second
by General Sucre the 25th of May. The
brilliant marches made from llombona
and Pichincha preceding those capitula
tions, obliged the enemy to surrender, and
the liberators of the South were as gen
erous as they were valiant.
" The Colombian guards have augment
ed their population, and the warriors of
Pichincha have manifested that their love
for liberty was paramount to all other
considerations.
" The war of the South has terminated
with glory to the arms of Colombia. A
million of Americans are thus added to
the family of the Republic ; and the con:
queror of a hundred battle, the generous
enemy of Spain, 'die creator of Colombia,
the immortal Bolivar,has added new lutrc
to his immeasurable clory. '
There is little else of moment in the
papers before us ; but a letter from an ofli
cerof rank, which we have had the pleas
ure to peruse, says" A junction is about
to be formed between the division of Mar
acaybo and that of Soublettc, when Mo
rales will be attacked and his career ter
roinated."
It appears that the Laguayra and Carac
cas market art glutted with produces and
dry goods of every kind'4 more than can
be disposed of (say the letter) foi months
to come. JaIt:more red. Guz.
CAPE MESURADO.
The schr.Culvp .o, arrived on Wednei'
day evening in 65 days from the U. S
Colonv at Cape Mesurado, having on board
Dr. Aires and Mr. Wiltbei per, Agents of
the Colonization Society. T)r. Abes pives
! a very favorable account of the piesenl
: state of the colony ; the prople are con
tented and happy the country healthy
. and fertile, and a few of the Colonists
who were disposed to be unruly and dis
affected, have retired to the British set-
tlcments. The natives arc very friendly
to the colony, and all its concerns are in
the most prosperous condition. Two o
the colonists, Joseph BLke and Zera
Hall, both of Philadelphia, have returnee
- ,v .... r.-.i:.. m. i. r :
iv Mac uui wieir .amines, .uiuivc a lauu
I ly sailed lately for Mesurado, and he un
! fortunately missed them in coming to this
.country. We learn that Daniel Coker
has retired from the colony, become
British subject, and is encaged in teaching
a school at Sierra Leone.
The Calvpso has nine colored passen
gers, who have returned for the purpose
of taking oft thtir families.
Baltimore Patriot.
ARRIVAL OF THE MACEDONIAN.
NORFOLK AVGIST 5.
The U.S. frigate Macedonian, Capt
Diddle, arrived in Hampton Koads on
Saturday evtning from a cruise. It i
with inexpressible pain we stale that the
Macedonian lias lost by sickncfs curing
her cruize, en'inturvtn cf her crew, in
eluding ten of her officer, and that there
are about ty of the remainder of the
crew now sick. This truly distress
ing intelligence was commui.icated in
despatch from Capt. Biddle to Capt. War
rington, at the Nary Yard, the object of
w hich was to request that a surgeon should
be immediately sent down to the ship
The bearer of the despatch landed at the
Navy ard on Saturday night, and return
ed early the next morning with Dr. Wil
liamson, one of the Navy Snreon at this
station, and we learn that Dr. Conway al
so went down last evening.
These are all the particulars that have
as yet come to our knowledge ; uor have
we been able to learn the names of the
deceased. The only communication the
ship ha had with the shore was by the
boat which came up t the N"ay Yard on
Saturday night, and it returned early the
next morning, as we stated before ; and
we mentioned it in order to remove. any
thing like apprehension, that every neces
sary precaution has been used to guard
against such communications. The sick
are to be immediately landed at Crancy
Island, a healthy and solubrious spot, where
the necessary arrangements are in train
for their accommodation ; and we have
entire confidence that effectual measures
will be pursued to prevent all intercourse
betw een the island and the town Herald.
From a Chelmsford (Eng.) paper.
Sudden madnei.. Chelmsford fair,
lately, during the giimaces and buffoon
ries exhibited in fiont of one of the shows,
the down went raving mad. I'e jumped
off the stage, and ran through the town,
followed by a number of boys who were
ignorant of the man's mental derangement,
until he got into a field where be fixed
himself against the gate post, and literal
ly tore the scalp from his head ; and had
not some person secured him, he would
totally have destroyed himself. He now
lies in a state which affords but lit lie hope
of his recovery.
JROM TBS Nt'-tutll STATU..
.fisw, July 27, 1322.
JqXATIUN liUSitLL, lt.
Sir : I observe that you have, through
the medium of the American (Boston)
Statesman, given publicity to the letter
which I wrote you on the 1st of the month,
avowing myself the author of theueries
signed " Ariel," addressed to you in the
New-York Statesman ot the utb ot June
ast.
From the language of the remark
made by the editor of the American
Statesman, it appears, that my statement
is consTflcrcd as not being sufficiently ex
plicit, and that you complain, or rather
he complain In your behall, that I did
not designate the individual commission
er who was alluded to, and give the name
of the commercial house to whom such
commissioner gave information, touching
the pro":ress and prospects of the nego-
tiations at Ghent, and also the name of the
person from whom I genved the informa
Hon, and the cause ot us oeing cominuni
catcd to mc.
Although I have no reason to suppose,
that a compliance with the fairly inferable
wishes of the editor ot the American
Statesman will i'ive you any new light, in
regard to the mainfwi( in question nev
ertheless, in order to remove every pos
sible ground for cavil, as well as to grati
fy your personal friends, and to make you
better known to the peopb, whose imme
diate representative you are, and to the
nation at large, in whose public service
you have held distinguished situations
abroad, I shall, with all possible brevity,
and without the reservation of any mate
rial circumstances, state the information
touching the subject matter of the queries,
as it waft communicated to me in London,
in the winter of 1816-17, by a gentleman
of undoubted vercitv, who enjoyed the
confidence of, and held a highly rcspon
bible aid confidential situation in, the
house of Messrs. Thomas Mullet, I. I.
Kvans Sc Co. and who is now a respectable
merchant in London.
In order to account ftf this gentleman's
having made me acquainted with the facts,
which I am about to detail, it stems ne
cessary, as you will no doubt give this let
ter publicity, that I here observe, that
Messrs. Thomas Mullett, I. I. Evans L
Co. were for many years one of the first
and most distinguished American com
mission houses in London, and that the
senior pai tner, Mr. Thomas Mullett, was
warmly attached to the United States, in
which, at an early period, he resided for
several years. This circumstance, and
the zeal which he always manifested for
the welfare and independence of the A
mrrican people, as well as for the partic
ular interests of his numerous correspon
dents, procured for him the regard, and
hi ought him acquainted with most of the
American citizens who visited London, as
well as with the successive ministers,
charge d'cjfiiirs, and consuls of the Uni
ted States, resident in London ; among
whom w;-. Mr. Jonathan Russell, tnd
between whom m 1 Mr. 1 homas Mullett.
to mv person! knowledge, there existed
a very intima e and friew'ly acquaintance,
from the autumn of 181 1, to the month
of October 1812. when Mr. Russell em
barked for the United States in a cartel,
whiih sailed from Ivmouth for
York.
New,
It may also be proper to state. Mr.
1. 1. Evans, a very enlightened and ilistin -
guished merchant, and one of the part -
ncrs ol Mr. i nomas .viulictt, ciic" about the quantum of personal good to be gir
the time of, or just previous to, the decla-ed, or of evil to be avoided, tlunk that I
ration of war by the U rated States against 'have On this occasion displayed more c!
Great Iiii'ab, in June 1812 ; and that Mr
Thomas Mullett, the senior partner, died
in December 181, during the pendency
of the negotiations at Ghent, leaving to
his son, the junior and sole suniving
pai tner of his long established house, a
large fortune, and probably the most ex
tensive and valuable American business,
particularly with New-Y'otk, at that time
enjoyed by
London.
any commercial house in
llasin,; known thai respectable house, proofs to establish the truth of the alle
for many years, and experienced from gsiions, which by the queries I intended
them many acts of kindness and hospital-, to convey. I shall endeavor to do so to
ty, it is painful to mc to observe, and still;
more painful to mc to know, that under!
ii uir iiu,niiic3, auu miuiii uiuy nine
tv days or thereabouts from the day of
the death of Mr. Thomas Mullett, his
son, from causes which will be fully ex
plained in the sequel, was overwhelmed
in ruin, having from over-iorCdent icc
illation, suffered in that short period the
loss, not unly of the tiiinfc fuilUl.6 left
him by his Tether, but become indebted in
an amount greatly beyond his means t
discharge.
It was during a conversation with my
informant, upon this afflicting calamity,
the fatal effects of which reached many
persons in the United States, that he gave
me the following narrative, to account for
the cuue of the disasters, which had so
suddenly befallen that amiable and mod
est young man,
He stated that during- the negotiations
at Ghent, between the British and Amer
ican commissioners, Mr. Jonathan Rus
sell, one of the commissioners on the
putt of the United States, conveyed' to
Mr. Thomas Mullett (of the said house
of Thomas Mullett, I. I. Evans Sc Co )
from time to time, and until the time of
his death, regular advices as to the pro
cess and prospects of the negotiation at
Ghent. Confiding in the correctness oi
the information so received, that house
made iriimense purchasas of cotton and
other American pioducts.wbich were un
fortunately held by the surviving partner,
until the sudden and unexpected occur
rence of peace, like a destructive whirl
wind, swept away his fortune.
It is necessary here to state, which I do
upon the authority of my informant, and
upon the information derived from a high
ly respectable merchant in N. York, but
who was in London during the pendency
of the negotiations at Client, that from
the moment that Mr. Russell received in
telligence of the death of Mr. Thomas
Mullett, he suspended all further commu
nication to that house. And notwithstan
ding the surviving partner received no
further advices from Mr. Russell, and was
informed from another and friendly quar
ter, that a peace would certainly be con
cluded in a few days ; and that in conse
quece or the death of his father, he would
not receive any further advices from Mr.
Russell, he could not be prevailed upon to
believe it, and though repeatedly urged to
sell out, he declined doing so, fatally con
fiding in the iicctfrivcy of the information
and advices already received, and blindly
n rsistinir in the belief, that had any
changes favorable to he conclusion of
peace occuned at Ghent, Mr. Russell
would, in good faith, have continued his
communications and advices to the house,
the same as though his father hsd been
living.
Such was in substance the information
I received from the gentleman to whom
I allude, and by whose testimony, and by
that of the other confidential perwsns, it
that time in the house of Messrs. Mullett,
Evans U. Co. I expect to be able to estab
lish the truth of the imputations I inten
ded to convey by the quetics I addressed
to you, under the tignaiure of "Ariel."
I think it proper also to apprize you,
that I shall endeavor to prove, bf the tes
timony of a person now in France, and by
the oaths of two gentlemen now in New
York, that Mr. Jonathan Rnsell did alsj
communicate to another person in Ioti
don, information as to the progress ani
prospects of the negotiations at Ghent,
and thut Iht irtt irivate information of th:
iracr, received in London, vai conveyed I.
him to t.'.at fiercn.
I perceive by the intimation of tli?
New-York American of Monday last, that
you have directed a suit to be instituted
against me for a libel, which is alleged ts
havo been conveyed, by the -queries n
question, and that the writ is lodged in the
office of the marshal of the southern dis
trict, to be served upon me in AtwWrk,
notwithstanding I had advised you, that
my residence was in Vermont, where i'
would have been more convenient to me
to have attended to the defence r.f the
suit in the Circuit Court of the United
States for that District, and which is equal
ly a near to your residente a New-York.
Nevertheless, as I am desirous that the.e
should be no unnecessary delay, in bring
ing the subject promptly and fairly to i
sue, I have written to the marshal, inform
ing him, that I shall, as soon as my busi
ness will admit of my gug to New-York,
which shall he before the return day .:
the writ, cause mv appearance to be en-
'dorscd thereon. I am fullv aware, th'.
ome prudent casuists, some cool and ca!
1 culating politicians, whose conduct in the
' discharge of their public, as well as pri-
. vate dutien, is regulated by a calculation cf
zeal than of t!i.ie:ion, and the defence
of the suit will necessarily involve me h
considerable expense and mach personal
inronvenitnre.
Inaking the step which I have, I di l
not take these estimates into the accouut.
I was impelled solely by a sense of pub
lic duty, entertaining towards you no pe '
sonal enmity ; but a
enmity ; but a regard fur pub!,:
opinion and a respect for my own charac
ter now require, that I should produce
the entire satisfaction of a iurv and of the
public, and I beg of von to be assured,
that I shall avail myself of every possible
evidence that may be attainable, either in
this country, in England, or in trance ; a:
the same time, I am perfectly aware ot
the great difficulties that may occur in ob
taining: evidence in F.urope, as it is not p
my power to compel the nioduction o:
testimony from thai distance, and without
the jurisdiction of the court, before which
an investigation is to lake place. I tru't
however in Cod, in the all-powerful influ
ence of truth, and in the justice of mf
frllow citizens, to sustain mc in the con
flict, and to carry me through trium
phantly. If I were contented to justify the pub
lication of the queries, on the ground ci
general rumour, I could, without goin;;
out of Ncw-Y'ork, prove, by the testimo
ny of a number of respectable merchant
who were in London and at Ghent, at the
conclusion of the peace, that a rumou.'
wns prevalent in both of those cities, tha:
Mr. Jonathan Russell, one or the said
commissioners, had secretly conveyed to
persons in London, information of the ne
gotiations at Ghent. am, sir, your obe
dient servant,
f ETII HUNT.