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i t i'i H i it ten words vjjthout nvaiung some 'iiv..thi: ; ti-l this one teiuinds, riie of the I'hycr who was always making blunders, and to avoid which) they gum him as his part "My Lord, stand by and let the collio pass" this was uil he had to say in the whole play, which he rcpsatcd over and over, until his turn came, when ufler bracing dim self up for tho occasion, and hemming to i tear his thrum, lis in an aud ible voice, said " My Lord, stand by and let the Parson cough J" Dock Weed, Dark Mud! I shall never get over it, for although the mistake is not mine, 1 feel like the poor player, covered with confusion, and have almost sworn that this my first, shall be my last appearance on any stage. " Well," continued my aunt, ,l why do you recommend that the transplanted c om should always be placed in the same position in relation to the compass J" I must acknowledge that this question of rny aunt surprised me more than the oth er ; not that I found any difficulty in an swering it, but that a woman of her good sense should allow herself to ask nuch an idle question. Why, aunt Simpy, said I, plating one hand on my hip and throwing my head a little on one side, in a sort oi a quizical, not exactly a Grecian, atti tude, is it possible you have lived so long in the country, and don't know that every stalk of corn grows exactly alike in re rd to the compass ? throwing iu leaves east and west, and having one flat side of the stalk on the south, and the other on the north ? My aunt shook her head, but at the same time cast her eye out of the window into the corn field, and discover ed I was right. " Well," said she, " I now perceive the reason why you plant your hills of corn north and south, at the distance of three feet from hill to hill, while the rows are five feet apart" cer tainly, said I, it is that they stand with their flat sides toward one another in the 10 5, and that there may be room between the row s for their long leaves to spread, and catch the dews and rains which they conduct to the roots. Besides, said I, da you not know that every tree and plant accommodates itself in its organization to its particular position in regard to the sun, inclining itself, its limbs, and its leaves, so as to receive the greatest ben cfit from its rays, and this arrangement once disturbed, the plant never thrives afterwards. Take for instance, one of your pots of flowers, or even Dark Mud, as the printers call it, and turn it arcund every day for six week., and the plant will j-e.ish. I perceived that my aunt had several other questions she intended to ask, but having been delected in her ig-roisni-e for the first time in her life, she appeared a much confused and mortif.ed as either the player or myself, and took the first opportunity of slipping out to 5 ueec the cr worms out of the throats of her chickens, and to feed her turkeys on biick-bats and charcoal, a plan which she highly approves of ; but, she thinks thai she has lately made a discover), that it would be a sery great improvement, ond hasten the fattening vety much, Ly Kivii.g them at the same time, as much corn as they could eat. Yeur cLcdient servant, and friend, JKHF.MI.Vn SIMi'I.E. titan FOREIGN. I'RKNCII (HAMltfclt OF DKI't'l U.S. I'ARls, JVIV 24. " Two great events, said General Foy, may have an immense influence on our situation. On the one hand a population uf 7oj.) i.oOO have begun to rescue them :hes from the dominion of barbaiians ; ihev imploie the succour of Nations and of Kings. If the supplicating voice of ihe Greeks is net listened to, they must K ,v iVi aahirt if h Mussulmcn. On the other hand, a re nowned nation demands from other na tion the liberty of accomplishing its po litical tegeneration. II the energetic tic mand ol Spain be not listened to, you will see, as you have seen heretofore, the coimilskns aril revolutions which the uiul excesses of rational feeling ate ta p.iWe of producing v Murmurs in va i v,is parts of the Chamber.) " 1 run this simple statement of facts ni r (i.noeoucnce naturally follows thai I - 4 ..c vh'Kild protect the Greeks, and not in Uifcre with the Spaniards. Greece is fjr t moved from v.s, but her inhabitants arc t htis'ians. and we ought to fear lest the 1111.1118 printiples ol her enemies extend bevond the limits of that country. Let u renounce a system of munlrrous j-olicy ; if Greece ptriih, I Tare? v ill tc the ft., in, s of l.ci- (irlui i',ur.i and it ition.) She will be answerable for it to the present generation, and to generations yet to come. We all know, that no na tion in the world has been more glutted with power and victories than the Wench nation. We all know, that there is no nation which desires more ' Mncercly to develope, under the safeguard of consti tutional institutions, l.tr industry, the soui ce of national wealth. The odious responsibility of which I speak, imputes special obligations on Government. A Trench squadron has proceeded to the Levant, with special instructions to pro tect the subjects of the King of France, and with secondary instructions to assist the unfortunate of every description who , may claim their assistance. This, Gen-! may tlemen, is an honourable employment of our naval force, and 1 am proud of having been the first who suggested it in this Tribune." A oice on the light "That is not true; AJn.iul llalgan had already set out." M. Foy resumed " Last year our am bassador to Constantinople was absent at un important crisis ; he is there at pres ent, but the interests of France and of the Greeks arc better protected, and our am bassador siill resides in the Faubourg of j I'era, which I remember sume yeais ago j like a French town ; but he lives retired, auu less respected man ever by trie l urks. In this abasement of our power it is for lunate that :.ome difficulty which arose on the subject of the Convent or Mount Car mel seems to excuse the impotence to which his patiiotism is reduced." Alluding to Spain, tin General said Do not imagine that I intend to dwell on the events of the 7th July. In the history of nations some pages are so pregnant with instruction and terror that the trickery of language can only detract from their eloquence. I will not men tion the money and arms sent to the Py renees, nor the persons who furnished them. I will not comment on the coinci dence which cxLts between the revolt of the I'r.ttlo, and the appearance of the bands of that Quesuda, and of that Trap piste, w ho left the frontiers of France, and executed by the aid of Frenchmen their cruel invasion. Other circumstances fur li'ijh more arguments than are necessary (o establish the fact, that the Ministers of the King of France are answerable for the blood that was shed in the Noith of Spain and at Madiid (Violent murmurs.) No, gentlemen, I lo not fear to tell you that they will answer tor the blood that has. been she J; they will answer for it, be cause under the false and ridiculous pre text of a Sanitary Cordon they have in fact assembled a real army. If the yel low fever only had been in question, would they have multiplied their precau tions precisely eight months after that scourge had disappeared from Catalonia ? A few lines stationed on the mountains would have been sumeicnt to cut off the intercourse, ami yet whole convoys of ar tillery, hooe and foot, have been brought from Metr and Strasburg, as if the pesti lential miasnuru were to be driven back into Spain by dim of cannon balls. Why do we rcicivc every day from the officers and sudicisof the Sanitary Cordon, let ters that they every moment expect or ders to pass thp frontiers ? (Cries of no, no.'M " Do you believe, gentleman, tha' the rchrls of ihe Prado would have executed their criminal plots, if the assistance of France had not been promised ? Hut the mass of the Spanish nation i t moderate and powerful, because unanimous." M. Manuel, in answer to an apologv made Ly the Minister for the Holy Alli ance, which it was said had no other ob ject than to place the destinies of Furope under tVe Divine protection. exclaimed "When did the Holy Alliance spiing up? In the midst of our misfortunes; it look its origin in the mislorlunes ol France. Is it under the Divine Provi dence that the Greeks are sactiiked by thousands ? Is it under the Divine direc tion that the Catholic ks of Ireland cannot obtain emancipation? When has the Ho ly Alliance ever interfered without doing evil ? When it interfered with Naples, the revolution was already at an end. The King and the nation were agreed : but the Holly Alliance came to produce a second revolution, at the moment when the King had departed from Naples. Arc the mis fortunes of the Greeks seriously attribu table to the Liberals? If the Gutks con tinue to suffer, the Revolutionists, we are ir in finlt. 'X'n llil I Iroiv I fads. Who are the piimc movers of the insurrection of the Greeks? 'To what rmmtty do the chief insligatois of that msunection txlong ? 1 his qoestn n my he well asked of the Holy Alliance, for at the head of that alliance i man who cannot get rid of the tempi in's r the Greeks by so niUcrab'e a sub'.eilrge " M. I.aiue defended the conduct of the French government with tespect to the Greeks. "Oh, (he said) if Gterre per ish, if l istory if the present generation havcpciraps the right to act use Potentates or even l.uiope, France will nt be inclu ded in the severe judgment which pos icrtty will form. I will not imprudently anticipate its sentence. 1 will not inquire whether the time has given sacred tights in baihiuousncss itsell ; if in the origin ol the tn't.nccttort. i'. w;scot nvjre natural !o ii.teifeic there a well ds ciiwhcie-; iii this manner the ell'iiston of blood would then have been avoided. I shall not be proud enough to verify whether a philan thropic power has become the friend of the power which make slaves of Chris tians, or whether it refuses hospitality to the Creeks -rny object is merely to jus tify France unjustly accused. lCr'.rnct of ii Itltrr frum a iftlitlemantn the.M-d- i!i attain, ti hi frkml in It'iishinlnii L'ilj,frtt publhhej in llic JS'ali'iinil Intelligencer. " SMYHN A, JUNE 2-1. 1 " There was a final massacre of the Ctecks of !itio on Thursday last, of 4 or 5 thousand, in consequence of the Greek fleet having sent a fire ship among that of the Turks and succeeded in hlowintr un the Turks, and succeeded in blowing up one of their new 74', with the Captain Pacha and two thousand men. " This has occasioned much irritation here among the l urks, and alarm to the Greeks, but it is believed it will pass with out any outrage upon the latter. There has been no instance of any injury done the Franks, cither in person or in proper ty ; and, so far from apprehending any, they give a considerable protection to the Greeks who are in the town. I have endeavored to obtain some in- formation respecting the manner in which the Greek government is administered, their military and naval force, and the means ttiey nave ol supporting a war ; but have not met with any person who knows any thing of the subject. " I shall leave here to-morrow, and call at some ol tne most-considerable ol their Islands. " Their naval force is much greater and more enterprising than I believed it to be previous to my coming in the Ar chipelago. With it they havn rendered the Turkish fleet of 7 line of battle ships, six large frigates, and between -0 and r0 sloops of war, inactive and harmless, villi the exception of the massacre at the Island of Scio i and there the Creeks, who did not amount to half the population, were disaimed before their arrival." " (iibrr.ltur flath.ht'. 1. " We arrived here this morning from Smyrna, which place we left the day after 1 wrote you from thence. We touched at Ipsira and Idira, two of the principal Islands of the Greeks with iepect to maritime force, where I had un interview with the Chief Magistrates, who express a belief that, notwithstanding their want of money, arms, ammunition, they shall yet be able to free themselves from the dominion' of the Turks, if none of the Furopcan powers take a part against them. " They have an army of sixty thousand men, at present, in the Morea, that is tolerably well armed, but in want of am munition. " They had the entire possession of the Morea at the time, with exception of three fortresses; and Tipoli Konunia, the most important of them, was expected cltly to sui render. The Tutks Lid already of fered to capitulate, on the condition of be ng sent to some Ttukish city in neutral vessels, but refused to be t.fLarkcd on board the Gieek fleet, which w offered. " The Greeks had taken Athens about ! four days previous to my arriv.d at Idira, the 1st of July, and had stiictly observed the terms of capitulation, not a Tm k be ing injured in his person, or that of his property, which was allowed him by the terms of the capitulation. They express ed the fullest belief, and I believe him ei e ly, that the v could maintain their inde pendence, if they could but obtain a load of arms and ammunition ; and declare their resolution, in case they cannot, to leave the country, believing that no con fidence can be placed ii, any promise made by the I'ottc. Two attempts were mace (one tne m.o.. c, am. nc oiner me . . ' JU"r' .V- "'V-r.'1'ua.. ii. ., n... . t...i - i. i4i urn r .ii eu iu ii'iioc mc nuns oc-; sieged in Candta, r.nd were beaten with' considerable loss. The Island el Crete, with the exception of the towns of Cuntl'u and Cannus, is in the possession of the Greeks, and they arc besieged ; smd, the Giecks say, would have been obliged to surrender long since, had it not been for the supplies forced in by the Fnglish. I was informed that the expenses of their government, civil and military, were 4O00 piastres PT tnouih, ami that the icvrnuc wasdciivcd ftotn an income tat, that of a tenth, and u capitation tax of one menih of a dollar for each per son. lUit, as their rommeicc is at on end, and their Island badly cultivated, it appears to me that, ns extremely snmii as they state their cvpinsc. their reve nue must be inadequate to meet them. " I did nut call off .Vigii-i s. having been informed at Malta that the plague raged badly at that place ; but, from the infor mation I have received, am induced to be lieve that all the I'arbary po.veis aic friendly disposed towards us." 1.A1I5T I'lf M SPAIN. skw-vopk, rrrT. 1.1. Wc are indebted tocapt. Noycs, of the fast sailing brig White Oak, for a file of the Gibraltar Chronicle to the 7th ult. in clusive. The Ameiicnn squadron Irfl Gibraltar on the 7th for Port Mahon, their usual rendezvous, Crpt- Noyes informs, that off rial intel ligence htld been received a' the tliffwrcv.t Consulates iu Leghorn, of tbo declaration of a blockade of all the I orktsh pong in i Levant, by the admiral of the Greek the fleet who continued succeasf! iu his op erations at sea against tho Turks. The season in Italy and the Mcditerrj. nean hsd been remarkably hot and dry. An order was published at Madrid on the 24th July declaring the 7th military district (Catalonia) in a state of war. The army of operations, of which Mina was the chief, was directed to occupy the dis trict. A treaty of peace lias been concluded between Tuscany and Algiers. The dif ferences between Spain and Algiers seem likely to be serious. J'oultm, Juhj 7. Rear Admiral Ilame lus has received orders to lake- command of a squadron which will shortly sail liom this port. It is supposed the squadron is to cruize on the coast of Spain. Several of the deputies at Madrid have addressed a series of letters to the per manent deputation of the Cortes, com plaining bitterly of the government in not taking measures to secure the advantages recently obtained over the i-neinics of the Constitutional system- They kcoih mend the appointment of a ministry, proof against all assaults ; that foreign ers who abet conspiracies;, and scatter gold to seduce the weak, be banished the country; that traitors be brought to con dign punishment, und that the perfidious advisers of the king, be hunted down, however exalted their tank. Madrid, July '25. People bc in to talk at Parts or the recal ot their minister at our court ; and we talk here of culli.it; home the marquis do Casa Yrujo. (.illllALTAU, vc. 7. Dy un order of the day, issued at Alge- 'ziras on the 5th August, i' appears that a "number of deluded men have lashly sent forth the cry of rebellion in the Hon da mountains, proclaiming the govern ment of tyranny, and subverting the con stitutional one happily established in Spain." Troops lue, accordingly, been ordered to march against them from A! geziras, which are to be joined by others from Gausin and Casarcs. The whole; column will consist of 510 foot, and j'U horse. The military commandant sit Cadiz has sent all his spam troops against the mal contents in the Honda mountains. Tranquility was almost completely res tored to the province of Sigucnza by the latest accounts. The commander of the rrbcl army Ttlie Taith in Navarre, tc-cntered Aoiz, and was there on the 'J2d tilt. After ex torting lOD'J shirts, and ns many hemp sandals, from the inhabitants, be match ed out in the night of that day, and pro ceeded to F.spo,. His Majesty has refused to admit the resignation (already twice tendered) of the new Minister of the Intctmr, M. Cul atriva, but has admitted that t( the Min ister for foreign Affairs, M. Maithcz c!e la Po.ta- - limn t,i t :,jiii'iu i ri.LLii.LM m. The Philadelphia Aurora contained, some days ago, the following statement, on what authoiity the editor does not 'is close, but I e doubtless would rot have published allegations f so grave a rh.ir ae'er on vague or slight authority. Whe ther they are ttue or not, time eihaps. will shew. The only public Im wl.r I. would seem to warrant a belief in the statement, is the ltge army (.'!o0oo it is said) assembled by Fr.mre near the Span ish fiontier, for the ostensible purpose id ptcvetiting the introduction of contagion; but wc confess that the piolesscd object of this cor,.'-1 ' l.n;!:'h 'eems to us en tirely inadequate to justify so large an iir tny. The Spanish I evolution, ve hive no doubt, was extremely obnoxious to ibe j K0,crnmcnt (jf j (lll c, u, it w, , t of -UtoMS aV),mc ,,,e ,c of niahkinel v nunc i iii lit; it, cy i.;ui not nrnr-m . . ii.,,,. lite people of a uteal !, ri'n su, eessft.lly re forming the abuses of their gov eminent, and curtailing the pre mgative of aihitfai y nower, without indignation and alarm. - There were alsoieavms lobe found in the late condition and present temper of her own population, and her contiguity to Spain, why the Frem h government par ticularly should view with dislike the hi umph of the people in the Peninsula ; ami it is not unfair to presume th.it she wool I lend a ready hand in restoiing thing t f their ancient state. While, however, we doubt not the willingness of the govern ment of France to co-update in sod, a woik. there arc domestic cotisiilcia ion j calculated to create hesitation on her part. Although for this reason we lequiie Ij t to obtain our full belief in the statement iof the Auioia, so far us regards 1 iai.ee. we presume, nevertheless, that so posi tive a stnteincnt would not be lu.udeil without good grounds. As to Fnglaml. she is ever ready to array herself where her interest invites her. blie never loses an opportunity to increase her strength and extend her power at the expense of all other considerations ; shi has adopted the maxim, that self-preservation is the first law, and in that seeks her justifica tion for every barter of generous fcelin;j for sordid acquisition. That Fnglaml, therefore, would give licr aid in over throwing the Spanish constitution and re establishing the Inquisition, we could ca- ! i ly I chrvc, tf the rHi and important w- I ..C -..I .. .. ,, ,"... Ur.. her assistance. Whether, tit any rate, such a plot be on foot now or not, we u ., little doubt that the preservation of tj:, liberties of Spain nm tt ultimately depei, on her own vigilance and valor; for, alic, t lie suppression of the freedom of Npl1; and the heartless abandonment of t,, brave Greeks to their barbarian and int. ciless oppressors, by the potentates of T.,. rope, no shadow of confidence can I, placed in their justice or magnanimity and we believe they will sootier or late seize some pretext for attempting to rt stoic the dcKpoiic government of Spain and extinguish eveiy germ of freedom ; the old world. 1 HOM THE AUHOHA. The Cortes at Madrid have detectc. and posse-s-sed themselves of a secret tif3 ty entered into between Louis XVIIJ and 1 etdinatid VH. negotiated by tl, Duke del Infantado and Count Legarde which hd iu its express view, the ovei throw of the constitutional and rcprescr, tutive system of government. '1 he march of n large French arrny ; the frontier (cordon nonit(.irc) was stipuh ted to be at staled limes augmented t .lO.CO'J men ; military supplies to be pi, videjl by France. Great Iiritaiu to aid with her fleet, at, ou condition that she should not ackiiowl edge the independent states of the nc, world, Spain would cede to her the itlui, of Cuba. This ttcnty was entered into deliberate ly by Ferdinand, and when it was prescr, ted to him was not denied, but he pron, ised ffor the hundredth timci to be fiitl, fol to the constitution if spared ou thi occasion. The seizure and execution of the ka dei s of the liUtr.des Piego, Cjuiroga, Ji wercamovig the stipulations, and the cot curience of Austria and Itus'Ja was c presslv staled. I'osTscnit'T. The news from Gibr. tar, in the; preceding columns, does ni confirm the irportcd counter-tevolutii. at Mult il. It, however, exhibits the country itself in a state of gieat trouble and in some parts, even of actual ciu war the woik, in all pbabiliiy, of fa: eij',11 emissaries and foreign aid, actings the discontent of the ptiests and ll.t ptiest nddc'U, who conceive ihcmstlv? losers by the constitutional g'vei ninct . ;"- SOUTH JMtUilCd. Mt-roitv or nit; I'viiMoii NEW-SOUK, SK f I .11. M-ntt.'g iii. It will be teen from il following letter from an attentive cot re poiidciil at Cm i. ti o.i, that a battle Iu been fought on the Spanish Main, be tween General Paez and General Morales which terminated in the death of the Li ter, and a victory by the P.epublkaav CurraeiM, Aag. IX "This day arrived a Dutch sehootit fiotn Laguira, in 36 hours, bringing t!.-. following gloiiuus news : "General Morales, with" -OHO u,er man hed on the Cd inst. from Porto Ci hello against Valeticu and Cuiraccas They were met on ihe height of Bit,;) mina by Gen. Pacz and 7io men. A: engagement ensued. Morales and hi ll oops v.tic completely touted, cod i.n'a Vii men escaped alive. On the 5ih nu a pally of Hoyal Spaniards (40) mc ; l.iiided by sea at Ocuuure ; they wrm met bv a Uaitv of Republican iron:), (350 ;) a severe action took place, wl.u.' lasted with spiiit on both sides for . houis; wt.cn the 1'ov -lists, after loi; t-oJ men, ucie compelled tusmreu dcrt the victorious arms of Colombia. h mm h for l.'ucrlyahJ indi K'l.uincc. V..- la Jlcpublic : Ci.rracii It. A Aug. 18.' "Arrived to-day the An.erii.in l". Aleut., (condemned alicady, of Nc-' Oilcans, piize to the Spanish brig of v.. Hercules. The II, has alsj captured t other vessel, One from Philadelphia, cm from NVw-York. The Spaniards are lim ine to the United Stales, and from Bp pcaraiices cany their hostilities lathe too f.r. " Vestetday at rived off this port, w sailed for Coio, I brij and I sclioont fSpmish.) Till targoes, ruin and mi: J fiot.i Havana f.r Cidiz, prizes to tiie C loiiiLian schooner Guiaiu l.iliu." rvtiii acoa, Ain. CC Just arrived a Spanish kclmmrr f;c:; i'oriu Cmim iio, roniirming i he defeat Gen. Morales, at P.crgimim, l y Gf Pacz. M.rcli$ dint tf lit r.unils '.! next d..v. She a No rouiirms the ib h an J capture of Gen. Cciclli, by Co Sonhlettc, ut Ocuniare. I gave ycj t f : detail of these trmirtions, per sebr. M' Doiiougb, sailed hci.ee ior York 4 5 days ago- a i ci. 2 I. I enclose lietcvvith the la : pnper issued from the press; r.s it c at tains nutter of interest, it will be aa table. '1 he biig Matteawan, liom No- York, has just anchored. Vcsteidav received accounts, by a vessel from IVr; Kico, that the brig I anny, from Nc' York, lor this port, was captured in tin Mona Passage, 8 or 9 days ago, by tr Spanish armed brig Polonn. und carrc irto alinus.
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