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ADVERTISEMENTS
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it naked and deformed state, .hilxprCHH his views concisely for pub qu.l, Asm.), and Quin.o, reHing
lls.naKeo aou uaiuruir i ii,,. events in Ven zucla. I he meet-
Itiey may nc aoie lojuugo wi ,
....... hi...,? and necessity. I hough , rh iwnt stale of Greece is in
we are well aware that there are onTivabiy Wretrhed. Not only
anme established iu , their belief and are thousands, of its inhabitants des
nothing but the close of life, will "d'tit uj(f luthiiig sutncieiif to pro
socieiv ol their unfouod.d and be- ect thetti fcmihtK it(c h-mtcy of the
wildered npmiuns, im we vr.su. . ,p',roa( ,,,, ir,ti r, hot arf in v. ant
aat toward them noi w.ui ti.c.j W.sns lu , rWiUwJimg:
or cruelly but in ft maijnr cmm ,jfl -Tbl. 9tt.iJiil of the
,.,.,.. -. " , iriosH wasrnist i in the I'eloponessus
convince by frrendly nolicitatioo, I ' .
l,nenone will be discouraged in a more than five eai
eai.e f such vast i. portpte, to ulnch t.me the (.rk have .hewj,
convince the world of ronS, but a detennintioii worthy uf thi' iri
faiihfully persue the rational Vure Siu; and, in many a haid I- light bat.
pointed oat by the finger ofwiffUm, tie, hate fully demonstrated, that
it is ni the work f a day.week, they will live free of the Tin M r
a nwith nr a year, but the wurK oi ,lP ,,, arm. I h Ititve column ico
aces; It" u ende vour if pitbtc.io yU at .VistAes but not giei.tei thnn
eenvii i e om lellow member Cof t?e onP. arnuaintW1
' one. arouamted with Iheii nuiditi- n.
imuoliev mnliffnaiid'y and fiMlyI wafj g1:w.ilt tiaVo vtwrti d. I)ih ins mv
hy cxjuinltf..u
eatloa; thoie nfireatfHeniH4hej lvi
,aa,e proportion-Letters to th8 Edi-jael ennMitenly wuh the principle pstoriis,e( j
Cor mut he post paid.
The n sult ol then
hut
crimes, i
1 1 KPeinif
, pr . , b.. hr, d. 1- ,, VM,ut.. a,nil!s, t,,rl, ,ir,
learn. i.ci bic:i u oh io5' "v ' r
... I .1...- i.i.t. i. and conftiHon.
OIIU uir Willi in - . : .
h. r ,.'.."i.;nnf Hwer ..iiiirMMive t-vih etrujrmle, I hink. ts uncertain,
..n .kr....i.M.i i..nstend(Mi: anv thins which can ho dune to re.
Delivered 'before Ihi Orvnge Peace ' wi(l be
Society ou Wrist., as aaj ty.its h hnA t 1 olchii ity, vwii ihV of those w!m
. I .1 .1 - k. jj I
thf Viee lfeident ! I republic,
the adopt inn of pacific mensui i in
the agitated depurtmenlM, in ti e ba
lief that they would be mote liWly
to. coueiliMte all partira than what
coyfd K, i' fleeted Jiy the adi.ti. of
BfiiTile mivstt-.-aDd urging the
return olVBohvar o the couihV ag
one of the noil pwerful inti to
By Bequest.'
AU -XUIIItKSS.
y$,rr;':;ondin Secretary John Staf
'ford.
Fellow Citizens, by the irresintable
dispensations nf Providence, sickn?(i
in Person and family. I hve been
UMuVit t,oj'prp,si.u u!nrrit,k
ai(fVti,: ""P tbK vrtl not
ftrevent thona wfee abilities far.ex-
ceed mioe,frm ttiiful5ieethe?i viwt. ? comme morale.
upin the uKj-i. oa uhic w ai'e
ontii:l, It is ifidifVcS r. mK?f of aa
to :iimM:t and regret Chut '"..raiorsi
M.kI tnwm t a w a g.P a L jk f a !onf u ari'l rrifi)i '
minds so teldom touch upon ?' u--gV4ditititfl
pHrftie.u practice of
:public hostilities, yei a ..fttatier of.
mnr surprise when we rllrct thai
it has been the chief road to fame for
more than five thousand years, arid
is at th' time, the wonder & !ra'rn
ti ' of two thirdi of rnankiiMl, a
tonishin bow far men have beenhd
atra? by th faeindiin view of rob
bery and murder, h;w far they av
been l?d from the p ith of reason.
There is nothing I hut diat jnguUhe
maa from thetbrute creation, rueh
does not blush at the thought of ap
palin, to-vialenee, for a redress of
grievances, or a recovering of justice.
Suppose thre was a nnsn. for t ven
rod of trnuml upon tho whole eurth,
and an equal division made and a
battle commenced, car) any reasonable
feature way, that such a at i!e
truetion of the Uvea of men tn J tre.
mendouawaste of human blood,
would be , more likely, to br'ng viflb
T), hi favour of tne m ffndin party
than a battle between ten me or a
inle com bat between tw ifidividu
als. If not, national disputes mijjbt
as well be decided, by rafQ ns;, or any
orher uacrtaio, or unreasonable
pume. Alas howx many million nf
meo have been destroyed, what rivers
of human- blood have hern poured 'm
by brutal and malignant .pngsinna
whilst it reasonably and er dt-ntly
appear that all national disputen,
that have oceured, durms the last
fifeen hundred yenra, might have
been as justly settled by tossing up
cross or pile, linw can such palpa
ble iiicougistencies, such manifest,
injustice and cruelty exist at so late
an age aa the, nineteenth century, in
'a country called civilized, and among;
beings of o noble a structure as tiia'n
it is evident that . en are- .misled by
early education, tharmed by the pop
nlar Mound of war, tnslaved to acta
of lasting shame and crimes of the
largest aize; : :f he object of thii as
eociatien, into divest this wore tbaii
i brutal custom; of all ita borrowed
plumes, and place it before the pre
fail in justice' to the decision, did i reioirr in leaning the Hggreatt of
n; avail myself of it, to My to those uwn mvsrry. I here is intfrrd,
who d tubt the undoes of our vlev?, enough of fliisery in every patt ol
or efficaey, of our labours. tnt: tnP urld; but that of which I iw
at chr tiaos,t!tey wish Christianity g,,! fa uf peruliar kind, juxi
tu p cvail, they would cultivate the nus eMc k ,PHl.t C)f evfr
.p.rit-fc.e, and.mitate the e.am- A . the Greeks "iri Strug
,.r ........... u.r jvsnnr fathers did, for frcedot
ami itidcpeiK!ehce; though rsotfroo
From the Httslou Gazette, a Chrisiian l;;it a -Mtdiumet.aii pv
Wc kt n.iivi ii .with Mr. The saci ifi es they have math ,
Mittrr, who visited Greece sd,..ut tw- I believe, are greater than wrr
year-H aeo, under tl.e patrooaue ol ever mde by any other people
the (ji e R ComtnlttP? of this ciiv?and -I hey cannot 8iiho.it at nimti..i..
the accoot he irivea ol theeshtule without jeopardizi'ig theii livev, e.nd
awUuffWKitr eonditi.m of that on- exposinr thtir wives aiul dtmg.'t ers
presKcd people ii most appalling, to the . lustmt of a beasliul
Iicni.fiiuiH tho statement civetKio soldiery. I he history n iomii i
I papers .lor some time past, of their Turkish trcatien teaches them wha,
nriva iuiis mihI iliHti esses, i he :iv they may expt CI lli iney hu irai m
rttip caiiitulate. What cai thy iW
soldiers Koff red exrenri'ly durir.g I ell me not of lurkwli mercy .or
the ue of Mis.qoloi.ehi? so !il of Tin kisk faith. I hey are merci
those, afterwards, v!io escaped. Ma- fnl only when there is fear f ictalia
ny chose death rather than he cmm-, ti. n; and Keep tlietr promise wny
'ured S he wants d' most of the
inhabitaots of the M.o'rea ate ex.
ireme; atid those captured ate trea
ted in a nrst brutal manner, in
Atiica and yEti lia. the people are
in a dcsti tite condition, lul nothiru
will induce theiii to subtnit to their
cruel oppressor.. They air etitin-ly
devoted 4o free theinsclves fiom the
Turkish yoke, or. to b na, rnfii ed in
self def nee. They do not fear death.
It is only the povver of the 'irif:def f
whic!) hev dread.
Mr, Mdhr nays that r
restore the couulry to its fornieraiaio
of tranquility.
A to meeting held in Guayaquil an
the 28th of Augul. it rrourd-.
1st 'iia the ex rcise of rhe soVe
reignty,"ihould be devolved upoi Bo
livar, the father ol t is eounti)- liat
lh Liberator, being invesitii with
dietftliTial power should ucc c iifge
of., tire rieiiinies of the lh puh.e
1 hat he shall call a drand C n(i
biiiifl "Coitteirrtirn -rtir x1ix.hNwBi1itrs "
(ion of the .republn r I hn eof of
the foregoing II solution util he
triiismitu iTto l.i Lxre-llcnc-y 'l I at
ail the rleproient3 of the li 1 odlic
bhi uhl b invited t- foimw iu t-XMin-
ple ot bua) ttquil and i hat, until
Hi hxvellenn 8' ouhl arrive ant on-
lei take lire JJit tat r iHf,-4i.e aoit.jor-
iiies of (juayifUiiil h-ud rniaic tho
name, and in the iao e ? before
Ban. fed. Guz.
when ii is not lor their inferest'to
h'enk it. This is the uiihapjy state
ol (ireece For my own prat, alter
having seen much of the natute o
tho iiresi iit atruirtrle.. and learnt
smiiC'iiiing of the characler f th
modern Greek. I have. 110 hesita
tion in paving, 'th?.t I consider them
deserving the cirnparhy and aid of
tbc christian world." Boid. Gaz.
IHNWIA.
We see in a London paper, the
ilioni f 'lowing: ' 'rhe Dartmoor frigate
would be as acceptable to t i 111 i
men or at mv riiouclr thev a e n .
in regular disci plinfdXrmies, , they
unite and fight bravely when the
enemy appniachesBut that it is
ilifBcult to form anil keep up a regu
lar standing ,army. He thinks, if
the Porte is ntberwiHe occupied, as
may he the case In a war with Rus
sia, or the present difficulties wilh
the Janissaries, that the Greeks will
soon be able to recover from their
suffering situation, and be free and
prosperous. Mr. M, is a very in
telligent man. and his opinions are
entitled to full credit. He went to
)( Jamaica, with the British min
rt;r Irom the Congress of Panama,
arrived at Ports.n uh Oct. 12b''
Where 19 the Amenean mioister
to. the congress ol Panama, about
whom the nation was in a ferment
last winter?
Is he about returning to the United
States, or has he bc n engnged a
whole year, in rtnlHting the elee
linns in Pennsylvania, instead of
attending to tho public ihhim s."
' V. V. Eng.
we are indebted 10 the polite atten
tion ot Captain B jisstiere, for (ilea of
Panama Gazettes to the 17th Sep-
Greece with honorable anil dslW-r,M,!er: MilJtej
terested views. And he will always ,n 1 . M
ivv.u.'. e ... . t . 3d we find a .'..description q la'ge
a r.i.ie Ha,..,a, nm. . meeting held in the City of Panama.
tej? 1 P'Wf. Cby the Tmriniciijal authorities ilntl a
th mnchmitredjfeopte. number of ciiirent to take intn eon.
Sihce nennlvt: the above para iteration the situation of the repub-
gratdi. Mr. ; Miller handed us the lie, in eotifequeocf of the procediiis
The following inloimatioD cat not
fail to be highly iuieresiii.fr and gtat-
fyu 's to all persons whom puliiieal
dutv, Trade, or pleasure, mat in v te
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to travel betweu 1 lie .iHtis;ippr a. u
tiuritic enuntriffl:
Cincinnati (Ohio) Nv 1.
An expei tttcn h bti n made wih
:i mairiieanT bout. duiiig the" p; -hpiji
state of wan . vv I. ich pi. veu
oeynod a.doubi that travellers 1 d
not in future be detained beiwer. C'tr
cmntili and the month ofil et'iio
The Triton, carrying about 0
hnd her -engine takn nut a f w
wefk since, and tawed over the ti Iff,
here she wa4asrHiti refiittl. Nnco
that time, this tine little boat l i s
bren running niili'iit intermismoo .r
stoppage ol any kiul, ondwitl a
lull complement of pastengeili, be
tween Louisville nnd lripiU. I''T
the mouth of the Ohio. I: is gener
ally agreed that th river has ml
been low, s if nvv is, for ma y
car; and if such boat as the Tritcn
can now navigate it. no fears need in
future, be entertained an to tlip pas
sibiTil) of keeping up a constant cm-"
muuication between thi city and
what is called the "lowec couu r),'''
at any season of the year. A few
sti-am boats, of the proper size will
no doubt be organized into, a regular
line of packets, to ply iiystcmaiicaily
lie' ween the frails and the Lower
Mississippi.
By this means an important im
provement, and even a change will he
tftcctefl Tin Western traveling during
the early weeKS in tue ran, no rnueu
lifnculty has hitherto existed Irom
low water that the idea has .become "
prevalent that the lower Ohio is
scarcely navigable at this seas n. Aa
opinion of thi. kind has prevented
imny ot tne noumern - innauuai.ie
from returning; home this way, jrt.d
sent, (Tern by sea. 1 vviM be a grat
ifying pieee of, intelligence to r our
friends below, to hear that in fuTore
they.jmay depend upnn a certain and
safe.steam boat journey home at any
period Jiis bat an act of justice to
the nwncrVoffhc steam boat Triton
to state, that we have R cn letters
in the highest terms rf the rhinner in
which this briat is managed and
eondoeted. CVmm. Reg.
Tenne$$ee bill j before ho
L'srtfitii ". uf tl is Htaie. vich
lent, as well as rising generation, jOtfo)lbit ImTiiDg'Jbcer'uestetl.'ta'ltQid''''' in the .departments, of Ou'aya ; seems likely to psss, which has for
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