r'V,Mt : and for faking such (C of recommending:, the! SS trflhe aitcotioa of Iheir fellow fin'!lin.theAend:proraotenhe in " "t ' CA resolution - was adopted highly i it.. .M-nrppflmon- or the Ha- TP; ..: inr! exDressive of their L'lferies-operate in all legal Inures tr effect ineir ocu , iv , ,.- A.Cameron, and JohnArm i nV Enrs. were nominated and ! co tended as Delegates to the pro Sd 'Meeting in tins City, in Mo Jerober next. - , . : rcntffon.-On the.22d:of Kebru Jr. John' Morns and DanieUIoke, fZ. appointed by the correspond.; f" q :.-.H;tt-of Linco n county, pro. "irfed to lake th votes of , Capt. T. iffer company cn "Ie "FU,CUV If ctMinp a Convention ; and, the re f,!lt irw a unanimous vote in favor of the measure. . , . ' . rtnnOH true. By the ship Bwtn, arrived at Savannah, on the N inst. in forty-nine days 'Gi braltar, .we have a report that W ar moment) v expected (not between Spain and France out ueiwccu and England. - . . . From the complexion of our last r.nnMn advices, we were in a mea, .prepared tohearof thecommence-j nri Spain at leat, such information Z 1 1 .. mot corf us fOQIli mi ' v e wj ' t . - , Rut we .cannot crcnit'lue Deuei inji ; r.:-:-nei ni war van nac . i jrdrlenlv arisen between Great Bri tain and Spain. Since; the arrival, Mvcver. nf the Boston at Savannah, idditirnal strensth is given to the rer rort,hv t! e intellisence' received at Charlesfon, from Havanna. The brig KscMnd Sallv informs, that at the tim of hf r sailing (27th ult.) the pub lic mind was much ajitated in cone. mipnce or a peremptory demand made lx. the government of Great Britain trrn thatjof pain, for'fhe pavment of. i vprv larjesum of money, alleged to be ruing bv the latter to'the fonner ; and threatening reprisal of-Spanish mls, if the demand be not complied wiln. --. f , ' As our latest advices from Spam, rreious to this airivaj, werie only down to the first of January last, and as in all probability tlie demand above, jpoken of, was made upon Spain a short time after, that period, connect ing thpse circumanceM t';pther,' we 5iv. that what at first sreinedmpro bnble, how assumes an air of pladsibi- .litv. -;'. . .: 'Notwithstanding the assurances. wWh th British Minister at Wash iton (Mt. Cannins has given ur- ? ! 1 Ar,f: n.l that If th- i asked, we are convinced, .that ,t h iDOve report De wen louoi.e.i, iu.n i.. , one common end the promotion ot the ge jrand secret of the whole affair is, that j neral welfare. Great-Britain is determined to possess !' V are soon, gentlemen, about to separate : ti e Island of Cuba, peaceably if she many of you. perhaps, I may never meet a- ,,n r,rrUW if fth must i" and she " . J . . . . .b.-s n ade this demand at a .nme wnpn lie knows Spain cannot meet itv; tlerebv enforcing the necessity of a j fiirrtnder of that Island as an equiva lent. j ' ' A late arrival at,New-Tcjrk? states, that the brutal murder of jbung Gail lard, at Havanna,r has been : followed by another on the body of the mate of a brig-7-and adds, also, information of the arrest of the mtirderers. , It is to i be hoped that - the punishment which their crime deserves will be promptly awarded "them while iat, the same time, it is to be feared, that a spirit of hostility eiists in tha,t island towards us, which, if thus continually fanned, may some day break out in . acts of open violence; , From the Spanish Jnin.-r-Captain Boorneof the brig ilippomenes, arri ved at New' Yorkfroni Curracoa, re ports, that when he sailed, thePatriots were bombarding Porto Cave II o. Cur racoa papers, mention that' Gen. Paez .arrived at Porto Cavello on 6th ult, ard was closely investing the place by land, The Colombian squadron, con sisting of the Bolivar, Maria -Francis-.ca;Cpititution, Tencedor, and Patri ot, were blockading" the pot t, ' . . On the SI of January a severe shock of-an, eaithquakewas felt at Coro " whicb caused some alarm. 4 The case of De Coudray, Irvine and ' 'ogel, was heard At4Curracpa onthe 29th oFJanuary., Judgment was to'be pronounced on the 5 tb of February J-rV Extract of a letter dated Valparaiso y. ' . Aor. 25th, '182..: .: q: ?"I have just,, escaped from one of the sreatest dangers , that TeVer exne "ienced. On tbe night of the 19th in stant, we were visited? by a terrible earthquake,' "which has laid this, fine P'ice in ruins, and shaken all Chili to J w luunuation.' . vnai iew nouses are bll standing are so shattered that they iv-.THe n nrovisiorlB ar ho selline at-the most exorbitant prices-'threes hundred people have bben taken OMt of the ruin. and every day ,?f wo or three arf found- ': ". V I v;h siftino; with'some friends in mr fooin when the first thinj I h-jinl was the ;fallinz of the roof and; on rushing forwards I found it jmpossi J Me to stand, the --earth was in"snch vi jolent agitation ! I fortunately got in- to the street before the house fell; the next moment the earth was rent asun der, leaving a tremendous chasm. The objects on all sides, tle screams of the dying; and of the. fugitives, aud the danert which surrounded me, fill' ;ed my mind with the most awful emo- ' .... "' . w : " "l jtions.- Ailengtii i was uenvereu irom ! danger by the. interposlticln of one of ' my friends ; i and.. I have been living' ever since cn board ship. K very two or three hours there is a new con vuU sion of the earth, which communicates itself to the vessels in the harbor." . , Bait. Chron. The following address was delivered ! to the House of Representatives at the close of the late session, by Mr. Bar bour (Speaker) after a vote of thanks jhad43een accorde! him, for the promp titude, assiduity, impartiality & ability ' with whifh he had performed the du ties of the chair : .. V To receive tlie approbatron of onr country, is at all times the hiebest reward which can , be bestowed upon a citizen in the public -ser-' vice to receirehe expression of that appro Kto Awn tfin -"Rnrpntntlres of the PeO- pie, Wlin w;nnn u na uccn iii iuuuih. iv .v i. Rjves to it, In my estimaUon,an mcre.ised rie- trree of nterest t but .when, in addition to this I recollect that this is the Secon occa sion oiv Afhich I hare received thlshigh nvrk of confidence, from the snm.. Hoese of He presentatives from gentlemen with whonS,'for two sncces:vr sessions I have been associa ted in leg-isTation, it incites me with the deepest sense of gratitude. J have nothing to offer you but my sincere thanks, in return for this renewed evidence of .your jyood opi .jiion. as well as for the kind indulgence w ith ; which vou-fhave sufiported me in the dis ! cliarce of mv official duties, i There are few ; stations in civil life pfa character either more important or more-d.mcnjt. than that of the ! presiding officer of tUis'jlouse, On yourde j liberations. essentially depend tlxe prosperity j of this extensive and extenling confederacy J in tb ir poe:e5!. the most novel and perplex ing quest ons are frequently presentea lor the instantaneous - Vcusion of your Speaker; and the dutjes whirl), V general, appertain to.his ofuce, involve in thetiisslvea the high est degr- e o' responsibility. In snch a situ ation, to bft able to cwmmund success is the attribute of.no man to endeavor to deserve it. is within the reach of a'l : that endeavor; f I am conscious of hav ng earnestly m-ide ; and to the pleasure arising from that conscious ness, the resolution whicb you have just pass ed adds the-gratification of believing tbat my efforts in tliis respect have not been altoge ther .fruitless. j , We are now, gentlemen, about to close the1 labors of the 17th Comrress. I trust, that, upon a review of its measures, it.wdl.be, found by our constituenjs, tlat however we may have differed m opimon m relation to tHe-means; weiavea ;ti view one great X: la.v ou ionff..ve to cyoy j.. C- wafdsot your past services, and to rehder others to a grateful country, j Jiristnbratic TO.eTU following is the ropy of a letter from Governor Coles, of the Stn e of Illinois, to the Kditnrs of the IllimSis Intelligencer, 'occasioned by thir having giving him inrtheir paper the title of 44 His Kxcel- Iehcy.'' ' 'y: . . .. , . , Vandalia, Dec 10, 182. ;l GFKTLlKMENOtir,Stae Constitution ; gives to the person exercising the func Jtions of the ; Executive the appellation of 'GbvERNOR--rt tule which is -pecifict in telbgible, and republican, and-amply suf ficient to dem M tbe dignity of the ofice. In "your last paper you h ave 'noticed me by the addition of 44 Uis Excellency" An aiistocratical and high sounding adjunct, w hich I am sorry to say has becojne tup common amongst ds, oot only in newjspa- per annunciations, but in tne. aanressing of letters and even- in familiaCvdiscourse. It is a practice disagreeable to my feel ings, and inconsistent, as I think, vviih.the d gnified simplicity of freemen, and with the nature-of the vocation of those to wboni it Is applied. And having made it a rule-through life to address no one as His Excellency, ; or the Ho norable, or by any ucb . unmeaning title,I trusr I shall be :parVned:for asking- it asJa favor of you nd. wjfeUoWtizens generally, net to apply . them Co me. .. ' .', ' . ' I am, &c. &c. " r v EO WARD COLES." It'appears, from bflcial statement laud that the Union Barik of Balti mpre has lost nearly ninety .thousand ; d o f ars by i t h e . JSta te D i rectors, : si n ce fitsirtcorporation.; .', , i'-.s hvWe are sorry to learn that Judge Li ivihgston, of; tne Supreme Court, is dangerously ! ill at his lodgings inthis city. p .-Stating this fact, reminds us pf j aiiotlieri of a. more agreeable complex jioji.i Not one out of theitwo hundred a jidi'tiiirtyrfiye members of Conjgren has died, or even been dangerously ill, jdurihg the present' Session.; This ex , iniptipii fnm"diseasevand death, 'ccn- in-'isa summing aat' 'Blue I lUji me- o;i age, ui ihc iucuiuci 9, 11 had .marketlfirrv. : vmht a?o. inthe ed. fld; tne -pricesu axeu v ppnu s j I oppression jni ureui , iu iwwwura r::i:L C ri fifty -0 rrear 1 775 i and for auht that appeal ed to the contrar it mit Hve fift b r a h u rf d r e d yea r s -t 1 ohjer.'.. -Q W e . d o nof knovir whetber naturalists hav as certained ftrwhat ae fmtles survive ; buf from the preceding fact, and from" other which have corned to ourknow; ledge, it seems that they attain to a very advanced ae an agei perhaps,' which bears no great disproportion to that of mortals when earth was inHhe heyday and freshness oryoutji.. U In.the garden of Capt. Danie! Wood, of Davidson county, there were ga thered, during the last season, from one vin twenty-five hundred and ten cucumbers, (exclusive of the latter growth,) of the species cti$d gherkins t t I d tTatrfilioKld' mtiA kAlinttn to (vAnA.n'l-J ly vvery productive : but in ! the above instance it was uncommonly so. Defeat of a Pirate. The br Bow doin, Capt.. Carr, vhich arrived at Newport 22d uit. Raiieri from Mantan zas o'n the 5d. in company with brigs v ADeona,"ior rruvnenre, and iNeptune. .f Bristol, for Triest; After bein out about 4 hour from .fantanzas.saw a piratical schfioner mming' out from the land, full of men, ai d rowing with 14 sweeps. On her coming up with the Bowdoin, she hoisted the red 'fiVsN and commenced firin ivith round ami . . . . . . j grape shot, anu ordered-Capt. Carr to 44 strike or die" . As soon as the pi rate got within sufficient range, the Bowdoin returned the fire from her carriage suns, Land; mu-ketrv. which completely raked the lecK of the Pi rate, kllng several of them, and obljj: jfig theiq iiiPtantly to haul off, hayin only 7 nSen to be seen on her tleck and rowing with Only S sweeps -she then stood in again for the land. Had it not betn calm, Capt, C. supposes that he" should haVe been enabled to have sunk the pirate. The Abeona, and Neptune, in co.vith the Bowdoin, at the time, and being both armed, as sisted in repulsing the pirate. The Bowdoin mounts 4 carriage gun's, with inubkets. s JSTinv 'Orleans, Feb. 5. ; A daring attempt was made on M Sun day night to set firp to the Pot-Oflice,' happily without effect. ;A quantity of fine dry hay was envefoped in a sheet of naper,' and ajcotton wick, steeped in brimstone, was placed? yn the hay : the end of the wick, prot'rifding from tne hay, was lighted Thus prepared, tl.e bundle wa thrown into the letter, box, which is of wood, and contained a Urge number of letters. Providen tially the fire at the end ffMhe wick went .out before it communicated Jo the hay. as only one letter was found scorched, and none of the rest damag- The Washington Republican states, that Mrs. Sarah Perry, who lately, ap plied to Congress for a pension, is a li neal descendant from Sir; William Wallace. Certain it is, the courage and coolness exhibited by. her son the vyuiiiiuuuui c, in me uaiue on. Laise Erie, were worthy of the Scottish Chieftain. She bad fourother sons in tbe Navy, one of them, like his ebjest brother lost his life in the service : three still survive. ' f j Forlorn Qwew..- Accou nts from Spain and Portugal inform, that , the Queen of one nation was sick nearly untn death 5 and, that the Queen tbf,the other had been imprisoned, for refus ing to stvear allegiance to thephew con stitution ; and her confinement had oc casioned such a degree of illness as re quired the aid of ten phvsiciaiis to ad minister to her ; arid that .when she recovered, she and her physicians were to be banished from the kingdom ! The King of Saxony has requested ol the Spanish Cortes that, his niece the Queen should be permitted to visit her native country. V? ; J . .- ' ' ' t ,, f .' - i V ' The pa per s from Ci ncinnati, in the state of Ohio, inform us, that an Asso ciation is on -vbot of several - wealthy and intelligent gentlemen of the Wes tern states, for the purpose rof engag ing in the" VV hale Fishenyand Sealing voyages to the Nof th we$t Qoast of America, and-some?of the preparatory measures for so bold and extensive an e ri terpr iZe are already ad opted." ;VVe understand it is intended to build twpj snips;or aDout a.u tons, eacn, in Cin cinnati, during the present year, and to ' have them rigged, equipped, - and fitted foruch-voyage in season to de scend the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as earlyjn the spring of 1824, as the waters tviH admit. Thi4rwe take it, is the fruit of the Debates1 in Congress ! on me suojeccor estaDtisning a post on tbeNorth VVest Coasf i ' v'-.- 'l''S''; ", "'"''; . , r ". v r-.'j"-''''"' '' '-: . flb.Obt W, lStbai per6n irv this city who is supposed 0 be in the habit of conducting particles frpm ihe otheip Jiide of the line, and placing them in a ecure place in Montreal f without go- eo. eatest secrecy was promisee! upon; the part of the purcia8er,aan the ar-. ilCtCs were uruc univcrcu aia tcrinui hour mutually appointed Vfter the departure '. of, ' ih$ fapp1icanf(; certain forebodIrs a rid m issri vi nirs were fet by the 4 fair rrade.r," who thought that all Was not right, weighed the matter seriously, and at length Came, to the determination of outwitting him. He aWprding v produced' the,, specifierf nnfnber of Tobacco kegSf ; an (I Tea chests, filled the former, with -tones Sc brickbats, and the latter with! the pro duce of a livery stable-hiredTiVe Ca. hadian trains, and set out to the ap pointed place of " rendezvous. -On his 'arrival e - first object .which met bis view wi a pistol , presented to wa rd s him by a' Custom hou se officer. who commanded him. to deliver up the property instantly, aslt was seized in the name of the Iving. The fair tra der?' appeared astonished, said he had been scarSdalously' deceived and that the seizure would ruin him 5 the officer was in orable, and orjd ered the sol diers, o were in waiting, to take charges oTthe supposed contraband property-. It was accordingly r tje posited for that r.ight in the guardroom, near the crnst and was yesterday morning escorted to the Custom house in Mon treal, wKere we are informed the hoax was discovered. Montreal paper c - We have beeti; told 'that the Indians at the eastward prognosticate great' freshets during the approaching spring frcni the circumstance of thei beavers having built their houses one story higher than common; last fall. - This they, consider an invariable forerunner of great freshets.---S'aem Gaz. - 77";rs An Ohio farmer recommeticls coals, as useful in fattening Hogs. After giving his h ogs a small quant ity daily, say two pieces to each, about the iize of a hen's egg, they, disconti nued rootinis?, were more quiet and ap peared to fatten faster. He omitted the coal a few days, and they commen ced rooting : he gave it again an cf they ceased to' root. : He supposes that the coat corrects that morbid fluid in the stomach which incites them to root deep in search of fresh earth. ; The 'following is a' comparative state ment of ' the mortality during the, lst year," in the cities London, - Ney Vork, Philadelphia, and Washington i Deaths.' Population. London, 1S,855 about 1,000,000 New-York. 1 3,231 about 130,000 ' ; Philadelphia, 3,591 about 130,QQ0 Washington, 26 ' about v 14,856 v Florida.- A new work is about to be pubjished in New-York, entitled 4.Obervifiops upon the Floridas,' by Charles Vjrrnoles, Civil and Topogfa- j phical Knineer." residence of ma ny years in Honda, an actual survey o f the count ry, an unrerait ted atten -tion to !i-ti internal concerns, a familiar acquaintance wth the soil, history, topography, climate, land titles, Indian cl,iiH!, iiic are stated to be the points which give value and interest to the work. . . - . ' ' - The fourth volume of. Peveril of the. Peak, which forms the the tiird vo lume, of the American edition was sent from Ne w-Y'rk to Philadephia on Weilnesday (thefiih) at three o'clock in the afternoon ; and n 'Friday mor n i ng, at vsi x o'clock M es.vrs, , Ca rej ,& Lea had two thousand copies of the volume in boards the whdfe period of time neing miriy-nine nours. ; Tu o beautiful Illustrations of the Planters (the new 'American tale" which1 has deservedly elicited so much; commendation) , have recently , Meu exhibited in New-York TheyH are said to be from the pencil of a young artist ; of that city, Of great genius and f taste. v One. of the sk etches (says the N. Y. Statesman) is a picture of Lea ther-stockingi a favorite character a mong the;grup . of Pioneers, in k the dress arid withtheequipinents of a huntsman. , There is a single, touch in this piece, which of itself would be suf ficient to evince the skill of the jartist w e mean the m out h, exhibiti rig th e solUary tooth of the jieathe It is.true to the'delineation if the "no velist, and true to nature. 1 he other SKeicn is iiiusiraiiyc ui uie jvkuui uj llpA,t!the;Tn last words accl dying speeim Bed $kin 6r whiteyit9s aWovernowln Mo' began is represented ,in i, recumbent posturwitfWe abuit him, anda cpmposure eyincing his fbrtjtudeialidresigri upon nis countenance- Mr: Joseph Tyler,' the oldest mem beof tKeDrairiatic i CoTps in IJni ted States, died optSatu rday eVf riiiig, 10 the sev e h tyifut(rth-fyearo' Thig venerable i factor had finished the second night bf a hortenggeinentat afterwards, he expired, Mr.;;ler'fvvas cotepipofary ' njTv 'h GafrickarrV'anHvM a':I??.;;He-a9jadistingu "fc'.r former in' operas in the proyincia The- ? rc aires 11 England, Sin 17J)3 he an ivefl v v in the United I Siatfe and'J company I then performing; in this 6lrl by his professional talents, to instruct :t".'.-,. L 'xt ..,f 'L i:--ifl v witjiih a few yiais natw ing able ffrom ,.;his - arlyaiicid apy-Vv . lonjE:er:to discharge tlieanfjiious dptie;.;'' stagei beaHngkwith frfnMhf PHfppm-ot alii who knew him JVir?; dv K 1 ' r The King of France has suppressed the College of the Faculty rf Medicioer un raris, uecause ,ui .uio. uisiasir pressed by the tudent at the election of a Priest, the Abbe Nicole;: as UH tor: : Four thousand students are thus dispersed ; and Franceufrirsbejns a few young men are alleged to' have Tlie tradesman and the husband man wou I d d o w elf to consider, . that whe they are for cram pini trade they , are killing arJaithfjiL servant ;who id tolling night and day andjeating f theJ brea3 of cair'e for their goodias well a$ h is own, The merchant ancj ge ntlebari would do well to re'fl e c 1 1 h at the ha nd i of the tradesman and husbandman, ard ' tKeir employers ; janil tt jirilessthe multiply arid increase in their comrao dities andricheA the me(chantwi never flourish. r'rbeVmerchant Waiuu- ; 1 1 factureriarid freeholder. shouldxohsid-V? fr inemseives as$r,ne mosii immeuiare ; and natiiraf brothers in the comiriuni- ' ' ty iirthaf (jod and n atUre have, raadd ;, their interest they will agree conjointfy to pursue itf " no mortal hand can ever preVail against , , them." Tudor's Life of Otis. ' a: , Most " singula" ft. sagacity and anecr ; tion'of a rfog VYe are crediWy iri formed, that a few days, 0inc:e some " Ipersou on the opposite ' side of the: rU ver, iq juuicness ; counry lor strme supposed, or: perhaps sumclent causej " shot a dog and as. he j ii id mortally; - . wounded : him. The dog , was at th: tirhe, in a field distant, and pobabl out of sight, from any dwelling'. He ' was . felled to the ground.' Aersorii -liyipg adjacent to the- fipbt, Vseyeral; ! ' ; day s' im med iately .succeed 1 rig f wi t hou t having any knowledge of the tact that the do .had jieen 8hot)"ervtl hi$ ' dog vdailj, after ' being fed, run witK alacrity with part.of ijs raHioris in i ' , mouth, in the direction- jwliefethc 'Sx wou nd e d 'dog was fou nd and was fronv . , this- uriusualxoriduci of his dogi induo- . ed to follow him, when to'his astonish- ' ment, he found, that his dog had beeci some1 days carrying comfort arid sus tenancy to h is ifn fo rtunate fellow quad . i runed. who had. b'v this'mejihs. hpri saved, become convalescerit, and -CYr s ! rrired to h i s master. IVhat a lesstAo. poor hutiian nature I t !TJlster ' pap 1 4 Few, injl far between" arehe vi " sits of joy." The recover' bpa'dearV friendhfrom- a larigerous sickrie'ss'; thi v .i rtvturn of anqtHier after loiig bience the first moment of hajfyy jlove when i-; dovbtiaridffeai;; fl before .the:(icfob ?v certainty of mutual atTectin,he first ; , , ' sight of one's ofl&tpf ing," or their noblef v I conduct in after-life ; 'these "are 'a of those bright stipriy pojs Whfch : A if unshaded by counterpoistngsorroiys ' glitter, upon the waste of human iifei.J But rare, indeed, are morale rits;bfjthis5A ; description, and seldom i w4 are able ioyt resign ourselves! to their ult enji4r J' nlent I they make not I up the ium.'-of v-ivs-';r' 'huin'ab: .life..ii;ndlthose ar jlriiset;-' .yt" araong us, who; seizing joy grateftinrl C - when it comesf look not Wrwa to ftt '.( with any ;sarigirie eecfjition ;r .. W., iri':'-.l:VL--.f !..!! this we really ety oy;Inyiuthwe aVe looking forward to thiriga thait aieta come ; in old age welre Ipoking backi wads Hpr things thar arejgone past y i n ma 1 nhoodklth ough We imfcjir' ihd eei i to'be niore occupied yi thinathatf'ai "? 1 present sliyet eVea that is too ofteri ahwv ' X'd sorbed vague be vastly - happy oh sometturei'dv ; H .a : I OTheltcv .' JpjiepliA. Wamje will preaeff V : ) srjah Church on Sunday n'i;xt' S ". . - at the Presby terian Church at tne usual hours.- , :',.'..-... - .j, ... " .iv-f. " '.V4-i : ' - . 1 a - v. . . ".'In Serinito' Stbkea counlry.oVth titlS' 7 : Oh the. 1st" inst. at his residence 1 n Rowi ' s L Canty,;jen; Jesse 'At Pewwnd ; He had re- f : ently.;'receiyed fallfirb'm his horse.5 -wSlca'''ts'- v- his death. .He was eehttemiiij of Teat erw -j 1 L!.i. . i 1 - . 7 1 . . ,, v-'.i1 r... ..r IO Ml M 1 1 ; i- ... Tip- fli'