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COMMUXmTIOXS FOR TIIE FREE FRESS. Low Speeches, "unprofitable pay." Jlfr. Editor, Oratory is the huffing and blus tering spoiled child of a semi-barbarous age. The Press is the foe of Rhetoric, but the frif nd of Rea son; and the art of declamation has been sinking in value, from the mo ment speakers were foolish enough to publish, and readers wise enough to read. I think, sir. that an Ora tor could be got much cheaper now at Washington, than of ancient times, when the King of Macedon offered so great a price for one. But there is a spurious kind of ha rangue, practised by our Members in C6ngress; a kind of logic, that would become a Falstaff much bet ter than a Philosopher: "Why, Hal. tis mv vocation. Hal; tis no ' sin for a manto labor in his voca tion." There are no potentates, of modern times, that would imitate Philip, and offer a town, containing ten thousand inhabitants, for an Orator, when many could be got at the aforementioned place for a six pence. The ancients were a gos sipping and a listening, rather than a writing or reading set. This cir cumstance gave an Orator great opportunity of display; for the tongue effects that for thoughts, "that the Press does for words; but the tongue confers on them a much shorter existence, and produces them in a far less tangible shape; two circumstances that are not un favorable to a specchifier. An an cient demagogue said, that so long as the people had ears, he would rather that they should be without understandings. All good things here below have their drawbacks; and all evil things their compen'sa tions. The drawback of the ad vantage of printing is, that it ena bles coxcombs to deluge us with dulness; and the compensation for the want of that aft "was this, that if blockheads wrote nonsense, no one else would transcribe it, neither could they take their trash to mar ket, when it cost so much time and labor to multinlv the conies. Book sellers arp lil-p VinT-co,1o.,l-c- ;,, i - A.V. J VACl I 1 J Ut Will, I respect, and if they buy the Devil, they must also sell the Devils but the misfortune is, that a Bookseller seldom understands the merits of a book, so thoroughly as the horse dealer the merits of a horse, and reads with far less judgment than the other rides. But to return to the speechifiers. An Orator, who, like Demosthenes, appeals to the head, rather than to the heart, who resorts to argument not to sophis try; who has no sounding words, un supported by strong conceptions; who would rather convince with out persuading, than persuade with out convincing, is an exception to all rules, and would succeed in all periods. When the Roman people had listened to the long, diffuse, and polished discourses of Cicero, they departed saying to one ano ther, what a splendid speech our Orator has made; but when the A- thenians heard Demosthenes, he so filled them with the subject matter ot nis oration, that they quite for got the Orator, but left him at the finish of his harangue, breathing revenge, and exclaiming let us go and fight against Philip. "New duties new taxes" says Da niel to Dick "On iron and woollens they lay it on thick "Molasses and med'eine come in for their share; "Manufactures must flourish, tho' tommprrp Hpsnair: "They all need protection and can't worn without" " o'dr pardon," qUOth Dick, "tho' your word I can't doubt, i "One factory keeps wording, miasi want and 'midst ncnes, 'And that, my dear Dan, is the Factory of Speeches Q IX THE CORNER. 'FOREIGN. GREECE. The following extract of a let tcr from the Greek Committee in London, will be read with in tercst by the numerous friends of the Greek cause in this coun try. It will be an additional Gratification lo them to learn. that the contribution in the Uni ted States, to aid the Greeks in their struggle for liberty, which have already been forwarded to London to be transmitted to them, amount to thirty-five thousand dollars; a greater sum as appears from the tollow ins letter, than was subscribed during a year in Great Britain: Greek Committee Room, Crown and Anchor Tavern, London, 11th Jan. 1824. Sir The accounts which the committee have received lately from the Morea, are very en couraging, and they trust, that in the ensuing campaign, a very nowerful assistance will be af- i lorded to the Greeks in tne;an expedition, consisting oi stores which the subscription of; frig-ate, a sloop of war, a bri last year, amounting to nearly 7000, enabled them to send. These consisted in printing presses, types, surgical instru ments, medicines and hospital stores; two brigades of guns for maritime service, ammunition, ammunition materials for form ing a complete laboratory for the manufacture of rockets,sphe rical roll-shot, and every species of destructive fire works. The committee sent with these arti cles, eight men (artificers) and a very intelligent fire master to direct and instruct. Two sur geons have been sent, and four German engineer olficers. We request that you will be kind enough to give circulation j to the documents accompanying this. We have, etc. JOSEPH HUME, Chairman. Accounts from Nuremberg of, the 19th March, state that the Greeks had fallen in with a Turkish corps which was march ing from Thessaly for Lepanto, J and had entirely cut them to pieces. Private letters from Tina state, that the G reeks haye made ' themselves masters of Clazome nez, and that they have been successful in capturing the great caravan ot xlngora, at the mo mentof its reaching the gates of i Smyrna Patras was expected to surrender shortly. LordBy- ron had adopted a Greek dress and had marched with a corps T ri u. P; poiniea a member ol the council of Western Greece. It was re ported that the Pacha of Scutari, had raised the standard of rebel lion against Turkey, and decla red his intention of making com mon cause with the Albanians and Hellenes. Several English officers of merit, had recently arrived in Greece, and several cargoes of munitions of war. Mustapha Pacha is to com mand the great army of 80,000 Turks, destined against the Mo rea. SOUTH AMERICA. (Captain Bossiere, of the schr. Ardent, arrived in Baltimore, 23d ult. in 23 days from Porto Bello, reports that a letter re ceived at Porto Rello, dated at Manama, 26th March, mention ed that a vessel had that day ar rived there from Callao, bring ing information that the Royal Swinish Army had made pro- positions to capiiiuaie w rmi- var on condition oi Deing sum to Panama to cross to the At lantic. A Colombian squadron of six sail, under Commodore Block, arrived 26th March from Maracaibb arid Carthagena, and landed 1500 troops, who cross ed over to Panama. New-York April ID. We learn of Capt. Osborrf, of the sloop David, 7 days from Ha vana, that an action took place off the Bay of Matanzas, on the 3d or 4th inst. between a Co lombian squadron, of two cor vettes and a brig, and the Spa nish sloop of war Ceres, of 2S -uns, having a fleet of merchant vessels, all from Havana, under convoy. The action lasted an hour, and resulted in the cap ture of the Ceres, three heavy cKirvi. and eiffht drosrers. and the o O ' victors immediately bore away ivitli their nrizes. The Ceres lost between 30 and 40 in killed and wounded. The captain was Irlllpd the first broadside. A number of the crew jumped o verboard; those who succeeded in reaching the shore, were sent to the Moro. An embargo w immediately laid at Havana, which lasted till the 9th, when anj a schooner, sailed in pursuit of the Colombians, which, by this time, it was believed had rot out of their reach. The Evergreen-, lately arrived at Salem, left Para on the 3d March, in company with a Por tuguese frigate and gun brig and several other vessels, having on board all the Portuguese and English merchants, the English consul, and other Europeans who left the place in conse quence of 15,000 insurgents be ing ready to enter the city, who were expected to massacre the Europeans without distinction. The town was in complete con fusion. All the supplies from the Marigo island were cut off, and every canoe stopped up the river by the insurgents. .On board of one ship which left Pa ra in the fleet, were 192 mer- chants, embarked for Lisbon. ENGLAND. London accounts to tbc 12th March have been received. The answer of Lord Liverpool to the Marquis of Landsdown, the sub:ect 0f South Ameri ca, seems to put at rest the idea that Europe will interfere to re duce the former colonies of Spain On this continent, to their .curn The memo- randum referred in it, of a eon WPsn:ftn uotlvn Mv rw;. and the Prince de Pol'ignac, as? scrtcd on the t 0f Mr' G that any attempt to any airempi to recover those colonies would only lead to renewed bloodshed, without hope of success; and this was as sented to by the French minis ter. In the speech of Mr. Hus kisson, in the Hi of Commons, in support of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget, and es pecially in reference to a reueal of the duties on silk, he seems to treat the question of South American independence as one no longer questionable, and that independence as opening an im mense field to British cnterprizc and industry. The British Parli amcnt has voted 8,229 for the civil esta blishment in Upper Canada the present year, which is 400 less thanlastyear. Some grumbling took place, Mr. Bright appro ved of the sum; the colony ought to be encourageed, in or der that it might be rendered a counterpoise to the power 0j the U. States. A bright itez.yi FRANCE. Thb French Parliament had been opened by the king in per son, who delivered a Speech nnrrntnlntinor the country on ii c.oooful termination OI HIV? SUlViWOOlui - - , the war against the Constitu- ;rtnnlkts of Snain. and other mnttprs as to foreign powers, i :i f of nf ih. f thr rnnntrv. AliU- IlllJilVJ v..w J din- to Greece and South Ame rica, he expressed a hope that every thing would be "regula ted to the advantage oi me na tions and people who are inte rested, and to the great exten sion of the commercial relations of the world." We had before learned, that the French go vernment did not intend to as sist Spain in her unwise project of re-connuerine; South Ameri- rrK but had shewn every dispo sition to follow the example of England by sendingconsuls tm ther to open a commercial in tercourso with the new repub lics. There is reason to believe that the report which lately rAopViorl us. nf 1 ranee beins a- bout to acknowledge the inde pendence of Hayti, was well founded. Out of 430 Deputies returned to the French Chamber, only 17 were known to be liberals, be ing a decrease of 93 since last year. Gen. La Fayette lost his election by a considerable majority. As ins political du ties have ceased, he s now at liberty to accept the invitation to the United States and our countrymen will probably soon have the pleasure of welcoming to our shores the mend and he ro of our revolution and favorite of Washington. SPAIN. Juaarid, Feb. lb. A con vention has been concluded be tween the French and Spanish governments, in virtue of which France will have the free trade of Havana for a certain time. A multitude of rumors are in circulation. It is said that some Alc;crine vessels have effected a landing near Malaga and Motril, where they have made a rich booty, and carried off some of the wealthiest individuals in or d2r to obtain crreat ransoms. It is said that the definitive treaty for the occupation of Spain has been signed. For four years 40,000 men will remain in the country and the Spanish go vernment will pay to France the sum of 2,000,000 francs per month, which will form the im mense amount of 96 millions for the four years. This place is tranquil, but misery is increa sing both here and in the pro vinces. Lieut. Gen. the Marquis de Casteldorios.a Grandee of Spain, has been arrested and imprison ed by order of the king. His offence was his appearing at court in the national uniform, contrary to the order of the king. He replied to the king that the suit he had on did him more honor than any other, and began to hum the air Tragala Pcrro Dosr swallow it. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Algiers. The London Cou rier of the 25th March mentions the capture, by a British frigate, of a Sardinian vessel bound for Algiers with naval stores, and a diamond crown on board for the Dey. The cargo was landed at Malta, and the vessel dis charged. The Dutch squadron had arrived ofT Alicani, and was cruising against the Algerines. The Dey has declared war a- gainst Spain. Algiers is blocka- ded by a British squadran. Aft Mr. Shaler, our consul at Al giers, has been threatened, it ha been suggested to increase our fcrce on that station. "Africa. A vessel arrived nt fiarbadoes, on the 18th March, from Cape Coast Castile, with an account of the defeat of th(. English, under the command oi Sir Charles M'Carthy, by a nu merous and powerful tribe o: Ashantees. The British had marched against the Ashantees in the interior of Africa, with the natives of Cape Coast and merchants to the number alto gether 'of 5,000 with an intent to proceed direct to Coomassie, the Ashantee capital, whenthey were met on the 21st January, by a body of 10,000 of the for mer, and after a bloody engage ment from 1 P. M. till sunset, were entirely defeated. This account was brought by the fu gitives who had returned to tho Cape. Neither Sir Charles nor any of the merchants had been heard of, on the 4th Feb. and it was supposed they were either all massacred or taken prisoner?. Another force under Capt. La ing was mustering to attack the Ashantees. Korth-zccst Cocst. The ship Sachem, arrived at Boston, from California, informs that, in Feb ruary andMarch, 1S23, a Rus sian sloop of war was in St Francisco, surveying the port, and ssiled thence for the North west coast, in search of Ameri can vessels trading there. The Russians informed the Comman dant of St Francisco, that they should capture chy vessels found breaking the Imperial Ukase. When the Sachem left, every thing was peaceable there, but the inhabitantswere much alarm ed for fear the Russians meant to possess thenlselves of the country; They adhere to the Mexican government, but the communication between that and California was tardy, and sometimes intercepted. The Russians still continue their set tlement about 30 miles to the northward of Port Bodesca, ami have taken possession of that place, where they have lately built two vessels. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1824. SMALL POX. Report of cases at the He&jutal ir. the vicinity of Halifax tozvn. The cases at the Hospital, (three in number) who have been taken with the disease, have all passed through it kindly and favorably. Mr. McLemore is convalescent so far as to have shed the scabs from the upper part of his body. He was the third and last case. The balance of those who have been confined there, have as yet remained free from all symptoms of the disease, and we sincerely hope it will stop where it is at pre sent; but we can oidy hope it, from the character of the females who have been there, and among whom the disease originated, we have so little confidence in their prudence and discretion, that we can only throw ourselves upon a charitable public, and say that wc hope for the best, assured that a generous public will believe that we have been, and still are, doing every thing we can to confine it. We have further to state, in WwyRlamii mil rmmtt
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