Communications
FOU THE FREE TKESS.
COMMEMORATION
Of the fifty -first anniversary of
American Independence,
AT HALIFAX, N. C.
The return of the anniversary
$f American Independence was
hailed by the citizens of Halifax
and its vicinity, with unusual de
monstrations of respect and joy.
The day was ushered in by the
discharge of cannon at 10 o'
clock, the military under com
m and of Capt. ATciccll, Marshal
of the Day, paraded and went
through various evolutions, street
firing, &c. At 12 o'clock a Pro
cession of citizens and military
was formed at Academy Square,
and proceeded to the Church
here the ceremonies were com
menced by a prayer to the Throne
of Grace by the Uev. Sidney Wil
ier the Declaration of Indepen
dence was read, in an impressive
manner, by E. B. Freeman, Esq.
and a handsome and appropriate
Oration delivered by.. N. L. B.
Stith, student of medicine. The
whole was enlivened by appropri
ate airs from an excellent amateur
band of music. A number of ixen-1
tlemen then repaired to the Man-!
sion-House Hotel, and partook of(.
an excellent repast toast, senfi-j
ment and song gave zest to thej
occasion. At an early hour in the 1
evening the company separated,
deeply impressed with the feel
i i i
mgs which sucn an occasion is
calculated - to excite elated by i
the "good omens" which cheered
them, that, each return of the ever!
i
memorable day would find their
beloved country in the undistuib-
cd enjoyment of peace, prosperi-;
ty and independence.
to Lord Coch-
tne niosi oracutui anu puiisuwi uum.u.oo.w.. r ; . , i
the least symptoms of inward
pain 1 have seen tiie smile play
with angelic sweetness around
their ruby lips, inviting the god
dess of pleasure to participate in
their felicity. Felicity! oh, be
witching sound! let your votaries
escape your deceitful fangs, and
return to the enjoyment of an in
tellectual banquet, where the heart
and not the senses, can repose and
inhale the vivifying rays of litera
ture: "For lis the mind that makes the body
rich;
And as the sun breaks through the dark-
est clouds,
So honor appeareth in the meanest habit.
What, is the jay more precious than the
lark,
Because his feathers are more beautiful?"
The apparent joys of a ball room
are like the visions of romance,
they Hit across the imagination
and leave no embellishments to
the narrow, "but charming circle!
of family delights.'' It is at home,1
blessed with a good education and
a gooil temper, and exercising
useful domestic duties, that the
female character appears in all
ils loveliness it is at home, the
abode of rational rellection and
domestic communion that we ex
perience the reality of human bliss;
never, oh, never would 1 exchange
domestic pleasure for the false
and resplendent glitter of pomp
and voluptuous etiquette.
'Think not that bliss can mingle with a
throng,
WhhTd by a tide cf idle forms along."
MARGARET.
fibres, glide with a fairy light-. ranc, as High Admiral, was read
ness, through the intricate mazes and approved in the iirst sitting,
of a cotillion, without exhibiting and his Lordship was introduced
tho lnt svinnlnmc! nf inward Oil the following day, and took
the oath. Two other resolutions
were expected to be immediately
jwlnntpd bvthe Asscmblv: one ap
pointing Count John Capo D'ls
tria, in the absence of his brother,
Count Viario Capo IVIstria, Pre
sident of the Greek Republic, for
at least five years; and the other,
which had met with some opposi
tion, sivinir the chief command of
the army to General Church.
previous. The opposition to tf,,.
alien laws appears as strong
when the latter was first protV
ed against. The Montreal Cou
rant says, that much excitctnorr
had been created by the arrival of
Col. Ramsay, brother of the Gov
emor in Chief, from EiH.ind
with despatches. It was rumored'
that they contained instructions
to His Excellency to take awav
the Constitution hitherto enjoyed
by that country, and to place v
under the control of the Governor
and Council; which measure, it j
said, was occasioned by the di(;.
eulties which have distracted i
Provincial Parliament. Fremiti
remarks ot the Courant, wc infer
that there is no sufficient reason
1 tin:
From a foreign merchant, who
was lately in Glasgow, some inte-
rnctiiKT i m fM-ii 'l t i iH U'.'l rfPPlVfl
respecting the present Pacha of ifr crediting this rumor.
Egypt. From his account it ap-jpapcr says: "It is certain that I
pears that the Pacha in addition! strong military force is coming
to being a cotton grower on aoutt this country, for what pur-
large scale, carries on business as Tc w cannot divine.
a manufacturer to a great extent.
He has at present in Alexandria
and the neighborhood not less
than 18,000 weavers engaged in
the manufacture of ticks and oth-
kinds of coarse cotton goods.
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- 1 zzzh'"l .-IzJLjrvrtry
SATURDAY, JULY 21, ls;r.
jforcign.
tor the Fitrn ntEss.
Fema I e F Incut ion .
Fashionable and ornamental ac
complishments are now consider
ed as indispensable for the eon
summation of female education,
and take precedence of inlellec-,
Uial acquirements. This a.seen-i
dency of sensuality over intellect,'
increases with a rapidity which,
threatens the downfall of litera
ture in alphabetical order-it i a!
pnanioui oi uie iinagination, crea
ted by the agency of fanciful no
tions, to suffer the glitter of orna
ment to cloud and usurp with re
gal pomp the empire of the mind.
Dancing and music arc consider
ed exquisite so they are, when
blended with an enlightened mind,
a, mind that is well stored with
useful and solid acqirements; but,
to a female who devotes all of her
attention to such artificial amuse
ments, and leaves her mind a
''darkling and asleep," there can
be no refined sensations. Tho'
dancing and music are exquisite
when enjoyed without sensuality,
yet they ailbrd to the heart but a
gleam of comfort there is a
witchery in music which enrap
tures and subdues, producing in
the imagination a vacant felicity
that responds with artificial vibra
tions to the emotions of a heart
bewildered and perplexed by an
exuberant sensibility. I have seen
From Europe. By arrivals at
New-York from Liverpool and
Havre, English dates to the 2d.
and French of the 0d June, are
received. We make some selec
tions, though we observe nothing
of particular importance. It af
lords us satisfaction to perceivo,
that the Greek cause continues lo
prosper, as in a proclamation at
Uemala, the country is congratu
lated upon the re-ostablishnumt of
union among its representatives:
and much praise is given to Ka
raiskaki.for his success at ialona
and Dislotno adding, that ;it is
only a little while since Fastcrn
and Western Greece Mere under
the yoke of barbarians now, from
the neighborhood of Athens to the
summit of Macrynorous and the
gates of Missolonghi, not an ene
my is to be found." In England,
the new Administration appeared
to be gaining by degrees the con
fidence of the Nationbut in
France, the public mind seemed
to be a good deal agitated from
various causes; and a change of
Ministers may be looked for. No
thing new from the Peninsula.
Markets rather more depressed.
They are natives of the country,
and are in an equally degraded,
condition as tin? rest of their coun-j
try men. They weave; the goods j
in houses belonging to the Pacha, '
I 1 1 f I 1 1 f til.. I - ...I ,v I . . . - .1 A . r I It rw. . -
iimc-u uj uie prooucuou f uncrai sermon. I he uev. P. V.
ot a certain quantity of clotli dai- UOW I) is expected to preach the Func
lv. As a recompense they re- raI of lie ,rite "'Vw Drew, in the
ceivc subsistence, clothin" and1'11 of l1, cii the 4th Sunday in.
i,wi,,;,,,, lm i .1 n 7, tins month (to-morrow.) He i also
j g g, a. d nothmg more b or exped,(1 to pJeach ;lf Qu;ank Q d
he sale ol his goods the Pacha the ihy before. -CVwi.
has agents at several towns in Si-
cilv, and at Leghorn and Flo- Election. On Thursday next, the
rence, to which daces they are Pl's will be opened for the purpose cf
sent, and from whence they find f'ctiiig a Senator and two members cf
their way over the rreaterpart of 4he Housc of Commons to rtpn-m
the ( .iiiin...t i4i nus county in the next General Assem
U e (.o ilmen . bo he purposes ,)ly of xlh State.also t0 lfceiv.efhe
ot this trade he had lately a ves- votes for a member of Con-rcss for the
sel built at Leghorn, whirh is said 3d district. This privile'is the distin
to have cost Upwards of loO.OOO. goisbin characteristic of iietmcn, and
j the fundamental pi inciple of a Republic.
South America. A letter re
we trust llut our citizens, bv a ireneral
,lt v ... a- i - n attendance at the no s, will show thai
Ceietl at liW-l nr ; mm I mm.. ! ' . .
. . . v . . v in..,! vvtu UL- i . .. . ..k .i.. , .. a
fit H'ltn.l I in. , I'M. - ... '
uuilu .milt- u'ui allies-
senger arrived last niirht from Bo
gota. The Congress of Colom
bia had met at Bogota, and refu
sed to accept the resignations of
Bolivar and inlander
Ifucnos A urea and Brazil.
- . .
war still rages between these Go
vernments; and neutral vessel;
are often detained and sometimes
plundered by each, under some
vain but plausible pretext. De
preciations on neutral property arc
nf im.w.i...,... !.
"ui "iiviiiiiiuii m nine oi war.
Hut our navigation, probably, has
not much to fear, .as we have a
naval force in that quarter, un-
uer tne command oi a brave and
intelligent Oilicer.
The Austrian Observer con
tains an article dated Constanti
nople, April 25th, which furnish
es some interesting accounts re
specting Lord Cochrane. The
complete union of all the Greek
Deputies of the two assemblies
took place at Dcmala, the an
cient Trazenc, where the first
sitting was held 8th April. Tho
Mexico.---It appears by papers
" om ,u$ico to the l'Jth of .May,
the Mexican Congress had exclu
ded all naticc Spaniards from
public ollicc, until Spain should
recognize the independence of
lUexico. 1 hey are also forbid
den to wear arms, except by spe
cial license of the Governor. The
.Mexican deputies are discussing
a new Tariff Bill. High add
tional duties were proposed on
imported goods.
lf Chill. Wp. ovnnpfofl rrp this i$
have seen another ''Card," from thi
rrnntlnrvinn ..!!.. 1 . . 1 inmfrit
i,uiiumiju, IC1UIIU lO lilt; SltllCiiiv"--
Canada. The Canadian nn. made .m Glni. Jackson's letter to 3Ji.
pcrs exhibit a state nfr.u.!;,,. , J1even5- Ve ve not such a cv
lr 1 4l "VJ1A,1n lluMtcmpuDlc opinion ot Mr. Ulay's talent
agnatcil than lor some timeloither as a htwer ora nolitician. as te
The following are the candidates:
For Congress.
II. Ilines, Es.p and Dr. T. II. Hal!
Senate.
L. 1). Wilson.
House oj Commons.
Benj. Sharpc. Bern. Wilkinson.
Hardy r lowers,
Closes Baker.
den. Ross again. It appears tha
this distinguished individual has ter
minated his spring campaign, and gom
into summer quarters at Philadelphia
His last exploit was an attack on a hack
ney coachman, at thnt place, who had
the presumption to demand pay for tak
ing an airing with the General He wa?
brought before the Mayor and convict
ed of the assault; hut, as ''he said hi
should be able, in a day or two, to shoiv
letters to the Court, that would prove his
high standing and identity," his sen
tence was po iponed with an assurance,
however, that if he did not find "better
evidence of character he should, the
next time he was brought up, be com
mitted as a strolling, disorderly vagrant,
to hard labor, in the common prison.'
The Mayor said that he had not a doah.
of his being an impostor, and it seemed
to him astonishing, that any person
should have been deceived by him.
General was dressed with a military
stock, a blue coat, and a tri-colored rib
bon in his button-hole.