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mERRATAn

We lately saw an account in the Boston
papers that printing Office in that city
bad been robbed of forty dollars 4! -
Didn't believe word of it. Sure it was
a -Hofion. Too absurd to think of hrin-
ter having such an immense sum at one
tFme. Were not far wrong. The money
we have since learned, belonged to seve.
raj charitable societies. rDcl. Sax.
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Revolutionary Reminisceuce.

I'D July, l776. the Declaration of hide.
Pendence was first read in Worcester.
Mass. by Isaiah Thomas, esq. now we
oelleVe' the Oldest printer living in the
u States. II was read from the roof Of
.he porch OF the meeting house, and re.
s Geived with loud cheers and coDgratuIa.
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Green corn has been selling in our mar.
ket for some days. 1t is rather too
young but, from present appearances,
must De very fine in few days.
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We notice in the Concord Patriot of
July 9TH, that the Legislature OF New.
Hampshire, has appropriated $1,000 for
the education of deaf and dumb children
at Hartford
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A CARD.

IRON Me Ohio Interior Gazette.
VIII MIR. Wsrren of the Edwardsv;JIe
spectator, give our compliments to MIR.
Thomas +. Burgess, the gentleman who
gave the Following toast at convention
dinner there:
"5He Sfate Of Hltnois.-The ground is
gtood-prairies in abundance-Siye ms q
plenty OF negroes, and little industrv
and she will distribute her treasure a. -
broad" u'0 o.
we presume we are not mistaken in
suPposing him to be the same person vho
~ mes snese parts between 8 and 4 years a.
&C. without paying for his newspapeT
we Will be obliged to him to ndis,r;bu,e
nis treasure" to US, to the amour, Of 3
dollars and so cents. -
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AT the the town of Bethel, in Ontario
county on the 4th of July, some persons
having substituted bIacksmith's anvil
Tor piece OF cannon, were engaged in
firing 1t, when it burst, and one niece
went through the abdomen of Mr James
Freer. Although dangerously wounded,
hopes are entertained of his recovery.
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On Sunday afternoon last, young col.
ored man went into the river Schuylkill
tor the purpose OF washing horse-he
got in deep water, floated off the back of
the horse. and was drowned
PHILADELPHIA Freeman'S Journal.
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INlEpENDENCE.

From the FREEDMAN Censor, of July 10.
A celebration of a very novel character
took place in the town of Portland, on the
9TH inst Four married ladies met to-
gether for the purpose of celebrating the
day, and after breakfast they repaired 10
their wheels. and actually spun and reel
ed twenty runs of woollen yarn, making
$1,000 yards or 10000 feet, besides e. .ch
one having an infant child to take care of
during the time. The quantity of yarn
produced is not so much to be consider
ed, as the occasion which called forth the
praise-worthy exertion.
The 9TH Of July was ceIebratee at New
Brunswick, N. j. with unusual splendor
and spirit. In the procession which pass.
ed through the principal streets of THAI
town, to tho Dutch church, where an
Grafton was delivered by G. l.. Harden
bergh, esq. was TO be seen a platform
raised on wagon, on which farmers
were at work amid sheaves of grain with
the various implements of husbaDdry.
which gave lively picture of agricui-
lure on another wagon prepared for
the purpose, and decorated with haneipes
OF sheep and calf skins, were seen butsb-
ers with their meet handsomely dressed,
delivering 1t to their customers as thew
passed along the streets Next followed
the ship Independence, properly rugged
and well manned with banners, and an.
proprlate devices, moving nobly along
the image and 2erSonifcation of Amerf.
can commerce. Lastly, on eight stages
were seen the representatives Of the DIFF.
ierent mechanical arts. The appearance
OF the artificeTs, and workmen at their
different occupations must have produc-
ed pleasing effect.
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me committee of arrangement, for
celeoratiDe the 4th of July al Mount Ven.
non, nave requested US to state that the;
~. V Gnu, Quintet toast was given by
ir, Csriton' and not by MIR Pierce, of
nos,on' as 6y mistake inserted in the pro-
ceedIngs OF that day. The toast given
Gu oy Mr.. Pierce, was rNaG i1s.
me inhabitants of yzlerandria Their
hospitality to all evinces that they are
part OF the Metropolis Of the nation,
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1t is computed that 100000 children,
are now receiving in Great Britain, the
benefits OF education, on the system OF
Bell and Lancaster.
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In the island of ST. Michael, q single
orange tree has produced 10000 oranges
which, at two cents each, would sell il
England for l2I7 1Ss. I'D.
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WEST OR LOST GREENLAND.


From the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal for
January.
The indefatigabie captain Scoresby is
about publishing his discoveries on the
coast Of West Greenland. Since the set
ting in OF the ice in l406, the fate of near
500 villages, or plantations, with 16
churches, 9 converts, &c. has remained
IN obscurity, as all attempts to reach the
coast have been unaVailing. The perse-
verance Of captain Scoresby, however,
has enabled him to land several times in
different places, in nearly all ofwhich he
discovered traces Of inhabitants, but saw
no people. He was within two hundred
miles of the presumed site of the lost
colony. He has accurately surveyed the
coast from lat.75 to SO degrees, includ-
ing nearly 800 geographical miles of the
indented coast. He finds an error in the
position of the land in lat 70, as laid down
in charts of about Is degrees, or 600
miles oflongitude. In August, 1921, he
found the weather oppressively hot, and
the air swarmed with bees, butterflies
and muschetoes. The coast was highly
picturesque, but it was seldom that
the ice allowed him to approach nearer
than Is leagues from the shore.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
"Inferdum do,mifat Yomerua."

LWcFQHW dOyWIIQk <10U1cruSs
In late, otherwise elegant and classic
Grafton Nahoieon is denominated BALE
ful meteor--and we are Immediately in
formed, that the monarchs of the "HoIy
Alliance" although they held the clay,
possessed not Seinfiila of his celestio
fire.
Now, in the first place, allow me to
inquire how a hateful meteor could pro-
duce celestial fire--supposinge even these
monarchs 10 be modern Prometheus's g.
And, next, by wha. figure of rhetoric,
NaPoleoD's clay, (for at sir Hudson
Lows commands
"Full fathom five Napoleon lies")
could have been portioned amongst them,
as the states of Europe have been.
Query. Is this broken or a mixed
metaphor--or rather was not the orator
led away, from classic ground, by an
'ignus fatuus' will of the wisp of imagi.
nation +? Let the orator think of the fate
of Prometheus and the consequence of a
lrDer complaint. CLIO.
A youth about 10 years of age, son Of
the late Clement Lee Bready, was drown.
ed few days since, while bathing a,
Hollingsworth's wharf, Philadelphia
The body has not yet been found.
In the island of ST. Michael. a SINGLE
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10 England, Ralph AbeFBe,by, recent
~ walked 1877 miles in 27 hours and so
minutes having 10 minutes to spare /! |!
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lie Comte Gregoire Orloff, a Russian
nooieman, has introduced, in French, an
essay upon music in Italy, from the most
remote era to the present time, two vols.
8 vo.
The royal assent has been given for
lighting with oil gas the town Of Liyer>
pool, and other adjacent towns.
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THEATRICAL:

We observe by the Philadelphia papers
that the citizens OF that place are to enjoy
a real theatrical treat.
son Saturday evening, after The play,
Mr.. Wood came forward in obedience to
the general call, and being told by young
gentleman from The boxes that il was the
wish OF the public TO see Mr.. Cooper and
Mr.. Wallack on the stage at the same
time, IN his usual obliging manner prom
ised that, it practicable, the arrangement
should be made. At the conclusion of
the farce he again came forward and an.
nounced tina: Mr.. Cooper and MIR. Wal
lack had assened to his proposal. We
may therefore expect the high gratifica.
ton Of seeing both Of these distinguished
performers together striving with each
other in noble emulation for the need of
praise"
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-02-07

In the legislature of Massachusetts,, a
petition has Teen presented by David
Gray, praying compensation for extrsor-
binary services performed in the revolu-
tionary war. The Boston CentineI says
SIT appears, from evidence produced by
the petitioner, that he was employed du-
ring the revolutionary war to act as spy
and is the identical parsonage SO ceIebra-
ted IN the popular novel of the ssSpy,"
under the name of 'sHarvey Birch"
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SUMMARY JUSTICE.

A number of blacks, lately assembled
at Paradise, Pa. armed with muskets,
guns, blunderbusses, pitch-forks, hoes,
sTc. inflicted summary punishment on
one oftheir own color, who was suspected
of kidnapping. They adJudged that
poor Mungo should receive SO lashes
On his bare back some were for hang
ing him but the whipping argument
predominated. On his receiving 90
lashes, he offered 90 dollars to be exon
Grated from the remainder but those
true sons of Africa spurned his bribe
with disdain,a and gave him the remaining
l9, well laid on while the shrieks and
groans OF the culprit served as music TO
their drama.
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FRESHET.

LYEcHBURG, JAN. 3I.-We omitted to
notice in our last The rise Of James river,
Unprecedented, we believe, 10 its height,
and in the CELEBRITY with which it rose.-
the only damage done near this place, OF
which we have heard, is, the destruction
Of part Of the free bridge, several piers
having been swept off. From every part
Of the country, we hear of unexampied
wells in the water courses. The follow
ing letter TO the editors of the Yirginiap.
givesa distressing account OF the situation
.: part OF Montgomery county:
MONTGOMERY co. VA. JAN, 20.-T
am now within miles Of the greatAIle-
gheny summit, parallel with & near 10 the
road. The torrents from the angry
clouds still continue TO descend without
inteImissioD. The turnpike road has
become like constant river, and the
valleys in every direction are filled with
water. What now must be our cslcula-
ton ? The suffering farmers, who had
lost all their fencing and the grain which
had been sown, on the waters OF Staunton,
(caIIed here Roanoke, in the destructive
storm OF September last, had then an
opportunity Of making small recruit
But now, all is lost. The portion Of rails
then collected to enclose the cultivated
parts, must again go' The grain sown
has been destroyed, and we are all 10 one
general calamity.
"l have employed my time during the
latter part Of the storm in pcnning the
foregoing observations, The storm has
been much more violent than that orlast
sept. The water would have made a
rapid curren! thro' the house in which /
now am, had not the doors been taken off
the hinges and placed outside (cross- wise)
10 Iurn the stream. The storm has vet
aba'ed but little Of its fury. It common.
ced last evening about 9 o'slock-it is
now a, NJ,
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NAVAL T.y

Tie surviving Office, Nd crew of the
late Brig of war Drake, on her pas.
sage fran Halifax ttFNewfoundIand,
(when the commander and several others
perjshed) have been tried in England and
bonourably acquitted. The court bro.
nounced her loss TO have arisen from to O
great confidence being placed in the
reckoning neglect of taking soundings !;
not hauling up soon enough to clear the
land, after she had run her distance SIC.
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A "STAR f"

A new "star" has appeared in tragedy
at Covent Garden theatre, London. 1t is
very young lady, Miss F. Il. Kelly.
-" Her forfe," says the London pa
pers, is manifestly the pathetic. -
There is in her expression of grief
heart-reDdeding fidelity, which no one
possessing the ordinary feelings of bu-
manity can withstand. In the opposite
extreme, the light and playful, she eyin.
ces very great talent. In Juliet, her
manner is completely original, and her
whole performance worthy Of the high
est appreciation" &c,
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GEN. JACKSON.

On the 9Th Of January, dinner was
given to General Jackson in Nashville.
The day was ushered in by discharge Of
a illery, and at IL o'clock the Nashville
guards turned out to meet and escort
Gen. J. to the house. Mr.. Foster, in
behalf OF the citizens of Nashville, de-
livered an address TO IL; Gen. 10 which
STYLE,
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COLLEGE SUPPRESSED.

The king of France has suppressed the
college of Faculty of medicine, in Paris,
because of the distaste expressed by the
students at the election of a priest, the
Able Nicole, as rector. Four thousand
students are thus dispersed and France
suffers, because few young men are al
lodged to have erred.
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"A most disastrous gale of wind oecurr-
ed at Curacao on the 2lst December,
in which every vessel in port, except the
u. 5. frigate Congress then lying there,
went ashore and was lost. 1t is supposed
an hundred souls persisted. The Con-
gress, during the gale, parted her chain
cable and best bower. All the officers
were several times stripped, and ready
TO jump overheard as soon as she struck;
she, however, drifted into seven fathoms
water, and rode out the gale in safety.
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TQR ACCO

we learn that number of tobacco
shippers have come TO the determination
not TO purchase any hogsheads of that ar.
ticle, the samples ofwhich are not sealed
and put up in accordage with the naean
ing OF the law on the subject.
Baltimore Telegraph.
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THE SUPREME COuRT..,rn. 9.

viz nay fOi tilC
ment OF the annual session OF the sn.
preme court, chief justice Marshall, and
justices Washington, Livingston, Duvall
and Story attended.
The clerk, mr.. +. b. Caldwell,) and
the marshal ofthe district, (Mr. T. Ring
gold were also in attendance.
FEBRUARY d.
The case Of Siglsr against Haywood,
was argued by MIR. Sergeant, for the
plaintiff in error, no counsel appearing
for the defendant.
The case of Sexton against Wheaton,
was argued by MIR. Key, for the appel
liant, and by MIR. Jones, for the respon.
dent.
On motion of Mr.. Sergeant, the writ
OF error in the case of the king of Spain
against Oliver was docketed and dismiss.
ed. FEBRUARY S.
Mr.. Chief. Justice Marshall delivered
the opinion ofthe court in Siglar against
Haywood. Judgment reversed.
The argument of Sexton against Wbea.
ton was continued by Mr.. Key for the
appellant, and by Mr.. Jones for the res
Pondent. Fin
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INTERNAL COMMERCE.

we are told that powerful associs.
non ION OF capitalists in the city and others at
diierent centres Of trade on the Hudson.
is forming to facilitate the business of the
ereat canals, and to approximate the
country to the city market.
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FIRES.
A valuable mill, in the upper part OF
Albany, worth more than $4,000, own
ed by Stephen Van Rensselaer,, esq. was
destroyed by fire on Goth ult.
On the 18th inst. the iron furnace of
Mr.. Chaplin, in Wolcott, N. Y, was des.
troyed by fire. The loss supposed to be
from $4,000 to $1,000.
A new grist mill with two run of stone,
belonging to Mr.. L. Shaw, Of Lansing,
near Libertyville, n. Y. the Ithaca paper
informs US, was destroyed by fire on the
9th inst-inconsequence of the careless.
ness of the miller.
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 25.-We learn,
that an attempt was made on "Wednesday
night to set FIRE to the university in Ninth
street. Reif's Go-
On the 10Th ut. FIRE took place in a
barn in Providence, r. l. belonging to
capt. Joseph Butler, which rapidly ex-
tended TO the barn of Mr.. Joseph T..
Fenner. Both these buildings were con-
sumed, with valuable COW in captain
Buffers barn, and quantity of hay in
each. The horses, a cow and carriages
we're saved with difficulty--and the
spreading of the conf1agration prevented
by grea; exertions. The Ere is attribu-
ted to an incendiary.
Ky the brig Galatis, Oynard, at Boston
in 50 days from Batavia, we learn that on
the night of the esd Sept. the English
ship Regret, of London, capt. Wilbank,
(about 400 tons, took fire about s r. Nj.
and burnt TO the waters edge. The stew
ard was drawing brandy, which took
lire, and such was the rapidity of the
flames, that nothing was saved, except
the lives OF the people on board.
young man named Hanks, has been
committed TO prison, in Vermont, for
wilfully setting fire to his fathers barn
oy which large quantity of wheat and
oatswere consumed.
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On Sunday the 26th ult. the mill with
between 800 and 600 bushels Of grain De.
longing to Benedict Meads, Of HopewelI
township York county Pcnnsy lyania was
consumed by fire.
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INFANTICIDF.

The body of new born infant, dead,
and nearly naked, was lately found on
the beach at Petersburg, IVA. supposed
to have been murdered by its inhuman
mother.
Some difficulty is likely to arise res
peciing the duties laid in Canada on pro.
duce fromthe u. 5.
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Tn CoRRFgrONDENTs.

"BfRcH" in cur next.
GA SUBSCRIBER" cannot expect us TO. father
his statement, ia defence Of the Mechanics
bank, if he is afraid himself TO let lis name sc-
company although we have other reasons for
rot inserting it.
'THE Lay MOSK" is still uDayoidsbIy deferred.
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coMMuNIcATIoN.
.dmendment of fhe Cousritutio,,

COMMUNICATIONS.
Amendment Of fhe Constitution.
The substitute proposed by Mr.. Die
kerson, For the resolution offered. in the
senate by Mr.. Taylor, is, in its last clause,
highly Objectionable, which provides
"that no person who has been twice elect
cd president of the United States shall
again be eligible to that Office" The
decision OF the house on this point view
as of the first magnitude, and am per.
suaded their good sense will not sanction
such proposition. Is it in the power
of the most penetrating mind to dive SO
far into iuturity as to pronounce the stu.
alton of the nation, at the expiration of
half century, or delineate the events
which may be realized during the shor,
period Of a month. The revolution of
few years may involve US in unforeseen
difficulties, in some political struggle
yea! in some bloody contest. AT a cri.
sis like this (the impossibility of which
prophecy personifed cannot ayow), the
term may have expired of him, upon
whom all eyes are fxed-upon whose
mandates they rely for success; who pos.
sesscs all the qualifications OF learned,
a virtuous and able statesman, who has
inspired his countrymen with full con.
hdeDce in his abilities as chief magis-
trate, and who has produced assurances
OF the Immaculate purity of his princi-
pies and the love he bears TO his country.
Under circumstances like these, when
you extend your imagination over the
wide space OF independent America. you
perceive MANY men Of genius; many Do.
Iiticians of brilliant intellect; yet you
may find no where substitute for him
whose services has declared his compe.
tency. Is he then, by the constitution Of
his country,to be consigned to the arms of
oblivion Is this patriarch of America.
when desperation is lowering over the
felicity and liberty of his country, TO be
wreslsd from the service of his fellow.
citizens! If ne who possesses the
Teigns of government answers no, your
purposes, at the expiration of his term
you can reject him. If his talents, his
character and principles, are not mimi.
cal TO your views and wishes, secure 10
yourselves at least the privilege of re-
electing him.
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:, y Ms Is '; 1 that the auction duties paid
m nn New York for the year ending on the
5Oth September last, exceed SisI Ooo.
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TO the Editor Of the alexandria Herald.
1t one OF your correspondents, who APP.
pears to be warm friend of Mr.. Craw
lord, will state what the public acts Of
Mr, Z. are, that enlitle him 10 the Office
OF president ofthe United States, he will
DO mo, and many others, ignorant as
myseli,a particular iavor. Let him, how
ever, If he undertakes the difficult task,
adhere 10 facts--mere assertions that he
has done much, will not do. He must
shew what he has done and when, and
where he did if.
The first Office in the gift of the peo.
pic should be given only to the citizen
best qualified to perform the duties of
shat Office. The people should be ena.
bled to judge from long public career,
whether the talents, discretion, and homes,
ty of a candidate for that Office, entitIe
him 10 the high elevation. The ambi-
ton OF mere pretender should be treat
ed with contempt.
The Friends of hY. Crawford owe it'll
10 thcmseives-theyo owe il 10 their can
dIdate-they owe it to their fellow citi- |
zens-to show upon what his pretensions
iOOhhS lICl uO tIlISs
they cannot doit--(and it is believed they
cannoD they will find that the people of
the United States are not to be duped by
the mere assertion, no matter how often
repeated, that he ought TO be elected
that he will be elected.
The object Of this communication is to
require OF the advocates of Mr.. Craw-
tord an impartial exposition of his public !
character--a faithful record of his public |
satisfactory evidence of his supe.
flor talents. This should have been at.
tempted when he was first brought be-
lore the publlc-it has not yet been at
tempted.
is admitted he deiiUered two speech.
es III he seDate--that he went to France
and came back again--thai he was for
short time the nominal acting secretary
at war-'hat he has been for some years
secretary Of the treasury.
Now, what did his two speeches a.
mount to- What did his trip to Paris
effect What has his secretaryship pro.
duced Nothing! IF any thing. lie, ms
see it. IfDo hing, let us hear no more
OF him as candidate for the presidency.
- FRANKLIN.
The rumonr of murder on Saturday
was occasioned by some person or per-
sons having the night preceding smeared
the walls OF house, &c. with blood -
The parties suspected ofthe murder, and
many of the ueighbors were before the
mayor, the matter was thoroughly inves.
iigated and no doubt remains that the
blood was scattered and smeared and i'm.
printed TO excite suspicion. Such tricks
are malicious ard punishable.
---- I'hRad. D. Press.
"a persons were lately robbed in Eng.