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BosToN, June 25.
FIRE.

On Wednesday night, between l 1 and
IL o'clock,a fire broke out in five
story brick building in 'SalemF-strcet.
near Christ Church, occupied by NTessrs.
L. II. Carter s. Co. as Type and Ste
reotype Foundry and Printing establish.
ment, and by MIR. J. Roberts as book
blndery. The roof and upper. story
were entirely destroyed, and the fourth
story was considerably burnt. The
three lower stories were saved from in
jury by the lire.-lfit had not been for
the very active and well. DIRECTED exer-
tons of the frewards, ensinemen and
others, aided by a favorable course of
the wind, the Church, and the Salem.
street Academy; which was between
the Church and the Foundry, would have
been in. very imminent danger. The
Foundry contained a large amount of
properly. The power presses, buiItby
MT. Treadwell, and owned by Mtssrs.
Carriers, were entirely DESTROYED. A
large amount of stereotype plates and
type, belonging also 70 them, and great
amount of book and paper stock, belong
ing TO Messrs. Cummings billiard s. Co.
and lumber Of other booksellers, was
either destroyed or greatly injured. The
value of property destroyed is thought
to aWount to fifty or sixty thousand dol
lars. Among the works which have
suffered, were several volumes ofDane's
Digest, the second edition of DR.. Bige-
lows Plants of Boston and vicinity, part
OF the edition ofthe July.number of the
North American Review, the publica-
ton OF which will be delayed few days,
the Boston Journal, and the U. States
Literary Gazette. i. .s..-.
The large Foundry and four Presses
were in the fifth story and the Com
Posltors' Rooms and Stereotype mould
ing department in the fourth. About
100 persons were constantly employed.
We understand, that $4,000 were in,
sured on the materials and building, at
three offices in this city, and one at
Springfield. We never Witnessed more
active and intelligent exertions in the
extinsuishment of a fire, than were
made on this occasion; and which con-
hned the destruction Of the building
principally to The fifth story, The lad.
der companies were particularly prompt
in the discharge of theirs duty. The
building was 50 feet high, and ninety
feet in length. .,....
The fire is supposed to have caught
from one Of the furnaces. for castings, in
the fifth story of the building. =.
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PASSPORT

Il man 'oho forgot his o,0n nan,e.-It is
iact known to many persons in this
cIty' that some yours since, highly re-
spectacle and we'll educated citizen of a
southern city, called at our Post-Ofhce
and said, haze you got any letters for
me % What is your name, Sir?o said
the clerk. The gentleman raised his
finger TO his nose, looked grave and
sald-''I willtell you directly" turned
on his heel and went out Of the o:6ce.
A few yards from the POST Office he met
friend who said, "How do you do Mr..
-?" "That's it," said the gen
tleman, and returned to the Office, told
his name and obtained his letters.
Phtld. Press.
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NAPLES. AND TUNIs.-A short time
since the King of Naples gave to the
persons in his dominions. imprisoned for
political offences the option, ofeither be-
ing confined for life. or sent to Tunis.
They all preferred the latter, and were
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SELECTIONS FROM FRENCH PAPERS,
I" M!nim OF nature -


Baron Humboldt lately communicated
to the Academy Of Sciences int iIjgence
from Messrs. Bou:singault and Rivero,
two learned travellers in South America.
They had analysed ar aerolite of sew
'eraI thousand pounds weight found near
st. Rosa and spoke Of having seen a
rdpi'e or lump of pure gold weighing
1850 lbs. They have also determined
the eXistance Of su!phuric and muriatic
acids in a stream which flows from "A
volcano near Possayan.
An actress in one of the Persian thea
tres has prosecuted a writer for treat
ing her too severely in theatrical
Criticism. The court decided. that the
author was right in his critique. but
fined him SOS FORE iu,ing to insert her
answer! -
'Salmagunli and kpickerbocker's his
tory Of New York have recently been
translated into French. we have our
misgiFIngs on this subject; but at any
rate, the'tranalation will be quite as droIl
10 1iAS OilS Ihd!'
Ills curious fact. that one of the
most prolific FreCch writers, NJ. De-
1oards. is also the translator of more
English works than all his countryneu
together. He is known as the author
OF" Ayear in London" Jeanne Mail
lotte, " an historical romance. eight
days at Naples" sc. sc. He has also
translated the works of Walter Scott in
10 vols. and the novels of,he American
Mr.. Cooper in II vols. .
A CUR1osITY.-We have often seen
very curious, amusing and singular ST.
Prescriptions on letters, but the follow
ing' which passed through the post Of
lice in this city few days since, is
rare specimen. We give il verbatim.
and nope FEATHER" will get it.
For Father
Mr.. Collins and
Edward, in caret to
the Master
ofthe public
Printing office
he lives next
Door
~.. PASSPORT
..' Mass"
-. Albany Gazette.
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An Irish tailor made gentleman 5
coat and waistcoat too small and had or
ders TO take them home and let them ont.
Some days after the gentleman enquir-
ing for his garment, was told by the
tailor that the coat and waistcoat hap.
pening to fit couptryman of his, he
had LET THrN-oor at eighteen pence a
week. 20.
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4 Wag.z-A culprit lately escaped
from a pIision in North Carolina, leav-
ing on the floor of his cell, manuscript
appointment of new Sheriff and Clerk
of the Court, d new Governor of the
State, aand President and V.President of
the United States.
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The London Courier, gives the following
explanation, of the motives which induc-
ed Hurbide TO return as communicated BY
the owners of the vessel in which he sailed
and this statement is confirmed by letter
from lturbide, addressed to Mr.. j. Quinn,
Esq. Of Gray's Inn.
Every vessel which has come to England
from Mexico, for the last four months, brought
pressing invitations to Gen. lturbide to return
to that country, which, since his abdication,
has been distracted by different factions, con-
tending about the species of Government that
ought to be established there. The provinces
we're, all divided in their opinions, but in all of
them the name of Hurbide has been invoked
as the only individual capable of reconciling
them. 1t is we'll known that Mexico owes
her declaration of independence to Iturbide's
Valour, prudence and patriotism hence the
safety OF the country is identified with his
name. In ADVOCATING the crown of Mexico,
ne was actuated solely by desire to avoid a
civil war; he now returns to Mexico as a SOL
der, not only toEs the purpose of putting an
| end to the divisions which vex il, but also for
the purpose Of securing its independence,
which is ruensced equally by intestine discord,
and by the resolutions Of the Holy Alliance,
| We are confidently assured that Iturbide re
| sisted every solicitation which was made to
him, until he became fully informed of the de-
termined views of the Holy Alliance in assist
ing Ferdinand, by intrigue and by secret sup.
plies OF money, to attempt the subiugation of
the whole of South America. Under these
circumstances he felt it sacred duty to re-
turn; he has gone, not with any views ofper-
sonal aggrandizemomt, but as soldier, TO
maintain the independence which his own Ell.
forts and talents gave to his country"
The King of Spain has at length issued
what he is pleased to call general amnesty.
The exceptions, however, are as follows 81.
The Chiefs OF the insnrrection of the Isle of
Leon.-2. The members of the Cortes who
proclaimed the disposition Of the king at Sc
ville--3. The Chiefs ofthe military insurrec-
ton in the different parts of Spain, al Madrid,
and other cites.-4. The assassins of Venu-
cssa, the Judges of Elio, and the authors OF
the Massactes in the prisons of Grenada.
Greece.-The Greek chronicles which bro't
the death ofLord Byron state, that universal
concord seems again established among the
Greeks. The news of the negotiation OF the
loan had been received in Greece, with uni
versal satisfaction.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 60.
Frighyut Occurrence. Monsieur Fran
co.'s, a French fisherman, of this city,
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ard the influence of his name may unite
the Mexicans in support Of their indie
prudence.
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Departure Of Avrbide for .Merico.-
From Bells Weekly Messenger of May
23d, it appears that the Ex-Emperor l.
turbide, sailed from England on the 18th
OF May, for Mexico, the place of his
birth, and the country Of his short lived
dominion. 1t seems that he had been
corresponding for'several months with
his former friends in Mexico, and that
he has been called home by strong
party, who expect that his presence
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Greece.-The Greek chronicles which bro't
the death ofLord Byron state, that universal
concord seems again established among the
Greeks. The news of the negotiation Of the
loan had been received in Greece, with UNI
versal satisfaction.
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The following letter announcing the death
of Lord Byron, has been addressed, by Prince,
Mavrocordato, the Secretary to the Greek,
Committee,
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The Presidential Cunuas continues to
excite an increasing interest in every
part of the country; and every day cor
roborates the supposition that it must
finally settle down between Mcssrs. Ad-
ANS and Crawford. The PEopLE--the
owners Of the soil and its cultivators-
those who contribute, by their labour TO
increase IFS products-to improve them
for domestic consumption or exporta-
tion-,alI, in fact, who pay taxes and are
interested in having government well
administered-these, and all the public
men who consider public prosperity and
happiness as the main object of govern
ment-are on the side of the former of
these gentlemen. The election of the
latter is advocated, first and foremost,
by that class of politicians, in all the
States, who make trade of politics, and
consider their own personal advantage
as the primum mobile the alpha and ONE
ga. 1--WE begin at the East, and follow
the Atlantic border to New-Orleans :;
and thence go up the Mississippi and
Ohio; we shall find, 10 every one Of the
States, set of managers, who have no
other business than politics and who
find their profit in that business. These
men are, without exception, vociferous
in favour of Mr.. Crawford; and, il is on
ly necessary to knoeO them, in order that
we may understand their motives. They
are those who have been the ultrus-
the most noisy and violent Of the two
great parties by which the people have
been so long divided. This is the com
bination by which Nlr. Crawford and his
friends expect or hope to defeat the pub
lie voice-ProD. Jour.
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POLITICAL.
FROM THE NATIONAL JOURNAL.

thOGl HE NATIORAL L.
The" CONTROVERSY between the Ed.
Iors Of the Intelligencer and the Secre.
tary of State, having apparently, come
10 close, have been led, from con-
sideration gifts Importance, to take a
deliberate review of it. The Editors
OF the lnselLgebcer have, in this inves-
tigation, been put so completely hors d..
combat, that it may seem waste of
lime TO attempt to render more COM
pletel y damniug the defeat which they
nave been doomed to suffer. propose
however, TO take but two views of the
subject-the one relates to the attempt
ed justification, or rather excuse, for
the suppression of the documents con-
nected with the Slave Trade Conven-
tion--and the other to the time and
manner oftheir attack upon the Secre-
tary of State.
The history ofthe case is shortly this
-,on the 30th of April, the President OF
the United States communicated to the
Senate, for their constitutional advice,
the Convention for the Suppression of
the Slave Trade. This convention was
under the consideration of the Senate,
until the god of May, when it received
their ratification, with certain proposed
amendments. On the gath of the same
month, after at least one unsuccessful
effort to that effect, the injunction of Sc
crecy was removed from the proceed
ings. On the eth, the Editors of the
lntelligencer announced that they had
obtained a copy Of the Journal Of the
proceedings Of the Senate, on the con-
yention with Great Britain, for the furth-
er suppression ofNthe Slave Trade of
the convention itself, and of the messag-
rs from the President concerning the
same" and added that "the whole of
the proceedings and documents shall be
giTen as early as practicable.p On the
28th they commenced the fuIflment of
their promise, by publishing out of the
whole Of the documents transmitted TO
the Senate with the convention, two let
tiers from Mr.. Rush to Mr.. Adams, of the
23d of January,and 18th of March, 1924
lat the same time saying, 1--WE com.
mence TO day the publication of the very
interesting documents connected with
the convention with Great Britain for
the suppression ofthe Slave Trade. All
the documents accompanying the con-
vention are given to day. The conven-
lion ITSELF and the proceedings of the
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retir, we believe no individual will
stantmore conspicuous for the Presiden-
cy tim Mr.. Adams. TIE ONLY oBJEc-
TIoN Urged against him, so far from be-
ing objection, is strong reason zchy
the ieople should delight to honor ham it
is,tht he has not the manners Of a court
Ter, hat his address is plain, that he
doeslot make all the parade which is
pecnlar to the mighty ones of the earth.
A mn Of his Industry and research
coul' not but acquire habits, at which
othes less industrious, would revolt.
Thetruly great mind-and such 7ve cs-
TEEN hat Of Mr., Adams, avoids all unnec-
essay parade, and is as averse to show
as th vacant head is fond of making up
its Deficiencies by the display of extern
al pmp and grandeur.-Tidc ". IT,
Patiot Jan. IL, 1920.
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cemetery, and the Government has de-
cEeed the following honours -
When the corpse shall be taken out
from the place in which it now is, the
fortress shall fire minute guns when
the corpse shall enter the cemetery an
other discharge Of artillery shall be
ma'le-and when the body shall be de-
posted in the sePulChre, a general dis
charge of the whole battalion of the in
faniry shall take place"
Ills body was conveyed by hearse
of the first class. now used for the first
time, in which were crossed the Banners
OF the United States, and those OF the
Provinces of the Rio de Ia Plata.
On the Goth OF May, an entertainment
was given to Mr. Rodney by the Gov
eminent of Buenos Ayres, at the Gov
ernment House, attended by all the for
elgn Ministers and Officers of Govern,
ment, which was said to be the most
splendid ever given in that city,
Capt Whittredge, of brig Edward,
arrived at Salem, August 10, in AZ days,
from Rio Janeiro, informs that when he,
sailed flee: was daily expected from.
Lisbon, TO blockade the port, in conse-
quence of which the produce of the
country was stopped coming in. There
were great number Of press gangs,
lmpressing every one they could find
for the army and navy; they even pres
sed an Anne rican captain, who obtained
has liberty by saying be. was an officer
belonging on board CT an English packet
then lying in the roads. 1t was report
ed the Emperor was about granting
commissions to any who were disposed
10 tit out priVateers. He. gave all his
troops grand dinner on the 25th June,
himself at the head of the table. He
has appointed Capt. Jewctt to the COM
n'and of a. new frigate, he having
short time previous been dismissed from
The service for tar and gathering man.
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Bp t1lr :Matts.
Boston. Aug. IA.

The ship Topaz, Capt. Calender, at
this port, has furnished London papers
to the 10th of July.
On Monday, 5th July, the Americans
in Paris celebrated the Anniversary Of
American independence. General La
Fayette, and MIR. Brown, our Minister,
honoured the company with their. pres.
ence. Mr.. Irving, ex-minister from
Spain, chairman, proposed the health
of La Fayette, which he introduced with
a few appropriate remarks, when La
Fayette replied as follows:
When had last the honor Of dining
with you in public, expressed my anx.
ious desire to visit the beloved soil oil
the United States the new manifesto.
tons of American good will which
have since then received, have induced
me to hasten to enjoy the happy voyage
thither. 1t is with the most tender graf
itude that thank you for your congrat
ulations and your good wishes, under
the prospect which l. have of finding
myself in a few days on my way TO A.
merica, under the oldFlag of our Rev
olution, Liberty and Independence"
Gen. LA Fayette gave the following
toast - To the holy alliance of all the
friends of liberty and equality, and may
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character, of the other sex. Their in
fluence commences at period when it
is most needed. Young men, although
their characters are in great measure
formed, require some powerful RESTRAINT
Just al the time when they are becom-
ing acquainted with the world, and are
beginning TO move beyond the inspection
of a mothers eve. The young females
with whom they associate, are the guar
dams of their virtue, and accountable
for most of the evil practices into which
they fall, 1t requires but little obserVa-
ton, to be convinced, that multitudes
of young men, who are destitute of re-
ligious principles, pursue that line of
conduct which is most likeIyto meet the
7iews of the young ladies with whom
they associate, and whose appreciation
they desire to obtain, There is not a
vice pre- caIent among them, that would
notbe relinquished, were ii reprobated,
and the perpetrators of it avoided by
he Young, the fashionable, and the in
telligent of the sex. None but the
most hardened and impudent blasphem-
erwili even now utter an oath In the
presence OF any respectable female.
Why then is not profaneness banished
from our country? Because we wei
come The swearer into our society, on
condition that when he retires he may
give tuli vent 10 me: oalns which have
accumulated in proportion to the peri
cd ofrestraint. If the omission to do
good or to proven. evil, when in ones
power, be crime, what a tremendous
account we shall have to render on the
score ofprofaneness, intemperance,gam-
bling, and duelling These practices
which disturb the peace of society, mar
the happiness of families, hurry multi
iudes TO death and perdition, and must
ultimately call down the Indignation Of
Heaven on our country, might be great
Iy restrained, if not entirely extermin-
ated, by vigorous and jndiciops effort
on the part OF our sex. Let the prac-
ices themselves be uniformly mention
ed in terms ofreprobation, and let US
avoid those who pursue them as we
would the midnight assassin or the grand
adversary Of God and man.
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FROM THE SALEM REGISTER.

ISAAC HILL, Of the Concord, N. II.
Patriot, is now one of the most deter
mined opponents of JOHN @. ADAMS,
and is labouring necessarily IN support
of the man ludicrously styled the & Ma
tional Candidate" whom he well knows
the people of New Hampshire will re-,
Ject. Now mark what this same Isaac
Hill said, previous to his interview with
the "Giants of Intrigue" at Washington
respecting the Identical John @. Adams,
whom ne now so strenuously opposes
"The more we contemplate the
character Of this able, assiduous and ex-
cellent statesman and patriot JOHN @.
ADAMS the further we witness his pro-
gress in the diplomatic history of our
country: the more we see to admire
and applaud. Not content with pursu-
ing the tracks Of his ilIustrious pre-.
decessors in the annals of our negocia.
lions, his assiduity finds, both in our 10.
cal and general history, and in the histo.
ry OF other negotiations, incidents fruitful
In benefits to our country. As we'll il
the negotiations with Britain at Client
as in the subsequent correspondence
with the agents of Spain, did our accom-
pf'shed Secretary fortity himself and hi,
country on high ground, purely from hi
superior sagacity and research.
"When the illHsFious MONROE shall