Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-11-09
General Intelligence.

vel nature Ia lniS quarter business IS
dull, very dull-rhe brig Cervanles, OF
Baltimore, is here taking ia Cocoa, aud
will sail in ten days for BaIumore-the
Eorinthian is expected here every mo-
meDl
'''fhe last accounts from Lima, 9Th
of july quoted Flour at $40 to II on
board, and further improvement in
price was expected"
Commodore PortT.--We learn from
the National Gazette that Commodore
Porter has reason to be perfectly salts
fed with the departments and DISPOSE
tons of the Mexican government. and
has become fagorl1e with the officers
aud seamen OF its navy. With the ma-
rine corps he has had some dliE ulty, ia
the settlement of which he displayed
his characteristic energv and decision.
He confined ten oil the officers IN the
Castle of UIloa, and sent the common
marines to the LELAND OF SACRIFICES.
supplying their placesby well disciplined
troops from the land service. d'he gov
eminent in Mexico, and the authorities
and people in Vera Cruz, gave ther1
warrnes, appreciation to the manner ind
winch he suppressed the attempt 10 re
sist his authority It seems that the co 1
lionel of the marines was lsaieus II himi
a. a foreigner. and contriye3 TO excite
the corps to a State Of complete mutt
nv but succeeded with none Other !
He also was arrested. The natives |
make fine soldiers, while the officers.
who are generally descendants of Span
iards, are not So praise worthy. The OF |
hcers OF the Navy are, for the most
part, of Campeacby. and without an, !
mixture OF Spanish blood. These are
more tractable IN every respect 1
Commodore Porter was advancing
rapidly 10 his arduous task Of establish
ing good discip me an the Mexican YES |
sells: and, en the whole. sensible
change Tor the better had takea place /
BY the side Of the Dutch brig OF war;
which was at Vera Cruz in the first week
in Septe mber, the comparison is said TOD
have been greatly in favor Of the uexi
can ships. The latter are to he kept as
much as possible at sea. One of the
main objects ef the government, and of
Porter himself. is to create a navy en-
tirely Mexican--to avoid, whenever i'll
may be practicable. the introduction of
any foreign materials. There is a Ma
val College, at which all the midshipmen1
Row are. fhis is an important establish.
ment in reference to the END Just men
toned. Bal. GAG.
In the Journal les Debats we find al
curious and interesting document; an
IN the torm Of a pastoral
letter, from the Cardinal Patriarch of
Lisbon, to The Portuguese Nation. in
cluding. with affectionate earnestaess,
loyalty, and fidelity to the throne. and
detailing the various advantages secured
10 them by the government under which
they live. /,
la the course of his address he eau
lions the Portuguese against the design
Of the disatiected--calls upon the not
to suffer the malcentehts ITO sport with
their reason and warns them against
the snare prepared 70, them by the
friends Of the Constitution Of ls22.
OF that Constitution, and the proceed |
ings connected with 1T, he speaks with
some asperity He describes it to have
"disorgan;zed the Monarchy, and to
have overthrow all its aacie mt institu
Mons, and aan,hilated the rights and
privile ges of the racks and hierarrhise
of society" lie adds III invaded the
right of property, Wink it had Preaiised :
to defend, and debased the ancient
throne of our Kings, whom 1t had strip !!
ped of their sovereignty, as tar as the
most revolutionary reform could go"
He draws a very different picture of
the new Charter, Of which he says
"Ear from invading the rights of the ma
ton, il maintains and revives ITS ancient
institutions, preserves the rights, and /
privileges, aud the social hierarchlse /
consecrated by them preserves likewise /
tn. dignity and splendour of the throne,
and separates from supreme power what
ever can render It odious, while il gives
guarantees to the citizens for their indi-
vidua safety. and Tor their properties
1t is in all its parts the work of a father
VINO desires the happiness and the we'll
being of bis children.
The Patriarch proceeds to remark, that
Don PEDRO has not been unmindful of
the interest of religion, which he shews
TO be intimately connected with the well
being of the State. The importance of
preserving due SubortlInatien he incul- 1