The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-01-04


struggling for its just rights has innumera-
bile advantages over its adversary, Ger
many looked with interest and sympathy on
the present conflicts OH the banks of the
Thames and the Seine. More happy than
England, with regard to the division OF
property, more circumspect and moderate
in her efforts and claims than France. Ger
many has fewer abuses TO remove than the
former, and may look forward to more
favorable result. attending her lawful exer-
tions than the latter. The German nobili-
ty is neither so high nor powerful as the
English, and feudalism, 80 years ago, was
so shaken to its roots, that an equalization
OF intellect and merit with the advantages
Of birth and rank, and the liberation Of
landed property from feudal chains, may be
confidently expected. Germany will thus
proceed in the career of civilization, with.
out purchasing this progress at the price Of
anarchy and civil war.
/ Much has been said about q circular di-
plomatic Note transmitted by a Great
Northern Power to its accredited Agents al
the small German States, the object Of
which to urge the necessity of opposing
barriers TO that Revolutionary or anti Mo-
narchical spirit which has manifested itseli
in Germany since the Revolution of July,
and to suppress that intestine fermentation
the explosion of which threatens to distui b
the legal order of things, and destroy pub
lie tranquility. To effect this purpose, the
Power alluded to promises TO render the in
; terested Sovereigns all the assistance they
may stand in need o: to maintain their au-
thority against any audacious attempts Of
. m nd Mt ba
time aliudes to the brilliant success Obtain
ed 10y its arms over such Of it's dependent
provinces as had dared to raise the stand
ard of revolt. Finally, il is intimated to
the respective Cabinets, that the Great
: Power in question, without wishing to in
terfere in the internal affairs of indepen-
dent States, could not regard with indif-
ference the future progress of this spir-
1t OF DISCRIMINATION, should the Govern
ments, instead of resisting it with energy,
manifest disposition 10 temporise, which
would only be proof of their weakness.
PERSIA AND ARABIA. A foreign Jour
, mai gives the following news :-Accorlling
to accounts from Persia, it appears that
Abbas Mira has actually marched large
force for the province of Yezd, for the pur-
pose OF securing his present ascendancy
over his brother on Futteh Ali Shah's death.
IL is also reported that a considerable num-
her OF Russians had joined his forces, and
1t was feared, should this prove true, it
would be the means of placing our polti.
cal relations with that country in an embar-
RAISING sluation. The intelligence from
Arabia is likewise possessed of some inter-
est. The Wahabees, under Turkee Ben
Sahood, the son of the celebrates, Chief Of
mat tribe, who was seized Ivy Ibrahim, and
afterwards beheaded at Constantinople. had
again recovered large share of the power
they formerly possessed. The whole Of
that tract OF country which extends from
Gram, near Bussorah, to Rassel Khyma,
had been conquered by them. All the
Arab tribes acknowledge the supremacy Of
the present Chief and it was expected that
he would Immediately carry his arms TO the
south, and drive the Turks entirely out Of
that part of Arabia.
MORE TROUBLE FOR HIS CELESTIAL
MAJESTY. The following from the Rus
sian frontiers in Asia, dated August 9th,
must be some months later from the seat of
the Northern Chinese rebellion, than the
accounts which have been received via Can
ton. Ii trae, his Celestial Majesty has
business enough on his hands, without quar-
relllng with the British merchants.
For some years past, disturbances have
been prevailing in that part of Bukaria
which IS under the protection of China
Considerable Chinese forces have been sent
thither, and have several times defeated the
insurgents, and even taken their chief pris.
onsr, but his son, supported by the neigh
boring tribes, have made hostile incursien
into the Chinese possessions. The Chinese
commander. who was sent from Pekin to
reduce the people of Bukaria to good order
suspecting the inhabitants of Kokant Of
having favored the insurgents has ordered
all commercial intercourse with them to be
broken of, forbidding even the importation
OF the most necessary articles, such as rhu.
barb, tea, ETC., into that province. These
circumstances have induced the inhabitants
of kohant and Tackbent, together with
those of Kara-Talgyk and Al-Talgyk. to
enter the Chinese territory with 100000
men, where they destroyed six towns in Lit
tie Bukaria, namely, Yashgar, Yanassar
Yarkene, Kotane, Itch Turpan, and Alison
4 Upon hearing, however, that considerable
Chinese forces were marching against
them, they retired. The Chinese general
now confines hmself to defensive posi-
ton.
FROM INDIA. BY the ship Parachute, we
have Calcutta papers to the 18th August The
Cholera was raging at Benares, and carrying
off hundreds of the native population. letter
from a gentleman just returned from the Red
Sea, says, =" AT Mecca and the Hadjee country
$4,000 souls were carried off by the Cholera, in
about one month The violent rains have pro.
duced great damage in Arabia. Half of Sue7
is washed away. The locusts covered the wa
ter for miles and miles; So that il was literally
the Red Sea."-N. York four of Commerce.
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THE NATIONAL DEBT. When Wash
ington came into office, the National Debt
of the United States was $75,l70,000. II
was increased during his administration to
Sol $4,000 and augmented by the elder
Adams to $8200O00O. Mr. Jefferson In
creased il to SS5 353 600 and subsequently