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AFFAIRsIS THE Wrsr "a

AFFAIRS rs THE WEST. "A letter from
Buffalo, June 30. left Detroit Oath inst,
The evening before Gov. Porter received
dispatches from Chicago, dated 22d, stat.
ing that the Indians have embodied them.
selves in the vicinity of the four Lakes. be.
tween The Rock and Wisconsin Rivers
where Black Hawk has but from 6 to zoe
warriors, and is determined to give Genera
Atkinson battle. Gen. Atkinson is within
- miles of the Island where they are. and
will have between three and four thousand
men 10 attack them, the result Of which NAV
now be molnently expected. A man EN-.
ployed in hauling shingles for a block
house. building near Chicago, was found
murdered and scalped in the woods few
days previously.
Detroit is full Of friendly Chippeways.
and other tribes from the upper Lakes.
This IL the period for them to rome in for
Their annual presents, which they receive
ilom both Governments.
II is said at Detroit that the British
Agents are instructed not TO give out pres.
ents this year. Thee are about 700 en-.
camped on a small Island opposite Arm.
steadburg, 25 miles below Detroit.
The inhabitants on the Nance River.
have lately been somewhat alarmed, from
the fact that the Indians there have hoistcd
the British nag three or four times.
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cannon belonging to the several forts, were
spiked, anil thrown over the parapets. A
number of muskets and blunderbusses
were also taken and destroyed. One sea-
man and one marine were killed marines
wounded, one MORALLY; nine seamen and
ordinary seamen wounded, three Of them
severely, the rest slightly.
You cannot, of course, he unacquainted
with the Malay character. Murder and
Piracy still distinguishes them, -and nothing
but the severest chastisement can stop
them from constant depreciation upon
every defenceless merchantmen that comes
within their grasp. They are generally in
dependent tribes, acknowledging no head
but those RJahs, who from motives of in
terest and gain, keep numbers in pay, and
support them in their wanton conduct. The
Qnallsh Buttorras are particularly bal, and
the Malays along the coast deem it re-
proach if you tell them they we've born
there.
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From the Harrisburg penn. Entellisencer

RENuNcIATIoNs. There is probably no State
in the Union, where the disgust of Jacksonism
among his former friends is so great as in Penn.
sylvania. The detection is deep rooted and gen.
eral, and pervades all classes of the community
There are no advocates of the measures of the nd.
mnistration, in this Stare. The press that former
ly supported Gen Jackson is silent, although for
certain prudential reasons, some prints still keep
his name under their editorial head glorious
revolution is in embryo, which will not only aston.
ish, but probably disenthral the nation We do
not speak unadvisedly The news from every
garter of our State is cheering. The alarm crea-
ted by the administration Tariff bill has sweled
the tide of popular Indignation against the man
that has abused the confidence of citizens to an
extent that must overwhelm his prospects in the
State.
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Two companies Of United States troops
passed US yesterday, opposite Cleveland, in
the steamboat WIN. Penn, on their way 10
Green Bay. These are the first OF Gen.
Scotl's command.
All is healthy at Erie. The whole upper
country, and the valleys of the Ohio and
Mississippi were never in more perfect
state of health
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From the Quebec Gazette. June %.

from me IheOec ud2eNe, June ~.
Since the appearance of the cholera in
Europe, the scientific gentlemen have, MS is
the case on most Of their great questions,
been much divided in opinion upon the laws
whlrh the virus of the cholera follows in
fixing itself in countries and in the human
frame. Contagionists and non-rontaglon.
lists, and advocates of the disease being
epidemic, have furiously gone to the onset
in words. The fncts cannot he mistaken
Ivy the mass Of mankind who have access
TO them, and it is fortunate upon the whole
that most governments are not composed Of
heated dispulants.
That cholera is not contagious, in tho
sense that it will affect the body by mere
touch or contact of the sick, every per-
son here must be convinced Of
That it is contagious or infectious, which
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A correspondent of tho New York Inquirer,
in Francc writes, " IN addition 10 the calamity
with which France is again threatened in do
fcient crop Of corn, it appears that the blight.
ing winds Of March and April have, in the
southern departments, almost completely dc
siroyed tho prospect for tho present year, ol
the usual supply Of raw silk, tho worms and the
mulberry trees having both severely suffered.
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Tur FAScY. Three duels were fought at
New Orleans within tho week preceding The
18th inst, in one of which some caret was
split. There was also mill between two
blackes, winch was highly divertiug To the
genteel mnltliudes in The streets All the de
tails should bo reported for tho amusement of
the executive. and Of tho sporting back stairs
cabinet.--N. Y Commercial Adser;iser.
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The Portland (Mane) argus, a strong Jack.
son paper, asks if it is not in the power OF
Congress TO place US on the same footing re.
specting the West India trade, as before it was
sacrificed by the present administI atom
When we discovered this question in a Jack
son paper, we concluded there must be some
mistake-that our eyes must have deceived us
So we out with our editorial spectacles-wiped
them carefuly-put them on-and read the
sentence again carefully speiling-as we come
to its, a sa, C, r, sacri, {, j. f. sacrii c. e. d
ced, SACRIFICED Yes, we were riqht-al-
though astonishcd there it was, in plain black
and white-an admission by jackson paper,
that the present administration had sAcRIFlcED
the Vest Ladia rade-TrOy Sentinel.
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A JUDIcIoUs TARIFF. Our enlightened
President has at length condcscended to let the
people know what they are to understand by
''judicious tariff" The Troy Sentinel con-
tans the following extract of a letter from
Washington, from source entitled to credit
which seems to leave no room for further donb,
in regard to the Presidents opinion of the de.
gree of protection which the people are entitled
to enjoy against foreign competition:
81 have heard from an authentic source,
that the President, in conversation Yesterday
with a member of Congress in relation to the
duty upon wool, proposed in Mr. Adams's mod.
flied Treasury Bill, made this remark that if
such duty was not sufficient protection to the
article, HE WOULD APPLY THE KNIFE TO THE
JUGULAR OF EVERY SHEEP IN THE cUuETRY!"
The Presidents PATRIOTISM il this respect
would carry him little farther than John Ram
dolph avowed his willingness IN 60. He would
90 ont Of his way ten rods to lick sheep the
President would apply the haJfe TO all that can
30 found far or near. He would scour the
country. and extcrminnte the whole race of ami
mails that arc so obnoxious 10 the antpathics Of
the south Boston Courier.
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JuDGE BRAckENRIDoE. We are glad to
learn that this gentleman who has been of late
proclaimng SO many forciblc truths before the
public, and who was Gen. Jackson's private
Secretary, is scholar of the first order, and u
gentleman of great moral worth. He is the
author of " the riews Of LDuisiana," of " the
Voyage up the Mississippi" of "the History
of the late loar JctDsen Great Britain and The
United States" which is in all our libraries,
and speaks French, Spanish, German and Ital.
ian, with flucncy. His letter to Mr.. Monroe
in favor Of recognizing South American indie.
pendence has been lately translated into French
with high encomums by the celebrated Able
du Pradt. Judge Brackcnridge's royage to
South -3merica." is highly commended by Hum
boat. The Judge has also been a member OF
the Maryland Legislature, and is now in his
native State, Pennsylvania, where it is said he
will not long be permitted to remain in private
life. Such is the man whom Gen. Jackson pun
ished and such is the weight ofcharacter which
gives testimony OF Jackson's disqualification
for tho Presidency !-Porttand Daily AdD.
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Posr OFFICE ISrLUENcE. 1t has been ascer.
tanned, saysa Cincinnati paper, that among the
Central and Jackson Committees of Ohio, there
are seventeen postmas'ers Besides these there
are number Of Treasury dependents, all OF
whom hold their appointments subject to the
political acquisitions OF their Generaiupon their
salaries, whenever required TO favor election
Is not this using the patronage Of the federal
government: 10 influence and control the cleo
live franchises Of the voters?
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Mr.. Dunn, the Se1cant-at-hrm of the
House of Representatives, has proved to be
n defaulter to considerable extent. He
has drawn the money of the House, and not
accounted for it. Some members lose from
one to five hundred dollars, and some their
entire salary. by him. among the last is
Dshrow of New York, who gave him his
check on Saturday, for fifteen hundred dol
lars. Dunn was, last year, a defaulter to
the extent of $4,000, but before the COM
mencement OF the session, made it all up
except three thousand dollars which he still
owes. The loss to the members amounts
TO about $4,000. 1t would have gone fur
Their, probably, if Col. Johnson of Kentucky,
who suffers for 5000, had not made com
plants on Saturday. Dunn eloped this
morning, but was brought back. He de-
claies he has not $40 in the world.
.Aelo York .4duocate.
1.-THE House Of Representatives has vot-
ed, 103 to 40, that Uncle Sam shall make
good the defalcation, and the Committee of
Accounts has been instructed to pay the
members the sums due them and drawn for
them by the Sergeant at Arms, but not paid
over.
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TURKEY AND EGYPT.

ibrahim Pacha made IN unsuccessful as
snult upon St. Jean D'Acre on The 9Th of
March. A fleet of IL sail lone lO4 gupshp)
had sailed from Alexandria with 5000
troops to reinforce the army in Syria. The
Divan seemed to be in great confederation.
in consequence of the latest news from the
theatre OF war, and division of the feet,
consisting OF 40 SAIL had been ordered to
the coast of Syria. This squadron has al
ready sailed from the Dardaneles.
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WASHINGTON Juna 40

WASHINGTON, June 3U-
The Tariff hill having passed the House,
and being now before the Senate, present
some views of its operation, in the foIm in
which it has been sent to the Senate.
Under the existing laws cottors are pro-
tected by square yard duty of 35 cents,
and an ad ualorem duty of 25 per cent. This
duty on prints iE continued: on plain cot
tons, it is reduced to 80 cents the square
yard. This reduction will not at present af.
feet the business materially but as We ap-
proach the finer fabrics of white goods il
will be felt
The woolcns have now a series of min
imnms, or fixed values, on which there is an
I'D vaiorem duty of 45 per cent. The bill
which had passed the House abandons the
minimum system altogether, and places all
cloths over 35 cents the square yard. under
an I'D ralorem duty of 80 per cent. This
carries us back to the old system of frauds,
as the importer makes out his own invoice,
and the valuation IS of the foreign cost The
wool is fixed al 40 per cent all valorem and
cents per pound specific duty. This will
make wool cost nearly twice as much here
as in Europe. The duty of so per cent. is
therefore insufficient.
The duty on Carpets is--on BRUSSELS car
pets 63 cents; on Ingram As cents on We
netian 22d cents; and on all other kinds IS
per cent. ad valorem. These duties are les
sened by the bill, bat they are still sufi-
Gent 10 protect the business.
Baizes and fannels now enjoy protec-
ton of % cents the square yard. This ia
reduced to Is cents. and it is believed will
sustain the trade in these articles.
Wool under tho palua nf Q ooota
foreign market is to come in free.
Cloths under the value of 35 cents per
square yard, will pay per cent ad vaorem.
Tins gives up to tAe South the negro cloths
Blankets costing IS cents are also to come
in at the same rate for negroes, &c.
The cloths are badly protected. The rest
Will answer. The coarse cloths and blank
cts are given up.
Sail duck is reduced from 10 cents the
square yard, to Is per cent. AL valorem.
which affords relief to shipping.
Iron is reduced TO the act of 1924, which
is telIuved 10 be satisfactory TO many con-
cerned, while it is unsatisfactory to others.
The duty is still strong one. The ship
ping will he benefited, as the builders do
not use American iron.
The mechanic trades have been placed
under duty of 30 per rent. all valorem.
Glass remains as 1t vas under the act of
1923.
The bill scarcely agrees in any one point
either with the bill of Mr.. M'Lane, or that
OF the Committee. mean in its essential
features, with the exception of iron and cot,
ton. Carpets, fannels, baizes. the mechan
ic trades have all been .aised. There is
good reason to believe the Senate will raise
the duty on cloths, and the hill will then
stand on the protective principle. Great eff
forts have been made TO break us down. hnt
by hard fighting we have saved the prinei.
ple.-Prouidence Journal.
Governor Peters of Connecticut. has ,ecom
mended TO the several religious societies oc ali
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GREECE.

Count Augustus Capo d'Tstrias has re-
signed as President of the Greek Govern
ment; his government was dissolved, and a
new provisional was to be framed immedi-
ately, TO conduct the affairs of the country
until the arrival of the Prince destined for
the throne Of Greece. 1t IS stated in the
French papers that the project for placing
Prince Ohio of Bavaria, on the throne Of
Greece, has been abandoned, as there ap-
pears no probability of extracting from the
Greeks revenue adequate to the mante-
nance of force sufficient to ensure the
safety or Permanency of a kingly govern
ment, and the Allied Powers are not willing
to contribnte the sum rennisite.
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Troy, n. Y. June 81.

Troy, N. Y, June 81.
VICTIM OF QuACKRRY. Mr.. John f.
Prescott of this city, died about 3 o'clock
on Wednesday morning last. He had
caught slight cold and in the course of
Tuesday afternoon concluded to take some
medicine; which he accordingly obtained
from one Of those d;sgraces to the age and
to the State which permits and encourages
such chararters-a Steam Doctor. Soon af-
ter having taken what he had TINS obtain
ed, Mr.. Prescott became seriously i'll and
greatly distressed, and sent for the afore-
said Steam Doctor-most ominously named
CoGn-who, with an assistant, continued,
as we have been informed, to administer
repeated doses of stuf-it would be 4 libel
on common sense to call it medicine-to the
ill-starred patient, until nearly IL o'clock.
A; this time Doctors Woolkns and Lang
worthy were called in. They found the
deceased in extreme agony, and fast sink
ing under it; and spite of the most vigor-
Gus and judicious means they could devise
for his relief, he expired as above stated.
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THE STAGE on FIRE. The mail sioge e.,
Boston, with full load, while rapidly descend.
ing a hill between Keene ~ H) and Trov
was discovered to be on fire. The huh of ons
OF the wheels was found to DO nearly consumed
oceasioned no doubt by friction.
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Governor Peters of Connecticut. has ,ecom
mended to the several religious societies of ali
denominations in that State, To assemble To-
geiher a, their usual places Of public worship
on thursday the ioth INST, and set apart that
day as a Gay of fasting, humiliation, and pravc,
to Almighty God; ieryen,ly beseeching him
through the mediation Of his Son, our Savionr
that he would graciously appear, and arrest The
progress oft pestilence that has sorely yisit.
ed Asia and Europe, und has commenced its
rnvages on this continent, Ia wing waste The
countries through which il passes. s,nl,ing i,s
victims with the fatal power of the lightning If
Heaven; and That no would nercifnlly in1er
pose his healing influence in behalf of The peo.
pie, and say to his destroying Angel, at i.
enough"
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National FAST. Mr.. Clay in submit
ting resolution to the National Senate
last week for day of humiliation and pray
err, made some very appropriate and sensi-
BILE remarks. We give an extract:
"Of all the pesllential scourges which
had afflicted our race, the Asiatic Cholera,
in some of lis characteristics, was the most
remarkable. Its range of operation had
been more extensive than perhaps any 9TH
er known or recorded, the small pox ex-
copied. 1t had broken out in Asia, and,
after desolating sumo of its fai'est portions,
penetrated the Northern part Of Europe,
and, sweeping over great part Of that con-
tinent, reached the British channel. 1t
passed over the British Isles, where it rag
ed, hut with mitigated severity. We had
hoped---vainly it seems hoped-that the
wide expanse of the Atlantic ocean, would
have been protecting barrier against its
ravages in our far distant land. But it has
been introduced in America, and if it has
not actually entered our territory, it now
hangs on our borders in its most fiightful
form.
The progress ofthe extraordinary scourge
is sometimes marked by apparent caprice.
1t will approach city or district of coun-
try, accommodating as it were, with mill
tary eye, suddenly fly off to distance, leav-
ing the inhabitants rejoicing. in their es-
cape, and it will then unexpectedly return
and pursue its work Of death. 1t attacks,
too, its victims in various ways, despatching
some in few hours, whilst in regard TO
others, their excrutiating fortunes are pro-
longed much greater length of time
Hitherto the skill Of medical scieSce, libe-
lal and enlightened as it now is, has been
altogether incompetent to provide sure
and effective remedy.
1t is far from my purpose to excite unne-
cessary alarm. All dangers appear most
formidable at distance. Even the great
est of all terlors, when the awful moment
arrives, with mind fortified 10y philosophi-
cal reflection, and still more lift he strength
ened by religious hope and belief, is less
appalling than it seemed when far off.
A single word, Mr.. President, as to my
sell. | am member of no religious Sect
| am not professor of religion. | regret
that am not I wish that | was, and [
trust that shall be. But | have, and al
ways have had, "a profound respect for chris
tianity, the religion of my fathers, and for
its rites. its usages, and its obscrvances.
Among that which is proposed in the reso-
luton before you, has always commanded
the respect of the good and devout. And
hope it will obtain the concurrence of the
Senate" ''~.'
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STILL LATER.
ENGLAND.

The Liverpool Mercury of June ] con-
graduates lis readers on the safe passage of
the Reform Bill through the ordeal of the
Committee of the House Of Lords, without
one material alteration. After hearing the
report Of the Committee, the Lords adiourn-
ed, to meet on Friday, June l, when it was
expected the report would he agreed to, and
the third reading of the Bill made on Mon
day.
The eminent philosopher, statesman and
patriot, Sir james Macintosh, died at his
residence in London, May %. He had been
long troubled with a liver complaint acquir-
ed during his residence in India. He was
IN the Goth year Of his age.
| A fire had occurred at Great Yarmouth,
which destroyed property to the amount of
10000 pounds, and deprived 500 persons of
employment.
IRELAND. In Dublin, May %, there were
46 new cases of Cholera, 3 deaths, II re-
covered. Cases from the commencement
1896, deaths $40 Cork, May %, new cases
%, deaths Z, recovered 43-remsining IVA
Gases from the commencement 2263, deaths
49S. Bandon. Galway, Limerick, Newry
and Drogheda, new cases 81, dead 90, re-
covered l7-remaining 16l. Total cases
in Ireland, (including Dublin and Cork. J
from the commencement, 62l4-dcaths 1868
FRANCE.
No successor to NJ. Perier is yet appoint
ed, the King acting as his own prime min
lister. The Globe contraGcts the rumor
that Talleyrand was to he president of the
council. The Carlist faction increases in
holiness. They appeared openly in arms in
La Vendee, May %, but were met with
vigor and dispersed without difficulty. Sew
| eral prisoners we're made. OF whom the
greater part we're officers Of the late guard
Of Charles Y. The Carlists are agitating
the country at various points, and, it is said,
are employing foreign agents and distribu-
ting foreign gold profusely. The accession
of Henry V, or n commission to act in his
name, is openly talked Of letter from
Massa announces the return of the Duchess
OF Berry to that town, and gives the follow
ing details of her escape: Deceived in her
expectation of seeing the white flag float
ing upon the towers Of Marseiles, she put
about the vessel, intending TO return but
seeing the Sphynr approach, she determin-
ell to go on shore near La Ciotat, disguised
as man, accompanied by Messrs. de B ris-
sac and Mesnar,i. They wandered along
| thu east coast of Lower Province, travers-
ing the vallies of Ollionles and the depart
ment OF the Var, and then turning to the
north, they passed the frontier on the 9th
May into the country of Nice, the Duchess
having been carried through the torrent of
the Var on the shoulders of stout snug
gler. They then continued their route till
they arrived at Massa.