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FROM THE NATIONAL GAZETTE.
Extract of a letter dated Rio Janeiro, April
11, 1825, from a traveller in Brazil.
“ Political economy is here, as you may
aose a science of very liti le known or
led. Except Mr. Lisboa, I have heard
of no body who pretends to be acquainted
with it. The mass of the nation is unedu
cated, and not devoted to intellectual pur
suits. Agricultural industry is (lie princi
pal source from widen the weal ill of the
country is derived; and this, although the
products of the sod have been greatly mul
tiplied by increase of population, and the
gradual removal of the restrictions of the
colonial system, is not supposed to have
been much aided by any positive improve
ments. The propensity- of the nation to
walk in the footsteps of their ancestors, is
greater than yon in the United States have
any idea of. Heavy carts of burthen drawn
by two or more oxen, are every day seen
resting on axle trees, which turn round with
the wheels, and it is only within a year that
the police authorities have been enabled to
prote ;t our ears from being ruined by the
painful screaming of these axles, by impos
ing the necessity of greasing them. The hoej
is the principal instrument of agriculture
as well as horticulture in this part of the
territory. The harness of the mules and
horses to carts of burthen, are of the most
inellieient kind. Having no collars, the
brents of the poor animals are so shockingly
galled by the rubbing of a breast strap, that
you seldom see one which is not raw—and
♦he traces are almost invariably too long and
twisted around the shafts. Fresh butter is
rarely seen,-At have never but twice been
gratified with the sight of that delicacy ;j
once when I saw in the street , half a pound
for sale for half a dollar, and once when an
English gentleman sent me a quarter of a
pound churned in a bottle in Ids own house.
The milk is generally thin or diluted, but
„.iy family ala moderate expense may keep
a goat. Cheese is made in (he province of
The Mines, in small b idles of the proper
form of t hree or four pounds, but is altogeth
er destitute of richness, and not equal to
our most common sort made from skim milk.
The manufactures of the interior are
limited to those coarse and rude commodi
ties. which are necassary for a population
not far advanced in refinement or luxury;
and some cotton stuffs arc even sent to the
city for sale. Those of the town comprise
the usual branches which must needs be car
ried on, or which can bcst.be carried on in
the country where the articles are consumed
or produced. There are here joiners, cop
persmiths, tinmen, tanners, coopers, black
smiths, carpenters, masons, shoemakers,
jewellers, goldsmiths, watchmakers, book
binders, trunkmakers, saddlers, silver
smiths, image and cross and altar makers,
boat and ship builders, and a variety ofoth
ers, in abundance. With immaterial pro
duds, however, the market is badly sup
plied, There arc no concerts, nor, since
the burning down us the theatre in March,
1824, plays. There is a temporary buil
ding where an Italian company performs an
opera twice a week, but (he smallness of the
bouse renders it a monopoly. There is a
good deal of martial music, and a plentiful
discharge of rockets and fire works, but as
these are given gratuitously to the public,
Abe sound and (lie noise they make can
hardly be said to be consumed, ’although the
drum heads and gunpowder may be.
“ The foreign commerce of Brazil is chief
ly carried on by foreigners, and like as in
•all new countries, foreign capital in the form
ut Merchandize, sold on credit, makes con
siderable advances to the manufacturers
and agriculturists. Commerce, however,
labours under many disadvantages. ’The
importation of China and India goods in
foreign bottoms, except for exportation, is
entirely prohibited,but notwithstanding this,
in some of the ports the law is disregarded,
and the general duties are high enough to
invite smuggling, which is carried on to a
great extent. The facilities which are affor
ded, indeed, for this destroyer of the public
morals, place honest men in an awkward
situation, and smuggling is by many justi
fied upon the ground that itthey did not
adopt the system of their neighbours, they
should never be able to sell their goods.”
OO©-
presence oj Mind. —One of (lie waiters of
the Legislator, a boy, who at the moment of
the explosion had been sent below to pro
cure something trom a large box or chest,
standing near, the side of the boiler, hear
ing it give way sprang instantly into the
chest, let full the lid, and by this means pre
served himself unhurt.
From the National Gazette,
We have received our tile of the Paris
Journal des Debate down to the 30th April
inclusive, one day later than the most re
- cent London dates. The French public
|were chiefly occupied with the subject of
cr the approaching coronation of their Mon
arch ; die Legislature, with matters of
' finance. The revenue of the treasury for
m the last year was 924,595,704 francs; the
lexpenidture 915,504,499 francs—shewing
'i t a surplus of income of 8,591,206 francs.
njFor the department of war, for the year
' (1826, (lie sum of 195 million is asked by
r, (he ministry.
j The Journal dcs Debats of the 30th, con
n tains articles under the head of Bogota, da
,f ted February 19, relating to the victory of
Ayacucho. It is said in a letter that Boli
varhad discarded his military uniform and
,j| caused his whiskers to be shaved, in pursu
lance of his determination to renounce the
“occupation of arms.
I There are advices concerning Greek af
il fairs, dated at Trieste, April 14th. ’The
{story of the defeat of the Egyptian expedi
yJtion near Navarmo is said to be confirmed.
>r| The remains of that expedition are posi
d lively stated to have been shut up in Mo
iTdon, and blockaded by 6000 soldiers of the
-.Peloponnesus. The transports which
- brought the Egyptian force, are said, too,
- to have been in part taken and burnt by a
e Greek fleet, which continued to cruize be-j
e| fore Motion. It is added that Patras wasj
-{still beseiged on the land side by 15,0001
e ( Greeks, and reduced to great extremities
sitrom dearth of food. The reconciliation!
j between the Turks and Albanese is men-1
- I tinned and its cause specified, in the same
V advices.
s' Marshals Soult, Jourdan, Mortier, Su
: diet, .&c. are to carry die crown, sceptre,)
T&c. at the coronation of Chares X They
i ificiate l.if we are not mistaken, at tin
[ Coronation of Napoleon as emperor, Prince I
t Talleyrand is yet assiduous at the levees!
iof tin* king. Charles has assigned a pen )
i sion of I 400 francs to the poet Casimir j
.j Delavignt.
m Falconnet, the great banker of Naples,
! died suddenly in the month of April.
The number of die inmates, as priso
ners or patients, in the prisons, hospitals,
and almshouses of Paris, chiefly from
without, is estimated it thirty thousand
the number of indigent living on charitv,
from sixtv to eighty thousand.
A serious riot occurred io (lie theatre
at Bordeaux on the 20th April, and was
occasioned by die absence of a favorite ac
j tor. Ibe great lustre and the benches were
{demolished ; the military were brought in,
and arrested several persons ; in the streets,
a rescue was attempted and a part of the
police officers wounded.
M. Lucas, chief superintendent of the
Garden of Plants, was killed on the 23d
, April, at the age of seventy eight, by (he ac
’ cident d discharge of a pistol which lie was
• handling. The bill entered his temple.
The Journal des Debats, of the 17th, ob
i serves—
“ The new president of the United States,
Mr. Adams, when he says, in his inaugural
speech, that the American government is the
least expensive in the world, lias raised per
haps, the most dangerous question that
could occupy the thoughts of the European
nations. Ihe immense sums which the Eu
ropean governments levy upon the incomes
of individuals, may appear but a necessary
and useful sacrifice, to a people, who, like
the English, possess or think they possess
political liberty. Such a people talk thus
—our armies ; our fleets ; our public debt;
our finances. All with them is national;
burdens as well as benefits—sufferings and
wlory. On the continent, a dominant sect
or party in the ministry, or at Court, furi
ou,ly proscribes the term and the idea of na
tion—~wu are but subjects, anil whoever wish
es to be a citizen is a felon, a jacobin ; the
Stale means a privileged hereditary class
such is (he doctrine which that dangerous
sect daily inculcates on kings ami people.”
TREATING A T ELECTIONS
We are glad to see that in the States of
Maryland and North Carolina, an es
, fort is making to put a stop to the bribery,
in its worst shape, which is too often prac
. tised at die periodical Elections, and during
tlie canvass which precedes them. The sub”
ject is brought to our mind bv (lie following
i paragraph, copied -from the Raleigh Regis”
i ter. Jn Maryland, where the evil exists,
. (in the lower counties at least) to a still
i greater extent than in North Carolina, a
, vigorous effort is making in one county
. (Charles) to remedy i , wTiich, it is to be
i hoped, will be imitated in tlie other coun
s ties, some of which may be said to be kept
, poor by ihe waste of lime in the election
, months, when the eye and the hand of tlie
■ farmer and planter are so much needed at
i home. The mode adopted to prevent the
-practice of treating, &c. is bv agreement
: among a sufficient number of respectable
1 persons to vote for no candidate for any
. office who shall resort to it. Such an agree
t ine.nlgenerally entered.into would soon put
p a stop to it.
“ Wo shall sincerely rejoice, if tlie exer
tions which are at present making hy the!
I people in different sections of our state, (•>,
I put down the disgraceful pr dice which’has
- prevailed for some years past amongst Can-1
. didates for seats in our Legidatuie and in'
• Congress, of treating at Muster Grounds!
e and other public places, previous to Elec-'
- tions. Iu addition to the Presentment
which appeared in our last Register, from
the Grand Jury of the Superior Court of
i Franklin County, we find a meeting of the
1 citizens of Ocange has lately been held for
. the purpose of discountenancing, and sup
; pressing this demoralizing custom. Guil
[ ford, and some other counties, we learn,
• have also taken up the subject. There can
7 be but one sentiment amongst the people ot
■ this free country, of the practice which we
have been told prevails at elections in Eng
■ Maod of candidates, or their friends, directly
, or indirectly bribing voters with money ;
■ and surely treating with spirituous liquors
is a degrading branch of the same evil.—
And .as no one can defend the practice, we
. trust that no one will heieafter be found
, mean enough to after so grovelling a lempta
f lion loan elector, or so debased as to accept
of it.” —Raleigh Register.
Napoleon and the The ants had
, appeared in great numbers in his bedroom,
since he occupied it and had climbed
. upon his table, on which there was usually
, some sugar. Allured by the bait, they had
, immediately established i chain of commu
nication, and taken possession of the sugar
basin. Napoleon was anxious that they
. should not be disturbed in their plan, he on
, ly now and then moved tlie sugar, following
i only their manoeuvres, and admiring the
activity and industry they displayed until
they found it again. “ Tins is not insdnct,”
said he: “ii is much more —it is sagacity,
intelligence, the idea of civil association.—
I But these little beings have not our pas
sions, our cupidity ; they assist, but do not
(destroy each other. I have vainly endea
voured to defeat their purpose; have remo
ved the sugar to every part of the room,;
they have been one or two sometimes three
days looking for it, but have always suc
jceeded at fast, i'iie idea strikes me to sur
round the table with water, ami see whether
that will stop them. Doctor, send for
some.” But water did not slop them; the
isugar was stili pillaged. The emperor then
substituted vinegar and the ants no longer
ventured to approach. “ You see it is not
instinct alone that guides them; they are
prompted by something else; but what 1
know not. However, be the principle which
directs them what ii may, they afford to
mao an example wor hy of observation and!
reflection. [( is only by perseverance and
tenaciousness that any obj i t can beattain
ed .—Last days of Sapol on.
The late E nperor it irbide has found a!
writer of his “ last moments,” a-la-mode
de Napoleon, in one B neski who aiinoun-l
ces such a wmk in New York. Beneski
had better let his inasie s manes rest ini
peace. As Americans, we feel very Idle
interest in the fate of Emperors.
Iturbide’s catastrophe may afford a salu
tary lesson to the Emperor of Brazil, and
w arß him that his throne will nut be more sta-
Ulrt by A'nv i-i, ana, as in IrtlC in
stance of Rogers and his unfortunate com
patriots. V\ e are much mistaken in the po
litical horiz m of Buenos Ayres, if a storm
be not brewing there, for his usurpation of
the Banda Oriental. General Alvear, late
minister plenipotentiary near the United
States, who is a military man of fine talents,
in whom that, government has great confi
dence, was suddenly recalled for some great
object. VVe have heard it hinted, that there
does not exist between the republic id' La
Plata and the Emperor of Brazil, the most
friendly feelings. An isolated Emperor in
America, surrounded by a cordon of repub
lics, with the fate of Itucbide staring him in
the face, cannot feel the greatest confidence
in the stability of his monarchy.
Mr. Rothschild, the celebrated banker,
so much beloved so wealth, was about
to be presented at an approaching Levee to
King George the IV. Prince Esterhazy,
the Austrian Ambassador, was to introduce
Mr. R. Thus we see the omnipotence of
money.—An Austiian noble, who would
spurn a serf, or a beggar from his door, be
cause birth did not entitle him to considera
tion, solicits the honor,of introducing to a
splendid court, a man whose origin, it is
said, was of the lowest obscurity, who at
one period of his existence cried, ‘ old
clothes’ in London, ami whose manners and
habits are not considered of the most polish
ed order. We of course give credit to Mr,
Rothschild for his successful career, but it
is really very inconsistent on the part of
Kings and Nobles, to receive into their so
ciety any individual, who cannot boast of
ancestral dignity. In all probability the
banker has more good sense, than all the
royal heads that congregate at the Levee;
but still nothing, save wealth, has attained
for him this distinction—a distinction no
doubt, of which he thinks very little.
The New Haven Herald, in speaking of
the melancholy death of Mr, D. R. Lambert, ■
says “it will not be more deeply felt and de
plored by the citizens of Now-York than by
those of this city, where he was .shortly ex
pccted to take up his summer residence, and
to assume the Presidency of the Mechanics’
Bank, .in which institution, as .well as in the
Farmington Canal, he was a large stock
holder. \\ e had need of men of wealth and
enterprize to further the great projects of
jimprovement in our city and the State, and
it is to be,feared that his untimely and uu
j happy d ath will leave a blank which will!
I not readily be filled.”
—**•(!#*«■
I Fresh Butter, (says the editor of the Har
risburg, Pa. Chronicle.) is selling at five
cents j-er lb, and that from six to ten is the i
regular price.
f A HANDSOME COMPLIMENT.
e The Emperor Alexander, of Russia, ha
1 frequently distinguished himself by acts c
generosity and liberality worthy ofimitatio
*by his brother sovereigns. A case, illustra
'> tive of this trait of character, has latel
1 come to our knowledge, which, as it wa
1 related to us without any injunction of se
B cresy, we take pleasure in disclosing :
The Baron de Maltitz, Secretary of th
f Russian Legation at Washington, whos
> marriage yvith the amiable and accomplishet
s M iss .Maky Lee was lately announced i
“ this Gazette,) on asking leave of the Empe
a ror to enter hymenial bands with our fai
i American—a courtesy, we understand
- usual with the diplomatic corps of'that em
t pire— not only graciously granted his per
mission to do so, but accompanied it with
well lined purse of golden ducats; whicl
I must he viewed as a very flattering tokei
• of the Emperor’s regard for the Baron, witl
1 whom he is a great favorite, and a handsom
i compliment to the object of his affection.
1 -«oe-
The following account taken from tin
r| Cape Fear (Wilmington) Recorder ,of tht
/]deleterious effects of the Pride of Chim
- root, when administered as a decocktiou
; will operate as a caution to those who resort
s to this powerful article as a means of destroy
1 ing worms in children :
| A family of seven negro children, fron
' the age of 15 months to 11 years, the prop
' erty of Mr. Joseph Eagles, were brought tc
‘ town very sick, from his plantation, during
L the last week. The symptoms soon indu
ced the attendant physician to look upon
their case as the effect of some narcotic poi
’ son. Subsequent investigation leaves but
1 small room to doubt that they were poison
ed by the use of a strong decoction of the
Pride of China root, administered by an old
woman on the plantation, for the purpose of
expelling worms. Five out of the seven
have fallen a sacrifice to her ill-advised
practice—the other two, though still in a
low condition, it is hoped will recover.
MURDER. —A man, lately arrived in
this country from Switzerland, was murder
ed at New York, on the 27th ult. in Green
; wich Lane. The following facts attending
the deed, we copy from the New-York
American:
The deceased, a swiss, by the name of
Frederick L. Tiege, arrived in this city on
the loth insr. in the ship Criterion, capt. J.
Davis in company with five other Swiss, a
jmong whom were Charles and John Henry
Carrier, the persons now in custody, on
i suspicion. The prisoners were indebted to
the deceased in the sum of 300 francs,
which he had advanced for their passage.
1 hey were seen mi his company on the night
of the murder, and several articles of pro
perty admitted by them to belong to the de-
CeHUod *rur» found in thaip trunks Tho
deceased was found in Sundy hill road ly
ing on his face by the fence early on Satur
day morning by some of the neighbors. A
mark was obvious on the right temple, ap
parently from a blow sufficient to stun but
not to cause death—on his throat the im
pression of fingers was visible, rendering it
probable the diabolical act was perpetrated
by strangulation. The manner in which the
prisoners were apprehended is singular. The
body had been removed to the alms’ house,
for the purpose of holding an inquest. A
crowd was attracted, and some of the police
officers remarked “ that there appeared
blood on the buttons of one of the prison
ers,” who were standing in the crowd. He
immediately went out and arrested them,
and they proved to be the two persons of
whom the police were that moment in
search. They deny having any privity to
the .murder.”
Conscientiousness. —Sir Mathew Hale
drew up a list of * things necessary to be
continually had in remembrance, for his
government on the bench ; among them are
these,:—
That, in the administration of justice, J
am entrusted for God, the king and coun
try ; therefore, that it must be done upright
ly, deliberately, resolutely.
That, in the execution of judgment, I
carefully lay aside my own passions, and
not give way to them, however provoked.
That, I be wholly intent upon the business
I am about, remitting all other cares and
thoughts as unseasonable and interruptions.
That, I never engage myself in the be
ginning of any cause, but reserve myself un
prejudiced till the whole be heard.
That, I be not too rigid in matters purely
conscientious, where all the harm is diversi
ty ot judgment.
That, i be not biassed with compassion te
the poor er favour to the rich, in point of
justice.
To be short and sparing at meals, that I
may be the fitter for business.
Weight of officers of the revolutionary
army, August.!9th, 1783—weighed at the
scales at West Point;—
General Washington, 209 lbs; General
Lincoln, 224; General Knox,* 280; Gene
ral Huntington, 180; General Greaton,
166; Colonel Swift, 219; Colonel Michael
Jackson, 252 ; Colonel Harry Jackson. 238 ;
: Lieut. Col. Huntington, 212; Lieut. Col.
jCob. ,182 ; Lieut. Col. Humphrey, 221.
t Average 214 lb»—taken from a memoran
dum found in the late Gen. Swift’s pocket
book.
i * Died in consequence of swallowing a
small chicken bone.
9 CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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n AUGUSTA:
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y FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1825.
s .
- We shall not feel ourselves called upon
to enter the lists with every scribbbr who.
0 "
as the election for Governor approaches.
j.thinks proper to sound the note of defiance ;
n and once fur all, we repeat, that but a sin
- \ gle objection is urged against Governor
r |Troup. It is, that he has expressed him^
’ self in a language too warm and resentful ,
.1 That he has done well, is admitted on all
a hands, and in a long political caieer. there
h is no one act which can be pointed at as
” selfish or dishonorable. The front and <
head of his offending is then, that he is a
plain and pure Republican, and speaks a
language befitting that character. Let his
e enemies go on and make the most of it-j^
8 they may find a sympathizing sentiment be
yond the Potomac, but, thank God, in this
t “ Slave State” of Georgia, the majority is
- opposed to them. Say what they will, the
zeal ofhis Excellency has procured us a
1 vast region, for the distribution of which
our citizens, we published, in our
r last number, the act of the Legislature ; and
tret and fume as they may, the people ol our I
i state will not fail, as they have never failed,
to reward public services with public confix
' dence. We know there are some who arfc
•shocked at his Excellency’s violence, and
must therefore from a sense of dignity and
I propriety vote against him in the approach;
|ing contest—and we know too, that these
sensitive gentry would have voted for his
opponent at any rate, and.in any event. If
Governor Troup had been placable and
“mild as summer breezes”—they would
have called him a milksop, and required a
man more decisive and uproarious to rule
over them ;as he speaks out, and as Mr.
jKremer says, “ spares not”—they are in
superably opposed to him, and desive to
;have a sweet t cented Jemmy Jessamy sort
of Governor, who shall sneak through his 1
term of service without a particle of acri
mony. Whether taking them upon their
own grounds, they would not exchange
“ the devil for a witch,” we wijl not pretend
to say, but of one thing we are sure their
super fastidiousness is not .likely to do much
harm. We never expect to see the day
when a Governor shall be elected ift thw
state -without opposition. The thing is im -
possible. Is it not gratifying then to find,
that at a moment, when parties are rally
ing and dividing in support of their respec
tive candidates, no stronger objection can
be urged against Gov. Troup than the one
we have mentioned :—and that one reminds
us of
“ I do not like you Doctor F«ll,
The reason why I cannot tell,
Bul’tis a truth I know full well i v
I do not like you Doctor Fell."
Scarcity of Vessels.—We hardly recol
lect a period when the harbor was more bare
lof vessels than .the present; nor do we re
collect when a greater number of persons
from the interior have visited this city, for
the purpose of taking passage to the nurttl.
Almost every vessel expected to arrive from
Europe has been taken up for the transpor
tation of Cotton ; and every birth in the
packets which have been expected from the
north has been engaged by passengers, some
of them so long ago as three weeks.
£*Sau. Georgian.
It appears by the latest Madrid dates that
the Spanish Government has summoned all
the Generals who have held posts since
1810 in the Spanish ultra marine provinces
to form a Junta, for the purpose of enquir
ing into the causes which have led to the
alienation of the public mind from the
mother country. This enquiry conducted
in a proper spirit -fifteen years ago misfit
have been serviceable to the Royal cause.
—What benefit is now to be derived
from it, it is difficult to perceive. The
South American provinces are irrecoverably
lost to the mother country—the wilful and
perverse.blindness of which is justly punish
ed by a loss even of the privileges which
might have been obtained by a limited con
cession a few years ago. Since the com
mencement of the struggle for freedom in
the Soutii, a new generation has arisen who
know nut the mother country, and their af
fections are transferred to those who have
acted towards them a more maternal part.
—QC»—
A letter from a professor of the Universi
ty of Virginia states that it is expected that
Chancellor Ken-c of New York will sup
ply the vacancy in the professorship of that
institution. Mr Jefferson, its great patron,
has been lately very much indisposed, but
is so far improved as lately to visit the
University.
It is said that 2,;00 Jews, and more than
j 15,000 ot the natives, perished in .the late
'earthquake, in the neighborhood of Algiers*
