he came: As soon as he had delivered the box) - Another paragraph from Constantinople of
tFe neero retired from the cabin with great pre-| February 25, says : « Strange reports are In €ir-
cipitation ; a circumstance which appeared ex-{culation concerning the pucba of Lgypt. It is
wraordinagly and suspicious. Mr. Lyoo took the certainly kwown that thé viceroy was in camp;
Box iu, end placed it under Lis bed. A singular] with 25,000 men disciplined in the European
glimmering appeared in the rovm ; and it was nfanner, whom he had assembled under pretence
tiaced tothe box. Upon examining it, 3 was of opposing the Arabs. It is also said that, lo
found with a covery over it ; the box itseltl persuade «be Porte wo credit hima, he had reio-
| seemed Like a windowglass box, with two small forced ber squadron in the Mediterranean. It
holes bored in the sides, to let in the air, twolis at leas! certain, that the grand seiguor sent
~ bus f candle stuck in auger holes, bured atibim verbal orders of great import, by a courier,
the Loitem, and a small keg of gunpowder, on the 18th imsiant.”
containing from six 10 eight pounds. The cao-{ A letter from Zante of March 2d states, that
© dies were burning low, aud in a few minutes itllord Byron had negotiated a reconciliation be-
& is probable the explosion would have blown|tween some of the contending Greek chiefs and
Mr. Lyon to atoms. had induced Theodore Colocotronl 0 evacuate
Who could bave comvrived this nefarous plot #jthe importast fortress of Napolia, which was
Mr. Lyon's suspicions were directed by a vari-|mow uccupied by the patriots.
ety of circoms!zhces against a bricklayer, by thief The English colonel Stanhope has established
pame of Macon GREEN, who had been depriv-ia military hospital at Missoloaghi. A Lancas-
ed of the contract which Mr. Lyon had obtained. terian school has been opened al the same place.
Oo the information of the latter, the mayof 1s-| There is a rumor that the Greeks have been
TT . y " “8 Gi Wi
ET
" "wo A
ted for the shore, (6 inform Capt. Hoadley of the] Maza Louisa Infanta of Svar, aud Du
mutmy co board ; the captain came off, and 100k ess of Lucca, died at Rome, March ¥ 13%
the deceased to Bastar, and returned with (ww was the sister of the King ot Spain; was bg
marshals, to confine the mutineers, which beiagiJuly 6, 1792, married, at 15 years of age, Lou!
done, they were committed 10 prison. Apu hereditary Prince of Parma and Placentidywho,
23d, ah cXpress was sent from Basar, w an by the treaty of St. Hdephouse, Oct. 1,’ $00, ier
ceived the Kingdom of Etruria iu exchasge ov
aounce the death of Samue! Johnson; and to
bring the crew, captain and myself 10 Bastar bis hereditary States, and, on the death ol “her
(husband, in May, 1803, she took the 1eins8 0
We arrived ibere at 8 P. M. and gave ia our de gid
positions, buried the deceased, and returned to government as Queen of Etruria. In 1807, she
he vessel at 9 that night. expelled fiom ints station, with the promis¢ oh
— indemnity io Portugal, which was neyet per
lirom the Reading Chremicle. Hormed. By the treaty of Vienna, in 1815, the %
A LIKE TO HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS Duchy of Lucca was assingned to her ‘and her
FRAY. male decendants 3 dnd by a subsequent (realy,
For some days past, there has been cobsid-tmade at Paris, June 13, 1817, it was stipulated,
erable talk bere about ap affair (hat occuricdithaly, on the death of the Arcliduchess Maria
on Monday last, on the Umon Canal, seven oriboulsa, she should receive, with the right of
cight miies from this place, at S:oul’s mi ddamldescent to her male heirs, Parma and Placenta,
on the Tuipenocken creek. Itseems the coo-fdud Lucca, then regent to Tuscany. She has.
tractor for that section had made prepaiaticnslefia son and lieir, Charles Louis, in the 254
and was ahout to erect an acqueduct across thejyear of Ls age, and'a daughter. :
Es.
sped a warrant for the apprehension
From the Poughkeepsie (AN. Y. } Jou
AWFUL CASUALTY.
who is now io jill (0 answer to charge.
repulsed with lgss before Patras, and that theldam, but could not do it unless the dam was
Egyptian flcet participated in the affair. In or-|drained, in which case the grist mill must re
der to obtain money, the porte has arrested all /main idle until it was finished. The contracto.
the Jews employed at the custom house, and re-|stated the case fairly, and offered Mr. Stout
quired them to give an account of themselves | five dollars for every day his hands would cause
of GREEN,
rnal, May 5
lor the last forty years.
The negotiations between M. de Minziaky
and the res effendi have, so far, been coofined
to visits of ceremony ; and it is sald that the
Turkish minister shuns political subjeets,
Mr. Justus WARREN, of Phil:pstown, was
* kiglcd on the 30th ultimo in a most shocking
~% maoper. While in a state of intoxication, he
+ started from Cold Spring Landing, in a wagon,
10 company with two other men, determined, as
he said, to drive by every thing he saw. tle —
- started from ihe landing with great spec d, but] CmarLesTon, May 3.—Arrived at this port
bad not procueded far before those that werelyesiwciday afternoon, United States’ schooner
© with bios perceiving some danger, cautioned, Shark, I'homas Holdup Stevens, Esq Comman-
lum agaiost driving so unveasonably ; at whichider, from a cru ze of four months in the Gull ol
A he replied, «I can steer them through bell.’ Mexico, last from Havanna and Port Rodgers,
© These words had scarcely escaped his lips, be{ Thompson’s Island, five days {rom the latter.—
“1 fore ope of the wheels of his wagon, while des- Commodore Porter had been at the Island seve-
~ cending a hill, came in contact with a ston€ral weeks, and was actively employed in making
with such great force as to throw bim trom thelsuch dispositions of the forces under his com-
wagon, on a sharp stone, which entered bis mand, as to afford the best possible pretection
head and nsantly deprived bim of hfe. Ounelto our comm: rce. eh,
© of the others bad his shoulder dislocated, and! The Shark sailed from Vera Cruz the 22nd of
© received some external wound, though pot In-' March, at which (ime the bombardment ol the
curable; the other escaped wholly unhurt. city from the Castle of St Juan de Ulloa, contin-
What an aspect this must have presented to the ued. The officers and crew of the Shark have
relatives of the former, who died an iustantanc-'enjoyea uninterrupted good health, not having
ous death © How it must bave harrowed their lost a man by sickness during the cruize.
feelings when contemplating on that unguarded)
{, expression which he uttered the moment betore
he entered that * bourne from whence vo travel.
ees
FROM FORT SMITH, (ARKANSAS!)
Litrie Rock, Apri 13.—DBy a gentleman,
Jer retuens |”? This instance of the result of in- arvived here, who left Fort Smith on Sunday ot
temperance is a solemn wacning 0 all intem-last week, we learn, that the Commanding Offi
. perate persons. ‘I'his man has icf a wife aud'cer bas received orders for the immediate re-
family to mourn tikir dreadful bereavement. {moval of the Uared States’ troops at that post,
: : a pee to the mouth of the Verdigris, where a new mil-
From the Ogdensburg Gazette, April 27, tary establishment is to be erected. Immedi
MURDER & SUICIDE. atcly on receiving the orders, Col. ARBUCKLE
The report of a most horrid affair that occor-icommenced making arrangements for breaking
red recently at Potsdam, has reached us. Thaejup the gartison at that place, preparatary to
facts, 2s velased, are these, A man by the name! removing the woops and public property, which
of Joseph Price, a laborer, who for a year orfwas to take place about Tuesday last. They
. two, and until a short ume, Lad resided 1a thisjare no doubt on their way before this time.
village, murdered his wile by cutting her throat The place selected for the site of the future
with a 1azor.—Hec theo took his own life, by|garrison, is at the junction of the Verdigris
Eo ining bigasell with his handkerchief to a tree. with the Arkansas, about 80 milcs above lor
This took place in the woods near the turnpike, Smith, and 50 below the Osage village, and is a
about a me and a hail west of Potsdam village ; ow miles west of the proposed boundary of this
and it is supposed from appearances that they, Territory. It is said to be a fine, commanding,
must have remained several days beiore discov- and healthy situation, and, ifa competent force
He tes Fol » r Az | , 3 3
ery by the neighbors. What immediately led ‘should be kept there, will be admivably calcula.
© to this fatal catastrophe Is not known. They ted to give security to our western frontier.
were ignorant people, in abject poverty, addicted! Qur differences with the Osages still remain
to drunkenness, and frequen ly gave evidence of unsettled. The murderers of Maj. Welboro
po very strong conjugal affecuon subsisting be- and party havenot been given up. Maj. Cum-
tween them-—or rather that the fact of their mings bas been up a second ume to demand
union was of itself a constant source of misery. theft surrender, and has again returned withou!
~ Juis conjectured that in passing to Potsdam, them, and indeed, without recelving any salis-
perhaps in a state of intoxication, they may have factory reply to the demand. He was only
quarrclled by the way, and that Price, in a mo- met by one of the chiefs (Claymore,) who ex
it of passion, resoived at once Lo rid himselt pressed his desire that the murderers should be
of his wo: ldly incumbrance. given up, but said he did not possess the pow:
Price was an konghshman, supposed to be er, unless they were surrendered by the band or
about 45 ycars oid. party to whom they belonged.
| Mr. Philbrook, sub-agent, had left Fort Smith
Case of Feigned Bundness.—A young con- for the Osage village, for the purpose, also, of
sceipt was sent to the corps blockading Luxem-'demanding the murderers, but it was generally
burg, Having passed the night at the advanced believed they would not be surrendered.
posts, he declared himself bid in the morning, I'rom what we can learn, we are inclined to
aud was sent to the hospital. The surgeons think théreis not much prospect of this busi
used the most powerful remedies, and were con- ness being settled without a brush with the
" vinced that the disease was feigned, as the pu- Osages. It is pretty certain that nothing can
pil comracted perfectly, He assured them, be effected by negotiation, unless backed by a
liowever, that he could not sce, thanked them respectable military force. The location cf the
{or their care of him, and asked for the applica- garrison at the place which has been sejccled
tion of new remedies. lle was sentto the su- for it may have a tendency to bring them to
<, peryer medical offizers at Thionvilic. They terms, and it will, no doubt, have a salutary In.
it were also convinced it was a fraud ; but baving fluence on their future conduct.
learned the course that had been pursucd, they We learn by a gentleman from Arkaosas, that
determined on a last trial. He was put on the thie steam-boat Eagle ts expected up from New
_ ' bank of a river, and ordered to walk forward. Orleans apout the last of this month, with 2 or
He did so, and fcH in the water; from which, S00 troops for the garrison on the Aikaosas.
* however, he was inamediaiely taken by two Gazette.
beat men stationed for that purpose. Convinced
of tis bl ndness, but unable to explein the dila-
tion and contraction of the pup, the surgeon MUTINY.
gave him a discharge; but warned him at the! A copy from the brig Stranger’s, (Hoadley,)
same tine, that if his disease was feigned, it Log Book. While lying at St. Kis, Apeil 22d,
would prove oi No avail, as it would sooner or throughout the night James Twining, and Fran
later be ascertained that be was not blind. cis Guise, took the service off the hawser that
They offered him another, if he would cobless the brig might go on shore, the wind blowing
}
nt
New-York, May 10.
~ © the traud. He hesitited at first ; but being at very heavy and the vessel then not onc length
i length assured that they would keep their word, from the rocks. ln the mean while they took
© he ook up a book and read. The proof in a boat from the shore and landed at the Sali
! this case,” says Fodere, ¢ would have been com-'Pond ; they took liberty of their own accord, —
plete, if, instead of a river, he had been put on They came on board at 8 the next morning, and
he mill to remain idle, wich was tctused ; he
demanded ten. Mansy haid wouds followed, and
finally the contractor said that he would be com-
pelled to order his hands to open a breach-at the
sreast of the dam sufficiently large to drain the
water off. Mme Stout threatened that if he did,
he would shoot the [irst one who attempted 11!
and accordingiy went to the house and biought
his gun accompanied by bis sou, who was also
armed witii a gun, ‘The contractor then step
ped up to the 1we Stouts, and drawing trom bis
pockets a couple of pistols, presented ove to
each and commanded them to deliver up ther
NEW AND USEFUL INVENTION.
William Holiins, a resident of Balumore, bas ©
constructed the. modie of a Vessel, called “ay
« Safety Ark,” for whicll he has taken out lets
ters patent for the Uuited States. The objcet
of this invention is to enable tbe arks, boats, & Ce
which descend the Susquehanna, (alter passi
through the present canal, at Port-Deposite,) wo
reach Baltimore in twelve hours, a distance” of 1 |
0 miles, with their entire cargoes on boud, 10
be towed by a steam-boat. :
It is sad, it will also answer to convey the
canal boars, in perfect safety, without trans-ship«
ping at Albany, to the City of New York, and
return them again to the Canal, fully loaded. br:
Many of the citizens of Baliimore have als.
guns, which they did and fled. The contract
sr being in possession of the premises, caused
his hands ta open (ue dam as he bad threatened ;
but they had scarcely done this when the Stouts
reappeared accompanied by a posse olabout 30
ge, armed with divers weapons, who com-,
menced an attack, and tpan which the canal men
gave way and fled, Had the parties been near
ei equal, It 1s conjectured there would bave
pecen more blood spilled; and perhaps
fost 3 but as it is, there was only one person who
received a flesh wound from a small sword, and
sundry persons who received bloody noses.
The posse still retain possession of the premises
and will not suffer a canal man 10 enter there-
oh.
Similar difficultics bave frequently been ex.
pericuced by the contractors, which ate much 10
be regreited by tle friends of internal lwprove
ment, as the progress of the work is cansequcent-
iy much retarded.
SR —
From the Lexington Monitor, May 4.
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION.
The powder mills owned by Spencer Cooper
& Co. situated about a mile and a half fiom
Lexington, Kentvcky, were blown to attoras a
three o'clock in the afteraoon of Friday last, A
negro man who was working ib the louse was
kitled instantly, and two others severely wound
some lives)
ready pronounced it tv be a perfect floating ca
nal. «Nae, Ino
—— i Qs Ea
Dr Robert Honeyman, a’ phystcian of much ||
reputation and learning, who died on the 21st ©
uit. in Virginia, whither he emigrated from
Scotland in 1774, has left the following bequest
in bis will dated in 1821.
«1 also give and bequeath to my son, a Aus
man eb which will be found in a small trunk in
my chest, with. my carnest request that he will ©
carefully keep the said rib, (which is of James
the Fifth, King of Scotland) wud transmit it
carelully to bis descendants.” po
C'ARGEIVS & SLICE: ARTO 1
Rn LAN] ii RY ES
AL Tr Ee TE { } N,
You will meet in parade order, agreeably to
a resolution of the Compary, in the Diamond of
the Borough of Belleloute, on Sa urday the 29th
instant, at 2.0’clock afternoon of said day, equips
'ped in the following uniform, to wit: Citzzns
blue coat, white pantaloons, white vest, black
\cravat or stock. citizens hat with a black cocks
jade thereon, and white: or black stockings &
shoes. Ry
| The members of the company are respect-
od 1 he S3plosin 0% place ining dry house fully requested to be'puncwual in their attends
¥ ors were was upwal 5 of 1000 pounds oliince I'he meeting will be as well for the pur-
pow ory and which sent up a Semin ol Woke pose of making preparations for inspection &
that seemed aimost to teach the skies. € arc} Yai : : :
organization by the Brigade Ios :
informed by a gentleman who has been on the rmning 4 2 peel a5 fe
ground, that he has never witnessed such des} A report is cirenlating by sone of the mem
traction in his life. Every thing near and about’ org of the © Cenrre Guards” that political
the mills was blown lo pieces. I'he glass in Mi party distinction is to be introduced into thie
Coopei’s House, which 1s several hundred yards Company. This is not the fact. Those men
{rom the powder house, was shivered nis. ! .
0 € powder house, was shiv lo AOWS | hemselves at the election far Officers of the
U'ne explosion was beard, and the shock produc « GGyards” created the only distinciion that will
«d by 1t felt, seven or eight miles in the country. ye ogy, ed, and that is, the difference between
his is the second, and by far the most serious,’ en who have to use honest industry for a lives
explosion that has taken place at (nis establish. lihood, and those who do not. lo other words
ment within the last twelve months. Itindicates | “ooo Ce Mechanics onthe ohe side. Tw ’
the great danger and #isk that arc 1pcurred 0" Gontlemen, or those who please to term rr
the manufacture of powder; for on 00 MAb es such. on thie other Ang gentlensan
would we sooner rely for a careful attention 0 however, other than farmers & Mechanics, o !
business than Mr. Cooper. We sincerely re posed to such invidious distinctions will be a
gret his misfortune. ceived into the Company, no matter whether he
is a federalist or a democrat,
BYORDER OF THE CCMPANY.
SD § Er
FROM THE NEW YORK EVENING POST, MAY 8.
PORTUGAL.—Captain Budd, of the Mary
Ann, of Pniladelpbia, arrived at Antigua on the
17th ultimo, in 44 days from Lisbon, confirms
«he report that the assassination of the prime
minister of Portugal was attributed tothe king’s
second son, and that the*country was in a state] ENCOURAGED by a nuniher of my friends,
ot commotion. The officers and troops had I,threagh the medinm of iirc press, beg leave
positively refuscd serving under marshall Ber-to inform the public that I offer myself asa
esford, who had in consequence been deprived candidate for the
of his command. The people evinced the most! :
marked feelings of hostility towards the United Office of Sheriff
States, in consequence of the language adopted at the ensuing General Flection. Stiould I be
by the President in his message (o congress, $0 fortunate as to obtain a majority of your
ee vages, 1 will endeavor to discharge the duties of
PEnsacoLA, APRIL 29.— Arrived at this port, the office with Baslich
on Sunday last, the Columbian vessels of war, :
Bolivar, Commodore Beluche, Captain Clark ;. ; . Robert Tate.
. Miles township, May 22, 1824.
and Boyaca, Capt Brown, with their prize, the
Spanish corvette Ceres. On entering tbe bar-
bor, the Commodore saluted the fort San Care| DAVID ALLEN,
los de Barrancas with 21 guns, which was re- : 3
wucned from the fort with an ¢qual number. Offers himself to the consideration of the
jualified clectors of Centre county, as a candid=
ANTIGUA, APRIL 20.—~About four cloth bor the .
on Friday motoing, the watchmen at the bay Office of Sheriff ‘8
were alarmed by the floundering and bellowing at the ensuing General Election : and will be
To the qualified Electors of
Centre county.
i the edge ota precipice, where he might see commenced rioting with the Cook, Samuel
i that nothing could prevent his destrucuiun—0oxt Johnson,
L + svbat if he had been really blind. thecabin. I instantly ran ou deck, and saw
Fo —— 'the cook running aft and crying Ob, be has
FROM THE NEW YORK
SER. 1G,
i Bs March 10, givg
C0 to the Tb ress:
% was known respecting ne revolt of the pacha olf deed.
Eeypt. It was, however, ascertained that hejand dressed the wound,
hati withdrawn his troops, whick were to acijcame running
when J. T. and F. G
kK suwaing Greece, from the island of Crete, aud the wher they ex pre ssed themselves thus: 1 wish 1t
A 1 ordered
At 11 A. M.ithat morning at 3 @’clock, at which time a yes-
sultan was so much exasperated at his conduct.|was in your heayt upto the handle 3
fiat he hed sent an agent to Calto to bring him!them to retire, which they did.
; howd of the viceroy.
whom they stabbed, myselt being indo. n oy 41d atierwards followed by oilers.
COMMERCIAL ADVERTI- stabbed me, and he was followed by J. T. and
The one that stabbed the cook, J.T.
GRPEKS.—The advices from Odessa, to took a handspike and was going to knock his
accounts trom Constantinople brains out, 1 begged him not to strike Lim 3 he
when wmoihing certaini took my advice, and did oot commit the fatal
1 then took the deceased in the cabio|
in the cabin to sce the wound,
i ordered the boat to be got ready anc I depar-
of several large fish, which had grounded on a thankful for their support for the same.
In’ Patd Eagle township, May 20, 1824,
A o
able difficulty, all drawn on shere, and many ¢f
WILL be sold at private sale a HOUSE &
them lived Ul jate in the day, wreathing and
moaning in a most pitcous manner. There an-
i creat LOT situate in the Borongh ci Bellefonte, ad-
There are on
imals were 68 in number, all sizes, from 7 to 18
joming a lot of Samuel Harris.
icet in length, the largest 12 lect
ER resgimble the porpoise more than fo premises a Waggonmaker shop, 36 feet in
i he whale. Hength and 34 i . A HEE
length and 34 ig width ; a Blacksmith shop 18
Te by 22, with two fires ; both of which are well
A letter from St. Thomas of 20th ult, states calculated for carrying on the above business’
that a violent shock ef 2n earthquake wes felt extensively, For terms apply to
CHARLES MACKEY,
Karthause, May 21, 1824.
‘sel bound in with a cargo of coffée, sunk,