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The Quarterly ft? view of JftrJclmcJc'6 Travels. "\Vc notice<I iu a former Intelligen cer, the very favorable observation*, made by the Ediuburg Review on the" Notes of a journey from thef coast (>f Virginia to the terr itor <? of j Hit nois, by Morris Sir/cbecJc ." The j Quarterly Review w hicb is opposed to the Edinburg Review on every subject, political and religious; and pil'licularly on those subjects which are connected with the United Htates, is, as may be expected, uncommonly severe and rancorous in its remarks 011 Morris Birkbeck. The Ei1in burg Review furnishes us with the sentiments of the British nation; and the Quarterly Review the sentiments of the British Government. This is briefly the principal difference of these two publications. The one speaks the lapguagc of the people, tlie other the language of the Court. "I he ^aine difference may he observed in this country. The Edinburgh lt? view is read and admired by everjr republican. The Quarterly Revie* is patronised by the advocates ot Aristocracy and Church establish ments. But to return to w orris lJirkbeck, lie is introduced to us by thi! Quarterly Review in the follow ing manner : ?' Willi regard to friend Morris vve understand that, during the late war, he ueld the le.ise of a f.irm at a rent of about five hundred pounds, which was worth three, times that sum; that in it$ expiring, he " bad it renewed at a rent more nearly approaching its value, when, the the sudden change from war 10 peace having reduced the demand foi pio duce, and consequently the value nf land, to rid himself of his engage ments and his country at the same time, he thre\V lip his farm un bean matin h and, laughing in Ids sleeve at tin* liumcfrous trick which he had played his suspecting laud lord, set put cm a land speculation into the bac k settlements of Nortji America." " Mr. Morris Birk!>eck was not w ithout a cumpagnon de voyage ; he prevailed, it seems, on a young man df the name of Flower> toaccumpa* ny him, a short of squire.?Tina ? flower bloomed freely hi the kindly soil of Hertfortshire, in possession of a fine flock of; Merino sheep, and Svitb them of every comfort'of life} . bit In an unlucky moment he was persuaded by his guide, philosopher Mud friends, that to life happy and Contented under such n government as that of threat Britain, was contra* I ry to all ^ouud reason, and that for his credit sake be must he transplant' eel into a more philosophical, soil; accordingly the ill starred Corydou told off hid sheep, artel consented to *et*k an abode in t country where ?hefcp could riht thiive. Tlie two * farmers had previously made a hasty tour through France, where h thanks to the revolution" every thing was right The '* speculators in land bad been before tlieni" The pro perty (jf which the rich Had >een plundered, Mr. Morris niirkbeck saw with infinite pleasure partitioned out among tlie plunderers, or, as he delicately expresses it, amorig those who stood in need of it, <* thanks to the Revolution!" and they were too well acquaidted with the value of their, acquisitions to admit our friend to any share of them. W onderful Is the prosperity, boundless the if* fiuenceof (ranee! there the peasant* ry have their six bottles of w ine dai ly, arid a change of linuen a mount ing to twelve or fifteen shillings a piece; and in the Tyrenees (where money is nearly as plentiful as on tlie Himmaleyan mountains) Mr. Birk beck found the cominou labourers earning six and thirty shillings a week. And for all this they have to thank the Revolution." When such is the introduction, which tlie English Reviewers have, B'ven this to their Review of Mr. irkbecks books it may be supposed that their remarks Are both censurous and prejudiced. In deed * e do ho. recollect of ever Having read a Re view which exhibits more misrepre sentation, malignity and falsehood than Ine above article in the \^?rte. ? Jiswew. VY e do uoi approve entuv My- <*f Mr. BirkHecks observations. , We tlii 1k many of them untrue .vithoct inoculation; particularly hi? account of Petersburg and Richmond. But we conceive upon the whole that his notes may be extremely useful to e mi grunts. I here is one observation which tlie Revie wers baye extracted, nnd which had escajied <j^pr notice in read ing Mr. Birkbeck's book. It is the following; *?Washington is said to be a thriving town, with 2500 inhabit ants ; it has a college with about a hundred students. But, says our author, " from the dirty condition of the schools, and the appearance of loitering habits among the young men, I should suspect it to be a coarsely conducted institutionnil this, however, he ascribes to the fa tal influence of the concourse of free negroes." We are oPoplnion Mr. Birkbeck would have |$ven a l>etter reason if he had beeii informed that the college of Georgetown is a Roman C atholic institution, and that all the professors are priests. j - - In speaking of Mr* Birkbeck's last volume, his letters from Illinois; ihe Reviewers observe : " some ma licious friend has furnished him with a motto of ominous import: Vox clamantis a deserio / the voice of one crying out of the desert. The fact we suspect* is thai simpletons dtTwot i flock so readily as he expected to the' | Paradise thus opened for thrtn in the 1 wild ; he is evidently alarmed, there fore, lest he should ire left to the solitary enjoyment of his own happi ness. Mr. Birkbeck allows too much to hi* own cunning of too little to the understanding of ilia readers ; for his plan to procure associates is most clumsily laid. He hasscarcely* as we have just observed, traced the outline of his jElysium, ere ^rc^ktts to toasting as loudly of his pleasures and his protits as if they were already received : he sees liarvests spread before he has vet planted a grain of corn, atld villas arise before he has mortised the few rude logs which shelter him from the weather:?Nay, he receives letters from anxious in quirers in various uirt?tpf"Europe^ respecting the blessings to be obtain ed by purchasing lots of land in his neighbourhood, &c. &c. he answers them <\ith a gravity that might make one split. Nevfcr was the game of malce-beliere played with such ludic rous, solemnity and sucnimpudence." The (Quarterly Review ? concluded its remarks in the same strain of viru lent and malignant abuse: 4< iiad this man .submitted, during his long course of prosperity to a thousandth part of the privations which are now forced upon him, it is ap|iarent, from his o\v n statement, that he migut h ive realized a sufficient sum to purchase tfte estate which lie cultivated; fmt vanity first indulged to excess, and then mortified, joined to a want of principle, destroyed all his advanta ges, drove him from wociety* and" settled him down-9 iti the pestiential swamps of the Wabash; w hence he looks at England (like another great "anticipator") with jealous leer ma lign, and seeks some alleviation of his ulcerated feelings, in attempting to seduce her Capitalists to follow his steps, aiid partake iti his wretched ness/' _._JL4 Doctor Jonhson, in his strong language, has some w here said, that u pat not itm is the last refuge of a dcondrel." The patriotism of Alor-;j ris Birkbeck, wt will do him the justice to believe, is not exactly that which is meant by the Doctor: for ?in fact, we know not well what it is; for he seems to dirfclaiia the feel ing as well as the word, in every sence of it with which we are ac quainted." Just received ?find, for sale by C. EMILti CATONNET. 3 bbls Orangcl * & 12 bbls best Gnoshcn ChdK? 12 boxes Muscatel Kaisins 1' rc t*li Arabmn Dates Ditto. Currants Ditto Brazil .^Mts Ditto N. CJllcRi^ January 2ft ( AMUti.W H. Thursday, Jan. t?, tMD. VVc have extracted from the History of bngland a detail of tlie effects proauced by the celebrated South Sea Bubble. Our readers will judge whether it U or is not applicable to the present state of the char tered banks of the United States. W e re gret {hat want of room prevents our ad ding Postlewaites admirable account oi it and Ue .aw passed in consequcnc* of the misconduct of the directors. M Thf Cotton Jllarket. In order to poiin out tiie knKis of Cot ton competing with that oflhe U. States we have copied the pricea of those s?id in the week ending the 30tn November at Liverpool. . Jjftr 340 Bales Bengal Cotton from fid. to ??$ X1Q_ do. Su.l s 42 j In 15^ ^80. do. Pernams * 03 130 do. Banias 2^3 toil J 4<X) do. Mannhams a I .2^ 1000 do. Mina Ci rea 18 130 do. Demarar* 1 ^ to 13 do. Bahama ,18 57 do, West India 17 From the United 9tatr*. .. 970 bales Bw<^l 16$d. to 20 300 do. Orleans )7| to2()> 140 do. le anew 15$ 250 do. Sea Island 32 tp 39 a 54 By accounts of the 1st December, it ap pears that there had been a brisk market and 9,300 bales were sold ; and although thc^ had not sold at much higher prices it * secinS to assume r better aspect. A Liverpool correspondent of the Au vrU8ta Oironiclc after stating the quantity pt Brazil and other Cotton says u as A incr ican Cotton (at or ncalr its relative price) is a most favorite article with the consu - mers, and better adapted for general puiv poses, it will tk> doubt continue to support good prices, all things considered ; but ii eannot contend against *uch a weight u.> we shall have the coming year, or at the, close of this, without some1 re fen en ce to tbe price ofothtr cotton, anil \\t should think 65 cents for UpHmd& should he the extreme limit at which purchases thi* market oti^ht to be mide. Wo see no reason to doubt a continuance of the pr? - sent rate of consumption, and if what we have laid before you should assist your judgement, we shall ?c$i satinfecubn*" jrEivroitie. In Mr. Clintons admirable speech wfe nee it well observed, that <? our ctaintry is in a state. of profound |reacts which promises a long dura iion, ami even the civilized n-it.on* of the hemisphere have sheathed i.ir desolating sword. An etiiighu'ut'ti atwffcxalb^spmt-reilotniTrriPs friend ly, to the prim iry -interests of (in state,?to the promotion of agricul ture, commerce and the ails,?to the encouragenieiit of literature and sci ence, of schools* academies, College*; universities and learn* J societies,? (o the advancement <?f those great in ternal communications winch form the basis of individual and public, wealth, and to the elvation of our ra tional charade*, l?y works of public and |ierin?neut Utility, and by acts which'dttasult the* welfare and the dignity of the human race. In ad dition to these distinguished advanta ges, we have enjoyed the blessings of a healty season and of. an ahiiti daht harvest; our seminaries of in struction have increased in useful ness ; oAr population is augmenting beyond all former experience ; jus tice is administered with purity and ability; the majesty of the law? is respected; the influence of religion and morality is spreading: And, af ter fully estimating those afflictions, which must be e*|>erienced by ill human beings, and those evils which Are incident to all human institutions, it is not too moch to say, that we ne ver hat) more reason to be greatfhf to the Almighty Dispenser, of all good. At rf period so auspicious, we cahnot therefore Anticipate disap pointment from yctar deliberations.'? As the faithAi) representatives of the |>eople, possessing their confidence, you will not hesitate to obey their voice. And, in discharging an im portant duty assign* d to me by the constitution,' I si.all exhibit to ymi . it bout reserve, but with (he mrtst Monml respect, my vit'ws of tlie , ;ticy which ought to l>* pursued, of (lie evils which ought to be corrected, I And of tl?e measures uluch ought to be adopicd." j He Mieii |>roceeds to state that the .1 success, attending the effort* of ihe t State h*y*e been great as was expect- ' ed. He judiciously adds 4* but there are other auft more i .porbint consi derations connected wiih this subject winch is the very essence oi our liberty; and prt>s|>crity. The gioouij and comfortless doctrine, wiiii ii sup- \ poses man incapable of a free guv- j eminent necessarily implies that he must be subject lo a hau one, l>ecau>e it pre?up|Mises his utter incompetence to govern either others or nimelfc? 111 hereditary and "elective monar chies and indeed iu all governments not fouuded on the brotu basis of equal representation, Lie actual ruler is the priuie^ minister o; the day, e lected from time to time by ihe prince to govei ?ithe country. ? *v he toe r this right uf choosing oe vested iu au ne reditan elector, or, in an elector hir life. api>ointcd bv a diet or a con clave, or, in an elector choseu oy au army ol Jauissaries, it is cleat that it is a faint recognition of the repre sentative principle transferred nom the body of tile people to au lire tpousabie individual totally unlit, from bis situauou and education, to e\eicise it witli patriotism and intel ligence. \V ho tlieu can douot Uie sopeiior excellence of a free govera mem, its intire accordance ft illa toe digthu of man and ivs almost e\clu oive devntcdness a"dd ha^piueas r put in Uie tJnited States our lioet;y "and our union are inaepetaniy cou necied. A dismentbermt lit of uie republic into a separate confederate* would necessarily produce Uie jeal ous Ciicnmsi>eciio|i yUostile pre par tiousslarge st jtding Armies uiinT be i;n T?vui tely raised ;. unceasing and vindi cative WATS would follow, ami a mil iary despatisni would reign tuuuipu nut on the ruihs uf civil liberty. A dissolution of Uie union may there fore be considered the natural deatn of our free government. And to a vert this awful Calamity,, all local prejudices anil geogtapiucal disuue tions should be discarded, the people sliou d he uluated to irequeui in tercourse and bt uetiCialii?4er-C0iiimu | iiic<dion and the whole iteuuo^c I ought to be* bound together by tuu ?.il()en ties of commerce aud Uie ada ? ? ' S ? i I m an tine chains of interest! \\ iun I the W estern Caual is finished and <t communication is formed between frvtvOIjchi&ad and the Illinois, Ri ver, or between the Ohio and , the w*ale|*s of Lake ErieJ the greater part bf the United Stated will Irotn Mine yrt?l island susceptible of circumna vigation to the extent of many ihou | sand miles* 'flic most distant parts ' of the confederacy will then he in a state'of Approximation am! the dis- 1 thictions of Eastern and Western, of j Southern and Nortliern interests will ' be entirely prostrated. To lie in strumental' in producing ?o much good, by increasing the stock of hu man lm|>piii? ss,?by establish!us; the perpethity of free government and, by exte tiling the empire of itnprove went, of know ledger of freflneraent ami of religion is an ambition wor thy of a free people; The most ex ulted reputation is lliat which aris.es from thf dispensation of happi(,eM to our fellow creatures and that con duct is moat ac< rotable to Gh <| ? (iicli is moat beneficial to roan. Charac ter is as important to stales as to in dividuals, And the glot> 0r a re,in ? lie founded on tb^ promotion of f he general good is the common proi?er ty of all its cltiftMiR." And on the bankin^yiitfm he tt Ues "Tin efrihafTa*9m<ntH itisinu; from thfe disordered stat?: of imr currrrtcy have increaasd, instead of dindnish ing.since 1 had the honour to addfes4 the legislature oil thin snjut. 'The vast excesa of paper abtr*\ ? nietaltir ' money, at least treble iti rtin-mti!,? and (tie constant demand for tin* la - ter, have produced a state, oi :dari?? and anxiety, and have created ^r#af distress, not only in the mercantile cities, hot in all the ddpaftrbeits of ;>:-??<hictive industry. Aixl unlets euivieut preventives are adopted and sui'nlrie remedies th* evil; w i;; in* in * s iti* of p:^ .uis: rneio tion. H;e *uppln> ?:f it,e pp& cious metals h.?ve decreased in cnu*.| sequence of the a^itajon^ i.. pn:sh 3 A i.ericn. . nil our meUll(V ojoii< v is cpntinnallv diminishing by its < 011-. H version iuto dMK les of luxury an JTi accomniothvion aud !>^ >a*texp?>r-1 t&tion* to Asia. On the t tiier haudp J pajier m-mey is au^nirtuiikj;, the ?iti-$ provident conduct ol :hc^oYeruun~n?lu ?' in the* reatum of banking; insiiiiduvasrl for vwry nevy bank mil increase he^ quantity of pa er -i on?-y. by a ]for- f ced ciroilatiod (if its n.no*? A pro- 3 position to iuve%t banks . itli vxiir* |K> v er of coining inoitev* would brwfc no advocates aucU yet i{ mi^lu not be ; J so pernicious us the authoioy a bend/ 3 grained of emi dins; <? ;iik nobs:? jj for, in the-fortm t* c;?8o, tins ,l,oueJtAj Would have 4ntritudc vaiuty aud its emission would In? li uited i?y da precious petals and, in the o;h^r# jl value would depend upon toe in it in whicu these iastitutims wore, es- jfti jtahlisued and administered and Um extent wf their ability to obtain tna en?rn\ing uutem?s. To arrest <'uifc prioress of evil* so alarming \\M re requir* the it>rdial f aid etier^i Ur. operation of tUe peo de Mid ' \h \r go* ^ vernnenU. If we retu.ii to ?*ie oU-^r servance of that ecoiojn* and rfui&fij 'pliciiy most liecnmiu^ tl^ufr'jf of ] freemen, we may caniMendy c icu-' ; late, upon being re^ai *il ?r^ui ti.is un* v jbtivi i Its siiwuian. Having <tiii\. ?11 lty opposed die multiplication ^^ ,u s I now f idj*, Vx press opinion* .jf^t?fot%4 dor m tuy /car* after ni?uim d%dlUcM t ion, a nil Wiiioh /tiv every d*y *Aue- '??* twined 'ay the progress Art' tVno tu;d ? 1 1 ? \ v\t m ? .,!' <? "<|>M r?<v< ice. *? J, r? ) % ' i?i - v ? ? V?;'1 ^ ?? LoU'sJue \\* c ii tie* ^-2* Ja.tuury ' ? Butter fib.) : ",7?* a Bacon do. v7?* Brant tv, - ?,.- Tn1 " 37 5 'd? ftc^a* W IK .(IliiJ . - - ? 2 > (Jfr * ? Upland Cuttori, - - - a Corn ?sb'ivi.) . - - - 187 do * Coffee, do. ;> . - 3* do Flou1*, fintj, C*niden (bbh} 13 dolqfak', Lard - - ^5 it In, cci " Pork *. - - ? > t <4 |(t Sufcat - - - 17 <t I Tax llel'.ii'a For the year l8X<j Will Vk% ?uivc<l on .viowUy a id T-i4 * day tiv- 9U and 2 *d February , at. ttore on beaver c?e<;k, thv24th at Kiat Rock, th'.* 24th at Oeorup? W \is%the 25th at i)v k*uns\ and the ?f:h at jjnji M'C iy'i. Returns wilf 6e received ., cauiden until the sOtLi Mrtrch. A| returns are necessarily recj?ali^.< ear- % lier than heretofore, it is reo ueited *.*? * U^nerai". attendance Will bo ^iven &( tiva places? ?fappointrtient.; ^ /'.' Clut les J.1 Snanncn, Coll ector & th January -ft "-;? :'? ' - # ... "*? 'W - History, " those Kcut'^tifju in C irrfdtn aii-l ita ?klnitv, who hav^ 'mihsc -iheJ for IUm? Say'sHfotory of the U*. Siatsi, are re quested o caU at CJr eoiyfc Forbes* hook store opposite. Col. Nixo.i\* where tbep can receive, their Book J. accordn,^ to sub* *ac riptiotK * '? *' 1 , '?>*" * . , < ' .1 ?% ? ? ? T ? ? Vt'. ? * * J f v. ? ' -? ? .i ? f + .1 ? ? ii ? i i t? ' ? * ? V ' ?--'^1 i tie i ? #. . ? ''M* t?* i . 4i to Augusta, h is appointed . vf?. David iCfW ans his atfent r*? sell, rero?ye a id pay, or do any of his business. >o'm N t idin, - /?*. _____ | Uj. gltje ^ Lots No. IMTand 1040 tyinjj ?n the East *ide of Br .a<K?*treet and tooth ol .he lot iate.y owned by &iisha Be I. Anf pei%m wishing to purchase the ai.ir "Aid lot s may do so on liberal tei/ns, arid witli a credit, by mal tntf Application to VVilliaitt WWillie. Jamiai^ 2 I tf '? ' ? ,r ?YO rii E Is hereby given to all tnose indebted to th j copccn oi' Baiiard an ! Dye, will co ne forward an?? -ake pay.ncUt for no longed v. 'u| ^ January 26 sciio oITjs'G ricEu *7 Those qrefitrjiiieii w io feci an interest ' i the pr ?sp rity of the tainde/i School Sssociation ; and, nf ihc Sc?iik)? uncle** t ie ? '?irettioii ot M.-. MM^wen are retjiK'^t'.'d , uwet O'i Saiuulty tjext a* 4f. m at , . < *oiirc?! ionic, fjr tlir p rijo^cof *. >?i i a j,ropusitioa t? unite the two ?>c