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Day
25
Month
August
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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Capt. Wilkes, in lus INarrative ot me Oregon Expedilion, describes a visit made by a pnrty up one of tlit? arms of the Sacramento civer to the residence of Captain Suter. He is rcpreseu'ei) as a Swiss by birthj and as having been a lieutenant in the Swiss Guards, during the time of Charles X. Soon after the revolution of July, he carne to the United States, and resided in Missouri. He then removed to California, and obtained f rom the government a condicional grant of thirty leagues square, bound by the Sacramento river on the west. He erected bis dw ellingand fortification on apluee which he calis New Helvetia, fifty miles f rom the mouth of the Sacramento, nnd ihe liead of the navigntion during the diy season. A young gentleman from Newport, named Giger, was connected witli the establishment. When Capt. S. first settled at this place, in 1639, ho was surrounded byhostile tribes of Indians. But, by his energy and management, and the aid of a small party of trappers, he contrived to control them, and even to win many to his aid. Ele held the appointment of administrator, and exercised supretne power in his own district. His buildings consisted of extensive corráis and cNellmghouses. He paid for iabor in goodsjand his stock at the time amounted lo 1,000 lioi-ses, 2,000 cattle, and 1,000sheep. He had forty Indians at work lor him, and had commenced extensivo operations in farming.' He was frank, quite intelligent, and conversed in seve ral languages, and had a wifeand daughter, whom he expected to join him. There werc nine different tribes of Indians in the neighborhood, and within a short distance of New Helvetia. ín the evening, the party was favored with u dance by the Indian boys. Cnpt. S. may well be tialled pioneer. It is by such Dien, and ■withsuch energies, thata new empire will be built up on the shores of the Pacific. -Phil. Inq. EGYPT. On the 30th of June, the French war steamboat, Gomer, arrived al Alexandriawith the Duke de Montperisier on board. The ostensible object of the Prince ia to visit Mehemet Ali and Upper Egypt. - During his stay at Alexnndria the Prince residedatthe palace of said Pasha, called Gabareli, and was the' object of the assiduous attention on the part of Mehemet Ali, who lind just received intelligence of the very gracious receplion recently given to his son at Paris by Louis Phillippe. TURKEY. There ])erhaps has never been a greater moral revolutior than that efiected by the grand Sultan of Turkey, which is at length shaking off the ignoble slumber of centuries,& is now progressinglowards civilizalion - the iron grasp In which Mahommedanism so long kept the minds of the people, is relaxed, and the rights of man and his powers of self-government are now recognized. The idea of a Congress ever being convoked in Turkey, would once have been scouted as absurd, and yet we-see the Grand Sultan has actually a Parliament, consisting of delegates from all parts of the Empire, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of the public aflairs. - This is certfrinly one of the wonders of the nge and may be considered asa forerunnerof events, even more extraordinary. k would seem as though Christianity was descending upon this hitherto benighted región with "healing on her wings."COXKLAGIIATION AT SmYRNA. The following details are taken from a private letter, dated Smyrna, July 9, 1845: "Smyrna is again in misery and ruin: n larger and more awful conflagration thnn the last commenced on the evening of the 3d inst., continued vioently for twelve or fifteen hours and pwards of two days in burning embers nd side fíreá; even up to yesterday here nd there magazines and stone buildings were burning-some from being opened oo soon, when the heated airburst into a lame. The Cologne Gazette gives the followng from the frontiers of Hussia, July 10: ';The revolt of the inhabitants of Turciíli U raat ia had subsided of itself. Afer havingadvaficedas far as Barjaluca, ind taken possession of that town, the rebe separated in Consequence of some disagreciTient amongst thefflselves. They have, however, during, the alFair, violated the Aiiotrian territory. At four o'clock yesterday they suddenly nttacked the soldiers composing tho cordon, and put them 10 the rout after a desperate conflict, in which a number were killed and wounded. The Austrian Government look immediate measuresto prevent a recurrenceof such execsses."CHINA. The netts (rom China is to the 8th ol April. The most remarkable item thereof is an account of an nssault by a mob of Chinese on Mr. Montgomery Martin, Mr. Jackson, (the Vico-Consul.) and Rcv R. llunler. These gentlemen were, it scems, walking round the walís of Cantón, wlien they We re unprovokedly sel upon by the people, from whofn thcy lucküy escaped with rio other injury thati the mortification of being buffeted and robbed by a crowd of low blackguards. - The Governor of Hong-kong had sent to Koying to demand redress nndguarantee lor future conduct, but the result is vet ur.known. The commercial news is of Httle interest, trade being, as far ai British goodsare concerned, vè'ry dull. CIRCASSIA.Accounts from the Caucassus, by the steamcr Cambria, bring the important intelligence that the Circassians have taken from the Bussians aflei some hard fightng and great bloodshed, the Castle of Sotcha, on the coast of Abascia. Sheikn Shamil had arrived at the hend of the River Koubnn with 30,000 men, and had called upon the inhabitants to furnish one man per house, which would mako a very large force. WoronzofT's troops have been beaten by the Daghistanlees, and three or four strip londs of wounded have been sent to Crimea. Many of the Poles in the Rüsslan army had deserted to Shamil. HAYTI. Gen. Piernult, is a full black, over six feet high, erect in figure and about seven ty-two years of age. He slill rides well, is ofien on horsoback, and, for his age, is active and vigorous. He has litlle or no education but is said to be gifted with natural shrewdness, and to be températe in his habits - in the latter particular, having greatly theadvantage of his predeccssor. His wife, from whom he has Jong been separated, has for some years past been residing in Sicily, with her sister, the ex-Queen. Gen. P. is the oldest of thé surviving Generáis of Ohristóphe.

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