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BALTIMORE/July 9 .
From the Merchant's Coffee lliufe Boohs,
Yeftcrday arrived, (chr. Sea Flower,
Boyle, % days from St. Picnics, Mart.
r* r ijb*fUot of thia vdfclyfays that on Friday
ft he was going down from Hampton, he
; met four English men of war going op to
iismpton—ihey-fued and brought too j or
4 Hampton boats, and Cent a letter by one
, of them demanding water, other wife .they
would tak? it by force—he left the EngUfh
Iftips in Hampron Ruads on Saturday, they,.,
had with them iw armed and full
of men ; it was expend they would fend
tjjiem up )a«ic» River for wafer. He fur
ther fays that iaft week, about 200 of the
Enghlh atterr.p ed to gp on Hiore at L/nn
} aven Bay, and were eppofed by 400 A
mcricans: a fight enfucd two or three Araeri.
c»r.a were wounded, and 401 5 English
killed. This wag the report among the mer
chants at Norfolk. He also informs, that
on Wcdndday lad, an armed bng came up
to the Heel ‘in L» nnhaven Bay, fnppofe'd
with difpatchas, that on her anival they
U lifted thdr colouis, the band played ; and
every appearance of rejoicing waa among
■ them. The brig failed the next day,
otsrra
W ASHING TON CUT, July tj.
T 3 Captain John Cox and the Wcjitingtdtt
f roop of Cavalry.
The rffer of your service, in support of
the rights of your country, mcrirs and meet#
the highest pra'fc : and whenever the mo
ment arrives in which these rights mull ap
peal to the public arm for support, the fnirit
from which your offer 8 »ws, that which
animates our nation, will be their fufficient
fate, guard.
To the Irgiftatufe will be rendered a faith
ful account bf the events which have so
justly Acited the fenfibilitics of our country,
of the ttm-tfures taken to obtain reparation,
and of their refult } and to their wisdom
will belong the course to be ultimately por
fued.
Ip the mean time it is our duty to ptirfue
that preferibed by the cxifting laws, towards
which, your lo vices (hould be requisite,
this offer of them will be remembered.
I tender, Ibr your country, the thanks
you so iuftlv deserve.
s ' TH : JEFFERSON.
July 8, 1107.
f A like answer appears, from the Alex
andria papers, to have been returned to
espf. John fiunfail and the riffle corps cf
that town]
There is no doubt that, whatever hope
may be entertained of preferviug peace, «c
•ought to be prepared far war, as it is must
probable we thuil have it. It therefore be
comeo the nation by all the means in their
power to prepare for an event which will
require their greatcll exertions,
Cipt. oa,w fan, arrived at Baltimore,
flares, that the American prisoners who
were in jail In La Guira, h-d been released,
and ore ot them put on board the (loop Alcit
far Salem. Cap s . D. docs not know whe
ther they ware of Miranda's party or not,
/ erpase
PHILADELPHIA, July 9 .
From Waihington we learn, that the Ex
ecutive hiverefolvcd to call Congress, to
meet on the 25th of Oftohcr next; to fend
the schooner Revenge with flifpatchcs to
enr ministers at the court of St, James j
that no : 'taliation is to take place, till her
return, but in the mean cine the f-aports
to be furnifhed, $0 gun-boats to he prepared,
and 1 oQ,Doo m.‘li.Uft embodied and prepared
fur immedia c fcrvicq,
OMENOUSI
We learn from New. York, that the Bri
tl(h emissary Cullen has just taken hmfelf
off! It is supposed that a paffitge was given
to him to Halifax or Europe, in the British
packet.
• - • NORFOLK, July 14.
Mr.JGcnfijc Now ton was the official mes.
fengef of the Prefidcnt’s Proclamation to
Commodore Douglas. He delivered it to
him ‘ ou Sunday evening ; and rcceiv ed
verbal answer, “ that he would next day
quit his anchorage, in o her refpedls
would control his own condu&l” Yester
day, the'Britifh (hips of war left Hampton
Roads; but we cannot vouch for their
having left the waters of the U: States,
*see
• Front the Norfolk Herald.
It is afksd, what power is
given to the President of the United States
to punish the daring outrage committed by
the Bri,ti(h fqaadr-'n on out flag ? a recut
tcnce to the aft of Co*grefs will furhifh the
belt answer to the queltion.
E.xtraßfrom tit lows of the United States,
Ch , ICO, Set. 4, £, and 6.
«* And in order to prevent inful t* to the
authority of the laws of the United States,
whereby the peac;e of the United States with
foreign may be endangered, it fhnll |
he lawful for the President of the United I
States, either to permit or interdift at plea
sure the entrance of the harbors and w aters
under the jurifdiftbo of the United States,
to all armed vessels belonging to anjMbrcign
nation, and by force to repel and move them 5
from the fame, whensoever, any
officer of an armed vcfftl, commissioned by
any foreign power, (haU on the high fras
v ** *■• 1 r ■ -* * * d ##r •?
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Commit in? trefpafii C? Jm f f» 0? lay tpotiu
tion, on any vtfltl of the Uahtd States, *
It (hall be lawful for the President of the U.
States, or such other petlon at heftisll have
empowered far that purpofc, to employ
such part of the land and naval forces of the
United States, or the militia thereof, as he
(hall deem nectffary to compel the said armed
veilcl to depart; or if he (hall think it pro*
per, it (hall be lawful for him to forbid by
Proclamation, all intercourse with such vef.
ft Is, and with every armed veflel of the
fame nation, and the officers and cicws there
of ; to prohibit ail fuppiict and aid being
fumilhed them, and aifo to intfruft the col.
left or of the diltrift, where such armed ves
sel (ball he, and of any and every other dis- '
trift of the United States, to refute per
mission to any veffcl belonging to the lame
nation, or to its citizens or fubjefts, to
make entry or tnlr.de, fu long as the said
armed vdlels (hall remain in the harbors or
waters of the United States, in defiance of
the public authority," ’
RICHMOND, July x*
At this cricts, it is important to inform
the public that the Britilh merchants and
their (aftors in this country, who are very
Ikilfol in noting the signs of the times and
fee the ,f (form of war brewing in the gloo
my fley," are making all hatte to get rhtk
property out of harm’s way, and are very
busily engaged in getting thetnfelvts in debt
to our citizens. We are authorized to de
clare, tiom ur.qucflionablc authority, that,
within a fortnight past, they have been
draining their credit to the utmost in ma
king large purclnfes of tobacco, and (hip,
ping off thei/cargoes without delay. The
(hipimnts of tobacco from Richmond and
Manchcttcr have been larger than ever were
known before in so (hort a time ; and, no
doubt, proportional exertions have bum
made clfewhere.
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CHARLESTON, July 24
By the arrivals yesterday ft«m Afriea,
the melancholy account of the Infs of {He
(hip Independence, Churchill, is coni
firmed. t>he was blown up at j
, when her cargo, confiding of about 200
fla.es, all the c.ew, except the c-ptam, one
mate and two seamen, who were on (here
at the time, psrifhed.
A few days before the Speculator failed,
a Britilh frigate arrived at Kingston wi>h
difpatchi s from England, and nest day fail
edfor Vera Cruz. An embargo was to be
laid at Kiiiglfon two days after cant. Crow
ed failed.
An American in London, writes to his
friend in this city, thus—** The Bntifh
Treaty has returned to England, and 1 am
since intbimed it ts more exceptionable than
lat fiuf imagined,} it comprehends six
teen articles of Jay’s Treaty entire, and
has no desirable feature* ; how to get rid
of it, and place us in the fame situation as
though it never extfled, is the present dis.
ficolty of the executive ; I know not how
to account for the extraordinary folly of
, our minillers at the court of St. Janus’
When 1 Miranda was negociating with
Pilt and D undue and Jir Home Popham
the agents of the fame rain id ry vverc x at
Madrid making profeflions of devotion end
attachment to the Spairilh monarchy and
house of Bourbon, yet e qfipping fleets and
armies to dismember its South America poL
feflions while making these profeffions. Is
the famefetof men likely to adl with mots'
candor towards us ?
The profeflions cf Great Britain were very
strongly communicated by Mr. Merry, but
he was not fix months in the country, when
in conjunftion with Vrujo, he fought to
pick a quarrel with the executive on the
score of etiquette.
The fueden termination of the war by
the treaty of Amiens, alone ftnftrated by
suspending a Brittfti naval armament, the
ohjeft of which was to occupy the Plot Idas,
to prevent our occupation of Louisiana, and
toembaikus in a war, which would keep
us in afticn at both ends of the union—on
the Mifliffippi and §t. Laurence*
An re ra .
By a gentleman jult arrived in this city,
in 24 days from Penfacoia,, information has
been received, that Foulch, governor of
that place, bad abfeonded to Ncw-Orleans,
having been difcovere,d an accomplice with
Burr, in his nefarious schemes against the in.
dependence of this country. — Sav . Inf,
The merchants of Alexandria have resol
ved to suspend the commerce to the Potomac,
and to detain every veffcl in the* harbor du
ring the continu; nee of the Britilh fquadrun
in our wafers—The fame regulation has
been adopted in Baltimore. Pet . hit.
The very venerable and highly refpcfted
John D'ckinfon efq. preilded at the meeting
of the citizens held in . Wilmington, Dda- .
ware, Governor Wright was called to the
chair at Annapolis.' —City Gazette, ■
In the comic of a very (hort time be,
twetn sixty and eighty con boats, fully
equipped, will be (fatioi.ed at the mod ex
pand points of the United States, 10 repel
any aggression that may be offered,
Nat. Ini •
STEUBEN’S Military Difripline,
For Sale Office, at this
> %»',i iriruttgtiULJ- mti .i*m
AUGUSTA, Augufi \ t
i ' ‘k"
The indignation left “at the late outrages ‘
of the BrhiOi is quick in ev cry ftatc in the
union. There is only one .opinion, one
sentiment on the fubjetf—all ate alive to
the independence and honor of the country j
and we dcobt not the government will car
ry the public feeling and wish into Tull
operation.
A /ketch of foreign Se domcftic—Dumor*
,riez directs the military cabinet ot Kuifia;
Hutchtnfon foperintends the eperaiioius-
From the jotltof April to the night of
the yth of Mav 10,600 cannon /hot had
beer fired into Darzic jy the French—The
76 th bulletin is come tonhaud, dated May
the 2®.H—(harp Ikirmilhcs had taken place,
but no general aftion to that d^e— It was
confidently mentioned that negociations for
pence had been commenced at Prague, where
Taliyrand and Lafctrt Were to sffift on the
part of France—'A Ruffian frigate founder,
ed ©ffßagufa ; ail loft—one or two
Tarkilh officers cf'dlttindion hsvehad their *
heads ftnek np on the walls r/ the feragbo,
for being traitors jro their country— An Kn
gli(h corvette, mounting 24 guns, and 120
men, loaded with powder anil ball has been
taken by the French in the river near Dan.
zic. At the late cledlions in Liverpool & j
Bristol, fertous riots took place—religbn
the oftcr/ible cause. Gen. Crowiord with
his expedition arrived at the cape of Good-
Hope—destination not known, 1
At Pctcrfbnrg, Georgia, there has been
a meeting, Benjamin Taliamrro Esq.
in the chair—Their refolations are perfectly
in unison with the warroeft of the Union—
They feel is if they had been'at the ad van- 1
ced posts—We lament ocr limits will not
allow us to publilh them.
The patriot, a Frercb 74, in *hc Chela
peake, has offered her fcrviccs to the United
State* -gainlt the common encmv—This is
nat tlie firft time that French (hips have
r:ndered fi rvices tn the Chefapeakc.
Reports f.on the VVett Indies, which
liy that the Eogiith have declared war u
gainft America, are not to be credited—
previous 10 an open declaration of war, the
Briti/h will lay a geneial embargo on ail
American veffds in their ports ; and this
we expert to learn too soon.
On Monday the 20 -h ult, the annual Com
mencement wqs held at Franklin College ,
Athens, when the extremes were asfollow ,
/o- wit :
A Prayer by the Rev'.i. A. Marfirll.
Mr, Lewis reed the Declaration of lade,
perdmee.
A salutatory Oration in Latin againff par
ty fpiii*, by James Menwether.
An Oration recommending and advoca.
ting the Ifudy of the daffies, by Thomas
Greer.
A French Oration agpinft the opinion that
the bn/inefs of elocution ts to teach what to
think, and not ho%v \o think, by John Al
lan. |
A comic Dialogue between Messrs. Ham
ilton, Greer, Meigs, O’Neal, Rutherford,
and Meriwether,
An Oration on the liberty of the Seas, by
Samuel W. Mcigi.
> A Greek Ota non on Education, by Tbo.
mas Hamilton.
An Oration on Agiiculture, by George
‘ Putnam.
An Oration against Commerce, by Jofcph
O’Neal.
An Oration in jpiraife of Commerce, by
William Rutherford.
A comic Dialogue between Messrs, Mer
iwether, Hamilton, Meigs, Greer and Ru
therford.
A Poem on the incicafe and advantages of
Science, by James D. Jackson.
Valcdictmy Oration by Jchn Douglass. <
The degree of Batchelor ol Arts, was then
confered on John Allan, John Douglass,
Thomas Greer, Thomas Hamilton, SaniuT
W. Meigs, James Meriwether, Jpieph O’
Neal, Wiiliam Rutherford, George Putnam
ami the Rev, John Hodge; the degree of J
Matter of Ana on Gibion Clark, William
Henry jackfon,' James D. Jackson, Thoni-.s
Irwin and F.benezer H,Cummins, and the
Rev. John Thumpfon Batcheloi of Arts of
Columbia College, New. York, was admit
ted ad eundem.
Concluding-prayer by. the Rev. Hope
Hull,
In the afternoon and the following day
specimens of elocution wete exhibited ~>y the.
students in the junior daffes, and the whole
of the performances met the emire approba
tion of the Trustees and a numerous and re
fpcdable auditnoe.
On Saturday ike 4th of July', 1807, a
number of L’dies and Genthraen afletn
blcd at Edgefield Co«. t.houfe, for the
purpose of ceiebra’lug the gloifous amti
verfary o, r Arrcrican Irttfependc’ce, at the 1
requett of rijanv of the well trie i patriots
of 76’. Ei dp.eb Simkins Esq. had pre
pared an Oration 'which iie then delivered,,
and .at a r q-ictt of a commit; et onfil.
ting .of Capt. Richard Johofon, John
Blocker fen. filq. and Col. John Terry,
in behalf ot the meeting, will ihcrtiy ap
pear in the form of a I'ampklet. About
Three o’clock the Citizens attended by
Capt. Youngblood's Republican Blues
repaired to Youttjjblood's Tavern where
they fat down to a Dinner, after which
• the following toatts were drank, under
appearances oßthe tnoft hear:, felt joy and
f "
I
Cheers wngrat&Ui!t)«: S
l. The day—May the liberty . |
secured fade only with the Eamp c f dite I
*. The menjoiirs of tbcfe pairi 0 ? 3 A ■
yielded their Lft breath in their count.-” I
cause.—He who could lorgct their giciiou* B
i. deeds defervc* to be an e*uc lb the 1 o- ° u * ■
of freedom. ... . I
3. The memory of Dr. Benjamin Frank I
liu a ihining hghr in the new world Hi* I
fetvices (Kail m flame every philanth.ro- i I
Bosom whilst lightnings or thunder* I
the fnrrounding hills. I
4. The memory of the great and good I
Wathington (bail bemoft fondly cheriihed I
whiltt gratitude has a place on Earth, I
5. The Prefidcnt ol Ihe United States • I
theunfliaken firiend to the rights of mac* I
Perhaps no man was ever more reviled noa I
ever rendered more "dlential iervicts to foi I
country. (One Gun and three cheers.) I
6. The heads ot Department-— An efoi I
gent conftciiation ot pairiotilm and talent * I
7. The union ot the Srates, The enemies I
of u meet their reward in the indignant I
frowns of an incenfcd country. I
8. The late example of energy in our Re I
publican Government. The attachment of I
freemen to it was above all price—May w c I
hope it will aiway* defeat ti* amkuk, (<s I
views cf Traitor*. I
g. Inftituti«ns of learning—May they he I
) eftabbthed and fiaurilb in every part cf ths I
continent that the advantages of Education I
may be extended to all denominations of I
people. I
10. Agriculture and Commerce.-—WHilft'" I
they enrich the Country —may they never I
introduce the vices cf luxury and exaavL I
gance. I
n. The internal improvements of nut I
country —May they keep peace with the" I
population of aaex'ended country. I
I*. The Sovereign people—May they I
always poflcJs a thouroogh knowledge of I
their rights and pauioiii'ui chough to pre« I
serve them. I
13. The last Congrefs—ln member* I
were bondt and enlightned, I
14. The inhabitants of Louifinna—May I
tlieir attachment to the unLn strengthen I
t with increasing years—yerifii the man who I
would plant in it* bofum the feeds of dif* I
organization and difcortcnt, I
15. The oppu Hid inhabitants of Ireland I
—May they have a speedy deliverance from
all their troubles.
16. l ire gtoaiiing fuhje&a ofdefpol ua
thioughour the World---May the bldfirg*
of the tuture in fume degree ccrrpcnfatc for
the mifems of the past.
17. The State cf bouth-Carolisa—May
her citizens enjoy an equality of right?, an
event which the good lenfc and tmereft of
the great bylk cf the f eople mostly demand.
(OtjC gun and two cheers.)
18. The Charming fair of our country..*
Proud in the idea of living the Wives and
daughters of the mod enlightened and hap.
py people cn Earth... May they molt hr. ,■
rcficicntly fiailc on jhc honed patriot. (Ore
gun and three cheers.-—Song, Jefferfon and
liberty.)
The day doled io perfect onion and con*
cord,
Mr. Driscoz.) ♦
Vi t are happy to find flic Editor cf ther
Angufta Herald is at !aft retorrirg to a ro'-
reCt way of thinking, we notice with plea
sure his acquiescence in the plan adopted by
the Prisidint, as the most proper in the
pr#ftnt critical fuuation ; but as a renuncia
tion of his hitherto Jleady oppofidon would
be too notorious, he retreats by sagacious
degrees.
The PreamMe to the rcfilves of the
mitt'c appointed by the Citizens cf Augusta,
“ has uniformly nianiftfted a difpofuion to
preserve that system of honorable neutrality
which is founded in jufiice, and in urifon
\ with that tranquility and peace for which
our ancestors nobly contended and which
"• they honorably obtained," in preparing
which he was an adive member, & introdu
ced the dawn of his refufeifated Wc
have lecn him life, bloom, tdumph, lan
/ guifh, decay, and now in the twi-light cf
his day, wc anticipate his proving an «r,
emplant “ we are all Republicans all fed.
er-ilifts." Inflead of an hearty ahufe of the
President’s Proclamation, wc find him “all
minor considerations loft in the rne nationl
fentimenr exerted by this event,".admitting
** it will not we prefumebe pretended, bnc'
that the Prelident has at lead as petted a
knowledge of our foreign rela’ions as any in*
o j • il
dividuals have or can have ; and he is molt
aH’uredly as compitenr my other person,
to determine the a titude , the country under
fhis management is o<ji able to atlurne," had
he indited this fetuer.ee in an unqualified
manner, it would l ave acctjtj .d exatt.y with
the ieruHtefeis n»e «/7 T prcnoi rte. But
there will, he a little of the Hnh6y t in all
his antiuidVei lions. Well acquainted as it
E prefu.ned, he fiiould be wuh the firuati 'n
of Euroje, a part of the Globe that hat
engiged the attend n <.»' ail men, of ever 1 -'
Editor, and p tnicclar’y of look a con cn
tntor as hinrfeif, i t w'ndd have Keen fuppC
fed hjs knowledge pf the fuoa»»cn ol hi*
own c untry, would have m?mfellcd itftdf
fiiffi icn f lv to him to be without com pa ii Cm
j hlctfe 1 with advantages and prit ilcdgc.*
denied all others. But this* cry abont
tienal dignity” is the gi..nd tlji/'y Horje
of inv-rrtve. Fdt erne*- this wc think thciO
will be soon no cause. The Pnfident’s
Proclamation contain* foch fubftai.ti. j ma r *
ter, fjeh a dear view of the fare
such w ifdcm, and firmne's, that from a ca *