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, L'_ —} ©]asß©s?a®obi£a PLrKSHEII IJT * • KEAN & CHARLTON. liWemng. lUSTOIUCAL AF.HALKS Ou ¥VotiAaa, Continued from the iicorgian of the loth inrt. During (he revolutionary war be tween the United States' and Great jjrita'm, the Floridas were in the possession of the latter. St. Au fmavie, Pensacola, and Mobile, were garrisoned, and some out-posts were advanced to the nver of St. Mans. These a‘,rong holds affor ded an asylum lor those who were Hina fleeted toward the independence of the United States, and gave the British government an ascendency over ail the Indian tribes to the jiorth-west of Georgia- Ip 1770, govenor Tonya, ofE'St- FUnula, fitted out, privateers to an noy t lie sea-cost ot Georgia and Car olina, in which they were very suc cessful. The disatlecfed, who fled from Georgia to the Floridas were organized into a regiment, under the command of colonel Drown, and were denominated the Florida Ran gers. —There predatory attacks b) land, were ‘generally simultaneous 1 with the privateers along tire const. Captain John linker, of Gem gin, with seventy militia, advanced to Ht. Marys river, with the expectation of fating Wright’s for t try surprise. He killed and made prisoners a boat’s new, but found the garrisr n 100 strong to make an attack, with any probability id success. Raker retreat ed eight or nine miles, where be encamped; and during the night, two of his parly, Daniel and James M,Girth, deserted, stole thirty hor ses, and joined the British at St. Ma rys. The former was rewarded by an appointment of lieut. colonel, mid the latter to the command of •company in the regiment of Florida Hangers* Several plans were sugesled by the government of the United States, to reduce St. Augustine, bat Fort fit. Marks, by which it was defen ■ded, was too strung to take with a. formidable force and heavy artillery. Fort M,lutosh, a stockade work of one hundred feet square, was erected cn the north side of Sattilln river: the garrison, consisting ol one company of continental troops, was commanded by captain Richard "Winn In order to gain the coun try between Aitamaha and Satti >u, Which afforded hue summer pasture, and upon which t ere were a num ber of cattle; an expedition was fitted out at bt, Augustine, i g nnst Fort M,lntosli, in Ki ln 1777. The comtnnud was continent to co lonel Fuser, and consisted of four companies of British regulars the Florida Rangers, and a party o. In dians, commanded by the celebra ted chief Cussuppa, with two six Jiounders. The fort was defended or two days, and then surrendered by capitulation. Lieutenants Milton nod Caldwell were retained as hos-" tages Pur the performance of the stipulations, anti the remainder ol Winn’s company returned to Savan nah, as prisoners of war. In April 1777, governor Gwinnett of Georgia, projected an expedition ng.iinstSt. Augustine. Colonel Bil ker was ordered to proceed by land, with one hundred and nina militia, and colonel Elbert’s regiment, con sisting of four hundred continental troops, embarked in three gallies and Small boats, and proceeded by the inland passage. Sawpit Bluff, twelve miles from the north of St. John’s river, was agreed upon as the place of rendezvous, on the 28th of May. the British spicier discovered Ban ker,s detachment, soon after In crossed St. Mary’s river, and lie fore he reached his destination.— hen Elbert reached Amelia Island, it was found tnat the depth of water would not admit his gallies through the inland passage. To add to i Liber’s embaras'inent, two armed British vessels from St. Augustine. Were weighting for h m, at the south end of Amelia Island; in prevent his crossing the sound, and to at tack him if he attempted a passage out side of the island, either of which must have proved fatal, and prevented Elbert’s junction with Bakerat Sawpit Bluif. These move ments, on the part of the United States’troops, were regularly com municated to the British governor at St. Augustine, by his spies,* and be had idupted such measures as were | best calculated to destroy their cf- 1 facts* Tae two armed vessel* which ( ha has sent round to the south end ( Amelia Island, were incompe- ' ,Vnt to a successful attack, in the inland passage; but were sufficient to ensure success, if made in the Sound, or on the sea. , Governor Touyn ordered colonel i Brown, with three hundred Florida ! .•lingers ami Indians, to march in i ot colonel Baker's detach- < 'mart. The spies having discovered < his position, Brown attacked bis ’ camp by surprise on the 17th of May, i in three divisions. Baker was dc- i seated, with the loss of three killed, five afterwards murdered by the In dians, nine wounded, and thirty one, including the wounded, were taken prisoners, the residue lied in different directions, some joined colonel Elbert, and others returned to the settlements in Georgia, in small parties. All hopes ol a sue cessful termination to the expedi tion, on the part of Elbert, being at r.n end, he returned to Georgia, Men who hayc rendered themselves conspicuous by acts of treason, have a just claim to particular notice in history Captain Arthur Carney, who had been appointed to the com mand of a company in the first con tinental battalion in Georgia, ig norniniously abandoned the cause of his country,and joined the Biitish in St. Augustine. His mind does not appear to have been stored with a sufficiency of info; malio.i to qual ilyl.iin for the practice of villanies upon an extensive scale, but to acts of a petty kind, his talents* His re t iilei.ee was favorable to his purposes, and undercover of Id's commission, his treachery was practised for a considerable time, without suspicion. Me resided between the Aitamaha and St- Marys rivers, where himself and others owned extensive heads of cattle. After his own were exhaus ted in secret sales, to the enemy of his country,ln; aided in the collec tion of others, which belonged to the inhabitants of Georgia, for the supply of (he British troops ir Florida, Ultimately, he tied to St. Augustine, and took an active share, in the royal cause. Such men should 1 always bear in mind, “ I love the treason, hut i hate the traitor.” General Arnold was insulted for standing near the king. In 1778, general Provost, then governor at St. Augustine, received such an acquisition of foice by re fugees from the Carolinas and Geor gia, that he cherished the hopes ol conquering the latter. He had com municated his place of operation to the commander in chief at New- York, and solicited tne co-opera tion of a naval force. At the same time live government of the United States,projected nn expedition fur the conquest of K. Florida. Gen. Howe, with two battalions of Georgia & Car* oliua continental troops. Gov. Moms ton with the militia, and colonel Williamson with a regiment ol South-t arolina militia, marched in three seperatedivisions, to St. Ma ry's river, ami consisted the force intended to reduce. SG Augustine. Three st perate heads, to such a mass of disco; dant materials, had the ef fects, which one moment’s reflex tion of a military sage, vvoul I have foreseen, It would have been a* dilfinilt for one human body, to have acted consistently under the capri cious whims of three heads, as it would have been for this military force to have acted with effect, under three seperate commands, independent of each other. When the army reach ed St, Mary's river, the British dc molished Fourt Touvn,and retreated to Alligator creek, and fortified the encampment with logs and abhatis. Howe ordered three hundred men to pursue the British, and attack them in their camp. An attempt was made to take it by storm, but colonel Elijah Clark, w ho command ed the assailants, was shot through the thigh, and (he defences being (omul impregnable, they retreated, with a loss of three men killed, and wounded. The United States’ troops, being unaccustomed to the climale, were attacked witli fever, and in a short l ine, one third of the armyjin the hospital Howe ordered tlvc con vention of a council of Mar; and they advised a retreat. The sick were sent to the mouth of the river, and returned in boats and small ves sels I)v the inland passage ; but many of them died on their way home. Howe, w ith the main body, retrac ed bis former rout. Colonel John M.lntosh, with one hundred ami twenty new continental troops w ere posted at Sutjhu-y, and the feeble re mains of regular troops, returned to Savannah. Encouraged by the result of this disagterous expedition, general Pro vost determined to ijfiog his whole toice against Georgia. He had been advised that the commander in thief it New-York, had embarked a 'orce to form a junction with him at Sa vannah. Colonel Fuser embarked ou board of small vessels,.with me division of the troops ami some light artillery, with instructions to take 1 '-unburg. Colonel James Mack provost commanded the infanrtv, who were transported by the inland pas sage to Aitamaha, with instructions | to join lieutenant colonel M,Girth, with the Florida Rangers and a party of Indians at Fort Barrington. Provost iormed a junction with 1 M,Girth, and advanced toward Mid way opposite to, and within ton miles of banbury. An American lotce, consisting principally of mili tia, were hasti.y collected by Gen- 1 eral Seri ven ja ad M;»jor Baker was 1 •• ’ :y - i detached with a email p*rly, to T>*r- h rass Provost on his advance. A a slight breastwork' was hastily con- r structcd across the road ; a mile and 0 a bait south of tydway meeting s house, in an advantageous position; s flanked by thick woods, at the end I of a causeway, defended by two six f pounders. Provost advanced, and a I warm contest ensued. Gen. Ecn- > v*n received a mortal wound, early ( in the contest, Os which lie died the » nextdav. toh i’rovost’s horse was 1 killed about tin; middle of the contest, i but he was soon remounted. The unequal contest was finally 1 yielded and the Americans retreated 1 to Ogechec Ferry.—Provost’s com- 1 inand, including Indians, consisted 1 of lour hundred Col. White, who succeeded Scrivcu, had- about one hundred, ?rovost pursued (lie Ame ricans for a few miles, where he en camped tnvait for intelligence from (he forces vith which he expected to form a junction. Co! Elbert advanc ed from Sivannah to Ogechec ferry, where he tlrcw iq> temporary works. M‘Gir(h, jho was well acquainted with the cdmtry, informed i’rovost, that it wo)Id be impossible to pass Ogechec, wthr.ut a great superiority of fotce, i it was defended. Pro vost havin; ascertained that there was no irtelligonce of the British force from IN. York, and that Fuser had armc 1 ! at Sudbury, decided up on an iimiediate reticatto St. Au gustine. On his return, mid-way meeting house, and almost every dwelling louse, and Rice barn in the country, ms plundered and left in smoking ruins. Head winds prevented Fuser’s ar rival atSnnbury, until after Provost had retreated-. On the first of De cember, he entered the harbor with several small vfsscls, laden with bat tering cannon,[besides artillery and mortars, with five hundred men. Af ter making hm arrangements to at tack the fort bj land and water, he demanded a surrender of the fort! Col. M‘lntosh considering it i mea sure of policy, to put a daring front upon his feeble condition, lacoani cally replied, came and v;tk« it.” Fuser asccrtaiucd that the ISorthcrr forte had not arrived and that Pro-' vosthed retreated,embarked and 10l lowed his example. When these oflh «rs returned to St. Augustine, each charged (lie other with miscon duct, and the cau.-c c! failuie m (ho objects ot the expedition. This tar nishes another evidence of the fatal effects of uniting two equal beads, in the command of a military expedition. Early in December the expected British fleet, consisting of two thou sand regular and provincial troops, arrived at Savannah, under the com mand of Col. Campbell, defeated general Howe, and took possession of die city. Hi« arrival was communi cated to General Provost, who em barked and marched, with a mixture of Regulars, Seamen, Rangers Mili tia and Indians, amounting to two thousand men. This force formed a junction at Suntmiy on the <s'h Jan uary. 1779. Major Lane who then commanded the fort, had been order ed to demolish tiie works and retreat to (he back country ; but he disobey ed the order and surrendered without resistance. Col. Campbell extended his military posts to Augusta, and Provost resumed the government of Georgia. , Fia tSt Marks, in St. Augustine;, has been heretofore described, as a formidable work ; and Provost ' ad left it garrisoned by a suffi cient force to secure its defence.— At that period, Gen. Campbell was commander in chief, in West Flori da. General Galvez, governor of lower Louisiana, (aka.g into view the weakened condition ol East Florida, considered this a favorable moment, for the reduction of West Florida.- lie accordingly fitted out an expedi tion against Baton Rouge, a fortress on the Mississippi, garrisoned by four or five hundred men, under the com mand ol Lieut. Col, Dickson, which was surrendered by capitulation, ate iu 1799. Gen. tialwz then fumed his attention to Mobile, which was garrisoned with three hundred men, tinder the command «! Capt. Dunford, of Engineers, and Lieut. Governor of the province, which was def,Milled more formidably, hut ultimately sur rendered by capitulation, in January 1780. Dunlord was Campbell’s chief engineer. Pensacola being the Capital of West Florida, and the place of rcsi dence of Governor hestert twenty thousand pounds sterling had been expended, under the direction of an Engineer of some celebrity in his pro fossien,inputting the works in a *ta(e of defence ; there‘mo general 'amp hell believed he would be able to de fend it with the troops under his com mand, consisting of six hundred re gulars and three hundred provincials (fen. Galvez tilled out a fleet a* the Havana, under (he command of Don Joseph Solano, ia February 1781, consisting of twelve sail of the line and several frigates to attack Pensa cola. Soon after lie got to sea a vio lent storm arose which dispersed his ; whole fleet. The storm continued ■ for thirty hours j three T4’s and one (54, were lost; and two thousand one hundred and eighty tifficersy «amfen *! and land troops. The ships were repaired and the fleet again sailed in ami *, seven thmiflpd men. Don Gfliv"di3emW™pd his land , force at Pensacola, his operations by land, wluß: his na- t val force was employed irapattering o the works from the water—on the Stli of May, he made an assault, in which he succeeded in gaining possession j of, and dcinulislicd part of the Ad- s vanned lines of defence* Pending t this assault, a shell bursted the door » oi the principal Magatine, and one •! of the redoubts was blown up by the - ( explosion. Campbell finding bis j work wo longer tenable, hoisted a s white frag and suggested terms of ca- • pitulatioii, and surrendered ou the ' 9th of May, 1781. The possession of the Floridas by , the British government, during (ho i revolutionary war wish the United i States, gave important advantages to the former, had a tendency to pro- 1 tract the war, and render its progress more 'sanguinary- British merchant* found their interest in supplying the Indians with goods, in exchange for peltry; which neither the merchants nor the government of the United States, had it in their power to pro cure. Presents, which were given in profusion, purchased the Indian* friendship, and enlisted them in the service of the British government The dread ot the hatchet and scalp ing knife; diverted the attention ol (he militia, from carrying oa the war against Great Britain; to the defence of the Frontiers. The Florida:* also furnished a» asylum to those who were d.safleeted toward a republican change of government in their own country; winch would not otherwise have been presented to them. St. Augustine was also made the repos itory for the safe keeping of United Sta'es prisoners. The possession ol the Floridas, rendered it a measure of policy in the British government, to change the scat of war, from (he north to the south, in 1799; and it is very doubtful, whether Georgia and '•moth Carolina, could have been con quered had it rot been for the ad vantages derived from the possession **f these provinces. These circum stances indcnct.de: t of other consi derations; will render the late ces sion, very important to the U. States, ft would be an act of injustice to close this subject, without acknowl edging the uni'emilted perseve rance of rhe President of the United States, in his capacity of Secretary of State, as well as of slate mag istrate, in. bringing to maturity, the late treaty with Spain and al (hough Mr. Forsyth, was u suc cessful in his five efforts; (he con clusion of the treaty, affords the strongest evidence of policy and great talents, in obtaining all the points ex pected by his government This is proved by its immediate ratification by the President and Senate of the United. States. The Floridas have not been suf ficiently explored by men of talents, to give any thing like a correct dc tiniation of the geography or syfice. The best maps wav. made about forty ycarsagoj and arc believed to bt ve ry incorect. The little progress which has been made in the cultiva tion of the soil, scarcely exhibit , the evidences ofagricultural pursuits except on the river S John’s, and in the immediate vicinity of St. Augus tine and Pensacola and it is difficult to fathom the policy of the Spanish government, in discountenancing those pursuits. Notwithstanding the barrenness of a large proportion of the surface : it is probable that (lie lacy of the country will present very different features in a few ye a• s- Making experiments upon a 'small scale, in the cultivation of many of the tropical fruits, maybe well e nough; hut it is probable that the cultivation of the Cotton and Sugar earn*, will prove to be the most ad vantagouß aiticlec for the attention 4>f the plantei*, The quality of the bind, has been greatly overrated, by extravagant descriptions of it, wnicli have gone aboard, ot course many of the adventures will be disappointed, w!u-n they have an opportunity of judging for themselves.—This is com mon, in all new- and unexplored countries. They flow with milk and honey : you have only to plant, am! ' you will have a plentiful Harvest I hese fancies induce many to leap, before they look, i advise such as 1 have been infected by this sort of mania, to beware; they may repert. ■ 1 (° u late to repair the error Ihe fraudulent tricks which have ; been practised in the Floridas, in < giving several grants, for the same tracts o! land, will open a tedious 1 and vexatious field of investigation, ! for individual tribunals ; and it will | be for adventurous purchasers, to act j with extreme caution. * i 1 50 ' 1 BBI.S. containing three doz. each, 1 for safe -by 1 H. SG, Webster. ' April 16 3w • t ‘vulvu*.^ pai eu] , ctuciitlWßr SIR: InWmied of the reports, as ex travagant as false, which the malevolence of some, and the credulity of o®ers, have concurred to spread and to accredit, on the object and the results of the confer ences of Troppau, the Allied Courts have iuoged it necessary to furnish to their re spective missions; in foreign countries, au thentic inftrmaticn, such as may enable them to dissipate the errors and the prejudices which have prevailed in this respect- Toe article hereto annexed is intended to accomplish that etui. It is not proposed to you to make this letter the subject of any formal communication; but there is nothing to prevent you from suf •ering it to be confidentially read This same view being also addressed to the Ministers of the tw o other powers, you will please, sir, to concert more pirticu iarly with them the use which shall be made of it. Receive, sir, the assurances of mv moat pei feci consideration. [Signed.] TltW Os the first mnlt if thv (Jonferaipes at I’rofipuu. The eve nts of 1 lie Bth of March in Spain, those of the 5M of July in Ponigual; the catastrophe at Naples, necessarily pro duced, amongst all those who had an eye io the tiiirquilil) cf nations, a deep sen timent of inquietude ami pain, and a de sire to unite and co-operate to avert from Europe all the etfis leady to burst upon her It was natural that tins desire and thc*‘t sentiments should be more lively in the governments which not long ago had con quered the revolutionary soiul, and who saw it at this day le-aupeasipg---triumph ant. It was still tnora natural that, to repulse it a third time, these governments should have iccourse to the means which they • lud so happily employe;) in the memo rable struggle, in width Kuii.pe had seen them break the yoke under which it had groaned for twenty years. Kvcry thing authorized die hope, that this union of ths principal powers, form i d in the midst of circumstances tho most critical, crowned with the most brilliant successes, perpetuated .finally by the acts of 1814, 1815, and 18S8—r hat tills union, which has prepared, iounded, and «om pletcd the pacification of the world, having delivered the Continent from the military despotism exercised by the man so the lie volution, would, in like manlier,- deliver it from a new power; not less disasterous —from the power of crime p.nd of revolv. Such have been the motives and the object oi the Cot gressof Trqppau. The "liiit ought to be so generally felt as not to require a longer explanation: the latter is so honorable and so useful that the wish es of all must, without doubt, accompany the Allied Courts in their noble cuter prize. the task which duties and engage ment i the most sacred impose upon ' hem, is vast and difficult; but favourable presages permit them to believe, that they will be able to accomplish it, by ac ting in the spirit of the Treaties, by which they had restored peace to Europe, and established a general alliance among all tile European governments. Thu allied Powers have availed /there selves of an inc< nteslable right, in deci ding to take common measuies of precau tion and restraint ( repressionJ towards siatta, the confusion of which wrought by revolt, regarding it only in iht light of an example, would be an act hostile to ah legitimate institutions & governments; to wax ds slates which, about all, not con tent with their own calamities, seek by their agenti to communicate them to oth er countries, and endeavor there to in troduce disorder and insurrection, '1 he position and the conduct of these slates constitute a manifest infraction of the. covenant, with guaran eestothe Eu ropean governments, with the integrity* ot the territories, the maintenance of those pacific relations; the first effect of which is to exclude even the idea of their doing each other an injm v. This irrefragtblc fact ought to be the point cf departure of the Allied Cabinets, P> consequence, the Flenipolenciaties, who could receive at Ttoppau the orders oi Sovereigns, have determined between them, and submitted to the deliberations of the courts of Paris and London, the principles to be lollowtd towards slates who submit to a voilent alteration in the form of their interior regime; as well as the means, whether of conciliation or of force property to restore to the bosom of tile alliance such of these stairs lis they can exercise a salutary and efficacious a gency upon. As the Revolution ai Naples stmccs deeper root every day; as-no oilier rr.cna ces mere s.» sihly and immediiftjij the tranquility of the neighboring, states' or prompt, the convenience and necessity are admitted of maxing to lire Kingdom of the Two Sicilies the immediate applica tion of the principles which have been in dicated. Before dismissing, with regard to him, measures ol a conciliatory nature, the Sovereigns present a Troppau have ad dressed to him Sicilian Majesty an inviia tom to join Ihnji at Luybach ; a step the only object of which has been to set free the will of his Majesty, and to engage buii to interpose his mediation between his deluded people countries whose re pose they compromit. Decided not to recognize governments infatuated by sedition, the Sovereigns could not enter into an intercourse, bttl with the King in person. The ministers at Naples have received correspondent, orders. France and England have been invited to join in this proceeding. They will without doubt the less -refuse to do so, inasmuch as that the principle, in virtue of which it has been resorted to, is strict ly conformable to Treaties solemnly ratified by these two powers; and that it offers the sure proof of the most just and paci fic views. The system concerted between Austria, Pruna, and Russia, i« not u new system. It presents only a faithful application of maxims consecrated by iho titinsucUons which gave bit th to the Holy Affiance. Fa*.from weakening the intimate uni cn of the Courts which form th - centre pf thlaalllQace, tMsst^cin tify and consolidate',t R ?> 0t it us it has been by the same cabir ets, ami . kwledfedthe advantages cf reality qV lho|fd Va „.t not tube called in qtßcnV'fJ more over* cle- ally denio “ J neither thoughts of conqui- ’J U sire to assail the indepcndVuf f V gove-nnents m what concent. J nor administration, r .or that ing wise and volur.lari’v .r pri conformable to the true People, tjiat have dictated th.j. 0 anons cf the Allied powers, tv only to maintain peace, to r»e rope from the scourge of -’■* repair and prevent, as fir as L > f . ' r • hem, the disordi.s v.frc'i • 1 • by a forgetfulness cf alltht rl 1 order and cf morality. On theae the Powers may flatter thontsehr an unanimi us approbation will ;>enF.e them for their cat es and the • t ions. ‘ ' '•WiiwraT" Monday, ~o.in W- Green, of ’ irginia , eel accepting the appohument of, -missicr.cr for the sutkmtot of fit* under the Treaty with iipain.J^ Ilencvicl nf the War in Spanish A —Bya jiroc'a,'..uior. hsticda; (w tiic 2?d nit. by Gen. the-la Turn fi mandrr of the Spanish forces, a a that Gen. ISolfoar had unntunccdi the termination <f the al tac war has recommenced. ' i Ijßw Inteiiigcnrr, ICELIJS'vs. oVAULIX This case was tried on Saturday, Federal Circuit court, for S. Carol! trict, held at Columbia,by his llonot Johndbn. The case involved the lion as to the validity of the grant i ntas Aiken, dated in 1786, for ] acres of land, situated between Ct and Cr.mde n, on which there are .-.undred faqiiilgs, settled nr.der grants. After a very full hearing case, before a jury drawn front £8 district, so as to guard against fur prejudices, a verdict was returned defendant; thus deciding against tl dity of this long standing pretendci The finding of the jury was in co ty to the charge of the learned ’1 his ciainrt, His believed, is now put at rest, and the peaceable oc rtf this extensive tract ol country, longer be hanassed by aUemr.i's turU their titles.— CJ. S, C. Cm Another attempt to rob the I Philadelphia through the mci-ium public culvert, was made last nig fortunately frustrated. About 3 in the evening, the Cashier Lido to go info Hank, and on opening l! he heard a great noise -in the | 1 lead! ig to the directors’room, ’i hers must also have heard him, the tfi.ie he liad summoned the they bad retreated through the a| Into the public culvert and eluded suit. Every effort was intmeilialel to truce the villains, but without s A man, under very suspicious « stances, was taken up and commitl examining the Bank it appearee they had worked their way l-omt 1 vert into the cellar, hud ftcmflioi progressed to the tjircctois too at the time of their discovery wire " act of forcing into the Hanking Gaudies, a match, augurs and slur iia. were left behind. —lieifPh ,n ii mm We have been favored wWi n 1 tlie following opinion, his P'H is should be published, for ihei.tfoi ■ of persons whose names have beer ped from the Pension list, on i<* r the amount of their propciG, mco ly with the act of the IslMayhsI—■ 1 —■ arc about to maxe.»pplic#uw| ho staled on the Pension List L| e publication of it, it is hoped, vti-t] much unnecessary trouble w:'* l expense to the parties toncetw ( witt be seen that tlie ißvv.c.mccr government has decided ihi.ftne ry of War has no right io remsis-t sioiier stricken from the rolls v act of May 1, 1H2C: (pice es 'the Attorney General ftbfyars, hg Sr: The act of the lit May k dilion to the Pension Law «'• “ March, 1818, makes it the dv. yen ret ary of War to strike from ** tione'rs the name of every r e ‘“ cording to tho evidence or rc.q lived by the act, onga' i- • ‘ l on i'. lam asked wlist..ai * - power to icstcre, on sabsC',"- 1 ' (event evidence, the «*•»« ci wiio may be s-ticket! of the adit d .le : to v ’b , J -a he has not; because the only warrant ofa'litl ori yto j, no audi power* If it be should .possess it, Congress ■ - or lie cannot, with ary its exercise. „ s it 1 have the honor to -respectfully, y our “ u gl Hon J! C Calcoi x, Secretary of War. DESPERATE KBKCg? Extract of a Utter to n S L "jj, fo’h, dited Oil>'f ,t, ' r > ( \ n: ii •‘•fhe Peacock sloop • ailing for ft stoic ship tro ro ;e to convoy her to Mahon • ‘ t , r against the depredation, 1 ,- 0 !o: privateers under ret oh l cr ; have lately infested the * r One of them has lately b ~"’. c3r ,ic . Spanish Guarda Ecsta ( v t! , Valencia. The confil^' * 0 ! The priv. tecr is a sc _ j^li four 12 pounders and «"* 'Atn 80 men, and comtnandet. ; V;i (it is said) with out S rr - j nsd c Margarita with a- 6 "’ J. iul bie od and manned din(f Kb**; She was carried by crew jumped into the ,- jjitir taken. Only boaU *.»a picked up by she Spaa'd T b been carried imo n -. ?rf? ;’ cn;i"“r is a brig cd