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lie w.i? desiiojxthat ILL business, which
kg.hi i.i an enormous scene of specujati-
osj, should not also end in a like man
ner.
Mr. Oakley nnehtiorfed llie praclivahi-
lily of llie object, in .which lie h id no «-
tiler objection except the labor with
which he thought it would unnecessarily
Linthen the committee.
Mr. higersnll modified his motion hy
inserting therein the words •• if prndica-
Me,” and thus iiwdiiied, hi* luoliou was
agreed to.
Mr. Stanford ohjeeted to the particula
rity of I lie inoti , in it nmv stood ; refer
ring only to one species of claim. Now
Mr S. said that was not the only Yazoo
«luim. A previous art had been passed
by the Legislature of Georgia, selling a
part of the very land embraced in this.—
That wus also a Ya/.oo pur h ise, and
might la lie embraced in the < nquiry. Mr.
8. did not, however, make any motion on
that head
moots. Ilow would posterity he able to
account for the appearance of this trails*
action, should it receive the sanction of
Congress r the Legislature of Georgia
originally sold tho land in question for
.100,000 dollars ; the U. 8. shortly after
wards purchased it lor 1,J50 : 00(J dollars,
and it is now proposed to give 3,000,000
acres ol land equal In more than 5,000,000
dollars to the Yazoo claimants loconipro
in isc. their eluims. Posterity must sav
that we ourselves have been corrupted to
consent to such a barter of principle ;
that these Yazoo claimants, like the
Gods of Milton, carried mountains in
their bauds, and menacing you with
claims in the amount of fifty millions of
ides, under the decision of tfie Supreme
Court, canled every tiling before them.
As lock would have it, Mr. '1’. said,
tills was one of the plainest eases in the
world. Either the Vozoo elaiun.i.ts have
or they have not a claim : ii'they have
110 claim, you have no right to compensate
Mr Hall of Geo. said il would he re- them for a claim they have not. if they
collected (hut the Legislature of Georgia I a claim for filly miliums, will you
had passed an act suliscnueiit to the grant ! advantage of vour superior power
passed an act siiuscqu
to t.lio 01 iginal grantees authorising the
wtllidravv.vl by t!)cin of the money which
limy had paid into the treasury of Geor
gia, u
money
1 liich
j 10,000 dollars of the
had been actually withdrawn —
With' a reference to this fact, ItO moved
to amend the resolve hy adding thereto
llie following words : “ also from which
of the original companies the present
elaimaiiis deiivetitle, and the amount of
money v. ilhdraun Ly any o! the original
gian'.ccr, or their agent or ugciiis, troui
the treasury ol'Geurgiu.”
This motion was further modified on
suggestion of Mr. Stanford, Ly adding the
words, ’• orpersons claiming under lliem,”
after the word " grantees' *
Mr. Wright leunrUcd that gentlemen
appeared to him to he carving out for the
committee more work than they could
possibly go through during this session,
lie could not Mil think the t itenlioii wus
to delay the business so us> to ilcieut in
directly an object whidi (lie Homo hud
directly determined should he acted on i
during (he present session, lie conclu
ded liv moving that the resolution and a-
ineiidtucuU life laid on the table.
This motion was negatived.
Mr. Oakley objected to Mr. IE* nioti-
tion, he a use the facts leqnired to ho as
eertaiued could have no intluence iu tSu*
decision ou tne question ot a compromise
of the claims now before the House, lie-
cause they acquired all the title they pos
scss between the passage of the first act
by the Legislature of Georgia in January,
1793, and the passing of the rescinding
act iu February 1790. Under the latter
act it was that the grantees had gone in
aud withdrawn the purchase money from
the treasury of Ucorgiu, after they had
transferred their claims to other hands.
They had thus committed a second
fraud, which, however base and unjuslifi-
ubtc, did not affect the titles of those who
purchased from them in the intermediate
f iiue. The hill contained a provision that
the United States might sue for and re
cover from these persons the money thus
withdrawn; hut the facts required, vvhieli
it might be diilicull to ascertain, had no
bearing on the question before the house,
and ho was therefore opposed to the pro
posed amendment.
After some further conversation, be
tween Messrs. Alston of N. U. Wright
of Mass, and Burnett of Georgia, the lat
ter of whom expressed his opiuiou that an
enquiry into this subject would unfold
some curious ifircumstauces not generally
known respecting the withdrawal of this
money from the Treasury of Georgia—
Mr. Mall's amendment wus agreed to,
the first clause of it without opposition
and (lie latter elausc hy a vole, by Yens
and Nays, of 71 '0 G9.
Tbe question was then stated on the 11-
doptinn of the whole resolution as amend
ed, in the following words :
Resolved, That the committee to which
was referred the bill from the Senate, en
titled “ An act for the indeuinilicatioti of
certain claimants to lands in the Missis,
sippi territory,” be instructed to report
the evidence of the authority vested in the
agents now attending to compromise the
claims set up by tbe respective elaiinuiits;
aud that llie committee be further instruct
ed to ascertain, if practicable, and report
Vo tbe House the amount of money actual
ly paid hy bona tide third purchasers for
grants or titles they may hold under the
original grant: also from which of the o-
rigiiial companies the present claimant's
ck rive title, and the umomit of money
withdrawn by any ot'tlie original grantees
or persons claiming under them or their
agent or ageuls from the Treasury of
Georgia.
And the same was agreed to,
For agreeing to it 75
Against it 6tf
DEBATE ON THE Y AZOO CLAIMS
Mr. Troup oT Geo. rose, as be obscrv
od, withverj gre.it reluctance,to move
to reject a bill coming from the other
branch of the Legislature. It was not
his disposition lo treat with disrespect
what conies from that body ; nor would
lie do so in any case, but for one or two
considerations—either that the measure
itself was fo imled iu corruption, or that
it was unconstitutional. It was fur the
first uf these grounds, that it wus founded
in corruption, that lie wished this Hill re
jected. lie did not mean to be understood
as saying that the measure now before
the House was immediately founded iu
oovruptiou, but that corruption wu* the
source of the claims to which it relates.
The hill proposed to give millions of a-
ere* uf Uud by wav uf compromize to cer-
pmoos usually called Yazoo vlai-
to do injustice to these impotent iinlivi
duals ? if they have a claim at all, they
have a claim to the whole, and it becomes
you to give it them, ni'd «uy no more u-
bout it. Mr. T. adverted to the nolo-
ri-iiis fraudulent character of the Yazoo
act, ami the bribes vvhieli were pioved
to have been given t 1 i.iul accepted hy
every member uf llie Legist .lure w ho vo
ted tor it out; uuly excepted. It was
contended, he knew that the present cl ,i
lirunts had purchased w ilhir.it know ledge
of the Irami, & w ere then lore not lia-
hlo to iis consequences. The question,
however, turned ou the validity of the
Yazoo act of 1795. If the present elai-
.a.iiiits had any claim, it w as a claim de
rived from llie original grantees; l! those
grantees had a just claim, or any claim
it'.v is derived under the corrupt act of
1795: If the gerund purchasers hud no
claim il was because the grantees had
Hour. Was it nut plain, then he asked,
that tin- question turned no the validity or
invalidity oft he act of 1793 ? If Congress
should determine that a title did vest in
the grantees under 1 hut iw-i, they would
ih’tcimine that it whs compi ler.I to the
coinipt Ilepresentutivcs of a .^virtuous
people, under the inliuence ofjme most
detestable bribery and eurruptiou, to bur-
ler avvuy their right*. Was this house
prepared to suurlinii such a principle f—
lie called upon the majority of the house
to recollect how they came into rower.
The people had become alarmed lest the
purity of Republican principles should be
contaminated^ and (he presett majority
.■time intoipovver under tbe well grounded
expectation that they would preserve the
principles of the goverumeut pm e aud uu-
corrupted. Could it be suid that they
had done so. iflbey establish a principle
like this ? This government wus iuund
ed exclusively on the basis of virtue and
morality. IT such acts as this were to
pass, these toundutions would bo broken
up, over turned, immnoted and destroyed,
>nd w ith them the best hopes of mail for
ever blasted. If such a principle should
he established as he had described, there
•ould not lunger beiuthe community ei
ther virtue or morality. Mr T. here en
tered into an argumentative and legal
view of the subject, lie undertook lo
prove that the Legislature of Georgia
Lad no power to dispose of the public j
territory ; that even if they had the pow
er, they hud not the power to dispose of
it tiuuuulcutly and cmruptly ; that if by
fraudulent and corrupt sale they could
transfer u right to the Unit, the claimants,
having notice of the the fraud, were par
ticeps criminis—they had purchased of
the grantees with their eyes open ; the)
were not innocent hut guilty purchasers,
and were not entitled to the interference oi
congress in their behalf. The Iirst posi
tion he supported hy various arguments
draw n from the imtuie of the case, by (lie
authority of Borlen.aqui, Grotius, Puf-
fendorf, and other publicists, all tending
to this point, that the power of disposing
of (lie public domain rested with the peo
ple unless expressly delegated. This
doctrine was recognized by the constitu
tion of flic United States, in which the
power of disposal of such properly was
given to congress, and in the constituli-
ous of several of the stales the power of
the people ou this head was expressly re
cognized iu so many words. It might be
said he added, that instances might be ci
ted in which the Stale Legislatures had
assumed this pnw er without express grant
from the people, hut to all such instances
the legislatures so acting hail been guilty
of a ilagraut aud llagitious l:rcn-lt ol
trust Upon the whole, hef’concluded his
argument on this point, by observing that
the Legislature of Georgia which pretend
ed to sell the land hud plainly, obvious
ly, aud demonstratively, no constitutional
power to do su. But, suppose they had
such a power; could they so sell the
land of llie state fraudulently and enr-
rupriy ? No, certainly. It was an uni
versal rule, thut fiuud ami corruption vi
tiate every act, invalidate every grant.
Suppose any instrument of trust contain
ed a declaration that the powers therein
given should lie fairly executed, or that
the constitution of any community were
to contain a clause that the Legislature
of the state should not fraudulently or cor
ruptly sell the property of the -state,
would not such provisions lie ridiculous
and absurd? Certainly, and they would
be so because the idea of a guilty transfer
or corrupt right conflicted with the laws
of God uod Man. Nay, he could .-.ay
more—the great Heaven could not con
vey the right to do a corrupt uud frau
dulent act, because it w ould be inconsis
tent w iih his divine attributes, and there
fore a power impossible l*» be confer
red. Ail yet this Legislature vyerc
called upon lo do what is not with
in the power of the Almighty, to sanc
tify corruption. The ties between 1 lie
Representative and his constituents
are sundered when lie is corrupted. A
Representative body therefore was obvi
ously iueapahleof binding its constituent*
by llie passage of a notorious corrupt act.
But admitting for argument's sake, that
the grantees under this corrupt act could
convey a. title to ignorant purchasers ;j
yet, Mr. T. contended that the claimants, j
liav ing notice before purchase < f tho fraud ;
became parlies thereto ; and that in the
eye of law and equity, neither Congress
nor any other tribunal was hound to re
cognize their claims. To establish this
position,* lie adduced many facts and ar
guments, of which the following were the
most prominent .- The trivial price given
for the properly, that is to say, five hull- >
dred thousand dollars for lifty millions oi^
acres of lam!, which was of itself aolli- j
cieat lo have alarmed and deterred I1011- t
cst purchasers: the rapid succession ofj
events which followed the passage of!
that act in the state of Georgia, portend-I
inga revolution—thcponplc iu a ferment; j
General Jackson, 011 whose character
Mr. T. prouoitmeed a very animated
eulo'gium, called from the senate at Phi
ladelphia by the commotion of the times,
a man who threatened to disclose the cor
ruption murdered iu his house, and these
events presented to the public through
all the papers, even at Boston, iu the midst
of these purchasers ; the public message
of General Washington to Congress an
nouncing the trausaolion, whose warning
voice was ou (hat occasion no more heed
ed hy these claimants than his parting ad
dress has since been; the form of the deed
conveying these lands from the grantees lo
the present claimants, in which there was
no! only an absence of general warranty of
title, hut an express clause securing the
grantees from all future respousiuility oii
account thereof. To these proofs, Mr. T.
superudded a statement of information de
rived from a gentleman w ho had long been
a member of litis House from Massachu
setts, and was conversant with all the
imimstaiires of the purchase as well
aud as soon as the grantees. lie
concluded, therefore, that the present
claimants stood iu the snine relati
on 11s the grantees, and had no higher
claims on tho community. Mr. T. then
adverted to some other points. It would
be ('(indented, he believed, for it had been
said elsewhere, that the faith of tho gov
ernment was pledged to the appropriation
of these live millions of acres to satisfy
these claim*. '1 his argument he said,
was unfounded ; because ultlin’ this quan
tity hod been set apart l»y the compact
with Georgia, uml subsequently by law,
for tho sd' isfaetiol) of claims on the whole,
Congress had reserved to themselves the
right and the potter of examining and
determining on the pretensions of these
lainiaiits. In support of this construction,
r. T. adduced the opinion of a former
committee of this Hou*e on llie subject,
and of Mr. Gallatin us expressed in u let
ter written in 1803, in answer to a letter of
enquiry addressed to him by Mr. Dana,
chairman of .ho committee on that sub ject,
in which Mr. Gallatin states it to have
been his own opinion, that the five million
I of acres would he sufficient lo cover alt
actual claims, mid to make reasonable
( compensation for all claims derived or
pretended to he derived from Georgia,
am; leave it in their power to compro
mise, without pledging the government
to compromise, tho claims, if on a full
Mow .1 different course should be thought
proper. NY hut was the reason these,
claimants, ifihey had been deceived hy
the grantees, had not pm sued the obvi
ous course of going Irak to t he original
vendors, for repayment of their purchase
money,interest and i wsts i Because they
had precluded themselves hy their own
acts, and refused to take less than the
penalty of the bond. After reading a
few documents from the volume in print
on the subject of this cla'm in illustrati
on of Lis remarks, Mr T. concluded by
briefly remarking, being tired, wearied
out and disgusted with the subject, on the
argument that the Supremo Court Lad
decided against the United Slates. Al-
thnngh a decision of this kind might have
been surreptitiously obtained, the Repre
sentatives uftl.e people ought lo do their
duty to themselves and to the good peo
ple of the Uuitcil States, and the reme
dy iu this ease was obviously in their pow
er.
rits of all conflicting claim* to sai l land,
of the meeting of wliieb board three
month* public notice shaH he previously
given. That to the companies or per
sons respectively, whose claim* shall be
thus nilowed, the President shall cause
to lie issued certificates ofStork-hearing
no interest, payable oitV of the first pro
cccds of sales of public lands, in the Mis
sissippi territory, after the payment of
the money due to Georgia, after the ex-
penccs of surveying the land shall have
been satisfied—such stock not to exeeed
in amount the following sums, iu the
whole, to the persons designated below,
\iz.—To the persons claiming iu the
name of, or under the
Upper Mississippi Company 350,000
Tennessee Company OOn.ooo
Georgia Mississippi Company 1,530,000
Georgia Company 2,250,000
Citizen*,' Rights 230,000
Making an aggregate of Five Millions of
Dollars. The eertifientes thus issued
are to be receivable in part payment for
public lauds sold after their date, in the
proportion of ninety-five dollars in every
hundred, the remaining five being paid iu
money. The balance of the ;• ir<*||,tse
money paid into the Treasury 1 f Georgia,
and remaining there, to he set «>,er and
paid Ly the said commissioners to the
state of Georgia, in part payment of the
sum due to her hy the United States.—
Suits to he instituted against all persons
who have fraudulently withdrawn any
of the purchase money, in sin-ii manner
as the hoard of commissioners shall think
most efleetual to compel them to refund
the same. If the persons claiming under
the act or pretended act of the Legisla
ture of Georgia before recited, shall ne
glect, or refuse (<, accept of the compro
mise hereby authorised, (he United States
are declared to b? exonerated and dis
charged from such claims, which are for
ever barred ; and no evidence of any
such claim shall thereafter be admitted
to lie used in any court whatever against
any grant derived from the United States.
Tliis abstract embraces all the leading
provisions of the hill.—Nat. hit.
FRO.\t THE UOSTON PATRIOT.
WASHINGTON’S EMBARGO.
It w ill he *een hy the following official
letter of Washington, relative to the
Embargo under his administration iu
1791, thut he urged a resort to mea
sures of much greater restriction than
were ever adopted by the present ad
ministration. He not only poiuted out
tbe necessity of restricting the coasting
and fishing business, but SEN T HIS
ORDERS TO THE GOVERNORS
of (1,0 SEVERAL STATES, DI
RECTING THEM TO HOLD THE
MILITIA IN READINESS TO
TURN OUT and ENFORCE I T !
Extract from the journal of the Senate of
the United States.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
& of the House of Representatives;
In the execution of the resolution of
Congress bearing date, the 2«tli of March
1794. aud imposing an Embargo, 1
HAVE REQUESTED the GOVERN
ORS of the SEVERAL STATES TO
CALL FORTH THE FORCE OF
THEIR MILITIA, IF IT SHOULD
BE NECESSARY, FOR THE DE
TENTION OF VESSELS, This Tone
er is conceived to be incident to an embur-
S°-
It also deserves the attention of Con
gress how fur the clearance s from one
district to another, under the law us
it now tfnnds, may give riso to evasions
of the Embargo. As one security, the
Collectors have been instructed to re
fuse lo receive the surrender of coasting
licenses tor the purpose of taking oat re
gisters, and to require bond from register
cd vessels, bound from one district to an
other tor the delivery of the cargo w ith
in the United Htate..*
It is not understood, that (he resolution
applies to fishing vessels, ulthough their
occupations lie generally in parts beyond
the United State* Ifni without further
restrictions, there is an opportunity of the ir
privileges being used as means of eluding
the Embargo. Jo
AM armed vessels, possessing public
commission.. Iroin any foreign power,^let-
ter-of-oiarque excepted j are considered as
not liable lo the embargo. These cir
cumstance* are transmitted to Congress
for their consideration. *
G. WASHINGTON.
THE YAZOO CLAIMS BILL.
From an examination of this bill, as
it finally passed the Senate, we find
we had materially misunderstood it* pro
visions, us we had gathered their import
from the debate in the House; and a*
we have communicated somewhat erro
neous ideas of the bill to our renders, we
have taken the trouble to make out a
condensed statement of it* provision* tor
general information. ’The bill provides
that all claimant* under the act of Geor
gia, passed in January, 1795, shall he al
lowed until the first .Monday in August
next, to deposit in the office of Secretary
of State of the United States, a sufficient
legal release uml transfer to the United
Slates of their claims to the land, and of
their right lo the inouies subsequent!)
w ithdruwu from the Treasury of Georgia
hy the original grantees and their owuci*,
ami a power to sue for the recovery of
such money. Thut the Secretary ofthe
Treasury, the Secretary ofblaie, and the
Attorney-General of the United States,
shall be aboard, to meet in the city of
Washington on (lie said 1st Monday in
August, to determine on the SUtfirieuey of
the lease *0 deposited, aud ou the tac-
Washington-City, March 15
THE SUPRFMECOURT.
Among the very important derisions
made during the present Term ofthe Su
preme Court, is one announced on Satnr
day Inst iu the case of the Veiius. whij
decides the principle that an America!
citizen who had removed to England ii
time of peace, and resided there with tin
auimu muntndi.aml was carrying on trail
aud commerce there as a merchant, 01.
the breaking outof a. war is to he consi-
de;cd as an enemy, aud his property, in
vested with his hostile character, is sub
ject to capture on the high seas, though
the property might have been shipped be
fore a knowledge ofthe war.
On this opinion, we learn, the Court
was divided, Chief Justice Marshall and
Judge Livingston liaviug dissented from
the decision, and Judge Johnston bavin.-
declined deciding on a point ou which
he had uot hud time to make up uu opini-
ou. 1
A IHJEL.
The Bavarian genera I W rede, who has
lately loiiglit su valiantly ou the side of
the allies, is the same iirutinued in tho
in the journal* oi* the time* 1 "
on thft t JrsSz£r*j+ >*»»•
iible duel wu fought ne, 4 r ib/( e,n . a !' fc *
fortress of Brannau, with a niiM''‘". Str,aa
a solemnity, web
unplcd iu modern times’, iind^tl
milates this combat <„ theTe J " ,
cial duels ofthe feudal ages 3 dJUdi *
tie* were Baron Von Dahen r ,,&r *
Swedish minister at Vienna? and*
VoH.Wreile, a general iu .le Batt^
service; and the occasion of it r ““
we can collect, in general, i* l|„V k' **
despatches which had been sent framX*
enna to , he C-JiTl':'
mster, were intercepted by the
and made public, hi these JBaro„uS
had reflected very severely 11 rum tk« ta
duetoftheUavaLiJoJsTrtfc
p.uign ‘805, accusing then, of , U m a *
sing even the French in mis 0 f nil
cruelty. TM, «r.„ “i, 8 !
u “T- °".k l,e BttV irii n wilitury. G C v
w 1 ode, a* the pnucinal • V"
ately challenged Burin Duben* “S’
intimation that if he himself should fij?
the Baron would he called out hi 1 m
next in rank and so on until he wus killcit
I he parties could not come together i*
mediately—the respective »over#>; 1 ^
forbade their lighting, but the^Swedl
ventured ,n a case of thi* kind to disobey
and travelled into the south of German^
to meet Ins enemy But he found (hatthj
Bavarian general had been more obedient
, !l a, ! d 1 h4d > on command,
gleoted to attend L.s appointment. (J
lus the minister posted the general „ !
coward, ... the public prints iu German £
; il,out 41 6 ‘ rico ; and the general o„L
(.on war-, of course in his favor. \L
find, Ii-om the last French puners, tha*
the duel vi as lough ton the 12th ult. near
Braunau, “ in the presence of a great
number of the inhabitants.*’ Baion Du.
, 1* lro,1 » Vienna on purpose ana
had been already a week there ; general
W rede arrived the day before. The para
ties met ,n (h e village on the Bavarian
ctiio. rT ’ f'n . i,le 1 “
Lu I sh Colonel Burtko, and Count Von
echberg,J hud made tho arrangements'
tKeutered the list*, which wire b e Tt
by Bav a: inn military, m ,d placed thema
selves at a distance of 15 paces—Baron
Duben bred and the hall passed the right
ear ol hi* adversary. General Wreifc'a
hist pistol missed fire. The Baron's se
cond hre was equally ineffectual, the ball
passing the general’, breajl. The «ene-
1 ul s next pistol flashed in the pan. En*
raged at this repeated mischance, thft
genera drew I„s sword, and advanced ton
wards the Baron ; hut the seconds rushl
ed forward and declared that the con.ba-
touts had acted like men f>f honor, and
that nothing further should be done.
1 hey t hen departed from each other in a
state ol perfect recoin filiation.
REWARDS DUhTrO VALOR.
VS e decidedly eo.ueide in opinion with
(hose who think that congress and the
nation have failed to bestow the merited
applause and reward on the military heft
roes who have distinguished themselves
in the field by ieals of skill and valor ms*
ver any where surpassed, or who havo
le.t t heir families, their homes, their c se*
and nobly sacrificed their lives j„ the
service ot their country. Jt is true that
trom the absence of discipline, from tho
want of correct military ideas, and from
the pi ('valence of pernicious notions in
relation to the constitution, many iustana
ces ol shameful misconduct and treache
ry ,m ve occ urred in our military onerut*
oils ; but this eiicuinstanre, instead of
weakening, add* to the arguments in fa»
vour of liberally rewarding those who
have acted with patriotism and galkn.
Hy. Men, who, m the midst of the mi**
•onduet ot their fellow soldiers, vindiea!ft
the jeopardized reputation of their counu
try’s arms by behaving with fidelity and
eon rage, and pcribriuiug exploits the
heroic aud brilliant, ought not to be co ,
signed to the same ignoble late with thnsft
who act disgracefully, hut ought vigilant-
y * . 0 swJ&ht uni, and generously dig*
tiQ£u:slied. Let the reader cust liig eyo
over the despatch lately published from
General Jucksou to General Pinekueyi
and hr will there l.ud individual deeds of
valorerecorded, not transcended even bv
the splendid achievments ofonr navy—
Who w ill assert that such deeds oiight
not to be eminently rewarded ? Many a
guilitnt military hero, who spontaneous
ly relinquishes (he enjoyments ofdoines-
tic happiness & affluence, and goes forth
to fight the battles of his country, in the
confident expectation of sacrificing his
lile lor its good, may truly say to that
country, as the admirable poet makes Le*
ouidas say to Sparta—
“ The life for thee resigned,
1 Knew not a painful hour to tire my souT.
“ Nor vvere they common joys Heft be„
und has a right to receive all its grati
tude, uflrction and admiration. But sur®
aro we, that the army of the republic,
liki* its navy, will crc long conquer its
unbounded applause, mid confidence. If*
brave officers need not despair; their full
reward, though delayed, will assuredly
rvaeli them at last. The pen of impar-.
rial history w ill rescue from oblivion tho
names aud exploits of those who have
been heretolore and who may ho hcrcaf*
ter neglected.—Whig.
Norwich,Oont. March 9*
Com. Decatur's squadron ha* drop
ped down the ’Thames 3 or 4 miles*
l he spuadnm now lie* about 11-2 miles
from New London Harbor.
The blockading squadmn consists of
1 ‘^ le V ietoriousamj La Hogue, a frigates
auti one of two smaller vessels.
