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LONDON March 2 i.
The Duke of Portland would find it a very
difficult task to make w list, if talents
were to be the standard of official rank ; but
as these ate out of the question, it is easy to
put down a number of names—-and when the
catalogue is completed, the officers may be as
signed with tr little ciifTtrtthy ; so.that the Bur
lington admintr’r: lion run- G: considered ra
ther as a collection than a v le’ tion ; for theii
can be nochoise wl/ere the materials are a like.
‘l'he new arrangement, it i-> said, v.ill be ready
on Wednesday next. \YI en the* list is pre
sented, wiH the inhabitants of Ireland find a
Sir John Newport, or a Bedford, Itr. in it ( <>e
any of those exalted characters, who sympa
thised with their distress, and poured bairn in
to tlicir wounds ?
The people of this country have been ac
customed, in every i liange, to look for talents,
rank, landed property, and hi ;!i personal con
nections in each successive administration.—
men might be changed, hut those proud distinc
tions were immutable.—they raised this coun
try in the cys of foreign nations, and inspired
theii cabinets with a confidence in ours, the va
lue ofwnich, in a national point of view, cannot
he too highly appreciated.
I In- Karl ol ILirdwicke ; whose vicc-rega!
administration in Ireland, was so judicious!’
ti mpered and nicely balanced as to render his
name dear to the people of that country, in hi
anxiety for the welfare of that part of the U
nited Kingdom, as inseparably interwoven with
the prospeiity of the whole, waited on Satur
day, on his majesty at Windsor, and as an he
reditary counsellor of the crown, desired an au
dience to represent the agitation which this
measure is likely to produce in Ireland. The
king we arc told, reccied him with great po
liteness. Let the result of his representation
be what it may, his lordship will have the con
solation of having discharged an important du
ty. Lord Klden was “immediately admitted to
the closet.
The earl of Chatham arrived in town from
He! voir Castle yesterday morning; where, it
, said, he had been for the purpose of offering
the duke of Rutland the. lord lieutenancy ol
Ireland. liis lordship will have a seat in this
cabinet.
There arc several lists i.i circulation ; some
of them appear to have been drawn as it were
by lottery, and perhaps they are those that
will conic nearest the real one. In a scramble
for power and places, ti sen of pertijiat.'y and
prexumtion will take the lead, and aspire to si
tuations for which they were never intended
by nature or education.
Willi respect to the cause of this unexpect
ed change, wc are t< o short sighted to discover
the policy of rejecting the services ol a great
proportion of our own countrymen, whose in
terests arc the same with our own, wh> must
rejoice at every thing which benefits our coun
try, and grieve at everything which hurts it,
and of accepting of the services of strangers,
of 1 laiioveri.uis, and importing into England
men whose inteicsts have no natural connection
with ours, who might easily be made to feci
mi interest in turning their sword against us,
as well as against any foreign nation. We re
fuse to accept the services of our Catholic bre
thren, hut do wc not refuse their money i 1 lave
wc any scruple to tax them because of their
religious sentiments ? In other parts of the em
pire we even accept of the military service of
Hindoos, and Mahometans, and make laws to
protect them in the exercise of their re’egiotis
rites Ms it the British and 1 rish alone, of v\ horn
we must forever remain jealous, whom we can
never regard as our country ment andbrethcrcn ?
Mr. Peis ival’s speech on the Catholic ques
tion is supposed to have instigated this total
elningc m his majesty’s councils; he. is to his
former office of attorney general, in which he
will, no doubt, be ready to make any discontent
that may appear in Ireland on the objection of
the measure now before parliament, a pretext
for those strong measures which lie voluntarilv
offered, in his observations on the opening
speech of the present session, to those whom
he would trust with nothing , he, in order to
suppress some trilling disturbances, of which
we have never since heard more. The man
who makes so light of the establishment ol
martial law and of the suspension of the habeas
corpus act, (for these are well known interpre
tations of strong measures with respect to Ire
land) cannot be regarded, in a situation suc h
as that of attorney general, without a painful
apprehension of fresh inroads on the constitu
tion, mul a dread of the renewal of those horrid
legal crucifies, the bate remembrance of which
is sufficient to make justice K humanity shudder.
It is expected that lord Ilovvick will this
evening be called on, in the house of com
mons, to give his promised explanation of the
cause of this political convention, which seems
to shake the empire to its centre.— Statesman.
Let our immediate circumstances be affect
ed as they may, we trust in the good sense of
the Irish nation, to diminish the effect of anv
unwelcome disappointment whatever,by every
thing that has taken place to disturb the cordi
ality of the cabinet, yet vve hope that no seri
ous disunion will result from it. The fate of
this Empire, and indeed of Europe, is now in
the hands of the present administration. If
they break up, upon any point of domestic poli
i t —if warm with adverse opinions, thev de
sert their posts and commit to chance, the
destinies of their own and other nations with
which thev are entrusted ; who is bold enough
t jfi look at the preliable result unmoved ? Im
portant as the intended measure, of ministers
are to our prosperity and happiness, vet in the
vast soalc of human interests, confided to
them at the mest critical of ail jur.e'grew
they are comparatively small; and if any un
fortunate schism should disalfle them from duly
performing the efforts necessary lor the gen
eral ■deliverance of Europe, all must be en
gulplicd, and parties, sects, factions, nations
and empires, pa. Eh in a cornmmon ruin.—Dub
lin paper.
From the American Citizen.
The subjoined letter, in a ptinted form, vvC
received t hrough the n*edium of the post office.
Mr. I lathe way is a lawyer of distinction at
Rome—lmmediately preceding the election of
1804, when Burr was a federal candidate for
governor, Mr. Hathcway r who until he had
been a federalist, abandoned his party, and pub
lished bis reasons at great length. l Ur clid
not, however, as it now appears, publish the
letter of Griswold, which uas one reason.
G. Griswold is now,and was 1 believe whar
he w rote the letter, a member of congress: he
is a federalist.
“ Federalism unmasked —lt is with the deep
est regret that I submit to the pul die an ex
tract of a letter, which has remained with me
for three years, as secret as death itself; and
would have so remained forever, did not the
good of our country demand, that a plot, which
threatened its existence, should he exposed to
public view. Under these impressions, all
considerations of private confidence must he
laid aside. Plots against a legal existing ad
ministration, mild and pacific in its measures,
are obnoxious in the extreme, anil not to be
countenanced or concealed for a moment ;
neither would this have been, had not hopes
been entertained that the plot would fail, while
tlie revengeful spnit which concerted the same
would die away, and that occasion would not I
require its being made known. lint when i j
call to mind the regular system which hits I
been pursued by the federalists and Burr, from j
the time of his election to the. office of Vice [
President down to the present moment- ta
king into view their efforts to make him Presi
dent.—then their plots (herein disclosed) to
make him governor of the state of New-York i
—then of Late as vve have seen this same Burr j
in our capitol, flush with money, plotting the !
subversion of our government, and boasting i
his connection with our “ first blood”—then j
seeing him in the heart of our country enlist- |
* hi;* soldiers, nosing armies, preparing an ar- |
mament, building a fleet—and in all this hav- j
ing the good wishes of our federalists, and no
doubt supplied with their money : when we !
see this same man arraigned before courts and I
juries, and l,y them requited ; when wc hear
. the tongue of every federalist excusing him, j
and calumniating our executive for 1 .is cner-!
getii measures agrirst Burr—•taking all these
things into view, they irresistahly force a con
viction oh the mind, that a plot has long since
hecn.laid by the federalists and Burr—and has
la en and is to lie pursued to the last extremi
ty, if nothin;:; short will subvert our present ad
mini .: rati'.".!—they also irresistahly force a con
viction 0.l tin mind. I shall stand inexcusable
to nr country, :f i withheld any information
which would tend to dcvelopcthc Horrible com
bination !• If my conviction, on- a fiill view of
the premiv s, is not well founded, I shall re
ceive that censure from the. hands of ilia pub-!
he, which the disclosure of a confidential letter j
merits. In the event of this publication,should
the same spirit of federal revenge, which in
the extra t i-. breathed forth against the admin
istration, be turned against me ; arid should the
federal darts, poisoned with corruption as they
are, assail me from every quarter, 1 mag per
haps fall a victim. They may kill me, but
this publication they cannot kill. This vile— j
this obvious—this unprincipled plot will live, I
when the existence, ol all who are concerned in
it arc at an end. It was this which caused me
to declare to the federalists of the county of
Oneida—“ here I halt—l can proceed with
you no further.” The extract is from a letter
written by a member of Congress.
“ J. II AT I IK WAY.”
“ Rome, Oneida cowry, April VOj 1807.
EXTRACT.
tVvsttiNc.TON, February 27, ISO-i.
“ The movements of Burr disturbs the quiet
of their souls—he will shake the very centre of
their conclave. You may rest assured mv
good fellow, that if our friends would but play
true, Burr will chastise thcs-i usurpers of pow
er with a rod they deserve—he is no more one
of their party, though for certain purposes must
so appear ; rely on this as true. lie is the on
ly person who can chastise these fellows—and
policy dictates our unity to give him support;
all our friends in this city have the. same opin
ion—ail the judges in the supreme court are
united with us in the opinion. It is a matter
of great surprize among otir federal friends
here hew Hamilton can take so imprudent a
part. Report says that 11—n made a long
speech in favor of Lansing and against Burr.
I fear his personal resentment to Burr, and no
policy governs his conduct. All our federal
friends now in this city are looking up with
anxiety to the election in New-York ; their
only hopes arc founded on the success of Burr
—though this should not be known to any but
real friends. What have we to expect from
Lansing ; he is nominated by Clinton and
Spencer, and their creature—he must and will
be their tool. The old governor is to be Vice-
President, and will be united to the mammoth!
of democracy by ties too strong to be broken.
We can do nothing of ourselves against the
mighty torrent—shall not wc then rather join
the enemy of our enemy than the enemy of
Burr and us, both ’ Think well of this question I
“ G GRISWOD.”
European Nev,*^.
Frlrn 1..n dan papers t.f the 27ih A/.; ch, receiv
ed at A tv;- Y'vrk.
Banks or iiikEi.be, March 8.
Notwithstanding the lofty language still held
by the French in their Bulletins and reports, ■
t is generally believed here, that wc shall soon
be convinced of their falsehood, and indeed,
<me or two circumstances already intimate as
ziuc’n ; that the corps Dipli/fhatiq have left
Warsaw is new admitted, and we arc assured,
from good authority, that at Stettin the general
post-office lias refused to receive any more let
ter s for 1 limn.
if) According to letters from Berlin, Bonaparte
is expected this week in that city, together
with his guard, it is supposed that he will
hare no further object than to support himself
during-the rest of the winter on the Oder, the
military position of which is also interesting
as it respects Austria
A variety of reports, conc-rning the real is
sue of the various engagements since the battle
of iiylau, arc in circulation ; the most plausible
of which is, that 12,000 of the French were in
duced by hunger to lay down their arms and
beg for bread. This news is brought from
Kiel.—General Blucher is said to have con
firmed it, adding, that it was the corps under
Oudinot. But I cannot pledge myself for the
truth of it.
It is further said, that the French have been
trying to persuade the emperor of China to
declare war against the Russians, but without
success.
Hamburgh, March’ 18.
r.xtract of a private letter from .lltona, dated
the 17 th .March.
’ The situation of affairs in Poland and East
Prussia has assumed a more favourable aspect;
i the French have found it necessary to retreat,
, and are seeking safe tv in Brandenburg and Ber
! lin ; where the head-quarters of Napoleon are
| said to be transferred. If report speaks true,
j in the memorable battle of Eylau, Bonaparte
i was wounded in the back ; and although his
j quarters were pretended to be at Osterode on
1 the Bth, there are persons here who actually
j saw him at Thorn. He is said to be at variance
3 with most of his general officers, several of
jl whom have left the army in disgust with his
j proceedings. On the night of the ninht inst.
, a close carriage passed through Magdenbcrg,
[1 which it is reported contained Marshal Duroc,
| whom tlie emperor Napoleon had accused of
1 traitorous practices with the Austrian general
| Baron Vincent.
This evening private letters have been re
ceived, which state that the Russians have their
j advanced posts at W arsaw, and that the French
jj have been completely defeated near Thorn, by
| the combined Prussian and Russian army ; the
S latter is said now to consist of 100,000 men.
I It is reported, on the authority of private ac
! counts from Berlin, that gen. Oudinot, com
[ manning a corps of grenadiers, has gone over
to the Russians, near Ostrolcnka, with 8000
grenadiers, having been peremptorily ordered
by Bonaparte to make an attack at a lime,
when neither he or his corps had any suste
nance for thirty-six hours.
The Russian army lias, since the Battle of
Eylau, been increased to near 300,000 men.
Charleston May 23.
j All accounts by the Resource, from liiier
Plate concur in stating, that unless the British
shortly receive powerful reinforcements, they
will not be able to extend their conquest to any
considerable distance from Montevideo.—The
fate of Buenos Ayres was doubtful; and if the
governor, or commander of the Npftnish forces
at.this latter place, followed the example of i
| the governor of the former, in defending the
\ city to the last extremity, the small number
of Biilish troops which could he spared fiom
the garrison of Montevideo, would encounter
great difficulties in carry in g'the city.
The people of the country, generally', were
by no means pleased with their change of mas
ters, and would readily embrace any opportu
nity that offered’ of expelling the English—
This spirit of animosity was strongly manifest
ed by the inhabitants of Montevideo, who, hav
ing generally stepped forwards in its defence,
many of the first families had lost their fathers,
sons, or brothers*—'and notwithstanding they
fell in the heat of battle, their relatives consi
dered the English as their murderers.
We are pleased hi observing, that the Bri
tish have not, as was previously reported, re
taliated, upon the vanquished Spaniards, the
cruelties practised upon the prisoners captured
with general B'cresford. War is, of itself, suf
ficiently distressing—but the spirit of retaliation
and revenge, once admitted, its horrors are en
creased a thousand foid.
GRA.XD LODGE.
THF. members of the GRAND LODGE of Geor
gia. and the rt-fpeiftive Lodge* by their proper
reprtfentatives, are notified to attend at the Grand
I.odge Room in the Filature,the fitft Saturday in June
next, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, being a grand quar
terly Communication. By order of the Right Wor
lhipful Grand Matter,
1). D. Williams Grand Sec'ry.
May 15. ’49.
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THE VICTIM OF DECEPTION.
IN the morn of the day, as mild Emmera past,
By the fide of a flow rubning stream,
The cries of dcfpair, (he receiv’d on the blatt,
And they ended at last ih a feream.
Dir died, flieran, by a plunge in the wave,
To thefpot whence flic thought the noise came,” T
But! ackward ihc ihrunk, as ftie view’d the dark grav£
While dread horror convalfed her frame.
A form, iirh a fancy, refined, could paint,
Or the heart of a lover could charm,
Appear'd by the fide of the bank tn be faint,
,\Vith ihe current of life barely warm.
The Zephyrs wild revell’d tipon her hire bread,
Which great anguiili dittractcdly heav’d,
And many a groan, from her hofom, cxprtft
That Ihe was of all comfort bereav’d.
Slow borne > y *'ne wave, thro’ the current’s black fp
Hj:e fine form of an infant was fern,
The co’d hand of death had difcelour’d its face,
Andpale was its once bloom ng mien.
“ There finks my poor chiid, cover’d quite by the wavtf
The deferted’ fad offspring of woe,
And {hall I delay long to meet the dark grave.
When sweet innocence thus is laid low.
“ No, no, the dread pangs of reflection forbid
That one moment I longer fliould stay.”
She plunged, and deep in the blue waters hid,
She fled from the light of the day.
“ Farewel to thy manes, thou fair victim of grief,”
The gentle mild Emrhera said ;
“ Long.haft thou been void of sweet pity's relief,
And the tears of true penitence (lied.
“ Array’d in the charms, that pure virtue could givei,
And decked with innocence sweet,
Each did, in thy prefenefc, much pleasure receivcj
And thy coming did happiness greet.
But a vot’ry of libertinifm, he came,
And wore 011 his dark ray a (mile ;
Pretended to feel a since e lover’s flame,
While his mind was intent to beguile.
“ His purpose tffetSed—in spite o fth.y prayer*
The fell villain departed away,
And left thee to anguifli.to ioriow, and teals,
To spend in fad mis’ry each day.
“ .Lothario’s foft voice, 011 maidens, beware,
Nor one moment his speeches believe,
For tho’ he fliould clothe with affection his air,
The only intent's to deceive.”
L’lncoxx®
From the National Intelligencer.
We received the'f Honing letter by yesterday V
mail, from JVcw-Or leans:
F O R TH E P U B LI C.
Mi Smith. —l pronounce a letter imputed
to General John Adair, anrlsaid to be. address-’
cd to the Kentucky delegation in congress, to
,he a vile and infamous fabrication—and I am
able to prove.by the testimony of Ralston aid
I'loyd, two of Burr’s associates-, that Gene 1 at.
Adair left Nashville with Burl’s knowledge
and direction, and visited this city, for the ex
press purpose of co-operating with the said
Burr.
JAMES WILKINSON.
N. B. The substance of this letter was no
ticed in your paper some time since.
.Yciu-Orltans, April 3, 1807. J. W.
TheftUbvting singular Advertisement, appeared
in a late Pittsburg Gazette.
TO THE PUBI.I C.
Particularly to the Merchants at Pittsburg and
elsewhere.
Brothers —Your friends of the Seneca na
tion, belonging to Alleghany River, speak to
you. We hope you will be attentive, and lis
ten to our talk. Wc understand that some of
you arc in the practice of trusting our Indians
for goods, Bcc. Brothers, we have taken this
matter into consideration, and in order that the
chain of friendship may be kept bright^, etween
you and us, wc now earnestly entreat you
not to trust our Indians any more, as we are
determined to pay no debts contracted by in
dividuals—and such as ‘have accounts against
any of our tribe, we request to pay early at
tention to recover them frem those who haw?
contracted the debt. Brothers, when applica
tion is made to you in future for trust, by anv
of our people, wc hope you will then re
member x>ur talk, and attend to our request,
and we shail ever consider it as a mark of vour
friendship. Wc request our talk may be put
on the great paper, that you may not be de
ceived.
Agreed on at a Council’held at the Cold3prin>
2d mo. 9th, 1806.
Signed by the following Chiefs.
Cornplantcr, his f mark.
Cochondanogah, his t mark.
Contidin, his t mark.
Agisquaf-tah, his f mark.
Tus-an-dan-guit, his t mark. -rr g
Tiki-ando, his t mark.
Blue-eyes, his t mark.
Johnston Silvcrhccls, his f marb. i
John Pierce, his f mark.
Gah-hau-stee, hi f mark.