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CHARLESTON, September 5.
. .At a meeting of (be citizens, (bln day, held
in Si. Michael’s Church, agreeable lu adjourn*
mclii,
Dr. Ramsay in the Chairs
Etear? ^t^criation.
- ON EL QUENCE.
No. III. ^
Lysias of the ancients, arid Donning, (lord
Ashbur:eu) amongst the moderns, are exam*
The committee appointed at the meeting of pies of an eloquence of a lower order, indeed.
the 29,b uit. repotted sundry resolution:,;
which being read by the chairman, were uoaoi-
ui-’usly agreed to, and arc as folto.tr s
Wncteas it appears by uie proclamation of
(lie president of the (Juitcd buttes of fhe 9:b
oil. that the arrangement lately concluded by
him and the minister of his Britannic majesty
ha» been disavowed by the government ouiie
than that of Demosthenes and Cicero ; but.
nevertheless founded on the principles of true
oratory, and an many occasions, to be employ
ed With propriety. Were the orations of Ly
sias by i*, 1 might furnish from them a spe
cimen which would'impress on the mind a dis
tinct picture of this character of eloquence*
As the translations of this orator are rare, we-
l^tter, though the United States haa pe- lura^. must content ourselves with d description .of
Cd with the utmost promp imdc and gijod iauh his manner.
the stipulations incumbent on ihe/u ; in conse
quence of which, the sincere and honorable en
deavors of our gQxerniM»:it to meet that nation
on a footing of amity u*u pacification have fail
ed,- and all the evils resulting from their oiders
in council are again visited upon our peaceful
and rightful commerce, undar circumstances
peculiarly injurious and iitsultir-g, while the
other numerous violations of our neuirat rtgh.s
and national honor, of wiitcawe have so lung
and so jostiy complained, remain'altogether un-
redressed :~A.»d, whereas, Inc'arrangeuten>,
so happily concluded, contained in, the opmtcni
of this meeting, no more than tins-government
was iii honor bound to demand, and no more
than the government of-Great-Uriulin was in
justice obliged to graut.'arid has beep rejected
by the latter, undo pretences as affiontivc "as
they arc unjust—ft becomes our duty, as a free
people, (among whom public sentiment consti-
talcs national strength) at so imp,u tanl u crisis,
to animate and coi.ii.m the resolves of our ru
lers and rtpresen-atives, by an expression of
our confidence, and to proclaim to the world,
that, brealhing this confidence, and united io a
roan, in the love of our inestimable government,
and our excellent constitution, it is our deter
mination to support, by evciy sacnfice and at
every hazard, the honor of our country, and the
just rights of a great and independent people—
therefore,
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Charles
ton and its vicinity, of every 'puli ical denomiua-
I: discovers, then, rather a delicate taste, and
.a judg neni exquisitely fine, than a
From the Salem Gazette of August SO*
prevailing genius an irresistible enthusiasm.
Lysias'was an Athenian, and his orations are in
the purest Attic taste: the periods.construct-
ed with an artful simplicity, free from redun
dancies, satisfying the ear, and presenting to
the mind die exact sense of the speaker.- The
narrative, the arrangement, the conclusions,
are conducted in the neatest, most’ orderly
aud pleasing manner. The hearer appear? to
be conversing with a man of refined sense,.and
Recent rfkounts from the north of Europe,
appear to’be favorable to American cotnmeice
A letter from Mr. Williams in London, dated
-6th-July, says— • .
** This moment I got advice from Mr. Joseph
Pucairti, dated 13:h June, of which I give you
(be substance. Three vessels had arrived with
coffee and some sugar at Toomngen, and were
fteelyadmitted by the Danish government;
which’ gave the most positive assurances that
they would continue to protect and receive
them. Mr. P. recommends the Danish port
of JSLeal for those who are bound to Russia ; the
distance from it to Hamburg is. small, with re
gular waggons, and the baibor good, He adds,
that there is no law of Denmark against vessels
astc, ana » which have been boarded, or touched at Eng-
powei tul ;. la,,^ though j t v.ouid be so much the better if
neither happened ; but the ship's papers must
clearly show that the whole cargo was shipped
in the United States.
“ Mr. Pitcairn has written to several captains
and supercargoes at Gottenburgh, recommend-
ing ihe port of Kiel, Irom its vtcintty to Ham
burgh, where teas, nankeens and sugars will,
produce higher prices than farther up the Bal
tic.”
We understand that accounts are also favor
able from the south. 1 hat cargoes are sold at
would be ditsgus'ed with whatever did 1 ifaf^aV- ^
cord with the elegant simplicity of the 'orator. ••'^^“^fT^AeicTfiSicIfaiUwlto dm
1 he enthusiasm of Demosthenes and Cicero
would appear to him indecent violence!
-their
inspired wisdom outrageous madness. He
would resemble ore who, soothed by the
smooth-gliding. the gentle murmuring ol a
meander.ng till would dread the cataract’s
foaming rage, as shocking to the fine harmo
ny of his feelings. This species of oratoiy,
never cap.blc of arresting the attention of a
popular assembly and comroling its move
ments- finds its propci field at the bar. Ly
sias. in fine- wc would choose as a companion
ol’just and elegant sense, rather charming in
the delicate graces of conversation than as
tonishing to the bold figures of oratory.
To illustrate tne greater power of the elo
quence of Demosthenes over that of L.sias,
let os suppose them lising to add* ess the Athe
nians on the same momentous occasion. Let
lion, in this meeting assembled, feel the high- ' it b- when the Athenians, raised to the loftiest
cat indignation and ie->enimerit at the manner
in which the United States ha-e been treated
in the late negotiation ; nor will those feelings
be allayed by the belief that the cooduc. of the
British ministry in the transaction, was not cha
racterized by the’guilt of perfidy ; for the preten
ces on which they have ac-.cd would not there
fore cease to be as unjust, as they are iitcoxi-
hopes., b, tne report of tne death of Alexander,
and the Victory oi' their allies, exulting without
moderarom are suddenly in funned that their
armies are defeated—that all is lost. Alex
ander diet, thunders at their gates. Teiror,
confusion, dismay, reign throughout the -city.
Each tnu i, wild vvi.h fear, demands of the next
wnorn h- encounters, what are the means of
paUble with the pride a:.d aouofotah independ-1 safety, what hope remains—and his distrac-
fut nation. ,, ,,y; 2 , - _ tton ts heightened by the despair' of him from
whom he seeks succour and consolation. Ai.
this tno uett . an assembly of ‘he people is call
ed. 1 ..ei Lv stas rise—his feeble voice would
not he nea: u—he would be slighted as an im
pertinent prater. But vvny erqune how lie
would be hea d ? A ved by the greatness^ of
the occasion, would he notsti silent ? But see—
De.u >siheoes has asccpded the rostrum,col
lected aWful in the strength and grandeur of
his soul, he stands. His audience already re
ceive calmness from his countenance, fas alti
tude. % a-i astonishing stroke of eloquence,
he seizesmil their minds Now, he gradually 1
dissipates {their fears; presently they are in- ‘
spired with confidence ; and. finally, their late
bewildering terror foigotten quite, they con
sider only the means of repelling and over
whelming the enemy. Let us now imagine
Resdlved, That we have the highest confi
dence in the vhuie. ability, and prudence fme
president of the United Stales— hut we h ghty
approve of the prompt and digu-fied manner in
which be bus renewed the ope .rati u, oft he non-
intcrcourxe laws, and sole only pledge t-> bi.n,
to congress, and to our coun ry, our lives, our
fortunospatid our sacred honor, to support the
(government in ail the measures which the cu
rs shall demand, though tli$y should subject
us to die privations, anti involve us in the cala
mities of a just and necessary war..
llcioloal, That the present alarming situa
tion ol our public affairs demands a union of all
our citizens—-hat we will on this point, and at
this time, silence the controversies of party, for
get the interests and prejudices of local situa
tion, and with a generous emulation strive with
each other, who shall best serve tne great cau,c j Lvsias rising af'er Demosthenes, how insigni-
of our beloved country. I ficant would he. appeal ?
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing reso-| l have said, 'hat although the eloquence of
hrions be signed by the chairman of this meet- j Lysias is not of the highest order, it is never
ing, and transmitted by him to the president of,; t lieless genuine oratory ; for, does it not an-
tile United States. j swertothc propet definition of oratory, » A
It was then moved, and seconded, that the ’ direct and serious address to men on the in-.
continent at a good pi ice.
A letter from Stockholm states, that the late
king is to tie allowed to retire from Gnpsboim,
and reside free from guards on the' island of
YVisingo, in the lake W' ettem ; and that at tbe
end of the war, he will be permitted livciu any
part of Europe which he may prefer.
FROM THB freeman’s JOURNAL.
Kingston, (Jam.) July 16.
Mr. Wharton,
Sir—Un your arrival in America, will you
have the goodness to have the annexed pub
lished, and oblige your most obedient servant,
Thomas Wright, of Charleston.
thanks of this meeting be tendered the chair
man ami secrcla.y, far their attention.
The meeting then adjourned./
J. S. Cogdell, Secreta -y.
Coroner’s Ofliee.
The subscriber informs his friends and the
S ublic generally, that he intends being a can-
idate at tbe approaching election for COUO-
■JfElt, and will be grateful for th-ir suffrages.
John Dimoud.
August 22—ICO
The subscriber,
Informs the voters of Chatham county, that
he will be a candidate at the ensuing electi n
for CORONER ; and solicits the suffrages of
his fallow citizens.
James Potts.
- August T5 97 ,
Tiie subscriber .
Informs the voters of Chatham county that
he is a candidate for the office qf COftOA'&R,
and solicits their sufifort. j.
Thomps Brown.
August 24—101
Coroner.
The subscriber will be a candidate at the
ensuing election for the office of CORONER,
and will be grateful for the suffrages of his
friends and fellow-citizens.
teresu 3nd honor of their lives l"
Youth, engaged in the study of eloquence,
to you, with solemnity, with energy, I address
myself when I declare that, with design, I in
cessantly distinguish between genuine and }
Kingston. (Jam.} July IS.
On the 23d June, 18U9, sailed front S . Jago
dc Cuba in the schooner Greyhound, of Balti
more, John Holmes, master, with the ouginal
cargo of American produce, brought Irom
Baltimore in said schooner, with every paptr
fair and cieai, with an intention of sailing to the
cuy ol St. Domingo, and entering that port it
in possession of the British ; or if not, to offet
the cargo to the British squadron or land forces;
arid then to proceed to the bay of Honduras;
certificates to this effect being taken with affi
davits, made before M. Rogers, esq. Amen
can consul in St. Jago de Cuba; both by cap
tain Holmes and myself, as owners of vessel
and cargo. On the 30th of June, was boarded
by h:s majesty's brig Avon, captain Frasict,
and tteated politely; and informed that it was
likely the city of St. Domingo would be in
possession of the Bntish by the time we could
reach it. On the 3d oi July, was boarded b\
the fa 'g 8a<elite, Robert Evens conunande’i
papers examined, captain begged a little coffe
and rice, for his own use, which was givet
him; papers delivered op anti we were direc
ted to proceed, us we were then at anchor un
der the island of Biuiu r and hud- only .one an
chor; captain Evens raid there was a fishc
man on shore he thoughts had an anchor, we
got out our boat, but f-.uiid there was no an
chor ; the tSatelitc had go: under way soon al
ter boat ding us and stood lor the effing; but
about 3 o’clock, tarktd, and stood for us, come
to vety near us and sent his boat with orders tt
send out papers on board for re-examination ;
when he put many foolish questions to captain
Holmes, and finally by the advice oi Dominique,
a Fiench piisouer, and acting as pilot ef the
fa ig. took possession and sent us here where
there is no doubt we shall in one way or anoth
er be plundered of £ 1500 to 200C, even if clear-
f ed. This same Evens is a Welchman, and a
I most notorious villain ; sends every thing in
false oratory, and repeat the definition of ge- j lhai comes hi , w wi h Ioil& , e ' er8 ° mie
numc oratory. 1 do this because, m our times, b his cJeik< slati whal bas b ^ cn said b lhe j
men have arisen of splendid genius and povv- j m ' asters of lbe vessels he meets ; most of which,
cts of fucination, who. cither endowed with oth
er gifts than those of oreioiy, farmed with an
other personal character, or another ambition,
than that of the orator, trammelled and dimirtt-
cd by their, political situation, or. finally, eariy
initia'ed into studies not congenial with the con
tentions of the foru o, have perverted, much
perverted, the eloquence of the age Repub
lican youth, to you it belongs, with the genuine
independence of the republican character, to
detect and despise the seductive faults of these
at least in our case, was notorious-lies. I', is to. |
, be boped-the government of the United States,
' will take some'effectual measures to the redress
of their citizens; and protect them against such
notorious licensed thieves. Great numbers of]
Americans are detained here, and when clear
ed, besides the loss of time and a market, have
the costs to pay; which in many cases amounts,
to half the value.
Thomas Wright, of Charleston.
men. to penetrate prof undly into 1 the princi
ples of this noble art, and displaying them in
life, to delight and astonish, still more to per- *
suade and control. T fig senuipeqts, the style^ circulate a list of the names of seamen, said 11
it oratory, cultivated from earliest ” be detainedf as prisoners of war in France. We
are very glad to find these exclusive patriots
cau, even in any case, feel for enslaved Ame-I
ricans. lu time, perhaps, they may come to
be persuaded, that the nation which has four
thousand of them incarcerated in worse than
dungeons, and which still •« claims and exer
cises tbe right” of adding to that number,
has (Pickering’s declaration to the contrary,
notwithstanding) actually done us some “ es
sential injury.American Mercury.
v Late European Kefts, r :
Received at J\ r orfilk, by L*Africaitic 9 continued.
- >*- London, July 8.
. This morning French and Dutch papers, the.;
fonnei to the 1st, the latter to the 6tb in
stant, weie received.., 'They contain the
21st bulletin of the French at my, which is dat
ed Vienna, June 22d. It dcesaot appear that,up
to that,time, any more fighting had taken place
on the Danube. This bulletin does not ap; '-•i to
have been written wtth the intention ol cou.u^i-
nicaling any fresh intelligence, but merely far
the purpose of answering some statements in
the Austrian bulletins, and of infotmii g the
people of France aud Germany, that at the com
mencement of tbe campaign, Austria had
400COO men in aims; and that in the
different battles which have been fought, the
Aqstrians have lost 100,000 in prisoners! la
addition to this, we can state, that a letter from
Paris of the date of the 1st instant, containing
an extract of one from Vienna, of the-24:h ult.
has also been received ; and that, to the latter
date, the same inactivity continued. The other
contents of this bulletin relate* to incidents in
the battles of the 21st and 22d, to the force of
the Austrians on those days.
" ' „ > July 11. ' ', ■ [xj-:,
We have authority to state that the Austrian
filial accounts of the battle of Asperu will apq
at in a supplement to the gazette of this e\cl
nihg. It consists of three sheets, and takes up
the events of the war at the period of the baulet
of AbersbUrg, end the capture of Ratisbon by
the Austrians—gives an account'of the captuie
of Vienna, and follows the march of tbe arch
duke to the position where the battle was fought.
It then gives the archduke’s plan of the attack,
states the Austrian forces at 75 000 men—gives
details ol the' battle of the 21st of May.- whirls
it classes, in the following manner: M For the
first time Napoleon has sustained a defeat in
Germany. The charm of his invincibility wc|t
dissolved. No longer the spoiled child of for
tune; by posterity he will be characterized as
the sport of the fickle goddess. '
It then proceeds to give a narrative of the
battle of the 22d of May—17.000 French mus
kets ard 3000 ruirasses were taken. The Aus
trians had 87 superior officet s and .4190 subal
terns and privates killed—663 officers and
15657 privates wounded. On the part of the
French, 7000 were buried in the field of battle,
and 5000 are wounded in the Austrian hospitals,
in Vienna and thesubuibs there ate 29.763
wounded—2300 were taken—hundreds of
corpses have floated dovyn the Danube.
The account of the second battle closes in
t he folk vvieg terms:—“ Thus terminated a con
flict of two days—it was decisive for the glory
of the Austrian arms, for the preservation of the
monarchy, and far the correction of public opin
ion.”
It is probable that the next accounts from
Germany will firing intelligence of the great
est importance—we do not mean from the Da
nube, but from the North of Germany. It is-
i cppried that a general insurrection has broken
v>tn in Hanover and Hesse, and that the A's-
.rians were advancing from’ Leipsic on the one
hand, and from Wunzburgh on the othe , for
(he put pose of giving confidence to the insur
gents.
The foreign intelligence does not com mum-
cate any very important fact ; but it is still not
without interest. Ir shows the disposition oF
the people of Germany, to rise against the
French—from the notth to the south—from
he Banks of the Lake of Constance to the
shores of the Baltic. T he insurgents from
he Vuralbtrg and the Tyrol keep Swabia and
Bavaria in a state of alarm. Their activity is
incessant—we hear of them in the neighbor#
hood of Sahzberg—rof Memmitigen—of Kemp-
rot:—on the Lech, the Ise, and the Inn ; they
enter towns and levy contributions—carry off -
provisions and hostages, and so infast the coun
try, that the enemy obtain supplies with the
greatest difficulty.
This must naturally increase tbe scarcity
which is acknowledged to be ieh at Vienna,
and which is so great the populace besiege the
bakers and butchers' shops day and .night, just
as they did at Paris during tbe early part of the
revolution. Hungary was the source ir«.m
whence Vienna usually drew supplies—but
that source is no longer open, and. to an appli
cation in behalf of the capital made by Bona
parte to the archduke Charles, a positive refu
sal is said to have been returned. ,
Whilst these events are passing -in the
southern part of Germany, the northern is not
more disposed to remain quiet under the
Fiench yche. The progress of the Austrians
in Franconia, and Saxony is already knewn.
the f nee
years, they become natural to the mind and
ate its easy spontaneous production. The
orator advancing towards mature excellence
grows confident in himself, exults in bis
streng-b, and feels no achievement impossible
to his powers. The pervertors of eloquence
to wltom 1 have alluded, are Burke agd Cur
ran— men against whom every judicious lover
of eloquence should declare eternal war.
CLIO
September^—! 06
George Stout.
Coroner.
The subscriber respectfully informs his-old
friends and the public, generally, that he will
be a candidate for tbe office of CORONER, at
the ensuing election, and if re-elected, will
endeavor to discharge faithfully ’ the duties
thereof. MICHAEL WHITLEY.
September 2 ■•■■105
The Subscriber
Has moved to Telfair’s wharf, where he con
tinues the FACT ORAGE aud COMMISSION
BUSINESS. .. .
Thomas Glen.
juas 30-73
In the court of king’s bench, on the 23d of
June, an action was brought by u. Mr. Wright
an upholsterer, against colonel VVardle, for the
recovery of 1914/. for articles furnished. Mrs.
Mary Anne Clarke, upon his persohal promise
of payment; in return for which, Mrs. C. was
to give him every information in her power re
lative to her connection with his royal highness
the duke of Y-nrk. The jury found a verdict
for the plaintiff.
It appears, that aftercpfonel W. had accom
plished his object against the duke of York, he
denied the promise he had made to Wright, and.
the action was the consequence. On the day
succeeding the trial, Warflle, in an address
“To the public of die unitedVmgdom,” declar
ed that the verdict was,obtained by perjury
alone” and while he pledged himself to prove:
it bv a course of law, he begged’ the public
would suspend their judgment.
In Westphalia and Kesse the spirit ot imur-
G reat pains are taken by the federalists tol.rection has shown iUclf, and the « insurgent
peasants,” as they are called, lately broke into
‘the town of Matbuigh on the Lahn. -. These
.peasants are not raw troops, unusued to arms z
they are men, who by the ancient constitution
of the country, were enrolled and exercised dur
ing a certain part of the year. Thus rapidly
and vigorously is the spirit of insurrection
spreading itself every where round, the enemy.
Meanwhile, the archduke Chafes is reinfor
cing himself by tbe Lanclwher(mHitia) of Mcra-v.
via and Bohemia, and so stro>>g'<foes he feel' 1
himself, that be has sent a part of tfce Hunga
rian insurrection, that lied arrived at Btutin. to
join the archduke John at Comoro. Tfafa
reinforcement is said to have enabled bim. fi>
advance again and to resume bis position at
».<,k The two^reat Austrian armies under
It may afford pleasure, to scientific and other ]
readers, to be informed, that professor Silliman.
of Yale College, has made a series of accurate
and interesting experiments on tbe a Meteoric |
Stone,” which fell in Connecticut. Tbe resuh
of tbe analysis, I have been informed, confirm- j
sd tbe opinion previously entertained, that it
was composed of the same ingredients with
those which fell in the other parts of tbe globe, j
From this circumstance, we may judge, tht
origin was tbe same. This subject, so obscun
at the present day, will, no doubt, be found n
arise from a different cause than that which hat
been attributed to it.—Philadelphia Daily Adv.
Mf. Evestapbieve bas arrived at Boston a* ]
Russian consul. He came by tbe way of Eng-,
land and
Raab.
■be archduke Charles aud John, occupy an al
most strait line from Walkerdorff to Comoro.
Piesburgh . is the centre of it—hence the
French have made the greatest efforts to tako
Presburgh; they would then have interposed
between the two armies. But aH these efforts
have been ineffectual, and marshal Duvoust has
been constantly repulsed in his attempts to
make himself master of tbe tcic-du-front near
Wolfsthal.
Yarmouth, July !0.—Arrived tbe Havcck
gun-brig, lieutenant Gambier,frou> the Baltic,
od brings intelligence that Schiir is not dead,
jut only wounded, and is Torttfyiug &e ; &fcuui
of Rugen, and refirti thd*.«levoiutiou fcis b« ok-