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• The peace it, Fkethit ef A-roelnj, a pfixee o f Kfc«w7y—-jnd upon wbst grounds l “ A leaning • certain points,” it seems has bee « hinted,” at the congress of Vienna. Noe let Us pot th<a mysterious language into pin English. It can bear oo other constructin' than this—-that Russia, or Ans-rh, or Prussia liaa avowed ah Inclination to support,!be inna anions on public' law which Mr. Madsoo as aertt. Might ’not this bate bees foretold— was it not foretold in this paper above s<a months ago t Wits it not the very argument we urged for pushing tbe war in America with the utmost vigor, whilst yet the field was open, and our adversaries without allies ? And is it not a motive for the same eonduc, even at this la’c period ? If any of tbe powera who have received our subsidies, or have been res cued from destruction by our courage and ax ■mple, have had tbe baseness to turo again*! 0% It- Is morally certain, that the treaty o! Ghent will confirm them io their resolution. They will reflect that we have attempted to ■force our principles on America, and have fa'led. NAY, THAT WE HAVE RE HR- EO FROM THE COMBAT WITH THE £■< RIFES YET BLEEDING ON OUR BACKS—’With tbe recent defeats at Platts burgh, and on Lake Cbampla’n unavenged To make peace aueb a moment, thay will thii-k betrays * deadness to tbe feelings af honor,and shows a timidity of disposition, in- •itlr.g fur'her insult. If we feould have point ed to America overthrew, we should su r e!y vk»ve s’ood on much higher ground at V-enna, \nd every where else, than we posxbly can do now. Even yet, however, if we cnuld but vtlose tbe wa r with some great naval triumph, th* renu arion of our maritime greatness Rj'gh* be partially restored v but to say, that it Jta* not hitherto suffered in tbe estimation of ell Europe, and what is worse, of America herself, is 'o belie common sense and univei- eat experience. “Two or three of our ships have struck to a force vastly superior 1 No, ret <sm or three, but many, on the ocean, and whole «q<iadrons on tho lakes ; and the num bers a'e to be viewed wi'b relation to tbe comparative magnitude ef tbe wo navies. Scarcely is there one Am-rcian »hip ef war. which tits not to boast a victory over the Brit ish'S ig, scaeely one British in thirty or forty, tha* has beaten an American. Our seamen, it 1? urg-d. have on all occasions fought bravely. Who denies it I Our complaint is. that with tne bravest sramrn, and the mint powerful navy In thr world, we retire from the contest when the balance of defeat is so heavily against u* Be it accident, or be it misconduct, we enquire pot now into the esu-e ; the certain, inevtable Cons-qurnce* are what xr.- look to, and these tnay he summoned up in few words—the spec, ity growth ol an American navy—and tbe re- ev.trence of a new end much m re formidable Am-rirnn war. From that fatal moment when the fl *g of the Guervlrre was struck, there has t>»eo quite a rage for building ships of war ir. thr United States. Their navy hav been near ly doubled, and their vessels are of extraurdin- sirrmagnitude. The people, naturally vain, boastful nod in-olent, have been tilled with au Wisolute contempt ef onC ir.aritime pow.-r, anil a furious eagerness to beat down nur maritime p.Mtmsiims. Thee past-ions, whi^k have beet li fl .mcd hy success, could nnly have been cool- S»ii ! y what in vulgar but emphatic langu,ge ba« been termed •• a sound flogging tut. unf.- rtunately, our Christian meekness has in. daerd us.rather to kiss tbe rod, than to retal iate its exercise ft! Such falsa and feeble hu. inanity is. not calculi ted for the goidane of nations. War is, indeed, a 'remcoacus to g ne.cf justice ; but when justice wields Tlh- sword, she must be inflexible. Looking ti"i ther to the right nor to the left, she must pur. Sue her blow, until the evil is clean rente'* out. This is nos Wind r-*ge, or blinder re venge—but it is a discriminating, a calm, anil , even a tender calculation of consequences. -i'Bc'iter Is it that we should grapple with the young lion. wh»n he is first fl-shed with the ta«te of our flick, thin wait until, in the ma turity of his strength, he bears away at once both sheep and shepherd. ’ The Chatham. of 74 guns, (built in memory of the Wslclwen expediiion,) it ordered to be manned, and w II, it is supposed, be sent to America to sire/gihen the preparations far that rxren'ded system of warfare, which mus> take ptare if ihe President should delay the fa.ification oftl'e trea'y. We are well convin ced, that every sh p ard every sailor, employ ed in maintaining 'he vital con'cst for our nsar. » itirvie ascendency, far from d'minishi •£, will s) * odd a proportional we'pht to our irfiaenceat r Vrenaa ; bu'.ln truth Vien-o and it* fe es, and •II <■) ncg'i ciat'oer, are infinitely ins’gn ficant to us now, enmrared with the g owih of an American navy, and 'ho prrbabie loss cl our trai'satlatic provicccs. With respect to the lat ter prim, i< is certain that the piemens trea'y vr<ll produce the rr' st serious discontent among tjhe Cttndians when they fi-d that the great obi , *t *f their wi’hes, a tectve fientier com* n -.. - ’ion, is referred to the perisinn of com- oners. They know, if the British public d „ .-. nof, wha* is rhe honesty oi American csirr n>’' riooe's t bur, indeed, we ought to km w no, for we tarnot well have forgotten jhe r • r’l'ct oi '.hose appointed under the t»e* t» of 1794. By hst trea'y iwo boa ids were *siab i-hed—-one in F. gland, ’o judge of Arne- 1 rfren cl am* | >heo'her in America, to judge of British claims. The former proceeded w th . p!) justice and egulari y, and sc'ually adjudg ed to .various claimants above a imllion and a half of money, which was paid by this coun try. The la'iet met, and received British claims to the amount of fiva millions and an >*lf, but never proceeded to a single award A* this board were tw-i American commission- <ri, the presence of one ot whom at least was *necessa r yto form e q torom: bu* these despica. fcle swindler*, lor their conduct entit'es them to 6r> better name, no sooner perceived that jus- lice received a decision in favor of a British cU’finsnt, than thev mithdiewi and of course pu*<in entire .atop to the business. After th : s expe'ence, it doe* seem a little estaor- dl ary, 'ha' we should commit the future safe ty of Gsnsd* to a board of Commissioners. The Han burgh mail presents us with ne ve fy gratifying view of’he harmory of ihe coo fjfivm powers; but oae satisfactory coudii- ■ r *, t* bunding thts tnihtary district, to communicate the tidings of Peacc to *uch British cruisers a« me might foil ia with on our coast.—Gear ’im at leisf, miy be dnWnfrotl this, that #8 nay with tolerable safety leave them to their #'n d spu es, while .we attend to what more t.otaly concerns qt. It ia not how, as in the rime of Bonaparte, when one savage despo tism threatened’o swallow up all national in dependence. On the coot'ary, almost every oower at the congresa seems to hive hasepa me views,'and we am sorry to say, tba* they seem almost all rq tally to set at defiance their pretended principle of equity and mode ration. Saxony and Poland, Genoa and Vfen s, tbe Catholic Rclgim and tbe Slave Trade, appear to have furnished subjec's for discussions and flrojects, end protests, but for ••othiog else. What is said of 'he alive trade, is particularly repugnant* to all manly feeling. The abolition is truly said to be “ intereat'ng >o humanity,” sod yet the humtnity of all Eu- . rope united is eot strong enough to compel! treaty of peace between th<* United Suies and even a mndifi ” - -** -*- ’ Great Britain * a * 3l - ned bv all the cnmmtMvnn^ and atrocities. Gazette• ,JA letter tram New Orleans, of the 20th 3— naary, s'-yj—•* The watchword and eoun'er sign ot the enemy on the morning of thr 8:h, waa BEAUTY and BOOTY. Comment It uone- csssary cn these signifisa.it allusions held cut to u'hcentiona soldiery." AR RIVAL OF THE TRANSIT. ■The schooner Transit, has arrived in the Chesapeake. And we have the pl*-* ure to state that Cbbistofhss Hughes, esq. the bearer of the duplicate treaty, has been landed in Annapolis, nod undoubtedly proc-** d"d to the seat of government.—Balt. Telegrafth. We have the pleasure to aanounee, that the ■SPr 'i ; *•■■ ■ , M-'rr General i'Cktoii, and dtmughkim *8 lir offi.r* anil at-a under his c ran a d. fpr~f ' iivir g-llsntrv aud go.nl crnduct. in drfratii g tne enemy brf tf the'city W NtW-*rl^raV.d mcecasive; battles t nght on the 23 * of l>c- cember. J814. end 1st and Bih of I,natry, 181J—in which <t British veteran artuv. for* mulnblc in number ai in discipline, command* ed by reriewn :U generals, was thrice beatec *nd driven back with %rcas losij and in <he battle ot th* 8th of January, with im mense slaughter, by X mtiilla force na?ti;y collected to ihe drfence^f 'htycky.xtfe’d byg.,' mail b dy of regular troops ; thus idusf'a’hg he pairioiic defence bf the count y .with bril liant achievement, and signalising.the Ameri cans by s'eady pe-severatee. incessant aigi- lance, pat'ent suffering, undanmed fi meets, acd in vir»ory moderation and clemency; And that the President of the United States bq re- .*•' / quested to cause a Gold Medal to be struck modification of chat system of crimes j Great Britain, as signed by all the commission; j with suitab'e emblems and devices, ard prb- ocitiea. Tbe reason assigned is, that | ?^„P hcnt *- on t J he , 24th J Pj - | to major generri Itck-o-bin testimony assigned tbe powers concerned in K will not accept of t heio’erfe. enee of the continental powers. Now, there are no nations calfiog themselves ciril zed, which at present are disgraced by the atave trade, except Spain, Portugal and Prance j but the two latter have lolemnty pro nounced it to be in its general natore contra- ? .to tbe sentiments of an enlightened age. hey therefore are confessedly bound to ac quiesce in any fair plan lor limiting it in point of duration or extent; and what they arq ii* e ce in, Spain canno* either with decency or dignity refuse. None ot these powers can lie under an unlimited nece>shy to buy and sell men ; and fur'her than their respective neces sities extended, there can be no dishonor in re nouncing so odious a traffic. From the London 77^-t December 31. Whether Mr. Madison may, or may not, ra tify the treaty of Ghent, will, perhaps, depend on the result of the expedition to New Orleans. The force from Falmouth and Cork, soppr-sed to be destined on that exoedi'ion, app-ars from letters brought by the Amphi-m, not to have touched at Bermuda, but in hare proceeded ili- r-ct to the mouth of the Mississippi, whither admiral Cochrane followed them with sueh vessels as he could collect. Th- permanent occupation of New Orleans, w old be a fatal blow to the Am.-ricnn views of agqradit-m-nt on the side of Louis’ana; but that blow Mr. Madison has it now in his power to na-rv, bv a mere stroke of the pen. On the other h»nd, if the exocditi.in should eneount r any *• rirus obstacles, ha would probably dt-lav. if not wholly refuse, to nt fy the treaty. We ther" fone trust, that he is strictly *i olt. d to ts imme diate ratification, or rejection , b *>'Vs ’ einc req-iirad to retract the insolent and menacing X;>rcssions sonramed in M.mroe’s nfficril 1-1- ter The more disgrac -ful .the tre -tv is>o ns in its terms, the iri'ire care'V.l must w.* be to repel any aggravations of cur dish one. I* is in vain that we are stiri told of the great laction every where pro'liit-ed. “art men lv because prac- has bern made on *ttrh term*." Look at the funds. Instead of rM g to oi 12 er crt’.t. us might well have be-n expected from a secure and honorable peace, thev keen a dead h“»vy level. Indeed, in the ,-arly part of yesterday, they dropped nea-lv on- per cr nt. but recovered a little toward the close «f the mark't. \Vr learn from our correspondent’., that the sariifaction exoresed at the news, was by no mraos so great, or g'-ner-1 in the country, as has been assert-d. At B'rnti.-g’.-am, Man Chester, and one or two other rtiannf ,ctorin<r o>b-"s. the nt h which brought' intrlli^onc? of ueace. were received,it is tni>, with many de monstrations ol joy ; but it is net t~ne. that the t-rms excit’d «'iv satisfaction at Livt rponl.— The merchnots of that place, mo-t of wh' m are pretty wrll acquair.tr.d with the tme coroplex- ion of American politics, indulged the ploi.mi st presages of the result; and the general opinion there was, that if Mr Madison cm Id bv anv m ’ans, find resources to carry on the war. be wmld r-j.-.iee io adding to the indigni ties he has heaped on us, that of refuting to rn tify the treaty. R?ma' I'« rf the Editor of thr I.ovdan Globe on the Treaty of Trace with America. •'Io this description of the treaty, w« read iho hnmiba ioa of ministers in every line. It forms, indeed, o deplorable contrast with the high so’.miHng threat’ and boasts of tl at parr of the public press devoted to their service. The waving of tome rights, and the mere ret-rn t'oo of others, is a miserable finale to i war that we were told must no: cease until after the Americans had been •• confoundedly well fl 'ggstl”—which, it was boasted, must dismember the union, overthrow the go. vernmeut, and sweep the American navy from the reran, not leaving • single bit of hunting, a rag; or a stick behind. But, alter the state to which ministers had brouqh*. th- country bv their ext wvagance. and th; war hy their incapacity, if they have been able to determine it upon any terms not absolute ly dishonorable and ruinous, if thev have ef fected a lasting peace, although not an ad vantageous one, and not merely purchased a short and precarious respite, with a certain ty of the renewal of war with Increased force and violence, and at a time when Am-rica shall have both internally, and in her relations with the European powers, many advanta ges which she does not now possess, we will not be disposed to complain. From them the koun- try had no right to expect any thi 'g bet'er. The war in the Peninsula languished - in their hands, until a spirit of energy was infused into it by the exertions of the opposition in Parliament The same incapaicty has been observeable in their managcipent of the transat lantic war—but their tardily exerted vigor did not there promise like success, at the grow ing spirit of the country was able to meet it with corresponding force. IVe understand 'hat a copy of the trea'y was laid before the Cabinet cn M onday last, and acceded to. with the mere addition of the clause th-t hostilities shall continue until the ra'fication.** rxoM Tat isitbav rustic ADvsantsa ADVERTISEMENT X f R AORDIN tRY. Wamtso-—The spirit which nima’td 'he conduct ef Elizaisia Osivsa a-4 A illiam — ——Better negneiato- or .-rare gunpowder. Lost—*—Al idea of na*t< oaJ dignity and honor. FeOMA—>That ai y infi^ni'icant (In may insult that which ufed to call herfelt M ftrefs •1 the Waves——[O deas !J The United States* schooner Alligator, was yestecdAf dispatched by the generstf com* cember, 1814, was last evening delivered by | Mr. Carroll, to the Secretary of State, who I immediately submitted it to th- President. The | general principle of the treaty, is a restitution and recognition of the rights and possessions of each party, as they stood before the war ,* with adequate provisions to settle all the disputed points of boundary, by commissioners, subject to the decision of an amicable sovereign, in ease the commissioners do not agree in opinion.— The title to the islands ia th- bay of Passams- qooddy being controverted, the possession will remain with the parties respectiyely, which now hold them, until the commissioners decide upon the title, but without prejudice to the claim of either pa -ty. Periods are fixod for the r» stitntir.n of maritime captures in different la- titudes ; »nd bostilines are te cea«e as soon as the ratifications of th- treatv arc eschar,g-d at Washington. It is understood, that, Mr. Baker is the bearer of the treaty ratified by the Prince R ’g-nt ; and will be reidv to exchange their ‘ratification, when the President and the Senate hive passed noon the sn 1 ')-ct. \Vc ir“ ha-ipy »o add, that the treaty is thought in all respects to be honorable to the nation, and to the ue g'-ciatari. The President will prnWsbly, toy it before the the Senate this day,—National In tclligencer, Feb 15. A SEAL TO THE PEACE i ENEMY RE-EMBARKED 1 The following is a eopy of a letter from Ma jor Gensral Jackson to the Secretary of War, dated Head Quarter*. 7th M : lit ary D : *trict, Canifl 4 mi/r* b'lom New Orlcant, 19 h January 1215. Last n ; ght, at 12 o’clock, the enemv pceci"i tatelv decamp'd aud returned to his ho*ts, leasing > -hind him, under medical attendance, eighiy rf his w' urdetl ineludiag two cflicers, fourteen pieces of his heavy artillery, and a quantity nf shot, having destroyed much of his powder. Such was the situation of the ground which he aisndnned. and of that through which ho ret 5 red. protected by canals, redoubts, en trenchments 8"d swnnvs cn bis right, and th river oo his left, that I could not without en countering a ri.k, which true policy did no seem to require or to authorise, a't-mpt to an iiov him much on his retreat. We took eight pci’ oner*. Whether it it'he perro’e of the enemy to ahaodon the expedition altogether, or renew his efforts at some othe.r points, t do not prentend t> dc ermiie with pot: iveoets. In my own mind, however, there is hut little doubt that his last t xertionsbavc been made in this quar ter—-st any rare for the present season, und by and by the next I hope we sh-.lt be fully pre pared for him. In this belief I am strengthen- *d not only hy the prodigious loss he has sub ruin-d a* the position he has jast cj-ii»*ed t hut by th- failure of his fleet'to pa’-s Fort St Philip. His loss on this ground, since the ci-bsrkatioo of his troops a* s'at-d by all the last prisoners aid d sorters, and as cond-med by many adds t ; :nal circumstance;, must have exceeded 4009 ; and was greater in thr action of the 8t" than was estimat'd, from the most c-Trrct daf ihen in hf* posjgssio’, bv the In«n- ctorGcn-ral whose vepovtriias been forsvarded to you. W- succeded or. the S.h.ii getting fr <m the enein, ahont one thousand stand of arms of various descriptions. Since the action of the 8th, ths'enemy have been allowed very iitde respi'c—my Artille-y from both s des of ihe river being constantly emolnyod, till the nigh’, and indeed un’il the Aour of their retreat, in anr.oy'.ug them.. No drub’ they thought i' qui e time to quit a po sition in which so lit'le rest could be found. I tm advised by Major O-'.ertoti, who com mands at Fort St. Philips, in a lefer of the 13'h, that the enemy havirg bombarded his loti for 8 or 9 days from 13 inch mor'ars wr th. out eflec\ h id, no the morning of that day retired. I have little doubt that he would have been :<b'e to have sunk heir vessels had they' attempted >o »un by. Giving the proper weight io all thesd con- a'dera'ions, I bri eve you will no* think tne too sanguine in the belief that Louisiana is now clear of its enemy. I hope, however, I need not assure you,.that Wherever I command, such a belief shall never occasion any relaxa lion in the raetsures for resistance, I am bat too sensible that tbe momebt when the ene my U onposirg us, is not the meet proper to provide them. I btve tbe honor to be Seri Andrew Jackson. Aiajor Gen. Corn’s. P. S. On tbe t8th our prisoners on shore . He left • widow andf fsur (mall children to lamest wee delivered to us, sn exchange having Wslob .... ' — - —, on Tkarteay, the 15th, at White Hal i, Bryan county, A. Gikbra-Y, eiq. ia th* 4*th year of hnl a *e- I .. I of the high sense,entertained by congresa, of eventk so memorable, and of aervicea so eoii* nCnt. miH hRITiffH ACCOUNT Tils ATTACK ON NEW-ORLEANS. . Nassau. February 9. Arr!*>H his m jesty’s brig Edwairi,. lieotrn ant .Williams, commanding, from' the Missis^ sipni. -* Never did we so repugnaotlf record news as riiutwe have to do to day. Exndctatinn,. bmh* moderate and fair, h as h»en defeated, and in a mann-r that must for*ver prey on the minds of the British public* The grand and respectable - exoedfeion against New Orleans haa failed! and .with a ln«s of near two thousand men. io killed, wounded and prisoners.-whilst that ot •lie enctr-.y has net amounted to one quarter of the number 1 Amongst the slain are the'brave Generals Pukenham and Gibb?—geo. Keane wa; wounded., . ' VVe have nnt sren anr detail of the battles, -either do we bdieve that any regular account has arrived; hut for the information of our -eaders wo shall give the account after the manner In which it has come to us, and w hrn, we fget an cfticial acccui.t we shall, lay it before ’h-m. — - It aupears that the British after landing were attacked by the Americans, .aboxt the 23(TDc* cemb-e, and that the Americans were defeated with the !o«s of ftu- hundred in-prisoners, and sixteen pieces of carnon. That the Arne, ri-ans t'ien retired into their entrenchments, ard nn the 8*h J'.nuatv was attacked therein ■* •hat the storming was allotted to two regiments, r>ri? of wh'oh regiments got possession of the —trenChment. but were not supported hy the o*ber, and were in consequence nearly to a man destroyed I Thegs'l'ol general Pak-nham u ad a horse shot under him . and being remount, ed and in the act of rallying the faulty regi- nn--*ttt (which it se-ms had been thrown into i sird-r and confusion from the disappearance of its crlonel) ha received the fatal wound Ivrh herelt the eonotry of an ?hlp general* ad she enterorfee nf its head. The BritiiU ■r~r, rmhr.'-krd attain, and were, when the Edward left the Mi*»i*»ififii. ftreflarintr for w the- attack, but the ftoint van not known, and flat bottomed boatr sue—- building on board af till the line of baffle *t ! fl' Bv such aoeoant* as we have in circulation, the Britilh force engaged amounted hut to 4000, wMtft that of tha eaem* is dated as h'gh as i J O00. That the hri ilh would tt*ck with 4000 when they had 3 or 4 times th t number, aopeara a myflery, which time can only deVe'ope We cannot however, help remarking, that too many failures grow *tn* of this fort of procedure. It is a reek on which nations at welt as men Co'it. ’he holding of an enemy io to» con*emptihle a light. America, though an usgrato- ful and unnarurd 'army, is not a centemptihla sne ( bur a nation poflVffing the Britilh fpirir and with ia the mod canning and contrivance of any nrfioa u-dwt the fua Cenning and coutrivance ought therefore, in every inftance, to be prarriCsd again ft them, to a* to meat tham on epual ground, when the true hontft fpirit of John Bolt muft always yredsminate over de. geueratea and mongrels, when numbers are not trtry touch at variants. D ; »d. in this city, on the 16th insjsnt Mrs; .ucr Barnard, consort of M -ji' J hn Ban* ard. of Wilmington Island. Thus hath death- dissolved a connection which suhsi«»#d upward of 42 years. Mrs. Barnn - d had .reached, her 68th war, and ha* left behind h- r, besides her lonr tr' "d partner, a number of children and grind cnil Iren. In the difierent relatioss of fife* she was wore tbv of imitation. Her virtues were most con spicuous. where a woman’s ought to be. in her "wi house. Her body, Lng broken by diseases afforded an opportunity, for “ patience to hire its perfect work ” Extreme and contioaad . siff^rings for many years, was the ordeal in which her fdi'h was tried—and in the sight of Him. who seeth the ^“art, we donbt not sb6 was accepted and ainjfoved. -- 1 Thy long and sharp affliction* alt are o’er— And thou on earth /shall past for breath BO > ,- more, . *n those blest realms/of light atid love divine f Oh I may celes.ial joys, and endless life bd thine! / Thy warn oat body ’neath the bay trees' shades In peace shall rest, till who all things made* Command the earth, and the wide-rolling main Restore the dead vyhich both of them contain I Then shall it iLe— renewed to life once mor ■— -a ■*- " *. And clouted with, spiritual strength foravar sK 'll -pit -ri*. . ‘ . ' Died in St. Feter'a Parilh, after fevett d«y*c i’tneO, on the 15th February.iS15, Mr. WsstiAH HoDecaij . a native af Soath Carolina, aged about forty year*. bee • previou-ly agt-eed to. Those who are on board ihe fl-et wifi be delivered at Pe-it C q ille—af’er which I shall have in my hands an excess of several bund ed. A J. 20 h—Mr. Sh'elds, Purser io the Nwy, has tnd y'aken 54 prisoners; among them a e 4 officers. A. J. Hon. Jamt* Monroe, * - Secretary of War. battle at Orleans. Mr. Trnup of Georgia from the ,eommittec on Military Affairs, made a report recommen ding thr adoption < f tha following resolve ; Resolved, by the Senate and house efrefire. tentative* of the United State* of America.jn congee** asotmblcd, That the thanks of con gress be and' they are hereby presented to For sale. S The schooner NANCY a staunch good vet- srl, well found, bnrthen 94 tons ; can he sebt to sZa wiih very ■.mall expence. If not sold in threa d*ys will take freight for Charleston. Apply on board at Cairdc MitcaellN whsrf to Bryan Hussey, feb 25—19 .. * ’ master. For sale. Fifty barrels of prime XBXF* £. Jencks. feb