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PARIS, Odober 17.
Fourth official Buietin of the grand army.
Avcsbu*g, Oflober It, ißcj.
The battle of Wcrtiigen was follow- j
ltd, after the fprc“ c.f twenty-four hot
by the battle of Gunzburgh. Marshal j
N,-y made a mover ent of h's part of
the array ; the, division of I.'Jifon on
I angei an, and the division of Malher on
t lunzburgb. The enemy, which endea
voured to oppoft its. If to thi* march,
wrreevery where overthrown* It was
in vail, that Pr.nce Ferdinand ran in
pi rfou to defend Gufizburgk. Genera,
Malher atta'ked it with the J9*h re . ,; d
u ent. The battle became ohftinnte,
ran t man. Col. Lacue, was killed at
the head of his regiment ; which, in
spite of the troll vigorous rdiflance,
carried the bridge by main force. 1 lit
cannon which defended it are all taken,
and the excellent politico of Gurzhtirgh
remains in our p.ffcflion, Ihe three
attacks <f the cm my became ufe’efs.
He retired with precipitation i l*e
refervc of prince Murat arrived in the
eight at Burgau, and cut t ff the enemy
in the night. The circumllantial details
of the battle, which cannot be given
for several days, will make known the
officers who hare diftinpuiflied them
feces. Tiie emperor palled the night
of the 9th to the 10th, and pat of the
day of the loth, bit ween the corps of
Marflials Ncy and Lanuce. The activi
ty of the French army, the extent and
complication of the combinations, which
entirely escaped the enemy, difconccrtcd
them extremely- The enemy loft more
than 2500 men in the battle of Gunz
burg. We made 1200 prtfoners, and
6 [ iece9 of cannon. We had 400 men
killed -and wounded. Major general
D’Afpre is in the number of the prifon
erc.
The F.rrperor arrived at Augfburgh
on the 10th, at nine o’clock in the e
vming; the city was in our poffiffion
two days before. The communications
of the enemy’s is cut off between Augf
burgh and Landsbi rg, and will be at
Ftieffen. Piince Murat, with the corps
of Mai (hals Ney and Lannes, arc in pur
suit. Ten regiments have been diawn
fiom tlie Austrian army in Italy and
came poll from the Tyrol, several of
tin .0 have aheady been taken. Some
Ruffian corps, which aJfo travelled poll,
have arrived on the Inn ; but the advan
tages of our pcifition are such that we
cau face the whole.
rIF I 11 Bill LET IN or THE GRAND ARM V.
Augsburgh Otioler 12.
Mat dial Soult repaired with his corps
of the army to Landfb rgh. By this
movement he cut off one of the grand
communications of the enemy. He ar
rived lhcre on the 1 ith, at 4 o’clock, and
there fill in with the regiment of cuiras
fiers of Piince Ferdinand, who, with fix
pieces of cannon,were making a forced
march to Dim. Martha! Soult ordered it
to be charged by the 26th regiment of
chaffeurs. It found iiltlf so difconcert
cd, and the 26th of chaffeurs was anima
ted with such ardour, that the cuiralfiers
*Ouk flight on the charge, and left 120
prif. ner. one lieutenant colonel, to
captains, and two pieces of cannon, Mar
dial Soult thought they would continue
their route on Memmingen, and had lent
fiv.ral regiments to cut off their retreat ;
but they retired into the woods, where
they rallied to take refuge in the Tyrol.
Twenty pieces of cannon, and the e
quipage of the pontoons of the enemy,
passed Landfberg on the 10th. Marlhal
Soult sent in pursuit of them. General
Stbtftioni, with a brigade of dragoons—
yve hope he will come up with them.
On the 1 ith, Marlhal Soult dirtfted his
march to Memmingen, where he arrived
at hreak of day. Marihal Bernadotte
marched the whole of the 10th, and pla
ced his advanced guard within two
leagues of Munich. The Baggage of ma
ny Austrian Generals fell into the polles
fioo f his light troops- He made tcopri
foncr* of different regiments.
Marlhal Davoull repaired to Dachau.
His advanced guard is arrived at Moi
fach. The hussars of Blankenftem weie
put into disorder by hischaffcours ; and,
in different encounters, he made 60 horfe
mrn piifonets.
Prince Murat, with the reftrve of the
cavalry, and the corps of Marftrals Ney
and Lanucs, have placed themselves in
lace of the enemy’s army—the lift of
which occupies Dim, and the right Mem
mingen.
Marlhal Ney is mailer of both Tides of
the Danube, in front ot Ulm—Marlhal
Lannes is at Wt lffenhorn. General
Marmont has gone on x forced march to
take a petition on the height ot lller.
fheim ; Marflial Soult, at Memmingen,
out Harks the right of theeyemy. The
imperial guard has left Augfburgh to
r pair to Burguu, where the Emperor
will probably le th ; s right. A decifivc
affair is on the point of taking place, the
Austrian armv has nearly all it*commu
nications cut off ; it finds itfelf neaily iu
the fame politiou as the army of Melas at
Marengo The emperor was 011 the
bridge of Lech when the corps of the ar
ir.y of General Marmont defiled over it ;
he had each regiment formed in a circle ;
he spoke to them of the (ituation of the
enemy, of the tin pittance of a grand bat
tle, aid the confidence he had in them.—
This harrange to<'k place during a dread
ful ttorm ; there tell an abundance of
snow ; tie troops had mud up to their
knee, and fufttted much t . m the cold ;
In: tiie words of the emper r were a
f. .me ; ou bearing him the loldier forgot
his fatigue* and bis wants, and was im—
pit ent to tie the hour of battle arrive.
Maillul Betuadovtc arrived at Munich j
| this morning at 0 - ude co 1
prifoner* ; and has put himfelfin pursuit
|ot the enemy. Prince Ferrh.iand was at
I the time at Munich ; it appears that this
1 prince has abandoned his army ou the li
| dtr.
j Never did greater events decide them-
If !vi sin less time ; before fifteen days the
I deflines of the campaign, and of the Au
llrian and Ruffian armies will be fixed.
Several large Austrian magazines,
amongst others those of Friedberg in
Bavaria, have fallen into the power of
the French.
Tiie Austrian troops near Feldkirk.
are drawn from tlie Swiss frontiers and
have abandoned the redoubts they had
there.
\fe are informed, that the Archduke
Charles I as transferred his head quarters
from Padua to Vicenza,
Oct. 23.
Only one fcmiinrnt seem to
occupy the city of Pai is. They
do not vdir, thus do not go out
but to ask reciprocally the cer
tainty of the glorious news wait h
has been circulated, to positively
that ue can no longer doubt of
the ti uth of it i rt vertMefs it is
not yet authentic. The official
Journal of this day remains si
lent •, it becomes it less than any
other to announce vidter'es on
she authority of private letters.
All those which have been re
ceived from Sir&fburg, cor.hnyi
the triumphal entry of the French
into Ulm ; they agree upon
this point, as well as upon the
total rout of the Austrians, who
found no ether means ot retir.ng
towards Bohemia but in march
ing across Franconia —a 1 rrj 6t
truly extraordinary, but difl iced
by neceflity, and which explains
thedelay of the couriers expedi
ted fro n the Grand French army.
Jhe repotc was even current in
Strafburg, that general Mack
was made priiorer, and in one
wo and, all the letters adclrcfled to
individuals, as wtll as to tire
people of the firft char der con
tain the mb ft extended details
of a grand v'.dtory, of which ic is
impoftible to doubt, and that it
is owing to extraordinary circum
(lances that we cannot publish
them officially.
I*. S. Paris, 6 o’clock in the
evening—We can allure our
readeis, that the official news
looked for wirli ft much impa
tiencc and confidence, is arrived
and that the public expectations
are tulfiiied and eve 1 furpaffied,
WILMINGTON, (del.) nov. 27.
On Friday, the 51b intt. Ir.fcilla
Piettymaii, the wife of Prettyman,
of the vicinity of Georgetown, in the
county of Suffix, in this (late, was found
dead in the woods, about a quarter of a
mile from her dwelling. The coroner’s
inquest, upon view of the body, by their
inqu iition, found that the had been
murdered by fome person unknown- Cir
cumilanccs, liowever, created a fufpition
that flie had been hung by the hands ot
her huftr.nd, who has bceen arrested, and
is now confined in priion, as the perpe
trator of this atrocious and horrible ait
The deceased was in the 19th year of
her age, had been married about twelve
month', and was about th ee mont.is ad
vanced in pregnancy- She was of are
putable family, and left numerous and
refpettablc connections to deplore her
death.
NEVV-YORK, December 5.
In a late payer we publithed an Order
of the Court of Madrid, (which we hope
is correct) directing the observance of the
15th article of the Treaty of the United
States and Spain, and the liberation of
the vrffcls detained in violation thereof.
The following is the article refe-red to :
Article XV’. It (hall be lawful for all
and lingular the fuijeits of his Catholic
Majefty,and the citizens, people and in
habitants of the'faid United States, to
fail with their (hips, with all manner of
liberty and security, no deftin&ion being
made who are the proprietors of the mer
chandize laden thereon, from any port,
to tlie places of those who now are, or
hereafter (hail be at enmity with his Ca
tholic M,'jelly or the United States. It
(hall be likewnfe lawful for the tubjcdls
and inhabitants aforefaid, to fail with the
(hips and merchandize aforementioned,
and to trade with the fame liberty and
security from the places, ports and havens
of those who are enemies of both or ei
ther party, without any opposition or dis
turbance wfcatfoever, uot only diredly
from the places of the enemy aforemen
tioned, to neutral places, but alio from
one place belonging to an enemy, to ano
ther place belonging to an enemy, whe
ther they be under the jurisdiction of the
fame prince or under lcveral ; and it is
h- reby ftipulatcd, that tree (hips (hall
alike give free !tm to goods, and that e
v ry thing (hall be dcem.d free and ex
empt which (hall be fund 0.1 board the
th:ps belonging to the falyfls of either
of the contracting parties although the
j whole lad: g, or an; part tlisrecf, ihoul j (
apper'ai* to the enem:e3*4f either: Con
traband gofids beinv way! rxcepfed.^—
It is aifn agreed, that the fame liberty be
extended to persons who are ou a
free fuip, so that a!thou fi h they be ene
mies to either party, they (hall not be
made prifonersor trken cut of that free
thip unkfs they are foldters and in a&uai
fervict of the enemies.”
December 6.
In'rafl oj a tetter /ton Havanna, dated 09. 22.
“ Since our last advice:, this market had
undergone no mitered change, except that
the lice mterdidtion of neutral commerce by
the Britifii, has cau fed a temporary depression ;
ourpr duce is conf<quently at aftand.and the
fenfmi is now so far advanced we do net
think tiie prices wiff look up again.
Provisions, excepting continue in
Heady demand ; the quantities which have
been imported of Beet, Pork, Fish, hard, and
(blue marble) caftile Soap, are not equal to
the consumption, which is very great of these
articles.
It is currently reported, that the importa
tion in'othis port, in neutral vefiels, of every
description of Cotton Goods, will be prohibit
ed after a Hated piriotl, when they will be
fubjeet to ftizure, although they (liould be re
ported and manift&ed on arrival—We (hall
m .re par'ic.darly inform ourselves on tV> 1 s
point, and give early advice for the benefit
and government r f our friends.
We conlider otwcommunication under date
of the lirft of June relpefling the indulger.ee
offered to neutrals Introducing into this port
SpaniiTl products and manufaiSures, perfeftly
correfi ; but since then, that article of the de
cree his been diiferentiy confirued, aid we
are now rnld thar filth property mull bring
proof of being bona fide Spanish to be entitled
to the privilege then promised. I’leafe to
have that clause of the decree in question,
tranfla'ed and puh'iflied; that We may Hand
jußirted to our coriefpondents for the commu
nication.”
F.tiirA ? of a letter from captain Gardiner ,
of the Jh'p Margaret, of Philadephia ,
to his otvnsrs, elated St, Thcmas, No
vember 3.
“ We arrived here fafe on tire iff inR. hav
ing a very tedious pafiage, owing to calms
and 1 iglit f< uth winds On the 17th October
being in lat ay, 52, long. 51, 41, we fell in
with a black bottomed vcfiel bottom upwards ;
(tie was not sheathed, and had pine plank
on her bottom ; appeared to be a velfel about
two years cld ; the extreme lergth cf her
keel, was 60 feet, two oval yellow spots under
hercounter. and I could(lifcover on her Hern
the Two ,of W aflungton. On the
2 ill was boarded by the Unicorn frigate and
treated wi h morethan common politeness.
The brig Gt be has not arrived.”
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 5.
On T eiday Is 11 the Grand Jury for
the body of this county, returned to the
cou't a bill of indictment against John !
/ftkins, alias John Atkins Burford, as a ■
1 tine bill. It charge 6 him witli commit- \
ting on the 30th day of July last, a high j
way robbery on the perlon of John Pe- j
ters. Theindi&ment is drawn into con- |
fiderablc length, by deferiptions of the !
different bank notes of which Mr. Peters !
was robbe-d. |
Monday wetk has been fixed on by j
the court for the trial. This delay lias I
taken place at the request of the prifon
tr’s counfcl, who Hated that, that time
would be meceffary to obtain the atten
uance ot hi 9 ..;—tr_,„
ff'he court considering the court houfc
as unfafe, in conkquence of the weak
(late of the pillars which support it, have j
decided the trial to be ntld in the thea :
tre
The public mind being highly excited
the Trial of Burford in the Theatre, will j
afford room for its ample gratification j
It will alio add to the folemniiy of a tri- i
al which every pood citizen anticipates
will distinguish the juftoefs of our laws
and their administration as well as the
peaceable and orderly conduct of our
citizens.
It may perhaps, to our diltant readers,
not to be improper to mention, that
John A kins, alias John Atkins Btirf rd,
ts, by birth an Englifliman, and, we be
lieve, a native of Sheffield ; that after j
living fomc time in different parts of this
continent, he married a widow of a ref
pcdable tradesman in this town, and
conducted a business which secured to
its former poffcffor, refpeA, comfort,
and the powers of accumulating proper-
T
CHARLESTON, Dec. 16.
Extraft of a let'er from Liverpool, to e
gentleman in thie city, dated September
3°*
“ In the couifeot the last seven days,
about 1300 bag* of cotton, of all forts,
have been fold, cxclulire of a few cut
of iyoo bags, offered by audtion an
the 2 3 1 h iuftant. We quote boned
Georgias at 19J. ordinary ; 2od. mid
dling ; 23 1-2d. pretty fair ; 2 id. good ;
and, 20 bags prime, 21 1 2d. Sea Is
land, 50 bags good fine, 35. —New Or
leans, a few middling, 21 1 2d.—Pe
marnboccoß, 23 sd. good—Maranhams,
a few very middling, 2s 1 i-id. tolera
bly fair, 23. 1 3 4d. ; good, 23 2d.—
Dsmeraras, 2s. 1 1 2d. to 2s. 2 i-2d.
The demand i* chiefly for low dtferip
tions, of which the scarcity will be much
felt before fupplit* of the new crop ar
rive. Sea Islands are difficult to fell,
yet the holders do not feel disposed to.
relax in their demands. On the whole, (
we are not apprehensive of a decline in j
any description during the present lea-j
ton, although the manufacturers are just j
now complaining of the badnefiof trace.
Rice, for forr.e time past, has btea and
still remains Uationary at 263. 6 k a 303.
61. with a very trifling demand, nor do
we anticipate ary material variation.’
Bees-Wax 1* scarce, and at all time* falc-|
able; it may be quoted at from 12!. ‘
a ■ 71. Georgia and Carolina tobacco, j
3 1-2.1. to SJ. and good qualities go eff
regularly.
“ Computations of jltcit on hand t— ;
Boneds, 5000 bags ; Orleans, 4,500 ;
Sea Islands, 8000 ; Weft India, Span
ilh Surat*, dec. 3000 ; Surinam and Dt.
uiarara, ra4 20,000 ; B ,ur- |
bon, 1,500. —Total,’ 4s,coo ba o s.j’
Extraft of a letter from Paris, dated
0 Sober 2 i.
“ There ha* been a crisis in P.irts.
The bank was obliged to suspend its
payment in specie, on account of mJfe
than thirty million* in specie, having
been carried away to the frontiers for
the payment of the armies. Some ma
noeuvres took place, which had for their
objeA to diferedit the bank rotes,
which depreciated five per cent ; but the
tquipoife if rellored, and since the repart
made by the bank direction, who ar ’
refpedtable and well known merchant*,
the notes only fe two percent, and is
supposed they will be at par in a ftvv
days.”
Extras of a letter from Havrt , OSober 22
“We have received molt excellent news
fro-n Paris—Specie has becofne abundant
Within Eight days bank paper will be at par
this day it is only 1 1-2 below it. Exchange
gets better; that on Ilamtuig has faiien to
19C, it had beer, at 205.”
Decemfier 1 3.
F.xfrait of a letter trooi raptain
Win. Bunion, of the brig A
bigail of Savannah, to a gen
tleman in this city, dated Sai
ba r lots, Nov. 16, 13.05.
“ Have the goodness to notice
in {i e newspapers, that the b>ig
Abigail, under my command,
was taken on her pafiage froim
Bordeaux to Philadelphia, by
the Biitifh Buop of war Oapray,
in iat. 37. S lo ig. 56. I have
r.o ether means to make ic
known to the difl'erenc owners of
the cargo, as I do not recollect
their names, the bills of Jading I
having been taken from me.”
Extract cf a letter from Wafhtnglcn, dated
Dec. 6.
“ a feconel Mtjfage isjufl delivered to
tie Speiher from the President of the Ui.i
tea States. It appears very voluminous■
The Mejjage is ccrjidentiai ; the Speaker
has or dered the houje to be cleared.
Found dead, within two miles of Belleville
in the Road leading from thence to Onnge
i burgh, on the ill of Dec. a person who, from
J papers found in his pockets, appeared to be
I named Archibald Henoer'ox, from Burk
| County, Georgia. A jury of ii queß being
j called, were of opinion that afa 1 from his
Horse, was the occasion of his death, his
• neck being dificcaied.
J His Horse was taken not far from the body,
( which together with his Pocket Book, con
j tainmg fome papers, are left with Richard
1 Brown efq. at M’Cords Ferry.
| The Punters in Georgia are icqiicflci to insert
! this once or twice in their rejpeflive papers.
From the CI7T GAZETTE.
Mr. Freneau —IN the Courier of
Ratuaday last. f observed iome remarks
by a writer under the signature of Pyr
•ho, whether intended 1 know not, but
certainly calculated to make a premature
; imprefiion aeainlt the character of Mr.
ArnJJrong, the American nsinitler.
In forming our opinions on any fubjedt
! whether foreigh or domestic, legal or ap
| pertaining to physic, we fhtnild not be
| latiified but by obtaining all the informs
tion or evidence the inveltigation P'ay
require, for and against. Opinions thus
formed, ought to be correct—our judg
ments so fixed, cannot be revet fed ; but
if w ith that violence which never tails to
be the scourge of party, we pronounced
judgment on any public characfterunhesrp
how few shall escape. Where will the
government find officers? How
; must we too appear ir. the fight of moder-
J ate men, when those opinions are proven
to be groundless ?—how uncharitable in
our own estimation ?
Condemn not unheard, is a rule of moral
law which ought to be deeply impressed in
the human heart
-1 presume not to enter tnyfelf the ad
vocate of Mr. Armitrong’s conduct as a
miniftsr ; but I would have those citizens
suspend their judgment, who have been
no better informed as to the authenticity
of the letter lately publiflted, than 1 have
been.
lam i clined to rcafon thus; Mr. Arm
strong is a character known long to the
officers of the government, and, l believe
always diftinguilhed by deierveag their
confidence.
His nomination and foreign appoint
ment, are proofs that his reputation had
been well eftabliftied, and that he must
have merited every honor that could
have been bellowed on him by his ecun
try.
We are all aware how much of talent
and information, joined with unimpeach
able charafter, are necessary to entitle a
citizen to the firft fi,nations under gov
ernment, and appointment abroad. Vie
also know, that in proportion as industry
application and ta'enti are flow ; n ritab
j billing a man’s popularly, so on .lie otli
jer hand, ans envy and deftru&ion ever
; fwift and busy in despoiling, in one lit
tle hour, reputation, the rcfult ot tried
fidelity and years spent in our country’s
! tervice.
1, therfore, from principal as well as
for the honor of nry country, (hall re
jeci every affirtton or iofertion against it*
officer* at home or aoroad, ’i;ll proofs
incor.teftable are given me of what must
|go to diferedit them : 1 shall then, in
common with tiie rest of tr.y t bow citi-
I zens, mourn the frailties of human tta
! ture, and the corruptibility of the human
: heart, even in the molt dignified lla
tioe*.
Pyrrho I h:p*, there fore, will agree
■with me, that from the proofs w h
have always been given of the Prebdeut’s
care and attention to the honor a id weli
fare of thp general government, he m ‘.ft
have been fgqdranf of tits letter, or hav
in'; known of it, hut without evidence ot
its authenti, ‘*y, has confi lered it in that
light, which every American, who feds
for the honor and dignity of hi3 coa.i ■ ’s
repr.fentaiivea, (hould do.
’ sis proper then, 1 think, tbit the
public fhou'd suspend their ju lg noit on
Mr. Armstrong’s conduct, until he fluu
have had an opportunity of defending
hinifelf against the charge so seriou s
laid against his ciiarader as a mhi
ifter.
From the National Ir.tolligtaccr of Dec, 2,
THE Ninth Congress this day com
mences their settings, and again presents
afpectacleto the American people, not
exhibited in any other quarter of the
world. Tttis body, composed of mi
chosen by the people themselves, or
their immediate reprefentativea, is conve
ned, not at the will of a ki’’g, or any one
man, but in compliance with a constituti
onal injunction eftahbftied by the people
themselves. To them are afiigned. th:
preservation of the dearest intcrefts of the
ccantry : the security of intern?. 1 peace,
the proreflton against external danger,
and whatever is coniieCtt and with the gene
ral welfare of the whole community.—
Selected with diferimirating judgment
ftorn the body of their fellow citizens,
without any invidious diftir.&ions on the
score of pr perty, according to the esti
mation of their integrity arid talents, they
may be confidently pronounced the true
rcprefer.tativesof the people. It is pot.
llble that to a few inftacces men r
of the high tysufidcncc reposed in them
may have been chosen by dishonorable
I means,Tut a vait mi j irity are undoubt
edly the free and enlightened cho.ce o£
the people.
To tnen thus fifledted by a people, nei
ther ignorant nor mindful of their inte
rests, may fafeiy be confided the manage
ment ol.the public concern*. Tiny can
not, without the imputation of madnefi
of their constituents. i’hc inteteftsef
the one arc the fame with those of the ci
ther—nor can those Le injured without
injury to the other. In minor points a
ddcordancc may exist, but in the leading
intend of the nation it is impoflible.—
This is the less likely to be the case, not
only from the uniform political fentimenrs
of a large mjority of the ligifL.ture, but
like wife from their cntiie corrcfpondence
with the executive department of the go
vernment, At no period since the evid
ence of the present division of parties in
the Unitrd States have the republican*
in tiie legiflattire presented so itrong and
unbroken a column ; and at no period
since have they more happily coincided
with the chief magistrate. Let not ths
timid fear, or the unfriendly flatter them
(elves with the result of those light divi.
(ions that have already appeared in the
ranks of the republicans. These divifi.
ons, are the off-fpringof mutual tolerati
on, tiiey refpett subordinate points, and
they are altouttherconnecded wit'ninieriov
concerns. Tfiey atttft the independence
ar.d sincerity cf those who exhibit them,
and prove, beyond the reach of refutati
on, the p evaltmce of principle over cun
ning and fliatagem. Let Lrious danger
affml id, eitner from within or from with
out, but more tfpecially from the latte*
quarter, and these differences will disap
pear. There will instantaneously b@ but
once common effort. Americans arc
not want to boast ; but events have mani
felted that there arc no people who love
their country with a stronger devotion.—
they have long since too difeovered that
their infrit utions, no less than nature, have
placed them aloof from all dependence on
other nations. Should, therefore, the in
justice of foreign powers call their prow
ess into aftion, they know that it would
be exerted folaly in the maintenance of
their own rights and welfare. A cation,
animated by such motives, and with more
abundant iubftantial resources than are
poffeiTed by any other people, would be
well fitted, not only to defend themselves,
but, it necessary, in the language of an
eloquent statesman, “to strike a blow
that ftiould resound through the uni
verse.”
Public opinion has attached to the en
suing session of Congrefa the difclofnre of
much important matter. That thii ex
pectation will be gratified can scarcely
admit a doubt. Ttie glorious issue of our
waifure vv'ith Tripoli will furnifh a theme
grateful, iu its various afpeAi, to the
feelintr* of our countrymen. It is very
probable that the details of tin's memora
ble event will filed new luftre ou thrr
charafler, while they may b: expe&ed
irrefragable to confute th; ephemeral li
bels which Have been so malignantly ns
well as lavllh’y cast on the administration.
The date of our foreign relation* will
off r a topic of vail importance. Tbu“
mtafnres of vigor will be taken can
admit of a question. The nati
onal feeling is too indignant longer to
tolerate forbearance. It is probable th: *
the issue of important negotiations will K
laid before the legifiature, an I that it will
then appear how riptn*, indifferent and
criminal ihe executive hes be-11 m the
difeharge of its important duties ; and
whether it has manifefiel a spirit entitled
to our applatife, or betrayed a tni-k’ip'j
humanity unworthy of 3 powerful ratio; !
Hitherto the meetings of Con-ret* have
been the eras of triumph to rue ?.dmini-
Itration in the means tluy have furr.iftied
oi developing thtirmolivt* and rovafures ;
and on the occasion we may ju:*!y ex'eel
additic ! source for gratalsvcn.
But, although the icuttisxnt li on*;