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CONGR liSS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Feb. 21.
The Speaker laid before the House the
Allowing letter :
Wytbe , Virg • B<£ IfiA. 1814.
Sir— For the information oftlie House
of R preffiitativts, or any committee of
that house w!io may have under confider
atioti either the manner in which the war
Iras tieen conducted, or my conduct as an
officer of the Army of the United States,
1 enclose to \ou documents, moitly ori
ginals, numbered from 1 to 61, inclu
sive.
Should these papers be neceflary to me
for any purpose, at any time, no doubt
they will be safe among the archives oftlie
House of Representatives, and delivered
on applicati m, to me, or my order. I
have the honor to Ire with all poilible res
pect and efteern, fir, your obedient ser
vant. * ALEX. SMY TH.
lion. Langdon CheveSf
Speaker, ifc.
After fome conversation between MefTrs.
Miller, Forfyth, Delha and Kppes. as to
tilre proper manner of disputing of tins let
ter, it was ordered to lie on the table for
the prefect.
The House resumed the consideration
of the ‘refolution offered a few days ago
fby Mr. M‘Kim, contemplating an enqui
ry into the expediency of authorifiug an
annual report an the resources of the Uni
ted States. The resolution having been
amended on motion of Mr. Newton, so as
to refer the fubjeft to the committee of
Commerce and Manufactures instead of
the committee of Ways and Means, was
adopted.
Detention of Specie at New-York.
The following is a copy of the meflage
of his Excellency the Governor, commu
nicate and to the Legislature yeflerday :
Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen
of the House of Representatives.
Agreeably to the reqtieil of the Legis
lature in their resolve of the 27th July
last, I transmitted to the President of the
United States a copy of the said resolu
tion, together with the evidence in sup
port of the complaint of the Memorialifts,
and of the abuse that was committed ;
and at the fame time addrefled a letter to
the Prelident, expressive of the fetifibility
of the Legislature on that occasion, and
its reliance that the Colle&or would be
compelled immediately to restore the mo
ney unjulUy seized and detained, and that
ie President would be pleased to remove
tlie laid Collector from his said office.
I have this morning, received from the
Prelident an answer to the letter above
mentioned, which the Secretary will lay
before you.
s CALEB STRONG.
Council Chamber, Feb. 14.
&opy of the Pref dent’s answer to the
letter from Gov. Strong.
Washington, Feb. 7.
Sir — l have duly received your com
munication bearing date January —lßl4,
<jn the fubjefl of a sum of money seized
jnd detained from the hands of a;, agent
of \ Bank in Barton, lay a Curtom-House
Officer of the city of New-York, and re
queftitig that orders may be given for the
relforation of the money, and that the
Officer may be removed from his office.
.. As the course of proceeding, marked
out by the law, for the parties complain
ing, is fufficientiy underrtood, it remains
only to allure your Excellency that the
case will receive whatever interposition
mav be necessary and proper, in their be
half. from the Fjcecutive authority of th#
United States.
The case, as it relates to the responsible
offic er,;will lie duly enquired into, with a
view to afeenain the circumllances on
j which the seizure and detention in ques
tion were grounded, and by which his con.
duff therein ought to be tolled.
Accept assurances of my consideration
and resptfl.
JAMES MADISON.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office
Washington-City, February 14.
GENERAL ORDERS.
The Britilh commander in chief in Cana
da having, in a proclamation dated at
- Kingffon on the 4th day of September 1813,
r declared, that a parole lawfully given does
1 not forbid the exercise of any military
functions other than that of “ bearing
arms in garrison or in tke field," —and
there being no desire on the part of the U.
States to qneflion the corre find's of this de
da ration—lt is therefore ordered, that all
officers of the United States, priloners of
war on parole, are liable to be called to the
dil'charge of the following duties—
ill recruiting.
2d drilling recruits.
3d guarding (lores and prisoners of war
in the interior, and
4th paying the troops and making pur
chases on account of the United States.
All priloners of war on parole will ac
cordingly report themselves for tliele duties
to the officer commanding the dirtricl in
which they may happen to refute, and fail
ing to do so, if non ‘conimiffioned officer?,
artificers, tfiuHciftns, or privates, will be ap
prehended and confined ; and if officers,
will be dropped from the rolls of the army.
By order of the Sec’rv. of War,
• J. 13. WALBV H,
Adjutant Ginera
[From the ButT.ihe Gazette, Fib. 3.1 {
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.
It is with pie,dure we inform our read
ers of the escape of Mr. J. A. Bark hr, *
(frm *1 fudge Barker.) and Lieut. JttssE j
Warner, (ion of Deacon Warner, of j
Phelps, Ontario county,) from captivity !
in Canada. Barker it will be recollected, !
was taken at Pierce’s tavern, SchloiTer, and
Warner was wounded, and taken at Black j
Rock.
On Tuesday evening Ia ft, Barker and
Warner were in the Hospital, two miles
from Fort George: according to fome
previous arrangements, they left the Hos
pital which was guarded, and proceeded 2 i
miles up the river,and formed a raft with
rails and succeeded at much imminent haz
ard tocrois the Niagara. The river being
.fome cboaked with ice, they were obliged
in a measure, to take the current of the
river,and landed only about a mile and an
half above Fort Niagara: ‘They then
went on in fafetv to the American camp.
From Mr. Baker we learn, that the
force aflembled for the invasion of Black
Rock and Buffalo was about two thouland,
including Indians and militia ; that from ,
the best information he could gain, the
British loft in killed 150, ami out of be
tween 80 and 100 wounded that were ta
ken across the river, two thirds died of
their wounds; that no public, or private
property of any amount was taken across .]
the river by the British army, from any 1
part of our frontier, (save wiiat was taken I
at Fort Niagara, and what things the fav- J
ages carried on their Lacks) —the Canada
nnlitia plundered considerable.
The British have removed the pickets
of Fort George, and are (Lengthening Fort
Niagara—all their wood they obtain from ■
the Canada fide, (ince General John Swift
captured their Choppers.
Major General Riall commands on the
Niagara frontier : has his head-quarters on
Queenftown mountain. The loom regt.
are stationed at present from Chippewa to
Fort Erie. Lieut. Gen. Drummond has
gone toKingfton, and is understood to be
preparing a force to go against Sackett’s- ,
Harbor ; he only waits the arrival of two
regiments of Highland Scotts, which were
on their march from Quebec, a fortnight
since.—A great effort will unqueflionably
be made to destroy our {hipping at that
place.
It is said that Generals Protftor, De
Rottenburgh and Vincent, are ordered
home to England.
It is rumored that the 100th regt. with
all the British Indians is to be sent against
Malden.
The British give our militia credit for
the spirited manner in which they com
menced the adriou ; and had {fated unre
servedly, that had they held out half an
hour longer, that they would have been
defeated.
From the Raleigh Regi/ier, Feb. 18.
We have been favored with the fol
lowing intelligence from Lieut. Col. At
kinson, of our detached Militia lately cul
led out.
“ Saltsbury, Feb. 8, 1814*
Sir—l presume it will not be impro- :
per for the public to be informed of the ;
reasons which prevent the immediate
march of the Troops at this place, under
the command of Col. Pearson. Aou may, ,
if vou think proper, insert in your paper, j
that on the Ist inst. there marched into
this place, between 8 and 900 Militia.—
Since that time, a few more have arrived, j
bat not a fufficient nuinber to complete
the organization of the regiment—which
rendered it neceflary to order out the Mi
litia of Burke county. -And as loon as
they arrive and are organized, the march
will commence, should there be funds pla
ced in the hands of the commandant for
the transportation of the troops ; for we ■
have not, as yt, received either a cent of j
money, or been furnilhed with camp equip
age for the use of the troops.
There prevails amongst the men, an
anxiety to lie on their march, and a great
degree of willingness to perform their tour
of duty. The day the troops arrived
here was themoft disagreeable I can wit
ness. It rained and froie the whole day ;
the men, notwithstanding, appeared in
good spirits, although there was not a tin
gle tent at our command, to fhclter us
from the inclemency of the weather, nor !
more tents in the barracks than covered ;
one half of the men. The men are boun- :
tifully supplied with provilions, and in
good health.
I am, with sentiments, of refpedt,
“ Yours? &c.
“ R. ATKINSON.”
Extraft of a letter from a gentleman at
Poll dam. St. Lawrence County, to bis
Correfpondcnt in Albany , dated Feb
ruary 7,1814*
u Our army at French NTills nre at Lift
commencing (what every man of sense
knew they mull do) a retreat from Salmon
River; and although, as my Uncle Toby
would lay, they have u sworn terribly,”
they are not going to leave the place, and
to keep up that appearance a little longer,
dilmified the sleighs they firft collected at
Sachet’s Harbor, at an expence of nearly
seven thousand dollars, yet after all, they
are now afiua 1 ivTfri ihc iiicvv, nu hav-
Commenced burning their barracks ; and
if the rear get off without an attack, they
will be fortunate. The principal part ap
pear to be limping theircourse to Platts
btirg—thje remainder wetfward. We had
a rumour a day or two since, that a large
force were to remafo at RulLI.
The 3 ir’fii continue vimrehing up troops;
Sir Sid ivy Beckwith was at Cornwall, the
latter pvt oflafl week, going upas was
said, with a large number of marines.”
P.ivateer Comet.
Ext raft of a letter from an officer of
the Comet, commanded by Captain
Boyle, to his friend in Baltimore ,
dated
“ Porto Rico, Jan. 16, 1814.
“ We have taken THIRTEEN PRI
ZES and sent FOUR home. They are
1 iinall but valuable-—we have taken a good
; sum of tnooev. The rest of the prizes we
funk. We bad from the 10th to the 1 it!i
inst. a severe acAion, between Sambrero
and Santa Cruz, with the Ihip Hibernia,
of 22 guns and full of men which began
at 20 minutes part 7 P. M. and ended at
’ half past ? A. M. within half pistol (liot.
We were obliged to haul off. We were
i almost cut to pieces, and the enemy vv.orfe.
We had killed, Mr. Edward Black, prize
! mailer ; Thomas Sellmati, carpenter; Mr.
! John Bony, irafter’s mate; five men fe
( verely wounded, and eight more (lightly.
| We heard to-day by a schooner from St.
I Thomas’, that the Ihip got in there, and is
j cut all to pieces. She had eight killed and
| flxteen wounded. We came in here to
! get water and provilions, and (hall be rea
dy to sail in three days. I sand
j the Moro, Capt. Graham.”
j Abjlraft of Merchandize entered at the
Cujlom-House of the Port of Newport
from January 31st to Feb. 4th, in-
Gltipve, viz. ■
2550 boxes, H 2 hhds. 61 tierces and
220 bills, of Sugars—6l6 hhds. 61 tierces
and Gobbis, Molaffs—Bl2 bags. (102,160
lbs.) Coffee— 40 bags Pimento—2l66
Goats Skins— 404 Hides—lß7 quintals
pig Copper—Cigars, a quantity.
Prices Current , Bojlon, Feb. 15.
The pacific rumours prevalent the past
1 week, reported by the arrival of the Ann
’ Alexander, caused a total stagnation in our
market. We made our uliial enquiries,
but found no material alteration in any ar
ticle of importance. Several articles of
merchandize, such as coffee, flour, inolaffes,
brandy, rum, sugar, lpices, lalt, teas, dye
: woods, &c. are a little depressed.
-
MONTREAL, January 22, 1814. —
! The following is a statement of Exports and
| Imports at the port ol St. Johns, for the
; quarter ending sth Jan. inst.
) Imports. —B,2o3 lbs. leaf Tobacco ;
j 1,258 lbs. manufactured do. 7761 mer
chandize, valued.
) Exports —s9B.s9s muffcrat fkins—
j 18,012 martins, 2,310 minks, 1.551 bears
1 1,545 deers, 730 otters. 585 Fishers, 264
j cats, 100 buffalo robes, 98 foxes, 3 1 wolves,
I5 beavers, 3 loop cerviers, 5,344 A lbs.
beaver ; 14,100 merchandize, valued.
HUMOROUS BURLESQUE.
Extra ft of a letter from a gentleman in
Wafnngton City, to bis correspondent
in Edenton , North Carolina , dated
January 12.
I enclole you, for the use of our friends
in Edenton, a package of Bramble Ber
ries* being part of the cargo lately receiv
ed by Mr. Madison as a present from Lord
Caftlereagh ; the effect of these Berries
are moft wonderful indeed, surpassing in
their operation any patent medicine hereto
fore discovered. To the agriculturist Sc
! mechanic they have uniformly aiftcd as
1 mild tonics, giving strength and vigor to
the whole fystern ; while to the specula
tor and monopolizer in foreign necefiaries
i they have invariably proved a moll delete
rious poist-n, producing chills, Heats, vio
lent gripings, accompanied with profuse
lweating and cholera, in which large quan
; titles of sugar, coffee, tea, salt ami pepper
are discharged.
A Boston dealer in hard-ware who took
a large dose of the berries , was attacked
with such a profuse lweating as to dis
charge needles and pins in large quantities,
point foremost, through his skin ; his
neighbor, from mere E mpathy, vomiting
at the same time band saws, gimblets and
mouse traps by the dozen, without any al
leviation to his lymptoms. The dealers
in woollens and crockery begin likewise to
be affected. I have heard of one man dis
charging a whole bale ofblankets, and two
pieces of broadcloth; and another of a crate
•of crockery completely assorted. The dis
ease I’eems to be spreading in moft of our
towns, as well north as south, but the
! lymptoms are yet so various, that our phy
j licians are unable to fay what will be the
1 form or name of the epidemic ; fome think
I it will eventuate in mania, while otliets,
from the great debility produced by the
difeharges,think it will fettle in melancholy
but for my part, I believe it will terminate
in many cases in goal fever.”
* The pacific proportions brought by
the flag of truce Bramble.
; Cotton Twine Cloth. —The perfedlion
of the arts has not displayed itself more in
this age of discovery and improvements,
than in the curious Manufactory of the
Patent Twine Cloth for Shirting.and Sheet
ing, sold by the house of Millard. ‘I he
ingenuity of man appears in this instance to
have almost exceeded itself. By thisad
• wimble javention the Cotton Twine is so
, completely niamifufUmc!, that no unplea
santness can be experienced Jtfoui i-—-it
needs no auxiliary to give it strength, and is
rendered superior to the thread of flax by
its mathematical equality. The process
,is strikingly curious. The factory, built
I on purpose for the machinery, is 0 f confid
erable magnitude ; and so complete is tbc
invention, that a bag of Cotton goes ill at
one end of the building, and comes 011 at
the other, in cloth of the moft beautitulldis
cription, effected entirely by (learn appa
ratus 1 The excellence attributed to ■ this
cloth, by the patentee, namely, that ot
Regulating the Perspiration, and conse
sequently, tile Prevention of taking Gold,
appears natural, for having no flax, nor
any tiling mixed with it of a cold or chil
ling quality, it mull (like il.inntl, yet with
out its weakening property,) be adapted to
prevent the ill effeifts of in.id. !i change
from heat to cold, and vice versa.
London Paper.
gsaDamuf):
MONDAY, March 7, 1814.
lirTT ‘he Piece ligned Sedley, came too
late for publication 111 this day’s paper.
gey No Mail North ot Charltfton.
CoMMUNtCAT K P.
The Income of Great Britain, the nation
with which we are now at War is Hated
for the year ending the 3 1 st October 1813,
to be £60,573,934,15* ad Sterling, equal
to 268,948,270 dolls, and some cents—
allowing a dollar to be an inch and half in
diameter, and placing them on a IcVel lur
face, edge to edge, they would reach the
the extraordinary distance of 6,367 miles
—and also allowing tiie dollarto weigh ail
ounce, and that a* waggon with six horses
could draw two tons, it would require
3823 waggons to convey that sum, in
iilver, to a place of deposit, > 1 would ask
our men of information, ho\V are we to com
bat with such a nation, with a Navy of
170,000 men afloat, and How we can ex
pect to starve l’ucli a nation by our rellrict
ivc measures. A.
Tlie Federal Republican of the 24th
ult. lays, that “ tlje President last night
consented to the of M jor-General
Wilkinson. Tlie cftuit martial is organi
zed, and the difpatChes, with, an official
arrest, were dispatched by polt this morn
ing.” -. j
It is now diftiniftly undei stand that Gen.
Winder came to the United States with
proposals from General Prevoft as to an
Armistice with respect to the Canadas.
We believe the proportion was promptly
declined. Dem. Press.
New-York, Feb. 19.
Arrival of the United States Frigate
PRESIDENT,
COMMODORE RODGERS, i
Front a Cruise of 7 o days.
The United States frigate President,
Commodore Rodgers, arrived within San
dy Hook yesterday afternoon.
The Revenue Cutter Active,Capt. Ca
hoone, came up from the Prelident last
evening, and informed us,that Commodore
Rodgers had been through moft of the W.
India lilands, and on his return lay off
Charlellon 48 hours, and was chafed off
by five ships of war, viz. a 74, * frigates,
and 2 (loops of war. Yesterday morning,
to the southward of Long Branch, fell 111
with a 74 and a frigate ; the 74 was four
hours to the windward of the President,
and did not attempt to bring her to aiftion.
The frigate was to leeward.
We learn from Capt. Cahoone, that
Com. Rodgers fell in with two French
frigates, and has captured threeßritilhmere
chant veflels, which he funk, aftijr taking
out their cargoes, and has brought in 30
prisoners. [vVe further learn, that the
Com. lias returned to this port in conse
quence of the term of his cruise having ex
pired.]
Commodore Chailncey and about one
hundred Lamen left this city yesterday
afternoon for Sackett’s Harbor.
A cavalcade of twelve 3 2-pounders, each
weighing upwards of five tons, mounted on
fix horl'e waggons prepared for tlie purpoles,
left this city two days ago for Sackett”
Harbor. N- T. Columbian.
Captain Darby Allen, ot the Britilh
Navy, has made a rude attack on Com
modore Rodgers, in a Britilh paper, and
concludes in the following manner: “And
that Commodore Rodgeis may not altoge
ther contemn the humble name of Darby
Allen, he may be assured that the writer of
this letter is of equal rank to himfelf, in a
much smaller Ihip than the President, but
would be very happy to have an opportuni
ty of making himfelf better know to him.”
Bojlon Pal.
[lndeed !—We tliink Com. Rodgers !
would he as much gratified as Capt. Darby i
Allen could podibly be ; not only to meet 1
him (Capt. Mien) iu “ a much smaller
flip,” Jaut in one of equal tize with tlie
President ; or even if (lie was a little larger,
j we do not think the Commodore would ob
ject.] Editor City Gazelle.
! Mr. Ledyard, a native of Connecticut,
j who traversed fume ot tlie mofl dreary re
gions of Hulfia, in a letter to Dr. Ledyard
’ of Long Island, wrote as fol'^ws:
! You have no idea of the excessive
! cold in the regions of Siberia. By expe
riments that 1 made at \akutfk, I found
on the 191 b November the mercury in
my thermometer froze. In December, I |
found bv repeated obfi rvatioiu, that two I
ounces of clear qnlckhlver openly exposed •
froze hard in filteen minutes. J obfrrved ■
that in these levere trolls, the air was con- •
dtnsed, as is with you in a thj ( k fog—-the j
j tmosphere frozen —respiration L> fa-,;
tiguing, &c. It is a happy utPbf nature,
that in fueli intenle cold there is feido.n
anv winanand
to be .bioad.
“ Thcpre are no wells :it Yakutflc ; i.ir
it is found by experiment that the water
freezes at fixtv feet deep. People of
these regions are therefore obliged to use
ice and iilow. Tliev have also ice win
dows—gl.tls is of no ult* to tlie tew who
have it ; the difference in the Date of air
within and without, is io great, that ‘h;s
glass is covered on the inside witlil several
inches of frofl, and in tlu* htuation it is
less luminous than ice.
‘The timber of the houfi splits and open?
with loud cracks—the rivers thunder, and
open with hroatl filial res—all nature groans
beneath tlie rigorous wintei.”
The following dreadful accident hap
pened at Old Btickenham, on Thursday
le’mlight :
A little girl, eight years of age. daughter
of i labouring in m by the name of Black
borne, being employed by a farmer to
keep the birds from a field of corn, took
the child of a neighbor named Moo e. to
bear her company ; the weather being
cold and yvt t, tliev collected fome Rubble
and made a fire in the field, which tho
voungell going too near, her cl .thes caught
fire ; the el deft took her in her arms, and
fled with her to a neighboring w.ittljpgt
place; with tbc motion, they yi;tsLhuufipl
toon env, loped In flames, whereby tho
young It was immediately burnt to death,
and the eldest, although able medical as
sistance was obtained, survived only till
tlie following day.— London paper.
■■ —MMfcWfc-
The following order has been direftci
by bis excellency Gov. Early , to Adju
tant-General Newnan.
Head-Quarters,
Milledgcville, 7th Feb. 1814.
You will proceed to the unu and conven
tion of tlie lit Id, llalF, •toihniilhoiied and
jyni-commillioned olfittrs. 111 every county
or regiment within this ft ate, in order to
inftruCt them in the ditcipiine preicrihed by
i Congrtfs—and as it is of use higiieft im
portance at the present critical period, that
tlie privates Ihouid be partiuflarly taughc
the,duties required ol them imho field, the
commaudii’g officers of ti e
ades, regiments, and b.ittallions, arfc called
upon to aCA in concert with the Adjutant
general, by ordering regiiliental/ and bat
• talion inullers at such times they may
be notified by him, that he will attend for
- that purpose. j
1 ‘The Gommander in Ghilif deems it high
• ly expedient and nectirayy for thegoexi of
v.idi particular regimeiiit, and the benefit
oftlie militia i’ervice ay large, that an uni
] form l'yftem ol dilciplme lliould lie intro
• duped and llriCllv aqliercd to througliout
.-tlie Itate. Tiie is tin re
fore orelered to furiljlh tiie leveral Briga
f diers-gein ral with /a detail of the cvolu
’ turns to 6 - performed by the refpedlive
regiments under their command, at the
annual reviiW.yand inspection ; —and the
Brigad iers-gefos,al are required to transmit
to each Compel, a copy ol such detail.
Inferior Court,
Chatham County — Feb. Term , 1814.
The act of Asseinb'y of 1799, Maihury
and Grawf ras higelt page 202, enacts,
5 “ that the Inierior Court, (hall at their
firft term in each year, appoint at lead one
and not more tlian two lit and proper per
sons in each company diflrict, to lerve as
Constables for one year, and until a luo
Iceffor fliall be appointed, yviio Unll giv©
bond, take an oath, &c. And where it
fliall so happen, tiiat no fit and proper per
lon or per lons offer as candidates, ‘tlie
* Court lhall pass an order, directing the
Juitices in any diftridA or one of them, to
dratv not exceeding tyvo perlbns to serve as
aforel’aid, who IhaiLbe liaole to a fine of
. forty dollars, to be levied by order of laid
j Court, on refufal to act, or procure fome
! person to lerve for him.”
In purluance of liid aift, (there being
no person ottering as candidates for said
’ offices of Conltable) ft.e Juitices of tael*
1 captains Uiftrict, or one ol them, are
1 ed to proceed immediately to draw’ two
i perlbns, rciidents of their relative tlis-
I. triifts, to serve as Constables- for one year,
| and until a lucirellbr fliall be ap(>oiiittd,
and return the names oftlie perfonsdrawn
jto the cleik of this Court. There having
j been a failure of tl.e Inferior Courts the
1 last year, no Constables were appointed,
neither any order for their being drawn
made, and of course the old conflablr .
have lerved a longer time then they oi.g -
to have done, which makes it now ts:
more neceflary that the law in this re
gard, lliould be particularly attended t. ,
and the J uftices are enjoined and require u
to attend to the fame.
Extraft from the minutes,
JOB T. bULLESyclerk.
’ Fehurary 28 *OS
Assize of iireatj.
The price of FLOUR being eight ci
lars per barrel, the weight ot’ bread t\jr t.
pretent month, be as lolLvs, via :
a \ lb. oz.
! 12! ceiftrlinafmuft weikb a 7
• <ji do. do do. doj 1 3 ’
j Os which all inkers and t ilers of br v 1
. are required to pav due attention thereUn.
~ J. VLTTIBONEi jet t,
: Haro 7 *