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Perry's Victory,
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Proposes to Engrave and Publish by Sub
scription,
A : OR .£CT REPRKSI NTATfOM
•OF THE
Capture f f the British Fleet
ON LAKE ERIE,
F>\ tbe Ann can Squadron, commanded by
COM MO DORK PERRY,
At:tr an or gimd draw mg he B.chr.ali- r,
Rtpres fitting the most interesting peri*
cd of the Action fr 'in ccrreßl in
fatuation afirdcd by the
orFICLHS OF TIIK AMERICAN FI-LET.
This Fl int is intended as a Companion to
the C pturc of tbe Macedonian, and wdl
t therefore be the fame size, 22 by 28 inch
es, and will he executed in the fame Ryle.
The |>ricc to fnhfcribers will he five
Dollars in the (licet. Suhfcfiber# to the
Macedonian will he entitled toit.at four
DOLLARS.
Stipferiptions and orders received by the
Pnblilher, No. 74, foucli eigbth-ftreet, Phil
adelphia.
LATELY PUBLISHED,
A Portrait of the
Right rev. Biili- ‘
op White, of
Pennfylvania*
• painted by Stu
art and engraved inch. dolls, cts.
hyTiehnUt, size 16 hy 20 price 5 50
Portrait ol,tin moR
rev. Archbilhop
Carroll, of Bal- ,
tinn re, pointed .
bv Paul and en
graved bv Lency
and Tanner, 16 20 6
Capture of the
Cuerriere, color
ed 13 *6 250
Explolion of the
Guerriere. do. 13 16 250
Burning of the Rich
mond ‘lbeatre,
colored 13 16 ’2 50
Capture of the Ma
cedonian, paint
ed by Birch and
engraved by B.
Tanner, 22 28 8
In bands and will be published in March,
A Portrait of tbe
rev. Bilhi.p As
btiry, of tlie Me
tbodifl Episco
pal Church, pain
*’ ted by J. Para
dise and engrav
ed by B. Tanner, rs 14 j
IC7* Stipferiptions to the above, receiv
ed at the office of the Savannah Museum.
Philadelphia , Feb. 25th 1814 —fjw— 4
Wanted, *
A W r ct Nurft, without a child. Ap
ply at this office. March 17—4
Received,
Front the Havanna,
89 hhds. Mulalfes, of the fiiß quality
13 bids. do.
2 hhds. Honey
92 bills, brown Sugar
lio bags prime green Coffee
13 bhls. do.
For Sale by
FROCUREUK & GAUDRY, or
CHARLES MAUREL.
March 7 6t 1
Crock ry It tire, Iron,
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE.
20 boxes Swedilh Iron, in fqtiare and flat
bars and in bundles
10 boxes (heyt lin , ‘ •
6 crates, assorted Crockery Ware
20 boxesAllum
co barrels prime Muscovado Sugar
March?—i, PETER MIECHEL.
F iCiOK ICE Ai\D
Commission Business.
The fubferiber rel'pe&fully informs his,
friends and the public, that he has reniov.
ed to the new tire proof (lores, on Hunter's
wharf, where he continues to tranf.uß the
above bulinefs ; and hopes his unremitted
attention to their interest, will eufure a
contiunation of their favors.
BENJAMIN B. NORTHS.
|Cj** Produce received on ilorage at the
lowed rates.
N. B. To Let, a pleasant Compting *
Room, on the second Boor, with a fire
place. - —74
As rhe person who took
my SCALE BF.AM, has departed by
land, I will give any patmm of an Au
gußa boat, Twenty dollars for returning
it by water.
ALEXANDER S. ROE.
March io 2
ICT* Managers of tbe Savannah
Poor House ami Hospital, for the months
of March and Apr il ,
*N. W. Jones & Moses Cl x la pd, Esq’s.
March 10 a
CONGRESS.
—l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4.
On motion of Mr. Lppes, the lull ma
king approoriations to fupporfcthe military
eflablilhment of the United States, for
the vear 1814,puffed through a committee
of the whole, Mr. Macon of N. (~ in the
chair, the blanks therein being filed with
the following sums.:
For pay of army and militia 8,505,360
Forage to officers 264,576
Subsistence 4^577,470
Camp and fit Id equipage • 460.000
Medical & Hofpita! department 255,000
Bounties and premiums 2,540.000
Clothing 2,036,000
( luarter-Mafter’s Department 3,500,000
Ordnance (lores, &e. &c. 700,000
Fortifications 500,000
Contingencies 700,000
Indian Department 450.000
Thus- amended, the bill was ordered to
be engrofled for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Eppvs, the bill to
support the Navy of the United States,
for the year 18141 then pafTed through a
committee pf the whole, Mr. Macon in
the chair, and tlie blanks therein were fife,
ltd with ti e following sums:
For nay and subsistence of
officers and pay of feanieu 2,579,341
Pmvilions i,439*9° 2 5 2
Medicines, &r. 120,000 ;•
Repairs of veflels 1,500,000
Ordnance, &c. 300,000
Contingent expences 500,000
N ivv Yards, &c. 100,000
Bay, &c. of Marine Corps 218,279 50 J
Clothing for fame 71,788 10
Military Bores tor lame 27,608 75
Contingent expences for do. 46,000
The bill having been thus amended, was
ordered to be engrofled for a third read
ing.
PROPOSED AD] OURNMF.N’T.
Mr. Jlfacon, of N. C. from the joint
committee appointed on the lubjeiß, report
ed as follows :
“ The committee appointed on tlie part
of the House, jointly with the committee
appointed on the part of the Senate to as
certain when tlm two Houses can be ad
journed without detriment to tlie public
lei vice, hive carefully examined the Bate
of bulinefs before both Houses, and report
as their opinion, that they may be ad
journed on Mondby the 11th day of A
piil next, and fiibmit the following reso
lution :
“ Resolved, That the President of the
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Reorefentatives he authorised to dole the
present leflion by adjourning their fes
pedlive Houses on Monday the 11 tli oav
of April next.”
After the rejefiion of two motions to
poflpone and lav the* report on the table—
on which some defultorv debate took place;
the report of thu committee was concurred
in by this House.
NAVAL-BILLS.
Tlie House on motion of Mr.
of S. C. resolved itself into a committee of
the whole, Mr. Stanford of N. C. in the
chair, on three several bills referred to
fa id committee of the whole, viz. the fiill
from the Senate authorizing the building
certain floating batteries; the bill from
the Senate giving a bounty to prisoners
brought into port by private armed, veflVls;
and the bill reported by tlie tiaval com
mittee of this House,authorizing the Pre
sident to catife to lie built or purchased, a
certain number of veflels, to carry not
than 16 nor more than 20 guns.
No objedion was made to either of the
two firlf of thele bills, the objects of which
were severally explained by Mr. L.owndcs,
the chairman of the naval committee.
The laß mentioned bill being under con
federation—
Mr. H'm. Reed of Mass, required of
the chairman of the naval comm:.tee fucb
information as he might be poffcffed of,
touching the progress of execution of the
law palled a year ago for the increaftr
of the navy.
Mr. L.owndes Bated that of x.ht Jloops
of war ordered to be built, two were rea
dy, for sea, thre- nearly ready, & the other
in forwardness. Os the other veflels several
were in a Bate of forwardness, but none of
them yet launched.
Mr. Reed said he could not fee the
propriety of palling a bill to build these
hnaller veflels, whilst those of a larger
class already authorized by law, were not
completed, and tlie crews of those already
prepared for service were not yet comple
ted, and, from what he had heard, he be
lieved could not be readily made up, on
account of the difference between the in
ducements held out to the land and naval
service, &c. He was difniclined to vote
for more veflels of the class now proposed,
until the frigates, which he considered tlie
fubflantial part of the navy, Ihould be
built and manned.
Mr. Lowndes remarked tb it he did not
confider, the unavoidable delay in com
pleting the larger veflels authorifed to be
built as any argument against building thole
of a fimslier class. With regard to the
difficulty <dlodged to exifl in the recruiting
of men, nr’P.rg from tlie pa lint high iar.i
bounties, he believed it did prevail, and
that feme measures might lie pellibly ne
ceflary in consequence ; but he did not fee
tlie force of this objt£t:on against the pres
ent bill.
Mr. Ingersolt ot Pa. dated, as the re
porter imderllood,. that in a rendezvous
lately opened for Teamen, the recruiting
service had been much more fuccelsful than
was anticipated.
Mr. M-Kim of Md. after Bating the
reasons, drawn from experience, which op
erated to induce him to prefer veflels ot
a smaller class than that proposed by the
bill, moved to amend the bill by (hiking
out the words from fixteen to twenty guns,
and iiifertiirg from eight to sixteen guns,
as the force of the veflels proposed to be
built.
Mr. Lowndes exprefled his great re
spect for the opinion of Mr. M‘Kun on.
tliis subject; hut he had heard, from per
sons whole experience entitled their opin
ions on this head to feme weight, that the
imall privateers fiill fitted out had been
generally exchanged for those of a larger
clafi;. Mr. L. however was willing so to
amend the bill as to leave the rate ot thele
vefltls fubjedt to Executive dilcretion,
freftn eight to twenty guns, if that would,
meet the views of the gentleman.' —He ad* •
decl, that lie had formed the opinion that
in general too little latitude had been al
lowed to the diferetion of tlie Head of the
Naval Department, and that the proper
( coiirfe would be, generally, to vote a cer
tain number of men and a certain amount
of money for the Navy, and leave the ap
plication thereof to tlie Executive. But a
•different policy had prevailed, to which he
was wilting to conform.
Mr. M‘Kim consented to adopt Mr.
Lowndts’ suggestion, and
The bill was amended so as to fix the
rate of the veflels at from eight to twenty
guns.
Mr. Reed then moved to amend the bill
by striking out that part of it which au
thorised the pur chafe of veflels ot this de
scription. He laid experience had tlemon
ftrated the folly of tlie practice of purchas
ing veflels instead of’.uilding them tor the
purposes of war ; because not one in five,
jerhaps not one in ten, suited the purpose,
aid the expt nfe of preparing them tor the
fir vice after they were bought, was almost
etu il to that of builing them throughout.
Mr. Lowndes said he had no doubt the
renasks of the gentleman from Maffachu
lelts were perfectly correct as applied to
lafge veflels, but the fame objection did
not apply to veflels ot the lize proposed,
wliieii might frequently be bought more
advantageoiilly to the public service than
thfty could be’ built.
\he motion of Mr. Reed was negativ
ed— aves-4>.
Tlie Committee rose and repoted the
bills; and the latter bill and that giving a
bounty so priioners taken by private armed
vessels, were ordered to a third reading
without opposition.
FLOAITN.G BATTERIES.
On tlie Ouefti'i'i of palling the bill au
thorifmg the building of one or more float
ing batteries to a thin! reading, feme de
bate arose.
Mr. Fiji of N. Y. Mr. Goldjborougb
of Md. and Mr. King of Mass. objecled
to making an appropriation of so large a
fern of money as ii If a million of dollars,
to make .a mere experiment; nor did they
fee why'-the experiment need he teffed on
so large a feale or at tlie expense of gov
eminent. They preferred that the inven
tors theinfelves Humid firft eflay the prac
tibility ot the invention. They said they,
were unwilling to put the reputation of the
nation a* hazaru on l'uch a projeiß by giv
ing it, untried as it was, the fan&inn if the
government. l'orpedoes, the utility ot
which had lieen lo completely exploded,
were held up as affording an example of
the impracticability of thei’e theoretical iu
ventions. Btlidcs, it was remarked by
tllefe -gentlernen, however much refpeift
they might be disposed to pay to die le
cdinmeudatioii of the officers of tlie Navy,
Captains Decatur, Jones, Lewis, Perry,
&c. Who had so strongly r< commended
this invention, or to the opinions of any
member of this Houle, they conceived that
thfe •recommendation of feme refponfibfe
officer ot'the government was neceflary to
autjiorife,Cpngrels to pals l’uch a bill.
To thele observations
Mr. M’Kim of Md. replied, that how
ever defiralile it mightiie to hulbnnd the
public money, there were other confldera
tionsof, a more imperative character, i'ucli
as the siege of our cities, the itifefting our
waters by the .enemy, &c. which required
the House to adopt any plan of defence
presenting itself under such auspices as this,
and so strongly recommended by several
of the rnoft refpf'CVable officers of the Navy,
as well as tiie Naval Department.
Mr. Smith of N. Y. who had infpedted
the model of this floating battery very
particularly, rose, as he said, with reluct
ance to oppol'e his opinion to that which
appeared to be entertained by those gen
tlemen [ federalijis ] with whom he gen
erally acted. lie laid that tlie perfect
efficiency of this model had hem proved
to him. If necelfary to the defence of
our waters, as he believed it to be, tlie ex
pence ought to be no objection ; his only
objection to the present appropriation was,
tKr.t ft was not c’ouUe a r . much. —He
spoke of the opinion cf Com. Bainbru'ge,
with whom he converted when at Rollon,
last iummt r, of tlie complete protection
such a floating batters’ ss’ouid afford to the
harbor of Boston. The plan which this
bill proposed to carry into effeifl, was, he
said, perhaps tiie molt perfect tiling ol tlie
kind ever proposed to any government ;
the men would lie perfectly protected, and
the fleam engine by which it would be im
impelled would he ciitirelvout of reach
of the enemy. If let on fire by red-hot
(hot, the fire could be instantly extinguifli
etl by water from the engine ; and the
feme engine would keep boarders at a
distance by the facility with which hot
water could be ejected on them in almost
any quantity, &c. 6cc.
Mr. Lonwdes laid it was indeed an
experiment, but To was every ufeful in
vention when fitft put into use. The true
queflion was, is it an experiment wffiich
there is reafen to believe may be benefici
al to the country ? He believed it was,
from the evidence which -appeared in its
favor. —It was moreover strongly recom
mended bv the Secretary of the Navy, in
a letter which he defiled Ihould not be
made public, that the measure now .pro
posed Ihould be adopted. The bill there
fore had the fanfVon not only of several of
the mold diitinguifhed naval officers, of the
naval committee,of this House, but alio of
the Executive authority..
The queflion cn ordering the bill to a
third reading was determined by Yeas and
Nays :
For the bill, 82
Against it, 44
So the bill was ordered to be read a
third time. i
The House then spent feme time in
compnttee of the whole, Mr. Tallmadge
in the chair, on the bill to authorize pay
ment tor the property of individuals captur
ed or destroyed while in the public service
by the enemy.
Some defultoiy diftuffion took place on
the details of the bill, in which Meins.
Archer, Deflia, Ingham, Nelsen & Farrow
took part: and as there appeared to be cpn
fiderable difference of opinion in relation
thereto, in older to give time for further
considering the fume—•
On motion of Mr. King of N. C. the
committee rose, reported progress and
obtained leave to fit again.
An<J the House adjourned.
’ CELEBRATION
OF THE
Emancipation of Europe.
On Thursday last, was celebrated by
Germans, Hollanders and Swiss, the Eman
cipation of their Native Countries from
Foreigu Oppression.
The company met at the Masonic
Hall, and at four o’clock, sat down to a
fumptuou.- dinner prepared by Mr. Rich
ards. - • <
M. Prf.ytag, Esq. presided, and C. G.
Lechleitneh, Esq. uCfed as Vice-Presi
dent.
The following Toasts were drank, inter
mixed vvirli excellent music, conducted
by Mr. Cartise, and with appropriate Songs,
several of which with the accompaniments
of the Orchestra.
1. The emancipation of our native
countries from foreign oppieffion—if there
be a native from those countries, whose bo
som does not glow with pride at the fortu
nate event, lie is un worthily to be an adop
ted son of America.—[Nine cheers—A
Waltz.
2. The Land we live in—An Asylum
to the oppressed of all nations, and the only
free and happy country on earth.—[Nine
cheers—Wailiingtou’s March.
3. The memory of the immortal Wash
ington.—[Solemn Music.
4. “The President and Congress of the -
United States.—[Prefident’s March.
5. The Governor and Legislature of
Pennsylvania.—[March.
6. The emperor of P.uffia—A mon
arch who has a two-fold claim on our es
teem and gratitude.—[Six cheers—Rus
sian March. ■ -
7. The empCror of Auftria.—[Aaiftrian
March.
8. The king of Prussia. [Pruffian
March.
9. The king and crown prince ofSwe-.
den.—[Swedilh March.
10. —The Spaniffi and Portuguese na
tions:—For a nation to be free, it is suffi
cient that she wills it.—[Spanilh March.
11. ‘The burning of Moscow—the pivot
upon which turned the fate of Bonaparte.
—[Andante.
12. The battle of Leipzig—may it pro
duce an honourable and a lading peace to
all nations—a balance of power good laws,
and an unlhackled transportation of the
induftryot mankind to the remotest corners
of the earth.—[Nine cheers—Saxon
March.
13. Field Marflial Blucher—his death,
which Heaven avert! will dole the career
of Frederick’s Heroes, with immortal hon
our to his departed master, his country and
himself. [Twelve cheers—Blucher’s
March.
14. The memory of the brave KutusofT,
and all other heroes who fell in defence of
their country.—[Dead March.
15. The patriot who fights fer the !ii er.
tits and rights ol his country— May iiic
cess always crown his efforts, and the
gratitule of his Country be his reward and
pride*—[Nine cheers—Hail Columbia.
16. Schwartzenberg, Wittgenstein, Pi a.
toss, Billow, De Yorck, and the long lift of
worthv Soldiers, who by their valour have
contributed to produce the great arid gio.
rious events, which gave hirtli to this joy
ful day—[ Twelve cheers—Military Mti
de by Hriyden.
17. ‘The navy and army nf the United
States—May tlie) too gloriously triumph
in the cause of their country.— [Nine
cheers—Yankee Doodle.
18. T he Fair Sex—They who animate
us to patriotism, glory, and aft that adorns
and dignifies our nature. — [Life let us
cherish.
After the firft toast, a Cantata, consist- ■g
ing of Solos, Duets and Trios, written and “
composed by Mr. L. F. Bernhardt, was sung
with great applause.
After tlie third toast, C. L. Mannhardt,
being called upon by the president for a
volunteer, rose and delivered an address
in the German language, of which the. fol
lowing is a tranilation.
Ihe occasion which on this day brings
us together, juftlv excites in our breasts
tlie rnoft agreeable, iensatiwns. We meet,
to commemorate events, which have de
livered our common country from therriiel
oppression of a ruinous war, and restored
liberty and independence to the German
nation. Juftlv proud of being sons of
Germany, descendants of Herman, with
what exultation, iny brethren, do we now
behold the land of our nativity ! how sym
pathetically do we rejoice at the felicity
of its emancipatioti from the thraldom of
foreign despotism ! Yes, thia day we have,
this day we feel the happiness of celebra
ting a feftival, by which we do homage to
the country which gave us birth ; a coun
try which after many years of fiiffer
ing and Ilavery, breathes again the air of
freedom, walks in her native dignity, disen
cumbered of chains, and re-assumes the rank
due to her among independentmatiops.
On this joyful occasion we J rnoft forget
the miseries which the French emperor
heaped upon our beloved country ; the o
verwhelming calamities, which for so many
years prostrated it into thedufl:—.We for
get for a moment the intolerable contribu
tions, which that powerful and remorseless
despot extracted from the land of our fath
ers ; * the conscriptions by which lie
cruelly sacrificed the rising generation of
Herman’s offspring on the alter of his
ambition, by which lie brought sorrow into
the habitation of the ricii and the poor,
and exhausted the population of the coun
try ; the outrages committed by his Doua
niers, who by an organized and drfekating ’
system of plunder, eltabliflied their wealth
on the ruins of the fortunes and happinofs
of our countrymen,; and the lavage mur
der and exterminating {laughter of those
patriots who dared to fiand forth the cham
pions of their outraged and bleeding coun
try. The general and ruinous oppression,
under which not only Germany, but also
Holland, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal,
laboured and groaned, called aloud to
Heaven for fuccour and vengeance. We
forget, my countrymen, for a moment this
long and bloody lift of wrongs and fnffer
ings, and remember only with heartfelt
fatisfaClion those splendid events, which
have dissipated the darkness that enshroud
ed Germany in the gloom of the grave,
and have opttied upon her the brightness
of anew day, and the vigour and joy of
a renovated existence. From the flames
of Moscow arose the firft gleam of hope to
an oppressed world. Liberty there lighted
her extinguished torch, and the people of
the earth hailtd it with rapture. Those
flames vividly burning in the frightful dime
ofthe north, were the signal which announc
ed a fptedy deliverance to the inhabitants
of Germany. With the rapidity of light
ning the (acred impulle ftmek tlie Prulfian
warriors, and D’Yorck animated by re
venge foi the wrongs of his countiv, res
cued her from the accursed hordes of a ra
pacious foreign despot,. dripping with the
blood of Europe, and ;joined in paternal
bonds with the vi&orious legions of Russia.
From the courage, relources and magna
nimity of this affiance, the better destiny
of our native country opened and was con
summated.—By fecrifices of the noblest
kind, by the united valor of the patriots
of Russia and Prussia, victory followed on
vi&ory, and the complete overthrow of the
French emperor and his gigantic disastrous
power was accomplished. Nay, the very
elements of Heaven combined to cruft) the
daring foe, and reduce to Ikeletons his in
numerable armies, which he proudly boast
ed to be invincible.
In ages to come, the barcls of Germany
(ball ling the triumphant longs of thele
heroes, and the dreams of the Vistula and
Oder, which have witnessed their deeds of
deatlilefs fame, Biall inipire the songs of
the Bards.
Os Ihort duration however was the re
pose of Germany, and with fearful forebo
dings her people waited the return of the
mighty despot—With a gigantic force
tlie emperor ofthe French again appear
ed on the lacred foil of Germany. On
the banks of the Rhine, the Saaie and the
Elbe, was heard the clangours of his arms,