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APPROACHING ELECTION.
Monday, October 7, 1816..
Candidates for Congress, to represent the
state of Georgia, in the fifteenth Congress of the
United States.
ALFRED CCTHBERT, of Savannah.
JOHN FORSYTH, of Augusta.
WILSON LUMPKIN, of Oglethorpe.
RICHARD H. WILDE, of Augusta.
THOMAS TELFAIR, of Wilkes.
HOMER V. MILTON, of Jefferson.
THOMAS W. COBB, of Oglethorpe.’
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Mlledgeville.
ZADOCK COOK, of Clarke.
Dr. JOEL ABBOTT, of Wilkes.
JAMES WOOD, of Columbia.
JOHN M. DOOLY, of Lincoln.
WILLIAM TERRELL, of Hancock.
ALLEN DANIEL, of Jackson.
TOR STATE SENATOR.
THOMAS U. P. CHARLTON.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
.TAMES M. WAYNE.
EDWARD HARDEN.
FREDERICK S. FELL.
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/Vfetot the Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal 10ih inst.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM LONDON.
The fine fast sailing- ship Factor, captain Thomas Ro-
yjnson, arrived at this port last evening, in 32 days from
London. By this arrival, the editor of the Freeman’s
Journal has received London papers to the 14th August,
inclusive , from which the following hasty extracts are
made.
London, August lo.
Some effthe Paris papers of Friday last, reached town
yesterday, but the set of journals of that day, did not
arrive in regular course. We extract from them some
particulars of a sort of mystification attempted to be
practised oh the French police. [This shall appear in
the Freeman’s Journal to-morrow.]
A Flanders mail also arrived, the accounts by which
mention a considerable inundation at Oudenarde, in con
sequence of the overflowing of the Scheldt.
The diet at Frankfort, it is now said, was to open on
the 5th instant, but points of etiquette would, for
some time, occupy them, so that the first sitting for bu
siness cannot take place until the 15th. Important dis
cussions, h is said, are to be carried on in this assembly.
Some German papers arrived last night, frexn which
■the following are extracts:
Vienna, July 27.
Madame Murat not having been yet able to find a suit
able house, is going for the present to Presburgh. She
must leave Hamburgh next week, because the English
ambassador, lord Stewart, wishes to take possession by
thatthne—the assignees of baron Feilner having let the
chateau to him at a higher rent.
S W1TZERLANI), July 29.
The population of the manufacturing cantons contin
ues to suffer by the obstacles which the neighboring
countries throw in the way of their industry. Their loss
es are estimated at above 7,000 millions of florins.—
The price of corn has fallen this week in all the markets
in the east of Switzerland. The fine prospect of the har
vest which is about to begin, will make it fall still lower.
On the Maine and the Rhine the people’s alarms begin
insensibly to subside. Several convoys of grain, which
speculators had sent for from Italy, have suddenly re
ceived counter orders on the road, on Utteount of the un
expected fall of the price.
At a late hour last night, we received our regular sup
ply of Paris journals of Friday last. The following are
additional extracts. ,
Paris, August 9.
Yesterday a Parisian, returned from Algiers, where he
had been a long time a slave, promenaded the streets of
the capital in the dress which he wore during his cap
tivity. Ancona, July 27.
By intelligence from Tripoli and Tunis, we learn that
the kandard of the prophet is displayed by the Barba
rians, and that they have placed their robberies under
the protection of religious fanaticism. A Neapolitan
ship of the line, two frigates, two brigs, and two corvettes,
have been here on their way to meet the English anti
American squadrons, &c. Two vessels of his holiness
have sailed lor the same destination, which is said to bt
•Gibraltar.
London, August 14.
We received vesterday, the Paris papers of Saturday
laSf. The Monlteur contains an Ordonance allowing the
importation, duty free, into every port of France, of
corn, flour, bread and biscuit, which seems to indicate
that the hopes hdd out in some of the Paris Journals of
an abundant harvest, are not participated ih by the go
vernment.
Next month, it is said, the royal gtiards are to be en
camped in order that they may acquire a facility of
manoeuvring, which is at present unattainable in conse
quence of their being stationed in different barracks.
The French papers have for some time past almost re
gularly put forth some article or other, as if dictated by
a sort ofjealousy of our intended enterprize against Al-
f ierg. Now they tell us the Porte will interfere by a me-
iation in order to take into its own hands the chastise
ment of its vassals the Barbary states. This might prove
an awkward kind of interposition, but it remains to be
established that there is any such intention. It is a well
known trick on the part of the Parisian press to fabricate
articles pretend tube written from different quarters,
and the continual recurrence to die paragraphs respecting
the Barbary states, of the influence of France, and the
.respect paid tor Frenchmen, proves Kiut there is much of
this species of coinage in circulation.
It appears that of the five vessels some time since seiz
ed on by the Tunisian mutineers, who sailed in them on
a sort of -independent piratical expedition, three have
been captured by a Turkish squadron, and a fourth by an
tinglish frigate. Only a brig, therefore, remained to the
pirates.
A Dutch mail also arrived yesterday, the papers by
which Still speak of military preparations in France, and
furnish us with a story of an intended expedition to St.
Domingo. We regret to observe it stated, that there are
frequent quarrels between thd British troops in France
«nd the inhabitants.
Yesterday morning, at half past 5 o’clock, the duke of
Wellington, with his staff, left town for Brussels,' where
he is expected .to remain a few days.
ENGLISH ABSURDITY, INVENTION, AND CREDU
LITY!—{One example out of many.)
London, July 24.
Some additional papers have to-day been received from
the United States, with private communications advert
ing to a situation of affairs of considerable importance.
It is said that the unambitious character of Joseph, ex-king
of Sp&in and the Indies, has been powerfully worked up
on, oy a numerous body of generals, who haying fled to-
America for refuge are uneasy at the state of inaction to
•which they have been reduced. These persons, we
are told, have urged Joseph to resume his pretensions, as
king of the Indies, and have offered to unite their means
with those of the insurgents of Mexico, to drive the
Spaniards from their ‘ colonies, and to establish a migh
ty empire on the shores of the Pacific. We are further
informed, that nothing has prevented the immediate
engagement in this enterprize, but the refusal, on the
part of the government of tl»e United States, to under
take any ostensable cooperation.
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From the Boston Palladium.
Gaphun Smith, (of the brig Merchants Array, lost on
S e voyage from Gibraltar) and crew saved all their
bthing, fitc.; and the letter bag containing despatches
fi. Pinkney and commodore Chauncey, and nu
' a _• '• r . '
were sTso preserved. CaptiunB. \dr only 4 days .in Gib
raltar bay, at quarantine among the'fleet from England
destined to Algiers, which had arrived some days before.
Mr. Hill, our consol, was along-side, ami informed that
they were waiting the arrival, of a fleet of transports.
The Dutch squadron was also in port. A, numbet of A.
mericaif vessels were in port unknowns 8 had arrived,
consigned t6 the consul.—g 39,600 were landed freSb
the Merchants Array at Gibraltar.
German papers give a letter from New-York, which
says St. Jean d’Angely has visited South-Carolina, ami
purchased 10,1)00 acres of land there, and that 3000 have
been bought on the Ohio for M. Rial, and emigrants
from France are to be allowed some small portions of
these lands. The letter adds, (what must certainly be
incorrect,) that many French military men have obtain
ed advantageous appointments in the United Stifles.
Several French vessels, winch were abandoned by
their crews in the Mediterranean, on the appearance of
Barbary pirates were afterwards taken possession'of by
these cruisers and immediately restored to die French
authorities. The conduct of the French captains is cen
sured. Ancona, July 27.
A Neapolitan squadron of one ship of the line, two
frigates, two corvettes, and two brigs have been seen in
our waters (Gulph of Venice) proceeding to meet the
English and American squadrons, to act against the Bar
bary powers.
The Morning Chronicle, which itself recommended an
income tax of 15 per cent, now finding, as it says, “that
ministers have it in contemplation to revive the income
tax in the manner which it had detailed,” actually begins
to abuse its own measure; and tells the people that “they
cannot be too much on ther guard” against it. This is
funny!—London Sun.
Edmund Burke.—As he was declaming with great ani
mation against Hastings, he was interrupted by little major
Shoot. “Am I” said he indignantly “to be raised by the
barking of this Jackal, while 1 am attacking the royal
Tiger of Bengal!”
The arch dutchess MariaLiuisa, accompanied by her
court, left Parma on the 11th July for a pleasure excur
sion to the bath of laicc.a, and a visit to the imperial court
of Tuscany. The Florence Gazette winch contains this
intelligence, adds, “It is said that she will be absent
more than six weeks, but it is certain that she will be
in Parma on the 15th August, a memorable day with her
majesty”—memorable for what, think you, gentle
reader?—Why for nothing less than being the birth day
of her husband, Napolean Bonaparte!—The London edi
tors do not half like this—they say that the ex-empress
might with equal propriety celebrate the anniverssary of
the distinction of her father’s subjects by Bonaparte at
Lodi, Marengo, &c.—JV. F. paper.
Prom the Norfolk Herald of September 23.
The embarrasments of trade and the distresses of the
labouring population in England, continued without any
hope of amelioration. A letter from Cozeley, in Staf
fordshire, states, that an actual examination from house
to house, had taken place in' many districts of that coun
try, in order to ascertain fully and correctly the extent
of distress. In one district alone there were found—
One hundred and sixty six families whose resources are
all cut off comprehending eight hundred and twenty two
individuals:
Seventy-four families who earn Is per head per week,
comprehendingfour hundred and eighty three individual?:
One hundred and thirty families who earn 2s per head
per week, comprehending eight hundred and twenty in
dividuals:
In another there were five hundred and twenty four
families without the means of livelihood, comprehending
t.vothousand five hundred and seventy-six individuals,
full one half of the population.
“To the cases already transmitted to you (adds the let
ter) of the extreme distress, I would add that of a family
near me, which has been out of employment for three
months, consisting of a man and his wife and six children:
they have parted with their furniture, and with all their
clothing, except a few miserable rags that hardly cover
them! and last week, as the last resource, the wife sold her
wedding ring.” The most wealthy classes were actively
and zealously engaged in collecting a fund for the imme
diate relief of those distressed objects, hundreds of whom
but for these humane exertions, would have perished by
hunger.
SOUTH AMERICA.
[important communication.]
The folio-wing Is an extract of a letter from New- Orleans,
dated 28th August.
“A gentleman from Mexico, high in the circle of the
revolutionists, is now here, on his way to Washington,
with proposals from the patriots, “to make full and im
mediate compensation for all the claims of our citizens
and country, on the government of Spain, provided the
United States will acknowledge the republic of Mexico.”
An easy mode this is of getting justice, So long withheld:
but what a stigma will such an arrangement attach to
old Castilian honor? The infant wipes aw ay the reproach
of pillage and injustice from its parent! This gentleman
mentions that an English nobleman of talents, has had a
meeting with the chiefs, that is the generals, whom he
has assured that Great Britain waits only for the exam
ple of the United States to acknowledge the new repub
lic; all the merchants and manufacturers of England at e,
pressing that government incessantly to do so, thereby
to open a fair and direct trade with that rich portion of
the new world, as the only means of relieving their pre
sent distress, and preserving and extending this lucrative
commerce. Russia as well as the other northern pow
ers, it is said, will also acknowledge the independence
of Mexico. All tills appears to us higlily probable.—
Spain will find too late that with nations as amongst in
dividuals, “honesty is the best policy.”
“As yet we have been as healthy as usual.”
We copy the following paragraph from the ITalcyon,
a paper printed at St. Stephen’s, M. T. dated August
30.— Columbia Gazettes.
“Late and certain information has been received from
Pensacola, that the rumor w hich had reached us of the
patriots having taken that place, is entirely without foun
dation. Nothing has been heard of tiie fleet since it Was
watering at the Ualize below New-Orleans.”
FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE.
Nkw-York, September 21,
The schooner General Jackson, sailed from Jaequemel
on the 21st of August. Captain Gildea informs us that
the day previous, twelve deserters arrived there from
Christophe’s dominions, who reported that his sable ma
jesty was moving with all his force towards Port-au-
Prince, and that he had already leached St. Mark’s,
where lie had been joined by a Spanish general with
some trifling force from the Spanish part of the island.
Tlie people of Jaequemel were in high spirits, and look
ed upon this proceeding of Christophe’s as the forerun
ner of his total overthrow, and entertained strong hopes
that it would be the means of placing Pc-tion in possession
of all the French part of the Island of St. Domingo.
Since the above was in type we have seen captain
Rogers, of the schooner Remittance, who states that no
such intelligence had reached Aux-Cayes when he left
there, which was about the last of August.
Connecticut Flection.—The political and relignus seisms
in that state have excited considerable interest abroad in
the result, of the late election. A letter from Groton, of
the 17th inst. states that New-London comity, which
sends 22 members to the assembly, has chosen 15, and
probably 16 republican members.
The last Essex Register says, “last Tuesday, the Secre
tary of the Navy waited on the late President Adams, at
his seat in Quincy. The president, over 80 years of age,
had walked that day-several miles to visithis son’s family.
He was still possessed of the vigor of his patriotism, and
of tfie best hopes of his country. The patriarchal man
ners of this venerable sage, give the highest interest to
such an interview.”
FROM Tjfe rrEntTTfcflRANEA^- '
Tlid following is an'extfoelGf a letter from a midship
man on board the United States’ ship Washington, dated
Naples, I7th July, 1816.
“We arrived at Gibraltar after a passage of twenty-two
days. Our ship sails well, is Trt excellent order, and was
much admired by the English, Dutch, and Spanish navy
officers.
,“The Dutch have a squadron lying at Gibraltar, and
several more ships are expected to join them, when they
intend making an attack on Algiers in connection with the
English fleet. '
“The Dutch character does not stand very high, as they
pass so much of their rime iii port; but it was reported,
however, that one of their frigates had taken an Algerine
after a desperate battle, in which the former lost 160 killed
and wounded.
“Gibraltar is a complete garrison-. There are nearly
eight thousand soldiers stationed there, the finest looking
fellows I ever beheld. The streets are filled with people
of all nations, among them I saw some Algerines, most
frightful looking objects. From morn till night there is
a continual buzz—it seems like a fair.
“I visited the different batteries of that extraordinary
fortress. About 500 feet nearly perpendicular, we enter
ed gallery No 1. It is a battery cut out of the solid rock,
ten feet wide, and eight high, and extends nearly three
quarters of a mile in length, no light entering except
through the port holes, which gives it a gloomy appear
ance.' No one, Without seeing it, can form any idea of
such an Herculean labor. There are several otbqj- gal
leries, also some remarkable caves, no tend to one of which
has yet been discovered. The top of the rock is seven
teen hundred and eighty feet high, from which you can
see a great distance into Spain. Here a 64 pound caron-
ade and a long 24 are mounted, how they got them there
I cannot conceive.
“On our arrival at Naples, we found several of their men
of war in the harbor, but they instantly seemed suspicious
of ns. and hauled into dock as soon as they discovered
who we were. They have ordered us under a quarantine
of twenty one days (which does not look very friendly)
merely because we stopped at Gibraltar.
“From where we now lie, We Can see the place where
once stood the civ of Herculaneum, also the tomb of Vir
gil, which places I intend to visit. 1 was disappointed in
the view of the bay of Naples. ^ I think if Boston harbor
had a few ancient castles to set it ofi, it would be vastly
more beautiful. Mount Versuvius is, however, a grand
sight—in the day you c; n see about as much smoke ap-
dauestlt as proceeds from a chimney that has been re
cently ori fire—In the night you can discover a blaze ap
parently about three or four feet high.
“We expect to visit Messina, Palermo, Syracruse, Al
giers, &c.
We may shortly expect to hear of the attack of the
English and Dutch on Algiers. The distance from Gi
braltar is only about 500 miles; and the commander of the
expedition must wish to decide its fate before the autum
nal equinox. In all the attacks on Algiers for two cen
turies the elements have remarkably concurred to de
feat them.— Centinel.
Buffaxo, September 10.
The facility of intercommunication in this country is
constantly encreasing. The mail stage now runs from
this place to Canandaigua in one day, and from thence
to Albany in two days. A short and pleasant passage,
carries a person to New-York in little over a day more.
Thus a journey of almost 450 miles, is performed in
about four days; and the greatest part of it too through
a country that was but a few years since a wilderness,
inhabited only by savages and wild beasts The human
mind is hardly capable of keeping pace with such aston
ishing improvement.
A line of stages has commenced running from this
place to the Niagara Falls, three times a week. This
line will afford a cheap and commodious passage to per
sons desirous of visiting these stupendous works of na
ture.
.from
^erousletters from the officers of (JUr fftet In Naples, {fj, C-Jpaper^August 14.
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Semple, who with nearly the whole of his party oftwenty--
six persons was cHt off.
The earl Selkirk and party was however advancing to
the Rod River by, way of the faMc dt*Chirai*—Yet*,
0f ty
The party of earl Selkirk’s people, under Mr. Miles
M’Donnell, was met when within a day’s march from the
Red River, by some Indians, who reported that- ap affair
had taken place between i party of the Batards, about
forty in number, and the servants 6f the Hudson’s BaV
^mpany.^d^ple of that seRUtr^L under a
Semple, who with nearly the whole Of ba party of twenty- tectionofallthemiddfr states, that the Mneral
Newark, September 17.
Earthquake.—A considerable shock of an earthquake
was felt by many persons in this town on Wednesday
evening last, a little before/nine o’clock. The shock was
so sensible, that the windows in some houses perceived
to rattle—and persons ih beds fell so much motion as to
be alarmed. The noise which accompanied it has been
represented as similar to a heavy carriage passing the
door fro .-en and hubby ground; distinct, however, from
the gradual sound/Which precedes and terminates its pas
sage. It was also noticed at Bloomfield and Patterson—
and; in the latter place, more distinctly than in tills. A
person who was iii Patterson at the time, represents it
having much agitated the family in which he happened
to be—and that it seemed as though the top of the house
had fallen in.
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On the 5th instant, that illustrious patriot governor
Siielbt, whose virtues would reflect honor on any “Gre
cian pr Roman name,” ceased to be the governor of Ken
tucky—on that day, he dined with a number of liisfei-
low-citizens, and in the evening was escorted by a troop
of horse several miles on the route towards his residence
in Lincoln. At the moment of his departure, an affect
ing compliment was paid him—A national salute was
fired by the independent company of artillery, with that
memorable piece of cannftn taken at Saratoga, surren
dered at Detroit’ re-captured on the Thames, and present
ed by the United States to governor Shelby. Major
George Madison, (brother to the late bishop of Virginia)
a distinguished patriot, succeeds him.—Itichmond Enqui
rer. ———
In cultivating sugar the following statement has been
made. An acre in St. Christopher’s may give 13 hundred
weight, a Georgia planter names two thousand. A Geor
gia planter says23 hands may cultivate 103 acres with
above 9 thousand weight of sugar to each, but in St.
Kitt’s 103 acres would employ 250 negroes as they rise,
allowing 150 effective, with 9 hundred weight to each.—
Salem Register.
NAVAL DEPOT.
, The erection of a naval depot in Chesapeake Bay is a
reu st important measure, not only for the safety of the
middle states, but also for the whole of the union; and
such it must appear to every patriotic American—None
but those who have a secret longing for the dissolution
of the Union can possibly object to .t.
It has already been hinted, in pretty brood terms, in
certain Eastern journals, that a naval df pot in the Ches
apeake is merely intended to protect Virginia—Virginia
like Macbeth’s Amen, sticks in the throats of the con-
ventionists—Whenever the word Virginia comes before
them, they make distorted faces as if they were on the
point of suffocation!
Why not protect Virginia, as well as Massachusetts?
Boston has already a naval depot and strong fortifications
for its defence, and why not in the south as in the east?—-
Both are necessary to protect our long line of coast, at
present exposed to every predatory attack of an enemy.
But the fact is, that the proposed naval depot at St.
Mary’s is meant to protect not only Virginia, but also
Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, from the de
structive ravages of an enemy—This depot will be a pro
tection not only to Washington and Baltimore but also
to Philadelphia and all the intervening towns and vil
lages. • >
The woeful experience of the late war must have de
monstrated to every imnartial American, whether fede
ralist or republican, the absolute necessity of protecting
the extensive shores of *he Chesapeake.—In the late war
the Bay was a most convenient rendezvous to the English
fleet and army, from whence, on every side, and in eve
ry direction, they extended with impunity, their plun
derings on the defenceless inhabitants, robbng them of
their cattle, fowls, servants, and even their money and
household furniture!
Another advantage the enemy had from their station
ary abode in the bay was, they had convenient opportu
nities of holding a correspondence with their fiends on
shore—They had an exact description of every family in
Baltimore, whether they were ill or well disposed to the
cause of the bulw And as Baltimore was considered
a democratic town, it was devoted to destruction; and it
would have been plundered and destroyed, But for the
bravely of its defenders.
We hope, therefore, | most sincerely, not only for the
“S*
. ... , ,*tates, that the general govern
ment will persevere, without low of time, in the erection
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SAYAN&AH REPUBLICAN.
Thursday Evening, October 3, 1816.
Sacking oirr.
Pkofcron, Ihe brave knight of lancet and ’squire of the
pill-box, in this morning’s-Museum, accuses us of not hav
ing'com plied with the condition which the printer of that
paper was to exact of the person desiring the name of
the writer of “Freeholder*’ and “A Friend to a Frteuoid.
er,” urtder the latter of wliich signatures, a similar re
quisition was made. No demand or- condition did \] f .
Woolhopter make in g>ing up the author of those
pieces. In direct contradiction to the public dtcLr
ation of “A Friend to a Freeholder,” he gave the medi
cal hypocrite as the author of both pasquins. For tne
invidious, treacherous and contemptible falsehoods v.„j, ^
he attempted to force into public belief, we have.
entertained the most utter contempt, and would bewail
ed to ask any satisfaction other than a public exposit !0n .
but he wishes us to challenge: If he i9 so hot for fighii,,.
why does he not act the part which he would have u s 0
fulfil? He has sustained the greatest injury: he has been
publicly called and proved a liar and an arch-hypocrite :
but we believe we cart -divine the contemptible being’s
motives; for nothing is too mean for such a creature to
attempt: Slvould we challenge, he intends not to pursue
the road to honor but to profit; and pester us with a
course of litigation. We assure him that he may have
his wrath satiated in a manly way, without the interference
of judge Or jury.
Since we exposed his motives for bespattering the
mayor with his filth, he has resolved in his mind the
probable chances of success at the ensuing elecLio..; aid
for once, has been guided by 'prudence, thodgti net by
honor. This morning, in the Jituseuril, announces h.m-
self NO CANDIDATE. lie will now pretend that he
has not been one; but a little reflection wiil oonvince
every person to the contrary. On the Saturday p re .
ceding the appearance of his defamatory production
under the signature of “Friend to the Freeholder,-’ h e
was announced, at the desire of his friends, as a can didate
for senator to the state legislature, and a similar
publication appeared in the Museum on Monday direct,
ly under what his vanity will be pleased to style his e.-tav
No negative statement made its appearance until
morning. For this delay he cannot plead sickness asi
man who is able to w rite half a sheet of cir.se matter
must certainly feel no inconveifience in three orfnir inn s
to a printer; but writing was entirely unnecessary to at
tain such an end—a message by a servant would answer
the same purpose. The procrastination must be-ttr.buted
to irresolution: He feared the public test, after our ex
position of his conduct; but Itislove ox tignijid stations
(for he has never conferred dignity on any situation) and
his antipathy against Air. Charlton for daring to continue
a candidate, after bully Proctor had offered, delaveatlie
hour of decision until now. His pitiful quirks can de
ceive no person in Savannah, where his hypocricy and
meanness are as well known as his person.
THE AVRORA.
This journal prides itself much on the talent as well it
matter of fact, which, as it supposes, is displayed in its
columns. No paper is independent besides itself; no e-i-
tor uncorrupted, but Billy Duane—all else are in the
hire of government/ But the brave adjutant-genera I,
amidst hu cloud of witnesses, has not yet adduced "m-
dence of a single democratic editor having ever re ctivccL
a cent, by way of bribery; yet they are all servile change
lings, who would cut their parents’ throats for • lit tie
money. Why have they become so—once he and they
were on the most amicable footing? Because they dis
dain to reiterate the “hue and cry” raised against the
administration, by the fire-side general, when it refused
to adopt his military tactics, proved by experience D
be inefficient in practice. For this he calls them fools
and rogues, and swears, that the generals who conduct..
our armies, on the north and northwestern frontiers, to
victory and glory were incompetent to decide on the mei-itt
of ids military system. Such a declaration naturally in
duces the reader to inquire where this militaty genius ac
quired his knowledge of the rudiments of war. At trliat
celebrated seminary? He has announced himself to the
world, as untutored. Then, under what European gene
ral has he gained this insight into modern warfare? N me.
nor for aught we know, has he ever been on the conti
nent of Europe. Did he serve in the late war witn En;-
land? He bore an adjutant-general’s commissions but his
fear admonished him so often to avoid hostile
, I.#
that whenever a rumor of the enemy’s appearance in ms
neighborhood prevailed, he immediately removed his
quarters to a greater distance from the supposed scene
of danger. The soldiers, encamped at Marcus’ tiook^
at last, became so exasperated against his pusillanimity,
that when he paid a visit to their encampment, they run
him from among them, as if he had been a mangy pig.
This was his honorable career through our late struggle;
but he had other affairs than those of Mars to attend;
much of his time was engaged in decrying the move
ments and motives of our brave generals, whom he durst
not emulate them in the field against the foes of the re-
public, and the medium through which he ushered h:s
slanders to the public was that “faithful chronicle,” the
Aurora. Where, then, it will be replicated, did he gain
any knowledge of military science? To this query «e
can only answer, by remarking, that he lias been in the
East-Indies, and may have served under Tippo Saib or
colonel Wellesley, now the duke of Wellington. Serringo-
patam, with its vegitative defences, for instance, was an
excellent school for novices intending to become inti*
mately acquainted with the mysteries of war! If our hero
has been-present at such scenes as these, undubitably they
have dilated his genius, and matured his honor and pru
dence. But it has been whispered that Billy waS
not a military man, until he landed on our shores;
a nd, therefore, it is-very probable he hired some
indigent superanuated Frenchman to commit plagw
ty on the pages of M 1 Donald and Vandamme, t®
which theft he may have added some of the eccentric
ebullitions foy which he is remarkable, making altogether
a hotch potch composition which no one has ever been
able to reduce to practice. This will account sufficiently!
why the war department, so soon as it had leisure, fou®^
it expedient to appoint a military board to frame a r.e*
system of discipline for our troops, and discard the
heterogenous one of Duane. Still he is the only
military genius that was in our country, during the
*ste war! Brown and Scott are incapable of appreciat
ing the merits of his works, and the government ti
swimming in corruption and peculation for having reject'
ed them. God preserve us! There is nothing in this c
try, like the freedom of election, free disquisition, »°*
liberty of the press—the people are all slaves, and ^
administration [who tfb
so.candle*
conduct of the favorites of the
they, and what is their conduct?] is
Chpsapeiks,—Arne- fwould put to tiie blush the ministers of /VrefcvwQ . _
JL " cOfP BiUy has here eschewed aifljsfeto