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there being do djrcct roads betaresn Waterloo
and the position! near Warres, where the corps
under marshal Grouchy was fighting! he had to
march neatly five leagues in order to join the
emperor, through a woody country, intersected
by ravines, and difficult '•-? -r
The orders to join were given at one o'clock commence.'- »• ■ _
in the aftemooh, and did not arrive tiUdbur.— *hich dictittl tbe proceedings? To say I was
Marsiial Grouchy*. troops, which bad, to force tbe not erati«dly‘M*..** “ w “ » " n 8 uUr f uUnc :
pas-age of tbe river, were then engaged with an W would k adopting your own example. and
enemy superior in number, and occupying »- saying what *ss not true. It. did give me^great
Strong position, which it was necessary to earns gratification.', t fe*lmg no way diminished bv the
It WHS thus physically impossible that they should reflection, tH» r dieinoral,of that speech, at least,
arrive «t Waterloo soon' enough' to change the more than Walled its imaginary mem. I even
fortune of tbe day, which, in the eyes of every well obmired siwitly, on that account, to the sddi-
informed, military nan, was decided from the tional pirac? of an Edinburg publisher; and, ai
time that general Bulow’a corps appeared on the 1 neierblanxxny thing that is national, l forgave
GENERAL ELECTION.
CONGUESS. '
On tbe first Monday in October next the gene- ^
ral election for six members to congteis, t? rep-1 fhmk of the French army: that uTo aay, St dit him Vis rapacity
reseat this state in tbe national legislature; and I very moment when -Napoleon called marshal '
forrepreren^ives to the ..ate kg-Ufore. * Ul ®attention, thed*l of
take place throughout Geyguu Wk hsve never I-nJjgSS wlIIinduce ;“ h , t
known ail election for eongrearto-axerte so little I marshal Grouchy proceeded according to the err
interest amongst ua, a. lhe sppvuching one.—I perpr’s intentions in directing his march upon
The ToBowing deittlemen, are, as yet, the only I Wavress 2. That Napoleon did not think o<
. ... , to la .j, ‘_ r a.. . ,, | drawing tbe marshal near to him till one o’clock
in the afternoon, at the instant when the hetd of
general Billow’s column shewed itself, and . con
sequently murb too late to'psnliae the Prussian
attack in flank.
And, finally, it is yrell to recollect, arhat English
pride and Prussian boasting very carefully conceal.
I mean to say, the numerical superiority of the al
lies, which was such, that- notwithstanding mar-
-I—I as! 1 »- « - I*
bSpdidates for the suffrages of the people—they
are all, except One, ip the present congress:
hrr Foxsrm
Thomas W. Cobb
Jouw A. Octubsbt
Jon Ouwriaa'
William Terrell
Joxl Abbott
I*,. ... _ ... , ’ 1 slml Rlucher’s losses at Fleunts, his army, unite:
’There being no opposition, the people willltav, I iiulov’i corps on the 17th, at War res, w a
too choice should they widrit. I treble the corps under the orders of marshal
rises u«BATm|.;. ; ^ :l ?sa?K2issaarifetKSfsss-2e'
The following gentieratn Tare candidates for the f inasmuch as it was not ordered till fifteen hour
next legislature, to ircpreien: this; county:
Senator.
Ajetbso Cctubxrt i ■
• Representative*.
Edward Hards* , .
Frederick S. Fin <'
Moats ;rnsirrxn
Edward F. Iiitstit
after Blucher’a retreat. He had tune to rally his
army, to post it advantageously, and neither com.
promitted-himself nor made an} great effort or
genius, ill directing one half of it on Nspoleor’*
Hark, wkila, with Aka olhar half, he could retjn
marshal Grouchy’s march for some time, .disputi
the passage of the Dele with faro, and consider
ing the force which, lie left before him, and.their
position, had a chance even of destroying bn
J***™ opposition for ron.ton.nd there .'“rpa ^ of bUnd lnd even
Can but three representatives be sent. The people I criminal pirtixlily, (for it is criminal to endeavor
trill,therefore, make choice from the above names. I to obscure historical truth, and to traduce the in-
1 timate opinion which arises necessarily from the
evidence of circumstances, experience in war and
Ua* vac BAtioBAX ixTEiuokxcxn. ™ u / Ur 5' m ^ u ) «° * d ™c^M » done by the ju
,. I dicious author of Considerations on the Art of
A corner of tbe curtain raised Which covers the I War, that marshal Grouchy’s corps remained thf
:. • causes of the loss of tbe Battle of Waterloo:—j 18 >1> in * stupid immovability, and that when thi
. . ... _ , , .... .1 cannon was heard on his. left, he should have fir
•bowing that it was impos b,e forllie body ol I gotten the instructions which hsu been given to
the army which was under the order* of Marshal I him, abandoned the track of marshal Bluchtr, an.
Grouchy to tskr part to .that engagement. I gone to join Napoleon. ,
The campaign of four days, which terminated
the military carver of Napoleon, opened on the I rlLfSilt j**™ *? e J l
15ih of June, 181 J. The French army, one hu„
d.-ed and t«i thousand men strong,passed foe . ,n , h “ fr0n
Sumhre at Cllarleroy, and beat a boVof twenty & m
thousand tresriawi which had taken a position t0 htstyders, »bich wcreAo
behind that town. In order to retard the empvr | P“"“ e V”' eom t ae * e ta \ 9rtT
or’, march Some of the enemy’s troopA_wbr
immediately after the pas.age of Sambre. The’
emperor, having marshal Ghmchy and the rest of I 5** u
the army with him, forming nearly seventy thou-1 ^ P ro
sand men, moved upon FleUrtis, and; on the,16lh “1"
of June, directed ah attack on the grand Prussian I
army, which he waam hopes to haveattrprisedh, uSf
their cantonments, hot who Soared themselves *“
United on the plain behind that little town. Al- passage of a n
though nearly a hundred thousand men strong, it I *“
was "beaten, after opporing an obstinate rerist- oHer tOcomeup» and theiifjven only when the
ante. Toward. teri'Vcl«k. marshal Bluchtr, H h , h be , e |? ne iU “ 0, > f
t, J 5S3U"'Aig, 1 -
st? ss.-KtasKt’Erassce
N.B. The ongin-.l of the duke of Dalmatia’s
letter, snd all the official documents relative to
this campaign,, are deposited With a public offi
cer at Paris, and will one day be published.—
rr—m I Without being supported by such materials, the
l£2?LSa and of the causta of its
oroucoy ku at the head of the corps d '«*teis, etn be nothing more than a sort of libel,
of infantry- gen'iraU Vandifnme and GereTd ^ ^ ^
and of thicayJ&y of general. Pajo! and Excel. | may belong at the time.
nuns, amounting altogether to thirty i
thousands of men, and to pursue the
This direction was prauned, though cannon
and prisoners were picked up oir both the
routes.
• Oh the lMb. at half after tWelvb O’clock, at
. noon, the emperog jWbo^Uhtil then, had not put
the army in
marshal Key,
Grouchy to put
A SECOND LETTER ' " '
FROM '
CHARLES PHILLIPS; ESQUIRE,
TO TUB
EDITOR OF THE EDINBURG REVIEW; ,
Occasioned by an Article in bio last Number.
“Lay on Macduff, .
and some.
Prussian
army; though it arts observed to him that it bad
fifteen hours march the star^ of tbe corps root
in p'inuH of it, having effected its retreat by ten
o’clock of tile preceding evening, and the few
light cavalry that had pursued’it not having been
able to retail its movement.
Napoleon, marching on his Ifcft, with his guard
and the other troops engaged at Flcurus, pro
ceeded to join marshal Ney, who, on the 16th,
had defeated the advance guard of theduke of|.And damn’d be he who first criesholdr-enoiigh.'
Wellington, near Qualm Brai and who was then ■*
in face of the whole English snd Belgian army.— I _ __ ^ . • , „ . - ,
Marshal Ney -would hate destroyed tfua advince Sia-The assertion m your last Review..that
guard, which he beat on the 16th, if, at the mo- i*”* “ the aeconu tune within two yrors, that I
went, when the engagement was most animated, have been honored by yow enmity is quite ^correct;
the '.corps of thewdht d'fcriort, nearly twenty 1 begin by acknowledging this-sobmiy truth
thousand sfrong, hsd nfit been withdrawn from * your entire article. I appealed to the public
I.im. which passed the whole day in idle marches in tbe fiivt inrtance-1 do so now again, qutte.
between FTeurus add Qu art Bra*, did not bum content. '*« .though^-the ^nme decision should
a single matchdight, and was cfno use to the the third invective of rnortmed ydfisuf-
army"engaged at Fieufua, where it did not even ficienc 7- X ou . combined with mine, m Una
. . I renowned atUckg the name of Mr. Finlay—a man,
The only orders given by the emperor to mare aboT * bodl "V defence and your accusation Be
sbal Grouchy, from the time that he detached him *S UI ^ ^is character sUnda much too high to be
on the 17th, and on the day of the battle of Wa- * ffected b 7 “>“ r of *“ b * b,ta » 1 Jlb d>er In
etfSsaftgcttX^te^aSaEiS&Fsr
agar-c«8ea»tt.asg
Bsassaa^rs^teeasssss? 58
sanVt. the bridge over the Dyle Hit attack not | WJ ^? 8 f inercenanr aenmataon.
having ,uccee£d. general Geranl and the cavaliy / -.\9t
of freacnl Pujol were directed oil the mill of I IUC » ™ t y oU ? ttC#t,oncd “J uleaU ^b»ch
Brilge and tlte village of LimeUetfc, in order to I J ou coU ld Dot ?° ur ed ‘** t i° n would
. rtr. —.... .hiu— have taught you at least the
printers hi slm** eVe *T ‘° wn in 1 •]
nadro each « those gentlemen, whether I mac
to him the^-»i|rtteat prenous personal cominuni*
the publication wa* not an expe-
•purpose of his own individual pro
lie had ever seen ray face, or sub-
/ sheer for my conretioo—whether,
ise your own'phrsse, it .wsa "my
ot his own unsolicited enterprise,
bat, Ifcm^k I submitted to Scotch piracy, I had
no alat of countensncing Scotch misrepresenta
tion- - "Vou.instantly pounced on the little pam
phlet, attacked it virulently, as an authorised
publicxtioti, and virited upon me'the consequences
of your country’s avarice. With characteristic
venom you announced your' determination to
s'Mch .my entire professional life, and never omit
an opportunity of reviling me It was a malig
nant promise, and therefore you have kept it-—
Thus menaced, i eras compelled to collect those
fugitive trifles, and incur, at least, the censure of
no errors but my own.
Now, sir, with the knowledge of thbse faets
co’Jatcd by you—with the full conviction on your
mind, that tbe publication was forced from me
by the annonymuua slander of perhaps sime baf
fled rival—how can you expect credit for the re
published falsehood, that it originated in “my
own empiricism?” So much for die truth of your
effect tfie passage of the river there, while gener
al Vudanufle kept up tfie battle in Wavres,-and a
feint attack was executed belev the town:
taught youat least the principles of a j
I'-tieman, and you would have disdained to.sul
tute falsehood for facts, and personalties r
Such wa. the write of thing, when the officer H°»<~r, your name or yo^profasion
arrived who was the bearer of the duke ofl °f lrttle coHscquenoc—you hare surrendered
UAlmatia’e dbpatch, of whrih tbe foUowing is «he|^
to infamy by its publication.
I shall now, sir, just examine a passage or two
in the srticle before me, that tbe public may roe
how admirably tbe spirit in which it originated
TO XAXSBU CBOUCBT. , .
lSrA one o'clock in tbe af.emos:).
'Situ Mass a At—Ycaarrote this morning, at six j
o’clock, to tire emperor, that ,ou «houl?’msrch r &***■
cowumadtMtd*to yvu. tredior^you iterate on m« therofated clmrge
nbvertheldta orders me to inform vou, tS^u
should always msnreoyre in otir direction. It is jgVJJ*
fur y.ai'tb see the point where we are, in order IC? ** n ! , . *fy? theman
to regulate yourself accordingiy. 1 *"*?** «?.•***” «P»>*
our communications; thus to be alfrays ready-to I ntnwhStit was whrih re.ll. am
fs’i upon an? of tbe enemy’s troops which may —,? ow •“■htchreally did
eaJcAvor to moksl our rights, and dretroy t r“ T 1“^“’', pubbeatton*’ Esriy fa my pro.
JU lUo moment lit batik it gained on tbe line s/l ^ e **? on ’* B * de ***“ very vooo if-
( J..erloo-TLe enemy’s ce^Ke i, ^-«»ddremy wrorefirtedfatbe nesryspers.
John. Therefore, muwuvre to join «nir right. • I Tr^ PJ“ lC * uon ' ra, » 111 ittwiiht-
The Duke Pf.Dawani. ed and tueom^ct ottejbuil fad gained a very
| ample verdict for my Chent, and was, it appears,
own empiricism?" _ ..
lery first assertion. Is it followed un by a liter
ary criticism, or a personal attack? “Mr Finlay,”
you say, “must know that it was the speech of
a person of Uttle or no practice! and who, proba
bly.,mode ho other spevcli for tong before and af-
t .;r it was delivered ” The latter part of this sen-
t-net is not true. But you were quite ready to
take it for granted, and argue away a man’s pro
fessional character on mere "pmbubilitict ”
It may be as'well here just to remark, en too
i nl, in proof of your incredible carelessnem of
c cry thing but abuse, that after a laboured crit-
un upon this speech, you have the impudence
declare, that “if is not in the volume.’" In the
ry out rot I confessed, that 1 had never befoi
ken in a court of justice Indeed, how could
1? I was blit a year called to the bar, and I will
vpture to say, it was never before known in the
piifession. that so young a man bad such a case
cqrnnitted to his inexperience, liut my client
“ is my own personal friend, and thank God, as
far at least as depended nu his barristers, he did
nd suffer by his generous confidence in their ex.
cions. The jury a warded him 50001
Hut this with you is no criterion, through in the
vciy neXt page you must consistently rely upon
a letter verdict as an argument for my condem
nation. Behold the logic of the Scutch reviewer.
HeCharges me with not attempting to “convince
ore persuade ” and when I produce the instance
where I have both “convinced and persuaded,’’he
wiU-ackfiowU dge no teat but of his own creation
Aiy’Insh jury, it seems, are bad judges—“no
worse tes< ca'i be conceived”—that ia, unless they
find against me and then their judgement is ai
the wisdom of Daniel! Oh! most notable Aristar
chus of the Highlands! When I succeed, damages
n(.thing—when i do not succeed,- damages are
every thing. ; ' ‘
The reasoning, however, with respect to an ad
voeate, is directly the reverse, because his failure
may be in no way attributable to himself. Thus,
in the tiro unsuccessful cases in which you so glo
rify' yourself, the first was an action for seduction,
where connivance .was clearly inferential; and the
other was a libel case, in which tqy client, contra
ry to all his declarations, turned.out to be pretty
much such a libeller as yourself. If a nan bring
ing an action, choose to mislead his advocate by
Irilse instructions, he has only himself to blame for
not succeeding. With equal justice you accuse
me of- “an injudirinus choice of my topics.”-
Pray, sir, have you read my briefs? Do you know
what difficulties, I itad to encounter? What sub-
ects I was to avoid? What allusions the very po
[icy of the case forced upon me? Or, are you re
illy so all accomplished a dolt, aa not to know
that the topics of an advocate are often more the
result of necessity than of choice.
> In a similar spirit it is. that without any refer
ence whatever to what preceded or followed, you
bold up to ridicule some high-wrought passage,
omitting altogether the previous dry detail which
it was meant' to relieve, to enliven, or to illustrate.
I might, oH similar principles, take the numerical
letter on any one of your pages, and present it as
a.-specimen of the entire review. Such is your
candor:—lei us see whether it is not rivalled by
your correctness. Where did you discover that
to “Mess”-and to “adorn” express the tame idea,-
and tbit to “ennoble” and to ^immortalize,” are
syqonimoUs terms?
On the tame authority, no doubt, it is, that you
deny the possibility of “rudeness being decorated
as if the very wildest scenery ia nature has not
often the more Of' ornament, for having the less
ol art;' I suspect, however if you want a finished
personification- "of decorated rudeness, that you
need only disguse yourself in the habiliments of a
gentleman. _
I have now, sir, selected such specimens of your
conduct as will, I hope, enable the public to ap
predate your motives. We are fa the face of day
at issue before them, and I appeal to any man of
sense, whether your object was to criticise or to
ctuth me. ’ Sinpe the very infancy of your review,
you have invariably attacked every author who
has bad the luck not to be born on the northern
side of the Tweed. Your policy is of genuine
Highland origin. The predatory banditti of. the
mountains, who hated tbe superiority, and lived
by the plunder of their, southern neighbors, are
the exact model of y opr Ute-ary borttererr.
Memorable, indeed, ’ are the instances of this
spirit, and memorable tbe exposures into which
it has betrayed you. You attacked Lord Byron,
and he chastised, rather than shamed you into a
recantation. You libelled Moore, and you have
chaunted your palinode in a most insidious arti
cle. in which Jfomtr and Mr. Walter Scott, are
classed together! You denounced the pious and
gifted Montgomery.—With an impious industry,
you raked into the very grave of Swift, for the
materials of your vilification.—You called the ora
tions of our sublime Curran 1 )- “the ravings of a no-
toriout^ Irish .barrister:" snd l conclude my,sxam-
pley with that characteristic sentence, because it
exhibits a most. admirable compendium of your
individual envy, and your national prejudice. In
all tbpse instances you were an indifferent critic,
and fortunately for tbe character of the countrs,
you were a worse prophet. You are quite safe,
however, from critical retaliation. Where is the
single speech of your own upon which the public
eye lias rested, lor a moment? Does one solitary
page attest your claim to character? Have you
ever, in your life, made a literary effort, except in
depreciatingthb lame of others? What are you, fa
short, but use masked robber of every man’s re
putation? Your bread-obtained by purveying to
die worst passions, and your character, "by tra
ducing the brightest ornaments of society!
Remember, sir, I did not seek this Contest—you
have attacki\'jme twice fa my ‘character and toy
profession, and you have basely affected a regret
- so; because, forsooth, our political prin-
mcided’ Your political principles are, in
my mind, as modi an article of traffic, as your li-
°°S sndyoor friendship so much the more dan-
Bt. Lambert Therefore, lose not an instant fa I bookseller* fa Loudon, and by the provincial
approaching us and joining us. and to destroy I
Buloar, whom rou wif take ia flagrant fault I • Mr. Aspente, Combat Mr., Hone, Old ifai-
Thc Duke ai . | ley; Andrew EHiers’s, Old Bond street
gerous than your enmity, because it would add
the enjoyment of perfidy to that of defamation.
r Inow, air,, tafeemy leare of you—I have the
consolation of thinking, that the sale' of thousands
upon thousands of those speeches, affords me at
once a clue to your motives, and a proof that
youropmtons are at least not universal—that they
are translated, not as you would insinuate, in the
mere newspapers, but in separate pamphlets, both
in France and Italy—that their tendency is the ve
ry reverse of yours, to promote happiness, liber-
3 , and religion; .and that through the kind parti-
ity of my countrymen, every term is adding to
them.
Compelled thus unwilling to speak of myself, I
abandon the topic with much more pleasure than
I commenced it. .1 am quite sincere fa the' ac
knowledgment of my “innumerable errors.” They
are not, however, the errors of tbe heart, anil
therefore, let me hope, are not incorrigible; but,
perhaps, even cyuicwm could scarcely have ex
pected from five yean of professional life, all the
results' of experience. 1 am. sir, Ac. See.
CHARLES PHILLIPS.
from the Nets-York Evening Post, lllfi iiut.
TUR FISHERIES.
, It will be seen by the following article
that an American ashing vessel, called the
Nabby, bas been formally condemned by
thejudgeof the court of vice admiralty,
and delivered over to the. principal officers
of tliq customs for sale and distribntion,ac
cording to law; tbe ground of the condem
nation was an infraction of the Britiah
laws of navigation and trade,. in taking
fish on the coast of Newfoundland. The
same newspaper informs us that the decree
of the judge abstains from denying tbe
right of the United States to take fish on
the Grand . Bank of Newfoundland, the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and all other places
in the sea. Does it indeed? Truly we are
under particular obligation that the raara-
time courts of Great Britaiu.do not inter
dict us from the use of the great highway
of nations; that they'do not *.’cree that
that upon sea is appropriated to her own
exclusive benefit.
As to the ground Great Britain has now
assumed for the justification of her late sei
zure and condemnation of our vessels, we
venture to say that what appears a suffi
cient justification in her own eyes will be
regarded iu a very different light by tbe
American government. The following is
the opinion of Mr. King on a late occasion;
as expressed in his own language:
“As regard the fisheries, those of the
ocean uot withiu the territorial limits of
any nation, are free to all men who have
not renounced their rights; those on the
coast, and bays of the provinces, conquer
ed in America, fro.it France, were acquir
ed by tbe common sword, and migled
blood, of Americans and Englishmen; all
members of the same empire, we, with
them, have a common right to these fishe
ries; and, in the division of the empire,
England confirmed our title without con-
dition or limitation—a title, equally irre.
vocable with those of our boundaries or of
independence itself.”
I.ittusque rogamus
Innocuum, et cunctis, undamque, au
ramquet pateutem.
What American, 1 ask, hesitates whe
ther lie shall adopt this language.
Halifax, September 1.
It will, be perceived by such of onr rea
ilersas have read tbe decree of thejudgeof
the admirality in the case of the Nabby,
American Coning vessel, that it does not
effect the pretentions advanced by the citi
zens of the United States, claiming the
right to take fish on the Grand Bank of
Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
and all other places in the sea; as she was
condemned for a violation of the laws
made for the regulation of trade and navi
gaiion. He observed however, that “it
would seem that the intention of the BrU
tish government at the time (1783) tvas to
acknowledge and absolute right,*' to take
fish in those places; ‘but’ he stated that
‘the court was not called upon in this case
to determine that point.* As far as relates
to that part of the' original treaty which
gave the Americans liberty to fish on
the coast, bays and creeks of bis majesty’s
dominions, and to cure fish on their shores,
most undoubtedly that privilege ceased
when the American government violated
the treaty by its subsequent declaration of
war: and tbe judge said he felt himself
bound to declare that “the treaty of 1783.
and all the privileges depending thereon
and ceased-”—Free Press.
mo* TUX BOSTOK PATRIOT.
Messrs. Editors—Several of our papers
have lately taken notice of the jealousy
with which Great Eritian views the in
crease of our naval power. I was not,
however, prepared to find it to extensive
as it appears to be. In the Naval Chroni
cle for May and June this year, there are
no less than nine articles, most of them
of great length, on the sulgect of the in
creasing naval power of America. 1 have
copied from the number for May the fol
lowing article, which, though it does not
display the apprehensions of the British
on this subject as forcibly as some others,
is more convenient, on account of its
length, for our purpose.
■ “20xa April, 1818.
“Mr. Editor—Whilst the^desire to have
proportion of our navy made Jit to cope
successfully toith that of America is so
generally feltand' expressed, I cannot but
suppose government are also fully sensible
of the necessity fur accomplishing what
will at once gratify the eager wishes of the
nation, and add, as it will unquestionably
do, to the naval power and security of the
kingdom.
perse
vered in, will soun accomplish all that is
wanted, viz. to keep an eye on, and, to
keep full pace with (I should wish however
to precede them) the active exertion cf
that rapidly advancing naval power. Yet,
why, 1 would ask, build so many common
sized frigates, and so few as four only of a
larger size, fit to contend with tbe Ameri
cans? Anti why not give directions for
making these ■ ships of a sufficient length
and strength ito-carry more and heavier
guns, in case of a war with America9 If
they should only be wanted for a French
or any other war, 12 and 18 could be sub
stituted for 26 pounders,”dfc.
TO FOREIGNERS.
Aliens are informed, that such as have
arrived in the United States since April
fSee the Review of Mr. Pavne Entoht’i work 14 i 18w2 > roost re P 0,t themselves to the
on Tests. cletk of- some Court of Record, end wait
five years before they can be naturalized,
even though they may havedeclaredtheirin-
tention to becomeciiizens some time since.
Those who have nut made their declar
ation, most do that also three years before
they can'be naturalized. By the. law of
congress, the certificate of report and re
gistry must .be produced to the court, aa
an evidence Of the time of arrival in the
United States* at the time of application to
be natural.ized; and by a law passed 22d
March, 1816, said certificate of report and
registiy mast be recited at fall length in
the certificate of naturalization: otherwise
such certificate will be of no validity.
National Intelligencer.
non xux xoaioLK BXBAca, 14th ixst. .
AMERICAN PRISONERS IjY BRAZIL.
The following is an extract of a letter
from an American seaman, (formerly of
- this port,) to a.friend of his, residing here.
It was handed to us with a request to give
it publicity, which we do, though .without
being able to state any facta in explana
tion.
“Pcmamhuce Prism Judej 28,1818.
“Seven Americans, discharged from tne
schr. Penguin, of New-York, and taken!
up on suspicion^of being Patriots, are in!
this prison. tVe have had nothing allow
ed ns Since the 3d June, being 25 days,
and still remain in the same state, and no
hopes of getting out. We have been put
in very innocently, and their treatment to
wards us is worse than can be expressed.. .
They even hate the name ef an American.
We are putin among murderer^, thieves,
etc. of all colo.-s, aniiare in danger of our
lives every mofaenf. We were taken the
lOtli of February, and have been itr prison
ever since, being nearly fiVe months.
John Maxwell.”
A Captive found.—Gov. Casa, of Mich
igan territory, advertises'for the relatives
of John Taylor, who has lately egcapetf
from tbe Indians on Red River near Lake
Winepec. It appears thatiu 1790, when
he was about 9 years old, he was'stolen by
the Indians front the banks of the Ohio,
and has been With them ever since. He
speaks no English.. Tlte whites pursued
the Indians, and in a conflict the chief
Black Fish, was killed; which it is thought
will lead to a discovery.
A spirit of litigation punished.—Some
years since a man who had more spare
money than good smse, goffered himself
to be sued for a debt of about two dollars
nraged at the audacity of {he plaintiff*,
he resolved to pnt every engine-of the law
in motion “to keep him out of his money,”
and accordingly applied to a gentleman
of the bar fo'r his professional aid to effect
this object After listening to his state
ment of the case, the attorney demanded a
fee of only three dollars, which tlje defen
dant promptly paid down, highly gratified
with the smallness of the Bum required.
The attorney went to the magistrate’s of
fice, and paid the debt and costs with the
three dollars which he had just received
from his client. They met in a few days
after, when the man inquired of tbe attor
ney whether he had attended to the case,
and what had been the result. “Yes,” re
plied the lawyer, “and I have completely
non-suited the plaintiff—he’ll never trou
ble you any more.”
BROKEN BANKS.
New-York, September 12.
A correspondent at .Zanesville, (Ohio)
has sent us the following list of banks
which have failed in that state:
German Bank of Wooster,
Granville Alexandrian,Society,
Owl Creek Bank of Mount Vernon,
Bank ofNew Philadelphia,
Bank of New Salem,
Bank of Sutithfield.
No. 14728, in the Medical Science Lot
tery, came up yesterday afternoon a prize
of 810,000. It was sold at Allen’s office,
where the money was immediately paid
to the fortunate holder, who, we under
stand, is the industrious father of a large
family, and who received this favor of for
tune at a time when It was particularly
welcome.
We perceive by the Connecticut Cou-
rant of the present week, that the Rev.
Samuel I. Mills, uf that state, who was
employed by the American Colonization
Society to visit the coast of Africa, with
the view of gaining information concerning
the practicability of a settlement being
formed for the purposes ol that society,
has fallen a victim to the enterprise, having
died on his passage, we presume, front' K
England to Africa. The death of thiq
gentleman will be severely felt, not only
by his friends and the .society in -whose
employment he was engaged, bothy the'
public at large, and especially by the relit
gious public.—N. F.D.AdP. .
We are authorised to state, for the in
formation of those interested, that the
number of applicants for pensions under
the act of the last session, has been so
great, that it bas not been possible, with
“That government is fully imprest# every exertion, to act upon them so fast as
with these sentiments, appears pretty Wi- they came in. In addition to which, some
dent: and if its measures are duly pe—* *
ifelay has taken place in order, to Supply
from the records of the several Wtates, Die
documents in relation to revolutionary
services, which were destroyed when the
war office was burnt in 1801; .which cause
of delay i"s now almost wholly removed.
The applications for pensionsars taken up ,
in tbe order of time in which they were re
ceived, and every effort will be made to
render the delay as short as possible.
When claims to pensions are admitted,
the certificates will be transmitted to the
persons by whom the claimants’ papers
were sent to the war department. When
rejected, they will be returned.!!* the same
manner, with the reasons stated for rejec
tion. Mere letters of general enquiry as
to the state of particular applications, we
are informed, cannot be-«nswered, as it -
would consume much of the time- that, ’
ought to be engaged in the investigation of
claims —-JVat. /fltef. 15th inst.