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ter the revolutionary war, when lie maile diligent
•search lor lus grave, but the rued had been so
)■’ h turned and the clear land so extended that
i rmild not be found.
1 had, in the course of conversation, mention
ed the bad impression I had received of general
Bruddock as an officer, both in Ireland and this
country, ever since 1 was a small boy. “ True,
true, (says lie) lie was unfortunate, but bis cha
racter was much too severely treated ; that lie
was one of the hnnestest and best men of any
British officer with whom be bad been acquaint
ed ; even in the manner of fighting lie was not
more to blame than others,—that of all that were
consulted, only one. person objected to it,” (pro
bably himself) and looking around seriously to
ine, he said, Braddock was both my general and
my physician—I was attacked with a dangerous
lever on the march and he left a sergeant to take
care of me, and James’ fever powders, with di
rections how to give them, and a waggon to bring
me on when I would be able, which was only the
day before the defeat, the first day I bad rid a
horse for a considerable time and thru bad to ride
with a pillow under me. This conversation,
though I thought it interesting at the time, is of
little importance now, l'uiiliw, tlmu to show' tlie
absolute falsehood of Smollett’s character of
Gage; that instead of conducting tlie retreat,
carrying off the body of the general, &c he was
among the foremost to run away and run the fur
thest,—w hich justly entailed on him the charac
ter of cowardice ever after.
Since I am in the way of writing about Wash
ington, I will, add one serious scene through
which lie passed, w hich is little known, and with
which be concluded this conversation. He ask
ed me how near I lived to Lavalliana old Fort,
arid if i knew a run from Laurel Hill that fell in
to the creek near it. 1 told him the distance of
my residence, and that I knew the run. He told
mefffiat at a considerable distance up that run
his life was in as great hazard as ever it had been
in war. That lie bad been ordered to march some
troops to reinforce a bullock-guard on their wav
to the camp—that he marched his party in single
file with trailed arms,and sent a runner to inform
the British officer in what manner he would meet
him. The runner arrived and delivered the mes
sage. but be did not know how it was that the
British officer paid no attention to it, and the par
ties met in the dark and fired.on each other trll
they killed thirty of their own men ; nor could
they be stopped till he had to go in between the
fires and throw up the muzzles of the ; r guns with
his sword.
The fort which in conversing with me, lie and
many others always called Layalhana, after the
jin ne of the creek, was also named Ligoniers,
near which there is now a town of that name.
This took place during gen. Forbes’ campaign, j
foreign”.
THE REPUBLIC OF HAYTI.
Citizen—Alexander Petion is no more !— !
we have lost that incomparable chief, our father, I
our benefactor !—our sorrow s arc common ! our
mingled tears sufficiently testify what was the
union of our hearts r lie was the visible being
upon whom each eve was fixed ; Providence had
chosen him for the dispenser of its favors to this
regenerated people, of whom it had never Insti
sight. Let us cast our eyes upon the past; let
us examine ail the course we Imve passed o-
ver, and attend to that we have y et to perform ; i
let us rellect that our energy is not destroyed,
but oil the contrary that it is in all its vigor, and
we shall see that in his excellency, the late pres-
id'ntof Hayti, it is always our country which
was the Divinity, which attracted our worship :
he was well worthy of representing it amongst
us. Whatever he the magnitude of our loss,
awaken yourselves to the sacred lamentation,
which is spread every where, and which agitates
every bosom ; that at his name our hearts elec
trified may rise above all the events which ap
pertain to human nature. Hayti is the w ork of
your hands, it is that of your courage, it is the
most perfect model of Liberty, of the rights oi
the citizen—in case we surrender all these inval
uable advantages, can we permit ourselves to be
dejected by adversity ? It ought to reanimate
our courage. Citizens, let us form in a circle a-
round the Tree of Liberty : the ashes of our au
gust chief repose here ; let his name, the si-
tyred name of tlie Republic be our signal for u-
niou, our watchword ; let us prostrate our ene
mies by- our firm and imposing aspect; let us be
come, if it be nece-sary, a. nation of heroes ; ex
perience has proved the extent of our courage
we are, we ought to he invincible—but it is ne
cessary for us to be wise, and nothing will arrest
the course of our piendid destinies ; the Repub
lic of Havti will triumph: the llaytians, the peo
ple, have resolved it, and it must be called by tlie j
choice of the senate to take the helm of the ves
sel of state ; 1 will set you an example ot cour-l
.age ; I am become the chief of the most inter
esting family', and 1 have need of divine assist
ance. and of the concurrence and the aid of my
fell iw citizens. In a popular government the
people are every thing, their confidence is wlmt
constitutes authority and that authority must be
employed to their advantage. I led, in the ar
dent love of country which animates me in tlie
respect which I bear to the will of tlie nation,
that I am no longer tlie same being ; that I am |
the servant of tile state. Oh! my fellow citi
zens. cover me with your shield ; senators, legis
lators, he my guides,enlighten me : generals, my
Colleagues, and brothers in arms, brave army oi
the Republic, lend me your assistance to ensure
the peace and repose of our families : magis
trates of tlie people, rely upon the execution ol
tlie laws; upon inv first care to observe them :
husbandmen, peaceful tillers of the soil, devote
yourselves without fear to your precious labors;
the more advantageous your wages will be, the
more my suul will be satisfied ; nothing of what
my august predecessor lias established, can or
ought to be altered ; tlie preservation of the Re
public depends upon the sacred right nf proper
ty, that the owner of a square of earth, and lie
who owns a hundred be considered equal in tlie
eye of tlie law, and be tlie lord of their own pos
sessions ; let commerce dev etc itself without in-
quictudc to its speculation's ; that of (lie Repu’u- ■
lie, and that of the strangers will be protected ;
the end of the constitution will be fulfilled ; or
der, economy, will reign every where; tlie trea
surer of the state will lie employed to the advan
tage of the state : public credit shall receive no
injury ; the national debt is under the safeguard
of the nation ; the worship of our ancestors shall
be respected ; the magistrates shall be honored :
an honest man ba duly appreciated. May it
please God that 1 may never have occasion to
punish the faulty and the wicked, it would he a
sacrifice the most grievous to my mind. Final,
were it necessary to sacrifice one’s sell (or the
happiness of the. people, ii on my palpitating
heart tlie sacred fire of Hayti could kindle it
self, 1 would burn with a fire like that which de
vours me, with the fire of liberty, with the love
of my fellow citizens. Generals of the army,
who are in authority, each one in his order ; ma
gistrates, who watch over tlie interests of fami
lies do your ilutv. The responsibility hangs up
on you, it will be very easy, for I owe but the
praise, of gratitude and my admiration to the
people and to the army. In these mournful times
order lias been perfect, and you have shown that
y mi wore far from being below your political rank.
Oil ! my belov ed fellow citizens, cover me with
the buckler of your esteem and of your confi
dence ; wherever it will be necessary to demon
strate energy and firmness, you will find me
prepared—assist me in doing good—let mildness
and benevolence be the rule of conduct, which
you will always trace in me. To follow taat ea
sy path suits my principle and gratifies my
heart.
Long live the Republic—long live the rights
of the people, and the independence of Hayti.
BUYER.
SPAIN* A.vn THE FEOIUDAS.
Madrid,Mu ch IT, 1818.—1 learned yesterday j
that despatches from the Spanish ambassador at:
V\ ashington, have been received here to tlie mid -!
die of January. A friend has shewn me a Phila
delphia paper containing a letter of the secreta
ry of state, dated Washington, 26th December,
demanding the liberation of your townsman Mr.
Meade ; this despatch of course must be already
in the hands of the Spanish government. 1 hope
to see Mr. Li ving in a few days, ami il any tiling
occurs, you shall hear from me by the earliest op
portunity.
How long will the American people continue
to endure such insults from wretches like these ?
It is really distressing to witness the contempt
with which every thing American is treated by
them. Some new allairs have just occurred which
was in reality niv object hi writing to you.
Since the seizing upon Amelia Island by our
government, Ferdinand vn has granted to seve
ral ol his favorites, immense tracts of land in tlie
Floridas ; a friend has given me the note which
is below, containing an account of those ces
sions : and the remainder of the unsettled and
unappropriated land in Florida, after those ces
sions are located, are to tie given to a person of;
tlie name of Vargas. Various motives are as
signed for those grants. .Some do not scruple to
say ihat this measure is adopted at the rccom-|
inundation of the minister of state Pizarro, who |
believing that tlie United States are determmeu j
to seize on the Floridas, resorts to this plan oi l
getting rid of the lands, as less offensive to his
majesty’s dignity in tlie event of theirbeiug seiz
ed, as he would then have only to cede tlie sove
reignty after the soil had been disposed of. O-
tiiers suppose that it was with tlie view of get
ting a better price for the land. Others that it is
a speculation of Onis and Sarmientu. Others a-
gaiu say tiia' it is to cajole the United States out
of the indemnities so long negotiated for.
The duke of Alagon inis dispatched, it is said,
a Mr. Serna to tlie United States ; ‘and tlmt lie
proceeds liy way of Paris and London : that his
mission is to sell the grant made to him ; and in
order to give Mr. Serna more consequence, and
protect ins person, lie has been furnished by the
minister Pizarro with a commission, as attached
to the suite of the minister Onis.
This gentleman is brother to the administrator
of the post-office department, and was for a few
weeks, during the time of the cortes, secretary
of state.
Tlie following is a translation from a transcript
by a friend from tlie original Spanish. Cession
ol land made by his catholic majesty to the duke
of Alagon. “ All the uncultivated land, which
has not already been granted in Ea-t-Flofida,
and which lies between the baius of (lie rivers
St. Louisa and St. Johns, to their entrance in the
sea, and the coast of tlie gulf of Florida, and
the islands, adjacent, within the entrance of the
mouth of the river llispuelos, in tlie 26 degree
ol lattitude, following its left bank to its source,
drawing a line to the lake Macoa, from thence
down by the road of the river Et. Johns to the
lake \ aides, striking by another line from the
northern extremity of this lake, to the source of
the river Auanina, following its right bank to its
mouth, by the 28 and 25 degrees of latitude, and
continuing along the coast of the sea, with ail the
adjacent islands, to the mouth of the river Hipu-
elos.
Cession of lands made bv his catholic ma
jesty, to the comic de Punoet Rostro. “ All the
uncultivated lands which have not been already
granted in Florida, comprised between the rivers
Perdido to tlie west of the gulf of Mexico and
the rivers Ainaruja and St. Johns, JYom Pupa to
its outlet in the sea to the eastward ; to the
northward the line of demarcation with the U-
nited States of America, and to the southward
by the gulf of Mexico, including all the desert
islands on the coast.—Jlurora.
Philadelphia, May 2.—The following are ex
tracts ol letters which we have received from
tur correspondent at St. Thomas. They give
the news at that island as it was received .day
after day until the 9th of April. »
St. Thomas, April 4.—Arrived, a schooner
from Porto Uabello, with a paper signed “ Noti-
ia sia exeggeratione,” (Notice without exagger-
ition) stating, that general Murillo, on the 18th
if March, near Villa lie Cara, (two days march
from the city of Caraccas) attacked with 4000
regulars, the independents, under Bolivar, aboutj disturb this order of tilings; but as an fig,,,
4.500- infantry, and 1500 cavalry, ar.d totally do- tion is at the same time thrown out, that the col*'
c. ii......> ...ill. tin. Ians ol 50(10 men. and took lusts have a right to e.xoect s rnnci.la...i.i. ... a
nists have a right to expect a considerable if
d complete relaxation, of the restrictions of t '
mother country upon their commerce. W
It is somewhat extraordinary, that Uu 58 '
should manifest so much zeal in bringing fifi
f eil ted them,'with the ioss of 5000 men, and took
"000 head of cattle, and Bolivar’s secretary, and
states it was by some said, that Bolivar is wound
ed, and others that he is killed. _
April 0.—Arrived, a schooner from Laguira,
the captain of which informs, that on the 18th j principle into view—so frequently lias itbeenvi*
of March, a battle was fought near Villa de Ca-j olated by the Holy Allies themselves. Russia has
ra, in which Bolivar was defeated with the loss secured an additional slice of Poland. Swede
of 500 men—his papers, baggage, &c. and con- lias obtained Norway. The king of the Nether-
firms the account that general Murillo was tie- lands has acquired the low countries, and Km.
featod at the attack lie made with his detach- land lias made considerable additions, to her "
ment, consisting of about 600 men, on Caru-
pano.
1 leave it with you to believe of the firegoing as
much as you think proper. 1 have conversed
with many people here about the independents,
in Venezuela, and am strengthened in my opin
ion, that the Spaniards will lose their beautiful
provinces, and that the colored people will final
ly get possession of them and their government.
April 7.—It is confidently reported here, that
Brion, is arrested by Bolivar, and will probably
lose his head. A great many adventurers from
Europe, such as formerly fought in the peninsula
for the re-establishment of Ferdinand tkc. and for
the deliverance of France from Bonaparte, have
joined Bolivar, to assist him todeliver V enezue
la from Ferdinand. Thus the world goes.
April 9.—This morning arrived, a sclir. from
Laguira, with the official account of the affair
with the royalists at \ ilia tie Cara. The inde
pendents are stated to have been 1500 cavalry
and 2000 infantry ; that they lost 400 men in
dead and wounded, besides a number of prison-
coming in momentarily. Morillo says in the
pire in the East.—All these however, are | eg j t j'
mate objects : but it is when an oppressed L'
pie. ground to dust and ashes, like the colwnieg *
of Spanish America, take up arms to establish
their independence, that the Russian emperor
wishes to resist innovation.
So lung however, as the emperor confines him.
self to memorials, or the transfer of his worm
eaten vessels to the Spanish Court—the South
American Patriots, will have little reason to
dread his interposition.—Enquirer.
A letter from Port an Prince, of the 16th of
April, says, “ we have authentic news of the death
of Uhristophe.” ft is singular, that the twori-
val sovereigns of St. Domingo, should have died
within two days of each other.
DOMESTIC.
Correspondence beiv.-een Governor H bb and tlie K gWar.
rior relative to the murders committed on theFeder-
ul Road, some months past.
Coosada, 26 March, 181S.—Friend, I send
official account in a Gazette of Caraccas, underjyou this letter to inform you that some of the white
date of the 2rth uIt. that several of his officers [ people in tliis Territory have been cruelly mur-
are wounded, and an Englishman Col. JDonnel tiered, and to explain to you the things I have
killed. From Porto Cabello the last accounts j found it necessary to do.
state, that the independents in the south seas| On Friday night the 13th of this month a fam-
have landed within the territory of Panama, and I ily consistin '
have done great damage to the ro. alisls.
| while sitting in
of men, women and children,
peace around their fire, on the
P. S. An American frigate it is said has been I Federal road, about sixty five miles this side of
seen off the soutii side of Et. Domingo. the town of Claiborne, were attacked bv a parly
of red men, and eight killed. The next Fridav,
Spain.—[The following remarks on the letter five men riding quietly along the road, in the
from a gentleman at Gibi altar, addressed to the [same neighborhood were fired on, three killed
editors of the New-York Gazette, publish- \ and one badly wounded.—These unexpected
ed in nur last, are extracted from the Federal j and unprovoked murders could not lie borne.
Republican,:] j Wecouid not sit down, and permit our wires an!
Jf one half of the information contained in the ! children to be tomahawked without resistance,
letter be true, Ferdinand is in far more danger of I have therfore, ordeied our soldiers to find and
loosing both ins head and his crown than his colo- j slav the hostile party. But 1 am informed, there
nies. Il the resources of Spain are so exhaust- * 1 are many ol vour people among us who are nur
ed as is there represented, the government can-1 friends $and we know not hmv to distinguish them
not go on lor six months longer. It is there said; from our enemies. They alarm our women and
that a meeting of the merchants in Cadiz was! children. When the armv meet t'lehi, tlievcan-
summoned, under a penalty of fifty dollars for! not know whether thev are friends or foes; and
every absentee, and a demand was made upon ' the murderers themselves will sav 14 we are vour
them for one hundred and twenty thousand d ol -1 friends,” In this situation,it isbest that vourpeo-
Inrs : that no sum was granted notwithstanding - pie should go home. They might be killed through
that the governor was afterward employed toj mistake, and I should be sorry for it. I have,
collect what each individual would g-ioc*. Intel-; therefore, ordered that they go from among us
ligi-nce of this kind although it may come fr nil a j immediately ; and I send this letter by Major
respectable source, is at all times liable to sus- 1 Laprade and Mr. Stevens, to explain to you mj
picion. 1 he cpheinerous tale which, as Burke reasons for so doing. Y ou w ill see that it pro
xy s, docs its business, arid dies in a day, is as
liable to deceive respecte de men as the most in
veterate quid nunc of the hour. That the finan
ces of Spain are in a ruinous state, no one will
pretend to deny ; but can the intelligence be true
as is stated in the letter above alluded to, that
the government are reduced to the necessity of
asking aims of their subjects ! If the govern
ment is so feeble as not to be able to enforce the
collection of a tax, and if the credit is so far im
paired that loans cannot be restored to, the na
tion is gone, and ail explosion sooner or later
must take place. A crown is a brilliant and cost
ly thing undoubtedly, but it is but a sparkling
bauble when the national tr easury is empty and
tlie national credit vitally impaired. Nations
may indeed become as well as individuals, insol
vent, and if the representation above made is cor
rect, we can easily explain the reason why the
(Spanish government should have compelled our
cuuntryman, Meade, to have paid the same debt
twice over. It is a moral phenomenon secondary
only to that of the French revolution, that so laro'e
and so valuable a portion of the habitable globe as
E. America, should have been so long in a state of
revolution, and that not one European power
should have moved either to accelerate or to re
tard so important an event. At no other time
would the powers of Europe have manifested so
much apathy.—The reason may probably be this,
that as they have alrady been at such incalculable
waste of blood and treasury in putting down one
revolution, as they have confederated for the pur
pose of su[q)tessing the effects of the revolution,
they cannot consistently with their own princi
ples, lend their assistance to another. On the o-
therhand, their abhorrence of the policy of Fer
dinand, and their hope that the patriots w ill o-
pen their ports to their commerce, may prevent
them from taking sides with the Spanish monarch.
Our course of policy is plain and clear, to ob
serve an honest neutrality between these contend
ing parties. That a rash step on the part of our
government, such for instance as an acknowledg
ment of the independence of South America,
would be overlooked by confederated Europe, is
we think a proposition impossible to be maintain
ed for a moment.
Russian Views.—We understand the Russian
emperor has addressed an official paper to his
ministers at the European cou: ts, with a view of
paving the way, perhaps, for the conference a-
muiig the sovereigns, which is to take place din
ing the present year. There is a c“bpy of tilis pa
per now in this country.
From a very hasty account of it, we learn that
the emperor of all the Russians calls the aiten-
tion of the legitimates to the terms of tlie Holy
Alliance, with a view of brightening the chain of
friendship, which binds the Allies together. The
great principle of the Alliance is stated to be
j restoration of things to the statu quo ante hel
ium preceding the French revolution ; that the
Portuguese occupation of Montivedeo is alledged
to be an infringement of this fundamental princi
ple ; and that some allusion is made to the insur
rection of the Spanish Colonies, as likely also to Hrtiry, Hayti.
it pro
ceeds from friendship, and l hope will help mein
getting your people to come home. If vou i
tell me how it can be soonest done, I will help
you in any arrangements for that purpose, you
may propose. It is necessary, we should under
stand the views and wishes of each other,and
then as friends we can act together.
Your friend, \VM. W. BIBB,
Governor of the Alabama Territory.
To his Excellency W. XV. Bibb, Governor of the Alabam*
Territory of tlie l Jnited States.
Friend and Brother.—You have sent me a (all.
I am glad to hear from you. Our people are,
and wish to remain in peace with their white
brethren, your people. You say that tlie blood uf
vour men, women and children, lias been spilled
by red men. I am sorry to hear it. I could not
hinder if. Those red men who spilled your
blond, are none of our people. We are your
friends. 1 am glad that you have taken me by
the hand, and cal led me friend. That you have
sent me a talk. You say that your warriors are |
out. You are friendly in giving me that notice.
I know that all red men are alike in appearance.
Your warriors therefore, cannot tell tlie go< 1
from the bad. They cab not distinguish between |
Iriend aud foe. Those hostile men are like the
Wolf. They creep and sculk about until they
can spill blood.—They frighten my people, **
well as yours. I have sent for my hunters tore-
turn to our own land : all may no', have had notice-
I shall in three days send one of my warriors,
Barney Ililev, to you, to aid and assist in giving
what few hunters may be among you, notice th»
they must return. I want to see you that we tnaj
talk together, and not mistake each other.
Friend ami Brother, We wish to live in pew*
and friendship withvou, and wish we may aid i
each other in governing our people.
TUSTKNUGGE TIILUCCO, (H. Wj
Ladies observe this.—On Saturday last, tb*
9th inst. in White-Bluff' district, about six niilea
from Savannah, captain Richard Rowell and li«JI
in company with several ladies and gentlemen'
rode out with their guns, to give chasr to a buck
Mrs. Rowell took possession of a stand, while one I
of the party put the hounds in the tliickct, out of I
which soon ran a large fine deer, near tlie ^ aa ,|
occupied by Mrs. Rowell. At the appr
t roach M
the deer Mrs. R. levelled her gun with preciw ,rl l
and coolness—fired, and placed into the head " I
the deer three buck-shot, which caused it to f 3,l l
dead instantly. This scene of triumph bv
fair one, was witnessed w ith much satisfaction■
and joy ; and made the chase pleasing to all wM|
participated in it.—Sav. Rep. I6t/i inst.
We understand, (sa vs the New-York Mercs')I
tile Advertiser) that the U. S. frigate Java, [I
undergoing a thorough repair at the. >’avv'-y» r T
in Charlestown, (Mass.) The United BttWI
brig Enterprise wis off' Havana, 34th. ultimo— |
all well.
Prince Saunders, tlie celebrated African, M
arrived at Salem, in the Adventurer from