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Three dollars per anmttnf\ Volume XIII.]] CANDIDATES. The following gentlemen arc can t dictates to represent Wilkes county , at the next session of the Legislature. For Senate. Matthew Talbot, Esq. Pitt Milner, Esq. For the House of representatives. Col Johnson Wellborn, Thomas Tai.bot, Esq. CM. Mager Henderson, Duncan G. Campbell, Esq. Maj. Benjamin Porter, Capt. David P. Hillhouse. From the Monthly Recorder. ORIGINAL SONG. TWritten by William Roscoe, esq. to whom the* world is indebted for the hiltory of Lorenzo Je Medici , and his lon, I.eo X. on occasion of Mr. Brougham's* losing his e le&ion as a representative for Liverpool in the Enelifh parlia ment, by the prevalence of the miniflerial influence ]] The fair face of morning w hen sud den UouJs cover, And tempefls and daiknefs en velope the day ; Shall the gloom of the moment de ter the true lover Who hafles to the home of his niiltrefs away ? When heav’d from its base, proud ly swells the vest ocean, And dangers ride high on the crest of the wave; Undaunted the mariner fees the commotion, And bares his bold bosom the fea-fterm to brave. Then fay, {hall the Patriot e’er prove a recoiler ? Shall the champion of Freedom e’er (loop to despair ? Shall he basely reflgn to the hands of the spoiler The prize that high heaven has confign’d to his care ? No—still to his toil with frefli vigor returning, He (hall wage the bold war with corruption again ; As the lion, that rous’d by the beam of the morning, Shakes off the light dew-drops that hang on his mane. Jf he falls, like the warrior he falls on liis duty, Whilst his country (hall hail him and angels approve; If he conquers, he wins from the bright hand of beauty The wreath wove by Liberty, Eriendfhip, and Love. •Our readers will remember Mr. Brougham’s exertions for the re peal of the Orders in Council. He has long been the advocate of truth and the friend of humanity. Mr. Brougham brought into parlia ment the “ slave-trade felony bill,” which produced the mod beneficial effects in narrowing the range of ‘.hut imr.ious and inhuman tnfl;v. MONITOR. PUBLISHED (weekly) BY DAVID P. IIILLIIOUSE. WASHINGTON, (Geo.)—SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1813. DESULTORY. Gen. Boyd, in communicating ! the particulars of the late attack on Fort George, by the Britilh and In dians, and their repulse and defeat, ‘ i fpeaksof Major Wm. Gumming of this place, in the highelt terms of approbation. Augusta Mirror. . Extract of a letter from an Officer in ‘ our army , dated at Fort George, j July 16 “ 1 yefierday witnefled the moll horrid feene of barbarity that ever was committed. Lieut. Eldridge, i j of the 13th regiment went out with ) 32 men, for the purpose of cutting j I oil fome Indians, who had attack- J Cvl or.e of our pickets. The In dians proved too many for him.-*- I was ordered out with 200 of the 23d regiment and drove them two miles. On my return, 1 saw It of the Lieutenant’s men (tripped, fealped and their hearts cut out 11-* himfcli was wounded, and led ‘ off bv tbefe hell hounds, who I !• underhand afterwards butchered ! him.” i From the Weekly Reg; ter. In the year 1732, David Tyne was indicted tor giving intelligence to the enemy ol the fining out of certain of his imjelty’s (hips. Ihe case was tried at Veftminfter, Au gu(t 10, btfore juflice Heath The papers containing the information with which he was charged, 50 in number, were proven to be his hand writing ; but how he procured rhefe copies from the books in the navy I office, of which they were l'worn to to be exaft copies, no mention is I made on the trial. However, he was found guilty for high treason, and executed according to the fol lowing lenience, on the 24th Au gust 1782. “That you, David Tyrie, are to be led to jail, and from thence arc to be drawn upon a hurdle to the place of execution, and there hang ed by the neck; and being alive, are to be cut down, and your privy members cut off, and your bowels taken out, and burned before your face, being (till alive; and your head to be cut off', being dill alive, your body cut into four quarters, • your head and quarters to be dis posed of as his mteefty (hall think fit!!!” { To Domestic Manufactures. ’ DIRECTIONS TO MAKE BLUE DYE j OF LOGWOOD, j Take 1 lb. Logwood, and put in as much water as will cover your cotton, and boil it one hour: then take out your chips and put 1 oz. of Vordigrife in the dye, ami boil it another hour; then put in your cotton, throw it all in at once, and fimtner it one hour over the fire. 1 Ib. Logwood and 1 ov.. Verdi giife will dye 6 lbs. cotton a deep blue, and 0 Ib c . a pale blue. A (real force on Lake Ontario. As the public appear to look forward with much lulu iruce to the ifiut; of the corn (t v liich, it i.<> be lieved, is about lo fake place be tween the 2d vet ft: fleet on Lake Ontario, a (Lieintni of the force on each fide may nui be unaccept able. AMERICAN. GUNS. Frigate Gen. Fike 32 Ship Madison 26 Brig Oneida 18 10 fehoontrs, carrying long .‘32’s anil 24’s tx c. BRITISH. GUNS, hrijrmt Gen. Wolfe 30 Ship Royal George 22 Prince Regent 16 Bug Fail Moria 12 7 fchuoners ol 0 or S guns each. The forces being so nearly bal lanced we can look for victory only t” the luperior bravery of our f.a mcn, and the talents of their high ly diftingudhed commander. Aurora. BOSTON, JULY 23. ESSEX FRIG A ‘ E The Portugu h bug Donna Ma ria, captain ,32 s from St. Siovauore, ai. i 28 trom Pernumbu co, went into Quarantine yest relay. Memoranda at bt Saha dore ’June 16 Received an a xoui.t <d ihe A merican riigatc Lssex . having betn t .o months on the coalt ot Chili, during which time ihe had taken two heavy Luna privateers, and treated them as pirates; threw their guns overboard & ietit them home, with a letrer from Capt. Porter, fay ing that if all the American prop erty was not given up with dama ges, he would lay their capital in ashes. About the lad of May an Eng lish Packet was taken by an Amer ican frigate, (Tuppofed to be the Es sex) and her crew landed at Cape Frio. From the New-Jersey Essex Patriot. ANECDOTE. During the p-elent blockade of New-London, the celebrated Dr. F , of Hartfort, Conn, made a visit to the lormer place, with a view of examining the (late of the fortifications, &c. While there he concluded to deliver adifeourft—a crouded audience attended, princi- j pally composed of the soldiers and iailors on duty thtre. The I)r. took for his text “Fear God, and honor the King—in the course of his Sermon he ha J frequent oc casion to repeat the words of his text. One of the Tailors belonging to the Macedonian was observed to he very refllefs: at length on the l)r. once more repeating the words “ Honor the King,” the tar could no longer reffrain his indignation, supposing the Dr. alluded to the King of England ; he rose up and audibly exclaimed, “ Fear God, and honor the Congress; but let the King alone at the fame time looking very angrily at the preach- [.Payable half yearly. £ Number 652. er. ‘The audience were much agi tated, and an orderly sergeant (top ping up the gallery, ordered the lailor to be quiet or he would turn him out ot the church—the sailor (ternly replied “By J s if the lubber lays so again, I’ll pull him out of his bunk.” Cananduoua, July 27. Our Indians. —We have received authentic information, which ena bles us to allure our readers that i the Indians w'ho lately aflifled in. defending Black Rock from the attack of the Britilh, conduced thetnfelves in such a way as to re flect great honor upon themlelves and to put to fliame the enemy's hoalt of their luperior humanity, ‘i he Indians brought in a numbti of prisoners w ithout injuring a hair of their heads. Not a Angle iu ftance of tomahawking or fealping occurred, although frequent oppor tunities for both were afforded. A Britilh officer, capt. Sanders, was (hot down by an Indian, who ad vanced towards him, and the cap tain was in momentary expectation of being tomahawked. luftea jof which rhe Indian cornmiU rated his fuff. rings &pa (Ted en. The grate ful captain is determined to reward the tawny native by a tcitable pre fenr. Chriltians! Men! Ameri cans! Compare this conduct of the untutored lavage with that cl the civilized, humane, magnani mous liritifli on board the Chefn peake, and at Hampton, and draw your own conclusions. In the late attack on Black Rock, we learn that the Britilh loft near 70 men killed, besides a great num ber wounded. Os more than 200 that eroded only GO were muttered the next morning. M.ss.u^er SUPPLYING the ENEMY. By a gentleman from Halifax, . late a prisoner there, we have re ; ceived the following memorandum j which carries its own comment. “ Halifax , June i 3. “ Thirteen hundred barrels c! flour arrived this day from the U. States, and large quantities are com ing in daily. There his betn lent | from this port to Quebec, lad fall and this (pring, upwards of 20,00 c j barrels; and now they are lending I all they can to Quebec and ether 1 places in Canada, besides pork, beef I peafe, beans, and in fact every kind of produce raised in the U. States. Some of the hightft of the officer:; have been heard to fay, that if the American government had preven ted their obtaining supplies from their friends in Boston Si other pla ces, the Britifli provinces long be fore this time would have been it. a (late of llarvation, and that they would have been compelled to sur render at dilcretion, or to sue for peace.” The IVcfidcnt So Senate have ap pointed Samuel 11. Smith consmii iioiur of the Revenue ; and haw appointed Col Covington a brigadier general in the U. State*’ atiny. w j