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Adi -ol these -a Hum tbs ft pul).i 1 - I • - ; i 'IT day* previous to the. day of *ale. Wij! |; /the *rln of perno-Ml propmlr ii.nsibe riven in like man iir-.r. Ft HU IT cl iy b i-revmns 1 > Ibe day oDsale. Notion loti debtor* .'.ud rrcdilortof an calnle must bn published foi FOlli * d iy... . * . ice that »pli ation will be wade to th C ourt of r ° , V e to •- ,1 Iftll I, mill ol* published bn \IV V. Mt»V 111 "> VicviV 'A'.vv ditU’ t wow * > Os the Campaign of I A North lUeaterii\ JJruui, nt the yeur CDS. Addressed to j the people of the United Suites, ' No. AVill. J Before I proceed to give an account of tlie, measures I adopted, to open the coi..-' inunicatiun, to Ohio, I will state same gen-: «nil principles, an 1 will en leavour to showl the propriety of observing them in all mill : tary movement*, and wdl appW them to the] situ ition in which I was placed by the or-1 ders ol the government. Aad here in the fi.-st place, I will ask your attention, to the; sine principles, which I stated in my de felloe —that li\ modern warfare, the first great object of each contending party, is the j resources of his enemy. — Ihe fate ,>t armies is found to depend upon the abundance ot (bob' resources, on their security, and the facility of keening up a com nunicatiou with lie n. 11 has b • mie a prim iple to mau (unvre in such a maimer, as to cover the places from whence supplies may be drawn, not lo go IV mi them, but with great c iutnm,j and never to cease preserving with theinj those connections, in which the strength o| an army consists, and on which its success ,I,.pen Is. rimse principles are to be found in the best military authors of modern times, and Hi - soundness of them have been con firmed hv numerous examples, i'he enemy with which 1 had to contend, had strictly ob served them. If s principal post was at Malden, on the east bank of the Detroit fiver, where it empties into lake Erie. Hi' •magazines, which contained all iiece»san supplies, were at fort Erie, and at other places, between Maiden and fort Erie, on the borders of the lake, whi h his navy com manded, JI aving no rail'd vessels, or boats, it vas impossible tor me, in to* least degree to interrupt this line o? cmi nanir if ion,. Toe tniemv’s station, therefore, c-ni d be furnish ed with all necess irv sup dies with the .greatest facility, ami wiili the most perfect safety. I now a-k you, my I 'How citizens, vo cast your eves on the map of the country, wh re I was placed, not by my mviijmlg iii ' il and discretion, after the declarati war hut by the positive orders nf the gov ernment, and consider on wliat grounds, such or lers could h ivc been justified. As these fatal orders were, in my opinion, one great cause of the misfortune, which attend tni the a rift v I commanded, I shall ask your p.inkular attention to them. On the 18th I June*, after wai was declared against Great Britain, the Secretary of War, wrote me a letter, in which, he ini >• med me of the event, 1 and ordered me to m iich the, army I com manded, to I) droit, with all possible expe- 1 it ition. At the time, this orderder was giv- I on, the President of the United States, by whose c iminaii'l it was given, well knew, >■ that no preparation was made to build a na- 1 w on lake Erie, and that the enemy com- 1 man,led it, with a number ot armed vessels 1 and gun-boats. When, therefore, these fatal orders were 1 given, those, hv whose authority they were given, well knew that the com minication l through the lake wool 1 be closed against a-. 1 a id l nit no re-enfm cements, or supplies of ■' any kind, could he obtained for the army, 1 through tint channel, t hose who gave these 1 fatal orders, well knew, th it after the decln- I ‘ration of war, the army I commanded, and * the posts of Detroit, Nt n hillimaekanai k, and I Chicago, which had before, in time of peace. * been supplied through the communication ol 1 the lakes, could only receive their supplies 1 hv land. They well knew, tint the State 1 of Ohio, was the nearest part of our country, c from which the necessary supplies could be 1 furnished. They well knew, that the dis- c lance from any magazines, where these sup plies i tuld be obtained, to the point where I they ordered the army, was more than tw 1 hundred miles, and to the other posts thev v had established, was more than live hundred 1 miles. They well knew, that this distance, wasA almost entirely a wiulmness, filled with 1 savagos, who in the event of war, would A probatilv become hostile, t hey well knew,, that live necessary supplies, could only bep carried through this wilderness, on pack-1 1 horses. They well knew, that the only line U of communication, through which these! pack -horses, with supplies, could pass, was;* for abm.it seventy miles mi the margin ol < lake Erie, and the Detroit river, both of, which were commanded by the eneinv*~l gun-boafs and vessels of war. They wise well knew, that these supplies must ( > pass by the enemy's principal post at M.l n den, only separated by the Detroit river, n Under the orders the administration had jo ! given, they well knew she impossibility of, supplying he army, and the posts I have j; mentioned, with the means of subsistence h They well knew, the facility and ease, with j vvhict the enemy could assail the convoys, r both by his land and naval forces, on this s j long and vulnerable line of communication, ||- land the impossibility of stretching the army [ back, from the point they had ordered as my station, for the safety and protection of 1 such convoys. " s The administration, likewise well knew,! when these fatal orders were given, that in <| three separate statements, which t had made i to the President through the medium of the Secretary of the department of war, t had , observed that in the event of a war against | Great Brit tin, a navy on lake Erie, superi- , o«r to the British was essential to success ; j and, that without pieserving the water com- | miinication, an army could not be support- j ed at, Detroit, and that Detroit, Michiilimac- , kanack.and Chicago, would inevitably fail into the hands of the enemy. { Th ■se statements had been received as , I official documents, and no objection® had , jeverbeen urged against them. The admin- t |is(ratiou, therefore, knew my opinions on the j subject, and certainly ought not to have cou-| Jti ii tied me in command, when a course was', to be pursued directly contrary to the opin ion, 1 had repeatedly and officially given, j 1 Do a map ol the country, which was the'; incene of my operations, you will be able 1 I more distinctly to perceive the natural ob 1 |stafles, with which I had lo contend. Be ■ sides seeing tiic .positions of the British and Canadian forces, and the stations of the dis- j iferent nations of savages, you can see tlie 1 manner in which the waters and the wilder | ness, were arr i ved against me. At present, I ran only ask your attention to the ***n, , r al J imp- of our country, which will atVord - >ini‘ j ■ assistance, in obtaining a knowledge of my| i situation. It Thu necessity and imparlance ol preserv I • ino my communication with magazines, for I , supplying die army, [ had learned from read \ , ing tlu* best military authors, and rum my i ijob'iTvatious and experience, tlurtn, the wa. 1. I' of the revolution. a . From books, I had been taught, (hat when an army moved towards an enemy, it-line or c , lines of operation must he from iis base, on t which are its magazines of necessary sup- i plies. That a connection should always u i ■ preserved between (lie line or lines of ope- s ration, and the base, or magazines. I’hat i .in army never ought to advance so far IVoin i . the magazines, as to enable (lie enemy, to 4 attack and destroy the convoys of supplies t • from the magazines to the army. When the Ii army mai died from Urbanna in Ohio, (his Ii rule did not apply, because we were at s peace with Great Britain, and in the coun- J Iry through which t marched, there was no s ther enemy but, savages. The army, there- i lore, carried on pack-horses, sufficient sup- s plies, for ilssuppun, until it arrived at lake. On the commui icatiun through lli t ./| ( like on our arrival there we depended for L. supplies, as il was open to us, until arttr £/ie/f ' declaration of war. j* if. Near the Miami of the lake, I receive! , th v fatal order which his so often been lem-d to, informing me of the declaration of. tl war. and ordering me, positively, to march v to Detroit. f Had I not received this order, and the ope- p rations had been left to my discretion. I ii ihould not have marched to Detroit, eiirh- 1 \ • i • • “ . ) teen miles in the rear of tlie enemy, but made't my in ivements against the enemy, from a w different quarter. ii I had served under the banners of Gene ra! W.islriigton, from the commencement to u tlie end of the revolutionary war. w I had observed, how cautious he was inj c all his movements, to preserve a comm nn- ni cation with his magazines. He retrcyiteu S j limn Long Island to New-York, because he S( knew (lie enemy would prevent his com vv nunicatiou with a naval f roe in the Kist n river. He retreated from New-York to the a , N\ lute Plains, because the British navy vv commanded both the East and North rivers, s , and the army was marching to take posses- w sion of the higli grounds, beyond King’s C( Bridge, to intercept his communication from p, the country, whence he received his supplies. n , He retreated through New Jersey and pas- c; sod the Delaware, to take a position, where v he could receive his supplies, in 177 7, when g; General !St. Clair commanded at Ticomle roga, ami found that the enemy commanded | n lake Champlain,and was makingmovementsl,|j lo surround the garrison ou all sides, and jf cut off his communication, and supplies, heh* retreated, and abandoned a post, which was (j. coii'idered the key of the country. n, When General Burgnyne, became sensi bio that he was to receive no co-operation, t(l from New York, and his communication gtl was cut oil'll oin his magazines in Canada, l lt he surrendered under a capitulation. a , When General Lincoln, was besieged at c , Chat lesion, by a Utiiish licet and army, and [ his comiuunii atioii with his magazines was c | cut off, lie surrendered. When the army c.ommtuded br Lord \] Cornwallis at Yorktown was all icked by al'p naval and land force, and he had no comnui-: u , mcatiou with his magazines, he surrendered, sli At an earlier period, during the war be-|hv tween France and England, in 175.5, wiieiJhr General Washiug'nu, (then Major \\'asi-r ii gtou) and commandant of a colonial re-1 giment, (iom Virginia, was suirounded and sc Utacked in a Stockade fort, at ■•. place call- ou 'il the Little Meadows, by a body of French- an nu n and savages by w iich means, his com lof minication was cut off f; in any supplies, he] ho uade a capitulation with the enemy, j » r Bonaparte, in his Russin campaign, de parted from tie principles of the most cele brated military authors. Moscow, the oh ject o( his atmck, was so distant from his magazines, that it was impossible to pre serve any connection with them, so as to; receive the necessary supplies. For the sup port ol his army, he had nothing to depend on, but supplies from the enemy’s country. 1 he conflagration of Moscow, and the Rus sians rising in mass against him, rendered it impossible to obtain supplies, and conse quently to sustain his situation, at so re mote a post. In this situation, had lie proposed a capit ulation, he probably might have saved the lives of more than four hundred thousand men, for the future services of his empire. His haughty spirit, and former triumphs for bid any proposition of the kind. In his at tempt to retreat, his army was destroyed by the force of the elements, and the Russian bayonet. It may, at least be made a ques tion, whether, under the circumstances he was placed, he would not have exhibited more magnanimity, by an attempt to save the lives ofliis army, by negotiation, than by the course he pursued?-' I have cited the examples of these cele brated commanders, for no other purpose, than to illustrate the principle, that, when an army is deprived of its communication with its magazines, on which it depends for its nece -sary supplies, and cannot open that ommu dcatioo, so as to obtain them, its late is inevitable, and it becomes the dutv n( its commander, tu accept the best terms from the enemy, which can be obtained. ANECD >tb HEY Wood. ./I mi nster i<i En-ln id, ejected for non co fortuity. Mr. H vw tod being brought into the Urea;' st want of the neressaiies of life, told his wile one day, that he would leave with her and the children, three shillings, whichj was ail the inony he had in the v orhl, an.dl W'.uld try to g.-t some oi k as a day la b nirer. After com molding them to God, otid praying for ivi ie direction, he called at a numb -r of hou es the ft si day, but could not meet wit >i employment, ile spent the first nig at in a barn, and was engaecl; in prayer the greatest part of it. In the! morning he again sat out with an emptyj stomach, and soon arrived at the house of a' nobleman, wnere he enquired of the servants it a 1 ilmurer was wanted. They answered, No.” As he was leaving the door, from tin- hall, one of the servants said the sliep 1 herd had just before left bis place, and it'i he und'('stood how to take care of sheep, she thought he might meet with employment. Mr. Hey wood immediately engaged in the service; and was informed he was to sleep in a little cot, erected for the shepherd at some distance from the bouse, but tint he i V V* *•’ come once ac| iy for what he wanted totV»c Vxall.. A tew mornings after, two of the . >iit gir» ‘apparently by accident, rose ... , * >ore tne usual time, and as , tv,i its, eat hand to fetch up the jwo hours b ‘tjuto tae field for them. But ijiere was no .near to the shepherd’s hut, they* they wem with the sound of a man’s min e, iTinrf lo 'uieii'' no small astonishment, mud it was that of the shepherd engaged in m ver to God. At this they were much af ected, and for several weeks, unknown to Mr. Haywood, they used to rise at 4 o’clock 1 n " lo the col to hear the shepherd piay, 1 whhh exercise he was wont to be engaged t n every morning till 5 o’clock. < After Mr. Hey wood had been in this sit- 1 lation a few weeks the lady i>f the family I va* taken ill, and was expected to die. A d. igymaii was si nt for, but was that mo- ( went mounting his horse with a view to 1 spend the day in hunting. However, he 5 tent his compliments and said that he would * vait on the lady that evening. The noble- £ nan seemed much distressed, and expressed in earnest desire to get some one to pray vith her immediately. Then one of the ervants, who had listened to Mr. Hey vood’s prayer said, “ 1 wish, Sir, you would | oiisent to let the shepherd be fetched to nay with your lady adding, “ for Ido ( lot believe (here is a man in the world who an pray like him.” “ The shepherd pray! f tVhat, can the shepherd pray?” “Yes, , hr, and I wish you would condescend to t el him be sent for; and then you will hear mi yourself.” Mr. Hey wood was imine- j liately called, and the nobleman asked him she could pray ? To which he replied ; t ['hat man who cannot pray, is not fit to ive?”—“ Well,” says the nobleman, “ fol- t >w me, and pray for my wife, who is at the mint of death.”—Alter a few words spoken ( 0 the lady, Mr. H eywood poured out hist a •ml to that God whose he was, and whom e served —and immediately his prayer was , nswered. For, with astonishment she tied out: “Is this a man or an angel ? for v un quite well !” When prayer was con luded, the nobleman asked him whether lie t /as not one of the ejected ministers? and Ir. Hey wood acknowledged that he was. t 'lie nobleman then declared, that from that loment, instead of being employed as the , hepherd of his sheep, he should he theshep cr I of his soul, and of the souls of his ousehold. —QO« — j Ihrse radish. —One drachm of the fresh \ leaped root of this plant, infused with four t imces of water, in a close vessel for 2 hours ( ml made into syrup with double its weigh;lf 1 sugar, is an approved recipe for removing! | nrsenc'S. A tea spoonful of this lias often o roved suddenly effectual. )’J The following- interesting letter appeared some tim* «incc in •* Siiliman a Journal,” but as many of our rea ers do not re-1 eeiv'#* ih.il work, we have given ila place in our columns ; the 1 author is a gentleman of undoubted varacily, and of the lirsl rcspeciab ility. BATAVIA, (Kast-Indies,) March 10, 1822. “ ft hut / have seen with mine own eyes 'and fell with mine own hands, that I be lieve.” I send you a description of a Mer [ | fiiaicl taken on the shores of Japan some time last year, and brought to this place jo few months since by one of the regular ( Dutch ships. 'I he measurement I made myself, having the animal in my possession .an hour; and the description is from my own observation, taking minutes at the time. I regret it is not in my power to give a sci entific description of it but you must use I these facts for that purpose, and lav it be fore the Society of which you are a member. . I offered for it 81000, which was as much as I dare risk. [ have heard the animal is , taken to Europe, where it is probable will ,be published a proper account of it. Until this came under my observation I was adis , believer in the existence of an animal inhab- I iting the water so much resembling a hu , lua| ‘ being. Now lam convinced.—l was ! only disappointed in its size; I had concei ved the idea that they were much larger, if they existed at all. Its extreme length from head to tail is 27 ’ inches—arms, i: eluding hand, 13| ; divided 1 1thus, from the end of the linger to the Velbow ; and (rom thence to the shoulder 5$ ’.inches. The hands are beautifully formed, the fingers tapering, and nails long, delicate, * I and white, projecting beyond the flesh a lit tle. ft is a female, and, to all appearance, ’full grown. Ihe breasts were of good size, resembling those ol a human being, and, were relatively situated ; immediately under them commences the fish. The head is large in proportion, of human form, rather round ; ihe hair upon it coarse and black, i and most upon the right side—the other ap peared inclining to baldness. The cheeks ; project nearly in a line with the n .se, which | is perfectly human, rather flat, and large nostrils. The ears were human, and pro perly placed. There is a little hair down toe hat k the neck to where the shoulders are set op. The eye sockets wire rather large. Ihe head was so set, that its \ision when prostrate was about an angle of 43 de crees upwards, which, as you hold it erect, gives it the appearance of a humpback per json. The neck is finely formed, rather (long, and upon the Adam apple a small lock of hair. Lips human, mouth large, and the eye teeth were like tusks. The others were like a human being. The line of denial ca ition between the fish and human is thecom jinencement of scales immediately under the breasts, where they are so fine you can only see them with a powerful magnifying glass. I’hey gradually increase in size as von ap proach the tail, when they are a little lar ger than a haddock’s, and adhere firmly.— A'he skin above was evidently smooth and of a tawny hue, just under the breasts are two tins quite small, and above them, say j to s an inch, a lock of hair. Between the tin and hair commence the scales. Below these, 7 inches are two others larger than the upper and lower, one long fin ex tending nearly to the tail. On the back one long fin just over the two middle ones upon the belly. The outer edge of the fins appears to be of a reddish hue. The back bone shows itself from the neck down to where the scales commence, and is there lust to the sight. The fish part, if I recollect right, resembles in its fins the fish of our shores that feed about the rocks and is dun colour. In what position it gives suck I am at a loss about, but am inclined to think 1 prostrate upon the rocks. 1 learned from the owner that the Japan- 1 ese say they are often seen but are very vva- • ry. This is miserably preserved, having * shrunk much, and to accommodate it to a ( box six inches shorter than the fish, they in geniously bent its tail which cannot nuw bt ’ straigtened. 1— THINGS 1 NEVER SAW. J L I never saw a printer get two thirds of ( his subsci iptien money. t 2. 1 never saw a squire get rich by his of i fice. j 3. I never saw a mountebank speak in ( favour of a regular bred physician, nor a regular bred physician sp ak in favour of a newly discovered medicine. 4. ! never saw a man get wealthy by ( horse swapping. , 5. I never saw a gambler who would not i tell a lib, IF he was hard run ! t 6. i never knew a woman opposed to pet- i ticoatgovernment ! | 7. I never saw an old bachellor offer i courtship to an old maid : nor a young girl . accept of a poor old bachelor. < 8. I never saw a widow refuse marrying ( on account of her age. | 9. I never saw a man thrive by the plough, t who did not ei.her hold or drive- ( 10. I never saw a clean hearth and a i drunken wife in the same family. 11. I never saw a subscriber praise the editor after he was sued for the paper. ( 12. I never saw a newspaper thrive with- \ out a good share of advertisements. ( Carolinian. t —SO** -• i Extraordinary I) iputch. —Owing to the prevalence of a malignant species of jail fe- j vor in the penitentiary, the Corporation de- i termined to remove the convicts elsewhere. On examining ilia laws, however, it was r found that no authority existed for such a c proceeding—-whereupon, a special meetingjc of the. Common Council was convened on) Thursday last, at 1 o’clock, at which a 5 petition to tlie Legislature to .supp ly lias au thority was adopted, duly auth eniicrted, and together with a dialt of a law necessary therefor, was carried up by Alderman Wy coff, in the same boat, at 5 o’clock that af ternoon ; and in the steam boat the Alder man returned this morn it g at 8 o’clock, biinging with him the law required, which passed both houses, received the Governor’s signature, and a certified copy whereof was made out duringyesterday, (Friday ) The convicts are, we understand, to be removed to the fever hospital. [hV. V. Jimer. It was stated in the foreign papers receiv ed some time since, (says the Savannah Georgian,) that General Lafayette had transmitted to England two hundred dol lars for the relief of the French refugees in. England. This is a mistake. It should {have been two thousand, as will be seen by .the following extracts : The committee had a meeting at Guild hall, London, March the 4th, at which a let ter from Gen. Lvfavktte, dated Washing ton, Jan. 8, was read. It was written in |French; the translation of which is as fol lows : i “My proscribed fellow-citizens, who are formed into a committee to assist each otl r, .and who have often received the express jofmy best wishes, will now, I trust alb |me to profit by the first opportunity, [which I can acid something to the tribal of friendship and which have already reaches them. My personal friend, Mr. Rush, will receive 2000 dollars which I have requested the Bank of the United States to tiansmit him, to be handed over to those of my fel low citizens who are intrusted with the re lief of the proscribed natives of France, and I tally rely upon the judicious disposal of the amount. I beg of them all to accept the assurances of my best wishes, and of my friendship* LAFAYETTE.” Ihis letter is addressed—“ M Messieurs (hi Comile Francois pour les affaires de.r J| Patriots proscrits hors de lour pais.” In a subsequent letter it was announced that the venerable General had transmitted 200 dol lars for the relief of the Spanish, and 200 for the Italian refugees. A subscription of £270 was announced from Glassgow ; of £l3O from the F'ishmon gers’ company; and of £IOO from the Goldsmiths’ Company. A sum exceeding £4OOO has already been expended in sup plying the claimants, and upwards of 300 emigrants are still on the list ; many have been provided with situations as teachers of language, and several have been sent a broucl. —>®®9— Methodist Episcopal Church. —The Me thodist Episcopal Church in the United States is superintended by a General Con- | ference, which meets once in four years, ’ and which lias under its controul 17 Manual , J Conferences, into which the Union is divided h —comprising 1330 itinerant, and upwards id 7,000 focal preachers, 'and S;>a,OOU4iuua> ~ ! hers. The Baltimore Annual Conference held i their session last week, in the city of Balti more. There arc 94 itinerant ministers be longing to it. The nett increase of members this year in this conference has been 1070—total num ber of members 32,000. Powerful effects of theatrical Eepresenta - i tion. i. On a London theatre, a play was in rep e-entation, one scene of which discovered i stormy ocean ; two ships appi ared in sight heir masts partly gone, their sails in tat ers ; they n ere hurried by the raging sea imong the black clouds which obst ured the iky, and anon sunk between the divided mean, and were for some moments invisible. f» complete the horror of the scene, a lec hore was now in view, begirt with rocks, vhich offered the prospect of certain des ruction to the unfortunate mariners. This I ight was too much for Capt. F. an Amieri an, who had eagerly watched every motion d the vessels. He started from his seat in me of the boxes, and exclaimed, with true lautical vehemence, “ Helm’s a-lee, or all’s ost by G—tl /” ami was with much difficult y, composed to his seat again. I Retort Courteous. —A farmer on the con- ■ tinent of Europe, who was ploughing in his I ield, on the fast day, was accosted by a I jenteel looking man, who asked him if he I mew what that day was? “Wednesday, I ir,” says the farmer. “ Wednesday, sir,” I eplied the stranger ; “ Don’t you know I hat this is the fast day. and that you ought f'j o have been at church instead of ploughing ■our field ?” To which the farmer answered, I ‘ Pull out first tlie beam that is fn thine *4 >wn eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to mil out tlie mote that is in thy brother’s | ■ye ; for if you had attended the church this I I lav, vou would not have seen me ploughing 1 nmy field.” F * * Statistics of Trinidad.— -We have been avoureil by a Senator of the United States, vith the following authentic statement of he population, production, and consump ton of the Island of Trinidad in the West I ndies. [ Population. —Whites, 3,340 ; colored r* •ersons, 13,392; Indians, 900; Chinese 10 ; slaves 23,2 17, Average Crop. —Sugar, 24,000 hhds; um, 1000 puncheons ; molasses, 6000 pun heois ; cocoa, 1,800,000 lbs ; coffee 200,- 00 lbs. f i Consumption. —Of flour, per annum, 16.- 30 barrels—equal to,4G barrels per day.