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•* % OOXftTi I'IiTIVKVALVAT. A.NI) PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM .(. BUNCK. Coalitions, irr. For the (’ITV I’AI’KK, twice h week, Kivu Dollar* jv «:;num, I'iiynble in advance. £ fjT (JOLT N Til V PAI’KK, once a wi*ek, Three Dollars p* annum, in advance. rrv« paper discontinued lill directions to that effect are give. I and aIJ PAID. '■}'T ** I*ll MS. . . . Five Dollars per annum payable in advance r-v» At’ VF, M KVTS .... Will be inserted at tfics rateo * i-iti.y two and :» ball rents, per rquare, lor the fim insertion < and Forly-lorer and lure quarter cents, for each continuance , >•*,- <3(.)VI vl fN’U'AIIONS i<v M • 1 1. mart be I’ui'l-jiaid. Miles of \ ,u»d and by Admioislrators, Kxocutors • a Unardiiuis. rv.j uretl. I .■> Uw, to Im-field on Uy first Tne*- I da) i I nf iiuuitlt, Olilvr -.en I!ms finuiH of lon in tl»o forenoon and uii -• h 11 j• • afi -"I i ui, nl the Conn-House of the cou ity in «»li • 1 ; o\n ♦f • •«;y issUim’ I . Mnlir.e of these hairs mustbe | j.,.; ,1 la A i-ttl.il>* ffHr.ni* si STY 4i»y» rmvioiu to the dayof sale. ? IV mire r i the sale "( personal properly roust be given in like man I ner, 1-OItTV days previous to the day ol sale. j IV )ti< e lo the debtors and creditursof an estate must be published j for FOUT \ ih ys. ' Nolic • tli a nppli ulion will be mib* to Hie Conn of Ordinary fo** £ l«nve In hi*ll land, must be published for \I \ I*. *lo\' IH ' || VitiilfcvcA lluii .i AV‘..\vm\vs, j Os Ike Campaign of the. North Western \ .flron/, in the year 1812. Addressed to | the people of the (Jailed Slates. t No. XXI. 1 In redeeming the pledge, which 1 gave | in my last number, 1 shall endeavour to: suppress (lie feelings, which a recollection j® of the injustice 1 have experienced, natur- c ally excites. In vindication ot my honor, a I have no disposition to criminate others, i Age is entitled to respect ; the feelings of t near connections have a claim to our re- l gar.l, and should never wantonly be violat- t ed ; aril every day, my fellow citizens, we [ witness your veneration and gratitude for ' revolutionary services. No considerations | ought, however, to prevent the publication • of truth, whatever its operations may be on 1 an v' individual character. 1 is well known, that General Dearborn |i was the senior oille.er ol our armies in the ! year 1812, it is well known that he was the! President of the Court Martial, before i which I was tried ; and it will, and it must 1 appear, that the defence ol his own charac- 1 ter and tame, depended on the event ot that trial. The unfortunate loss of all my pub lie pape'S will be particularly stated, and it will appear that on my trial, i had no other documentary evidence, excepting what the administration, who were my prosecutors, ■ thought proper to furnish. Whoever will examine the proceedings of that Court Martial will find that none of the letters from the administration to General Dear horn, none of the instructions which he re ceived, and indeed not a single document, to prove the manner in which he was order ed to co-opera'e with my army were produ ced ; although I requested copies of all the papers from tne war office, which had any relation to the charges the administration hail exhibited against me. It is tou well known, how deeply interested the officers of that administration were in my condem nation, to require any evidence on the sub ject. I'he important crisis of the Presi dential election soon followed the disasters of the campaign, and the fate of every offi cer who directed the councils of the cabi net, and tlie operations of tiie field, depend ed on that event. A general opinion pre vailed that the war had been declared with out suitable preparation, and that its mis fortunes had been occasioned by the ill judg ed measures of the administration, and a storm seemed lo be gathering over the heads of its officers. Its fury was increasing with so much violence, and il* direction was be coming so pointed, as to create the mosta larming fears. To divert its force, and to shield themselves from its violence, a shel ter of some kind became necessary for their safety : and .is / nad been the unsuccess ful General, it*XVas thought more easy to di vert it from themselves, by directing its force against me, than in any other manner To effect this, everv means in their power were brought into exercise, and General Dearborn was selected as the principal in atrumeiit to execute their plans. I have made these observations to show the efforts of the administration, in the measures which were adopted, for my de struction. In proof of the statements which I shall make, the highest evidence of which the nature of the case will admit, certified documents from the rec ids of the government, will be produced. I’he facts which I shall exuibit to your view, are so necessary to he known, to enable you to form a just estimate of until his public conduct and mine, and are so connected with the history of our country and its military operations, that no considerations ought lo prevent the publication of them. Satisfactory reasons, I presume, have -been given lor the long delay. We are both fast descending the downhill of liTe, and rapidly approaching the end of om journey. I'he truth ca i better be made known while we are living, than after our death. I have deeply regretted his absence from the country at this time, lest ii should be thought that I have taken advantage of that absenjo to make communications which would not bear ttie test of Ins exindii ition. 1 rejoice, however, to learn by the public prints that he will soon return, and have an opportunity «f repelling any charges, which he nnv believe unwarranted by the evidence n inv possession. No one of you can be more ready than myself to receive, and give due weight to any explanations which lie may wish to make, lint, fellow citizens, should he avoid sucli explanations on the ground that the decision of the Court Mar- tial of which he was President, is conclu ive, I shall, with the utmost confidence iipeal to my countrymen for a revision ol he sentence of that tribunal ; knowing that in you I shall have candid, just, intel igent, and disinterested judges, iii whose lands (lie honour of (lie innocent and the injured must always be safe. 1 shall now proceed to produce docu nenls to show , the manner in which he dis harged the duties of Lis high office in rela tion to the detachment of the army entrust ed to my command. In the first place, I will observe, that during the whole cam paign, 1 never received a single letter from him. In the next place I shall prove, that ear ly in the campaign, he was otdered by the government, to place the troops under his immediate command, in stations suitable lor the invasion of Upper Canada ; and that when I commenced offensive operations a gainst that province, he was likewise com manded to co-operate with me in those ope rations. In the next place I shall prove, that in violation of the orders of the government, I “ ’ he never made any co-operations, at the time here referred to, although he had at,, his disposal, a sufficient force for the pur pose. I shall then show, that without any in structions from the government, and with- i out any justiable cause for , the measure, he agreed with Sir George Pievost, the com mander in chief of the armies in Canada, to an armistice, or suspension of hostilities, j in which the army I commanded was not in- 1 eluded ; and by that means, left it in the i power of the enemy to march his whole force i with the most perfect safety to his other I l»osts, lo the point, where 1 had commenced offensive operations. I shall further show, 1 that he was constantly informed of my si tu iti >n, ami must have known, if lie had i |any knowledge of his duty, that the mea sures he adopted, in the nature of things, must have occasioned the destruction of my army. Arid I shall further show, that in consequence of this armistice, or cessation of hostilities, that Gen. Brock, the acting Governor and commander in chief of Up per Canada, marched with all the forces of his province, and re-enforcements from Montreal to the station at Malden. As early as the 26(h of June, 1812, ten days before the army I commanded arrived at Detroit, the Secretary of war, in a letter to Genera! Dearborn says, “ It is altogether uncertain what time Gen. Hull may deem it expedient to commence offensive opera-, »ions The preparations, (meaning Gen. Dearborn’s preparations) it is presumed, will be made, to move in a direction for Niagara, Kingston and Montreal,” [R ■- corded Vol. sth, p. 458.] This shows, that a lew days after tiie declaration of w, r, and wide I was on my march, through the wil derness, that it was not only the intc'nti m of the government, that I should commence offensive operations from Detroit against Upper Canada, but likewise, that Gen. Dearborn should make preparations to co operate with me, as the troops were to move in a direction for Niagara, &c. In the Se cretary’s letter to the same, dated the 9th ol July, he says, “ You will order all the re cruits not otherwise disposed of, to Alba ny, or some other stations an Lake Chun plain, to be organized for the invasion of Canada.” [Vol. 6th, p. 15 16. Records ,of the War Office.] This shows as early i as the 9th of July, the object of the ad i ministration, was the invasion of Canada. On the 20th of July, the Secretary wrote • to Gen. Dearborn its follows : “ I have been i in daily expectation of hearing from Gen. Hull, who probably arrived at Detroit on the Bth inst. The first intelligence received from him will be communicated to you ten closed is a copy of his last orders ; you will > make such arrangements with Governour Tompkins, as will place the militia detach • *‘d by him for Niagara, and the other posts I on the Lakes under your controul : and there should be a communication, and, if practicable, a co-operation, throughout the ■ whole frontier.” [Vol. 6, p. 35.] By this .* letter, the militia of New York were plac - ed under Gen. Dearborn’s controul, and he s was directed to communicate, and co-ope s rate with the other forces on the frontier. , General Dearborn could not have misun e derstood this order, because there were at s that time no other forces oh the frontier but u those under my command, and the orders u which arc alluded to, in the letter enclosed c to him, were the orders to me to commence 1 offensive operations against Canada. s On the Ist of August, the Secretary wrote s to Gen. Dearborn the following letter. “ Enclosed herewith, you will receive a ch i' py of a letter, from Brig. Gen. Hull, of e July 19, by express. You will make adi ■, version in his favour at Niagara, and at i Kingston, as soon as may be practicable, e and by such operations as may be within i your controul.” [Vol. 6, p. 199.] Here lie was positively ordered to make a diver ii sion at Niagara, and Kingston, as soon ns e was practicable ; and by such operations, ,t as were within his controul. It may here Ii be observed, that he was the senior officer . of the army, and all the troops raised for c the invasion of Canada were subject to his a immediate controul, excepting the few Ohio Ii militia, and the 4th United Slates regiment e under my command, and by his rank, he e would have commanded them, if he had i obeyed his orders, in making diversions in Ii the enemy's country, and co-operating with i, them. e In a number of other letters to General - Dearborn from the Secretary, he was in • strutted to make diversions, and co-operate ■vitli my army : to prevent being tedious, 1 W >ll extract the substance of them, with a ; reference to the record of them in the War Office. In one, the Secretary informs Gen. : Dearborn that the last letter from General 1 Hull was dated the 29th of July, and that reports had been received that the militia ordered by Governor Meigs of Ohio, to se cure the road for conveying provisions to Detroit, had halted at the Mi ami of the lake, in consequence of a collection of In dians in their front. Ho further informed him, that every thing indicated the necessi ty of early and effective co-operation at Niagara, and the posts below. fVol. 6, p. 89 ] L 1 Indeed all my letters to (lie Secretary of M ar, giving an account of my situation, and the necessity of co-operation, were en closed by him to Gen. Dearborn, for bis in formation. [See Vol. 6, p. 68.] The oth ers I will not notice; they may be found on record. In order to make it still more apparent, that General Dearborn knew perfectly my situation, and was ordered to adopt uea-j sures for my support and assistance, 1 will; give extracts of let ers from the Secretary of VV. tr to me, on that -object. In his let ; ter of the 26ili of July, he says, “ General Dearborn will be apprized of your situation, and directed to keep up a correspondence with you, and to take measures to afford (he necessary support.” [Vol. 6, p. 126.] In another letter to me of the Ist of Au- [ gust, he s 'vs, “On the 26th of July, yur letters of the 7th and lo r h were enclosed to Gen. Dearborn, with a copy of mine of the 26th, accompanied with a request, that he would make a diver-ion in your favour. By the mail of thi- evening, yours of the 29th is enclosed to him, with au instruction to make a diversion at Niagara and King ston, as soon as practicable.” [ Vol. 6, p. 127,8] L V Thus it appears, by a number of official letters from the Secretary of the depart-; meat of war, to General Dearborn, from! the 26 h of June. 1812, to the Ist of Au gust, and from official letters from the Se cretary to me, that during that time, he was constantly apprized of my situation, and ordered by the government, not only to make diversions against the enemy, but to co-operate with me in the invasion of Ca nada, And it will likewise appear by a let ter to me from the Secretary of War, which I shall hereafter live occasion to mention more particularly on another sub ject, that (he force at Niagara was iwenty four hundred. It is in these words, “ Or d rs have been given to General Dearborn, t > attack the enemy’s posts at Niagara and Kingston, as soon as mar be practicable. Dor force at Niagara, according to Gene ral Dearborn’s account, will amount to twen ty four hundred ; and h ■ will notify you of such movements and operation- us he may order. Il is indispensably necessary that a communication should tie kept, up between you and the commandant, at Niagara.”— [Vol 6, p, 12s, 129.] Notwuhstan ling tint forces which were collected on the Niagara river, notwith standing the militia of the State of New- York, and all the recruits of the army, in the northern section of the country, were at his disposal, and notwithstanding the in structions, he had received from the gov , eminent, not a single man, crossed the Nia gara river, from the time he received those instructions, from the hitter part of June, to the Bth of August, when he agreed to an ar t mist ice, or suspension of hostilities, in which the army I commanded was not in , eluded. I his measure and the effect it had on my situation, will be the subject of my next number. i New York, May 3. 1 he Savannah mail of the 18th ult. which . did not arrive in due course, was received i on Sunday. 1 The packet ship Franklin, lost at Barne [ gat, had a cargo said to have been worth from . . 0 to 90,000 dollars, a considerable portion i which was not insured. It is supposed she went to pieces ou Friday night. The ■ muster of an Egg Harbor schr. states that . he passed within 200 yards of the wreck on , Saturday morning, when the hull appeared . to be broken in two near the middle. [ Ihe woolen factory belonging to the Mess, t Baileys, otJaffrey, N. H. together with all j their machinery and stock, was consumed by [ lire the 17th ult. Loss estimated from 3to . S4OOO, a part of which was insured. It is ascertained that the person seized at : Key West a short time since, and confined . 011 board the ship Decoy, (said to have been named Ellery,) was capt. Amedy, who, it f will be recollected, was recently convicted . of having sunk the schr. Pacific, in the Bri t tish Channel, and is accused of other at , tempts to defraud the underwriters, i The following toast was given by General . Lafayette at the masonic festival in N. Or . leans: 5 “ The Brethren who worked together on , the Bth ot January, and the Master work . man who directed them.” The last French papers state that the r £rand project ol a ship Canal from Havre - to Paris, is seriously contemplated by the , French government. R >ugh estimates of the t expense have been made, which vary in i amount from thirty-five to forty millions of 1 dollars. ’ May 4. i Canadian Survey. — The Quebec paper of the -3d ult. states that the Commissioners 1 ot the Canada Company are diligently pur . suing their labours at York; they havethir. ; teen clerks, who are employed from an early . hour till late in the evening. Their present i expectation is that they shall be able to re turn to England in the packet for Liverpool, , which will sail from New-York the Bth inst. I Preparations were making at the Chateau, Quebec, for the reception of the Governor in i Chief, who is expected to arrive this summer from England, to resume the government of i the provinces. i The Parliament of Upper Canada, was prorogued on the 13th ult. by a speech from the Lieutenant Governor in which, after re ferring to a bill for regulating the internal intercourse with the United States, which had not yet received the sanction of his Bri die Majesty, he stated, that he would, on his own responsibility,give immediate effect to that provision which admitted—“ free of duty, the horses employed in conveying per sons removing into, or travelling through the provinces being confident that it would be ultimately confirmed. Caja. Munro, of the packet ship Franklin, which was cast • way last Thursday morning in Barnegat, has addrsesed the following letter to the editors of ths Mercantile Advertiser : “ Permit me through the medium of your paper, to express my ( indignation *t the treatment! received when unfortunately cast i ashore in the ship Franklin, on Island Beach, six miles north of j iiarnegat Inlet, i fondly hoped that the unpleasant situation in ; which my crew and self were placed, would elicit feelings from i the m(militants entirely different from \vh«t we received —I 1 thought we were cast upon an hospitable shore, where we should i civilized beings ; but 1 regret to say that not more than 20 | .nit ol 200 or more, who assembled on the beach, but what plun dered us ot every thing tbey could get hold of, although every ] precaution in our power was used lo guard against it. It is im } possible or me to say what amount of properly they embezzled —i have no doubt that valuable goods were frequently buried in I the sand, in order to be removed at night. A new mauitopsaif which with much difficulty we got on the beach, whs taken from I 11 *- I* l hue ii is mpossible to enumerate the many instances of a similar nature. In the offing, there were several vessels picking |up valuable goods,the names of which I have in my possession, •bi t presu.ntng they will deliver the goods lo the agents of the :sh.p, 1 forbear at present to name them. I feel under great ob | ligations to Mr. VVm. Platt, for his attention while there. 1 con cotv a n JO.OC'O arc required to protect our comimirce in the W. Indies, an equal number is necessary ta Island Jieach. J. g. MUIfRO. New-i’ ork, May 8, 1325. REMARKS. If the above be true, and there is no rea son to doubt the word of Capt. Munro, we believe all will concur in opinion, that a] more disgraceful, thievish transaction, is not | on record, and a proclamation by the com-j petent authorities, should be issued, offering, a reward for the apprehension of the robbers, and the restoration of the stolen property.! A shipwreck is an awful calamity, involving al ways the loss of property, and frequently jof life. VVe have heard, it is true, of land pirates and wreckers in the old countries, who are ever on the look out for plunder, but we never could believe that in the vi cinity of our city, and admidstan honest body of citizens, such villainy could be prac tised ; we trust it will not be with impunity, and that every exertion will be made to br.ng the perpetrators to condign punish ment.—-didvocatei May 5. Advices from Jamaica to about the Gth of; April, state that Coffee, &c. had declined ini consequence of intelligence of a decline oi l West-India produce in England. Extract of a letter from Valparaiso Man. 23. “ The Wheat is very fine and abundant in this country this year, and some new mills produce flour equal to your New-York Grand Canal. They will soon be able to supply the whole coast, much cheaper than we can bring it round Cape Horn. The country is filled with British Goods. French goods arc in demand and would sell well at present.” —OQO— From the New-York Evening Post, Slav 3. ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND. By the ship Milton, arrived here this fme noon, we have received Liverpool papers of the 31st of March; but they are barren of political intelligence. Gore’s Advertiser of the above date, says' —“ The cotton market has been extremely animated. The week ending Tuesday last, prices gradually advanced, leaving off"about 2d. per pound higher than the previous Tuesday. Yesterday the demand continued, and about 10,000 bags were sold at an ad vance of 5(1. per lb. above the prices of the day before. The Catholic emancipation bill had been introduced into the house of Commons, by Sir Francis Burdett, and read a first lime without opposition. A subscription for a piece of plate, to be presented to Mr. Huskisson for bis exertions m removing the restrictions on trade, had been got up at Liverpool, which amounted! to lIUO pounds sterling on the 31st March. The following is a condensed view of Mr.) i Huskisson’s plan, from Gore’s Advertiser : In alluding to cotton, the Right, Hon. gentleman stated, that every market in the , world, gave a decided preference to English i cotton manufactures, a fact which was es tablished, by the circumstance of the export i of cotton goods from England, which last year amounted to 30,000,000 sterling ; and it was well known that Englishmen could . purchase cotton goods cheaper at home than 1 abroad. The woollen trade had always been . considered as the favorite pel of the country, and had, perhaps been, like other favorite i children, spoiled by indulgence, while its . younger brother, the cotton manufacturer, had made more wa y into the world, and cer > tainly with a sounder and better constitu » tion. The prohibitory duties on wool had . been as injurious to British trade, as they . had been on silk : they interfered with the i freedom of commerce in both articles, and 1 cramped all progress in their manufacture.— He then noticed many other articles in detail, ami said, many of those duties were rather f injurious to the Treasury than otherwise, i from the immense expense necessary to sup . port the coast blockade. The greater im-i ■„ portation would excite the emulation of r domestic manufacturers ; the remission of t duties in 1786 was a proof of this ; for when • the duty on French cloth was repealed, that , article became quite fashionable for a short . time, and then it was superceded by the use ,of British manufacture. In their powers of i invention, improvements, and above all, in ’ the application of steam to mechanism, the I English stood superior to the rest of the world. He did not then see why we should i fear to compete with any country, or with i all countries. After some discussion, the resolutions were agreed to. Weaving Woollen Cloth by Steam.—K -1 mong the numerous uses to which steam has been applied of late years, we observe it stated in the London papers, that a person i '•) Stockport, England, had produced a piece of blue cloth hy steam, intended for the king, which appears to be the finest and most perfect fabric ever exhibited. It had been compared with some French cloth, worn by the Emperor Alexander, and which was manufactured expressly for him, and found tube so much superior in quality as to preclude all competition. ~ LATEST FROM ENGLAND. By the Milton, Capt. Webb, we are fa vored with a Liverpool paper of the 31st of' March, and the following letter from oun Correspondent. “ Liverpool, March 30, Evening. " The detention of this conveyance, ena bles us to add the business of to-day. We informed you in a Postscript, that several thousand bales of Cotton were sold last night, after the arrival of the Manchester mail, at an advance of jd upon the prices ol the day.— A number of purchasers were in the market early, this morning and would have bought extensively at those rates, but j I holders asked another £d advance upon the. I : prices of last night—and ;>ven this wasj j genet ally obtained, and there was a heavy j jbusiness doing until about 12. o’clock, wheii ] , ll'e demand seemed simultaneously to cease, ■and purchases may now be made upon terms f jsimilar to those ol last night—Holders ap- i? ■pear to be very confident that this absence of demand will only be temporary, and that \l even if prices recede a little, they will a- i? gain advance.—'l he sales last night are i supposed to have been at least 3000 bags, j „ and to-day they are estimated at 5000 to 6000 of all sorts.—The demand for every n other article of American produce, is near- | ly suspended.—The duty on United States I Ashes will soon be reduced to 6s per cwt. Easterly winds prevent arrivals, and our imports this week are very trifling.” \ On the 28th of March, Mr. Curwen pre- '] scored to the House of Commons a petition ’ I I from the corn merchants of London, for < pjJt j j revision of the Corn Laws, and for a jteciing duty of 56 to 60s per quarter. V* They also askeil for a duty on foreign grain, ( of 20s on wheat, 10s on Barley, and 8s on oats, but they wished that the corn now bonded should be admitted into market du- I ty free. After some conversation in which Mr. C. expressed his approbation of such i measure, the* petition was laid upon the ta ble, Mr. Huskisson said he was glad that Mr. C. who in 1821 was a staunch advo cate for monopoly, hud even thus far relax- ! cd in his opinions. \ The Merchants of Liverpool, in testi- i mony of their approbation of Mr. Huskis son to unfetter, commerce have opened a ( subscription for a piece of plate to be pre- I sonted him.—lloo/ had already been sub- J scribed. The export of Cotton Goods last year | from England exceeded 30,000,000/ ster- | ling. I/), May 5. Advices from Jamaica to about the 6th of \ April, state that Coffee, ike. had declined in consequence of intelligence of a decline of West India produce in England. I , New-Yokk, May 6. An accident occurred on Wednesday evening at a respectable boarding-house in this city, which threatened to have been very tragical. Soon after taking tea, most of the boarders, the family and servants, in all from twenty-five to thirty individuals, were j seized with a violent illness; and it was l| soon ascertained, that in the cakes of which f , they had partaken, the cook had unwitting* J ly mixed a quantity ofnrsentc, procured that P. day for another purpose. Medical aid was immediately obtained, and after a night of J distress and horror, (six physicians being in £■ attendance) they were all, we are happy to * state, early yesterday morning, pronounced f; out of danger. This occurrence should again serve to admonish housekeepers to be ; careful how they expose that poisonous drug I so that it may be converted to an improper | use. * [d/er. Advertiser, / The arsenic, we understand, was got to ' poison rats. It was mixed in a plate with some flour, by the mistress of the house, and placed on a shelf in the kitchen. Having neglected to mention the circumstance, the cook, who baked the cakes, found it, and not i suspecting anv danger, emptied it into the flour barrel.—The whole of the inmates I partook of the cakes; but owing to the poison b having been difl’used among a large quantity of flour, its deleterious effects were rendered comparatively harmless. | Suou'. — There jvas a fall of snow at Bos,- j ton on Monday morning last, and ice in the vicinity during the night. I hcie was ice in I iour neighbourhood tile same evening, r f F.venins Post. I I