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ccultl net sec this territory transferred’ to. or in possession of any other stullio iitv thii.ii tlie one immediately depend* jas upon Spain—And to give some co lor for interference, fomented rebellion, encouraged disturbance, and excited discontent in her colony of East Flo rida. It wore scarcely necessary to refer to the correspondence between ?,lcMrr>. Monroe anti Foster on this subject. If the American government could stf losc sight of its own dignity, as to take an ungenerous advantage over Spaiit, struggling as site is for Liberty against the blood-hounds of the Corsi can Tyrant—is there not an honorable manner of committing a dishonorable action? Whether does it comport more with base cowardice, or consci ous integrity, to menially sneak and pilfer a colony, or boldly seize it upon an open allegation ? Even Buona parte's attempt to dismfember Portu gal—his annexation of Holland to France—and Lis continental robberies put to the blush of shame this pitiful attempt at imitation of “ Ills IMPE RIAL MAJESTY.” This attack upon the colony of East Florida, is direct and open war upon Spain, increasing our embarrassments with her ally, and a desperate plunge info the views of France. Already is our commerce cut up by the roots— the finances deranged-—leans and taxes pending over us—and every thing • verging to confusion and ruin: yet, notwithstanding, it appears to he the deliberate study and anxious desire of administration, to increase the distress of the citizens, and to add more deep Mots p bon tlie insulted character of oar eSubtly. No stop more congenial to the policy of Mr. Madison than the degrading inveiglement of Amelia, could have been resorted to. France is in the constant habit of committing the most outrageous acts of war upon our inalienable ighfs; instead of resenting them with an in dignant spirit, administration by acqui escing, invites their continuance,there by justifying the retaliation of her ene my, and placing her in a position, HfWipftroJ s< it;> Jrcr ttu-L*y c:i C” * / beyond the reach of lame argument to prove the reverse. Finding the ground into which the government have sys tematically [if system can exist in staggering expedients] made our af fairs untenable, they have fallen upon the shameful plan of clandestinely seizing East Florida, perhaps with a view and expectation of England's re senting the wrongs unjustly suffered by her ally, and of throwing all the responsibility and odium of eventual hostilities, or irritated feelings from off their own shoulders. Viewed in any light, the affair of Amelia is the very climax of dishonor—of a menial and contracted policy devoid of every particle of liberaliry, genet i sity, and dignity. HUSKY. THE fabricated disclosures of this man have been ably handled; yet, as it is a prominent subject, we cannot re frain from offering a few remarks, and briefly expressing our opinion. Os all the astonishing mauoeui ers which have characterized President I Madison—of all the pitiful tricks of! which he has been guilty—and of ail the despicable expedients to which he has resorted, to secure and promote popularity, the affair of Henry, ti e im postor, is the most astonishingly strange. Fifty thousand dollars at least, have been lavished upon this traitor by our government, for matter evidently forged, to implicate the cha racter of the most virtuous portion of the community, when in fact it reflects upon them the highest honor. The reference of Mr. Peel's letter to Hen ry’s correspondence, in ISOS, when all his letters are dated in 1S09: and other inconsistencies noticed by that excellent and patriotic paper the Bal timore Federal Republican.—The cu rious circumstances under which the bargain was concluded and developed; his departure to France in the Wasp, as messenger, tc prevent his examina- tion, altogether impress noon the min i strongly the conviction taut the whole plot was a fabrication; perhaps nt in stigations from the scat of e;o\ eminent, to throw an indelible odium on the Fe deral Party, to excite in lignatiou against, and endeavor to identify them with a foreign nation, but it all recoils with tenfold vigor upon Mr. Madison. This artifice would reflect some credit upon a novice in deception, but when this w retched and despicable expedient—this singular scare crow,”’ is brought forward by a gentleman so long hackneyed in the art of juggling as Mr. Madison, “ what a falling off is there.” Allowing the whole affair to be fact, w hat does it prove ? Simply, that Hen ry was an actual spy, a traitor, and worthy of his ofliep, employed by the governor of a neighboring province; that his mission was occasioned soiely by the state of the Union; and in a situation the most oppressed, he could not succeed in making a single prose lyte among the Federal Party. The Patriotism of Federalism was strongly tested at the eventful time of the Em bargo, and found incorruptible—the galling tyranny of a desperate faction could not render successful, although, perhaps, designed for that purpose. Vie snares of a corrupt emissary, to inveigle from their duty an intelligent and honorable class of citizens, it is surprising that the correspondence of a bribed traitor, should he officially announced to the nation; it is a ca lumny upon their discernment, a direct libel upon their character; and this surprise increases, when Henry’s let ters are replete with masterly and sa tyrical delineations of administration, imputing to them the most infamous views. When IDnry exposes nothing further than his being merely an agent, v. ho give:- his views and speculations on events ; the ideas of a spy and traitor —how lost to decency and regard for the dignity of the country—how pros tituted liis own station, is lie who in sults the uatioa with a formal annun ciation of such miserable stuff. When the chief magistrate of a great repub lic oi>nip lV - or<J ■> mi flf-ctioneering partizan, and resorts to the use of po litical tricks, that are highly dis graceful, to promote his sinister views, it becomes the duty of every man to unite in arresting the influence of a despicable system of political chicane ry, contaminating with its corrupt touch the vitals of the country; and this duty is enforced bv the lamentable consideration of a fixed design of en deavors at destroying the purity of character attached to Federalism, by means of the influence of an elevated and responsible office, and its corrupt minions. If the considerat ion alone of Henry’s being thought a British agent, was a sufficient inducement to purchase his evidence, and promulgate it to the world; why is not the same thing done with regard to French spies? How many myriads of traitors and emissaries in the service and pay of France there are in this country, it wore presumption even to surmise; and we have no doubt many of them would gladly embrace an item of the | amount of Henry’s bribe, upon like j conditions. The intercepted dispatch es of Fanehc!. very unexpectedly dis closed a sec.ie in the grant! drama of corruption, and exhibited the true cha racter of some vociferous patriots; ac cording to iiis prediction, the oid age of whose youth he remarked, is strong ly evinced by a premature decrepitude, and if a perfect sympathy of feeling, action and design, is a good criterion of judging, tiie general character of the leaders of a certain party may lie accurately delineated. Notwithstanding the favorable ness of the circumstances under which the spy undertook his mission in the eas tern section of the Union, groaning under a grievous pressure of tyrannical rigor and violated rights, yet he could not, succeed in the remotest degree— had not one ■ occasion to exhibit his credentials; awful murmurs and reit tcrated threats, attended with patrio- tic views, arisii;; fVon unconstitutional infringements of the people's rights, could not once on-oarage the traitor to prove the authority under which lie acted. 1 1*2 circumstance of employing llcary only on a threatening emergen cy, and whose mission ceased with the expiration of the cause that gave rise to it, proves that England has no in ducement to establish a system of es pionage in tHis country with corrupt views, because the prosperity of Ame rica is conducive ta the prosperity of uritain: this arise Irani (he respec tive interests of the two countries, and if not self-ex ident, susceptible of the clearest demonstration. The reverse of this position is the fact with regard to France, her restrictive svstem is in compatible with the spirit ami genius of commerce; and, if we may draw a conclusion from the unering data of the policy of the two European belli gerents, with regard to this country: Franco has her emissaries and spies in all directions, disseminating false hood, diffusing corruption, ami propa gating principles congenial to the views of his Imperial Majesty; hence the adoption of the cursed, imbecile continental system. But why does Mr. Madison com plain of British agency ? Let him turn his eyes to the Floridas and blush, if lie is susceptible of such an emotion, at the conduct lie has there patronised and enconraged. THE Lisbon gazette of January -29, contains extracts from two dis patches of Lord Wellington, in which he announces the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo by assault. EMBARGO. The following letter addressed to the Editor of the Charleston Times, from Mr. Cheeves, places an Embar go beyond doubt. CHARLESTON, April to. Tima-Office, Friday Morning, 10 o'clock . We this morning received by the Northern Mail, the following Let ter, and hasten to make it public. Washington, April 4. Dear Sir, The president Ims this day signed and ratified an Aet of Congress, lav ing no EMBxnoo *> ■-1 •> from ‘dr *.~M3rtge. Be pleased to give as speedy and general publicity to this fact, as possible. I am Sir, Your obedient servant, LANG DON CHEEVES. Mr. T. C. Cox, Editor of the Times. We had supposed the country after its woful experience, was already sick of this gallic pill, but it must bear another dose of this griping medicine. In whatever manner it may operate, certain it is, that it will dislodge Ma dison from the office which he unwor thily fills, and consign him to obscu rity. It appears surprising that after de liberating and blustering about war for upwards of five months, with no oppo sition, that now we should again re sort to the terrapin system, universally despised, and creep within the shcli. A peculiar Sympathy my.st exist for tiiis measure so congenial to bullying timidity, for the moment any danger threatens from abroad, our g<n eminent, magnanimously shrinks into “ dignified retirement”—a little preparation in English ports, perhaps designed for the Peninsula, frightens Madison into an Embargo: but this valiant measure may be intended as preparatory to war —we doubt it—but if so, the American People will soon determine how long they will submit to the privations and burthens incident to such a state; and in a cause flagrantly unjust: no addi tional inducement for war against Britain now exists than three years since, when it was determined that we must submit to war or Embargo, and as the latter alternative was then pre fered as the least of two evils, it may now also be the case, and the restric tive system fastened and continued upon this abused country. Our admi nistration have not (he nerve, nor spi rit, nor talents, for the dangers and events of active war, and are incapable of any decisive or manlyrpolicy. As it is now a fact acertained. prov ed and confirmed, that the Berlin and Milan Decrees, are in full force against ibis country, of which, perhaps, even Mr. Madison is at length convinced much against his inclination, the Em bargo, may perhaps he adopted w itli a view to place both belligerents on the same footing, to favor a retreat from bullying projects, and to aid Monro® with tiiis threatening “ scare crew,” ■ in his negotiation with Mr. Foster. fin.’ measur? me. its severe renra hui.iu'.i. ul .i moment when difficul ties are thickeni i- in the South, the In linns i-li'cnte.iing in the West, the Palladia:.s arming in the North, and our even; length of si a-coast defence, less ami unprotected; with these dun gvM starring us in the ftiee, and ulto- S,etker occasioned by the imhccillity and incapacity of government—our ’ oii'incrce idler becoming an cas> pre> to French rapacity, is wantonly'wept fr.'. r. the ov “in by a terrapin law. The iotererts of 7,000,001) cf people are <1 -i : g.rrded. iiav sacrificed, to succor an •msii and unsound argument. ’ ff •'< w ould never have existed or ‘•■sara -mi the nation, unless for the ex traordinary proclamation of Mr. Ma dison. The arbitrary impolicy of this Embargo Act, is evident from the grout anxiety generally minced by Mer chants tn harry oif their vessels before i> operation, which would not he the case, were there any real dangi r to lie apprehended, except from French Pirates. M VRRIEI), on Sunday e\ cni.ig last by the Rev. Mr. Kollock. Mr. James IT. ‘VnMoun to M iss Louisa U. M All tix, both of this city . by the Rev. Mr. Ivollock, Mr. Fred erick Hf.rb of this city, to Miss Sa rah Potter, of Rhode-island. DIKII, lately at .St. Man’s Camden coimlv, Georgia, Mrs. Judith wifi ofilic 11 v. Dr. nest, minister of the Protestant Episco pal Church. cm M Y* a-riawr.., MARINE NKWS." ” P 0 R T (ifsA VJi NNA 11. High lliiter This Day, 11//. 3 7m. ARRIVED. Ship Winefred, Svmlvunv., \„ w - William & Henry, lliunlii.ni, Greenock, l atlast to ,f. Guciiochun liny .Maryland, Sinker, \>w Orleans. America, dackius, PhiLuL Ipliia 9 Sloop Somirawm, Hose, Providence (... i.) .lane, Holies, 15/sum Orlando, V Aril, t). Itimore. Cynthia, BrOwn, Charleston 1 Delight, Beecher el i 1 Concord, Kemptpn. Uaiauz.as (5 CLEARED. Ship Gossvpium, Wood, SC ICHiebtu —i — Emulous, Alien, Plymouth (Eiuj.) Agawam, Itobcrts, Liverpool, Franklin, Thornes, do. Woodbine, Sterling', New York Numa, Burnham, Liverpool Brig Uebcexa, S'.i phenson, do. Caroline, Wmg, Boston Gov. Hopkins,Cook, Provid r.ee (a. i.) Arredondo, Jones, Nassau, (v r.) i Schooner Enterprise, Hawes, Boston. Three Sisters, Coffin. do. Minerva, Rhodes, Providence, (h. i.) Sclir. ’•linen a. Read, Baltimore Ticonic, Kimball, Boston Lynx, I aether, Dighton (Mass.) Fort rs Chart, non, April 10M—Arrived, Ship Caroline, Sen-ill, Philadelphia, 5 days, and 4 days from the Capes. Merchandise and Produce, to Hopkins be Charles and others. —Left Ship Georgia Packet,, Bunco, for this port, to sail in 6 days. The Ship Gen. Wade Hampton, Owens from this port had riveil—Schooner Jolly Sailor, Pugh,’ North- Carolina 4 days, Corn & Staves, to D. Crocker. (■■ore,l —-Ship George Stand Marv, Shore, Liverpool—T. H. Bindley. Brig Telegraph- Bishop, Providence—lt. Cowing St Co.—Sloop Morning-Light,Clark, N ~s.ii—Master. RED-LION HOTEL, ■A o. 200, .Market-Street, -within four doom of Sixth Str -rt, 07i the South aide, mid in the e,litre of lhe Principal Importer >, &e. GEORGE YOKE, H AVING considerably enlarged this concern, to which, by an addition to the building, he has added a number of Chumbirs, a large Dining, room and extensive Stabling —lnforms Merchants and Travellers, that he has it in his power to accommodate them with a w ell served up table, good nines liquors, —moderate charges, and ibc most unremitting attention; in short, with every convenience, which he flut ters himself, will give satisfaction to his Friends and the Public. Philadelphia, Nov. 2, IXl i Admi iiistrator ’s Sales- V virtue of an order of the hwibr able Court of Ordinary of Chat ham County, will lie Hold at Public Auction, on Tuesday, the 21st April, inst. in front of the Filature, in flic city of Sa\annah. All the Personal Estate of WILLIAM PRINCE, late of said county, Hchoo!master, deceased, con sisting chiefly of a very large and mis cellaneous Collection of Books. School Furniture, Globes, surveying Instru ments, an elegant eight day Clock, a Tool Chest, a Silver Welch, some Prints, Kitchen Utensils., &.*. gale to commence at 10 o’clock j/re vise iy . oAvjl# W rtIjLLFGRD, Aucfv. April 1G 1 The Subscribers HAVE on hand, and arc now opening, [at their new Store, south side of Johnston’s square] an exten sive assortment of El l ROPE AN, IN DIA and DOMESTIC GOODS • well calculated for the present and approaching season,which will be dis posed of at their usual low prices for C ASH, COTTON, or undoubted town acceptances. ANDREW LOW, & Cos. April 14.. i SHOES & BOOTS, Selling off at EMBARGO prices, rpi!B SUBSCRIBERS, intending JSL to relinquish (heir present line of business, offer for SALE at vert / reduc ed prices their WHOLESALE .STOCK. !\ I'RADK, couprising a general and very extensive assortment of Boots and Slices, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Purchasers for the country trade are respectfully invited to call. Great bargains will be offered, as the concern must be closed by thel/Jth of June next, and until that time, SHOES &e. will be sold at retail much less than the usual prices. They have received large additions tn their former stock, by re cent arrivals from New-Y-ork and Bos ton—among which are the following : .5000 pair Ladies MORROCCO SLIP PERS, nil colors and qualities !500 do do Leather do 2501) Mens SHOES different qualities, Gentlemen’s line Morroecn and Leather Pumps [with and without buckles] La dies Kid Slips, do. Morocco Boots, Nankeen Boots, Grecian Sandies, Mis ses and ( hilds Morocco and Leather Bootees and Slippers, Boys fine Shoes and Pumps, Morocco and Leather— -3 trunks New-York BOOTS, and two !<>. Boston do.—A quantity of Negro Shoes. ALSO. 2 Cases Straw Bonnets, Humhnms, India Checks, Gilin Ildkfs. 100 Reams W riting Paper, Blank Books, playing Cards. Morocco Skins. 1000 yards TANARUS.) Cloth, Morrocco, Travelling and House Trunks, &c. See. BARNS & KVELETH. April 14 <iv—l (ribbons’ Buildings. Joseph Carruthers, OR EE US FOR SALE, St. Übc’s SALT and MOLASSES in Hhds. April 14. l GENEVA. rpilE SUBSCRIBER has just re- M reived from Baltimore, per sloop ORLANDO, six puncheons GIN, [sup posed to he of superior quality to that of Pierpont’s] which he offers Ar sale on very reasonable terms. Should the quality of this GIN be approved [of which he has lit tle doubt | he will he constantly supplied with it from the Distillery, JOHN* MOORE HE AD. April It 2t l FoiirtJi Proof Roro. Just Mirehrd, and JW Erie, by UHRiSTOi’ili it IJ.. GRKEMi, nice s- h iiurf. Eight puchenns fourth proof RU VI, of excellent quality and flavor, on favorable terms. ALSO. An assortn>cnt of Domestic manafac tured COTTON GOODS. April 14 3t 1 MEMOIRS OF™ Mrs. RAMSAY. A few Copies, for eule by HAHRAL A COPPER. Bo it oil's Centre Building, and at this (Hr.cc, iXj’ This work comes particularly recommended to the pious, from i<s interesting materials, stdorned by tj.c elegant pen of die cclehrated* I)r. Ra MSA v. April 14 i. Just Received, At OLIVER 11. TAILORS, MARKET'S,tDJ.U’.r.. Per s'iip Charles from New -York, in addition to former large and elegnnt assortments of HOOTS and SHOUg, TWO Trunks Philadelphia Snwc.rrow ROOTS. Ladies SiftpS, and Gentlemen's drera StIOLK. ?sfo roccn PUMPS, fce. Whic!i nw offer ed for sale, at the Invest priees. for Cash only. B. J. SCRIBNER. April 14. l Waggon ioi* Sale. & STRONG and very complete WAGGON, with lour setts of GEHRri, wry be had low ar.d npi-a good terms by aj)]iiyitigso<>i;,f tiie sch - seiihei’, or to Air. John Miljei:, Gt ■ bur's linildiiim. JOHN GINDRAT. April : i 3t l