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For the American Patriot*
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IT is nw five month* since the oflicbl Win
frtV mo i\w umtirm A f u. crisis in o; r , *.'.av:
m-4 nothing tIF; c teal tats yet l*?er. don- to s:fe*
vert it s t.ic criht remains slctuiijius. Wo ..re
irdiiscff. taoKi vwiou* <or.si:l’ radons 4 1 review
thl* cr.ssst, id t!> • xhibta. it in its proper f,rm,
because it i tti obvious f, ct, red of which
every observer is convinced, Urt it it :i mere
pohiic. i mt..’ icnlvre calculated for deception,
mere “ genre drove project” designed for
itkposUioe; a phantom of a jdg;j*cr, vn item
of'the stapler of accident/'—-if it is not
some phantasy of a mountebank, whv has it
net been subdued? If it has not exploded in
■the tremendous vociferation* <>f emigre *, or
ound itself into non-existence at the seat of
g vermrent, if it is not a mere vox ct frrae
terta ri.7'*v/!i;.’ h*Vt not the resources of the
country been called Upon to meet and con
quer it ? This astoniahir.g’ crisis is nothing
more than an invention of the hero of Mon
ticella, vdm, af'er dressing and ornamenting
it with ail i.nagi.n.b’e i-ompositv, and decora
ting 1 it with the finery furcUhcd by his trans
it tWitic frendsi aftergiving itfomiand feature
it devolved iinon poor Madison to usher it to
the nation: It truly lamentable to find, af
for his long experience in ti e Jeffersonian
school, that he has discharged this undertak
ing ■> j awkwardly; nottviUiatcndinghe was aid
ed by the numerous gang of “ back stair gen
tlemen” and. the whole “ Priaiduitial tme’ni
nery,” who have truly and unmercifully thump
ed shout nnd tanged this unfortunate crisis
by tlieir astonishing’ war speeches, and mo
tions, and reports, and debates fee yet not
withstanding this aid, by the most wretched
rnismanagi mant It has dwindled into a nfttre
“ scare crow project a mere piece of fun
to imuiee the good citizens of the country,
and keep them in a favorable humor, that they
“inight continue such excellent performers
upon the political stage ar.d prevent them from
being hissed into dignified retirement
As it js our design to give this critic, a brief
review, it were unnecessary at tins time
to notice the miserable shifts and subterfu
ges the present administration have uniform
ly practise and io preserve the good opinion of
the peep's and the emoluments of office;
which have jed them to the present crisis
which will undoi’btedh'be decisive of their
discomfiture, which havd driven them to u
desperate pass from whence there is no re
treat'but with dit'gracefiii ruin, war or infa
my; ruin to the country cr loss of office.
The ground taken is chosen by themselves,
ami if they have encamped in a morass, they
must abide the consequences and attribute
tlie event to their folly and incapacity.
The restrictive system lies been foreseen,
fa now. declared, and is universally allowed
to be imbecile, trifling and ruinous ■ it is in
all quartern denounced as sporting with the
feelings of the country and wastingits resour
ces, as degrading and. insulting to the nat ion
and humiliating their pride by a cowardly
subterfuge for manly measures; in short, as
base, infamous and unequivocal submission.
War has been officially announced as the on-
Iv honorable alternative in the present crisis,
in fact, as an indispensable and unavoidable
resort. The president at the commencement of
the present ‘ session of congress, who were
convened a month earlier than the constitu
tional period in ecn3equer.ce of weighty and
important matters, informs them that on* .r,
dependence is violated, and war made upon
our commerce in chas-actor and cft.-ct, which
England esi ries to the very threshold of our
twrritery, and recommends an armour to be
nut on, an attitude t.uten, and the adoption of
a system suitable to tire criers. The aggies
sions of this belligerent are painted in glow,
ing and exaggerated colors, aird war in fact
pointed out as the only course ot resenting
them, the or.lv means of preserving inviolate
the National Sovereignty and Independence.
And lest the war spirit excited by this mes
swe should subside, he again brings the sub
ject before congress after a lapse of two and
a half months,'recommends the same system,
informs them “ of the continued hostile pc
licyot the British government against out
National rights,” and adduces a letter of the
British Envev merely rectifying and explain
mg two misrepresented and important points,
;.s an instance of such continued hostile po
licy, which letter was :•’lowed to remain un
answered for nearly a month and was of a con
dilatory nature. .
The considerations wh en present them
selves after perusing this high toned recital
of wrongs, are,, whether te. actual position
of affairs sanctions tills sutcnxrn, s.x<l_ eva
ders a war with istigivntl just? and it so,
whethtv the measures adopted are not dis
yvaeelU and intuiting! v/l rch will lead to a
Vrivl vxpoai:on of the original cause or the
preeent ’miserable system if imbeciie expe
dient. We tviil here ;. -ere, U.algppd Cause
es wav does not exist against Ehirtend w htch
does not in a gi\ ate; uegivs exist against
El-snc--.
hi discussing the Rul'j ct of the Erech de
ere-—, we av ,t.tow.a di. i ■- uacies3 task. It is
a iyct that they never have hern cither effec
tually .revoked'or uiof-'.hed v: regaids os—But
as the president has rn .rented, ltnuy he
ussfil to piescat a lull view ot tire- whole
affair.
The . principal pretence tor war <gainst
Great Britain is the itu-acc and esecuum
of the Orders in C ■ im-ih iw.t tun r.igiit
be exploded the impr* inuta of cur seamen
j S added. In cMct correct iy io view the fi; st
subject, it is neevs i u v to iv.v. to the oria „>
cf our foreign rcia.vlis. Without pretend
ing to dec.de wpitner l i’inoe in lav Berlin
Decree commenced *u~ hre. attacks on ou;
neutral commerce, which introduc and the most
novel r.nd outivyoyes^do-y i ..; . ■
defiance c veiy w abliened p. m. ip.o at p.huhc
lew, which without a prrucle oF joo'iec tu
sanction it,after • dtoe:ttnl ir-ictititity cc m
mcnced its iniquitous career > pen tre wreck
ed Horiton,’ suid Y . .O— vxs iexxi.ecf at, and
only affect, and tia tvuf. : ; , ‘■■■ u ‘..me when
the American cclors the only : .r claim
to that character, vL.e: picwclher previous
forbsarattcc to execute U:e Di-trce snoutKcd
to obtain sifc acquire. ccr.cc in in its principles :
Mfrtbsut pi-etonuing to uocidc wuctliu- U.r..
ssquiescenco w-srevt-y no., mu!, v-h.; ‘. pa-.,
sand the wav cr.d rectified ti e conaunicmtion
itrqcicis x.eic t-e in the Urea decree,
vroi .rating the'mdepa■..-eacc aiul l.ererof a
rre.o.: T -t d-d sat 4 cnee resent ;c.d punish
.cch fiaytvv: . r.d
vpor.us hoct.tlt.tc, by winch hierrar. a U*i <•.-
wcrebli afiin cf .ct.bmission to tech iasilent
areutnptian of power vftnld have ! era wiped
Ctf: Without pwftndmg n> dce.Je het.'.er
the Orders in Crulcii were jostifo ‘ being
1. taUafiwy to tlicre . r. op,, .a. i..: if j
which, would have obviated their existence, j
are* \vb.'.c.’iinc':d“3fol\v pr -ssed i-pm riCutiuU 1 1
Whi’on* pvrtending {0 decide whether 01 .r j
pr,v< rmjnt w: s not highly cusuraWc In c.it l
tslring a decisive.tUnd rgur’st the first optt:
luid unequivocal uttack upon ourncutral c.om
mtrcc, evinced o.itbcr In i:ir i.mii-l and law
f.;l blockadts, snutairniby rn r.dftqufttc force,
of England, r-r tl.y vioient t.iifi uviev.'ful I'l
- ‘of France, it is sufficient to irnuuk,
that both the leading bcligcicnts violated our
neutral rights. Ti.c Am o loan govenuncut
Stdopud, with cr. :iv<wi! ofjuat cau.'i ex war
agmnst France and England, the resti ictiv?
system, and enforced it rigorously, as an tde
qnale retaliation to tlie.r ty?™ stions. tt
passed through its various foimi of embargo,
non-intercourse, and 1 on-importation as tin
weakness or caprice- of governin’ r.t dictated
This system, (which will receive a few of our
• remarks) exclusively of the ridicule and con
tempt with which it was juttl” viewed, and
the distress and the rum it inflicted upon 01 r
selves was made a pleu of retaliation, upon
which ground the Rambouilletdetree was is
sued and justified, by which atroypus piraev
France plundered otir citizens of several mil
lions of dollars, and for this infamous robbery
no redress is to this moment obtained ; “ the
law of reprisals must govern in that affair” is
the only answer the “Incomparable N poleon”
“ who loves the Americans” deigns to give
the friendly solicitations of a government,
whom he thinks “ without honor, without
spirit, and inferior to a Jamaica assembly.”
At length in consequence of a law of our go
vernment, which declared to both belligerents
that if either rescindi and or modified her de
crees or orders, and the other did not follow
her example within three months, the restric
tive system should be enforced against the
delinquent nation, France comes forward and
offers to rescind her decrees to take place
first November, on condition either that Eng
land should renounce her system of blockade,
which would imply ackr.owh dgement of the
Napoleon code, or that we should cause our
rights to be respected. Upon receipt of this
intelligence Mr. Madison de'ertnines to ac
cept of this simple conditional declaration as
evidence, and on the second of November lie
consequently issued his proclamation announc
ing the repeal of the decrees as a fact. The
correspondence of Mr. Russel details facts
which incontest ih!v prove that the decrees
were not repealed on is-. November and con
tinued in full force ’till the aj-rivai of the pre
sident’s proclamation and its consequent an
nunciation to the Fre neb gov< rnment, which
had the effect of merely causing their relax
ation or temporary suspension. Now as the
decrees were not re voked or modified at the
time pledged by the French government, the
proclamation announced what was not the fact
and was predicated upona false basis, the faith
of France, if she luil any, is violated, and no
confidence can be placed m a nation guilty of
deceitful perfidy. The annexed conditions to
the repeal did notafiect the case, because they
were to be abrogated in the first instance and
if tile orders of England continued (which
if they were annulled would not) before her
ground could be altered, she must learn the
steps of the American government after the
fact.oi tlie repeal came to their knowledge.
France pledged herself to revoke her Decrees
at a specified time, and the president’s pro- .
clamation could only be a consequence upon
this revocation, and if the decrees continue in
existence after tlie period announced for their
extinction, and are enforced with increased l i
iioar Uiytn aup CijTiniPjTCt'.
suspension or modification, it bo is uncFoiiuf
edlv a consecpicnce of the proci: mat ion. If
such is the case, if ins eadof being- antecedent
are consequent the revocation or modification
of the decrees, does not take place agreeably
to plighted faith, but asaneffect of a friendly
measure towards her, and an hostile attitude
with regard to her enemy. Thus by the du
plicity, perfidy and juggling of the French ca
binet, our government has assumed an utti
tude with regard to England,not in consequence
of her compliance with the conditions of our
law bv France, but by reposing confidence in
her declaration, without any evidence of its
fulfilment, which the character of Uig.goMw.
ment rendered necessary, and continuing that
blind confidence .J’ter a knowledge of its fla
grant abuse. Is such an attitude correct! Is
it sanctioned by reason or justice? Such be
ing the case, if there is cause of war against
one on account of her orders, is there not
equal cruse against the other on account of
her decrees, rather is there not. more cause
against France, by so much as her perfidy,
robberies, in..ult, and violence exceed the. sha
dow of a pretext? Can such a nation be view
ed in the lightyfa friend, an ally?
In bite precetdire, remarks we have allowed
a modification of tlie French decrees in con
sequence of the Presidents proclamation, but
we deny the repeal at all, and merely make’’
this concession to give the subject its due
weight, the argument its *’uii force. Every
day almost produces proof clear ax holy writ,
of the rigorous execution of the decrees, and
confirms tlie falsehood of the proclamation.
[The following affidavit confirms what never
has been doubted by Federalists. The full
end unequivocal existence and operation of
the Tyrant’s Decrees. Head ! ye windy
advocates of France—and let the crimson
b!i sh convict yen cf the falsehood of your
assertions !]
TV-ots the licsicn PaUcdittm.
FRENCH OUTRAGE COXFJRMZ23.
1, Jacob Smith, of Duxbury, in the coun
ty cf Plymoiitli, and Uohciomvcalth cf Mas
uichuscttu, do terrify and say, that on the
drfth day ofiDrev.inbcr 1. at past, 1 sailed from
Uoxtoti, in said slat;, in the brig Gcrshotn,
. of said Duxbury, ovv.i :l bv Messrs. Ezra
Weston la Son, of which vc- ll was mas
ter. The Gersliom was leaded with flour,
corn and rice, and cleared with ail necessa
ry papers aid 0re.,;., for Oporto, in the King,
here cf Portugal. On tlie CJd day of January
following, I was taken by tv,(.French Nation
al trigat 3 of 1! guns each, and a gun brig of
18 guns, in long. c.J, lit. 41, 30, which
squadron sailed f: o;n Nautz the first day of
Jan. 1812. The br'.g (IcrsLoai vr-s strip! of
her rig; .g. ssiu and j rovirions, foe. and
1H HNT. ‘i'lie s. ree sattadron had on board
the crew of tlie Am tv.lui ship Asia, Captain
Hev.et, cf Phi;, and. .j,Lie, v.f .c.n, with her car
go o; I.'VAO t r-.n ; • of com, end ICtm bar
rels of lu.ur, h e. i ad previously BUKBT.
\Ve were treated tae neat cruel manner
00 ln?id the f.i;;... ; ; being rllav.cd only
h ver b;.,i pints of tv. t;r and j. c.i.v ol bread
per ciy tv v ■ 1 in r, , tl r . r ail pa ce of
i mat twice b. J. “ ■ ■* ■ <>* hvi ?!t 0 rch.ti.e
i sme .iqnsdronffMW Ute br-g TWh, Csnt
Hitchcock drNoW.IKvi n, frm Wtto*, m-.d
J .ifcr xnc dchh. vuviritt the ere Ws of jhe Ad
: and Gcr.lioin were put on board tiw Tham- a,
■ with 110 pallors of water, 150 pounds <
brand, : v.d half* barrel of flour, for the sup
pert of 27 idlhot'gh. they had peat
quantities of frnririx.s on hoard tlie tr;gates.
The csptn ‘tt of the (Hgate, raid, he*homa
have lit HNT t. A THAMES, but for u.c
numb?!* of prisoners then U-.d on bonrcl Ins
fricave.-.. His orders, he said, were to BUSN
SINK Vj. DESTROY ill AMERICAN vvssc.s
bound to cr from ANY of their ENEMIES
PORTS. I Tasked the officers of the frigates
for some rpoie-v tor thus burning these Ame
rican VCIC. i ’ Tht v said it war, under the
DRCREI .of the FRENCH EMPEROR. I
then said t.j tlinn, the. I understood before I
railed from the United States that these de
crees were repealed.
Tl:ev c:iid the DECREES WERE NOT
REPEALED, and the captain of the squadron
give a certificate to C-agt. Hr wet, of the Asia
to the French consul in Philadelphia., that he
bad burnt the Asia and Gcrshcm—UNDEß
THE APOWF.dA.TD DECREES.
Eh were favored with a speedy passage to
St. Rare, or some of us must* have perished
for want of provisions. From St. Barts, I
took passage in the brig Mary, Capt. Kloot,
of Newbury port, and arrived at tlie Vineyard
the thirteenth of the present month.
(Signed) JACOB SMITH.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Plmioiitk, ‘ss. Jhtrlntrti, March 18, 1812-
Then the above named Jacob Smith, per
sonally came before me, tlie subscriber, and
mad” oatli to the truth of the above narrative
by him subscribed.
JUDAH ALLEN, Justice. Peace.
FROM WASHINGTON,
Monday, March SO.
A report hn trained considerable
credit yesterday and to day, that Mr.
Foster had demanded of the Executive
whether or not another minister would
he sent to England, and received an
answer in the affirmative. There are
various ways for accounting for this,
if true. Mr. Foster might have made
the president's answer amount to a
declaration of intended war, or the
contrary. Mr. Foster might have
said : “ If you refuse to send another
minister to England, this refusal, and
the preparations of a hostile nature
you are now making, will be consider
ed hv my government as a declaration
of hostilities.” The President must
have felt, in such ease, the awful res
ponsibility of answering that he would
not send another minister; unprepared
as the country is for war, and ready
as Great-Britain would be to strike the
first blow.
Mr. Madison could hardly have en
joyed much sleep after answering in
the negative, if Mr. Foster did ask the
question: it would be telling G. Bri
tain that we were determined on war;
and, in a year or two, if prosperous in
, V,affirm, s ; snoiiifj attack Canada
meanwhile the British
time to prepare for defence there, amt
previously if they chose, indemnify
themselves for the expense, by laying
under contribution New-York and a
dozen other principle seaports, besides
sweeping the ocean of all our vessels
they can find.
It certainly is not probable that G.
Britain would see our preparations,
and hear our declaration of intention
Jo attack Canada, and not insist on a
categorical answer as to our determi
nation > and (he demand, whether a
minister should be sent to England,
might be made to involve the question
of peace or war.
Whence such a rumour arose I
know not, but it is current, that Mr.
Bayard of the Senate w ill be the minis
ter to England. To an appointment
so correct it is almost impossible to
give credit.
The V iee-President is supposed to
be very near his end. lam informed
that his disorder is an inflammation of
the lungs, v. hieh, from his nio r quiet
stute yesterday and this morning, are
supposed to fce in a state of inchoate
mortification.
i know not what progress is made
in relation to the expected Grand
Caucus. The election of Madison is
certainly very doubtful.
Cos!. Tnllm&dge, it is said, is nomi
nated Quarter-master-general.
Trade to France and her Depen
dencies.
We this day publish an Important
Document, whieh we have received
from an extensive correspondent at
Washington:—it is an official state
ment of the Goods exported to France
from the United States in one year end
ing the SCth cf October It t.—From
tids it appears that the whole amount
of the Experts to France arid Italy,for
the said year, amounts to two million,
three hundred eighty-two thousand ar.d
fifty-six dollars only; and of this sum,
only eight hundred and twenty-five
thousand, three hundred an;! sixty-three
dollars, is of Aiaerivan produce. Our
readers w ill observe that no foreign
produce can be admitted into France,
except under special licence from the
Emperor; they will also recollect that
the President in his message to Con
gress, reprobates the licence system,
declares it disgraceful, ana recommends
a law for its discontinuance. The
trede in foreign produce vc may, there
fore,•tshsidcr at art end, ‘rr nearly so
The sum of of the
amount of our annua! exports toiVvr.ee,
,V*. F. Eve. Fcsi.
Treasury Deynr
Jrlcrch 0, 1312.
SIR.
I have the honor, in conformity
with the resctulion of the Senate of
the qd inst. to transmit two statements
exhibiting the quantity and value oi
goods, wares and merchandize, both
of domestic and foreign produce, ex
ported from the United States to France
and Italy, respectively, during the
last quarter o£ the jextr 1810, and
during the three first quarters of the
year 1811. The exports to include
both the portions of that country w hich
is actually annexed to France and tlie
kingdoms of Italy and Naples. No
exports appear from the custom house
returns to have been made ditri'i - that
period to Holland, the Hans Towns,
or other countries annexed to France.
There are no documents in the Trea
sury by which the number of tonnage
of ships and vessels hound to France,
or the duties payable in that country
on the articles therein impotted from
the United Slates, can lie ascertained.
1 have the hopor to he,
Very respectfully, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
ALBERT G ALL ATIN.
The lion, the President of tlx Senate.
Statement exhibiting the quantity and
value of goods wares and merchan
dize exported to France, &r. from
the Ist October to ihe 31st Decem
ber, 1810.
Domestic Produce.
Consisting of, and ish, Oil, Whalebone,
Staves and Heading, Ashes, Skins
and Furs,
Beef, Pork, Indigo, Cotton, Tobac
co, W ax.
Spirits and Medicinal Drugs,
To France, g 288,324
To Italy 46,208
Total, 884,532
Foreign Produce.
Consisting ofj Dry Goods, Teas,
Coffee, Sugar, Spicoe, Indigo and Cot
ton, ,
To France,
To Italy, f/ 7,746
Total £04,234
Statement exhibiting the quan
tity and value cf goed3,
w ares and merchandize, ex
ported to France, &c. from
the Ist of January to the
30th of September, 1811.
Domestic Produce.
Consisting of; Fish, Oil, Candles,
Stavoa ** ll —c> A — re—
ec-jrcs,
Ashes, Skins, and Furs, Feef, Pork,
Hams, Butter, Lard, Oats, Beans,
Fiour,Meal, Biscut, or Ship Bread,
Rice, Indigo, Cotton, Tobacco,
M ax Candles and Tallow, Sftap,
Leather, Sugar, Spirits,
And Manufactures of Iron and Steel,
To France, 835,481
To Italy, 105,397
Total, 440,781
Foreign Produce.
Consisting of, Wine, Spirits, Teas,
Coffee, Sugar, Spices, Indigo and
Cotton.
To France, s 85,771
To ltalv, 480,635
1,052,409
By (he brig Taber, Capt. Boker, in
25 days from the city of St. Domingo,
we learn that just before he sailed, a
letter was received from Jaquemel
stating that Christopbe had recently
hung several Americans; and that his
eruizers captured all vessels they meet,
and treat particularly the Americans
w ith great cruelty.
Markets at St. Domingo glutted
vv itli American produce—Flour was
selling at g 12, and other produce ac
cordingly—JV*. F. Paper.
NEW-YORK, March 21.
Capt. Mayo, of the schooner, Hero,
arrived yesterday from Tcneriffe, in
forms, that on the lClh Dec. the Duke
del Parque, Governor of Tencriffe,
who had been sent out from Spain about
five months before, attempted to raise
a rebellion. He was supposed to be
in the interest of Bonaparte; in con
sequence of whieh tlie people rallied
forth, took his command from him,and
sent him to Cadiz. The government
cf Cadiz having heard of his proceed
ings, sent a dispatch for him; but the
vessel in which he was prisoner, had
sailed before the arrival of the fr igate.
Extract of a Tetter from Washington.
“ It is understood that the letter
which purports to be a communication
to Henry from Lord Liverpool, is writ
ten on paper bear ing the watei -nr&rk
of a manufacturer of paper in Phiia
delphi; so that L .rd Liverpool must
import his paper for official purposes
from ibis country.
Vine. Patriot.
No excuse can be invented for la.
posing Henry’s introductory letter vjn,;,
the public, as he wan fully apprize
from Ms own knowledge, that it con’
taDd falsehood and misrepresentation;
Ist. in its being dated at Philadelphia,
on Feb. soth, whereas the bargain was
struck and payment made at Washing,
ton, at least tan days before. 2d. f a
it# purporting to have been volunturi!
written, though if has been since fully
proved, that he was paid at Icat 5C,00i
dollars ficr it out of the Treasury; and
3d. to give ll an undue w eight as if tlj t
writer revealed his pretended secret}
ir. a disinterested manner from laudifci
and benevolent motives—he. says, “ {
neither seek nor desire the palronag ?
nor countenance of any governmeci
nor of any party.” This false asser
tion Mr, Madison had not the candou:
to blot out or contradict.
No circumstance attending his dis
closure was o'* a nature to mark its
character, and to ascertain Us title tc
credibility cr suspicion, more decided
ly than those enumerated. Henry we!!
knew tins, and lienee he imparted the
fake varnish to his budget; and it
could proceed only from ‘ the same
cause that the Chief Magistrate of
the Union degraded his station and
befouled his veracity by countenancing
ihe the deception. By doing this, lie
has justified the world in combining
his name w ith that of Henery, as a
principal in pieparing and ushering
forth a nefarious plot, tending to en
danger the peace cf the country and to
defame the eastern and northern states.
Beil. Fed. Rep.
FOREIGN NEIVS.
I-ONpOH, JAM. .24.
Mr. Porter’s description of the view
and feelings of the Comiltee of Fo
rcign Relations in the American House
of Representatives, is sufficiently war
like. There are hard words and blus
tering menace*—The worthy In terpre -
ter of the committee seems to act upor.
the advice of Sir Toby in tlie pfsy,
“ And as thoudraw’st swear horribly,
for it comes to pass olt, that a terrible
oath, with a swaggering accent sharp
ly twang’d Gff. gives manhood more ap
probation than even proof ilself would
have earned him.” Vi e are threaten
ed with a i.avai war! The American
navy ic to destroy onr tre.de with our
Colonies! They hold a swerd over cur
resources that will cut them to the
quick! Canada is to yield to their arms,
and a country from which we import
600,000,000 [1125 millions sterling!—
such is the statement of ?lr. Porter!!!!
tu ire eoi.qiu ea at once.
According to the American commit
tee, it i# to be a war of unvarying suc
cess and glory to the U. States, ar.d of
cone taut ctataatand r , : ; r , toO. Britain,
for Mr. Porter never hints at the pos
sibility 01 reverses to his own country.
He nver thinks it possible that every
American ship may he swept from the
ocean; her harbors blockaded; her
commerce ruined altogether. A mOrr
noisy, silly, blustering speech, a speech
more un-statesman-like vve never read.
But perhaps the American committee
meant little more than to lolly. M>
Porter is against entering into the war
prematurely. Aye. take council again!
second thought will be best. If Ame
rica spreads the cloth, w e may furn
ish some dickes to the feast which her
guests may not relish Courier.
JANUARY 27.
The Pope —L T pen the authority cf
the follow lug most important intelli-
Jenee, though r.ot mentioned in the
•ondou papers, the public may eons:
dently rely: His holiness the Pope,
having complied with the wishes of
Bonaparte, in rcroinqtirigto thevacuk
Bisliopricks in France and its depen
dencies, has been freed fiprn ail res
traint, and granted a Palace at Parma
in Italy.
French papers were received on s?a
turdavto the ISth irst. which contain
ed nothing very new or important.
The conscrips, and the troops of the
Rhenish Confederation, deserted in
such numbers, on their way to join the
Free Jt armies in Spain, that special
orders w eve given to the Prefects, -
or s,and other Civil Officers, to pztrole
all the roads, and apprehend every sus
picious person. C ivil Officers* neg
lecting these orders were threaten
ed with heavy penalties ami removal.
Some idea of the hatred of a military
life, particularly the service in Spain,
may be formed from t hese orders; w hieh
state, that deserters travelled in com
panies of from six to fifteen; that they
publicly entered tire towns, and, secure
in their numbers, defied apprehension.
JANUARY 23.
The lsnpftru.se frigate, Capt. Ifnr.-
can, has - captured in a most gallant
manner, in the Mediterranean, L-s
French feluccas moored under a strong
battery and protected by a considerable
body of infantry, with the loss only 0.
one man killed and icur wcuackd.