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pending on others. lie hoped we might not
verity tiienbi! rvation ot’ timt liluarious con.-
tntnUnor, the ** Federalist/’ timt mir danger,
is not from tyranny in lire head, but from Mttar
cliv in the end. He knew that an embargo
would be an unwelcome prescription i but is
a d..grei able prescription , for a violent
disease lobe iej -cted ’ Are w? not toid from
b:gb uutlu nty, that it'thy m; mber’ offends
cui it off! He considered Ui a >8 an efficient
measure. He said we w r 1v pg in a land
tlowng with no Ik and honey I is better to
keep our Wheat and flour at In ni , than to let
it go abroad and be taken. H ‘ may he asked,
is lie willing *o withold supplies irom, and
asr e tin people o'’ dial country ! He w u and
deiiberatoiy answer yi's, wh n by recanting
tlicir decrees they CPU so easily do us just
ice.
H ■ desired tile ljmtse to look at the condi
tiol', of the island of BtU'bsdocs—tin- sidl'd :*m
of the planters, who art obit '/ dto substitute
beets tor cane. I.i tlie me; s’ plaintive terms,
thry represent thkr situation ■' desperate.
They have not a stave for run puncheons. In
consequence of the mo. t,;;u*T s on their es
tates, ami tli- danper of insurrect ion of tlie.ir
bliiCivs, tli y are almost re dui cd to des
pair.
When you talk of the omnipotence of that
nation, look on their impotence,—We are at,
different from liciii as ai.gi is are from in
-1 rnal viirita.
He knew that the measure is not desirable
per e. Although inconvenient ;it Is not to
be view* and only us to its hardships. As con
nected with another part oi poliev, it is very
impmtatd. He said, in proportion to his
worldly fill star,i e, no < n y prorata will suff< r
more liy it than himself. He resided with a
patriotic set of men, wliowiil join in opposing
a noble f.ont, and who are determined to a
verge our wrongs.
Mr. Randolph said hi has listened With at
♦<ntr n <o the observations of the gendenian
from N- w-York, Mr, M.tchiil—Ti.e gentle
niaiiV r- i.fonj, if there is any weight in them,
are in fnfor of letters of muiqu ■ and reprisal,
but not in favor of the ruinous measure now
under'consideration. When the gentleman
justified himself, in shielding hints*, -f under
an thorit e, in Ins approbation cf the measure,
he ahouid have supposed lie ought to have
been influenced by the authority of a r< spect
ablc gt iiUeman, (mean ng tli • vice-president)
fi'-st in ivoi, fiast in peace, and first in tlu
1) ‘arts of his countrymen, within the state of
New-York, who is now insensible to the (If
tu sses of the cexmtiyT The e enth man Buys,
wemighht to take - Air stand union,, tin
belligerents. We su.pi.ot *; ke thin stand. We
are but a voting peopj —We are ji.st emer
ging from a revolution —a re vo Union whicii
Was soon sueeeded by an European war,
winch U.m b-en toiir, like the drainings of a
farm yard, which has enriched us beyond mea
sure, winch has raiS* and our hamlets nd villa
ges th“ fii strafe elves. To th.s we owe our
present greatllesi.. 9 To tins ivc owe the lan
guage tljf.- ycntl'cnvn lias tins evening used
k.r.’wlut li.*, by-ifthe fate of those nations
who have undertaken to t’ ke their stand -
mnng the beSligAitt*. What lias become oi
I’.iisa? She is ex net. What of Austria?
s >'• i: crippled. Wllat us Russia ? She with
a marry and population beyond ours, has
becitanvo is to take the at: ud which the gen
ti man wishes, butshe dare not. Sir, we may
C ~ ic to tin* war under the name of allies: but
w<: shill b : the first servants of these whose
e..use we espouse. We may escape tills cun.
fiiC with liortof. What is honor in a nation?
is it. honor to cope wi h those who arc so
lov-iiity onr superior*! It is our duty and in
terest to wad.’ tie. very wed knew, that in
time# oi'ix.te.rislvi.i,xiety and Impotent rest
)c.,k. v nothing la more i.ksome than to
pvf.-ch up paticacc, and that we ought to
w.ut fur events.
v • said, he not pay much regard to the
■•’c©rneti'B, tiiat the belligerents er.lcuaued n
i> .fin* itivision*. It is an ohi, and it he
m ghtdie perm.tied to say; a stale apology,
c . ciliated by ministeis to unite a prop.e.
Tin cltkrge of the majority, which is ol.e
made agsunst the minority is futile. K is r -
dmilous tor thim to urge it. The president
of tre Ijii.t-d Mates cun indisputably earn
UW measures in congress as much a? any nim
isUr ever d.d. No minority is, or ever has
Vi n, of any efiect. Ad experience prove it.
lie would eahort both houses ot coii). ress to
follow the, d,elates of liipir own minus, an
not adopt tiie sentiment o. the gentleman
from Nw'vr-Vork. There .a no danger froi
au opposit ion. Tlie pvesid.nt ot the United
States for fourteen years hi* been cnunpi
teiv. The evil has not been from the imiion
tv, but from grlitkiuen not pi rsuing the da -
tides of : heir ‘understandings.
Jfr. K tin n brought to the view of the
house the dim mi iva trade of the count’ y i
Franc*-, and which .fits b; <n tUmiimdied by
her own recitations, in comparisons ivnh o*
trad with. 11 then si of die wo; Id. H said,
.if we are called upon to resist, he would wisi
to shew our rcs’.st-Rce ‘vht ns it is ,r..p-". ton
and necessary. As to the id s. rvut.on ot Ins
friend from Sotuh Ca*-.-tiita (Mr. Macon) ti
our only alu ra. t Ivc now is wav—that no p- -
posit,oils had been or could be nude .s ,
substitute ; he said propositions had beef
made, and he w.e.dd pledge ins 1. „and ctr
might now be made, ifboth belligerents avn
vii wed with die sane eve by nur gover.mietv.
\Vlitre, asked Mr.R. is the veciproeity, \> Ink
the armed vessels of one only are i.duntteu
As totht < xis.er.ee of the French decries, hi
burning of our prop, riy v:i t.a high si as i
tlewn.iig p.oc-f that they h\e not Uea ,e
* volted.
TANARUS: r gcntlctr.: n from New Jersey (Mr.
Itoyd) the other and y pr* ]M,setl tvt) days ft*,
the period :*f viie t’nt*.. r; wlncii w. s nega
tived ll’we ag'ee uotv to ihe atßendm. t
9U dais, i. is a co.dasveii that our ar,, nan.
ti eotli rd-y Was rtj ui, aial ’hat tliose wit
Opposed us were wrong ; and it confirms t.
opinion of the cl t irttiu: of ihe comin ttce os
fi reign reiat.tms (Mr Farter) that it was t:
pedant to U r sn fllbul-gO fi V6o da; s, m..
uv were fid day# ”• .;v* ’> ration • r war, aia
v ho Sai*l ne was m fa* or r t an eit.K.rgv as a
pis paratoi v met sure.
He s:nd th- re ton Id he nothing more erne
to the me ret art, v. o lies g .veil lj dollat
par b.rrci i r ii. ii", *tui witohas ineumtl tin
expel ce oi Shipping, he. to carry it to
ni-iket. K w.ii a.j.o be tlie nt of thi
pi#nttT. He .nil an! the house ti ik i r i .
until the m...chua, who has bought on credit
tii tlieplame", can turn l;,ms. ,f. Tilde n.
a *ai native—the nteie ,u:t most be ru.ned..iK
the planter great V injured.
Hewisui f. thtwi might think of the milk
x OMndywintgnd Petersburgh. The a u u
cs’cttlaiiuff the benefit which vo id .r s.
fr m ■ for ng it a week, & nu'pes i‘ e i"o
.•an if cf < m hum iug it. If it is to rui
’he .anas upon the rei.uuuia, upon t u e .or,’ ■
meat of gentlemen, it cannot answer, ns no
onp Call suppose they luve not 9J days supply
on llalld.
Mr. Widyery spoke with much passion
and warmth m liivor oi’ the embargo and
war.
Mr. Stewart said, if it .was in order, he
would ask the gentleman of Moiaoehusets#
(Mr. Wnigerv) a few questions.| lie would
,sk that gentleman if he was during the lost
. mbargo# shipowner ? Ii so, did tie not go
, England during the embargo? if so, how
did he g! , ,
Mr. widgery answered tiiat he went by
water.
Tie Speaker said, these questions were
e.ot in order,
Mr. S'ewi.rt said if they were not ,n order
he would sit down.
M *. Mdnor said, that of however trilling a
nature oilier gentlemen migli deem th sub
ject under discussion, he must still be allow
ed to consider it the mosi interesting i:i its
i„ me, and tie most important m ns con
sequences, of any that liad occupied the at
tention of the house during this long s< s/m;
that in many instance's, a much more full eon
sal erat ion than it had yet received, had been
ven to subjects comparatively of far inferior
innortanee ; and if the ordinary limits of one
and. s sitting were not sufficient for the pur
p se; it liad hetsi usual to adjom the discus
n o er, from duV to day, until it was corn
pleated. Mr. M inor sa.il, he could not see
why ‘his measure, the declared precursor of
almost immediate war,and therefore involving
considerations of awful mcmcnt to tlie whole
community, should be t.eaUd in a dilferent
way. If gentlemen were not disposed to
yield to the suggestions of his frauds who
had adv* C ited a postponement for a few
weeks, or for a fi:W days, lie trusted they
would not now object, considering the late
ness of hour, to pm. pone the suhj ct for one
and. V; Tl.ev would not, Mr M. hoped,compel
the house to continue m session; and finally
act upon it with bodies and minds too inucii
exhausted for the exercise of that sort cf a
tenti m which it mer.ted.
He .aid he abhorred concealment, and
th*nfore would frankly aver, tiiat as tlie
comnuttec of foreign relations liad made
known the,fi intention to submit tins propo
s t ion, and as lie hud no doubt that many per
sons whose ships and cargoes were nearly
i\ udy fur foreign voyages, iv Gold a\ ail tnem
x, Ives of tie information, one object of his
feeling anxious for some and. lay was, tiiat they
night eff ct Ih* r wishes before this perni
cious measure shoind be c irri, and into efieci.
But independi nt of th is considt ration, cer
tainly a frill opportunity of discussion could
not be afforded to members if a vote were
taken this night: and without bearing any re
flection on gentlemen, Mr. M.'thought they
would be belter capacitated us er the repose
of an adjourmnt nt for a cool and deliberate
decision. To be sure, he said, they had ap
peared to find some relief from thur fatigue
in the, fun and merriment in which the lion.
entkman from N vv-Yirk had deemed this a
fit occasion to indulge—i wish, said Mr. M.
tin- constituents of that learned gent.emar,
and other of his fellow-citizens, whose ruin
will follow tiiat adoption of the measures
which lie advocates, had o< copied the gal
hr ex of this house during the di livery of
this amusing speech, tiiat we might have
seen whether, with all their respect for his
learning and talents, they could have joined
hi ehc merriment exeit. and b> Uio lion a--..‘
man’s sneers at the scriousm ss, which, at
fectc-d, on this occasion, minds differently or
ganized from his own-—whether tin y would
have joined in th boisterous laugh, and clap
pmgof hands in wliieli the geml.-raen h. and
dee tin and it consistent with their own charac
e. and the cliaracter of tins house, so vehe
merr iy to indulge.
Mr. M.. dded, for my own part, Mr: Speak
er, 1 was shocked at the want of feeling and
dignity manifested ,n the speech I have re
ferred to, ..nd feel degraded and mortified
that we are to be 1- and like a troop of Baei h. -
lals, piping and dancing, to the funeral of the
pe. ee and .mppiness of our country.
Mr. Archer inqu.recl of the Speaker;
wiiet’ner, ii’ he gentlem. n from Pennsylvania
.n ended tocose his observations with a mere
.djoarmmiii, it was in order to him to pro
eeed.
The Speaker said that he thought it was
lot—ih..t the rules of the house must o
perate equally to exclude debale on the part
of the mover of such a proposition, us upon
other members of the house.
Mr. M t|ior said he l.ad no intention to vio
-1 t. uny rule of ihe house, and yielded with
|ileastir to the opinion of tlie cluur, he there
..ire moved to adjourn.
Motion !os‘.
T.u qu. s i m of indifinite postponement wax
ii.-n ...id determined m the negative—
Mr. c.rnd.e then moved that the house con
cm m ti e an eudment of tlie senate.
M:. Randolph moved a poatp .m ment till
U.nuUv neat, tiiat ,t might produce as little
•x *ll ring-s possible.
Mr. P. re, sad, he hail been against an
. ■!’ rgo at tin present time, ar.d wax the
the l- cay in l'uvor of a postponement; he
oleil against the engrossment, bat finally
oti and ,n tin or upon die passage oftie bill, and
a. should now vote ai the favor of die pre
sent mot on.
Ni?W-YORK, April li.
L4FEBT FROM ENGIJIJW.
Arrived, ti.e ship General Hamilton,
Gantlrij, i’9 days front Liverpool.
LONDON, March 18.
It wus mentioned a few days since,
that tlie despatches from Mr. Kussell
to Joil Barlow, sent by way of Mor
,.iix, had been intercepted. We now
••id by a gentleman from timt port,
.bat the snaie trick has been played
tlr. llariow , in respect to his own des
patches to Mr. Uussell, andthecoin
aiuniention between tliese Public En
vois has beett, on this account; we
believe, wholly suspended—.But, Bo
mtpurle loves the Americans!
L.YEIiIOOL, March 21.
On the important subjects of the >var
ike rumors and military movements
>ti e north cf Europe, we httve little
diti >tal information of any value.
A e a e again told that Bonaparte is
ibot t to put himself at the head oi
-00,000 uur, which is to march to
wards the Oder and the Vistula : that
the Russians are marching southward
while the French are marching north
ward, and that Prussia is about to
take the field with 120,000 men.—
This last article partakes so much
of the marvellous, that it is sufficient
of itself to discredit nil the other ac
counts with which it is associated.—
All these reports, however, want the
stamp of authenticity and the confir
mation of facts, before they can be
admitted as any just ground of politi
cal speculation. We anxiously hope
that a Northern war will be averted ;
lor, if undertaken t this crisis, it is
almost certain Intend in the addition
al aggrandizement of France, and the
further humiliation of the rest of Lu
rope.
Price of superfine Flour, TTs. per
310 Ilis.
l.n.nmx jlyd Paris.
Ts cannot he denied that these two
cities and their inhabitants, have man
ners, taste, and turn of mind quite op
posite. In France, they raise houses;
in England, they dig them up. An
Englishman does not believe he is
conveniently lodged, when he has not
a whole story under ground. This
under ground story contains not only
remarkably well ordered, clean and
elegant kitchens, hut well furnished
apartment! for chambermaids, chief
cooks, &e.
In warm countries, they may raise
up pillars, they only want a roof.
In cold countries, good thiel; v, al!s,
(hat can preserve them from the in
cl-mencies of the weather. In more
northern e nmtries, walls are ius-.iffi
eient—people have to inhabit under
ground.
What is fine in Paris, is ugly in
London ; and what is fine in London
is ugly in Paris, You ninst come to
Paris to si'e fine Houses; and to Lon
don to see fine Streets. Out of two
Englishmen that arrive at Paris, one
commonly admires its magnificence,
the other its ugliness. Two French
men going to London may receive the
like impressions. London is the city
of a sad, clean and reasonable people.
Baris, the city of a heedless, elegant
people. In Paris they love all that
is fine : they set too high a value upon
life, only to employ it in useful and
convenient pursuits—An Englishman
endeavors above all things to put him
self in good circumstances,hut with an
aukwnrdness peculiar to himself, lie
takes so much pains, that, provided
lie has gained his object, he is too
weak to go beyond it.
it t. iio< inure rhun forty years that
the city of London lias hero jimed,
or at least, it was so badly paved be
fore, that it was difficult to walk in
it. They could not ride in carriages
with less difficulty, on account ofthe
jolting. Pavements were not invented
in London through luxury, hut through
necessity. On tlie contrary, Paris has
been this long time well paved, and
fir tli’s very reason they have not thot’
o p. v ments.
i he people of Paris get up, at least,
an hour sooner than those of London.
In London, in wintertime, thesliops
are scarcely open at 9 o’clock in the
morning, it is a fact, worth being
remarked, that the several tradesmen,
and all the people of the lower class
are much more respectable in London
than in Paris. In Paris, a servant
will speak to his master w ithuut being
asked to speak ; the same in London,
would be looked upon as insulting.
They may compute handsome w omen
in London in the following manner;
out often common,one is pretty enough;
out of ten, pretty enough; one is
pretty ; out of ten pretty, one is hand
some:—beauty there, is in proportion
of one thousand to one. lti France,
pretty w omen are, perhaps, in as great
a number as in England; but the hand
some ones ore much more scarce. It
is true to say, that, ’ what is fine in
France, is much more so, than in any
country in the w orld.
The outskirts of the cities are ns
different Jn the interior. You are no
so; net- out of Paris, than you meet
with beautiful mails bordered with
trees. In England, plantations of trees
are only seen about the country seats
of the inhabitants ; the roads are uar
row and naked. The northern part of
London, by Ilamstend, has a striking
resemblance with Crimea or Tartaria;
there arc seen numberless meadows
stretching out in Hcribrdshire: hills,
valleys, mountains, are covered with
meadows : the meadows with trees, are
separated here and there by some little
hedges. On these meadows, close by
the city, there is a nightiy guard of
four or five thousand cows, in five or
six separate camps. The noise of coach
es, the bellow ing of flocks, the labours
of rural and pastoral life, the show oi
luxury, and the opulence of the city—
no—no other country presents so cu
rious and strange an assemblage.
London Taper.
MORE FRE.WH BUR-A'JJVGS.
Arrived r.t New-York, Captain A.
Lucia, of the Portoguezo brig Count
St Lawrence; he was informed by
Captain Davis, ofthe British schooner
Alert, from Antigua for Halifax [whom
he fell in with on the 17 ult. in lat. 86,
23, longitude 71, that previous to his
sailing from Antigua, part of the crev
of aii American Indi&inan arrived
there, the ship having been taken off
Madeira, and burnt by two French
frigates.
Philad. Paper
THE FREJYCII DECREES.
JOURNAL
OF AMOS FOttEMA.X,
Os M, oiiu iifrart Musat /iutett.
Part owner of the schr. Polly, Capt.
Deli lie, which Schooner with her
cariro, was burnt by the French.
March 3, 1812—Captured by the
•French brig Mameluke, in company
with two frigates, at -1 r. m. were scut
tled and burnt.
4—At 3 p. m. they sunk the
Portuguese ship , from Brazil,
bound to Lisbon: a fine ship, with a
rich cargo, worth together at least
8230,000.
3—Nothing uncommon.
6 — At 3 p. m. saw a sail to
windward; gave ehase, they fortu
nately escaped from us in the night.
7— At 10 a. m. sail to lee
ward; at 3 p. m. came up with her;
she proved to be a schooner under
American colours ; after consultation
with tlie officers, she was discharged
at It p. m. The French division lay
too all night.
- m. the division
made sail, standing to the westward,
leaving their old ground, from which
we supposed tlie schooner had brought
information to tlie commodore. At 4
p. m. saw two sail: made no chase.
. 9—Still standing W. lat. of
St. Bartholomews; 3 r. m. saw the
small island of Barbuda.
thing new.
ll—At 2 r. m. came up with
three sail; one small American schr.
33 tons, from the West-Indies for Mid
dletown, where she belonged ; had Ice
boards, which was in balast, and per
mitted to pass. The 2d an English
brig, blfrck crew, supposed a Bermudi
an. The 3d, an English schr. of to
guns, these two were immediately sunk
—colours flying, and all sail set.
12 —Standing \V. N. \V.
saw no sail.
the Middletown selir. before dismissed
did not stop her.
tj— *w ij m fX'trftO',
ivWc-n we sent aboard of the commo
dore ; he answered, hy promising to
give us the first prize in pay for our
schooner.
10 a. m. came up with her,she proved
to lie the Alonzo, [not Joan, as men
tioned yesterday] Capt. of
Portsmouth, from the West-Indies,
hound home, [Mr. Dowdy who was
mate, and two men, are now in Balti
more ; Capt. , and rest of the
crew remain on board the French fri
gates.] At 2r. ji. having taken seve
ral puncheons of rum out, they sunk
the Alonzo.
Nothing material happened till
the frigates, [as before stated] Mame
luke brig then stood K. under easy
sail; w itliout accident or adventure
till
23—When in lat. 29, 9, lon.
61, 30, fell in with and hoarded selir.
Swift, Capt. Catlin, from Algesiras
hound to Baltimore. The commander
of the Mameluke, soon declared the
Swift to be a good prize; took from
her a tew casks of wine; then gave
half the vessel and cargo to us, as the
indemnification promised by Lieu. Ga
labert, in the absence of Iris commo
dore. for we had not seen the frigates
since the gale ; then gave us the certi
ficate of wliieh the follow ing is a cor
rect copy.
MARINE.
The Brig of Itis Majesty the Jlfumelutke, com
mamied by Mans. Calaber., Lieu, ite Vuis-
Seail.
The Lieutenant de Van. command
ing the brig of war. the Mamelucke.
belonging to the Emperor of the
French, having detained on the 25th
March. 1812, in lat. 30. N. lon. 61, W.
(lie American schooner Swift, of New-
York, coming from Gibraltar, bound
to Baltimore, and having touched at
Algesiras in Spain, considering that
this vessel is a good prize , according to
the orders of his majesty, which are to
consider as such all those, which sail
from or are destined f r ports hostile
to France ; 1 have detained the said
schooner, which nevertheless I release
for particular reasons, on condition
that a moiety of the vessel and cargo
shall belong to her captain and crew,
and the ether moiety to Mr. Delille,
L'apt. of the American schooner the
Fully, lately captured by the said brig,
on her voyage from the United States
to St. B; i t ho! mews, whose vessel has
been burnt. The later shall divide
the proeeeus of his hah’ with the crew
of the schooner Polly in propertied i
the interest which it has in thix vi„B
for which purpose 1 have receive,! M
parole of honor ofthe two
follows— ■
We swear before God, who ud
us, and upon our most saerett woriid :
honor, to conform ourselves exa ( d
with the intentions ofthe eoiiiiuamjdt
of the brig tlie Mamelucke, am] and
ther to cause nor procure any olisud ‘
in their execution. *
In faith whereof we have xiet-edd ’
present. ■ i
HARMAN CATLIN ■
FRANCOIS DELlLld’
Seen by the commander of the
melucke. ■
[t. s.] J. M. GALABERT.I
On the Bth April, lat. 34, long.‘d
30. saw a sail, 12 miles distant; U;d
nearly out of provisions, myself, id
Dowdy, mate of the late Alonzo, id
Francis, mate of the lute Polly. B
own] a Portuguese, boatswain of and
fine ship sunk, two of the Polly's ,td
Alonzo’s crews, ami one ofthe >v, and
crew, took the long hunt and rowed
the strange sail, in hopes of sitpnkH
hut not without great danger of ■
being lost. At 3v. m. made the vfl
which was the brig Semiramis, Lml l
hill, of Folly Landing, Virginia, v.
treated us very kindly. Having 1-1
sight of the Swift, she proceeding ;■
Baltimore, v.e went on hoard the >’.-l
tniramis. K
April It—Arrived at Folly Laid
ing: w here Capt. Underhill hamate
procured us passages in a by c;rJB
bound up to Baltimore. ■
April 13—Arrived in Baltimore, I
good health. I
AMOS FOREMAN. I
Bat:’.:, lore, April 17, 1813. 8
Mr. Foreman further informs ml
that the Frenchmen said umoiie tiß
vessels destroyed since they iefß
France in January last, was the Bril
tish ship Geneious Planter, of 40*
tons, to guns and 20 men from Mailul
ra, bound to the West-luuies, had 4<v|
pipes wine, was scuttled and sunk bel
fare the capture of the Polly of New
buryport.
WILMINGTON. [N. C.j April i;,
An unfortunateocoirreree tooki iat
in our river on the 13th inst. widen hr. < I
in no small degree excited the feeliur
of every one in this town.—Mr, Er.*;.,
who commanded Gnu-Boat No. ißi, I
which lay at anchor below Brunswick, I
liad received orders to prevent any v n I
til-1 I tom rr,,b j'-;n RCt. ■
The brig Mount Vernon, in ballast,*
under tlie command of capt. Charles I
Dexter, bad arrived the day before I
from Barbadoes, and lav at anchor no- I
positethe New* Inlet, in the morning, I
capt. Dexter got under weigh so pru- I
eeed up to town, with (lie wind north- I
east and flood tide—capt. Dexter, white I
unsecncious of being subjected to any!
suspicion, nr placed in a situation that I
required the scrutiny of ti.e officer o*‘l
the Gun-Boat, received three musket I
shots from her; the second lodged a. I
hall in his thigh, at;! the third shot I
struck the long-boat on deck. An in I
vesti ration oftz.is distressing event was I
made by three gentlemen, at the r< -1
quest of Lieutenant Thomas N. Gar.- I
tier, commandant or. this station ; the
result of which appears to be, that
Mr. Drew, under the impression which
was also entertained hy-Messrs. Ham
mersleyand Belt, midshipmen on board
at the time, that the brig intended to go
out over the New Inlet, gave orders to
a marine to fire ahead *i’ her at ! it .
30 yards, to bring Iter too; that tit.’;-
shots were fired before tlie brig hove
too. The marine acknowledged, [of
which there was abundant other evi
dence to the same point] that he was
strictly ordered not to tile at the huil
of the vessel, and said he could ac
count for the unhappy accident only
from the rolling of the Gun-Boat in .
heavy sea, the powder hanging fire and
the agitation of Ids 1; aids, [which >i*‘
says always tremble whenever he at
tempts to fire.] There was also evi
dence that the brig headed easterly, as
if intending to go out of the New Inlet
before the first fire, though she waa
not then under full way j after the Ksst
fire, she headed as if bound up the fi -
ver; after tlie second fire, she clew‘*;l
up her main-top-sail and liorc down IVr
the gun-boat; after the third fire, she
hove to, and the gun-boat’s cumins’
within hail of Iter, she dropped anchor.
Mr. Drew, when informed oi capt.
Dexter’s being wounded, expressed his
extreme regret at the cirenmstaue ,
went on board the briir, and offered
every assistance in his power.
We have the pleasure to state, that
capt. Dexter, whose sufferings have
excited so general a sympathy, is on
the recovery.
Blanks of every de
scription executed with neatness
ar.d despatch, at the office oi’ the
American Patriot.