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jUGUSTA-nimm by daniel starnes & Co.
i ICAL VIhWS.
The following letter From a
(tni'etnan in Englaf'tl cxpia.ns,
i„ drone colouis, ihe pa it and
Ito con«Jua of the Britifl.
Lnifliy 1. is wr.uen by aa
“ bfer ver on the spot—addressed
w a full blooded American to
aUdeman in South Carolina,
under dare of February 25.
it p 0 t some months duting
the latl year, I fcajeely dared
10 flatter royfelf that a period
mc favorable to my views
vould take place in any reason..
tble tuTe ; as I could not Lung
m\fclf 10 believe, from the ap.
pcarance of things, that any cir
cumHances copld happen which
vouid change the very haughty
lone the adminifiration of this
country had aflumed towaids
America* r ihe unexpected ri
ling which took piece in June
lafl, in Spain, in oppolition to
the doings thereof Napoleon,
jeemed.to have infatuated them,
one might have fuppoled, from
the delirium which pervaded
the nation, that the French had
been entirely driven out of that
country ; that they would never
be able to return to it; and that
this country was to poflels Spain
*nd all its poHellions as eliettu
ally as if they wt i e colonies to it.
Holts of conmniflioners and en
voys arrived Horn that country,
they weie fealied and treated ju
»o of the pub
lic dinners given to them, our
country and preiident were
hilled, when an attempt was
made to,give them a toall. Wt
were told in the papers of the
pa% that Great Britain Could
• do without us; that the embar
go injured none but ourselves;
that they had a vent sot all then
manufactures, of much greater
coolequence ihan the United
Slates; in fhoit, we were cotn
f!t(ely put in the back ground
•*■l hings coutinued in this way
thioughout the fumrner; the
evaneicent fuccels of the Biittlh
inns in Portugal added to the
eulion. 1 lmothy Pickering’s
. r had arrived, it was printed
‘n a.t the papers, and large quan.
,u ' c “ °f pamphlets containing it
' Cfe dilperled in every pan ol
ei fee kingdoms.. Accounts
daily publilhjng here, tak
CR horn papers inimical to the
of the Unitec
la ‘ e *» diflentions in the eal
Cfaliatesj ol threats being made
! dl[lo i ve >l>c uninn ; and pol.
,‘‘ |V C prances were received,
“ il . u lbe p:efidtmial elett.on
“0 terminate in favor of the
j( , tralli I U » that Mr. Jelfer
‘ a "d the republican party
v " d f be, «adrift; indeed, lome
- 0 grofijy deceived by the
accounts given in ihcle
ers i oi the liiuaiiott ofour af~
, r *’ asto believe that our coun
j/* as . ln a tair way of return
C o tt e allegiance she had for
off-
boafl, C ' e lhi, ‘ 8s their
, ln g intolerable. J never
K ‘**y dmemore difagrcea
1 • a n when my buiinels cal
lfceir P°hll
-( 1 ' t * ui eari y , 11 ‘ November
T^Wh ni °r' l^ ramhcrtacc *
france, u- f lhe en »P«o*ot
tt.vec). ° Us e Q^l atu re was re.
<tt Cr ' announced his
of carrying bia
MIRROR OF THE TIMES
arms into Spain and Portugal;
and as he is known to be a man
who is generally punctual in per
forming thole kinds ol promi
ses, some conftderable men here
began to be apprehenlive for
the fafety of the Britilh army in
Spain. It was alio foreleen,
that, owing to a failure of the
crop, there would be a scarcity
of bread, and that as the peris of
the continent were lliut, and an
embargo, existed in the United
States, no great relief could be
looked for from those quarters ;
be tides, every article wanted for
the navy, and many in their
manufactures, were rising to
moll enormous prices, and lome
of the firft necelfity weienot to
be had at any price. About this
time also, accounts were receiv
ed from your fide of the w aiter,
which Hated, that the chance ol
the lederaiilts obtaining polfei
fion of the government was
more than doubtful.
64 in this lituation of things,
the minidry leaned unwilling to
meet parliament ; its meeting
was prorogued Horn time to
time, probably in hopes that
lomething favorable might turn
up; but thele hopes have been
diluppoinicd and that molt woe
fully ; lor you will have leen by
the public papers, that a total
overthrow ot ihe at my sent to
ufiilt the Spaniards is ti e lata)
.dull of tha> more than Ou xo
"v
i;c exi fvluiri'i • »ij-»f ■*- • . **-■
iiftnie aimics which were luted
to have been railed by the Span
laids theuifelves have been
twept away, and that count rv
tus fubanned to the aims of
•he Emperor. Polhtive ac.
counts were also received, that
Mr. Madison had been elevated
to the preftdency, by an over
whelming majority. This was
an event lo d.fferent from what
the minillry and its followeis
bad been led to expert by their
agents in America, that many
became outrageous, and Tnno.
thy Pickering’s letter ana the pa
pers opposed to your adminiL
iration, and their editors were
loaded with execrations for hav
ing raised hopes which were all
blalied. It was laid lhat theie
deceptions 01 iginate cither in ig
norance of the Hate of ihe coun
try, or frem dclign, aid that
in either case, they were hereaf
ter unworthy ol any ueutt bcm 0
given to them.
44 As the meeting of Parlia
ment could not be put oil be
yond January, the miiiiiliy
had to meet it then in this toi
iotn lituation ; and as if their
troubles were not great enough, j
an unexpected affair appealed
to add lo their cnit><iilalimem.
T he duke ol \ oik was he.uup
to the nation by MtsCiaik as ha.
ving in the molt fcandalousu>an- j
ner, been concerned wi-h he» in
a traffic of Iclling places in the j
army, and applying the money j
thus Ihamefuily obtained to their
private plealures. Theie things
all happening together, have j
worked a change here in the
mind of the nation, that can j
only be conceived thole [
who are witntlies of it. We j
hear no mofe ilhnaturtd things
iavifhcd on our country; on
•he contrary, many able men j
in both lioules cl parliament, ;
have tpeken in the leve relt !
teims of reproach again!: the
mtntilry, for not accepting the
44 HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” Shakespeare.
WEST END OF BROAD-STRFET.
j offers made by tbe president it
; August la It 9 for fettling thedil
| putcs between tbe two nations
j and the minillry appear to bavr
fo confounded by theft
powerful attacks, 6c tbeir otbei
misfortunes, that it is now con
fidently aliened, that a mellen
| ger has been lent to America, to
1 direfit the minister there to fettle
the exifling differences as soon
as poff.ble, and on the terms
; that have heretofoie bun scouted
,at by this minijlry. If this is so
j I expetl to hear of a good uti.
i derftanding being soon eflab.
! Itfhed ; for, as the claims of
1 our government on this, were
founded in justice, they will,
while they continue firm, in
biking nothing tncre than they
did when Mr. Canning was deal,
ing out to our mtnifter here,
, thole farcafhc remarks which
| appear in his letters just pub
hfhed, and which certainly re~
fled no credit on him or on
his country. Presuming that
I the information I h ive received
is authentic, that the embargo
j will be railed, & that a change,
| favorable to our cdrntnerce wuh
this country, will fov n take
place; you will naturally wish
to know what my opinion is,
relpefclmg that commerce, I
will theiefore, merely lay, that
I a 11 kmds of meals, flout i ice and
| wheat will bear a good profit,
at lead till the new crop comes
! 5 p \ i> t.r.vub*, next ; and if
j ‘bat is not very abundant, the
i P' *CCS will kumuiuv. iu o»_
1 hts remaik will alio apply, as
to prices, to ltaves, timber, na~
vai Itores, and generally to ail
our raw materials except cot
ton ; but 1 cannot fay any thing
very favorable for it, 1 h a v e
learnt a tact heie fincemv am.
va , which I Wt»s ignorant of be
fo.e, which is, ,hat full hall of
the cotton icceived from the
U. States w'as no further man
u ladurcd here, than to be lpun
into yarn, in which bate it was j
exported to the continent, and
made into cloih in Germany
and other parts of the continent.
As this trade is enineiy cut off
at present, (for it is an article
100 Lutky io admit of being
‘rnuggled to advantage} that
vent j a (topped ofcourfe. Ihe
; two crops ot cotton which you
j have now on hand, will be more
• than can be tailed by the manu.
factu;es here in the piefent uu
letud Hate of things, i lie con
lequencc 1 draw from this is,
lua; it will be very iow after a
laige quantity arrives, and per.
haps wi|| not afford any profit
u> ihoi e vvho ship it,”
President Ma 3l »on’» Heplv
To the Resolutions of the repub
lican cniz.-ns of several towns in
tlie county of Hancock, dated
Washington, March 15 1809,
£ir,
I have received the resolutions
of the 23d of February, conveyed
through you, by the meeting of in - !
habitance from the towns of Eden, ■
Trenton and Mount Desert in
the county of Hancock, in the Btate
of Massachusetts.
The determination expressed by
the meeting to maintain theautho*
my of the iaws and national rights
hec omeg citizens who V .io.v their ;
Uuty and love their country.
In referring die emu nts
of our put)lic situniiu , to the -
wrongs of foreign pov>«. they
have equally shewn that y un
der: and the real so r ti ’.'.cm'
and tiojustico-w ibci. . li *
nent which has been constant in its
ndeavours to avert, or terminate
hose aggressions.
I cannot ton' much applaud the
rttachment which these resolutions
manifest to the uuion, and that
*sp.’ct for the w ill of the mljnritv,
exercised through the constituti
onal organs, which alone van pre
serve that or any other system of
iree government. The union of
these states, cannot in truth be too
highly valued, or too watchfully
cherished. It is oor best barrier
against danger from without, and
the only otic against those armies
and taxes, those wars and usur.
paiions, which so readily grow out
of the jealousies and ambition of
the neighboring and independent
states. These leflections ure pro
per at all times, but they ought
at the pkcscot, more particularly
to repress even a:i appearance ol
disorganizai ion, tending to tn
comage a perseverance in foreign
aggressions, or designs against
our peace, our rights, or our hon
or. *
For the personal regard and con
fidence expressed towards me, I
tender my thanks and good wish
es.
James Madison.
Davis JVaigat, esq.
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.
A letter from St. Bartholomews,
June 3, says—We have most dread
ful accounts Os an insurrection of
the blacks at Jamaica, two thirds
of which island are said to be in
their possession. The troops are
going down from Mardniquc to
assist in suppressing the insurgents
■ [This news is contradicted in an
other print]
STATE OF HAYTI.
GENERAL ORDER OF TUB ARMY.
Thursday 18 1/i May, 180 y, year
6/A. (There has been no general
order of the cirmu since the 4 t/i
A pul.)
Tlie I ort of the rebel John Du
goticr, and the four camps which
surrounded it, and which were si
tuated on the plantation Sabourin
;tu Baucassin, have just been car
ried by a coup de main, by maj.
geneial Peter Toussamt. Iho
! rebels have been routed, and ow
| ed their escape only to the quick
| ness of flight over the precipices,
| abandoning their arms, artillety,
ammunition, effects, &c. The pa
pers containing the correspondence
of John Dugotier with the chiefs
ul the rebels, and his register booh
el letters, have been taken.
Two pieces oi iron cannon, one
a twelve pounder, the oilier a four,
a large quantity of amumtion, car
tridges, and implements ot artille
ry, together with a number of pri
soners, both men & women are the
irutts of this brilliant expedition.
i'he troops employed did uot all
participate in the action ; the 3d
regnucut only was engaged.
i hese happy effects are due to
the wise dispositions ul gen. Feter
Toussant, who praises very much
the intrepidity of the commander
Francisco V ictor, and the 3d regi
incut, who so well seconded lmn.
This expedition being so well
terminated, the troops have re
turned to tiieir respective canton
ments.
Done at head quarters, at the
Cape, the lath May, 1809, sixth
year ol the independence.
Chief oi the Staff.
F. HO M A IN,
Examined and approved ot by
iikNRY Chklsl OHHE.
The Committee to whom was ref cr
ied on the 3U< ultimo , the peti
tion of sundry American prison
ets, conjtned under sentence of
slavery, at Carthagenu , in Sautd I
America » S
REFOAT—
TmaY it appears from the
.tateObcltt of die podUouers, they
■u,:c t i>y vanop* miareprescuta- j
vi >cs ki i dej/^ , - l °n®, incautiously |
. t*vn service cl general \
x *
MONDAY, July 17, 1809.
Miranda, in an expedition, hostile
in its intent im, again>t some of the
Spanish set'lrments, in South A
merica. That they were engaged
under various pretence* of serving
thejr country, and acting in con
formity to its laws , some ostensi
bly were to go to N. Orleans, and
act as guards to the United States
mail ; others were to follow their
d'fferent mechanical professions in
that country and the residue were
engaged for a direct voyage to St.
j Domingo, and back to New-York
and that they had no suspicion that
they were engaging fn a hostile
| enterprise against a nation in ami
i ty with the United Nr a tes-
That according'y the petition
ers were embarked at New York,
in the month of February 180^,
' on board the ship Leander, Tho
mas Lewis, commander. That
v hen the vessel had got to sea
1 grnernl Miranda, By the name of
Martin assumed the chief com
mand, and several other persons,
till then unknown to the petition
ers, appeared as officers on board;
That the petitioners were carried
to Jacmt l, in the island of St. Do-,
mingo, where they were exercised
in military duty by Miranda and
his officers, under the most arbitra.
ry stretch of power. That at J ic
mel several a temp s wri6 m ule to
escape, which proved abortive,
guards having been placed in all
the passes and every pietauttoa
taken to prevent it.
That at Jacmel, Miranda pro
cured two schooners, on board
of which the petitioners were pla
ced, which schooners together
with the Leander, proceeded about
the last of March, in the same year,
under the command of Miranda,
for the not them parts of South
America, and at rived on the coast
of Terra Fiona in the Jailer part
of April following.
That on their arrival on the said
coast, the two schooners, on boaid
of which the petitioners were pla
c'/l, were captured by two Spanish
ai med vessels. That the petition
ers, together with ten others, were
convicted by the Spanish tribunal
at Porto Cavello, of piracy, from
the circumstances of su ptcion chat
attached to their situation, and not
from any act of thai kind commit
ted by them. That the ten other*
above mentioned were sentenced
to death ; and the petitioners, »om e
of them to tight and others ten
years slavery, the pu n i»hment of
which sentence they are now fcu f_
sering under heavy irous, aud oih
er circumstances of distress, pain
ful to the feelings of humanity to
relate.
The committee under a persua
sion that the facts stated by rhe pe
titioners are substantially true, and
on a full view of. air the circum
stances of thijLcase arc induced to
sobmitthe following resolution for
tfie consideration of the house ;
Bcsoivtd, T#£it the President
of the United States be requested
to adopt the most, immediate and
efficacious means in his power, to
obtain the liberation of the petiti
oners, if it appeal* to his satisfea
tion, that they were involun>arily
drawn imo the uulawfui euterpnze
in which they were engaged,* and
that dollar* be appropiia*
ted to that purpose.
FOR SALE.
At the lower end of Green utreet*
Good Lumber
Os all kinds by
PETEK BO U ITET,
June 2ft.
~~ _ 1,1 ' am
notice.
The Subscribers to the Richmond
Jockey Club, who are in arrearages
are requested to call aud pay iheii*
Subscnp ions immediately, or they
will Hud them placed to the hands .
of an officer for Collection Utt
longer indulgence can be givm
J. HAMILTON, Treasurer
[No. 40.]