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[VOL. I.] 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.]