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VOL. V.
AUGUSTA— printed BY DANIEL STARNES & Co. west end of broad-street.
p torn the Liverpool Advertis
er > o f Aug. 8.
After a long period of
fearful suspense and aax- |
ious expectation the dis
pute between this country
and America has at length
reached a crris, of whiclt
we have long since expreff
cd our apprt hensions.
The President of the U.
States has ifi'ued a formal
rnd unqualified declaration ;
of war, without leaving 1
any alternative to negocia- ,
tion, or any opening to con- j
cihation. The Message of j
the President to Congress, \
preceding the difeussions
which ended in resolutions
of hostility, has been pub
lished along with the de
claration ot war, and will be 1
found in our laid page* It is ■
undcudtedly one of the a
bltfi Hate papers which e- 1
veriffued from the Ameri
can government, and mud
be allowed by every jserfon
who is capable of exercis
ing any candor on the feb
ject, to make out a very
strong case againfl this
country * Some of the ac- 1
cufations againfl us, are, of
course, highly exaggerated
and others, peihaps, admit
of a fatisfactoty answer;
but till the other side is
lieaid it lerves a most irre
sillable impreflion in favor
of the American cause.
Unless great allowance is
made for the peculiar cir- 1
cumflances of the case, and
a great latitude of conduct
is granted to the peculiar
emergencies cfour situation
no reply to the charges a
gainit us has any chance of;
being heard. On the re- :
ccived principles of public
law and international justice :
We have no chance of jufti- J
fication.
I
It has now become a
matter of anxious inquiry,
what effect vv ill be produ- j
ced on the American Coun
cils, by a knowledge of our
revocation ot the rcflrictive
decrees which produced all
this miftbief. Thole who
Would never believe that
America would be exasper
ated into fpontaaeous hos
tility, by any accumulation
id giiva.ccs now affect to
think that all her warlike
de nurciatioi.s will end
in nothing. '1 he very fii tt
intelligence cf cur altered
policy, they think, will as
readily pacify her anger
as the sudden offer ofa cruft
of bread will sometimes
oalni the rape ofa provoked
mall iff. q His opinion, if
it is founded on the lu
perficilal reasoning, is at
li 11 authorbed by no ex
leritnce We can cerive
oo cenlolation from reflec
ting on the prog re 1> ot the
MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
✓
“ HOLD THE MIRROR up to nature —Shakespeare.
lafl quarrel which took
place between this coun
, try and Amerca.—ln a
commercial republic, the
i love of gain is a strong
principle, but the national
pride of rising greatness is
often much stronger. \Ve|
cannot forget the reasonings
and the feeling which pre-
J vailed at the opening of!
the lad American war ; and j
we cannot contemplate!
without great dismay their
extreme finailarity to thole
which prevail at present.
When the miniilry of that
time, by a transition which
the proud usually expe- j
rience when relolutely op
. posed, palfed from tire exr !
tremeothaught ineis to that |
| of conciliation, every one
mufl recollect the event. —
All the concessions which
i
, were then lavilhed on A
merica, the fmallelt of
which would have been
fufficient to pacify her at an
earlier period, were rejected
with disdain when the sword
was once drawn. After
spending ioo millions of
money, and a walle of hu
man life wl\ich admits of
no calculation, we arc ob
liged to defeend to condi
tions which America her- ’
felf has not presumed to
hope for in the begining of
the contest.
THE JUNO FRIGATE.
His Britannic Majeffy’s
lbip the Juno frigate armed j
at all points, arrived in our
Bay a few days since as a
flsg of truce. —The port ad - !
miral having performed his
duty agreeably to the orders
ot the commander in chief
of the forts and harbour,
nothing remained wanting
to afford every comfort to
j the Hag, and respect for the
I sacred character in which
she had arrived. But, if ap -
pears that the more we lion -
i orably indulge the repre
i fenratives of the Englifn na
tion, the more we aie insul
ted and abused by their te
merity and disrefpeft.—
t The innate laws of the ci
vilization, it is ttue, awards
■ to the messengers of peace,
at lead; the right of hospita
lity j a<ft of ours towards
tiie Juno, has evinced that
disposition towards her.—
Then, how (hall we* re
concile the fad, that the
officers of the jta»9arcatthis
moment actually employed
in founding the channels of
the entrance of our harbor
and taking actual surveys of
the different dispositions of
our encampments ; the va
rious dsllanccs, (Length arid
situation of our forts ; and
I vve ate inform"d, that this
j< vvitb a view to the pro
-1 grch of the ffciet expeui
liOu which is now fitting
out at Halifax, and f«r
which an embargo has been
laid in that port, for the re
quisite period. We do not
hesitate to fay that the mod
prompt and efficient depts
will be taken to render
j this ungenerous and daflard
ly con dud of the comman
der of the funo of
fry consequence. Nothing
; however, more clearly clu
! cidates the double treachery
and Carthagenian policy of
England as this does. She
holds out the olive branch
in ortc hand, and with the
other she cuts our throats !
j There ij but one remedy
which can be safely purfu
-1 ed to counteract this dan*
gerous admission of cartels
and flags of truce, so fre
quently, and no other end
under Heaven, than to
deceive and take the ad- i
vantage of our credulity or
weakness. That remedy, j
jwe have no doubt will be
pairfued by the competent
authority. The lesson, |
which we have already re
ceived from England, teach
us, that we have nothing to ;
hope from her jufiice and
every thing to tear from
her treachery . Let the re- i
1 membrance of Copenhagen j
be engraven upon theme- j
mory of our citizens ; the 1
Juno is the meflenger of a
similar catastrophe in anti
cipation. She is founding
our waters, and by the time !
her nmffenger arrives from
! Washington, (he will be
1 able to fail, and meet Admi
ral IVar'en halfway, with
1 her bearings, flats, and foun
i dings, as a precursor to an
attack upon New-York, &
the entrance of our harbor
by a Britiih fleet— if they
can. N. T. Phot nix.
STATE OF ENGLAND.
1 Extract of a letter from an
Amarican gentleman in
England, to his friend in
this city dated.
London Aug. lz.
“ Permit me to lay in a
few words, that language
can give but an imperfect
idea of the horrid (late of
the I land. Should we at
home continue our war a
gainltold England and sup
port it with firm patriotic
jrinciples, in one 12 months
fl;e is a ruined country. —
j The want of prov: ions is
j really dreafol, Flour is up
*to 11 ox per bd. The crops
i in this country have failed
: throughout, in consequence
Jof tiie conilant rains and
1 cold. I his day i« as
coid as a November day
I with us.
“ There ha, Seen a %re,n
confuion lire about Ameri
, can Blips that have had per
mission to ile part for Am;ri
ca, with nuaufactur*d
i
goods under Britilh licences,
j Every possible means have
; been attempted by the go
vernment to lay hold of
{them, in order to hold the
I property until they could
hear how the revocation of
the orders in council would
be received in America ;
but the lincences having
been granted priror to the
; receipt of the declaration of
war, this government could
find no pretext to flop the
property, without forfeiting
in fomc meufure, \\\z nation
al character and honor. To
day an order has at length
been issued to permit them
to proceed, I prefutne, from
this circuirltance, that the
privy council and lord of
the admiralty have made a
compromise, as the latter
gentleman claimed the ves
! sels as a droit of admiralty.
Many vessels tint had failed
were brought back, have
Ito day received orders for
departure. 1
“ I hope soon to hear of
some dashing exploit of our
little but brave navy, and
a!fo of our army in Canada.
If we have not flruck the
blow ere this time, we ought
1 to be sacrificed.
“ The prevalent opin
-1 ion here is, that upon the
1 news of the revocation of
the late orders in council,
the United States govern
ment will relax in their
I war measures ; but I am of
opinion that when the Pre
sident fees that those orders
’ were not revoked in confc
-1 quenceof any remonffranccs
; from our government, but
ifiom a representation of the
; horrid dir’ticfs occasioned by
; those orders in the manufac
turing dillricts, and the dis
position throughout the Is
; land tor rebellion, lit will
pay no attention to (hair
profefiions. Now is the
time to fit ike the blow, ie
trieve our 101 l character as
a nation and regain our rights
so unjuilly robbed from us.
Notwithflanding this perfi
dious government is holding
cat a disposition to accom
modate, flie (till captures
our vessels and impress our
j Teamen. This day, the
fie ward of the (hip Swan
wick, ot Philadelphia, was
impressed, after having ex
hibited his regular protec
tion, which was torn before
his face, and he dragged on
board the Tender. Dues
not such oppression and vil
lainy make the blood in the
veins ot every man boil, and
call, out fo* redress ?
4 ‘ This vve have it in our
power to taku*, and now is
the moment."
Whig.
Letters have been receiv
|e i from Gen* f hurifon of
MONDAY, November 9,1812
as late date as the 12th
October at which tunc iiis
head quarters were at Frank
iinton, Ohio. On reach
ing Gen Winchester with
the army under him at Fort
Defiance on the evening of
the 2d inst. lie had the
mortification to learn that
the enemy had patted there
or four days before. Gen.
Winchester met them the
day after his departure from
Fort Wayne, but kept his
force so well prepared for
action that they dared not
attack him. In the courfc
of the march, in skiiiiiifh
ing, he loti an ensign and
fix privates killed and one
wounded. Gen. Harriibn
was employing hinjfeJf with
the greatell zeal in arrang
ing depots of provisions,
clothing 6cc opening roads,
building boats, erecting
block houses, £cc. prepara
t< ry to his march to the bor
ders, whither he proposed
• to proceed in a day or two.
Fort Wayne had been again
besieged by the Indians,
after the main body of the
army left it, and again re
lieved. Several or the Mi
ami and other Indians had
come in to Gen Marrifon,
& thrown themfelveson the
mercy of the government,
agreeing to abide by the de
cision of the Prasident in
relation to them, whatever
it might be.
Nat Intel.
Copy of a letter from Major
"Jessup and James Taylor ,
Act. 3>j M. Gen, N. IV,
Army, in this city dated ,
CINCINNATI!, OHIO, 7th Oct. isl».
SIR,
Your letter has been re
ceived requesting from us a
corroberation of Col. Cafs’s
statement to the Secretary
of War, of the surrender of
the north wedern army;
We have read the Colonel's
statement vvt‘h attention,
and rind it a pretty c ;rrect
hiftory oi our situatien, al
though we have ooferved
that fbue impotti.it facts
have been omitted, and oth
ers foincwhat inaccurately
dated. Wc have also read
and examined the official
report of General Hull, and
have found it abounding in '
inaccuracies and miftate
rnents : the general has not
only underiated his own
force, but has; in our opin
ion, magnified infinitely
that «f the enemy, and en
-1 numerated dangers and diffi
culties that exiited only in
imagination.
That the means within
o ir power were not proper
ly app*icd, is a melancholy
fact ; and tne army wa 3 un
necessarily fieri fired, and
that the A nerican arms dif
•»raced* none but the bale &
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No. 212.