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£ a c | in a trice, and
lu t v >\*cd down to t.ht
fquadrdM, before the Gun
.Boats could poiliblv han
come within gun (hot of hei
even if an attack had been
meditated. The fact is that
‘if the frigate ~had h?ld gun
boats in as little estimation
fotne.of our wiseacres, &
" kept at her anchorage, the
-Tetter favored by the calm,
and the advantage of diftancc
would have succeeded in
* capturing her, without ant
disparagement to the bravery
* *nd good conduct of her of
ficer and crew.
* Nor. Her.
from a Ut« London Paper.
|«,- ua»y 5.
I f » con(fqiience of an at
made ycfteiday, un
de« the di etlion of the Air
,e, no person, either na'ivc
or foreigner, is to be peiroitteu
to ernba k for America in fu
tu e without licence.
,J Lt. Col. Patterson, who latel)
ytired. Lorn the quaiter.matter
gtll rraT* department at hea<>
, after a 'ei vice of tnord
than fvf y years, has been ap
pointed’ Lieutenant GovernO
.'•t Qi'e!.ec ; ' . '
... «*o i ifmuation in a mor
ning paper it wou'd seem tb
mean 10 (hew that no
. tice was, lent cut to our com
tttundfts on the ft ali ens nca
* the 'ear of hoftdi.tiev so early a?
*• M'ayd.lf, of i-he itmoinanipro
of a rupture with Acne
ric'i, and that they were at tb
time fuct>i(bed with initrufclion
inruns sos a tigorotit re
tafia ion, the moment it fhouk
b*eak .'u*. Ir is 'added, tha
the Force which thev p IT fit
exceed d that of the American
the pro; onion of 85 to 14
Thjs is publfthed in a Lt?i I
which has. all the air of otfi: \
We trull that Minifte/s wt
concur, therefore, in an cnqui.i
mio the unaccountable in*c
tivity whicivhas taken place, S(
' afn« in the d fcovery of the re il
C: ; u(e cf the difr race which the
naval j power has inclined.—
•They cannot nr-an to fhelte*
them (elves under the pi«iful fun
icifugc of our naval fo>ce being
tnperior to the naval, so ~e of
the A'..Tier rcarr government,
when they mu't he av rre that it
WasagainliC' luinciciafd pieda*-
y ttons. th y had to provide. I
the An»e;ic .n rive»s had be*
%
pm into a ft.de of blockade 1
the month of June, hew (came
w u d hsve bern (lung ou< « i
•run piny merit, their Hopei of fu
4cjsi in their pitiful riavy won l
have hscn ‘ ajid bo •
,»H* and agric'u! un
'pities would avc been ciamoi
- an* for’ peace., Every lenti
mtn Atnecics f-pt*ok-. with at
tv»ni(Ument o! their fit cels, a»o
f«ys, that it is to the torpor o<
< Eiuldh hd nmi'Uition, iha
'.tSey have to,ale ifce ihe prefen
Ui 0 h lone of ib'* poo I**.
Munrtng Chronicle.
% . '
S It 1 P R U » 1. D 1 N O.
Intertill g memo »d.—li.jn a Londoi
Iho nr,*, , MO (| ck ‘hip b >i.
in k» gbtnd wa«-.\, U I jO9 tr* • !>•
t-5 b y»9r 01 ihe rc;gn ol H**hm
Tit v no*e fi-tuvr it bore, and w%t
} 1000 tons burthen, the total et M
. p a inure of which is estimated at
14,0001. Before this, 24 gun
1 ships were the largest in our navy,
nd those without port holes, ihe
, uos being on the upper deck on
y.
For the invention of fort holes,
1 nd various other improvements,
1 <•€ are, undoubtedly, indebted tc
the ingenuity of M, Decoa r ge ~an
eminent mechanic el Brest abom
’ he y«-ar 1400, in ihere‘gn of Lou.
1 • XII.
. a-
We find, however, that the
[ vessels .in which our illu *triou>
'Countryman, Sir Francis Drake,
» embark'd for the West lodic*, in
ne year 157'>, were of a very mfe
•or class; ihe Pasghabeing ot 7o
ons, and the Swan at 24 onl> ;
om which circumstance we may
naturally infer, that ft st rate ship
•id not become very general, com*
pirativtly speaking, un il a vcr>
c m date, alihV inQ.ieeuE.i
4. bv;th*s time. tl»c a unmeut o
hgisnd, in the naval
vas computed av 15,27 » men.
A first ra?e nun ot w ir, ofth
oresent day, requires above 70,00
cubic feet of limber, ami expemi
180,000 lbs ol rough hemp in th
cordage, &c. It is calculated tha
lie ground on whicb the timber
for a 74 gun ship would require-t*
•cow, would bi 5o acre* Tin
y due gradation* and prog re; si v*
inprovcmeiits, we fi >cl that the
art of ship building Ins attained its
iresciit high jxrf«ction. > j
robbery and murder.
A murder attended bv circom
aners of unparalrlied cruel y wa>
e<petrated on the inormog o
‘Vedriesday last in the Uppei
A man 00 gotm:
ome to dinner found his wifely* 1
■' g in ihe s'ablc with her ihioa-.
ut from e«r to ear, and her body*
•orriblv mangled, and her toUnt
nild ciws»- by, its throat also cut.
*ad its he >d anl limbs dr-ad fully
»iuised. inc child sid lives, bit
vt- f y lawn hopes are entertained •*!
!» leroverv- I'ne house was rob
'ed ot cash to the amount of six y
iollars, I'iie anguish ot the hus-.
,>aud and father o« hebok mg thi-.
ctacte it is imp »sdtde to ex*
ires*, and is equalled only by ihe
udigaauon <»1 the spectators that a
ouider so atrocious *».ould be
.oiiHiiiwed wi h impunity 111 open
daybght, fnd in a popular ueiglT
liOirioO l.— 1 lie murderers are not
yet dvico ed i b n burciy if there
bi any smisc cf duty among oar
police, who»e special province it is
10 watch over the person*! safety
ot the ct:ii.n-i, prompt fc? rlfi:;icn
ures will be ad up ed io
tuc Wjetclics before ;he public
Ot leans Gazette.
Philadelphia, March .10.
’ L ATF;b 1 rt M LEWIS I OWN
by ‘he lasi account J oin Levi
isiown it appeals tha: on Sun »-«
il tha k vding vessels had l> I
fie D lawarc, ixccptone ofth
chouiitt tenders, which on Suuda*
t*i look • fit Mmie q"eu belong
I *g ia sj<. Cvifafd ui i*uii#delphi
»c iVlonir q 4.,-u has oui «i<>
loO'h*, and might have escaped,
1 n Uni, Uv»t hear of the wsr, uu't**
iur her cap piv. Her caiguu
•ocf *0 be v.’oriu 1.5 >o,ooo*
Tha Petersburg Republic*!,
>S “ We und-rvtand th«r Cap ';
u .wreoce of ihe Hti* net wii| ,p» t d
y \»c ordered to take commuid o*
‘be ; (Jjn-mdiion, m pUee
!yf (J; ill-notion attnl* itlg •, who u
Uppdtoicd 11 Mjpei u cna »h
jbdiuling «f k 74, *aicli hti wid
|c nitmand wh< n finished.**
MOUTH WESTERN ARMY. *
Ciuliuithe, MarcuJa
1 he Indiana! lat-niulio imoi
with the Hii'ifti,
(have abe-dv ben on the wo k oi
r «7
.[dcitiuUion on ihe frouucu
- We hope that the mod effe&ual
1 meakires jvjll be adopted to fe’
‘cure the weftern territories a*
"'* ■ *
l gainft their depredations, and
. that the people on the frontiers
will not long remain exposed
,to the barbarity of the merciless
»savages.
i '* V
ten tr from u officer *f rank
( iiv—tU« Nortlv-W.ft rrt Army, to eac of
the Editor*, dated
* “ Miami Rapid*, March f.
i -r-Iml aoJpict are oii ine o, j>o
'fice bank. . Yesterday five of
t them fi'ed on two men, who
i were gathering grafi near the
old B info Fort. Oneoftheie
> men had a pfalin book in h s
1 vest pocket; the batfftruck i l ,,
and lodged agamtl the inner ‘
r cover next hts body. They, 1
made their escape over the ice. l
\t the fame fine, Lieut. Wal- i
*e% of the Pennfyivaoia line. I
va< gunning near them ; the
ifles were hea'd in q jick fnc |
ceflion, and poor Walker ha
not been (een ft nee. A fma
arty ofdifcovery h*s j ilt gon
>ut in search of him. ■„ It is ru 1
noimdWe, ihat?igh compa 1
• ties of regulars hay.e j jit arriv. I
-d at Maidn, & hat the militia |
and Indians are again called in ! j
P S. Poor Waikerhas been'|
found. He‘wag foot through j
the Heart, tomahawked * and,
His body is now in,i
. * >t
'camp. .' 1
Wadiington, City, April 7. <
We have announced a* a |
jfadt that oar government isc
in po(f tlion of a part of a
corrcfpondence
with the enemy* We did
n<>t fyy or even insinuate; 1
who or what party wcie’ im- 1
plicated *in the transaction 1
One of the factious prints
have intimated that this an- i
nunciation is an in/ult of- I
■ sered to the federal party. —
An ini'ult to federal party ! <
As how ? Have any leder-«
, adds been detected in atrea- t
fonable correspondence with 1
the enemy ? If they have |
we know not it ; me certain-j
ly sud not so. Tne proba- t
bility is, that the correfpoiu l
de ice iii q ieition has ;bcenc
between Bfituh agents herei
and their employers. In
wfi.it wVy can the develope
uiei-t of such traitoriouscor- 1
refpondence be ditlorted in-1
to an insult to the federal I
party ? Would the sac-j
tioos editors have us con-1
lidcr federalifls and Britiih'
agents as identified? Wej
(purn the idea ; the infinua-(
tion is unfounded. We arei
not among those who con- I
fu’ered all worth as confined 1
•to our own ranks; we re
(pea iionor.be mregrety wher.
fi'irfth'eni, as much as
we detest their opposite vices.'l
Never, Wt are proud to (ay
hiv© quf pages been pollu
ted by such an infiuuation
as is con veyed in the remark
to which we have alluded,
it had applied such a
remark to .-he party to which
we nave ihehunor *0 belong
it would have bcon talfe.—
And as it is, as applied to
the federal party by one of
themselves, it is ungenerous
it is unjtiit to them, to fay
the annunciation of the dis
! covcry of a treasonable cor
respondence with the enemy
is an insult to them. Thus
;it was that the federal party
were considered by thef
editors as insulted by the
disclosure of the infernal at
tempts of Britain to fever!
the union ; thus it was that
the federal party were im
plicated by the indifcrction
and the officiousnsls of
tlu ir friends in the alleged
co ilpiracy again(l the un
ion. We protested at the
time againit the frantic ra
vings which them filled the
factious prints : wc protest
now against the manner in
which the factious prints
undermine the (landing of
the party to which they
profeu to belong.. Os one
thing wcare certain * that
if the political exigence of
I
the federal party js proftra
red, as we think it very
poflible it will be in the
course of a year or. two,
they may look for the caule
of its annihilation in the
prostituted columns of their
own prints,
April 13*
Ruffian Mediation. ' <
It is itated in the Nor-:
I ,
them prints and we have
reason to believe it true, 1
chat James A. Biyard, kfq, >
it present a senator in Con-'
grefs from Delaware, is to
be one of the MitTion to!
Ruflia. He is an honorable
man ; one between whom
and the cause of his co\jn ry 1
tbe line has not been drawn. <
He was the man, the on*y
public cnan of the federal
party, who dared th*ow off
the trammels of fa&on, and <
boldly to avow, on the floor!
of the that, “ Tbere\
was ca use enough of war . ” 1
1
The enemy's frigates, we 1
learn, are in or near the
mouth of Patuxent river l
hard by and have landed l
predatory parties along the l
(hxein various directions.;
The inhabitants are much
alarmed, and portions of
the cavalry and Militia from
the adjacent diilri&s have'
been called out to prote& i
the coatt
We had yesterday the
pleasure of converting with
the Surged of the privateer
Dolphin, one of the veffeU
taken by the Britilh in'the
Rapahannock. He confirms
in all efiential particulars the
datement which we extract
from the Baltimore papers,
copied from the CaSct
Houle books of that place.
Captain Stafford, of the
4
> Dolphin, narrowly efcapej
f death, a cannon ball having!
i glanced along hit fide and!
r considerably injured hi n. J
• There were no men killed!
■on our part, and but f Ou J
’ wounded. The Britiih ha A
i from forty to fifty killed an!
' wounded, a* our informanl
thinks, he having afiitUdMi
• dreiling many, and feen m U i
■ny dead. But for the peril
tea. calm which prevailed!*
: and the mifeonduft of a fey] f
• a different result would pro]
ihably have been exhibited]*
'The Britiili landed maraud!»
ing parties on each fide thlfi
Rapahannock, and tooltl
whatever, they could get.
They declared their intenlr<
tion to go to Annapolis, an! w
were anxious to know whlbi
ther they could approx] pi
near enough to throw (hellth
into the town. Our info! Fi
mant wat politely treuelle
with the exception ottheflte
bufe habitually heaped Jof
the government of Americ] ■
|in wjjich the Briti/h office! afl
were far from'being fparia] pr
’ . t ] fc;
Boston, April 3d. Ith
Two Briti/h frig*t£« tl bu
Shannon and fenedos, hi! cr;
been in fight all day. One I bii
Mr. Coles* Pilots have btf!
on board. They inform!
him they meant |u(l to tafl
a peep in Broad found.!
They, were out of fight
funieti The Congr] J
now m port ready '
and the Prefidrnt will p] Jn
bably be in failing' trim I
a few days bhould cl R 1
vifimrs prolong their ; ft]
we /hall probably be all
to give a good account
them. I ft . c
_ '• 1 I gat
'New-York, April 7 J
» n I obi
B>(ton papers r?ceifl
this morning at the T]
graph office, (late a lette]
have been received in]
town, from Portland, ]
tioning an arrival at tie] «
ter place of the brig Lee] £
20. days from Borde]
Capt. Libhey (bates that I
napartc was in good hew
that he was railing a la] .
army than he ever had]
fore, to go into R u ] g c
which according 10 the 1 fj
information he could tbti
confided of fix bun]
thousand men; that the]
already , ( cou»mcnccd ] • F
march,, and the J£ n]
was to leave Paris ]
time in March fotfi? c *w
and that all
Bordeaux appeared hji l ’. ;
of his entering ,$?• Sl*
burg in July * t I }
, /The writer of the J- •
fays, I have feeb P a P<] 1
the i 5 th of Feb. * n ]
thorn, where th* *?§ 1
is /peaking of Ai|P» ,c f n <”
fairs, he obforves, 41 ] tlfia