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SAT what is tlie NilWS ? cries the grave Connoisseur \
’ I is the New3 that we want, fay's ihe 'Statefman demure ;
The News is the cry, thro country and town.
And the News is re-cri’d by the tit and the clown.
I. he Merchant wants News, ere his goods he can fell,
And the Trads [man requests as the News him to teii :
But the fonrces have fail’d, which us oft have fuppli’d,
And our own manufacture mull now then, be tri’d ;
For to grati y each, and to fuit ev’rv call,
Wc’ve a mill or our own, ta grind News for you all.
The N ews then from Engthnd, is after this rule.
Her Council is weak, her King is a fool,
Who much docs refetnble /E fop's dog and his meat,
Who grafp'd at the flisdow, and lull all he’d to eat;
For ruling with iron, as the Rory relates, •
He loft front his kingdom at leaft Thirteen States ;
Whofe ftrength was united, with virtue their fhield,
And they drove Englilh troops in difmay from the field.
The imprefiion then made, ‘twas expected would laft,
And he’d (brink from ncu> crimes when he thought of the pdf:
But inured to all fin, and fo pra&ifed in guile,
Engl and ne're will refrain for any long while.
You long fmee have heard of her commercial decree}
Of her kidnaping men, when found cti the fea •,
Of her murders committed, e'en under our nofe,
And the ofFereftv? made through her minilter li fe:
Of the treaty that lit shine with Mndijon made,
Unfkack’Ung our Commerce, and opening our trade 5
Her miniRer pledging the faith of his Ration,
Vo regard all the rights of Columbia's nation.
Th Re tr uths have been told you, and ftrange things befide;
H nv this nation deceiv’d us. how her miniRer lied,
How refus’d to recognize whit Evikine had done,
And our fettlemsiu Rood where it firR had begun.
Slie then fent out Jackfon. empowered to ufe,
Not the language oi peace, but the fouleR ulufe 1
A11 image of England, a tyrant, an afs,
With the heart of a fiend, and a forehead of brafa :
For the injuries done us, the foie reperation
ts to brazen it out, and infuXt the whole nation.
Our rulers dilliking thisme‘l)od of treating,
They fent the whole group with this Jackfon a packing.
Since then from Old England r.o news we’ve receiv’d •,
Of her faith or good will, we do nothing h, lieve ;
Though (he’s blind to nWjuftice, Rill our rights may regard;
And her intere/l lead her our claims to reward.
Our ties with the)French, are f.iR breaking afundcr ;
Our nation’s abus’d, our merchants they plunder;
Trending on in the liens of their vile Englifh neighbours,
They dance the fame tunc, and fiiovv us French capers J
The emp’ror of France, to extend his domain,
H is hundreds has murder’d, his thoufands has (lain ;
Suchfuccefs has attended his efforts thus far,
Nu power now is able his wiflies to mar
That men could invade, without being (lain
Through the walls of Old England, which ruleth the main.
Let us then be cautious, and mind the old rule,
Neither truR to a madman, nor play with a pool !
Of Russia and Prussia, nought can now be rehers’d,
The French both have beaten, their troops have difpevs’d,
And the titles with which once both nations were bleR,
Are added in triumph to Bonaparte's lif !
From the land of Potatoes nothing late has been heard,
The green’s no more worn, by the people and laird ;
So ftrongly appii’d was the rod of correction,
That Ireland now, is in perfect fubjeftion.
From feenes thus remote, we now will retreat,
In America’s Congress awhile take a feat,
Review theii proceedings, take a peep and a fquint,
Haflen back to the Argus, in that the News print:
With the tyrants of Europe a moment cnntr&ft,
The bleffings America’s people can borlt.
Here no defpot can threaten, or wave the fell fwovd,
But each private man is more free than a lord :
The men winch here govern, the people lefpedt,
And ihe laws which thev make, aim their rights to protefc,
In Congrefs we find, that that body perceive
The Prefklent’s right, nothing more to receive
From this Jackfon which England ha- fent as a fpy,
To examine our Rate, and to tell us we lie :
A refolve lias been pafs’d, giving MacUfon thanks,
In difniiifing this Jackfon for playing fucli pranks;
And the meafures which heR with the times now will fuit
We tvuR that their body will fpeedy adopt.
Various noware the meafures they’ve under debate,
llefpccting our rights, to our trade which relate.
Some with to repeal the Non-Intercomfe act,
Our Merchants allow their own trade to ptote£l;
Tp arm all their (hips, and each other convoy,
And the forces of France, and of England annoy.
Borne, our National fhips'twHh toman and to arm,
And bring to our ports thofe our commerce who harm :
jAntl fume wifli that no laws like tliefe Riould be made,
Till further returns from king George can be had :
But from what we can learn cf the wiflies of Congrefs,
They meafures will take which appear to he Rror.gelt;
Embargo laws now, they no more will enafl,
But pals fach as with force all our rights will protect.
The News for the Merchant no profiit will yield,
Our Tailors are forc’d from the fea to the field ;
The orders of England, the edicts of France
Have drove them afliore, to join tbe gay dance,
Till Commerce’s prole&cd, our {hips ready made,
^k»l the nation is ready to guard its own trade.
V/hile this is the cafe, and the times on all bear,
Encourage the people their own cloth to wear ;
F,re£t Manufactures, if on trade you depend,
TnRead of French pew gates, honed homrfpun row vend.
Some Merchants that on our lea boards do refide,
With all the gay ploafurcs of wealth arc fuppii’d ;
"With England combin’d, their (hips to Ripply,
With the Cotton which now at low prices they buy ;
Though the number is fmatl, to fucli wick? that are given,
. et rewarded they ’ll be, at the dread bar of hesven !
The News for the Planter is, Coffon is felling,
In good bagging pack’d, for full a York fliiiling ;
So gin all you have, and to market quick take it;
Should the price be Rill better, ere the next year you '11 make it:
But this waiting a year for the price to enhance,
Believe me my friends is a mighty bad chance.
We ad vile you to fell what’s remaining on hand,
Get the bed price you can, till again your rich land,
And before the next year, for your reconipcnce,
May each pound of it bring you at lead twenty cents.
The News fur the Ladies, we have none now to offer,
But our very bed wipes refpedlfully proffer;
To thofe that; are married may each day be bled,
Refpedled by all, by their hufbands carefs'd ;
And to thofe that are fingle wc wifli eveiy joy,
A hufband this year, by the next a fne bey !
We the lovers of grog with good News can fur.ply,
Half a dollar, a gallon of Whilkcy will buy ;
And he that is poor, but who loves a good fip,
A full dram can buv, with only a thrip.
But take heed my good friends, while with liquor elate,
Led a flight touch ofconfcience your joy Riould abate,
J.eR fomeibing within you Riould tell the fell news,
That your foul’s furcly loft if you much of it ufe.
In the chance game of life, the Spor/fman we name,
Ami while he names his bet, we his notice will claim,
And allure the whole lid, who are eager to win,
In the wot Id that’s to come they mud anfwer each fin,
And though beie they cheat, and pradlife all evil,
They never can dupe their grand maRcr ilie devil!
And defpitc of their oaths, or the noife they may make,
The gtim tyrant Death will fure win their !af fake !
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EntrnSl from a letter to the Editor, 1
dated IFafjington City January
27, 1810 ' 1
“ As it is probable attempts will
be made to fpcculate sa the peep!»of
Georgia in the purchafe of Cotton, I
will endeavour to reprcls them....It |
is tmderdood that the profpedl of the
paifage of a fi ll now before us, to
repeal the Non-Intercoulfe under cer
tain limitations, has already raifed t
the price of that article in N. York ; j
and that if the bill Riould become a j
law, it will be enhanced perhaps i
twenty per cent. Whether this ef
fect will be produced 1 know not,
but I do believe the bill will pad in
a week or two ”
and to bring the fame into any
to engage for the term of cr. J
year, the following military
force, to be engaged as vciuu.
teer companies.
From Vermont 20 compa.
nies, New I lamp fin re ‘20, ftlaf.
lachuletts 40, Rhode lflund 10,
Conrietticur 20, New York 40,
New J’ rfey 20,Pt.nnlyivania 40,
Delaware 10, Marylaxul j 00,
Virginia 50, North Carolina SO,
South-Carolina 30. Georgia 20,™
leinieffee 20, Kentucky 30,
Iroin Ohio 10 companies ; each i-
to con ft ft of one captain, one
lieutenant, one enfign, lourfer.
grants, four corporals, two mu. ’’ i
ficians, and not Itfs than forty a ■
nor more than fixty private:.
One infpedtor to be appended
ler each Rate from the officers
of the army now in fervice, j
whofe duty it (hall be to repair’
to the ft ate for which he is ap
pointed and receive tht written .
engagement of the companies,
Si c. The corps of volunteers to ;?■>
be liable, during the period lor.ki
which thry are engaged, to be "•'<
ordered into actual fi rvice\by ,
port of the U. S. or territories J thc p ; . c f,. ient ot t |, e TJ lSlak . Sj
thereof, for adjudication,
which after cor.fidurable debate
was agreed to, yays 73—nays
53.
Mr. Burwell of the Houfe of
Rcprefentr.tiveon the 19;h Jan.
after fome dcfultory odferva-
lions, fubmitted and recommen
ded the adoption of the lollow-
ing refoiution :
Resolved, That the Prefident
of theU. S. be required im
mediatciy to employ the public
and vvhilft in fervice to lx en
titled to the fame pay, rations,
forage and emolument of every
Kim: (bounty and cloalhing ex*
cep ted) with the regular troops
of the United States. When
thefe volunteer corps fhall be
engaged, multered andexerpted
by [he Prefident, they fhall be
entitled to 'the following boun.
ties : to each comntiffioncd c Ifi.
cer one month’s pay ; to each
non-commiffioned officer, mu- *
Comg r ession al S um marv.
Mr. Tallmadge from the com
mittee to whom was relered that
part of the late Melfage of the
PrcfUent of the U. S. recom
mending a detachment cj 100,000
militia, reported a bill authorize-
ing the fame, which was twice
read, and referred to a commit
tee of the whole —A tneffiige
was received by the Houfe of
Representatives on th 12th uit
from the 1 Prefnicht. covering a
report from tiie Secretary of
State, giving the information
called for on the 6th December,
refpefting captures & condem
nations by authority cl the go
veinmcrus of Denmark. Great
Britain and France; by which
it appears that the amount of
captures by the B i :fh fmee the
raifuig of the Embargo in March
laft, is 30,000 della i s—10 000
ol which his been rertor
ed —The amount oi captures
by the French, including one
v iTel burnt at fea, is 158 420
dollars cf which 30.500 has
been re captured by the Britiffi,
and reftored on fslvage.— The
amount of captures by the
Danes, is 209,542. The bill
“concerning commercial inter
com fe with G. Britain & France
and their dependencies, and lor
other purposes,’’ has been fre
quently agitated in the IT. of Re-
pvefentatives & various amend
ments have been propofed ; a-
mong which Mr. Troup intro
duc< d one to “ authorife thc
Prefident of the U. S. on cer
tain information of the capture
of a veffel engaged in lawful
trade, to iffue letters of marque
and reprifal to perfons applying
for them,” and the following
was moved by Mr. Montgomery,
as a new fe&ion to the bill: —
“ A ml he it further en ’fled, that
the Prefident he, and he is here
by aulhotifed to give inftruc-
tions to the commanders of the
armed veffels in the fervice of
armed vefrl! for the _pui pofe ; aII( j pr j vaIe o( f h
of convoytnm and protcflmg tiro ! ; K who are dK#w in
fliips and vcflels, the property c*
citizens of the United States la
den wiih goods of their growth,
produce or manula&ure, and
not contraband of war, in their
trade to and from ports open
for their reception by the t'gu-
lations c f the government under
whole jurifi. idtion they are fitua-
ted, Si not being actually block
aded or inverted by a compe
tent force: Provided luch go
vernment fhall not have in force
edicts or decrees againfl neutral
commerce; or that the owners
and crews ol merchant v. ffi ls
owned, lari; n or deftitieri as
afotefaid, be permitted to aflo-
eiate and arm foy their defence
ag -inft illegal capture and mo
leftation, under fuch r- gulalions
as flia’i be prelcribed by law.
Mr. Burwell fan! there were
two other views o! this fut:j et,
which h* had not touched upon.
It would be hereafter for the
Houfe to decide whether it
would be proper to permit the
public veffels of th U S. to re-
capture veff Is tak°n under ike
orders and decrees ; and wheth
er it would be proper to am ho-
rize the merchants 10 afl< -eiate
and arm, and to permit them to
capture any veffel by which they
may be attacked.
DOMESTIC SUMMARY.
A Philadelphia paper mentions,
that information has been received
of Mr. Erlkine’s arrival in England,
after a palTiige of twenty two days.—,
A committee of the fenate of Penn-
fylvania have reported in favour of a-
bolilhing die puniftiments of death,
in all cafes in that Rate Eight
hundred and eighty fix American
veffels, cleared from the CuRom
lloufe in N York for foreign p!a
ces, from the 15th of March to the
31 (t of Dec—and tlie clearances
for foreign ports from thediRrnft of
Philadelphia, from the 15th March
to the 10th December, amounted to
fix hundred and three.
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
A bill has b>-'cn introduced in
the U. S to feize within the U. 1 the Senate, to engage a corps of
S. or within four leagues of the volunteers fora {hort period, in
court thereof, any vcflel for e- the fevvice of the U. States..—
vafions or violations of this law, « Thc bill authoriles the Prcfidem
plite uniform ana armed and
equipped fit for fervice irt the
field, twenty five dollars; to
eacii private &c. in complete
uniform and not armed, fifteen
dollars, and one nuifket & bayo* 1
net, and one cartridge box.
Ihe corps to be formed into
regiments, confiding of tencoin-
panieseach, from the fame date,
one colonel or lieutenant colo
nel, and two majors fo each
regiment to be feleQed by the
Prefident of the United “States.
II a fufficient number to fill ihe
quota from each (late fliali not
‘•;-gage by the day of
the Prefident is to accept fo
many iupernumerary companies
from the Rate nearefl to it, as
may be nccertury to fuppiy th?
d- ficiency ; but when more
rov'panus fhall engage than the
quota required, thofe whofe
written engagements were firft
received (lull be accepted in
preference. The office of :n-
fpedor ol volunteers to be tk-
cominued from & after the
nay of and the offic rs ap
pointed fiiall r turn home ; or
ioonerifth. Prefident fliali think
proper A fum of dolls,
is propofed to be appropriated
to carry the plan into eft eta.
1
EXHIBIT f.hewing the fate and
condition, at this time, of veffels belong-
to the navy of the U. States, and if
the gun-boats.
Whole number at this time belong*
ing to the navy cf the United States,
are,FJiTGKTT.s Constitution 14- gun?,
P estilent 44, United States tii,
Chefapealce 26, Congrefs 86, Con-
ftellation 36, New York 32 Eflex
32. ships John Adams 20, Wafp '8.
Bkic, Hornet IS, Siren 16, Aigus
16, Ottieda gun-boat 16, Vixen I 4.
Schooners Enterprize 12,Revenge
12. Cutter Ferret 10. Bombs Et
na, Veluvius, .Sjiitfire, Vengeance,
and 170 gun-boats, including brig
Onieda.
In comtniffion prior to thepafiige of
the aft of the 8 I st January, I ,N00.
Con dilution, Chefapcakc, V\’afp,
Hornet Argus, bombs Etna, Vefu-
vius, and 22 gun-boats at New-Or
leans. '
Pointed out under the al7 of ihe 31 fl
January, Ib0t»—Prefident, United