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independence of his country, in deem
injj it proper or expedient to have for
bidden the enliftcncnt of the (e men ?
Our independertce is gone the moment
that any foreign power-(hall influence
theomiucl of governin’ r.t, in any ref
pea or in any degree not author if wl
by the laws inter gentry And will
Dot thi- he the Case, when we calculate
on the unjiilt refenunrnt of a nation ?
Vvhli it not be mean fubmiiTion, when
‘eur chief megiftrato shall ticon the fear
of anv nation, be-obliged to d:deend
tVcm the elevation of the MeSdentidi
cfc-tir, and carry his pfuuqJPforecaft,
bis ’/lews of national expediency, down
to'the lu per intend ’.nee of the conduct
of a recruiting oiiicer of ms navy?
There is no'biame then to be attached
U) or the government
-1 f either had intpi sered, the abl woui-’
fiave been difgraceful. But it is t.n.
that these were no codlmdn <> {Fencers,
for that or:e of’thein had cap
r. ji,t, l dont rccoiletd wo bitit i
-in tne ftrect Noi:o..c
indeed! this v s very-unci/i! a I un
mannerly, tout no breach o t.<e psacc
“7. it ca>-fs oi nation w otiCi.-e. bu
how could the PrelidsiU have imerfer
red ? where is it written, ’.ie p. ru
but legal language of every man wh
is so bluffed as to inhabit our. country,
rvh re is it v itten that tor ms i-.< n_o
nc*ly*conduct any man n this country
is to he puuilhed ? ui this unruly tai
liar! allhuked one of our pv;n citizen-,
or had Mandated him, our c au<ts o<
juflics woo'd have redreftbd the inju
iv according to our law—. hey woulu
h ;ve given the fa ne rcdrcls to tnis for
eigner, audit is allthit cur venerable
Fredrlcnt and all the confth uted au
thorities of the country can afford t:>
redrels the wrongs, or to call the hot
b’oo.i of citizens or ft ‘auger, and I de
voutly pray it may long continue so.
Cl VIS.
f'rin the [Salem) Sites Reg::ter,
COMMUNICATION,
T ~ I g-,t-i ri V 7 encnimße
Til's is iot true. . The government have always
dii'couhtenanced the enlisting such perfor.e—
But who before ever charged an American fea
ni.-u with desertion, when He only* regained his
liberty from a British man of war J Hundreds of
impreifed Americans have run away from Britifij
p üblic (hips—nothing is more com.nmon. They
have no other method of leaving a service they
abhor and deleft, or of ever again feeing their
families and friends in their own country. Sritifh
fhipsvuk- our epatis—they come into our wa
ters —they bear on their accursed decks, the har
dy Sons of America, in a (late of bondage ! Tan-’
tainted with the fight cf ids relive (hore, the
to wring fteep'.e of the church in full view be
fore him, where his fond parents in his infancy
pledged him to the Service cf hi? God and his
country, the free-horn American indignant at his
•wrongs, rapidly revolves all his chances to ef
tupe—or of horrid death on one hand, but on
tne other there is reparation to the embraces of
a fond wife and darling children, the welcome
greetings <-.t the friends and companions of hh
youthful dr vs—in a word, to the poffiffion of
sweet liberty and unbounded happiness. Who
could long hefitste ? Alas 1 he is surrounded by
bis enemies—-infely watched, and every action
every look, raises suspicion. But it is done—
the purpose is unalterably (heed—he refolvcs to
gam the thore or periih in the attempt—one dcs
perate effort is to be made. lu.au infant, with
one bound, ho finds himiclf in the boat—he hur
ries, he flies from the do tollable Blip, as the ar
row (hot from the archer’? bow, or as the deer
•Heaping from pui suit of the huntsman, ‘i lie
bolls oi the deadly nmiV* are heard to whiz in
every dire&ica around bin—he heeds them not
By the fi.rcr.gth of his nervours arms, the boat is
propelled to the hospitable (bore—he gathers
rrelh courage us he proceeds. On board the
Seating case, of **** all is coniufwn
A deserter* destrier, is re-echoed from the mouths
<..( hundreds cf fir. -.-sf’ The bullets are ill di
reefed—ret on; is per milted to take effect, tt
!s God that tempers the rude winds to the thorn
i.’ub. It is God tliat turns fide the v.ingcd
iaillrumciits cf ‘deft.rufliqn. Infidels, blcfh—
hang’ jour head:, ye crouching Antes of the ty
rant George, and confcfs the power and gOod
ycds of the Aimfir.’ _. ruler ii* the univeile, the
protector ot tnr.v ru 1 thc-aveeger of gViit.
“.ire deserter* wft ■ r. he I He recedes” ifim ;
the fight or i.:s p-jrluers ! the land of his
L'-hers 13 yens ! his heart beats for joy 1 hispid-!
pjtatms bslo.ii cm fe-rody contain it! he
itretcu-.-i out i..a arms a a tra sfport:. ex trey ! ,
t..e co-! : ..a.-.-s me .. . { . r,. one ft ; mo’t t
exceeding the powers of nature, he finds fcimieif j
rjflcc more tttutdt.g erect on his native bud!’
he is rr.iE ! ! and proftratiag himfeif, kiffes \
tie eartu in adoring God for I. : sefeso?. I
oi*. #icay.iel iii.tr..c ci . i
! uiuie his vile pursuers ltnafii their teeth in cef
j pair, reftjlving to wreak their malice on the
gdiltlefs heads cf other Americans within their
power. Will you deliver up such deserters F
Will you deliver up any deserters ? Say, ye ve
nal apologists of Britain, will you fnrrender your
friend, your countryman, your briber ? He
who would do it, is but ci Jinnee, cr tire
Jit :njr::r.ieni of flavcry In others .”
DANTZIC.
The following defenption of that important
place cannot fail of interefeing our readers at
this time. It is taken from “ The Travel
ler’s Guide through Germany :
Dantzic is the capital of regal Prussia in the
kingdom of Poland, ineaft longitude 19, latitude
51,°f, nard ui the weftem more of the river
Wefel or-Villula,-which n little below falls into
the 1 Baltic’ Sea, -about 1 <0 miles north of War
sa w, and 70 fouthweff of konigsberg. It is a
large handfomc town, rncompaied with a good
wall, and fortificatio is of a great extent. It is
laid to have been built by a Danilh noUemmr-of
a very weak conflituticn, for the geodnefs of the
air, from whence they pv-nended it th.rivcsHts
name ©anteic -fignifyiiig >o their language a-sick }
mao. T lie knights of the ft eutr-.ie ord-.-r made
themfeh/es mailers of it in 120.5, and surrounded
it with walls; but Cafiihir 111. king of Poland
took it from them agai.T in I and graated
them very coniidcrable prit h'ges, lince v- hioh
time it.has b-.en conllantly in.or-; • log in g- ..-
dear and rrehes. ‘ It is no n a very handle n.C
town, enepmpaffed with gi rd walk and forttfi- j
cations of great extent, fth ‘ home” ore ‘ .11
h lilt of—lh x<B or t.’ -ft, i. ; or ievea itn -.3 ,1
r.i 1 the streets arc pretty large. At the m,;: < *
very itrect tliere a m weils for the use of th :a- j
■niiants. The public b ‘.ildings are in general v - j
•ytle rant, mid fuituble to the dignity of'this j
rrcat —ity. .1 it- tur—*c zohg.e • Ga...e-
iic, Lutheran, Gamniil, ere toll! ate J by law, j
hut the majority of the i-n .. bitaats are m tire j
Lutheran peihiation.
There are twenty cpurcirss in Dantzic. r-!
mong which the grer# church is remarkable ice j
its (me Cr-guii, pulpit and font. There iu bk—j
wife a great number of convents, a fine ncad> , j
and an excellent I'brary. The Gey F; : ars< hurch !
is taken notice of on account of the fine monu
ment of the famous Keckcnaan. • The i! 1 1
houfc is a handlbme building, with a very Id a • :
tower and an excellent clock, ft he exchaug.-j
and the arferal are also worth*feeing; the for;.: -:
has a noble hall adorned with Cornea very good’
piTurcr. l a the arsenal, there is a pro.!, y.ous;
quantity cf all manner of military 1.. ’. meats, i
aid a llatue of Icing Sigismond fti ofc .c i .’ id
on his tomb, and hard by the eifi ;y cf c- t j
iigment in lull armour on horseback. Tin- and
tifications are also wr-rth admiring, coi.dT:of
vety broad v.-slls, derp'ditehry, and tv a :ty bas
ticus. The gates arc clyr,ir,;ly l dft,i'---.
i of the ViftuJa, there are two firorxjjfu::v
|n high tower and hethora to di. xt the (hips
j coming into the harbor. The iubunbs are very
la-gt*> and the neighborhood rourd zb on, ex
ceeding pleasant, being ilrewed with villages and
public houses, -whither the inhabitants rir-nir an
Sundays and Mi vals to divert themfeft Nat
far from the mouth of the Viilula (lands the n=
naous aft by cf Oliva cf the Ciftercian order, f .
mous for the peace concluded, here between the
| Ling s of Poland and Sweden, in 10$5.
Thi inhabitants cf this city are fuppofA to
be ?.bo‘.’t 209,000 fauis, who are fubjecl to a
mixt kind of government. Their nmgillncy
con fills of thirty senators, who continue to; die";
four cf whom ara burgo-mafters. There are
j befidcs, thirteen coafuk, who eiefl the i’ -id bur
| go-made rs out of their own body, a..d nominate
’ the judges and all other officers cf the city.—-
From these an appeal lies to the thirteen co.i
dfuhand four burgo-mailers, and from them to
the republic of Poian . The King antrially
nominates a burgo-mafter cut of the coni, is to
j represent Ms perlon in the serrate, by whom all
Sentences of death muff be fiigned in’tce feme’s
t name. Cue hundred burg . .3 rut* tledicd tor*.
I present the people’s grievances, defend their pri
j vilegee and mfpedft the measures of the govarn
-1 went; cad these, with the concurrence°of the
j (eiiate, have a power to present the clergy to
; vacant benefices. The jurifi lidtion of i(: j't
j extends forty miles round the city, the gar;,'.', .1
of which is maintained at their own ex- cnee.
They have a power of coming money with- the
image of the king on one fide, and the city arms
•on the revevfe. They are laid to be iW the
j protection of'Poland, but if they “ had not been
j protected by other powers, their (late aaift
I have been long since lubverled. “
! About 290 years ago Dantzic wan a very in. :
; comiuc-rdlue place, but by the application or the ’
inhabitants to trade and commerce, it has rifenj
to it3 present grandeur. Its fituaticn withm!
( four.miles of the mouth cf the Viffuk, wh.ch I
receives here two other foal! rivets Moldau,and j
,the Rodaune, conti ibutes vastly to the conveui-i
i eucc and i.tcreafe of us commerce, The price!- i
■pal branch of 11s foreign trade is in coca, in
j which refpicl it may be properly called tliegra-
i n ff ot ’ Europe. The corn is brought fime j
from Pomerania but the tfidll part from the in- {
.land parts of Poland, which being h plaia a.;U !
• fruitful country, aborads more tlian any r.thtn
car- a Lurope with gniia. The magazines.
r :.-c the corn is kept, are very numerous, aid
| lepers ted from tii-e town by a caual formed by
- 1 - 1 : river. It is not allowed to make a fire, or j
1 bhufte in this place, for fear of any accider t.
ift;cie magazines of corn, as well as those for
av .1 (lores, wiser >f they export a va't qua ;u
----ie-en pr eight (Varies high, r., which the
-d ‘ cloi'i auo r m ffi... iucr -,
Foreign Nezvs,
o
NAPLES, May SI.
The Englilh landed shout the-end of tns* j
month 5000 troops in Calabria. Gen. Reg
nicr has completely defeated them ; 800 re
mo’red on the field of battle, the remainder were
made prisoners. A conspiracy formed at Paler
mo, and which was to creak out at Nap.cs c..
Corpus Christi day, has been difeovered. fine
five principal confp’.rators were condemned to
death, and executed within 2-1 hours.’’
PARIS, June 24.
At the fame time that the news of the expul
sion of the Englilh from Egypt gains credit, it.
is afierted that a corps of 4000 troops of the !
fame nation, landed in Calabria, has been cut to j
pieces by Gen. Rignier. The time chosen for,
t!:is landing would make one fuppofi it to have ,
been concerted with the con (piracy lately thi
covered at Naples, This would be 1 frefli rea- j
son for being aftoni/h'ed, that the Englilh gev-:
eminent fliould always resort to means winch j
have ever proved fatal to it, which would tarmfh |
the-luftre of faccefs, fuppofifig they’ would have j
• am"', and which augment a hundred fold the I
(name of a defeat when it is the result ct luck |
miiiKxiuvrcs. j
LONDON,,.June 22.
The Vienna Court Gazette draws rr-rery dii- j
f-. -r.t picture rs the date of affairs of Turkey!
from, me- Tench and Ducth papers. The!
blockade cf > he Dardanelles and of the Canal of I
’ Confirm’l.tcri’c has reduc'd the capital r n'great j
[ diflrefs. -Thu Captaia Pacha seems yawillirg |
i to quit the feeurity c-f the Tea of Marmora, and
the Turktih Iquadron which entered into the
; Black -Sen, has* been driven'out by the Ruffians
| General Michelfon’3 pefition remains nearly the
| iame. Jle has not evacuated Moldavia ard Wal-
Gaclva, and has lately received cSnfiderable rein
forcements.
i It ;s reported that a charge has taken place in \
the Ruffian miniitry: that baion Bud berg has,
J resigned, and Mr.- Novozii’zdff r.veived die
; port folio of foreign affairs, an ’. that court Ro
ma >zo has been fuccc-t.lcd by count Sirooro
: not, m the commercial department. The fet
ter not long Cnee-left this countr.g r.nd Lis ap
-1 poii.iment will, it is supposed, be extremely fa-.
! vprable to this country.
I Holland is at preient fcrargely fituxteu ; fie
j :s apprd'.cnfive of an invasion, and (lie is without
a tiucf inSgiilrate. Louis Bonaparte, according
, to private letters from Holland, bar abd cated
! the throne in ccr.fequencs of a mifundcrUandtng
: with his brother. His condufi, though grate
i fui to the people, becanfe it favored their com
merce, d-fpleafed Napoleon. The wish cf the
il ter is .0 distress the Sn<lt(h trade br at?oof
,,* O J x
lift means. Does he ruin his ally or his de
.o .cr—-.J .1 iui.ier in luumci-arc? Arivate
ic, .era ft ate, that as soon as Loins Ji-on.iparte
was pL.ced upon the throne he fa tv the ruin
sva.cn his brother’s system was bringi ag upon ’
t-:e country; the people approached him with J
representations ot their common distress, and
r-.j'iuwi ii.m to abrogate that prohibitory corn
“cin* fyftetn, wh:eh by cutting off foreign
comm'! ~cation, intercepted ail foreign demand,
and tb 5 mined’ a country which could oni\
itippoit itf/lf by means of its richer neighbors.
L ni.s Bonaparte appears to have been moved
bv the scene of diibels before him ; the system
was partially abrogated, and the communication
opened between England and Holland through
the direst medium of neutrals. It is ilaied,
i fhefe indulgences provoked the indignation
o’ the emperor Napoleon. j
i firft of . t eitner.o reed by the Ruio* of :
xlodand, was the desertion of his wife, the •
( daughter of the French empress; who, after j
ibm * faccefsiui intrigues, withdrew from her
husband to her mother. I
Louis Bonaparte, wearie ■ withthefe intrirws, !
and having in v?an iciicited permission to retire,
a. leugth aoc.icr.led t.re throne, Hr.d w. 1 1-,
drawn Limiblf into Italy. The Dutch -rovkJ
cat are in cevifeqaence in the grea'eft conruihn;
•they have implored the ref cf Louis— that 1
monarch whoin they have known lon v etioug 1 :
to love, and vvhefe retreat will renew‘th.-.t state j
of conf,ifio i and tullrefs wbxu hs mod *’
r JU* -xrgua to i
Zclirve them. (
, h-vs bc-m received from the feet ui>‘
cer vice-admiral lord Colling wood., off Cadi;:, 1 ’
dated auout vwcive d.iys fftiee, all ot which agree
tort the combined f madron, about twelve cr
thirteen fail cf the line, arc ready for fee, cd !;
is iuppofei :f our fleet were by accident driven
-heir station, they would endeavor to make a
grand paili oat to g t through th~ gut of Gib
raltar, and endeavor td-form a jundfioo with the’
Carthagena or Toulon squadron, cr perhaps
oot .. But lora.Colli.igwoodis ever on the alert,
and his crufing frigates form a line of commu
nication from eff C tdiz to his fleet in the offing,
so; the purpose of communicating iaformadon
ditliclly by Telegraphic signals.
Juste 23.
The new Swediib miniiier, M. Adlerbcrs, the
bicceb.br of Barron Rehacfen, came over i.i the
jacket with a PruiTiau officer, with difpatchea
from general Bluch.r to our government,
HAMBURGH, Jmie 24.
“ There has iffned from Strak'r.,l a prock
m ition, or address in French, ia favor of.* Louis
V V; 11. king of Fiance and Navarre 1 The
fiig is horded ; and ail loyal Frenchmen
ye pronuled “ nne difeipfiue paternelle et une
T’ ‘ p’>'W ue double, Ac.” This pay isajfo
’ .j c. e.i tp 30 odd iatthing \ t,.-e u., lotto
- , ‘ “. y - V [
Js carciuJly dtfcribed—•’with rpeci 1 cc-lc, tr t
deserters are to enquire for the r-’gimr-nt o:, the
king of France, commanded by Mcnfieur tn
diike of Pienr.e. I fend the original as a‘cte>
ofity:
| “ Soldiers—Under the auspices of (he Jorr|
fevereigu of Sweden, the cyhite (lag is Rg.-iu
lioifted. Honor calls you to assemble round this
. banner; a paternal difcipkae, and ray n.ore
tha.i double your preient pay, a'.rmt yen, j:
to Europe is tiie objAt you are caned to cotr
in the ranks of the royal army of France. In?
love of Louis XVIII. yotir legitimate fovereiga
is already in your hearts—Vive !e -Lot.
The uniform is vhtiCj the co.it.e, -oCingr,
&c. blue, with yellow lace, blue pantaloons, with
: the fame. _ .
j As soon as llie cavalry is iorrr.od 5 li?*c foi*
diers of this army v-i'l resume the iorvtce.
I Every loyal Frenchmen, who faall ffrifg
’ over the troop be commends, or caufee ;t to jc.n
i the white flag, (hall confequentiy enjoy the fame
I rank he already holes, agreeable to the dccir-'i.
jtioa cf Louis XVIII. king of France and ift..
i varre, date and December 10, 1804.
I Each deferterter is to enquire , - the regi.
: meat of the king of France, commcn-crd by 1-i.
jLe Due de Pierre. The pay for*the pn-v.a .
I soldiers is 91-4 fcbcli-.gS of Pomerania, without *
; bread (about Iff sols 01 I'r . -ce J and with, two
j nounds of bread, G 1-4 ichckngt >”
r ‘
PORTLAND, (Main) Arguft 10.
Lieut. Laumnce, cl the L -ary, who is. nor
Rationed here to iuperirtend the depart;; a of
the rn-a-beets, who was ordered to cul.lt .-.i3 • 1
for two months, lur, the iU v;e;k, tecesvt
new orders to r hit them for two years.
NEW.7OHE, A-.-ghft If. _ ,
By the (hip St:fan and Sara:, cat lain Henry,
arrived last night from Lcr.cor., v;e have recer
ed London j vo*trs tatffi ffSth June, a a LlcytVs
Lift to the 27th.
The Sunday Mealier of the 25th June ft v: rs,
that the Britifti force employed in the r.roj**.fcaJ .
expedition to l '.iie continent v.oi •’ i.et szth i
England ttil government had received ca
ts ivem. !trd Cathcart, who had fit eff tu fan:
1 the chief command of the German Legior.;,,
wlii-h had failed. In the mean wh-fte every
cx ; tion wrs ufi -.g to get the treops in reef .
;;cfs for emb-'-fiatioa. ft he renx.-r.cer cf dig
Gen: ‘c Legions fees been errh,irked red raffed,
The full divifiun cf the exrftd.tft.n which failed
for S.rr-lfund, was however iccn est Yarmouth
lllL
Hit mors cf the C ft cryagrr.ent between the,
. a rt sell and Ruffians are fisted in the feme pa
per —tfio’ i;cth% gos the gc. era! xclion ci ..e
J 4t'h .Ti'.nc.
The new T-inlfterc have a majority ii: the
fe of lords cf S3— ft tljp -Cc mmor.s cf i U*.
.. va o fie. . ;o Egypt who it.
inforcements. ‘ftrtf
Gen. Crawford’s expe.'ilft.a Las failedi. ...a.
. St. Helena, bound to Rio uc -. Plata. .
I -BALTIMGRT, Ar-vk IT
EittraSpf a lct;< ‘■from a c--r A. r: r.‘ RUbmcnif
j fated. Augusi i5.
“ Gel. Burr’s trial is new p.ccv-’in g ; cut
of 48 v ‘ iremec, four only -wes. ; - ...'wd ; ths
rell obyfiei to, per cause > gym. •> fui jc.id-ed j
the pr r.rktyof their furring • j • urgued ek A y,
yefteiday. The judgment cf t e u.;t - ,
that they were not proper juryme?, having
prejudged the cafe—s...v paimd is c..::.ea for
; tills day.’ 1
j i
Grand I odye of pnrg'-';.
Lavannah, A -gufi £O, ie?7.
A Grand C, nirmn: .>_>nV tueOKA.UD
l ODOK. wit’- be : cid s t n , : A vj .y, 0 n tie*
! - iKSf StV’ URI)AY in cp -iri'-er n-t_ t otmc'•!
’A. V,. At Widen time p : it. rht and Kc*
pr- i e w.vt, c the diNrent a. its j,ous
tiiciion will itttend.
1-y oruet cii>.ic IT. r,'. Cr. -!: ‘
! D. D. VViiijafns,
•*>* J Grand- Zkreury
ro, C . r r?
• ~ V.y^ 1 Jk. ‘tv K-? AV.•J(-- -t tj
I
L/Z *L, iBD . ]>#> pr-'a-
JIdL c-ral plan <d tho.'e L/ Td uod-.’ -
C.'.CC.:'! tlj)v th, 1 |*.e A* Gordon.
L tj. V.-dcial Alc’Bijl, as thr> ot
Jumi j. Zubly, dec. ,>y the H f§.) flee
froot-iog three streets. Q.v ißc pf<!fcr;cj
are an a’moft new n\f 1 f c a -,d
- kitchen, t fj-(1 tv is •> .li
tP'Vi •: n yon ! ii r>! v : r :>t B-ic corn?*..
A!ft ihe unestpircd irufthoM of Jot No.
oJ ‘ive, f routing Bry >f Hr; a. to :b,z i.jßi
April, s3l.t together v, ■ y c ■ •!•.■,.Utng
’houfe, lljL'p arid other improv.- m there- 1
1 •, 110"/ Occtv.o'ed l-y tire fp’.f-.'ber, :i
’ •"a; and n ‘c -.Kind luf
bufioefs. Condi.* <•*<[■.. A jply m
EL .AS ?.ALERT,
Sav’h. July j.j. j
Notice isJicrtuy (ytvsn f
THAT afttr the expiration of months
cation will be made o the ‘Honor-Sle the lufiiee of