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Fit’ M THE WESTIR.JI.WOIM D-
Tbt- Ken tutku ‘pains'* annia
lion, plotwt's con p retry . W
Mil limit's expedition.
CCant'liued from our pint )
lst. -Wi h regard 10 llie •'pu
nish nygocmtion, Gud/ique coiji
aneiif <1 lb opV-i* 1 ions hv sound
-inp Mr. John Brown, hi ember *.t
■cr>nj>r<*<s lor Kentucky, *heti in
Philadelphia,"on ‘* <’t*’ snbji or
Having Mr. Brown
an jtci-otnii.oda'ing dftjiusirinn in
wards the S| ati sii govirtliiient ;
be tiirtcily nude proposal.) for it
‘separation el the suit* of lint tic-
Itv from rire Umticl B;atis; in fa
vour *i Spain, >on the • ‘follow mg
iCtHiditions, wjtb hr •a#snrai)ee to
Mr, If iown, if tirey mere carried
into fticci, he hims* U slimiid be
ritiM <| o the dignity i a Spanish
gi .‘iid< e v ith a suitable pension
lot hie.
Im. That the Clintons would be
allowed tile priiilrge of iheir
laws, and no restraint yaod-m
them m re.peci to rejig-ons mat
tCl s
‘2d. Thf navigation of rim Mis-
Biss ppi wouii be * quad) ir < o
the ivenlutklaie., as to lilt o.hct
subjects of hp.un.
3d. I liai in a l other mutters,
would remain on 1 1-• same loot
ing with tilt I outsianirtiK
VV loftier ti,est; rtritni were
C'-nu In and with on tin part of \ r
.Biowai. we ftn • not, hot the)
an- mrra't dm a lettet written at
that; erio thi J ■*'. Ihown t 1 ■ the
bon. S.nmM M‘t>. wet, of fes ca
nnne eoumi‘, en l ’ oi iUtcircuit
judges of Lru* ‘-lac l !r, |)rii\ V n
Win then saut io <:■ , tlieniim
of Marriage witn Mr ll‘|) o ' w ;‘h
daughter; and u is very tla'iibd
•to-btipj) we ht slj.iold emluace
lbe first opnoruiniiy of iulorm
ing his iuicnd* and (adicr-in-law of
th* honors which Wele to lie coo
for It cl on him at the Sp. uish
-eourt.
I’nrt o r the scheme isa!*n n,f>n
‘t'votitn it’ another letter Written
l'\ ■’Mr. Brow i ‘ftkoiat ihe Mine
time, to judge Rioter the peraent
president of the Keen*’. kv fo ., rt
Upoe K. This letter l>ei„g
t.* ned in some wav from j „|gt*
.'net, \v’ published ahm:t
17-13, ill the Ken in,kv Gazette ;
but only 0110 copy of that paper,
V believe, is at this d, u ( , x .
i> tice. Jt i’ m (he pn-<••*• ion
of Colonel Kudin, of .MFr-nn ;
coumy. So careful Wnr mm-
Jie> oldie Kentucky iisut'aiinn
to have even document which j
g've light to their tiyiH. u .ti 0 -'s
■eic-str* iyod.
In cot■••oboration of this state. !
trtent, v. t beg leave to give • j
suest,im e ol a ccnvei'-uiti- n winch
passed bstwetvt governor Gree
nup and one ot he editors who
sv.iit< and on ihe r.ov rivt, in coin
p.l.l. with anothv r g'nrirnv.tn,
lor tin purpose o| obtai ing in
lot ili.u ton lepecing tht pian.
’ Goi'evnot Or. vndp mentic'wd ;
tiiat M. it n” a, >oon after his re- j
Un i ln,n! I'iviHdel.iln. imlated to |
b hi in'u private conversation, the i
pt'posais w incti hnd been made \
to him bv Ga (toque, win Is were
-neath the same as those we have
M.i ed ; that Mr liro -n appeared,
ilia gin ded manner to approve
el ih.-m , Inn upon governor
Greenup expressing hi:; abhor
retire-Id tie scheme. Air. Ihown
11 ver afterwards made any farther
cimrusiMctc'iii u, ton on itay
business. The governor also’ co-
BMvetf that lie had se -n Mi.
Brown’s- lcit< rs to Air. A]'f):nvv!.
{tint jud.e Muter, whicn to the
hi ( ol his ‘lecoiltcuon cortts
ponted to the private ton Versa
lion h<-had with Mr. brown.
•In regard to gen. W ilkie.son,
gov. Greenup s<i al, he well r- •
ntenibered that VVilkmsm read
in tlie Ketduckv convention a
D-mvile, in l.tiyi, the report or
in modal whi.fi lie gave to the
S|,'.i:iish i overiuneot at New-Or
leans, on the s tbj et *>{ tiler ic
unr , rs, gt ug iptiv and pupnluti.
o-i hftiie state ol Kentueky, a
1 kevis a letter r ini die Sp mis
gover or to 1, ilil.O'•.
High-mbts ni.-montd had b
tra,v-m ted to . adiid.—Tu.*
ill’ sme uinal o nsiuteil of aboc
8t: p's ‘-s it uiitnuacript, ana t
IVtikiavoa in the saute cunveu i-
’nn. lT Rdfi ft motion f’-at fbcjr
should proceed to .the ftfrnsation
0 f a-fiepar.-te constitution, tnde
, rid* 11 of the approbation ol die
tßfc of Vitgraia ; “ hii ‘ # motion
was scer.-nded by judge v, allace,
w,r f the court ol appeals, and
warrrdv supported bv all those
m mbefftwho Were tlrttt Hippos
,.(t to he 1 eg.iged in the negotirt
i, on with Gw'diquc had V> -f-r ‘
advanced iliat-evt n the names ot
f p e M-veml individuals Wete men
tii r.cd* who we ren't<> fill the sevc
,a| places of honor -in Kcutur ky
under the Spanish government;
hot from tl e-length of
<dtl ev had escaped’his memo
rVt ’ He added thai H was his o
pinion that most of the docu
m ,. nt c Inch cot.ld throe light on
tins compt'-fty* were destroyed ;
stul ?, iat if they existed, they
piobab v were in the possession
0; col. Todd, who was then be
en tarv in the convention.
T’h* pmpowifs of Gardoque
having been agreed to bv gen.
Will* i-son and his friends ; an ar
nw wnsttr have bet * tinmedtate
iv embodied, to have Co-ducted
a rev olt ayainst the U. States to
fiver of the Spaatitb monarchy.
The < omtnuod of Urn army, we
writ- aurhofistri -o say, was first
, if. ir,t - o•g-'iiernl Scott, but the
pat riotisir of tli) v veteran spurn
rd.u the proposal. Ihe protier 1
was iv x : mad. to gonna’ *
who > as * qnally indignant at die
pan. W’l 1 .. nson himself then
v (I'unti .rr tl dig command. The
ratsliig of the armv was, however
delay od bv the arrival o! an a
gei r lioov lord B<.rf-hexter, io Ca
nada, off t'-ng t -nii-i from the
Hriti-h go t-t ihik nt,‘ For .ue np
pose it -mattered hide v/itb'* Wij
kirfsott tel what Kuropean power
the state of K ntucky became
subjected ptovid 1 he himself
rer eived :i handsome proviio:i.
T'hr agtm ol lotri liorrliester,
was col. (or oil*, a British < fficer
who was t.iken prisoner ‘n Vir.
ginia timing the revolntionarv
war. The onlv gentleman he
knew in flic state of Kentucky,
was the lare col. Tift nr.ts Khu
shall, father to the |'rt*iut chief
justice of tlie United States.
The acquaintance between col.
Mat's hull and col. Cos. mil), had
originated in Viigqmt,when tfit*
later was a pie oner, tbnoily
enter* tl Kn.tUi kv at Bob! ,v lie,
having only for hi- conipamou
and piot.-r riot) an Indian snq.iw,
of toosukr We itifiusnce bi wtil
known among die ditfei-ent frttii
an t- ‘-h'-s, (Inougli which'he had
top* ;3. He repaired without
ha s’ of time to col. .Marshal's c at
in tht county of VVioford, onlv a
It iv miles distant from the pian
tali- u on which Wilkt-tson Itv ed
lit-arrived about breakfast, and
itnnit and atr ly after taking a tepast,
opened tlie object of hi- Visit, &
produce*! a copy ot Vn'lkinson*
r- port, w ich had bu n sent to
lord’ Dol. lvesiw t he whole of
• his da .'.tid tii greater part of \
theisext. ’<c- tl, wt-'d tune ctm
suieration . AVdknison’s repd.-,
and to the piopc.s.il which Couol
ly was ae iionz and to inukrto the
keuuick.ans Irom lord torches
icr, v. bico wa ; , tlie following :
1-t. 1 oat Kentucky siteuld,
wiih the assisiauCe ol Kiigland,
he erected into an iiHlecendent
slat*, and the inhabitants *njov |
all the privileges us Jiiitisb &nb- 1
j c. without taxation.
i hat the town and p*t of !
Ntw-Oileans, with the free navi- j
gi.iionof the Mississippi, would
0, pitrcUased lrom the Spaniards
lot k t ntia ky.
t oioiiet Marshal however, ter- 1
in tinted ihe conic rente by not j
onlv iciusUig.-diiectlv, all aitl and
ituciltrcnce v>n his own. pan,- but I
by assuring coloucl Con. ily, rbai !
Hie (..eniuckiatis, vbatevera lew ;
.uv.biiiuiisindividuais m-gnt de
sire, would never agree tn a ae
pm alien fl tun the United Slates.’
Co-ootl Lonoily, noiwtuistand-.
mg the opinion i t colonel Mur
al h.-u “Ope,-that by the ,pov7*
1 tvil tiillucvce ot htitisn
ce might prevail upon general
A lik.nsoii at<i his friend to break
•lino ntgociaiicn.wuh Spa;u.—
iV .ih this v.cvv, be waited upon
it. Ai utii, now judge Muter,
I -uni hst 1 . dtrstm ti was on
J .ttttis, cl ;t,*iuti.y w iiii WJktti
son We like the authority of
gov. Greenup, to say that colonel
Muter told him upon bis express'-
itig doubts to Conolly, as to the
policy of a union with Great
-1 Britain in prefcimce to Spain,
lie immediately replied, “ Gol.
Muter, Great Britain can com
reafnd your country when be
pltases ; she.has at all times an
; arniy’iti Canada, tfed a fleet in
j the VV’est Indies,”
! What conversation took place
J between Coiioily- and Wilkinson
i we know dot. We have only- been
informed that they- were intro
duced to each other, and afier
warrls Jbecaaie. well acquainted.
Colonfcl Cun oily continued af
Lextngt rt ievefal weeks togeth
er, when h 6 daily received visits
f.- 11 in Wi kihson an i iiis frier-ds.
itisstay, prbliftbly, would have
been much longer, hud he not
been recognized bv some of rlie
Kentuckiar,s, who ainrpecUng his
>:-11 among them dtj not pro.
ctreJ from the purest motives, 1
threatened his life. We heiieve
too that’those threats would have ;
bet-n put u to execution, l ad not
tl.-e interferfy-re cf the deceased
major. John Cr ttetidon,of Wood
ford, prevented'Cite accomplish* I
ment. Thei&st rSorning that Cos.
noliy was in Lexington, major
Cnttendon breakfasted with bun,
ina private room in a tavern,
i During breakfast a noise was
heard in the passage. Mai. Crit
tendbu suspecting the ‘ cause,
rushed'out at the moment that a 1
huge woodsman with a large
knife was astetnpting an entrance
—arid happily contrived to satis
fy the enraged countryman until
assistance’could be procured;
Colonel Conolly alter this circum
stance thought!J was most ;>ru
-1 dent not to stay longer m Ken
tucky. Me left Lexington a lew
hours afterwards, at:envied by an
escort which Wilkinson procured
for him. ana vvtiicli saw bom him
■md the Indian squnw. sal iv
landed over the Ohio rr Lime- :
stone. Aldwugb we hitve men- \
turned tfeeaurnnis of jsdgc vfiner 1
and'inajur'f'nttend- n, vvt chink
pr< per tc observe tli.h nv ith r of
these gentlemen we're, <o our
knowledge implicated in th- ne
(jOi iauou witn Spam ot lsi glai and.
Gcueicl Alaisi al,af cr G> not
t) leu him iraiisutito and mom and *
avciy ati amount ol eery particu
lar to Geuetal Washington j and
tlie -interesting cofitspotitience
watch vobk place Uetweee Gen.
Wa mjigtvm and Col. Marshall
oil Hits subject, We tre authrie.d
10 s.,y, is ut pi'est-ut ta the posses
sion oi Gen. John hi at shall, of
iiieiimond Virginia.
To be Continued.
From the Jamaica Royal Gazet
te Ju'jj 12.
MtRAN.iv We T.re credibly
iTfforme-i that on the “first arrtv„l
of general Miranda at ljarba
does, lord fs*-uAvoit!i, not having
had arty intelligence but fro'ti
nitre report of tlie nature of his
t xpeditioß, proposed haviug-iimi
tirki tv into cdsiody, conceivm , (as
U d.d net appear great Britain
had any knowledge of the trans
action) flint he might endeavour
to revolutionize any country sui
table to his purpose, a* well as
the Spanish colonies. A couii-
S cii, was accordingly summoned
on'the business,.who, after some
j deliberation, carried it against
1 his lordship, and gave it as uiei/-
Opinion, that assistance should
be rendred*him for the further,
ance ol his plans, upon which itsc
.Lilly sloop of vv.tr and two gun
j brigs, w ith several private ai med
vessels, and a considerable num
ber of men who had enlisted un.
j tier Ins standard, soiled from tout
j island along with him to Trinidad
Iroin whence they were to pro
ceed against Caraecas.
NASSAU, July 25.
About a fortnight since some
of the Islanders un Exunta* pa.
sing Water Key, were much ter
rified at an alarming and warlike
bti&iie liiat pfevailed on shore,
and made the best ol their way to
Kxuma, wjjere they reported tla t
iho French and Spanish standard.
were planted, 8t htty men draw S
up in oa.vto array, to repel evet- n
/
one \VrP q'porrdrVn’t.
Imtned atelv pn this aIa rtJJ (w°
gentlemen from £’.xu on the
If ft h. inst ser sail *rr a small vessel
for Water Key, *0 ascertain “the
truth of this report, where th*y
arrived about ‘wo o’clock nex r
1 morning', and ot) approaching the
[shore they discovered that the
*■ standards’ ‘6f -'our enemies were
nei h-’r more nor less than an old
; shirt fixed ot) a pole atid the fifty
warriors were three poor Amei'l*
can sailor’ who had hetfn there
fur almost four h;onfhs, Wavirg.
j been caM a wav on the ‘l7th oi
Mardi in a vessel railed the O
j live Branch Jones from‘St. Tho
mas’s to the Havana, with -Git.*— |
T heir situation was truly pitiable
as not saved an a>. tide
from the wreck but a b"X of can
dles j this w iih ‘ahold knife, vvis
1 all'?!-ir niove'ables ; --d w'nks
1 seven years apples,prickly pairs
and ‘ Candles, constituted the
: “hot- of the*v subsistence during
that lirr- : th- crew originalK j
consisted <>( si*, S>(ii bn the fieri
of Miv the captain an;, two pn n
nail gohe off in a k r.d of raft
vvhtcli tl;i-y had constructed and
j tiave not since been heard of.
lh-ese three men were put oil
board a small vessel, wit*, plenty
of provisions, and the next day
they arrived at Exutnu.
Nf.w yo*r. JirivCT.
Captain Hanifcii informs, that
ih. Fr ncli Sect, when h parted
from ifi- rn, were fvihg ro the
southward of Charleston, and
used to form ahn cv<*rv n ht,
w.litiriff fr>r the homeward hound
VVfst'fcdi?. fl t of 4;)0 sail.
H. L. k-wise inform,,
that i:e sa v & Spanish gentlem ill
at Curracoa, who informed linn
that he had he CxammatfOn of
tlie prisoner., tuk@6 in th.- schoo
ners belonging to Miranda’s
squadron. Eight of those uefor
tettißto* h;*d died in priscV, and
fifiecn war,, condemned 10 bi
hatvgej, among wh m vvasacapt.
( ‘ doer. All the poits on the
•M .in were opened the Bth Jtdv,
to neutral vessels. The private
scJiouT.er iTiVgiTTcT, ‘EeTubu~ , lronf
( urracon for ILirto-Cavello, had
been taken by- the boats of a Bri
t&ij frigate.
The subsequent verv exfraor
dlnary advmiwment is copied
from a New York paper cor.sid
tritvg it as c.ne of the most flag
rant instances of an attempt to
iinpbse upon the credulity ot the
people we have ever seen. Mr.
I’hilips ought to have lived in the
li3ih and 14'! 1 cern urv.
To Ladies ‘and Gentlemen.
1. Philip.,,-Mu 41 VancleWa
ter-street, being a aev- n months
man, ihfomisthe Ladies k Gen.
tierti nos t.ii, city, that he is ta
jiaOie ot curing most disorders
incident to the human frame.
I fie secret tie possesses is uulv
known to limit dt, and as it is of
j tmuieuse invpoi tance, th<-
may save their lives bv calling
on h.ui tit the above plac-, on
Vi ednetfiays ir un one till Hi e;
o’clock, on rimr.days from 12 till
5, aud on Fn jays li'OiU otic liii
had pas*, thr.'e.
Mr. Philip., is or;e 0 f ti, ree
born ar the same kirih with a
caui, anti nas the faculty ct show
ing deceased lathers and moth
e.s, Me nas saved the lives of ma
ny both ui Philadelphia Jt New
i ork.
Extract of a loiter from a
uieicantile houle at htock
huiui, to a gentleman in
Budon, dated May 8, 1806.
“In consequence df the war
with France, the k iig | Uls been
pleased to suspend the operati
on of the navigation law Foreign
vesseig are tlitnefb'e a!lowed tlie
same privileges as our own. The
additional duty, tonnage, light
money, & c which foreign ves
sel bave to pay in time „f peace,
is about 50 pet cent. This new
ordinance therefore, „ lUyt givt .
an inducement 10 foreigners,
and in particular io America,-, s to
visit our ports wit > ‘ : ;
and to take our’s “, u u ,*
this relaxation c,
on imports and txpdnj. ;h - f
mi y be* sure aLo of *. in
goncffreigluv to ?orfof;a? ;
and the Med iter ran can.”
BALTIMORE, July 25.
The paflTiengers who airji
<“d a tew days fiiice at Net
York, in the (hip just in, j[ 0 |
Newry, brought With them ir
wards of 22,000 guineas.
Those ptrfons, we may p r(
fume, do not conftilute an
part of the unfortunate
dren of Erin which the ‘• C 5
lightened and patriotic 0.,j
on the floor of Congress, q (
fignated as the “ wild ir if
1 who only come here to wor
hard and live among us in :h;
Rare of peace and quietnej
the tyranny and oal'ends 0
their own rulers denied thei
at honae. Poor bin honelt In
dufirv, in the “ days of on
dignity,” was almost a capkj
crime in the elhmation 0
fome cf Our well born fhi.l
fpnmg, perhaps from 5 lUiun
did trenfpon,’ who wingn
hix way aero is the Atlantic fc
robbing iotne one’s her.ro:),l,
An anecdote related of in;
truly-great ui an, Samuel ,•>
datnq whole iiatnewift be re
membered and whole vii’n
wit- ft-, esteemed when th-.ia
fznJs’of the titled great v;,
have funk into an eternal ouj
vio:., shews the foby of an \
merican (at ieas j in maku
pretenlions to coiffiderauo
fiom the goodness off2is fa.;-
ly i a prattice censurable in ai
countries, but in a nfpuh.ia
goveniment and among a re
puo.icHn people, (lctestabft-
alone is irfie notali
t), alui should evei be th
test of a man's greatftefs.
A per foil of the name 0
Adams, iateh arrived fron
Europe, and of ccmrfe wd
born, waited'upon Samuel A
.dears, to demon, strata w.
then relaticMifhip, and weru 01
to ted, w ho w is his father whi
was his grandfather, & c . &c
Ehe ohi man heard him ; a
tienfiy for lometime;but whe
appealed to by the Englifn.na
to lubstatiiiate geneaiogm
faclt', replied-— l 4 My deal
lir, 1 *fti content to know v. ha
I am without looking back
i to IXI y family to know v iia
my • toreforbers were. I c.a
nothing abouf them, and b.<w
always been afraki of inveh
gating their history ie!t I
find out that foiT.e cf th."i
‘had been hung. Any afti; J
tiiey have done neither
me the better or vvoi! - nr.a
\ou may be a relation and
mine for aught I know ; bul
go to my coufirt John*— hi
will talk to you about it a
long as you please.”
Let us be thankful that vvf
live under a governm-ni
wh*eh knovrs no dillindion - -
no ranks or oiders in Toetety.
One laboring individual u
wonb more to ns tban a tboti
fand dromfJi lords. The ©nf
creates property, the other oh
bpates it. We arc not in tbs*
Rate yet which it js fa id, iftAd
iuch men ufeful t— vYc hop
we never shall be.
Balt. Even* Pest
* Late Prehdent of the C>
States.
, NOTICE.
Ihe Subscriber,
JOEIN G about leaving the c;U
for some time, requests all i'v.dJ
i’ cleftted to bin! to n',;ik inmie*
bate payment, and a 1 iboxe vviK
have unv demands against Liftfi
produce their accounts and re<
‘ive payni” t.
Wra; Campbell
roannttn, unjust 18,