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AMERICAN ADVOCATE. NO, XV ] 1 “ ‘ * PUBfiSHED WEEKLY, on touks-*, IMF MORNING, BY GEORGE W. ,• WHEELER. rt J<MRs CLARKE, V THEIR PRIN LING OFFICE, NEXT DOCK TO DR. J. M. 8 “EiUTT-AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM— ONE IN ADVANCE.—Whshk Print IMG OF ALL KINDS MAY BK EXECUTED WITH VEATSE<I. ACCURACY Sf DISPATCH., “" 1 ■—g •> :oar:-.■>• .• <&,w*<~ CANDIiKiIEH FOR iONtiilEaS. John Forsyth. E q of Augusta. 2 Alfred ! 'uthbert, Esq. of Savannah 3 Richard H Wilde, of Augusta. 4 Tho’s * elf air -q of •Stvauauh. 5 Col. Hosier V. Milton of Louisville, 6 Luo s W. ! obb E*q of O^ieihorpe. 7 Joel Crawford,Esq. of Baldwin, 8 Doct. Abbott, of W ilkes. 9 Za dock Cos k ,-q of GTrie. 10 A ilson Lumpkl. Es.j. of Oglethorpe. 11 James AVood R q <f C —i in i m-T.-wm., —.muniim-nnwi FPOM ENGLAND. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 15. American Intercourse. —lt whs moved that 5* Hill v brought in respecting the inter course with (he United States, agreeably to the resolutions lately • dopted. Sir J Newport would not object to the convention but thousrM there a com plete ahan<Wurt i f all tbt w>s so imt h Insisted on par tioiirv g f, r i;9 rcgr.rded thep rufe'fior of Bltip.h sHppiU’ interest Mr. Robinson said,, that if w s advisable And equtt’ bh to cerijent a good understand ing with Anieriea. The United States h and tt previous bw, enacting that any 'oimtry that would adopt; .a system of eod towards ber, should be met on the same principle. It w sos this, in the present ■ instance, that we would ava^lmrselves. Mr Rose s id, that though the firmer treaty had the s mVlanee If fairness,yet it threw the whole navigation into American ehips; hig* ly niaqufHetnred goods were carried out and gross produce returned liome: He considered the present treaty <p(ite fair. Mr. Baring ngreed that the arrangement was wise, but objected to the shorties of its duration, w* i h was limited to one or two years.—Upon the whole he thought, the (advantage tv s on our side. Mr, Forbes asked whether the Ameri cans would l ave the power of interfering with our E st India trade ? Mr. Robinson replied, that if the gentle man would read the convention, he would aee that though the Americans were not pre vented from going to the East Indies by a circuitous route, yet they were prevented from retnrnii g in that mariner. A bill conformable to the resolutions was then ordered lo be brought in. Pa sis, J larch 12. The permanent council of war which hag keen convened for the trial of admiral Li Hois and colonel Boyer, the lute mmmard er§ in Gued-ilonne, lias terminated its sit tings. Ou the l i h colonel Boyer addressed the court, and expressed big entire satisfac tion With all the proceedings j and attempt ed to exculpate himself from munv of he eb&rges, but acknowledged his fault in hav ing ordered Linois, the governor, to bp eom- Ettitted to prison, fie then concluded tuu^s “ I have committed an offence ug iost m\ legitimate sovereign. With intentions which were always pure I have erred. ‘I bis gen tlemen, I avow in your presence. But e*>n it be true, that when all the eitraordin ry events of I<U3 are considered, and that when traitors at and regeeides are only doom and to banishment, that 1* wTo have been so long legal, merit (he punishment of death for t single error ? I do not fear death, gentle men ; I have frequently braved it unmoved. Os that your president [ Lanriston ] can bear testimony, bat I cherish honor, and it Would be my highest ambition, to have one day s*n opportunity of repairing a moment of error, .fifed proving to the king, that 1 have preser ved at the bottom of my heart all the senti nnenfs of a faithful subject. Gentlemen I jirqUyour decision.” . Admiral Linois also addressed the court, QiSyA acknowledged (heir imp* rtiality. Soon after this president annoumed ti e ‘Jddgchtbot of the court ; which wag the onau- IpfrotHi acquittal of admiral Linoi* j and that Iptalbnel Boyer wus guilty of insubordination Juiwurd* his chief, and was the author of a which placed Guadaloupe under the of the usni per ; the court there fiii-bcondemned him lo suffer death. Admiral Linois was immediately get at liberty, and Boyer was to be informed tha he was allowed 24 hours to epter his appea forth? revision of his sentence* Louisville, tiiursda r, k a r 23> me. March 13 j The sentence ed?nlern"i colonel Foyer! to tle-vlh was rnd to him I >st oi rht. He 1 st with grea.’ Sroioesn. * i Hie W.don Courier says, the acquittal! of admi-'a! Liaeis will give gre t pleasure to , f? l ,;iVsiJ mcn *h recollect the inv *ri bie kindness and humaciiy which he showed to prisoners of war, j VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND. 5 Nkyvyohk. May 1. , • known and very fast sailing snip l nJent, captain Rea, arrived at this port yesterday, in 85 days from Liverpool, having left (here 011 the 24<h of Mareh. By t his arrival the editors of the Mercan- i iit-Advertiser, ha'**’ rtc iv**d London pe® ‘ p-rs of the £2d March, and Liver !of the ‘<;3 luora which the follawiog euiaets are -r>r’! k d. U il ind cotton had been sold in ? iverpool at 20 I 2 per pound. On toe 20fb March, the chaneoKpr of the S’ heqner gave hothe that oh Mood y nest, in the ecmmitfeo of ways and me -us, he i did not intend ti propose the continuance of t ciu.ies upon m ilt, (estimated at two 1 millions) the relinquishment of which, he ‘ <t id, he was “oßVtu* ed would afford the most j effecUinl relief to the agrieiiltura! inlerf .it,; nd observed that since he had been deprived of so great a resource as the property tax & thereby compelled to hve refourse to the money m rk**t it was of little consequence tbetthe loan should be increased by the a mount of the calculated produce of the malt duty. Lord Castlerecg! lux? moved for leave to brine i* two bills— tlv o e the more effe* t nally to regulate the intercourse of neutral s’ ips with the Island of 8t Helena, white Bor-apirte should he <fet ir <<l cn th>t Isl and. He observed that dotihts hod been entertained whether it was competent to the crown to detain a prisoner after the war, & though Ire did not partake of those doubts t tmself, he proposed the bill with a view to remove them. London March 23. On Wednesday the French asnbagstdor heda long interview with lord Castiereagh at his offie. A morning paper states, that the trial of . sir Robert Wilson and Messrs. Hutchinson j and Brute is expected to come on about the sth of next month. Several British noble men and gentle men will* it is said, be re i qu’ sed to give evidence. Among others eari Grey is mentioned. Ledy Wilson wefl admitted to the pre I sence of his royal highness at 4 o’ lo< k on Monday, and left the pavilion a few minutes before six 5 it is said that she was kiodly received, “The lord mayor has called a court of common council, ?n const qucncc of a re quisdion signed by upwaids of seventy members to petition og-irist the proposed military establishments, and in favor of re trenehroeut and economy iu the public ex penditure. From London and Liverpool Papers to Marrk $3 /. received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser , by the. Trident PROPfcRI Y J\\ X- LOST. Liverpool, March 24>. The great question of the property tax ome ‘ t length to a final ig-.ue on Monday night ; when to the highest gratification of one party, the sevpre mortification of the other, and the exir. me surprise of all, the ministry were out voted by a n> jorjiy of 3 7. The discussions affords an incontro vertible proof f h*t tfic spirit of <ur consti tution is in a high degree democratic*).— the n tionaS will, when strongly and es. fectuatiy mamf st(d, is always irresistable. In the present instance, the puhlie appeal was very fur from being either uuauim us or universal j yet so powerful wos its influ ence within the walls of the house of erra mons, that the most popular admiration of the present reign sunk under is energy.— We may b** satisfied, from this instance that all the springs and checks and balanc< s in the complicated machine of the Rriusli I eofisti'ution are yet acting in constant and i unimpaired vigor. < FROM LISBON. Ry the sell*oner Hiratn, arrived at this port from Lisbon, we learn, that on the 2f>f h February an expedition of 11 sail, with 4000 troops on board, under convoy of the Yuno da Guma three decker, a sloop of war, and t brig, soiled for Rio J&nerio; ard that 2000 troops left Lisbon some time before, for the some destination. The priuce re gent of Portugal, by a Proclamation dated lith December, has declared the i/razils a separate kingdom, and himself prince re- gent of the united kingdoms of Portugal, Bxi zi! 9 and the s. lire it prepare t ons were making in the palace of Lisbon, the of which was uoi well known 5 but aa opinion prevailed that t:e priace was about returning to that N York Guz. April 30. south America. Kingston, j y.iM ] April 2. A If MY. By the vessels arrived from the Main, the follow ing particulars of the opsratio •§ of the - xpeditioo, under the eocim+mi of Morillo. have trnuspired, in spite of the ! r, v>t<*ry ip which the government conceals 1 all is opepiitione, The city of Carthagena having been oc cupied, he beg’ n 10 fit out the expedition destined for the i iterior ot Grenada $ but, to war and hunger, deseasy followed \ the Garth.,geni n troops under hia comsnand were attacked by the cm Jl-px, ami ti e Europe! ns with dysontery, of which cn iiy died, alttiough they were removed to J ur b ro, whi h retirded much the pro_.ress of the expedition. In ti e mean wide accounts were received, that obliged him to hasten bis advance. la fixe month of J itu rv. brigadier Porrcs attacked etdund Santan der, a republi an chief, iu O ahe, but w s repulsed with the loss of al*..st all li 9 troops, and was obliged to reiicut to tie province of Santa Martha. The second in command of he roy ilt9ts, Capmaui, recruit ed his troops iu IViompox, and teturned to attack Ocane, but wi h no better success This obliged Morillo to ttbandou that rou e. and to order that they should advance 10 the south. _ The right wing of ihe flying army of Mu rillo, during the siege of Carthageuu ob tained the o cup tiou of ihe north of Ne hi, which opens the enifftiue to the rich prov in e of Arrtioguia; but, on upprm.ching the ci yof Ziragossc, the lnhubiiauts aei fire to their habitations, and retired to Lu* R cn ediirgs the roy lists advanced, and, iu the ambushes and difficult passages, weic ttm pietely routed ; almost all reutuinieg npim tne id : J, with the ex eption ol the few <li.it to f!ac the disaster. T> ert pub licans took more than six hundred must.ets, with I* their baggage, mountain, arsiti’ ry ? and military stores. Thss oewsi akrauo Morillo, and caused him o ?>.n.e anew force, ornficsed of ihe peasantry of tee v state of O’irtlifigf aa aßixtitnuig to ifiOO, v ho were forced to enlist against tbeir mcliua ion. The Southern rod proving also bad. he changed his route to euter by way of Zimi ty, which is the middle road. The royanets met with no resistance* for the patriots, the inhabitants of Z mity, fled to the nimn tains. Fifteen men were lefi by the loyal ists there, as & guard, and they proceeded up the Rio Griinde de la Magdalena, to marc? by St. Bartolomey to I.o& Retnedios. s o avenge their grievance, but the expen en ed Si y, that the diflirultits <re mu<h greater in this route than buy other. A? soon ns the ini abitr nts of Z ms y knew oi the ami'll guard left, without support, they rushed from the mount ins, suijpiiztd, and put them to tjbe swo and Iu tie luitrim, brigadier Morales with the forces newly raised in G rthagi na, hearseg of the fate of the guard ofZitnity, entered that place &, bu chered 1500 people, old men, women, tk t hiidren, all that weie to he found 5 on their pf>rt, the inhabitants of Lo: R medio*, retulhsted upon the royalists’ pn-oners in the sr me matmer. the same channel, i> is made known that to the intimation, that JViorillo m de to the government general of New Groce* da, they replied iu energetic uidbs. thot, “ If he has bien able (o enter the eiiy of Carthagena, he will not enter the interior of the kingdom, for they are resolv* and to d< ft ud themselves, by ull their advantage oi<s po sitions of mountains, rivers and inaccessi ble places.” By accounts received in this city from Pa nama, we learn that admiral Brown, with the insurgent squadron from Auenoa Ay *s, had doubled Capo Horn, aud got into i v South Sea, where tLey ma e sever. I vai able prizes from Spain, o:i board of one s w hiih the new governor of Guvaquil was a passenger. Brown then proceed*d on the i7ih of February off* Puna, and after forcing the batteries which defend the entrance ol the river, left his heavy vessels and went up for the purpose of bombarding Guynquili, but his vessel got ashore ou Lire ißih, U nu l.e was made a prisoner. It was, lowever, said, that he was to be exchanged for Übie governor. Cveacoa , March 29. We learn no news of any importance by the arm als since our last, liter* is & ft ‘ port in cif u'atien here, derived t’ r o ’li the in; dium of private Liters from Rt. f h® id : 8. off uisdiitt and Sarceiinna being a* gain in (he hands of the independents w?o hc.ve at their head a person exiled Sar *h The emigronts from these places who sought shelter iu St. Thomns, have been inx-iicd by tl p Unots to return. Ti e opeditioa which eonerel j(solcv< r had orgur-ved a{ Fort-, u Prince, consisting Id fly of the re* fugees from {’ rthegena, v> s *en lately at r port in h Is! nd of St. Don intro, t> kin<{ in wt.ier ands I'ing provstofis for the pur* pose of proceeding to attcek some part of ti e Spanish coi st. •mm"rzx f&Mr.mfumto&mm* --- B ,||, Wl - n. m ~i ml— DO M t- SfIC Indian bi./ufi REPORT of the SecrfTajrt of thereon. (G D’ D ) The right *.f the Bri ish North West Gomphny Jo porti p to in this trade irtde per dent of tfe will of the government.?# now >t on end r l he s ttlement of ts e 1 nd* Ced and by the Creeks, in 1814, will ex> lorio tie southern trib“i, ss well is the exciutioa } h<‘ plan whi* h sn* yhe devised for theif civiliKation, require tl at this intenouns sSrouid not be renewed The ereat dist* nc* of some of the trib’ g in th< nortl -west 1 er* ritory, nnd in the northern ret ions ofLouisi cD,from thesettfid p,>rts ofth* IJ. Rtate and will probs? ty n* ke it nreessary to permit the Triirs’ ln<-r< h nt from Cured? .to per* tic'p- te in tt ea n n.erce of if nee tribes. un ft* more nerurrte information is ohtiir*d as to their situtien end numbers, tleir wants, < nd their capacity to pe v for erti* left of the first netessi'y. As tl is Ir< wlrdgei® gradually acquired, aid the trade of cen du ting ihe trade better undcrstoid theix* < l4i-ior< - * fort igners frrft elf par's ip* (ton in it sr.. ybe a- fVIy effe* ted. If the tr de ia to be 1 rjjtiiiued in the l ands of the eovern* Rient. t? ecepio J ovght <0 be jpertxnd FSt'O OcO. ihe exclusion front r 1! eernn er* ji I intercourse with the ports in th Golf ofllcntif*, i'.rd dip necfst’ity of exi ix'iog our tr offu e*>-tthiishmeets further toll® vvet*rd u rtf. with a vi<w to the ult>mit® eX< ivsion of foreign parfit ipatfon in it tor* ibiy suggest rfie propriety of so* h i in* crease. 1 his *.< pilal v> ill prob* by I e four greatly below w ret is necessary to supply the wants of ti e various tr b? within our limits. Ihe deficiency, it is believed, will be supplied by the north vest eoirpr* v. St by the individual enteipnae. A’ prestiitj: the governors < four territories are compe* tent to give licences to trade with tie Indi* HUH. to every person who ci n tire se*uiity o ‘ihe powr of rjecting the appli - at ion, cn ; c ount oft! e eh* racier of the epplnanty appears tobe necess. ry. If licenseiS w d* ra Were eompe led to t> ke an oath observe the Saws regulstfng h djeti tr de. if might aid in correj-Uogahe abuses^especial* ly in v* ndiag spirituous liquors, which bva on g’ ne ally b*en practis. and by deehaed espedieni to esttTiish e d< pot of Ricrch* ndi*ie at St. Louis, or its vi iniry p under the direction of a deputy superintend* ant,who should I ave power, m addition o supplying the regular and st hlished tra ding houses, to deliver to p* raons of good moral bara* ter who s* ould be able to give se uri'y, 1 ny qu miiy ot goods nor exceed* ing gtO 000. for which pelting, and other articles cf Indian e<mn eiee, si mid !e re cieved in pym s,t at fair price aid t fix- and p< Hods; or, that they shnul. be sold by the jsuperinieidt ut, on aetoint cl tl pu uI a* ■ Bcr. in the latter cos . a premium qo| to the use end tl e risk of he capital, si ouid be add. d;o the pri eof the goods. 1 {i ? as well * s sever lofin r important ideas, ore more fu'iy developid in the <ob:n>uui st oo ofg v r:ior Edwards, nd ct the supnin* jtend nt of Indian trades, w eh ere J *e* w h so n:unicat*d, m rk dH nd L £. In compliance with thbt par of i er so lution ulw h r* quires my opi ion of the ex* pedien yof v* sting the general mm g‘ - ment ol luoiun ff its in a seporate & inde pendent department, I have the honor to site, that n arrangement of that n turo appears to me to be highly proper, it tie commerce of those nations is to t e retain and in the hands of the government. Tin oily rational principle upon width it is onsid r cd n< cc-s.xry to pla- 1 th* litdi <n tr*d urn er ‘he coutrol of the Mar Department, ia,ihe eeessity of relying upon it for the t,m ’1 iniiit-ry lorce which h.s hitherto fcfen si v* tioued at the different trading p> sin wimh hive been est*>bii*'.hed- lilts *ouu<entncß and support couid begivt Dio the I)ep rf* ment to which it oiight be coi fidrd, with he same ia< iliiy as if it still remained Bub •>rdinute to li e D*prment of War. ‘i ha accouuta of tiio snperinUfidaat India# L