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} m yb *idei, \r*\ eaabiSiy eanfcs* ih&i t aPV?r dreamed of hearin; of a slaughter of British troops, ami that iu 1! thie tiiuf’o k, Itienrnfemy in “kiflefl urfl s *'tf.-nded. should twenty-thrCeVeiitArytai tii .Jr-,~*n. This aaeount, it it act Cjf i olio rated bysuehT-Wthnony - 8 would . Wtko moira-.-epti-.rtk befc fc'ot! tW i,-e. *. # C M h 9 u plane ts CTS(I l * * aaubted it ; ? bu. i Ugsufeyatf it looks to b * lei tn:* ( . *neh a havorkiu fi.rswag ii v*r b I >re m **in rfj it ih arm*'. The Amerrjait pikers state the force fond <j, as fee, ‘* dy h*rw*m nine and ten th us uni vn*n, ofi6 ti d* tr,f wbj *h wag killed. We &ad thertpinfon here, (hit this fuve nmoun ced ro sixteen thousand in a; bad it fc?eu fthirtv thwsdodr it would have .-hared Ikt same fate. This military m-raHe, f ■•- I ran rail i‘ ®* thin 3 ehe, really pU es &!l Bonaparte’, •fortger -vitorieg in the shi de ; they bear coih >arisou j in a word, it lias not its pantile! any wacre. Ehe'strongest fortress th t ever was (Bitirnltar itself: le st to hivory my lord, C b-*g of you, for ?. r'e b'indivd y<vr, and set* t-'yoa filial any ta.n.j *ik(> ;t. Gt ichms Gad ; ft is ton * locks f>r an? nadvers <>>. .. z ,. s lore s i h etpftdrfon*, nod l f sir we should •* uV ; • a ‘” ‘J v * it toft to v.aik the pa* ad i cl irse Guci da. A >vl now, are you knt satisfied tbfctl &ve a>t be'a yo r enemy, *> many of your 1? r ‘‘‘ s ; l r friend* ur;tf atiu ers would haw yoti tl-t- k me? b ;u rnu*r rot east tdatne up* t>si m - be atis-s I <!.d H;t tell you tiiat ths * en.Cilu uoprecedi . nfcd eat i sr onhe would fey the •tsuli of your kjiVrUtifla to the south <tiico-:(st oi Am pr i*ia, \ ;n niost arkoowf you n ‘ver i ;formed me of it.* destinati ?r!,er wb t was e'ipei ted Votn iii indeed 4 If yfca had •o f. r eoi.dest * sided, |th<tt3 h ). wit'KiQt doubt, f*■• ’ r forewarnev oh.t it woujJ hitve and ('t, defna.t, I neves’ corn'd have f r ,* n sov that tht vhole army, or the >-re <!or part of ft, would ®'-v* he a kUled, lviiiibut serAtihing taeis ea j fny. And here? must not orrtif, ffeehtfoMinaj the y°v/ ird whi h the A-nipriea.i congress bt *towed upo 4 , their g H int eftiner, g neral v>.cko i. ~G;ll: nt tua firmed to eaU him sf’ r h®ugli v ca has h&ea ccr severest enemy t fiu'i in tha paper before nie, cf the 5.a of Wt >r iury, tb* his 1 . \ vo, th.,t Kr. Troup, s repres-Mitativ.* from Georgia, reeommeiid the idoplion of u resoimien, that the thanks of congress hn presented to gener I sickS'>:, and tisrough him to the brave ufli users and men under his eouimaud, and that the nresideut be req-t sted to e .use a .o’d to he struck uud presented so Liui. ‘Xnii. resoifition was twice read, and referred { the fOiiiin tteofthe übole house, end I; that i have mot 2.*e papers which eon- j Siren it.aitb&ii h l have no doubt but that it! metwftha unai i oous adoption. Tfiia in | Z‘>6 raw,-;rd whi h the AntßriciiD gefernmeut Ere in the hebii of s o\vin to bravery j .id t/ie bravest nun ii u uoi her looks for nor * a e rc.aiuueraticti. Had gen.! S'.ck#’.u been less sltHfui, yet had h<* 6 owu 1 jiorserer iuee, b;. very, and patriotism, he ‘ wosld hr,ye received i?ie approbation of h; j o*j.nry:m-n and ht& eonsuieace, tl ough.pef iap<? not ‘huhonkr. of i-ori -r ss.—Bui utter | Tsje posuion, and suppose sir lidv/ard Pole triihuii* h and boon sueeessful., what would you stud the Eii ‘sli paiiieiri iit have done for sir Kd ward ? Wouul a dukedom have been toe t*..i h for uun bad he gained possession of ‘;it ♦ embtiuckure ut she Missiseippj.that tsy toad Ue eommerre of the western stairs, even to be heart of Foutny-tvani.v? V;\u;u : t r he dukv diun of Orleans in ftversi n, With a gT tni of as m ny thous nd poui.d s-eriins 4 j a* here arc at.-.ra is the hrrr.- n e.it, bs>- -i t c ti j Lriuen sn yovir iuiu iii ‘.tiuu to? the limu vjio o iouU have ptt:sae l imas.-lf nf this mag-!, dftcient p (1 lot*;. a.ui* k i w ..mh opened or closed hi pleasure <ht g ’• of -U the c i{n w.eree of a country seven tim s $ Ifitp* in 1 , as Eiii'hmd and Scot! nand .:*.od yet, my iorS, <h* Amenean U n. who defended this all important passe [/artoute. JZ} jiTC iX\p(h>. ill IK .i L if\ tn*;t (l {-Jiik i c t'l/i (*£l hmet, and w/ho, in defendin*: it, gave it such a lesson of jj'il* , tary Ssll deleoce as never sbf&Dy of th earth roc . iveu bclure, is uoulit iess well eouteated, b itisli; i. and grateful,’ ““A - itii t!ie t’tifenk.l sf l;i>t *iu<) I vouid wager that be vi lued the iiuie gold i auedal, in weight not above a doubloon,"full & mutik'Ot* more than you andybateroireralsi v ould value tfie dukedom and the estate. -'t isneuber more nor It ev tUaa the e3vct of education and habit. The Amoriean offi* j i v or private, when he takes the field to ! defend his eonutry, has hut one object in view—to do his duty. Aggrandiij ment, military or eivi! honors n**ver frou .le hi* has enlisted to fight, and i?rhthe will if honors Rcvoir>p„ny hisexer vt:o r ;-> so ovueh the better. Pension?, places, and pecuniary rerninpewres are, s yet, - Ifinowc umong*’ this paopU*; and 1 should asm on the and of the ‘• my. if general Xaekson h m -elt* should re 's?n to the ranks of priv,; e lif* without ono’ j.xpcCe 1 <* more pay than tbu.t which his com-! Eiisd-ori entitled him to. ill i are various ext*nsc*ii to be me.ife for ‘yon; lordohip in this late warfare, a* well j>, ! r i>ou Q iixctte when he fought the | li*.d bnlk tuisiakea }QikZ ad-1 j series j-liiii tlirrc is oite e'xpcme. to wit.i ; Hat of vki. g wholea.)tne adviee which yes - chim to., Hail the knieht of the! l engftrl visage . teeii vodioru-d; hui %(Wi in me not been prostrated witk the prinee | regents speech) in you? hied, ’prftnisic.? to | t.hr with to tbd a* ms of ;>•>- i gKnd. My ford, tihere are men who will ; not take advice'from those who are ab’e to 1 give it them $ atnong the number “ I rr<*k they say in America, yourself ’ !fml you known these people whom you drennv and you eon W slug into submission bnt ha .fas well *A l do ; had yop known their thorough edatempt for pomp, for grandeur, for tiller, i ad for fr.acry other things v/hieh your Jcr'd-] sh'p's generals, as well ea yon.r hmfship, p jjsfe ftfeove ail other eonsidetalions, yon neve/ 1 wo,it'd have been led into tfe* error of thinking that by threats, by rods, or by ,4 ibes,yoa eoo!3 sueceed ia snbdcing them. I re s ert it, iny lord, they &rcf& wonderful people, end such you must admit you have! iouud Thire is not such a people in j the world beside: and the reason they are so k a people is,as 1 have said! before, that each men feels bis independence; 1 he h.f notin this world a superior, whotn i he regards or looks up to with awe. Xot that thi9 people do not do justice to talents and virtue, th<*y r's;iect and honor them, but they worship them not: indeed they ra ther wat:rh them,knowing th t superior tal-] enta, if misappPu and, may mislead and ihrj much injury. They regard with reverence J and awe nothing less the n *?!C Divinity or j his fmage upon earth ; nnd if tiny bc.ve a; * e-ak side, on which they e,n be 6 iiedj vi*hou< suspicion,lt re .bis one. < ?er y and tho cl rical idfroprs arc held, tlsro r iut this extended region, in itoore reipect hap the established clergy of our country are in l.n The re&aon is febvi< ; usj v ith them tSiey have hitherto been -v >'‘oCg and protectors, theadviper* ard the tends, and, under the rnvnH*. of tJ e ‘sa cred order, they h’-ve bound the viJ as >veli 9.8 the duty. With it is different : the abuses of relision are mere spoken of than it? b nefil*. Hence it is, that if there people have a week point, it i& here you must look for it ; and I have already ob erverf and remarked on i? in the R‘ate of Massachusetts, in uifllereiit letters 1 have written, which I trust m.'.y do good in o nening ts e eves [JSbont ten lines defaced} — the poorest nr-u in th s eountry cheriKU?* the idea th*xt Sm son has > s fair a ehau n e for the highest effi c r.s (tie richest man’s sen ia the lam!; end gc*’ - l Jackson hisn wlf, who has ert iicly achieved a grenfer laud victory than r.ny your lordship cab eio fror-i nil the rurnsrou? bulletins of slaugh ter, tc the areh.Ci <*g of ***** y never Kvr.n f ducat- and fir a “ ilil.ry life, nor did Ms t ‘tber I;? tore him ever dream shit bis son should tmmiirt Jiir** Lm£i*cT t the cannon’s ! iucu'h tr in t?*a •( * ?!) hreneh. These 1 3 ,4 ts ami tl js spirit v. hi.-h display themrclves ! aniorg this f tuple,are tnoinentary. Wh&t j their duration may be henceforward uiil! depend much up-)R th ‘ policy of England *, they ere new cproxiuuvting to a n<iii*rv pr o'de. If ypu fen th;\i llame, my. lo;d, 1 will not answer where the shelf cet-ee. I nev;-r get info Astirripa but thy subject runs away vi i?j ; I &sn obliged to f;o I bi(k to my starting-post., H 4 re lays the \ n*ap et this surpi i- .ng count v and ivs os teusive environs which sir Edward Paken- • t ar* Wf-s to have n. bJiicd. I trace with my finger the meandering* of the Ohio, from! its junction w.! the l rnongnhela and wa *rs of Alleghany i t Pittsburgh, down to’ neoiSy *. dlstrree of 3000 mil* *. Here, in deed, I wu:4 own you made ahold move,; tu s 7 * I*es least of it} wAenyeu directed the ! U'k ageinst New- Orleaijs., tVhaf, my lord, are yon .doubtful of the boldtiess of this measure p of the grandeur of Shis cla ques’? Nvxr to your taking passes won of ts c manntaiiui, raflna, ar.d level land in j our sister planet, by a of fee Boons under Garneriu, it eerie inly woiild have: proved the must entertaining (■ircumStance, 1 end Jhe ui >s. p?oduetive ofastorinhing eve?!a ihot has enlightened us within th? century. 1 hive said that general Jaekson wes not ed a rated frr % it Hilary fife * im- de the assertion, which i uncomn on withe, ’t hei ••'positive of the fact; but t kng if for granted, that aff’ irs, ts regarded n.i litary tninutise, on the breaking out of the war, were pretty nearly as i left th*m in that eouutrj, f c m-ideml thet f din t „,f hsy.ard mu;h in saying so; however, in perusing tny newspapers (and I w iteasl cad, with the view of aiding inform-tim ) S met with an account of this general Jaik soo’s career, and it confirms what 1 hive before said. The account I b ite read is taken from g paper printed in Virginia, called the Itiehmoad Enquirer : it siatrsi , Hat he wck born iu South-Carolitfa, and educated for the bar ; that he was a mem ber of the Tennessee convention; then ft member of assembly'; and afierwards a senator of the United StJttes ; ftibee that ft judge of the superior cotlrt; that rf.er fill ing lhi station with houor, he turned his aaention to military life, and soon rose to be a major-general oftmifitia. The account speaks highly of his private character and i disposition, and states that he is About fcliA* <we years* of * This is the way, r ra? Wd, llbgt make their ‘frenera!* ; rnther I shou\3 guy, this is the m inner .they have, hitherfr enade Hem. We'ljiave spur blntk go.'vns, am) wigs with tails, nr arinu 'cellars, our barristers and ridges j but.w e , rarely e.-e rr<y cf <1 - m (urn out and trke ! toe tented filo. As rrgnrdg wi<i*s, no man :.io Anicriea (hut Tag h irs inond! ti? keep his bead warm, whether f‘c belong to fee l ar or the potnit, ever t* iaks of trouidim, tiie peffwigmaker’s slfcp ; ryth qs, vve evil them perfumers. Vet ultb ugl tby dont Tenr wigs, t’ ey are not vn'Jiaut wits; and If .sure jr.u, f?iat <hev rsteeni the it?side of | the liegd as of'nu fi mo**e v:Jue than tfe. j out. I hive repeatedly, mentioned, wheth ert am beiievetior riot I cent say, that} on j can scarcely find a man in that country who carraot read and write : and that the Village blacksmith is frequently seem to pus down the gfi.s*tte to shce a traveller’s Lorse. Tires it is that general Ja kson, , after having been a member of a.eonventitn, |a member of assembly, a senator, and a judge, commences, in what we would cell !the decline cf fife, the arduous profession l of arms; and tv.s with motives very dtifer | ent from pe;. uniary ones; for bio private j . fori tine is said to be independent. Now, I j ! believe I might 03 ‘rf, that suah an instance j ! is not to be fourd among ua once in fifty ‘ | yc/irs, ahd i am inclined to l efieve th ( v | w did be sewree. even in the n farm of French j invasion. It really would be (tuK.-.ruu* to. • see some of ?.h“s nnnd< scripts we meet with jat Doctors Ccrinvibs, performing the mar.- ftrel, under a driii sergeant, i My lowi, hisfovy b h hitherto confined | herself to the maid cf Orleans and tin-, ex- j flubs rhe p rf.hi and ag.iust our Henry’s! generals, Tali of rntl 8 il:s'*ttrv. Hereafter | ii will speak oft’ < man of'Orleo.rs, raid j j is as Weil we should Kvow wl.o be vv .s br ’ j itbough not lik * the m id, respired iy a! religious frerfsy, he w; * certaiujy losnired odo us more mischuT in ooe f*tal hour, than a twelve njjuth can repair. \Vuat ner ideas you may have of my heart, I as sure yofr, in the of sin ieri y, i . ‘lies on this occasion. Would tq God £ Nad not to record it. This k ittle has cost me some agonies, in emmon with many others of bfs maje K tv’s snbjeH.s. The Bri- i tish troops, on dey imuio tolized them selves lor their bravery. Never was tyure | heroic galEsrfry ‘displayed by men. The Americans themselves attest it; cud Hire were brave spirits al b fell on that f: deserving of k better tneroorn! then the temper of the Htfev?-'e'en now fcffbrd (hem, whose valor should live iu marble and in br^ss. My lord, we have me? dregful 5 ntnilin ? lan in (his contest; the suprcm.cy of (he Briiisbllagbab been destroV-d in the byes of *-ii Europe, and wh .t h 6tj|| worse,'in our ( ..own- All dcmoi e Dtfious upon I nnd i h ve mel with disaster not to ssiy disgrace, i x cpi in one solitary instance—l meart the i sltack upon tlioacpiud s;t Wasf'ington; mud herb ifte disph y:d a foo-ity, in s (ting Ere i to the prcsi’cut’s l ouse, ard burning a ; library, for wVi It the Am* ri* aos pretend to i accuse uk of Vaml.tlii-tn. Notwlthst>:u)ing ail the iojuries at home htm! i hif><-d win h i this unnecessary war has itifij . ted on us, the Times pr w hen it hi aid that peace had beea concluded at Ghent, instead o* re joicing, was the first to throw a firebrand in its face. “ Let us,” sajg the Times, yet ‘ seeoueof our first generals sent out. Let! t's behold a British force in America cipa* ! bie of intimidating Madison and hiscotigrees, Let us hope to see the wer concluded with one bldw tfiot may not only chvstise the sa vages into prefect pence, but make a listing impr*csiop on tlieir ft-ars This is the; Dnguagc hcld out to deceive, and to irritate passionS whit h should be assuaged. W hat [ wclild the Tim: s went ? What kind of generals? What kit dos armies would he! send out. to iuhdfie that country, wltieh he; considers as easily iittimid iled as the island! of Jersey or Guernsey ? Have we not had generals of tfc first talents ami the best ofr veteran troops employ'd? Whit a Drono-i moral, a itosl, a l J a<-keham, aid a Oil.bs could not pei so m with a hanilred thousand men, who could ? Ile3 the duke . t ,V[- lington been at Orleans, what would have prevented his sharing the fate of Taken, natn ? He has bo moi claims io invulner ability than another men, and :*. Kentucky rifie wonltl no more ve missed fire, if ili reeled agnfust him, than against aiidther— its friark it never misses. The American papers state that the watch word and countersign of the English rmy w. s bno'y and For the honor if English officers, I doubt this elutcrmirt. Jf one brave man w ts alive, who fell on that tied, t cculd aseertiin the fact; aud if 1 found the statement false, I would desire the Arae i ane to contradict it, which 1 Bin j convinced they would do Upon & refutation ! properly null cnticaVd. ‘Mi-se people are generoiis as well tt> brave ; they huye dig- . plsyea their generoi<y in many instauecs, which mtitj’f have made p.n impression even upon yourself. They would use their best endeavors to VaWkht life of their enemy; bu? they would no more strip him of his lionor than they would a wound*d soldier of Lis shiitf This HRsertiori of the Airtericati j<2w papers i* a gtigiim on all the military of th? kingdom. As you, my lord; c&u tasi- ’ Iy esscrlam .lhc fa.??. TofV<*,* as l hclif ve jit, a ®ie staten rot, that yoa will, for the honor of tie catietn ccairniief it. s And new, before I close His letter, which lintended B*uid no* lire ynt*, j?cing w ritten bn a anbjeer which I enter “ondr w ith f Here twelve lives are enliielj drfaced, and teitkorli pt;y cfrtivebc*st> v*e T a corrupted rnajori’y dei ationnirze* a state, and we?kcn its enesdfi. lvea.lt of about sixties j- ; orfune has'apparent* iy been propiiio'is. VkJiftt tv® love lost bjr one contest we have gained hy another. Let ns not lose, this also. 1 conjure you to re flect upon whaf ground we atom}—& jVvr in** steps, nni we flight find onrselveß plunged into inis tic** against which there is ro combating cud no retreat. / Above all, let me imp'ess upon yon, to be bincere in this paimcatlon vmh Ameri ca ; to forget that abe. }>*:’ever bceu a coio/iy to Br< Britain, T Ids i* the, most perni ions recollection we lave araonij us; ‘Sin! i know that tnit?y*|iißoftg yotfr ’coun' , ellor& and bosom in-imates, ard even bv nr ny members of the uy ! family, 1* is j ridifulotis tecoliciTon j? wtaii xkaluiat&tEd^ ! and the* idna s ill Cherished that *l< i Jit | become so ugv in. It U+n vlibsinn of the i weakest r s well as the r os’ injurious it amps* It you iviali to .avoid auothc.r wr w'ith these people, vhich l forwaruyon will prove the most cf-laiti*oim m e flu itritajnver wa* god, you most ‘at th m cs en intlependl tol and Li.r r n : mk'd peojde, Bleold yo* do tfii®, and curb tke inseienee of petty off® j fjeerg m our n ivv, who the>*’ fl.w fcy | usirpi ur >.otnpnly to i Dl * tll * yet* v succeed i? m king friend* Iff nation which in a IVw years to coioe ? j Vv jtl hold the highest rank in the estifn^Ho* lof the’ world. Lot the dj* tstersof-this wsr be const silly before fnvk eyes, mid do not ,e ir-ve the vvit-loiji'itjon of it wonldT httye produced any cb- ng-s for the belter, she wisest step siure ‘its eomniencfinen# was its on ; fi r h and it (oKtu ucd f?no?her year—but I ft.-Vsr, my lord, I wish not to provoke an irritation. Things iSi-t are p tst liv'd better bq forgotten, p*o-.- yided our memories ivjll odinit of jt. Hat ley is girl r very pleasap* place, softeith® nlanding my year’s coriHnemeuf in News* gate, gnd the money I paid to his tr.ajwt/* Dili 1 think you would accept of ad vie* from a ncau who really hfiS n u or deeelveA ,yot> end who h s to id jyn more truths .a bout America than you ever learnt from any man living, l v/ .tud recommend you t© ad* MOiitsajhe priutfe, if he wishes to pmorve ihe inters's of. his kingdom to place the. coniiueretal rel dhv.s with Aroe.fic* on th© most favor ‘I he late context her. lost us mu, cost u* more the® J ecu prhf ; mi-ft keep an amount of; of’ ol this, h wex*cr, you, rny lord, need no in lormd.i iu. Apirtof tins loss may yet he retrieve 1, I u* it imigt be by wiser ir.easu-'en titan we his.ve i'.i.kerro adopted. Let lutv piiirion you not to .drive the peoule of A m?ri a to become a itjauf* taring nation,—** M-ou'd you do this yj>a loose a third of your, strength. You may consider this as a pre4 postcrou* idea; but 1 assure you I %ee symptoms . f their becoming one much ear lier Oiftti | ever imagined. This bus bee* on i of the msny siriius evii i recalling from a miiitiadei standing with America, I viovk it ns eqe cf the gregtesf; and should yo* have any doubts cn tf.in heiid, yon may ea sily satisfy n y lord, hy engaging aa able linguist t,i ail our various vernacular tom iuis, and travelling through the differ*. e?it manufaetr.iing towns in England and Sk'oilaud, when 1 engage you will find my fer rs ore not withoiu foundation. 1 am,my lord, your* respectfully, . v ‘ WM.COBBETT. Bothy, March 29, 13(5. Aj.EXAkmi|A, May ii. , Caps. M,Knight, of the i hoouer Brotfe er’s Rifiirii, has politely favored us with the follow ing letter, vvhieh m received while at Marseilles : Xfzrseilhs Mrrch 3, !81$l By she most nble authority, w* Ini’: e J*:*t received Le account of the weuton outrage totr m tted by tjie troops of tb© Sp nish garrDoo, upon some of the officers aml in ’U hefouging to the tJ. States fleet, stationed • t Fort Mal on, Island of Minorca. u Itttpi ears, froh* the regulations of the Spanish grnison on the ig'ai and, that the pa trole had orders to f’.ke up all seamttu who were’ f dvJ m the streets after the,, heating cf the evening retreat. Some of the men belonging to llie fleet, that wee® going down to their boats, had been arrest ed, “rd were met by their oflieers, who soli cited u c officer of the guard to release them, witi- h he \> • disposed to do, but hi:t insub ordinate men o <ri’itiately persisted in ralaiw ingthem; in the ui n?te, the sailors etterapt cii to extricate thorns i.Jres by force, when tie guard drew b&ek sum. p®®g 5 and wan tonly fired a.volley upon the of*’ ficers and invh, wlto, iu their tiirc, iunficd upon their adversaries, and after a ?ve 4 c conflict, succeeded in disarmift* pft/t cf the guLd and putting it© rest to.flight. Twe lieutenants w ere killed on the spot, end ma ny others of the Amerieau party were wounded. The w&ntoti c'.uelfy of act, (ione by nv'n that never sigoaliamd them selves but iu pcreeeutioa of truth, justice A