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AMERICAN ADVOCATE. Ko. XXV.] Published weekly, on Thurs day MORNING, BY GEORGE W. WHEELER. #JA AES CLARKE, AT THEIR PRfNiING OFFICE, NEXT DOOR TO DR. J M. S TERBTT—AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM— OXE IX ADVAXCE. From the Federal Republican and Baltimore Telegraph* FORCUrtXMXA s i OR, 9AYiNGS OF PORCUPINE. No. 2. * Agreeably to my promise, I now enelo* farther extracts from William Cohbet’a p per of the Bfh of September, 1797, whicf jroa will please to publish ia your useful pa per. Speaking of Timothy Pik<>rii!g, w.b> was then Secretary of St rie, he observes : .* Where, then, yon red -p v t ed, I■Wty -c h p monsters—where is the f .Lshood or wi*.k f t) Bess of our Secretary's letter ? Your words are true—the accusation is as false as t’ i srik*d, because it is ne ; her. Your words \r true, and your meaning false. Howev er, if you wish to avail yourselves of th* equivoque in xaeakingout of the cent st. be gone, in God’s naratu an t let’s uo more ©fyoa. Yon will nemr *haoge our opir.iou either of our Se-retary of State, or of your Infamous selves.” From the Time-Piece* a According to English papers, Thom .8 ?*aine, Hamilton Rawatt, and Jrimes N.p- Ser Tandy, were all in P ris on tne 4tli oi uly last. The paragraphist* *pper to apprehend something from the junction of tfhis trio, convinced perhaps, that the United force of these three honest men in any coun try, i* mare than equal to the nefirlotis m i* education* of all the knaves iu the universe ” The paper from which this paragr phi taken, is a little, mi er bie, filthy thin , puHiubed at by oua Freneau, formerly an understrapper ?o the Virginia Philosopher, Jefferson, the fumed historian of the great bke Bull Mam.nvuh. During the Philosopher’s Se retaryship, ’Freneau conducted a Ja olio Gnzct'e at Philadelphia 5 bat it expir and With the of fire of his patron. He then took a aort of’ trading tram© through the Jersevs.. Where fee endeavored to barter his patriotism for bread, but the Jsrseymen* will their usual} Justice and good satis*, refused to a literary j Vagabond of liberty and eqj.iity What they 1 never refuse to unmerited liistrtss. At last, 1 after hard travelling, aud long fisting, he 1 tonic shelter ia Nevr-Yotk, and once more set bis press and his types to grinding tion. He is bard at it, bat he’ll not do much mischief- He seeds his paper about like Biehe, without pay, or the hopes of pay. I was plagued with it for two of three months, without ever sending hira a dingle paper itt return. Notwithstanding all this, it most be Ve ctembered, that the fellow’s a Captain— —— How he c*nt9 to be thus dubbed, 1 know dot, if it wag not, in consiri|ijeriee of his ser ving feis master Jefferson in quality of what Is called in England a led Captain , that is, a tool, a toad eater, a lick-spittle, &e. &c. &c. for which post he was undoubtedly extreme ly welt qualified. Such is the eulogist o? those three “honest men,” Tom Paine , old s urvy Xapper Tan dji and Hamilton How an.” Jkxtract from CohbePs paper. Sept, $, 1707. Speaking of Monroe and Harr is, he sayst Barras is the monster who was fore most in all the bloody massacres of Hob bes pierre, who voted for the death of his colleagues, who headed the army against the sections of Paris, to force their aceepr lance of tho present Constitution, on which day thousands of valuable lives ware lost, who owes bis seat in the Directory to the monster, whose seat in the Legislative body, he secured by force and usurpation, who is a rank jacobin; nn enemy to peace iu .Eu rope, and a most bitter foe, to ‘he morally BubSime heroes, who have administered our government, & whose administrations have sen firm, pure, patriotic, be attended v itb liberty, which appears incredible, when ■we consider the studied, continued system ©f disorganization, which has been practised in this country, by every one of the agents of Jacobinism, Americans as well as French. The moral character of Barras is notorious: the mirriage tie with him, is an inducement So in rigue—lewd to exeess. H® disregards the most sacred feelings of humanity, when they offer a barrier to the gratification o( Shis lust. Yet notwithstanding the depravity f Barras, he is the bosom friend of our im maculate M-AutwitT) Monroe, they held LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY , AUGUST 1, 1816. together their nocturnal orgies, and mid night ftssoci’ttioos, th y “ parted with re gret,” but not before Barras gave his dear Monroe aftrewell feast, to which a great mob whs invited, and amongst the rest an op?ra girl by the n*me of Clotilda, upon whose entrance Mr. Monroe, and the lady of the Venetian Ambassador thought pro par t retire. It is well knowu that Mr. Monroe was in terms of the greatest iotvna <*y with all the ja robin patty ai Paris; a party who ere most inimical to peace ami to the United States, bat happily for the ‘“Oman race, whose reign is certainly short. Notwithstanding Mr. Monroe might be ia danger of losing kl head tram. the moderate .tarty who are getting the whip-hand of the jt robins, for the divided part he has taken rich the latter, still I ku gibd be is among us, where, if he is detested and execrated, nis life will not be in danger, or owr.national ehanctef tarnished, by the ignominious fate of one of our ex-ministers. Although the people of these states justly ascribe the cdiS rfassmentg they hare f. It Prom French depredations, openly end crirci iu illy passive, if not secretly a •tivft, in a great measure to the<Sondn<*t nf Mr. Iv—— j while in France, still to prove himself notj so eb nrioaed as to be A.fogetheV loti to all | regard for pc Th opinion, he eught t > forward to disprove tbfc charge in <s’ a-1 minst him by Mr H arper in the His - r f Representatives, of * being a traitor aod having betrayed the interest* ‘fit lis eonn-i fry ” This unqualified charge now stand? against hint, end 1 believe ever W’H, ‘• s I am credibly informed, (Mr. Giks “tiled up on Mr. Harper respecting the business, who shewed *im ss ‘h proofs and domment ns stunned even Mr. Giles into silent ast nish ment, at the patriotism and virtue of bis friend. From the Alexandria Gazette, ST. LGULs: The following description of a portion of the Missouri Territory has at our request been furnished by an intelligent sod hi .hly respectable young geotlem nos this couo'y, who hos btitlitely returned from a tour to that country % a.* th of emigration to that territory is rapidly increasing, and, s i it will no doubt, at no very distant period, so in un ifetcretuing portion of enr Repub lie, we cun sot but suppose that the des/rip-’ i tion hen’ limited as it it, will prove ‘lnteresting to many of our readers—6l one f.\ t the te i?r may be asmrod, that from jthe character and respectability of the u- I rhot full fuith and credit miv be given to 1 his stAteteent.— Editor Gazette. i St Lout* is situated on the bank of the Mississippi, about fifteen miles below the confluence of that river and the Missouri ; about the latitude of 36, lon. 50: 1* is a healthy and beautiful situation, with a loftv, but gr dual ascent from the river, which is here one mile wide. The streets are mo h confined and irregular, seme houses pro jecting beyond the rest. The Ameriaans are however, improving the place witu bet ter buildings, placed farther hack, and wid ening the streets. West of the town the eosintry is handsome, but is a prairie, desti tute of timber for six or eight miles. As you approach the Missouri, the soil im proves, and a good supply ol timber is al ways found near that river. Bt. Charles is 6n the north side of the Missouri, twenty one miles above its month, somewhat confined in it* situation between the river and . he high ground norihof it.— About three miles below St. the ridge that runs between the waters of the Missouri and those of the Mississippi, has a very abrupt termination; the French call this spot the Marine!. It affords one cf the most beautiful landscapes west of the Al leghany mountains. A level and fertile plain below, in extent from seven to nine miles, from river to river, and about eigh teen to the conjunction, clothed with a beau tiful verdure, and large herd* of cattle gra zing on it. This plain is inconceivably fertile, hut has no timber, except what is confined to the Mis-ouri ot‘om*. Tbe IVfarniel has evidmt m rks of having once been the point of confluence; and the two rivers pressing eich other have iorined an eddy, and \ deposit of all the loam brought from the upper country; gradually reced ing until each has found its resting place under the high lands. As an evideuce of this in digging wells through a rich loam of twenty feet in depth; logs are frequent ly dug up; and the well w ter ui ques tionably parte kes of the flavor of rotton wood. From Bt. Charles, following the dividing ridge about one hundred and fifty miles west, the proportion of timbered land to the prairie is no greeter, than a* one to twenty. Above that, the eeontry gradualJy improves ; is well timbered, has Rood wa ter and is Infinitely richer land, of a dark chocolate colour. This country (gen2rib known &e Boon’s Betilem°!it‘) abound* in Suit Springs, some of which are large e nough to turn a Mill. Tub Missouri river ’it one of the ugliest in the world ;—bring very muddy, an-1 meandering very much, j generally throwing all the bottom on one I side or the other, ivhf h are eommoß’y one noiie, and not (infrequently four miles wide. Thare can be no just des ription gi euof the fertility of th'‘Be bottoms--uffiee it Ir. say that no laud under the heavens can be richer. They are uniformly high and dry, ar.d never inundated. Immediately trader the bluff, lakes are very common, which a rises from this singular fact. A c*’eck pot ting into the river rarely ever crosses ihe . bottom, but winds along fender the M'ls, ex-, pending itself occasionally into a lake, un til it add* iis mite to the river at the foot ei a hill. Those ! >kes are not unfrequeotly salt and nrodu -e fish ia the greatest abut* dance, of a very superior q la’ity. Tbe bottoms are all wrii timbered, with bla ’k hickory, buck-eye, box-elder, pec coo, cGtton tree tnd pawp&w. i'hc Vlississippi, about the juaetion., is e clear stream, about half a aide in width; ►which gives it greatly the prefer ’ •nee in point i‘navigation, but it is sup- j poacd 13 be mojw? ■’unhealthy from the hunt-.’ her of bayous,'or r* fluent currents, ft will tee recollected by the reader that the tles rrip ion here given poiu-H to that s*o M por tion of the Missouri territory, which is now so rapidly p* pts'i tiitg, Fiat is from set Lous; three hundred miles up, between the two rivers, wh: h ritir nearly parallel for |oue hundred miles. The whole territory contains by computa tion 500 000.000 *er. * ; whereas not more tbaa 100 000,000 can be eaid to be deni, t b!e ‘What then are the great advantages, which thc.t eosintry possesses over YirgitJ. ; or of other parts of the Western country P New-O- ear>a, being fha grand emporium of the veserr* world, the M/ssctiri ha* man ifestly the advantage.’ A deep navigable w-ter- *t *,’•? 9***•*>■* of the .yerr between four and fi^ , '6 hundred niiits nearer market ’ban any cf the < oun'•y e<iSt fri a longitudi nal line crossing at the falls of Ohio. The st&nle cosiniodirics of the country are, (or wiii h?) curs, fleur, beef, pork, to bacco, and cotton ; lead, furs, and poultry. It also abounds in S.one coal and piaister ; aad us already stated, in Salt Springs. I f possesses a fertility of soil beyond compa rison ; and at aueh reduced prices tl.at tlu small cfepataHst Inay est biish himself handsomely as an agriculturalist. A sain brit v cf climate, equal to Frederick county. The objections are these which are com ntoa to aft new countries. Ihe want of good society will be removed in a short time, as the count i 'y is rapidly populating and many of the new settlers arfe persons of property nd education. The Want of & good sup ply of timber is unquestionably the greatest evil this country !• bors uoder at present. COL. DANIEL BOON, yet living ! was the first emiscrant to Kpn tuekv, and considered its founder, A .0 1771 ! Hi# was the first wh-rie family in Kentu ky. she following is an extract of a letter from an officer at Fort Osage, Missouri ter ritory, dated April 20, ISIS “ We are ordered to this post, where \ve arrived on the 24ih of March ; Irom Belle- Fontrine, fifteen miles above St. Louis.- This fort is be utifully situated on the bank of the Missouri river, above four hundred miles above its mouth, and on the boundary line between tbe Missouri territory and the Indian lands not vet purchased. There are three or four small settlements on the river between this post and its mouth. Our near est white neighbors are those of Boon’s set tlem-nt, about, one hundred miles beiow us, near the mouth of ke Moine river, and about sixty miles above the mouth of tbe Osage river. The greater part of the coun try between this place and ihe mouth of the Missouri, over which 1 have travelled i hunted, is equal or superior to any part of the United State# in point of situation and fertility ; and, unless some unforeseen oc currence should prevent, this vast tract must one dxy be the garden of America. Our nearest residents and daily visitors are the Big and Little Osage nations and the Oaw nation* ; some of these tribes are also with us. They are numerous & pow eiful, but friendly to us. The Liiwry and Saue nations are below us on the Grand riv er; they are frequently with us. Though hty Siok an active part in the late war a qaiiwt uj they bow prufese but we a sharp eye on *leir eondui t. None of the tribe* farther north or west h.vis ited us.—Sane of them ere expected in tha course of the summer, t hey are not o friend ly; they continue to commit murders and rob oeries. “ I intend, by next autumn, if I can ob ta : n permission, to take two or ihree v.hitee and a party of Osage iudians, and vis.f: the salt mountain, k kes and pond ~ rindsee the natural curiosi?i*'3 of tbe ‘*ounfy .. long the mountain*. The silt mountain i* lut fivecr six hundred miles west of this place* “ We have been honored <y a visit from colonel Boors, the first settler oflvatu ky 5 be I tiely spot two week* with u# Tl it? singular man could not live in Kentucky when it beromesettled. Be his establish ed a colony or settlement, as meriioned. os the Missouri, about ooe hundred ii’ilts be- ! tv fes, which has been nearly and stroyed fy Indians during the late war. The colonel annot livewithoat being in the woods He 0"8 ‘i hunting twice a year to tin* re moiest v ilderness he reach ; end hire* a tn n to go with him, whom he binds ia written arti *lcs to take care of him, and arif g him home, dess] or alive. “ Me left this for she river PI at?, ooe di= tance above. Colonel Boou i* 83 ye rs old, 5 feet 7 inches high, v.foully made, and active for cue of his years; is still of rigor ous mind, and is p etty well infi-rmed.—- He ius tnkcu part ia - il the of Ameri ca, from before Brddo> k’* war to the pre sent hour. He has h-Sil respectable state ppaintment*. both civil nd mi’itary : K. s ‘■ecu a colonel, a letialaior, and a irate; Se might h -ve ac'umalated riebes i•<* rctiniiy csnnv man in Kentucky— but fie i prefers the woods , wh-re you may see hiii ia rile dress of the roughest, poorest hunter,” From the Columbian* DOMESTIC MANUV AC’i URES ANIi CD\IM Etit E. Nothing can shew tl;e importin’ © of these than th* ability acquired by Franco in th® absence of foreign tn.de, to carry etx war with all Europe, and to pay dumb & Rosts when V ! Th’ following ex tract* from tbs Boston Ikrily Ad.eraser, ue in reference to a recent work on French, gru'uitare, eciinnerce and manufactures, or from i? : “ Although the external coirnser-'e of France, bears but the proportion of one six* twelfth to it* internal trade, ye* France ex ports me year ivi'h another, says our au thor,, from 310 to 330 millions of francs,t? at is, from 60 to €3 miliions of dollars ; ts wf ich mure than half arise from reanufac iurbd articles ,• one ti/*rd Irons predu t of the soil, and only ones xth fVom foreiga ar:icle* Y bat a vest idea, ’his affords of *hsj interior trade aad iadus try of France!” She supports a popa’ation of 30 millions, many of tbeai in great luxury, and exports fifty millions of dollars of her own produc tions besides. Supports do we say She has for thirty years waged wur v-ith all the w orld, ami come* nut of it as vigorous and wealthy as she entered it. Think only of being a file to p y in cash; as lord Cnstlcreagli states, 6 pounds sterling a head for ontu million of h*r enemies’ troops on soil, and this besides supporting them. Y-t her credit stands as high as it did three years since, and almost or quite as hu h es> ourg„ Her five per f ents. are at 59 or GO — our se ven percents, at about 90 or 91. Though France exports 330 million* of francs, yet she imports only 250 millions, The balance of trade, 3* it is usually call* ed, is in her f-ivor. This will probi.bly long endure. Her productions are in de mand in every country where there is any luxury. Her demands on the other hand from other countries are not great, except for colonial produce and cotton. The F each havtt cultivated mo-e thaa ny other people a taste for their own pro ductions, and a disrelish for those of othe? nations. Wit, ridi ule and aigument are ill employed end have been for centuries id rendering the productions of other nations lisagreeuble to the Freneh people. The effect bus been great. There ia notbirqj which they can endure from other tountrif s, at least of the productions of human u lustry, except the hardware of England, her manufactures in leather, and her carriages. They do at knowledge sume merit in her doc cotton goods, and in her optical instru neots they nda)i ! she is unrivalled. Our author thus concludes a chapter oe the benefits which France ean derive froa? the United States. “ To these considerations (of interna in a commercial view) may be joined those es policy. The United State* of America are. tq to tkeegyae aitufttion [VOL. I.