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AMERICAN ADVOCATE.
m. xxxiii]
FUBLIFHED WEEKLY, ON THURS
DAY MORNING, BY GEORGE W.
WHEELER # J\tt£S CLARKE, AT
THEIR PRINTING-OFFICE, IN TH R
(Lowkk) SOUTH-WEST ROOM OF
THE OLD STATE-HOUSE AT
THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM—
OJ j 5 IV ADVANCE.
* ■■■■■
S JEFFERSON b V Be.RioR t U lat \.
APRIL TERM, 1816.
RULE__NISI.
UPON the petition of Jesse
Brown, praying the establish*
ment of a Receipt in full from one
Mordica M’Lain, dated the 3d of
April, 1814 —a copy whereof as
nearly as can be recollected by
the petitioner is annexed to said
petitions and pr<. b.ble cause ap
pearing to the Court, that the
same is lost and ought to be es
tablished $
It is therefore ORDI RED,
That at the expiration of six
tnonths, the said receipt be es
tablished unless sufficient cause
be shewn to the conttary.—And
that a copy of this order be pub
lished in one of the public gazettes
of this state, once a month for six
months, in terms of the rules of
Court in such cases made and
provided.
Extract front the initiates,
D. CLARKE, CJk.
” ADMZSISTIUTORS’ SALE.
Wilt be sold, on Thursday* the
\7tfi Ort&ht.r n. xt, tit tkr plan
tat ion of Jonathan Drake., late
of Burke county , deceased ,
Ail the personal property of
said deceased; consisting of Hor
ses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep Corn &
Fodder, Plantation Tools, House
hold St Kitchen Furniture, and
other Articles too tedious to men
tion. Terms made known on
the day of sale.—Sale to be con
tinued from day to day, until com*
pleated.
Judy Drake, Adm'x .
Elias Dr*ke, Adm'r ,
sth Sepe. 1816.
w . mfrnET
All those indebted to the es
tate of Jonathan Drake, of Burke
county, dec. are requested to
make immediate payment, and
those having demands, will ren
der them in attested agreeable to
law.
Judy Drake, Adm'x.
Elias Drake Adm'r.
Sept. 19,1816.
WILL BE SOLdT
On Thursday the 24th Oct
next, at the plantation of George
Franklin, late of Washington
county, dec.
All the personal estate of said
deceased.
Among which are Cattle,
Sheep, Hogs, Horses, plantation
Tools, household h kitchen fur
niture, together with a Cotton ma
chine.
Vaskti Franklin, Adm'x*
Jas. W. Franklin, Adn r>
Sept. 19, isia
LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 3, 18 is.
From the National Intelligencer.
A few vrords will suffi'e to explain the
origin of-the following letters. In a late
number of the British Quarterly Review,
lhre appeared a battfiy abusive attack on
the char* ter of eormnoaoro ptjRTRR, tho
accomplished hero of the Essex, t his ar
ticle we did not uotiee, uor did we copy the
comments that had been made on it, because
it appeared to us unworthy even of enstig
don. Mr. Cobbett, the celebrated British
writer, has, through the medium of his Be
gisfer, addressed the commodore on this suu
iu an article vvhLh we have takvn ih
liberty to insert below, as being the ground
work of the letter in reply to it. We are
pleased at the opportunity of spreading
captain Porter’s letter before the public ey e
[From Cobbetfs Register, of April 27,]
jTo Commodore DAVID POR'i'KK, of the
United States’ Navy,
Hatley, 27th April , 1810.
! Sir—ln the last Quarterly Review but
one, there wi# a very base attack upon you
character and conduct. In order to con
vince yon, that you ought not to suppose
that atl my countrytir.en approved of an h
vile publications, I inserted in No. il of.
this volume, a letter to the author or e< ho.
of that work, whose name is CTm. Gifford
I there gave an account of r.hia literary
her-' 5 but in mV statement of what he re
ceived out of the t ixes, I was.! feud, truiify
of ?.□ omission, which I now pro* eed io cor
rect I said he bed been awarded with u
ssn°-ure of more tL u 3 ‘>ol under th< till
of Cleric of ike Foreign Estreats, and h>t
be was ti Commissioner of he Lottery. But,
I now find thnt he h*s soot er ;* &■'?; that
is, ■b* place of “ Paymaster of the Hand of
Gentlemen Pensioners,” at 3001. a year. A
most suit’ hi-’, office, you will suy for the
whipper-in of a set of hired rievj.-i weisi—
Wbat py-ti ular Band of pensioners this
may he Ido not know. Perhaps the whole
Bond may be Reviewers; it so. sir, I leave
you io guess what i eh nice the journal ot
your celebrated stood iu their hands ’
1 gave an account in No li ot the con
do-t of this writer iu the a*s£ of Peter Pin
dar and Anthony Pasqoiu, and alio of the
conduct arid character of the judge Kenyon. 1
In short, I Shewed what the baseness of Re
viewing really w s, iu England. But, sir,
I must Ag in beg of you and your country
men and ail foreigners, to keep your eye
: steadily fixed upon this feet that Writers
like Mr. Gifford, are in this country, ab
solutely in pay of the government; that is
to say, they five upon the taxes, and of
;< ourse assist in producing pauperism and
misery. This is not the ease in your coun
try. ‘There a Writer if be get rich, or if
Ihe five by the pen, must receive hie in
’ some from the people who voluntarily btiy
; his works. There be need care little about
his readers—his payers are the only per
sons that he need cure for, gs that he does
case for. This writer nulst have known
very well how buse it was in him to assault
your h tractor jin the manner that he did ;
whu a shameful prostitution of talent he
was gutl yof j but his mind hud nor many
years beau mt*de up to that, and had been
seored against ail re-flection# of that sort,
j You Mil! naturally ask, how wo can tol
-1 crate, how we can endure, how we can
! submit to see our money retied from ikj in
taxes, and earned with cur awe- 1 and almost
i with our very b*od ; you veil I naturally usk
how ne can submit to see our money giveu
to a man like this, while we see nearly two
million of paupe s overspread the laud—
i If, indeed, he hud ever in his whole life
time rendered any sort of service to the
j country ; if he had served, at any time of
his life iu the army, the navy, or io any o
ther branch of public business; there might
be some excuse tor the heaping ©t these
sutns of money on him ; but, to give this
mun, who was a few year# ago tutor to
lord Bel grave, and who has never been iu
any kind of public employ* an income
qoai that o* five or six Lieutenants of the Na
vy, is, you will say, an aet tor which th
employers of this man ought to be hanged,
it being neither more nor leas than & rob
bery of the people.
However, sir, I think I can now defy Mr.
Gifford's talent at falsehood and deception
as far as relates to America; and if hr
continue to deceive the people here, those
people are uot to be pitied. lie is one ol
those, whose labors, though they tend to
keep up the delusion for awhile, will in
the end, make the fall of tyranny more
complete ami more memorable.
I have the pleasure to assure you, thas
one, wh. m 1 have heard speak cntl
subject, has reprobated ihe towardly am
viperous attaek made on you by this sine
cure as# iUnt; but, strange as you will
think it, very few persons her-’ know that
„i< statement which represents the Essex
to have been captured by one English ship
is a falsehood. There is hardly any one
in England, out of the pule of ihe aduii
rally, who does not firmly believe thet you
were beaten and captured by the fhebe alone J
But if you Could kuow the state of oil r press,
you would not wonder at this. As to all
in liters, relating to the war with America,
this nation, generally speaking, are nearly
\s ignorant ai are the dogs and horses.—
A# far however as the troth has made is
way with regard to its exploits, they have
received the adrifir tion w.neh is due to
diem, and there are many men in Engl ‘hd, i
.oaon -st whom 1 am One, who most S.m ere!y i
wih you health, happiness and success iv
your present important employment of ad
ding to the strength of that navy, towards
he fame of which you have so largely on
tvib ited. We, who entertain these wishes,
.re very far from and .siring to gee the power
ipd fame of out own country dittti -Lbcd
VYe are tor the prosperity and honor of En
gland in preference to t?o#c of all tho rest
.•f the world But, we by uo ae.nus be
.ieve, tb t the overturning s >f your sya Uni of
•foverumoat, that tha of lhf>
example set by you, w<*a<d teud to tiip pro
-ersty and boaor of jSngliud it k iug i;u
yossibte for u-. to uve &u id fi a of national
...rosimru-v ;nd honor, not a v ompanied with
eat liberty lo short, we are uot be as e
no'ji h to oeueve, lb u our urUsperity* ->r miv
honor, would be ad van ed by ur cnab'iug
4 g*ag of tyrants, who’ ore couti itial y rob
biag uad insaitiog us, to suej /gate you § ,J,
therefore, iu every und *ri kiug, whieu does
not tend to the abridgement of vbe known
t ights of our r'PUalry, and whi h do tend
lo to freed'.in power to struggle against
md fin illy to despotism, we most
cordially wish you Mineess.
1 am, sir, your most bbeiiunit servant,
WM. COBBETT.
P. S. This Yery minute I have received
a letter from agenileintu in Sussex, who*
Lnever fc.h s-he pleasure to see iu tiny lii\
ipfoi itiing me that ac:ideut his pot iotO his
Linds, nud that he has forw rd and U> in.*, a
‘>art of the gilded ropes, made use of ia i'ic
ve isels en aged iu th© e ver oicKiorab U fight
on the serpentine river, which ropes i w>.
as soon as possittle, rao 4 assuredly send to
you. V’erUaps yui mi*.y have fiorsvotien th ? .
piece of Naval littery here referred to--
In 1814. w!eu the kings, our attic** were in
Ragland, there was a sea-fi ’hi hi mitiio
ture contrived, in ordef to give Uiem an i-
Idea of our pro w -ss The s eiit* was a large
pond in one of the parks near Loudon.--——
!l -re vessels wereerceteb,, gun? pel oa board
of them, aud every thisg else done thin
was calculated to givs the thing aa air ol
reality. . The English Fleet and the Amer
ican F&t came to actieu in fifte style J the
coni.’s was uucommauly obstimde; but* !
last, pocr Jo/.athan was coinpeiied to hau
dowa his “ bits of striped bunting,'’ ado
4< submit to our giiT.a -.u.d ui’goanimeus
tars. 9 * At this result of the ’omhit, not
Iciis than perhaps two huudrtd thousand
vcises msde the air ring w; h huurs of
triumph f while at ve-y neatly the s me
moment, a whole squadron ©f real English
ships were hauling lown iheif eolo s lo an
inferior Americn squadron, outrun Glided by
commodore M’DonoUfjh, on L ke Ch'tn
plain! We who really love our country,
do not. think her honored io victories fike
that of the Serpentine river s nor, though
we are always aoTy to her of any of our
fouutrytneo being defeated when we con
sider them merely as oi r countrymen, can
we lament at their overthrow and humilia
tion, when we consider them the tools of
despotism, employed in the work of des
troying liberty abroad, in order to enable
that despotism more firmly te rivet the
. hains about our own necks*
ToMr.Wm CoBS£YT.B->Ti.Er, Exslakd.
Washington, July 29, Isl 6,
Sir—Messrs. Gab** St Seaton, edi ors of
the National Intelligencer, did me the fa
vor yesterday to send in * a copy of No. 17,
vol. 30, of your Register, containing a let
ter addressed to me, which l rerd with much
attention, and felt myself gratified and flat
tered by the notice you have taken of me
1 had previously read the Review to
which you would h‘ ve drawn my attention,
and although uoa< quaiuted with the uauie
of the author until it was made known to
me by your letter, I was fully persuaded
it was the production of oue of those pen
sioned writers, who have for some time
past been employed to bfteken our national
har'aeicr, hoping thereby to make that ol
: heir own country app ftr by the contrast
more fair. I considered myself u#ed it*
this instance only as a gto.iking horse*
In th I *. tburse of my narrative I have
told some truths and expressed seme fie#!-
ipsrs respeetmthe condst 1 and character of
British naval officers, whi -li has d r awn oa
me their reseutinent, as w- lits that of the
Reviewer's. My reasons for me king krowu
’ t‘iose truths, and expressing tkos ,> feelings*
h ve uot yet been s-gi f.etoriSy explAiued
fy me, and to yoj, *.ir, I give an explana
tion, as the first hnd only Engii&l m&i!. wha
hos ever, to tny know led e- np p’s and i is
disapprobation of that system cf persecu
tion which h- s ’.ecu practised S'?uiost me,
from the eouunememeut oj hostilities to
j the present mornent.
I Yen, sir, have seen yoor print* teeming
J with abuse against me; you sir, have r . ea
my only advoente iu Er eland bv>ve si
leiitly burn the iosuiis that bav c been •=> p
edon me. although I have see? :n seif hung
in ffiey bis dc *ur veoerahle v > ,t*y re
spected c!i f magistriie; *• v.** y epi
J that oold disgrace and Af inf ivy ha
j character of fn ‘• *i 3 hren mo lw n ‘ifu ly
| lavished on m? * I h>e bee cov.'ardlv ue
i eeived* and b • sel} at a< ked
•in the neutrality of * p?r indirtb* wora
of a British offi e?. nod v ’.iile he proiegs J
*o me gratitude And friendship, I hve
been cruelty arrcgi and in my to my
coutfiry, while * orfidiug in h f- cr> and ch-*r
| aster of 3 g ol’ truce, woutonly Insult dt
:in my own feeliti|*s, uiid witnessed‘Ve iu*
| suits to w'icb hry brave offi ei> at and me a
were subjected, whose wounds and ..nS- r
iugs became . ino kery to a cruel audov r*
beuring enemy. I, sir, only es pea * e(ij
iu e per>cu ions and tD'sults that were iru.
terdt and me, i y flight, at the ri-k of u y life*
to an open boat. 1 have been, since, vilely
traduced ty every petty whelp in tho n* vuf
service of your king; I have been declar*
cd by yar rdmirsls and by your esptuinis
being beyond the pr le of honor—threats
have officially been held forth toward rae,
nnd scarcely an Erglishmaa ex -ept those
iv ho have beeu in my power but 2ia caught
the ccotageon. My prisoners heve haa a
different opinion of my coodurt and charsc*
;:er, m ill forced to je’.a wi b the throng and
osait ta the general ibrrenf of deiamationo
Such coi duet on the part of your ptopio
UrttduCi.fi feelings of fruenttet n’- in
n.nd under su h circumstances it should not
have tic aaioned suvprize* that i in some in*
stances -fpressed them I have told only
ruths, of wbi h let those judge who beat
know British officers. I have confined my
•.eif to tha ev'ems of myesuise. I have re-
Ifeted noae of those events of a domestic na
ure, the recollectioa of whi k stafi k cp* a
live the of every true American;—
i have not told of the or.sluet of admiral
Cos khurn, c f the massacres on our fron it rs„
!i(>;* of the vA’ i dU’ rob irries, rap i s* mur*
d?rs, &c. vvhi L have been per, e ra.ed try
<hn orders and under the eyes of the com*
manders in chief 5 hrve told none ettaeso
things; I leave this task to some future
historian, who vv : die he vu dieaies my char
terer will p int in ibeir rne colors ibe
heroes of your navy, on whom “ Blt.a* ing
honors” have been he peri, for ppu tiaing
unequalled croc I ties a;, iust ou* unprotec
ted nd unoffending cit 2* us. Your Cock
nnd year Anson must Lot escape; they
have been maishslh and agiiost me, and ihtiv
ashes will b? dis-*dirb'd. The bcußiurd
will tell of tin vhonton deshu too of Payts,
and of cruellies to his connirymen on tha
o f e p <rt, v> bile other pens will to*l of (ho
equally wonton destruction of the uaoffeud
itng natives on ts;e otlser, uutil Ueavea, pro
voked at the innumerable outrages against
humanity, consigned this man, who - fives
for oil age*,” to the vengeance of an injur
ed and justly exasperated people, wbo, by
depriving him of his file, gave vo haai his
hnmcrtality. ’* he conduct of all may ba
strictly semtiniz and, bid those vhe hav©
been for a long time your netiAn’s
may prove iu the end yonr nation ? g re
proicta. You have your-elf given a striking
example of the change that may be produ
ced in public opinion* by the pen ot a single
individual who employs himself iu the
search and exposition ot liuift. Wt
also pens in this pan of the world, able to
vindicate our national character from unjust
aspersions, by nvikint; known truths; and
the book, entitled the Exposition of the
Causes and Character of the late War, is a
specimen of what can u® done here iu that,
way. It has remained thus long unanswer
ed, and we may therefore presume that it
is unanswerable. It will be time enough
when we receive England’s reply to that
paper, to notice the abuse whi h has beeo
thrown out against us to the criticism on my
Journal. We are in no haste ; we intend i©
taka our own time ; and chouid we r ®ldyfi
<ll voui heroes shall have their share of
notice ; eteft Morgan, whose name hue btea
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