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placed on the same page with
mine, may be found on a clear ex
amination, to bear a much strong
er likeness, in some of the most
prominent features of his charac
ter, to certain naval heroes of
England, whose names are more
familiar ‘in this country than in
their own. Morgan, it must be
remembered, was an Englishman
and his historian, who was also
one, begs that it may not be con
sidered either a compliment or a
reproach to say, that the leading
characters among the buccaniers
were all Englishmen. Allow me,
sir, to make a small extract from
the history of man to whom the
reviewers consider that it would
b a disgrace to compare me, You
can make what erasures you
phase, and hll up the spaces with
such names as will best suit for
modern events.
“ They spared in their cruel
ties no sex nor condition, for, as
to religious persons and priests,
they granted them less quarters
than others, unless they could
produce a considerable sum tor
ransom. Women were no bet’
te* used, except they submitted
to their filthy lusts ; for such as
would not consent were treated
with all the rigor imaginable.
Captain Morgan gave them no
good example on this point,” ;
&c Page 193, History Bucean- j
iers of America.
Speaking of the destruction of!
iPanama, he says, u The same day ;
about noon, he caused lire pri- j
vatelytobe put to several great;
edifices of the city? nobody know- !
ing who were the authors there
of, much less on what motives
captain Morgan did it, which are
unknown to this day. The fire
increased so, that before night
the greater part of the city was in
a flame. Captain Morgan pre
tended the Spaniards had done i
it perceiving that his own people
sa fleeted on him for that action.
Many of the Spaniards and some
of the pirates did what they could,
either to quench the flame, or by
blowing up Houses with gun pow
der, and pulling down others, to
stop it it, but in vain for in less
than half an hour it consumed a
whole street.”—Page 189. j
Such was captain Henry Mor- ;
gan, the u gallant ” and “ disinter - j
es f ed” hero of the learned critic,
whose attention has been so for
cibly drawn to my journal. Os
Ann Bonney, his other pattern of
nautical excellence, I have not
been able to obtain any particu
lars. Such bright examples* in
deed, are less familiar to us on
this side of the Atlantic than on
the other. I should presume
4rom her name, however, that she
was of English origin, and no
doubt belonged to that class of
British officers for whose actions
the editor of the above mentioned
history says, in his preface, he
will not take upon himself to ap
ologise, since even in the most re
gular (British) troops, and best
disiplined armies, daily enormi
ties are committed, which the
Strictest vigilance cannot prevent.
The remarks of the editor are
indeed correct, and hi.s whole
book seems to shew, in Compari
son with the latter records of Bri
tish heroism, that although his
naval countrymen, of high rank,
have in some respects degenera
ted, yet they have not laid aside
many of their ancient propensi
ties.
I am persuaded, sir that you
think with me, that I have shewn
la great deal of patience and fur
'bearanee. How I have deserved
the resentment of Englishmen, l
do not know, unless it was by do
ing my duty to my country ; but
in doing it, I endeavored to make
the evils of war bear as lightly as
possible cn the individuals who
fell in my power. When hostili
ties ceased between the two coun
tries, they ceased with ‘me, until
this fresh attack in the Quarterly
Review, noted and approved oi m
the Naval Chronicle of March,
shewing the connection still ex
isting between my old enemies,
the scribblers, and naval officers.
I had hoped, that the late war,
by making us better acquainted
with each other, would have made |
us respect each oilier the more; I
but it really appears, that the
breach between us grows wider g*
wider. We bear the floggings we j
got during the war, without mur- j
muring why should Englishmen |
be less patient than ourselves?
| Nay, we not only bore their tri
jumphs on the ocean, hut We let
them crack their jokes at us on
the Surpentine river, without
complaining, We have no objec
tion to their amusing themselves
in any such harmless sports, but,!
for Heaven’s sake, and their own, i
let them cease their abuse ; for
while they labor to disgorge the
venom and spleen which are en
gendered in their breasts, they
only proclaim to the world the
mortification which rancles there.
I thank you sincerely for the
present you intend me—and I
shall not regret the abuse that
has been bestowed on me, since
it has been the means of putting
me in possession of so disgrace
ful an evidence of the folly and
imbecility of the British govern- j
ment. Say what they will of me j
and of my nation, I shall be con- j
tent, while I possess and while
they know) I possess, the gilded
ropes of the ever memorable battle
oj the Serpentine . With great re**,
spect, your obedient servant.
D. Portesl
Late from England >
NEW YORK, Sept. IQ.
Yesterday arrived at this port the ele
gant ship Nestor, Captain Sterling, in 33
dnys from Liverpool.
Iy (his arrival the editors of the Mer
eantile Advertiser have received London
ahd Liverpool paper* to the 3d of August.
The fleet under the com round of lord
Exon utb sailed for Algiers with a fine
wind, on the 23th July.
ihe war in India had terminated; and
the treaty of peace between the rajah of
Nepaul and the Eiitish government wa&
signed on tke 4th of March.
The emperor of Morocco had fitted out a
small squadron to cruise against the Rus
sians, Prussians, and Austrians.
Meetings were daily held throughput
England, to take into consideration the
d<tie*g of the poor, and to provide the
most elfeclual means of relief.
The duke of Wellington it was expected
would depart for Franee on the 7th of Au
gust.
Captain Franklin haß brought despatches
for government front the Atuciiean minis
ter at Loudcc*
On tbe state offt&e Liverpool market sor 4
American produce we subjoin the following
extract of a letter.
Liverpool, 3d August, 1816.
<* Tbe inquiry for cotton is, on the whole
languid; but the holders are tolerably stea
dy, and good new cottons are becoming
more scarce. We sold a few prime up
lands at 20 l-2fl per pound ; but we can-’
not properly quote above 16 “3-4 to 20d for
uplands. In tobacco there has, within the
last few days, been a demand for export, &_
about 400 hogsheads have been sold, almost
entirely of Kentucky, Carolina, and Mary
land, and chiefly of the lowest qualities of
these descriptions, afts lA2 to 7d perpound.”
LoNDojf, July 31.
An article from Ghent describes a grand
bon jlra m-.Jk of English manufactures there,
j Yesterday morriiug Mr. Latf-hford, arri
-1 ved at the foreign office, with despatches
! from St. Petersburg. Some importance was
j attached to the despatches which iie brought
! from the speed with which he travelled,
having come iii a chase and four, which is
a novel sight ic time of peace.
August 1.
A considerable sensation was produced in
; the eity this morning by the un
expected notice tbe trsnsport ooard :
“ Transport office, 31st July.
Wanted transportation of tbe under
mentioned stores to Canada, Tenders to
be received on Saturday the 3d of August/ 3
This hetiee %va* immediately considered
as a hostile symptom. We believe we ean
remove any apprehensions of this ‘kind
Several fortifications were begun upon the*
lakes immediately after peace was made ;
Some vessels also were laid down. Both,
require guns and stores. It is known also
jfhat the barracks were lately burnt, and a (
considerable qa atity of stores destrbyed.,
These must be replaced, and government
are sending them out at the proper time of
the year.
A morning paper denies the truth of the
report mentioned iu another morning pa
per off the miscarriage of the princess Char-,
ictte.
Ancona. July 13.
It npnenfs that the dey of Algiers has
engaged in his quarrel All the Barbary
power*, and the emperor of Morocco fol
lows the same system of attkek against the
Christians. Larache has been the theatre
of new misfortunes to humanity. The crews
‘of ail the vessels in the harbour were
m?us6 prisoners, and the ships burned.. Be
| verwl persons were assassinated aod the fe
i mainder thrown into slavery.
An American fcqnadron, composed of
four frigates and & ship of the line, has ap
peared in our seas ; but we are ignorant of
its destination.. We are informed that it
proceeds immediately to Naples, where it
carries Mr Pinkney, who goes to fulfil a
mission to that court, relative to a restitu
tion of property belonging to some Ameri
: cans that had been confiscated and sold un
der the late government.
The Accounts from Smyrna are very dis
tressing. A population of 120 000 inhabi
tants continues to grban under the rod of a
handful of Turkish agents. The inhabi
tants frequently avenge themselves on the
janissaries whom they find alone. For
some time the latter do not go out at night,
but confine themselves to their barracks.
The plague has ceased its ravages. The
i mortality at present is uot greater than or
j dinary.
We are assured that a Turkish squad
j rou is about to proceed to Algiers,
j Accounts from Malta mention dreadful
seems which happened again at Ttmis on
the Ist of June, in which many Christians,
English, French and Spanish were murder
ed.
Hamburg, July 2s.
i It is reported th&t his majesty the king
! of Denmark, has, upon the invitation of his
majesty the emperor of Russia, also acceded
Cos the holy alliance.
i Paris, July 25.
The Algerines, apprised of the hostile
intentions of the British, arc making great
exertions for defence. They are removing
all their treasures to the interior, and have
expressed their determination to sacrifice
all their sea-port towns rather than submit
to the demands of the Christians.
The priests of Macerata have teen ar
rested and carried to Rome, charged with
publishing a fabricated letter from St.
Paul to the Romans , with dangerous com
ments.
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NOTICE.
Nine months after date appli
cation will be made to the honor
able Inferior Court of Jefferson
county, for leave to sell all the re
al estate of Francis M’Murrey,
dec. for the benefit of the heirs &
creditors of said dec.
P H. Adm’r.
October 3.,
■ “ ’
LOU I SVXjLTii,
lsie.,
candidates for congrksb,
Alfred Cutbhert, of Savannah.
John Forsyth, of Augusta.
* Wilson Lumpkin, of Oglethorpe.
Richard H. Wilde, of Augusta.
Thomas Telfair, of Wilkes.
Homer V ( . Miiton, of Jefferson.
Thomas W. Cobb, of Oglethorpe,
Joel Crawford, of Milledgeville.
Zadoek Cook, of Clarke. **
Joel Abbott, of Wilkes.
same Wood, of Columbia.
John M. Dooly, of Lincoln.
William Terrell, of Hancock.
Msj- Gen. Alien Daniel.
James Key.
Candidates in Jefferson, for the State Legisla
ture.
Senate.
Roger L. Gamble—-William Clements—
Robert Fleming.
House os Representatives.
Benjamin W hitaker —Airun Lew—Wil
liam H. Jackson.
We are reqsrested again to state t
that all our Representatives in Congress
voted against the Compensation Law.
OF FRANCE.
France is almost literally converted inf©
a slaughter house. Louis is emphulietflly
fulfilling his magnanimous acts of oblivion ?
and with all the devihsh, taunting moder
ation of systematic cruelty, he tfl?s bis
subjects while he holds the exterminating
kaiie to their throats, we are iunnpl&ing
your happy deliverance /
Effectually delivered, indeed, are the peo
ple of France—their country desolated !
their treasures wasted!— their strength ex
hausted !—their councils corrupted and
corrupting, present a vivid picture of de-
throws into shade the fanatic
<ra off Mahomet. Political virtue, eeelesi
estical tolerance, and military reuowu are
banished from France, to rest with the
butchered remains of Labadoyer and Ney,
and become persecuted fugitives with Car
not, Le Fayette and Lavelette !
More than a thousand Protestants, it is
said, have Wu cruelly massaereed in a
single department \ and throughout the
country the scaffold is hot with the blood *
of Frenchmen. To consummate these in
human acts of an abandoned ministry, and
to refine upon cruelty itself, the treasures
of France is to compound for her Wood—the
Legitimate blood-suckers of Europe exact
thi3 As & compensatitg douceur , for their
disinterested services.
The national character of France is nm
dergoing a thorough change—the numerous
foreigners (principally from England) who
flock to her shores, lured by enterprise or
driven thro’ necessity, will, ere another gen
eration passe th away, (unless gome impor
tant revolution the Continental gys*
trim, and transfers the maritime sceptre of
Britain into other hands) new model the
French character, and change the features
of her political institutions* Should this
be so. whether it will ameliorate tbe condi
tion of that unhappy eountry, is not for us
to divine—but we caa say, that no course
of political penance, can absolve her op
pressors, or Wash out the blood of an ‘lion*
with which they are dr filed.— {Chronicle.}
The late drought, which was so distres
sing in all parrs of the eountry, has been
succeeded by extraordinary heavy rains.—
Many rivers to the northward have over
flowed their banks, and, as they still eon*
I tinned to rise at the date of our last ac
| counts, serious apprehensions arfe entertain,
ied of very extensive damage. The prospeet
‘at sea is not much more encouraging. The
northeast storm which has been raging a.
long the coast, eannot have been entirely
lharmless. We much fear that we shall.
! shortly hear of disasters similar to those
which occurred about this time last year*
Gazette
A writer in a Montreal paper hints, that
the best way, in ease of war, to render Age
less the American squadron on Lake Cham
plain, wontd be to drain the lake; which he
intimates could be done by a cut nine feet
deeper than the rapids of St. John; and
whieh would eostless money than the build
ing and equipment of the squadron which
was captured at the battle before Flatta
burg.
By the brig Rover, from Martinique, ar
rived at quarantine yesterday, we learn that
the plague was raging at Point Petre, Uua
daloupe, and at the last date, August 19th,
had swept off nearly all the inhabitants.
Boston Yankee.
Kingston, (J.) Atig. 24.
The following is an extract of a letter*
from St. Thomas’s dated the Btfc inst.
General Bolivar, accompanied by three
ofii >rs, arrived here yesterday iu disgrace.
Re i rt states, that ha had started and left