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former 9t days ago and the latter
on the Ist inst, The Constitution
b*d sent a Cartel into Barbadois
#ith to vessel 3
|he had taken—one of them is said
(o be a sctjivol 20gtnis—The Ven
erable pf 74 guns. Ad. Durham, had
sailed in quest of the Constitution.
.The Venerable took the two French
frigates lately carried into Barba
dos*. When they fell in with the
74 they agreed to fight her, but on
closing with her the French Com
modore made sail and escaped. Hci
contort exchanged several broad
sides with the English ship, and
then attempted to board her, but fell
astern, after throwing about 70 men
on her deck, who were mostly kil
led or wounded. A few days after
wards the Venerable fell in with the
Other frigate and captured her.
The Fox frigate was off St. Barts,
on the 20th Feb. The Saratoga pri
vateer was said to be in the W. In
dies—also, an American sloop of
War. A frigate sailed in co with
the Venerable, to look for the Cons
tltution. The French frigates had
proceeded from Barbadoes to Anti
gua, where they were to be fitted
out. 1 • * *. “
P. S. Several of the passengers
in the R. States arrived in town at
12 o'clock last night. They report
that the Queen 9s, and Pique 38*
had sailed in quest of the Constitu
tion ; that the C. had taken the Bri
tish king’s sch'r and a ship, and sent
the latter in with 70 prisoners ; that
tlje was cruizing to windward of Bar
feadoes ; and that the report was that
Bayonne and Bordeaux has been ta
ken. The cartel sent in by the Con
stitution did not arrive at Barbadoes
until after the R. S. left there
VRSIC THE, BOSTON PATRIOT^
wmam ‘ 1
WA^IITNGTT>N’S EMBARGO.
St will be seen by tht following offi
cial letter of Washington* relative
to the Embargo under his admin
isflration in 1794, that he urged a
resort to measures of much greater
restriction than were ever adopted
fey the present administration—
He not only pointed out the neces
sity of restricting the coasting-anti
fishing business y but SENT HIS
ORDERS TO THE GOVERN
ORS of tin SEVERAL STAVES,
DIRECTING THEM TQ HOLD
THE MILITIA IN READINESS
TO 1 URN CUT k ENFORCE
IT 1 1
Extract from the journal of the Senate
of the United States*
Gentlemen of the Senate,’
k of the House of Representatives ;
Ip the execution, of the resolution-,
©f Congress bearing date, the 26th.
of March 1794, and imposing an
Em bar go*. I HAVE REQUESTED
the GOVERNORS of the SEVER
AL STATES TO- CALL. FORTH
THE FORCE OF THEIR MILI
TIA, IF IT SHOULD BE NECES
SARY FOR. THE DETENTION
OF This Pdwer is eon*
ceiled id be incident to an embargo .
It also deserves the attention of
Congress how far the clearances from
ONK DISTRICT TO ANOTHER,’ tinder
the law as i> now stands , may give rise
to evasions of the Embargo • As. one
security, the Collectors have been*
instructed to refuse to receive the
surrender of coasting licenses for the
purpose of taking out registers, and
to require bond from.registered ves
sels, bound, from one district to an
other fpr the delivery of the cargo
within the United States.
It is not understood, that the re
solution applies to fishing vessels,
although their, occupations lie gener
ally *in parts beyond the U States—
JJut without further restrictions , there
is an opportunity of their privileges be
ing used as means of eluding the Embar
go.
All armed 1 pub*
tic commissions from, any foreign
power* [letter of marque excepted]
are considered as not liable: to the
embargo. 1 hese civcu instances, ara
transmitted to Congress for their
consideration.
G. WASHINGTON;
IMPRESSMENT. v ‘
The following article from the Al
exandria Herald, of the (4th inst.
is of a nature to rouse the feelings
of all. in whose veins the blood of
*n American Hows. It remains to
be seen in what light these cases
of impressment> and merciless Bog
ging of. two of the nephews of the
departed WASH!Nfe 1 ON, will be
viewed by* his pretended disciples..
We forbear-any remarks at present.
Whenever the detail of Mr. Lewis*
suffering readies us, we shall lose
t>» time in iaying.it before our rea
-4ers—Cur. c*as.
\prom our Washington
March 11.
The public indignation bas been
much excite! for, a* few days past, by
the arrival here of- one of tbe two
brut hers, Messrs- Lewis*; in the
m ignborjicod friends end
it iatives, aftei; thiHeefi years hard
and extraordinary L^dtreai
ment, from impressment and fast
holding in various „ British «*en of
war # They are nephews to on - de
parted hero, Washington ; and Mr.
John Lewis has obtained a Sailing
Masters’s comm ission in one of our
ships of war on the Lake*
His story is a very interesting one,
and more personally afflicting to
% himself, being .unmercifully flogged#
at times with dozens of lashings, and
once flogged through a fleet, con
demned to receive 500 lashes; but
fainted, and was relieved from half
tlie sentence, and was finally dischar
ed from His Majesty’s ship the Rose
on the 10th February, 1812. His
afflicting detail of sufferings will short
ly be made known to the public and
ought to be a theme of execration
for some of our Congressional or
ators. t
! from the Boston Patriot.
“ A HOOK IN THE NOSE.”
The following petition, signed by
thirty seven FrsHERME* of Boston
and its vicinity, has been forward
ed to the President of the United
States. By some, it may be styled
44 a hook in the nose,**
To his Excellency James Madison , Prc»
si deni of the U* S.
The petition of the subscribers,
fishermen of Boston and its vicinity,
humbly sheweth, that many of them
have inadvertently and without due
reflection, signed a petition to the le
gislature of Massachusetts, praying
for relief from the restriction impo
sed upon them by the u Act laying
an embargo on all ships and vessels
in the ports and harbors of the U.
States.'’ They have since learnt,
that therein they were most grossly
imposed upon, and deceived by de
signing individuals* For had the
legislature granted'their prayer, and
any one man availed himself of the
circumstances, U would have involv
ed this state, and perhaps the nation,
in civil war ; it would have raised
the state standard against that of the
union, and brought upon us all the
horrors of civil commotion: Conse
quences which they now contemplate
with horror, and. deprecate as the
greatest of evils- They ask no indul
| gence incompatible with the great
national objects, contemplatedby the
embargo law* They trust it would
be wholly superfluous to describe
their necessities,*oc those of their [
families; they are doubtless well
; known to your Excellency. All they
i ask for is, liberty to proceed with
their empty vessels and necessary
| fishing apparatus, under such res
| trictions as your Excellency shall
judge expedient, tathe fishing ground
in Boston Bay, for the , purpose of
fishing for the market.
If they had not, heretofore, (ex*
cept in the instances* alluded, to J. de
meaned themselves as good citizens,
quietly and peaceably pursuing their
innocent and. necessary avocation';
if they had not rigidly obeyed the
laws; uniformly the au
thorities of their country, and been
constantly attached to the union of
the state ;, they would not now ap
pear before the father of the Ameri
can people. But. they confidently
appeal to the officers of the customs,
and all’ those citizens who . have wit
nessed their conduct, for its unifor
mity in the above recited particu
lars.
From the Pittsburg Gazette, Marsh 4,
The a copy of a letter
received here, Tuesday last, in five
days by express from Sackett’s Her
• bor* ... ‘ s*tk\ ;■ ‘ ‘
SIR—I have the honor to state to
you that information has this day
been received at this post, which
can be depended upon, and which l
am instructed ,by Major General.
Brown to communicate to yotr by ex
press. 44 That 1500* regular British*
troops, and 500? sailors have left
Kingston,.fheir destination supposed, j
to be toendeavor to destroy our fleet
on the Upper Lake.”--*Five hundred j
more troops are said to be on their
route to Kingston, from below,
I have the honor to be sir,
With great respect^
Your obedient servant.
JAMES BURNS,
I Col* of the 2 and Rtgtt U, S. Dragoons
Commanding Cantonment •
In consequence of the foregoing
information, I have understood that
Gen. Mead has ordered 2000 of the
militia of this brigade to hold them
selves in readiness to march at a mo
ment's warning. We have here 150
regular soldiers ;’ abbut 600 militia,
and the whole efficient force of the s
fleet 150 or 200 sailors.
-It is well known that the British
have a sufficient number of boats ,
at Long Ppint 30 miles across 1
the lake from this place) tonrans- j
port their droops as soon as the lake ]
. is clear of ice.
The fleet is moored in the
Bason two miles from town. Capt.
Elliott has erected a block house,
sdd to*hethc strongest in the Uni
ted SeSes, on the Peninsula so as to J
protect tha sapping-
’ W ■? “ 4. 1 * *
February 38— Nothing of impor
tance has occurred since my last* ,
The military are busily engaged in
making preparations to repel any at
tack which the British may make
on this place. ‘ It will he impossible
for the enemy to Citoss in boats from
Long Point, before the middle of
April, about which time the lake is
generally clear cf ice. The wea
ther is at pretent intensely cold*
COMMUNICATED.
\ 4 BOTS.
It has a long time been a desidera
tum to precure a remedy for the Hors
in Horses , whit ft so often destroy those
useful Animals,
. The Oestrus equi or Horse-Bot is
so tenacious of life and so difficult
to kill, when* taken out of the stom
ach of the horse, that it has been
feared that nothing can be carried
into the stomach sufficiently power
ful to kill the hot without endangering
the life of the Horse. But it is con
fidently believed from many exper
iments, and observations that the
nux vomica or What is commonly
called ox vomit will effectually de
stroy bots and not injure the horse.
It is also ascertained that a horse ap
parently laboring under the annoy
ing influence of the Grubs or Bots
in the stomach, with emaciation, a
difficulty to thrive and a loss of ap
petite, that the nux vomica wonder
fully aids k* restoration to health
and flesh. Indeed it is believed from
many years experience that a single
button or nut giVen to a horse three
or four times a year will secure him
from Bots* This nut is a powerful
narcotic and it is conjectured kills
bots as an appropriate poison to the
insects* AH new settlers in coun
tries abounding with wolves know by
experience that the nux vomica kills
wolves and all other carniverous ani
mals, and i late proves
that it is not deliterious to animals
that feed on grass or grain. The
oestrus equi or Horse-Bot is a car
niverous animal, living entirely on
the juices of the horse’s stomach,
and is killed by an appropriate poi
son for such animals—-The horse is ,
a graminiverous animal, and is there
fore not injured by the nux vomica,
but relieved from an enemy that
would destroy his life.
The nut is so tough that it wHI
not powder by Beating—it must be
filed down to a state of powder and
given in hrajfe-two nuts make a full
dose—one, a moderate dose*
Augusta Herald*
SHEEP.
A simple and effectual method of
preventing the destruction of sheep
by wolves, eoramunicated to the
Society for the promotion of Use
ful Arts, in theE state of New-York,
by Ezra L‘Hommedieu. Vice Prc
• siderit of th£ Society.
Mr* Walter Bridge a respecta
ble farmer in Schoharie, who keeps
r large number of Sheep, informs me
that he loses none’ of them by
wolVes, which plenty in that
part of the country, and cannot be
driven off or destroyed except in
traps*——He makes an ointment
composed of gun-powder and brim-’
stone, powdered fine and mixed with
tar and gurry, or currier’s oil. With
this he anoints the under part of the
throat of the sheep; It must be re
’ newed as often as the ointment be
comes dry, or loses its moisture
which will be four or five times in
a, season—He says he has lost no;
sheep since he has been in this prac
tice, and has often seen the wolves*
tracks among the sheep’s tracks in>
the fields. He had a parcel of sheep
which had been out a number of
weeks, and no- care taken, of them
except ’ their necks being anointed
with this ointment, when he was in
formed by his neighbor that the
sheep were at his house and that
early on Sunday morning they came
running into his door yard—he look
ed out of the window, and saw a
wolf among them, who ran from one
sheep to another, and jumped’ upon
them, but did not offer to- bite any
of them. The sheep were brought
home, and none of them injured by
the wolf.
I thought it .advisable to make
this communication to the Society,
as tnany parts of our country are so
idfested by wolves, that they are ob
liged to yard their sheep every
night to preventtheir being destroy--’
ed by those Voracious animals.
‘ v V
The True Blooded Yankee •
A letter from,Mr.Preble, ("an A
merican gentleman from Mass, now,
residing in Paris ) owner of this
lebratfcd American privateer, dated
30th December, received in this town,
states that the True Blooded Yankee
has captured since she was fitted out,
and only 37 days at sea r 27 vessels,
.and made 270 prisoners. Dunngher
last enlist, capt. Oxnard, (who com
mands her) took an Island on the ?
coast of Ireland, and held it six days
—he also took, a port in Scotland,
and burnt 7 vessels at The
B^HUV^the^tßnthh
sloop of war,) armed jritifeJ# *Bs
pounders, and ISO in en, Belonging to
the same concern, was fitting out,
and nearly ready for sea.
Salem Register*
t ,aajg
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE-
From the Rost an Daily Advertiser of
March 35.
By the arrival of the Rambler ire
have received a file of Bofdeaux pa
pers to the 9th of February, from
which we have made such transla
tions as time would permit. We
have also been favored with extracts
from private letters, which wilt be
found below, The news which we
have been able to glean from these
as well as conversation with the pas
sengers we will endeavor to recapi
tulate.
The allies were advancing into
France in every direction, and had
already approached within sixty
miles of the capital. The greatest
apprehensions were entertained for
the safety of Paris, and every exer
tion was making to fortify it. The
Emperor had caused trenches to be
dug around the city, and the beauti
ful groves in its vicinity to be ckj
down for pailisades.
He left the city himself on the
36th of January, having appointed
the Empress Regent, and his broth
er Joseph his Ll. Gen. and charged
with the defence of the Metropolis,
the official account of his battles
immediately after joining his army
we have published at length- ‘ Not
withstanding this attempt to disguise
the truth, it is evident that he was
worsted in every engagement—
and such was the general ©pini
on at Bordeaux—lt is certain that
he continued to retreat. The disaf
fection among the people was gene
ral, Placards had been put up in the
theatre at Bordeaux, denouncing the
tyrant. The levy en masse could not
be carried into effect- The armies
were scattered and composed chief
ly of raw recruits. It was said *hat
the cossacks had shown themselves
at Fountainbfeau, within 3 s miles of
Paris. It is reported too, that Mu
rat the King of Naples, had made
his peace with the allies, notwith
standing the statements in papers, it
was believed that Denmark had join
ed the common cause. A rumor
was circulating that the Crown
Prince had taken Hamburg. Nu
merous failures had taken’ place at
Paris, and’ Bonaparte having taken
all the specie from the vaults, the
bank had been obliged to stop pay
ment. Stock which cost originally
1150 francs had fallen to 480.
Bayonne had not been taken as
late as the 10th of February. There
had been some skirmishing between
the armies, but when the Rambler
sailed Lord Wellington had made
no decisive movement- His force
was estimated'at 100,000 men, Soult’s
t army at about 30,000.
A negotiation for a general’ peace
had commenced at Chatillon sur
Seine. Manheim was the place se
lected by Napoleon in December to
treat on the basis offered by the al
lies, as stated in the note of the ba
ron de St. Aignan. If Will’ be re
membered that the Count de Fanta--
nes complained in his speech of the
> 36th December, that the allies had
* refused to adhere to these terms,
ft now appears that the seat, as well
as the conditions, of negotiation is
changed. Th£ Paris papers speak
favourable as to its progress- This
f anguage may be politic.
We find in the Bordeaux Indica
tor, London dates to the: 38th of
January* but no articles of news.
A Paris papej* of the 9th ofFebru
\ ry was received at Bordeaux, just as
l the Rambler was sailing. It con
: taintd nothing of importance ; but
i the mention of the despatching of a
* courier, to England by Lord Castle
reagh. *
. ******
From tMe Moniteur of 23d January,
magikburg, Jan 6.
The garrsion .of Magdeburg oc
cupies positions in front of the city
on both sides of the Elbe- The ar
my blockading is not strong enough
to invest it on both sides of the river.
This place which is perfectly well
provisioned is without contradiction,
one of the strongest in Europe.
I saMburg, jaw* 10. -
The 13th corps commanded by the
Prince of EokmuhLis composed of
4 The enemy having
penetrated into Holstein , the Dan
ish division separated from the 13th
corps, and has concluded an armis
tice with the Swedes.
The Prince of Eckmuhi has ta
ken a position before Hamburg. A
great road communicates with Stade.
Hamburg is extremely well fortified,
garrisoned by a numeroos artillery,
and provisioned for 40,000$men for
one year. The inhabitants who had
not provisions for one year, have left
|he city, amounting, it recalculated,
to akoui 6Q,c00« The artoics com
’ ♦ * ■ t
manded by the Prince Royal.ofSwv
den and Gen. Bennington, hold po
sitions at several leagues distance
from Hamburg. These two armies
united, are stronger thait that of tho
Prince of Eckmuhl, hut not suffici
ently so to oblige hirri to retire
within the city and to invest iU
There has been no general battle*
but several affairs bttween the ca* 1
valry which hale been advant%
gcous to the French.
LYONS. JAN. 18.
The audacity of the pretended
sent here yesterday has excited M
general indignation. The rising eta
ifeasse is organizing, and the ro*4
by which the enemy arrivw
has been cut in thfee different places*
The villages of the environs of
Lyons have risen en masse
The vexations of every kind offer*
ed by the enemy in the department 1
of the Am, contribute much to keep
alive the movement of resisting
which is every where manifested.
JAM, 18.
The city continues t<v make vig<*
rous preparations for defence. Th*
enemy has made ho progress.
CHALONS SUR SAjfjtM. 13.
The spirit which animatesthe peek
pie is excellent. Companies cjf
Frenchmen are organizing.
’ CHALONS SUR SEINE, J AN. IT.
Three companies of o**r national
gnards are about marching. Com
panies of volunteers art formingv&cc*
From Late L :don Papers*
mmmmmmmrn*
Duke of Brunswick^
By private letters which reached
town from Hanover on Saturday
evening, we are made acquainted
withthe Restoration of the Duke of
Brunswick to his territories in Ger*
many. After passing thro’ Holland
to congratulate his illustmoui friend*
the Prince of Orange, on’ his flatter#
ing receptiou, his Serene Higlmesf
proceeded towards’ Brunswick Wit%
his suite, and was met a lew rttifcl
beforehe came to that city, by a lafg#
trdop of his nobility, and gentry oik
horseback, habited in the uniiorng
of His Highness* 1 corps, f provided
at their own expense J who escorted
him’ to tht gates—-upon his arrival
at which a carriage drawn by eight
fine bays, was drawn up, and coM|
veyed his Serene Highness to th«
’ palace, amidst the acclamations ofr
the popuface, while Three hundred
ladies of the city, clad rt* whiter
strewed the way with flowers*
Lon now, Dec. 70
Viscount Castlereagh and his lad|P
left London yesterday to embark for
the continent. He has made arrange
merits for being absent two monthv
The populace cheered him as hi#
carriage passed through the city, i
Boston, March 23*
w ‘ t :
The beautifbl brig Rambler, capti
Snow arrived here yesterday, frona
Bordeaux,, and has brought! FrencJi
papers and accounts to the 9th Feb
ruary, containing most important
and interesting intelligence*
The allied armies were rapidly ap
proaching Paris, on the K north and
cast. At the last date they Were at
Soisons [about 58 mites] and at l ow—
tainbleau Labout 33 miles]from that
capital. A congress of the belliger
ent powers was in session at Chatilloß
on the Seine, about 1-10 miles from
Paris.
Tlie following is an extract of a’ ftt
.if ~ ter, dated Bordeaux, Feb. 9.
. 4i The emperor lias retreated iOt
Troyes. The of.
Macdonald, was at Chadors.
“ The enemy have advanced con
siderably. It is said they are at Pi
cardy, near Scissons, at
at Fontainbteati, fcc. lie utmost
exertions are making to place Pans ift
a state of defence. The Parisians
are in great dismay ;< they.are send
ing off all their moveable goods to
places of more security.
lHe Emperor did not gain a vic
tory, as was reported on the 29i!»
and 3oth*
The congress*convened Chati!-^
lon ott the 4th—Lord Castlereagh
was among the’ Plenipotentiaries*
No favorable result is augmxed from
its meeting, as it is believed the
allies are bent oncaplaring Park.
NOTICE. Mr 1
-
pA , r %»'V«PIW .'fjlti, TP 4 ■ ‘
Nine months after cfateapfilfca*
tion will be made, to the honorable
Court of Ordinal# of Madison coun
ty, for leave to sell orte tract of land,
containing one hundred and forty a
cres, more or less, lying in tl|£ coun
ty of Oglethorpe, on the waters of
Cloud's creek*- adjoining Job Felton a
deceased* Lewis Lester and others*
and lot No. 211, twelfth district ofJ
Baldwin, now Jasper—sold for thel
benefit of the heirs and creditors oil
Hardy Sanders, deceased. i*
WII44AF SANDERS
c ‘ T *y ■ \'’r* ’ 0 verdian* f v * A** >’
March IT, 1514.-U