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..The British took in B'>”d"a\2K liv-
o;u V 4 and a briy; o r war and
which had been used as
■m*d ship*. Two frigates on the
wer&destnvedby the French
ik-fee surrender took place.
%3jocl#mations of Louis XV!II.
pirciilaiion. promistng a gen
crd amitesty and pirc baser* of m*
tinnaf domain *in e the revolution
should not be disturbed
In a proclamation of Louis XVIII,
it was stated, that he harl made a
treaty with the allied powers for his
restoration.
Early in January, three members
of the French Legislative bodv had
been seized at Paris and sent to pri
son. Among them was believed to
be the member fiom Bordeaux, who
had made a speech against Napole
on in one of the sessions.
It was currently reported at. Ro
chelle. that Lyons had been taken by
the allies— I bat Ferdinand had re
turned to Spam ’That Murat, Kin*
of Naples, had been assassinated:—
& that Bernadotte was at the date of
tht last information within 30 miles
of Paris.
Despatches for M. Serrurier, the
French minister at Washington,
came in the Ida. It is said they con
tain the consent of the Emperor
‘Ki'pole on to the Minister’s marry
ing in this country. *
It was reported that Messrs. Gal
latin and Bayard were at Amster
dam ; but nothing had transpired
from their mission. Very few let
ters were brought by the Ida, and
those for southern places.
Mi . Crawford had taken Up the
ship Saratoga to convey the British
prisoners to England who had been
taken in prizes made by the Ameri
can cruisers; and expected to ob
tain permission for about 40 Ameri
can gentlemen then in Paris to take
passage in her*-
JProm Bell's London Weekly Messenger,
NEGOTIATION'. WITH AMER
wfyA-
America, as is well known to our
readers, proposed some months since
that Russia should be the mediator
between the U. States and ourselves,
and that both parties should in sortie
degree, qualify their pretension
according to the decision at their
arbitrator. The motive of this pro
posal is very obvious. In the first
place, however frienklly may be the
p stnt connexions of England and
Russia, it is a matter of notoriety
that the maritimeirights of England,
are in no great favor with the court
Os Petersburg, and that the Empe
xor Alexander and his Ministers, if
they decently could, would gladly
avail themselves of any opportunity
to abridge us of them.
1 he proposal, therefore, tbaecwpt
of Russia as a mediator, or in other
words, as an arbitrator, [for it is im
possible in practice to observe any
line between them) was tantamount
only to the admission of a third
interested party, to adjust the differ
ences between? two ; and as such
proposal is evidently contrary to eve
ry principle of common prudence,
and common equity in ordinary and
individual life, so is it equally un
reasonable and unfair inpoliticalne
gociutions. .
Lord Castlereagh, therefore; as
may be seen by his corresponde'noe,
rejected this proposal on these sim
ple grounds, tnat the question in
dispute was the extent of the mar
itime rights of England and there-*
fore, that he couldi&gft admit of the
arbitration of a third party—that
these rights were fundamental laws
of our policy, abroad and at home,
& therefore could not be brought
into discussion,- except as to their
shape and formal exercise ; that
they were founded more over upon
the peculiar circumstances of Eng
land as a Naval Nation having one
oi tue arms of her strength, and one
, of'the weapons of her defence, in her
£Juvy—But tnat. tho* these several
tights must always be considered
by us as sacred and unalienable in
their substance, still that there was
tome room for modification, as to
thosh&pe in wnich they might be
Wxerc»scd and-that the English min
isters baa no objection to open a con
& rente and negotiation for such
purpose.
m the mouth of Genncsspe river .
,
On Thursday evening last tht Bri
tish fleet was discovered standing to
wards Charlotte, near the mouth of
Gennessee river, where about 160
volunteers were stationed, with one
piece of artillery. Capt. Stone the
commanding odicer, immediately
dispatched expresses with the infor
mation to Col. Hopkins at Boyle, to
Gen. Hall at Bloomfield, and to Gen.
Porter at this place. On Friday at
12 o’clock, the commodore’s new ship
to tiic.iof oil the mouth ol the
rsver and scut an officer as no re with
a £<.g demanding a surrender of the
place } *i*d promising to respect
private m case no’ re
sitanee Was th*c!e, and a’* public * r
property faithfully disH air' 1
riven up.—Gsn. Porter [who test
Canandaigua, 8 miles distant 7
o’clock in the morning, w’th Mxj
Noon] arrived while the flag was on
shore and returned for answer to
this disgraceful proposal the place
would be defended to the last extre
mity.
cin the return of the flag two gun
boats with from 200 to 300 men on
bo trd advanced to the mouth of the
river which is about a mile from the
town and battery, atid commenced a
heavy cannonade directed partly to
the town and partly to the bodies of
troops who had been placed in ra
tines near the mouth of the river,
to intercept the retreat of the gun
! boats in case they should enter*
At the expiration of apt hour and a
half during which time they threw a
great number of rockets, shells and
shot of different descriptions from
grape to 68 pounds, a second flag was
sent from the commodore’s ship,
requiring in the name of the com
mander of the forces, an immediate
surrender, and threatening that if
the demand was not complied With
he would land 1200 regular troops
and 4 hundred Indians. That if he
should lose a single man, he would
raze the town and destroy* every
vestage of property—and that it was
his request that the women and chil
dren might be immediately removed,
as he could not be accountable for
the conduct of the Indians; He was
told that the answer to this demand
had already been explicitly given—
that we were prepared to meet him,
our women and children having been
disposed of—md that if another flag
should be sent on the subject of a
surrender , it would not be protected.
The flag returned with the gun
boats to the fleet, the whole of which
came to anchor about a mile from
the shore Where they lay until 8 o’-
clodk on Saturday morning, and then
left the place.
Gen Porter speaks iri the highest
terms of the good conduct of the
oflcers and men composing the Vo
lunteer corps—and col. Hopkins and
the militia wno had rallied on the
occasion, and Were placed under his
com nand.-*3ur force at 12 o’clock
on Saturday was 303, and was in
creased to 500 during the night.
Dispositions were sp made that if
the gun-boats had entered the river
as was expected, they must have been
cut off, before they could have been
reinforced. Every man was at his
post during the night, in constant
expectation of an attack. The Brit
ish squadron consisted of foUr ships,
two brigs, and five gun-boats.—*On
tario Messenger of May 17.
GENERAL. ORDERS'.
Head Quarters, Sacketts , Harbor , v
il/zy 12.
3\faj. gen?. Brown to the satisfac
tion to announce to the forces under
his command, that the detachment
stationed at Oswego, under the im
mediate order of lieut. col. Mitchell,
of the ad artillery, by their gallant
and highly military conduct, in sus
taining the fire of the whole British
fleet of this lake for nearly two days,
and contending with the vastly supe
rior numbers of the eroerriy on the
land, as long as the interest of the
country or tire honor of the profes
sion required, in the face of the supe
rior force of an enterprising and va
liant foe, the depot of naval stores
which it became their duty to defend,
have estaolished fol* themselves a
name in arms, worthy of the gallant
nation, in whose cause they fight, 4
and highly honorable to the army.
That it may be known to the army
what regular troops were, engaged
on this occasion the general deems
it proper to state that there were
four companies of 3d artillery under
the command of capt. Boyle, capt.
Romayne, capt. M’lntire, and capt.
Pierce, one company of light artille
ry under the command* of captain
Melven, and a detachment of sailors,
under the command of lieut. Pierce
of the navy, in all less than 300 then*
the force of the enemy by land and
water, exceeded 3000.
By command,
R. JONES,
Assistant Adjutant General . 4
DOMESTIC TREASONS
Extract of a letter from a gentle
man in England to his friend in
this city, dated March 29.
“ fear from what i am told ‘
of your militia army, that there is lit
tle room for promotion, for it would
appear 4 from what I hear that the
militia, that great bulwark of the na
tion, as they say in the senate, is not
ambitious in that respect; you must
get another sort of force, or you are
gone as a nation.-* attempt will’
be made,to divide the New England
States from the union amoon as a suffi
cient force can be withdrawn from the
war on the continent . There is v now
a large force afloat for Canada"” par
ticularly in sailors and marines for
the lakes: you will .have frWtty hot
times of it next summer, as well in
C rrult is airing sho ;, dbe niv t
force goi ’j md goiii£ is in
so that yo'i mxv look out tor
about the shores of the C 10 * ik. :
and that very soon too ; ts to you
n*:goci stors. they wfllre i n as they
ame without Effecting my thin ;
even if they were to give up every
point you are contending for. War
with America, and most inveterate
war, is in the mouth of almost every
one you meet in thiswise and think
ing nation ; so that you must na »ke
up you r minds for the worst. Great
hopes and calculations are made on
the imbecil.-y of your councils and
the disaffectionsoftfie senate.
“ Immense quantities of goods art
now shipping for Canada. Halifax
and New-Brunswick, with a view of
having theixi smuggled into the
U. S. and several of your true blood
ed Yankees are now here engaged
in that honorable traffic ; and as
their governor will say it is all to
assist the righteous cause. I have
of late bad a chance of hearing a
good deal aboilt this maritime trade.
Several Canadians recently arrived
here tell me, that since C. is become
Governor of Vermont, they can do
as they please, both in getting sup
plies from Vermont, as Well as get
ting them British goods smuggled
into that state—they say, that some
little time before they left Montreal,
C. sent into Canada for some tew
hundred troops to coirie and make
prisoners of a few United States 1
horsemen, that were placed on the
Lines, to prevent smuggling—and
that they effected their object by
carrying off the obnoxious Ameri
cans as prisoners; they have also
mentioned a number of gentlemen
that have beerijeminently’serviceable
to them - particularly a Judge F
of Ogdenssur£. I get these things
form them| they not knowing who
I am, but ff things be carried on as
they state >o openly, your govern
ment should be acquainted with the
facts : as it respects the state of af
fairs on the continent you will have
the particulars in the news papers
taken out by tbe;passengers in the
Fair American, more in detail than
I could give in a letter ; 1 will there
fore decline saying any thing on
that important subject, and sub
scribe myself yours, &c.
Balt. American.
i wmA r
From the New York Columbians
*
The following .s a small Specimen
of the sallies with which Mr. Samp
son! enlivened the grave and impres
sive arguments, which he enforced
with much sensibility and vigor, at
the public meetings, during the e
lection. 4
Our dangers* are riot great. What
are they ; Not famine, for our soil
teems ; not bankruptcy, for our re
sources are untouched ; not the en
emy for they have felt our courage t
and their frigates go with convoy—
Domestic treason; that Will now
receive its death blow, for the trai -
tors are unmasked.
Much mischief has been done by
ati impostor of the name of Wash
ington, and a gang that follows after
him ; but I can tell you who he is.
He is not connected with the great
and good by any rela
tionof bloodor affinity, in the ascend*
ing or descending lineal or collate
ral
* or Itvitical degrees of kindred ; ne
was born at Passamaquoddy—was oi
! the party of Arnold in the revolu
-1 tionary war—his name is* not George
but Peter Washington, though he
‘sometimes travels by the name of
John Henry, and draws bills upon
London.’ Hfe is one of Castlereagh’s
friend's in'America, and understands
the use of pitch caps and the walking
gallows and talks much of necessity
and maritime rights, andthe systeor
•of Copenhagen Jackson; He is* ve
ry ill-favored—Squinting, deformed
andshuffling in his gait.—lt was not
he that beat the Hessians at, Frenton,
and took lord Cornwallis. His only
battle was at Pettipaugi which he
terminated by a commercial treaty,
giving the ships to be burned tnac
thd” houses might be spared. He
has by a surprise’from
the §pHtlog forces, under the com
mand of Coody ; which nas greatly
■ weakened his strength and reduced
bin confidence. He is at the point
> of dissolution, and much troubled in
imagination—fasts often—prays loud
and openly in the day Time, and
burns blue lights atnignt, by which
lit is thought he worships the devil;
to whom, in case he dies intestate,
all that belongs to hini (including
the slaves ) will go by administration
i> being his principal creditor, to Wuom
he is greajtiy indebted. # x
Mr. S. also speaking at the Tam
many Hall, at the close sf the polls
observed, that the slock
now so high that the profits might
be applied to purchase Peter Wash*
ington's palace at Bioadway, for thvP
charitablepuvpose of an for
the unhappy persons wao frequent
jptha? they'might not wander to
othefs <d Uieix* kmd
formerly dcjaq, and parish
i>• ff int, of Tare, on the treasury
ueps % for hunger and eoid.
night in this Washington Hall, be
comfortably kept* and kindly treated.
he princes of blood royal that
ivas to be, 1 might be put in the
‘.be garrets, and the diike and mar
quises in the attic story, and so with
earls, viscounts and barons, down to
the ground floor. The servants and
meaner sort could be accommodated
in the celiacs which arc very com
modious This with spare diet and
good watching, ffffgflt Vffftg them
providentially to their right senses,
and would reflect infinite honor on
the humanity panther tribe*
This was received with bursts of
laughter.
AMERICAN NAVT.
OFFICIAL.
Natj Depattmenty March 4, 1814.
Sir—Agreeably to your intimation
I have the honor t» transmit here
with a list of the ships and vessels
of the navy of the United States, with
the rote, station and name of the
cominander of eaeh. I have the
honor to be, very respectfully, sir,
your obedient servant,
W; Jonse.
Hon* John Gillairdy Chairman of the
naval committee of the Senate,
List of the Naval Forte of the United
’ »■ States, S
£4, building at Portsmouth, (N. h.)
■ * 74, building at Charlestown, fMases >
—, 74, building at Philadelphia *
President, 44, New-York, John, Rodsrers
Captain. 6 *
United States, 44, New-London, Stephen
Decatur, ciptain. v
Constitution, 44. cruising, Charles Stewart
captain.
Guerriere, 44, building at Philadelphia.
Java, 44, building at Baltimote.
Columbia, 44, building at Washington,
Constellation, 36, Norfolk, under sailing or
ders, Charles Gordon, captain.
Congress, 36, Portsmouth, (N. H.) fitting,
John Smith, captain.
Macedonian, 36, New-London. Jacob Jones,
> captain,
Essex, 32, crubsing, David Porter, captain.
Adams, corvette, 24, crui2ing, Charles Mor
ris, captain.
John Adams, do. 24, cartel to Gottenbiirg,
Samuel Angus, master commandant. ,
Alert sloop, 18, New* York, guard-ship.
Hornet, do. 18, New-London, James Biddle,
captain
Wasp, do. 18, Portsmouth, N. H. under
sailing orders, Johnston Blakely, mas
ter-dom*t.
Frolic, ditto, 18, cruising, Joseph Bainbridge
master-commandant.
Peacock, do. 18, New-York, under sailing
orders, Lewis Warrington mas. com.
Erie, do. 18, Baltimore, ready for sea, Charles
G. Ridgely. mas. com.
Ontario, do. 18, Baltimore, Robert T. Spence,
mas. com.
Argus, do. 18, Washington, fitting for
sea.
Louisiana, do** 16, New-Orleans, D. TANARUS,
Patterson, mas. com. commanding
officer.
Essex, junior, do. 16; cruising, John Dowhs,
mas. com.
Greenwich, do. 16, cruising.
JEtna, bomb brig, New-Orleans.
Trump, brig 16, Savannah, guard-ship.
Siren, do. 16,cruising, G. Parker, mas.com.
Rattlesnake, do. 14, cruising, John O.
.r Creighton,* mast, com’t.
Enterprize, do. 41, cruising James Renshaws,
lieut. (commandant*
Carolina, schr. 14, Charleston, S'. 6. J. D.
Henley, mas. cam.
Nonsuch, brig, 14, Charleston; S. C. Law
rence Kearney, Lt. commandant.
United States Naval Force on the Lakes.
General Pike, ship, 24 guns, Lake Onta
rio, Isaac Chauncy, Commodore.
Madison, ship, 20 guns, Ontario, William
M. Crane, M 1 Commandant.
Oneida, Brig,. 16 guns, Ontario, Thos
Brown, Lieut. Commandant.
Sylph, schr. 14 guns, Ontario, M. C.
Woolsey, M. Commandant.
Governor Tompkins, schr. 6 guns, St.
, Clair,’ Elliott, Midship. Com.
Hamilton, schr. 8, Ontario.
Growler, schr. sg. do.
Pert, schr. 3g: Ontario, Samuel W. Ad
ams, Lieut. Com. . ;
Conquest, schr. 2r g: Ontario, Henry
Wells, Lieut, com.
Fair American Schr. 2 Ontario* Wolcott
Chauncy Lieut. Com.
Ontario, schr 2 g, Ontario, John Stephens
Sailing Master.
Asp, schr. 2.g. Ontario, Philander A.
Jones Lieut, com.
Julia, schr. 2. g. Ontario;
r Elizabeth, schr. 2 do.
Lady of the Lake, schr. 1. g. Ontario,
m: P» Mix, sailing-master.
Mary, bomb, Ontario. , ‘ *
Lawrence, brig 18 g. Lake Erie, Jesse
D Elliott, M. C. commanding officer.
Niagara, brig, 18, do. .
Queen Charlotte, ship, 2u; Erie. captured
Detroit, do. do. do. I from the
Hunter,’ brig 10 do. r, enemy
Lady Provost, sloop 12 do. J
Caledonia brig, 2, do.
Ariel schr. 4, do. \
Somers do. 2, do.
Scorpion do. 2, do.
Porcupine do, 1, do. ‘ « ■ .
Tygress do. I do.
President sloop 8. Lake Champlain,. Tbomai
- Macdonaugh, master commandant com
manding officer.
- Montgomery sloop, 8, Lake Champlain.
Oom. Preble, do. 2, do.
Gun Boats , Barges , &c,
New-Orleans, 6 gun boats,£ barges building;
schooners Flying Fish, Sea Horse; sloop
Tickler.
Georgia, 5 gun boats, 6 barges building;
Charleston c.) 2 gun boats, 6 barges
eqtnpt, 6 do. building ; shooner Alliga.
Wilmington, (x. c.) 6 gun boats, 1 balge
equips, and six building, 1 horn as X.
Can tier, acting lieutenant, commanding i
; officer.
Norfolk, 23 gun boats, 1; barge equ'pt, 10
buricUegfi bdmb, Tafbeil captain
commanflanr. # * % *
Potomac, v gun *hr>a*B, 3 barge* «<|u*pt,
bu schrs Scorj>i< », Horn*!, cutter
A*p. £ V ‘V
Baltimore, 1 gun boat, 13 barges equ pr, IQ
pilot boat.
Delaware, 19 gun boats. 5 barges equ pt, tk
%i*>ck sloops and 1 schooner.
New-Vorjk. 39 gtm boats ‘
Lake Chstfbpiain, 2 gun boats, 2 barges equips
15 bu ding.
New London, 2 gun boats.
Newport,(R 1.1 7 do.
Ntw-Bedford, 42 do#
Boston. d<>*
Newbnrvport, • / 2 do,
Portsmouth, (N. H ) 6 do#
V illiam Jon vs.
Navy Department March 4.1814#
Charleston , May 2^#
Arrived, fast sailing privateer sch^i
Sai’cy jack, of this pott Johti
Chazel commander, from a cruise of
three months— with her prize th*
beautiful new British ship Pelham
of 540 tons, having a valuable cargos
of dry good, from London bound to
Port-au-Prince.
CAPTURE OF TrfE SHIP
PELHAM.
Arrived at this port yesterday th£
large and elegant British Peb»
ham, slate captain Alexan
der Taylor, prize master, prize td
the privateer Saucy Jack, captain
Chafcel, of this port. Her cargo con*
sists of dry goqds, hardware, &c#
and invoiced x at 18 000 pounds sterns
lin^i
The Pelham was captured on tho
30th April off Cape Nicola
after a well contested action of upw
, wards of two Hours. She was fi
nally carried by hoarding, after her
crew had made a stout and gallant
resistance of from 10 to 15 minutes
©n her own decks. We learnt tt'a
board that the otficers arid crew of
the Pelham behaved threughoUt tlm
action in the most heroic manner#
and did not yifeld Until actually over*
powered by numoers The S.iucf
Jack had her first lieutenant and on*
ntan 5 killed,’ and second lieutenant#
captain of arms and 7 men wound
ed ; on board the Pelham were fom?
killed and eleven
the latter was captain Boyd, d.»n
gerously in the breast. He witli
the passengers were landed At Port*
au-Prince.
The Pelhaifi was from Londofi
,bound to Port-au-Prince, and, s&iled
from Portsmouth the 9th of March;
with the same convoy some of w hicblk
weMiave already had accounts froiti
As having arrived at Halifax and
bringing London dates to the 70*
March i of ephrse she brings noth©
ing new. The day previous to hi*
capture she had an engagement
two Carthagenian privateers which
,she succeeded in beating off; but
the Courage and preseverance of
the officers and crew pf tne Saucy
Jack were not easily overcome,
‘Phis is another honorable specimen,
of the bravery and good conduct of
American seamen.
We hardly remember to have
seen a finer ship than the Pelham *
she iss4otons,copered to the bends#
mounts ten 12 pound carronades and
long 6’s, and had a complement of
from 35 to 40 m'eh, exclusive of
several passengers. She is almost
new fThis being her second voyage)
and in every way fitted the most
complete of any merchant ship that
has entered oilrport for a lohg time*#.
Her cabin is hung round with a great
variety of large and elegant colored
naval prints, in rich guilt frames*
amongst which was a represen
tion of the engagement between
the Chesapeake and Shannon in two
views—During 4ier skirmish with
the Saucy Jack an 18 pound shot
from “Long Toro” found its way
through the ship’s side and demol-f
shed one of these vie#s with seve*
ral others*
<. . f
Extract front the Log Bookjof the Saucy
Jack.
Sunday Ist May —Light breezes ,
and clear weather, all sail set in
chase of a ship at 3 quarters past 1
f. ar. within gun shot of her, but#
owing to the lightness of the wind#
not yet able to distinguish her co
lors ; she under all sail apparently
not taking notice of us—lioisted our
ensign and fired* a gun to bring her
too, which she immediately return
ed from ther whole of her larboard
gnws—the *ind dying away, and
not being able to near her, firing our
long guns from time to time, a brisk
fire'kept up on her part. At threo
quarters past 2, almost within mus
ket shot, in her then play*
ing her stern’ chasers And musketry*
At 25 minutes past 3 a breeze spring
ing up, we ran alongside and board
ed tinder her lee quarter ; cleared
her decks after a short but stout re
sistance ; hauled down her colors
and took possession of her—she pro
ved to be the British ship Pelham,
Archibald Boyd, master; #4O tons,
10 guns, |pes and twelves ; 3$ men#
from London to Port-au-Prince, with
100 tons of merchandize* per in-s*
of boarding Stephen Dunffa»y one.
of out* seamen, was shot dead; an#,
our first lieutenant, Dale Carr, ina
tally wo while fighting* oij/