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.. whose productions walled or cd her own*; f Kuch would, be the fate of the French establishments, il the Fnglish should their ends... Soldiers ! Let us devote to gene ral opprobrium and execration ever) Frenchman who shall have counte nanced in any manner whatever, tin insidious designs of the enemy, not excepting him who. although for a moment overcoipe, shall not have sought all means imaginable for their annoyance Let us also devote to opprobrium and repudiate as Frenchmen those who with the means of personal defence, lay bold of specious pretexts of dispensation. From this moment there is no con nection between them and us, and we anticipate the inexorable history which will transmit their names with execration tp posterity, .As for us our duty is marked out; Honor and fidelity. Battle to the last, with the enemies of our august emperor, and our dear France ; respect for persons and property ; pity the mis fortunes of those who may be mo mently subdued, and hasten the in stant of their deliverance ; obedience and discipline ; implacable hatred for traitors, and the enemies for the < French name ; war unto death with those who attempt to divide, in or der to destroy us \ Let tis always Jear in mind fifteen centuries of glory, and the innumerable triumphs* which have illustrated our Country. Fetus contemplate the prodigious efforts of our great emperor, and his signal victories, which will eternize the French name. Let usprove wor thy qf him, and then we may be queath without stain, to our descend ants the inheritance we received from oqr fathers. Let us be French men, and die with arms in oqr hands sat her than survive our dishonor. tfsffcn the quarter general, Ist March 1814. [ .ligped]’ The marshal of the Empire, It.ge v. of the emperor. Duke of DALMATIA* %. - ‘V’ < ; A from NILES’ REGISTER. Reai Independence, • ;)T*k ; “* r j »*.. , m > * <% - ►"* The following excellent paper was read before the Agricultural Society of PhiUdelphiab in February 1813, & will appear in their 3d ved of trans actions, which is now in the press. The sentiments contained in this paper, would.always deserve the se rious attentate °f bur agricultural fellow-citieens, but they are more partxularly worthy of consideration at the present time when owing to the war the prices of various arti cles hitherto deemed of the first ne cessity, are necessarily much higher than usual. •• Observations on the propriety of a far mer Jiving on the produce of his own land , by fames Tilton , M. D.— Heady Feb. 9,1813. x, 4 • _ -"fp ,j Bellevu*. ntar Wilmington, (Dei) Pec. 25, : ißt3. t Dear Sir—l have to beg your pardon for omitting to contribute to the useful labors of your agricultu ral ligence, I propose to entertain you with a subject entir ly new. Multi tudes s»f writers instruct us how to raise corn, cattle. &c but I find nonc 4 of modem date, who inform, the far mer how to live to the greatest ad vantage, on- the produce- oF his plantation. I shall attempt this, in teresting subject, with this single a pology, that I hope you will not ac cuse me of vanity or egotism, from the frequent reference to myself, since 1 declare to you, that my ob ject is to convince my feHow farmers the opinions and advice Fgive are as practicable, as they are reasona ble and profitable. Indeed, heaonot communicate ideas that have been strongly impressed upon ray mind, better than by .interweaving some history of my domestic economy since I become a farmer; together witty the advantages resulting there from-’ W hen I resol vedto retire to my lit tle plantation of about 60 acres,. it was natural to cast about, amongst agri cultural authorities for advice and instruction. As remarked above | found many to advise me in the. production of grain, stock, &c. but Virgii alone how to eat and drink . Besides regarding his Georgies as standard of agricultural science to this day, I was led to consider his £< k>gue* as recommending agricul tural life from the superior capacity for enjoyment it gave to its votaries gbove all other employments and at the same time as recommending it. to husbandman, to avoid the luxu ries oi the day and live upon, the produce of thsir farms. The beats*, ties of the poet are, Tn my opinion surpassed by the Wjsdojn of the phil osopher. In that invi tation of his friewl tg supper, hear Lim sing! , ■ v sunt nobif muio poma . i.. jtanec n. uiies, 11 pt e*si cop in loci is. ■k The liberal tranlalioo we used to this bill of iuie at grammar we Uwt mellow apples, lotted chiznutsy ati a pfent v of curds andcr+'am. A volume might be writ* ten on this single text. I will onh remark,-that Virgil wrote at the most luxurious epoch of the Homan empire when the luxury and Extra vagance of that people surpassed ev ery thing that ever happened before or since ; and yet this /sage patriot advises, in a manner the mos| per suasive and delightful, to live on home produce.—ln this bill of fare no foreign luxury is mentioned, but only the delicious productions of Mantua • ‘JT'* \■ * Have we not occasion, of similar advice in our days?, and oh, my friend, that we could employ the same influence 1 for the best classics agree, that Macaenas the proud misister of the powerful Augustus, thought honored by Virgil’s 4 invitation*’ Independence has-been the theme 6f descant from (he days of 1776 to this time* During sie revolution, independence of government or seif government, as it was emphatically was the rage, from Georgia ; to Maine. At present an equal zeal appears for independence in our clothing, &c yet, strange to tell, few or none of ? us think of eating and,drinking inde* pendontly. Is it not a thousand times more ridiculous to send to the East Sc West Indies for breakfast & supper, than to Europe for clothing ? It would seem as if we were so consti tuted as to admit but one subject at a time into our heads and that one of dire necessity. We are compet ed 46 make our own clothes ; and Providence may in compassion to our weakness, by cutting us off from foreign luxuries, oblige us to eat our own better victuals. All good men, like Virgil, will be forward and ear ly in promoting a reformation, e qually important in private economy add pnblic policy. K's Whatever apology the inhabitants of cities and towns may hare, for their obstinate adherence to tea, coffee, See. surely farmers have none. Their farms furnish much better food, and at a cheaper rate. How then are we to estimate the folly of crossing the o cean at an expence and hazard incal culable, Tor the sole purpose of indul ging in articles universally admitted to be injurious to health and destruc tive of property ? A Chinese would give ten breakfasts of tea for one of milk. An Ahtericad . farmer pur chases tea, at great expence, when he might have a plenty of milk and other good things for nothing— Which of these characters inscovcr the wise dictates’ of native distinct * and which shews us the- depravity of infatuation? \ But a gentleman farmer, who has plenty of revenues, and may live as he lists and do as he likes,, will answer me, that I reason like an. attorney on one side, regardless of the good sense and general information of my fellow citizens. I, in that case reply, that I acknowledge myself aft attorney Upon one side, and the general information of my fellow citizens ; and, therefore, do not hesitate testate my arguments with confidence & energy*against a peculiar infatuation. And if called upon to-account for it, I answer: v that when we were British colonists, we were forced to be subservient to. the lucrative policy of the mother country, we were taught to drink tea* ’coffee, tu da See* and to indulge in a variety of foreign luxuries hr subser viency tq their carrying trade. They did not encourage the Hke among their own people. The policy of the British was to favor the use of their own malt liquors and other domestic productions ; and to prohibit rum, e ven ©» their own colonies; and tek ,and coffee were dotied and regulated in such a manner, that the use of them was very limited, among far mers at least. They thought it more expedient to send them to us ; and would fain have made us pay duty upon them, besides freight and other Charges. This'gave occasion,to our disunion; and considering we had spirit an J energy enough to separate from so unjust a nation of merchants, I appeal to the good sense of my countrymen, if it is not very aston ishing that it has never yet occurred to us, to abandon the vicious and in jurions habits imposed upon us by mercantile intrigues* it might well have been expected; that we should haye felt some resentment at the means employed, as well as the mea sures of government, for enslaving us. But strange to tell, from the day of our deliverance to this time, we have consumed their teas with apparent delight* / £ my plan may be further criti cised, by asking how dp you ent<e stein your friends without tea or coffee ? I answer, that I do not own either tea cups of saucers, and yet, 1 am at no loss to entertain my friends agreeably. My dinner is net very different from that of other folks* Breakfast and supper I eat out of soup plates. Sup peys the principal meal of entertain ment ; and with the best fruitsofrtpe season, with and wiihnut ccoking ; bread, butter cheescfhc. I can make a hjmdscr.l- display, and r furnish a more deli i6us and salutary aliment, with tea. and coff Old and young never fail to commend those repasts. It must be confessed how-’ ever, the more advanced th years fre quently remark, that, however they may now and then relish a feast ol this sort, they are very reluctant to relinquish their old habits. . But I have the satisfaction to observe that all my younger brethren and sister*., who are less corrupted by fashion and habit, do not hesitate to declare their willingness to give up their tea\ and coffee, every day % far a ‘Virgilian snpper.^ But what are the advantages of this Vlrgilian economy ? I answer, many* „ In apolitical point of view, it give! us independence* This re quires no demonstration. It also saves mhny lives ; for since my re- 1 sidenceat.or near Wilmington, more fine young men of the borough have diedin West-India trade, than from, any other cause whatever. As to expence, besides, the tea and china ware, the time and maintenance of one person about a house is nearly saved frotti the washing and piddling which these frivolous trinkets re quire* * In point of health, if you will in dulge me in talking about myself, as a familiar example, I will inform you how I “have profited by Virgil’s advice, v When I resided at Dover, in a flat country and vapid atmos phere, the faculty advised me to live above the climate. Besides my meri dian before dinner, I generally drank my wine in the afternoon. All would not do. I was-obliged ttvfly for my life to this hilly country. While I resided in Wilmington, I continued my usual habits. Soon afterwards I was attacked by the gout, and had regular fits for some years. Since I became a |farmer and indulged the Virgilian economy, I have never had the gout* For more than twelve years I have been free from this scourge of intemperance. Although lam now on the wrong side of sixty years of age, my feet have recovered thei r tone and hardihood ; I can walk and ride, and do manual labor as well as ever I could* The trimming of my orchards is an amusement re served for my own hands, for I would not be hired to let an awkward fel low spoil my fruit trees. I have j learned to reap or mow ; M I can shock wheat, or make hay, with any body. Besides, lam chief gardener in a lot of two acres. My local situa tion precludes me from extensive professional duties ; but such as falls to my lot are not neglected. All this too without self-denial, So great as might be Imagined t for although I have quit the use of wine, along with other foreign luxuries, I in dulge in a cheerful glass of spirit and water, once pr twice a day. For this purpose, I prefer good rye whiskey or high proof apple-brandy ; for I scorn to go abroad sos any things that I can get better at home. Are not these advantages- worthy of communicating to> my brother far mers r Is there a man among you, that duly estimates a cheerful and vigorous old age, free from painand decrepitude, who will think these blessings dearly purchased by taking Virgil’s ad vice,-to» live on the produce of his o&n farm* It would take up’ too much time xnd’ space tp* as to the rest of my family. Suffice it to ob serve, that if any of them go from home a few days* they rejoice on returning to their domestic fare ; ffi I have never known a person yet, who had once li veed with me, that objected to returning, and living with me again, on, account of the well known family economy. By living on the produce of our farms, I would not wish to be under stood, as excluding all trade and commerce# Individuals, may ex change, and states and {nations trade to advantage. But these abstract i deas are very different from the ha bitual, folly of our country- Trade should be encouraged when advanta geous ; but a commerce that is inju- j rious ought to be Repressed. The different states of the union, might exchange commodities tp great ad vantage even in articles of diet.—- These should be regarded’as domes tic produce, and Ought certainly to be preferred to those of foreign growth. ‘There is a distinction to be taken between sending to New-Eng land fpr cod-fish, and sending to Gai ns for tea. The same may be said of bringing rice from Carolina, and - from the West-Indies. Having jx continent of our own, if domestic commerce were only cultivated, we should have occasion but for few ar ticles from the eastern continent*.— As no tin has been* discovered in A merica, we ought to import it from- England or else where* as we can get it most conveniently. But certainly the importation of iron ought to be discouraged. You will perceive that I have ad vocated a general proposition, that of living oh domestic fare, in prefe rence to foreign luxuries. Much might be added in dcUil on the suV i jebt of frugal, healthful and indepen dent living. Your treatise on brown biscuit is an excellent specimen of, of this sort. Although I commenc ed the use of biscuit along with my husbandiki you have taught me to make it than 1 used td My present composition is two pkrts of ship stuff and one of common flour. The bakers inform me, a lit tle flour is necessary to the due con sistence tenacity of the. dough.*— Well baked biscuit of this sort with boiled milk, is my regular breakfast at home. |leing always ready 1 find biscuit a great accommodation to a, family. I commonly break my bis cuit in a wooden mortar, which 1 happened to have for shop usee I -of mine, who had lost his teeth, took occasion to obseive one day at breakfast, that he found my mortar the best substitute for that he had ever discovered r I men tion these little circumstances with a view to remove all possible objecti ons to a form of a bread that is e qually frugal, healthful 8c delicious Regarding this essay as funda mental to the subject of indepen dent living, if well received by your society, it may give encouragement * to numberless details Till tending to shew the wide distinction between good living anfine or iashioaable living : a distinction which if gene rally and well understood, would be of immenae consequence to society at large. With great I am, clear sir, your fritnd and humble servant. JAMES TILTON. Richard, Petes, Esq* /, Presidentof the Philadelphia Agri. Sue. [The editor of the Weekly Register , who has the honor to consider Idr> Tilton [physician and surgeon gener al of,the United States} uS a revered friend, has partook of the repasts he describes*? that excellent man literal ly lives as he recommends that oth ers should do ] % .; „ ,am * IV . From the Liverpool Mercury of April 7^ POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS. The political occurrences which this week ! present themselves to our notice, are the and e- ; pression of stocks, the rupture of the negoti ations, the substance of the last despatches from the alhed armies, and the cause ofthe > Bourbons. The. two first are supposed tq be intimately connected; with other. That the monied gentlemen of the .stock exchange are not, in any eminent degree, endowed with political wisdom, may be readily admit ted, since any report, however absurd, and from whatever quarter, is certain-to have some effect otvheir transactions. Still they become, by habit possessed of a sort of intuitive cun ning in the financial affairs of (he state, and when tfiose affairs continue for any length of time in one direction, the public may general ly depend ow theijr being in the right. Their very lightness and liability to momentary fluctuations prove, that like the cork on the water, or the feather in the atr„they are capa)_ Me of showing the course of the current, by which they are carried along. This current in the money market of the-state, is public credit, and the continued depression of the stocks, in spire of what the Times,, Courier and; their underlings endeavor- to demonstrate, i is an incontrovertible proof that the continu ation of the war is not a- favorite object with the body ofthe public creditors. The money agent who acts as broker between the govern ment and the people, and who'for his manage ment and negociations, turns the enormous expenditure of the state, to hMimmediate ad vantage, may rejoice at the continuance of the war, but the bona fide holders or purchasers of stocks, who in the present situation of the country, Compose a very great majority Os the nation, feel that wadis detrimental to the te al secilHty of such property. ‘I loan job bers and contractors, who with W few mista kes speculators, who ridiculously imagine that markets are to be opened by force of arms, are the promoters of the vociferous war wfcoop ; which is so incessantly resounded from one end of the kingdom to the other. It is a li bel on the British nation to assert, that it is so Mind to its own’ interests,-or so toyt to ev ery sense of humanity, as to rejoice in a con-# test which.devours the treasures and under mines the credit of this country, vyb;le it inun dates the continent with blood. The depres sion of stocks, on the failure ofthe negotia tion, controverts all that the war party had the audacity tor assert: the monied interest of the country i*not with them. A thousand experiments have bee n pu t into practice to raise the price of stocks, but every expedient has hitherto failed. It is astonish ing that the most extravagant reports art not: only received and promulgated without cou&i-J. deration, but that the most con tar distort ac counts are frequently narrated by the same ‘ persons, and almost in the .same breath. No faith seems to perfect, and so universal araf faith in-news. _ Os this weakness in the pub lid, we will not venture to say That the gov ernment ever takes direct advantage, bttt in stances might be pointed out, wher€ unwar rantable authority has been given to premature reports. The fflrst accounts of the repulse of Bonaparte before Loan wid long remain iu Jour recollection -to Warn us against giving implicit faith even to official bulletins. 5 We now come-tothfc Gazette reports of the movements of the a.lied armies. Lord Burg hersh writes, that prince Sch wart zen berg'had on the fixed hi* head quarters at Point sur Seine, pushing on his advanced posts to Provens and Bray. On the news of the defeat of the Russian corps under general St. Priest, and the re-occupation of Reim by- Bonaparte, die withdrew to Arcts sur Aube, and collected the whole main body of the allied forces around that place. On the 17th general Kiesoroff, commanding the our posts, sent advice to the head quarters, that thoenemy were approaching and actually in possession of Fere Champenoise Divisions of .the French army weroalso observed in the direction of Chalons. A letter f#cm Lord Castlereagh continues the above narrative, leaving an interval of three days, in we are led to conclude that prince Schwart stnberg had retired from JLru* and iha: Bo pspatte was in possession ofth.a* pi >re. I* U BTK’h o *bc rrgmtea that a r. n<? should have *hu. k been, \ U before the public,, which, lr«-m its. very p.ovti .that s< hie detail of previous opr tat ions *3« given in the letter Ihe encmvA-d masses of troops b<Lre Arc'* (A tin SOrli about one oVlctk the iwo armies thin rcn.aif, ii»g * ppcrije to each other, and a gfcrrrsil hat tie being expected by he allies, the tntin| was to be filing off in the directidii cf V itryltavihg a rear guard in possess ion of Aicis. The prince ro\al. of Wineir.berg attacked pis force, and was, resisted with great obstinacy. The enemy after abstaining immense Ipss, abandoned the position, and fit.* cessary depositions w ere made to follow up the French arny in its retreat. ‘ * :*) On the reported r un»er revcluricn in tho south of Ffence, we have very; few observ*ffcf * -to make. By the private letters give* inth* pubic, prints, and stated robe received ft on* officers in thj British army, it does not appear* that the people of those provinces are inclined to any change of government: they w ish for peace, anti they would be as contented with peaccunder the sway of Napoleon, as under that of Logis XVIII One letter describe* the population of Gusenne as nor only numer ous, bu? as possessing that happy medium of property which is the best security of the ex isting government, because it leaves no root* for the spirit of turbulence These are no exhorbitan» wealthy to be envied, and no mise rably poor toU* target! ro desperate actions —jt Such a people require only o be They may for a while submit to force, bur the/ cannot be mad enough to endanger the quie*! of such a situation in fbfttentions for one'ruler 1 or another. In spue, then of the declarations of tire Courier, we do not believe that a revolt tionary spirit has been really introduced amoiur such a people ; while their very existence, aw describedHri the letter obove alluded to, is v proof that Die Code Napoieon is in some part*} of Franee, least, as admirable in its practice as it is allowed do be in theory. The procJiU nia.ion of Louis X 111 has, indeed promised* l to preserve that cotie, but will the practice of the ancestors of Louis XVIU warrant the people of Guienne in risking the loss of their! present happy condition, for the introduction, of agents of his government among them! From |he Liverpool of April f J french tactics. The following is an extract of % tore* from an officer of the sth regiment, dated! Mount Mai son, March 5. “ On he 27th we came up with the French* and pur, brigade came into play. \^ c we^ ationed in a road, and the enemv in a Jarga neld, without any cover They were all on one knee and kept a most regular line. lam sorry to say, ow men did not keep any Sore of line—jyid the emsequeuce was they suf4 sered the more Weil, we continued in fhi* road for about a quarter of an hour when wo t#ere ordered to charge. Our gallant felloty < rushed forward, when the F ench getfing up, and filing off ro the right, exposed ro our vi«U another and much stronger lipe, forimed iu the same manner, which opened a most dreads ful fire on us. It was here that Blood, the other officer 3t the colors, was shot by my side, and two of my color sergeants our of three were biffed a 1 ! in a moment, I evpec*l ed to fall thanks to Cod ! I escaped this time unhurt*. VVe still continued advani cing, and the French retreating m the nami beauiful way—it was the adm ration of even body.—When we came to- ?he place wheri they had been formed, we found the kilK< and wounded lying in regular lines ! Certain ty their-retreat in so masrerlv a manner flit them the greatest credit. Indeed no trobpj could have fought with more obstinacy ; ant I really think if their artillery had been scry ed as weil as our’s it woulddiave been ad <jbri fui case. , , T ______ X ‘ ■ ■ ANOTHER SEVERE NAVA& ’ * ACTION Between tht French and English. Captain Blaekmer, of New Beds ford, who arrived at that place on Monday in 32 days-from Cape de Verds, in/arma that on the 23d January, the French frigates Sultan and Star were lying in the harbor of the Isle of May, with two prize*, when the British frigates Creole andj Asire a, arrived off. there ; on the appearance of which, the French frigate* cut their cables and attetnp ed to escape, but ttye British frigates brought them to action, which with great spirit for an hour and a half;, when- they separated. The Creole and Astrea went into* St. J ago to repair—returned: to the.lsle of May* took the anchors left by the French frigates,and went in pursuit of tlienu * About the 20th February the Sulian- At»d Star returned ; at which time there*, were two Portuguese ships a the harbor, one loaded with salt an other loading, the Frenchmen rob bed one of then; of her cables anchors and rigging; bored several holts in ‘ her bottom ; and took the other and departed* Captain Stackmtr learn ed from some Portt§gufc|£ prisoners who were landed from the French frigates, that they suffered severe ly in the action—the Sultan warn much out to piects, lost her main and mizen masts, and had 100 men killed* The Star lost her miz*.n mast, and had about 40 killed, ar.d wounded. The loss of thr British was not particularly stated—but it j was said the captain of tht Astrea was killed.— Boston Fat, Adjutant and Inspector General's 1 Office. /. GENERAL OKDCRS. • Any commissioned officer of the army of the United States, who shall send or accept any challenge fb fight a duel, or who knowing that any* q. iher officer has sent or accepted, or ; ia about to send or accept, a thal- Jenge to light a duel, and does not immediately arrest and bring tri al the offenders in this case, shall be dismissed from the service of the U* 1 •Sutea.* , WAEB AGHy autyuux GwnrQ .’U