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ak rival of a good prize
Cl JO TV’ 1 D ‘»'OP*OF THE
BOSTON PATRIOT. *
C( frovkfrfit. (Maine j May 12, 1814
*i Sir—The letter of marque bn
Kutusoff Alexander Milliken, pi i t
n aster, arrived at this port last even
ing-. prize to the Surprize, of Balti
more. captain Clements Cuthell, wit
a of cocoa, supposed to bi
worth about fifty thousand dollars.
She was captured near the Western
Island, on the 24th April. In the
morning she was dicovtred about
three leagues distance, but, be
ing a ast sailer, the Surprize did not
come within reach of her guns until
. alf past 12 at noon, at which time
-the Kutusoff commenced a brisk fire
on the Surprize with her stein chasers,
which the Surprize did not rtturn
for fear of deadening her way. In a
bout 30 minutes the Surprize came
up so as to engage with broadsides,
determining to board, supposing her
to be a man of was. She soon shot a
way her colors, and supposing she
. bad struck, ceased firing, but, finding
the Kutusoff continued firing, she re
newed the action, prepared to board,
and then sheering up along side, at
which time the captain of the Kutus
off swung his hat as a signal of sur
render ; but it was with difficulty
the officers prevented their men from
boarding her. they not observing the
signal for surrender. It appeared
by the papers *hat she had
40 men ; there were but 29 found on
beard, several of whom were woun
ded two mortally* and the brig much
cut to pieces, so that it took 24 hours
after the action to repair her. The
Surprize had one man killed, name
ly George E* Burdick, sailing-master,
but did not receive a wouml in her
hull. The Prize was ch|sed. and
had to throw her guns ove| board.
On the 12th May, in lat. 36 i lon. 61,
spoke the private urmed cutter Hero,
T. Waterman, master, 32 days from
X/OrienU Captain Waterman infor
med captain Milbken,that in lon. a-,
bout 18, he fell in with a convoy of
100 sail, from England, bound to
Halifax, convoyed by two 74 s and 2
frigates ; that he took a brig and took
out her crew but before he could
Bet her*on fire was to quit
her ; 4hat the crew of the brig infor
med him that the convoy had on
board 2000 troops for Canada, as
abo the frames of two frigates—•
The piize was afterwards on the 19th
chased into Mount Desert, and arri
ved here on the 20th inst. Ihe prize
was formerly an American privateer,
called the Decatur, captured by the
British frigate Surprize, and was
condemned on lfcth February, la 13.
at Barhadoee.”
From the Philadelphia Ga%ettt%
A commercial friend has favored
\js with the New Orleans Gazette of
the 20th April, from which we have
copied the following articles: ,
}Jev> Orleans , April 29. 1814.
At a wery numerous apd respecta
ble meeting of merchants and plan
ters and other citizens, convened at
Tremoulet’s Coffee House; on the
28th day of April, 1814, to take in
to onsideration the state of public
credit in this city and to adopt
such measures as the exigency of
the present crisis required ;
Wh. -NQTT, in the Chair
P F. DUBOURG, Sec’y.
It was'unan imoualy,
’ Resolved, that a confjnitlee of five
citizens, be appointed to examine
into and report to the citizens at j
large by the means of the public pa- 1
pers, whether they find that the offi
cers of the several Banks, are such :
merit the the public confidence in
their means of answering their en
gagements. £
Resolved, that the gentlemen
whose names follow shall compose
the said committee; W. Nott, Cai
gergues,* H.» Landreau, P. F. Du
bourg. Mazureau.
Resolved: that we .consider the
measure adopted by the s several
banking institutions of this city as
judicious and iraperitively requirjt} j
jby the peculiar situation of the court** j
£ry, that our confidence m the validr
of their notes is tfiterebynot di
minished, and that wdLagree to give
currency to them as visual.
J*cw Orleans, April 2£tA, 1814#
v Wm. NOTT, Chairman.
% P. F. DUBOURG, Sec y.
[Here follow the. names the
merchants and traders of New-Or
leans.]
jPellovt Citizens, v i
Th- alarming occurrences which
we have witnessed for the last two
days, were the unavoidable effects of
the distressing situation into which
thb country has been thrown by the
present war, and the restrictive mea
sures on our commerce, by which
our government has endeavored to
depute oUr enemy of some of the w
souices he might have drawn.
Additional causes of the dram of
specie, which this state of things’
has operated, may be found in the
cumulation of produce in our
stores, for which there ts no vent, I
Sc in the difficulty not to s*v impos- ]
sibilityof receiving supplies through
he usual channels. Under such
circumstances, we have conceived it
t .ilutary measure to the interests
of the community to suspend our
payments in specie, and we have
determined to adopt it, from a con
viction that the benefits that it may
produce will more than counterbal
tnce the evils that may attend it.
It ought also to be considered that
none of our three banks could sing
ly suspend its payments without en
dangering the existence of part of
its debtors, among whom the most
respectable characters, merchants as
well as planters, may be found.
The prospect of the removal of
the embargo induces us confidently
to look up to better times, and to
indulge -in the well grounded hope
that this state of thtogs cannot last
much longer. But in the mean
we deem it our duty 1 * to claim the
continuance of your confidence.
There exists an indissoluble con
nection between the welfare of this
country and the existence of our
banks. Their -directors are well
convinced of this important truth,’
and they pledge themselves that no
thing shall be neglected that may
preserve to your properties thejr full
value, and maintain the'public credit
at a moment when the want of spe
cie may produce ruin of various clas
ses of the community.
Let us also reflect that the suspen
sion of payments of a bank ought
not to discredit its notes, since their
. validity is perfectly secure by a suffi
i cient” representative capital; the
stockholders alone would be the suf*
ferers, if it were possible to fear such
an event. • >
On tfie 27th April, 1814, the Di
rectors of the Louisiana Bank, of the
Planters Bank, and of the Bank of
Orleans, convened at the house of M.
Portier, Esq. and adopted the follow
ing resolutions s
Resolved, that the Louisiana Bank
the Planters Bank and the Bank of
Orleans suspend their payments in
specie for the present, and that they
mutually exchange f their respective
notes as heretofore. )
Resolved, that whenever the banks
may be permitted to resume them
this measure will take place eight,
days after one of them shall have
’ been summoned by the two others.
Resolved, That the public, in two
of our newspapers, and that a copy,
duly signed by the three presidents
of the three Banks, shall be handed
to each to be inserted-in their Jour
nals. »
TH. URQUHART,
President of the Louisiana Bank,
For the president x>f the Planters
Bank,
* DU SUAU DE CROIX.
BENJ. MORGAN,
President of the Orleans Bank.
April 29.
From the Boston Palladium* v
FROM CANADA.
We have been obligingly favoured
with Montreal papers to the 21st
tnst. ‘ - : : . . •”
* . \ - Montreal , May 2 V
Letters from Kingston have been
received in town, stating that the
fleet has again been out and; taken
off Oswego, two large Durham boats
loaded with provisions for Sacketts
Harbor—they also state, with confi
dence, that only seven of the guns
for the large new American vessels
at Sacketfs Harbor had been receiv
ed.
Arrived on Monday evening in
this city, from Kingston, thirty of the
American prisoners, taken at the
brilliant assult at Fort Oswego.
We understand that our squadron
on Lake Champlain, has lately sent
into Isle aux Noix, an American
Sloop, laden with Tobacco. The
quantity is from 40 to 60 hogsheads.
Taking the lowest quantitytheorize
is worth 5000/ in this market. It is
said that Captain Pring will cruize
during the summer in such stations
as will cut off the enemy’s communi
cation between Burlington and Platts
burg. V j
The Steam boat arrived on Sunday
evening from Quebec, with about
400 ot ofctr brave fellows, who had
unfortunately been captured by the
enemy in Upper Canada, and who
have been released from their con
finement by the late general ex
change—-they belong to different re
regiments, and are now preparing to
join their respective corps—these
brave men have bore much harsh
treatment from the enemy while iu
captivity, and have resisted the strong
temptations offered to them for de
sertion, with a determination truly
commendable and highly honorable
to themselves, and extremely grati
fying to their fellow subjects, who
now see them return to the defence
of the rights and the banners of their
common country.
Several vessels arrived ah Quebec
the beginning of May, from Halifax,
Mith i troops, ammunition, money,
&c. . - i
Indian mm. t
Extract of a lette : front Col. Benj+
Hawkins, to his Excellency the Qov
ernpr dated
« CREEK AGENGY, June 15.
“ From the pecul’arity of the civil
war among us, I find it difficult it
procure correct and early informatio .
from the Red Clubs, and connexion
‘between them, the Spaniards am-
British. The enclosed, \yhich i
deem sufficiently important to send
by express, is believed here to be
substantially true*
“ Lieut* Lewis, commanding a
company of our spies aud guides, in
forms Mr. Limbaugh—M’Queenand
Francis had delivered themselves as
prisoners to ’ Col. Milton. Several
hundred of the deluded followers of
the Prophets have surrendered them
selves at our military posts, and are
fed by order of government. ~~ The
supplies will be charged to their ac
count, and become matter of arrange
ment whenever a ‘treaty shall be
held/*
COWETAU, 13th JUne, 1814.
TuS)tnn,nug t gee Tlhcco , Tus,tun,nug r
gee Hoypo ie and John StedcCam , their
TALK to Col • Benjamin Hawkins ,
Agent for Indian Affairs •
Col . HAWKINS , our friend and Agent ,
Whenever we here of any Talk we
send it to you—we now send you
this Talk—we heard some time past
the English had landed at the mouth
of this river, we could not find out
the truth until this day, when we re
ceived the whole truth from Mr.
Steddam. He nad sent his boat down
this rper to the store of Messrs.
Forbes, Sc Cos. and was in hopes to
receive a letter from Mr. Hamilton
when the boat returned; the boat
arrived without a letter, but he re
ceived the whple truth from his men
that went down in the boat. When
Mr. Steddam’s boat arrived at the
store, he found a good many of the
British officers and soldiers at the
store ; the British officers Wanted to
borrow the boat of Steddam's men to
go to Deer Island, the men refused
for some time, and would not lend
the boat. After a great deal of per
suasion they agreed to lend it, * and
went with the British officers to Deer
Island ; and when they arrived there
they found two vessels, one a 50 gun
ship, the other a small vessel, and
saw the whole British force that had
landed there, they supposed to be
about 1000 upon said Island The
British had landed on shore guns
and ammunition- The British had
all left there before Steddam’s men
left the island ; about 50 of the Bri
tish troops werejeft—»the remainder
said, they would all return again in
about twenty days. There was none
of the red people that would receive
it but two towns. Tot-to-100-sa and
O-ke-le-yoc-bn-nee, all below Perry
man’s went down to see the English
yre have hot heard of any
any ammunition but, those two
towns.
TheTot-to-loosa and O-ke-le-yoc-en*
nee people asked for 20Q,kegs of am
munition for each town. The ans
wer was by the English they could
not spare them that quantity. They
said they had a Talk for Cussetau 8c
Cowetau, and said your two towns
came ahead of them, and they gave
them two towns four kegs of cartrid
ges to each town, containing 100 lbs.
in each keg. When the O-ke-lt-yoc
en-nee people got ammunition they
carried it off some distance, % great
squall of thunder and lightning came I
up and the lightning struct one of
their kegs, burnt a good many of
their people very badly one they ex
pect will die, and one of kegs
blew up ; they returned again to the
English and told them their misfor
tune they gave them another beg in
the room.
When the British gave the Indi
ans ammunition* tfyey give them*,
short talk:
YOU RED PEOPLE OUR CHIL
DREN,
We thought you were all done over
—and the heads of our nation sent
ns here to see you—We were told
you our children were very poor,
when we arrived we found it was true
and we make a present to you of this
ammunition, not to do any mischief
with it: we give it to you for your
hunting and to support your families
you are not to do any mischief to no
person ; whatever you do, d# not
lift up your hands against the Amer
ican people ; if you do your nation
will be ruined and destroyed. We
understand your nation was fighting
one another, which was a bad policy
among ybu \ you must quit that is
>ou do not stop it, you will lose the
whole of your country. Our heads
gave us a talk which brought us here
we were sent here to talk to the Cus
e-taw apd Cow-e-tau’s these tno
fires, and “also Gherokees, phicka
saws and Choctaw, to the vyrhole of
the four nations, there is none left
out.-V We was*sent to come ashore
here : .a part of Our troops is to lan*
near Savannah and Amelia Island
aud others arc to land below JtyoolL
which last place will not be for
time. The white people ar
fighting iheir oWn battles and w’
ire in hopes to hare peace with Ana>
rican people some time this year-
We want the red people to have no
t and in our warfare. We dont
• ant the red people to assist the
vhite people in any of white peoples.
<ffairs. We do not give you arms
id ammunition for that purpose.
Kin-hi-jee, the MiccoSuckey King
?2nt a short talk ter the people up
ns river.
TO HIS PRIENDS.
The British gave us a fine talk.
I have listened to it—>l do not like
their talk—as soon as the British saw
me, they wanted to give me arms &
ammunition, I told them no I want
no such articles amoug my ptople, Sc
took nothing from them. They cal
led us their children. If they, had
offered us some clothing to hide our
nakedness, I should have received
it with pleasure, but such as arms
and ammunition, I have no opinion
of it—l dont like it—l am sensible
of their talk, I understand their ways
very well; they sent us a Bowles
here once, he acted in the same
manner ; he was very near bringing
our nation into ruin It will not be
long before the British will give us
bad talk. Whenever the Cus-se-tan
and Cow-etau take this talk, I will
take it too, but not before. I shall
always abide what the Cussetau and
Cowetau do. We are about hold*
ing a talk of ths whole Seminolie
tubes down the river. It was agreed
to hold a talk at Peryman’s, but it is
greed upon to have the talk at Eu
faulee. We send the broken
days,aiTd a letter with it up to Cusse
tau and Cowetau when you are to
meet at Eufaulee. This is all the
talk that Mr. Steddam has heard
and brought, and we now send it
you.
We are here, and hear this talk.
This talk put us all to a stand, and
we do not know what to think of it.
* 1 hose two towns are always sending
good talks down the river; we do
not know what we shall do with this
lower town; we are afraid k will
commence in the same manner with
the Seminolies as it did with the
upper towns. There were two pla
ces appointed* to hold public talk*
one place is broken up by the hos
tiles—Cowetau still remains. This~
place was* appointed by you, Col.
Hawkins, for to hold public talk.
We shall send them word for all
their Chiefs and head men to attend
the talks of Cowetau—we are here
and dont know what they are doing
there; when they alt come here at
Cowetau 1 , we shall know what they
are doing. This i-s all we know,
our friend Col. Hawkins,
-• B. W. Thlucco ‘
Speakor of the Council.
his
HoypOyoie y
mark.’
Head Chief oftheLower Towns,
his
i Johr.'rt Steddam ,
mark.
George G, L> Lovett, r i- r *
’ Public Interpreter*
his ;J
Lovett,
mark. ‘ *
Interpreter, Pro tern * *,
Written as intepreted*
CHRISTIAN LIMBAUGH,
Assistant Agent for Indian Affairs,
Norfolk , June 4-
Extract of a letter from Northampton ,
Eastern Shore , ‘ Virginia , dated
Tuesday , May , 31.
On Sunday morning about sun-rise -
eleven British barges, containing four
or five hundred men, effected a land
ing on Pungoteague Creek, nearth
house of a Mr. Smith, where were
stationed a guard of fifty or sixty
men, who fought bravely for an half
an hour and retreated with the loss
of one piece of artillery. The enemy
took possession of Smith’s house and
plundered him of every thing.—At
, one o’clock, about 1000 militia and
volunteers assembled, attacked the
„nemy at SmithVhouse, who made
their escape and got on board their
barges in a few minuets ; one of the
enemy was found dead on the shore
and a great deal of blood all the way
from the place of attack down to the
place of embarkation—an officer s
sword was also found, so it is probable
they went off many of them with sore
bones. On our part only two Were
wounded. If the artillery had been
up in time the enemy must have
been cut to pieces.
Salem , May 28.
Among the prisoners who arrived
here on Tuesday J&st in the Union
Cartel from Halifax was Mr. Joshua
Penny, pilot, belonging to Ltmg isl
and, who was seized at his house and
taken from his bed, in the night, a
bout 9 months since, by the British
and carried almost naked on boards
ihe Ramifies on suspicion of his hav
ing been concerned in someTorpedo
experiments and of piloting - Comm
Decatur’s barges. Mr. Penny in
forms us that so great was the exas
peration of the B: ititili office rs
consequence ol the Torpedo attempts
that they threatened instant ven
geance upon him ; and he is sin*
cerely of opinion thai had been
ior the retaliatory of ihe
President, in ‘causing twb Butisti
subjects to be confined as hosiages
for his safety they would have pul
him to death. He was confined ift
irons for nine days In the most cruel
manner, and otherwise ill treated on
board the British ship* after which
time he was sent to Halifax) and
treated as other prisoners. While
on board the Ham dies, the British
officers evinced the utmost dread of
the Torpedoes, and one of them ob*
served while on hoard that.* 4
Thomas Hardy had not sleptfor mne
nights,*’ inconsequence of hisanxie*
ty with regard to them. The great
est precautions were made use oi ta
prevent the Torpedoes from getting
near their ships,
St. ELBA.
* This little island, starting at one*
into notoriety from the circumstance
of its becoming residence of ait
exited monarch, who lately thought
all Eurdpe too small for him to bus*
* tie in, is thus described in «t secen%
publication.
From the Evening Post)
The following nut resting letter it
from a gentleman who resided IS
months in the island of Elba, the pie
sent residence ol Bonaparte, which
is, here so happily.‘dcscrih&d :
u Dear Sir—You request me t*
give you some account of Elba*
This island is situated on the coast
ofltally, sixty miles to the s. w. of
* Leghorn, live miles from the mam
land. It is about twenty miles long
and seven broad. ‘ T here are four
considerable towns in it, and it con«
tains about inhabitants, > it is
very mountaiieous, particularly tq
* southwest end, wheie they rise to a
sublime height. The soil is general*
ly poor* i there are however some
rich yallies. It has two line harbors,
Porto Fcrrata and Porto Longone>
with towns of the sa.ue name upon
each of them, Porto Ferrara on tn*
s>. w. side is the capital, and is as
well built as any town of tue sum*
size in Italy. The inhabitants were
very kihd to me, and are hospitable
T 6 strangers, i’ne norhern part of
part of the island formerly belonged
to the Grand Duxes of Tuscany |
and the other to maples, and was a
place to which her convicts were
sent. To this island also you may
recollect it was that tne great hut
unioriUnate lon?s#int of St. Do*
min go, was to be sent a prisoner*
and by the man who now brings this
island into notice, by choosing it as
the of repose when he is ob
ligecl to retire from the stormy ocean
of Empire. , Sixteen of Foussaiht’s
principal followers were sent nerefl
with two ofwhoml became acquaint*
ed, and was strongly solicited to fa
vor their escape, ‘ll is heedless ta
tell you that the climate is line*
The island produces a light ‘red
wine, some fruit and salt* for expor
tation, but in no considerable quan
tities. The iron mines of Elba ar©
extensive and have been wrought
longer even than the story of them
is known. The island bore rather
the marks of poverty ; the roads were
not in good repair, and in fact th©
island is too uneven to make much
use of carriages Os pleasure. It i&
the fine harbor of Porto Ferrara, and
the natural strong position of the
town, makes, this Island desirable*
In the bands of a power at war with
, Italy it would be a valuable depot-
Many of the conscripts from Italy
were brought here to be trained for
the field of war. ,
T,he views from the island are
grand. On the one hand is the coast
of Italy as far north as the moun
tains of Genoa ; on the other, Cor
sica with its mountains relieves
the eye from an uninterrupted ex
panse of ocean view. Other small
islands lie in the neighborhood/ to
diversify the scene. To a mind fond
of retirement or solelv bent on ih©
pursuits of literature, Elba may be
come a pleasant residence. But to
a mind J accustomed to the noise of
war, 6r the weeX blandishments of
polished society, Elba with all its
views, and all its charms, must ap
pear but a more extended prison.**
* NOTICE TOF BENCH MEN-
r fhe French subjects now in the
U. States are officially informed
that a decree ‘of the Conserva
tives Senate of the SUI of Last April
pronounces the desposion of Na.jol
eon Bonaparte as the Emperor of
4|re French and absolves deliv
ers ) the Poepie and from
the oath of fidelity that they have
taken to him that the French Sen
ate by another decree of the date of
the 6th, recals to the ‘Throne of
France the august house of Bdur
bon in the person of Louis Stamis
as Xavier, brother of i<ouis XVI f
‘and finally, that by an act of the
11th of the same month the Empe*
I cor Napoleon has abdicated tho
I browns France and ltaiy.