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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.