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** ‘<■ . r ,^ VOL. L V printed weekly, BY HODGE & M4&ZNELL. CONDITIONS. * - v •” V/ V . ‘ lit. The Annual Subscription will be three dollars, half in advance. 21. Subscriber* living Oafc of the State will pay the wh >le subscription upon the deii [ very of the iir*t number. 3<t. No Subscriptions will be received for less than one year; and no paper shall be discontinued unt.l arrearages are paid. 4th. Advertisements will be inserted at the customary rates. Letter / addressed to the Edi- Tons must be post paid. Tun, following gentlemen are re quested and authorized to receive Sub . script torn and give receipt for this •pqjier, viz Watkinsvtlie , Dr. Win. Wright fcv *Mr. J oseph Moss. j Jackson county, Capt. Boyle. J.exfrigton— The Post Master. Greene county , Mr. Wyley Gres-, ham, P* M. Greenesboro\ Mr. Grant, P. M. Grantsvilit) and the Post Master, Fowehon. Wilkes county —Mr. James Wing field, P. M. Washington, and Mr. Briber! Grier. 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Without intending any disparage ment to the useful and valuable pa pers printed m Augusta, ville and elsewhere in this State, we will take the liberty to mention the following considerations as in some degree recommending this to public patronage, and especially in the up per counties. ‘ (- It will be large, and will conse quently contain not only a variety, but a considerable quantity of mat ter—selected y«th care. It will be published at the Seat of the University of this State, and will derive Irani that circumstance some general interest and import ance. It will be published on Thursday in every week soon idler the arrival of the Northern-and Southern Mail* at this place, and ’ will contain a condensed somuTary **f the latest and most interesting news from the North and South. ’ From a direct communication thro’ Greenville*. 3.C. & ,Buncombe so Tennessee this paper will proba bly derive the earliest intelligence from Tennessee# Kentucky* Ohio'Sc Other Northern and Western States and Territories. . It will contain besides the com mon subjects oi a Newspaper, some moral, religious and scientific mat ter, which will be carefully selected v*nd made as far as possible subser vient to the practice of Christianity and to the pursuits of common life. The more effectually to attain this . object, we here beg leave respectful-- Jy\ invite and solicit gentlemen of sciet y, who are friends to man kind, And who would meliorate the condition of human life, to favor us with their aid. Pieces on the vari ous subjects alluded to, whether ori ginal or well selected, will be thank-’ fully received*—subject however to tlse correction and modification of the Editors. Nothing. Sectarian will be admitted. Not only the mau of, letters, bm the plain practical philo sopher* the ingenious farmer and mechanic may be useful here.— From them will be gladly received >nd attentively noticed any useful discoveries and ir>|provments ma- or the mechanical arts. . not intended that this paper wBL. ‘ 1 O’ •.* v . V'*"’ <*.. ii:?. •... * r ■(,-£ shall be made the vehicle of private or personal scurrility and abuse. tr‘j* Gentlemen holding Subzcrip* tim papers- for the Gazette , are res pectfully requested to transmit td the Editors immediately the names of sub serjbers* ‘ Baltimore, Sept. 6. LETTER OF TRb SECRETARY or WAA [To the Editors of the Baltimore Pa triot*] , It may be due to myself and is certainly due to others, that (he rea sons uncled which I retired from the direction of the War Department, at a juncture so critical as the present, should be fully ami promptly .known’ to the public. —*»These reasons will be found in the following brief expo sition of facts. On the evening of the 29th ultimo, the President called at my lodgings and stated that a case of much deli cacy had occurred ; that a high de gree of excitement had been raised among the .Militia of the District ; that he v f as himself an object of their suspicions and menaces ; that an offi cer of that corps had given him no tice, that they would no longer obey anv order coming through me as Secretary of War ,• and that in the ui’gejiey of the case, it might be dent so far to yield to the impulse* as to permit some other person to excercise my functions in relation the defence of the District. 1 o this statement and proposition I answered substantially as follows—* 1 hat I was aware of the excitement to which he alluded, that I knew its source and had marked its progress; that the present was not a* moment to examine its more occult causes, objects and agents, that ostensibly rested on charges known to tb be false, that it was not for me to determine how far the supposed ur gency of the case made it proper lor him to yield to an impulse so vile and profligate—so injurious io/ truth and so destructive of order , but thajt for myself, there, was no choice ; that I could nevef sur render a part of my legitimate au thority, for the preservation of the rest, that I must execise it wholly or not at all ; that I came into office, with objects exclusively public ; and that to accommodate my principles or my conduct to the humours of a village mob, stimulated by faction and led by folly, was not the way to promote these, and that if his decis ion was taken in conformity to the suggestions he had made, 1 entreat ed him to accept my resignation.— This he declined doing. It was an extent, he was pleased to say, to which he meant not to go; that he knew the excitement was limited, as wefrwith regard to time as to place ; he was now, S; had always been, fully sensible of the general zeal, dili gence and talent, which I put into the discharge of my duty,, and that it would give him pleasure, were I to take time to consider hii proposi tion. I renewed the assurance of my great personal respect, and my readiness to conform to his wishes oiv all proper occasions. 1 remarked that whatevei zeal, diligence and ta lent I possessed) had been employed freely but firmly, and according to my best views of the public good, and that as long as they were left to be so exerted, they were at the service of my county—but that the moment they were made to bow to military usurpation or political fac tion, there should be an end to their public exercise. We now“*pai ted, * with an understanding that I should leave Washington the following mor ning* It has since been stated to me as a fact, [to which I give the most re luctant belief] that on the morning of the 29th, and before my arrival in the city, a committee of the inhabi tants of Georgetown, of whom ‘Alex ander G. Liansou, Editor of the fede ral Republican, was one, had wailed on the President, by deputation , and had obtained, from him a promise, that I should no longer direct the mil itary defences of the District. Gu ‘ this fact all comment is unnecessary. It but remains to exhibit and to answer, the several charges raised against me and which torm the gtound work of that excite ruent, to which the President has deemed it prudent to sacrifice his authority, in declining to support mine. They ate as follows, viz. Ist. Phut [fioin ill-will to the Dis trict pf Columbia, and a to re* • . * THURSQAT, OCTOBER 6, 1814. move the seat of overnmeht] I gave orders tha: the retreat of ihe army, in the affair of the 24th* ult. under cir cumstances not making retreat ne cessary or proper. This charge has not for its sup port the shew of truth The Com manding general will do me the jus tice to say, that l gave him no such order, and that he was and is under the impression, that the retreat was made earlier ‘than I believed it pro per. To the president 1 appeal, whe ther I did not point out the disorder and retreat of a part ot the first line, soon after the action began, and stig matize it as base and infamous. That in spite of the remon strances of Gen. Winder, and by the interpositions of my authority, i had prevented biin from defending the capita). . Tins charge contains in it a total perversion of truth.—When the re tiring column reached the capital 11 was baited for a moment; Gen. Win der here took occasion to state to Colonel and myself, tha he was not in a condition to tain another conflict, and that in force Was broken dMn by fatigue and dispersion.—Under this repre sentation we united in opinion, tn*tt he should proceed to occupy the heights of Georgetown. 3d. That I had withdrawn the cov ering party from the rear of Wash ington and ordered Capt. Dyson to blow up the fort without firing a gun. A his charge is utterly devoid of truth. The covering party was with drawn by an order from Gen. Winder, and Gain. Dyson's official report'shews t.iat the orders under which he acted, were derived from the same source though, no doubt, mistaken or mis represented. 4th. That by ray orders the Navy Yard had been burned. This, like its predecessors is a positive false hood /■/ Perceiving that no order was taken for apprising Commodore Tiugey of tlie retreat of the army, I sent Maj. Bell to* communicate the fact and to say, the'Navy Yard could no longer be ‘Covered, fhe/commo- * dove was left to follow the sugges tions of his own mind, or to obey the orders,pf orders had been given, of the Navy Department* sth—and lastly, that means had not been taken to collect a force sufficient for t|ie occasion, x As the subject of this charge may very soon become one of Congressi onal enquiry, I shall at present make but few remarks : Ist. That no means within reach ol the War Department had been o mitted or withheld—that a separate military district, embracing the seat of government had been created ; that an officer of high rank and cha racter had been placed in charge of it ; that to him was gh’en full au thority to call for supplies and for a militia force of 15,000 men; t.vat to this force was added the 36th re giment of the line, a battalion ol’ the 38th, tletachments of the 12th, of the artillery and of the dragoons, the marine corps, and the crews of the flotilla, under the special com mand of Coin. Barney—making a total of 16,200 mep. Gen. Winder’s official report of the engagement of the S4th ultimo, shews how much of this force had been assembled, and the causes why a greater portion of it had not been got together. * These will be found to have been altogether extraneous from the Government, and entirely beyoud its controui ; and . zd. That from what is no\v known of force, of the loss he sustained in the enterprizc,’ of the marks of panic under which he re treated, See. See., it is obvious, that if all the troops assembled at Bfadens burg had been faithful to themselves and to their counti), the enemy would have been beaten and the Ca pital saved. JOHN ARMSTRONG. Baltimore, 3d Sept. 1814, Many of our readers will be pleas ed to learn that Gen. Armstrong was misinformed as to the fact stated in his letter, that *? Alexander C. Hanson, editor of the federal Re-1 publican,’* w*as one of the deputa tion which he states to have waited Oil the President of the United Slates from Georgetown, on the morning of the 29th nil.-—and, indeed, as to the fact that ar*j deputation waited on the Presideutyrawj Gtargciovjn on That occasion# . * Intclligtrcec* ’ Copy of a letter from Commodore Chaunesy , to the Secretary of the ’ \ Navy, dated U. S. Ship Superior, off Kingston, , : v August 10th, 1814. • Sir— -Great anxiety of, mind and severe bodily exertions, have at length broken down the best consti tution, and subjected me to a violent fever that confined me for eighteen days. This misfortune was no more to be foreseen that prevented, but was particularly severe at the mo nient it happened, as it induced a delay of fiVe or six days in the sail ing of the fleet. % > In the early part of July, T expect ed the fleet would be made ready lor sailing by the 10th or 15th / but many of the mechanics were taken sick, and amongst them the block makers and blacksm+ths. so that the Mohawk could not be/furnished with blocks and iron work for her gun St decks before the 2 ith or 2.5 ‘ h ult. when she was reported ready by captain Jopes. As considerable ,anx '»ety had been manifested ‘by the -'public to have the fleet on the L ike, I should have asked capt/Jones to take charge of it and go out, bit I Was then recove rip g'my health, and was confident I should be able in three or tour days to go on board my sell* Theie was an additional reason for < ibmitting to this delay an the difficulty I found in making the changes of commanders, neither and( them being willing to be separa ted from the officers and men, and a change of crews through the fleet being inadmissible. In the afternoon of the 31st July, I was taken on board, but it was calm, and I did not sail before the next morning. To satisfy at once whatever expectations the public had been led to entertain of the sufficien cy of this squadron to take and maintain the ascendency on this Jake, and at the same time to expose the of promised, the fulfil ment of which/flad been rested on our appearance at the head of the Jake, 1 got under way at 4 o’cbo k the morning --of the lsi inst. and steered for the mouth of the Niagara, Owing to light.wfhils, I did not ar rive off there before the sth. There vve intercepted one of the enemy’s brigs running over from York to Niagara with troops, and ran her on shou. about 6 miles to the westward* of Fort George. I ordered Lite Sylph in, to anchor as near to the enemy as she could with safety, and to destroy her. , Gapt. Elliot ran m in a vevy gallant manner to within from 300 to 500 yards of her, and was about anchoring, when the ene my set fire to her and she soon after blew up. This vessel was a schoon er the last year, and called the Be resford ; since they altered her to a brig, they changed her name, and I have not been able to ascertain it.— She mounted 14 guns, 1 2 24-pound carronades, and two long 9-pounders. Finding the enemy bad two other brigs and a schooner in the Niagara river, I determined to leave a force to watch them, and selected the Jef ferson, Sylph, and Oneida for that purpose, and placed the whole under the orders of captain Ridgley.— Having locked into York without discovering any vessel of the enemy, I Jest Niagara with the remainder of the squadron on the evening of the 7th, and arrived here on the 9lh.— We found one of the enemy’s ships in the offing, and chased her into Kingston. / ‘ : •«, My anxiety to return to this end of the lake was increased by the knowledge I had of the weakness of Sacketl’s Harbor, and the apprehen sion- that the enemy might receive large reinforcements at Kingston, and, embarking some of the troops on board his fleet, make a dash at the Harbor and &urn it with all my stores during our absence. 1 When if left the Harbor,- there were but about 700 regulars troops fit for duty.— • It is true a few militisf had been cal led in, but little could be expected of thejn should ap attack be made.— My apprehension, %ems, was groundless, the enemy having con tented himself with annoying in some trifling degree the f coaster* , between Oswego and the Harbor in r his boats* I I cannot foibear expressing the ’ regieti feel that &o much sensation \ has been excited in the pnbic mind, because this squadron diu not sail so soon as the wise-heads that conduct our newspapers have piesumed to think 1 ought. I need not suggest to one dl experience, that a no. xxxik man of war may aooear toth * <*ve rtf a landsman perfectly ready f»r sc *.. when she is deficient ini maov <»f tlia most essential points of her arm, la ment, nor how unworthy T should have proved myself rtf the high fyit*.t reposed in me, had I ventured jui 4 in the face of an enemy of equal force, without bemg ready to meet him in one hour alter mv anchor wa* weighed. It ought in justice to be recollect ed, that the budding and equipment of vessels on the Atlantic, are unat tended by any of the threat difucuitie i which we have to encounter on tin'a hounds with facilities. A comman der makes a requisition and article* of every description art* furnished in twelve hours *• but this ifeet v ha* been built and fitted in the wil lernesi ‘ where there are no agents and jdian ti lers shops and founderies, frcMtc, vt supply our wants, but everything j* to be created ; and yet i shall not cline a comparison of what has bee tv done here, with any thing d-mV 01 the Atlantic, in the budding or e-v quipment of vessels. The Guernesnr for instance has been building urtil tilting upwards of twelve month's ui [ \\:z city of Philadelphia m l i* not yet ready. The President Irigate \Vent into the Matvy Yard, at NeVv.’ York for some ptrtjul »epairs, a Tew days alter the keel of the Superior was laid ; sihee then two frig.ues <?f a large class, and two sloops of war of the largest class, have been b\iiU and fitted here, and have sailed bev President is ready for sea, although every article of their arma ment and rigging has been .train spoN ted from Mew-York, in cfespite of ob. stacles almost insurmountable. I will go farther sir, for it is due t> the unremitted and unsurpassed ertions of those who have’served the public under my command, and’ wifi challenge'--the world id produce a paralleTinstance ih which the sbirui number of vessels of sUch diineiisions have bden.built Sc fitted m thfekahie time by the same number of work* men. I confess that I am mortified in not having succeeded, in satisfying the expectations of the public, but it would be infinitely more painiui, could 1 find any %ar»t of zeal or ex ertion in my endeavors to scrvtf them, to which l could many degree impute their disappointment. 1 have the honor to be, sir, with the utmost Yespect, you inmost obedi ent and very humble servant. ISAAC CUAUNXEY. Hon. wm. JonYs, Secretary -of the l\ T avy t The following articles are extracts from late L >nd-mpapers. By the new diplomatic arrange ments, the French K.ip'g has dis pensed with the services of most of Bonaparte’s Ambassadors. M. Do MohtmorenCy is appointed Am.ms* sador to Madrid ; M. Ounoii l to 1 Nigpna ; Count de Choisstml Gouf fier to Constantinople ; *l. Victor de Caraman to Berlin, and hi. (ioli ver nay de» ia Tout du Pin, to the Hague. t’f’ The beautiful Madam Racamier* who was ordered to’ quit Paris by Bonaparte, has returned. Marshal Masse rta, oheof the ex-senator** has retired tof* bis country seat at ifcuel. An ordinance has Been published in all the parts of % France, that dur ing the war between G Britain and America, no armed vessel* 4 shall be fitted out for either of the’ bellige rent pbwprs, nor shall any French subject take , an interest in any such War.’ * f ' r ■ Tfhe British Treaty wfi.h France was discussed in the British House of Commons, June 29. Mr. Can ning said, the interest oT France wa* small in the New-Fouwlta*>d Fishe ries ; but he wished Government to give those Fisheries dUe considera tions as to* America. In our treaty of peace with that power we gave *t way more than \v£ ought ; and wc*. nevernow heard of that treaty, but ax a trophy of victory on one hand; or the monument of degradation and shame on the other. Wc ought to recur in questions with America to the state m which we no v stand, ra ther than Iliad—in which ue cues stood. / Lord C »sdereagb said he was fully j aware of the impoif|aucc of the Ne.wv 1 Foundiand Fisheries. | The ldutcii Government has a* 4 gretd with the English in the total I abo;- , .he bhtve Trade.