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/ v CAfw-JVC October 26.
His excellency gfwerfinr Tomkins, pursuant
to a request fronj the general government ar
rived here his morning irt.she w«api b >ar to
mke the chief comofend at ibis > importart ,
He at the wars, and
UansJUbistw escorted to his office at the City
Ha!', bv cipt. CooCker’s company of horse, h
nraj r DSntcomb’s battalion of foot guards,
acc.ornpamed by adjutant general Van Rensse
ket, major genera! Stevens,, his esceflency’s
aid,, &c. The large proportion of miliiiajtroops
probably 17,000 (exclusive of the Ncw*Jersy
line) and >O*K) regulars, now on duty in this
city and its vicinity, renders it highly proper
for ajnilwia officer of the highest grade to|com
maadthem, independent of the example of*
gov. S-rpng, or the captain general of any
and fhm the Known patriotism
and a of gov Tomkins it was not to
hie *r> d*rha? baiKvould shrink from any
duty however arduous and dnlodkcd for, to
which lie should be eaMed by the destiny, of
hi c . country and the welfare of the state ever
which ke presides.
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Rotfe, August^.
The Pope has re-established the court of the .
and added two members to it. No
body that acquainted win that court
hem, will f.ei uneasy about this measure Os
the re-establishment of the Jesuits no more is
staid ; and notwithstanding the claims laid by
thy .f the other religious orders, it ap
|*ea v fta pis hoi niesi intemk ‘o reinstate only
% part «f.them - ; and to diminish the number of s
convents K >me p< rs->ijs, who it is pro turned
rmisrbe well ms pied, tVo;n the sk nations j
which 111 y hbld near his appeartq \
Encourage the rumour.* that the Holy hasher j
Will undertake a journey *o \iean t, Kwjonjwrt >j
f With ihfe allied .powers (lie concerns of the Ho- j
ly • . re < igi•■H. Mnnsignor Dellal- j
jienga, ir*;-.n jte.r e of his holiness
Jn.f ranc. has been appointed to tlie samej
dignity , ,o go •<> thi congress in Vienna.
v. «
fmom a lon don paper .
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From a■‘Germ an paper an extract
is mad *thh day, highly deserving
of ! jr» , .ivc confide ration —Frttm Paris
frotfi v.errhanyk n om every quarter
-XT# regr-t, we find it confirmed, Uu
aliot w<l rP.v.iess desire of war i
Impatfeptifjf' ,t xffcessed by the ini!Tto •
ry sac t “ n in * tv nee. if . faction Thai
tun b\- collect which comprehends
htar.lv half the ntit ion, and almost all
the active men of influence in all the
rank ;of society- We have endeav
ored to refuse cTedit to these ac
counts of the state of the public spir
it in France, hurt with reluctance we
*re jorced to confess they -Colne in
various ways, by channels so
indisputably authentic that it would
be misleading the public,to deny or
even V> doubt them* If the French
government, which certainly is most
sincerely pacfic, gives apparently
come encouragement to this disposi
tion,-we are persuaded it does so
ffaeieiv to .amuse it, to divert it from
mischief. that in time if may wear
ifrself out and.die away, as other ob
jects of a civil dature, suited to a
state oi peace, grow dp to engage
the general attention*: 4 v
Htiu c- the large military esiublish
tnentskept Up; by’ \ustria, and by
England,> as well as. by France, wheiie
they are necessary.to.preserve hope
dmi good humour lienee the in";*
creasing English army in the Neth
erlands the l#ss of which the French
regret most severely, and the recov
ery of which is so important to Eng
land. the separation of these coun
tries fr*>m France be-ing.one of the
oldest most wise, and legitimate ob
ifiti'sh & ‘ :y. -
’ t hiQttdatt:, QctSls;
: 81 4 ti ’
rvy three VnH’ .v aiV prisoners we
h*-vV : yeceiyed mformutiph that the \
dr « have t. iptmeet two American
the Fygresi and Scorpion,
with pHyrners on Lake Huron.
‘j’ 1 1 c • ate that on the 3d of Sepf.
abom iV o’clock in the evening two
Brt'-'i ;un boata., the one mounting
4 the ‘her a three poundey, two
ha* witli 130 soldiers at id 20
?.a h-r nd 25 burch bark canoes
with- -Indtans surprised the Ty
stress rile w*as lyjng at anphor
f * ’ 4 r Ray off St. Josephs, board- ,
ed : r and * .Kdc possession of her after a
-hurt c ntest, ip wiiich we had but
> >• kifbfd and four wounded, and tVe
l , . > x tvyo killed and five wound-
V ;>e'6th. of Sept, the enemy in
4 ji^H| ;r ess captured the Scorpion,
■flo had received’ no mfor
m\.i i * of the capture of the
W; his v e enemy effected by bVingmg
the l’ gress close, alongside tie
or : m and boarding her while her
(fttow the decks, having, up
otidn tuat the « yi-Ctss was in
posse* itoft oi the enemy* , >. /
SPIES
Ywtttjfep a yohng man was ap
prehended and taken lieiore a jus
tice at l latbush, on suspicion of be
ing *V spi> lOn examination, dye
was found to be a British officer
with cddimissidd in \ his pock-’ ‘
<ft, and from ietters and other
V ion ltd upon him, and he
/ recently from Canada. He whs im%
mediately put ip imns and delivered
over la ;en. Bait, uho commands at
Brooklyn* —JYew York &vcnisg Yjsi.
%A KNdXVH,L£S'T.JOct. irvC;’
. genera irom Use Lvwee Countiy,;
r, ■. • ‘-7 V “'fp.. \ :,a.
on winch the greatest may
be placed, state the loss o r ■ * Bri
tish in their attack on Fort Ro&yfcr
at upwardsof 300 men.
MAGNANIMOUS NEW tOUK ‘
Nguremker %$• •
~ The legislature of New‘ York adr
journed last evening after a session
of four weeks* X^ e principal acts
passed are, .
An act to authorise tb* raising of
troops for the defence of this State /
.An act to encourage privateering. •
An act to authorize the raising a
corps of Sea Fencibles. **>. V, , ]
An act tb provide for the repay- j
ment of certain sums of money, ad- |
vanced by the corporation of the ci
ty of Nt yf York, for the defence of .
che state and for other purposes.
An act td prevent the apprehen- 1
sigh of British deserters*
Ah act to authorize the raising *
two regimen's of men of color.
Aft act authorising additional pay \
to be made to the volunteers, and
for paying the militia called into
service by state authority.
. An act to aid in the apprehension
of deserters from the army and navy
of the ‘U. States.
The following resolution, intro
duced by Mr. Monell, passed both
houses of the Legislature, unanimous -
on Saturday
unanimously) That the
general aisemblypf the state of New
York view with mingled emotions
of surprize and indignation, the CX
ti avagant and disgraceful terms pro
posed by the British commissioners
at'Ghent—that however ardently
they may desire the restoration of
peace to theii country, they can nev
er consent to receive it at the sa
crifice of national honor and dignity
v it they therefore strongly re
-0.11 mend to the National Legislature
! :df adoption, of the most vigorous
and efficacious measures in the pros
ecutioii of the war, as he best means
of bringing the c< iit’ it to an honor-,
able, termination. arid of tiansmit
iing utumpaiied o U.oirposterity,
their rights, Bbeuy and. indepen
dence.
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Copy of a lett( .v .apt. Porter to
the Secretary r /he aYvvy, dated
4 1 v a Oct. 29, 1814*
SfR,
I have the piea.ni’ to inform
you that the 0-uir.:d States* Fulton
the First, wae this m nnng safe
ly launched. Np ofce h yet ven
tured to sugt > .n rovemenj.
that cditld bt ’ made Tip bis vessel,
and to usenhe words of tbe;projector
w I Would not . * ; * vs £reitin my
power to do so ‘ Siv» p vamises fair
to meet our-r ost ‘•ndgur e expecta
tions, 1 do not H iKor 01 being able
to navigate in'h tfom ev t extreme
of our coast r oi’ er. Her |
buoyancy aston sf jk evpry mt ; she
now draws bnjj Vl t i 3 i~t .lies wa
ter, and her drav ’ ‘ vdl b only ten
feet with he ■ pc. hi aery,
stores and ere b ’ -d ; he ease
with Which sin . ‘ow towed
with a single boat. ,«ders it i
certain that ei rii be sufc*
tkierrtly great to answer rv. ry pm- .
pose and the litappet itv, n.ended
to secure kei* c o«n the
gunners shot ‘Mves iiq apprehen
sion for its safety
t shall use every, eserifbh ro pre- ‘
pare het for imm>-d ; o- en her 1
guns'will'soon b - mouthed. ; lam
assured by Mr. Fulton'that h.< r ma
chinery will be iu ppcpatLon in about
six weeks^
I hayfe the’ honor to be with great
respect, your obedient servant.
O POUTER-
The Honorable Wm. Jpaes, N| L
Secretary of the Navy, y y i
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Extract of a letter fi dm Lieut Johu
Carney , of the U- Sp ‘4 rrr l£j t 0
Editors of tht St ir *datpd Bnffa ’
lO) New York, October 20, 18,14.**
We (IzariFs armyj arrived at
B-’ack Bock, crossed the Niagara and
joined Gen. Brown s divisioii on the
iOth, but in a very disabled stdte
bw ing to severe inarches and the
bad state of the roads. On the 12th
tfife whole army moved down the ri
ver as far as Black Creek, h On the
13th reached Chippewa Plains.—
Here, except sonic Indian firing on
our.flanks, we met with the first re- >
sibtance. i'he enemy played upon v |
ii“ wT'hput exciting the return of a ‘
shot until the artillery came up
which soon compelled them to Re
tire to their works behind the Chip
pewa. On the 14th we cannonaded
them from I*2 o’clock ‘until sun set
without oeing able to effect a pass of
t y creek. v--Our loss this day was
iOur men killed,.that of the British
whs considerable- We then retired
<S our encampment, five miles in
■-tit tear. On the tith, l&ond
i iici*e but a'gdtxf
; de. ilm manoct;viing..wHlf a vic-.v to
* tut laid cpfipn. tjsv-
at. lUu morftjftg
ot the ,H»ih lzayd ortfci vd Gen.
vßissel’s brigade about 4 tu.Us iorth*
i«‘*4- />*JI ,iw*/ ‘Jm %» ‘-*• i
cr up the Tiver in order t$ draw the
attention of enemy to that quar
ter whip; th.tr main army made a
movement below.
Here Basset was attacked by a
greatly superior-farce ‘which he, af
ter a severe conflict of half an hour,
pot to rout and pursued *o closely
that he passed* with them oyer tire
bridge which they had not time to
destroy. Izard immediately moved
up with, the whole army cross
ed *4eavin* all his behind,
and advanced to the attack of the en
emy’s lines with grefcfc impetuosity.
At this ’uiicture I waS ordered -off
with a convoy of wounded, and to
hasten on some supplies from this
place. .The result of this engage
ment, I cannot therefore inform you
of. In Bisnels’ affair it is haul we
Inst 20 or 3a men, \nd the enemy
2 or 300 killed and prisoners, but
from the length and fierceness of the
action, I should think the loss on
both sides must have been grea
ter. Col. Clinch is here.
By a person direct from Fort War
burton; on Saturday last, we are in
formed that the additional works to
4bt old fort (undef the direction of
the Engineer Major L’Enfaiitj are
progressing with unusual vigor and
effect—some of the * batteries begin
ning to shew their positions and u
tilityv The foundation, digging and
placing the stone and other various
building materials, has been a labor
ious and yet progressing work, which
could not have been effected but
frpm the material aid and patriotic
volunteering labor given to it by par
ties of artists and other citizens of
Alexandria, who have peculiarly dis
. tiiigurshed themselves in aid there
; off for besides the donation % the
Coiboration, of from 30 to 50 cou
sla> t day laborers from its com
mei cement, the different wards of
thai town have every other day for
son s’ time past, two
da\, labor of fifty, sixty and seventy
at | time, relieving themselves by
others, even distinguished citizens,
att|e spade and wheelbarrow. Two
sep/Vate divisions of the Fauquier
regiment, under command
of4 apt. Digges and Gapt. Ashford,
fini hed their detour of help on Sa
turt|ay4ast,4nd others >are prohused
Iroi them ds well as from volunteei -
ingprti£ens of ipe Town of Alexan- I
driH whose example in this respect
wTHtip dpubt be followed by the cit-
of “Washington. jj
Rational Intelligencer . ‘
(Jojjy ofc let te: fr.ffarringt on
to the Secretary of the Navy y dated
U. S. Sloop Peicock, N. ¥. Oct 20 !
ISI4.
SIR $
I have the honor to inform you of 1
the Peacock’s arrival at this place, j
after a cruise Os one hundred and J
forty-seven days,’ during whiph all
you; remaining orders of the 28th
Feb. uito. have been executed, except
that which related to the Naze and
coast of Norway and which was o
mitted fn consequence of that whole
coast being lindei a strict blockade
by a combined squadron of English
and Swedish ships. .Although the
Peacock's success has not been so
great, as we had sanguineiy expect
ed; it is a pleasing reflection, that
our disappointment has been occa?
sioned by the uncpmmonly severe
weather, ("with constant gales Irom
south-west to north-west J which we
experienced, front the time oi strik
ing soundings ill the Irish Channel, |
until we left the Shetland Isles, and |
which had the double effect, m k ep- I
ing in. all their trade* ancf compelling «
us to be constantly beating oft a lee
shore. We were four days between
Cape Clear and Waterford, in which j
time we made but three captures, j
the last of which, as she was of little |
value we made a cartel of—ort the
north-west coast of Ireland we met
with but very little better success as
the bad weather still continued.—
From the Shetland*'we ran for the
Ferro Isle and then returned m
sounding along the Irish coast, cros
sed the mouth of the channel, ami
Bay pi Biscay* and made Cape Qnu*
gal between which and tne Rocs, oi
Lisbon we cruised seven days, seeing
in that time but twelve sail, nineol
which we spoke and found but two
oft hem English—From‘thence we
run along the Portuguese coaa! , cros
sed the mouth of tae. Mediteritnieaa
and run within a degree and an nail
of the Madeira* for the purpobe of
falling in with their West India and ;
reueiiiTe trade* On the Ist of Sep
tember* v, r c made the Canaries, and
:tempted in vain to procure water
at’ Fenifsa Ventura -and Lau£ardra, at
the teller oi wmeh place w& landed
scmejjrdioners* * A,s a supply his i
Water was now indispensably requi
site,! determined to quo for tqe
• Caplme V-eiMs, &t one of whicii (Sfe.
YTucehFs) aHei*aweelPs work in dig-p
gitig ancPcftahtng oat Q&-
UiWdthe rcquisite quanutr; icduen
pibbedded at
steering aitei iiiitely to the
’ S. \V. and N* W. to prolong oifr
much as possible, between
the longitudes of 20 40 west, the
*t*satK; of all their East 5 India, A In- i
F C:m and S'Outh American ‘i
a single v v «Gel was how;
stren in ail our run, and on the 6*
tis October we made the const of
Guiana, at the mouth of the Marico
ni river the next day we were oft’
Surinam, fro i whence we run for
Barbadaes, which we made qp the
Bth and continued cruising to
ward of Deieada and Bkrlmda for, a
few days, and then steeped for pur
own coast which we nude on the
westward of Cape Henlopen.
It gives me much pleasure to in
form you tnat from the time of our
leaving N. York in March last un
til our return, we have lost but one
man (’ Vi”. Denizen’ Baldwin. M.
Mate,,a promising officer,>and that
ofti* crew is in fine health. I trust
that you will not tuink We have litjjt ■
necessarily curtailed, opr cruise,
when I inform >ou we have but fif
teen days provisions on board at short
allowance. I enclbse a correct list of
our captures.»
I ani rcspectfvlly
L. VVAIUUNGTON.
THE, ENEMY'S THE CHESA
. . PEAKE.
, [f \ Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1814.
Accounts received at head, quar
ters state that the . British a
gtin landed yesterday rnorqing at
Deep Creek,, and proceeded to Kit
by’s Wind Bird of the ‘
‘■y. States Dragoons having re- :
connoitred and ascertained tbe*ne-
Ttij's position, determined upon an
attempt to cm of his retreat bftek to
his shipping. Capt. B. Accordingly j
made a gallant charge under a sc-J
vere fire from the euemyfs cab non j
and musketry. &ut m Waditc Gen- |
era! Madison hud not yet reaened v
the scene of these opeiat.ipt.is. with ‘
his infantry from the Patuxent; and
Captain Bird not being so well sup
ported by his own men as he expect
ed, the charge, was not so success
ful &§ he anticipated. H-e, howe
ver, made, two prisoners. Capt. B, |
Was severely wounded in the band/
narrowly escaped being taken, Our J
artillery said to have galled the
the enemy while moving off in his
baVgos, .
v . / Baltimore, Oct t 3fjf, 1814. $
Our readers have been informed
enemy having landed a con
suV rable number of his troops ort
Tilghman’s Inland, (at the mouth
of Choptank River, Eastern Shores/
and commenced the erection of ex
tensive barracks. This is a’ much ‘
more advanced: position 5 , as well as a
safer and more comfortable harbor
than he possessed at the Tangiers.
He is now withib sixty miles of Bal
timore* Since our account of Sa
turday, the enemy has despatched :
several sail from the above > rendoz
vous across the bay to Tracy’s Land
ing. His naval force at and near
the Landing was, on Saturday, 3
ships, one brig, and three 3chponers;
— Having landed a sufficient force
to protect his seamen; they were bu-
Jjp in taking off the tobacco. Tracy’s
Landing is a post town, situated on a
branch ot Herring Bay, eighteen
miles below Anapolis,
Since preparing she above, we
further learn that the enemy’s Picket
Guards had been stationed!as 1 far as
five miles from the Landing; they
had a party at West river Church.—
They burnt the Warehouse at Tra-’
cy*s. Mr.———, just escaped them
When our troops from the'"neighbor
hood of Patuxent appeared The
enemy fled to his jj^ipS—Capt.
Hearni of the Boat,,Lively, came in
last night from River, Eastern
Shore He saw 4 ships, one brig &
a schooner between Poplar and Kent
Islands—[above High man’s]
The Coffee-House Desk has the
following; Accounts received at
Head Quarters to last evening from
below*—The enemy had returned
irdm tlae expediton to Herring Bay,
having destroyed the tobacco Ware
house, and carried oft a quantity* of
tobacco. Shipping at same anchor
agt as evening before. I hey landed
on Poplaf Island yesterday* ,
THE GHENT NEGOCIATION
■■ ■’ ’ • Frtm the Anr ora* 4 * &'’
1 he British demand more than one
third of the distikt of Maine, Ahtf
whole of the Michigan Territory,
and more than on third of the slate -
of Ohio ; the Whole pf the country
between Lake Superior and the Mis
sissippi,. and t!, e free navigation of
that river.* in other words, they
ask from-the United States a tri</
of country larger in extent than
gialid, Wa4es v Ireland and SeotlaixT i
it is very fortunate, for the United
‘‘State's, at so earjy- a period in Ijjpph
that sush ambitious wiefts
.They deirtand the creation of an
mdepeuanut fcavagp power h ithm J
k : -5.’- ik-M ‘’ <** -J I
tlfe t?n T tec* States, or op Iter
and with whom the United Stated
are to be prohibited bv this treaty!
franp negori v>n> the further 41 &cqiu<
siV’on of Kind .
I hey dt*u nd of the ..American
govern. n ri->t to .10 a or con
struct any ir rued force on the lakes,
or ott.tlie which empty them
selves-into the are eight
or teiV juch rivers. „ /
’ ‘Ftley demand the relinquishment
of the right lo fish on the Qrand
Bank sand in the gulph of St. Law 4
renrv
By the federal the LT»
States'guaranted so every state it
the uui#r. ay republican form cf'gov
ernment f sec. 4. art. 4.) — atid may*
admit r,ew -tattsmeo the rniiun,|'>ec*
oj —lt L .consequently out or the
power of the United States do cede
ai'v'po: tin’.', of any 3 tat? to :mv fo
reign potentate*” and thus dost toy
W’ sovereignty, and change the;
form of her gav'eVrinh nt.
A stipuiation no!, topurch ise [ro:i%.
the Indiansnheii; labels would ber of
very serious consequt pqes.
A stipulation not to maintai 1 of
construct any’ armed ves:.e#s on the
take sior the contiguous rivers, wo*.|
admi r the British claim to an exchu*.
sive sovereignty over r hem: arid o~*
pen the United States to the inva
sion of ravages on the N- W. fron
tier under Irtish influence at all
timds.f ,
-If England contemplates the sub
jugation.of the 0’ States at a future
day. the most eifectual wa> for he.r
/to do fee the mode ofwhictv
this project of a treaty presents at*
outline. T/ie aeaiiof api indi?pen-\
dexit savpgopower on the V. <F. con
fines, zvit.fi a bounddry ‘assigned by*
’ dtVf not to bd altered By her tra-i
dersy G. Britain canalways exercise:
a fatal influence over hybe minds of
the Indians: by the St- lCfj
shy can, at npv.time* transport poVM
ertul forces to Canada, and by booM
ing tile undivided military opeupa*
ticn of the lakes Ontario m 1 \<s
state of. New York, and in thej
stab* of Pennsylvania., overwhelms
the M AY. frontier, witj) her troops,
red and black allies. The poljjcy,
‘therefore, of preventing this is ob«
vious. and for us to facilitate Brimbr
influence and intercourse with the*
tndian contiguous tnpes, is ruinous,
to America It is by arming divi
dinggahd corrupting the ‘Sepoys in
India she acquired and perpetuates
her dominion there, ind it is by cor
rupting the .Indians and blacks
hopejf to succeed here .’ As ‘to tha
practice of impfessip-ut, that is
tied bv the law which forbids the
employing foreign yeamen,. film po
licy oiwhicn I may be permitted ti>
question 0 after the war, so far as to
rend or it pirobable, that an arrange-,
merit is practicable ; yet Britain ,by I
statute)naturalizes ajl fcuv.ign -sea
men who have served two years’ in*
her navy, or married au English wu«
man. v
The treaty of Greenviik*., of 31
August, 1795, made “by. gen, Antho
ny ‘ Wayne, 3d art. says: k - Hi®
general boundary line between tiny
lands of the Um ted States,. ancl .4 he
lands ofthe said Indian tribes, si.a!!
begin at the mouth ofCayaiioga riv
er, and run thence up the same t 6
the portage between that and the
T uscarav.-us bra ich of the Mu ski tig- j
um, down that branch to the-’
crossing place above TottLawrence,;
thence wesmjy to a fork, of that;
branch ol thi®gfeat Miami river mp-l
,ning into the Ohio, at or near which
.fork stood Loronne’s store, and
where commences the portage be
tween the Miami ofthe Ohio and St. i
Mary’s river, which runs into Latte’
Erie ; thence a westerly course to.
Fort Recovery, which stands on a
branch of the Wabash : southwesterly*
in a direct line to the Ohio, sgr as to;
intersect that river, opposite the
mouth of Kentucky or Catkvva tiv
er. ’ij—Twelve tribes were parties to
this treaty. By subsequent, treaties
down to I SOS, this boundary was ex,
tended, and all the country between
the-Ohio and Wabash was ceded to
the U. States, to the south shore of
Lake Erie.
From the claim of the British
commissioners it is thus
they desire to cut off a Vamxhali’
slice fronvtbe state of Ohio, of about
120 miles of territory, and what is
of equal importance, all the land*
north and, west of it—Michigan ter
ritory, u'c. And from their pro
ceedings in the district ot Maine, e*’
idence enough is before us, that
they do want an increase of territory
as- they have occupied Castine, Pe
nohscott. East port, &c. Thus tak
ing about baH’that district, and de-r
mandihg tficli a vacation line of
frontier as *imiy secure a direct
communication between Quebec and
Halifax.” , , ’ ri * , v’vy
It is impossible any American cat*
listen -to sucp terms without'indigna- .
tion—and we feel warranted hi say
*jng,. that l u restrain the U* Slatyi
fro-r U ating with the
■■a dyß\M>ll them^Ua’ough Massuchu^
