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i-4(5r!)S rsptmftp** ‘H *&sptr<*6 it !
t.
Becavi.e’he prospect of a loan for
tht year 8 s,~«rtthoni the aid of *
batik, is faint a»id unpromising ; ex
cept, perhaps, so far Hi the pledrm
of * specific tax *n?.y- succeed > ar.d
then* il «niiit be rteolhscted. that t»
considerable supply of ihdtrcv. will be
Teoutred, fnp the prose-cuth nos thf
beyond ♦He v hole amount of
the taxes to be letted.
Because, if the loan for the fear
f, f Sls, be mndc to depend upon* the
• fame of the freasury Notes fubsort
f#ed to the National Bank* it will
probably fui! for reason } which have
already been suggested «. St if the
loan be independent o f that oner*-
, tiopi a considerable issiieof
Miy Notes* for the purpose of creating
% hank capital, must, it »s believed,
deprive the government of every
dunce of raising money in stif sHl>-
fyr manner.
IL 5. am < f opinion that tt will He
Extremely ddfimlt, if not impractica
j{ trie, to get 41 millions of treasury
Siote* with 6 millions of
jj ap. c e, the capita! of a national hank)
f; to circulation, with or without ck>
% roc ration*
Because, if the Subscription to
the bank becomes an object of ape*.
euicUioh, the treasure notes will be
purchased at the loan offices and
Sr-ver pass into circulation at ad.
Because, whatever portion of trea*
miry notes might pa*» into circula
tion > would he speedily Withdrawn,
by the speculator* in this subscrip
tion iodic ban*., after arts, hatebeen
y Joyed to depreci b:- th* • r value.
j ioiscl.t is not btl i v,-d. that in
the present state of the public cred
it. 4 t,OOO o«) oif treasury no...ts ca.i i
bc*:i*nr rdO flu? only
difference between the Tn t ury ‘
Kot«l no, 1 iwed k»:t ROi*
n ■■. n ; is« ?, *)!> i be- sub «. n >■•■• n; epuitiy s
but reasons have ahvady a-digued ]
for to op iron that the difference j
docs nut -.fiord such confidence in |
the experiment. as u,ni» reepvahe j
Ip justify h reliance unoo it, far ac« !
■ comptisbing some of tne moat Lui*.
testing objects of tht u
I must beg you, sir, to pardon the I
hsbte wit’i wiiicii i owe written these j
general .sw*v*s to your en ju Ties, i
But lav ig the importance of iimi?;
♦net i ■<• jg a desire to avoid every
feppearac- e of contribute sg to the
iloss o’ *. moment f r l have choien ra* 5
thei to rest upon the intelligence
and candor *>i the committee than o>>
#tuer upon a m<*re L; ired
of the subject fttGlVed to mc«
I base the honor to be*
Very respect ltd iy, sir,
If oar most obedient terv't,
A» J DALLAS.
&?m Lcrftmfes* Esq Chair cnari) &;•
?Vc*-w Me y<Sk.r;ui dt Paris*
We rrCi.ive every day -detaih res
pecting the horrible oar. as trope which
has arm hila-ed one oi the finest ci
ties in the world, liow could a Hi
lion eminently civil «ed conduct it* !
self at VVdiibington with as much
bad-an tv a.- the jb] bu'vhttt >1 Vt*
(ilia and Gen sc vie t Is ;tm this act
utroemus venge »r»oe u crime a
4jainst all humanity l Uobespierre.
who, seconded hr hia execru de sc
complices, the Committee of rubUc
S .illy, bnrni i;e iowsv. of La \C-ri
doe, ordered the massa’ctcs of i'ou-’
lon and Bcdoin, and demolished the
tiiy of Lyons, is c-\-voted to the ex*
•terat on ot I he Uevoiutipna
ry V ndais, who devastated France
in 17*3 and t ook a ferocious plea*
♦ore »o de>Uo m the
suoiiumeiUy of the arts*, were men
taken from the Icovest ranks of soci
tf y, wretched Sans Culottes, agitated
by ail the fury of Revolution. But
that from the bosom of the most en~
lightened nation of the world there
should go forth a military chief, vbo
W\ iiout fanaticism, without extraor -
dinary motives*of vengeance, with
out any of those Potent passions
which -disturb the understanding,
should imitated the fury of the
most savage houles, should have
car 1 . edfCe atih sword into the heart of
♦ city whose riches and beauty for
med one of the most valuable nsonu
rrv nta of the progress of arts and of
human industry .* tha he should
have made war, not upon his ene
mies. but upon columns of temples,
public edifices ; that he should have
devastated for the pleasure of dev as
rating i who can oniempbre all this
without grief ant! mfUgnatior. ? Du: •
mg twenty years Europe has groan
ed under all the horrors to which
the tright f»d genius of revolution
has gkteu birth England was jtm*
ly indignant at these excesses, asd
mw y wM * inents of humanity
have reanimated ail hearts his she
that renews m America the scenes
•i carnage uod desolation. If she I
believes that such conduct will
frighten her ene mes and conquer
them by terre-i, she deceives her
self, injustice ami tkug&rity re vole
still more than they i hey
comrnot to tne soul au ar 4 -
fptowft energy, they raise u.e spirits j
at the pact®* *
du eboM and desperate defewmik
tmns vhich sectjpe the said? an .
<*
•*.'{dependence of nations*
J Vcwt the [,onj?n Courier of Oct. Ift
” In all these operatjen* our re i
dors will remark «he almost iota!
want in \ pan o? the enemy of that
deteir&tineti vijro**. that unshaken
onitancy. and that r.ndavmded ccu
ii"gCt winch ivc should have expect
ed frvrn men defending their own
‘enttories, W hether patriotism In
a plant not adapted to the Amci r. n
cJiwiatt-* wiiethtt ft has degenerated
stlKf the prrj i o r Hit* which sepa
rated the Lmted States from the
Mother i ourtjy* or whether the*
. i tty i< oi Arneriro are conyitned
I that it v» <•* tit n ah* unpro*
’ tehee &nd is rn.vt that
it was r*r*dtTfaktn for ti e base*
purf nsex, and vi e destruction of ail
those pfimiplus of freedom which
1 finding then lust asyien in C real
Britain, have suvtd the world—-whe
i t.hej tit ftettrL’ciion of thr.f power to
whiehthey have linked themselves
hoa ridsicd sud pars deed thei
heart and tn.rvt s. we koow not ;
certainly the duUt ei ilecocuw esi p*o
l ett ic tt,or Odes not find ardent
and numerous supporters in Afner
ica, btt »t may he said that the real
panic is Crt.v Britain ; that she is
the pHt'tn* sloi k s the home fram
vvheic.e. they sprung. Towards her
they m n again and while then
yo* r iii.7'ent is publishing the pros
seat cr vr i rfies ag<i?n»i i>k|. the ju. n
pk h ta! t*g; r to place fhemsehes.
til cfcr the. 1 fifjbsh prottetcif),
Ii r e v. ay give creed to r report
bjotoilt by the i« op which ?('• vty
td the dttrHdies to ibis < ornti-y.
■die ir. hr hits fits of Boston have ex
; re. vtd a w»?.h to -allow the exam
ple al Nrti’ucka, and be permitted
to h't neutraL'*
•• ■'• ■ V<OST3MBfc
THE ENEMY.
45 The plnrofi'iCf* of the enemy
has fieeii , of rod to the rivt t shorts
m iucc Tu-idtfcabie sir.v.-urt, ,-iuS on a
il w plartutiohs. Innerd his wboh
em;m; has been ttr.srfct.d with the
Picst nrotmspr#;t caution and evi
dent alarm. He fir-r tt listed’ him
it‘t on lard a virrgh? night, Bn of*
brer remarked here, trad their object
was tii harms lot critlitU-.~xh?4t they
should beat about the rivers for a
week or two"! of gtr, ar,ci Iht ngo m*
tr; vinter Then has been
much wanton destruction of private
property ht*it f in breaking windows
and—& t.j it. lived of dam*
nation bis bet n performed which
out-doea US the ir td-rtner atrocißes,
T he family -vault of Uo Ritchies wa«
broken open aid coffins searched. I
hut e seen the shocking spectacle.”
CT Tht Editor of this paper was
the youngest son of the venerable
pah-, whole ashes the*c reposed a
midst those of their children. May
curst $ light upon the barbarians win
have disturbed those ashes l
Bichmen# knquirv *
The picture which col* Ritchie
presents «v’ the conduct of the enc “
my is • utrkicnt to harrow up the
soul of every soldier, and tnan ot
honor* Europe already cries lioud
at their at? ociUts * hey seem willing
to align eft* iiu load of odium which
weigh uponj their charac ter* >V«
have conversed with the videtle, who
war bearer of the above dispatch g
the ene ra.y have acted like the vilest
buccaneers. Mr. Black v/as drag
ged from hi s house, and stripped of
hts coat, w#.ch and money- A poor
widow was stripped of ail the clothes
she h’d except those upon her hack
Mockery was added to tobberv i for
they had. the inalignitv to *h»ver
mil rors upon mirrors, dec.
They have gone up the river;
their cks Jnation said to be Frede
ricksburg. Let these Wretches be
ware. Gen, Cocke is at iheii heels
—detachments from his catnp are
rapidly marching t« join him , the
: local militia aie gathering; «ad if
thty dare to land and remain for any
length c?f time on this side of the
Rappahannock, we shall give a good
account ot them—<£,
WBB9BBS&
; Extract of a letter from Gen, M'lnto-h
tc his sxcdkncy Swernvr Earle ;
staled
Fokt liAWxtwa. Dec. 19 1814.
i taink proper to ‘give your ex
cellency the infortoaUoa l have just
rece-Ted from col. Hawkins, comtn i
ivicated him hy Wtf Llnsuaugh,
dated rmi Mil hell, N jv. 14 tBl4.
4 * Po- rer f ifanjoe says, a rumier
tv-hiCii he sc.ni from his town to i Hr
bth* store, to Harn the iruth about
afoul the Red Sticks t and Hie move
ments ct the British ; said runner
gave him the following talk; Ten
British vessels are at anchor near
Deer island ; seven of them are ve
ry Urge* and the British s-y each of
u.OiS large ve«e!s have V9OO men
ca hoard, wmcii will m*kf 14-ooix
1 ie <KheV vessels are of & stmdl
sr sue, 4Uid loaded wit 4 * ammu
vMdoti snd for the louuns.
*rt?e BnMsh hnv* btvic a tXßtfVrfff
■‘’■uie fosi at ffyifieV «i<ne. ami tin
British landed ami put three, hem*
Brio rnen in ?hc fnrt. wh\t H he s&fl
with htv fwrti eyes , Ffe Atrfber stat s
’ hat hc-enDtcts the whole force will
! laid there j he was down there, -iml
| w the ten ship*, j numbers « f the
[ troops art negroes The British
hare Invited all the Indians tor one
end receive presents and all the
Sticks have arrived there; and
ell the rur.a* v negroes have gone
■• n ttie British r *
You ‘ill rend is v perceive that **v
erv preparation is mak ng to can v
<m a vi porous warfare against the
State of Georgia ; «rd, no doubt in
soy mind is entertained, thiP f
efforts wilt he p»at!e to prevent a
junction .of this army wUb (.General
Tick sen.
Before l received this ti fomatmrv;
Gen. BlaokShesr had ma.ched ; but
! sent to inform him by tetter, and
to request that he would make use of
t ei) effort to g.; ; o the point oI ecy
tmanon--and to proceed w Ithuvt de
lay to accomplish a plat e of deposit
for provisions* rt porting himself to
t*t as soon as ho arrived at the con
s rente of the Chat a hooch it and Flint
rivers.
A OWNS G"aZB Tl h>
—~ lg»l «N> •» ♦> I'JWf**’ ■
? ft’as cm r, V}CJu*s£K 2s, If 14*
w— ii
NATIONAL BANK.
iVt were ycsteed-:y favored hv a
Congressional friend with a copy of
a bill tv ported on the 2d hist to the
Senate of the Tinted Sintes by Mr-.
Krg, tr e t.& t length ofhhic hpre -
dudes Us insertions The provisions
oi the hill are, that there sh>li be a
hank of the United Slates with a cu
pruil of //£> millions ot dollars, tv*
of w hich are to be subscribed by ih
.United Statue in stock b a ring &n in
terest of fur pi r cent, and /Try
millions by mdi viduaH ,
of which in siock ere ted*‘met th*
war* m treasury notes, £c/it..
*n pci r , the latter in proportion*
iff • weritv-Uvo cloUiM's 8c fifty (:■. nti on
the arm payment. 20 dollars «»r* tin
second in four months, and 20 dol
bos m nix month a or last payment.
The above wish little, if any altera
top, will, we think, become a is .v.
Pa - /t j/en C/(y GaßUtc*
£%*rac> of a letter to General J ■■f<n
Floyd St, Mwy*) December
HO 1814.
Si*»—-1 hasten to COST*:v;uoicate
tc you the hum mauon that I have
receiv ;-.d yesterday from Darien.
The English frigate Macedonian is
at anchor outside of Doboy ; eight
of her barges are stationed in Hie
sound, and the gig oi die captain with
a whale boat, are stationed at the
entrance of’ the Inlets, so that the
communica ion is entirely inter
rupted. As many boats are expect*
ed in Darien from the vicinity of
MiUcdgeviffe, fears are entertained
for their safety*
iljlrfi —iH'n
Extract of art ether Utter ft? tha same t
d&icd ‘luker&rfliS', Dec> 12,
u Before this you have heard ol
the murder cf Isaac John.; by ..be
savages on the frontier of this coun
ty, ‘1 he mail being about to close <
have just time to inform you, tlmi
la&t evening * received information
on which a reliance may be placed,
that on Thursday bast ion as &v&ni
‘Thomas Wilder anti Reuben Cot lc ,
were killed and scalped, while alter
ttieir cattle above l rad<r<sj fiiiloM
their horses were killed aL of
“\tr <•*»■*<»«
The bii! before the House of Re
presentaiivefi, and which has passed
the Senate, authorising the Eresi«
dent of the United States-tc call
to service. 80.000 MiUtic for the de
fence of the frautiers of the Uiiited
States yesterday passed w a third
rertdiag, without having undergone
any material amendment except the
reduction or the term of service from
two years to one y eat.
Nat, Intel*
New York, Ike. 1C
Commodore Chauncty and Getie
ral >Vilider arrived m this dty yes
terday morning in the Steam-Boat
Fulton from Cattskill* ‘They bring
no’ Hi r g new either from the North
ern or Western frontiers. At Sack
eiTs Harter there is no expectation
of an attach from the enemy , and
such, we understand, are the prepai
rs* tons of defence, that no tears are
entertained to the result, in case
an attack should be ma le.
Merer* &dv 4
I* Sk?at«,
Saturday, December W.
The lid! to'provide for defraying
the expeoces of the government 8c
for the maintenance ci the public
credit, by duties on carnagcfejwfd
carriage iiarnest; the hih
stuff o ncers of the anphf to comply
With the reqm lUogsaf nxsj\ oilicer s
,in certain c*ss? , and the bill t9*k :
? ;n e *t&«9S»Mprts i-<m
-t-Muc .814. ♦«* r«'< a *3
I time Vid p»SHC<J an : tk't Dnt ■'■¥
| i.i th< m rctnrm and o - i... r’ ‘*
I tor concurrence in the amr r ; Jn
Deceit u:/’
Ihe hut authoring’s% ip» .n, t
ment of r. nafo .Mum! Offiah w
| tr n»Viicu? wu* read u thud time
r passed.
[Thk bttl riit houses the Pi t y
dent of ihe Ufii’cd Stares, by -, \
with the tons-n oi ti e Senate, ‘4
one vice Vdmirat and
Hear Admirals, and fixe? ti u &
cornpersation.]
No other Legislative busj4ess
moment twin been done bv the $,.%
! ate within the two last days,
•smlCSi(£2
ASfin»cirnx, D«c*
c sorry io.kut •*•. by arc <>uj
j front the t ,f tht \Ti
I m b *^ : >r Buffalotbatwrt-vruJ Dur.lv’
| some ot whuh have termm-iud V
| hvHy, bs,..ve tailer*. pisce among thtv
i officers on that t>o-iicr. it afedi
i < vest Ot v« untie :uh well as rdpTct*
that the peremptotv orders c«f ts r>
Wur^epaitmept:-' tbrhiiidiiid ths*
p'av.tiwe, are iht's c*,nh n'«
ned and set at naught by ti, osic
mediately unde* ih t. mu-out
-■-**.£» i‘ r .
i\^jru.: Kf N' ov
fircJ-'viuj. tcy, Zt/4 i; t ti tl a, y
Dutriti 4
las* evening 1 :•/»£•,-» .« .»,*
from
t-d that. p<>ss gA the cvrum-g of
S ;-N < - ,ii h-y approach seat M ,i or
With a ifo* to
the object of my
or of Pensacoa. ll* z V
L.or-<e f ais
and was fired on by the <uu/
iion i’OfL* the !'orl-vir vetniu. *d
o de report, thereof U nr*, i u>?.,
1 ‘Utili itcly went wi-ia the AJji. tar*
j f*erieiaf aiui the Muor, v ?iui a•• r uk.i
i * sco? t, and viewed the lon. and f»,n>a
it oe tended ay h oih t*** ** 11 >h tod b nuts *
nii troops li re nuvf lately tu;erinin
ed to storm the town, te»»-»ed ;-n4
encamped uvy *r«op.> for that r 'hd,
ad made the nece*»aas y ai **aagernuib
to arrv my dcterftiiuutroiwjuo isst\&
he fickt (fa?
Un ‘he morning of the 7m X
marchtc* with the etfertive reg ;1..
f,? ; ‘ iC 39rh and 1-ub n.Lm;/,
’ part oi Genera* Coffee's bnt?w>
Misstasippi dragons, and part c L.uf>
West I emie-iftee regimehL co:.um-rpf
d* and by incut. Col. ,H*«‘'Uittondn fi'-Qb
Lowry .be••my; ..ii Herted auc
homcj and pan of the Chactun-
by- Major Hlvie, of.tbc ,••.«<! mv*
ty ot £ *e tcr^-
mory. iblng eiirampei on the wett,
of the lO'.viw 1 caxaiated Uu y y. tdd
expect the akSauiv froistthivv fju
*nd he prepared }o rai.i ,ie irota
the fori, and the dnuah armed
aela, seven m number, that lay in
hey* Ia- ocnui . hi? idea l sen*U>
out part of the mounced men ,
show on Uie vrt%t
l passed m rear of the Fort und cuv
vcred:to the eaut of the town
When l appeared within a mile I
was in tuH vs e w. My pride w>s nes»
ver more hcgldenad than view nig!
the unifo us iirmnesa ol my troop*
and with wuat undaunted courag*
they iulvursced, with ;i strong iori
ready to *s*ai! tliem on the right, t
BritUh armed vtsseiwi on the ieft*
strong block-houses and bwtte vch of
. cannon in their front, but uiey stvllfc
| advanced cn
| entered the town, when a battery oV
I Vvo cannon wai opened upon £*t*
| centre coluuin composed of the
| Kujai-s with nhi! and grape, and «
| shower ci musketry from the ho uvea
sand gardens* ihe battery wat* fro.*
! mediately stormed by C&pt. i.evill
& "company» Mrs mutUtry
soon silenced by the steady and »c']|
directed fire of >hf regulars.
The governor mer Cols . Wiiliarggr
son and HmitU, who led the .dis.-nnua*
; ted Volunteers with a dvg, begged
for mercy* and surrendered the town
and fori
granted and protection given to iht>
citizens and their propeny—~and st»l>-
Spanish treachery kept us out of p J&
session of the fort urHii near
o'clock ii night.
Xevet was more coo* determined
. bravery displayed by 4my troop* *
and the Chorda*ws advanced to tue
charge with et|ual bravery On the
morning *.[ the eighth i prepared tw
march and storm the Barancus, hut
before f could move tremendous ex
pi-- • del ic.'c that IL - u'ic-ii?
t with alt its appendages was blown up*
; I dispatched a detachment of twv
hundred mea->o explore i% who re<s
turned in the night with the inform
matiori that it was l* wn cp, all th&
coirijustible j»an_s Ijurnt* tne car,tics>
spiked a id dismounted tx fcpt two p
thi* being ihe case I determined ‘»
iviuidraw my troops, but ‘hijore £
diu i had the pleasure to *>ce
British dfpat:. Coi. Ntcht>U
doned the tort on the night of
the Citu and betr#nk. himsidf to bh|
snipping, with bis friend cajhaitj
VV codbmc and their red fuci-Os*
et CT>.