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Ha»y in «o slid® (
a period to our srmy and navv, 1
hate taught the corruptionists
to be a little more moderate than of
late when they discussed Amenta*
politics. Ina cad of adversity pro
ducinglhis effects the Times and
%he Courier are more vehement, ex
travagant, and outrageous than ever
••in both; the American Govern
ment is loaded with the most oppro
brious epithets -and the conduc
tors of the French newspapers are
denominated by the Times “ inso•
Um , and ignorant declatmers” be
cause they express a wishi 44 that'thc
country of Washington, and of
«« Fanklin, may preserve its indepen
dence and not fall under the yoke
*» of England,* From this it is clear,
that if the hypocritical writer of this
Journal had the Americans in his
power, he would place them as much
tinder x.ht yoke as the most cruel aud
unrelenting negro driver places his
unhappy slaves.
The Bird of War— Another anec
dote is given by the Baltimore Pat
riot, of the gallantry and courage of
the cock, a bird consecrated for his
tralor to Minerva, the goddess of
war. The account of his crowing
in the battle of Trafalgar and on
board the Saratoga and Eagle in the
battle of lake Champlain, attest his
mariial spirit, and shew that his
claims to the characteristics of vi
gilance a »and bravery have not dimin
ished since the earliest accounts ot
his fabulous history After aft allu
s:op to the three cheers by the
brave chanticleer on Lake Chant*
fljain,the patriot
Ano her fact ol a similar nature,
may not he uninteresting to mention.
|>n ring the Bombjrdment of fort
M*Hcn* y, yf the time when the ex
plosions were most tremendous, a
Jiooster mounted on a parapet and
crow and hearti,y. 1 his excited the
laughter and animated the feelings
of alt present. A man, who was se
verely indisposed and worn down
with fatigue, declared that if he ever
lived to see Baltimore, the young
rooster should be treated with’ found
rake. Nrrt being able to leave the
fort, the day almr the bombardment
be sent to the city, procured the
cake, and had fine sport in treating
bis favorite roosted.—Columbian*
fxtract of a Utter from an American
gentleman residing at Nants y in
Trance, ;
“ The political’ situation of Eu
rope and particularly of this coun
try is so far from being settled, that
we look forward with great anxiety
to the Congress of Vienna. OUr
good King has a hard time of it, as
<he Emperor has left many friends ;
aim * all the military and those
who hjad places under him are de
voted to him, so that it requires
much time and labour to settle
things on a solid basis. The Eng
lish are more detested than ever*
and l believe that the > most popular
Step would be to go to war With
tb ni.
Trance is too- much htumbled to
remain long at peace ; as'yet we
have experienced done of its bene
fits. ‘The taxes ace still kept up, 8c
no commerce to support them. Eng
land must be humbled before the wot Id
cari :,ave a solid peace j,;> *j
For it is folly to talk of a. balance
of power, while she holds all the
am on’ Utvs of commerce, and most
«r C.. !> .%plo v ;e%v p.Jt.,l am fully per
au? that tht principles for which
America is c<> & dig, wM oe support
ted oy ail the C< mi'nentai Poweisin
tin. Congress ol V enna, Russia and
France, 1 am sure ire with us.
Should a peace between America
and * England result from the
negotiations now going on at
Ghent, 1 think that good business
might he done from our country in ;
Potashes and Cotton, m our manu- s
factures now rival those of England ;
Calicoes, Chmtzes. Cotton Stockings
and almost every other kind of Cot
ton goods are made better and chea
per than in England.
Our Silks and Cloths have no rival*
and Brandy can be shipped from
here as low as,from Bordeaux. This
market most always be higher thau
Bordeaux for Cotton, &c. as we
have the advantage of transporta
tion by the Loire which in time of
peace is an object. We are no lon
ger obliged to send to Paris for
am entry; dispatch may be cal
culaied on, for as soon as a Vessel
arrives the return cargo can be or
dered from the manufactures.
i am just informed that a royal
decree is made, for annulling the
form for Tobacco, and that after
the fi st day of December next that
article will be#diqitted into France
by paying a certain duly which is
not vet established, so 1 lilt in future
the manufactories will be free-
This is certainly of greal isnportaace
to America, and must ope:’ the door
to an immense ; ir«de, us the con-:
sumption of this country h very con 1
■ % M
HfiTOtT CatfRTFoVS \
The h morable Henry Clay. being
on a tour through the chief towns of
the Netherlands, we understand that
the affable Henry Goulourn, esq. one
of the British commissioners at
Ghent, forwarded him at Brussel’s, {
a London paper containing the of- •
fici tl account of the destruction of
the public edifices at Washington 4 j
with an ap »logy suitable to the occa- 1
eion, presuming he would through j
that channel receive the Jalest news
from America. It so happened that 1
the honorable Mr. Clay had just re- ■
ceived the Paris Journals containing
the official accounts of the defeat of
the British force, on Lake Cham
plain, W-'icC t enclosed to the hon
orable Mr G.miburn, with a oi:ni
lar apology.
Tne following is the apportion
ment of’ the proposed draft of men
among the several States and Terri
tories by the bill “ authorising the
President of the United States to call
into service 80,130 militia to serve
for o::e year* for the defence of the
frontiers of t/u Untied State**
From New-Hampshire) ‘ 2,580
Massachusetts, „ 8.605
VA moot, ‘» ‘ * 2 580
Rhode-lslanc!, 850
Connecticut, S,OIO
New York, 11.6i5
New-Jersey, 2.580
Pc msylvannj* 8 805
Delaware, 860
Maryland, 8,870
Virginia, 8 870
N. Carolina) 5 530
, S. Carolina, „ ; 3,870'.
Georgia, *. 2 080.
Kentucky, 4.800
(lino. 3,5 >0
Tennessee, \ 2,580
’ Louisiana, J, *. 480
Mississippi Territory, 532
India an a, do. 549
Illion’ois ‘! do. 2»8
Michigan do. 50
Mistouct r do. 374
Territory of Columbia, f 300
The enemy —We learn that an ex
press to the governor reached town
last n ght, bringing information that
the enemy had not yel left the Rappa
hannock, but at the time the expie s
left there, ("Wednesday evening, se
ven remlined at anchor, a
bptit 15 ifeUesr above Urban na, and
were carrying oif all the negroes they
could collect .* they had also burnt a
dwelling house, and. as usual, com
mitted many dqv e <at:on*» A party
of them had landed & were attack
ed by souls *. under major
Campbell. Wuo klih and liiteen men 8c
sunk one of their barges.
I • Richmond Enquirer
CAPTURE Os iHE W ASP.
We understand a letter is in town
dated Fayetteville staUttg the capture
off E listo Inlei of the U. S. sloop of
war Wasp, oy the Lacedemonian fri
gate. The action is said to nave
lasted two hours .We sincerely
hope this may prove without founda
tion **— Wilmington ( N. (7. J Gazette .
[We understand that admiral Cock
burn stated that on in* passage from
Bermuda, he rp .ke a vessel, from
which he obtained information that
the Wasp had been taken off Charles
ton after a bloody contlict. faking
this in connection with the other
reports in circulation, there is some
ground to apprehend that the Wasp
is «iptured.!
Norfolk Ledger,
FOREIGN.
London, Sept. S&.
Fresh importance seems about to
be added to the Island of Elba. If
wp may credit the accounts from
Augsburg, the sway of Bonaparte in
that Island is menaced with power
ful invasion. His old friend, Fer
dinand of Spain demands one part
of it as his right—the Grand Duke
of Tuscany, lays claim to the other ;
and the Prince ot Piombiuo isurging
his title to the remainder. How the
illustrious tenant of this barren spot
is to shape his conduct amidst such
conflictingJfclaims the sovereign*
ty of this retreat Bpfrains to be seen.
Homer’s birlh-pl&ce has been very
seriously contended foi by cities
which denied that Homer bread. Bo
naparte tho’ no Homer, sees the spot_
o which he thought doubtless worth
nobody’s care, all of a sudden
with almost as claimants.
The reduction of our maritime
greatness seems once more the ob
ject of French speculators. . They
tell us, that the Universal Gazette,
has made an appeal to tl*e Emperor
of l!ussia,Tn favor of the liberty of
commerce and the rights of mari
time nations. The Editor grounds
his observation oi> this principle,
-that an universal maritime Monar
chy will beds odious and oppressive
as the tyranny nvhich lately -spread
over ,‘hc Continent—.unless
other nations-shall unite m establish
tug a balance, upon the sea, as well
as upon the land.
The Gs --;4® is in
fcgwSby pi raft er. 1 mrrk
among the inlands—and on every
fivorabde opportun’ty board /essels,*
kill crew, run the prize
into small creeks, land .the cargo,
and afterwards destroy % the vessel to
avoid detection. • •' *
By a circular, from the French Roy
al Customs, dated the 2sth of Au
> gust-, French-ship owners are in for
! med that the Slave Trade is restor
; ed, with and under the old ar range
• meats and regulations:
! On rhe 6th ult. a frigate of fifty
» gus, a brig of twenty-five guns, and
a gun boat were launched at Gon
s in the presense of the
grand Seignior and the principal
r officers of state- .
j We iearn that very numerous par
j ties of Englishmen are at this time
I engaged in Greece, under the sanc
j lion of the English and Turkish Go
| vernments in exploring and excavat
; ing the ruins of the n.ost celebrated
- cities and temples, so that ere long,
we may expect to be highly gratified
i by the variety and importance of
their discoveries*
Vi ex na, September 26.
The emperor of Russia nabde the
journey irony Petersburg to Vienna
with incredible rapidity. The ar
tillery placed on the road from Bruns
to Vienna gave the signal of the ar
rival of his Majesty on the morning
ol yestciuay. At eleven he Was an
nounced ai WelkersdoriV. The Em
peror Alexander tpund there ti>e
King of Prussia who awaited him, j
and the two Monarch’s continued •;
their journey together. As soon j
as the ♦Emperor of An stria wnf in
formed of the apy rhaCi; ofl
trious quests, lie departed’ from ins
palace, mounted on-his horse; uccom
panied by ai! the Princes and Arch -
Cukes, to meet the illustrious Fo
reigners. In the mean time all the.
t.oops of the garrison, the aque
buciers. and the noble Hungarian
guard, were in par ide at toe en
trance of the Prator, and shortly af
ter the i ity'guards'jo n d.these co. ps
The three Monarchs met on The left
bank of the o:inube, at tve end of.
the !ah or bridge, and a her the “mot
effectionate compliments. the Empe
ror qI Russia and the. King mounted
oh tiie state horses brought for their
conveyance# The entire cavaie.de
crossed the brjfcigetf ‘ The Mon arc hs
made a short review of the troops
which were on parade, and at 12 oV
clock the profession commenced its
solemn entry into the capital of Aus
tria. ibe regiments of bul,ns of 1
Prince Schwnu izen opened the march j
-*die clinassiers of Albert followed, i
remanded by Prince ‘"Albert of j
Saxe T esc Iff n in person. Then the
Emperor , and King, having 0:1 his
i; left the Emperor of Russia, and on
his right the King of Prussia?—vnu
merous and brilliant staff’ followed
the noble guards and other military
bodies closed the march# The*pro
cession lasted an hour, and in ihfi
period a thousand cannon were dis
charged from the faiyiparts. As the
weather was fine, and it vvas Sunday
it may be said the whole population
of Vienna, and of its neighbor
hood had collected to witness a spec
tacle never before seen—Three pow
erful Monarchs of Europe sincerely
and intimately united for the repost
of the world. The air echoed .with
the acclamations and cries of joy
that accompanied ihtir Majesty’s to
the Imperial Palace ;> where the
guards were paraded. The Empe
ror of Russia tald King of Prussia a
lighted and entered their apartments.
The persons of the if Court,*’ and
their respective suites, attended
those Monarchs.
There! are few-of our readers but
who will form their own comments
on the capture and destruction of
the seat oi government.qf the United
States of America ; ami to their
own comment's we shall therefore,
I on this particular occasion, leave
j them. We love the true glory, the
[true honor of our t country; and
therefore, while we applaud the spi
rit and intrepidity of our seamen
1 and soldiers, who were the brave in
struments of this successful enter
prize* we shall add nothing at pre
sent to the sentiments which We
have frequently and recently expres
sed on the jus ice arid policy of such
warfare We will content ourselves
with asking the most earnest friends
of the con flag ratary system, what
purpose will be served by the ffames
of the senate house at Washington ?
If the people of the United States
retain any portion of that spirit with
which they successfully contended
for their independence, the effects
of Those flames will not easily be
extinguished. —Liverpool Jlercurj*
* A Paris ’’paper remarking on the
, conduct of the British at Washing
ton, asks, i flow much was it to be
wished that fiostililics had ceased m
America as in Europe, on the,, fall
of him Who had given the ior
them in all parts oi j.be world IM
>r%easW
ed the good mTects Y;
is it conduct!*! m »he m rmer. f ; .
rates,’ ff’coWl iu • a
vage it, anWtheiifprtci; i •_•’ v% at
bark a gain In at Mfcng
sufficiently %o!)»o occuoy aim
maintajgthy * *
v. Names S Utf|
to onderstand the value of names **•§
, In the beginning of the war
gates were * Yankee cock boflßf
in the course of one year thevoc*
ca ne ‘ ships of the line in disguise.
Immediately a r ter Perry’s spit alii
victory, the fl et he cupHuvfl, n
rinding two 20 gun ships, were said
to be fc a sort of maritime or me’vaUr
tile marines —no part of* his majes
ty’s fleet.’ On the trial of co i.in*)*
dore Barclay this same fleet is ad,,
milted to have been * his fn. jt s;>».s
squadron of gpn boats** Cock boms,
manned by the dmenders of 4 Prep
Trade and tailors* Rights,’are t*runsi
formed into ships of the Hnc, whit*
ships of 20 guns, ( manned by thp
self styled 4 Sovereigns of t ie
dwindle Soats.-m~Dem. Press*
It is with great pleasure we ob*
serve that the Secretary of the l*rear
l euryand the Committee,,of Ways h$ ■
j*M« iS have come rifif a good under
standing on the subject of Finance,
Phis harmony , necessary at el! fine*
but peculiarly so at the present mo
incut, is a pledge for toe tomo ciu
t on of the real value of. govern uent
paper, the depreciation of which, u\
tru'h v*as merely nominal %«
public credit ha.s never i»a"i mu-.vai*
td. it appears ad mi ted new, bn att
hands, tliat’ the failure to pay £hc
treasury note% at Boston, Tubas*
delphta, Stc* has 1 been occasioned*
not by want of .funds in the go'fem-;
me at, but by the stsbpa£e o: specie
payments by fthe bonks. Phi
page was, in a great degree, prod
e j by the neroenory,. m fehinauoa%
if ipe Boston Bknxs thiiu Jeivesf
they having driven a lifee- trade’
-pecie with the enemy*'; Ip that the
incomeidetscevin smut sort, f. Uv. q\
the heads of those <#who occasion'**
if—Virginia Argus*
London Charier vs. the Unite l Ss.aV\
The declaration of cifouri.i FLvn
Porter on taking possession $i uv
Island of tire Nooaueevaa L co
disced in the following mliiaei’ i
the London Courier :
44 The following curious pa v:r i
extracted from the la a Aiiuruv..
Joirraals. It is the a.t cf . . c.f
lam of the Essex frtgaie, v lately c }
tured It is amusing to observe^ 1
pomp arid form- of the eqduieru
of tribes—the lawyer-like spec rah’
with trie right ss asserted.i
It is expected that some centuri
hence this document shdl form T
foundation of tne title deeds off
ture proprietors to freuifmil prbjd
ty. In this paper we percehe
striking instance of American ai
rice. They assume the uj.nu’iiou
ail the countries afound the Uni?
States—they long for the Cifoddi
arid they .would csilitdidi therrisclV
ftiasiers in every purl of tne world
Al sXlxof ia Dec. 12*
trials’ for treasonvl
The ciieuit court for trie iJhstr’
of Columbia commenced ifs
on the dd .vloinlay „of N<>vcmb r
this town. On Monday last RU
drd Lee a pilpt, was acquitted by X
petit jury, the ..evidence not bet,
suffi lent to convict hind consist!
principally q|*his own voluntary, c n
rri uni cat ions. John Dixn was t
ruigned on Tuesday and atter a {
examination the auotHicy for c
commonwealth (Jones J declined t
prosecution, and tire jury with.t]
retiring from their seat gave a v>
diet of not guilty. It Was the op*
ion of by-slanders, that b
been on terms of nitim my with i
enemy more* i wit!» a desire to indu
his men to desert than to give h;
any essential aid. But not heari
the testimony vve are unable Cos s
whether it supported the conclusj
or not. Joh i \i. Stanton wis acqU
ed in like manner on the s ■ ‘
V *#- “ ‘ ‘ 1
The British metenant j>. g
loudly of our method ,u sit
burning and destroying t! Mr j
and cargoes atsen.—\Vc woo and j
them to answer the qc;s t
Whether oui conduct .n tui . r
pept is worse than ‘ i iisf
pursued by their govtrdVnci,t
plundering , burning an
our public and private ui ;e: iy
iml, wiiencver tkey «av f tv,
power l Trenton 1 . / -v:r
DOCy Aa-.N
We conclude in t!*is
the last series of dispute . sv,
foom our Ministers at hta .■ I
American can read the
stogglest sentiments o!
ot TKIDE. Though
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