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ih s gallant Bn tub officer, who
wrs painfully compelled to with- 5
draw the expedition deftined under
his command for the aid of Sweden,
has fully faticfi-d his own fovere'gn
that his conduct on this extraordin
ary occcfi in was ftriftly conforma
ble to his Ynftruftions. Our gov
ernment : s not difpofed, we believe,
any longer to conceal the principal
circumftance of this extraordinary
mifunderfhnding, which from 3ir
John Moore’s flare men t, are under
ftood to be briefly tiufc:—That
having announced to his Swechfli
rnajefty at Stockholm, the arrival
c t his force ofF Gottenbmgh, lie re
ceived his orders to land his army,
and proceed without delay to florin
the impregnable fortrefs of Swea
burgh. t. ir. John knowing char he
could not obey thefe orders confid
ently will His inftruftions from En
gland, iinmediatei/ ft rff pod for
Stockholm accompanied by his de-
I cry adjutant general, and being
admitted to an audience, he (fated
to his Swedifii myjrfty, the extent
of the inftruftions which he had
received from his own government;
t !/*((’, it is now under flood, were
limited to a co operative invalid
of Norway, or defence of Finland.
The king, not futisfu-d with this
n. l.sracii n, demanded an immedi
ate obedience to his own orders;
the Rritiill genteel fid, he
found it his painful dot .* to dec line ;
Ids nujdly, turning infuntly upon
1 eel, withdrew, wkh apparent in
< equation, t; an acjoining apart
m nr.
Sir John, after waiting a flier:
t me, i*.turning a’fo to his ho* and,
v. here he had fcarcelv been feated,
w hen a Swtclifli aid-de camp aneri
e! and him, and informed him, “that
it was irs m;j ftvT pleafure, that
Sir J •hn fliouSd conflict* hlmfelf as
cot fined to his apartment in Stock
jr. )m, until the king of Great Evi
tairds ft ntirnents Ihouftl be further
ho “vr, end if reived by his Swedilh
r..j-fty on f! m fi• jod>, and for
vliit h one of the king’s mefTngrrs
Id b t.n iufhetly difpatched to
England.” Under tins extraor
ciliary arreft Sir John Moore re
v'.arud nea ly a week, when, recol-
Eftir g the temper and charafler of
the authority lie had to conv’nd
with, he contrived with his adjutant
general, to t fib ft a beret retreat in
the t ight from Stockholm, tra
velling with fue li rapidity as to
reach Gottenburgb, d.ftant nearly
4CO mil's in lefs than 50 hours,
1 hen, re-embarking, on board h ; s
fl er, he inftamly ordered it under
weigh for England, havi’ g previ*
t i.flv flopped one month’s fubfidy,
winch was about to be landed.
Ti e above will be found a pretty
correct ftiitement of this ftrango
mifundfiitanding, and to drmon-
V are, that, whatever may be iis po
ll ical ifiue, Sir John M tore afted
throughout tins unp! enfant aftYr
with a firmncfs and decretion in a’l
Tcioect becoming the character ot
a RriiKh commander.
There is nothing which more un
eqin ‘Oca’ly tends to prove the wif
f’!( m of the embargo than the r.lmo(t
iniveifal npprr bation of all onr
grt at rvvtolu:ionary charafters. We
fi'd it Tupporied by a Tang ier, an
Adr-n s, a Gerry, a Thomplon, a
J; fF-rihn, a Page, a Pinckney, and
a holt of other me n whole patriotism
dm the world of times was me ft lie
i7
nally exerted for the falvation of
hc'r country. We have looked
over the names of the illufliTus
band cf patriots who firmed the de
* O
ftaraaou cf independence, and a
fir.d the name of a (ingle individu
al who has avowed his cifapproba
tion of this crcafiim, whilft we fi id
the names of federal of the moil
diftiogudked. on the bft who have
come forward V i til 3 decided avow
al of its propriety. What can more
clearly fiiew the fimilitude between
our revoiuri inary conte ft and Our
pre Tent diffbrences with foreign
powers ? Hive we then fo degrne
ra ed from the high minded flint
and (lern virtue of our forefathers,
as to think of fubmir.wg in toe
comparative greatr.efs of our power,
when they, in our infancy, difdain
ed the degradation ?
This Jlrong fad ’ought to have
great weight with that part of the
community that trufts to the autho
rity of great names. If we take the
opinions of any men for bur guide,
who are emided to equal confidence
with thofe uiuftrious characters who
rifked their lives and property in
the mod awful and untq lal coi fi ft
that could have been waged by free
men a;:-; ift tyrants ? Whole virtue
burns bright r ? Who dares to
claim f r ih- nd Ives higher mea
fures of wi; om ? If then they are
among the :tk it virtuous and wile
of our fdjow-xi izens, let os new
follow ;!.e light 1 hey let before us,
as we have m it honorably and
pr*fi ably followed it in the dark fl:
times this country ever law. Let
us rtll faiitfi-J chat the fame coun
cils which cxnicated from danger
and crowned us with honor wd , if
red f>y the virtue and g afi
iiude of the pt* pic, again lead to
ti.e lame itdidls.
Nut . Intel,
From the Democratic Prejs .
A M ST INTERESTING PUBLICA
TION.
The prefs of Abra Tam Small has
lately given to the United S.ares,
the in. tt inrcrtftlng h’ftorical work,
vhfi'h any counity has ever feen.
It is the pof:.humous volume of the
h f e Charles Fix, a fir. pile Obtavo. —
The v ft co ledfion of impreflive
fads, their connexion vvith the li
berri s of t’ e Britifh natmn, the
Pght they rt fi. Ct on the freed-; m of
mankind, and the iolcrnn admoni
tions a<id i .flruAiors which they
forcibly give ro the fi iends of liber
ty, virtue & peace in all count*:us,
render the work worthy in the Irgh
t It degree of the public attention.—
I: is 1 oped that the volume will be
read by prudent, hone ft and ; ntel-
Pg nt men of all parties. It will
be wtli received by i!ie ferious and
afFL&ionate fifi pdst'f the American
revolution and of cur civil and re
ligious inftitutions.
IMPORTANT TO CURRIERS.
William Brent, of Bcfton, has
obtained a parent from the United
Stare**, fur a machine for fpfitcing
leather. I'he advantages of this
invention are nurnetous. That part
of the fk : n which is commonly
(hived eff in ffnail pieces and loft,
is faved, and ccmts < ff in one en
tire piece, fuitable for various ti es.
Bcficles ih's great lavirg, a work
man can (have with the machine
four times as many (kins in one day
£s he could without if, and this lav
ing < f the time and of the leather
alio will make a profit of one hun
dred dollars per cent. The utility
of this invention has been acknow
ledged by the molt eminent c tim
ers, and all others who have feen it
work, and it will probably be cne
ftep towards the advancement of
A meric an ir. an u fir £1 ures.
Arrived yeflerday, the fli p Ca
r-ilia, captain Wardell, in a pal
fiige of 34 days from Cadiz.
Capr. Wardell informs, that he
failed fror* Cad'z on the 27th pf
Ausruft. Previous to his leaving
Spain, information had been re-
Cfived thac King fofi ph Bonaparte
had arrived ar Madrid, but thought
it advifible focn afterwards to re
rrrat to the frontiers. The French
hid b ;en driven out of Barcelona,
l er nearly deflroying the town.—
Ac Valencia’ a general triaftade of
all the French inhabitants had tyken
place; 6c at Saragoffi 8030 French
men were blown up bv the fpring
ing ofa mine. [A pafienger in the
Camilla fays that 12900 were de
flroyed.J Gen. Dupont and his
army had been marched into Ca
ci z, prifoners of war. ITie Bririih
fleet had from Cadiz,
and the French (quidron had been
laid up;
Cagnt. W. has brought difpatch-’
r r for g ivernmenr, from our Con
fuls in Spain.
A letter from the mc-fc refpefta
b)c quarter at Gibraltar, of the 21ft
cf Auguft, fay* “ General Dai
ry it; He lias juft re figged hii com
mand Here, and proceeds co ITibun
to-morrow co take the command of
all the Brinfh forces in Spain and
and P rtugal, amounfing to about
40,000 men. General Drummond
lu.ceeds to the command here.”
I* is flared in a Vermont paper,
tha: in the t:ial of Mott, his coun
cil, in theic pleas to the Jury, “ did
not pretend to deny the fafts, as
fated by the witntfTes, but they
phtd ftrongly the unconfMulvfnaluy
of the embargo laws; that it was
j .ft they fhauid defend their pro
perty by force of a “ms, when at
tacked by perfor.sActing, under luch
laws, that ‘ffitfcj-ibldiers were not
under the fanftioa of legal authority,
cr in the line of their duty, and that
the prifoners were juftiflable in kill
ing them. Daily Adv.
Mode of choc flog El eftor s forPre
fident and Vice-President in the
and iT rcnt ftates, with the number
of votes :o each.
Votes.
New• Hamphfhire, general ticket 7
Ivhffichufetts ; mode cf eject
ing net yet regulated by law
at the laft ekdtiqn by gene
ral ticker, 19
Rhcde-lfland, 6y general ticket, 4
Connefticu:, by the legvflature, 9
Verm onr, by do. 6
New-York, by do. 19
New-Jerfey, by general ticket, 8
Pennfyjvania, do. 20
Delaware, bv the leg llu tire, 3
Maryland, by diftrifts, 11
Vugioia, by general ticket, 24
Narch-Carofina, by difirifts, 14
South-Carolina, by the kgifi
ture, 11
Georg a, by do. 6
Kentucky : this ftate is divided
into two and. ft rifts ; the coun
tirs on the Touch fide of
Kentucky river eleft: fur
tkftors, and thefe on the
norm fide the fame number, 8
Ohio, by aiftrifts, j
TenntflVe, by do. 5
Votes, 176
PLEASING ANTICIPATION.
The Baltimore American of Mon
day laft, has the following highly
aufpicioiis paragraph ;
<c The prelident end the heads
of departments, are to be a; Walh
irgtcn o;i the 3 1 cf Oft she: inft.—
... cormdmtiv ekpefted, &DD
the oxecu lve will be able to take off
the Embargo before the meeting of
Corgrsds.”
The fame paper addr, tlrat c the
difpatches by the s*. M chad, daily
expefted, Vv-ii) fa:is‘"y every
American, that there are good
grounds for this expectation.”
National AEgis.
The party who are ccnti n ily
proftflirg love for the memory of
Waftiirgton, and preffing his name
into their ftrvice upon every un
worthy occaficn ; would do well ro
reflect upon the following words of
the deceafed hero. After reading
them, they may defend monarchy
with vvh?.i itcmach they can. 4 They
afe -an ext raft, from a letter to Mr.
Ray, in 1706.
“ What aflon'mirg'changes a few*
years are capable of producing ! I
am told rhoc even rejpehlable charac
ters /peak of a monarchical form cf
government without horror. Frcin
thinking proceeds fpeaking, thence
aiding, is often but a (ingle (Up.-
Eut how irrevocable and tremendous 1
Vv hat a triumph for our enemies to
verify their predift.ions 1 What a
triumph for the advocates of def
potifm, to find that we arc incapa
ble of governing ourfelves, and that
fy(lews founded on the bufis of e
qual ftberty, n r e merely id aj and
(ailacious ! Would to God , that vj/s
tneafures may be taken in time to avert
the CO’f quences we have too much
rea/tii to apprehend.” Ibid.
Extra 5? cf a letter fr cm an American
gentleman hi Spiin , refid&nt ihere %
dated the 26 th of Auguft.
“ SaraflfcfTa has made ftfelfim
mortal by its refiftance againft thir
teen attacks of the ft wer of the
French army, commanded bv rne
of its bo fled rhVfs. ka-cg (IT Vs
defended by a trifimg wall, more
intended to prevent'fmiigglirg, than
for defence. In the laft attack, no
longer, able to withftand the impe
tuous ardor of the French troops,
they let them into the city ; and
when about Bcco had advanced a
confide table diftance, (ire was put
to a train of powder it ading to
mines placed under the ftreets*
where the French'treops were, and
above 6cco were dvTcroyed.*—*A
bove icoo women fell fighting ;
and the in habit, nr. s came to a deter
mination of fetiiog fire to the whole
town, in prqferenee to g* ving it up
to the French. After the laft at
tack the few rent 2 nirft troops fled ;
and we are aflured that the province
of Arrcgan is thus cleared of
Frenchmen.
t: Jofeph is at Burgos, having
evacuated Madrid. We are tins
day ccrfi lently told, that he has
began his march to France, but thac
all Bifcsy being in arms, he has been
djbkged to return to Burgos, where
he wifi very fliortly be lurroundfd,
and if he does not take care, made
pr doner.
tc We have no certain accounts
from LTbon ; but we are very glad
that we are not to have any Englifh
troops in bpain—the Spaniards in
faft do ru t want any other aid than
money and ammunition.”
Extract cf a letter from Liverpool,
received at New-Toth, dated the
stb cf Auguft.
“ The Tiger, from Philadelphia
to Bordeaux, is condemned for ha
vi; g difpatches on board, which (he
was con/eying in a clnndtftine man
ner from Terrau to Chamfsgny ac
X s. The nature cf the ciipatch
es has not tra iftfvred, hue they are
confi iered imporranr, as relating