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... .•••■•* hi i,i i Him. ii.i~ .. *• ** 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