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fluffing this prodigious windfall (as
p, emus as the manna in the wilder
n fj) into hags ad carrels. I nave
haftened to inform you of this £‘ori
om fource of fpccuiation, in order
that you and all other friend* may
either partake of, or fympathize in
our good fortune.”
THE YEAR ISII.
In this vear fcvcral events
occurred, >f no common character.
A brief notice of them (fays the
compiler) may not be u ‘acceptable.
In the month of September, a
Comet made its appearan c in the
northern part of the Heavens, and
patting acrofs our Hemsfphere, dil
appeared *c the fourh about the end
of the year.
On the loih of December, the
city of Charlcfton, S. C. w a, viHe
ed by one of the nofl tremendom
Hurricanes that ever devaluated
any country.
On \hr 17th of September, the
Sun fuff'red an arinula and almoft
a total cclipfe. The day was re
markably fercnc, and the fley en
tirely cl ar of clouds, fo that its
appeal ance was the rn>ft fclcmn and
impreffive mat we could conceive.
On the 7 h November, the lives
of many valuable Americans were
loft in a bade vri-h rnt- lidans.
On the 16:h and 37th DMember,
the writer. and fourfeem quarters ef
the U. S. were alarmed with federal
(hocks of an l', ait thq.ua kb.
On the 26th of D* > ember, the
Theatre at Richmond was consum
ed by Fire, and a great number of
the two ft re/pe&ahle citizens A Vir
ginia penihed in the flam* 5.
In the iummer month*, the hears
was, in many places, molt mtenfe.
In the principal cities many lives
were loft by the indil(erect ufe of
cold water.
The rops, in roanv parts of the
U. S. heiToved by drought; and in
rnanv places immenfe damage was
done by overwhelming torrents of
ram.
We hive been obligingly favored
with an extraft ot an Irtter from a
perion in the adminYdraton of the
government of England, dated Lon
don, March 12, 1812, which has
bee.; received here via Cad<z. We
hive ratified ourfelvea as tothc au
then'icity of the letter, and wc deem
it of roo much conf quente to with
hold it even for a day.
“ A lecret treaty has juft
concluded bmvrfn our [ hr Binfh]
govf, ament a -d rhr A gi >-Sp*u fti
rrgr ‘ v which ha*- juft been formed
atCnfiz. This treaty places the
ifiai ds of Cuba, Porto Rico, and
the Spamfh parr of St. Domingo,
under he protection of this [he
Bri Hi] g vernment. To carry
this trraty into effrft, the Cadiz re
gency are to fend eut governors
and agents known to be in #m [fhe
Bnt fti] intereft. With refpeft to
the ifLad of Cuba, admiral Apoda
ca, late Spanifh minifter at our [the
Brit fti] ourt, has been already ap
pointed. No appointment more
favorable to out [ he Brfi ft] uite
reft could have been made.
“ Thr government at Cadiz arc
at this time engig and in feleftipg
proper perfons for the other ftari
ons. From a convocation I had
with ma q*m WellefLv, I think it
probable that M-unodez, the pre
fent g ivernor of Porro Rico (>n
whom we can fi ml depend) wll
not be luperreded. As to St. Do
mingo, ve know nocyetwhow.il
be appointed.
“ We are momently expefting to
Fear from our pub Ic_ and fee ret
cotnoidfioners in South America
rcfptftmg the obNft of efieir m'f
uon. I venture to fay that 4.12? nv
rv.fters have corfi 7 , Rale doubt as
to tht-ir fuccef*. As rh* news from
the country in which v .u re fide be
comes more inter? ft g to us, I re
ly upon you to let no oppor unify
or conv'oancc whatever rfrape
wirhout kcepi g m well advjfcd of
all that con< en s us ”
I ?s refpeft fifty lubmitted whe
ther the ab-ve ‘ formation does not
coo fiifi cly toi fi m rl.e belief, that
thr Fiordas hav been ceded 10
Grra- Britain. With fuch befirf we
never would re fur ec.dtr Ame lia
Ifiaid, or anv poft or clue wr are
now poff fled of in the Fluidi* —-
We are dear diar neither the roar
ing >f the Be ft Li 0 n r the
crowingof thr French O- k, ought
to be luff rrii on th* American
continent. —Democratic Pre/s
Catholic Emancipation—We un
derftand fr m nt < ft r pft able
authority, tr.at a in flfigr was frnt
by hi* ro\al h g 0,., is *h? Prince
Regent to Mr. Punlfinby, hr ob
jeft of which i ss, to d* clarr, chat
neither his rc highnHs, norms
g ivemmenr, fti >uid in any manner
Interfere in thr approaching iffuf
fion and dr fin of thr .;a ai3 of
the Is fli Catb dies; or, in nth’ r
words, the i flu uid not b- co ft
dcred or imaguv-d as an ordif ary
g ’vernmer.r qu ft;o ; bur left en
nrelv i-nhe fuil, fair, impartial, a id
unu fluericcd deliberation and den
li nof parliament IVft. Sheridan
was appointed to be the bearer of
the m. ftagr, but with thai g-od
fenlv, dil ernmcMt and knol age
of ma kind, which uniformly guide
his conduct in maticrs of !u h defi
es y and imp >rtan e, he rtqu ftrd
that a third perfon m gnr be prefent,
when he was chargrd by hi* ro> al
highnefs with tht m ft g-, and whiie
he delivered it to M Ponlunby
The rrcjut ft was fl ed in, and
Mr Adam was the third prrion fe
leftcd. Thus wus all m*Concep
tion of thr term, and renur of the
mrfi’ige guarded agamft—all pofl
Ability or lutuie diipute ab >ui the
accuracy of its deliv-ry obviaied.—
W Iball *t prtfent, content our
felvta with obfervmg, that a q-ief
fion upon which (u:h vital initrcfts
asd conf quences are known to
hang will now be lefi to the unbiaf
fec deliberations pariiament, and
its ult mate deerfion to the collec
tive wifdom of the united k: g
dorn. There isnod. üb* otihe rc
fult.—Sell's Weekly \dejjtnger.
ExtraZi from (be Nat. Intelligencer.
<{ From the inr < nation that has
reached us from different quarters,
there is the flrongeft reafon to be
lieve that the LOAN to be opened
on the fi ft day of the next month,
(Ma.) vill be mftantly filled, in
deed we ftall not be lurprized if
double the am *un: wanted by the
government is fubfcribed for on the
firft: day. The advantages to the
individuals who may make advan
ces en this ©ccafion are too great
and obvious coefcape the penetrati
on of monied men. The gradual
manner in which the fums lent are
called for will enable moft monied
men, without rifque or embarraff
menr, liberally to embark a portion
of their refources. The money
thus loaned will not be Ihet up in
the Treafury, or the vaults of banks;
but will be emitted nearly as Toon
as received, and will, in moft in
ftances, return into the very chan
nels from which it was drawn, It
will principally go, firft: into the
bauds of our merchants,, and after
•ffordirg a profit for their a
g-nev, ‘all ultimately to a great ex
tvnr, inro the hands of thr growers
ar.d mariuf tfturfrs of the produce
and fibr < s required for the fupport
of our iand and Tea fore* s. S > far,
conf-qoentiv, fr m produ .Rg any
ftagnanon of monev or bufi v l*, it
w ! give new l fr to both, and in
th ssva l , bv iuailv augmenting
the ab litv of monied tne , mfpire
them with cor.fide ire in rhe fub
fcriptiop.s they ma maKe. Should
indeed any unfix ked for accident
arift towards 2 compliance with
their engagements in paving their
a crumg ir.ftaimtßts, rheir can be
no doubt of tnei? abditv t© d.fpofe
oi their fto- k lo far as paid up, at
pa. Of all nrr;dei of invefti g pro
perty, a loan to a government in
fu'l cr.“d t, fubjefts the lender tothc
few ft mconvrrrcrcea. The certt
fi 4 rs ne receives partakes fo nrar
l. of the ha rafter of a circulating
raed oni, and are fo readily con
vertible into fperjc, that no man,
in whatever bufinefs He may be en
gaged, or however r-freumfpeft he
may bf, need to heficate. as he can
inftantiv, whenever he wants mo
nev, receive it for his ft-ck, and a
In g experience (hews the pub
fi/’ ft ? ks ore lefs expofed to de
prttti . i than any other fpecies of
property. It 3 certain, moreover,
iha if to* v fii >uld be materially de
pr ff <J bv aov g cat nationtl rpJa
m'M, everv ‘*her lpecira of pro-
wt>uld fink i.i as great, if not
a grr a'er rat*o. In makmg thefe
remarks we take it for poarued that
u
our g vernment is hone ft, and will
in vie ffi ude of fortune be
true to its engagements, No srsati,
we believe, be his politics what they
mav, has tnc leaft doubt on this
head. A 1 ! parties and al! deferipti
ons ef men agree in the inviolable
facredneis of public eredit.
From the irredeemable quality of
the loan for twelve years, a period
which muft greatly extend beyond
the duration >f any war in which we
mav lie involved,
profp* ft that on r hc return of peace
rfpecially if fi fh uld bt accornpa
nied with ac Lump? an peace, this
(lock will rife coofiderably above
par; fix pt r cent, of the United
Sta-.es aving alrcadv under tuch rir
; umfta ices uen at 25 per cent, a-
par.
There will be on? rr. ft: imper
tant feature attending h*- flock err
ated by this Ir an. VV Air almoil
every other fpecies of dock m the
country is taxci, this will be ex
empr; for wc have moft re
mote fufpicion, that our govern
ment w.ii ever relorr to fuch a tax.
Ir. is a fair fufij ft for felicitation
tha: the loan, though o fiderable
compared to the fums heretofore
borrowed bv th** government, is in
every fight in which tr can b*- view
ed, calculated ro promote the in
tends of individuals. We are not
of the number of thofe who confi
d r public deots as public bleftings.
On the contrary, we bftieve ( hetn to
be great evils. To incur them
wantonly is, in cur opinion, in the
hi’ghcft degree cr minal. Bur when
the vital inrerefts of z populous and
rifing communirv, us dearett attri
butes of independence, its honor,
call for mealures that indifpenDbiy
require liberal pecuniary d'ib ele
ments, it is a fource of real fatis
faftionthat the inconveniences and
evils of loans to the public will be
attended with no inconfiderabie be
nch s to large clafles of the com
munity, if not generally to the mo
nied man, the merchant, the far
mer and manufacturer.**
From the London Star > Fel. 22, isi 2 <
IAW IN IEI LIGEN L. ‘
Court of K;ftg's Bench , Feb 21.
FOIvGLK {
7be King vs. Col Browne.
This wua a. inf rmation ft
the defendant, Cal. Browne, fora
forgerv, a: common law.
Tie informs ion charged him
with having forgid certain infttu
men's purporting to be figned by
Georg- Harnfl'n, E:q one of the !
law clerks to the Tieafury, and by
the Hen. Cecil Jenkinfon, Efq one
of th-’ under fecretarics of ftaie,with 1
a view to defraud g*ver ment by
fiirreptitioLflv obiaimrg a grant of
6000 a res of land in the Aland c-f
Sr. V ncent’s.
Mr. Attorney-General flared the
circ umflancea of the cafe as fol- ’
lows s
In the year 1809, Col. Browne,
rtprrfented to go eminent that he
had a hrg** ga*g of Negroes, which
he had nurtured with paricular care,
and had fucce'-ded m reducing mem
to fuch domeftic habits that cney
multiplied as fsft as by the courfeof
of nature they would die off—and
he prayed for an allotment of the
Crown l ands in the KLnd of St.
Vin;eac*s. It was thought that he
had claim* upon the government of
this country, having fufFered as an
American Loyaiift :ad as govern
men* had at that time a part of the
lands formerly allotted to the Ci
ribbs, in confequence & grant was
nii'd? to him of 6000 acres. It
was difeovrred that a part of ‘hde
lands h£u bc-ftii glinted to other oc
cupants, who held at the will of the
Crown, asd as they had expended
their money to reduce the land to a
ftace of cultivation it was thought
inequitable to expel them, and they
therefore were allowed to purrhafe,
which was done to the amount of
60,00,0!. But in order to indemnify
Col. Browne for hi* dilappointment
government gave him half the mo
ney, (30,000 b) which was confi
de red a munificent recompence
It happened, however, fh rrly
aflerwards, in th* year 1810, :h*t
fir C aries B fb o.e, the g v “ or
of S( V irri’s received ad 4a ch
und r the Official Seal of the Secre
tary of Mate's Ojp.ee, directu g h m
to frt: k? <fg?an i the fame quan
tify or land v hirh hid bern ci‘ luc
tt’d frv.a* ;.h- 6000 acres of la? do-,
rig nalfi gia u.d to C l. Bi vvne,
which direction purported to be by
the order of L f the Trea
fury, and was ft?tied by Mr J nkin-
Jon 3 the Under secretary of btatc
A f fl 1 ft] n however ti.luing with
C- !. Brown’s Agent, thr G’ ec.or
thought proper to fend hi ret for
inft’uftion*, when it was difl e ered
THAT THE WHOLE WAS A*
FORGERY, no fuch orders having
tvrr ‘filled from the Sccreta-y of
Scare’s t Ifice in Ergland. How col.
Br w,je got poff fil nof thv- feai of
i ffl e he was unable to flare, he
fhould be able ro prove that the pa
pers were writrr.:, all bur h* fig
natures, in the Off r of % Mr Ste
ver.3 a hvv ftationer, m Chancery
Lane, and that Col. Browne br'a’t
the rcugh draft- and took them a
v/ay when fum Iked. And the plan
which accompanied them wa* drawn
bv a clerk in the duke of Bedford’s
ffi e, who was employed bv Col.
Browne, fo that he traced him in
giving dircftions for the forged in
ltrcmenr; and it was proved no 0-
ther perfon had any intereft in the
fraud Under thefe circumftanees
he thoug t no doubt could be ea
ten amed of the guilt of the defen
dant.
The Lfti were proved b’ fi C.
BiUbane, Mr, Harrifon, Mr. Jen-