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Ir itiftruSs the fa’d governor* t
give the preference to v IF-Is of
thoft pcers wh© art* in amity w.ih
G B c*‘f., but if fu*h not to
be t.ibuf ?>'), li; rr.fr qvgh’ S'* grant
ed to Anieri.zr? v ft- la, and m that
cafi <hi importations are to k* confined
t> the N ■ ) \ ITERN AN© EA >-
TERN PORI'S, it tne articles
van id tan be procured is tiafe
p t;s. The B <ftjn letter from
which we obtained our information
from a gentleman in that town
to the captain of a neutral v< fIM,
thrri in th• o port, b >md to the W.
Indies, adrift g him to fail as f®oa
as n fiSole, Kfc there was an order in
cmi ; il which w uld permit Ame
rican v. (Lis to trieic to Bririfh ports
meaning the pops in the W. lidea
un oubtedly. This ltd us into the
rr flake. Tne reader wi I perceive
th * the trade is permitted to the
W. Indies only.”
The Unfortunate Scut he stale.
Capt. Smithcofttb, the intrepid
commander of the letter of Brusque
Lottery, breathed his laft on b id
hi* Britannic majefly’s dungeon the
B iaiders, one of the b iiM. g
fqnadron now lying at anchor in
Lvunhiven Bay, n Cvfl nday iaft,
the 15 r h inft. Hs rrmain* were
ytfteruay af ernoon interned, n the
old bu vmg ground, with m*li ary
honors, and every ttft.monul of ci
vil refpfTt.
The lottery was bound to Fanre,
sre bed the nrnfortune to be be
c ahrud in the Bav, in i?gHt of the
enemy's (quad run, ten boa a from
w*t- h were warned and lent after
her. On difcovering them, capt.
S .'li:hcomb addrriFd h*s crew m
theft words :— •* M* lads, wr muft
be aken—let it not, however, be
fa-d, hat nr gave our veffcl awar ;
if i*r r do taicc her, they mull
fur he? 1”
Th<s heroic fpeech had its rffe<st,
and every man on board w<s* ready
ad de(f>ftned to trnke a glorious
ft j(j*;ie ap.nft fuch lupeii .r dds.
Every <ff■ n, however, was in vain;
and after fuftaining a fevers aCu* i
of nearly two hours, the enemy fuc
ceedrd in bearding, aid the c >lpr#
ef (he Lottery were then, and re till
then, hauled down. Capt. S uh
comb was carried on b sard fbe Bel
vuiera, mortallv w winded, when , it
miy be confoling t© his fam ly to
k ar, he received every atvennon
V mch his difire fli ig fituation requi
red. It was not thoug it adnfaoic
to fend him up in the cartel which
arrived here on Saturday, and a imall
veflll, with a fl g f truce, was dif
patched for nun, bv capt. Stewart
of the ConfteiUciwn, who alio lent
hit Hi gton to attend him. But,
al.*s I t returned with his mortal
pai t alone ; his rarely fpirt had left
its earthly tenement fa r ever.
The effi ers of the IMvidera
fpnk in terms of the high-It com
mendation of the gallant nu ‘net in
which the Lottery was defended ;
a .and in capt. Byron, her unfortunate
commander found a brave, a gene
rous, and a humane enemy. Every
means was effayed to admmifter
htalih and comfort to him while he
yet -Jived; nor would ‘be worthy,
the eft mable Bvron, u ff r ms b*d?,
when liferlels, to be rein vcd, ut til
* fie had it enclosed in a neat maho
gany coffi 1, which he had ordered
t>) be made for the -c aft m.—
Wnen the Hag tiuce bca i g tne
fl*g had departed, mmu e gu is were
fi td on board th< B Iv.urra, aad
her colors were lowered t. half
waft! Such fe fi'ltt', fu h m
I generous conduct to a lalkn cn
eniy, tvill Bvron z re ore
cmdpicueus niche tn the I'rmpie ?>f
Fame, than the atchievnatrt of a
hundred victories could entitle him
to.
A 7 **folk Ledger , feb’y 17.
An article fr tn g ves us
sn uTtance of fi guiac devotion to
th* *aut f f the ceuntrv : Patrick
O’FTig 3.id f-jur of Hit eal fled
in one day in thf* V. army for
five year*. Mr. O’Fling w.it al T
dier in the revolutionar, arm?. It
is added, that the recrtii ir g
goes on br fklv—ls having er. Tied
within a vrry fb rt time.
The B ifton Patriot informs ut,
that unexampled luccel’a atttndt the
recruiting lervne in tha: tow ? and
vicinity. Seventeen mrn, enbff- and
in one company hi feven da I—l1 —1 2
men in another Yn two dr.y*—!
a.U ihe off ers in the re ru nog
fervh e have nearlv fame fu cers.
7'he < U compa%i-s alreadv e;cc*-rd
thetr a.g greof ioo vnrn 3 and the
new wn la; be ci'drteJ.
L N w Jeff v, K cruttir g
on wcl>, m w *! g he rff rts
of the enemies t G> nrnr .t ro
inspyde it. Ad -vc p efu-ae the
full quota o ;h s flat me br *n
bv the mne the scar < am
pa g ope s.
Trenton True American.
WASHING lON Cl i Y,
M .rr • 4
At 12 o'clock this dny y J.4MES
MAD D O .V, Uoe P etide . /ofl i, e
United Stales, eeSf ] ng at
tended at tne Capital fe r the vur
foje of taking ike oatd ot fji % > . de
livred it> the Vaft irHcourjt > p*C
pie ajj no led on tne ou-fton the
following
SPEECH ;
About t add tht l Ir mity of a t
oa?h to tne obhgi ion# ! rnp -fed bv a
lecocd r ad to the ft.iti m, tn wi h
mv couii ry heref ‘fore pU id rn ,
I fi .H m r ?r p;cfence of th s re pec
table :-ff ;ob|y, an o >p©nuru v
publicly repea l g m p*y -'u and
icnfe of fa and ftu guifh and a c ft
dencr, and of the. rtlo;c fi i! tv u
niced with it. Tne imp’ ifi ns *n
me are ft'Cf g heued b iu nan e
vivieu e, diar mv faithful ndeavors
toduc ia g m a'du duties have
been rav j aol *fl na ed ; a id bv a
CO fi.ier i'i Ti -f ne too neutnus pe
ri >d at -di’ h the troll has been re
newed. F ui .ne we ght arid
m-g itud- w belong g to it, I
fh ul 1b? i©w to Ihnuk, fl
had iei> Kliancr on h.* iupp<arf of
n enlightened aid gener; us pe j
pl , and felc Jr-fa ie ply a convic
tion, that a war wi h * powerful
natioa, whn h *■‘.rrns fa pr *mwent a
feature in au? fi oaoon, is fta oped
with tha j ili r, which iovit-sthe
fmtlei of Heaven cm th* means of
conducing it to a fucccfsful tcrmi
na.ioa.
May wc not cherifh th s fenci
mea f , wi hviut prelumpnon, when
we p fl_£l on Ihr c-a id*- by which
this is diftingu ih ?
I was ?ot declared on the part of
of the U ireu States, until it had
b-cn lorg made on them, in reality,
thoug 1 not in name untii argu
ment* and exp jfluiai'o ** had been
exhaufted—-until a pufitive decla
ration had hern received, chat the
wr??Rg* pr *v k ng it would not be
dllconnnued—nor until this lall ap
peal could no longer be delayed,
without ureak ng and wn the fpirit of
the na iun, df ftrovn g all confidence
tn itfrlf, and its p hti al tpftitutioas;
ad euher perpetuating a ftate of
1 g-a cful iuffcrifg, or regaieg by
mwic cultiy lacnficei and more fe
vere ft r >rg!rs, nur loft rank and
r fprCt am •• g independea p wn-rs.
On ih< ffne of the war art fl k r d
our natior-al fovere gnry on the higH
jf;T, and the fe> uutv i t an impor
tant clafs of our • i:izer;i, wnwle oc
cupation* give the pr-rptr value to
those- of every ©rher clafs. Not to
crr?tend for fu h a flake, is t fur
render ? ur equal ty with other p w
ers on the rif merit common to all;
and to violate the facred title, whi h
every member of tne fociety has to
iff protedhon. I need not call io;o
v'fv? the unlawiuinr;* of the prae
ti;r, by which our manner* are
f r ed, at the will of everv ;ufmg
office , from their own vtflfds imco
fore g ones—nor pamt the autra
g-s ml-pa. ->ie from ir. The
proof* are in the records of rach
fucceffive adouniftration of <- ur go
yernmcni; a?td the true! toff rugs
if that portion of the American
pe-pir have Fund their w*v 00-
ver b fom n#t dead to the Fmpa
thir v o? hurren na ure.
As th<* war was jufi >n Fs orrn.
and nercfTarv and noble in us b
j* Gk t we can r fl dl wj h a pr v ud la
ti&faftion, ihar, su arrvi g n on, no
principle o. j iflicr li nor, 00
lifagr of civilized nafi©os, no pre
cept of countly or homaritv hsrt
been mfiH grd. I'he war has been
wfiged rr. ? ur ran, with I'crus- ui us
regard to all fhHV ©bbganen*, a.d
in a fpint r f i.btiai.Cy which was
never furpaflVd.
How lutle has been rff cl of
th;* example on the cond.Tr of tne
er.*- my.
They have r#tair<*d as prif .ners
of war, citizens of tne U iitrd
S jres, not liable to be c IAI icrcd
uni ?he uf g*s of war.
* I o*y have 1 c'ufed to co*fider as
p r d-fieri of war, and hrra emu to
pu Ih as frait iri ajd defer e *, ptr-
Y i'. fo g a ? g without re ft ram to
rh U dSars; im orpo aed b)
naiu .ii z in into our p-duka! fa
m Sv, ad bg iring under au hority
of h- ir a u Country, in ©pea
and war, for the
na re of jpt* and fafct. Such
is the av©rt-t(j purpofe of a g ‘vera
mrnr, whu *t in the pradtue of r*a
to al z -g ; bv thoufands, cst sens of
othr r t v ujurics, a id not only of per
m but (< rnot lJ:ng ?h> m t©
ftghi its battles airir native
couatry.
They have n©r, it is r?ue, tsk*n
into their t wn ha- Ci the hacche- a*d
th* kuiE, devoted to mdifcrimu a e
tn fta re ; b*Jt r hev have ie luftft
the fa vfeg-s armed with the ? e •ru 1
irftiutr- >us ; have allured chew in o
their i^rvice, acd carried them ro
battle bv their fivles, eag-r to glut
the t fa ‘ ag** th rft With the birr and of
the va qu fhed, and to fi fb the
w rk of tin dire and death on ma ru
ed a. and defe.jcrlefs caprives. Ad
what v%*s never brfoe feen, B it ik
commander* have ex orted v ftory
over tne valor of
our troops, by preftntirg to the
F mparhy f their chief awaiting
m.ffajrc fr©m their lavage affjci
ates.
And new we find th?*m, in fur
her conteir.pt of the m ts'vrs of
warfare, fuppSy ng f he
place of a co q ?eri g forc e o* at
tempts to d'h rgin z- r>ur political
fariety t*> d.fmsmber v r confede
rated republic. Happil', Fke o
thers, thefe will rr< oil on the au
thors : but they nu k the and g-ae
rate councils frsm whica mev e
menar# ; ad if they dui be
long ro a feries ©f unexampled in
coFififtrncies,m gltex* ire g a
er wonder, as prorredirg * < m a
government which founstu tne ve
ry w*r ?n which it ha* be*a fa
cngi.g i, n a vr<i g if** aft he
dilo.g*n;zi g and .Blurred deal po
iic f hs a iv- i iVv.
To ren(scr thr j ft'Ct of the vvar
or. our parr thi ui re coafpteu .us,
the reluctance to c mmence it was
fallowed b the ear l eft and ftro:;g
---t il ma iifeftationi of a ddpnfiritm rA
arrtft ;ts pr> g r efs. The fword was
fctrcelv ©u of the fcabnard, before
the enemy was apprifed of the r?a
fonable terms * Wiich it would bs
a r hfd. St li more precife ad
vances were rep"a?ed and have been
received in a fpirit forbidding
reliance, nor placed on the military
relources of the nation.
Theft ref u ces are amply (effi
cient rn bring (he war uan han : r.i
ble iffue. Our nation is, in nu Ti
ber, r re t r an half that (f tht B 1-
ti/h ft s. lis corn | * Ted ahu .*e
afrer,a virtuous, and aninteli-g it
people. Our coun ry ab untis in
the necrfTres, the arrs, auii t;e
com’ fi cf i t fe. A general prrf
ptricy is v fi rie ia thr , übiu. (J in*
tf.iance. Fnr m ans ervp >vcd by
the Bn-ifti (abu'tt touede m n Yt,
ha v e retoufcd on (hemk ivn— a•
g ; vcn to our fa ui ?n a
mart rapid develop? me.-.t —a-d,
and aining or divertii g the pr* v us
mr aft. barn Br tilfi u-trcuhmcß aud
B. i Ih vaults, have poured them o
to th se cf tne United Stares. 1 s
a pr pi? <us < on.fid'TacUH, tfu? an
ui avoidable war li uld have found
th s leal nable fa ility for thr *>??-
tr bos i%m ar q r ?d to iijpp?'?’ e.
When the pu l.c voice ailed r ; rf
wa , all k-T’.v and il 11 ken*, hat
•* i h ut the m it could not b * a? n
ei on, thr gn ihc period *h. hit
nugh. laft ; and hr pa rio Tm, the
g ■ and lenir, ar.d the maelv fp./at of
ojr fill w cirize s, re pledg h t r
the chcetfulnei* wi h which they
w II b- ar ta hhi Hi re of the •• ta
roon burden. To render the war
Hi aid *ts fucccfs furc, a“irna ed
and ft ftt-ciadc exertions alone, ar*
nect/Tuv—and tne iu cels of our
arm now, may long preferve our
Cuiintrv from the nst {fi *>f &nt>-
ther re fort to them. Aireadv have
thr gallant expbits el our naval he*
roes pr©vrd to the world our hi Ke
rr a: caps ity to maintain our rights
on one element, if t hr lepuituon of
our sums has bren thrown under
cl-uds on the other;
fl hr. 1s of heroic enterprise .-ITj us
tea n ! h c.jj is wanting to torref
pundtnt iruir>phs there aifo, bur ? ht
difcipltnc and habu.a which zre m
dady progrefs.
Copy of a letter front Brigadier Gene
ral id inchefier , new a fr if oxer of
war, t§ the secretary of & ar.
Malden, ‘January ij.
SIR,
A detachment fr? m the left wing
of the rsrtli weft ra armv, unotr
tay comtnard, at French. Town, on
the river Raifin, was arrack*d o*
the ud inft. by a fi*rce greatly Su
perior number; aided by Several
pieces of aniiicrv. The afitiun
commenced at the dawn of day, the
picket guards were driven in ;
a heavy fire opened on the whole
Ime, by which a part thereof was
thrown into diforder; aod, being
©rdtred to retire a fmail oiftaace, ua
©rtlr* to form os more advantge
oue ground, I found the enemy*
c* übhf g ur Jet fi* k with force
a* and rapidity
A deftru&ivf fi e wss fuftained
f r turn ; sc lei gh borne
and wn by numbers, the few ©t us ‘
that remameti with the party (fisc
r* lirr.td trom the lines fubmitted.
ihc rctna.fcticr cf ©ur force, vo *