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-!>v Muph's hi V. Teg a few
inlick is. The officers I have
Jecn who wore prifiouers arc ail
dear aiul decided in the opinion
that rhe B.ffliaw could not con
iifferuly with ffis own fiafety have
delivered up the prifbners wirh
out a r-niom j and that if Mr.
Lear had perfiffed, very little
rtfiilance weald have Men made
to our squadron ; hut amiefft
the defolacion of the bombard*
’ ment and cannonade , the prifio
ners would all have been m:dla
cred.”
Other Fatis.'-r-A few years
since the Batavian Republic paid
to Tripoli for a continuance of
peace, and when there was not a
prisoner to be redeemed 80,000
dollars-—Admiral Dev inter who
was the negotiator, was at that
time before Tripoli tilth Jive
ships of the line.
Denmark paid about three
*
years fincc 60,000 dollars for a
peace. Sweden paid lately
170,000 dollars for a peace ; &
these powers pay bciides Con
sular presents, tribute, 3cc.
Dialogue between F/afoingtou and
Franklin.
(concluded.)
Franklin. —This effrontery lias
often grieved me, for I feel
as j'This of your reputation as
ofmy own. But calumny, even
agamft my-felf, has long ceased
to trouble me. I lived to a
good old age. During the whole
of my life my greatelt ambition
was to be life fill to my fellow
men. And I may boldly fay
that I never did a public a<st not
di&aced by a virtuous motive.
Still it is equally true that I nei
ther did, or attempted, any
thing of importance tor which I
was not traduced. Calumny is
rhe natural offspring of mean
ness, envy and dilappointment.
It is thought its polluted channel
that biafted, ambition pursues its
revenge. Though noc infenfi
blc to the comforts of life. God
knows that 1 let little value on
affluence. And yet I have been
charged with speculation.
IVajhington. —And Infamy his
covered those who made the
charge.
Franklin. —And infamy will
cover those whole envenomed
pens are now busy in traducing
the moll illuflrious characters .-A.
Jefferfon, who was cradled in
liberty, will live to fee his ca
lumniators covered with univer
fai contempt.
/ Vnjkington. —That* man has
risen beyond my highell hopes.
Anti what ts more, were Itpof
fib!c to assign him a higher fla
t-on, he richly deserves ir.
Happy the country that has such
a chic’ rnagilirate, and Hill hap
pier the nation that is worhey
of him.
Franklin.-—- The American ho
rilon is not altogether without
cioulds ; and the present fun
fliine may not be without inter*
luiflions. But take my word
tor it, this man whom I fome
umes, perhaps vainly, take plta
kmn conlideiirg as tnv pupil,
will long be a Inend in every
P'-ril. power has not corrupted,
nor can it corrupt him. Its on
-1 y 10 -- ft is to animate and e r.-
pand his native benevolence ;
to mike him more aftive, and
tit< uid • uT.rnt of more extend ve
f *T v ‘ 1 ’ 1 s fV-! • >*A*
\ —Yes his Jiarac
tcr fhincs with a pure and Heady
luflre. lie has promised no
thing Which he has not perfor
med, while he has performed
much which he never promiled :
‘1 hat Inch a man should be de
luged with obloquy.
Franklin. —ls a proof of his
eminence, but I can ad mini Her
to you fome consolation on th*s
point. I know him well ; and
I know that the calumny of hts
enemies gives him little pain,
and that the strongest fenriment
it excites is pity for those that
revile him.
From Cob bit’s Political Regijler.
NAVAL VICTORY.
Arnidft the applause of Lord j
Nelson and of our other brave
countrymen concerned, wrought
not to forget the detestation clue
the viperous American caotain,
by whole lie he was led affray.—
An opportunity will offer for
doing j iff ice to the character of
those lons of mifehief and of
malignity, the American cap
tains, the greatest part of whom
(I speak with fome, but with few
exceptions) may, with perfect
truth, be ranked amongff the
nioff base and infamous of man
kind. The numerous and glar
ing inflances of partiality, which
they fficwed tow<frds our enemy
during the lall war, were, by
many persons in England, as
cribed to their enthusiasm in the
canfe cfliberty and republican
l ism. Is that their motive now ?
No: they feel no enthusiasm in
any cause but their own. They
have but two paftions, love of
themselves and hatred for us.—
They hate England because they
have been guilty of base ingra
titude towards her; and, be
cause they envy their former
fellow fubje&s, who, in fpke cf
the Pitts and the MTvilles, are
more happy and ten thousand
times more free, than the Ame
ricans, with all their boafled in
dependence. Let no man be
lieve, that they are to be won by
concessions: in this way we have
tried them long enough : how
many hundreds of afts of kind
nels have they received from
that navy which they have now
betrayed : and with how many
| hundreds of lies and falfe oaths
i have they requited their bene
-1 factors I—No more of them at
present; but, I certainly will
take an opportunity of putting
upon record fome facts, which
ffvall serve to make known to
Che world the true charafter of
this malignant and dcfpicable
race or men.
■ —OQkO—-
EntraCl from a late London paper.
Tartary, —Almoff every mail
from the continent brings freih
accounts of the extenffon of the
dominion and influence of Ruf
fla in Afu. The lall letters from
Constantinople mention, that
lome 1 artar chiefs on the t a l
t> n coall Oi the Caspian sea, hav
ing ueen guilty of great oppref
i f ,: >n, the people afiembled, and
1 deputed a Kalmuc of influence
I to represent their grievances,
and demand red refs; butinffead
of his muTnn being attended to
he was Irizrd and yut to death,
■and Several othoc Vrion>
1 k
•'•fed to be diiaffk&cd tttfe
thrown into prffon. The peo
ple at thefc meafiires
burff into aftive and deltrliffive
rebellion ; they committed the
moss horrid miffHcres and devas
tation, and in a fherr period
camp compnfed upwards of for
ty thou fund men. A powerful
body of troops under the com
mand of a Ruffian gentr'd, ad
vanced againff them, and defea
ted them with irr.menfe fhugh
ter ; and with a view to prevent
rhe recurrence of fuel) outrages,
has affbmed for his court the
government of the country.
PETERS BU R G>
Saturday, Nov. 30, 1805.
A tile of New-Orleans papers,
which we received by vefftr
day’s wHtern mail, breathes a
ffrong fplrit of defiance and war .
againllthe Spaniards. They con.
tain few fadits of anv great mo
ment ; bz these appear rather in
t!if form of floating rumours than
in the firm and authenticated
language of truth. The paper
of September u-"h observes, ,
fS we can Hare from a source
tliat may be relied on, that an
army of 5000 men is on its
march from Mexico,to
en the Spacifh frontiers on Lou
iiiana I'he paper of the 18th
observes, <( v/e learp kom good
authority, that the Marquts de
Eafa Caivo has written a circu
lar letter to all the Spanish of
ficers now in this territory, re
quiring hem to repair, without
delay, to Penfaccla, to join their
refpedtivc regiments.” That
of the 2111 in flvctching out a
concise plan of the measures to
be taken on die commencement
of hoffiiicies. remarks, rhar,
cs by drawing the troops from
the various polls on the Missis
sippi, fre m th e Walnut- Hil! s
to Point Loupee, and calling
into service the Orleans volun
teers, we Ihould have a force
fufficient to ft nice a blow that
the enemy would noc recover
from during the war. Baton
Rouge might be taken by the
troops as they defended the
Mifliffippi; when concentrating
our forces at this place, we wouid
pass into Wed Florida, and oc
cupy Mobile, Per.facola, and
such other places as we might
deem neceflary.” That their
exertions would have the defin
ed effect, v/e cannot presume io
doubt, when we recollcdt the
general imbecilicy of Spanilh
pol’cy and the remarkable de
fencelefs condition of the Flo
ridas. One of the Creek Chiefs,
who was lately in this city, de
clared that a very inconfiderabie
detachment of men rrght ob
tain pofleffion of all the forts on
the Mobile j and even ofpenfa
cola iifdf.
Richmond Enquirer.
Extrail cf a letter from a gentle
man in the Indiana Territory to
the Editor of the Republican
Advocate (printed in V.rginu)
dated Illinois, St. Clair county
Aliy 1 5 sh. 1805.
t ( The people of Upper L"u
ifl in a appear to be much pleated
with the new mode of govern
ment winch, they are to cotne
under next fil ngreeatT; to the
I: rn affs ct Congut f v . (
n Six cf cS'yi'ti
Clark’s men have* arrived at St.
Louis, and about twenty Indians
of different tribes, who have
never been in a lctdemeoc of
whites before. They live ffoni
icco to 1685 nfiies up the Mil
fouri, and are cn rhe:r way to
lee Mr. Jefferiofr, imending to
have these parts in a very ffioib
time. When these men left
aaptains Lewis and Clark, thru
were jull about to leave thei?
winter encampments, and pur
ine their journey to thcPaciff r
ocean, which they furpofid ro
be about as much furr-ier off
they had gone from the moutfi
of the Miffunri.”
Our laws very wifedy and very
provide for the fife keep,
ing the property of ideots and
iunatu ks, that they may not
wafle their ffibfiance, impover
lfli their families, and become
chargeable to the public. But
drunkards the world of ideers
and Wildeff of Junaticks,
squander their property, bring
the Jr families to beggasy, ami
themf -ves on the town—-with
cut any effort on che part of th;‘
public ro prevent ir I am told
that in fome parts of New-En
gland th ,5 y have laws aurhorifing
commiffloners to be appointed,
(upon certain p-ocf being made
that any is ha'oLtwlly drunker,
ard d.fiipaces his property, in
such away that he and his family
are likely to be brought to want)
to take charge of his properv,
to improve ir. in the befl pofilble
manner and to maintain him and
his family out of the proceeds.
Such a law, though fome objec
tions may be raffed against try
would, .1 think, be of great ser
vice to iocitry. At ieafl the
fuhjeiff may be worth the con
fin leration of the people and ct
their Reprefcntau ves.
Trenton ’[ rue American.
A gentleman from Mirblc
head informs of the arrival
there of rhe schooner Hiram,
Hooper, from Bdboa—and that
the captain saw piffled at Bilboa,
an order forbidding Spanish pff
vareers to molelt American vdk
fids.
SE AMENS PROTECTIONS
A gentleman who has lately
returned from Halifax, and broff
with him hrs fan, wholr libera--,
tion from on board one of the
, Britilh frigates of that Ration he
procured through the friendlhip
and agency of Jaynes Smith, efq.
; of that pUce aff.ires us, that the
j common protections, which
| given to our fie amen, at the cuff
comhoufsis will not infiure their’
laffty from irnprdfnent on
: board Briti !h ffups of war. Hie’
adds, that in order to render
ffu fc protections lufe, and con
formffile to the regulations of
the Britilh navy, they mult ht
accouu nnied by the copy of ,1
cernnenre signed by the Town
Cl-’rk of’ the place, where the*
birth of eich seaman is regiffer
ed ; which copy muff be annex
ed r o the prateiffmn, and the“
original acknowledged by tfue
C glectnr to be depoffted in his
oinr ’*.
v I N As this notice Is impor
tant to the intcreffs of Com.
nv-cc and Humaniry, v, a?-e
; vYuM C'd. Oi*r t>roihe? w: t. 5 -fi ff*