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~»~n»r -. ; vv"iV * rrr tv'^pyca l K I X C S r O N, (Jam.) /’«A. 17. I'y.i (ih om:i from (urraco arrived on Saturday, wc h am. La Wngr anoc I icnrli frigate mounting upwa:ds of 5 o guns, ;.trived ;it Cnnacoa 12 day? jico, entirely difrnafhd, in sr a£lion flics had with the Ame rican Titrate Gonfte'lation She w s hound Loin Guarla- Ir.noe to Oid Jr rancr ; her crew 1 on Tifled of 4 30 ft amen, foldicis, occ. among the troops were gc iKM.als Pilfaide and 1 egratid, 1 a V <■ ngeance had upwards of 50 rreu killed, and is (o mu< h damaged that it is fuppofed Die will never go to fea again Capt. Butler, who arrived here ir the Queen Charlotte s-> , , from Maitinique. wlrth place he left on the 28111 December, informs, that, previous to his failing, he law (he lieutenant of his may fty’s fhip Invincible, who told him he had fecn the Vengeance at Point IVtre, Gua . dal. upc, th.it (he was a rated .34 t gun Chip. but morlnted 62 guns and had r cicu of chulen men on board ; !u* added fun her, thu it was hid flic failed very fall. February 25. An American fchooner laden with f'uftic and cotton, Com Cape Francois hound to [ere rme taken by Ids majeOy's (hip 1/Amiable is arrived yt fteiday. We under (land that com mo il 'ic tails cm I hurlday for America, and that the CnU ► eel States brig Conquell will loin him off Lucca. \SW-VOKK, March 5. Captain Do Volh late matter of the fchooner Eagle ot Balti more, ’ Inch up r et at fca on tire 30th January lad, gives the fol lowing inform '.Don : Two days after (he above misfortune, all Ivnds on the wreck, the fhip Sifters, captain Stokes, of Char’eUon, fell in wi'hus. Wc* begged his : ranc< s ; hut he refilled to take us t:p, alledgi; g that that he was I ho 11 of piovifions; at length, alter 11 oru T entreaties, he bide us fwim on bond; this he knew the weak flute of myjVlf and c ew would not allow us to comply will ; capt. Stokes then i; hum »r.iy Lft us to all the ca lamities of liarvaiion and linger ing dmfh. Mowever, on the toil wing morning, at about 9 o e' ek, his majc fly's (bio A fit, ■k .»(, mi a. V'ancieput, took us oil V i ie lehooucr, treated ns with the II no it hurt) jm.y, and 1 mded us ■ tic* at 1 lam proa loads. Thus were im hit and crew relieved hr the g n »ohtv of a foreigner, v. mu i <. I tiled it by an A mci ican ! 1 1 h< ii «!f . I hrrnlelf and crew captain [) • Volf *emrns his mofl g ■' -i • (fu I :icki. o ) !v tig■ ments tor * * * e ! in i and hoipitah'c treat uhn h they received from! ~ - t I \ " * I ~ • I “'-ii u.u \ andenuc ,iz cih-i * f 1 t C J Ul >4- C IjJ. , Mai'Ji 8. The conduct of the Erititti government. towards its rnfic.ui n iiiic -nd manufa£hirinp‘ interrtts. <. . •» is worthy of chlciration, nay, of imitation. It gives to their two g cat fuppo ters of Britifh pdwt r, a' decided preference, al ail times. Although of a mo* narehi il and ariftocrali ai form* v el u defpifes not commerce, hut 1 by its conduft, confc(Fes it to be clfential to its exiftence. 11 s the federal government been eqally zealous to encourage our infant manufactures ? We call upon its rnoft zealous fup porters, to ftaie what proofs it has jjivtn of limilar conduft. i he rnanufadluiing of iron into all the various forms requi fitc for ufc, appears Co he pecu liarly adapted to this country J he gier.t quantities of wood, and the numerous rivers on our dnnrfnc , render the eftablrfhing of iounnerics facile and produc tive. Some of our induftnous citizens (rave fuccceded in this way, and their m.inulatluies arc exC'-lletit, When our legiflature fanc doned the arming of vellVls, and created a navy, it was not ex pvdlcd that emr frig tes fhould he armed wrh Britifh cannon. It was drlguflmg to republi cans to fee the G R. and the crown upon rhd guns, deflmcd for our (taic vdfe's. Had they been the fpci’s of a victory, or the trophies of a battle, the light of them wou d have a con trary tfFVa ; but the knowledge that they wore purchafed Loin the Brinfh, and that even tlicir very carriages were made in 1 upland, and impoited with them, produced Uioug feelings cf . 1 1 plea!a.e. 1 he Britilh government, fon fible of its rntercfl, gives the grea.cft icope to the enterprize of its lahjeels. It has not the foi y to punifti its people for trading with i s enemies ; on the ronun-y, it encourages them to (end their manufactures to all nations. Although the Bata vians received their Biitifh deli- j voeo lo ungratefully, and lent' them back without any equiva lent for the trouble they had taken to emancipate them, yet i the ill requited FjUotis have! kindly forgived them, and gave 1 [proofs of it, by taking oft ihe blockade from their ports, and by permitting the expert of their u.aniifa&arcs and Wdt-lndia produce to Holland. Our government prohibited our intcrcouife with the French ' pofteirions, and the Britifh de-: ptived us of a lucrative trade! v\ ith the Dutch. 1 held interdic- 1 lions narrowed the enterprize j of our people, and forced them o idoq in fu.,h numbers to particular ports, that the conle quence was, tint the junkets were quick!/ glutted, and our merchants wnc rurned by the un?xpcded bad laics 0: their CdISOCS, o . We are Ic’d, it was ncceflhiy (o have a navy (o protect our commerce; When Ramp du ties and other iin pc [ls were complained of, the defence fet up was, that they were requifite topayfoi tbccxpenccof protedl mg ourco nmercs. The benefits idling from uur traffic with other countries, were boafted of, and the executive appeared to be convinced of the utility of trade Yet how many meafures which have been padded by our government, have operated to the injury of their darling commerce ? Has the interdiction againQ trading with France, been fa vourable co our merchantile in tcrell ? or has the opening the intercom(e with St Domingo, been bereficia l to us P No; for the fufpenfion of it, increafing the avidity of our merchants to enjoy that trade, caufed them imprudently to cveiflock the | market at the moment it was ■opened to them. It is to be doled again, when a knowledge of the ifland, of its wants and con (eruption, had been obtained by our peop ! c, and might guide them in their intercomle with it. It it laid that the probability that Toulbunt would become a traitor and betray the intered of the French republic, had induc- ( cd our cxecu'ive to negotiate with him, and to open the trade to St* Domingo. What reafons can have ope rated to renew the prohibition for trading to that ifhnd. Is it becaufe ToufTaint did not rebel. , Is it becaufe he was not hafe' enough to accept Britifh bribes,! and to fulfil their fang a me ex pectations. Has his fidelity, difgulled our luiers, or are the Britifh diipleafed with our fre quenting the poits of that iiiand. From the Aurora , Thcbcß criterion in tiic world j for eßimating the virtue, ge-j nious and iiiduilry of the peo ple of the United States, is the A 1 Ipnall number of enlißmcnts that have been procured for the Jar midahh army that was to piotedU us fioui French invahon !—! Fortunately our citizens are too fenfible of the ignominy* the difg.ace, the miferies and the foi’iy compenfation that arc in cident to the life of a common foldiei. They can appropriate their time and apply their geni ous in the puiluifs of indußiy * to better advantage tuati five dollais a month, wuth perhaps, the additional receipt of tivocr! three hundred laihes for the | fmallcß infradlion of the miii-i cary law. In facl the foldiei s of a (land ing army in time of peace are the moll abject Raves in the crc adon, (ui'.jed to the infolcncc, { . • a v U v A U .* • U jl c v«ry update of an olTccr C n fcquently only the very c f iocicty are found lo w m , 1 CJ (landing army, ,vh-> have no . [.ring to do, hut to receive ihcir | degrees of cducaiion in ihe d. jrious fpecics of depravity j debafe the human ctmafier | How will the world be aflonilfc.' jcd into a conviiliun of the pre , j eminent vi j t ues of the /\fnciicorj i people u nen they are told that i only about twelve hundred na- * tive Americans could be enlift ,ed after the adivity of more than a year, though recruiting off], cers have been Hationed in eve ry town of the United States, where five houfes could be found ! The great body of our citizens had too much ienieand virtue to be feduced by a pro mife that they would have no thing in the world to do in a mi litary capacity, but “ to eat and drink, and play with the gills" while they make their fortunes. Such were the inducements that many cunning offices holdout by advertisements to entrap tha unwaiy, who found, but too late, that they had fallen the viftims of their own credulity. It appears that the remaining three-filths of our patriotic ar my, or 1800 men are principal ly Irilh emigrants ; of courfe j Mr. Liflon, or other officers of the Bririfh government have no tching to do but to exhibit a charge againlt this fet of fellows, as being rebels, United Liftmen and traitors, who have fled from their countrv to avoid pumlb ment, and conformably to the ; Britifh treaty and judge Bee's decilion upon the Infhman (0- ! nathan Kobins, they inuit be I delivered up at Mr. 1 i(lon's re- I queft and fent to 1 urope lor I trial ; lo that it is not impolitic I our army will be lb much teduc- I ed in numbers that our honcu* I rablc officer l * will (carcify have I a waiting man a piece ! I The cnliflrncnts have pro- I grefled very fiowiy, yet as was I naturally to be expe&ed from I , the operation of the lUitift trea- I jty, the incrcaic of coimn Hioncd I oliicers has been very rayic. I This honourable body the fer- I vants of the people, i> compel- I ed to a great extent of bankrupt I merchants, men of ciilio-u e -a- I bits, and other defcriplions ; - I perfons who are either too H or too deflitute ot abilities I gain an cafy lively hood by || other means than a cuiumi l * loll I in the army. I It has long been a pt° VCTD ■ that men who have nothing w M do are naturally prone to n***' I chief; and consequently dio.- Bj parts of the country which he 1J I the vicinity of camps are con m flantly fubjecl to the grolfc u f fults and opprefliou. Ih c P eG 1,- pie lead a lile of incelfan at "' Ij and they aie beaten or others n- | abufed by men whole I teaches them thus to a * iUIT U a lupeiionty and ng l —| brubd-ty.
