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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!
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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.