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ttie Northern Stags; he fluted, that
when he left Alexandria, on
“Wednesday evening last, at seven
o’clock, three mails due
from the North ; that an express
arrived that evening from Wash
ington Ciiy with information that
the Neptune had arrived at New-
York—that Mr. Gallatin was a
passenger and had got on to Wash
ington, and that he brought out a
Treaty concluded by ttye American
and BritiSh CommiSlioners. X have
seen and converged with the above
person he has left town in haSte
for the South, having in view to
avert the Shipment of a large par
cel of property ordered on to Vir
ginia by Elizabeth-City, In cor
roboration of the above, the
Charleston paper received this
morning, States, that several letters
have been received there from A
me'ia, and State that a vessel had
arrived from LiSbon, with informa
tion that war between France and
England was daily expe&ed, in
consequence of a disagreement
concerning the Netherlands, and
that peace was expc&ed between
America and England. It is also
Stated that the Surprize frigate had
arrived at Amelia from Bermuda,
with despatches for Admiral Cock
burn, and that the blockade o* the
American coafi would be raised on
the firSt of Marc to
desultory.
The Senate yelterday refuted
their aSTent to the passage of the
bill to eflabliSh a National Bank,
returned to that body by the Presi
dent with objections.
In the course of the debate, Mr.
King took occasion, in deprecating
die decision of the President, to
{fate, withdonie*emphafis, that this
was the first instance in which any
President had refuted his Signature
ro a bill Sent to him by Congress,
on grounds of policy or expediency,
and regretted that this occasion
Should have been taken to establish
a precedent of Such objectionable
tendency. Mr. Bibb rose immedi
ately after Mr. King closed his
speech and Shewed, from the Jour
nals ct the Senate, that on the
28th of February, 1797, General
WaShingtoh, then President, re
turned tq the Senate a bill “to al
ter and amend the a£t to afeertain
and fix the Military Establishment,”
his written cbje&ionis to which
applied exclusively to its Inexpedi
ency. It was therefore proved that
the K-ercife of the veto by the Ex
ecutive in this case, fc* far from be
ing questionable was ian&ioned
by the highest authority.
We have Stated this incident,
left the imprefiion entertained by
Mr, King Should gain ground
where the public records are not at
hand to remove it. There is no
doubt’ but the President has acted
ftriaiy within the pale of his duty,
whether we regard the letter or fpi
nt of the constitution. — Nat. hit.
We learn that we .may, in a few
‘days, expert the Seat of government
to be honored by a viiit from our
Military Hero, Maj. General Jacob
Brown. ,, His preiehce will afford
an excellent opportunity for the
officers of government and the
members of Congress, as well as the
citizens of this city and neighbor
hood, to Shew that reSpect to the
gallantry of the Army which they
:iave already Shewn to the exnloits
mjr'Navy.— lbid*
j The .Legislature of Mafiacliufetis
have ordered the Solicitor General
to iuftitutea prosecution againfl the
Editor of the “ Yankee,” a news
paper printed in Boston, for pub
lishing a libel againfl them. The
Yankee complains of%is being per
secuted.
A gang of Counterfeiters were
1 lately detected in New York, and
1 all their apparatus seized. There
were 4000 dollars found with them
confiding of ten’s, twenty’s and fif
ty’s, on the various Banks of New
York, Baltimore, Alexandria, Co
lumbia and Virginia'.
Raleigh Regesier.
The Legislature of Maryland has
* gaffed the bill for railing 5000 Slate
; troops.
The legislature alSb propfe to in
rrefae the State Taxflg 50 per cent
for the express purpose of paying
the interdt on the loan, and estab
lishing a finking fund to redeem
the principal.
The Legislature of Ohio has loan
ed to the general government 30-
000 dollars for the purpole of de
fraying the expence of transporting
provisions for the Supply of the
frontier ports. Nat. Intel.
Important Intelligence.
A letter from a Gentleman iti
Femandina, dated January 28th,
1315, to his friend in this city, fays,’
“ There was an arrival here, this
morning, flaring that Gen. Mina
had entered Madrid with 140,000
* men ; that Ferdinand had abandon
ed the city and gone to'Badajos,
and Shut him Self up there. Charles
the ivth has sworn to Support the
new constitution in favour of the
people ; and it is laid and general
ly believed, will prevail through all
, Spain.” Chari. Even. Pest.
\
Thomas Dougherty, of Ken
tucky, is appointed Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the U
nited States, vice Patrick M’Gru
’ der, resigned.
THE PRESS.
The following elegant Eulogiuni
on the press is from an oration of
Waldo Lartgdcn , Esq. “T he press
is the Safeguard of public rights.—
It is the / leffenger of truth, the
herald of Science, the interpreter
off the amanuensis of history
and the teacher of futurity. Like
the fun, it illuminates the gloom of
i gothic night, irradiates the Shades
! of ignorance, and p urs a flood of
j knowledged on the world ; it di-
I lates the perceptions of man, ex
: tends his intellectual vision, inl'pires
\ his heart with l'enfibilky and his
mind with thought and endows
him with pafl and present omnif
cence, he dire cits his Way to the
pierean mount and difeovers to faith
the radiant path by angels trod to
Zions holy hill.
Sharp Shooting. —Previous to the
examination of those of the dead
who fell in tlie affair of the Bth
near New-Orleans, it is Said two or
three of the riflemen claimed the
honor of Shooting Lt. Col. Rannie,
the brave but unfortunate Britton;
Mr. Weathers said if he is not Shot
in the left eye, I Shall not claim the
merit—if he is IShall. On exam
ination, it was found the ball had
pei Sorated- the head a littlg below
left eye,
Ixavdl Minnies : , |
The Unitee States’ sloop of war
Peacock, Warrington, and Hornet,
Biddle ; febooner Tom .-Bowling,
and two or three other vessels, put
to sea from New York, on Friday
evening Jart.
1 The large and elegant armed
brig Avon, capt. Nye, and the fehr.
Tomahawk, capt. Besom, failed
from Boston, on Friday last t on a
Pat.
1
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Ntw-Tcrk, January 06.
Valuable arrival. —Yesterday ar- >
rived at this port the private armed
schooner Lawrence, Edwd.Veazey,
Esq. commander, from a cruize of
107 days off Bermuda, the English
Channel, Cape St. Vincents, and
the Canaries.
Capt. Veazey, during his cruize,
has taken 12 prizes—manned 3,
burnt 4, and given up one. lie
made 166 prisoners, and brought
in 15 of them. The vtflels cap
tured amounted to more than 5000
tons. The Lawrence has brought
in fome wine, raisins, &c. taken
out of prizes.
Capt Veazey has not brought
any late European news.
During the late severe snow
storm, capt. V. was olf the Dela
ware, in lat. 38, long. 74. Saw
no BritiSh cruizers on our coaSt.
From the Poston Yankee. ;
THE PRIVATEER YANKEE.
The owners of this fortunate pri
vateer may triumphantly challenge
the naval annals of warfare to pro
duce a parallel to the fuccelsful .*
cruizes of the privateer Yankee. !
A gentleman who is well ac- j
quainted with the whole of her dep- j
redafions commit.d on the enemy j
Since the beginiug of the war to the
• present time, has given us the fol
lowing defciiption of her, and her
wonderful, unexampled success.
He estimates that up to this time
She has captured and destroyed Bri
tish property to the amount of three
millions of dollars, and that half ;
this amount has arrived in the dis- !
ferent ports of the United States. |
ft he whole amount of duties She
has paid to the national Govern
ment is estimated at 200,000 dol
lars and that her last cruize has net
ted to government 80,000 dollars,
ft he Yankee is about 158 tons bur
then, carries one long tom, twelve
pounder, 10 nine pounders, 2 fix
plunders and 2 twelve pound car
ronades—in all 15 guns; .and
from her escaping from numerous :
Britifli cruizers, it may be well sup- ‘
posed that Sire is a remarkable fall
Sailer. Mr. D’Wolf of Bristol,
‘owns three fourths of the Yankee,
and is supposed to have gained clear
by that vessel alone, 500,090 do!-
lars. |
UNION SOCIETIES. j
We have heard it suggested by
Some men of the firft (landing in
Society, that Republican Union So. .
defies ought to be immediately or- ‘
ganized in every town in the j
Northern States, for. the express ;
purpose of supporting the Union of
the States, and aiding the national
authorites in the vigorous execution
of the laws.
Each society fnould have its
committee of correspondence; so
that the whole may a 6l in concert.
Let them pledge themselves to each
other by a solemn oath, to aid and
protect the officers of government,
again SI the afFaultsof Britiffi Junto
mol>
Let eacTi society have; a Standing*
£nd permanent article infthe organ
ization of their body, that every
member be provided with good
and fuificient arms and accoutre
ments, and be ready at a moment’s
warning to obey the call of the
MarShal, or district Judge, so pro
tect the officers of government, and
enable them to execute the laws'.
Let each member wear a union
cockade with a Spread eagle. Let
them pledge to
other to give information of all
traitorous connexion with the enej
my, of all Smugglers, of all unprin- \
cipled men who furniSh the enemy
with Specie, Ax. Ac. Let a fund
be railed to circulate ufeful infor
mation—and also to protect indicia
duals who may be opprtffed by the.
State Authorities.
Union Societies for fucji
laudable objects will have the be ft
poSlible effect. Traitors will paule
in their vile work when they See.
union and concert among the re*
publicans to oppose them. Taking
oil the moderate honorable federal*,
ifts, the defparadoes will be left in
minority, and the American
Phalanx will find them Selves
able to ont-number them, and pdt
them down*; but this will not be
necessary ; the preparations of tln£
Republican Unionists will appal
the traitors ; they will Shrink fronj
the contest ; therefore, friends of
the Union, begin the good work.’
of preparation. To be prepared
lor danger, is to avid it.—Union
will beget confidence, energy, and
powere among the Republicans;.,
and the demons of faction \vijft
vanish.
Boston Patriot.,
OFFICIAL.
Copy cf a letter from Maj. General
Jackson , to thee Secretary of War x
dated
Head-quarters , qth Military
District, Camp, 4 mile#,
helowNew- Orleans,
January 13, 1815.
Sir—At fu,ch a crisis, I conceive,
it my duty to keep you constantly
sdvifed of myfituation.
On the icth inll. I forwarded
you an account of the bold attempt
made by the enemy on the morning
of the Bth to take possession of my
works by Storm, and of the severe.
repulse which he met with. That
report having been lent by the
mail which erodes the Lake, may
poifibiy have mifearried ; for which
reason, I think it the more neceStk
rybriefly to repeat the substance cf
it.
Early on the morning oS the Bth,
having been actively employed
two preceding days in making pre
parations for a form, advanced in
two Strong columns on my right
and left. They were received,
however* with a firmnefs which, It
seems, they little expelled, and
which defeated all their hopes.
My men, undisturbed by their apv
proach, which indeed they ha£
long anxiously wished for, opened
upon them a fire so deliberate and
certin as rendered their scaling lad
ders and fafeines, as well as thek
more direst implements of warfare*
perfectly useless. For upwards of
an hour it was cotinued with
briSknefs of which there-have beeia
but fety instances, perhaps, in any
country. In justice to the enemy
it mud be said, they withstood if a?,
long as could have been expected
from the moll determined bravery.
At length, however, wheo all prof-,
