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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 ’ ! 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-,