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KJlt THE PATRIOT.
To DI NNN SMELT, Esquire
Lu i m i)er cj Cong > es*
Sir.
CONFIDING i your judge
ment, rectitude und patriotism, I
voted lor yni hs a Member of
Congress, to acr for the general
good, and to in- the guardian of
a/I tlie chic rights anti miertsts o/
y iur feliotv.citizens.
‘1 o protect tin? country from
external injury, and to defend the
freedom of our government, are
the ttvo great section* of your tin
tv. You (antiot of right exercise
any power subversive of civil li
berty : you cannot abolish tii il by
jury, nor the habeas corpus.
To seize a free man,-in time
of peace and held him in con
linemcMt during pleasure ; to pu
nish him with lorciide transport
ation, without trial bv jury, ami
viihout being accountable, is to
exercise tlio right es a master over
a siav n : it is tyranny.
To pass a law giving such
power in a live government, is to
ingraft despotism on freedom ; to
erect tyranny utr the basis of civil
liber tv.
’i i'ese observations will lead
your wind back to the lat<t,adm!_
liistration,’ when a l-iherticuk- law
>! this nature was framed, and re
ceived, by signature, the appro!),>-
ton of our then President ; and
tile journals of last session info; ni
tts that young Mr. Adams, brought
forward a similar uefanous act,
1 dative to Yrnjo.
What !—Are we to make
laws subversive of liberty in this
free country, because an atnbvisa
dnr behaves impel tinentiy I—Or
are some families among us so in
fected w ith ling's evil,. s *rarn
enemies -to. freedom, as to seize
every prefcKt for its destruction ?
Was this a scheme in aid
England by plunging us into the
cxpeiiccs and horrors of war a
gainst .her enemies ? Or was it a
snare laid for our wise and patri
otic President, which happily
proved abortive ? Is the spicndor
of h.’.s talents and bis vutues so
offensive to the blinded Owls of
Jhynbvj as neve, it be endured ?
Oi’it laws are comneicht If*
punish felony or breach of the
peace in Yrujo or bis suite, as well
as in other persons, This doctrine
is not new.—if it v.e; e otherwise,
an ambassador and attendants
might go about committing lyk) y
and assault with impunity —a right
that we should refuse to Ids mas
ter! And we.could cite a:i instance,
in the laws of nations, cl an am
bassador ■- beinur executed fur a
rt . .
cniiie, without waiting for tiie.con
sent of his “court.
The .Secretary of the Spanish
ambassador, was imprisoned and
tried for forgety, in Pennsylvania,
and was sentenced by the court,
to such punishment as one. ol our
own cit zens would have been for
it like offence.
JT is indeed a rule among
rations that ambassadors (and
their suite under certain circum
stances) are exempt from civil
process , Put cur laws do not
screen thvtn freni answering for
assault or feionv i that would be
giving the'country up to plunder
and massacre !
The law, therefore, which
was proposed, in the case of Yrujo,
was unnecessary ; aid it is easy
to prove it futile
3f an ambassador behaves id,
hut in stich a manner that our
laws cannot lav hold of him, our
executive may cease to receive
or correspond with him, and Com
plain to his government, who
will doubtless sup* rsede him, il
they wish to he on good toms
with ns. *
• Scppose Yrnjo shipped c{T as
a prisoner in one ot cur public
vessels; would lie not have an
action of damages for false im
prisonment against the ship a id
u-.ople,* on hrs ariival ? would
3101 punishment indicted by Spsm
on out officers and men, tor obey*
ji U , ti,e oulers oi our government,
n.ake war necessary ; or a shame.
Ya avowal on our gait, that um
law ‘t'.-d otrduct iiaU bi t u fouiul
ance. This would be
in as wreiclicti a luit-ilv
o could wish/
WiiAT r.re we to think of a
statesman, who would be instru
mental in bringing on such public
disgiace ? Is he wise, or is lie a
aiudmao ? Is he laying traps for
our government ? Is lie plotting
mischief against bis ebumry ?
If the impertinence of an
ambassador should throw tts off
our guard, and incite us to make
laws subversive of civil liberty, we
shall never want despots and their
agents to stimulate our foilv :
a free government is their aversion.
Satisfied ihat you •will
watch with heart and understand
ing for the happiness ol your
country'.
1 remain, Sir,
With the greatest respect
Ami esteem,
Your lellow-eitiren.
r (jt tin.
y ust (pence/ cm/for sole, in Bry
onstreet, near the Mctrket, gp,
pesitethe late residence of Messrs
Mein and Ivhtckay.
A MOST Ellegant afTort
ment of Ladies BONNETS,
and other articles in the Mil
linery and Dry Goods line,
too tedious to mention.— Al
so, expects per (h it arrival*an
additional itipplv. Sewing
done in the neatest manner.
October-27. 95.
FOR SALE.
A HOUSE situated at the ror-
I ncr of Jefferson <st St. fulia.n
Streets, with a small shop aitjoin
nig; the house is at present occu
pied by Peter xtinard.
A L S O.
A smart active negro bov used to
house work, shaves and dresses
well for particulars erunnre of
o. scot r,
On the premisses.
October I - ,, ts yy
REMOVAL,
JOHN EOFFS,
RESPECTFULLY
][nkorm* the public, that ha,
has removed to the corner of
r tfrrfen or-,J Jlryan Streets,
in the boufe formerly occupi
ed by Mr. Janies Plait, where
he intends carrying on the
Boot & Shoe making
Business
as formerly, and hopes to me
til a (hare of the public pa
tronage.
N. 15. Two apprentices want,
ed t* ti e above bismess.
October 20. 3t. 98.
SHERIFF’* SALES.
On the fir It Tuesday in Nov.
next, at the Coutf-hottie in
the city of Savannah,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the usual hours,
FOUR negroes viz. Syi,
via. jenney, Hetlor and Sa
ke v, seized and to be fold
under and by virtue of an
execution grounded on a
mortgage, John Peipoll 9 ‘vs.
James Smith.
H. W. Williams, and. s c.
An guff 4• 77-
NO TICE.
Nine months after date, ap
plication will be made to the
honorable court of ordinary of
Tatnal county for leave to fell
a uatl of land containing 190
acres on the Altatriahaw river,
m laid county adjoining Mar
in Harden, alio 202 i-i a
cres in Wilkin lon County, in
tiie fecorni uillrict Tot No.
I I o, the property of John
Sharp fen. deceased, to he told
lor the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
JOHN SHARP,
Ai.ministrai.Qr.
Sept. 1. S3.
. ‘ t
Alt kind ts Ti inks, For Sole at
this Office,
NEW-YORK, Oct. 13.
Py the ship Rdbert Burns, capt.
Waite, from Liverpool and Ire
land, and schooner'! lsnlct, apt.
Henry from Bordeaux, the editors
of ?ha N< w-\ ork Gazette have re
ceived London papers to the ttt'li
of August, Cork to th*• 27'h, Paris .
to tiie 30t li, amt Bordeaux papers j
to the 4iii September. 1
The captain and passengers of j
the Hamlet icport, that the A ega- |
ciat ions for Pence between C> eat- t
Jlrita n and Eunice were broken
c sand that cn (he <2Sih of August
Lard Lauderdale demanded Jus
passports to return. Ihe Paris
papers, hereiner do net mention
this fad.
‘I he Paris Artrns of the 30th
August say* —'“ We do nor share
the opinion ot the Journalist oft -ou
don, upon ihe effect which some
fresh triumph .. of their navy would
produce. It is not upon any point
oftheoreantb.it trie grand con
test subsisting between France
and England can. be henceforth
decided. The question hitherto
was, w hetlief Great-Britain should
preserve trie dominion of her in
fluence upon the Continent : this |
first and principal point Iras been i
irravocaby cLlemiiued in tire
plains of Austerluz. The second
question that remains to be re
solved, and which is an inevita
ble consequence of die former, is, j
how long tiie nations of the Con- j
linent shall remain excluded from j
the common domain of tiie sea, j
and submit trd to the “yoke which j
England imposes upon their com- j
■ merce and their industry. This I
second conquest is, it is true, not I
yet performed ; but ail nations tre !
interested in it as welt as the j
•French, and all Europe is ready rc
undertake it.
BE AL, August 24.
Thchon. Mr. Erkine, Min
ifier to the United State* of j
America, his lady and two
children, expert to Lii this
day, in the Avon sloop, capt =
S ark, lor Amei ica.
NF.W-ORLEANS, Sept. 18. 1
We arc sorry to give a detail
ot the unfortunate gale, which
happened on the night of the 16th 1
inst. The morning, before the ;
rising of the sun, seemed to por
tend this dreadful calamity, the
sky being heavily charged, and
bearing every‘appearance of ati
approaching storm, which was
more fully confirmed by the con
tinual ancl unusuil heat of the
dav. After sun-set the weather
became unusually heavy, indi
cating both rain and wind ; about
10 in the night the wind rose and
blowed very hard from the south
ward, with a heavy rafn, it kept
increasing during the night; a
bout 2 in the morning it hauled
round to the eastward, and drove
I such vessels as had parted their
fasts and moorings far up the
liver.
The Plantations above and be
low the city have suffered con
siderably, die canes being beat
down, tiie negro huts destroyed,
and the sugar works much da
maged.; such agate has not been
experienced in these parts this
thirteen years.
Almost all the barges and boats
in the river, were either stove or
sunk. At day break the prospect
in the river was dreadful, hales of
cotton, barrels ol flour, and every
description of merchandize afloat
or sunk, vessels dismasted, and
veil much injured, trees torn up
by the roots, a proof the violence
os the wind, which did not fail till
a little before noon.
A List of Vessels sunk ;,i the
Hurricane.
Schooner Alligator, Casteres,
of-New-Orleans ; schooner Eliza,
Tice, of Bhila'atifhia, main mast
carried awt,y, part of her deck
gone to pieces, and the vessel
agfou.tid; schooner Nancy, Gios,
Siurk with a part of her cargo ,
ship Robert Murray, Swiusou,
aground but little damaged ; brig
Roxalana, aground damaged, rud
dv.r broken ; schooner Felicity,
• Aleyranne, has sustained some
considerable damage ; echocaer
‘Tsflgfr, of EaUimare, aground
with do ; brig Matgaret.oi Ntw*
Orleans, do. do ; brig Helena, ot
New-Orleans. do. do ; schoorset
Beniamin, of Campeachy, dis
masted, do. do , brig Fail” Ame
rican, Iznard, aground do ; s-hip
Felicity? Fernandez, do. do ; bug
Sophia, of New-C'rieans, at an
chor in the stream, dismasted,
the people employed at the pumps
since dav-light, and having a s.g
uni cf distress ; brig Arkansan,
aground ; brig Iris, Rohin. vvi.h
considerable damage ; brig North
Star, Lachapella, unround ; brig
John Adams, of Portland, do;
brig Adventure, Lagau, do ; ship
Franklin, l.aure, do ; schooner
Voltaire, of Charleston, do ; ship
Mac, do ; brig Neptune, ot St.
Bartholomews, do. A boat from
liapide? was sunk, Vrifti a cargo
of peltries and cotton ; two other
boats leaded fur the upper coun
try were sunk; ship Brutus, of
Portland, aground:; schooner
William Wright, of Philadelphia,
dtove an the point with the lo3s
of her main-mast and bow-sprit.
A large brig sunk opposite judge J
Provost s, name unknown.
September 23.
Extract of a letter dated Alexan
dria, CPapidsJ Sept. 7, to a
gentleman in this city.
There is no manner of
danger from the Spaniards, j
There are.between 6 and 700 |
regulars at Natchitoches— 2oo )
volunteers from this county, |
1 * \
and I hope an equal number j
from the neighboring counties
so that the Dons will surely be
captured unlcfs they retreat
beyond die Sabine, on the ap
proach of our tioops. The
French, with a few exceptions
turned out surprisingly, Che
valier Foirret and Cyprian
La Cour, are two of the vo
lunteer companies. We are all
well a Helled here and unani
mous. Volentine is making
exertions among the Indians,
on the hide of the U. St-stes:
the) ?re all perfectly friendly,
and the Caddos highly refent
the cutting down the Ame
rican flag, by the Spaniards, in
their towns. We feel ourlelves
(rcure here as if at Lancas
ter.”
Odsber 2.
The letters received by this
day’s mad from Natchez and
Fort Adams, Hate that every
preparation is making to meet
ami repel Spandli encroach.,
meins. All the remaining re
gular force that was left by
Col. Kingsbury atEort Adams,
have marched under the com
mand of Capi. Sparks, for
Natdiitoches.-—Major Ferdi
nand L. Ciajborne was hourly
ex petted when the mail left
Foil Adams, with Capt. Far
rar’s tioop of dragoons, and a
handFome detachment of mili
tia, on their march to Natchi
toches, via. Rapids—no doubt
now e?.ilLs but blood will be
Ihed unlcfs the Spaniards fall
back.
0 tobei ’ s.
A gentlci’.ian just arrived
from Apejoufee, has obliging
favored the Editors with- the
following authentic informa
; don reipecting that couutry :
“On Tuc-fday, the 23d
J Sept, iart, his Excellency Go
| vernor Claiborne, accompani
j cd by Mr. Hopkins, ‘arrived
j at Camp Hamilton, from Nat
; chuoches. In obedience to
| orders previously received
j by Col Thomldn, the militia
I ol Apeloulee county were
niufleied, and the necessity
pointed out to them, by the
general orders, of either vo
lunteering their Cervices, 01
j fubmiiting to the humiliating
j ntccsJ*y of being dialled.—
I 1 lie irrit coinpany 10 whom
ibis intelligence was convey*
cd ccnsified rff
perforis, ot w'k-.m t weni\ - e ;,.'P^
iniiantly volunuered
lelves in the fcivice of ; t
country ; of ani ther ( C ,J
ny; double as numeion...
ly fourteen peilcns (lit.; #
themselves, wlo were
r ica ns, and who have ncu (~■*!
got the motto ol tl.i ir L j UI ■■
Conqueror Perish.” 1
‘‘ Capt. Laden had org En
ized a troop (,! Horse,
gztitly uniformed, which ::i ,
Ifantly prepared for lervice.
•“ The gautd left by u ft I
Brtwer in charge of ‘ Ca n ,J Rt
Hamilton, bad received or: kI
ders to march on Ftiday, >
2 6th Sf pt em her ; and tj- e ni j_
iitia, ’Cavalry and lnfaiii n l|
were to follow them the fco
• day. B
“ Governor Claiborne j, H
expected in tcwma-nioriT H
BALI’tMOItE. Oct. 10. I,
Arrived, schooner Henriet-K
ta.Fearfbn, 15 days lrom Si, Bs l
Bartholomews. Left, a Haiti. B
“more schooner, Drane, mat. w*
er, arrived the day before; to J 1
other American vcffel. Spoke B’
nothing on the pa Rage : law r;y. K
tbinig in the bay. Two ijpß
previous to his failing, capt. F, ■
saw a letter from bt.
(fating that a gale of wind tcduß
place about ten days bfore&H
had dellroyed aH'theveffyl.. iy. ■
■ir,g in the hat hour of R oullesu, ■
Sc alio in St. Pierres and l uaß
Royal, Martinique; that bill
of tb.e town cf Kouifcau
deitroyed, arid 300 perlons per. B
• ifhed on board of the vdiel.-, I
Heatd of n© Americans L’ mg ■
1011. ‘1 be fame letter add;,
that Miranda bad eii< Cku 1
second landing at a place, (the
name of which is not recolkti
ed bv the captain) a fiiort dill
taticetotl e windward of La
guira; that be Rood his
ground, and would be able to
do so, until the arrival of .lie
Penelope, a Chip of the line,
with other reinforcements from
Jamaica, w hich bad certainly
(aiied feme time before, and
then it was expected there
would be an infurreedion in his
favor, particularly among the
natives.
NASSAU (n.i\) October 7.
YYe much lament the having
to recoiu another severe gait,
(accompanied with a heavy rain)
which visited this place on Sun
day evening, more violent tbs
that experienced here on the i st
August, or that of the 14 huh.
It commenced about 10 o’clock,
lrom the northward and east
ward, and. continued with in ‘
creased i'ury until about 2 oclotk
cn iVlorlday morning, when
gradually abated. Though 1
number of vessels were driven
from their anchorage, and cast
on shore, yet we are happy 10
find they w ill be got off without
sustaining much injury-, except*
j ing the brig Sheerwatcr, belong
! ing to Messrs- Fcrbes, Monroe,
and Forbes, which lies {on sho e
stove ta pieces, near the Yt atsr
Battery.
The Jnhii'ing vessels mere drives
from their anchorage :
Ship John, capt. Taylor ; brig
Stork, belonging lo capt. -se*'-
comb ; brig Black U ainnt, cap'*
Sheffield ; brig William, caotam
Hobble ; schr. Charlotte, the pn-*
perty of capt. Geo. Johnson,
schr. Venus belonging to l!i
----same ; tchr. Swift, the prop
of Mr. Burton Williams; sch--
Lyme, the property oi M. Lora
schooner Jason, the property y’-
Paul Liglubourn ; sloop Search
er, the property oi Mr. Barter, ■
Sen. sloop RoXana, the property
of ivies Jr*. Henry and j
Wood.
B'ank Manifests ,
111 ale t; this OUtcc s