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tvavs safest, and particularly
when events like these occur, to
be prepared for every extremity,
I have, in parsn race of the re
cotnmenda ion ot the general
meeting, addressed von, request
ing you who are officers, to use
every means in vour po-ver to
have the militia under your
; command promptly armed and
equipped, and prepared to obey
the call of the Federal Govern,
inent, should they require the,
I services of ativ part of them ,* 6l
I I earnestly intreat our fellow ci
tizens who are the piivates, to
I second vour efforts by every
means in their power.
It is to be hoped tlr.s attroci*
I ous act of violence has not been
authorised by the British govern*
ment, and will be promptly and
[ honorably disavowed by then,—
I that on the denvaud being made
I ample and satisfactory reparatu
lon will be ordered, and tnc in-
I tercourse and friendship of the
I two nations restored on houora-
I hie and equal grounds. Should
I however, proper satisfacton be
I refused, you will then doubtless
I recollect that no common occa-
Ijioghas aroused you that not
lonlv your rights, but your na*
Itional honor has been attacked,
land in a way to make accommo-
Idation extremely difficult— 1 oe
■ least reparation that even the
■most moderate government must
■ conceive inciirpensible, may be
■refused by a nation long accus-
Itomed to control the ocean, and
Kittle used to concession.
I Under this aspect. L fear the
■equality which we must respect
■and never lose sight of tnay, not
lonl be forgotten by her, but e
|ven former resentments and situ
lations be recollected,
i Should this unfortunately be
■the case should the only sa ;s
----■faction which can be received be
■denied, an l tilings be driven to
■cxtreinhies, von must in vour
■turn rem?mb ‘r your o .vr. an l the
■conduct of your ancestors, under
■circumstances much more trying
■thin can ag/m occur. In the
■farmer struggle with Geat-Bn
■taiu, your population was not one
■half so no iierotss as it is at pve
ifent. Y,u had neither govern”
■men*, laws or i-evcnue > a great
■proportion of your inhabia’nts
Evas opoosttl to your revolution.
■You had neither ammunition, or
■the means to obtain it, or friends,
lor allies to support you.
}■ You were destitute of manu-
Ifactures.and literallv without the
■comforts or even the necessaiies
lof hfe ; you had at that time, the
■most powerful and victorious
■people in Europe to contend
■with. You were n handful, of
■colonists sca'tered over an mi
■ Dense continent, the name of
■which w is scarcely known to o
■thei nations.
But, under all these d;s-
Icrmragiug, navhoptl'ss circutn-
L .nee’s, when her rights were at
[tackt d,wha was ihe language of
■ America? F.mo the moment
■ she saw honmable it conciliation
Ist an end, siie spurned at wciy
I thing : hat w s oUierwise.
She met tin- struggle with the
firmness and mo ci a .ion always
[essential to true chgnnv. Shu
[to n convinced she wotl ), that
linen who could l n'eg > tfieir pto
[fits, their pleasures, and the
[peaceable er.jovmeat of their
[dearest connexions, arid all lot
[liberty, could never be reduced
I [to vassal ;ge.
I Ihe pr. valent and -teady lan-
I KU#g f America then was, t®
[tisk their town-, to give u i> thc
I li.ixurics and even the couvecii*
I [tncesoi life, to be prepared to
I Resist the power of tneir enemy,
j I [arid not to lament their losses,
[while their woods, their honor &
j [their liberty was left to tfi.m;
(thus determined, they reststeu
(lot in van. i tie almighty cits -
J loser ot evt nts crowned -heir
I (fforts with success and stampt
fiiir c.iu.’trv tire freest, and until
I |.r. ; 3 moment, the happiest tesi-
Renee ot the human lace.
I Amidst, however, the vicissi
ludes that attend every state, I
I tar that removed as tvesuppos”
i ftl we we it from almost every
possibility of iuii*rferrence with
the general confusion and war
ihat every where prevails, even
our distance and unexampled
moderation will not much long- {
er protect ns from participating j
iu their evils.
It the crisis does arrive ; if
you are obliged to defend your
rights by arms , von will have the
solid comfort of reflecting that I
your government is right, and j
that the pretence by which it is j
attempted to just fy this act, is !
totally unfounded ; that the laws i
ot nations give no right to da- j
maud the seamen v ho were said !
to be mutineers, and that our j
constitution and laws forbid their
Surrender-
Having thus, justice on your
side ; an honorable and patrio
tic government, around which
the people rally unanimously,*
vast national resources Pc means
of defence within yourselves; nu
merous sod powerful fiiends in
Europe ; domestic manufactures
which, in time of war, will soon
be abundantly sufficient for your
own supplies. Thus Mutated,
I am sure von will meet any e
vent, as freemen ought and that
you will recollect the manner in
which your ancestors atchieved
.vour independence and support
ed its rights—that having.through
their firmness and love of liberty
received them uncontaminated,
you, too, will consider your
selves bound in honor to trans
mit them, unimpaired, to your
posterity.
CHARLES PINCKNEY.
CHARLESTON, Ju’y 14.
Capt. Mf.mry W. iiooL, late
ly arrived a: New-York from the
Havana,has communicated to the
editor of the Mercantile Adverti
ser, the following information,
| given him at that place by Mr.
I J*mes DrisdELL concerning 3
I American seamen, now in slave
-1 rv among the Spaniards.
Mr. i'Ri'DU.i, was at the coin
niencemenr of tlie present war,
an officer on board the British
ship Castor St Pollux, then tn_
gaged on a voyage of discovery
along the North West Coast of
America. This vessel was cap
tured bv the Spaniards, and the
ciew made prisoners. Captain
H. W. 800 l saw Mr. Drisdeii on
his passage from Veia Cruz to
Cadiz, to he exchanged ; Tneves
sel,onboard of which be was,hav
ing put into Havana about the
27th of May, 1807.
On Mr D’s journey from the
interior of Mexico tj Vera Cruz,
he talked with three persons then
m chains, and doing servile labor
on the public road, who called
themselves American citizens. —
Their names were J'otmVandyke
yunit;ft Baker, and Alexander
Bleary- They were then station
ed aio.ng the high wav lead”
ing from Xalapa to Vera Ciuz,
in .he dismu of Rmconada.—
Tr.cy .ty they had been wreck
ed on die coast of Andalusia, not
far uom Cadiz, m 18u4, in an V
mericaa b;ig. V v hiie on tneir
way 10 the American Consul at
Cadiz, mey were arrested, and
I confined in die Castle <1 do
! Catharine. Alter having been,
kept there for three days with
out being able to communicate
with him, they were forcibly
j embarked on board a Spanish
i vessel and sent to Pensacola. At
1 this place they were compelled
to enlist as soldiers. They made
two a.tempts to escape, and vveie
both times retaken, .literwauls
they were doomed to slavery in
the manner and at line place a
bo -e recited.
Capt. bool feels interested in
giving this information to the
f r iends of these unfortunate men,
through the medium o the news
papers. And he doubts not that
the editors Ol GaZ-ltes, p.tiuta
laily in the sea ports wilt in
dulge him so far as to give th.s
notice a place in untie columns.
$3- If JESSE HICK M \ N
is alive he will be informed of fometiiing
in terefliug toiiim by applying so iiie prin
ters of t/a rui'rjt.
PATRIOT.
-V•’£^<J> ** ‘T
savannah, July 20, got.
tty* The Subfcrihers to the Patriot,
are inf-tmed, that, fuiJinpr it expedient to
dTcontinue it; this is tlie l ift number we
wil puUlith under that titlt and cn Mnn
d;>y next will appear the FEDERAL RE
PUBLICAN ADVOCATE, which will he
font to our p-efrut t.ihfcrihr-s uw.il they
notify us rhat thev with to withdraw thtlr
names, &difeharye their artearages All
Advi-r?iffmeats now in the I'aiilat will tie
continued in the Ad-vecote.
NORFOLK, fuly 5, TEOy.
Sir—ln purfuaacenf your requefl, I this
dav Went dawn to the Britilli fijuadron, K--
ing in Hampton Road,, fur the purpol'e of
delivering the letter with which I wa,
charged to captain Doug'as; on arriving
along fi !e his llrip, the Bellona,! was invit
ed on board, received hv capt tin Douglas
himfelf at the gang way, and conducted to
In cabin, where I found afli inhled all the
captains of the squadron. I immediately
informed him th it v 11 had yellerdry re
ceived a leiter from him, the answer to
which I had been requested to deliver,and
placed ir in his hands. He read the letter
very attentively,and then handed it tocap
tain Hardv, from whom it p isle i to the o
ther captains in fttccefHon. sVhrn the, had
all per;,fed it, captain Dong as ohfi ived to
ine,“ I presume, fir, you are acquainted
with the ouents of this lecte ■'—t
told him Iw s perfcrt’yfo He then Hat
ed that f;is letter mud have been mifap
preheuded, that it contained no exprelli .11
of menace which l e tec Iltdled, and that
it certainly r.otlns intention toule lan
guage which could be conttrued tn convey
fueli ideas : he referred to captrin Hardy*
faying, that he had fliewn him the letter
previously to its being feiit, ;ait.d had re
queftrd liis opinion as to its sentiments;
captain Hardy coiicurred with captain
Doughas in .he opinion and objefts of the
conimtmi a ion. Iti en remarked to them
the particular erpreffi 11s m the letter,
which f confide, cd as the language of
threat, and adverted to the cin nmdar.ee of
the wards'*inime liaiely annulled ” being
und rfeored. H - laid that this uuderfeor
ing mud h ve been done by his clerk, with
out hit direifli*n, and Had escaped his ob
servation ; but again allured me, upon his
honor, that ii any exp cfiioo in the leiter
w ire the appearance of a .'liteat,it wasaot
intended to b- so und;r(l >od.
Cap*ain Douglas next adverted to the
eouclufion of the letter, in which the alter
native of peace or war is left to himfelf,—
He fait! upon this fuhjc'd’, that he had no
orders to commit any adk of hofii'ity, ami
that there was no man from whi fe inten
tiona or wiflv s fqch ail 01-jeA was in r e re
mote That he was anxiou- to preserve the
relations of amity, which had cxiflcef, I e
tween tlie two g vernments, and that* no
aeflof I,i, IhooM tend to interrupt theirhar.
mot.y, unhf , lie was ordered by his f tpe
riors tn perfo rn furh adfs, in which case,
*s an officer he muff do his duty. He re
pea'ed, howe’ er that lie had at prelcnf no
such orders, nor 1 id he expert to receive
such Me Hated that he had it in charge
generally, to guard his flag, arid thofc un
der its protection, from insult or .(Tut if
anv kind,and tha’ this in all fruitions he
muff uuqiielfionably do.—But that any fur
ther meafurs he was not at prefe"* author
ifed, nor was it his intention to t he.
1 here stated to liun lie many
insultin'; menaces, which had
been coimii'iideated m Norfolk,
as cominq Irotn Ii in. He posiiivelv
denied 1 u*r haviujj uttered anv
such—declared ii they lud been
used by any of Ins officers, that
they were unauthorised, and dis
approved of bv him, remarking at
iho same tune that he hoped all
a ho knew him, would do him the
jtistice to believe, ihat fie was not
in the habit of using the iaugiiaye
of threat*—Here he too again ie
ierred to ail the officers to say, if
they bad ever heard him at any
tune, even while .speaking con.
fideiuialiy to them, utter such ex*
pressious, and they untied iij tie
elariuv tint tbey bad not.
A dcfultory converfatiou then took plsce
between capt. Douglas, the either at irsins
and myfclt, wlitcl. continued neai ly an
J.our, in thc count- of which nra.iy re
marks were made, which i-.ad, no reference
to tlie HU;] ect of your letter, nr w re in
any way tOune.U’J with it: thele, fir, 1
have already comm, rtiicared toyoulell, &
to all iny fellow citizens with whom I
luve converted up 11 this subj :rt; but is
the; are not comic, led with ta iiihj.’rt of
your letter, 1 preluiue il w ;uhl be unue
celfary again to detail them litre. Id the
coin ft ot this converfatiou, I described to
tk i a* wi;,, as I was ab'c the lentimeuts
wmcii uuiveiTdly prevai ed through n t
country at this t rue, the caule lrom
whence it proceeded, and thc 1 fierts it
wouid produce, provided any elf.i t on
their part llr-iuld he m de to oppoft tlie
public ref alvei, as to mtercoiirle or fop
plies. I explicitly declared that we lud s
yet received no au.hori y from our go
vernment to proceed to arts of aggroifi.
on, but that we were autboiileo, and
were prepared for defence, and tor the
p-otfctioii of ourle'vas and our property;
to prove which I placed in the bauds of
capt. Douglas, au extract from thc J. it r
of governor Cabell, i brig .dicr- iirne ai
Machews, w’.ico I had made for that pur
pose: I cowcliidea by warning t. m agi n,
not to feudally of his office s or (icop.c oil
lhorc, lor that if he did, the .arm of tlie
civil authority, 1 did not believe, would he
ah eto protect them from the vengcauct of
au enraged people; that this might it-.J to
rnnlf qnetv-es which nog! t peffihlv be vet
averred, and ii he was fincerc iulhchnti
r ents he had cjnrcfled, l-.e wouid I p anx
ious to prevent Inch results. Capt, 1> u-d IS ,
*’ u n'l the captains dertared, that th v
wire aware ot the prclcnt fiate of the
rmWic feelings, and deplored thc circnm-
Oaiice which had excited it; th t they
oil not intend to expofv anv of tlnir pr i
pic tothc resentment of ours, which they
could eonce ve was big 1 ly inflamed; that
as to fuppl l cs they did not want ally t pre
sent, hut when they did, they ffiouM no;
attcm|ir t\> pr cure t ien\ in hhv why
v,-ou’d excite the oj p -fi-ion of the cuizens
of this country.
Upon the subject of intv
course, he did not expect to hold
anv with the people of this coun
try, nor was there n-y or.cn ion
for it. lie only wished 10 be
permitted f.-eclv to coovn'inicate
with the accredited officers of
h s government here who had
been formally received and re
cognized by our executive, and
whose functions he presumed
none but the -government had the
right to put down. As to the
particular manner in which this
communication might be carried
on, it was a matter quite inc! ff.-r
----entto hi os. He bad no o,! cti
on to that being regulated by o;ir
>-e'ves, in any way which is \
judged proper, and that he w ould
certainly puruie the mode which |
might Le auggested as most a- j
grccahl? to us. provided t!ic
channel of communication was
kept tree arid open.—To tlrs l
stated, that I had no authority
from any person to enter into anv
engagement with him, but that
ian individual I would state,
that the letters he had forward
ed under cover to you had been
safely delivered, and that there
fore, I presumed any o her dis
patches of a like kind would be
treated in the same way But
upon this subject, I could only
reinr him to you and your asso
ciates for information. —He then
stated that he would to day write
an answer to your ktrer, which
fie should forward as before, and
i left his ship, capt. Douglas a
ga;n repeat.eg- the substance of
what L have already stated.
From the moment l approach
ed Ihe Belloltatoth.lt on which
I left her, my treatment from
Gapt. Douglas and ail hisollEei s
tv a. ma. keu by as touch attention
politeness, and respect, as any
gentleman ever received from o
tiiets. A 1 y particular friend Mr.
James Taylor jun. accompanied
me on board the British ship, for
reasons iliac wi l at once suggest
ihernaelt cs to you, when you re
member the dedicate and embar
rassing situation in which iinight
he placed. He remained on
board thc whole time with me, fit
was a witness to every thing
which passed. I have read to him
tins communication, Sir, in or
der to ascertain if tny recollection
was correct, and he accords with
min every’ ctatcuietu here
made.
I have forwarded a copv of this
letter to the Governor of Virgi
nia, and to the Federal Execu
tive, believing th >t at tlt’* inn*',
it is tliniluiv of every citizen t>
keep Ills government uni iiifnrni
ed of every tiling whieii maybe
useful. I have die honor to be,
your most obedient servant,
L. W. r T \Z TV Eld..
ToPichahd E. J i:e, EPki Mayor
of tfce Borough Df Xo**folk.
JUi Maj fly*'} Jhip Pdlonct Hampton Roods’
btb ‘Ju!y t JBO7
Sir, 1 have tfieJjopor to ac
kuowfcdgi: the receipt of your let
ter of the *4tii itist, in ausvvi r
to mine of die proceeding day,
rcouesfiog th.it the Brnisli consul
iiiighi Ire restored to Ins powers.
A •very < ittaimsiaute relit; 1 ve
to the above communication was
so iuliy discussed in presence o;
tin: gomleiiien dvpnicd by ill
niagistrimv of Nt.r oik, as b.i.rcrs
of your dispatch, 1 have only it: ,
aminion to remark, that as l,tr as
I an. individually concerned, t ve
rt exeiuuu shall ire ns. .1 tiiut car:,
1 orisisivni u 11 il the lioaor and and: -
i.ity of the Brui-u Hag, tu.d .0 an
amicable iciinitiation,
i na’ e tiie im ior t<r be,
Sir, Vo o’ ob’t. humble serv’t.
J. ii. DHL r./E AS.
iIiCMAP.ir E- Li t, E-q dlavo
ol lie borough ol N r >>. 10 kYp
g.ma,
A letter front a gentlcrr* -.1 in
Eitiitirnttil to 111*! jriciuls here,
I'ati s, tact lilt** <-spress w Ineli was
ici a Oil On S!> 111-, tav la-!, lit con
sequence es ( ommodoii Doug-a>*
lirst ieiier, an A’cil there on Sun
day e\ tiling, w fit c:' the
liielimotiti cav.-tlrv arid Artillery
receivi and 1)M l, (s t , ui.iich ic.r this
P<a e 1 innii.-titot• Jy.
fro ll * arioth r souice we tu,-
j de: -and Wait JOoO ti> itrt.i were
ordered to it ;.a 1 loi ibis place.
-KmW’ rs a I,ltr fy.-m />. ,-W.W, fit. If
\ r ! ‘\ unf ‘ 7. t ,1 mcrituruilc
■ V ‘j • ‘ J'ptHnl-uity ir A. lu, i
’ I'lh fl ip I L:. u) c ,ip:.’ J le'e.km h a
t'vnvfd m tkcnvrr from Amftci-d a. it, a
fir *ri pxffi.ge. SI e It ft the TANARUS, xrl tn ths
1 oth of Jvl,..v, at ,v irh t in,- ,t w.is ie-
P'Ttof that there had ! cm. twagoncrl hat
lO.i It". g!n In-twten .fiatwn vrh U armies
j - lire hi ft on the bft „f April, and r! oW
ri,nfl /' tl*B S:l> of Mav Th.- P:.ffians
, -• t c laid to late gained a cumaktc vic
. lory ”
j “ Our ‘letters {lntel's* the markets are
: extremely cleprcfieii in Ilol.xnd.
PK’OPO'-'. x | s
Hot pubiift in” 1 Vewf. aper in the city
at iai-anih, to ire emit cd,
lederai i< epun h eau Advocate,
sND
Comtneicia! Advcrtifer.
| THH Paper wil! be p>iMi(lit>rl evpn*
I Monuay ar.d ThiirbUy, c:\ a I .rtv Hr a"*
. fli'rt. w h 2 goml tYpf 7’ ii> dollars per
annum, on-.* luff n •.a al; c ;n aitvar-ce.
l*nk Alvocai t (iiail be uisccafinc’j'v de
V* ted 10 tbt dtTtnr* aiu( 7rrtfrd varit.il rs
tbcgre.it piinciples .t <ur revocation
of ilie federal coufiituti ‘ii : and a* t,*,r •
jtbc feeb e abilities of the editor (•’ ith i\\c
bed lit .rarv aid he procure) wil! e lia
ble hi-ii, to the vig ant deiccSlion, and bt
j tzrmiued expidure of lb L-Ulfe and a’oo
niinaldc dnulriaes 1 i e t rt rev< iu
lio.iarv Fi anrc. w- ich t-niH, tlitir !i- ibiur
to rejifon, religion ad f T.'v, h ;ve mi
immediate tt udency t>- p'/ilon the inii.ds of
t! c peoples and eventuaily to j par. izc
the f verfigMv and independen. :• o. t; e
country. WT, ffos < t*elratii.o, fr, ;n
which piedgs himfelf never so t evi *t e
he anticipates the prompt ar-d !i’ cral
support ot all thofc wh. , w:ih ! fn;ce e*
ly vcncrat? thcg.rat churier of t*ur iibtr
-li> s, and with htiii too are anxious to pre
fer ve and to tranimif to poffcritv, Ut.fu’li
| ed and without; l blcmilli the reputation
! t ie princij)!es of the berets who atchirvcd
I it. •
JOHN CARVONT.
SuhJcr ‘ittLns re.d ed at s. Tcn.ild':
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’ Jet -He. fr.
| Savnnah, jfu’y
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