Star. — London, England, 1818-09-04 00:00:00

• i 1 II . i I i . II j I . ' I i t ' , . , I t . , I . 1 . 1 1 • I . , L, I N '. I , . • ,4r f , , • I i . So ' S 6, AMERICAN PAPERS. WASHINGTON, AUGUST 6." The repm.ted cession of the Floridas to the United States, is reiterated in the Charleston Gazettes with increased confidence; and letters are published from liavannah which assert it to be a fact, well ascer tained there, and relied upon by the Spanish Autho rities. The rumour comes to us also by the way of New-York, and apparent corroboration gains for it additional credit. There are few political events which would be more important or more agreeable to this country than the fair acquisition of the terri tory in que,tion, and we acknowledge that it could not be acquired in any manner so acceptable to ns as by purchase. Most willingly, therefore, would we give credence to intelligence so welcome, if it were not, in our opinion, contradicted by the condi tion of our relations with Spain, when last disclosed by the Executive, and by the probable state of sub sequent negotiations. We do not doubt that the Floridas must, and will, at no distant period, become a part of otr territory, but obliged as we are, 'to withhold our belief from this interesting and widely s eirculuting report; we conceive it proper to express our conviction that it is entirely groundless. ' to have been favoured with and had the perusal of ate trial of Arbuthnott and Armbristie, by a mill: tary tribunal on the '26th of April. • It is vet y long. consisting of upwards of sixty pages. We have not permission to publish it : but we will say, that the charges pteferred against them were so completely established as not to " leave a loop to hang a doubt" as to the justice of the sentence. When the facts connected with the execution of these men shall be spread before the world, they will be satisfactory and comfortable to the law of nations. When the letters from Arbuthnott to Mr. Bagot and the Go- vernors of the Bahamas and Havannah, &c. are laid ,before the American people, they will then see the " cloven foot of British influence as plain as the noon day's sun." PROM THE NEW-YORK ADVERTISER OF AUG. S. --- SEVERE ENGAGENIENT,....-Captain Bliss, of the schooner Sandford and William, from Teneriffe, in forms, that on the 13th of June, in lat. 28. long. 28. he spoke his Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Indian,' from London, bound to Jamaica, laden very deep with provisions. The Captain of theindian said, that two days previous he engaged a pirate, and had a very severe engagement, which evidently appeared from the situation which she was in, her sails and spars being much injured: He further informed, that the pirate made three attempts to board him, .but was driven back. The sloop of war lost about half of her-crew ; the pirate's loss of men was not known, but supposed to be much greater. The pirate was much superior in force and bulk, and sailed faster than the Indian. She hauled her wind and stood to the S.W. being very much disabled. FROM THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER OF AUG. 8. PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the Venezuelan schooner of war, Condor, cont..' mauled by Lieutenant Lens, was run away with by her officers and crew, on the night of the 50th of April last, from her an. charage at the port of Juan Gricgn, in this island of Margarita, abs if hereby declared an outlaw and pirate, and the public is 'requested to arrest those villains, and put them in close confine. went, and give notice at head-quarters, for their just punish.. ment. The Condor is a New-York pilot-boat, formerly the Penguin of New-York, afterwards Aquila of liavannah, and Pelican, of Jamaica, has a pivot brass gun, and four iron guns; sew sails, coppered to the bends ; sails very fast, has a Govern . ment commission on board (J. M. Lanz, commander), her pre sent head men on board are supposed to be Mr. Whitehead, of the United Scam, and Mr. Bradford, of the same place; both °Seers of th,2 said schooner. Naval flead-quarters, at the Port of Juan Griego, liLuid of Mugarita, this 15th of June, 1818. (Signed) L. DRTON, 13y M. E. Commander. PEDRO J. YRADY, Secretary. NEW-YORK, JULY 10. The 74 gun ship building at our navy yard pro gresses finely, and it is the opinion of architects, that she will be the best ship of her class ever put together. NEW-YORK, JULY 14. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—We understand, says the Petersburg/ It of July 7, that at Nottoway Court-house on Thursday, it being Court-day, a rm. cootre took place between Dr. Bacon, son of Major Bacon, and Dr. John S. Hardaway, in which each 'party used the dirk. Dr. Hardaway was mortally wounded, and expired on Saturday. Dr. Bacon was wounded in three places, but his wounds are not cor.sidered fatal. We ate not informed of the parti culars of this rcncontre. JULIi `24.—Of the fifty-five Patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence, the following are the orgy members who are now living, viz. Thomas Jef ferson, of Virginia ; John Adams, of Massachusetts; Charles Carroll, of Maryland ; William Floyd, of New-York; and Wm. Ellery, of the town of New port, Rhode Island.—(M. Ado.) Emma/mos.—The present rate of emigration from Europe to the United States, is said to be about I:oo`persons per day ! The births are not less than 1000 per day. biDIAN WAa.--The following is an extract of a letter from Major-General Andrew Jackson, to a Gentleman in Nashville, Tennessee, dated from the Camp before St. Mark's, April 9, 1818 On the •25th ultimo I marched from fort Gadsden into the heart of the enemy's country. On the Ist instant I was reinforced by some friendly Indians and two bat talions of Tennessee volunteers, under Colonel El- Arriving within a mile and ahall of Muckasuk y town, I discovered the Indians posted on an :Wean mgeuus point of land, with a large pond in their front, and secured in the rear by woods and swamps. The spy companies, supported by the horse, were ordered forward, and a short but spirited conflict en sued; the Indians soon gave way, and were pursued through their towns. The three succeeding days we employed i n scouring their country, burning their towns, and securing their cons and cattle, of which we found great abundance ; upwards of 300 houses hove been consumed. I have to regret the loss of one mars killed (Tucker), and four wounded (from Ten nessee); of the Indians, thirty were killed and !bur were made prisoners ; sixty men, women, and chil dren of the war party have surrendered. The great sVar Chief of tlic Muckasuketts is among the slain. In the Mackaarky town we discovered evidences of hostility for many years ; upwards of .300 scalps were found—about 50 were found suspended on a painted war pole on the square, fresh, and of every ' description, from the tender infant to the aged mo ther. Apprehending that the enemy might attempt to occupy St. Mark's, learning that they were kindly received. there, anii.a/ificostatring that it would be an advantageous dep - orior my supplies, I marched for and reached it on the Gth. On my arrival several communications passed between myself and the Com mandant; when, to bring matters to a close, delay being evidently designed, I ordered ,the light com panies to advance and take possession, and Captain M'Ever to assume a position in the rear; while Ge neral Gaines was instructed to hold his brigade in rea diness to act, if resistance should be attempted + none, however, was made, and the liht companies entered, possessed themselves of the f ort, and pulled down the flag. Captain M'Ever having hoisted English colours on board his boats, Francis the Prophet, lloornotchemuco, and two others, were decoyed on board ; believing him to be the promised and daily expected aid frcm New Providence, under the com mand of Woodbine. These have been hrng to-day. To-morrow I match for Suwannee, where I hope to put an end to the war. I have no time to do more than to give you a faint view of things as they are. I have been forced to encounter many privations, but they have been surmounted." RICHMOND, AUGUST 4. It is said that the. United States are about to redeem the half of the Louisiana Stock, amounting to about seven millions and a half of dollars, held principally by the Messrs. Barings, of London. For this purpose, the Treasury has called upon the United States' Bank, and the Bank upon its Offices, for various propor tions. The Office in Richmond deems it expedient to call upon its debtors, and to curtail their paper—say nearly '25 per cent, in 16 weeks. The Bank of Vir ginia, in its turn, has determined to curtail its nego tiable notes, of all descriptions, five per cent. THE )WENINO STAR CANANDAIGUA, JULY 14. NEwsrAPEas.-.-Newspapers continue to multiply in this part of the State, notwithstanding the absence of the great events of war and bloodshed, which for merly constituted most of their interest. Six or eight weeks ago a paper made its appearance from the south-east quarter of this country, entitled Penn- Yen Herald—a name somewhat uncouth, but when un derstood, will be found to be not altogether void of significancy : the village where the Herald is printed it called Penn yan, from the circumstance of its ci tizens being composed of Penn-sylvanians and Yan kees. There are six papers now published in the County of Ontario, and proposals are issued for another in the town of Phelps ! Last week we received the first Number of the Rochester Telegraph, making two well executed Papers that are now published in the new village of Ro chester, on the Genesee river. We observe that pro posals are issued for printing another Paper at Bata via, to be called the Recorder. In the year 1803, the Canandaigua Repository was the only Paper, we believe, published west of Utica. There are now about forty ! The following extract of a letter from the Ila vannah, dated June 1, gives an amusing account of the state of affairs in that place on the arrival of intel ligence of the capitulation of Pensacola We had been for some time past apprized of General JACK sos's hostile appearance in the neighbourhood of Pen sacola, and listened with ridicule to the insinuations of the Spaniards :hat he intended to attack that place ; but we were much staggered to see on the 26th ult. the American schooner Washington, bearing "a Bag of truce" direct from that port, with Spanish troops and passengers, bringing with them the capitulation of Pensacola to the American forces. In an instant rumour, with her ten thousand mouths, announ• ced a declaration of war by the United States.— Speculation was not asleep, you may be assured ; the wise men sold to the fools. Flour, which was merely nominal at 15 dollars, sold for 19 a 20 ; rice rose frosts 8 dollars a 10 in a moment ; and the whole day was passed in scheming speculations, conjecturing causes, and inventing lies; a scene of as anxious confusion and solicitude as I remember to have witnessed.— A confiscation of American property, and embargo, we were told, were to take place immediately ; those who were ready for sea, were damning the consignees because they were not cleared ; and it was with no little difficulty that those who were discharging were restrained from slipping their cables and putting to sea without leave or license, " Moro pass, • " Doc tor's bill," or " stores ; but the next day, to the utter astonisment of all, Americans were suffered to depart in peace, and that flag, which had scarcely been seen 'on the Moro for nearly three weeks, for two succes sive days was flying to announce arrivals from all parts of the States. Speculation died in spasms, and rumour having broken a blood-vessel, bled to death, which closed the scene of confusion. Things have again got settled, and Pensacola will most likely supply us pretty n.uch with lumber and tar, pitch, turpentine, and shingles ; so that in the end, he sup posed injured party will have the best of the bargain; for that place, which has always been a tax, will now yield a revenue. The affair is talked of now merely 'as if it were a bruised log ; mortification may take place, but the skin is only scratched." The yellow fever was raging with great violence at I tavannah, and continued to sweep off large num bers of the inhabitants and strangers daily. Captain Cox lost five of his crew by it. Hour was worth only eight dollars per barrel, exclusive of duty. Coffee, per last sales, was 27 cents on board, and very scarce. SPANISH TotirtlArtoN!—An impost of four dol lars has been laid on every vessel arriving at the Havannali, for the support of the Holy Inquisition, and - rwo friars are appointed to visit each vessel in search of obnoxious books and pamphlets !!! The Baltimore Telegraph, in communicating this intelli gence, says—" We did not suppose that in an age of Gospel light, when the Savage, the Hindoo, Jew and Gentile, are turning from the error of their ways.... are ceasing to do evil, and learning to do well'—.. that bigotry and fanaticism bad no longer an abode in the civilized world—we were mistaken. Mists of Error and Delusion encircle the political horizon of Spain, and unless the clouds and darkness which rest upon her, be speedily dispelled, she will no longer have a name am , rig the nations of the 'earth, but descend to the tomb, • unwept, uuhououred, and unittug." LONDON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,181 S. THE FUNDS. PRICE OP STOCK 4 Tl4lB DAY AT TWELVE O . CLOM : Reduced 75! til—for A cc. 71.1 3! . , per Cent. shut-1 per Cent. 95-1 5 per Cent. Navy 104 1 ,—Irclia Bonds 70 75 pre. Osmium 41 disc.—Exchequer Bills !7 S.)O prem. We communicated yesterday the statement in the National Intelligencer, that the PRESIDENT of the United States had resolved on the restitu::on of the Spanish posts in Florida, and the pleasure which the announcement of this act of justice gave us has been not a little heightened by the perusal of the following ingenuous and manly observations upon it, which appear in the Richmond Enquirer of the 31st July.— The Americans have indeed, as the writer well re ' marks, et escaped dishonour" by the dced—and we hope that those among them who were for preferring a tempting gain to the national honour—who had spoken to the nurse, as they were pleased to express themselves, about adding another child to the union —will profit by the reproof which it gives to their illegitimate propensities. The pleasure of our Readers, in perusing these re marks, will not b.! lessened when they ler= that they arc ascribed to the pen of the late President, Mr..Tcr- FERSON, who was one of the first persons in Ame rica who, by an article in the same Paper, expressed himself decidedly and firmly against the seizure of Pensacola, and is supposed to have had great in. , iluence by his representations in inclining President Murat°, to the course lie has now pursued. All suspense and anxiety are at an end. We are now• expli citly told, that the Spanish posts were taken without orders—on General Jaexsom's r e sponsibility merely; though his operations arc ascribed to " motives of the purest patriotism." We are told, that the posts are to be restored; but " with a requisition that Spain shall hereafter respect the fifth article of ber Trcaty with us." Oar Government thus disavow the act, and they order restitution, They give up the posts—they will bring back the Spanish troops to Pensacola—they will put every thing, as far as they can, in the stain 7610. This is all the reparation which we can make—it is all that we ought to make at present. So far the Executive do their duty by Spain; but they are not insensible of the duties which she owes to us in return. She ought to disavow the acts of her own officer.—But we have further claims upon her: we must say to her, the troops which you have posted in Florida are too few to carry yoet: treaty into ef fect ; you do not restrain by force all hostilities on the part of the Indian nations living within your boundary. We make this fair demand : if you do not comply its good faith with the stipuLtions you have made, we must shape our measures accordingly." The Administration are bound to hold this language, and to deal by Spain firmly and ingenuously. They should enter at once into a negotiation, to know her determination. If she reuses to do her duty, then lay the facts before Congress--and if the Seminoles will not make peace with us on terms which we have a right to demand, Congress should empower the Pre sident to garrison the Spanish posts with American troops. There Is a plain distinction between this course and that which we have disavowed. When Jackson occupied these posts, there was la the first place no such extreme necessity as to jus tify the act without a previoui demand of reparation ; 21, it was of course au act of war, an act dune by a military officer without the constitutional sanction of Congress. But in the course proposed, reparation will have been demanded, and the act will be authorised by the Representatives of the People. What then is our course? We disavow the act—we surren der the posts—we put Spain, as far as we can, in nuisipuo—we wipe away the wrong wiikk hoidens done—we place things in title condition they were in before the post of St. Mark was taken. Having thus repaired the wrong which has been inflicted, we shall go into the discussion with clean hands. We call upon Spain. in good faith, to fulfil the Treaty. if she confesses that she cannot comply ; and if the danger still hovers over us, we must then do for he•r what she cannot do for herself; we must pass a law to garrison her posts, and keep the 61V-re in st...hjez tion. But let us beware that we take not these measures lightly. The honour of the American nation is too valuable to be trifled with—it is more precious than a hundred Floridas--We shall derive but little honour front a war with Spain. We shall only he disgraced by any attempt to impose upon her. lit us, in truth, be satisfied that she has violated her Treaty ; that she is unable to controul the savages ; that the lives of our i itizens are still in danger, before we occupy the Florida,. Let us satisfy ourselves, as well as the world, that we seek not territory, but safety ; not to injure others, but to save ourselves. We have but too lately escaped the imputation of a stain upon oar national honour, to run the risk of it a second titne.— liut a moment past, and some of our citizens were for tiiuught hilly throwing away " a pearl which was richer far" Orn all the FIG' idas. We mint beware how we lightly sport with it a second time. We have escaped dishonour ; we have set an ex• ample of respect for national law, and for the provisions of our constitution ; and fur this, we have to thank the President of the United States. We have passed indeed an interesting crisis. We wanted Flurida—her best posts were in our hands. The English had already ascaibed to us the most crooked system of policy, that of seizing the coimtry under the blind of an Indian war. A distinguished Frenchman had charged us with using the Seminoles as the Portuguese did Artigas, as a massed bat tery to effect an object we had so much at heart. Some of our countrymen had fallen into the temptation. They advised as to keep what we had got—Spain was so weak, and Florida was so valuable. They seemed to have lost sight even of our Can stitution, which places the power of making war in the hands of Congress. Suppose Mr. Monroe bad fallen into this snare. Who can say that that nice sense of public morals, by which we hayr been distinguished, might not have been blunted? that a precedent might not have been set, by which future Presidents might have screened more outrageous acts ? that some of our comities tional bulwarks, might not have been in danger of bring swept away? that the law might not have been put under the feet Cl the military power ? Nothing could have saved us from the con sequences, but the virtue of the people. They must have indig nantly disavowed the executive act : or else adieu to the consti tution and honour of their country! Gmeraliackson will in all probability demand an Inquiry into his conduct. He an opportunity to justify himself, and to lay before the nation the fact, upon which ha acted. Fe Rehr he aoliii,:e4 no opirertuo.r j .Irnaking irucA c;i,? the. Sift if General /whoa *ties it, k win tf.e enough for the President of the United States to dc souse that ought to be takes:. We lire in a Reublic. Is our only aireet anchor. No man is area: rl.esEh t 3 the laws. bt Spain should weigh the events that haw! it%t trv., with the utmost disunion. hough her posts art giv tt her, yet she ought to remnant how incompeteta 4. 1 .! tans her authority in so extended an wrpire—th,t equently been, and is still like/ to be, a soe. , -e of tea, ing and a bone of contention between t:s—St'ekt, ito what facility our troops have twice riarchrd to Pers,lt how incapable she is of resisting our twee. She collect our wrongs, oar ressentraects, and our power. cannot he far distant when they will burst upon. m i ta, an amicable arrangement, site averts the attack. has long rolled over her head--the bolt vies: fah kth a f ea. As to the rumour from the Ilavannth, of ipair s del Florida to tie Ward &aces, we Ltd rid ear news is too &mile be fru% A Jamaica Mail has arrived with Ptp:r , , ters to the 2tith of July. The latest aalv; ‘ , they give from the Spanish Main merely col accounts previously received of the r e t ro , Patriots to St. Fernando. The Rcyal'Ats, fro! these advices were derived, appear to have 5..7 the fact stated in recent letters from Trinida, subsequent occupation of Calabozo by t h e , Information had been obtained by la Picra: while out on a cruize, that the Independent i separated into different divisions, owing, a : to a disunion between Baum, Aunt - , and d, to the right of the person entitled to be ch., island. The Spanish squadron lately steer, have arrived in the West Indies, consisting corvette , , two brigs, and two schooners, an have compelled the Independent cruiztr; station they had taken to the north.yrd, St. Bartholomew's and Santa Ctnz, hat took place at the time of the meefn,3. Spanish sloop of war had fallen in:c whilst proceeding with the troops from H, for the Main. Three of the Admiral , O 3 been capitally sentenced by a Court rious acts of piracy and insubordination. clamation, dated Naval Head-quarters, M the 15th of June, the Admiral states, that oi Co-Patriots had rim off with a Spanish trusted to his charge, giving a descriptir vessel and her crew ; and offering a rewan capture of the vessel. This morning arrived a Mail from ran& brings the following articles: AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, ACM:ST 2!). His Royal Highness the Prince Chancellor returned here t.-day, and has taken up his the house of Bettendorff, in the great squat he will reside during the whole of the cosfere, His Excellency the 3linister of State an Chancellor, Berme, is arrived at Cologne. Among the new arrivals here are Count I Reventlow, Privy Counsellor to the Denmark; Rothschild, G. Smith, Esq.' His Royal Highness Prince Augustus has left this city to go to Mezieres. VIEgNA, AUGUST eo. Prince Blucher, who is at Carlsbad, be: cover, and there is room to hope that the • waters will restore him to health. ROTTERDAM, AUGUST 2s. The Corps of Marines cele‘rated vested: grand parade, the anniversary of the gicir:::.” gained on the 27th of August, 15:5. by t: Lined fleets of England and the Netherlar2 , Algerines, before their capital. The bra der of the Corps of Marines, Captain 7.....ery in that battle commanded his Injeit's Diana, was present on the parade, and ::( honours of this day. 'MUSSELS, AUGUST We learn that General Fre•sinet, who re time at Antwerp, arrived on the ICth Buenos Ayres, on board the Ametic:.-. ,rora, Capt. Warner. It is affirmc..l that h to join the Insurrert General, San Martin already in his army, another you well knc Officer, General Brayer. AtscrusT 29.—A Letter from D:cit, of says —" Yesterday the armed force tepai quevort with an order , from the Coven a9qther' from the Archbishop of 3ii.:cre from the Parsonage (Cure) the leer. Pete the Clergyman, who is a regular Priest 0 tonic Order. This measure is said to caused by the opinions of this Ecclesiaiti , . however, exercised - his sacerdotal functic SO years. The Church and the Parsoaag, up till the arrival of his successor." Prince Hardenbiirg, the Prussian iTnist , met with an accident a few days since, at caused great alarm, but which happily consequences. A stone got into the (Jot o! on which his 1-I;;;ltness rode, and the ;win the Prince had time to get off before h: and his Highness escaped rich a slight pd.n AUGUST 31.—Lord Stanhope and his 1. arrived here from Spa, on their way tolls ral "Willie, also from Spa, and going to P Ponsouby and family, from London. A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle, of the c: “ A report is current that his Highne: Prince Blucher, of Vahlstatt, has died at Where, by the last accounts, he arrived much i2t posed." 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