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AMEAitA,N PARS VNI? ST4TE.S. • 1 Y the President of the United States orAtnerica, A PitOCIAMATION: , Whereas the Congress of the 'United States, by P ique of the constituted authority ve;ted in them, • lal'e declared by their act, bearing date, the 18th • i yof the present mnth, that war exists between 41 e United liino•dom o of Great Britain and Ireland, t nd the depenclen'cies thereof, and the United state s of America and their territories ,Now i l lerefore, I, JAMES MADISON, President of the U nited States of America, do hereby proclaim the lame to all whotnOt may concern and Ido spe ially enjoin all persons holding offices, civil or l ilitary, under the authority of the . United..States, that i they be vigilant and zealous in discharging h e duties respectively intident thereto : andl do 1 4 ) 1 e.over.exhort. all the good people of the United t ates:, as they love /heir country ; as they value ;e precious heritage, derived from the virtue and t al.Our of - thrir fathers ; as • they feel the wrongs 1 ,7 11 kh have forced on theta the last resort of in-• led nations ; .and as they' consult the best l !'os, under the blessing of Divine Providence, ,abridging - its calamities; that 'they exert them l' 'veg in preserVing order, promoting concord, rnaintaining the authority and the efficacy of and in Supporting and invigorating all e measures which may be adopted by the Con 'tuted Authorities, for obtaining' a speedy, a ' l4 t; and au honourable peace: t In t est i mony Wh ereo f I h ave hereunto set my and caus.ed,the seal of the United States to a i ed to these presents. Anne at the City of Washington, the 19th day of June, 1812, and of the independence of the tinite.d States the'36 . th. (Signed) ,TAmEs'AIADrsoY. By the President, (Signed) . JAMES MUNROE, Sect of. State. 1- TOLT,!..;E OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 19. k fi Bill (read the first and second time, and com- Zted to a Committee of the whole House to- j arrow), partially to suspend, for a limited time, several Acts, prohibiting • importations' from ii t t eat Britain,. her dominions, colonieS, and de iltlencies, and of the produce and manufactures t'eof tp te it enacted .hy.the Senate and. House of Re eiitatives of the United States of America in tl Z,ress dssernbled, - 'That the operation of , c.o of any Aet. Acts nrohibit the impor %4tion into the United States of goods, wares, 10 4 tneechandi,, of the growh, produce, and . 'lll ufacture of ze the dominions t and colonies (Jf hat Britain,. be, and the same is hereby sus 'de{, until the first , flay of April next, with the c ePtions and under the restrictions hereinafter k :: v .ided by thi. Act : Provided, that nothing t, t ein contained shall be construed to prevent the N°very of any fines, forfeitures, or penalties itl ti.exl by ,reason of any infra.ction of the Act or first above-mentiOned. And'he.it furtner enacted, That nothing Act Contained shall be construed to permit 4 oporiationinto the United States of any ar " of the growth, produce, or manufacture of e dominions, colonies, and dependencies of t a e ,at Britain, owned at the time of - such itnpor k.on, in whole or in part, by a subject of• Great i s it ain, or by whomsoever owned, if of the fol- Ong description, viz. hats, shoes . , millinery, Y-Inade clothing ; articles of which silk, lea hemp, or flax is the principal Irish tint',` excepted;' cloths of -which wool is the t~„r anal material, and the prime cost of which ti 4 ", exceed six shillings sterling per square yard ti h i. eof ; and cloths of which cotton is the prin 14'11 Material, and the prime cost of which shall Ai ti '.e.is than fifteen-pence, or shall exceed three, ti„C i ngs per square yard thereof; the importa )l(W which several articles shall continue to be ibited, according.fo the true tenor and mean -1.4°0f the A c t s first above mentioned, and in the mean 1a manner as if this Act had not passed. TUESDAY, JUNE 30 e bill to prohibit the exportation of naval &c. to Canada, was read the third time. '` P . WRIGHT moved to postpone it till Novern . - there was no necessity for passing a special th t to prohibit" the exportation of our produce; ib declar a ti on o f war and President's, Proplama.- ed. R N I If this already. This.bill, moreover, was a pal tt, e , violation of our treaties with other powers, Prussia, Denmark,' France, ,and Swe -1).41 Congress had no right to legislate those . 914 out of the rights solemnly secured to the rn ' - re'ctt y. itr .A `-,question was taken: by ayes and noes on Ik e motion, and lost, ayes 44, noes 44 Peaker "xothig in the negative. 4 1 . e ,opposed the passage of the bill: 4 ,lo,l:„ . u ntended that .it contained a very important I ,,,'"clation of the crime of treason. By the the, United States at present in force, any ?k r "'furnishing the'enemy vvitb ammunitions of ;' v as punishable with death ; whereas by this bewjrany citizen should be guilty of so doing, ' 4 'nerdy liable to fine and imprisonment. trA t t :CA6 /oi i N denied. that the .illl violated any 41 - t„ 3 ' 1 ,1 6in w tained any nets definition of treason. Vraced nothing hut municipal regulations. contended, that the'object of this oei ""as hot to punish 'treason, but to prevent its I,lg eonimitted. oti th 'e question was then taken by ayes and noes 4 y- ts ',„l)9 , ssge of - the bill, and it was rejected - "W ED S AY, JULY..I. :e at -er• -, AALL moved, that, the vote of the House l'o t . t da . rejeeting the Bill prohibiting the ex- , kri t a • ti on of n ava l stores , & e : . to Canada and other tv 4t ls h Provinces, be re-considered.' 'The motion k C o a greed to 53 'to' 38. It Was then referred to lilitnittee 'of the whole.. kr. Rouse went into a Committee of the whole, kpp i - "eha in the chair, on the making further I kr it ° i P r _iations . for the defence - of our maritime n Aft sqt !sB.,ge was received from the President of rl ited State, which was not read. 1 -ht THURSDAY, JULY 2. . for the defence of the maritime fron , tier aiid der "tl~e "sup port the Navy ilk; bill fri iniend the alien law, and the:. bill concezTin,!4 alien Onernies, were sevetally read the tliii'd and passed. . The bill to prohibit the exportation of mum zions of war, and provisions to the British pro vine; was agitin-taken up, amended, and passed. The bill to permit the entry of.ves: - els. into 6e United States, under certain conditions, *passed the HOusc after debate. • FRIDAY, JULY 3 A. confidential message was received from the Senate, on which the doOrs Welt closed." They were opened in about half an hour, when a number of Bills passed through different stags in the House, the partieular progress 'of which it would be unnecessary to detail -at this stage of the Session. • SATURDAY, JULY 4.—The Bill for the appoint ment Om additio;Jal number , of General Officers, was read the third time and passed--Ayes 49, noes 29. • E.'S.;IINCT OF A. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, JUNE 27. . This .morning Mr. Bacon, Chairman of the • •Committee of Ways and Means, reported various . Bills for , levying , and collecting direct taxes, in conformity with the Report of the said Coin mittee, made three or four months since. Those who have brought the war upon the country, and talked so big of our resources, were On this-occa siOn, folio(' to shrink; they dread , nothing so Rua. . as the displeasure of the people, and are but too . conscious that.they deserve it.—Mr. Roberts mov ed to, postpone the bills to Nov. next, which was carried 72 to 46. On a motion to print the bilis for the. information of 'the people, an animated debate took place, the democratic leaders -making a vio lent opposition, and it was negatived 68 to . 49;-•-• An important act of this House, in relation to province or provinces in North. An Attica, has been , rejected in the Senate." . WASHiNGTON, JULY 4 -- . .-The 'Senate have post poned to Monday the further consderation of the Resolution passed by the (House for the adjourn ment on that day. So that it is probable Coagress will not adjourn on Monday as was supposed., FrOmtat number of abSentees from the city, we are' apprehensive there will si!.arcely remain a quorum of the HOuse on that day. . A Bill yesterday passed the House of Represen tatives'of great .importance, as it affects our offen sive operatnios against, the enemy. It places in the hands of the ilkesident•the appointineot of the officers of the volunteer corps whose s::rvice/ the • President has been authorised to accept, and goes to' make that force efficient winch was before scarcely any thing more thao nominal. Whilst* the volunteers were officered by the State Autho-. rities it was very evident they were in fact militia, instead of regulars enlisted for a limited term, as . originally recommended by the 'executive. 'The Bill now passed by one branch of the Legislature, -and which will probably become •a law, will, it appears to us, sanction the employment of a force more congenial to the nature of our covernment, , and , of the patriotic war in which -we have en 2 gaged, than regulars, and which, warmed by 'the patriotic feeliog and .love of glory which animates volunteers, will be ot least 'equally efficient'for service. The House yesterday rejected the Bill making further provision for the Army of the' United States (viz. for - appointing - additional Genek . al ficers, as recommended. by. the President in his last Message to Congress) after a wartiv debate, From, the National Intelligence, Two important decisions have been made in the House of Representatives to-day—the one A re fusal to agree to any repeal or modification of the . Non-importation--the other, a Postponement nn- , til the next Session of the. Bids for laying .the War Taxes. It appeared to be the opinion of ,those who voted for this Postmouement, that it would not be detrimental to the publiC service, - inasmuch as ,the taxes were not necessary for `the • service of the present year, and could be consi dered at the next Session in. time to put them in operation for the' service of . the ensuing year. This latterdecision will have the effect to shorten the present Session, which we are induced to belieVe will not extend beyond the next week. It is thought, that an Act will pass before the adjourn-, ment, for re -assembling Congress: in the latter end of October or beginning of November... GEN. MoRE:Au.---- With deep regret and inex pressible 'mortification we„ba.ve seen some of . our newspapers express suspicions respecting the le- . gitimacv of •den. Moreau's views•in coming to this country, some years ago,, and residing here ever Since. We have before noticed injurious surmises of same nature, which, although satisfied they were unfounded, it was thought most prudent to leave to die of neglect. But we think it has now become a duty to say, that the united opinions of the first gentlemen in this city who have long been intimate with Gen. Moreau, are, that no,mao lives of stricter honour and integrity, and *hose views are 'less liable tasaspicion,- . ---E, PosL • NEW YORK, - JULY 2.—Dariug'the last three days there have been a variety of rumours relative to, captures and naval combats, many of thein'too . incredible to believe, and are .of course without foundation. We believe that none of -our 'ships - of war are at sea, except Commodore Rodgers'..S squadron, which was left on the 23d;, thirty-two leagues from Sandy Hook, steering a N. N.E. course, in pursuit of the Jamaica fleet. NO au thentic account has been received .from- them since. _ The following 'reports were received from Bos ton yesterday : . Captain Smith, of the brig Eriterprize, from Ha - vannah, arrived at Gloucester, informs, that on Monday morning, the -22 d ult. in .lat. 40. 40.. long. 71. he saw 'four ships of war, which he took to be English', lying-io.• Next morning; in 40.•',20. long. 72. saw four ships. and a brig,. which he took to be the American. squadron,. standing S. under easy sail, ' and, as he says, in a *direct course for the ships he saw the day before. ""Captain Hill; of the brig Reward; from :Ha ,. vannah, arrived at Salem. spoke, on the 2:3d ult.' a -'sehooner from the Spanish. Main, bound.to who reported that they had seen -two* ships of war engaged on Tuesday afternoon, and' after the battle, both • stood to the . North. Capt. Hill • I heard the firing. • • }RIOT AT ALTIMORE.— nefollowing pal Acti lars are coped from the. Baltimore Federal Gazette. are glad to find that the Democratic Pap •!-' that city also condethn the proceedings of the 1:;,)1). s Tlfri STATE OF CPTY.—"" Under an irl 7 pre.ssion that the citizens Who assemßled yesterday at the Mayor'S Office . would have made a :state ment, somewhat like official, of the,transactions of Monday evening, we ptistponed giving an account of that very extraordinary and alarming pro ceeding. " It is our painful duty to record, that on Monday last, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, a number ofpersons„, citizens of Bal timore, armed, with axes, hooks, and other instru ments of 'destrnetion; assembled at the, 'office of the. Federal GazetAe, in Gay-street; a wooden building, belonging to Mr: John Oliver, of this city, broke into the house, threw. the types, printing presses, paper, &c: into the street,, and destroyed them, and levelled the house to its foundation. • One of the persons thus engaged; while in the.act of knocking out a window, fell with it into the street, and was killed on the spot. The Mayor of .the city, the Judge of BaltiMore County Court, the Judge . of . the Court of Oyer nod Terminer, and several Magistrates and Mili tary Oaleers wer6 pre,sent, and Witnessed this dreadful outrage, Which 'their peaceful efforts were 'sufficient to prevent, although it Vvas generally known the preceding day that the attack was Last evening, the ship America, shi p Dunifrie brig . New Columbia, and a Portuguese brig, being loadcd,.were utwigged, or so far dismantled, as to prevent their quitting - pOrt.• Ww began at the . I'Vorth.- 7 -11 letter froth Rome; dated the '2 ,- A instant, hati been received this. morn - ing;, wibich 1 am sorry to be obliged to jut )l'at you„.that hostilities have cointner,ced uii the line. Our troops Have taken possession of Carleton' Island, and the. British have captured two merchaut_ves , ...eis belonging to -Oswego." Another Letter dated the 2d of July, from a very respectable Gentleman in the county of St. Lawrence, says, ‘"rwo American schooners, be longing to the Genesee country have been'takcn near the. Outlet off Lake Ontario, by a party of British .volunteers.froip Kingston." , A 'Third LetOr.--:-We have also been _favoured with the following extract of a Letter froth a Gen tleman in tilt .Genesee Country, dated the 20th ultimo : Our hist mail brought a declaration of war alMost official. Numerous 'expresses have since passed us, to and from the frontiers. A reinforce-. merit of militia, antFa supply' of :arms, ordnance,' aid-aminnnition:passed yesterday for the-. west; in all the , pomp arid circumstance of glorious war:" These 'were met and' hastened by a mes senger from :Colonel P. B. Porter, *ho seems, fears some uninvited \ guests at the table he has spread. The report is, that the British have de-, mauded the surrender of the 'Atnerican -fort at Niagara, which baS been refUSed, and that they are making preparation to cross the liver and at 7 tack it. All the Militia 'in this quarter have, in consequence., been called together. The whole eouutry is in the . .utmost tumult and consternation. (Corn. ihtil.) -101—There are various-- Tnaloors aflo:itt is this tutee in relation to the secret proceedings of Cpngress---Such as; that the Senate have rejected a proposition - from the Houie :of Repyesentatives to take forcible possession of the Floridas—that they have also rejected A scheme that was in.. agi tation for iSsning,7 a proclamation calling on the people of Canada to.. desert their Government and take protection under the - , wing of the United States,. &c.. We state- these only as the flying reports of -the day, not venturing to give any opi nion as to their accuracy.—Alex. Gaz.. - • NORTHERN '-WAR , . EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES' Al MY, DATED AT LIMA, 16 MILES wroT OF CANANDAIGTJA, J.UNE 30. " We are on- Our march to Fort Niagara,- to repel an attack meditated by the British for its reduction. • We have about 250 effective men.— Our little army seems to cheer as it passes ~ along,' and the' militia have derived from it great ani inutiOn.7 Letters from: St. Simon's and St. Mary's, of the 21st ult. mention, that there had been some skin- mishing before St. Augustine, and eight or. nine lives lost on both sides. It was reported that the ComMandant of the garrison of St. Augustine in tended on the. 20th to give the. Patriots bAtle ; and it was expected that the United States:.lni litia would be there in time to take part in the rencontre. ei— ITALIFAX,iIVI,Y days..afr . ,O the Co hr. arrived from New 'York (where she Avent *- a fag of truce), with Mr. Foster and Colonel Bar clay. ; the Alt,!ante,•. which , ..was going' out as the Co/Ori was Coining in,. has been ordered 'b:lek, ztud.sails to-morrow with the Minister, -Colonel. Barclay, General Wallis, and .Sir James COck, burn, the Governor of Bermuda, ,for England : the Oklibri had four days passage. An. Act of Congress.has passed, allowing packets tc> have ingress and egress until the Ist of . September next. The ilialante arrived five days ;igo from Bermuda with the May , mail, which had been brought there in the Alph'ea. ,Capt. Hickey did not bear of the war until ,he arrived here ; he .had 'been fortunate, however, as to capture, under. ,the Or ders•in Council, a Salem from Civita Vec chia, .and iii company with the Guerriere, a brig from Rochelle. " Since my•last the ,Spiirtaa arrived from One: bec, and sailed on a cruize six days ago ; alreaciy she his sent in,two prizes, nue from Lisbon, with salt, the other from Gibraltar, with wipes, opium, 'currants, and Merino wool, together with 12,000 dollars, which are on board the Spartoo. sails this afternoop.the Maidstone, for the month of the Bay'of }7undy. ;Our c . cruizers are making prizes .vcry fast.; the P/unper has captured eleven, and let them all go, taking out of them 23,000 dol lars ; we are getting all their vessels coining from Spain : and Port,igal with specie. The Eatdo/a took 36,000. dollars out of-or ship which she has sent in ; she captured four others,. one from Ha.- tannan,, with 'sugar; niolasses, and coffee,-.they . are I believe; in the off,g. The:.4frEu has sent shipfloM Liibdri to NeW-YOrk, of I suppose 500 tons, and coppered She is well known at Liverp6(il; as the OronOke ithe Civita 'Vecchia shill is likewise a very fine one. " Five- days agO, the Afric4, Belvider 4, Shari= noh, y/Eqtth, and Giierriere, _were. off New Irtirk;• where I hope they will fall in with COMmodore Rodgers -and hiS squadron." -- " RT . 20.. .The Eiiridous has just arichored With .60,000 dollars which they have taken from Atherican - prizes : eight laden square-rigged ves. sels 'are likewise coming up the harbour, prizeS to her. The whole coast from Canso to Cape Sable, is Jiried with privateers and have just this mOL meat learnt, that the Brandy schooner, .whiCh I dispatched this week to Quebec, was captured a. day or two after, and sent into Salem,. ~" Several people have come to town. to day whO have been s captureiii in coasting craft, avid jut on shore by the privateers.., The Governor puts it .serjeant and 12 men into the Harder, and sends her off the harbour tomorrow.. A privateer was bold enough to-day to go into Jeddore. " By the Maidstorze.we. : learn that several frigatei are aiming here. , • ". The Spartan the other day captured and burnt an American pri:inteer. By the, l.sst advices front New .fork, there was but one privateer fitting out at that Dort, and none that we hear of' froth . Bos: tort; but from. Salem and Marblehead, a number of small ones have been sent otit." EXTRACT OF A LETTER; DATED HALIFAX; JULY 20; 1812. feThis will go by the Ata/unt.g. sloop of. War: and in her Mr: Foster, our late AinbassadJr to the Stales.. lie def:l9.red yesterday .they fnad not re cruited more than 1000 men for their regular army, 1 believe this pretty correct. I believe, , 40, the Massachusets, and some other Mates; will, not allow theirmilitia to march out ot their States, except to repel invasion ; but at the same time - they are bittingout every thing that can swim for.privateers,—to say upwards of 100 are mlw tit sea, is speaking lvithirt,bounds; and that the cruizers on this station alone have already taken and destoy ed upwards of 60 of their ships equally so. The Shan non`, with Capt. Brooks, senior Officer; the Africa,,- Guerrierv,Eolus, and Belvidera, are look i lig' opt for Commodore Rodgers ; the/lfaidstone,,(our old friend , Captain. Burdett); with the Spartan,. Indian, Plumper, Colibri, and Juniper; are in the Bay of Fundy, to bring out nearly 10.0 sail - of ships fat- England ; the' Goree, Morgiana, Recruit, Ring 'ove, Bream, Chub, Paz, &c. are cruizing some where. We have nearly 30 prizes in . port, none less than a brig of 150, tons ; some ships from 300 to '5OO tons ; their cargoes fruit, wines (from Chainpaigne to hunible Malaga); marble, silks, 'oil, brandy; feathers, salt, &c. , I mustsuddenly break .of to attend, the Admiral, who, you will ife quite glad to learn, : is rapidly making a large fortune : 130,000 dollars have been taken out of the vessels destroyed." • • F.:KTa.A.CT OF ANOTHER LETTERS SAME ',ATE Hundreds of these vessels sailed with flour, &c. and are, now returning with salt and dollars from, Spain and Portugal 3 so that our armies get fed,: and we finger the cash. The Emulous, PluMper . aid - Spartan, arrived last night with a vast (pan tity'Of dollars on board, taken from vessels of, this . •description. There 'is scarcely a prize that does not produce one or two Englishmen. The Alec= ricaii•have upwards of an hundred privateers at .sea,—they fast—frequentlygo into our har4 bourn, and are often in sight of our light-housei. .They have • done much damage. Among other captures, they have taken the arms, with ordnance stores, 1 200 stand of arms, and clothing for the 104th regiment. A transport ship is now in ii.hts Nan. the \Veit •Indies, bound to Quebec, with 200' soldiers on board, of the Royals. She been taken- by the ,Essex American frigate, and ransomed for 7000 dollars.," EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED NEW YORK; STII JULY, 1812. " The war is.extremelv unpopular in the:United States; so much so, that a certain change is looked for in this government at the next. elec tion. The Eastern States have already maaifested. a strong disposition to resift the general Govern- , meat, by refusing; to place their -Militia at its dis posal ; nor will they grant the territory demanded by the general Governinent for military purposes. "I send - you a complete file of newspapers containing all:thelaws that have been.passed sub- Sequent to the declaration of war. You. will per ceive that our duties have been doubled; but every article has risen - more in proportion, as the scarcity of supplies will be great. Our direct taxes - (for war taxes) have not been laid, as the Govern-. Meat wish to save their popularity as long as pos-; sible : salt, therefore,:rethaias free of duty ; and Congress is likely to:a:l:pilra very soon, to Meet' tirain in November; before which time I do not think that - any thing will be done with the 'taxes ; bothllouses lend `a deaf ear to the calls of the Treasiiry,althoiigh thedefiCit isalreadYgreat,w ith! , out a prospect - of filling it, as the new duties will be small in amount, owing to the loss of trade; nor is - the loan half filled; as Monied men have no confidence - to subscribe to it, on the contrary, they are drawing back, and , prefer sacrificing the first instalment, - (122 per 'cent.)-„rather than pay up what is subscribed for it.- You may easily form your - opinion from all this, of prospects our Government have for continuing the war, , I be lieve they will readily catch; at a fair oppOrtunity rim*, to phtthings.on their formerfooting, par ,, ticularly if the Orders -in Council should be 'pealed, which I hope will be the case very soon: - In the interim, we are reduced to a very passive state, as all business is at an• end." The 2 1 'd battalion of the 89th Regiment has been ordered to embark immediately from Ports Mouth for North Amerie:a ; the 97th, ( - n. Queen's Own Regiment, being countermanded/ and is to remain. in Guernsey. The Ist battalion of the' First Regiment of Foot Guards, 1460 strong, will march on - Monday next to embark for Spain.. The '2d battalion of 73d Regiment will march into London, to do dut - i; in the Tower.,.on-Tuesday next, from Deal J.3arraCks.