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Lo*ntN, march 17. — A!! parties
in Ilufli 1 arc dis iftcd with Alex
AT*
andr.r ; and a war between Ruflia
and France is the con flam theme of
converfation in Gcrm.ny, A Liv
erpool paper of the 24th of March
fi.vs, »* l he Ruflian Government has
J ’ S
confifcated ail the Glares ot Prince
Potocki in the Ukraine, in confc
quence of his accepting a commiflion
in the French army.”
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A fSR IC AN AFF. UR 5.
March 00.—The United tStates
frigate, J«\nn Adams, has been di
rected to b;; in re .line Is to fail from
Cowes on Wednefilay. Mr. Pink
ney's delpatcr.et will be forwarded
this day by Mr, Lllict, the fir ft
Lieutenant, who has remained in
London Ur that pnrpnfe. The John
Ada ns proceeds from Cowes to
Havre de Grace, where lhe will take
on beard General Armftrong’s def
petci.es ro his Government. Indeed
it is laid, that Gen. Armftrong him
felf will embark cn board her, in con
fequeiiCa of the violent meafures re
ported to have been adopted againft
American property in France. Ac
cording to this report, fuch prop
erty has been ordered to be fold, and
the produce veiled in the Funds, un
til the nature of the relations be
tween England and the United States
fhou’.d be ascertained. General
Armflrong prefented a ftrong re- 1
rjonflrance againft this measure, In
which he declared, that he could
enter into no treaty, nor hold any
intercourle with the French govern- •
ment until the property confifcated
was unconditionally reftored ; and
concluded by demanding paflports.
This report is circulated upon the
authorry of letters from Holland.
[Courier. ] {'
march 22.— l'he John Adams, *
it is said, will sad from Cowes to
moirow, with the vitim.itum agreed
upon between Marquis Wellefley
and Mr Pinkney. It is fuppofed that, ,
the late Ik (tile conduct of France (
and her dependencies towards A- ■
merican fhiping and merchandize,
has removed fome of the obftruc
tions to an arrangement between the
United States and this country. It
has been conjectured that the Min
iftcr, on the arrival of the American
frigate, on the coask of France, was
to embark, and to proceed in her to
the United States It is true that ■
the frigate will touch at fom.e ccn- '
vcnicnt French port, to receive the j
defnatches of the General ; and it is
4 7 (
VA improbable that they w:!l con- ,
tain an applies ion for his recal, but
he will not return until he receives ■
orders lor tha’.pu-pose from Ms Go*
vernment. — {jiiornuig Chrcniclt.
It is fai l that the offers made by
Napoleon to n. ny a Ruflian and an
Engntn Princels, had been rejected
wit / eoual hauteur both at St. Pc
teraburg and at St. Jones's.
The value of the diamonds and
iawda intended to form the ebrin of
the new Emprefs exceeded four mil
lion* of dollars. Sone of ibe trin
ket are pub iefy ermofed in the win
dows of the jcwtlli rs on the Quay dcs
Orf« vres, in the Palais Royal, and in
the Rue de St. Honour, to the great
edification v the ruined mcrcliants
and beggared population of France.
The nuptial? arc ro rake place can- •
mically or the 25th inft. The -
Vienna pa; -fs already announce her
as Emprefs of the French ; lhe w ill be
accompanied to Brannau by the
Axchdukc Charles.
The private purse of the new Em
prefs is to he four millions of livres :
annually ; for w hose dowry are af«
ligned befides, the revenues of Gal
lic: i, and of the grand Duchy of
Warfaw.
File King of Holland (Tonis) i?
1 .’ported to be made King of Portu
gal, when it inall Te conquered.
Jfhc fr-queen of Etrur.awill prob-i
cc t.‘ic bride of Napoleon's
n/p 1 • '.v— Site is a tVmrbon, a*d lifter
to Fcdimnd 7th of Spain.
Be ween Tan? and December, .; 26
fiv.os anived at 1 omdngen from A
me:;c*, vie —22 from Maryland, ry
fro n Pen fjflrania, 41 from Mafia
ebufrts, jf from Newynrk, 6 from
'iVirKiitw. 1 from Rhode Ifltnd, 6
iftihua —1$ fli ps, ar
ri ed at Naples 4; in Spain, 5 at
| Funis, and 30 in different parts cf
; Europe.
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tlji' ‘Tails,
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“ From CaJiz, March 1 \.
11 The English Admiral, John
Child Purvis, deserves infinite credit
far his generous and benevolent exer
tions during the ltorm, and particu
larly towards our countrymen his ex
ertions were unremitted : He diflri
buted upwards of 30 cables afid an
chors ; and his boats were continual
ly out, notwirhltanding it was fo
brvfferouj. In fecuring one ot our
vefTds, one of his boats was funk, .
and the men 15 in number, with
one lieutenant all periffied !
“ The whole of the oppofite coaft,
from Fort St- Catherine, to the Car
taccus is covered with wrecks.”
More French Villainy.
If any evidence is wanting, fellow
c rizens, to convince you of the vil- f
lainous treatment of the French to- j
wards American citizens, read the j
following affidavits ;
City cf IVevj‘7 ork //.
I. Gilbert Fowler, late mafter of
the fhip Louifa Cecelia, do folemnly
fwear, that on the 4th day of Nov
ember lalf, I let fail in and on board
the faid fhip with a cargo of fugar
and cocoa bound on a voyage to Gi
jon, in Spain.—That on the 25th
of June, in fight of Corva, fell in )
with four French frigates from !
Nantz for Guadaloupe, and was
boarded by the Clorinda, Capt. St.
Cricque, udio took me and my crew
out of my fhip and immediately foot
tied her.—And I further declare,
that I was put down in the fore peake
of the frigate to mess with the Boat
swain and his crew in the hold, with
fome British prifoners—that I re- !
mained on board the said frigate un
der three decks until the (eventh day
of December, when I together with
my crew, were lent on board the
Loire frigate, and were then put be
tween decks wdth other prifoners
where I remained four days—that
there was allowed on board the Clor
inda for 13 Americans, the fame as
was given to 7 Englifh prifoners,
which was fix ounces of meat, one
pound cf bread and a pint of water
per day.
And I further fwear and declare,'
that during the time the Americans
were thus treated, the Britifh officers
who were pril'oners, melled with the
French officers—that I was landed
from the frigate at a fmali port, on
the iffand of Guadaioupe and was
obliged to travel 15 miles to Balia
tcrre, together with my crew—-that
about a week afterwards the Amer
icans were put into prifon—the En
gl ill officers at that time, were al
lowed half a guinea a week to fub
fift upon, and when Americans ap
plied for the fame were refufed.
And f further {wear and declare,
that the captain of the Clorinda in
formed me, that the emperor’s or
ders were to deftrov every American
veflcl they met with on their paffage,
on pain of death ; as he was deter
mined to go to war with America,
if (he did not declare war againft
England.
GILBERT FOWLER.
Sworn this 2 3/ Aprils 1810—Before
me, J. G. BOCERT, N. P.
[Captain Francis Telford, of the
flip Phenixy who was taken by the fame
/figatfy and his fhip dejtroycdy teftifics
to a Jtmifar courfe of treatment exper
ienced by him felf and crew f
Burning oj American Fesse/s.
\\ c art* assured by a gentleman per
fectly acquainted with capt. Folger,
who 1ms arrived at Newyork from Ca
diz, that when at home, [Nantucket],
Capt F. takes an active part, on all oc
casions, in favor of democracy.—Yrt
because this gentle man has had the
magnanimity to do justice to the Brit
ish Admiral Pun is, for his great exer
tions to preserve the lives of American
seamen, and save American property
from destruction, his veracity has been
| blown upon bv his democratic friends,
| and his just statement attributed to
1 high toned federalism.
■ * Cap?. Fulger has never ass.-rted an
his own inform *tion that the English |
! bu *m any part of the American vessels!
: whirh w.re stranded in Cadiz boy, but1
j th it it v. s^reported in Cadiz, they had
j Hur.it such ; s had cargoes on board
• wnich >/ouhl .k; serviceable to their en
errd.s. This report proves ta lie un*
t 4
fov the superca:*goe* ot the
Photons Jefferson, which hod Id/' 1
pieces of nankins on board ; and the
Smilix, which had a full cargo on
board, have both cerifud, that thr»H<
»• *»scls and CAK(iOKS were I1VJHN I
hy the breach. It is also confirmed,
that the stranded Americans were made
prisoners by the Frexic , but there has
not been a suggestion n*at a single A
merican seaman 3aved by the Biiiisli
had been detained.—Certtinel.
Mr. GOVETT’S STATEMENT.
Ft cm the Kevt'Yorh Evening Post.
•* I the subscriber, Supercargo of the
brig Smilax, of Philadelphia, whereof John
Johnson waa master, do hereby certify that
the said brig Smilax went on shore on the
east side of the Bay of Cadiz, during the
•ate gale which commenced on the 4th, and |
continued until the 9th of March, and tha11
the vessel and curgv was taken possession of and
burnt by the French, us was the fate of ALL
the American vessels which went ashore, and
that Captain Johnson, as well as ALL the other
Captuins and men which were on board their
vessels, although they had their papers be'ong.
tng to the vessels to prove themselves American
citizens, were made prisoners. And I do fur
ther declare that the commanding officers
of the British b leet, Admiral John C. Pur
vis, rendered every assistance in his power
to the American vessels during the gale, and
in endeavouring to save an American brig,
lost a boat toad twenty men
CHARLES GOVETT.
rui ■'
JVcvs fork General Election.
NEW-YORK, MAY 1.
The votei for Governor in this city, were
—f.»r Platt 2000—Tompkins 1726—Federal
majority 274
For Lieutenant 6<«vernor—Fish 2130—
Rroome 1691—Fed maj 4J9.
For Senator, Hatfield 1994—White 1665
—Federal maj. $29. ,
It appears that for the Twelfth Congress,
Mr. Mitchell had a majority of eleven over |
Mr: Coles, and Mr. Coles jCftytv>o oter Mr. ,
Pauluinp*. The aversge/adrralmajority lor ,
the Twelfth Congress ta eleven.
Official returns arc rrceved from ,
Dutchess county, which give a federal ra»j
of About 100 votes.
Assembly—The federal Iltpublicans only
wanted 35 votes more than they had to car !
ry in their ev <de ticket; and the Demo
crat* wanted i 17*
NEW York, ap. 57. «
TRIUMPH Ot-DEMOCRACY! \
At ten o’clock !?st night, about four '
hundred persons, men and boys, mor
tified by defeat, and inflamed with li
quor, sallied forth from Martlmg's
Dm. They commenced their opera- :
tions by giving three yells in “ Repub
lican Square.” They marched down
Broadway, to the house of Mr. Hug- 1
gins, and with stones aryd brickbats, i
broke nearly all the windows in the
front of his house. Thence they pro
ceeded to the office of Mr. Cheetham,
editor of the Citizen, and broke hi* ,
windows. From the Citizen they pro
ceeded to the office of the Evening
Post, where the same cowardly and i
disgraceful scenes were re-acted. Near
ly all the front windows of Mr. Burn- 1
ham’s house were broken. Mrs. Burn
ham, with an infant in her arms, nar- :
rowly escaped death, a brick from one i
of these savages having passed within 1
three inches ol her head. After leav
ing the office of the Evening Post, they
marched to the Public Advertiser and
made the “ welkin ring” with screams
and yells. From the Public Advertis
er they proceeded to Mechanic-Hall,
and there, the federalists having long
before peaceably retired, they fearless- i
ly battered the house, and broke one of*
the windows.—From Mechanic-Hall
they marched off to the dwelling house
of Mr. Coleman, the editor of the Even
ing Post, and manfully broke his win
dow*, Mr. Coleman at the same time
lying ill in the house. From Mr. Cole
man’s they returned back tc Mart
ling's, where they remained drinking
and carousing till broad day light.
Commercial Adverliser.
DEMOCRATIC MOB.
Early last evening, a mob of disap
pointed democrats, with lighted torch
es, and Kettle drums, assembled in
what is culled A*cfiubhcan op
posite Mart&ng’« Porter-House. From
thence they paraded through the prin
cipal streets of the city, and at length,
about hah past eleven o’clock, made a
halt before my door, set up a hideous
veil, and beat in the front window's of
my dwelling with brick hats. At this
lime all the family were in bed, except
my vvite, who sat at the fi*’e nursing an
inbnt child. Her screams awoke me,
and before I could put on my clothes,
aud apply to the authority to interfere,
tins gang «*f cowardly, cut-throat, rnid
uught assasMns disappeared. One of
the hrick bats, ol a large size, passc(|
close by the head of the infant in my
uites arms, and lodged on the side
board, on the oppWue aide of the room.
Is tins Republican Liberty Is t
peaceable citizen to have his dwelling
i invaded . t midnight, his property des
troyed, his wife and children insulted,
| tend ed, and even murdered by a law
| itss kautiiui i—And all forsooth bts
reuse democracy l ap experietiGed a «-•
feat B .cause a portion of its ill g<»'
ten power has been wrested from ds
Hands—[Mr. U. here makes several
pertinent remarks, which we have not
room for.]
In order to bring to just punishment
these atro ions violators of the law, I
do hereby promise to pay a reward of
100 clol ars to any person that will
come for wind and give me information
of any one individu d in the mob that
broke my windows, so that I can pros
ecute him to conviction.
MICHAEL BURNHAM,
40, Pine street.
P. S. Since writing the above, I find j
that what was my fate last night, was
I the fate of a number of my fellow-citi
zens. Mr. Johnson Patten, a respect
able mechanic, living in Bcekman
street, had his windows stove in with
billets of wood, and the life of his wife
jeopardized. The windows in Mechan
ic Hall, where the General Committee
of Federal Republicans meet, were al
so broken, and a number of others.
A respectable gentleman has this
moment called in, who is willing to
testify to the fact, and says that he saw
Nathaniel G. Ingraham, organizing the
mob in the street opposite Martling**■,
last night—paid three dollars for a
drummer, and was among the first who
assisted in forming the ranks.
We are happy to be informed, that
some of the villains who headed the
mob are taken, and are now undergoing
an examination before the police of the
city. Evening Post.
—• • X3A • • —raw.
Connecticut Ejection.
** There mill be twelve [Representatives]
gain to the republican cause, since last fall”
save the Argus of the 26th ult.
The democratic papers in Massachusetts,
not satisfied with ti.a revolution lately produ
ced in that slate, have kindly undertaken to
bring about a happy change from federalism
to democracy in this. They announce, u *
great glee, that ** light is J wring, o<» .
Connecticut,” and then proceed to state that
great accession of numbers to the dent critic
representatives in our state Legislature
77 ;re uilt be a republican gain of 13 members,
viys the Northampton “ Moxarchts r.”
“ Even in Connecticut, too,” sa>s the Wor
cester sBgia, ** that dark and dismal abode
of Anglo-ftderalism, the glorious light of
Tilth begin* to shine. Tie republicans have
obtained a aery hanatovxe enerease in the Lem
gttlature, and rf Qovrnor there is no choice by
the people” • For the satisfaction of these
men, who appear to be so deeply in l>v«
with the “ light nf truth” that they get up at
midnight to see it, we state a fact or two.
In O .tob*r last, there were 49 deropera*
ie representatives in the Legislature ot this
State. This spring there are 56, or possibly
57—say the latter number. This makes
the enormous gain of 8 1! The parties
stand thin spring as follows, viz.
Tiie whole number of representative# is 199
Of these there ax e democrat** 57
Leaving the federalists cm ly 142
The “ light of truth,” has a good deal of
work to do in this “ dark, dismal abode of
federalism,” before we experience the me
ridian day of democracy.
One of the Massachusetts papers s&vs the
republicans in Connecticut, to a man voted fer
Spalding. The American Mercury, howev
er, aware that some account mtiat be given
why the vote for their Governor is no lar
ger, says, “ The vote for Governor do?* not
shew the republican strength, as, it is cer
tain that many republicans voted for Mr.
Griswold.” The votes for governor as far
as returned, which is from all but 8 towns
stand thus—
For Gov. Tread wall and Mr. Gris
wold, federal, 12,706
Democratic, 6,780
Federal majority, 5,926
The scattering votes, a great proportion of
which arc federal, are not included in this
statement.
Here iv a majority large enough to secure
us against the “ light of truth” lor some lime
to come.
In order to ascertain the precise amount
of the enerease of democracy, the following
facts may be taken into consideration. A
few year# since, there were 78 d?mocratic
representatives in the Legislature of this
slate. There are now 5o -that ,s, 21 short
of what there have been. In October 1806,
the democrats gave lor one per*on in the
nomination for Assistants, 10,413 votes.
The votes for Mr. Spalding this spring will
be abt ut 7,000, probably a tew over ; which
will be a loss cfmore than Alas ! it
[ is so dark in Connecticut; that the “ light of
I truth” wants a lantern to see its way. We
tnke the liberty to suggt st to the Northarap*
ton “ Home-spun Society,” the expediency ot
appointing their Secretary to cast up in H igh
Dutch arithmetic, the exact time, when
Connecticut,progressing she has, from 78
democratic representative*, to 57, and from
i',/413 votes to 7000, will be able to crawl
out of her deplorable darkness, into the sun
shine ol Jeffersonian splendour.
[Contiecitcut mirror. ]
F rom the above stale mein, it
does not appear that the democratic
contagion has extended to Connecticut.
1 hat Stale is preserved like the land of
Cioshen amidst the plagues of ligypt.
From fFashingtOTi.
(< April 21, 1810.—The Committee
of the Senate (Smith of Bah?, *,ire
Chairman) has repotted Macon’s No.
2 Bill, quite a metamorphosis. j'he
new bill says nothing bout the 50 pet
cent, duties, no” the repeal of the Non
intercourse itard-bargnin, which is to
be permitted to die a natural death. It
merely provides for the interdiction of
English and French armed vessels, and
all course tn,h ijch vessels ; fw
( li*£ t U' jl ! • ► HJ t JO lit tU(? fQ<
j on* Merchantmen ; und for ->,• r,u*r
' at of the Non lotetcouise Law, i
one of the belligerents relaxes .
u-ees. It is therefore now p
! Macon’s No. 2, will meet the end '
predecessor, i l ^Easton closes n.«
Tuesday. ' “cxt
“Congress has onl\r sat about l5§
days, which, at 1500 dollars a davYjh*
actual expense—makes 225,00*0 dol
Inrs. This seems a round sum .
when the people recollect the tcm>r
evinced when Giles’s resolutions n.Y.
ed, and how little evii has been coni*
mitted, considering how much n,W; *t
have been ; and consider seriously 0I)
it, they will not deem thtir money
ly expended.”
Jo\Tul News !
Every account from Wa9his'irton agr**
that Congress would rise on the 1st j,M 9
and that after a 6 month’s session,'Yh* ’
would have dene nothing, as to our Cr m.
meree. So that without a doubt, that n , n
ster of democratic folly, the Non-irtet
course Act expired last Tuesday. The*
the stupidity or perverseness of a set of , '
7nocratie rulers has taxed this country me-*
than the amount of the national debt, for t|tf
revolution, and ends in deserting their n>d>
ty plun, in a manner, which though fortune
for the United State*, is disgrace to
• At an expense i0 the naSonstf Trcatun- Ua
W TWO MUWDRKD TMOVSAK*
DOLLARS!!
The rank* of democrat’- are cun Meat!*
broken up in the house. They will .!0t M,f.
fer Mr. Randolph to lead ; and indeed \l
would be no honor to lead them. Sir J0hn
Falst&f would not admit some of them im<i
his company of foot ; and too many ofUirm
are mere cyphers, hopeless of hn'mort&Tn 4
being incapable of claiming sufficient no
tice to be sent either to H, les or Livsiurn
Hie Vamums, Rosses, Fisks, Jobaau*,’
&.c. are w illing to lead, Lut none toobei*
Each thinks himself capable ; yet each tv
hi a brothers is justly considered incapable
Independent Jvurka’..
BOSTON, XAY 4.
French Cruelty to jimerican Seamen.
Yesterday Fir, Wm Rogers, jun.
through this town, tui Jna way from Cal*.-,,
(France), to Gloucester, his native plact’
Mr R. was the mate of an A meriran icboou.
er, tome time since reported tube captwed
by the French. He was curried into C»L;j,
where all the crew were imprisoned aid
doomed literally to subsist on bread and vs.
ter unless they would *hip on boardcf
French privateer®. To avoid this sta'enf
wretchedness, had shipped hut eie,
whom Mr R.saw after he had submiuril
to this cruelty eight days, and he was then
determined to persevere. Mr. R likewise
saw a Fir. J.uw, a townsman of his, c*
hoard a French privateer, whore hr hid
been compelled to serve, a year and » half, ■
with ihc only alternative of remaining,or
going to prison, to pine to death on bud
and water. We can depend on our inftw
mint for the correctness of these f*cts, »h#
adds, that » great number of American sea*
tnen were in a similar si'-ia'ion.
'Ye shall make no comment, only that the
Duke ot Cadore asst rlsth&t our government
have made no complaint to the government
of France ! —Repettsry.
A SUBJECT 19R PJINTERS.
The li; itish Admiral Purvis, in the 3ty
of Cadiz, risking his life to fescue America
tars and American prop rtv f-om the hiry
of a hurricane, w!ul»t Frenchmen, under the
orders of Joe Bonaparte, are plunging irw
the surf to set fire to our vessels, wnitta iht
kinder tempest had spared.
THE CONTRAST.
The language of our government t»
France is, “ Dear good Napoleon, break
your treaty with us, burn all out- ships, <le*»
troy, aud confiscate our property, impnjcn
*11 the seamen van can find, take from us aD
you please, do wiih us what \au please, but
for God’s sake let us be at peace with vcc*
l o Greet Britain they say, unless \cu admit
the principle ot the universal immmiiyof
the American fi*g in merchant shins, ns
Minister shad leave your Court—we have
taken the means of redress into our "W®
hands for the Chesapeake attack—we have
issued a proclamation against you—we will
nut render that instrument null, for the sake
of any atonement from your wicked govern
ment—we will enter into an arrangement
with you, Mr. Erskine, but we will taka
fare to insert language in the eorievi
dence, which shall prevent the contract fr*
being fulfilled by vour government at home
As to Mr. Jackson, wc are determined to
have nothing to say to him. We will ftrxl
interdict him from our oral cooimuBicatH*
with the Secretary of State— we will throw
impediments in tiie way of any future ad
justment, or else Napoleon will be offendod
—besides, wc have directed Cen. At mrrory t»
nottfy the French Emperor that Mr. Jattit?
•aitl he diamiaaed—So we mu. t get rid «
him with good grace as possible ; b#t f ■**
miss him we must —Boat. 6Fi*.
i Extract oj a Utter from the Cafitci* cj
j a Boston shift,dated Cadiz, March IS*
“We have experienced a very 'io*
lent storm here, and nearly every vci*
sei has received more or less damage
My ship fortunately escaped with vc»7
little injury. In the height of th«
capt. Lmz'e, ot the ship f riumph, oi
74 guns, afforded me every assistant
in Ins power, and offered me cables aP"
anchors. He sent men to assist nie P>
rendering the ship as snug as pos^ibfc*
the better to endure the storm. I
ceived the aid with great pleasure , x
considered the conduct very triecdi)
humane.M
- '*• «<
A paymaster, in the army of tbe * i
States, has run away hum his re^‘
mart, and carried off a ptrt of . ,
• »cii‘s of the re 'interna! chest, y1**
j free is of the tuL af