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The. undeviating rectitude «>f her second
marriage, has more than obliterated the
faults of her widosrvd states and it b bpt
' W justice to say sb ite’mu to a women
who baa lnjured f
■F' The distinction of mother to a
fu*>re race of heroes of the Corsican
■tamp, is supposed to be intended for the
fc»rinre»d of Saxony. < She has already
spurned at an alliance with one member of
the family. Rtliginn on that occasion, af
forded her benign aid, and a pretext to
M » avoid the polluted bod of the infamous hus-
cf ■dfroMny^r*”; «M evewthey w,,!
aatiqpAte the judgement of future ages,
and internally reprobate an act. which sets
before tltem the insecurity of their ®wn fa-,
vaur. This has been the most incousider
atefreU of his life. Great aid compre
hensive crime* excite not half the-resent
mem nor disgust, which an act of this na
ture produces on the generality of men;
tde latter applies to the feelings of the low
est individual, and Comes within the range
of his apprehension. In every country,
and In every age, treachery and ingrati
tude were marked with peculiar abhor
rence ; and the prostituted approbation of
every titled scoundrel in France will not
bias the natural feelings of the multitude.
Bonaparte aotwithstanding the solemnity
of a full dressed senate, the sublime farce
of a family Cmmcil, the boldness of his ap
peal to God, the affecting seflne of the
tenaratlon. and all his grimace, impiety,
«mt, and hypocrisy, does not Impose upon
UM) meanest capacity ; and must be tlow
ed in the Hght of a treacherous friend, a
lecher, and an ingrate. This fellow has
occasionally imposed upon ourselves; and
we never V d the courage to despise him.
But the star of his greatness begins to dim;
and it'wiil soon descend, like thst of most
conqueronrs, into a hemephitkal sink of
debauchery- His contiuency was admlaa
blt; his moderation worthy <rf the highest
< ( >piaaaa; and the vigour, activity, vigi
lance hardihood of bis mind—the
healthy offspring of the former—threw a
veil over his enormities; and the* villain
. was forgotten in contemplating the capaci
*My and greatness of the man. But these
have l<*t a part of their elasticity. He
Ua already sipped out of the enervating
cup of .pleasure. Ambition has lost Its
novelty and invigorating charm. Other
wishes, and want#, and enjoyments, rise
in delusive forms. He has strayed from
the tugged paths of glory into the flowery
Belds of amorous dalliance ; and that man
h only half ambitious, when that passion
is divided with others. Some Egyptisn
Queen has unwrinfled the stern brow of
' the soldier; ftd taught him to Ijsp and
s|gh, and sing amorous ditties.
•• If the world be worth thy winning,
Think, oh • think it worth thy enjoying.”
Would fo God! Some change of the kind
had taken place, in hopes of softening the
ferocity of his nature! It is true, his con
duct at Vienna, during the armistice, was
wrapped in mystery; and his inactivity,
for that interval, was unaccountable.—
The Mr Countess—-his epileptick fits—
the present divorce—the yearnings nf a fa
ther/ If we combine these circumstances,
we shall shrewdly suspect our hero to be
in love. O Cupid! King of Gods and men I
Bonaparte has abandoned the sword for
the distaff; and our modern Hercules lies
at the feet of some imperious Omphale.—
Ah, faithless Celadon I ' Whaj shall be
come of his poor Josephine ? Who has just
given him •• the greatett firotf of attach
ment and devotion vthich hat ever been
given on earth "—Thl woman who raised
him from the dust; rtscued him from thy
hard grip** of poverty, and served hitnws
a footstool to mount his preaant flagitious
eminence. The ungrateful wretdlll ht
kkked it awsv when he wanted it no more.
But no co<nmon baseness could gratify hit
mind. He added insult to ingratitude and
’perjury. In the presence of her two chil
dren. before his own relatives, who bore
her ■ deadly hate, aqd with a solemnity
bodreadful on a similar occasion, he com
pelled the unfot'tunate victim to avow sen
timents so painful to a female heart, so re-
Ssive to female delicacy ; and then sign
instrument of her degradation. Her
chlkirtn ‘—the monster! They, too, were
dragged to witness and afiftrove this-atro
etous act—the dishonour of a mother—.
What a heart that man must have! what
nerve , Mid muscles I ‘fo prepare* and g&
through the disgusting solemnity of suoh
a scene. The victim before him—hrr
Agonising sensations—her confusion—her
shatnr—the past, the present and the fu
. ture crowding upon her mind—the anxiety
and mortification of her children—could
not break his inflexible resolution; relsg
the iron severity of his mind. Angels, or
devils, could only possess that degree of
imperturbability. It is beyond the stretch
ferdtede. Th* unfortunate, Ml.
debated woman whom this arch priest of
joiquky exhibited as a victim in this impi
ous Mcrllee to bis pride and lust, will OcC
Jong survive the cvrpmuuy. Her day < we
tssr<*end, are numbered. If a broken
Srt does not, toe care soothing howl will
ce hjer beyond the reash Of » tyrant.—
h* freaks are famiiirr to her beloved
consort! Her memory w ill long survive in
the remrmbr .mc*. of the many
of whom her tours a.*d uferceaaions had
saved from the hon ours a dungeon.—
(* *• U , *■' ;J w* Zrs ’ r> CL t*» >* ’ *• ■ > '«’
band of Mbs FaVteraaa. Tto pretext to
equally for repugning at the w
tort; tot .religion cannot boatl of much
influence over .the aoeptical mind of Napo
leon. Her scruple and anxiety moat yield
to the wants of his policy, if be think her
a fit trunk to receive and rear his future
eciona. She is the very reverse of hand
some—her form, inelegant; her counte
nance inexpressive; sad culture has not
contributed to remove the defects of na
ture. She has been educated under the
gloomy blighting influence of bigotry and
courtly etiquette. But, her appearance
evinces mildness, good nature, and bashful
reserve; and she may be at present, about
twenty-seven. We cannot conceive how
her father, who Is a rigorous Cathoiick,
and a descendant of the Othos, a mild, pa
cifick Prince, and a moot tender father,
can be prevailed upon to prostitute his only
child to dh adventurer, stained with ra
pine, treachery, ingratitude, and murder—
the husband of Josephine Beauharnois'
A Russian grand Dutchess has been
likewise mentioned. She io facinating,
young and beautiful. It is reported that
Bonaparte's first choice fell upon her, and
that she rejected the degrading marriage
with abhorrence. This rejection, and the
difficWy of finding an equally illustrious
substitute, will account for the respite,
which his discarded wife was suffered to
enjoy for the last two or three years. It is
nausiating to read of the, tears, which the
hypocrite affects In have shed, and the
struggles he encountered, before tye could
bring his tender faithful heart, to sacrifice
its affection and engagements to the inex
orable voice of policy and the glory of
France.
The hurricane, which levels the planta
tion and the cottage, purifies the atmos
phere from those noxious qualities which
would otherwise convert whole provinces
into an immense sepulchre. The boister
ous passions of Bonaparte, which have
subverted the humble fabrick of a woman's
happiness, may save Europe from the pes
tilential blast of universal despotism. Ty
rants were seldom sacrificed to popular in
dignation, but to private wrongs and ven
geance. They commence with worrying
obnoxious persons, whose rank, talents,
and virtues excite their suspicion ; whose
patrimony may secure and reward the
fidelity of their satellites. As! long as they
Confine themselves to this sanguinary poli
cy, they are able to indulge their ferocious
appetite with impunity. But when they
begin to murder the ministers and accom
plices of their ctimes, their favourites and
adherents, they are themselves invariably
immolated. Bonaparte began with mur
dering the Duke D’Enghien, Pichegru,
and attempting to murder Moreau; but
they were known to be his enemies; and
these atrocities were overlooked by his
followers, and justified on the pita ,ef ne- |
cessity and self preservation. But what
justification can he allege for his base
abandonment of a wife, a faithful friend
the original cause of his present great
ness? What security have hie present
minions, his marshals and ministers, when
she has been discarded f Incessant aus- I
picion, the anticipation of ingratitude, and
the fear of outrage, will rankle in their
bosom, haunt them in the midst of their
pageantry, and embitter the enjoyment of
their riches and honours. The bond of
confidence to dissolved.—What reliance
can be placed on the attachment of a man,
who to a whim, a passion, a licentious
appetite is capable of sacrificing a friend ?
Their aeal will relax with their securi
ty. Their fidelity will be uiidermiwed by
their suspicions; and they will hate and
wish to destroy the man they apprehend.
Justice is exercised, with particular rigour
aapong robbti*— it io necessary tn the pre
jtrvation of the confederacy, and to the
safety of the individual members. The
feast relaxation from that principle dis
solves the nefarious Combination. The
base abandonment fif Josephine to the first
seed of distrust, the first brand of discord
that has been flung amidst the iniquitous
association of which Bonaparte is the chief.
To exercise injustice with impunity on the
rest of the world, they should practice jus-1
' tlce among themselves. The toad, having
‘an example of disregard for thia principle,
hattuodermined the foundation of his own
power and security. Thia base impdhick
act, wrath as the reflection may cxche our
suiprlae and indignation* will de him more
material injury in the minds of his parti
sans, render him mere unpopular and odi
ous to the great body of Frenchmen, than
all the former acts of his flagitious and san
guinary career. Thus an act of injuries
to a frail and not very respectable woman,
may be the means of repose and freedom
to the rest of mankind.
. Congress.
HOUSE W mePRBS&NI'ATIVEd.
, Fsidat, Mabch Id.
T u . a not being a quorum within the
walls of the Hm»e at half past 11, Mr.
Fisk moved that the Hoose now adjourn.—
The question was taken by ayes and aa> s,
and loot—ayes 5, nays 43.
At 19 o’clock a quorum appeared, and
the House proceeded to business.
A communication from the Secretary of
j the Treasury covering a report relative to
thtjift of &*t* w 4 «••*
and ordered to be printed.
Another communication «veri«[ a* ab
•tract of emoluments received by the cd
lettors of the customs, in the year IWf.
was dlso read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Johnson, from the committee of
claim*, reported a bill for the relief of in
valid pensioners. Read twice and refer
red to a committee of the whole on Frida)
next. >
Mr, Johnson also reported a bill for the
relief of Margret Lapsey, which was like
wise read and referred.<
Mr. M’Kim, from the committee to
whom was referred the resolution on tht
subject, reported a bill for altering the
time the District Courts for the
District of Maryland. Read twice and
made the. order of the day for Tuesday
next. 'L'
The bill relative to the poet-office e»ub
lishment of the United State*, was read a
third time and passed.
On rnotlgp of Mr. Gholson the House re
solved itself into committee of the whole
Mr. Bassett in the chair, on the bill for the
relief of Amy Darden.
The committee rose, reported the biU
without amendment to the House—-The
House immediately considered the report
and concurred therein and ordered the bill
to be engrossed and rdhd a third time to
morrow.-’
Committee of the whole, Mr. Macon in
the-chair, on a bitt for the relief of Eliza
beth Hamilton.
Mr. Smilie was opposed to the bill. Hr
stated in the first pi act, that if there was
any claim it was barred by the statute ot
limitation. He thtn undertook to prove
that Mr. Hamilton was not entitled to any
thing for his services, either as a soldier, a
statesman, or’ a financier. He said we
were indebted to him for fending the pub
lick debt in the hands of the speculators,
to the injury of the poor soldier* wh»
fought and bled for our liberties. We were
indebted to him for the system of interna
taxation, which we had now happily go
rid of. He said maty other thinp again*'
the character of Mr. Hamilton, and to sub
btantiafe bis statements, he read an ex
tract from Na 1, of a pamphlet written bv
the former President of the United State*.
John Adams, which originally appeard in
the Boston Patriot, relative to the part Mi
Hamilton took In the negotiation, instituted
with' the French government in the yea>
1798, attempting thereby to prove that he
wished to involve this country in a war
with France—He aho read a part of u
plan of government, said to have been sub
mitted to the convention by Mr. Hamilton,
and from thence Inferred that he was not
in favour of the present republican form o.
government of the United States.
Mr. Jokmson advocated the claim. He I
wished to know if of claims I
were to be governed by the consideration ||
whether the claimant was a republican or L
a federalist. If such considerations were I
to operate on them he hoped the Hous« I
would pass a resolution to that effect and I
send it to that comuffitse r bet for his own
part he should not bfi governed by them.
Mr. Bacon opposed the bill, but not on
the same grounds as some other*. He
stated hi* apposition to originate solely from
a belief that thgjate GpWhel Hamilton Wi
not dome unde* <he provision* of the re
solution allowing commutation, from the
circumstance of his having taken his seat
as a Member uf Congress, previous to tht
close of the war.
Mr. Sheffey was in favour of the claim
He noticed some of the observations madt
by Mr. Smilie. He contended that obser
vatiza,* made tn favour of the revolution
ery ouHiceb sf £olonel Hamilton were
perfectly in Iffder, aa the ctaim was foi
conuxnssHe** Or services rendered during
the ummharthmiry war ; but that it was not
hedsr to bring forward circumstances
which had esberred tome years after to
operate as-a bar to his claim for compen
sation for former services.—He likewise
combatted Bacon’s proposition thjt
Op—l HM*toa*s claim had been forfeit
ed by taking his seat as a Member of Con
gress, and paired that that argument ought
u> have m wehtht, as the circumstance of
itself cuuM Jt have the operation to de
pritwblmef M* right:
BaTuithb, March 17.
A resolution, repbrted by the ehairman
of th* committee of publick labds, re
serving Ito acres of the publick land in
the MissUippl territory, for the use of a
Baptist society h» dtatterritory, was agreed
to by the Haase.
A message wag received from the Presi
dent of the United States; transmitting a
treaty with tho Wakapoo natton <d Indians,
for tho extMMusgat of their cm* tw ser
iate land* hv the Indiana territory. Re
ferred to the committee of ways and means.
The bill from the Senate altering the
time of holding District Courts in the state
of Ohio, was read twice and ordered to a
third reading on Monday.
Mr. Fisk presented the petition of John
Dayton,* who states that he has been con
fined 'more than a year in the prison of
New-York for a violation of the embargo
• cjs ; that he has been fined in a sum the
lOOih part of which he is unable to pay ;
that he Mibsists oa one meal each day, bb
i ” taioed from the scanty pittance of a wife
’ • , *' •• i ''*■-». 1 •
and foot smU children—endthat he hat
no hope of release except through the in
terposition of Congrefts. Referred tb the
committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. P. B Porter submitted the following
resolution, which was adopted :
»• That the conftnittee of com
merce and manufactures be instructed to
inquire into the expediency of erecting a
tight-house or beacon on Bird-Island at the
<>astem extremity of Lake Erie; and that
they have leave to report by bill or other
wise.**
Mr. Bowyer offered Ae following resolu
tion, which was agreed to and referred to
a committee of five:
•• Rewived, That a committee bo ap
pointed to inquire into the expediency of
altering or extending the time of holding
the Federel Circuit Courts for the District
of North-Carolina.’*
One or two reports on private petitions
wore considered and adopted; and several
petitions received and referred to different
committees.
The bill for the relief of Amy Darden
was read a third time, and (the question
being taken by yeas and nays) passed, yeas
82, nays 24.
' Mr. Root moved to postpone the further
consideration of the bill for the relief of
Elisabeth Hamilton, aodl Thursday next.
Lost.
The House then resumed the considera
tion of the unfinished business of yester
dy, on the said biff. [The question shall
-he bill be engrossed fora third reading ]
Mr. Root again spoke against the bill
nd Mr. Fisk supported it.
The question was then taken by yeas
and nays ou passing the bill to a third
reading, and agreed to, yea* 62—bay* S 3.
The bill was read a third time, and the
question taken on its final passage by yeas
and nays and carried, as follows, yea* 63,
uay* 53.
The House then resumed the consider
<tion of the bill authorising a detachment
from the militia of the United States.
Before any question was taken, a motion
tn that effect being made,
The House adjourned. ,
2Bp tfje IBail*.
NEW-YORK March 22.
LATE FROM LISSOM
\ A. vessel has arrived at Philadelphia,
with advices as late as the 28th January.—
We have seen a letter, containing a variety
-if curious reports, which are unworthy of
notice. This clay’s mail will give us a
nore correct account of the news by thia
.r rival.
Duane's infamous Acrostkk, Napoleon is
our King, has 1 find excited the attention I
every where that it ought ; bat the last I
Aurora received here has attempted at I
length to get rid of it by palling it •• a good
federal trick/* and expressing that it was
an imposition played off on the editor of the
Aurora by some one from the “ land of stea
dy habits/' In order to judge of the impu
, dence of Di<e in attempting to avail him
self of this subterfuge, now turn back to the
I Aurora of Febuary 6th, which first present
ed the Acrostick, and you will find that he
introduced it in the following words. “ A
I much eeteemed correefiondent. who is not
I -wily a genuine republican, but a valuable
I member of the Society of Friendt, asks
leave <>f us to convey to friend Jackson, in
I the name of these independent states, seven
i teen extracts from a good book” &c. After
• his I think it required all the assurance of
Duane himself to pretend it was a trick
I played upon him by an anonymous writer.
Eve. Paet.
.From London fiafiert,
Lomdon, January 18.
We understand, that though no direr
id* ices respecting the late unhappy dis
turbances in th* Madras army, have yet
reached England from that Presidency.
There arc, in addition to the despatches
from General Maitland, at Ceylon, advices
from Prince of Wales* Island, which state,
that letters from Madras, of the date of
the 2d of August, mention the principal
facts in terms of great alarm, and add,
that unless a good understanding should be
speed!!? restored, the ruin of British India
would be the consequence. It is reported,
that some French frigate had arrived in In
dia, and that the mutinous native regiments
joined the Nisam, on hearing that
tVKing’s troops were advancing against
them. “We give this report as we have
received it. We hope and believe it un
true.— Packet.
I January SO
The William, a country-ship,has arrived
from Bombay, which she left on the 93d
September. It is eaid that the substance
of the intelligence by her, is, that the insur
gents at Seringapatam had surrendered
unconditionally. There have been most
egregious geographical mistakes in alm«t
all the papers in their statements of the
troubles in India. Seringapatam is St the
distance of SOO miles from Madras ami ••
nearly on the opposite side of the Peninsula*
on the coast of Malabar. This ?»<*
has been, and never could be, In the posses
sion of the Insurgents, connected WKh th*
i Madras establishment. The principal re-
r -•' " •■ :
sort of th* maleconto|& b b •f.'lifffcr ’
bcurboodof Mirasao*t»m, *■**
mandel aide. Th* followingto a* extract h '
of alerter from Bombay, received by th*, J*
Wi,,Um - ?
“ There baa be** an * ctlon between tb* 3
56th regiment of the Hing’s force* and
two batallions of the Native* troops. The
oath wastendered prior te the engagement,
and at the testigatiim ef the officer* of the „
latter, waa refused to be taken. Under
these circumat xhces, the 56th fired upogJ 1
the refractory party, and it was not
there was a great deatruction in the rank* t?
of the latter, that they submitted. Twelve
of their officers, who had survived the con- *
diet, were instantly sentenced to be shot.”
Notwithstanding thia unfavourable intcj- >■ '
ligence, indicating a disposition in the Na- ■
tive troops to bring matter* to the utmost «
extremity, no unfavourable effect ha* been
produced in the market for India stock,
which sold this morning at 186, at th* dose
of the busmess.
ISLE OF BOURBON.
Early in the morning of the flat Septem
ber, about 350 of our brave soldiers, and
200 of our royal marines, were landed b*« t
fore daybreak, and soon carried three *f
the forts. The squadron went in and fired
their broadsides, and then hauled out; th*
Syria* frigate* Captai* ?ym stood in agate,
*nd anxious to argil- himself of th* onffr •
opportunity that presented itself tt> hi* vi>
gilant eye, tee asked leave, and was per
mitted by signal from the Commodore, to
anchor; and accordingly, in th* most gab
lant style, carried his little *lO in, and
placed her within pistol shot of the beach,
and half musket shot of th* Caroline
French frigate, and the two East-India
men, and a French brig of war, and open
ed so heavy a fire on them frosn hi* English
bull-dogs, that in 20 minutes (the troop* at
ths same time charging through the town)
the whole struck their colour*. Both army i
and navy joined in this brilliant enterprise*
declaring 5 that they had never seen or
thought it possible for a ship to keep up a* f
tremendous a fire as the Syrtas exhibited
on that occasion; and we understand, it
was principally owing to the very great
exertions of Captain Pym, hi* offieers and
crew, that the two Indiamen were saved
from being burnt; or that any of the store*
and good* from the shore, were taken off
and put On board the Streatham.
The following are the ships and ve**el*
taken: Guns. That.
Caroline, French frigate,
about two years old, 46 1000
Grapple, French brig,
coppered, 12 130
Streatham, Hon. East-In-
dia Company’s ship, 30 810 .
Europa, do. do. 30 819
La Funny, dm do* 2 140
Three Friends, do. —/ 30 <
Gipsey, brig - V l6O »
Notwithstanding the burning of thy fUWe- L
houses, in which, the greater part of rim <
cargoes of the captured British I
laid up, this island to fiksjr t 0 1 f 7
valuable prise to the land and sea.forcel to M
, which it surrendered- It is said, that let-
ter* received at th* Admiralty, from Ad- * *
miral.Bertie, Commander in Chief of hi*
Majesty’s ships and vessel* on th*Cap*.
station, announce the arrival treason*
at that place from I*l* Bourbon. ;
amount of three million* and a half <* dol- ! -
lars, supposed to have been realised alto- V».
gather by the sale of British captured ship* ■ $
and property, to the American* who fre
quented the Island, and the Isle of France,
for the purpose of leaking purchases.—
Judging from this fact, the capture of th*
Isle of Franc* may be looted forward to j
as a perfect mine of wealds. ■
The subsequent letter refer* to th* |( $
asiaure of American ship*, 44 of which |
had formerly been detained faa the neig£- . j
bourhood of the port ; bat th* part
has been released, on the prayer applica
tions having been made to th* rosumi.KMil A
authorities. ■
. CxbistiamsAmd, December 94
"In addition to my last informatie< f
stating to you the seteral »7
which had taken place here, I have to sab
join the barque Psclick, and the condeos- <1
nation, likewise, ef the brig Sowarrpw.
- This to certeMljr a very stfahgF KT
very unjust decision, the neutrality both Sf . *
th* vessels and cargoes fating admitted by
the Court of Admiralty- Thp test wan
condemned aserepr «• aapperition ef
having been uurfer a British convoy. ft ,
war stated. lu<tte second place. that titer
crew had rsdssed to sign their names al
the tarrtP* i.
etoMlyWr returWcarge, had 01 imwi •
in lb* instructions Ware to r*us<Srha
surptas to Mr. W. of London.
ship North-American has been
cleared, as likewise the ship AtlaMfok. I
cannot account for this partially."
BOSTON, March 94
Prom Sfiain, JamtMuy 90. 1814 4
• The Central Junta hav* dacsnil that «
their residence shall beat Cadif, after the'
Ist February. On the 14th January tbo
French Were repulsed in a* attempt te.
pass the Sierra Moresta, (Brawn M<mf
tain,) into Andalusia ; in consequence f .
• which the patrtoto were In godtspfrha- *