The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-11-19 00:00:00, page 2

For the Constitutionalist.
Invidia, Siculi non invenere Tyranni
Majus tormentum.—Hon.
AETATE felici elapsa, quam au
ream celebrantmaxirni poetarum, actate
cujus übertas perpetaa ultro vi atque
dolo occucurrit, hand multum tern,
pofris interfuerat, priusquam unius Di
anae Nympharumamore gravi accendi,
seipsum Apollo sentiebat. Nymphae
periit nomen; nihil mutilata fabula
maneb Primo inexorabilis Nympha;
paulo post tamen, precibus rogitanti
aureni, quam casta nunquam, superba
facta, praebere. Id, quamobrem,
quod Apollinis sapicntia permagna cum
maxima facundia frnstra aggressa est,
labor assiduus tandem vicit. Huie de
nique locum atque horam amplexibus
assignanti, Nympha tacite consensit.
Antrum amoenitate notum; ad hbc,
mediarn noctem, haud invita illa, desig
navit.
semper, et semper castis arnica, aurem
facilem atquelucem praebuit. Dans sese
lugae, gaudio Nympha evadit, erumpit.
Invidia successu exultans ad antrum,
interca, sola venit, ibique, nec diu, A
pollinem expectat. Descendit Apollo,
eorde aestu tumultuanti, Nymphae fi
dem nihil suspectam habens. Invidiam
ferride congreditur. Quid multa? Una
laetitia mirifica, silentio, jacuere. Vo
luptate hac nimium optanda praeterita,
Holies susurros auri ejus suavii Apollo
fundere. Tricet Nympha; nam doli
patefactionem timere, tremere. Fuga,
igitur, praevertcre conatur: frustra;
Apollo prehendit. Statim Diaua,
fraudis indignans, Ince multa irruit.
Dira voce clamat Invidia ; resilit Apol
lo. Immortalis esto, et caput orco
damneris, vehementer iste, horrore per
culsus et errore liberatus. Quo ex
tempore sibi gestamen, majus torment
tarn Invidia, homines non invenere.
Ex latehra mea, Nonis ”
Nov. a.s.h. 1810.
For the Constitutionalist.
A FRAGMENT.'
***** Nothing can be, conceived
more adamantine than the heart of this
thorough-bred Theologiafl. Ilis youth
was whined away over jbe imaginary
rottenness of human nature, and his
manhood spent in idle endeavors to
heal it. Speculation was his idol; but
it is remarkable tfrafhe never could see
ariy.'way to his projected good, but by
the road of roroe evil, lie continual
ly insisted upon the perfectabi/ity of
man; and that perfectability was hypo
critically, cruelly, and fanatically pur
sued! "The compunctious visitings
of nature," hcneverfelt; er, if he did,
he gave them an immediate and ajong
rffyfo. For the milk of.human.
k &^ h^ ^ fo^^
„mi ad irtte ^b^Themo s+fr om -
Ea tempestate parum cognita, sub
facie humana grata quidem, Vitiamulta
inter homines habitabant. Vitium erat
Invidia, nunquam amabilis; sed tunc
temporis tenera annis, nullarn monstra
ta mentis malignitatem. Hand minus
Apollinem Invidia, quam Apollo
Nympham, perdite amabat.
Assignationem supra dictam forte
subauscultata Echo, Invidiac pracsto
nonnunquam, statim (nec mirum)nun
ciavit. Diu infelici, quod non natura
beata; maxime quod durus Apollo,
sese nunc miseriae dat totam Invidia.
Primo, igitur, quo pacto Nymphae
rivalis voluptatem expectatam interci
peret, dein qua ratione seipsa compar
uret, animo volvere. Tautulum morae
interim suit, priusquam quid factum
iri, statuit.
Jam prope medium noctem designa
tam, dum Nympha pallida nunc, nunc
pudore erubescens, colore nulla certa
sede manenti, viam versus antrum per
sequebatur. Dubitat tandem inter cor
dis motum atque pietatem; trepide
auscultat; metu gradum continet.
Procul stantem vidit Invidia, atque
nubem densissimam,quam non potuisset
ipse Phoebus dispergere, extemplo lae
ta congessit. Nympha exanimis, et
jumpridem fugiendi cupida, Dianae
patronae preces fundere. Diana casta
VIENNA, AUG. 27.
We have at length received advices
from Turkey that may be relied on.
The left wing of the Russian army,l
under the command of Lieutenant-
General Von Sass, is still entrusted
with the blockade and bombardment of
Rudschuck; for the Russians have no<
yet thought proper to besiege the place
in form. ' The General in Chief, Ka
menskoy, wishing to get possession o!
the fortress to secure his positions on
the banks of the Danube, reinforced
the blockading corps with 8 to 10,000
men from his main army, & proceeded
in person to storm the place, which
the Turkish Commandant refused to
surrender. In repeated assaults, all
of which proved unsuccessful, the
Russians have lost from 5 to 6,000
men ; the loss of the Turks was less
considerable. The Russians, never
theless, have nor sustained such a de
feat as to compel them to raise the
blockade ; on the contrary, they have
invested the Rudschuck more closely
than before. The General in Chief
was still in front of the place, which
had not surrendered on the 13th, but'
was in great want of provisions and
military stores.
The principal or centre army of the
Russians, which is actually command
ed by Lieutenant General Kamenskoy,
brother of the General in Chief, still
occupies its positions in front of and
on the two flanks of the intrenched
camp Schumla, having 2 divisions post
ed in the rear of the Ottoman army,
but without being able, however, to
cut off the communication withAdrian
ople. The grand Vizier, Jusuf Pa
cha, has made every effort in his pow
er to penetrate the line of the Russian
arins, and compel them to retreat, but
he has been repulsed on every attack.
The right wing of the army, command
ed by General Sistress continues to
blockade the fortress of Warda, but the
Russians have been forced to abandon
the plan of starving it into a surrender.
The Grand Seignior had not mov
ed from Constantinople.
It is confidently reported,that Gener
al Von Sass took possession of Ruds
chuck on the Sth iust.
The Ottoman squadron in the Black
Sea has captured a few frigates, and
some vessels of inferiour rate, which
were cruizing at the mouth of the Dan
ube but the remainder of the flotilla are
completely safe.
From Bayonne papers to the 28th
Sept.
In the Journal de I'Empire of the
7th Sept, a comparison is drawn be
tween the state of England and that
of France. Among other things the
writer says —
The king of England would not
dare to go out alone at London —ten#
times he has narrowly escaped being
assassinated: he would take very good
care not to go into a crowd, and it is
probable he would not do it with im
puuity. ! !!
PARIS, S^T. 1.
General Daurier has taken the mili
tary command of Venice, since the
death of General Menou.
'sfpt.4. —By a decree of this day,
tiis majesty has determined that the
inent qualities of his mind seemed to be
gloominess and revenge. The former
fortune could never subdue; but the
latter frequently passed unnoticed un
der the sanctimonious covering it as
sumed. Amid the multifarious and
visionary schemes of a diseased imagina
tion, he seemed to have forgotten that
error is incident to humanity. He be
lieved in the eternal duration of pun
ishment; and yet shewed, by his con
duct, that eternity is not long enough
for retribution. For he endeavored,
as far as in him lied, (but thank Heaven
his power was not unlimited) he en
deavbred to make time the' relentless
persecutor of faults and crimes, with
out mercy and without discrimination.
Every action was criminal with him,
that would not bear the test of his
austere morality. Motives were noth
ing with him. Hence of those upon
whom his power was exercised, none,
escaped punishment; none could pass
through the fiery ordeal unhurt, be
cause none were entirely composed of
elementary particles.
Such was the character I have feebly
attempted to portray. The crazy se
verity of his morality terminated only
with his life, which he surrendered with
a fortitude, or rather an indifference
that is surprising, considering the man
ner in which he had lived in the world.
foreign fUtos.
" We arc informed that the accident
at Almeida happened in the following
manner :-—a train of powder commu
nicated from one of the small maga
zines to the large one, upon which
some sparks fell from a match or cau
dles ; the small one blew up a few min
utes before the larger, and prevented
the explosion! of the latter being heard.
The explosion was tremendous on both
sides. About 900 persons were killed &
400 wounded by the accident. Out
of 400 artillery men 25 only escaped.
Massena proposed to exchange the
regulars, but the Marquis Lorna (a
Portuguese General in the French
service) would not agree to this; but
wished them to join the French, which
they refused. All the militia were
sent to their homes, with the excep
tion of 13 men from each 'company,
who arc detained to repair the forti
fications. The peasants near Feisas
have taken a Lietenant Colonel, one
Lieutenant, and forty two men of
the Gens d' Armes. The British troops
have been actively employed in des
troying the corn mills on the Coa. It
is generally thought that ere long a
battle must inevitably take place.
The French rob and murder wherev
er they make their appearance. The
men of the 45th Portuguese regiment,
on the 29th ult. entered the French
service, and on the 4th inst. nearly the
whole deserted, and joined head quar
ters. A division of 6000 militia, un
der General Metier, is at Chaves;
Silreica is on the upper banks of the
Douro; and Gen. Trant in the neigh
bourhood of St. J. de Pesquira; so
Accounts from Oporto to the 9th
inst. state, that " Massena has been
obliged to send some of his forces to
Navarre, Biscay and Arragon, in
which place the people are in open
arms. Romana has four regiments of
Protuguese cavalry with him, which
are commanded by Brgadier Gen.
Madden. A part of our army has a
gain fallen back to occupy their old
quarters at Torozello, 4 leagues from
the Ponto de Marcelle. Lord Wel
mgton's head quarters were on the 23d
ult. at Belerico, Marshal Beresford's
at Lagoso. Five or six British officers
were made prisoners at Almeida.
Letters received yesterday from Am
sterdam and Rotterdam to the 25th
iust. state, that the Dutch will be plac
ed by Bonaparte, in the -situation of
the Papal territories, subject to the
laws of France, but not identified
with the empire.
Matthias Rooder, of Lubeck, failed
for two millions and half of marks, e
qual to about 25Q,000Z sterling. Most
of the bankers in Paris are considera
ble creditors,
Fresh orders were yesterday sent
o all the ports where troops are em
barking for Portugal, to accelerate
the departure of reinforcements.
We are reluctantly obliged to state,
that several new failures were announ
ced yesterday and that Omnium fell to
6 1-2 discount.
It was rumoured in Holland, on
the 10th inst. that Bonaparte intended
to meet his brother Joseph at Bay
onne,to consult on further proceedings
in Spain, but he was not to trust him
self within the frontiers. It was gen
erally believed that sickness infested
the French armies in that country ;
but in all the publick accounts the af
fairs of the Peninsula were represented
as most prosperous.
Some of the foreign papers say that
Bonaparte is about to withdraw a con
siderably portion of the German troops
from Spain. This we thinlc highly
probable, for the desertion has recent
ly grown to such a height, that the
French Generals are almost afraid of
bringing them within reach of the en
emy. A most extraordinary proof is
given in one of these papers of the loss
sustained by the German Regiments,
which Bonaparte had forced into Spain
to fight his battles, it is stated in a
letter from Dusseldorf, that two men
had arrived there, being the remains of
twenty regiments, the contingent of
the Grand Duchy of Frankfort, which
were sent to Spain two years ago.
Many of those unfortunate men doubt
less lost their lives in murderous con
flicts in which they were engaged, but
it is highly probable that the immense
diminution of their number was owing
principally to desertion.
Last night was unprecedented in the
theatrical annals of London. The
Metropolis was without a single legit,
imate Theatre.
cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam be
included in the number of principal
cities.
sept. 12°—Her Royal Highness the
Princess of Neufchatel and Wagram,
was delivered yesterday, at 3 o,clock
of a Prince.
LONDON, SEPT. 20.
SEPT. 22.
SEPT. 28.
SEPT. 29.
The Aurora, on the ostensible au
thority of letters from Paris, states,
that M. Burr, who is now a pension
er of Bonaparte, recently made a pro
posal to Fouche [Duke of Otranto,
and late French Minister of Police]
for a Peace and Treaty between France
and Great- Britain, which would ena
ble them to give Law to the World.
Part of the project was, the division
of the U. States into three Vice-King
doms.—That on the North and East
of the Hudson to have an English
Viceroy—the one on the South of the
Potomac tor have a French Viceroy ;
and the middle territory to be allowed
to elect its own Rulers, with the con
sent of France and England. That
Fouche actually contrived to open a
correspondence with the British gov
ernment on the project, but that the
Emperor on his return from Holland,
discovered the intrigue, disgraced Fou
che, sent him to Italy, committed one
Ouverard, Burr's agent, to prison, but
only placed Burr, the principal, under
the superintendance of the police, as a
British spy, &c. All this rigmarole
is given in the Aurora, as intelligence ;
& its editor has folly enough to imagine
it will be believed. And if it did not
carry full evidence on its face of igno
rance and falshood ; every one who
has the smallest knowledge of the ad
ministration of French affairs, must
sec it to be a sheer fabrication.
When Fouche was turned out of office,
as minister of police, he was appointed
governor of Rome, and the Moniteur,
at the time, published two amicable
notes which passed between him and
Napoleon on the subject.—lt is true,
he was afterwards ordered to Ats, and
the government of Rome was given to
another ; but for what cause we have
not learned.
that if the French get near Vizen,
they Will be flanked by the militia,
who are very gobd troops. The French
now have the whole of their force in
the vicinity of Pinhet; including Reg
nier aud Junot's divisions, it is esti
mated at about 93,000 men; the lat
ter is with Massena, who can bring
60,000 troops into the field. Should
he advance against Lord Wellington,
his Lordship will no doubt retire to
the Ponte de Maccelia. We every
hpur expect to hear of this having taken
place.
" If we may confide in the reports
of ten days past, the following is thesub
stance of a communication made by the
Duke deCadore, toGen.Armstrong, on
the 12th inst. two days before he left
Paris, but it has not yet been announc
ed officially :—
“ Ist. The Decree rendered at Ram-'
bouillet is revoked. Every American
vessel will be freely admitted.
“ 2d. The confiscated property
will be restored as soon as Congress
will' have revoked the law on the sub
ject- of fines incurred for the contra
vention of the Non-Intercourse Bill,
On the 27th inst. two line of bat
tle ships made their escape from Cher
bourg. Orders were sent to Plymouth
for three sail of the line to follow
them—from the weather there is a
chance of their being captured.
The enemy have now equipped in
the Scheldt, 18 sail of the line, 2 frig
ates, two corvettes, and 60 gun-boats.
They are watched by Sir Edward Pe
lew with 11 sail of the line; besides
some frigates in shore, under Com.
Owen.
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SOU HI-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 25, 1810.
In consequence of the late alarms of
fire in our city it is now nightly patrol
cd by citizens of the wards. We have
had no rain for six weeks.
Brig. Gen. Hampton has subscrib
ed 500 dollars to the relief of the suf
ferers by the late fire, and also pre
sented an order on government for the
whole of his pay and emoluments as
Brigadier-General amounting to up
wards of 6000 dollars! (CT „ is not
said for how long since this great pay
and emoluments are due.
Eight hundred dollars are offered
as a reward for the discovery of the
incendiaries who lately set fire to this
city.
It is said that 800 troops from
France have entered Navarre. Dur
ing the last 4 months, Junot's division
has experienced a loss of 10,000 men,
by desertion, sickness, and the sword.
About 3500 troops have been sent
from Salamanca to Austria.
“We have just learned that on
the 6th our advanced posts were at
Francossa, and Lord Wellington near
Vizen."
BAITING THE SHIP-TRAP.
Extract of a letter, dated Bayonne,
NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, NOV. 6, 1810,
DIVISION OF AMERICA.
29/A of September.
'' 3d. The Americans can introduce
in our ports, the produce of their own
soil, and export a contra value in the
productions of the French soil.
" In consequence of this, prices of
Sugar, Coffee, &c;rise daily, but Cot
ton is on the decline; West-India and
East-India produce cannot be imported
but by a certain number of permitted
vessels, to be expedited from New-
York and Charleston, and to those
few vessels are reserved the exclusive
privilege of introducing into France
West and East-India produce.
" Licences are reserved for French
vessels neutralized."
[We have seen a letter from an in
telligent gentleman at Paris, dated
Sept. 20, which precisely coincides
with the contents of the foregoing.]
Philad. Gaz.
Capt. M. informs, that on the sth
uk. official letters were received at Co
runna, one of which was to the Amer
ican Consul and which he read, stat
ing, that a severe battle commenced on
:he 27th at Almeida and continued
without intermission until the 29th,
between the French and the English
& Portuguese armies. The army under
the command of Lord Wellington was
victorious. The French were com
pelled to retreat, leaving behind, i.l
killed and prisoners, 14,000 men.
The loss of the combined army was
comparatively small. The Portuguese
troops behaved most gallantly. The
German troops were daily deserting
from the French.
Capt. 11. represents the mass of the
people as ardently patriotick, and
highly incensed against the French.
A horrid murder was cammitted
yesterday in Hester-street by James
Barely, a journeyman mason. With a
stone-hammer he killed his wife, and
his wife's mother. After committing
this horrid act, he killed himself by
cutting his throat with a razor.—We
could not learn the cause of tins
dreadful transaction.
" MALTA, AUG. 24, 1810.
“ A very unpleasant business has
taken place between the Bey of Tunis
and our Consul. It seems an Ameri
can ship was captured by a French
privateer,and carried into Tunis, where
she was purchased by a minister of the
Bey's, put under Tunisian colours, and
sent here.—Her former supercargo be
ing in Malta, appealed to the British
court of admiralty to have her stop
ped in consequence of some illegality
in the condemnation. They declined
interfering, as out of their jurisdic
tion. He then applied to the tribu
nal of Malta; they stopped the
ship and the case is now undecided
in the court. —The Bey, hearing
of this, has confiscated all the A
merican property in Tunis, say 150
to 200,000 dollars. Mr. Cox the
Consul, has arrived here in a flag of
truce, to settle the business, but wheth-" .
er restoring the ship will satisfy the
Bey, or a war will follow time only
Ican determine." c
Among the numerous arrivals at this
port yesterday, was the ship Radius,
Capt. Miller, who left Corunna on the
7th last month.
He confirms the accounts we have
read in the London papers of the 3rd
of October, respecting a plot among a
number of Portuguese gentry in Lis
bon, to aid the French in the reduction
of Portugal. For some time ten, or
a dozen were daily detected and arrest
ed—he thinks above an hundred.
But, for some days before he sailed,
all was quiet, & he heard of no new ar
rests. —The conspirators had secreted a
quantity of arms, in different places,
which had been discovered.
Yesterday schooner Ruthy, Capt.
Hicks, arrived at this port, who sail
ed from the Tagus on 30th Septem
ber. Capt. H. informs us that he
left the city (Lisbon) on the 29th, and
then heard no report of any battle of
consequence ; but on the afternoon of
the 30th,the day he sailed, while laying;
at the Fort, 4or 5 miles below Lis
bon, he was informed by the Ameri
can Vice-Consul, Mr. Quake, that
accounts had arrived from the armies,
which he considered authentick,stating,
that the French attacked the combin
ed army on the 27th, and that the en
gagement lasted to the 29th, when the
French were repulsed with the loss of
10,000 killed and taken prisoners.
Capt. H. further states that three
transports had just arrived from Eng
land with troops, being part of a
convoy having on board in all, a rein
forcement of 8,000 men.
Q 3" Bad News.
Extract of a letter from an Ameri
can gentleman in Malta, to his corres
pondent in this town, dated
Confirmation of the above. 1
FROM LISBON.
Massachusetts.
BOSTON, NOV. 13.
NEW-YORK, NOV. 9.