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E ' every tMeff fends to this point. It it
wains for the and the peaceable
S;'/ <• decide, whether they shall be restruia
«d; aad 4iMy artAohe checked. Mthing
P Will save* 1 4s bet incessant vigilance and <
manly ipterferertce, whenever suspicion i*
* kindled by dark, manesuvres or inexplica
ble
Thia brtl as well as Burwell’s b mere
than submission tspoff <W points upon
which the. present disputes commenced.—
The freighting trade, and the right to
carry, as American property, the aHfcfes
i of foreign production bona fide purchased,
, are abandoned. This concession is yield
ed to both of the principal belligerents;
and the right of search, according to
Bppea’s emendations,is moreover to be re-
* pelledVy force of arms, ail well in Order
to involve us in a war with England, as to
net in coincidence with the edicts of Bona
parte, who forbids the submission to search
Cpon pain of condemnation, at the very
time that his own cruisers exercise it in a
piratical manner upon every vessel of in
feriour strength. Bonaparte says, that
• Great-Britain has no right to visit Ameri
can ships, and therefore Eppes wishes
Congress to pass a law authorising the
publick armed vessels to prevent it by
• their cannon, If they can.
—WSom
From the FMa*a»'e J out vet.
CALAMITIES OF WAR.
Th X subsequent extract presents an af
fecting picture of the calamities of war,
end should be read by all those who aie
•pt to treat such horrours with levity.
Truly on this subject may It be said,
" Jfc jeete at ecare, «Ae motrfilt a
•* Soon after the arrival of Bennigacn at
Konlgsberg. [ln 1804,] I received a letter
from a friend their, of which I send you an
extract, to give you, who know nothing of
the horrours of war, some little idea of the
miseries attending these dregful scenes.
“ As soon as the roads were safe, my cu
riosity prompted me to visit the memorable
scene of action at Eylau. Most terrible,
indeed, had the iron hand of war stamped
its baneful traces upon them unfortunate
districts. Here the peaceful peasant who
reads no newspaper, nor knows even the
name of Bonaparte, is scared from his qui
et abode. Both friend and foe seem to
have united to make him feel to its full ex
tent, his woeful lot The Russians, who are
encamped to the extent of five or six miles
round Konlgsbe r g, to make them fires in this
cold weather, unroofed and broke up the
huts of all the neighbouring villages. Eve
ry kind of provision was swept away ; and
what made its loss more mortifying was.
that five times as much was wasted as was
made proper use of.—This naturally en
gaged all the peasants against the Rus
slant, not considering that these poor sol
diers themselves were half dying with
hanger. Nor were those peasants near the
French quarters more fortunate ; for they
also, without considering the wretched situ
ation of those miserable people, took what
ever they could find ; and in passing Jessau,
the rector of which place had fled to Ko
nigsberg, they employed*"his whole pious
library to boil their kettles. The rector’s
sister, confined by the rheumatism, could
not escape. She lay in a little garret.
Some oatmeal mixed with melted snpw was
before bar, and this, for eight days, had
been her only sustenance. We gave her a
small portion of our travelling stock, and
joy and gratitude beamed through her
tears.—The nearer we came to Eylau, the
fewer marks of devastation we found; and
though there were no provision to be pad
any where, yet we saw at least human
faces; for the other villages we passed
through were all deserted; nor had the
houses here been so much damaged, which
gave us some relief, after the various
scenes of misery we had gone through
In the totally desolated village of Klein
sausgerten, we once more found the terrif
ick picture of war; but misery, indigence
and distress, I first saw in extreme at Ey
lau itself. Parents were there already so
far reduced as to be forced to bury their
literally started babes in their gardens.
Bread, meat, wine, brandy, salt, or tobac
co, were no where to be found. Poor, ema
ciated, hollow-eyed spectres, were crawl
ing about the streets covered with rags like
the most pitiable beggars. To enter their
houses on account of the stench of their
dead bodies, was scarcely possible; and
even my essence of vinegar was not sufli->
cient to defend me in their church. I never
should have believed, without seeing it my
self, that human nature could have borne
• euch an excesaive degree of misery. The
place had cruelly been given up to plunder.
In short, every thing was ruined, destroyed
and laid waste. Not a door nor a window
•or a cupboard was remaining. This is
indeed the less extraordinary, when wr
consider that the town had been twice in
e possession both of the French and Rus-
St and thus, twice were the street*
am lag with blood. The combatants
•ven fallowed each other into the very
houses. From the highest to the lowest of
the inhabitants, they were all robbed of
every thing they possessed, and simple
water, with a. scatXv pittance of mouldy
bread, was all to keep life to
gether. Many died through fear, many
from ni treatment, and many were yet
Sundry private and local petitions and
resolutions were disposed of—when the
House resolved itself into committee of the
whole on the bill relative to the post-office
establishment of the United Stales—Mr.
Bassett in the chair. [This bill was re
ported by the Poatmaster-General, and
is a copy of the old post-office act, with al
terations, emendations and additions.]
This bill was considered by sections and
reported to the House with amendments.
The House took up the bill and agreed
to the amendments.
Mr. W. Alston moved to strike out the
additional one thousand dollars a year,
granted to the Deputy-Postmaster at the
city of Washington.
Messrs. Lyon, Rhea and others, opposed
this motion. Before any question was
taken, the House adjourned.
sick from the pofefal woltoctkrn of tha
past.. JS
•• Overpowered by such dreadful scene*
c< calamity. 1 deemed it even a relief to go
an) contemplate the horrours of the field.
Howsoever mangled there 1 found ipanynf
my fellow-creatures, yet these lifeless bo
dies had at least sermounted their suffer
ings ; but the unfortunate inhabitants of
Eylau were yet languishing on towards the
more excruciating death of hunger,* This
would certainly have been their dismal lot,
as the whole surrounding district was
equally bereft of every means of suste
nance, bad they not soon received from
Konigsberg the most desirable relief and
refreshment, besides clothing, linen, and
pvery necessary article to repair and make
their dwellings tolerably comfortable. Had
I first visited the field of battle, this hide
ous unusual sight, Which I hope never to
sec again, would have undoubtedly shock
ed me more than it now did; for after hav
ing my mind so deeply harrowed up with
the late dreadful scenes, I must repeat that
the sight of the field, frightful as it was,
with from 19 to 14,000 slaughtered vic
tims strewed before me, was yet a relief.
My foot slipped, and in sinking, my hand
caught a ghastly human face ! Here were
fragments of drums, carts, horses, saddles,
cloaks, hats, harness, broken muskets, pis
tols, and other arms iaaumerable, all in con
fusion, scattered about. Russians, French
and Prussians, here all lay together. It was
in truth a woeful sight.”
The committee of conference met on
Saturday, but came to no decision. They
adjourned to meet again on Wednesday.—
From what I can learn, I am inclined to
think the bill will finally be passed as
amended by the Senate.
Tuesday, March 13.
Mr. Gholson from the committee to
whom the subject was referred, reported a
bill for the relief of Amy Dardin. Refer
red to a committee of the whole on Friday
next.
Sundry other reports of a private and
local naffiie were made and disposed of.
Reeolved, That the committee to whom
was referred the message of the President,
transmitting a report from the Secretary
of War made in obedience to a resolution ot
this House of the 22d of January, 1810,
be instructed to inquire into the 'cause or
causes of the great mortality of that detach
ment of the army of the U. States destined
for the defence of New-Orleans, and that
the said committee have authority to send
lor persons and papers. The resolution
was agreed to.
Mr. Newton from the committee therein
mentioned, reported the following resolu
tion :
Mr. M’Kee called up the resolution, laid
on the table some days since, for adjourn
ing Congress on the second day of April
next. After considerable debate on this
subject, a motion was made to postpone the
furtl«rr consideration of the resolution un
til the first Monday of April.
The question on this motion was taken
by ayes and noes and lost, ayes 38, noes 75.
A motion was made to postpone the
further consideration of the resolution un
til Monday next. This motion prevailed.
A communication from the Secretary ot
the Treasury, relative to the receipts and
emoluments of the Collector of the port of
Baltimore, was read and laid on the table.
The House took up the centut bill,
which had been returned from the Senate
with amendments. The amendments were
disagreed to, and the bill returned in its
original state.
The eea-letter bill was also returned
from the Senate with amendments.—After
considerable debate, on motion of Mr. Ma
con, the amendments of this bill were re
ferred to the committee of commerce and
manufactures.
The House then proceeded to consider
the unfinished business of yesterday—the
post-office bill. The question for striking
out the additional one thousand dollars
granted to the Postmaster at Washing
ton, still under consideration.
A long debate ensued, but before any
question was taken the House adjourned,
appearances in the House, on the re
selutiee for adjournment, 1 am led to think
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, March 19.
MACON’S BILL. •
<onortoo.
Mr. Bibb moved tootrike out all the sec
tion* except the enacting clause in order
to insert provisions granting the right to
the Batture which may be vested in the
United States, to the corporation of New-
Orleans, that they may thus be enabled to
defend the claim against Mr*. Livingston.
Mr. Bibb supported'his motion in a long
speech. He was opposed by Mr. Sheffcy
and by Mr. Poydras.
The committee rose reported progress
and obtained leave to sit again.
Adjourned.
»Mr. Macon from the committee of con
ference on the bill commonly called Ma
con's bill, made a report; stating that they
had not agreed with the committee of the
Senate on any modification of said bill.—
They had on their part offered to insert a
section in lieu of the sections stricken out
permitting British and French vessels to
import goods from their respective coun
tries, but not to allow them to carry away
any American produce. The committee
from the Senate offered to insert a section
authorising convoy in lieu of those stricken
out. Neither party agreed to the proposi
tion of the other.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the bill relative to the Batture at
New-Orleans.
Mr. Lyon moved to amend the resolu
tion by adding, "with the probable amount
of postage of letters carried on that route,
and the time saved in the carriage of the
same.” The resolution and amendment
were both adopted.
The consideration of the unfinished busi
ness of yesterday—the bill regulating the
post-office department was then resumed.
' The question was then taken on the mo
tion of Mr. W. Alston, pending at the time
of adjournment to strike -out the extra
compensation of lOOOdollars, allowed to the
Postmaster in the City of Washington—
and lost.
Mr. Eppes from the committee of ways
and means reported a bill laying additional
duties on imported goods, wares and mer
chandise. Referred to a committee of the
whole on Monday next.
The centut bill, which had been return
ed a second time from the Senate with
amendments, was taken up and a commit
tee of conference appointed.
The unfinished business of yesterday—
The Batture bill, was taken up in commit
tee of the whole—Mr. Bassett in the chair.
Mr. Newton reported the tea-letter bill
with the amendments from the Senate.—
The bill was passed as amended.
The question on Mr. Bibb’s motion for
striking out, was taken and lost—sl to
57.
before the House a statement of the ex
penses incurred in the present mode <rf con
veying the mail to New-Orleans, by the
way of Athens in the state of Georgia, and
the proceeds of that route since its estab
lishment.
The committee then rose, reported pro
gress, and asked leave to sit again—it was
negatived. The House adjourned.
Despatches have been received by
the government from Mr. Pinkney ; but no
part of them has transpired, except a let
ter from him to Mr. Smith, which is call
ed, I kaow not for what reason, a private
letter, and bears date on the 4th of Janua
ry, eight days before the date of the latest
accounts^—Pinkney, aa is given out by the
administration and its frle.ids here, states
in this letter that he had conversed, (it
does not appear en what day,) with tht
Marquis of Wellesley, on the relations of
the two countries, and the rupture with
Mr. Jackson; and that the Marquis of
.Wellesley told him that Mr. Jackson had
been in the wrong, and that a Minister of
high character must be sent out.—To
what extent, or in what particular, Mr.
Jackson was considered by the Marquis of
Wellesley, as having been In the wrong;
what part of the correspondence the Mar
quis of Wellesley had then seen; what
else passed in the conversation to modify
or explain it; and «vhy Mr. Pinkney made
no later communications,. although he
might have written as late as the 12th
January, are points on which these gen
tlemen are silent. Nor will they suffer
the whole letter to be seen. In the mean
time they are endeavouring to bolster up
their nwn conduct towards Mr. Jackson,
s -If •
tlmfa Im for adjaHasiac earJyix
April. If nothing further should arrive
from Europe we may expect an adjourn
ment ia AptH. < -
Wednesday, March 14.
Mr. Holland, from the select committee
on that subject, reported a bill allowing
farther compensation to the witnesses who
attended on the trial of Aaron Burr.
Mr. Johnson, from the committee of
claims, reported a bill for the relief of
John Thompson.
Mr. Stanford offered a resolution, which
be prefaced by a few observations respect
ing the enormous expenses of transmitting
the mail oa horseback to New-Orleans,
directing the Postmaster-General to lay
BALTIMORE, March 13.
Extract tf a letter from Wathington,
Thursday, March 15.
25p tije
March 11, 1810.
There is an expedient not unfrequently
resorted to by merchants, when on the
brink of bankruptcy, called drawing and
redrawing, by -which operation they ob
tain, among the less discerning of the com
munity, a temporary credit for funds which
do not belong to them.—A trick similar to
this is sometimes practised by sinking
statesmen devoid of principle. For-exam
ple, and by way of illustration: The head
of a department at Washington informs
his correspondent at Baltimore, (if his fa
ther-in-law, so much the better,) that the
conduct of Mr. Jackson is disapproved by
Lord Wellesley; that Mr. Jackson will be
recalled, and another Minister immediate
ly come out to replace him. Copies of
this letter is immediately despatched to
different parts of the Union, especially to
such states as have their Electione de
pending, which the account is expected
to influence, and a fictitious fund thereby
created to favour the continuance of the
head of the department in office. What is
the real fact ? We have seen a letter
from Mr. Jackson, since the arrival of the
despatches by the packet, in which he
states, that his conduct had received the
full approbation of the British ministry.—
And we can further assure the publick,
that Lord Wellesley has nOt signified to
Mr. Pinkney, that Mr. Jackson is to be
immediately replaced by another Minis
ter.—Whether ever another British Min
ister Plenipotentiary is to visit the United
States without a change in the policy of
our administration is highly problematic
al—Without such a previous change, we
think there is no reasonable ground for ex
pecting a new mission.
" What renders this still more probable
is, that Jackson has written to persons
here, informing them that he has received
through Oakley, the fullest and most satis
factory assurances, of the approbation of
his government. But it by no means fol
lows from this, that his government will
quarrel with thia country.”
" The news has entirely smothered the
little blase of war-spirit, which broke out
a few days ago, and the ministerialists and
their masters, having lost all hope of pro
voking a quarrel with England, for the
present, are now meanly striving to shel
ter themselves under the pretended opin
ion of that very government, which they
have been hitherto employed in traducing,
insulting and endeavouring to irritate.—
This pitiful littleness is exactly on the
level of their talents, conformable to their
characters, .and of a piece with the whole
of their conduct —But the paltry artifice,
like all the rest of their tricks, will speedi
ly be exposed.”
’r - ~ -a • . *
by this supposed opinion of the British gov
ernment. People of sense, however, do
not believe that the British government, or
the Marquis of Wellesley, has expressed
or entertains any such opinion. That the
conduct of that government will be pa
cifick, and even conciliatory, contrary to
the hopes and expectation of the adminis
tration and its chief supporters, is not
doubted; for the game of these people is
do doubt very well understood by the Mar
quis of Wellesley and his colleagues, who
win have temper and good sense enough to
defeat it, by avoiding any hostile irritating
measures. But it is not in the least credi
ble that within a few days after they first
heard of the affair; before they could, in
the multiplicity of their engagements, pre
paratory to the approaching meeting of
parliament, have had time for reflection,
or even for an attentive reading of'the
documents, they should have made up
their minds to condemn the conduct of
their Minister—and still less, that' they
should have chosen such, a method of pro
nouncing the condemnation. It is much
more probable that Mr. Pinkney has mis
understood Lord Wellesley, as he did for
merly Mr. Canning ; or that these people
should have garbled and misrepresented
what Mr. Pinkney has written.
With sorrow we announce the loss of an
amiable and much respected gentleman
who fell a victim to the accidental dis
charge of a rifle.
Mr. Casfier Hattenclever, (of the house
nf Hurxthal and Hassenclever, merchants,)
had intended to join a hunting party on
Saturday evening last; and while pre
paring his piece, met death, without a mo
ment’s warning. It is supposed the rifle
went off while he was blowing into her, as
the ball carried in a part of his upper
foretooth. He expired immediately. The
deceased was in his 26th year; had the
day previous taken his passage to Europe,
to gain possession of a handsome estate in
the Duchy of Berg, (his native country ;)
of which intention he had recently written
to inform his friends in Germany. How
painful will be their disappointment, when
they learn, that, in the morning of life, in
the full enjoyment of health and prosperity,
their relative Was hurried in an instan 1
from time to eternity ! His memory will be
dear to the friends, who prised his valua
ble properties, and who so lately witness* 1
his gaiety and ease. “ Watch and pray ,
for ye know not when the Lord cetaath.’*
The ute of a Liz at a dead lift.
BALTIMORE, March 19.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Not finding them afloat, he < <me oh
shore, and assisted by some young nien in
town, at last discovered them both asleep
in a grog shop, tied their hands behind
them, and took them on board his brig, the
people here put themselves into a terrible
rage, and sent word to Admiral Cochran,
(at Guadeloupe,) who immediately de
spatched two fast-sailing brigs in quest of
her, with orders to bring her to him, and
communicated the same orders to all the
vessels of war on this station; we have
not yet heard whether either of the brigs
have fallen in with her—but have no doubt
if they do, it will bathe cause of a serious
disturbance between the two countries, for
I am confident Bainbridge will not surren*
der unless compelled by force.
Mr. Fulton has again addressed a letter
to the Members of both Houses of Congress,
in which he requests that a standing com*
mittee may be appointed to co-pperata
with the Secretary of the Navy, and some
of our most experienced naval command*
ers in making experiments upon the efficacy
of his torpedoes. He also requests the
grant of a ship and two row boats with 50
men to man the boats and work the ship.
Should think proper to comply
with his request, Mr. Fulton, the Secretary
of the Navy and the torpedo committee
will have some fine fun at the expense of
the people, with the newest fashionable
philosophical play thing. We bear, how
ever, that Mr. Folton is unlucky in bring
ing forward his invention at so late a day.
Had he advanced his pretensions while
the rage for dry dock and gun-boat systems
was in existence, there is little doubt he
would have been able to draw several mil
lions of dollars from the surplusses of the
publick purse, with which he might have
fitted out a fleet of torpedoes and carrieff
on his experiments much to the edification
of a philosophical cabinet, the amazement ’
of the boys of the district'of Columbia, and
the utter consternation of the Catfish of the
Potom ack. U. S. Gazette.
By the United States brig Argus# Capt.'
Jones, in 7 days from Charleston, the edi
tors of the New-Tork Gazette have re
ceived the Charleston " Times,” of the
9th Inst, containing London news to the
20th of January, received at Amelia by the
ship Savannah, 42 days from Liverpool.
The John Adams frigate was wind-bound
in the Downs till the 17th of January, when
she sailed for Amsterdam.
object appeared to be a search for Brown,
the Ex-Collector of Orleans* it was not be
lieved to be real. Our beloved Edward
Bryan, Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court
at Antigua, (well known for hie high re
gard for Americane,) got into a most vio
lent rage, on account of an American ves
sel of war having the audacity to anchor
in B ritish waters—he would not ace Capt.
Bainbridge, and told Mr. J. Rose, (the
American agent,) that if the brig did aot
depart immediately, he would order one of
his Majesty’s brigs to gallant her out.—
Bainbridge came down here from Antigua,
and kicked up a terrible noise. Two of
his men ran away—and he (very natural
ly) undertook to search for then) ; sent his
officers on board all the vessels in the har
bour, (not omitting his Majesty’s schooner,)
who presented his compliments to the dif
ferent Captains desired permission to over*
haul their vessels for his men, which I be
lieve they all acceded tnu
The London Courier, (a ministerial pa
per,) says, "America has made haste toar
range her differences with France, and a
convention between the two powers is said
to have been signed on the sth or 6th of
this month, (January.) Not a syllable of
its contents has transpired, but one great
point, which the American government
has always endeavoured to gain, has beea
the abandonment of the right of search by
tl*ie naval powers of Europe.
An American ship, with despatches for
General Armstrong at Paris, in attempt
ing to go into Havre on the Bth inst. was
taken possession of by a French armed
ship, and sent into another port. Her de*
were forwarded immediately to
Paris, but her crew were not permitted ta
hate any communication with the shore.—*
This circumstance is a sufficient proof that
no definitive arrangement has taken place
between America and France.
The French Journals to January 10, are
silent respecting the repeal of the Berlin
and Milan decrees; but the fact of tlieir
relaxation admits of no doubt. Sun.
A letter from Paris of the 11th instant,
states, that on the 6th Bonaparte had,a
fresh attack of his epilepsy, which was so
violent as to occasion considerable alarm
for several days. A bulletin, however, of
the 9th was issued, pronouncing him to bo
rapidly recovering. Hence, doubtless, ori-.
pnated the report of his death, mentioned
on Thursday. The Grand Dutchess Anne
ft . ' Jf' '■
March 15.’
Extract of* letter from a gentleman at
Baeeeterre, ( St. Elite J to hie friend in
Philadelphia, dated February ?4. 1810.
." The arrival oithe United Stated brig
Etna, in the West-Jodies, has given rise to
a variety of conjecture*, and aKbodgh the
FULTON’S TORPEDOES.
NEW-YORK, March 17.
FOREIGN NEWS.
London, January 20.