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It »repotted that an embsffyhai left Portu
•al for Paris.
" nifoatches have bee - » received from Sir Sid
nty Smith refptaiug the acre impedimenta to
' the evacuation of Egypt.
V „
Augu I«
, . RwastAN« an LA>tl • .
It is faid that the emperor o u . -r.
fufed to admit to a private a ten e -
envoy extraordinary an mini er p f .•
tv. [ [Musdo'snotin ica e t 1 1e P
are about to fora, a very .nt.mnte -"nett en.
T he emperor 19 (carae y upon pea 1 g .
fruit any nation. j .1,., v,
^Buonaparte as ee ir * , V, ütua.
o. no recompense, w n e in p ■ *
tion, »or Jor ont year af er .
Auguft 4'
QyîbïRON ExvaotTiOi'.
Srveral fail of the line have quitted Qniberoh
! bay, and joined the grand fl-ct of Ufhaut. Sir
Ldward Prllew with a f,na!l fquadron is ftill off
'fcvlle Id* ; but hourly exutÄi-.g order» fb re.
turn to England, wt h the land forces, the
'expedition arainft Belle Me. bei -g for the
prefert laid afide, if not entirely abandonsd.
The enemy*» (Let are represented in diftrefsfor
Want of thofe ffipplie. which Ct>. eruixer. in
tercept. The «oaftirg trade is eompl iely prq
'Vented'
< Tt The price of grain b,1 fallen and continues
v
U fall in all parts nf he kingdom.
It is fufprfted hit an important intercotlrfe
Î» kepi up between this tnunlry and France,
by mean's of the <m grants and other foreign
er,. Striàordres ! ave betn .ffued ; and fume
fcerfons have bee > detefledia attempting tô pafs
without the receffary piffporls.
The Spaniffi pa-kc', Cortes, of 4.0 men, and
A; Wrced Fn- fourteen guns, 9t days f.om Rio
■de I» Plata for Corui.rta, with a valuable cargo,
Las been taken by the Flor».
SOUTHAMPTON, Auguft i;
ANOTHER EXPEDITION;
A new. expedition, fecret and bidden, f,
>r pa-ed. h lie ^roops are embarked. Gers
CatK and Manners command. It is faid the
provtuons on y extend to 8 days.
FiCin marshal SpwAtROW.
The w< r d never loft a greater cap'ain than
the late field-marlhal Sawarr^w, i he comm
ftancaii of bis death are little, known, owing 10
the Afictin jealoufv and poiitnal 1 ftiiftions of
the court ot Peterfburgb, as well as perhaps to
regret and rcmo-.C-f»r its i.jultice towards the
tneft illudrio.sol Hit Ruffin.s.
We are gratified in being able to commun!
ie from an authentic fourcr f me csrticula s
I ■
bf the clufe lit ilife wtiich has filled all Europe
With its Tame, while it rtnde-ed the molt im
portant fetvices to the civil z d world, as w.-ll
as to the werfe than uncivilized tmpire, in
whofe ungrateful bofom it terminated its glo
jricin career in ncglcâ dtfertion.
Thé iniffsngtr who W3S charged with the
letters which snnrUced the loi» of the trtipe
rn r 's lavour, met this great nan upon the road
to St. Pcttrfburgh, whereffie expe£)ed to be
tweived ii der triumphal arches, bv ihe praife
ef his f verrign, and the grttiturle ot the people.
Su warn, w read the difpatches in hit car
Mire. The m ffenger received a purfe of dm
ca's. and InBrd the fnle complaint tha^ ever
efenped from the bread of the hero ! " 7 'liis
tkeu" he cried, " is the reward of thofe who
dfVtte theft Otiftei.ee to the fervice of their
Couat.y !'|
His heart was rent by the fuddennefs of the
fiiock, and txhaufted ».lure, near the term of
h r carter, .was unable to fuftain his mighty
fpirit, indignant at its tv.ongs. D ubthfs, it
would have b-en greater to have defpifed atl
injury v^ich dif);raced only its author 1 The
■CifgH'-e ,<f Suwarrow ! the world did not wait
to do him juftice. Suwarrow moui-ned the
departed iullte of' bis fnvertign's name, for
he was '»'t a man cf ftrift virtue, of exulted
principles, aid a patrit,t iu every hnneft lenfe
of that abufed name. Under .he Mow he had
received, and at the verse of a natural death,
for ht had attained the 74 k year of his age,
his reafoti gare way, as has happened to many
iltuftrwui men at this period of life, inii.ty
from the nitenfr a d affiduoti« ule of their (a.
culiirs »let, e. Ht did not, however, luft'ef
the ctlamity of mental derange« er t.' al'hougli
he furvivrd for a fhort time the full ufe of hf
und-.rflandit'g, his wrin gs preyed upon 1 rs
fnattcied health and exh- j utlcd frame He died
of that Accumulated chai'tn, that proud and
innen tcUiiimer.t ai d ind ff.icnce, which is
familial»/ call'd a brokeu h:a.-t, in a /mail
■tvoo 'en hmife. »oder the dilpltafure of his
JRaftii, at a diftance from h.» family, and abaa
do ed by his flier ds ! .
N ) i- otirr War ii k- own that he had expirtd,
than the p'btic foirnw, wljich 10 defpotifm
can p.-rfe'-.y ret rat , but« forth into murrriji»
buh loud ;.-d deep, and the court itfelf
thoug. t prep^t tu re nit. Jlie body received
latear.ti foj t nucU»,Jtl.r:fe honours, the juft pt i
v/.uou o wl.irh-fad overwhelmed the reafon
°vtrpowcred the great m nd which had
in a n ted.it. Paul I. commai d. d it to be ex
prifed initate,i.i .he capital, and to be interred
amidRihe p mp et aiilita-y honour« and royal
c The tears of the Ruffians, and
fhtf °f l.uri.pe, aw the mo
'umtr.ts
fvfcÏHiwiuoyv, and an eternal ton.
which the
MSS
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for Tbk Momto*.
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I am Rot furpnzed at the publicstiart m the
Mirror of the 17th infl! under the title of " A
good thing."
The title annoanced its falfehood ; for had
• jl contained ^ word of truth, the dnditnr ot the
Mirror would never nave pubii&t 4 it unocr
fnch an head. -
I know that many who tre<he objefls of ucV
mêcralic (landers, have thought it m re difertet
by filence and indifference to mamfeft their con
tempt for calumsirs, which they fupimfe have
. ^ ^ ^ #f thu fc whpfc
good opinions it it dcfbable,or creditable topof.
M*. I am not per usded ihat this line of con.
dort produces an ufeiul eff-ft : a fef of deyia.
g»g'> », woofs imbitio'i j not b;low the high
ell offices, nor above the meanrft—wh«, from
ftlef* and difeontented—who con
nature, arc re
ftder all means honourable whirl, are likely to
P^duc. tf!e end they havejn rirw-sre labour
.
. - g by every fpee e, of abufe Y° D !. h ' , m ' a :
f» r « of government, and upon the officers and
friends of the government, 10 render it odious
to the people, f order to P roduc ' c ^"8"
which, .1« the çou.fe *f ch n «ce, they fuppofe
mud b-t'er their petfimal ft,nations. _
To fuffer thefe mm to puifne them eourfe
wtthm.t ,n,,rrnptR,n. ts ytelding to sn evil
"hiqh a fmal . ff r' won d euro, and Efficient
rxerti; n wcuid extmgu fh. , F -r my o/n part,
Î am determined not to fn'lter the falfrhM»,
» I, *f sh ■ P' rlor ; sl c ' ,neerD %' v . e J ™ t!'" v**'
Botice, *0 remain .incontradnHed The No.
of the Worte wh ch 1 have referred, con
U>"* two charge, agautft me, the mtle.o'ent
effnfions of party comfy and of unprincipled
calumny. , „
' l »*« « H «. «»>« »* a ftore "' Marl, ' t
>'> a ctmyerfatitm refptflmg the Trpr.-f illation
» the Monitor of the late Red Lion meeting,.
upon its being remarked, that the account »'M
Ç ot I replied, that m it Hi trut 4 or Jaife
hood it 10 tj tot ily immaterial* it *wou d / »fitter
tho purp fi, a id that wat enough ; and further,
that 1 obferved, th 1 il <wos m 0, oo<i . ait
peon iis, that J thftndea thi fubUcqtkn of uei.iij
ih*Momtir, kecaufe lies avert pubii/htii in ihe Mi
for
(pe iIlfw£r fi[ft to |h , la(l cha , Rf . M
Tromas M knbkmh ill. who was prefent
upon ti e occafion. and who haying been a
other of ihç Red Liou caucui, farmed tobe
ftung w;ib the ludicrous account cf the aieet
in t ,—was extremely profufe in his abufe af th*
Editor of the Monitor. I endeavoured'to tern
pier his anger, by brirging to his view the li»
bertie, taken by printers on both fijeaof the
quellion, that they claimed the right nf pub
hilling whatever wss calculated to advance the
ol jcfl- which they had in view ; tiiat fome
p t , p| e leemed to Irrl only what affeâel their
i vipalv, mH »„> Wlif.um .. w ika..
ner tu which their rppon<hr, were inated.
But I expr.f ly rtmsvk d, that the licen
tioufnef; of the puf» ou both Eider cue ht ta
be e rd.nrntd.
This (Vat enter I is fut; (tant i«lly dnrr eSt t and
of confequuice, the ftaienient, whies t ran at.
tribute tn n body but Mr. Mendenhall I decldve
to be .fubltai tialy falfr. It is abfolute'y falfe
thatldrr pt. a word which con tenaneed die ide».
that the ppblita'.oa of lies in one p per would
jollify their beit g p ibl.fhed in another.
i It is talfs, that I made ar.y charges again« the
Editor of the f- irror ; net that a chatge of
publifiiing lies, and gref, and wilful nnei to»,
might not have been ftippnrtcd again« him j
but that I felt no d fpofitiou at that time to
individualize that Editor.
With ufpedi to the eipreffion ofi » a good
thing," it has ferved the purpofe of Mr. Men
dcnhall, totally to mifapply it ; and it is rfo
difeovery as to Mrr Mendenhall's charaAer,
that his u.inrioles feldo-n (lanft in the way of
his purpofes. "
This jentleman afferted, thi' there were ro
tiara .gurs or declamations agiinft government
m their meeting ; and in coni q ience ot this
sffertioiii I obferved, in a humorous manner,
t! a t lor fo^ty fflodtrn democra s to be together
in a tavern ft r feveril hours on the fuhjeft of
an ekaion, and not to abafe the government,
wal a pj encmemn, aud really a good '.hieg.
A n an . I Li fe would have taken no off. nee at
the cbf. iration ; and it required a man regard
Irl- of imh and principle, to give the tepre*
f e , ta t; on ,.f C(1 tain-tl in ti c Mirror.
The fi ll c' arge »hedged again« me,''.That
I ren-a.ked that the ttùih or falfehood of the
public-tion, relative to the Red Lion meet.
ieg, was totally immaterial J that It would an.
fwtr the poop fe, and t^ai warelOu^h, ,, ib of
»he m. !l feiious nature to a man who rrfpeéts
his chatafler, Or has any regard for public
opinion.
p
It is a charge, as full of venom as of fa!fb"
hood, and which noae but i man, Ip,ft to a fenfe
of truth, and every feeling of integrity, would
have invented or undertaken to piopagate.
'Buch a pi ini iple neyer entered into my prac
tice, or my creed ; nor will the world be eve
I fiat Lever expreffeJ the fent iment, white the
charge is fupported Ouly by the word of Thor
mat hUndrnbd l.
It is Lmc comfort, in the prefent timet,
that men who are difpoftd to do the moll mifi
chief, fortuaatcly poffefs the meana ot doing
but little.
The efcfervation is truly exemplifie.' in the
ch.irailer a! Mr. Metideah.il. I would truft
nothing to his principles, or his temper, and I
can fear notip,ng from any thing which he lias
ÉÉÉMÉÜIbi
\ arti noli at a !öf» to jifcovir the foaroï Sf
tliin gentleman'* enmity. Hî» purfuit of cffise
under the prefen* adminiftratfon hat been
fruitltfe, and in ezpeAat'on of a change in pa.
lilies, he confiders it ufeful to fiander the man
who pnfTeffn in office, which he has marked
out „ the «ward 0 f hi, fervices to a party—
The friend of the government, when the Cum.
fr,jmd 0 f a revenue emter wn in vie^f, *hc 6e.
- carfte its infidious and bitftr enemy, upon the.
paltry difappointment.
Let his ambition be gratified. Secretary to
0U r fi.eiety of I(!uJlrious Philo fathers, fecreta'
0 f town mect ngs, and county juato», and
c ' mmMjner for the régulation ot tlree.s, &c.
| £c> y c a moderate appetite for office would
be gratified. ,, '
The remarks of Mr. Wilfon,arc deferring of
no notice. He has funk bejow rifentment, and
j, hardly an obj-ift of contempt. The fit jn'
firumcot of a Jacobi ical prefs, he is fhieldcd
by his infamy from the punillimtnt 6f his of
. fences. Habituated by education, to the foul
eft and meine« afts, he poffetfes a Igeart cal
i .ios to the reproaches of confcienee, and indif.«
erent to the contempt or execration of honed
men ; cemented with the focirty of a few
choit e and kindred fpirits, he feoffs at the
principles of honour and integrity, and inpcks
the nbfervance and veneration of the duties of
religion.
For fuch a man, public opinion liai ro pun*
ifhmciit *, and fuch men are fuße red to pr.fa With
impunity, for a while, that their examp e may
b?î the greater wheu the day ot reckoning ar- '
rives.
ALLEN M LAN'E.
Wdm'.ryton, ( /).</,;wire
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dipt. 20, 180a.
■Domeßic,
BOSTON, September Jo,
,
Mr. Cutler,
By pnhlifhiog the following very honourable
trftimoirie« of the unprecedented liraviiy of
Capt. G-imaiiel B adford and .crew, ot the .
ÄSÄifÄCSÄLtÄS;
Swuture } you will oblige, Yours, &C.
JZxtraB nf a letter from Mr. Chfrln Ylenlcy* tn
hoard tit Induj'.ry, dated JLt/hon, 'July 14,
1800.
** Ihavethemi*fort,tncofba' , ingtHepain''
ful talk allot ted me to communicate the very
unfortunate accident that r-pt. Bjadfard
m. t
with on the 8lh of July. Wc failed from Nn.
pies on the 15th eifjuv. a- d arrived fafdy off
G braltar on the S'il! of July. Conceiving it
sot fafe t* enter this port, by reafoo of the
onnovanee *!-•.. bv sn- rr,-<• « 1
proceeded for Lifixm : Rqo» after entering the
Gut, about »ne league tbtre c:m; (tom fb e
a large Fren«h privtteer wlii.b enme in fi^ut
of mtr guns, but did not like ou; • appearance ,
^ ulej her win- 1 , and went a-ftcirt, ifictlien
fired a cun ai d hoiftrd Fiench eel nr-.with a
blnody flag 5 a d oeptt Ö ing at us , but was
Tnch a diftance, tla". we counl not reach
her with ou ilrrit rtm's, a.tl.ougii file from her
b ws »• s throvi g her grape Hijt :n o and be"
yond ut. C pt. ti faid all we could do wAs to
wait Wi! (he ca e nearer, when he hoped e
^ ,t,ld heablc to give the tiRa's what they de
ferved. ■
After firirtg abive an hrtir at that diftänce
Jhe ern e nearer, hut finding there w, a danger
in the attempt, (he again returned to her for
mcr diftance, where five continued firing her
bowchafes. Soon after three other privateers,
one nearly as large as the firfl came nur, and all
Cf them commenced firing at rur J!»in. Cou
ceiving themfdves much fuperi. r in force, they
became bolder, »ad npptoachcd nearer fo that
* >e «rre enabled to keep a ileady firing upon
them; but they had rnncli heavier gtins thaa
we, particularly the two large [ riva ec ». The
W '" J blowing frefher, the two fmallelt were
net able to do much harm ; a firm, g terrene
»gainft us, and having mar.y of our fails ard
fpars (hot away, we cud rot cany fail, ex
«pt before wind, aid iu this crurfe moved
ffôwly through the wattr. After engaging
thefe pirates three hours, capt. Bradford was
unfortunately wounded by a grape fh .t in the
thigh which entered the back part, a little
above the knee, and went iv a ly through, y. u
n '*7 fuppofe this was a great fh ck to us a 1 ,
that he fhould be the firfl wounded. We tonic
... . ..
lnm into the cabin ; prévint fly to Ins It« vu g
the deck, l.e a.ldisfl'ed the crew, begging them
not tob* alarmed at his fituatinn, hut to keep
a fteady firing and preven. the enemy f.om
boarding the flup, wh*ch I have the picaicMC
to fay they did with determintd courage. Mr.
B. adford mate, and brother to the captain,
ÄfÄCtS 23 2Ä
captain B. received his wound. When the
privateer Iheered off, and left us to proceed on y
cur voyage, which we were poorly enabled to
do, from the fliattered condition of out rig
ging and fpars ; capt. B„ then ordered us to
fleer ior Cadiz, iU hope, of meeting with loxe
Bntiüi vedel of war, which wc very tettur ale*
ly did the next day, and refeivtd from capt
Ho U»eH, Who commanded the v<(T;l Wt- fp< ke
r"
meianchoily fi uation in wh ch espt. B. lay, he
ordered his chief furgcon on boaid to take care
It mflîit opirttCn of the furae«»' ù,»» »*
thigh ought to be amputated n foon a, ' r*
ble ; but finding a high fever had fet if 0 nô
recommended and falicited the remo If
capt, B. on board the Svvifttire • bat hr
captain B. declined, as he wiflted to «ach IT
bon, and the Wind then pnsmifed a f.eedv tlr.
fage. The humanity of rapt. HoHowell 1 ' _
ever» would not «llow thé veflVl to l- a Ll Î° W "
until he bad fupplied every thin» eh a , m * .
wanted, and fent on board his fuiccon'« rtT!**
( which was the only ope on boardf t* tor " *
pan y capt. B. to Lilb-in, and furniflu-H
o de, for hi, being admitted to the Britifh V^f
pit.l there. OwL to contra, y wind" th^,;
enfued immediately after We left the Svsiftur/
' we did not art ive at Lifbon under tea dav/
when we landed our unfortunate commander*
And then he underwent the amputation of hid
thigh. It is now three hour« fmee thenpera
tion was performed, and I hare the highed
gratification of informing you, that he is likely
to do well. He bore the operation as he did
tbeagouy of hi»' wound, With the grcatefl
calmt.efs and fortitude,
Except capt. B there was but one other
perf.in wounded 6» E-'ard the Ihip, which is a
Mr. John Bâyler ■ r-o ived a grape (hot
in the body, and fa ..^lodged in the fam»
hufphal, inhere every attention is paid hits,
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RALEIGH, SEPT. 9.
In confirmation of what wi
'
fiatetl in ouivlaft, of the fufpeiv
fion of the négociation between
this country-and France, we aré
now able to fay it may be relied
cn. The gentleman who inform
ed us of this, had it verbally from
Mr. Marlhail, the fecretary of
ft ate. It appears that on Buona*
parte's returning conqueror to Pa
ris. and bcing elated with fucccfs,
. informed the American Commif
Rmc n 'hue when o.,r country
would enter into a treaty oftennve
ancj defenfive, then the French
would indemnify the United
States for the depredations cortf
snitted on our commerce.
CARLISLE, SEPT. IO.
SilWC laft COllft, OUT COUnfjf
f» cme J prolific of crimes & miU
„f
> . .. IIK _ f vndent^ QI ,.OtS^
and t ! IC triills für murder already
noticed tlvs're wni: an mdirTtneiif
• l . nc " Wab an ,
toUflu <1 certain vTnnin TOf*
bunting the foundry of Michael
litre, and Irvlm Hs>nrv anl Tobin
'= ' . J 1 ' 1 J* I
J iCTiry, J in. his ton, Were Cl'.argetl
Over and I tTmifier Court
,, , r
Wlt.l the dciith 01 a negro Woman,
whom his 10 B fllOt in the Woods,
bclicvirui her to be 3 B«:W.
The
,o> - . ~
gr ind JUfy, On. UtlStaCtOry eVl
dente, found the killing mifad
3r , n « ar ; n „ r hat the
vcuurc Âppv.<tii g
WOIÄltn had been crawlingOn nCf
hanCS and feetj and therefore
; m „„ t ntinn nf «rnfc
Without any imputation Ot S
negligence, had been miiiakcn by
fhe fltllCT for 3 Beat who defiredl
' .v A _i*rwive*rl *
niS 1011 tO illOOt — me rCCCl ecu a
mortal WOUlld, of which. ftlC ini
^*>,1 i JfP ] v exnired
11,cul * lc V • A r "
REW-YORK, SEPT. l8.'
Extfatft of a letter from a refpeift
able gentleman, in Richmond, *
(Virg.) to his correfpondent in
T'ew-York, dated Sept. 8.
t A
have
" For the Week palt
we
been under momentary cxpecta
■ ( fifing among OUr ne
»- 1 ** rr Li J
grÖCS f tfWnO hâVC aliCrnblCvl to l
amount of OOO or I OOO. and thtCR
teed 10 nvlfa. »11 the whiles,
T hey are armed with deipcrate
y vc3 *ponS and fecrete themfelvCS
.» ' . _ i t-nrivi/i;
itV* the woods. G -J
OUT f.lte-WC have ftl'Ong gliaruS
>»
j h un J cr arms.
J
FfOïft Bou'OJl WC Ie^rn, t
u. s. IhipBofton, capt. Little, goï
««d«r
proceeded tfOmP rendent S tOi ■
tiliVcet roads, from ^lienee th®