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Lim from prism hit Majrfty made a vifit tb
the Ciard DuS of Berg, w ho ktpi his bed on
a count of i iVjjM imlifpnilitioii. In the even.
b:g f*»c town* » >» ! until at»d. Muffin' B'rr
t'u r. »r«ltht ;•? ctvt.ir/of Hate Marct, airived
a* W.irt-w !li utly rd’.i. 1.1. Tallfyrand, the j
M.oiiitu for Foreign AiTiira, was aHb expelled
in this further capital of Poland. The French
army h.m taken a Very flrong pofition on the
Viftula, the Bug, and before the Narew.
There are daily engagements, more or Icfs im
portant, betwien the advanced polls of the
French and Ruiliin armies. In cniilcquencc
of thefe adimu, lever.il hundred Ruffian pnfjn
*rs have been already bought to Warfaw.
NAPLES, Dec. 5.
The F.nglifh have lately landed near Scilla’
in the llrait of Millitu ; they put on Ihnre be
twceH i wo and three thoufand men, inclulive
i>f cavayv. Genera! Rrgnier advanced from
his head-quartets at Palmi, and attacked the
enemy with his Hfual HTpetU'ifity, defeated,
anil forced the remainder of them to rr-cm
natk. Another landing waseffciftcd near Supri,
but with as little fucccfit. M. Guys, at the
head of a moveable coluthn, being fccondcd by
the inhabitants, cut in pieces the corps of the
Eughfh near Camaratta.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.
The French army hae taken very formidable
pofuions on the Bug and the Narrw. There
Ate daily affairs between the French and Ruf
fian advanced putts, in which the former claim
the advantage.
Pt incf yfugu/lus oj PruJJia% Accompanied hy
two F Ac neb officers, fet oft yefterday for France.
This has given rife to many conjectures.
As everyone takes the liberty of dating fafts
in his own way, may nut we alfo be permitted
to give our verfion of them ? The prince Au
gultus was feiit to his father, hy his majefty
the emperor ; and in this proceeding of the vic
tor, we recognise the inherent generofity of
his ihtrailci. But, at that time, anegociati
On fubfifted between his mij< fty the emperor
and the king of Prufiia, and peace feemed to be
at hand. The emperor sift) granted an armif
lice j hut this the king of Pruflia refufed.
#Fhe king acknowledging his depcndance on
R .ffli, made this circtrnftanre the ground of
refufing Ins ratification, whilfi on the other
hand the Itu.Tians declared that, as his allies,
they were wholly placed at his difpofal. Mat
ters are thus put on an entirely different foot
ing from what they flood in when prince Au
guftlts (offered to remain at Berlin. This
change of ciriuu.ftauces feems to offer a natu
ral explanation of what has occurred, both
with rtfpeCl to prince Auguftus and general
Tauerr.ien ; and thole who look for any other
cauft. only indulge in idle drc. nis.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The fchonner Pirfevcrance.c.-.ptain McflTenry,
arrived at Marblehead on Friday, the 6th inft. in
39 days from Bordeaux.—lie has brought papers
down t” the 2lff of Jan.
Thr French have at length meafured fwords
with rhe Ruffians and gained a victory.
Capt. Mell'ervy confirms the account of a
dreadful malady having appeared in the French
armies, anil of us having been very ricftruCIive.
He reports alfo, that the Emperor had returned
to Paris, before he failed.
FORTY FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE
GR vND ARMY.
ru'-TUSK, Dec 30, 1X36.
Tfiir hattie of Czamowo, that of Nifielfk,
that of KunfomS t'»c affair of cavalry at Lo
paezyn, have hern followed by the batth a of
Go'ymin and Pultolk—and the entire and pre- 1
cipitate rnrtat of the U iffian armies has termi
nated both the ye at and the campaign.
BATTLE OF PULTUSK.
Marlhal Lannes could not,arrive oppofi’e Pul
fu(k before the motnii g of the 26:h. All the '
corps of Benigfen were concentrated in the j
»,ight.—The Ruffian divifion which had been ■
beat at N ifirtfk, and ptirfued hy the third divifi-1
on, commanded by Mai fbal Davouft, entered!
the camp of Pultulk two hours after midnight. I
At ten o’clock Marlhal Lannes at tacked, having
Sui ht :’t. divil’ n in the firft line, that of Gaza '
in the fecund, and that of Gudin in the third
divifion of the army commanded by gin. Dari
anna, upo.a his left.
The combat was fpirited.—After a few ffrug- I
j>le.« the enemy was overpowered.-The 17:h
regiment cf lisht infantry, and the 3-lth, cover
ed themfcUrs with glory. Gen. Vedeland Cia- j
pared? were wounded. Gen. Treillard. co n
manding a brigade of the dragoons of Biker,
eol. Bartludemy of the 15th regiment of dra
goons were wounded by grape (hot—Yoifin, aid
to inarffial Eann-s, and C jrial aid to gen. Su
ciitf, both fell with glory.
Marlhal Lynnes was {lightly touched with a
ball.—The 5:h corps of the army here exhibit
ed what brave men -ne able to perform, and
the immerf. fupenority of the French infantry
eAer that of other nations. Maifhal Lannes,,
although he had bten for ten dayc lick, would
follow ht« corps. The 65!h regiment fuflained
ininy char ;e? of the et.t rny’s cavalry, with
coulnrfs and fuCvefs. The enemy the fame
night founded a retreat and retired to Offroden
ka.
BATTLE OF GOLYMIN.
While the corps or isenigien was at Knitui*
and beaten there that of Buxhowdcn joined
Goiymin at night. The divilron Panin of his
Corps width had been attacked the evening be
fore by the grand duke of Berg, another divifi
on which Sad beenhratiiiat N.ifu Hk ;arrivtii by
different routes at the camp of Golyu.in.
Marflial Davoult, who purlued the enemy
from NaF.Jfk.carne up with, charged them and
chafed them from a wood near the camp of
G.iiymin.
At the fame time Mir fhil Angereau, Hfiiving
a* Oolai i n.,\, took the enemy in Bank. The
gemral-ot !»rigide/ f.apine, with the 6tli light
infantry, carried at the point of the bayonet a
village vvhi.h terved as a point of fupport to
the enemy. I hr dvifi >n of II. uJclal difplayed
and man. hed for >t. s hours after noon the fire
v as the ho1 left. The grand D .k; cf JJ.rg exe
rted with • he greaiefl fucccf.r many charger,
t> which K'ier’s divifi. >n of dragoons drftirguifh
df thcmfeive*. Not wit:.(landing evening came
on too fjoti, the combat continued till eleven
at night, I re enemy retreated in diforder,
having ihtir arnlhiy, hag and baggage, asd
•r..iiiy dead. AH the enemy's columns rCtiied to
*>f*i k.-ka.
Genua. penero!!:, commnndi' g a brigade of
i-igoons, w s k ih !. ’ Tse intrepid General
^.,pp, the tn ,ar.,t’s aid dw camp, was wound
'd at the l.wid of divihoti of dragoon*. Col.
k-ni.u, o> the br.ive 2 »:h *■! the line, wa wctind
*1. M..1X..1I Augcreau had a horfe killed undci
liO •
h, vertl elcfs Marfh d Sou’.t, w ith his corps
ad ahead/ arrived at A1alati*lwo leagues from
..ikow ; hut ihe hadntfs clthe roa> from the
111 and thaws retarded ti'k marvu and f«vcd 1
liie Rurtii n arn.y, of which, without tills aori
dent, not a man would have cfcaped. The
good fortune of the army of Beolgfcn and that
•»f Bnxhmvden thou id havetbrmin.ned on the
of hr* fide uf the t1*fcve ; *>ut .ill the intended
•woven.t-n!t were defeated hy ihe thaws, which
cifrU tlit artillery tube two day* in making
tt tee !t.i, ues.
Altogether, the Ruffians have loft eighty pieces
of cannon, ail their waggons, more than 1200
h 'ggage carnages, 12,o<>omcn killed, wounded,
or made prifoners. The movements of the
French and Ruffian columns, will be an objeft
<»f curio Pity for military men, when they are
'raced upon the map. They will then fee upon
how (lender a thread hung the capture or an
nihilation of this army, and all. the tffeft of a
finglc fault committed by the Ruffian general.
We have loft eight hundred men killed, and
have had two thoufand wounded. At length,
finding himfelf mailer of the enemy's artillery,
and all their poluions, and having driven them
more than 40 leagues, the Emperor has o.deicd
his army into winter quarters.
Before ihis expedition, the Ruffian officers
declared that they had 150,000 men. Now
they do not pretend to reckon half that num
ber. Slull we believe tbeir report before or af
ter it ?
From a Kew-Tori Piiper.
By the Indian Queen, from Amfterdam, let
ters have been received to the 15th of January.
They announce that the late Imperial Decree
of Blockade had undergone fome modification,
by which neutral vcflcls, after touching at Bri.
tilh poits, would be permitted to entry in the
ports of Holland, provided no part uf the car
go had been landed or taken on board at any of
the ports fo touched at.
Extrail o f a letter from a gentleman at Rotter
dam, dated, Jan. 13, 1807, to bis correfpon
der.t in N. York.
“ The late royal non.intcrcourfe law "with
England had given rife to ferious doubts, whe
ther or not vellels cooling from America, but
having touched at England, would be admit
ted in our ports. Now we have received the
aflurance, and I have the pleafure to inform
you, that (hips coming from your country, and
which either for orders, or on account of ftrefs
of weather, or for want of water, have been o
bliged to run into an Englifh poit, will be ad
mitted as heretofore, provided that by their pa
pern, it appears that they have neither landed
or taken in England any part of their cargo, and
the required certificates of the Dutch or French
confuls mud not be forgot.”
_ liDcst^nDi^.
EXTRACT FROM THE MEXICO OAZETTI.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
OF THE
RE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES.
We have received, by an txprefs from Vera
Cmz, which arrived at this court on the 20lh
inflant, the welcome news of the recapture of
Buenos Ayres, inferted in the Aurora at the
Havanna, and, in order that the joy of the in
habitants fliould be at itsfummit, there was re
ceived by a vcflTel which touched at Acapulcho,
the gazettes la Minerva Peruana, which have
confirmed this important event ; the news of
which had reached us by the north and fouth
feas. The following are the details which we
take from both gazettes.*
Don St. Yago tie Liniers’s fummons, to the
Bririfh general William Carr Bercsford.
Mr Lord.—The fate of arms depends on
char.cc. Something more than a mouth fince,
your excellency entered into this capital with
a final! number of troops oppofed to an im
menfe population, whole coHrape flood more
in need of direction than to be excited to oppofc
your enterprize. But, at this moment, fired
with the mod enthufiaftic ardor in order to
(hake off a yoke which to them is odious, it is
ready to convince you, that the courage of the
inhabitants of Fcrrol, the Canary id.ind and
Porto Rico have given proofs, no ways wanting
to the people of Buenos Ayres.
1 come at the head of regular troops, fuperior
in number to thofc commanded by your excel
lency, and who are neither inferior to them in
(kill or difeipline. The maritime forces, which
command the Balife, render your retreat impof
fihle.—Thoufands of inhabitants, well armed,
provifioned, and of undoubted courage, wait
only my orders to fall upon the Biitilh.—The
efteem due to your valor, the generofity of the
S pandit Nation, and the honor infpired by hu
manity towards that clafs of aicn which are
thofc only who are the tools of thofe who, with
*>r without any juft caufe, engage in a war :
Thefe ciri.umftanccs prompt me to adJrefk
your excellency, fo that I may have an anfwer
in 15 minutes, whether you arc determined to
expofe your army to total deftrudion, or to fur
rimler at diferetion to a generous enemy.
God perferve your days. Given at the camp,
near Buenus-Ayres, the 10th Auguft, isoe>.
Sr. Yaco Timers.
ANSWER.
I have taken this place after t wo battles—The
fate of arms (hall decide the event.
Carr Brrfeford.
Staff nf the troops who cam" to Montcviedo, in
order to reconquer the city of Buenos Ayres, un
der the orders of Mr. Liniers.
173 Mignors Catalan?,
500 Fufi.leers,
500 Frenchmen belonging to fcvcral privateers,
who volunteered their ferviecs,
30 Veteran Artillcrills,
*«17 Grenadiers,
200 Militians, creoles of Buenos Ayres,who em
bodied thcmfclves prior to the battle.
1690.
Tiiis lafl article is taken from a manufeript
journal, we expert an impreffion of it promif
cd by the Minerva, to which we refer. Every
letter received agrees in fluting, that during the
fhort period that litc Riiii.1i occupied the
place, they h id committed um.umbered afts of
injuftice, tailing in every r^fpe’cl the articles of
their manifcflnes. They even took canifters of
powder, thinking they were full of grid and
ftlver. I. berty of confidence no longer exilted.
The clergy had often been infu'ted.
Waiting thole different details, we Q»ail4ay
before our readers the fubfiance.
The order ot the afl'auit being given, the
Britifh were attacked with a fury out approach
ed madi.efs. They were obliged to retire to
the fort iri order to be (bcltercd by its guns.
In the action the different coips furrounded
them, crying, a /’ anne hlesnche, no ?::arter. In
fa£t, it w,,a i.ectHary that the chief and otaer
officers fliould make ufe of all their authority,
in order that the carnage Ihould ceafe. It is
alfo laid, that the fcmalts fhowered down flouts
on the Rrififh, from their terraces.
Mr. Linier’s letter to the Royul Audience.
The army of his in. jtiry, of which I have th*
command under the orders ©f ;hc governor of
4
Mvntevwdov haring glocioi.flf Ir-con^uered
that capital, and having put it under the do
mina*»«>n of our augutt fovercign, on the 18th
inft. I hereby inform your audience, in order
’hat you may n fb vte the important function* of
fi.-„adniiniliration of juftice.
May God prcfctve your loidfuips in good
health fur tnauy years.
St. YaCO Liniers.
Buenos Ayres* Augud 14th, laoc.
Tot heir Lord flops the regent and auditor
of the royal audience.
LETTER.
Addrejfed by commandant Liniers to his excellen
cy the Vucroy of Lima.
Mr Lord,
At the fame time that I communicate to
one of the mod worthy heads in cflice, the
important news of the brilliant fuccefs of the
Sp.uiifh arms at the re-capture of Buenon-Ayrua,
1 have the pleafure to announce to you, that if,
as I have learned, your excellency is comprifed
by his honour, not to wage war againft Great
Britain, you are thenceforth free from fhackles
defpieahle to a military man as to your excel
lency, as the Biitifl* General Win. Carr Betes
ford, whom 1 took prifoner at the reprifon of
Bueuos-Byrer, is conditionally exchanc* .' for
your excellency, if it is really true, that )<nir
excellency ha9 fwom not to ferve during the
courfe of the pending war.
The multiplicity of bufinefs in which I am
engaged, prevents my having the pleafure, at
this moment, of giving you all the details of
this military exploit, effected by a handful of
troops blockaded in Monteviedo, th f'nny
having differed the effect of a Norm, and who.
attacking and repelling the enemy at an impor
tant poft, took from them the major pa«t ot
their artillery and ammunition.
Having afterwards attacked them in the gar
rifon of Buends Ayres with only 5 gun*- 3c two
mortars, againft is guns, they forced tne ene
my to retire to a fort confiding of forty guns,
wher^hey were obliged to furrender at dif
crctiofl with l,S00 men, the remainder of 1,500.
So foon as my affairs will p-nnit me, 1 fh . ’
have tfic honor of tranfmittiug to your excellen
cy the minutes of my operations.
May God take you in his h< ■. kreoin?.
St. YAGO LINIERS.
To his Excellency Lord,
Don Joseph Panado, Abacal.
Buenos-Ayres, Ai'g. 14 1806.
We fhall puhlifli in our next number, the
praifes due to this brave officer, who has been
for fome time in the Spanifh feivice and who is
a native of the province of A> vr-gne in France.
Wc fhall likewife give details of the fcftivals
and rejoicing* which took place at Lma on
the occafion of this fortunate event, as alfo fur
ther intcrcfting particulars. Mexico Gaz.
* The details contained in the Aurora of the Ha
vanna having been publithed in our preceding num
bers, we have deemed it unnccefiary to repeat them.
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domestic.
FROM THI NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
TIIE CONSPIRACY.
(Con tibued.)
This plot menacing as it once was, is crufh
ed. By what means i By means honorable to
the government, to the nation, and to repulv
lican principles. The promptnefs with which
thefe means have been taken, and the precifiou
with which they have been applied, have not on
ly faved the effuflion of a drop of human blood,
but have altogether averted thofe evils which
muff have eitfued from the extenfion of a con
fpiracy fo multifarious in its nbjedts, and fo
dreadful in its effects, had it proved in the Jeaft
degree fuccefslul.
Thefe means are—
The vigilance and energy of the general go
vernment :
The altive and energetic co-operation of
the Hat: and territorial authorities : and above
all,
The virtue and intelligence of the American
people.
Becaufe the advocates and apnlogifts of mo
narchy have, time immemorial, claimed for
that fptcies of government, ihe attributes of
vigilance and energy, it has been lightly, and
in our opinion, falfcly inferred that the ,t publi
can l'yftem was drftitute of them. It is true that
many of the ancient, and more of the modern
republic?, as they have been crroneoufly ftyled,
were charaflerifed by a policy at onie ignorant
and imbecile ; but the fylferus cftahlifhtd by
ourfelves are indifputably the only legitimate
republics that have ever cxifted—the only fyf
tetrs which contain the cfllntial aud indtfpenfi
ble principles of free governments. The prin
ciple of reprefentation was before either un
known, or unprotected by guards efiential to
its txifttnee and to the fair dcvelopement of its
properties. Molt »of previous f> Items called
republican, were fo aukwardly organised as to
be either dcltitutc of the powers nquiftte for
the promotion of the general welfare and the
common defence, or thefe powers v.*cre fo in
jndiciouflv diftributed, as in periods of real
danger to be incapable of exercife. Formed
too in periods ot comparative baibarifm, the
talents and intrigues of the few invariably get
ting the better of the many, conftautly tended
to wrelt power?, however guardedly conferred,
from the honrft purpofeafor which they were
given. Thefe are a few of the rcafoos why the
very name of a republic became 3 term of re
proach. It wasreferved for the American peo
ple, at a period, whrn the materials veie be
fore them, to i-ft-.blifb in its purity and fpirit 1
that fyftcm of which philofnphers may have
dreamed, but which had never been previoully
carried into cfl\ dt by a fingle nation of the an
cient or modern world.
As far as an experience. limited indeed in
point of time, but airnoft infi.iile in the harveft
ofvvifdoin, it has yielded, jollifies us in draw. '
ing a conclulion, this fyftcm has ftrrwn itfelfto!
poflefsrvery attribute which is capable in rbe 1
nigheft degree of advancing the general good1
Conncfled with tire lcaft capacity to impair it. I
It may in fornc refpetfs be true that it dors not j
pofTVft the vigilance fo vauntingly a bribed to!
monarchy. It cannot boaft of thoft. Icpio a of
fpie* that through the wide domain of the mo
narch watch the action*, feize the ungu rib d J
expreflion*, and even check the free om ofj
thought of hi* opprefled vafl'al*.
It will be readily admitted that it hi* none
of thile dreadful engine* of perfrrtrinn and ty- i
ranny. Thefe inftioi’tnt* fo capable of fatal,
abufe, fo incapable of producing any fiibfl mti
al pood-.fu deftruftive indeed of eve y lilt fling j
the fccurity of which alone le^itin. He* go-.ern
ment. But it has other inArunurts, why A
numbers even exceed ihe merevnarv hai r'* cf
tyrant*, and whofe efficacy on rv».ry great e
mrrgency of (fate will prove lo be equ illy dr
cifive, Thefe are the affeffion* and intelli
gence of the whole natio", w i , dildainiog t *
be on ordinary occafions thr tooh* or fyc*>p!ia its
of power, fei/e with an avidity honefl a* it is
ardent, every occafion in which thr i r..i. -nee
vf danger demands their fcrrice. ’Ims iatiivj
grand (Vere*, vrhf the admuiirtiatinn' were in
this inflame to well informed. As f»on as“iie
union and general welfare were menaced, • very
virtuous ami enlightrncd citizen f. It that an ap
pe*1 Was made to his patrotifm ; and viewing
hi rfi'f Ok • part of the to t rignty that was at
taikcd, iuflantly took the mean* I e pot ft fled
to rcpcVthe atiauit, by giving imine.liate in
formation tir the proper organs of power.
Hence it wastin'! information flowed upon the
executive from all quarter* ; and hence it was,
that while a fuprrficial, perhaps a prejudiced
obf-rvation, cooinlered the cabinet as groping
in the dark, it h id ailually taken mcafures to
meet anti repel danger at every point at which
it could occur ; ami lure it is hut a proper tri
bute to the executive magistrate to flafe, what
every informed man in Walhington well knows,
that while a general alarm, in many inft incc6
amounting to ditmay, was vifihle on the coun
tenance ol others, his w as ferene and unfliuken
He did not indeed attempt to conceal the mag
nitude or enormity of the plot ; but lie uniform
ly declared that no real danger was to be ap
prehended from it.
livents have fortunately verified every fug
geftion here made, and turned theory into prac
tice. Let ns not then hereafter hear it fiid,
that a republican government is deficient in vi
giiance.
Thefe event* equally repel the imputation of
a want of energy. Time will (hew, if it ha*
not already cft.iiiiifhcd it, that a republican go
vet*unent is <>f all fyftem* devifed by man the
ni II energetic. And why ? Becaufe every at
ta k upon the government i* an afrat k i.pon the
wh . e nation, the government itftlf being ef
tabi died hv the will of the nation, and the ru
ler* themfelve* appointed by the nation, and
exprcfsly holding their offices at the pleafurt of
the nation.
ivocircnmitances more rorcihly Uluitrate the !
truth of this remark ‘han thole prefented by
the overthow of ’hi* confpiraoy. That it wa«
deliberately formed we h eve reafon to believe
from the character of its author, and from the
depofition ot General E .tou, which Ihews that
Ins mind b ed long dwelt upon it, and b id con
templated it in its various afpe‘ts. With the
people in tilt wc.’lern country ad acquaintance,
amounting to in 'macy, appears by lum to have
t een long ciiltivr,ted, and in many diftriA-s he
feems 'o have eftablilheti the ronviAion that he
was the decided friend of that ft-Aion of the
union. Under aufpices thus propitious, arid
with refources of mind which are repufooted
as yielding to thofe of no man hving. bad the
difpofiticn of the people in the leaft favored
views lu iverfive of the Union, he would have
been theverv man to have awakened them into
aAivity. Wc find however that the very mo
ment 'he proclamation of the Prelident mavle
it* appearance, every treafonable feheme wan
prvftrated. As foon as it was u iderftood that
an attempt was made to ufnrp the power of the
govunrrent hy an unauthorized attack on a
foreign nation, or that this was ufed as the pre
text of more atrocious deiigns. an urtiverftl
lentiment of indignation and abhorrence pre
vailed through the whole extent of the weftern
country ; and the inftruAions and views of the
executive were executed by the Hate authori
ties. and the p -ople with a promptitude and
celerity which have never been fur pa fled. It
is thus that the true energy of a republican go
vernment difplays it Pelf. Inftead of embody
ing an iinmcDfe Handing army, often mote dan
gerous than the evil it is created to arrrft, it
finds its true organs of coercion in the great
body of the people, who probably never will
fail under luch a fyftem, to overwhelm with the
molt awful vengeance thofe who (ball have the
temerity to attempt to fubvert their liberties, or
difturb the general happinefs. Let it be recol
leAed that this is a fpccics of energy from whii h
j the greateft benefit may be derived without the
apprehenfion of the leaft evil. Dreadful and ir
refill.blc as is the awakened vengeance of a free
people, i:s purpofe is no fanner accompl-fh. d ,
than the tranquility from which it emerged is
fure to retut-n. The military charafler, alfum- J
ed not from mercenary, but patriotic motives, J
is joyfully exchanged for the ordinary offices of j
private life. There co longer remain after the i
difappearancecf danger thofe clouds of loclift4 j
that threaten with ruin whatever th-y touch, I
that evf-n under the moll rigid difeipline re-|
duce to beggary the nation that clietilhe3 !
them, and that often at the cal! of ambition, |
apply what was intended as the reward of l
their fidelity to the deflrti&ion of thofe very in- j
dilution* they were called forth to defend.
The termination of this ronfpincy Ihews the i
infinite importance of a well difriplined militia.
May it attract more attention to this ftiojeA
than it his hitherto received ! May it have a
happy eff.'A in overcoming local prejudices and
narrow view* on a fuhjrA which loudly calls
fur the Inghell liberality ! With this legitimate
inllrument of power wifeiy organized, the ener
gy of our government would he equal to any
danger ; the neceffity of a Handing army would
be almoft annihilated, intem.d tranquility would
rarely and n ver could be extenfivcly diftiirbrd,
and even external danger would be held in
ClfCf K •
Of the innti'".?—thle intereiling views of which
thi* fubjeetff i? fuf:cptible, there is no one which
will t>e more dear to the ftelings of an Ameri
can, than the happy and imprrflive proof It
offers of the harmonious action of the ft veral ,
parts of onr political fyftem. The enemies of i
that fyftem have told us that the dilfrinutioo of j
power bet wet n the federal head and the fevrral I
flrtte governments would on any imminence of [
thing: r devclope more divfion than harmony ;
that the i.iiperftftion of the mechanifm would i
not fail to prevent the machine from moving. J
Here *heri it will be allowed we have had a fair 1
experiment, which fo far from jollifying this '
gloomy prediction, has perhaps even furp.a'i'ed
the expectation of the tnott fanguine admirers
of free government. The requejt of the Prtfi-!
dent has had the force of a Icivj with the g<*. •
vrrnment8 of tht fevernl bates ; if has indeed I
been more zeilocfiy carried into efTedl than if
it had been iffiied in *hc language of command. I
Tothnfehut moderately acquainted with !,u-'
man nature, this, fled will excite but little fur- j
prife ; for they mull have often witneffed with j
how much greater enl'iufiafm we excctPe niea- i
fures in the forma ion of which we have our- '
fdves participated, than *h >fe which we are im
perionff v <li cCted by a fnp'.rior power to cairy
into effcifl.
(To be continued.)
A duel was flight a few days ago, on the
weflern waters of the Mitliffippi, « ppofite i'-Is
city, between the hon. Cowles Meld, and rapt.
Robert Sample, of Wukinfmi founty. i he
hi ft frn- was exchanged without doing ipif-lorf, \
i«ut at the d.(charge of the frroml, ,VJr. Me id
receded a Wound in his right thigh. «,f vybich
we ate. happy to fay, hp is fa.'l recovering.
Kithliigjler. I
FRANKFOUT, (Krv.) F-h in.
On M'xvUjr 'all, being :tic hr't :iy of the
Franklin Circuit court, W.J'atn f.tt'ei , author •
ot the *iiuii.\.t,on of the Spa .lOi Add' .ales. ,Vc.
See. k c. come into n un, and difeonf ii.urd I
the indiCUiKiit agatnft the editor of (bis j a per,
which )ud been comm, ced al hia !. *ac.,
lie obfcrved to the cnu t. that he had been t' -
aggrefTor—that he wa* impofed upon and tv.
ceived ; and that he had fince been convinced
ot the truth of the charge*, made by the editor
ot thi* paper, relative to the Spanifii Confpir^
Cy- IVeJl. Hor'd. '
41
The two indiAment* of the governor, againft
the editor, will be determined oh Friday next.
Ib.
A private letter from Natchez of a later date th™
any heretofore received, (late*, that Burr had *ru.,
on to Gov. Claiborne to arrefl WILKINSON aj . n
TRAITOR i and inclofcd vouchers to ellablifli the
*“!l U.
At a hufrem* Court, held for the Mijftffppi Ter
ritory, at the tonvn of iVa/hittSton, on Turn,
day the fd Feb. 1807. **
The Grr.itd Jury of the MifTiffippi Territory
t on a due invcft'gation of the evidence brought
before thefni are of opision that Aaron linrr
, has not been guilty of any crime or mifdemcati.
or agamft the I.tvs of (he United States or of
this their Territory, or g ven any jufl occafion
for alarm nr mqu.ctude to the good ncopic of
this Territory.
The Grand Jury prefent as a grievance, the
l .te military expedition, tinned flarily as they
cone.i»e, fitted out againft the peifmi'arid pm.
perty ot faid Ah run Burr, wheie n« refiftance
had been made to the ordinary civil authority
The Grind Jury aii«. prefeVt as highly
gatory to tl>eu>J?uity ..f thi* government, ibe
Ai mill ire (!o called) concluded between the
Secretary, ailing as Governor, and the 1'ilJ
Aaron Burr. .
1 lie Grand Tory a’fi prefent as a grievance
deftrullive of perfona! liberty, the t.ve military
airtfts, nude without warrant,and as they <"nn
reive, without other iawfnl authority; a,„l rj,. J
do ferioufly regret that fo much e.mlV fi,.,,,!,!
be given to the enemies of mir glorious coi.fti.
rut'on, to r. j..i»c in Inch meafu<es being ad in
ml in a neighbori::g Territory, as if fanllionr I
by t.<e Executive of our country, muff lap toe
vitaU ol our political exigence, and crumbl*
this glorious fibrir in the dull.
1MIILANDER SMITH, Foreman.
BALTIMORE, March is.
Ext raft of a letter from a gentleman of unnuej.
tionahle ebnraSer, dated sheds-Orleans, 1 ub
February, 1807.
“ 1 ’null acknowledge that Burr i, the mo<1
cnnfummate fcoundrcl and artful li.n J evcrl.-nl
an a. quaintance with. 'The inrlnfed p.-oc.|‘a.
•nation of Governor Williams will fl,rw tf,a, i‘c
has run for it. I fend y-,u fame ferny.* of hi,
talent for lying, hy whi h he has a,. .jf'd ,-vnd
deceived the good people of the Mistim'd
Itrntory, until he took his meafmes for V*
fedluating his cfcape. Burr fays In-!,a p«m.
Folio, and hy which he is to damn Wi.’kinfon •
but this Port-Folia is in the pofllflion of hi*
daughter, and contains, he fays, among other
things, Wilkinfo. - receipt for l(>oot)p dol
'ars ! ! ! Where d Burr get that fumV *And
wt.at has WI k<»| i done will* it ? for neither
have been rema.U.Ie for poITcfling much of
the preciou* ortals: Y t, filly and imprpbi
, 38 *'•' 'v 18. there .. ere people at Nar
chez: who_ art CKd to bcl.cve it, the belter to
aid Burr in deceiving thofe whofc duly it wav
to hold the rra>tor feetirc. VVha* was Hie fad ?
That Wilkinfon, from h*» fun II rufous, ajluall
v a-boiiced Burr one hundred and rtfty dollars
Si Lotii., which has never vet hern repaid
His own (U.pn .Ide letters to Gen. Wilkinfon hy
.03 afiori.it cs S vartvrout and Bollman, he now
fay. are the fabrication* of Yruj >! D — n him
I d'd brieve that he Would have gone to the
. -k? f.v.—r than to have defoe ruled to the vU|.
gir >afmefs of ir . 'itg j. drwhJc lies. A radical
change has he. «nnc u.difoenfably nectfiary hue
thc PH!,,;ic °fo.-ts. The qu dam i'licnds of
Gov. Claiborne have fa Id in open court, that
they did not confide their p! m to him, hecaufc
*' . . vyas ton f‘*chle and unworthy of truft.” —
Brigadc-M j *r Col. K-rr (of the’ militia) who
n.d from Bengal tor hi. virtu n« derds, was
*.aken by the hand, fed and clothed by Clai
iv.me. 1 hi, man !i* been tried (or high crimes,
5cc. «c. Although the proofs, from men rf
honor, were as lucid ar. the beam, of the hn\
be has been acquitted—-and how r by a Jury
which could not agree. la the cot::fe of this
trial Judge Workman, who ftnnris indicted for
the fame crimes, and was admitted to plead in
behalf of Kerr* declared that “ be the an
tbor of a feeret combination for /hr purpofe of
re-bo.ulihmzing Mexico and Dnc.o# WC.k.n^
the Mayor, when giving his leni.m ny in favor
o« Kerr, averred that •• be was a member of tie
fame combination, which was bound to f:\c.y
by oat a. Workman is alfo a fugitive' l|
edited a paper at Chu le.'tm, and came hi re li
-c‘ ‘by a beggar, and yet is a man of t-ilen’a
Claiborne fe 1, eh th-d, and made him a bid -
with a filarjr cf * oi>o dollars per annum • and
how has he acquired himfelf for thofe minti.
plied sols of benevolence ?—Why, he hand-.
< lared to Li< ut. Murray that “ Claii.or ..e’*
heart was .as black a» his hat.” Why bid I,r
thus m.ult the G. veruor ? Hccaufe CUibo.oe
refufed to draw out the militia, and array thi.a
againft the General and the tioops of the Unit
ed States, to pro'nil tins rutlandifh judge, and
two ot three of hs brothers in iniquity : And
ycf, fnr arrefling fuch teil.rws, and p,tven*i u»
the horror, of civil war, is p..0- Wdkinfnn hi (•
ed by the denunna ions of thofe veiy men i* .o
have nv iri iljly denounced the governm-r
MS w lit f energy. A "ooy of the depot ti
o Tnfign Small I now f.i.J for your amuR
meut, and that you may hr ti form -an opini.
on of the confummafe art that has been cm
ployed to promote this nefa-iour tntcrpr;zc.
What haa become of Burr? This | n-.pai an.
(.ver. Some think that he has efcaped to me
Spaniard;).”
BY ROBERT WILLIAMS,
Governor of the Mijiftppi Territory,
A PROCLAMATION.
M HERE AS Anron Burr, F.fq. late Vicr-pr»"»
fidrnt of the \J. Slate* wa* *. un ! in * rec ogiu
y.oncc to at pear at the Supreme C wrt of tin*
T. rritory, hi.nfelf in the fu>n of five tboufand
tlo’l.n*, and two fci.urities in the fum nf two
ihoufi fi\e hundred dollar each, “ to an*
fwer any B Ms of InditfmcM »hat might te
found againll him, and In continue to uppe?r
from day to day, until di'm lied hy the la d
Court,” which he ha* failed to <omply with,
and as it appears has made hi* efi ape.
i 00, THt.KKFoaB, ifiue thin my proclama
tion for apprehending the fa id Anron Burr, F.fq.
and !>jr the power* and aiitlx litics which I p».;
fi.fi, will piy or caufe to he paid, to any per*
fi>n or per Inn* who will take the perlon of the
fiid Aaron.Birr, and caufe him to be dclirrred
to treat this place, or to fh^ Prefideni of the
IJ' itrd State*, the fum of Two Thovfon ' Hol
lar t.
O’wn under my hard at tin town of
Waddngion, thi* frth day < f I'cbrua
ry. l.V’7.
ROBERT WII ’ .AMS.