Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-03-23 00:00:00, page 2

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1810.
Died.—On Wednesday evening last, Me. Au
gustus C. Jordav, printer. C^His friends and
Rrqu&intuuee are requested'to attend bis funeral this
Evening at 4 o’rlork.
The loss of the battle of Wagram is imputed in
the Austrian official account, to the archduke John,
who was to have joined the main army early in the
morning of the b'th, and who did' not arrive till 5
in the afternoun. The account slates, “ That 7000
of the enemy were made prisoners, and 11 eagles
taken, and 20 pieces of cannon." The losses of the
victor sxceeded those of the vanquished.
True Amer.
Commerce with the Weet Indict.
Hpbe Governor of Baibadot. in a speech to the as
Wmhly of that Island, dated Ort. 21, says—“The
great attention paid by the planters to tha raising
of the different kinds of ground provisions, produc
ed during the late American Embargo, a greater
plenty, than ever before was known. Our poor
white inhabitants and slaves, far from enduring
want, were supplied in the greatest abundance.—
Except a little temporary inconvenience, which
some of the inhabitants may feci from a scat city
•f some kinds of lumber, we may look with indiffi-r
snee upon'the waut of all intercourse with the U.
Slates.” if id.
Th« secret of the nomination by Mr. Jefferson,
in the first place, of Shin l, and in the second place
•i John Quincy Adams, ambassador extraordinary
to the court ol'St. Petersburgh, begins to leak out.
Old Smilie, who is in congress, what Duane is
oat, the representative of all Ike low, turbulent
passions of irishmen, but who has reached the pr
fiud ol life, when a love of talk is a predominating
• huracterist’rk, unguardedly, ill the ardour of dr
hate, a few days since, declared that all our hopes
rested on a northern confederacy. That ih, all the
•fiances which the inhabitants of these United
States now have, for the preservation of their free
dom and independence, depend on the combination
•f two great, powerful, despotic^ tyrants, to en
tlave the rest of the world—two eiuperonrs, who
from having been bitter and enraged enemies, sud
denly became sworn friends, in the laudable em
ployment of uniting their savage millions, in des
troying all the governments of the surrounding na
tions, and reducing the wretehed inhabitants to the
most abject, and grinding bondug'', merely for the
purpose of dividing up tbs civilized world between
them, and appropualing all its wealth, alt us splen
dour, and all its power, to their own ambitious and
tyrannical protects! With what indignation ought
such a sentiment to be received ly the people of
this country ? Will it be tolerated among free men.
wfho achieved the independence of these slates 1 and
especially from the mouth of a foreigner}
The inhabitants of this country, must first or
last, realize the tfuth, that tbe Jeffersonian policy
will be tbeir ruin. Sneaking cowardice at horn-,
canting hypocrisy in all dipinmatirk concern*, bit
ter revenge towards all opposers, and a bam-lul at
tachment to all 'hat is French—whirh is only ano
ther name for alt that is base, deceitful, und wicked,
form the grand outlines of Jeffttrsonisrn. What
can any map of common sense, and common ho
nesty, expect from “ The Northern Confederacy?'
What good sprung its progenitor, during the Arne
jriranwur? At that time, the sceptre of Russia was
Wielded by the great Catharine; and the pretended
Object was, to bumble Great Britain. At that
time, Great Britain possessed only just naval
force enough to gel the better of France, .Spain, and
Holland, severally. But was she humblid \ tie
northern confederacy ? Were neutrals ben. fiued by
ilf If so, why all the clamour wnirh has existed
since ?
it is pursuing a Jack-o lout* rn ; and tbe French
know it. Great Britain now owns all the efficient
naval force in the world. And that fact clone, under
Cod, prevents France from wielding not only all
tha naval, hut aU the land force in the world. Onre
Offish the British navy, und the powe r ot France
will be limittcd by nothing but ti e boundaries of
Che civilised world.
This is not chimera. Notwithstanding ih<* ini
Wiense power »f Great Britain, France is arbitrary
mistress of almost the whole of Europe, and is pre
paring to launch into the heart of Asia. On tbe
land, nothing is able to withstand her career. For
tunately for the world, and especially for the United
a 'Slates, she is unable to rule the ocean. If once she
sjhoold'berome mistress of the seas, every other na
tion would he forced to become tributary to her, or
to abandon trade entirely. With respect tothe ror
trertuess of this opinion, no reflecting mao ran en
tertain a doubt $ and vet, our administration, and
ita frirnds and supporters, have her n zealously en
gaged for pine years,in endeavours to destroy Great
.Britain, and to subserve the monstrous plana of the
I'reoeb.
... These attempt* come with a miserable grace from
men who boast of their republicanism, “republi
cans” can he malicious and revengeful; and we are
tnurh mistaken, it the greater pait of the adherents
to the Jeffersonian politics, i.s it respects these two
Stations, are actuat’ d by any better spirit, than sheer
hatred to Great Britain—a most unchristian, and
disgraceful temper.
Should it turn out, that Mr. John Q. Adams has
>e*n sent to St. Petersburg, to negotiate with the
tyrants of Europe, and to bind us to a quintuple ,»1
liance with them, on this nonsensical crusade, we
hope by the lime his treaty arrives in the cnuoiry, it
will find such a sentiment of poblick indignation,
as will crush tbe base attempt, to bind ms with bet
ters to the fates of France.—Com. Mirror.
Tht rumour.—'The report of the reeul of Mr.
Jackson and the substitution of anoiher"mini»ter
comes, it seams, from the department of state, where
* private letter has beeh received, it is said, from
Mr. Pinkney, dated January 2. It has however
lees objected, that as the whole of tbe correspon
dence between our able and impartial secretary of
slate end the British minister find not at that date
S'wed in London, Mr. Pinkney’s prh-aie letter
:d in fact convey nothing uu the part of the Bri
tish government, except assurances of an amicable
dispSsition. But the Objection witt appear frivo
Ime when we reflect, that sjthoug!* the whole o
me correspondence may not at that date nave reach
ed London through the nirdicwi of our newspapers,
yet that tbe British government must have been in
pussrtjglhB of it mvrh e«itier from “Copenhagen
JarksuBThimself. The rauwlrM, and on the part
of the president, predetermined rupture, was effect
ed on the 8th of November, whereas the Packet
carrying our Journals mourning the president’s
message, &c. sailed hence on the 30th. Wc ought
not to suppose that the intermediate time was un
rniprnvtd try Mr, Jackson. He himself indeed
states in several parts of his coirespoudeiire, that he
transmitted (of course with his own) Mr. Smith’s
li tters to his court as he received them. We are
therefore to conclude that the British government
was in possession ol the correspondence several
weeks (two or three at least) before the date of the
It Iter imputed to Mr. Pinkney. It follows from
these premises, il correctly assumed, wlm his pro
bable, that when Mr. Pinkney wrote, the English
ministry had pretty well made up its mind as to the
course it meant to pursue.
What then, as imparted to us through the ac
complished Mr. Secretary Smith, is the amount of
Mr. Pinkney’s private letter ? 1. that Mr. Pinkney
had had an interview with Mr. Wellesley who had
received him with politeness : ‘i. that Mr. Welles
ley had assured Mr. Pinkney that Mr. Jackson
would be recalled and a new minister of rank Sent
out; hut, 3. that this would be dune in a way not
to hurt the feelingk of Mr. Jadcsou. All this is giv
en nut by ibe department of state with a pride and
pomp which suits very well with bad acts and worse
designs.
As Mr, Wellesley was not I believe educated in
the same school with Mr. Smith, it is highly pro
bable that he has received Mr. Pinkney with distin
guished politeness ; nor ought this to excite sur
: prise even when we consider the excessive partiality
| of the president to France and his unappeasable en
, mity to England—his abject crouching to the ona
! nation, and his everlasting bullying of the other,
lor a imnislet of state should never lose sight of the
character of a genlleru 111. Whatever, therefore,
Mr. Smith might expected after what occurred,
there is m truth nothing unusual in the politeness
with which Mr. Wellesley has received our minister.
What is matter ol course elsewhere may indeed have
occasioned mu prize und disappointment at Wash
ington.
That Mr. Jackson would be recalled perhaps no
rellecting man ever entt-rlained a doubt, ll wrong,
in the opinion of his government, that event would
happen byway of punishment : if right, and peace
at the exprnte ol feeling t,e desired, still it would
occur, in the hope of manifest ng to the prejudiced
people of America the solicitude of England to he
on terms ol amity with us. In any event ihe re
call of Ur. Jackson was alw ys in my judgment cer
tain. The ulterior step involved the only question
wiib me
I i unless that, after the treatment which Mr.
Jackson has r-ceived as well from the executive as
! from a nioielv ol the people,** I had no idea that a
iv>ther minister would l»e hazardedamongst us, and
I am yel to bernnvilicid that one will. Ardent as
the wishes o: England are for honourable peace with
the Unurd States, we stand in need of the fact to
convince os, that considering the unparalleled con
tumelv and insult which have been acruinulated
upon Mr Jackson both by the government and the
people, she will depute to Washington another mi
nisrer of peace—the thing is incredible on tiny hy
pothesis loti that of a determination to brook for
toe. sak« of peace the grossest dishonour and the
greatest out)age. A nation as well us uu individual
may however be said to he the only competent
judge of what concerns its reputation : on this
it ‘UMil ihe allegation of an insult adduced against
M .Jackson is perhaps udmissible, and on this
ground ilso England may send out a successor, hut
for vviiat ? To make or receive propositions ? He is
to be sent out in "a way not to hurl the feelings of
Mr Jackson.” What then is he coming for ? Not
In apologize, and let it be remembered that
wl.eie u» apology is necessary no offence is
given. American Citizen.
* lie lms been burnt in effigy, and appeals have
been made by the press to the people (some of them
written in the office of the department of state) to
tar and FEATHER the ambassadgur ! Savage na
tions (Indus nations) pay respect to foreign minis
ters.
From the Spirit of ’j6.
[ Thp letters' which here follow, that is, the Pre
| •uteni's to the illustrious Stahk, and the general’s
answer, are copied from the Slew-Hampshire Patri
ot, and the Olio r from the Concord (Jaiettc, all of
which, il is stated, appeared on the same day.—
Toe history given of this interesting correspondence,
as it ii styled, is, that the letter has been procured
from the president for electioneering purposes, and
that an answer suitable to the occasion has been ob
t-un'-d with the signature of the general, who is sup
posed to be between eighty «nd ninety years ol age,
and last approaching, if not already, in a state of
second childhood. Of coarse it is presumable that
tl it contains his sentiments, in part or in toto, il
is not his diction, as the language of it is such as
could hardly be expected from a man of his years
and education. We do not undertake to say that this
correspondence has been given into from election
eering vp-ws or that there is any thing very crimi
nal in it; but really it appears to us to have been
commenced in a most singular manner an the part
of the president, and if done for electioneering pur
poses, to say the least of it, it is a little art. That
the respective partizans of great men and measures
should display much stratagem to exalt all those
whi m they esteem highly, and endeavour by all
honourable means to advance their cause, is to ba
expected and may he justified upon the ground ol
fair rivaNhip and just retaliation—in fart upon prin
ciple* But, that the president of the United States,
should descend Irom the exalted station in which
(a caucus) the people have placed him, hy condes
cending to electioneering in this mode, is disregar
ding in a high degree the sanctity of bis office, and
falsely estimating its consequeuce. The publicati
on of ili. se letters about the period of the eastern
and northern elections, audit being well known
that the letter* under general Stark’s signature had
great influence upon the election* in those quarters,
on a former occasion, a* well aa the abstract intro
duction of the correspondence, are alrongly calcula
ted to excite suspicion, ami afford at least primafa
cie evideaw against the president; but how the fact
Manila, Srfcave it to other* to determine.
The Concord Guette af Tuesday tait cMtaiaa tha
following extract of a latter fropajMi drnwcratick
gentleman of Goffstown, N. fiiend in
Bennington, Vermont, dated January 2, 1810.
“ Sir—You informed me that gen. Stark’* letter
had a good effect in promoting the republican cause
in year state previous to the election; 1 am very
happy to hettr it; no doubt the hero of Bennington
tn.'.de the old tories hang their heads in shame ; it
was fortunate when the general received the letter
from your committee, that ***** was at home, us
the general never was much of a scholar, and he is
now so old that he does not attempt to write him
self— A correspondence will he opened with him 4
gain, previous to our March election ; it is expect
ed that Mr. Madison will write to him ; or if he
does not, we shall celebrate the fourth of March ia
some of the adjacent towns and shall write to the
general to meet with ns, and as his infirmities will
prevent him from attending, there will tie a good
opportunity to thrash the feds, in his answer ! You
will undoubtedly see some of the general’s letters in
our papers before the election.”
From the New-Hampshire Patriot.
“ Shall Wisdom cry aloud and not be heard ?”—
Shall the warning voire of St a kk, the Cincinnatus
of America, the Hero who never fought but in the
tented field or in the rural duties of his own farm,
who never sighed for the loaves and fishes of other
—pass unnoticed, unheeded ?
, Highly inter resting Correspondence.
Washington, Dec. 26", 18O9.
SIR—A very particular friend of yours, who has
been much recommended to my esteem, has lately
mentioned you to me in a manner, of which I avail
r«) self to offer this expression of the sense I hav»
always entertained of your character, and of the part
you bore as a hero and a patriot, 10 establishing
the independence of our country.
I cannot better render this tribute, than by con
gratulating you on the happiness you cannot fail to
derive from the motives which made you a cham
pion 111 so glorious a cause; from the gratitude
shewn by your fellow-citizens lor your distinguished
services; and especially from the opportunity
which a protracted life has given you, of witnessing
the triumph of republican institutions so dear to
you, in the unrivalled prosperity flowing from them,
during a trial of more than a fourth of a century.
May your life still be continued as long as it can
he a bltssing ; and may the example it will be
queath, never be lost on those wli.i live alter yuit.
JAMES MADISON.
Geiii. John Stark.
ANSWER.
Dtrryfield, Jan. 21, 1310.
Sir,
I had the pleasure yesterday of receiving an ad
dress from the first magistrate 01 the only republic
on eaith. Tins letter compliments me highly upon
my service as a soldier, and praises my patriotism.
It is true I lo\p the country of tny birth, for it is
not ‘ .dy the country I should choose above all o
thtrs, but it is the only spot where I could wear out
the remnant of my d.iys wiih any satisfaction.
Twice my country has been invaded by foreign
enemies, and twice I went with the rest to obtain
peace. Aud when the object was gained, 1 returnid
to my farm and my original occupation. I have
ever valued peace so high, that I would not sacri
fice it for any thing but freedom j yet submission
to insult 1 never thought the way to gain support
either.
I was pleased with your dismissal of the man
| the English sent to insult us, because they will sc«
by the experiment that we are the same nation
that we were in 70’—grown strong by ege.aud hav
ing gained wisdom by experience.
If the enmity of the Briiist) nation is to be fear
ed, their alliance is much more dangerous. For 1
have fought with them t.ud against them, and found
them treacherous and ungenerous as friends and dis
' honourable as enemies. I have tried the French
likewise, first as enemies and then as friends and
although all the strong partialities of youth were
against them, still I farmed a more favourable opi
nion of them. But let us watch THkm.
However, among all the dangers that I have been
witness of to our country and our Republican In
stitutiuns," perhaps there is none that requins a mope
dutch) ul eye than our IH 1'c.RNAL BRITISH
I-ACTIOK.
If the communication of the result of my expe
rience can be of any use in the approaching storm,
or if any use ran lie derived tram a. y example of
mine—m) strongest wish will be gratified.
The few days or weeks of tbe remainder of my
life will be in friendship with James Madison.
JOHN STARK.
To James Madison, Prcsideut of the United Slate*.
The articloin ihe last number of the EdciiLurgh
Itcvrcar, entultd, “ The Condurt of the War," con
tains an excellent view of the proceedings of the ar
my under sip John Moore, in (he North ot Spain,
founded upon a careful examination of the docu
ments and publications which have appeared on
tliis subject. The following short but elegant tii
bule to the memory of the hero of Corunna, will
not be read without interest :
•* The battle .which be fought at the end of this
memorable retreat, and which closed the sufferings
ol Ins followers, and his own career of glory, will
live forever in the recollection of his grateful coun
try. But it is not this last scene of his triumph a
lone that will claim the lasting regard of Englund.
She will proudly remember that bis judgment and
skill were only surpassed by his unconquerable va
lour ; she will fondly dwell upon that inatchlt’ss
sell denial which subjected all his interest In her
weal, as it devoted all his fatuities tuber service;
she will hold him up to her most famous warriors
in alter times, when the envious clamours of the
hour are hushed, and the minions of present powei
are forgotten, as a bright example of that entire for
bearance, that utter extinction of every selfish feel
ing, that high and manly sacrifice even of the high
est and manliest of passions, that severe mortifica
tion of amltitien itself, which she has a paramount
.right tu require from him to whom she yields the
guidance of the armies; and, while she fccordi that
the hero of Corunna fongbt no .vain battles, courted
no vulgar applause in rash end senseless marches,
lest no trophies, n» captives, abandoned no hospitals
to the enemy, and yielded no poet of danger to fee
ble allies, shy will pronounce the name of lloore, to
blight those uuhallowed laurels which are won by
the wasted blood of her children, and tbp tarnubtd
honour »f her arms.
Krw-Yoiuc,. March i jl
Extrvt of a letter from a gentleman of this rite,
dated Cadiz l6tb Jan. via Philadelphia. •• |Q mj
“ last of tfco I3tbt mentioned that I’LJM's frigat#
" Volonuire, capt. Butler, had iu>t arrived hem
“ from off Toulon and Gibraltar1, and brought new*
“ of an insurrection in the South of Franre headed
“ *>y Gens. Massena and Laoorde, which news I
“ now underkUnd ia positive.”
Philadelphia, March 15.
Captain Josiah Pratt, ol the brig Pocahontas, of
New York, captured on her voyage from Tonnmgen,
41 d carried mm Boulogne, writes to his consignee*
thus—** Oir the mouth of the English Channel, I
was boaided by a privateer, treated politely and
suffered to proreed. Soon after, I was boarded by
tbiee small French bbats, who took the brig into
Boulogne, put myself and crew into prison, would
nut allow me to speak to any one or to have pen,
ink or paper. Alter being imprisoned some dajs,
was sobered to proceed to an inland town, where i
was (jimmied to have pen, ink and paper.”
This brig was owned, commanded, and navigated
by native citizens of the United States. No causa
lor this outrageous conduct wap assigned by the
raptors.
Marrh 16.
c. sir act nj a letter from a gentleman at Basseterre,
(St. Kitts) to his friend in Philadelphia, dated
February 24, 1810.|
“ 1 te arrival of the United States’ brig Etna,in
the West-Indies, has given rise to a variety of con
jectures, and alt£ igh the object appeared to be a
search for brruv? the ex-collector of Orleans, it
was not believed to be real. Our beloved Edward
Bryan, jud^e of the vire-adnnraily court at An
tigua (veil knovn for his high regardJor Ameri
cans) got into a most violent rage, on account of
un A inn icau vessel of war having the audacity to
anchor in British waters —he would not see rapt.
Bainbridgc, and told Air. J. ll^se, (the American,
agent) that if the brig did not deport immediately,
he would order one of his majesty's brigs to gaiLnt
her util. Bainbnrige came down here from Anti
gua, and kicked up a terrible noise. Two of his
men ran away—ami he (very naturally) undertook
to search for them ; sent his officers on board aH
the vessels in the harbour (not omitting his majes
ty’ schoonn) who presenting bis compliments t»
the different captains desired permission to overhaul
their vessels lor his men, which I believe they all
acceded to.
Not finding them afloat, he came on shore, and
assisted by some young men in town, at last disco
vered them both asleep in a grog shop, tied their
hands behind them, and took them on board bis
biig ; the people here put themselves into a terrible
rage, and sent word to admiral Cochrane (at Guade
loupe) who immediately despatched 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
!ie„rd whether either of the brigs have fallen ill
with her—but have no doubt if they dov it will be
the cause of a serious disturbance between the two
countries, for I am confident Bainbridge will not
surrender unless compelled t»v force.”
March 17.
A St. Christophers paper of the 2nd of Februa
ry, with the perusal of which we have been favour
ed, contains art account of a transaction which took
plait in that island, in the case of the U. State*
ketch Etna, lieut. Bainbridge. This account it pom
pously beaded “ OUTRAGE SUPERIOUR TO
THAT OF TI1E CHESAPEAKE FRIGATE.**
It is stated that the Etna ariived at that place for
the ostensible purpose of enquiring for the abscond
ed collector of New-Oileans, Biown. However, after
laying there 24 hours, it appears, her boat made &
search on board nearly all the British vessels in the
road, in quest of two of her crew who bad deserted.
—-The next morning, when under weigh, the sama
search was repeated, but met with some opposition
—The inen were afterwards discovered ia a grog
shop 011 shore. The Etna afterwards watered n|
Old Hoads, and sailed for St. Bartholomews. Tha
account concludes by expressing great regret that
none o| his majesty's armed vess' ls happened to ba
in the roads at the lime to prevent or chastise this
insolence; and nlsu adds that some of the crew of
the Etna were recognized to have lately belonged
to the British navy.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1
Friday, March 16.
Committe of the whole, Mr. Macon in therhaii\
ana bill for the relief of Elizabeth Hamilton.
Mr. Smilie was opposed to the bill. He stated,
in the first place, that if there was any claim it
was barred by the statute of limitation. He then
undertook to prose that Mr. Hamilton was not en
t.lied to any thing for his services, either as a soldi*
er, a statesman, or a financier. He said we wero
indebted to him for funding the public debt in tbd
hands of the speculators, to the injury of the poor
soldiers who fought and bled for our lihertits. Wa
were indebted to him for the system of internal tax
ation, which we had so happily got rid of. He
Said many other things against the character of
Mr. Hamilton, and to substantiate his statements,
he rtad an extract from No. 1, of a pamphlet writ
ten by the former president of the Unilod States,
John Adauis, which originally appeared in the Bos
ton Patriot, relative to the part Mr. Hamilton took
in the negotiation, instituted with the French go
vernment in the year 17J)i, attempting thereby tqi
prove that he wished to involve this country in n
war with France—He also read a part of a plan of
government, said to have been submitted to tbn
convention by Mr. Hamilton, and from thence in
ferred that be was not in favour of the preseul re
publican form of government of the United States,
Mr. Johnson advocated the claim. He widrt
to know if the committee of claims were to be go
verned by the consideration whether the rlaimant
was a republican nr a federalist. If such conside
rations were to operate on them he hoped the boose
would pass « resolution to that effect and send it
to that committee ; but for hia own part ha mold
not be governed by them.
Mr. Baron opposed the hill, hot not on the same
grounds as some otlieis—He stated his opposition
u> originate solely from s belief that the late col.
Hamilton did not come under the provisions of tho
resolution kilo wing commutation, from tba circuits*