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The same principle has come bcfor£ the
judges of the supreme court, in the case'
of Daniel M4Faddon against Benjamin
Rutherford; a majority of whom have
also u,e ar d that part of the law un
constitutional. »
Nf.w-York, October 14*.
B>* tii ■ ship S a ilt, arrived at this port,
from Liv,;i)joi, JLcmdon papers have
teen i -ceiv i to the 7tii ult. inel isive.
I he London p i;n -ordain hut little
on the subject ol Am r.z:. j lit.urs, and
il we are t > believe private letters from
commercial S. rases At Liverpool,no ma
terial alteration ot public opinion has.
t ; a ]>:.* e relative to our dispute with
that country.
I.ondon, September f>.
rhe Swan u.r r arrived at Yarmouth
yesterd iy morning from the Baltic,with
tu \ i r dispatches i: en a lmiral Gam*
b; r. l .ic Swan left the fleet on the
i of Aus»jb , at which time they were
Hi. out our mil of!' the Crown
baitwii-s. The troops, amounting to
3t)/ )'J men,had be n landed, as already
s’ it , widv; *t ar.v « ^position. Their
nd\ nr .1 gun 1 is within two miles of
<. >p. oli igen, wh r a heavy battery has
t) n tormetl, con.-, .ting of sixteen 124.
j ■ md rs, w’ni. h w »s intended to he o
I don th town the following d.iv.
tt was expect J that the gmtral attack
would cumin, lice in the course of a
week or ten days, when, after having
t .lected a breath, the troops were to
utor n, and the fleet at the same time to
cn>, ge the batteries, which arc verv
strong. .
September 4.
An order has been sent out to the squa
dron in the W i st Indies, for tin inimc
ui. t.- capture oi Santa Cm/., St. Tho
i!.: % and otht r Dam h roloni s.
Tne surrender ofStrahsund was has
tened lay the pressii ■ importunities ol
the inhabitant-, who almo ♦ hourly en
treat d his Sw dish majesty to surren
d v the place, in order t > save it from
t ie dreadful effects of a r mtinued sicgi.
'die Swedts marched out on the 2/d,
and the city and fortress were, on the
anted i upied by the l' i each. The
former were conveyed to the island ol
liujren.
September 5.
If in the end we arc successful in our
i’xu d ti 'ii against the Dam s, w < do not
tl j. J. t pradit able to maintain /.calami
during the winter, cvcu if wc leave ;•
gar-isson of 20,000 men in Copenhagen.
)-’r ft vet, during the stormy months,
will be ol little assistance to us, in such
a dangerous sea as the Baltic ; and the
passage of the Belt must be quitted en
tirely-—it being too dangerous lor ships
.)f war to enter. In this situation what
can 20/>00 English do against the force
the Danes will send from Holstien ? If
the equinox sets in early in the year,
and before we have accomplished the
capture ot Copenhagen, we shall consi
der ourwh 1 • expedition as in jeopardy.
IV li E E L IN G,
Thursday, 29»h October, 1807.
Yesterday’s mail brought intelligence
that the Revenge arrived at Falmouth
the 28th of August, & that Mr. Munroe
had presented the dispatches received
by her to the British Government, The
surgeon of the. Chesapeake went- in the
Revenge, for the purpose of giving an
ample description of the affair between
the Leopard and the Chesapeake.
The Prince Royal, of Denmark, lias
given orders rather to burn the Danish
fleet, in case of necessity, than suffer it
to fall into the hands of the English.
Mr. Fulton, an American citizen
now at New-York, has invented a steam
boat calculated to asceml our rivers.
He Ins succeeded so well in his plan,
that he runs a packet, impelled by
steam, up as well as down the Hudson
river, between New-York and Albany.
I his vessel is stated to have left Ncw
York with ninety passengers, and made
v av at the rate of six miles an hour, a
gai.u * a strong head wind.
A N lv/-York paper of the Tth inst.
has the following article respecting Mr.
1 niton’s bout . —
‘•Mr. Coleman-—Among thousands.
who viewed the scene, permit a specta
t -i* to express bis gratification at the
r-’ght, tH/.c morning, of the Steam Boat
proceeding on her trip to Albany in a
v, uid & swell of tide which appeared to
bid defiance to every attempt to perform
lie voyag •. 1 he fleam Boat appear
ed to giile as easily and rapidly as
though it were calm, and the machine
ry was not in the I ast impeded bv the
waves of dv Hudson, th • wheels mov
i’ g with th. ir usu \ velocity ami effect.
I Ik i xpt rimrnt of this day removes e
very doubt hitherto entertained of the
practicability of the Steam Boat being;
able to work in rough weather. With
out being over sanguine, we may safely
assert that the principles of this impor
tant discovery will be applied to the
improvement of packets and passage
boats, which for certainty, safety, expe
dition and accommodation, will far sur
pass any thing hitherto attempted. The
invention is highly honourable to Mr.
Fulton, and reflects infinite credit on the
genius of our country. New -York/’
[ After publishing the remarks cf An
Husband last week, it was perhaps but
reasonable that 1 should expert to meet the
displeasure of the ladies.—On opening the
letter-box early this xvecky 1 found the
following very smart letter, sent me by
A Widow, on the subject* Her lady
ship appears to be one of those “ spirited
dames” whom An Husband dooms to *
suffer '•'•flagellationshe is consequently
displeased at the publication of sentiments
so discordant to her feelings. She has •
taken up the “ cudgel ” “ on behalf of the
sexf and given me a drubbing more se
vere than 1 could have apprehended.—
However, as her ladyship is “ a woman
of spirit,” and the remarks cf An Hus
band very provoking, seme allowance
must be made for her warmth on the pre
sent occasion.1
7 o the Editor of th e IVh cell ng Repository.
Sir,
If the women of Wheeling were all
ol my opinion, they would call upon you
in a body, and demand the author f t'nat 4
scurrilous essay published in your lu.t,
signed An Husband; and if you did not
disclose his name, they would demolish
your printing-office. 1 wonder that you,
who are a young man, and have your
connections among the girls yet to form,
should give currency to such abomina
ble st r.tnnenls. I)o you thtnic anv voting
woman will suffer you to approach her,
alter you have permitted this raggamuf
tin to call wives mentals.and inferior do
mestics? Ii i was a girl, or you should
attempt to come near me. i would soon
teach you t)u- policy of publishing such
sentiments. 1 would not suffer even &
f< male servant of mine to wash your
shirt. A pretty story, truly! that you
v ho commenced your paper with sing
ing the prai: t\s of women, should toler
ate a fellow w ho talks about the propriety
ot whipping his wife 1 I declare I have
scarcely patience to think of it.
This Husband says, no persou shoulck