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niq, And tfte reprisefeta five Of a frec^paopfc, I U»
IlcCn ifirre*?ib!e uffihe •j'wpa'thiea Which all sbvh
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• felio^tdfeeL for a people deceived abb betrayed, ei
sing at Jpgih in their might and opposing thrir
wbell*- uWuided fprre, with one gfcat and noble
' adifSimultaneous impulse to resist the subjugation
attempted by a foreign tyrant—If 1-could without
emotion have witnessed the march of the gloomy,
'host, to “ victory or death” -if without Concern I
cuulJ see millions of my fellow beings, with unbro
Itfn firmness, and an unwavering* desperation,
,** straggling in the storms of fate yet at least I.
Should not have been induced by any considerations^
• to have abandoned the interest of niy own country ^
when the suppoit of those patriot heroes, was so
intimately connected with that interest. tint, si> 5
it has so happened, llu.) ,'roin the same cause which
makes us mourn oar departed prosperity, vie have
* suffered England to ooiie hcrsell with the hardy yeo
manry of Spain, and to oppose, pci haps for the
last tune, u hold and formidable front', to the nver
whrlming power of the runqiieior of F.prope; ii
fortunately, instead uOalio'-Miig up our chimerical
experiment, we had set our trade at liberty, and by
sending supplies to Spain, hail done ull we could to
<11 Wtl l nil HU- wjr v iiauii llg
_ bold out in her great and noble and glorious pur
, pose ; if we bad availed ourselves of this auspirious
moment, to fasten ourselves upon the affections of
an honest and faithful people ; not only would our
immediate pruspeiity have httn advanced, hut we
should have bound them to us in a bond of union,
strengthened and sanctified by the awful circum
stance under which it was formed.—Recur, sir, (o
* the services—the assistance which fbe ill-fated mo
narch uf France rendeied^us in the revolution.—
What have been their effects upon this people ? So
great, that ’.he gratitude they exritf d has been trans
ferred from our bepd'yetor to his murderers ! Be
cause they were l-'renchmen! And not even yet, has
tue sentiment ceased to operate upon the American
'"iTrtnd. If then, instead of permitting (freat-Bri
tain to go. on without a competitor, “ stealing the
hearts of the people” o! Spain, we hid extruded to
. them all the friendly offices in our pewr ; if we had
shewn an anxiety to aiahe up in the dtsiiepf doing
what we larked rn the ubihtv, the nanreof an Ame
rican might have sounded iu Spain, like that of
lritnd, and on this great ruotfnent like that of bro
thel-. We, should l ave formed a union founded on
r he sincerity of fraternal atturhment, wliirh won’. !
- almost have made us one people. But if Spain le
able to resist, we lost an opportunity which r.ill
never occur. If her restoration to independence,
shall give to her people any new sentiment towards
ns, it will uot be Rut pi gratitude. Fur judging of
the. feelings of the nation by the, apparent indiffer
ence of the administration, and the language of its
immediate pai tizans, ignorant that there was in the
country, a humbled and persecuted band, who lov
ed their independence too much not to wish it to
every brave und virtuous people—they will perhaps
never be peisu.ided, the! there existed here any thing
•but ill will towards them. The unhappy conse
quences of such an opinion it is unnecessary to ex
patiate upon.
But a gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Troup) in
the course of Ins observations the other day, remar
ked that perhaps at the very nijorm nt he was ad
dressing you, the people of Sp un might ! e implor
ing merry at the feet of the conquer >ur. This pre
sents us with another view of th» subject; but a
view which ought to have more imperiously coer
ced our government to thecoir-fr, which they have
wglected. Well sir, let us suppose it. After resist
ing,.till their means of resistance have perished—
Thetr countrymen, cot up. and murdered, and des
troyed the remnant of the people of Spvn receive
the yoke. Suppose tile triumph of insatiable ambi
tioncomplete—Behold Joseph Napoleon, after hav
.ing marched from Bayonne to Madiid, ov.r the
dead bodies of the Spaniards amiJ the groans, and
llie shrieks, and the execration, and the despair of
their widows and orphans, behold him seated ill
length all covered with human gore, on the throne
of Spa'n. And what then ? Can you doubt that
the colonies in South America will be ftnm that
moment mdrpendi nt r Or do gentlemen know so
little of human nature; so little of the Spanish ( ha*
nitir, as to think it possible, that the inhabitants
of Spanish America, will rush forward to kiss tie
septie. which has no ornament but the blood of
they brethren ? That they will he eagei to pollute
themselves with the horrible embraces of the mur
derers of lbt>ir kindred? No sir, it is impossible.
The nioment then, that Spain is conquered, her
provinces on this continent become independent —
and as things have been managed, under thegnuran*
. tee and in most cordial alliance with Great-Britain,
we shall have in lintm of consequence, hostile and
dangcious neighbors; while Gieai Biitain will
monopolize their trade, and if our present difficul
ties continue, perpetually instigate them to hostili
ty against us. All this (night have been prevent
ed, if in relation tn Spain only, our government had
fiursued the proper course—The mere hams applied
or Jeave to resume their commerce with Spain, but
a deaf ear wd$ turned to them. Disposed as Great
Britain is to do us “ harm,” she may yet make use
ol lhe Spaniards on this continent for that purpose.
And though these Spaniards have been long consi
dered as contemptible, let it be remembered that a
nation is always regenerated by a revolution. It
assumes in such cases always a new, elevatej and
fearful character. Let us then beware Imw we
inake enemies of this people. Let us do all we cun
to cotiriliato their friendship. It is not peibaps
even now too late to retnsve the advantages
the administration have overlooked. A change
4 «f conduct may regain os the affections and
friendship which have been unnecessarily lost.—
Add this, sir, is to "be the most desired, when we
look forward to what is likely to be tbe situation of
.. the European continent if Spain is conquered. It
WlU then bestibjert.lo the will and despotism of Na
pnlron. It will groan beneath that iron srrptre,
in the circuit of whose violence, no virtue caa_>live,
Md ey.efr effort of liberty j$ idle. The seat of em
pire is from that moment transferred frpm Europe
ni to this continent. There ignorance and poverty,
and hopeless vassalage will draw rt monotonous,
existence ; or if ever they tise, it will l»e crushed
by thii irresistible band of power. Eumpe impovi
^.tished by its longcostumed wars-^KBidftbs fr^uent
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assured there is joo prnspiecfuf such an evrnt. 1’here?
is scarcely any thing, left to lung a hopi upon.
Ibti.
Died at Falmouth, Jamaica, onTuejday the 15lh
ult. Ann faster, a free black woman, at thevery
advanced age wf 133 years. She lived in tb* neigh
bourhood ot Dunrane at the time of the earthquake,
whir!) happened at Purl Royal in the year 1092,
and from her own account must then have been a
bout 15 years old, Sbe had at one time, children,
grand-children and great grand-children to theuom,
her of 82. ' It is somewhat remarkable that she
nevei lost a tooth from the time she was grown up*
—nor ever wore spectacles, as her eyr-ajght, was
sufficiently stiong to do common needle-work nUl
within about a fortnight before her death. She was
a motherly and humane creature, was much belov
ed among her neighbours, and retained Iter faculties
to within a few minutes ol her defease.
George Town, (Col.) June 19.
We hove been politely favoured by a 1'ri-iul with
the following
Extract of a letter from an American, dated Paris,
March 2y, 1810.
11 Before this retirli my native country, yon will
rectfve a melancholy detail of the abominable sei
zure of all Anieiican properly, not only in French
ports, but in every country ir.e.nly subservient to
the tyrannical domination of Buonaparte, The A
rnerican property already s-iztJ, will amount to
more than fit teen miliums of dollars, and this sum
is hourly enerpasmg. General Aunxtrong did every
thing in his power tocheik these unexampled vio
lations of every thing like principle, even the Ara
bian robbers and Italian handin', have a sfrtse of
honour or of humanity tS.ai will protect those who
enter their threshold with a confide lire in the rights
of hospitality, b'ut, nothing can escape Irani the
hands ut • rascal educated 111 the schou! of Buona
parte.
When out first complaints weie made of the new
orders tor a general seizure in port, we were treat
ed with a new species of insolence. “ As you n<>
doubt art our very good hie rid, said they” you will
not rurely complain of our taking a loan of you to
pay the expense i»l this appro idling ivedd.ng of our
imperial and roy.,1 soveieign. We will invite Mr.
Arrnstiong end then tarnish him with one of the
captured vessels togo home end tell bis countrymen,
that the very sight of this splendid scene mas worth
all the money
In passing the French officers we frequently‘hear
English bastard or American reward applied to os.
Indeed the French own “ they never can forgive ns
while we fa’k English.”
Many of nor poor plundered captains are now
here, who say if tney were only ut home, and el*
lowed commissions of reprisal they would soon in
demnify themselves, and their nation by the great
opportunities that now otter for re captures from the
French and the salvage and impost these would give
means assy to our cruisers who evedehe universe in
this mode of profligate warfare.
That congress will be immediately calltd tograo!
letters of marque, we are all confident, and this in
deed is now the ouly consolation we have left.—
Stripped as we are of our last dollar, by the most
disgraceful'acts of treachery, and > y a set of unri
valled robbers who an fart haver.o shame, co feel
ings nor any olher principles than those of on in?a
liable thirst for universal conquest and tor unceas
ing plunders of friends and foes.”
Pimladei PHI*., June 13.
Extract of a 1st ter received by the Amiable, dated
Guttenburii Quarantine Ground, May 4. 1810.
“ A fine New-York ship of 052 to' 3b0 tons,
(with a figure head supposed to be an Indian) was
captured this morning in sipjbt of us, otf the he aw,.
Lv two Danish row boat pr,v«teiis.”
FROM NAPL.ES—One nf Bunnapaite’j Kingdom*.
Capt. Groom, who arrived this morning trmn
Tunis, t>4w 12th April, a letter firm Nap!'» in Mr.
Wair, hi Tonis, which stated that in six weeks
thirteen American vessels had hern CONDEMN
ED and SOLD at puhlirk auction. '1 lie Mediter
ranean swarms with Finn h privateers—seven
were at Tunis, two at Hiserta, and man}’ fitting "lit
at M arseilles—they have captured a great many
vessels.
New York, June 1.6.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in
Paris, to his friend in tins city, dated April 4.
“ I stnd you a file of newspapers which aie prin
cipally filled with descriptions relative to the marri
age of the Emperor. Through Gen. Armstrong, I
obtained a ticket of admission for the day to the
gallery of pointing*. This building is near fourteen
hundred feet long and thirty broad. The ceiling is
arched, of great height and magnificence. The
walls on each sidfc are lined with upwards of three
thousand stipurb paintings. This gallery connects
the palace’of the Thuitlerjes with that of the Lou
vre, along which the Emperor and Empress passed
on ibis occasion, ft was’lined by about seven thou
sand people of both sexes,' all in elegant habil *
ments. Such an assemblage of brauTy, rirhes and
clegince has perhaps never been witnessed,--1
had an opportunity of narruwly viewing their Ma
jesties and the grand dignitaries in tlu ir train.—
Vou have so often read descriptions of Napoleon
that it would ba folly in me to attempt if to give
you one—suffice it to say, that after having onre
seen him. it is impossible to forget him. The Em
press is s lady above the rseimftn height, good fi
gure, blue eyes and of dignified deportment. Upon
the whole \youhl he called in the United States a fine
comely woman.—-T bad like to’have forgotten po
give yob a description of the dirts of the Empiets
On hep head was placed a crown of diatnoods, hril
Iioi*t beyond expression, l.pj gown was perpje satin
with a d .ubijs train, edBed *lsd wjtb dnm-.fids, very
rich, ft It supposad tip* roll of this dress was from
MrJojtefytfMiLfeiidollart: ..,%***.
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leave ibie rounlry in l
».»v*nuniih d**# fhe oinjpat,tf Mfe .•fVftrlMi&'.a
ve foment is unareouiitahle. It mat ^happen that
Napoltou .wtll suffer some vessels from the.? United*
States to some in, and mike grea l' voyages. IfcmV
trust hint:—it he dues it will l.e done merely tw in
dWe many to route ih. that he may nab them* It is
said he has passed a decree autlioiising llie corus
cation and sale of all American ' property'tti the*
ports under hi* cbutrnu); hut ibie* i» not generally
received as a fart, h sink's me that be, from mo
tives of policy, will yet appear to hesitate, while lie;
has something of more importxnre m view. Depend
upon it, you can expert no act of justice' trout loin
while you are on good terms with £n{>Uud. Rather
than do. you ap art n,l joslire, .lie would keep <U>u n
the clanioiiis of Ins sol.jwfs,' hy extending (ha'll*
fence trade, by winch means be rah get all be
wants through Great Britain, and give in exchange
his grain, oil, wine, brandy, &r. lor, though he is
at war with Knglind. h# lmtes America more than
his opeu enemy. Si nd nt> property this way. What
can youi new Prwidint do? if he goes tower with
France, it will make the emperor laugh—be treats
your minister with levity and disrespect—he is go.
mg home mortified and disgusted. It,you do gd
to war, you nm-si send hundreds of rruizers up the
Baltic, ah ug our coast, jn the Mcdi'.W.inean, dec.
and capture, sink or burn every vtsscl having on
board a I'rtuch licence,”
Fmm t/,e Aurora.
The United Slates corvette John Adams^raptain
Evans, has at length arrived ut Baltimore, alter a
passage of 51 days fromllavre.
Messrs. John Hulpies, Christopher Green, Henry
Fultord, and Henry M’Gralh, have come p<|ss> n
gets in the J ho Adams.
By this arrival despatches hive been received
from Gen. Armstrong. The gentleman who heals
them has pmeteded to the seal of government.
The state of affaiis in Frmireon the departure of
this vessel, was much the same, at far as it relates
to the concerns of commerce, as before; the Ame
rican minister, immediately upon the mmvurrs ta
ken f if the sequestration and sale ol American ves
sels, presented a strong memorial and representation
on the injustice and impolicy of this measure. No
answer had hern received to that memorial at the
expiration of five weeks. Whether unv answer was
subsequently received or not, is uncertain, hot pos
sibly the .despatches now received may contain some
advices on the subject; tome persons appear to Cal
i ulale on a -prospect of accommodation, because
Gen. Armstrong has not arrived ; hot this amounts
to nothing, because it is certain that the general had'
determined to return home, under whatever circum
stances affairs might stand.
1 he sequestration and sale of American vessels
in the ports o( F ranee, Holland, and I've no them
poits, had continued. S-veral. vessi Is lad into
northern ports by mercantile cupidity, bad been
seizrd and sold. '1 litre it no prospect oi any change
in this particular.
There was a famt tumour of negotiations for a
peace, but they were accompanied by -an unusual
and - sad i*u movement in the military circles;
and a numerous force was -aid to be put in motion
tor Spain and large c id pa for Italy,
It was believed at Paris, that the Tui ks would be
forced to cross the H-llesp'nt in the course ol the
present summer,end their European provinces torn
from them. A Russian army was assembled on
the Armenia* shore oh the Caspian sen,-which hud
exei.cd an alarm iu the Turkish provinces ohlcster
Asia.
A British navnl squadron was in the Euxijie, and
had been engaged in m-iking surveys of toe roast
from Sinope to tl.e eastward and borders of the
Taurida.
The pnper of Rising, (Massens,) had set out for
Spain, hr took the route ol Toulouse, and was to ad
vance through Catalonia into Valenti ia.
The French emperor, it was not supp lied, would
go to Spain ; this inference perhaps arose from bis
sending Massena alone, with unlimited powers as
his h> utrnanttn Spain.
Despatches had very frequently passed and re.
passed between the marts ut Peru and London, in
th» euily part of April.
The Aurora, uadcr the he.id of Plain Talk, pon
tains a large assortment of rrmaiks <m the present
relative situation of tins rountiy. The late colonel
introduces his Talk thus:
“ The present is « season which calls for more
than usual consideration liorn those who are en
trusted with the national concerns. The prevail,
ing opinion among all parties at this moment ts,
that li e measures of the lost session of congress
were secretly contrived, and actually directed tig the
influence of il.e secretary of the treasury, Whelhei
this opinion be the effect of suspicion, or of a con
clusion drawn from various facts which hate led to
the adoptii n of such an opinion, is tint perhaps so
material in the circumstance of i<( origin as nr ac
tual existence. We are not apt to be imposed
upon by m-re ru nuurs,. there!-re in the ^re*
sent mat ur e are disposed *>nly ip repi-rt wha.t .the
surmises and rumours cow afloaf are, rattier lima a
dopt «r expre-s opir ioii of either of them.
** The rumour now most predominant is, that
Mr. O-tlljtin's journey to the western rminir* is
preparatory to his resignation; and along ‘with
this gees the Vejiorl that Mr. Stnilie is to resign in
order to afford an opp<iriunily for Mr! Gallatin to
give as we got it, and leave it to time to he proved
real or unreal, or only meditated.
“ Another report is, that Mr.Gattatiu hat made
art ultimatum, that'he shall V* Serreur }of state, pr
retif/altogether. This report *edo' 011 place any,
reliance upon, because we know the tree,troureje of
Mr. Gallatin’s reports and other proceedings to era
b:irests* the government, - was bis fcnnwledgr, ghat
account rtf vVrv
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*«d then shall-d*tern»n.« Mk'hirtf^j
f or the percent I nut Hirlirted toTea'ii* 111
where it «V for I tee nothm* but erfrfuii!R!|
end expert**- in 0>e proeeemion ef it, nu
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NORFOLK, THEATRE. *
On Friday Evening* the tl‘2d ^«ne*
be presented f>r the second time here, a ie»
leiirated Tragedy written bjr M. G. Lewi*, called:
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Or, The Fruit* of a Single Emus*:-..
’the Part Of Lbthoir by Motto Pay** ?
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The Household FURNITUl
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Counting of Plate, Chino, Gluts, Pc
robe, Secretary, Book C me anti Books,
phat, Four Pott Bedsteads, Bed*, Table
Mao, *?ti
An excellent Negro Woit
two Children, and a Milch Ce
Terr>>» ef Sale, under 6:ty dollars Cai
not exceeding one hundred'dohark win*1
hundred dollars and fit) wards one hundr
ty day*—approved indorsed nefcntMile
*•* TO
And possession given humeditte
Thet)wt'lling-rTouse/SMe.&1
No. 64, oh Main-street,near Market
' To Louie,
One or two Lots oh BaiiE-!
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