The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-30 00:00:00

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incident to the iir.t avieiiihlinz. is we 3 as to the eithscquent move-
Meats of ttie detachment called info the national service.
.To give our ye4els of war, pliblia and the requisite ad
ianligek iri their eruiies, ft 14.(it importatice that -they should
hive, Both for Iliettif.eivis their prith, theltie of-the ports of
friendly powers. With this view I recommend to Congress the ex
iretlibicy of stell legal provisibns als May supply the defects, dt re-
niove the donlits of the Executivb Authority, to allow to the
erttiwrs of otkr powers, site!' itsb bt, the American markets as may
Col respond with the prhileges allowed by such power to Ameilean.

truirrs.•
Ditiiftg the year ending on the 3.oth of September last, the ve-
beipta Hite the treasury exceeded thirty-seven millions and a halt Of
dollars, of which, near twenty-four Millions were the produce of
loans: After meeting all the.deniands for the public. %mice, there
remained in the trea.tiry on that dtfy; near seven Hellions -of dollars.
Under the authority contained in the Act of the 21 of August last:
Tier froivbWilig sew+ millions and a half of ttollars, that sum has been
obtatitcd on terms more favourable to the United States than those
bf the preceding loan made during the present year. Further stuns
a considerable aninuott; %kill be neeesciry to be obtaieed in the
i.aine *ay, doting the ensiling year; and from the increased capital
of the eonetry; anti from time fidelity w th Which the public engage-
inente have been kept, and the public credit maintained, if may be
exnected, on good grounds, that the, necessary pecuniary 'stipplies
Vvill nit hie wanting. Tile eltpences cif .the current 'pear, from the
m ultiplied opeiations falling within it; have necessarily been eaten-
eive ; but one the
.I'l4 estimatp Of the eitepaign, in which the 111R8;
theni lia4 been itiviirrod, Hie cost will not be found disprolidr-
inmate tit the advantages di hick have been gained.
The 'campaign has, indeed, in its latter stages in one quarter,
Wen less favourable than was computed ; but, in addition to the
i-nportante of due naVal sitecess, the progress of the campaign ha.
been fillet With incidents highly honourable to the American arms.
The attacks of the ihemy. On Craney Wand, on Fort Slings, 011
S icket's an Wine, ling on Sinthisky, have been vigotensly awl site-
nessfully repnled, nor have they in any case sue el;eded on either
ifrontier. excepting iirlteu dirt cued against the peaceable dwellings
of individuals, or villages mq•reparcd or undefended. On the other
hand, the mdliesuents of the Atiterican army have been followed by
the redliction of Yorks, and of Forts George. Erie, and Molden; by
the recovery of Detroit, and the -extermination of the Intlian war
ilk.the West; asst by the occupancy or courinuni'd Of it hog& portion
cf,Upper Canada. •
Rattles have been fought on the borders of the St. LaWrence,
Which, tliohgli not sitinomplishing their entire objects, reflect honour
on the discipline of our, soldiery—the beat engin-ice of eventual vic-
tory. In the 9' anie scale are to be placed. the late victories in the
South, over One of the most powertill (which lias become one hi the
uinst hostile also) of the Indian tribeil.
- It would he improper to el.et this. bomntunicarion, without ex-
lit-easing a thanktigneis, in which all ought to unite, for the en.
mere& blessings with Which but beloved country combines ro
ravoured ; for the abundance witieb oVersereAtis our land, and toe
iptevailing health of Its ittlialiitants; fur the peeiservatitet of Wetted
tranquility, and the stabit4 tit' our free situatinit ;_ and above all. for
-at tight of Di one Tenth. aial the protection Of it : and altliondt
,
iv: tea* bles.ings we cannot nisinber an exemptioti from the evil-
.' •4(..wi11*, yet hest never will tie 'regarded as time greatest of evilX; by
the :.rical..at liherty and of the rights of nations: one country had
• Selo* ',Weer* ' them to tias degrading t ondition whjeh was the al-
tepaisfive taeil he %%word Was driwii in the came' u•hieh gay(' birth
auderidenee; and aunt'Oilio contemplate the mag.
atit:.de .kutl feel the slue of tha Onions events will shrink frets a
atmsgele the high and happy grinned on whi, It it placed
to; A e*lfean voptc. With all good the justice and tw-
eets it :V resiitiag the H mho, and iisurpatniii no !oleo. to be borne
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hvet selllo nth: outweigh the privations ald sacrifices inseparable
tigati a atateof war, but It is a reflection in.:reover peculiarly cote
aoitng Wars are itherally aggravated by their baneful etleetts on
in. 04-4 i improvement* and permaiteet prose es of the nations.
Vugag.'d in them. Stith is the favonred situation of the United
Se4tes•:, that thebalamities 'of the contest into which they hare been
/ onifitiled to elitet, ate mitigated by the Improvements and silvan-
tames of wtmieh tile contest itself is the source. If the war has in.
ercaliett (tie Interruptions of Our commerce. it has at the seine tiine,
ftitnisbed employment fur our manttfaetnrea, ecfas tO make us hide.
the 'mare essential branches, fort
' even rapidly giving
:epics in our tutor° in
l'e‘asure has been ex,
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(hirable in their value and necessaiy to our permanent m.lety. if
ike wor has exposed to increased spoliation. on the ocean,
to
predatory inciiikions on the land, it has developed the national
means 0} retaliating the forinek; and of piotlitliig against the latter,
demonstrating to all, that every blow aimed at bir national inde-
pendence; is an impulse, or accelerating the growth of our maritime.
power; by diffusiog thrbugh the mass of the nation the elements •f
•oilitary discipline stud liPitriletiCli; by augnibuting and distriolitiiii
warlike preparations, applicable to future me; by evincing, the zeal
rand valour which will be employed, and the Cheerfulness with which
every necessary burden fvill he borne ; a great respect for our
rights, and a longer iltiration of our futnre peace, are promised than
could he experted, without thlie proofs of the stational character
and resources.
war, ha' proved, moreover, that our free botbrnmeni,
lilt
other free tlovorumen's, tlibligh slbw in its early movements,
ac-
its Of-ogress, a force proportioned to its freedom ; awl
Hiatt the union of these States, the ewadiaii of tilt fieedoin and
safety of all liml of each. is strengthened b eery occasion that
puts it to the test. In fine, the Ikar with all its vicissitudes, prove 4
country to be a areal, a flfinrishing, 21141 at powerful nation,
r worthy of the frii miship Winch it is disposed to cultivate with ull
others, and, antliatiAed by its own example; to-require froi.i all, an
observance of the laws of justice and raiiirocity. Beyond those
their Claims have never extended ; and iti contending for them
behold a subject for our eangratillations, in the testinv_mies of
inereash,g harinony throughout the nation. and may humbly repose
our trust in the smiles of Heaven in so righteous.a cause.
JAMES MADISON:

EX IRA Malik 4RY GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1814.

?)RCII:N•OFIiCE, JANUARY 25, 1814.

HenryAddington arrived here this day *Mt dispatclic,i
which the thllowing are copies and exttacr, 'tons General ik
count Cathcart, K. T. Lientenant•Gcueral the Honourable "Sii
Charles Williatn Stew art, K. B: and Edward Ilioniton, Isq.
Ila4le, 14th January, 1H14..

My Lonii-.--Th6 Emperor of Russia arrived at LorraCh on the
11th. and the keserVes of the airily haying assembled in the .course
of that and the sitCceeding day, his lasperial Majesty crosed the
Rhine on the 19th. after divine worship, accompanied by His Ma;
jests? the King of Prustla.
The Emperor of Anwia. who arilved at Basle the preceding
evening went to meet the Emperor Alexander at some distance;
and their Imperial anti RO.AI Majesties entered Basle on horse-
back, at the head of the Ru-slati and Orussian gnards, and some
other itginient4 of the reserve. These troops afterwards passed in
parade before their Majesties. and proceeded on their march in
the directinn of Montbeillarst. The cavalry reached Ferratte the
tnie. ni. lit_
• The reinforct menti which have joined the Russian guards, arc very
fine, and 1 have never seen these regiments appear in so gr-at
foree de in better conditiiin, at any period of the campaign. In-
deed soMV of the regiments hairs additional battalions.
I SAW the reserve artillery on the march, part diwkieli is quite
fresh, and it is lulpossible to have any preparations in more cOmplete
order us to ordnance, carriages, men, and hbrses. The men it) par-
ticular Riv remarkably fine. There are some batteries of horse
artillery with fwehe pounders.
The. Prisstan swerve is also in very excellent condition.
The areomits I hairs iTceived un arriving here, of the progress:Of
the innies ri;i. 344 14): hiWS •
The Eitid•ll-larskals head:quarters-were at Vesonl, and 'afe 'rain' I
understand, on the move to Langres.) -which place his been for
saint time liven occupied by General Crinkly. I have no certain
aieinint of General Burma, but I hear he moved from Geneva OH
Dole and that it was his intention to occopy Lyons: DOH was
also to be orcitpicri by this time.
Marshal Blocher WAS exper.terl to reach Metz about this time:
General count Platoit supported by the Prince Royal of Wu. ton.
berg. has had an affair hetivcen- Epinal and Nancy, in which
consit.ierah!e vionber of die enemy has been kilted and taken.
General Wreck has atso had la:R.:ion, in whirl' the enemy is said
t• hav'e fitsgtained considerable loss, but the official accounts of tlicst
01dr-share not as yet Inset' received.
have the honour to he die.
CATHtART. .
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