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become the god of our idolatry, and e.
very noble passion of the soul is lost in
1t. That high-minded patriotism, which
gives dignity to our nature, and charac-
ter to our country; that lofty honour and
Just jealousy of our rights, which make
a people respected and admired, are al
most smothered and extinguished under
heaps of ill-gotten gold, and rearns of
zraudulent paper. Something was ne
cessary to rouse us from this supine
state OF dishOnour, and that something
has occurred-the latent spark is ava
kened-the flame spreads from heart to
heart, and the American people, shak-
ing off the lethargv of 20 years, are ri
sing 10 their Just station in Tie world,
with IN immovable determin nation to
maintain it at ali hazards. Tell us not
Of the dangers and privations of war
OF the millions aAoat which Will be lost;
of . crippled commerce and embarrassed
revenue. These are temporary evils
NATIONAL DISGRACE IS AN ETERNAL
ONE. The vigor Of our youth VIII soon
repair the one, but the other Will grow
and strengthen with our age. This is
no time for calculations, for stating an
account OF profit and loss. There are
periods IN the existence of nations, as
we'll rs OF men, when every thing must
De haZarded, and every thing endured
this hour Is come upon us, and wc have
no choice, unless we are degraded e.
nOuEh 70 hesitate between base submis-
lion and honorable resistance, even if
It were ten times more perilous than it
$. The cventiul blow is struck-;he
nations honour IS stained, most toullv
.;ta;ned--thc blood Of the innocent, which
We had sworn TO protect, has been shed,
oasely shed, and cries TO Heaven for
vengeance and if It be not avenged,
NAY that Heaven strike US from the list
ofnations, and the name Of an American
be forever linked with infamy.
This is not time for self reproach
but the reflection cannot be suppressed,
hat if the naval establishment recciv-
cd by the present administration from
their predecessors, with the means of
extending It, had been preserved and
improved, such an insult, such an inju-
~, could not have been inflicted upon
us wiki impunity. We have long had
indications enough from the beliigerent
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ought not indeed to be disturbed, while
we injure none but all theory is idle
and absurd, when opposed by the expe-
rience Of ages, and that experience has
shown that there is no possible mode of
preserving peace, but by having it
known we are able and willing to defend
our rights from every invasion.
While wealth is dearer than honour
or safety while the people are taught
to believe there is nothing valuable but
money, and every thing must Weld to
maXims of economy and avaYice, the ma
tional spirit must sink into meanness,
and the rational ambition be direct
ed to the single endeavour to become |
rich. The principles of q government
act upon the manners Of people, and !
the love OF money Is but too easily /.
taught. That high individual spirit of !
honour, which animated the bosom Of G. |
very citizen OF the ancient Republics +; !
that ardent love OF country, which was !
the ruling passion of every heart, and |!
produced such Prodigious efforts OF coU- |.
rage and patriotism, cannot exist in a |
country, where traiiick is the cnlv en- !
ployment that commands attention, and |
gold the only attribute that gives rank !
and consequence. The man who would |
eXpcnd ten thousands 20 establish a |
country seat, which he seldom sees, but |
which gives him the reputation of enor- |
nous wealth; who would purchase |
rare plant at a monstrous price, and or
nament his table with the splendour of |
prince, that his extravaganza might be |
boosted of, would refuse, meanly refuse,
a Paluv sum to any public purpose.
Love OF country is lost, absorbed, sunk |!
in the love of self, and nc qualification
IS sought or acknowledged that does not
feed ostentation and paInper pride.
But the genius Of our citizens has ia
ken an unworthy course, because the
tranquil state of the country required
no patriotick exertion, and offered no
necessity or opportunity for more noble
enterprise. The spirit of honour & is
not dead, but sleepcth." A rude shock
has broken the slumber. Inferior things
vanish from consideration. Every dan
ger will be manfullv braved; every sa-
crihce cheerfully endured. The course
Is plain. We must have RETRIBUTIoN,
ample, honorable retribution such as
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NEw-XoRK, Iuly is.

In the Commercial Advertiser of last
evening, Col. William Smith has come
forward with plan for the fertilization
OF the harbour of New York. He con-
slders as futile any attempt to dcfendj
the city by batteries erected on the
wharves, Governors Island, Bellows
or Ellis's, and Paulus Hook, and Justly
points out the Narrows RS the only pro-
per place 70 erect works for the defence
CT the city. The following are part of
his remarks -
:" The Narrows is the spot pointed
out by nature for the essential defence
of the harbour and city of New-Yosk.
On the west IS presented an elevated
shore, susceptible of three formidable
batteries, one above the other. The
FIRST battery on the shore presents IN ho-
riZontai FIRE cmbarbett; from this point
blank shot from an 1 s FOUNDER reaches
double the distance OF the channel.
The second, calculated for a plung-
ing battery, will present a most destruc-
tive fire against an approaching enemy.
at the same time that it ciIcctualiy Co
vers and protects shc horizontal battery
below.
The third, strong redoubt, with hea-
w artillery embarbett, offers a heavy
fire against hostile ships at the full range
of shot, as they approach the Na7rows,
at the same time extending ample pro
lection to the batteries of the drst and
second position.
In addition to these, at the distance of
100 yards, IS an inviting Hill near the
shore, well calculated for redoubt, ca
Pable Of containing about 100 men, from
which battery q Six guns commands
the bay at fall range of TIRE.
In the rear Of these redoubts, atthe dis
lance of GOO yards, is ground favoUr2ble
Tor an encampment Of 5000 men,
On the eastern shore, the point of
Long-Island descends gradually to the
waters Of the Narrows this point pro-
jects with sandy aat into the water at
the distance Of 2B9 yards; covered with
from four to six feet of water, and con
sequcntly may be wharfed UP so as to
! plant heavy battery above high water
mark, opposite to the horizontal I'd
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and our oXertions for its ISSUE, What
that retribution ought to be, is the only
difficulty of the case. May cur govern
ment solve this difficulty with wisdoW,
and meet it with frmncss. The ground
once taken, not step must be reccded.
Port Folio.
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!. BALTIMORE. Llan Is.

Arrived the brig Venus. Prior from
Martinique, snd % days from Dominiqa''
The day after leaving Martinique was a.
ken by The prisatser schooner Hose s'a
Ma,'Ids, captain Jennings, carried In'o
Dominieac, where she was detained IL
days ;l.be-a ,ed by payios zl3 dollars Lei;
there snip Meteor, i'.ch, Of Boston. 'a'
brig Care!ce, Brown, of Philadelpbl', DE-
,aiDed. May s, Lar. SIS, long, sFcS'
brig Jane, Lynch, bound to New Yoff
arrived schooner Oriental, West, "a
days from Mocha. end SO from Cape o.
Good Hope. Left at Mocha ships H'O'
and Augusta of Baislmore, and Ma'g''ss'
Of Salem. February 20, 10 vio!ent g'ii:
OF Bourbon, lost hex foremost, b0@, r
and msinmas.. s14.h spoke Bram'o, 30.
s!eton, from Bengal for philadelphia % S
supplied her with to7sail yard. The Dr. y,
tish brig Huron, :FindIey, arrived at Csp !,
of Good Hope, with the loss OF iop's'' y
mos. Of her sails in the gale off boufD'a'
in which she pared company with me D's .5
helm of - guns and Batavia ff'ga'e' s ,ad
ii is supposed they were either d's%a'a ~.
or lost. Lief. al the Cape of Good Hop.
ship Pek,n of Philadelphia, to sail IN ~" ~,
DAYS for Madras. Met al American '",s ~.
going into the Cape as the Oriental ''"
cut.
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CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
HERL1N, " arch 6.

BERLIN, W arch 8.
Official accounts from the head quarters
at Cs,erode dated the 28th Of February
state, tina, all accounts concur 10 estimating
the loss of the Russians Ia the, battle Of
Eylau, q, 90 generals and 900 eiIlceyss
partly killed aud partly wounded, and at
80 ooo "a n disabled from further service.
Ia the battle of Oslrolenka On the a6th Of
Feb. 2 Russ: an generals were killed and 8
wounded
The arnay has gone into cantona,sats
behind the Passargs. The left wing in,
clines to Marienwerder aud Eihing, where
the country presents many sources Of &C.
COMMUNICATION.
A Russian division advanced towards
Braensberg, which lies at the point Of our
canton naents. Ishs emperor gave orders
that they should be attacked and the prince
of Ponte Corvo, cognm saIeDed the neri
torious general Dupont, TO carry these or.
ders into eject Co the 26.h Of Februa
ry at two, 10 the afternoon genera! DGpont
appeared before Braun Verg, attacked
the strong division OF the enemy defeated
them with the bsyonet and dove them
out of the town and back over The Pas.
sarge. He took 16 pieces of cannon. TWO
standards, and 1900 prisoners. Our loss
IN killed was triaing.
On the side of Glusssads gen. Lieger
BeIair, marched on the 25sh at break Of
day to rPsterswalde, having learned that a
Russian column had arrived therein the
night. ) He attacked it and took prisoners
the general baron Kerf, several lieut.. coils.
and officers aud 400 meu. This brigade
was composed of ten batta'lions which had
suffered SO much that il had not m ore than
1900 men under arms.
General Dombrowsky advanced against
the Garrison of DanszIc. He fell in with
il near Dirsehen, took six hundred prison
ers,. and seven pieces OF cannon, and ,pur..
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infantry. aud regiments de- cy,,,.
,hHfs' were nearly auaih,.a,cd By ''lqs d
from our ilns, ehargss froea on, a's hr:
ana al "a, 'ae poluts ol cur byoae,s. >"s'lg,
estimate the loss OF the eo..
flprs than s5 ooors.a. Wehavs c,a AZ
70 stand OF celors, and made 90 70 = = Cd
sers ! shall cause this pralim nav f''oa'
to be followed by detailed relation o n,
battle, which ] shalllay at the ssr, of'0'
majesty the rmpa orr u his
BANKS OF THE ELBE. u,-.,.
Extract Of a fetter.
e" The reports respecting ths re,,.,,
Bonaparte, which are current, and ws. o
gaia general belief, are il some ms "4''
supported blythe French account, Cow s'a''
ed in the hate Hamburger papers ~ rs'
French pre.ea2 :s:ai their soldiers ar. NC
Z: --.-sae very walls Of Koniagsb Up (wb,,s
- "o'o''ou', sauoe' esauu aft guar sisp-,
yes.conf-ss that their head quar- ers 40. ~
Osterode, taking care TO Inea,ion lbs,I,s
in common WITH A!s 90 a d Leb,ts, WIKI ~
are not also great distance iyon ne -
siect Of their wishes ahd such we NM.
presume ingsb-rg 70 b, Naete ev,rr
kind Of stores are TO be fea0d. Wsk,,s
TOO, from the Preach accoaols thar. II. ).
the battle of E,.!aa, they were SO much n
want OF provisions as to order a sr7ply Il
be sen; froa, posen to Thorn.
The reports Of las. nigh, were, tbn
the French head quarters were at Thorn
aad this, it is said, is asserted IN lt,tr,
as well lrona .Ee;lin as !roa, Ccpcahaceu,
"Ihs same reports, whlch ! caouo: ia.
deee trace to any satisfactory aa,acrir
be-, which obtain credit, SO to lhe egen! Of
affirming that Doasparse proposed au arm.
is.ice to Benninesep, which was rersmpY.
rily refused.
"Is seems TO be she object Of the Rus
slams, regardless OF heir own loss, 70 e..
hausi the enemy, whose situation thus be.
comes every day more critical: for surely
neither tee new ceuscFipis nor lhe forced
auxiliaries Of Saxony can supply the pI.c.
Of The choicest troops Of Boaaear,e wacb,
according to Beaa.nSset.ss report, are fall.
ing every day.
g In the mean while Germany lie: open
TO sey a5saila1t; aud i; is rot easyt 70 say
how small force would no, b. se!IE -ien,to
arouse the immense population of Germ.
ny asaios, their enemies. The Swedts arc
collecting 10 great numbers at S.ral,aud
ard Uasaia, Hanover and YVES phsl's ar:
left almost wishors troops. The appear.
ance Of B.i.i@h force 10 ,hs neighborhood
isra,heE longsd tor than expected. Ia tb'
mean while Austria mainaias her csm,
nsudiog bu, dabious position.
/" Ga Sunday .she 1s., IL Dem wal
commended to be sung BY the Commando
of Stetsin, but the order was suddeny
countermanded. French officers have il
is said, confessed that the expectations
raised By the victory of the sh have ro
been gra,ihed, and extreme want prevail
in the French army
y
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mo. 2 !

Extract from the report OF general Benring-
sen, dated the lth Feb. N. 81 1907, re-
ceived 18th Feb IN. S.
Wlttea5urgh. Feb II.
. !: aving been informed hat the enemy
had collected Gil his forces at .AIensttin,
advanced with all mine. Being arrived
at Jsnkow, was attacked there on my lef,
wing aed Grove the emery back. ! he
same was done also in every di,ecIon en-
my RICH. ng-howeyer, the engagement
was prevented fem bscomipg general by
the approach Of nigh..
IS then resolved 10 change nv Girec.
tioa, iu order TO he CITY OF konings~
berg, which was The point at which al! the
endravors Of Bonap1fte we're aimed. |
thus drew the enemy along my side, and
my rear continued hghupg SIX days sue.
cessively.
-" At length beirg arrived on the 7th 10
s.ani IN S. at Pryussich Eylau, hailed
aud waited his appsoach. He attacked me,
and entered into the town, which was IN
my front. AS our forces could no longer
resist those opposed to them, l dispatched
g part OF my reserve against them, aud adj
vancee. myself to the attack.
6 The town was re.,aken 10 an instant,
end two bastaIions of the nav, which had
not time to escape. were 10 part GU. to
pieces or taken, together with Two colors.
En- the evening evacuated the town secret.
~, in the expectation .hatthe enc my would
send a. body of troops On the other side
OF it, 10 order to attack my centre,which,
10 fact, took place during the night.
g At the break of day | directed part
Of my artillery against the French column;
twas thrown into disorder, and forced TO
draw back Bonaparte himself then a.
tackled me on all points. a, the head offour
corps of his army aud of his guards. He
was every where repulsed and completely
beaten, He renewed the attack with his
guards repeatedly, but whole columns of.
Russian ambassador.
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spect 10 1reland) cannot be regarded, 10 a
situation such as that Of attorney general,
without a painful apprehension ct fresh IN.
roads on the constitution, and dread CT
the renewal Of those horrid legal eruelsies,
the bare remembrance of which is suihcl.
ent to make justice and humanity shud.
der.
1t is expected tina. lord Howick VII
this evening be called on, in the house 5t
commons, 10 give his promised explanatpn.
of the cause Of this political convulspn,
which seems to shake the empire to.s!s
centre. lStatesmapl
* Let cur immediate circumstances be 81
fected as they may, We trust Ia the good
seuse af the Irish nation TO Diminish the
effect Of a0y unwholesoae disappointment
whatever, by every thing that has taken
place to disturb the cordially OF the eabl-
net, ye, we hope nosrrious dlsuniaa viii
result on. Of it. The fate OF this emplre
and indeed of-Eurape. is now II ::.... :
OF the present administration. 1t theysbreak
up, upon any roin, of domestic policy If
warm with adverse opinions they desert
their posts, and commit to chance the des.
tinies ct their own and Of other nations
with which they are entrusted; who is
bold euosgh to look asshe probable RESULT
unmuved ,;-inpoftaut as the amended
measures of the present nainisters are 10 our
prosperity and happiness, yet in,shs vast
scale Of human interests, conhded TO them
at this naost critical Of all junctures, they
are comparatively small and if any untor-
tunate schism should disable the from du.
" performing the efforts necessary for the
general deliverance at Europe, all must
be eugulphed, and parties, secss, factions.
nations and empires, perish IN coulmcH
ruin. iJuoAn tab.
|. Since our last, French papers so,he 9th.
and Dutch to the IA h inst inclusiv, have
arrived, but their contents are not oi grsas
importance. |, is said the towns 4 Elb
ing, Mariepbourg and Marieswstae', have
been again occupied by thr Frencs. who
are also in possession Of the whole Of the
coss, along The gnlph Of Ffisch-haf ba,
no considerable body OF troops had lrrlvcd
IN the suburbs of Dantzlc, for the snypose
of commsnciag the siege of thai cit'. The
reduction Of Graudeulz was, it Wssunder-
stood 10 be effected before regular ap.
pruaches were made against Dans&c- A
large detachment ct the Bavaria, army
and a corps Of 5000 Saxons, wereen The
point Of marching to join The grand army
10 Pollard. A body OF three hundred Rus
SLAMS taken prisoners a. the battle ai I ul.
tusk arrived the latter end OF FtbEuasy ar
Cassel, on their way to MeDss. A great
nuulbsr CT troops from Italy wss cn.sneir
march through the Tyrol for the purpose
Of effcc,ipg junction wi,h The Gsaod Ar
my.
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The object Of the Russians, in passing
the Lower Vistula. seems to have been TO
relieve the fortresses On this side, aud to
retake this city. So great has been their
intatuatioH. thar notwithstanding one de.
feat has followed close upon anosner. they
could pot persuade themselves torelipquish
it. According to accounts from the head
quarters at Ostrrode, of the 9Th, the Rus.
eins againIapproached she Passarge il fierce.
The emperor, however, gave orders for
some OF the corps 10 pass that river, and
theFnemy was driven ten leagues bss 49,. :: {,
andhe was pursued .,: In such energy, that
{ ne 4emed to think the object of the French
was 70 attack Koningsberg. 10 thar place,
,herefore the enemy fed with preciplsa.
ton. The badness of the roads extreme
| ly fav,red the enemy, as the French csvsl.
ny wB considerably impeded. The latter,
therefore, conlen,ed themselves with driy.
iog tack the enemy, and returned 10 their
position. On the seventh ali was quiet 2.
gair.
As the late operations have been the
cause of his majesty remaining SO far from
Warsaw, ills though, that the dip'oua.ick
corps will come hither. II is even meant
10 iusiauste, ,haSi: is not Impossible but
that as soeu as the winter quarters are set.
tled, his majesty will return to this CAPT
tai
Anethsr Russian e67cial account Of the bat.
tie ef Eylau
VIENNA! May I.
10 CoMTE RAsUMoUsKY.m
Extract from the dispatches of general Essen,
dated 3lst Jan. oath Feb.l 1897, received
9Th Feb (l8th.)
hasttn 10 communicate 70 your ez.
cellency III happy intelligence which have
jass resolved from general Bcnniagsen. 30
naparte attacked him on the 18th Instant,
(N. with ali his forces, near .Ey!au !;
but he met with SO obstinate resis anee,
,haths was obliged 10 renounce his pur.
pose, with d loss which is estimated al,
Is 900 men. Gen Benuiogsen has march
ed TO Wuuenbe 6, in order 10 replcnish
himself WIKI smmunition
900 nay part, a.racked on the Sd in !.
slant IN. s. the corps opposed to ne -
They were defeated on he whole line. The
enemy, having been reinforced afterwards
, by the array OF reserve uader Oudinot,
appeared DESTROYS to ATTACK me, bur shall
co TINS myself tomorrow, and hope tha.
God vii! bless oar argas.'
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Joseph Janney

HIS JUST EECEIPED uoble
His SPRING GOODS, in cohSia a"s of
quantity and good assortment, winch '
fered for SALE King.
sE. He has removed his otor0
street, opposite to Patton and Butcn'l dstco
5mO. IL.
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sud il ralleagues sword
Marshal Lefebvre came op viii tle aoSa
GRIPS, which he commands hs Asas lolc.
ID by the Saxons, and marched 10 iasrst
.pan,sic.
HAMBURG Cor. iQarch H.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-11
OMINOUSL

We learn that, the British emissaav
Cullen has just taken himself off! 1t is sup.
posed that passage was given him to Ha-
lifax or Europe in the British Packet.
Like Cobbett, he has taken in some of
his dear friends, the warm federalsts'
OF New York, to the tune of some thousands
of dollars!
Like Goblet, he has opened the eyes of
many persons, who before they read his
paper, believed Britain to be our very dear
friend.
Like Goblet, he denounced the repub-
icans as the enemy of America, and pro-
tested that the smother country" deserved
all our gratitude for its friendship and for
bearance!
Like Goblet, he by turns caioled and
threatened the people of this country, and
declared he had their interest greatly at
heart
Like Goblet, he was supported by men,
who are loudcst in proclaining their patri-
otism and disinterestedness.
Like Goblet, he has found at last that
the American farmers and merchants are
not such blockheads as they wers suppos-
cd to be; and we predict that
Like Goblet he will represent, the character
OF his supporters in this country as the most infa.
nous and dctcs'ihle.
This fellow began at the wrong end--he was
blaokguard in fact, and set up for = moralist
hut as he had not halfthe hypocrisy If c leman
or Lewis he could not stand tho competition.
In real talents. however Cullen surpassed the
whole bunch Of federal editors. Who reuall d him
only in 'hciT deprayiy and ha red Of our govern
Tnent and It's institutions
Fe has ca'ried with him much useful informa-
ton Tor Mr. Windnam, Of which it is almost too
ate T. proat Our only regret is, tha Cu'lin did
not wait lit:le longer 10 witness the effects the
Ia'e nnuder has produced in the public mind
We wish as speedy an exit % all the other
British agents tina, YET remain in this country,
and that they may all, like Cullen. fake ~ the
men who cherished them in their villany --Iu era