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EXTRACT

Ola report made by person appointed y en-.
qure into the facts relative TO the late Az
gressions and hostile assemblage of Indians
on the frontiers OF Tennessee.
q On Moody shr I'd jnssot, proceeded
Duck rivsr, 3Esu af- q, 81 10 the mou q
conversation with Famous III offfdalt4 e;ada
man who owned and had command ot the
boat when i, was fired On By the ludlans
Mr.. Mortimere is Intelligent, and think,
man Of ye.sei'y; he stassd that on .she
Sd ct April, ten miles above the mouth OF
Doek river The attack was mace on the
boa by the Iueians from the nor.h side OF
the Tennessee seven men were IN the
hoas out of which puAber Two were killed
and three wounded. the third man who 10
zas said died of the Wounds he received,
is now 90 The recovery and out OF danger.
Tie ladisns KEEP. uPa constant hre until
the boat was DOT ofreaeh' They then man
red perrosue and pursued ahoas TWO
miles hui discovering they could 20. over.
take thr Boa. hauied IN: Mr.. Mors'moLe
fur.her states. that on he 22d OF April,
LeyiC olbsrt came down the Ienuesaee 70
cart, % the boat, and informed hin. that
80 or 40 miles above the mouth OF Do1.k
river, he saw the party Ct Creeks, thirteen
;npumber. who had made the attack on
me boat, end told them he was going for
The boa, they had fred on; they q. ,hrss
4 denied il, bu. a Cherokee, one of,he party.
acknowledged Il. They then confessed
eb.ervitg hey had not bseo Satisfied. shat
ore uhite mao and two iod'ans had been
killed, they now, killed one roe macy, bat
were no. yet sstis6ed. Colbert was lately
in the Creek oation, ,he, chief said he wish.
ed peace, and would not go to war with the
wh,,e people, unless Boosparle die: ,hss
the party who m,de the attack % the boat
had not lived 10 The nation for ten years,
aud the attack was Unauthorized BY the 90.
ton. From Richiand creek ! directed
my course 70 ,he mouth ofpuek riysr, asa
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ST. ALRANS. .I,1.,r "a

=. 1lLo411NS, Jk"s o.
Seveysl days sines, raj WAS taken by
governments, suJ placed nndar the lmme
oia.e care If Q quart, corsistipe Of twelve
meo 81 Windmltl bay. a full coo. pany Of
60 reu, were stationed a. Wiadn,l poius,
winch commands the passage from this bay
10 The northward. and llkewlsc he priccl
pal ehsRbes between this aud York side,
ne lake being very nasrnw 90 Tues.
day mprU'ne lasi, about day-break. bis
- IS a0Aefs 81 TO b. passing the poin:
=. wa 's' DATED sd 6.ed upcn--ano 10 retufn
.ne 'ioaPs met ".ah bold s..ip,e If mos
qdetIy from he rattnen, bu. withous INN
~. Iney, hawsvrr, louad K ,npossIb..
10 sop thsm Frona procee dIpg-yst l. .
coz scSusso, mat some damage was done
TO sns Psrsons on hefaf, a. ,iey were OBJ
served 60 Collect together, and carry one or
mose sp,o ihs touoti usr,
We are no shle 10 give certain informa
Aoo DOW 'bese braves came In possrsa,oo
OF 'he sa!t, II Is, however, stated by .
messens* lmnsdi sSely from thence. M,
me TWO esn'~els on duly we.e missing !;
witch giFS' every '~a4an 10 saspec. .hs m
81 oeiog o{loeo 10 asssst IN cIn- -
sharges from he mpsqae,s, and seeur'rs
the ammunition Of the Whole guard. The
authors ct Ibis outrage were mustered and
collsc,sd 10 .shs province of Cauada- but
whe,he' he subjecta II that territory. or
of the L. S. IS yet uaknown; snd We feel
delicate even 10 farmias corjec'ares. tlii
facts as ,aleY really are. can be fatty laid
Delete the public. We do not. howeysr,
hesitate to say, with some degree Of coma
dence, ha; VIC believe the British govern.
ment w:ll d'savo~ aud diseourtensoce the
ACT, An expfras has been dispsechedto the
goSsroor ef this sss,e--who, We daIb not,
will make proper Representations OF the
ms.tes 20 The governor of Lowe Canada ;
and likewise, ihrough It's proper channel,
Cause il to b. laid before the British minis,
,ef a, Washington.
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DEGREES against this country. for that uu.
lesahe did, they must be involved Ia The
greatest Distress. Bonaparse peremp,orilY
refused, adding, .ha, what he had hi-
therto done, was nothing to wha. he meant
to do. A second petition was pr presented
TO him, 10 which he returned 40 auaUer.
EXTRACT Of a letter from Dublin, af the
! 9th inst.
Proceedings OF similar nature 10
what took place in Galway have been act.
ing in bestfa,t- The mob rose aud dis.
msoIed 4 vessel bound 10 Derry. ladea
with oat meal; they burnt the sails and
rigging, proceeding afterwards TO the mar.
ket, ~hesc they took charge of the sales
OF corn and potatoes withuu, any opposi
tion the particulars have been laid before
the lord leu naos. The price OF osts at
L'sban is les, per ews. and OF oat meal,
as per ;20b." a.
We understand, that 10 consequence Of
REPRESENTATIVES, from many Of the northern
parts OF tina countrY 10 the Irlsh chancellor
81 The eschsquer, Sating the sIatmiug
scarcity OF F'ayisinn., ADD stating that the
o;.s prom br'Og the. use Of corn 10 the dis
hllsr.es should be .xiended 10 lrelaud,
Mr. Fos.er has charged hi. original in;en
si if' sud that the measure VIII extend to
THIS country.
W. copy the following distressing para
sFapn from he Glasgow Copsier of Tues.
((asy last 80 We noulced near ,hrse months
ago the distress Of the Inhabitants 10 the
u . PARIS Of this kingdom, from the
s,noss total failure Of the last yea, 5 crop.
we naYe now 60 add. from letters tina,
nave been shewo Us that, in come parishes
the 'nhabitsn's bad sot more thap to SUP,
ply hen tor month, from the dates Of
Inc letters (4ih. 9 b, add l1h nst from
the ministers OF the d,frreus parishea 10
The North-wcat Highlands. y
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THOUGHTS ON RELIGION.

Errors aad a,issake., however gross, 10
matters OF opinion, il .hey are s.Dtcfe.
ought, be pisied. ba' no, puishe OF laugh,
cd az. The blindness Of lhe understanding
10 as much 10 be pi'Ied as the blsudness Il
the eyes; and it IS neithe, Imaginable uos
criminal for man to lose his va, 10 r.b.r
case. Charity bids us troes.cur 10 tet
shem rishs BY asgumen, !; bu, al ,hs same
stne to'bds Us either 20 punish ,.a;ou!e
thsir misfottunes.
Every .n.n seeks for ,tph; bu, Ccp nu.
ly koows who has found,,. l. Is urics,
20 persecute and absurd 10 ,,l,eule people
Tor heir several op;oiyns which ,aey ,sr.
10; help enfersaIoiss nron he conyicuon
OF tf,ei, resson i. he who seis or ,eli. n
lie. tina. is guilty.. aud no, he who honestly
and sincerely believes the lie. The obiec,
Of all public worship iu this world is tbs
same il is the geea Eternal sEIase NJ --
or sa,. rvcTy thing ~ '' ~ 49,
ner of worship, a;e by no meaos SUBJECTS
ridjeule each links bis own the bes:
ADD kp,,w 20 i1t.I9ble judge s. lhls wolld
TO decide which is The best.
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N @ &c E.

rTHE Members of the Washington Socie-
ty, of Alexandria, will please TIC take notice,
That a regular stated meeting Of the said Soc
ciety, will be held at-Gadsby's hotel, on Mon.
DAY, the 18th day OF July next, at II O'Clock,
in the forenoon. where their punctlai attelAd-
alYce is requested. The Society will move IN
procession, at twelve clock, to the Presby
terian Church, where an Grafton Will defi<
yered by John d. Simms, Esquire, one of its
members south part ofthe gallery in
the meeting house, will be exclusively set -
nart for the military and the music
) BY order of the Standing Corn'ittee,
G.. Eeneale, Seey.
June ~. q
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Stray Mich Cow.
iWashingtos City, June 80

.Strsyed from the commons adjoining Alex
andria, on Sunday, the 10th instant, RED
Mich con-, with la, ge horns, and brand
ed On each horn, with,tAs letters S. twice.
a reward Of a,WODOLLARS VII. be given
to any persoa who will bring her % re.
John Somers,
,Pitt-ssrees
lane ~. Ss5
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~ Printing in its various branches
rea,lv executed at this office.
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h1NGsYoN, Jamaica, May g.
We are informed that petition has been
laid before the Duke of Manchester, PRAYING
that the American vessels lately arrived from
the United States in Ballast, may be permit
Ted to load with such articles OF colonial pro-
duce as are allowed in return for the enume-
rated articles ofprovisions, iuInber sc. I'M
pnr.~d INTO this iein.>l :u neuIr.tiS. We have
reason however to believe that such measura
under. existing Gil circumstances with regard to
America, is by TO means the general wish Of
this community, and the policy of it seems
to be very questionable. What British SUBJ
ject IS there who could feel insensible on
learning that vessels bearing his country,s
Hag, should be obliged, by mandate of TO-
reign power. TO quit its ports, and in few
weeks after see the vessels Of that very 20.
yernment, Coming in ballast to load in the CO.
lon'es ct lIls country, under pretenue of 1an.
ing returns for debts due to The citizens here
OF We nope that the vessels in question
WI oe sent away as they came, in ballast
w can and onehi to prove, particularly 1T
this moment, that eur existence does not de.
pend Oh the United States, ss has been I'M
properly stated by some--Let US therefore
act as becomes us on the present OCCASION
aith moderation and digniied frmness.
American four in consequence Of the em-
barge, sold at Port-au-prince, short time
since, al 50 dollars per barrel.
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proceeded pptha. river 10 ihe settlements
"a on. twelve miles aboys the mouth, s0a
was eoabIea 90 ascertain by information
received from Labor Coubss, that the
state ments made by Wllhsm Meado~ss
upon which he orders Of The major general
Of NE se.a ul1'no afe Predieated A'e W:
terly false.
MAT. Intel.
We are advised by opr corresposdentss
Fort S,cddert, 90 The Mobile, inst tenn
porary enbs go took place st Peosacois &
Mobile, abou, the 26 OF April, and coa.
timed I'LL the 7s,h ct May, owing, il is
said, TO the Sp2n,a.ds hsnng oas, about
saat time, two srmed scnoonefs, The oes.i.
aation Of which was uoknown.
Ibid.
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MILITARY NOTICE.

THE Members Of the Aerandria roluss
teer Infantry are requested to attend parade
on MoNDAy the 9Th of july next, at the
market square. precisely at s o'clock, to join
in the evolutons of the day. Cartridges viii
be provided and distributed on the parade
tround,
BY Order,
WIN. DAW, list Sfrg's.
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Forty Dollars Reward.

RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Sum
day last, Negro Boy named GABRIEL,
about u years of age, feet s inches high,
thick set, bow-iegged and heavy countenancc,
he walk. stiff, which proceeds from having
the rheumatism in his ANGLES: - Twenty Doll
lar. will be given if taken in Alexandria
Thirty if within ten miles of homeland the
above reward if a greater distance, with rsA-
sonable expences.if brought home.
Tunis Craven.
IXashinoton CITY. June 90. d
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7leral.prta pallp aoaerttser.
WEDNESDAY, Jynz ~.

y. 4
tioh q MAJOR SWIFT of the engineers, as fast
as materials can We procured.
q. 7. tat.)
s Sou'h Auerfca,--,A London paper Of NAV 9,
SAYS" An expedition, we understand, des-
tined Tor South America, is in state of for
wardness. General Berrssford, now at Ma.
delra, has been ordered home in consequence
O his nomination to the second in command
The commander in chief has not yet been de-
teimined on, but it is thought sir 4 Welss-
ley IS to receive this appointments In the
present state Of Spain the most favorable e.
veit may be expected from this expedition !;
andtheremoval of The government of ror,u-
gal TO the Braziis also affords additional inyi-
tations to government for the undertaking it.
Our troops, we understand, are to ACT in
conjunction with those OF tae Prince Regent
and whether the suojugation OF South Ame,i-
ca to the English, or Portuguese government,
or whethre a political change merely is to be
Effected there, Is a mater we conceive, OF
perfect indifference; any alteration in the go-
vernment OF that extensive country would O.
pGn It's trade to US, and would be OF the very
ArN Importance, partic ulArly at the present
penod, when we are Shut out from almost
the elltlre of Europe
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Lucien Eonaparte lives in all the seclusioa
e private man at Rome, and all the offers
of his brother Napoleon to make him prince,
or a sovereign, has been rejected by him
lie rxfuses to acknowledge the latter by his
aale OF Empcror and king, and assigns for rea-
IN, that he had power enougna as first con-
L of France, as a republic, and should have
ttr4ne>l true to the cause of republican re-
csesentation, for which he formerly fought
b order of Napoleon. The name of Lucien
Bona2arte has been erased from the list OF the
imperial family.
The fate of the pope and his territories will
pow probably soon be decided. 1t is Said that
at lrst he would not admit to an audience the
Fleneh general Nliolis, who 80 gallantly plant
ed the artillery ofhis army against the pope's
palace on his entering Rome. The French
munster, it is reported, introduced MioIis
uitaout the knowledge of the pope, who then
no logger could avoid the interview. He
woulI not speak to the general single word
on tse state affairs, but referred him to the
cardinal secretary. Tie French general, in-
stead of kissing his holiness's slipper, only
made him bow; when Pious sarcasticallY
asked NM" Sciie Catolito Vol .',---ss Are
you a Catholic (" Miollis answering In the
airinative, the pope gave him the usual
Blessing.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-14
; from THE U. 5. GAZETTE.

The following retrofpect Of democ
ratick confef1ions and CONSISTENCY
brought INFO view by extracts from
their own works, with the observa-
rions applied are tubnltted 70 an IN
preiudiced people. lLa8e who be
lieve in the infaibility Of these axclu
five patriots, are requested not t
read them, and those who can dis
card prejudice from the heart, oper
an impartial ear, pull the mote from
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-14

will prepare US for war-how the
weakening, by ditrefing every part
Of the country, is to increaie It's
itrength and its vigour.- No ! can
not be deceived in the view have ta-
ken Of this meafurs and ] will not
ceaie TO proteft againit It with ali he
energies with which am poheded.
am grieved TO fee thar we are
petPetualy engaged ia making addi'
tions and Implements to the embar-
90 law. Wherever we can efpy
hole, if it De no bigger than wheat
fraw, at which rhe indufry and en-
terPriie Of cur country can find vent,
all our powers are called into requiil-
ton to flop it up. The people Of
this country 1aall fell nothing but
what they fell TO each other al
our furplus produce ihall ror upon
our hands. God knows what all this
means F! /, fir, | cannot underifand
it. | am ahonifhed--indeed | am
aitonifhed and difmayed. ! fee e.
fecfs ; but | can trace them to no
caufe. ICES, fir, I do tear hat tbs,e IS
| an miSen hand, 7vliob lJ gaiaing as to
the nyf dreadful dgfnie5- UzEm be-
catjf it capaot endure The light Dark
nef8 and myhery oyerihadow this
houfe and this whole nation. We
know nothing-we are permitted to
know nothing. We Gt here as mere
antomata we legillare without
knowing, nay, Gr, without wilhiDg
to know. why or whereof re We
are told what we are to do, and the
Council # Fiue Hundrfd do it We
move, but why or wherefore, no man
knows !; we are put in motion, bat
how, for one cannot tell.
Sir the gentlemen of this houfe
with whom | have the honour 10 at,
and diffinguiEhed honour | conGd-
er it are difpofed to do all fhat men
can do for their country. But We
villa to know lvbat we are doing
the tendency of the meafure8 we are
called upon to adopt. If the motives
and the principles Of the adminifra-
ton are honeft and patriotic, we
would fuppor: them with a fervoAr
which none could lurpafs. But, FIR,
we are kept in total darknels. We
arc treated as the enemies Of our
country. We are permitted to know
nothing, and exetrated becaufe we
do not-apProve Of meafures, the or
igin and tendency of which are care
fully concealed from US We are de-
nounced becaufe we have no conf
dence in the executive, at the no.
ment The executive refufes TO difcoV-
er to tis-eyen this houfe-nay, fir,
this nation, Its actual condition
Like the ilraelites IN L ypt, we are
to make brick & find our own ftraw
We are to have faith and find our
own reafons for it. This courfe will
do in this country no longer. TIE
lbeaker called Dir q. 10 order. W.
AJqaq 7vyFed the gentleman might Be
bermittedfo proceed. Mr. GARDENER.
do not defIe Permiiion Of that
gentleman. mall permit myfelt to
proceed. / have wanderel, fir,
through wide field, confefs. I
return TO this bill. | with to foften
its afperitie8-to make its operation
more mild. Particularly 10 have the
fourth fedion ezPunged. | will,
therefore, vote for its commitment"
r-uuaa- A. II III .,.s-z.----
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-14

80" J~OS' 60 OL'1I'' DS 1Dlg5''"''' J0''
calling to oyder, and etbers, very IPite-
fully bapirg the gentleman might pro-
| ceed ]
TIE Speaker hoped the gentleman
would keep within the rules Of pro-
priety.
Mr.. GARDENER hoped the fpeak-
er would keep order in the hOute,
THREE gentlemen qveye fill Randing7 for
/ tfaid Mr. 9. } it is impoGibIe for me,
FIR, TO peak and Keep ordsr in the
houfe at the fame time. (Ibe c0nfu-
ian baUi4g ce3jEA, Mr.. GARDENER pro-
ceeded. If the gentlemen have COM
Pofed themfelves, and are in a con-
dition to hear, | will proceed. Twith
hr&, however, to put them at cafe
on one point. They are not of fuf-
fcient importance to have been the
objects at whom | would level any
thing. allure the gentlemen l did
not mean them.
This fir, whatever name or com
plexion it may bear is in fact, non
intercourle bill. The mea fure It
propoles can be Of no pofible benefit
10 US 1t has nothing in it to render
palatabIe the ditrefs it mutt bring on
very Comfortable portion of our CT
tizen8. | object particularly againft
the fourth lection. It forbids the
expectation of our produce BY land, in
which mode there. is 10 danger of
capture. When we pafed the en-
barge act, it was not done with a
view to fop trade, but was brfe1sd
to be done with a view 70 keep fate
our rsI5arces. The topping of trade
by water was not the object, however
it may have been the inevitable can
fqusnce Of the embargo. It was an
evil neceilarily refulting from it.
The majority were willing to endure
this evil, in confederation Of the even
tual g2oa which would reGult from
keeping las the PRECEDENT exPreA3s
it) in fafety our e1ential refources.
Bur as one mad meafure ufually be-
gets more, 70, in the preient intance
it has happened, that the original OBJ
ject Of the embargo, ruinous as it
was, is abandoned, and gentlemen
fcemed to vie with each other in
their endeavours to render our ftua-
ton in every re(pect intolerable. |
ask the intelligent and candid men
Of this houfe, whether, 70 prevent
the farmers of Vermont from telling
their pigs ii Canada, is calculated to
increafc or diminiih their eAential re-
fources. Whether the obiscr which
the PRECEDENT frgc1Sd to have in view
Is counteracted by traffic Of this
kind.-No fir. Its not only an d.
rect koftility to the intere(ts Of the
country, but what fome gentlemen
will probably regard quite as much,
to the wif1es of the preGdent. Ire
peat it,; the objects Of the bills par
ticularly Of the fourth fiction, and Of
the embargo are totally difinct.
Infead Of meafures- Of this defcriP-
ton irRead of lettering commerce
iuRead of putting their ingenuity to
the rack, in devihng means to paral-
ize completely all the commercial &C
tivity of the country, ihould have
been happy to have preceived in the
gentlemen who manage'n.atters in
this houre fhould have been glad
to have Preceived in the adminiltra
ton, dilPoGtion to encourage as
much commercial activity as could
Be politely couGftent with the pro-
f11Sd object of the prelident, the fate
keeping of our refources. | ihould
have been happy to have found them
content with the ruin and dlitreis
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-03-14

Duty unndppliyt lHlt~du u dl4lSlOld-
ting, we 20 on to make vorfe and
worfe the condition Of cur devoted
country. Suppofe Vermont ihould
fcnd fome Of her produce to Cana
da or Georgia to the Hofidas in
what are the interchs of he ref Of
the union to fufcr BIZ il Or are We
to go on paffing thefe laws, jealous
in our exertions 10 make bad worie,
upon the principle, in which fome
gentlemen in this houle have very
gravely advanced, that we ought 10
make the public fufering as equal
lin other words) as universal as pot
Gble-to extend il to every hook and
corner Of the union that no portion,
no lection however remote, however
fecluded, fhould elcape from taking
its due proportion Of the bitter
draugh none, which the fatal gan
creme fhould net reach ? If we ARE
running mad, fir, we have at leaa
this ConGoIstion we have metb3d
in our madnefs."
It is ftrange, it afonilhes me that
by an embargo, we fhould be led to
the meafures contemplated in this
bill. Becaufe, you with to preferge
your veffels and feamen, thofe efen-
tial refsurces, in your fea ports. you
are therefore to prohibit all trafick-
ing acrofs your territorial lines !;
though it is evident that by permit
ting it, your citizens, Of courie your
country, will be benefited. Sir, /
cannot express my amazement at the
dreadful infatuation which pcrvades
the public councils. | conjure the
members of this ahembly to ceafe
for moment their exertions-I con-
jure them to fheath the deltreying
fword in the name Of our fufering
country | entreat them to fave it
from thefe new ard accumulating e
wills. The great object Of Jour pre-
iident is fecured. Leave a little to
your dittrefed people. Do not, |
imPlore you, permit yourfelves to be
Perfuaded, that the public interel
cannot be fubleryed, unlefs every boz
dy is defroyed.
| doubt whether experience has
proved that the original law was for
the public intereit. Hitherto our
fhips might have navigated the ocean
in fatety. But at any rate is it wife
to hazard every thing upon the exper-
iment for at beft it is but an ex-
pertinent. If i fhall be proved ulti-
mately to have been good meafnre,
it will alto prove to have been ftrone
enough tc produce good enough to
fatisfy every rational theorilt. If
bad one, it will have produced ca
lamity enough, full as mach as our
poor country can fagger under.
I have in view no Object but my
conntry's good and when | fee it
threatened Cd every Gde. it is ny du-
ty to fpeak out boldly and earnefly
to this houfe and to this ration. And
| will again entreat gentlemen to re-
feet whether the continual extenGon
of the Don-intercourle fyfeul, is cal
culated to make Us better prepared
to engage in war either with France
or e. Britain For upon that ground
was the original meafure of the en-
barge demanded by the prefident !;
upon that ground only could it be
even plaufbly defended, Sir, il is
high time to flop, We have done
enough.
If it is wife to contrive that every
part Of the country fhould fufFer if