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THE RETALIATION REPORT.

The following important Report was on Sa-
turday transmitted by the President OF the u
nited States to the Senate, in conseuuenc. o.
resolutions adopted by that body some weeks
ago:
ihe Secretary OF State, to whom was referred
several Resolutions OF the Senate of the Cd of
February and 9th of March last, has the
honor TO submit to the President the follow.
ing
REPORT:
Although these Resolutions are of
different dates, aud refer 10 subjects in some
respects disthct'n their nature, yet, as they are
connected in others of considerable Importance
"hich bear essentially on the conduct of the
parties in the present war, it isithought proper
TO comprise them in the same report
fhe hrst OF those Resolutions calls for the
names OF the individuals who were selected
from the American prisoners of war and sen,
10 |reat britain for trial their places of resi-.
dence in the United States tie time whom and
the courts by which they were admitted 70
become citIzehs the regiments to which thew
pe'ong; when and where they were taken
with copies OF any official correspondence re
specting the treatment ofprisoners OF war. and
OF any orders for retaliation on either side.
The other resolutions request informaf;or
OF the conduct OF G.. Britain towards her native.
suDJects' t'ken IN arms against her, and of the
general practice of the nations of Europe yeI,.
tive to naturalization, and the employment in
war, each, OF the subjects o. the other; Of the
cases, with their circums, ances, in which anv
civilized nation has punished its native sub
yects taken N arms against IT., tor which pun
ishHem RECLAMATION was inflicted by the nation
IN whose service they were taken. And LAST
y-
Oiuer what clrc umSiances and on wba,
grounds Great Britain has refused to DISCHARGE
native citizens OF lie U. States impressed ;nS,s
her service and what has been her cond,io, o..
wards American seamen on board her sbin, 80
war, at and since the commencement of III
present war with the United States.
The paper marked A. Contains the Nance ~
,., american prisoners who were sent to Epe.
,a"I ZOE sr,a' Dy tne British Commander in c..
NADIA OF the corps to which tbev beIo,. -r
the times when, and Of the places where ,ho o
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NoRwIcH. Apr;, q.

NORWICH, April 8.
On Friday last orders we're received from
the Navy department for Commodore De-
catur's squadron to proceed up the river a.
tar as the depth of water will allow. which
VIII probably be at the lower bar. about
three niles below this place. They are now
warping uP-and upon their arrival will.
We We understand be dismantled, and left i'm
charge of a competent number of Officers
and men to ens"re their safety. We have
MT learnt the destination of the remaining
part ct their crews-but presume they will
be ordered to the Lakes.
Com DECATUR, it is said, is to take com,
mand OF the President frigate, now at New
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PHILADELPHIA. April is.
hrfract of hette, from an Officer efthe .Navy.

1A1"dcf yd fefter from an Officer ofthe Nam.
to his Friend in this CRY
"New-LoNDoH, April IS.
Our ships are about seven miles up the
RIVER ana moving up slowly, The United
> ates and Macedonian are to be dismantled-
Commodore Decatur, his officers and crew
are to be sent to the friga,e Presid. nt-Can,
tan Jones, his officers and crew, are eo;pe.
e. Lake Oniario-Commodore Rodgers. his
officers and crew, viii SO to the Guerrero.
Philadelphia.
Gu, Court Martial is not yet organized
we WAIT only the arrival of Mr.. Selfridge-
from Boston, who is Judge Advocate, Ian
ponted by Commodore Decatur,) and ho
will certainly be here to-day"
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CONGR HSs.
SENATE.

The Senate have been very busily engaged
for several days past on the bills before them.
and have passed almos: every bill sent TO
them from the House of Repre- sentatives. A
detail OF their proceedings. if we could obtain
II (Which MIR Secretary Otis knows we cannot
would not be necessary, as in to morrow's pa
per we expect to publish a list of all the acts
passed.
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ERIE, April s, 1914.
Arrived on Monday last the u S. schoon.
er Sommers she left, Detroit on the LIST inst.
at which time nothing had been heard of the
enemy since their defeat on the Thames by
Capt. Holmes. Provisions were scare
the army on half rations of -four.
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BATTLING 4

~, BALTImoRE, April Is.
fhe cargo the ship Nereid iprizs to tho
Gov. lompkins, OF N. W exclusive of tho
lewelry. sold for about 27O, 900 dollars. Tbe
sale OF the Jewelry, being the remainder If
the cargo, was to take place this day (Mons
day Isth) at ! o O'Clock, in New YORK.
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make breach unsuccessful, withdrew the
battery, called in my detachments, and hav-
ing removed our dead and wounded and e.
very thing else, fell back to this place about
six O'clock.
Where military corps appears to be u.
Universally animated BY The same sensibilities,
where the only Conpet,tinn is for danger and
glory. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seem improper,
except in extraordinary cases. such as the
conduct ut the officers Who commanded our
battery Yesterday. Capt. M.Pherson Of the
light artillery (my military secretary in
aelled by the noble spirit which marks his
| whole character, asked permission to take
part in the operations of the day with his
proper arm he was INDUCED and being first
for command took charge of the pieces
which followed the advance and formed our
| battery, in which he was seconded by Lieu
teaants Larrabee and Sheldon. On opening
his ar. he seemed inclined to the opinion he
uid make an impression on the work, but
he soon received a wound under the chin,
which he tied up with his handkerchief and
Continued at his piece until second shot,
which broke his thigh, brought him to the
earth. Larrabee had kept his station until
shot thro' the lungs and Sheldon kept up
the hire until ordered TO retire. The con
OF sheir duties been SO conspicuously gallant
as to attrack the admiration of their brethren
IN arms, and should Q humbly conceive) be
distinguished by the Executive.
Ihave sent forward my wpunded who can
bear the movement to Plattsb,rg or Bnr>
iington, and those who cannot will be proyi
ded for at Champia:n. Hfsl
would hold this position until receive
iutther orders, were it not for the difficulty
ct transporting our provisions and the inpos
sbility to cover the troops but shall not
retire further than Champaign, which will
place us twenty five miles from st. Johns
| and forty-two from Montreal.
cannot close this letter without confess
ing my obligations to my general and fed
officers, and to my general staff of every
grade tor the able and prompt support re-
ceivel from them. So small an affair does
not merit So tedious detail, but it warrants
the remark that it will produce degree Of
self confidence, OF reciprocal trusts, Of har
mony and friendly attachments in his Corps
highly beneficial to the service. 1t is a les
son of command to the officer, and Of che
dience TO the soldier, worth whole years
drill OF empty parades
The returns of Killed and wounded have
not yet been furnished. nut they will MT ex.
coed 80 or 90 incu,iing a captaia and q sub
alterns and this shall, be forwarded to-u.5r-
row or next day. For the Information of
sne'r friends, YOU have at foot the names OF
the wounded tflicers.
With great respec', &c
ia. WlLKINSON.
The Honorable Secretary al War.
Names ofO5Tceys svounded.
Capt. MCPHERSON, Lieu. Larrabee, Light
Artillery.
LIT. Green, 18th Infantry
1t. Parker. 18th do.
1t. Kerr, Rife Regt.
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NEW YORK, april I6.
FROM SACKETT'S HARBOR
The Herkimer American of April 9TH,
stated that the ships lately building at Sack.
ett's Harbour were launched on the first in.
slant.
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Rrom London Pater of Feb. 11-

The American frigate Essex has put into
Lima, having taken upwards of 50 British
vessels, among them fifteen South Sea wha-
lers.
The American schr. Hannah. from Mar.
blehead to Nantz, with fish, arrived at Ply
mouth on Wednesday, prize to II. Nj. S.
Conquestador.
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We are authorised to state that General
Wikinson's late movement was not pursu
ant to the uirzus of the Var Department
These Oiezrs Cor orders) advised him TO selze
and hold given position on lake Champlain
and adn,ontShed him against an incursicn in
to Canada.
Mar. Lufeuigencrr.
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PoH TsmouTH. Feb. 4.

" "N I u . 4 CUs n
Sailed, Bulwark, ~. with convoy for
Bermuda and the Bahama Islands The Sa,
turn, Gazee,) capt. Nash Hydra frigate,
SO, and Buffalo, IL, for the N. American
station.
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NKw YoRK.Anril LIZ

Mar. MteAigencer.
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DOMESTIC.
WASHING TON CITY, April is.

Cory cfa letter from Maj Gen. HRkinson
10 the Secretary of War, dastd
Province of Lower Canada, Odell Town,
March 31st, 1914.
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the Past. The BLAKErY vii, make the
writer's at Lloyd's quit writing pc cies mt any
risk. The NEUFCHATEL will remind
SaS:1es of the Sco,ch prize he made off Mas
tncSci, when he caught a Tartar. The SINE
QUA NON will teach John Bull better man
ners, and learn him not to offer such another
sine qud non as he did at Ghe,s. Fhe JU-
NJ viii remind the people of England of old
Juhiter, alias Paul Jones'. when he went in
search OF Lord Selkirk in Scotland. Perhaps
she will bring rs a Scotch Lord. We should
hkely to SEE such Scotch prize, brought
home in one of our privateers. One thousand
dollars bounty will be given for one of the
SawDey Lords.
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From Cob6etf'S Hcck{y Register of octo-
H,t. L

AMERIcA.-Snme of my readers having
found It q 'rcu't To procure copy of the II
TeT1car Constitution, and as that document
is now become interesting, in consequences Of
''e hoiu avowai OF our Corrupt press, tl.t it is,
our design TO overthrow the drn,oc,u r. roy
eTnmtitoi the United St ties, and to replace
Il by the BEST government in tie syorld
have thought 1t ADVISABLE to republish the
torme'. IN order that, by comparison of both.
TIE pnbiic niav jGdge WHICH Ct them deserves
the preference.
As to the right which we claim, Of compel
Ing the nercans TO accept Of WI at form Of
government may be most suitable 70 orr i
deas' and the probability Of their complying
WIN cur vlews, the Oeciaration qt' I7,dche1,-
dsnce, which precedes the constitution. is tl,.
best criterion that can be given upon that
SUBJECT. with the truth of the statements
wmch tlls declaration presents, have no Cor
Germ. S're II merely rs pubic document.
when ali the Nnr.t saw at the time and
which may he still seen in our files of news
papers, IN cur magazines, and in accounts cF
the y american revolution, published at thae
period. 1t may, ROVE yer, he remarked THAI
our government afterwards re cogpizct, the IN
dependence OF the Americans. entered into
treaties with them, al | received their arbas- -
sac0rs a. the court Of st. JAMES, upon th,-
same terms that we now receive the accret,-
leed mihlsters Oh the most favored nations-
these circumstance. in MY apprehension.
SO pretty TAR TO shew, that tie complaints os
america, 3nd The reasons she assigned in 15TS
tor separating from this Country, were ac-
knowledged here by our own government, 20
be we'll Funded. Since then, a thousand c;r
cnmstances have occurred to render indepen-
deHce more dear to the people, end to induce
mem to resist any attempts that may be
maize to restore British influence -XVhcn
they forced us ont OK the country. thew n,Iy
ehen a'anchated the blessings of freedom
Now they enjoY them and ,fto this we sfd.
that they have become great as a nanrfat:u-
rlrg. as commercial and IS napai peoDle
we shall soon be convinced, that the recoloni-
2 ton OF, and the destruction Of democracy in
the United States, is a task much easier ac-
coInp"shed by the pen than BY tile ewort +.
ana that If We are so mad as to icrsepcre in
TINS project, we shall chance not. to have 90
tuchy an escape AS we had AT the termination
OF cur last unnatural! contest with that COM
try.
Goblet here inserts the declaration Of in
dependence and the constitution of the UnitefF
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that the Senate rece6e from their te,ern,i-
nation to strike out the section which a.t,Ns
d'stiiers TO sell liquor in any quantity not .cs.
thar ore gallon, aud tina; the mouse aereI 20
CERTAIN amendments to the details of the
bill.
message having been received fvor, the
senate announcing their agreement 10 the
sad report. the house also agreed TO cc.Cur
in the same.
Inc House spent some time in com mi,tec
OF tae whole, Mr. .Ne.,on in thu chair, on the
ni!' Tor inyi;ig n dneot tax ON the u. States /;
bnt before making rnnch progress. the COM
miltee rose and obtained leave to sit again.
Mr.. Ffhes, from the committee OF Con-
ference on the amendments proposed by the
Senate to the bill Tor having ,lutics ON postage.
sales at auction. & retailers licences, made a
report, recommending the agreement to all tine
alne',uIheh's' OF the senate except one
which report was concuried IN and
The House adjourned
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From tie BoSton Yankee.
PRfNATEFRS.

The BRUFUS will strike as much terror
into the Commons and People of England,
AS BrHtus struck in the Senate Of Rome when
he stabbed Cesar to the heart. The ABA
ELLINO will keep the People of England
in as great All uProdr as ever the Great Ban
dit did in Venice. The YORK will excite as
much contention in England as ever the FORK
rue did there in tiaes Of yorc. The M'DO-
EOUGH will kick up ruch another dust a.
lnong the British merchant ships on the high
seas, as the noble Captain did among the
British feet on Lake ChaDghiain. The DA-
VID PORTER yin shew Johnny Bull what
kind Of Porter We brew in America. The
REINDEER viii remind him Of his favor
tie ship that was sent to Dsov JoHes's Lock
e.. The AVON viii make the:a remember
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CONGRES,S.
HOUSE OF REpREsENTAryvF.s

Saturday, December y.
Mir Sryhcrt presented The petition of sun
dry rehncrs of copper in the states of Massa-
chusetts, y. York, n. Jersey, Pennsylvania, &
MARYLAND, praying that y duty may he laid on
refined copper imported INTO the United States
Referred to the committee OF WAYS and
Means.
Mr.. RingeoM qr611 presented the peti-
ton OF john Miller, of Maryland. praying
remission Of the duties imposed on his stills, as
the same were burned immediately after he
obtained lceuce to use the same.-Referred
/ to the same committee.
The House resumed the consideration of
the report of the committee of the whole
house on the bill to provide additional reven-
ues for defraying. the expences of govern
ment and maintaining the public credit, by
laying duties on household furniture, on horses
kept exclusively for the saddle. or the CART
age, and on gold and silver watches & the
amendments made to the same in COMMITTEES
of the whole were read and ccncur,ed in by
the House.
The following are the tazcs irciuded in this
bill On all household furniture, kept for use,
the value of which, in any one family, with
the exception Of beds. bedding, kitchen fur
niture, and articles made in the family from
domestic materials shall exceed 200 dollars
III value, tax to be laid, according to the fol-
lowing scale
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PoRTsnourH- Dec Z.

FOkTSh OUTH, Dec. 5.
Arrived private armed schooner Macedo-
man. Townsend, from a cruise Of TWENTY
one days The following are extracts from
ler Journal Nov. il, sailed from Salem
bound on cruise, with crew of So men.
NOV. IL, lat ii, 10, lon. g. SO, Captured the
British brig Elizabeth, of $50 tons and IL
men, from Turks Island bound TO ST. Johns.
with cargo of salt ans sugar, took out the
prisoners, and put prize master and crew
on board and ordered her for the q. States.
nov. II, lat. ~, 40, Ion 90, %, spoke the
schooner tTcorglana, with q cargo of rom
p"2e 70 the Grand Turk of Salem. rar.1
Nov. ls, lat. 90, 8, lon. 60, IS, Captured the
British schr. Mariner, Littlewood, of 124 tons
wlth cargo OF fish and lumber, from ST
JOHNS bound to the West Indies, uut on board
p prisoners and ordered her for Bermuda
Same day captured the British brig louisa
DeSanan, OF us tons and men, with n car
80 OF salt and tin, from Barbados bound to
1aiifax, took out the tin and burnt her
NoV. 20, lat. ~, 20, Ion. 81, Sd, captured the
British brig Britannia, a fine new vessel of
io3 tons and six men, with cargo of timber
from st. Johns, bound to Liverpool, Eng
took out the prisoners and burnt her. Nov
", lat. ~, 10, Ion. 90, 3, spoke the Portu
guese ship Gen. Hill, Peararo, from Halifax
bound to Lisbon, with a cargo of salt. teas
and wool, put on board capt. Daeranan and
men prisoners, and permitted her to pro
coed. Nov. 81, lat. 40, ~, lon. 50, 40. at 6
o'clock, discovered sail upon our weather
bow, wore ship and made sail in chase !:
blowing hard and heavy sea, at 7 carried A.
way our bowsPrit to the CANNON, bore up be-
fore the wind tn secure the foremost at -
past g.. hauled our wind to the w. under 3
reefed foresail ans mainsail at meridian.
saw the aforementioned ship upon our wea-
ther beam,-ISov. %, at half past T. cant,,red
her, blowing heavy and high sea going, were
not able to board her, Nov.26, L.3qrtIed her.
she proved to be the British ship Sir Edward
Pellew, capt Kellie, of 2O7 tons, = guns and
~ men from Greenock bound to ST. An
crews ~ ballast, took out the prisoners and
destroyed her.
D he Macedonian during her cruise. has
made so prisoners and broughtin %.
Salt is now selling in Newbern for 90 per
ouSheH The Star
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WIN. CHAMBERLAIN,
For Committee
.SfirmisEfn o in tIe Sound

Captain Taber, of the Corde!ia, of New
London, from this port, near the mouth OF
that harbour, on Saturday last, was APP
preached by two barges from the British
ships lying off there but on opening fire
upon them, and giving them eight charges
OF six FOUNDER from the packet, one of the
baIges took the other in tow and returned to
the ships. We believe this is the Grst at
tempt, (and is not very encouraging 70 CON
tnuc the practice) made by the barses of
that blocleading squadron, since their attempt
to take the Prince of Neufchatel off Nan
tucket, where they received lesson which
taught them caution, and kept them silent SO
long since.
u. Y. Columsi1n
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One dollar on every horse Kept exclusive
ly for the saddle lone dollar and so cents for
every horse kept for use in Carriage liable
to be taxed ; and one dollar and SO cents fer
every horse kept for the use of both saddle 8,
carriage.
Two dollars on every gold watch, aud
one dollar on every silver watch kept for
use.
several unsuccessful attempts were made
to amend the bill amongst which was one bv
Mr.. Castor, to strike out so much of the hill
as includes the tax on household furniture ::
which was decided by yeas and Rays, as fol-
lows:
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For TIE motion
Against il

Against il 90
The bill was, after considerable discussion
on the various amendments proposed to it, On
the course OF which Mr.. Law of Con. made a
speech OF great length against the bill on gen
crai grounds OF opposition TO the present
administration, which was pretty warmlv
+ replied to by Mr. Eppes and Mr.. Wright
ing. ..... o''
/ ne engrosscd bin " to provide additional
revenues for defraying the expences If GOV
eminent and maintaining the public credit by
laying duties on various goods, wares. 81 per-
chandize manufactured within the u. States. -
/ was read third time and HaSsed by the fol-
lowing vote
fEAS.-Messrs. Alexander Aston. Nm
derson' Archer. Avery, Barbour, Barnett,
BurwelI, Butler, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cannon.
Chappe:l, Clark, Clopton, Comstock. Con-
ddlct, Corard, Crawford, Creighton, Cuthbe,t,
Dana, DAVIS OF Penn. Denoyeiles Desha, Du-
vail, E.ppes, Evans, Farrow; FIndlev. Fis, of
Vt.-Fisk Oi n. \. Forney, Forsytbe, Franklin.
tIholson, Glasgow, Goodwin, Goardin. Griffin.
Han, Harris, Hasbrouck, Halves, Hopkins ii
ny. Howell, Hubbard, Humphreys, Ingersorl
lngnam, Irving, Irwin, J,hnson of Va. John
son OF hy. Kennedy, Kerr, Kilbourn, King.
OF N. Z: Leferts, Lyle, M'Coy, M'kee, NJ
- ~ ~ az 4fAOulSOlHeTy, IWOOTe, NluTfrce,
Nelson, Newton, Oakley, Ormsly, Parker
Pickens, Piper, Peasants, Rea of Pen. Rhea
len. Rich, Rnggold, Roane, Sage, Sewer,
sharp, Skiuner, Smith Of N. Y Smith Of Pen.
Sinith OF Va. Strong, Taunehill, Taylor, Eel
fair, Udree, Ward of N. J. Williams, Wilson
OF Pen. Wright, Yancey-1O2.
NAfS-Messrs. Baylies Of Mass. Biqelo,v
Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Caperton'
Champion, Ciliey, Cooper, CHlbeper. Baven,
port Ely, Castor, Geddes, Grosvenor, Hale.
Henderson, Jackson of X. ]. King Of MIS-,
Law, Lewis, Lovctt, Macon, Miller, Moselev
Markell, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Pot.
John Reed, WIN. Reed, Ruggles, Schureman'
Sheitsy,. Sherwood, Shpherd, Slaymaker'
S!yanford' stockton, Stuart, Stirges, Taggart
Tltomps il, Vose, Ward of Macs. Webster
Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson Of Mass
Wmter--52.
Mr.. Ehhes of Va. from the committee Of
Conterence on the dsagreeing votes Of the
two Houses on the amendments to the bill
Tor lay"g additional duties on distillation.
made a report The report recommends
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NORTH c ARoElNA LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature have bauotted times for
a Senator IN Congress To fill the vacancy &C
casioned by the resignation of David stone,
tsq. without making an appointment. 1st
ballot--John Stanly 81, Jesse Franklin SIS,
James Mcbane 81, Israel Pickins 90 9
blanks. Cd ballot-Stanly 80, Franklin 80,
PIckins IS, blanks-Mebane withdrawn.
81 ballot-Stanly 30, Franklin SO, Pickins IL,
blanks.
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TIE President IF The United States, has
confe,red OH Gait. .fLExAHDER SEyIER, IF
me Marine Cortis. the bre0et rank If Nj
1oR, in ''eqcard and honor Of the .gaNantry
G1.f!Lagsd by him in hc .feid Of bate az
BiadenSdinS-, on tic 24th Of .4xgltst last.
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