harbours under an embargo fyftem ; and
that inRead of relying on the-, thunder of
ur cannon, wo-will rety, cm the thunder
Of preGdential proclamations, what will
there be, t6 deter them from ggreffingl
.Nothing,- but mete pecuniary calculations
of what they may lofe or gain, by anin
fcrruption of their' commerce with ut.
,A policy of this kind, ia too degrading
tor the' American character, yet it feemi
to be that, which Jias been adooied and
putfued by the prefent adminillration,.
trom-ttie aaytMy took charge of the go.
vernmeot.'down to the period of the em
bargo. It ia difcqverablo liv their negleft
'of marine defence, irrthefale of the arti.
cles acquired b their rrcdeceflbrr. for
that purofe; in the fall" f our public
Clips, aad the1t,fub(ritoring gtin.boatr, in
the room of ah efficient naal eftabliflj.
ment thefe are but feme of the e video
cei of thia fatal policy Of its deteriora.
ling effeQi, we , alio : already ' have had
experience ; and to it are we to attribute
the evils of the day, - i - JS S
Foreign nation having difcovered, ihit
we were aoaudooing thai lytiem, which had
' maintained our wational dignity, under
the adminijUatlona ' of Wafhingtoa and
Adams; began their career by Tome trifling
' encroachments ; but when encouraged,. by
the fuccefa of each other, they law;; there
waa nothing to apprehend but the oppoG
.. t ion of proclamations they commenced a
snoft of onr property, Without incurring
theiifk of refentmenf,' until- they finally
proceeded toadijuRinable only by a (late
of wtr, To obtayt redrcfa for thefe in.
xefoned to his fyftero of coercion, and in
- the dignified attitude of perpetual ember-,
gov haa kept tip a regular difcharge of hia
. arttllery of rne(Tage' nd difpatchei, for
nearly eleven rnonthl. What will be (he
refhhrofthif war of wordi & forbearance,
-' If yet ia the womb of time j but. that it
wilt fucceed, In propagating the new doc
trine of goyerrrmg .the great fociety Of
the world, Jy .the force of reafon, and the
fcfljTo of. morarri&hf,4eecni rathe? proble
matical. efpecialTv if recent account! are
jiobe relied on, that neither France nor
England, have.acceded, to the proportion,
of ratGng the embargo, in favour of . the
.one or the other, which ball repeal her
-orders or decrees. .
Bat independent of the general objec.
' tionr, tdthis fjftern of policy, at being
radically wrong In irleir, there are ebjec
' . tlonil arifine out ofthe relative Puliation,
in wntcn tn two .nations, sjrcai'Drirain
end France were placed at the time it war
adopted. There wiir oe toe rub jeer of fur
Ibtr confideratioo. t CAMILLU3.
. , (Tobt concluded Inournext. J
. , Tor the Wilmington Cautu, t..
Ma. EsiTea, ; . -,.
. Amont the reprehensible acta of pur pre
tent executive, are the appointments of Du-
ane and Selleck Osborne, the oue an editor of
democratic paper at Philadelphia, the ether
of a similar one at Boston, to commissions
in the lately raised army of 6000 men, and
the continuing; of James Wilkinson, as com
mander in chief ,f the American armies,
when so general a suspicion of improper con
- duct, as to bis Spanish connection, has tar.
- oisbed his military honor. The stain on bis
martial laurtla. the srenersl wishes to.wssh
'off with the blood of some distinguished federalist-
air Randolph treated bis challenge
with correct denial and pointed contempt.
Mr. Harper waa the next victim against
.whom the ecneral directed bis battery. In
the fair exercise of his professional duty,
Mr Harper had rin some counsel vnpal
table to the general the censcquence was,
" a challenge, which with great propriety Mr.
Harper, whose courage has more than once
been tried, ane touna not warning, uccunca.
Th subiointd Dostine followed t - " ' .
" . To those who know Capt. R.G. Harper,
ft is unneccsssry to say, that e is a swindle r
nd an alien to honor, but to the whole world
' it may be 'necessary to proclaim him for a
coward, beeeusa he has been a bully t and
thus to place him below the consideration of
every nan who values the character of a ten.
Heman." ' JAS. WILKINSON.
.. Judge Workman, who has been the most
fevere literary antagonist of the general,
e,llr ready te draw pew as hi ewordV
earns up his combined literary excellence, by
iliibblnjf . him, ihe . CkromMhothontholofot of
American literature.
' l.feet deeply for the honor end safety of
- sne cownurr i trvrnble at the idea of her be-
-in Ihvolvtd ia a war with one or other, if
not loin of the tare greatest nations on the
earth, when ahe must took on auch patriots
and heroes to defend her rights, as the nolo.
fioos Duaae aad the dtrbtoua Wilkinson. '
r Raraaatnoa.
From Or BtatkiT tf Jarraaaei lartua.
' ' eascra. )''
' - if a. ALkaarii.
. Being informed by a Mend, that some time
Jtst, there was published in the Wathingtea
1 onjtor, stricturtt ofl my tooduct io favor
f Gen. James WlVioso,wUh a view todis
credit what I have asserted before the public
mI St tWdrr M IU IM SVru. I" df
jrHKlNSQXutKoTlUlTEROUStkarocirr
J Ar rtprtttnitd K!m la 04 r and that It U In
fny power, under clrcvmitencee eempuhory
el aitfodascc of witntnti, aui the pqiluf
ftori of paper, to esiailtth the bet, to the eon
fiction cfncrj man on earth.' I have not see
what was published, hor ia it material Con
gress will or will not take up the subject, but
if congress does, than my conduct and that
Of Gen. Wilkinson, will appear to the world s
and H congress doea not, then I must defend
myself, R. NEWMAN ;
kM WILMINGTON
i. ,.TUESDAY,NOVEMBERl5, 180S.
A letter bas been recei ved by the Governor
of this State, from the Secretary of War.'re
quiring our Executive to order a draft from
.the militia of this state of 8,07 1 men, who ire
tobeofficered,exercisetl, and equipped, with
arms, knapsacks and blankets; and who are
to hold themselves ready to march at a mo
ment's warning v ; " , '.
Ofiuiai itale of the votes for Elector of Prtsi.
1 dent ofthe U.S, in New-Hanover county. "
uem. aam.uet Ashe, sen.- 424 1
rr Fed. Thomas Brown.4 . ' " 204 '. ?
The votes of the other counties formintr
the electoral district, arc aot yi known. '
; Mr Marfon, a dein craiic' repiibHcan."
ftas been re.eleted in Chartrflon diftrict,
to let ve as tta reprelentative jq the next
Conerels. : r-..:;. ,
A Paris article of the 33d Augustsays,
that th American difpatch schooner Hon,
Caj.U Wvoodwardr arrived at Havre, had on
board three chests contaming the skeleton of
a singular animal Mammoth us a present
from the president, of the United States, to
the rreoco national institute. , . c
' Ma. EniToar" - --" ' -. -r -'.In
New-EnRland where I was born', my
parents brought me up in the habit -.of con
stantly attending divine worship. In com
pliance with this habit, I walked, at the toll
ing of the bell last Sunday, toHe church
I was a little surprised to Gnd from so popo
lous a placeas Wilmington, not more than
an hundred in the' tern pie of the living God:
indeed I was still more surprised at the re
ply of a friend, to whom I was remarking the
circumstance, that lor Wilmington it was
;an extraordinary large congregation.'. The
ducourte was on the subject of a proper
choice of our companions, v ' Be that waM
eth with vise' men shall itwise $ out tie com-
tMion of tools shall be destroyed.'. The divi
sionof it waa natural and striking, pointing
out in a clear and strong light, how advanta
geous the company of the wise, is on the
score of reputation comfort and profit, and
..the imperceptible and therefore more danee-
tous enccis oi vicious aocieiy in us cniorcca
- rr . I . . . g-
by the Poett ...
u. u r..L iu...i
That s ht4 nssS. bat ha (nr..
, T fctn, too eft' fimiliM whh hr fica,
' Wa fiit n4.s,lhes pit yi ibte-eabrscs.' .
.For one, I Can declare that I came away
delighted and cdiBed. , Notice was given that
on the next Sunday Fwaaat, Saaatoa
would be preached on the lamentable de
cease of Mrs. Eliza Ann Davis. I shall
surely make one of those who will-ertend.
. A STaAioxa...
- .The following is we believe, a corred
Ratement of political parties in the Leif.
laturei yit.-Goeimr . .fUe'ral--Lieut,
Governor, irpnhlican Council, totede
ra), and 1 republican Treafurer, ledeAl
Speaker, Secreisry of State,'-and Clerk
of the Houfe, rrpobl'tcsn Aiid about It
or 15 majority in the lioufe ot Reprelen
tativet, republican. Vermont Jtunal.
; mw.jtgsit. - '
A democratic majority of one hat been
elefled in the council, and Gx in the other
branch of the Legiflatue. In iheeltflioni
fOfCongreft, ard for eletlon for Prefi.
dent and Vice-PrtfiJenf; ' both being by a
general ticket,' it is esr-eQed the federal
ills will neverthelefs prevail- - ' 1 Ibid.
. JL ' '
Buonaparte, In answer to an application
made to him by the chamber of commerce
at Dordeaux, aays, M That he coold not ac
M knowledge1sity colours at neuirot, in conss
" quence of arrangements made between the
emperor of Russia and himself." '
. , A London paper of the 19th of September,
contains some n flections upon ire impro
prlety.oLperrorrnij!6 .the ctlebr.ied play f
Ptsarro, at the momeat ihen every mania
sympathising with Spanish patriotism, and
anxious to blot the memory of their conduct
in the w world, by the benefits w hick) their
final success mut confer on the old.. The
play was performed, and the tbcatra was re
duced to ashes. ,
.S tft ik. Jcs-b afika Ins Dka al Tatk, S rla
f..WM4 ab at M.fUU, aaf'H.g to tska too
lemt s wklls bit tlh aM U las ioMi,
I S.kif, SbM hi (wo CbS wof SOtrly boiat a
I ciaasr. asrava Mi, ba bf to toofcitf
r Sm ba whb tbia 1 mollcia tb Mik at
,b Dktot Yoik, baSMTl4bt(ift.o-4tweia
muM pkM0, 4 ky V M "Ws M"!
Vhm,") okbif tola all kts m c4la.a eaukios. .
. . . i
TO A MAN with A LOVC VOIZ. .
Xrra Sbf Wo', ttffi iby Mostb, ,
A4 Sky f ' tb (twb I
rkM by iky aiw s Twik, om assy (
Tmbrn wbb tfs ik ksm at 4iy.
If r coatetoa'tsiUa of Csfitla Hft, with lbs
tffv4i.il 0 Ctftoio'i PMnfoa sae O Uo, U csro
4iOm te LUwsmm DMuibi, a4 Oaa Best Mo at,
If AtUyaa lot wist el rsow, 101 asat wssth.
4 Departed this tifefon Saturday the 5th
instant at Mosely nail, Mrs.1 Ens a Am
Davis, wife of Mr. Thomas It Davis, aged.
-I years.-" '. v'"':-;:
To pourtray the character of the deceased.
allhoogke her of no avert, may yet be ot
aome advantage to those who suH survive
ier life was remarkable for innocence, art
less simplicity, and a rove of retirement.
pub . uciinicit oui' io rwrs tn sua
hsiihis of fashion, to her H was far atorfr
swee( to stray, thro". the sequestered grove,
with beloved mother, an esteemed husband
and a few valued friends, and to them how
delicion4y , passed the truly' Social hours.
But ah l-, '-''
Too soon the fataTdart of death wss sped"
Just as the more active virtues of hie were
putting forth their bloom,' the relentless
monster blasted litem witn bis icy nana.
The bright hopes of earthly happiness . are
alt extinguished ;-4u1how great the conso
lation which flows from the assurance,' that
spotless innocence shall dwell with M the pure
io heart, in the bleat abodes beyond the sky.
and in the beatific vision of God, through,
ever during sges.". V v ' :'v..;: '
UiCd at the Big Bridge on the 7tn inst. Mr.
Job a B. Pkck, aged Sl yearsV : v i
raf ' no tsrtr uMiytsrJmtS '-v '."J
Nos.0, fch'r Aassada, DtvUba, Horfonc
V, . roiiy, MHr, - -., wprii
i BwsdiAi Schoontr Lacker, Jams, St. Bsrtho
awws af olsireittgsr sad rruit', te m.fttr,
' It, Sch'r Mwy, Tulltr, cargo ilt,r-'hsrlcftiM,
- , N Raby, GoWa, , : i fhMaasta'
. ; '. ClsiilT aa4Elist,Jaaut, - ChsrlcRoa
is, Iftailh (hip Stnu TbsrsCs, Mtrfia, Crooksd
, iaad, Bsbtaiai, Sll,'t joha Lord
thia Abcont, Hitch, ' v Itvsaash, Cce-r
i Briiifh fch'r Dolpbl,0bfof,iaiftrfboaoe
io New Yetk, cross Nafta, M. f ., Sals sae
"'J- t rait to H. gaily. 1
r0" ts. r.ryaiMll.lr Sattofi, . CbaiTsIUa
r"! : CtKAiao tcf :"v :;v'""r;;
Kov4 8, Brlf Clsriffs, Re(t, - - - - PhllseslwMe
io, Stb't Bclfty, Mallet, ' ' ' atarblsbise
Hrolly.Jwi,- , . ToybllSoaad,)!
' 14, Tckcrspb, Nslfon, ' " Lhd River, M C
j ' A ((hoaxr trom Tarks Wa4, oUt witb fH,
wsatcat away, ka4 la aar Ga lasr llbr, oa tba
ssihisHsatt "
TOR ; NEW-rORK, V ; "
The Sch'r Venus,
; John S. Oliver, master,
will ' positively sail on
' the 20tb Tnstanu " For
freight or passage, .(ha
ving excellent accom
modations) apply te the master on board or to
me suoscrioer 1 -
. .. JOHN MITCHELL
N B. Two spprentices are wanted on board
said schooner. Such persons as know of any
young lads from 12 to 16 years of see, whose
parents or guardians would be" wilKnp to
bind them, will confer a favor, by giving in-formailrtis-otii-
Th-U1 be well cloalhed
and a liberal achooling arivetw .
November IS.- ; . - - 3w
' : ' salt.
- 7700 Bushel of Liverpool
Coarse SALT being the cargo of the Ship
' Abiona, iiut arrived, end for sale by
3t. . R k W. MITCHELL."
FOR SALE.
f rr c.u. :t cr rc-t-
A lie OUUiUlUCl.UUCIS iui ouc(
the Cargoes of the Ship Santa Thercssa, and
Brig 1 wo Friends, from Turks-Island, coa.
sistiog in the whole of 6 or T.OOO buscls of
Payment csn be made on moderate tcrrne.
eithtr inJCotton, Tobacco, Rice, Flour, Tar,
or Tufpemioe, at a fair price, or notes on
Urns payable at the BaaW
- . ; ; JOHN LORD..
Nov.13. . s 4t.
Just readied mtd or sale at this 0JUt the
; - -MEMOIRS OF '
WILLIAM SAMPSON,
(Lrctker ofilicMJii Ssmrsox, of this State.)
v tVCLVOIXO , . - ,
Particular ef hia adventures In various parts
of Europe bis confiaement in the dun
gtonsofthe Inquisition In Lis
, ' , bon, fcc. kc
SEVERAL ORIGINAL LETTERS
. ' , . astae
ltis cprretpnndencr with the Miaisvera of
Slate in Great-Britain and Portugal
AlKORTSttTXM
:'. inSTORYOTIRELASD.
... Particularly atii respects lba ipiiit oL.
British domination ia that
, country 1 .
a nw omIavatioki
CM TBBSTATB Of HAMIS,tta II AatZBtCA.
4A READING ROO
The object of this establishment
la to collect la one mass all the respectable
papers of cvsry political description to be rv
gularly bled, all new and interesting pam
phlcts, and a variety ol the best reviews pob
I lished id this country snd la England.
i Terms of Subscription to the Readlnjr
' Room teb dollars a year payable half yearly
, )n advaaOa, strsngtrs are permitted to sub
; scribe snowbJyi at tb rate f one dollar per
' month, payable In ayanca. .
I The Reading Room will bt opened tamor
I row moralot . .. Wat. 8. 11ASELL
; Neverabcr list . . ' . . ,
To Rent, a dry and commodi
out CELLAR. , Afft at ibis office,
'V - ;
THE tvbscriber, having relinquished afy -thought
of transacting mercantile bukl
aess in Wilmington again, , having 4made a
good awtablisbnMnt from that here. offers
fur sals a pleasant attmmer situation four,
mires from Wilmington consisting of about
Six. Hundred acres of LAND, ; ,
With a good d welling hoes, kitchen and other
convenient dwelling V with' about twenty or1
thirty acres nnder giod fence. The range is
excellent for cattle and hogs and the growth
famous Tor turpentine and tar.' Young ne
groes will be taken in payment, . or a liberal r
credit given to those who aie disposed to
purchase. ' '
. JAMES SUTTON. -Lisbura,
Nov. 10- : r-: 4t
FOUND-
By a negro, an English BANK
NOTE. It will be returned to the owner
on orTeriny a defcription that will ideotlfy
'the faid note, by giving a fmall gratuity
to the finder, and paying for this adver-
tifement. AF. MACNEILL:
' November '1 c. if -
- ' FOR SALE,
A few Puncheons prime British
I (land Moiaffes, and a te w , barrels firfi
quality fugar. Applv to
. J DAVID JONES,
on board the fchooner Locker, lying at
Market btieet w hart. . v-
, November i. . ' , iwp.-.
: 30,000 DOLLARS ,
1 FOR SIGHT HUNDRED CENTS. - .
r ; mW.YORK STATE LOTTERt, ..
v for Opening latproviag ecrtaia grsac'
Roads tb Black River. .;.
foHiirj to ommcacf drswiag on the t Sill ol '
Avrit aoit. 600 Twkou ra b drwa SKb if anil
'th wbals is coaclaaae. , Frisrs payable te 4iyt shtr
tba drsviac, aad the psyiacai tsarsatase by taa Suto
; .r . 30,000 Dollars, f
1 50,000 Oollars, ;: s'
10,000 Dollars, .
' :-,-r :.' I,0t0 Dollars, .
, ' ; 8,000 Dollars,
- Btldei ftrr1-of 1,000, joo, too, too, Ac- Ad,
UUibta two Blsoks to a ttiu. Tba febemo of thia
tottery U aaltvrttlly stbaowtcdffd to bt Ibt btt rut '
y afftrod to lbs Anorics foblic. aad fh p.ics of
Tickou at arsftat a hibar tbaa light Dollu ack(
TICKETS,
iTOTICE.
Halves, Quarters, and JgMis r
-.--Xr to at auaTAT
cr & n. wa ite's
TRULT.rORTUlf ATI LOTTtRT OfFlCEL ..
; No. 14, MAIDEN-LAN e,
' . AadKoiM, MAIDEN-LANE,
. ; . IsKWfTORKt . , '
Vkwa was fold la tba LA T New York Lottery,
lbs throicatitsl orlstt ol
' tl.Oao.Dollars, No. 20231 ; "
10,000 Dollars, No. 2303 . . '
1,000, Dalars, No. 20T99 ,
Also, No. 20310 a price of 2,000 Dollars,
biiostevraloafsof a.ooo, 100, (oo Dollar,. Jm.
Ate And ta fotaur Msw Yark Loitcnss srotc fold as
lb abo Olhtta,
17199 85,000 Dollars
3939 20.000 Dollars
3639 10,000 Dollars
35I3J 1,900 Dollars
30JJS 1,000 Dollars
I329S 3,000 Dollars
1IT34 3,000 Dollars
31573 tfiQO Dollars
1499 2,000 Dollar .
16617 2,000 Dollar
35596 3,000 Dollar-
208SS 2,000 Dallara
: And at their Lottery office )n Baltimore
corner of Charles and Market-Streets, werss
sold Dearly all the Capital Prises, in the late
Su Mary's College Lottery, among them
were the following;, via.
6994 30,000 Dollar . 19894 1.300 Dollar
15564 15,000 D illar " 1718 1,500 Dollar
7001 10.QOO Dollars , 1535 1,500 Dollar
6977 ' 1,000 Dollar 7440 1,500 Dollar
' t,' " 14535 1,500 Dollars
Distant adventurers, by .enclosing Bank
Notes In letters post paid directed to Wailc'e
Offices ia Baltimore, "New-York er Albany -may
hare Tickets and Shares returned by
post to any part of the Union, withnbe ut
most . punctuality, and the earucst adica
scat of their success. Schemes al largs gra
tis and Casa advanced for prises as soon a
drawn. A weekly printed prise list will be
forwarded, to the editor of thia paper, and at
the conclusion of the drawiog the msnarer
tlTst atl li I nf Ptsw at a faywea as eaasmlojl sa k m aow
1
any gentlemao can eiamtne hia own number
Prizes in former Lotteries taken ia payment -for
Tickets in this. ,
: jo The Baltimore Trinity Church Lot
tery commenced drawing on the first of No
vcmber, and villi continue to draw 2,000
Tickets per week till finished. .
Tickets and Shares warranted tutdrawst
may be had at either of C. at R, Waits 'a
Lottery Office.
WAS committed to the Jail of
Cbsibaaj Coooty.aa lbs I lib lad a Hrjro in, vfa
Mill bUtttf JACK I ba Is of a yttlswiOi
aWA
NMMd bO
bass eoabdonbla leaf oar bia Ult
eyo. exAMd I
lf ol taat tys. Ha (mi k.
b-toap to WULaas Balk, aboat 10 satks Irooa WO.
wlofToe, M ladba Ctaalu at a aloes calbd Milbvrry.
Tba wear I roottd re VS bis Mft, oay alt
abarfss aad tabs bias away.
i LlCHTIOOT.lWttaT.
Blxnki of different kinds for Sals?
atthli Office.