. s , , Zrl . . . I 1 HA A Jl . Ul - - Published weekly by Ailxjxo lUlt. aTTitxi Dituis YtAi.j "TCtSDATi SEPTLMBTa 13, Ho V X l From the "Boston Chronicle. . Tat .EXA3iINERSo.ym. r- , ,; '. Tixt -u It would be impossible for us to be involved. t a War with France or Spain, without having the Navy df Britain on our side." Jo atea iMASoVsl f A on the tuhject cf llva-Orlexns. - fxttorXirttsxh IT a happy circumstance when the enemy- furnish weapons to baffie tbetoselvciT We bare many instances cf tht "End, and without going into j particular, the pleaof Thttiphilus Par- J ?ni u? arrest tuc ji itji v w c'ary, and failing in the attempt gate the most triumphant viaory over the assailants of the present, dttoinistra4 tiin, that could be cltreK " 1 his Giant of the Law" shrunk to a pig mj when challenged hyOu South" to substantiate his objections, end hi retreat from the controversy will for erer mart the imleciliti of his'pro- fessionsd character. -The temerity of his plea can only be equalled bjrthe jl cowardice of Lis conduct, in taking a ground which he arrogantly presumed to occupy. He no stands -a monu ment of D'micratic lenitj, and tie beacon of Federal o.ter.tatisn. Thus in the onMrleration of the ces tion of Louisiana, e are crjual'y fur nished by the fFjr Hawks with argti ments to prove the impotiarrce of tfie fteqoisilton7" 'TlVcf r.tnu tell us it HLut f little rrmscuence, since we have ' obtained It by an art ieallt negotiatim, ; " Cut WnenUoV'Mornsand Jonathan rt MasMi were plaanin a War for the facial purjwt cf ictjring the Port of ' A'ewOrieant', it was represented by them, as IncaldiUfj.e it iu advanetr ' Clo'od and JteasurcWere scarcelywof ' ''tlly eonilder'atiTn.Thilitexf tfren r y thonsi-.d Kerrfocitans were trifling victi msHoM proposed fa that the Pre- i'dentbe authorised tnc 'into,aetual ttiiice, any number t (. the militia of S. j! Caroliw, Georgia, Ohi K-tniricRey, j Ttnneiss. rrc( thai Mifsfstcmi tCrhto- :l r7tVWc"VTe"8ay tlnnk proffcr,VT.6t i . X:tding fifty thousand, and employ i: t!nm, together with the military and rival forces of the Un'ou, fbrukinj lj . Wii island of Ktie-Orlean$" .'. j' He further propoied, that "the Wl of Vivk XiLLtoas of dollars (a li third pa:t of what we give for the n wheh territory of Louisiana) be ap- i propriated for the avove purpose." i( Now, fellowiliiens, Jet us can- U didly xonsidor tiie propoials of Usee- Hercijs of (he Presiilcnil. They wish- ti to call into the Ct'.d the milUia of five sutes, and of the Missisippi ter Titory, snviuntinir to f.fiy thousand men ; and i aJJ.tDiy to employ all.. the military and naval forces of the n Union." This last, sweeping c!usc, takes into consideration all the hiires on the continent, ind all henh'tps of wsr, Htiiome and aicoad. Unseen, sonunea n irrengtn, we mibt rave had an arroy. and ny cf 80 cr lrf3.Jj r4n;-Iii order to tarry on tun warfare, Mosi mocstly pro- t-V:u ft: miUjni ef tLUa $ i but he knew, and every man knows, tlutthis sum woiil t have been soon ethaui'ed ; this ermam-iit. . 1 in tuih a formidable txpeitioaWivh .iV his rthcr cirions to End Mr. Ma. ' II the prtttfuLd vn?mjt in his first , s7n knowing." us to t comf laern. - propuiition, he wat ontinctd, after . cr of .11. it via, rd in his senatorial wt h4(lj;e;sn the w4ri it wovfldte tro ca(i"icity, so alort in oTcrinjtheir ns-, to set down atd count the "tost ; vy f'roi.r use. He s.-4ks with or ar. though ftv ruiilwaj were ot'ijd- d m-e i an 1 says, M h would be impouU ill ipropriited. ytt whtn tl.r rt I'r fornt iob4 lovchnl j.i a war with gun f Jt fired, he knw the tohfroTtr--j Frn:e rfipniil. without' t.ifg ths jr must b carried on,'vcn If tne " rlttjr "of(iIlritiiicnours!de., -lfcwi hutidreiintnions sbouU"tc nccswary ' sir, l. yoi know this! Has Ld. Kel-. fwrtHe pnrpotf, ' -i ri communicated his saccrt wishes Upon a fair principle of c1ci:Utinn, : fr o-ir pr,peritf f lias he told you the war-hawks oiii?Uttobc .ikii'i n tie : Jhitlt would be impossible fur him to purr lu; cf U.iiiio3. Ti e PmirM Move-his flert'in atif other direction i bvnegocut ion has atitiireda tcrrinr I of im(,i?i)4ot, with fperiHc atiii, 3 while Us of noncnit ld siiftifd the I miliury rrsourccs of lite sutrs, the I Hiisippitf-rTitory.and ihc.whi.le tta y of the Union, intrtlf to gin c i laid of S'ew-Q, lean. Ct pi jet rf Je- I he ippropiiation of Mr. PoSs rr yt t dcrtptivc, ut lis on proportion. It ia r hr he meant tf d us into a , wr, ,ave ttf Vet out cf it in the ) tl oaf we wereal le. Wehave often hi c "rientrd the fallacy of (.rtmmture 1 j -lttils'ioos i ta espfm'ituns. The oi ii,4i r.osetti rs awtiej " Cotumtnis, forevtn the ?Uje- 1.osj(, whm prot.std to le Iniilt, J ai timMf44t 40 or sO.tf 0 d(.!!Sr. tu: tmt lio.tAti.', If thm a tutt!ing cstir.tt be ertctrd wUhin loovtrc u tie ta!ri.liien, how Is it -jsd.le we 'vi tornprrhend li e e stent of a mi. l-7 taiupa'n upwo luch looie prin- ( ciples? The ripences of the war ; project, rt probable, woilt have j thrown a dsbt upon the U. States of , fifty millions, besides the hazird at tending the' ttftimatum of our enter prize. ,Every vessel Uken in a foreign port, 'every life lost, and every invalid on o''ir pension list, must be brought into thr fi.sul settlement. The abve oVervifTon are confin ed solely to Mr. Ross's proposition ; but fiur friend, the" ' ffrt, Jonathan Ma son, goes Iirtner tor jitter approving of the raditiai five states, of the Missisippi ferritoiV, of all the military and rieval forces ol tHc Union, and the t five millions of dollars, he consoles himself io an a Mance wth 'England - He appeirs afraid to venture the cause to the resources of hi own country, Wf buoys up his sinking spirits, with f sac assistance oi ruin., inisncro "even donbt the valor of Americans, to take an island, which some of hisas ciatessavi only defended by a few sluggish Spaniards. The an. Jona than Mason depends on,the prowess of Briuin. by declaring " that it woUd be irhimub'e lor-tisto;be involved in a war with France 'or Spuin, without having the narv of (1. Britain on our sido." rtiY,.f iend fonallian, how is it " tmpouible" that we shonll I s en- ; paired io a war on the question of fcrf-Orleanu withoot the assislarire,.! of England ? Admit that Frsnce and u England raidi peace, do you suppose toe latter woCi have, renewed hostili ties on buraccoti!)t i Or frad vou a tccretcjrtetponrlfr'ce with Lord Wl.it-' AvorthdtirinhisncgtiMi in Frsrvre, j aisuriAg ynu that the T.ngl:.h wo'ild ( comj to onr aisisunce i That the:j j Cri'ih wavy was at our disposal, ir,d - that tlielr disputes witli France would I w loiany -jjsorjtij in our- possessing A'ev-OrU-enj ? In V.thVr Cass, if p-ace j ' had been e,fit?d between the two. nationsitne Tiritish woiin liave br-ta i : iversc to begin a war -on our tpplica- tion ; anJ if war was tfi uliim-tuin. yet they have other use for thtircavy than merely to acq ure territory for I us. I would, with the creLtrvt di. ! dmce,' Inquire of the 'ItSn.' Jonathan i Mason, Esquirt, whether t,e had such i an interest in the Uritish court as to ' pledge their navy in or t'tTcncc ? We should be- glml.-i'-cii -tir, to see j your authoritr,. fcefore we venture on your sugest ion. Do yr, sir, cor 1 reajwl suth Pitt or Fox Have you - any friendly epistles from Sheridan or H Ticrney ; or d-s Uit fajatj eonde. 1 seen I to wwtvo i m the affairs of ;f the nition? Why, hon-jrcble tir are ' m yeu difSler of the prowi-Mof the I Y.rxx and nvy of the Uo'rttd States? , We wo'ild furtherintiire of you, '; wheihrr we were to hve the British ! navv tree or eipcnse ; or whether the ; five millions mentioned in Mr, Ross's .1 rtsidu'.ionjCoiitemplAted t'ce nnvmrtt i( of tliis nav; armauiem f Whcnyo talked su snguinely aboot Kng-' ., nip;Kc iney were jjowj ; '.o fit out a fli at thrir own expense, ; ' an I that no prt of the charges were ; t to be placed to the tccOutil of the U- vttcd Attc l 1 ra'her believe, hmo- rjVe t, tr.errtcst part of the five , 'i millions wot,VI hv rjuc to tij for : t than ff our commoa'An f Has he , ' signified tovd t. th.it all the adminUi, 4 ! and ail the Critish jii'k'es art sorry n i Ihe csjrtuie.lind coudcnnulio of A !j merkan vcsssls, and tU'at the nation . ij are now determined tV stone for tlolr J a ..: . . i- rmloiini their ftavy in our .f rvict x Tk . I: fk. i .t.rs:nr..sJ That his n'.iiesiy (the Ut of k.ngs) is so a?l'..ctcd at the misfortunes of our I T'r" ' . I ! V ,'7, i i..i,Lj-.....t.fc.ulWk(n Fsndenni iiutatioa , . , m . , . .. , . ret Into a war oltM ut Lis sending Ins P.wt lOMirst'tctifVrf-ll Vfr is 'Jrue, i. 'Irn Html Jwhsn, rt Is worllif of a s gfner.l'ctmmuhlafion j u t!j.i-V we fats journ'gritJ foil trr.Iu.'i s meriU yet ) 'u fiiit en tt C if w think y4ir fnf"lnf this i'irt is more el r t th your wM of truth, Yotr imrtlr, s'tr, tarries a strtr.g maik of tefriin tctorin the Ul.lt rdStfctrs and IlnSn, whUhrerjvirts, some srtio s i Utai li. Iltw diff )y allege that U il JnAU for ta to vindicate" our rights wituotrt the help of Britain ; and that we laust look to them, provided 5TCMlf should arise front those nations. This is Jacxsbinixm. with a vengeance t for jicobinism consists in foreign infia eqce and interference, "Suppose one bad said that it was impouitle for cs to contend with England, without the assistance of France V Tks idea would hare been ply scouted ; for in my opinion, the U States are competent to everv emerrencr. witnout tne as- fc sistanceof ny'riower en earth. We B cottrt neither France or Enjland as it respects asistanee ; but we must fr I . partial to the natiott Which. btljed us if our dfitress, and jcuhns of otic which spread hatocand dtstwetion a mong us. ! Do yoa-mean, sir, toay, that we cannot maintain wir sovereign- if ana independence wiinoui ue ma of Britain &v Are We so connected, that ' clatirn made by several skilful and it is ;i.V for oaeof thepowersto etperienrtd travellers, that in the au rally unless the ether sanctions the :j toilin, when the. waters are. lov,. the measure ? This is a disclosure of the ft.:-. j;.-t r.i . tLmfa beytnd anything that has yet appeared, and we hope will he k':pt in remembrance during your political career. - Indeed, friend Jmothan yon have gor.e beyond yeyr latitude, anl there h oaly one just remark ia your speeel:, which is, that M you did not expect to throw liht on ths subject." It is true you did not: you beclouded a , cloudy subject, and I mcst freely tell yu, your remarks are grad:ng tc Massachusetts. It is a happy fjream. r stance that this district Is iio lotterto j 1e d-prcciated in the councils cf the ! Uni n, hy your puerile oW.rvtttionst fir I am certain the lion. Jahn Q. A I iuii, :'.cr ctiBi ib laiucy nil supporter, will cot;s itore justice. . The cubject cf Louisiana is so eo picui, tliut I must be irclyed in treating it in my own way. ' The writings of fairic seat' were eontem plated for this nuiAber, tut haviftg sin.-e perascd the debates on tU q-ies.!on, I was diverted frtoV iny at tcfttion to him. lie may be auurrd, lowever, thatrnsiitr Wice svi!l h-ta I ken ofrniltWMrionsttfrU.Vff'l sesaoo, stter clipping thv.mgsof some Mird, rivne p!nmajtiiad-giv-en a false lustre, whfle flattcr'.nj tn the borders of the Missippi. From the docuAciits m the war hawks, 1 mean to prove, that the exc- cuuve 4S tmiuis, oy trie purchase ol 'n'iia"l the thanks ofvtery real fricaJ to the peace and prosperity of u.i wKtiea o: '.it. OF LOUISIANA. An Lifted. . THE sHme vl.itlnl.e SMtaal floods of the river Misisppi leave cn the surface of the aSjactnt shores may bo compared with that of the Ki, which, deposits a im';lsr wtnttei'atvd far many cenf urics past has insured the fertility of Egypt. . When its banks shall have been tuhivated i theex cellency of iu soil and ttmfcraUirc of the climate deserve, its p'.po2t'on will txk il.it cf soy other part of the worli. Tle trade, wt kith and power of A merits, vHl at somt fattrepctknl depend and j.erhaps centre upon the Iiss'ippu This also rcscu.bLn the Nd in the number of its p.oml.s, ail iu'ng into a ki that may be com pared to tbc Mtditerrr.iar, w'.iith is pounded on the noTth an l scA.thlyih coi.tlnems'of Eirop and A fries, as ths Mexican bay h ty Nonhl; houtk America. The cvt'.1:r n" ths rf the river n.iht l easily at 'cd vp by Weans ef thon floating t.'cs wt'.S r which the riverdarir.g th f voli l- ways covered. The wholt :urer tr C haunt t bia united, lh- ool open lag then left wouli protaldy truw deep as well ss tie bar. . Toia'lgs of the produce 1 be ex pected from the sotd of Lowisisna, let us torn our eves to F-gvpt, Arabia F list. Vcrua, ladia, CbaiS, inj Japan, all Ifing ia correspondent UtituJcs. uuse, Ut Uiste, vhma alone has a IMerabw : Z a W ? f knowledged thrf alt are or have tren ? M , 'i aor te re (tons of we.l'hAM terres- ! u i,'. . n Mtlii'.l i. i'l r v.i'fc mu thou toua'.rics ws lc i rt .wrn ti'rd. '.-Hwiljra ii r-r .ff . '"edte tweto tn airtrai ti hU f .-.4 cold. In clitn.u varivt "S it f.trn.1 to wards tti pr1h, Ths sou. hern parti Ifing within th rttehef ;hrcfc:l. log brcrts frora the sea, rt not Scwrchcd l.kr those under tht Sims la titudes in Africa and its nort'tota rf jlvns art cvUir ikaa thtn ofEurvpe ; i tmJer the umcparsSels with a whole- some serene air, very similar to the f souta ot xrance and Lisbon. ew Orleans, iitaated 'in 33 deg.2 min. which pearly aaswers to the n'orthern coasts of Sarbary md Egypt, tnjoya the same temperature of climate w ith Marseilles. Nof -quite two degrees higher, in the country of the Natchez, the climate is much' more uniform and temperate than at New-Orleans. A-d in the country of the Illinois, , which lies abool 3T deg. the summer season is nearly the same as at Paris in France. '. i An i objection has often been made by. misinformed taen, otherwise of great' abilities, who too credulously, believed that the navigation of Uie MissUtppi river, on account of it ra 'pid cufrcnt, was more doEcult than it is m reality. It appears from the cal j vuiiiuincM.cnuiai me rate ti aoovi J "-.j... .t . e 1 1-3 or two miles in an hour j and that the waters are in this state more than one half of tht year. Io the spring, w hen the freshes are up, or ui their greatest height, the current runs at the rate of 5 or C miles. . It is true that the'naviga'.ion wou!d b.diffcult at that season to thoie who would sail or row up against the stream; tut there is i txample of such folly. When tht waters of this river arc high the commodities ar.d produce of tr.c interior coiKitrfare"gatheredatHl prepared for exponation with ths de sctnding current. AJ hen the ma ters are low the produce of the interior eoamry is growing to maturity. This is the time for navigitors' importa tion. Creat advar.tjjs are' Jleni,e taken . then fruin -ddy currer.ts. At j prrt there are fvW guilders skilful snoHgh to construct vesid bcttircal i eulated for tlkatnavigatiftnthanthosesl- ready mer.tior.cd. Time L vxpetionte wl Joubtlcts produce improve vnmts, I isl render the ravigation of this river ait tjirap as -ny other. Uul that the .M'usls'ppi co 'cy'escrs .rpose tftra.'-K aiilVo:r.'A(r.e 'ii proved to a denk0nstrtion, by the rapid pro grws the French, Or rntan n&d Aca dian inhabitunts on -that river lute roade. They have obuimd a Ute ofnpulcr.ee never bfforc so scon.se quired in any new cour.try. Ail this was elTtctcd tinder all the dis courageinentk, of a udolcat asd ra pacious govetnmerit. it may be fur ther asserted, that no country in North America, or perhaps in the owrerst', tscteds the neighbin tood of the Mis sisippi in fertility of toil and tempeia. tur pf climate. Both sides of this river are truly rcinvkaLle for the very great diversity and luxnruncy cf their prodnction. They a.i(jht proj Dojy-b brought, trom theUvwuiw VIcncssofthe tlimsvrc, to nriKltice two jannirsl crops of Indian corn, as well uni nun -wiiii inue cumvaiioii would furnish grin ofeveiy lind in j the grcaUt abundance. Cut tl.is va. I tut it nconSned to riir fertility aird ! immensity r,f the chwnpiin Lr.is, I their tirober is-as fine as any In th? ' world, il tnc q i.mti'jts tf lire other oak, ash, mi.Ibcrry,alr,ut,ctcr J ry,cyprc.st.niecda, art isioui.liing, 1 he iirifhborhosd of the Miisit-ppi, , liilis fkirniihrs ti e richest fiuits Ll great variety, vh.iy pr.pis,.o ratiKes'ari'l leruons u the light.! per I fcctlon. It pi!uc-s t'.'X, cottyu, sat- Jisafras, Sifronand thubait iT-'.cu- LUarlf adapted fur lnHitimd 11k, and ia goolnew f Utw-A eiMils the rnr.ils ; suid in figt u t the picjnt time a slspfc commodity ,rV,:a conv. ntoly yivrl ls the pUatrr fin three or four cu'.tftjs. la a woie, whatever Is rich or rsre in the most ti.raL! climates U Eurep, stems riatvral to Sith a drgret on the Muiippi. France, trV.t H she sent no em'tiTanis iato Louisiana but decayed soldiers, vr persons In irxli jent i.-cuiiuuocrs, (sad these very pooilr supplit d with the implements of ls!nndry) soon be. gin l drtsd a rivJ.y in hr ccdoy, f articoUriy U the ctiVivation of vines, rom whli she prohibited th colo nies under a my livy pcnitty j yet soil snd sltnation triumphed over all ' political restraints, a'td the sdvrntar rrtsl the eolof thttvav i-i 17.2 wcro 1 very litrlt bfcri-w to tho ntwitnsf i tltranits of Amrrir.i jis U the ino. dern reSnv me msf hunry. Thw Miiiippi furnishes in freat I pWy several snrts offish, iMtrticu-t Iri p'f h. sturgeon, til, and catts ' ofa mcnurotn sitr. Crs't fiH slKmnd it this ro-tntry $ ihfy are in.cttry pr of the earth, and when fit inhs. b.uo's ch ii a d-sh of them the se4 its) tietr ftideM, watte they isre ft ' tmall pond dug Tor that purpose, and axe smc of getting as many as they have occasion far. A dish of shrimps is as easily procured I by kangiaga . small canvas bag with a piece of meat . : ta it o the bank of the river, and let ting it drop a little below the surface rof the water, to few hours a su2clcnt ' Quantity will bare get into the bag. - Shrimps are found ia the Missisippi as far as the Natf hex. 24a miles Irom, . the SCI. trr Louisiana is bounded by the Mis i sisippi east; by NewMexico wetj ana runs incemmeiy oy utc non.ru Pnder the former French govern ment Louisiana included both, sides of the Mit&Uio&t. from' its month td -the H Illinois, and bick om the river east and West deEnitaly. It is intersected with a number of fine rivers, among which are St. Francis, which empties into Missisippi at Kappas Old Fort, navigable about 550 or JOO miles ; its course Is nearly parallel with th'' Missisippi, and front SO to SO Trulcl disunt front 'it. The Natchitoches, which empties into the Missisippi a borie Point Coupee,' and the Adayet or Mexico rivet, emptying into, thi gulf of Mexico, and the river Rouge, on which, it Is welt kao ww, are as ricU silver mines as any In Mexico. New. Orleans is the capita! of Louisiana. It' stands ton the east " side of the Mis sisippi, 105 miles from its mouth, in 1st. 30 degrees, 3 miactes north, be Ug 9 degrees 19 minutes more south -watdly than Baltimore, in Marvland. In the hrinntflg of tks year 1787 it contained about 1103 houses, evea eighths of which we-e consumed by fire on the 9th of March. 1783, it has since been rebuilt. Its advantages for trade are very great. Situated on a nuble river, in a fertile and healthy country, within ' a week's sail from . Mexico by sea, and as near by the British, French and Spanish West India ilands, with a moral certainty -ef its becoraicg the general receptide for the produce of that extensive and . valuable country," on the Missisippi and' Ohio tUsc' eirenmstances, aro sufficient to insure its fat u re growth, and importance. , ',-". , The territory of Louisiana is remal to about one half ef thai of the UsuUi ' States. .... Our readers will dsubtless recollect the uproar m.ide by the federal tueri ! chants of New-Haven on account ef the appointment cf Mr. Pithop ss col- . lector cftha district. From their rei monstrance and incessant clamors one r&i(,ht have supposed Mr. Bishop to Im: oat o! tli-j most unfit charariers ia cxisunce'for a co'dector. To shew how little foundation tltfre could bt for cri mi noting the appointment, we give the following account of Ms fune rtj.txuacted f.-ora a federal paper lit was the deacon Rhhop abused u TSe fedenl papers asd songs on occa sion of rlie rcpibliean fosUTl at Ver.. Ila'-cu in March last. ' Lie," - . Ncw-Uaven, Ag. It. " t)ieX on the 7tH inst. in Vis'SOjH yenr, HintrxL Jittaor, es.'mayor of thi cry, nd collector of the district of Ne-vllavrn. H served 34 years ss twn fletk, daring which time he was 43 yesrs a. deacon in the church in the S J society. Fer?t yesrs a represenutive of tho teivn in general assembly. Daring the wsr was a member ol rhe com-, tsittce of correspondence aod of the rre mor s council or saitty. Ws for a great number of ye art jnsike of the peace, rhiefju-lge of cmtnty emirt, tnd jdje of prwHate. All ofwh'uU oTiCts be discharged with irrcproeh. alls fidelity, lie lived respeettd hy gd ment sod died with their regret i tearing a widow and three children. t be grateful for the long oontlnuance of his ussfiil life, while they mourn their Impaste Vss In his 'death. His rsmains' wc artnled to the lrsve by a numrois train rf friends and fclloW'chiztns, tks ftdlowinj order t Clertfinrn, . Corporation of the C'7 ' -Ma.rist rates, ' 03cersvf the ttevenut . , Resrers, , corphi;: '?.; Mowmtrs, ' ; Cititeus. A London psper X Jorle 30h, tys, , Mr. Miinrrw, whose Sfp'ii,inrot.to ttit nfice of AmSissado from U nlted States, in rm of Mr. Xing we j snno'inced some time sirw. iwn ; wiv from Psris, and is txprtlrd U ! Louden this week.