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TFrench have juft expstisncel fffce miffa cre) but have I nt had reaion to treat them To ? The wrongs of the French, Jo they appertain to ths Spaniards T and . mali I vifit on the latter the crimes which the former have conceived, ordered and, executed upon our fpecies t They have the , effrontery to fav, that reduced to leek fafe ty in flight, I am gone to conceal rriy de- teat m the louihern pait ot ihe jtiiui. WeIl then ! lettherW learn that I am rea-- An A'thtt tUm tKnn.-lerhrtlt i .oruna in fill upon their heads.- Let thm know that ;imy foldiers are impiticotjy waiting for ; the fi goal to go and reconquer the boa n diries which nature and the elements have allig-jcd to us. A few moments more, ; and I m slj cruih ths re noantof the French .. under thii weight of mv miht oowsr. Spaniards I you to whom I add re Hi my- felf, folely becaule I wUh to fave you ; you who tor . having been guilty of eva (ion, Iha'l fpeedily preferve your cxiilence, only To far as my clemency may deign to .. (bareiyott : it is yet tithe.!, abjure an er ror which miy be fatal to you, and break ' : off all connections with my enemy, if you wi(h your blood may nut., be confounded ..With liis. N i:i32 to -me. without delay thit nirl nf uoiir tfrritcirv nn whii'h .mir firft uiuw ij tu uo t:iuk.ivt iiiit.fi in in. v ne ther I mull if r i k e in all points without difcriminatiim. I ive you fifteen days ; from the date of this not'ticaii in to f r. ward your lad intentions, and to rally un der my banners. YVi are not ignorant i. that all the roa ls of St. Dunin), in eve ry direction, are familiar to us ; that more thin once we have ken )';ir difpsr: fed band? .fly before as. ' In a word, you know whac. I can do, and what I dare;, think of your prefecvatbn. ' Receive here, the ficred promife which i I mke, not to do any t hi a 4 ajaim't your pcrfonal fafcty, or vo lr iutere'r, if voo kize upon this occaii m to Ihew yo-'irfeves worhy at being aJ.n'ittel amongl the chiijre:i ot riiyti.' .Heal-Quarters at the Cane, Miy.8, 18. v r .rit year of Indepentciice. ' pose, at aoon you infrn. me that those 1 gents can render effective scr ice. Extract from Letter aVj. 4.(9th Def. " I have just received your letter of the 23th -N.rvt.mber, and hasten to inform you in the .nv'. solenvi manner, that I have no knowledge whatever' ot the association, -of the existence 6f which your committee con ceives it has evidence. : If such an associa tion really exists, I am sure, you and your friends will nt only refrain from embarras sing its movements, but aifjrd itt your aid ; for it is of very little importance by whom the hast As brought down, it will be sufficient if jou are already to join in the chase." The G ivemor-Geners ' (Signed) ' DESSALINES. (A true Copv,) The Secretary-General, JUSTICE CHAULATTE. Of the white peifo.fs who epeaped from the ill in 1 almofl by miracle, fevcral have arrived at this port in 'the Greyhound. ; id te in the Ahny which failed for Njw. 'V rk, (i x days before ths Greyhound, vif. (Jarnv, a 1 1 d fishier ; H.-n, wife and fo;i ; d'Aijre; -Alii; Gi!)areau and wife t -1 vl iu tli.- M incy for ChaOeltun, M.lTrs. Oliver and G.oiho . JilR.DR.UIE'S CO HJi HSPOXDIIXCZ. Translated lor the Aurora. The original pp r, contai:iin;; initructioas givinby Mr. l).'akeio t!u p.-rson, belie ved to be his' principal agent, for un .ductin ;the ir.nass in France, wis, as heretofore iniiuioucd, ljlivercd by the ,jrand juds to tho conservative senate, ac eompmijd by ten letters, in the b ind wri ting of Mr. Drake. Asso.n; of i-iese let ters w:rj written in cyphers, the kiy to , vrhich wisn-)t p)ssesed, a others m :rcly . consist of minute detaiU, an J other aj.ia of tiresomi rcp-:tition ; a selction ban tienmtde of the most rmirkable p.isti. gen, a i lniuh iti m ist cU irly j iiit uut tlie objuct of Mr. Drake' m ichin,uion. Extract from L.tierSt. 3. " To the musion of a p.-rson in Helvetia, - to conduct your correspond rnce with the ar my, I can have no motives for nbjectin ; ; but . you shoufll not forget the observation which I hav: so oj'ien made to yo i, that, the a;ui tcatio is ojht not he ui'tltijied.-ince by clo'n so we multiply the chances of t!u dis covery, and that reposing tuofidence, unless absoluiely necassary for con .,ctn . the ope ration, is not merely us'.dcs lr.it do;erous. lowsv;r, I flitter myself tlmre u ill be no .precipitation, and tht no o ie will b?gin to act, until tltfatt is fixed and known in every quarter, o that all in iy pn ;etj together to the p tint proposal. Partial or unranncctcd pleasures willb. productive of notbinij Lut defeat and disaster, "lam very desirous of knowin; who the t persons are, who coaipose-f aac. committee, bil l above all. desire 1 1 kniw the character, t.kn's, opinions, and pirson yoi contciv p i'e tnak'ru your l.-a dcr i but i am perfect If aware if i!u impracticability of your com Miuniction,un!. y.. can have a very safe co tveyanccby I'o.il use (Strasburi?) nmce it yo ihl be rikin loo rouch to trust to tin ' poit " his of ths utmjitimp'Mtinceyou sWdd . be thonn.jhlf acq-i tinted wuh what onset l:i the ofttn or oVmct, fr a knwleJ e of ins prwjf-.is 01 i.ie cwnsunr govtrn Hint is w.mtry m ortlw'f to secure t tcrest to your own ; an I you will fiitd what t have so fir;..n lid to you, to be correct, that one of the beit rn.'ans ofsuhvsrtioi? thst ipvcrnmsnt it by attackio it with its ow 1 weapon. With renl to the reward to be given to your fii, m the ptibhc offices, I shall find no diiH'.iilty In furnikhin? you with the ' ' Extract from Letter No. 5. (ifthDic.) " The information which you have given ana, of your committee, is sufficient, and Ido not desire to know the' names of its members, if the communication can produce inconven ience, or interfere, with your engagement to your friends, f ' -.-- " I cannot conceive how any member of your committee could doubt our serious inten tion of aiding in the attack on the usurper ; . I am the more surprised, since, all my instruc tions have thaend in view; those instruc tions and the recitals of tlievarious conversa tions I have had with- you,-will, I trust be suf Vficient to.Wisfy them- Yau know I would not have recommended that you should pay ; every attention t procuring rntelligence of j the projects of B were I riot firmly con vinced that it is one of the moit surest means of sapping the foundation of that man's pow-1 er. However, you can asjjure your commit-.. .tee, again, that the chief object shall be pursu ed on my pari without relaxation, and in a ' mvmj? mvU conformable to your original instructions ; but it rests with your commit tee, on a due consideration of the state of af fairs, and the dispositions of the persons in the interior, to determine in what manner .they cm.-best be comnliedTwith. " -l Since I have touched on this subject, I .will add as a reply to an article in one of your" last rioieV that I have a correct knowledge that every thing is decided upon in the se- f cret mmUtce at St. Cloud ; but I-.lso know -that as the measures otd';tail and exueution must necessarily be confined to the .public . offices, we can derive from thorn a yery cor rect idea, of hat has been, or is. about to be doue. - -- - " I haven'i knowledge of M.. Tallon ; and I repeat to you, on thisocca-.ion, that- T am connected with no othel uency at Paris than your : but by this I do not wU'i to be under stood, that I maintain no correspondence, for I have correspondents in .urd:r that s.l m.ty be able to ju jje of the correctness ol'i cpnrts, and to. compare them with e.ch other. 44 1 sh dl transmit you by the next courier, ! . 44 a letter from an En.i- linnn to B. ' If your committee think u.will answer any purpose; the letter may be printed et Puris, and afterwards ciictihted: it is ruthcr loo long, butiny be easih- ubriued by omitunj ooi.e 01 the parugr.ip.iS. tlgtlance, tnd of pt'oduciog netsurei cfecu-' rity, which may be fatal to many henest men, whomightrtndcrworWnUrrtufiifthcy were well employed. . The fate .which has befallen the com mittee, of whose existence you questioned me in your letter the 5th, and which I knew nothing of until I then heard from yourserve without donbt to put you "on your . gurd a . gainst false friends, and render.you very cir cumspect as to the persons to whom you con- , fide all your secret. I he great art of conduct I, ing'a dangerous intefpritefSttchas thatjinivhick ' you are now engaged consists in giving somut h information to each individual as wfll enabJe him to prefof m the particular duty entrusted to him , but confiding no wore. 44 As to the desire which your general has, expressed, according to the. bulletin No , of knowing the moment when he ought to give the impulse to the machinery, I answer that he must be regulated on this point, .by the intelligence Arich shall be received of the progress of jour operations. By your let ter of the 25lh December, I find, you pro posed to make an explosion in four departments on one given day, but I doubt that such a mea sure, if unconnected with others, could pro duce a great effect. 'It might give the First Consul a momentary embarrassment, but it seems impossible-it could succeed if B's ar- ! . my is lYithful to him, or at least if we could not assure ourselves ot the aid -ot a .-large portion of his troops." WASHINGTON CITY, June S. On Sttturdav la.st arrivedjln this city, tlie BARON HUMBOLDT, accompanied 'by two of his fellow-travellers in S. Anieiica, and by Dr. -Fpthergijl, of Bath, (England), WIL M ING TO S tT. C. TUESDAY, JUNL 6, IS34. . Extract from Lettr.V..,t. (2d Jan.) 44 I conceive it prop r to inform you tht an emissary of the Frei'-h government has been nuking- enq 1 ries it 1:1; po.t-ollice at Hadstadl, respeciin j a correspondence sup posed between pie and the m i' -contents in France ' but for the mamer in which the e ir.iiis try has executed !iii commission, it is very evident the French government has not the most distant idea of he existence of 01rj. ' It was the appearanceiu hlinost all the de partments of the letter from ah Englishman t? Buonaparte," .which cr ated the uspicioii thit tnat letter oriiuatet here. However, I merely ms.v.ioti this incilcnt, to.prijKire you in ciie y u s.io ild hear I sjwken of. i niv; j.isi co iv-isc;i with a person re cently. arrived fr-im i'iris from whom I learnt tint the. First G.ijI lecomes every day m.ire an I 111 re estravagiat : that the reign of terror u r ipidly returnng 1 that his violent conlct proves, Uut he snot easy in his si tu itii ij a id tlul ev;i y iJn wliich p ssed be-" tore presages a storm mrc or lest distant. It i,iears evi lent that theonsul is nvichembur- r4se.l alj ) it ids d". -sect t on F.n jhnd 1 fop- C'.iO ;1 hi affects fiie J r.Htt 1 tonial;cthe attem h: is un lanhte ly aw ut: of the dau-g-rofth; ei'.erprine ; ml knowing, besides, n jw iu c 1 ill retire rrom'he cj net or relieve himself in thai knlof-.nem-nt which he wou'.d u.il.rt s -. I iu r von will nav cverv attention to the prcsennut e of things, svhh ar.co:-lin to the will i.if n ine perxm w.tii wlo-n 1 have jis con v;rsd, must sooner or'; i?er prodoxe misiimportaiu and dcciivc j crisis. . I I hive noknowlrdtje of whstis pasting ! in Lal'enUu It is u incrcsary for mc to repeat my opinion, that every partial m ne- ! mmt, and all meavirrs whlc'i are not ecr.. ' tially combined with a general cnJfttd p!ai vcan produce nothin;; but mischief. I am, howiver, luclinedtor.onsi ler a!I these insur fectioos 'as abioUtely tp mtaneovis, arising solely out of a spirit of opposition to the con icriptions. In no article of your instructions, I rc fOmmend:d that y0 should tnlf ir;f a v ett. but that we may not make too great a u' u( our means of cenveyins inlcllieence. I think it ih.MilJt be advisable that ymi should wiiti- at ucli tunes only as matter of an inte resting namre will present Itself." Extract from LtUt' b'j. 7. (27ihyan.) ' I a n extremely grieved to hear of Ibe parti si mivetuents, of which ywiinlorm roft and I prefecil aree with you In the onin. I m, tHst, they wiUluve n other effect thsn ,Dr". Woodhouse, Dx. Collin, and Mr. Peale of Philadelphia. The Baron lldinbuldt is a .distinguished philosopher . of Prussia, of which country he is a native. Animated by the wide field for research presented .by the New World, he about six yesrs ago, under the auspices of the King of Prr.ssia, arid with 'facilities to intercourse afforded by the mon archy of Spain, exchanged the ease and en joyments of his own country for the hard- , -ships and. perils of a climate to which be had . been entirely a stranger. Since" that. period fie has been actively engaged in. exploring the interior of South A merica ; in .nvalfc'mg himself acquainted with the manner of the Inhabitants, their numbers and their political economy ; in making astronomical observations,-for which he was provided with the " best instruments f in examining the animal utid vegetable kingdoms ; and in becoming a'qu il-iO'd, from personal observation, with the mountains.' volcanoes and mines.so nu jj.c"0!;h!i' beatteivd over the country. lie hashii,le singuiar good fortune of having , eno' t-i!, tVr a connidera!)le length of time, a dec;LC'j rf h.'.at, in which the mercury stood ai Lu5 d'..r...i.. ,v;i!.out rxperienting cue duy's s:ckpe-s ; anl "i "parsing through a greater vur.ttv ' f ciiT.ttts t!. 1.) a:-; to be f:mnd in '.-;v.! 1 t.- i A,v ,'tube. Among his p.vtt ; 1 vpvMs is ivsM,-gained a Ugli er u .:,.. 'i I'-'h-e C'!;i:i')uso(itsvlf by far the .1 nn. iiit ii'i i uk v.orld) than hed by ita;n .8 or ret'.i,rnin:io i.uions had ever bti' '" ' ,,n it foreigners, lie is e'-:'. to publish tlvusim .l hi- vrsru hcs,uini h we have no ibt will not only give r.c-.v viewj . of a large portion of Snul'.i-Aipu it'a, but l.kc- wise rescue the r.ccoun's vi th it r-jnon ir.m the fiction and incorrectr.eks with wi.ich tl.vy . are at present envelopal. Wi are pieced to uud, ihatth? citizens of Washington, and more especially the Presi dent, fully impressed with the gtcut and di- interested seiviccs ol the Baron, nave, liy their attentions, paid bis talents the t expect to which they are so eminently entiikd. The North Carolina Circular of the Itt jl inst. states, that a publication will soon ap- pear from a cituen of Newbern, proving be yond doubt that General Lee was tile author of Junius's Lsflers. - - A letter dated may lt, from NewOrlesnS, jraeations, that busine'ss from a most torpid had returned to a very lively state. Freights of Cotton to England were brisk at 4 cent per poupd, and business generally wore u very favorable appearance. Cotton sold at 14 and 1 5 cents per pound. .Sugar 7 dollars . per hundred. . ' -. 'A gentleman at St. Louis, on the Mi?sj ippi, writes to his friend in Pittsburg under -date of May 5th, 1804, that" Capt. Lcvij, who had been sent bv the President of the United States to explore the newly .accpiiml . territory of Loni,siana,"was at that'place,' unci intended leaving it in 1 few days on his return to the city pt Washington, accompanied -by-3-0 Indian Chiefs. . - The letter does not mention the distance : Captain Lewis hadbeeri from that place, but Sve presume he was prevented from proceed ing by the nations o.fdndians to whom the Chiefs belong thai are accompanying hini to Visit the President. Pittsburg Gatette. Th'! shiplluz'm, Barker, arrived at Bostou .from Bnr'uidoes, was brought toon the 12th :Ulf. by a .Freiich privateer', and the bout or dered on board..- The chief m;c of. the Hazen .went on board. The boat's crew . were ordered into the privateer's hold. TU? npt. of the Privateer then. went on board tlie Hazcn, with some of his own men, abused capt. Barker, and compelled him to go on board the pri ateer. The fre'ebooters.tl.en fiog ged lhe '2d niHte of the iJazen, and all hands left on board, and drove them with swords and knives in the forecastle, and. then the tvillains began to plunder the vessel. . Tbt y - stole off the Vive stock Mid cabin stores ; and .then, after a detention of four hours,suffvred the ship to proceed. The privateer had two ;prize brigs.witluher. r - : "'' .' 'The following is "i"n extract of a leltcr from .an American ollicer. to. his fiitrid in Philadel phia; datedj ' ' .Tripoli, Jan. fi, 1 804r -44 Since my last, we have been closely con fined, which makes our time-very disagreea ble. A few days past, at the instigation of our carpenter, S of the crew were put in the screws, and received ISO bastinadoes each.' He has not: yet turned 'Turk, but I expect he will in a few days, as 'he- has left the prison, and liv es with own jyuard. ; Four of tour crew have turned already. ' For this w?ek past,-1 fee 'bashaw's child, by a favorite vife, has been very ill wilh the croup, (as the doctors caJl it.) He called 01. cur doctor fourdays after the child's illencss," when he; pronounced it.dangerously ill The bashaw immediately offered him his li- I bTtj provided he cured the child. It re I .covered, and is at present well ; but not a srd said about the doctor's liberty. During the last two days we have lost l of our crew." IV HT OF WILMINGTON. tw hundred Lou., you retire for the pur- that 0f cuiUojih. gaverum.nt to increase NORFOLK, Jure 12. nOHlilDMUKDJiJ'.. 'An Industrious' Frenchman named LoiriV L'Orient, (but better known in this place by the name of LookSharp) who, far some ) t.ors kept a retail dry goods store inC'oureh mreet, was found murdered in his bed on Sunday .morning last, having his tl roat peiforated, and his had and body it:an.;kd 111 a barba T?iaTy1 inhuman nunnerjilltew4i an tf. xcnuic'character, livid by himself, and not withstanding his busineis was confined, kiill he amassed a large um of ready cah, which he kept by him lot the purpose of attending vendues, not luvin i..-i.fideiice in any body ! A crow bar an I t w . cnissels were lound m l.is.houte. It i.su,).iocd the murderers have got a considerable sum infold, and bank cotes. There w s 'i:.r I V) weight of, silver in dollars, he i td in the houc, w hich they iad not lime t it IT. This unfortunate ptan had a wife 1 td thild, which, we are told, J.e oMs.snie years a, '- rnd that she bsjate Jy in liaiimorr in the capacity of a servant. JV little aficr the .Miove .fkin)T murder was discovered, a yr-u.. Te'lvvt n( Uc name of Gntn'.av, or OVim'w, w . ,- el1.ided on suspicion. iod i.f.er a t niint;fr,. it transpired that lite u.t'nun.H ' -, hdhccn f. iliwliir urilli liim .1 a t.iu. if i'! .f.i.tie OU Saturday itinbt. sud had lost ,inic trfineyj alio lha am th that made the crow cane f ward and nude oath, that Grernlaw writhe man who onletcd anl paid for it ; this with other siron testimonies, (which we do not wish to sUte at present) Induced the f xami ntixi mig'ntratts to rommit him to piison ; and last evening a man tf the name of Smith was lso committed to prison, on suspicion of Icing an acceitary in the above murder. Monsieur Jeroti Duonopant and his lady left Baltimore on the 7th inst. for New. York , where it is laid they will Immediately take i sbip;ui5 for Fratvcc. KNTF.RK.D SINCE THZ 12t IKST. FJiip Isabella, Livingston, (ircrnork Uric Wilmington Packet, Dudley, N. Yoik Jan'ci llasti.c, t - t . ; do. Alexis, Allison, Newry, (Ireland) -1 Betsey, Faiming, MuhratBay, Jam. Sch'r Catharine, C;liswoid,,, Middletowu John & William, Owen, Swansborough t-harU&lon . New-Yolk Bafnstable - Baltimore ' Noifulk , Perkins, Venus, West, Britannia, Barter, Moop Nancy, Smith, Rebecca, Day, , CLf axpd. .Shin Association., Kn'arht. iirig llllllgVHI I HftCl) WUUIIJ) l"-'- tpnta Sch'r Mary, Oliver, r.liz, Pcikina, Eagle, Sutton, . Sloop Charlotte, Cartwright, Lor. don . Jamaica Liverpool Antigua Nantuckit FOR SALE U) Puncheon? 4th proof RUM,- Rtctivti fer lh h'tg Befet Capt, Van nit", Jrtm Jamiiita, F. Fontaine. M S f . H iuntHiitnt Jim 35, 1 004. 90 Noil cp. ON r ahtut the firjt tf May laflt th fuhfcribtr had bii Chttih ( unJ fundry St'tt e JIanJ JIM thrrtrom the wntunt tf 1432 Jillai, lut hat Jinte Itt all th ntfti txtrpt tun, tne tf than it J$r 550 dollar t ta 7 Lima t Black River, lh ithr is tn Cttrfe Tayltr tf Samff n Ciut) near tit S x Run Bn'dft, f 205 dil'a't. Any f'tftn llel will ft cut tht Jiid Nstti anddtivtr tltm tt me, flail le bonJfncj rewarded fir bis trou ble, if JOHN COfF, ft. lrjf in a9ii Count J t M Kt(lfb. Junt 12, 1804. $0 2W
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