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1 1 1 A f ': ': . , - v We'are ojU'iei to G ihajr Alewn leri ' far a copy of th t illowing trajruit - letter to Jun 'Fjoa ihs ' Secretary ; of n'1M .V- ;vJ'- ';r Vii Deaet ust, fuly 6,1837. .. . Hn fottUtutf the Cv:rnrf tbt Siu(f, ' , yv -.- Jvuria-ltaralian r i , : ' . , - The Frill Teat of the United, States, hi direfcd me to call upo.ithe Eteeutiyes of pf tht fcteral ftitel to te tffeclualmca. fvres t orsahizsvUrrq and equip accord. "in td taw and hald lb re-dioeis o march . at VmoraentV warning their" refpe&ive -'proportion of one hufidred thouLnd ML . Jitia, Officers included,' by virile of an t of Congrefi palled on the 1 8th day, of 'April. l8o5, entitled -an act authorlf. United States'lTliis therefore is to re. " ' qa.itof your Excellency to take effectual mcafurei for having ftvtn ihwfand and Jhriejoi t'hV militia of'NotihCaruiina ' being her q"uotsf detached and dulylar - ganlied in Comiesjifiahoos, jiVe s . -gjmentr Brigades : and: DiyiGo'ni; within - the fhortcft perloilhatcrrcumllancei Will jwrmiv and . a nearly as' practicable ; In l.:jhe following proportions of Artillery JCavaUy and Infantryvil. one twentieth "part Arlijlety, one; tenth Cavalry,; and ' 'ihcreftdue Infantryi There will howe ; "ver bp ho 'obieflidn on the part of the YxefideoC of tfe United Stalest' to the ad milCon of proportion of Riflemen, duty . 'organised in difiiuct; corps, and not ek. ceeding one tenth pari of the whole quota of the flates refpeclively. ; Each Corps fhould be properly arcqcd and equipped for , -Companies' of Volulnteers whoj . previous to orders for taking the field, ' . 'rnay render their fervices conformably to the leConrt Icttlon ot me store law act, or . . to an ad of Congrefs (a copy of which is enclofcd). pa(Tcd on the 2iti day of ,. February 1 80I, entitled an aft authoris ing ih'j Prefident of the United Slates to jtveeptjlie fef vices, of a number of Volun ' tcer Companie, not txcetdit.g thirty ihoti. " f4tiJ mtn," will be conltdered a part of " ins nfoiclilt (kU0 a of feven thnufand and . "ihrve, according 10 their numbers and froin the well known patrioiifm, of our " 1 ivtliwVcirizens, ,i mull be prefomcd that ..; 'litiJcr .theiCxiding ;ctrcumllartces of our "count rv, a large proponion of the quotas i the fcvcral ttatci wilt be corhpoled of -fuch voluuleer cotpi," efpecially as they ' 'will undoubtedly meet with every encou. ' '.ragement fiq.ni your .ExceUcncyJ and ' " ' I rum 4II oilier patriotic influential charac. er. ' '' ''' '. '. . k " WhenihedetJchTifnt anJorganitatfon, ' "ftiill hae been effeaed, the rtfpcflive corp will be exercifed under the olficcri fci over them, but will not remain embo. d ed or be confidered in actual fervicC un 'til hy fubfequent orders they (hall be di. 'rciSiedlo take the field. Your Excel. lencj will pleafe to direfl that cOfrrQ "ni(ier, rolls and ihfpccllon returns be 'made of the feverat corps, and. that copies . 'thereof be Irsnfmitted to this department aseatlv'as noffihle, ;.;'... ' U " 1 tuve the honor 10 be verv refpeclfully, . ' lour taccllencv s oiwd'eni lervant, . U. DEARBO.'IN, -We irufl that ,0ernor Alexander'wlll have the p'e.fait of rccetvljig tiffets frim 'sfpir'Med young men In every county in this , JUie,' of their ftrvires in cafe the country ' ' i Jaould need th n, and thai he wilt not be , under the difagreeable riectffity of making , . a uratt ot the mna 10 turnwn ine q iota . uf this flate Thofe too, who make a , i lender f their fcrVicts 10 the Prcfi lent. ' . fliould do fo through the Executive rf this Mate elfe the latter wilt not Inow officially, t!e number of volunteers J which voluntccn are to be Included in tbc - ". d'i6ta of and may therefore form a f art ot the Goyernots return to the War , Department, ',' ' ' " - It Uw'rth satltfjctiun we lnf(hn oiif fea , ' fleri (he'dnpute wilh Oeorii for juri Uicuon 'cr tcruiq puniun si icrruurjr, n happily adjusted The report of our Conr rniuio.cerv is interted m jhis .dyV paper J lh correspondence and other documents al lu led to in tliii report, shall b publithed in cmr 6exl " In IhC convention formed, the CommUsioners of Georgia acknowledge that 1 thrr have " nt claim1 H the-toil or mri4.ttc ' . . . . . r .1 II - . .. . ' ton north or west of the ridge of mountains which divide the Eajj-fi'tt front the- Wettcro ; watm, corrmonjy.callkd the Blue Ifntf, and E te viuth of the present temporary ' boundary line between the white people a'td thr Indians " Contcquenily thai portion 'f tvri-tir)-ntmtu vl"n county will be at 1 "tuh.d to the county of Buncombe. - ' . ' ' ', ' - ' ... The choice of the officer to command ihe hunrc'l Ittouiand tnilitia, Ijtcly ordered in 1 tadines by the PrvtidcM, being left with V' h etteutivr of Ihe several atatev, we larn that Coventor Altiander ha nominated Ma. jor General Thomas Brown, of Bladen, to ik the commsnd with Brigadiers General ' "Iter jam in Smith of Brunswick, aad John ,V Hamilton f Guilford, cf the quota to be rais- - .TUESDAY. JULY 39, 1807. ;;..::, - v The merchant of Alexandria have re. aolved to suspend the commerce of . the Po--' tomac, and to detain every vessel in harbor during the cotutnuancd of the British tquad v ron in our waters Fbe n KgoJa4tih oai' been adopted in Baltimore. . f .. --.;; , ; - -..a-,.- -. :v ' ' B AtTtKoaK, July 1 1. , , A perusal of the coireipondtnee between .commodore Douglas and Mr. Lee, the may. or of Norfolk, will make every American bo-' ; aom glow with priJe. The letter of the for. ; mer it truly characteristickof BriUsh ofGcers on lh American station, rude and insolent! whilst that of the tatter is fraiight "with alL the fortitude of true courage and alt the un I banity of politeness. The, letter of he may or, of Norfulk. "in facti pourtrays the senti roents of a gentleman , whilst that of Douglas - betrays the bullyT-i-'fi-'.V-f.: v - We cannot but admire the sarcauick allu aion of Mr. Lee to the Fourth of.' July? : ff; ' Douglas has any sensibility at all, he must7 have felt it severely :Sp.l'r iflrT X: The idntradictjono,; in" which Douglas Is detected, with respect to referingtheques lion to his government op superior ;officeri! whilst he presumes to act on hi own respon sibility, makes the British commodore ap Ipear quite ridiculous. : ; r-'rj'V,'-' - v In abort, the American tharaicter never ap peared to more advantage than it does when concraica w.un mat or toe urilisn ai repre sented by commodore Douglas. ' t'. His excellency governor Tompkins has re Ceived direction, by this morning' southern mail, to call on 13,000 of the New. York mi litia into the service of the United States The orders Iq2&q major-general It ;is ex pected, will be issued tmsT morning ' The governor of tlje state of PepwytVania ha received a reqnrsiiion for il,0QO,Snira the quota from that state to be embodied immediately' ''':-."'. 'i". It 'J9t'f Extract of a tttttrfrom MkG Phdetl, o the ' editor of the federal Oatetttt'dated V, Pig Point, Ann Arundel county, J June 3. SIR, .'-;v" '"-' -' ; I haVe seen in your paper on the . SOth Jane a copy of a letter signed by a number of American on board the British tbip of war Bellona, to commodore Barron.; late commander of the United' States frigate Chesapeake, requesting his ansistance to have them released. The name of Stephen Pindell is mispelled (t"indell)i he is my somil en close a letter from him,; which, if you thmlr proper, you may insert in mr useful pa per, lie torved his apprehtievthip to (apt. Tenant, Af FcIl'a point, Baltimore - ' ..M Mr, Cusaway fHndtll, Inipettoret Pig. . Point Warthoute, 'tiarjtmd. i--: U , ' . ' - tiu On board the Stlhrat -. 1 v" - :- :.' ---- June S, . . u Hjiiored Father, ' 'ft ;' ; t -M This is 10 inform you, that th ichooner in which I. shipped, at capt. Tenanl'a request; was captured a few houra after the pilot left her. The schooner was sent to Halifax, and alt ol her crew put on board the Melampus frigate in about a month after wliich, w , were sent on board the Bellona, 1a, I des pair of getting clerfr, unless you cart come, down. Dear rather I you must Contrite to come to my reliefs I 'Cannot, content to ro main In such a service. Pray come down I would indeed sooner drown myself than continue where I am, aud w'heiit will not grleHra much longer I ' ' ! I am, . - '.i;-' f". M Your dutiful itn, 'I STEPHEN PtNDELL I tttrattof a tetfir from eaptain ClerUt, of the tkib Walker, to hie tvnert In Xtw.rork, da ttd Halifax, iloj 30. , This will inform you6f my Unfortunate litostion. I left the Downs on the 17th of April, and had a very flattering passage until the SSth, when being in tat. 49, 6, long.1 3f, 10, I was taken by a trench privateer or It guns, from Bayonne, who plundered the ship of fifty packages of the most valuable goods, and all the ships stores and long boat.. They , took out my mate, fire mmenv and three, passengers, and put on board prize roaster end men and ordered the ship fbf port in France or Spain.' In the rooming 6f the first of Jthy l rote 6rr the prire matter aad crcv, confined them, took charge of the . Vettel, and hauled heron a wind to the K. Nt V. to make the best of my way for New. York. At 9 o'clock the man at the tnatthead saw a sal to N. W.by W. and she sppcaring - tHo - trv a very superior sailrr I bort up'to thtf i,V Vf I'i 1. '. .1 1-11' l t. Tl S. N. I- to avoid falling in with hir. Tha wind blowing hard, and the weather thick and squally. I tost sight of her at I 'clock. At half pat two 1 found myself in tha midt of k Britih fleet of merchantmen,' under convoy of. tlTe Crocodile, from whom, I was b )trded, had my second mata taken out and. the two remaining passengers, a priia snts. ttr" and tl men put on board me, and the ship . ordered for Halifax, where warrivd wtl)e: Ssth instant. W bat la the pretence for'ta'p- tore, or what they Intend to do wrth her, Cod only knows."' " . ' txtrtct of a tetter front Fhitaithhl dated J - - - r, iaor. . - a The following is jut placed en the Ma rine Bw.k, here, ' . An ived, sloop IIcpc, upt. Hooper from Norfolk. , On Saturday last passed the Btl- a tish Beet at anchor in Hampton Roads, (thy II were Deiore at toe v-apes 01 t-ynnaveii pay.; The U. S. Irigati Chesapeake & tha French frigate, lay at Crany Island, eight miles far ther upwith springs on their cablet, and the gun-boats lay in readiness at Fort Nelson. Capt. H. says that the beach was well lined with artillerji Volunteer i & t ; . T'HVTaiUtit)& July u.: , Capt. zra Bowen, of the hip Helvetius,' arrived at the Ltzareitb, informs,, thitbeleft Canton the fth pf March; .ten days prevf. ous to her depurtUre from thehcf, a fray be-, tween some Chinese and some of the crews of therEnglish East India Company's ships, naa taken place, during which the latter un luckily killed a Chinese, for whom the Man darins demanded a man, '-Which being. ire-' fused, the loading of the Company's ships was atopped j the chief ot the English factory had the Mandariahs, made acquainted, that unless they permitted -to. proceed with " the loading of their ships, he would, on account of the approach of the south west monsoon, dispatch them as they were, and render the Chinese responsible for the loss that would. ekear.tJbeoriV;;,W' !7t'.: Captain Rolls of his majesty's ship,Lton of 64 guns demanded at the tame time, that an officer and 6 mer' who had1 been taken by the Lidrones about one month since when attempting to land at Macao to procure pro visions, ahould be restored; that it they were not, he would proceed to obtain redress. 1 he Chinese Mandarins gave three days notice to the "Enc:lih" factory, that should they obstinately persist in not giving' them a man, their supply of provisions sboUta be stopped t the English had prepared them selyes in case of any further disturbances, as the ship Lion of 64 guns, a brig, and'a dis covery ship then at Macao, were held in rea. uiness to proceed, at a moment' notice up tne rivers the Chinese had scaled the suns n their forts, and some very severe, cons. quencea were apprehended by the gentlemen .01 me lust India Company.. ;v. . ' , T, r,,:'',' AVAirAti3uiyIlii V Report says, that two of our Pilots came up from the Light-Houte last evening, and mention that they were robbed of theirwa ter, in 1-3 futhom. br a British ship of War, which one of the officers told them 1 was the Penelope, but they suppose her to be the Indian she had the American En sign hoined, and one of the. officers had on an 'American Uniform they were particu larly inquisitive at' to the minds of the peo.; pic jo town, whether they were preparing for War, or whether they consider themselves at Far wi'k his Britannic Majesty, Sic.1 ; ; Arrived on the Uih "inU the scbooner Mary-Ann, capt. A. I. HihtbnJ lr 14 day from Sr. Thomas'. Caou H. Wo'rmt. that on the 38th ulu he wnsspok from a Biitih sloop emter, and ordered to hoist out his boat. ana come on board with his papers, and whltf in tlie act of launching her. several cUns were fired at his vessel front the Cutter 1 af-, ier wnicn, be boarded the cutter, where he was detained an hour, and then he waa order ed to proceed on his voyage. Same night was fired Into by the sloop of waf Peart, capt. Campbell, who Ordered him to come on board with his papers, which' was complied with. Capt. C. detained capt; H and two of his rnen on board the Peart, and sent three ol his nicti onboard tha achoone', with instruc tions to proceed to Tortola i but owing to the mismanagement of the crew, tUe achooner was thrown on her beam ends, which, shift ed the cargo, and injured it materially find ing it impossible to work the vessel In such condition, the F.nglisman sent capt. J I. hd his men on board of hiirvessel, and took. ,his own on board the Peart when caprfH. waa permuted to prosecute his voyage as well as he could. - Capu II. on the 11 Ih Inst, about twelve miles to the northward of Tybee, was board ed by an officer, from a tender to a British sloop of war, and was carried on board tho stoop in the tender's boat. The conduct of the officer from the tender, to capt. H. was extremely abusive damning him lor an A' merican and a Yankee, and the colours under which he sailed, and for not hoisting .them when he saw one of his fvlaietty'e vessel of wart and atking him, with a sneer, whether be did not know that war was declared be tween Creat-Brilain and America ft u. , Should this question prove to be a truth. tbea 44 kyal eutyeets" n.ay smell the bilge wa ter in obi Cbaron'a boat, before the y wish iu . '. - Koalroti, Juty t, . BRITISH AMITY 1 , , The fJloving it copied verbatim, front a p per lodged in the CoUeetor'e-OJfice hit evenir.g. ..- v- . July 6. ,M, The schooner Cynthia Ann, from Folly. Lending, captain Harrison,, wia fired st in Hsmpton Itesds, by bost belonging to the British sqdadron 1 but not thinking proper to stop, continued his ey up to Norfolk j they continued firing from the boat lo (ha number t-f 14 or I guns. But, of a sudden, found be was fired at from the tender iuat a head of , turn- IU Immediately rounded toot waa boarded and lkcd why a damned rascal, ha did hot lei too for the boat I to which he .1 . .... 1 . i nswerto, inai ne 01a not know why be was to be stopt in Lis own h si hour. The boat then came tip and the trtw en bortd bf her auo abuted him, and sstd thtv w shtd ihtv had sunk biro, and that ihcy aimtd In hit him, which he thinks they did, at their shot item ed very wtU simtd. Ihcyoidrrt l.im to lew thtmbttk, hkb be did,' and was dis mitud." ' . - July . TI.e Pilot wbo took dewn the shipVictrrse report st that on Monthly at 1 1 o'clock abreast of the cape, they pasntdL the. BrjUb fleet consisting of two 74', one 50 gunship and a fritrate. and were boarded bf an cSlcer frcra ; the Leopard, whobehaved with extreme po- . .litems ; enquired ,the' atate of the publ'13 ' xnind af Baltimore ; was anioua to. obtain ' news-papera, which werejt giyr4 Jgim. He : observed it neverwaa(tbeir intcntipn lo ob sTruct outward bound vessels. The officer -requested the favor of pulling the pilot on board any vessel which he desireu to, take up, and offered him accommodations for1 two or three daja on board the Leopard. ' , x .' r " . r Vastlykind! . Tt)ur last noticed that a detachment of xa valry had been Bent to Cupe Henry and it vicinity, to prevent the boata from the British ships coming on shore. ' ... j On. Thursday night about 9 o'clock, a boat came on shore near Lynbaven, where a par tv of militia under captain Reed was station. ed.Upoh the filing from the militia,' tha1 psrsons left their boat and ran into the woods ; ' jn the raoming ihcj surrendered themselves " " to captain Shepherd prthe cavalry; and con-sited-F a . master's inttte, midshipman, ' and three seamenbelonging to the Triumph. " I hey were Informed that they were not con. Mderea aa prisoners of war, but as offenders ' sgamst the lajvy-They tame Oh shore for water , and had only a musket and a fowling S' T th,e0"- We can say with confi. dence, that hese persona have been treated witb every mark of politeness ind attention, --They are not yet d.spoaed of, the 0rder ontSV ' 'On Saturday morning anoher. boat was on shire with fifreen men; bur put off at tl motngot ,hat ctiptaitl Taylor'a tavalry appeal. ed in sight. : ' - ' , Another bdat has been, we understand ca waring a uagot trbce j but as the offi. cer who came had no written communication to prove the character he appeared In, he waa , SeIrr"?-b0 ith'" Squiring into the, V"J"' " " milon,JWUIcn We brliev to ascertain the fait of the fjarsons who are detained. -yv.v,' -.-. : t.-,.- , Vestertliy afierrion i U..vl-." e' - I,. i . " Mnnwmreui .irons of..C"ralrir und tbe com. ajor Mcuae, set off for the Eat tern Shore of Princes. Anne, where we are 7r ! 5 'adr,5n un,d he command oF Commodore Dougla, , ide, snug at anchor close into the ahore.-If these height, vete rans, JWlas, Hardy, ifumphHe he, ire disposed to thy the spirit of Virginia, they JI krV6. !? """i'r. -Md e have no uouDi out laey will require all the victories hey ever gained orf the ocean, to wa.h aw.y r'!l!rC With on the land -t from the energy of these patriotic Som of MifronUjUglmk eiheltcveui Cutter " ''','( '" Active. , LZZl'i "V t80r-Cape Henry . . Sou,.h dls,ant ftbout lesguea.-. ,1 u,fPt1.four tut the pilot on board a pi: Ict-boat J iboutlhi.time, a ship of the line (then about two leagues distant) fired a RUr to bring b. to, and at the same time manned .' one or bet- cutters, armed with a swivel, and !hef?ronehour doring which time ' net need three times, hut finding they could g,ve up lhttll'ce bng a bout a mile and three quarters disUnce froni us. . At 8 P.M. saw ship or some other vescl which altered ner course as we alter, ed otjrs, supposed to be a Mgate. . , When Commodore Pat it. a put Into Cib. raltersome years ago, with one or two of the' American squadron, tenor twelve seamen " deserted from the frigate Constitution, and entered on board a British ship of war in the - same harbour Commodore Preble wrote a note to the commander of this ship, request ing mm 10 naye tne seamen sent back, as a mark ol uicncubip and good will .The Bri tish captain answered, that, although the seamen were' Americana, he would (not give them up 1 that tbry voluntarily entered the British service, and that the British Big should protect thttn.i The acamcD were ne- . ver given bp. V - Aurora.- A letter from Norfolk or the vlb to slant, ssysi ? Ills a current rrport, that bouglaa is lightening his ship for the purpose tf a p. proacting Norfolk, and probably firing on It , ir this rah measure is adopted, we are'suf. ficlently prepsrtd to tbastUe thla insolent slave bf a tyranu 7 Aaeemw . , , - WaiaixcToir, July IS.' : "torittovnTJi. C. Jf T. Sta, In the present crisis of ou.(TVlr ik- Wahingtontroopof Uvalry have determined to make you thia tender fcf their services in support of tha intuited rights of their coun. sry 1 : and they hereby pledge UenuelvesT ineir ronuncs ana i&eir sscrcd honor to us ' every mesa in their power lo maintain and prctetve those rights, and to tunlth the ag gressors of them 1 and further, lhatXhcf v. ill hold themselves In rssdincss to march at a moment's warning low hertteevtr in your judgment their seviccs tan be raost tfficlemlf employed. . . , . .. , Signed by conKnt sod at the request of the Troop, -'.' , JOHN COX Capt. T Thonat Jeftrten, . J ' Prttidtntef ihtV.t,- ;.: . .,- , r' K
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