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u it- .t 1 A m : I ' 5 Pave. 90.-1;... THE STAR. o4 lie lower cbsws m Ciaionacr. Ia tike course cserrraltoarsto the extra of rwewry 'n hoodrtd mile la Great Britain, ww" eveT bad the misfortune to W drivrw. by a dronaea pmhoy swore lhaa swrrj wWZcia an equal di taseeia Frxc,tw lires were oot lew thaa six differcst times exposed lo isamiorot dan ver from mat cans. Neither do I bcCeve, k Km Vrnrh ul'iM at lam Mfm the the htUe. This dlLcrf TCC OCX COt lIBOUnl ' cuWrwkkli MSMoaTlr aiadc iroo their tern- to an advance merely of tea or Cfreeo percent. peraacc. I wowidasl these admirer of French! but they hare the effrontery often to demand virroe, way ia every petty Tillage, and ia ere- 4 or 5 hundred pr cent, abore their ordinary Sc IT treet'W e the-dram shop tr temptingly cstabJiahed price. displayed ? And whence it arises, that" the j Thus, then, ! have made you in some de adrertisemeaU of bonne eau de vie strile gree acquainted with the quality of our roads. FrrAchfaan.be mar adJ cafjarr U the o- ihergood ;aalioesof a F reach iM) bat if a stra-er. he must detract a great deal oa the score of fraud- ; So generally i the principle adopted, that every pecuniary advantage is to be take of strangers, that h is absolutely n cessary,if rou would aroid imposition, to male a Dargata laeerery arucie oeiore jwu tmci This diLerecce does tot . The UkvJ of gat reus Spaniard so parn'cwasly iM BMrntotWcawefSrwiMtU vWne of the igoonsiny k cracky of tbawe who would niiT taean. - t ; ' ' Marshal IL kassurrdthat tat Klewra uCjons of people to b free ki rvffoct ta wi3 it- Their rotamiavB and kr-kf caoMOt be subdued, I wwdd not rillinr7 sacrifice the brave snea whom I com mand ; but there is not one of them who would not orfuOr shed hi blood in defence of tVe last inch of Li beloved country . Yesterday mux have conrinced yonr Excellency that I nucht with equal ptuytiett orr term to your army, who will all perish under the wi&s of Sarago, ere it surrenders. The commander in chief cannot credit the account ol the surrenoer of Madiad, unless indeed he were TOUT eve more frequently than those ereo of .with our nvnle of travelling, and with the cha- udormed of the treachery which alone could hare tb necessaries of life ? Either the revolution , racurt of the di ffcrent perons with whom we has made a very great change in this particu- i must hive nr cessarily some intercourse in our lar, or, which I must suspect, trarellers hare jjuurnies. You will thus be Ijetter able to fol fonnt ' tSeir opinion from the habits of the 'low u in our tour, and to enter into our feel higher classes of society. It is undoubtedly j 5 cd situation. Before I chxe the pre. true, that vibeUte life, it is not the fashioo for jt-nt letter, I vrcild auld one circumstance prored the destructiuo of the bt aie, united and loy al indaUunu of that capiuL" The com ml s ikrury of the junta of Marria neai the annie of the enemy hit this dir tommuitkat rd to ir the lolkming diligence, (Lrtcd, Taaaxcas, Jan. 6th, 1809. the French gentlemen to prolong their convi- j which wouW m ish to know, andwhich is . infornuaion was published, br viai meeiaig sjitt ine more soiiupwia Biure-n"' -' 1 ' 1 . . V; J T ' order of the generator the com pleat de teat of th feasts are consumed ; but X cannot agree to at. tribute this to their temberance. This virtue in France are all owned and repaired by the j French, between Segovia and the Navas of Sc An government ; but there are turnpike gates ; Jvwt , br the marquis of Roman, with the loos on . . - i L 1, - (. ' r . . . ..... appears to me to consist ia a doe restraint ot imrournoui tne wnoie empire, at wnKn you ; uk- jwrt A ite I rercn ol J i ax) men, HifrStroraMl . J . . . i i i: i . m . TV- ..ii 1 i ... .. v : :.u n .1. i i ell oor appetites, and I can never appy it ex- c uujreu m pay a ioiu- nimuu icgui.i- -u , wi. u mor wi c-m cluihely to those who indulge immoderately - tea. by the number of horses, and amounts to in the gratification of the grossest of them, 'about twelve cents for each horse, for even TBc French are, without controversy, the!" miles. As far as I have been abte to je the greatest govrmandi '& the world. Their mark, the tolls in England and France are a vanity, and their love of power do not exceed bout equal to those which have been establish their love of rating. I do not well know how I ed in the state of Massachusetts. I thought I can give you a stonger or a truer picture of iu'ought not to omit to state this pieceof infor s To return to the postillions. With the ex- mation, so important to a traveller, and in my ceptions of occasionally getting drunk, and of next letter I shall resume our journey towards beiig most sturdv beggars where they think (Bordeaux. Yours, &c. any thing is to' be obtained, they are very gecd. . i 1 i " He max Tbc iwujr herald of a buv worUL" FOREIGN. By the British bng George, arrired btelr at X. ew drhert. They drive with great dexterity, & as yoU would conclude from the impatience aid vivacity of their nation, with great speed, j You may pretty fairly reckon upon riding six miles an hour, including the time neeessary to change horses, and you can generally ride ninetr miles in a day in the summer season, without encroaching upon the night. v TThe postmasters, who are scattered all over the country; and in almost every village, are generally the most considerable men of the place. They are required by law to be always 81 neir pos to, ai uictr vne en.pio meni j - w fmm ,k H,,!, r censi-ts in superintending the conduct of the.r tim to 8lQ of Ltrcb) which cont2ined postillions & tne managemmtof their horses, loUowing intelligence, originally derircd frcm Cadiz theyve a pretty indolent set of men. Gene- papers of the 1st and Vnd February. raSy speaking, they re civil aiWindeeo poli te ; i Moru, Governor of Cadiz, has proved traitor, and bat there are two many f them who watch invited the French to Madrid, w hich place Borui every opportunity to take in the ignorant or j?3 left on rh 23d December, to stuck RomWt unwary traveller, either by compelling him to !arm?' ' Jmcc wmch Ume nbing official had been tali more horses than the law obliges him to IT" '.ved from V"5 aimie5 T.he wnJole of the Spa- . he "js inutled to receive pay, as much greater ipc. than it reafly is. They are allowed thirty sous j fbe Supreme Junta was at Seville, but it was per poste, or about six cents a mile ovt, with- expected they would remove toCdiz in a few days, out computing the return of the horses. The The President of t2e Supreme Junta, Count Flo horse they furnish you, are generally stallions rida Elanea, died st Seville, on the 30th Decemltcr, of the Norman breed ;thort, strong and ugly ; 'aged 8' yers. Court de Altemira is his succesr. .- exceedingly like the breed of horses in Cana-1 " A Cadiz they hdd eight) -fiwir thousand Fit-nth eta. The harness of a French postmaster is pnso!!fr,,1 . , , , certainly not so expensive as to endanger his Jlv,va nAe, ?e r . re. , ? i army marched towards Corunna, from prudential rum. It consists of tackling much simpler and moJvc5. Ulc other toward tte UderT oi FoJ raore ordinary than that of our common horse t oral. carts. The leather part of the harncess is ofi These movementsindicat.an.vrwrt,t;r.,- . . 1 -" n.,MIUJIJ 1 1 f ... . . " aniUery. The remainder of the French army whh a great personage (supposed to be Napoleon) was unrounded by our troops in tbe raular ol Segovsa. Several iervjs who have left Madrid, brin? information of the French gradually leann that cr.r, without knowing in what direction thty pro ceeded nd of a great change in the carruge of a lev who remain. New troop are expected here from Udes and Cuenca. who, when united, will proceed in que . oi the enemv." Upon the receipt of this intelligence the junta ordered the bells to be rung, and 1'e Dcum to be sun;? in the Churches. the natural colour of the leather after it has been tanned without blacking, and the traces are universally of rope. So abominable arej these harnesses, that you scarcely can ride a sin-1 gle post in France, without being obliged to ' stop repeatedly in order to repair the harnew Sc this sometimes occurs as often as 4 or 5 times in j many miles.. The inns in Fraoce are certainlynot so bad as thev have been sometimes represented. If they, have generally their disagrement, they have assuredly, in all cases, their comforts. To compare them with the inns of G. Britain, Would be to place them in a disadvantageous light but, after partaking of the fan allotted you in Germany, Holland, Italy, or especially jn the United States, you would think yonrseif very nobly and agreeably lodged in the greater part of thelnns of France. " The inkeepers and their servants are,a!most 'without exceptions, polite and attentive. As soon as you are driven under an arch through the building into a court yard, or what is still jnore common, into the stable, vou find your selves surrounded by the host, hostess, and e very other male and female of the family, who with eager and curious eyes, and pleasant faces, welcome your arrival at the " Boule cTcr" or t the "JCouronne Impcrialc." You are immediately ushered through a dir ty entry and staircase, paved with stone, vcrv seldona brushed, and never washed, into your apaHmtntss which are also paved cither with bricks or stones, and which are the general re ceptacle of all the slops and crumbs which are made in them. Ifitbe the winter soason, a fire of faggots is very soon kindled, and you are invited to select out of a long and gener.il. ly an excellent bill of fare, the articles you may wish for supper. Thnyeverthe French may improperly and vainly contend for prece dence in every thing, certainly superiority in the art of cookery is their fair and just praise. This art is not confined to their hotels of high reputation $ but, in every village, and almost ia every cabaret, or tippling house ,you f.nd cook, who would satisfy the. palate of the most fastidious epicure. Nor is the coodncss of the French inn confined solely to their cook, cry the cleanliness and abundance of their table Unerr arid the nicety and goodness of tucir ucus, luiunumc m a great degree to the vcoinfort of the traveler. A If the traveller Is a necessity of embarking at those point, to sail round to another more tenable." The patriotic army in Saragossa, under Palafox, in a bloody and hard fougnt battle, under the walls of that city, defeated the French army under Mon ce . On the 2 1st December, the day after the unsuc cessful attack, Marshal Moncey addressed the fol lowing letter to the Captain General and Magistrates of Sarssa. A Sirs " The rity of Saraijossa is now comnWlv invetcl, and all cotninuiiication with the" countn cut off. 1 can now emDlov araitti ii all tt. .... wliir.h are sanctioned bv the laws of war. Tho stK division of the grand army, under Marshal Montier, & the troops under my own command, are ready tore new the attack. The city of Madrid has capitulated and thus preserved itself from the misfortunes which must have resulted from longer resistanc. Should not Saragossa imitate the example of the capital, its total destruction is inevitable. , Marshal Montier and myself indultre the hnr that you will prevent the effusion of blood and th destruction of this beautiful city ; so respectable for us population, it commerce and its health, by an im meuiaic surrender ; and thus enutlc yourselves to the venerauon and benedictions of its inhabi tants. Be assured, jrcntlemcn, that every thing will be lone, compatible with my honour and duty to the emperour, to ensure to you, and to the inhabi- antsthe undisturbed enjoyment of peace and tranqui- I propose W you by this flajr of truce the annnint ment of commissioners to meet those whom I mav authorize to treat for the accomplishment of this de- The foUowing ia the answer l.ich ws pven to the sum- mom, i)V i.enerai Falafox. The genend in Chief of the army of reserve an swers iram saragossa. 1 his city cannot think of surrendering. Marshal M. may therefore observe t.ie laws oi waranrt measure his strength with mine i nave open ana uninterrupted communication with all parts pi Spain and have abundance cf everv thim Sixty thousand brave men, whom I am proud of the honor to command, who pant for battle seeking no reward but honor and the deliverance of their country, forbid the listening to jour proposal. M. Monccr will immortalize himself if, by a strict obsen ance of the laws of war, he can obtain a victo ry which no one here will suppose. My glory will not be less in having preserved this city, by the va lour of our soldiers, opposed to a system of desni- cable oppression, unknown to the ancient Marshals ot i ranee. Having sustained a sieee of 6 1 davsahe commander who fears not death nor privations, will not now, when hhfarmy by reinforements eauals in nuuiucru meir oesicgers, sunns: irom tfte alorious Hcb in.J ..... I.: ' ' J P1 Havatsah, March 15. Don Juan Domerrj de Victor, gerdeman weC known in this uty, and as remarkable for his pro bity, as the pubiick situation he holds, has receiv ed the following letter from his brother Don Jo sef Victc., an inhabitant of the city of Xeres de la Froutera, dated, 29A December, 1808. Dear Domecq. I hare received, by General Gre- gori, at 7 o'clock this morning, an extraordinary dispatch, containing various and important news from Madrid, of which I had not time to send you a copy, as it is very long, and there is barely time to lake one for the CaptauvOcneral, to whom I am a- raut to forward it The substance- of it may be re duced to this : The French who rarisoned and surrounded Madrid, alarmed by the failure of nine mails from Bavonne, and informed of the i unction of the Marquis de Romans, and the Duke de la In- tantado with thev armies, had resolved to evacuate Madrid, which they did in two diiskis,leavimr ve ry tew ot their people behind them, and took the road to Samosierra, ou their way to which they must inevitably be cut off, and not one would re main. u The accounts state, that the military and private property w hich they had plundered, was sufficient to loud 1 500 waggons. They also insert, that the news irom Arragon and Catalonia had filled with constenuuon both Joseph Buonaparte and his Bro ther, i his is all that mv time nermits meto mm. municate." DOMESTIC. Levi Blount, e-f North Caiolina, is appointed col ector for the district and inspector of the revenue lor the prt of Plymouth, in North Carolina. W llliam Orr, of North Carolina, collector for the tusu-ict and inspector of the revenue for the Port of ashinrton,in North Carolina. 1 eter Freneau, of South Carolina, commissioner of loans lor South Carolina. The New Hampshire Gazette of the 21st rives as the aggregate of votes f...- Govcrnour in 177 towns (the whole number of towns is about 190) Asangwn it, 13 omun 15yuyJ. rxKMod Um m a pwjrtjr ummu ta Oj U., BraMr : d Owe flwalrtirw, Maud to kt iL. enqjrce. jare bi a tarw a pamrtd Firt . Lately, near New York, the Pennvnack Paper Mills, with all their contents, the nrooertv of Messrs. J. G. and W. Langstreth were destroy ed by fire. The loss sustained, is about R2o.0ob Some suspicions are entertained, that the fire was intentionally communicated. Richmond lias suffered ereatlr iv the ravaires of r .1 .,. .1 ' . . . a nre uiai oroite om mere on tne morning of the 27th ult. in a hatter's shop, supposed to have origi nated from an iron stove-pipe which passed through the house. As the wind was cxtreme.lv hih tl. flames were rapidly communicated to the houses on the street leading down to the Bell Tavern. More than twenty houses were destroyed, tillthe progress of the fire was finally arrested by a parapet wall. 1 ne wina oeing violent, the naming brands Cew to an immense distance. Thev set fire tn vi-ii roofs on the other side of the street to several on the same side, below they flew even below Shockce Creek, and set fire to, the market house, close to the market bridge, and to several houses below. The braiu's are supposed to have flown, ii. one tlirection. ncariy six nunurea yaras. No computation can yet be formed of the injurv and loss sustained. The houses w ere generally va luable the suit of bvick buildings was, how ever, in sured by the Mutual Assuiance Society of Virginia. A, considerable quantity of goods was destroyed, particularly in the vendue office and warehouses of $Ir. Brown. The impetuosity of the flames was immense. A vast number of people attended the fire but there was little oixler and little discipline. There were four engines on the ground. Some individuals dis tinguished themselves by 1 heir intelligent and pow erful exertions. Mr. Osgood displayed all his wonted fire and intrepidity. This melancholy accident has demonstrated at least three truths to the ciuzens of Richmond 1st, the necessity of separating their houses Ly a party or parapet wall several5 feet hieh. 2nd. the of covering their roofs with tile or slate, instead qf . ..w tnsauy 01 ueucr discipline 111 tile fire companies, and a more complete apparatus used on these occasions. - 1. L brew deep ami laje. aoetal wan afjaawi-J. .' rrnt to U arwuMity fftu nntectkaaj laUc iJ ilptoainaM d lines : . ' 710 JIUKT LY llEAt ?jV :, TmoM LnrrrHT tar, wkk ksa'ao rar," . TW krst S rreet ! ihe eartj Wn' ' Ajrxia iUn wvJirt ia tLe irj - ' , O Mary ! drtf departed shade ! . r . Wbere ia Uiv piar of Uiasf i Rat " ' -' ' See' tbow On J-jrer lowly laid ? ",- ' ' lUar'kt Utou the grraa thai read kls IrtaA! ' That marTl hoar ea I foryr, j' ' Cb I Surrrt Ute tuUod fcrore, $ HTS rc fcj uk WtmLn Art we aavt. To live ckjc day'of pruaf fevc? ' ' '- - Etrrraty v31 nt efiVe, - . Tlaoac rccoTda dear of tnarperu paatrrC ' Thy ncaye at wr laat fbracc '- ' - v. ' Ah ! iut tijovjbt we waa our last! ,., A?T rTGnf kiss'd his pebbled aWe,t if i rfaun m-.ii: ikl wood. Uiuu'Bjn JTWJ - TW frxfjai birch, utd kaanbora aoar, . ' 1 wia'a aoiVous round the raprarVt accae. , The Hovers sprang wxntao to be prest, ; The birda aar.g goe on er'ry tjtrrv, ' j 1 Tul too, too aooo the fSowing wcat,' " -( : r"Tocia;33'd the speed of winjtd day.- v ' ' "? SuH o'er these acmes my mrmVy wake .... And fcdl biooda wnii lasacr eare ; 'v yV . t Tsine but the rmpreaston drepef anakea, . Aa streams their ca loda deeper vea& ' - My Mary! dear departed shade ' " J WTierr ia thy tafol pUce of test! - ' Secst tioa thy lover lowly laid! V Uear'tt thou the groans that rend his hrewt ' CHARACTta Or JOHM BAXTJlJLP ; Extracted frura a communicatjoo t tbe a'akurh fip.'s'f dated April 19, 18WS. ' ; With a heart naturally warm and 1 sensihuly the roost deucate, and the most easily excited, 1 e t bates or loves at once, be hates or .loves entirely, IBs understanding, which nature herself had forme i with the most ready perception, has been enlargrtj by the most extensive reading, methodized by tie most liberal education, and invigorated by the se- vercst and most continued appbeataoatostudr. Vir tue with Lim is not mere goad nature, but the eT-. spring of good sense, and the parent of a roost man-' ly, enlarged and disinterested benevolence, llii patriotism is the pure, the naturaleffusion of a heart overflowing whh griiitude to the country of his '" birth, and of a mind filled with ,sdmiratioQ of the ' ' blessings which every citizen, the youngest child of poverty in commoner iih the richest laduinercllant, ? the poor o'A man Who is toiling in yonder field for his daily support' equally with the proudest bhabt tant of the metropolis, feels and enjoys.-"Bravery -' with Randolph is constitutiooaL "ie will not, he ' cannot endure the slightest Insult with patience, and there is not to be found the man who darecastablc-' miih on his integrity. f- , . . , ,.vt. r ,' u As an orator it may without fear of rontrsdiction 5 be asserted that he is now the first ia. our national , councils. Superiour to Ouv and " Bayard in the graceful and fiowing rotundity of expression nri vailed in tl case and propriety Of his gestures; se-'. cond only to Giles in tne peculiar force, precision nd strength of his manner, unaffected in his deU ve ry, free from the tueati-icai cant ofGnspmenr Mr. t t is, and possessing all the simplicity and eamnestr ness of Marshal and Harper, he cannot be" heard ' without a conviction oftherecmtKleifhisintentidnS. T His method Use his heart is clear," and lucid. 'f He V cspies the strong points of his subject to the light,' -kt once; he reasons, convinces," and persuades V , and the hearer is insensibly aed with thatenthO r siasm which it ought always to be the object of the) great orator to produce. His eloquence is like the forked lightning, when inreighinj against thepu! ' lie defaulter, the corrupt iudce. or the nretended" patriot. The guilty hear, and Quake and treut-. . . , fiuen wow k have t ee fullo rmcte who knei mioj shsr txrs . -T tslet - doui u US ton ft trw did fina go abl ed ing ofl nat mil jthe pit the as tlx tht ek sai the un an jn ba to in di dr p W( lo . of 81 m L m n d r i: ble RALEIGH, TKCKSDAY, APKIL 6, 1809. Tne Trustees of the Raleigh Academy hire pre-, scnlied some nodidom regulations tar the "gwern'i ' . ment of the Insutution, which secure its permanence and usefulness, by guarding against the probability ' ) of chssipution in the students ; which allows their ac K quinng some fashionable accomplishments, ', if per "7 pircius ana guarciuns, without an unpro - per suspension of their more seful studies. ,' ' The Academy was never more flmmshin? than . at present: The number of students is large, n ; they are pressing forward to the Goal of Lilerature It Suuice with their wonted emulation.- V ? i ic unoerstana that Mr. William M w hom wc mentioned u our 6Srd bage as the maker as an improved kind of Spinning Machine, has We-' ly been employed as supeiintendant of aCottodMv". mifactory, lately established at Williamsborough. If associations alumlri tx. r....i ;nnnnriTi southei-n states to encourage domestic irtpmve .. ..,Uiai uirn iiiauoil OI tnem tnrOUgD Bill ? : medium that will not subject us toexpcncev'A concise account of the p:xgress of impiovenients, . premiums awarded, &c. will be gratuitously publish; . ed if communicated early. - vr Origmal articles for the Star, at all times accept ' a.).;, would be particularly welcome at' tlie present , period, as our paper is neither burthened with Inul-, ligence or Congressional debates. ' ... W,e h.a!e eenand seen with regret the ii- hlieral .spun of Criticism which has uianifestcd iWi -selton the appowtmcnts of the Cabinet Minister by President Madison, and particularly as this hal, ' been indulged in by thoso who contributed their in- ?
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