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Ml T. r 2. t-V rrjwi Joi ww.u,,,;,.;, , ;uRAtEIGH, N C. PUBLISHED (weeklt) BY'tUCASUNp A.tf.BOYlAN. ?V" ' ' ta Stf 0fCm irJfr. M.p:AX;lh ' ' "THURSbAY, DECElABERe, 1810. Vr7 ine service in&one ot the buosmeai sliould be one in the hef cnanhi rhnw n v I , which France raised at that that a few hundred jJollars in the DricVshould ha Or, ? fur more than three years! aaved ? It' was of but little constaueiteiL wlia i1 ! returned to Prussia, and would do it for a few hundred dollars less if theuwi. I "iATEST Wml ORAT BRITAIN; '7 , . r Bahtmore, 19.' . MAiicfo Hazard,'. Whitcin 23 doyt&ont teiih Ve tiave been politely favored bj the 4wnr of ,rij n?l aLeHh paper of the, l$th Oct from! The different-Marshals were at tlie head of theft respective, divisions. The French could not lnng their ' artillery to bear, and audi of their gun as were brought into action, were but indif feirentljr served. The British artillery did execu ffc Uii apcr of fth, lth tonUinInon iiti oni ,da)r Inter, Jhati iby the wnyjd af1Sfe AH we Vines ano xouvus wiuiini iciies pi itant Ve8UviusAcre 1" "T rT "TT . prim -r v A tax was about tobe imposed in Saxony on filial proouce w .uein operauon on me m 05t,qf $ 1W on every hupdi weight of Irid'go ; $ to the eame quantity o)cottont and 50 on jy ewt. of coffee and gr. Accounts at Leith state, that a constant sktr m'ufc'mj; bad taken place between the French and liccfarpiies from the 20th to the 26th September, fi prior to the more general battle in (he differ $ asautts the French loss is ated at 2000 hUcd. i General (Sirhon) 36 officecs and 350 itiTate prisopers, the Joss of the Ariglo-LtUsita-ans UC6 killed, wounded and missing. Not lithstwding the boast of Lord Talavera, he is mfc$sed to have retreated to the left of the Mon iijoapd poimbra it was expected would fall Jnjo Hissena's hands. v--V - -' The. fleet in the Scheldt was expected shortly to uttosea. ' . - . '"'v : The long negociatioh between Mr. Mackenzie s4 fte French government is broken ff the lirfifuSing to accede to the French prqposals ilichfcre,lhat in exchange for dvery three thou asd French! the English were to receive 100O Wish, 1000 Portuguese and 1000 Spaniards. ; TJi French, (feet in the Scheldt, consists of 10 tHp, of the line, 3 frigates, 14 praams and 2m juboati... ' .' " The celebrated Maurice Margarot is said to be ibis return from Botany Bay. lands have been sent under a strong escort, by kiaparte ,' to Madrid for the discharire of all aarages due to the French armies. I The French have been Jfispossesed of Calata m i small fortified place 27, miles from Sara- f More troops tr be sen( to Portugal to assist jjitd WdiUtogipa ia ruboitf dfhtf froAa'IMassen. f A riot took pfaCft Irj Porchester Castle between 2te jFjnericK prisoners and about 120, Germans and jSiiss.:fho had enlisted into the British" service, ( :4 of prison military aid was called in tor re lofinj order,' which was done without blood-shed . The ex-kmg of Sweden, count Gottorp, had so t, tion. , From thel5th to the ?7th there had' been; con tinual skirmishesrin whiclrihe" BrtllsTnco'ops had uniforfcly the advantage. The battle of the 27ih lasted four hpurs. After the battle, Masse n a sVnt In a fl of truce to request permission to bury . his dead. The -request was refused but they were buried by s the British.- Besides tkjs prisoners whichi we have already stated to have beeh taken, fi Rreat nuniber of the wounded have quarters shortly- the battle. t V- During these operations tlie ' Porttiguse' vil. lages were uniformly abandoned, and eVeif thing that could ibfe serviceable to the enemy was des troyed. The British army was abundantly sup' plied with every necessary, and was in excellent health and spirits. We are' are concerned to mention that letters have been received from Bombay, communicat ing the melancholy intelligence of two officers, in the suite of general Malcolm, having been treacherously murdered by a Turk near Ispahan. The Embassy, which was oply about eighty miles from the capital of Persia, on the 34th .offMs, was expected to make k entry with great pomp and solemnity on or about the 1st of June. Eucien Bonaparte is, it is said, to oe allowed to continue his voyage to America, and that or J ders have been sent from the Admiralty,to apord him the necessary convoy thither. A treaty of peace was lately concluded between the Portuguese Government and ibe Dey of Al giers. The former, however, being unable to fulfil one of its principal and most interesting stipula tions, has published an addrtss, requesting a Vol untary subscripton for the ransom of the Portu guese slaves at Algiers. Retreat of the JLnglish Ar'rny. 7 London, October 19. The following' intelligence is by the Eliiabth packet, from Lisbon, and may be relied upon. As has before been stated, Massena'sarmy made a strong and rapid movement to outflank Lord Wellincton's army on the Mondeco. -This " of course required u counterar.tifie' movement on the parttf hi9 lordship, and pjwluced the battles of the 26th and 27th, at lhrsacd, n'tar ComibTBf town on the Mondego a fev miles from the Atlan tic.) -A general battle.Vvas expected on the ?8ih, which did not take pl ic. On the 1st of October, after giving time to the inhabitant's of Coimbra to remove 'themselves and valuables,. Lord el- j lmgton left the baaki of the -Mondegu and 'retreat- on the 7ih occupied a AelWa cscapc theEnglish fleet, as to fed Awards Lisb qriV and ,-wuiiir on in a ooai wuenue was urea upon dv : c.. c 2. UUj lliuil t ail iiuiliu 11 Ulll ni i in. ug wv uiv. vv- vmim U ,-. i-' i i r i r L ,i rrm M Mua... u, ...v chain f ijficdTieights His head querters th.t Ua XaJ.M.Mu.. bil4VP U . m n ratlin C,'w - .u "r ' w ,fclu'" on that day were at Alcobaca, about torty miles from Lisbon ; having his right at Alhandia on the heWtIanUc bout seventy thousand men, militia included, and was amply supplied. General Silvieriaiand General Wilson, jtoGcrmany or to eo into Russia, but by no means !(.'. if "T . - o J " l UVMIM'wui liming iiio i ijl in tit l5W. WowedeiM)r. go oxvboardjaglf5ranhb ymkh jLngfish fleet. u In this position, it is staled," he had abou ,7,4-' London, October S. tic following address to the citizens of Rome, issued by. Lucian Bonaparte, and privately ibutcd two days after he sailed, but was im wiately suppressed by an omctal order ; '""..THE CITIZENS OF ROME. , " In the bosom of retirement, occupied io oAer cares than those of contributing to lUntiilMHM nf m v fanriilv ahrt mv neitrhhoi'B. and jgtn tlte classic territory of Rome-, all that jfe refined tyiss which a mind imbued with a pof tbe arts can enjoy, I, was assailed by the jew hand ol despotism, rendered still more by jts being that of a brother ; still more ;' h he owes his life and his honors to my IJThisinfejnaiTOandate was, that I should re an endeared1 wife, and desert those chil rttwhom nature identifies with my existence; should ascend a throne created by the' most (?We perfidy, and unite efforts to despoil" and j,1 the yet uncdnqueredattofjhe globe. I . Mf jlivid rib choice between uncondition (mission and immediate' flight. " J did not iV .The Tiber, on whose banks I had vainly (Vd to' pass my allotted term of life, received ,m hcrbosom, and she will waft me, Lrust, ' jATt to those chores wich, dreadful -when Ci -in- noitiHty. become a sure place of refuge ."the destitute and the oppressed. ; ; ' I. Citizens, farewell J my gratitude is all I can H fcWnd. May youLchains ".sit light upon or rather, may you sooft cease to beat any, I "tt uxfi oraterr punishe"-. usurpation.tyran. '.". il LUCIAN BONAPARTE." " siness were well done. 'How happened, At thariv K. a cliange, was now found 'to be pecessary f Thery, hadbeen' an llieef i-xecrJhe-pub;t'prBt' ing ever since government was established ir j y had been'welLdone. lie was Iind of god,'oli practices, which had the tests of experience i vlfji' plaint ? Had not the business been welj done J N Vre not the laws properh; printed and distributed to tjie several counties I No'njplaint had beerj - hf9lv1- Tint if UOI -(tlit tiu. W.,.ol. ' paia tnse senic hisnyght be?ru fpy f ahi;$' vas the ctia :,V French, and entered Prusfarr regiments peiitAl. Aftr strvin in Sn;iin, he suddenly went i look for his wife. The latter afraid to ack jafwledge that she had glk another in hw place, nndfferjlJhJmjogioJie.dii uTaleiy Induced the new husband to rid her of this returning importunate. The unhappy man b strangTedand put into a sack- and 1 hen they set off Wcarryv him away and throw him into the Oder,. But tlie weight of the body buttid the sack, it.d one foot came through. .The woman hastened to sew 'u'fT the torrj place but did not p.rc,i tha at the same lime, sewed .the clothes iplic;.. BjH&gN arrived "at "the bank 6Tthtrihe latteppnicBeded to a phs and deavotrred to throw: vr the bodv of his Victim. ne was arasea in mm mm, and vas drowmmr. subitCt. mis vras theobreetof thsamerKlrnpnf . whilst the woman forgetting how important it wrpugiW' 'for?wrdV';: :icpa"t for giving JJ :'.'.; nci iu nuia iicifc toiiirue. ei a rerriDie ra"r "jawucs. mr. uovian. or anr nonv t sr . mnr t hnr lU'd n-imitteWaip! enoilp-h hilt h wnivlt &!" Km tV. -oKvioad tk-Iit full.and just yalue.: Tp obtaia tbetn for less was, not honest j .and to rive too much was not lairjKr Eet the feu value he said, be first fixed, then select the most proper person to discharge V the dutyix. Jf the legislature were so frugal and, ' ' parsimonious they might perhaps ive tlie worttf r to those by whom it would be -worse donei" Andj-,,, why not as well pioceed.to th$ reduction of thg ar owances to other officers i - " But it was said that" the business of printing was merely mechanical. K Even admittinghisj there were other appointments which were "cN"i . jiaioly as much so. What was the business of jclerks of the house ? The one was to rea4 and. " That a joint comtuittee ol both hous be appointed, " i u' ' . ! r i W,rf . j. . L t . ... . ... i And why not Rive out theu: offices at thev lowest rate? Persons could no doubt be : founds lyhtj weie competent and would be willingto discargff Some peasants ran up ; the two crimHs$ere arrested and they confessed their crime with all its particulars. ' , XfQfjsIfltuce of icrtfj Carcftna- ( OmitteJ last wecjf for xeuht of room.) SKETCH or DEO ATE On the resolution frjm the House of Corahaotis, relative tp tlie Public Printir.jj. IN SENATE, Saturday, JVavtmbtt 2i. ., The resolution, as ' published in our last was read. Mr. Mt bane offered the following amendment : whose duty it shall be to confer with the heads ol departments of this state, and make use of any other means which to them rnsy seem proper, to ascertain the true value of all t-he dutief enjoined by law, on the public pi inter of this slate, and that they report by bill or otherwise." s . Mrv firickell could not conceive that this amend ment could have any good effect upon the reso lution. It proposed to appoint a committee to make enquiries of the heads of departments in re gard4o certain public business. The original resolution embraced pretty nearly the same ob jtct. It contemplated a reduction in the price at present paid for printing, which,was generally Ihoijgbt to be too great, and, which opinion he believed to be correct. If this were considered to be the fact, why make-. the proposed enquiries ? He did not' think the heads of departments were the proper poriow . to apply to ; hi presumed .the members ot the house were as competent judges of the value of printing as either the Secretary, Treasurer or Comptroller. The proper place to make the enquiries,-was of the printers them selves. It struck him that the resolution itself pointed out the proper mode of proceeding. It contemplated, in efiect, if not in words, that en quiries were to be made of the different printers, on what terms they would do the work. He thought it a duty which gentlemen owed to their pbnsiitutfnls to make this enquiry ; and the mode originajlyontemplated did appear -to be better than any other. The amendmenTcoindJiave rho effectual bearing upon the subject, unless to pro duce delay j and believing this, he was of opinion .A with a stroncr body of Portuguese ""irre'nulars, were I t ought not to be received. Had the question hanging on the rear of Massena's army. The (been upon the original resolution, he should have Marquis - Romana with fifteen thousand men was jQrt the south of the Tagus, following Lord Wel lington's march. " - . Uniess' an immediate embarkation took place, a general and decisive battle could not be 'avoided. The English merchants had waited upon Admiral Berkeley for permission to tmbatk on board the but were denied as there was not ship- October! 3? v- - uacK maae upon . uichjhcu o. 2 1 1 e Sierra le Busaco, almost th whole, of j j 'Jtuch army, consisting of the divisions of Jurmij and Mrtierio theimount of ro,000 Aere; under arms only 25,000, however, I hi&& in' the "attack The British and 4snh under arms; "amounted to no more .000, tf vhkh. but comparatively a small ! ni cr'R6ged.' Y Our line; extended no less, ! toSrtpl,le8' y s ' "; ;,'Y4 : r'-;:' 4 r directed the operatiohs in person, and "picuous throughout . the i whole affair. made-a-tew- further remarks.- But-these"Avere his objections to the amendment that it could have no good effect ; that it would only produce delay j and that the printers. themselves' ivere the only correct judges of the value of their work. Some of these gentlemen had informed the Jegis? Iature that they would undertake the public print ing for a sum much less t han that annually'giveri. J lien why appoint a committee r lo enquire transports, riincr sufficient to take awav the troobs : and at the same time hinted that tlure was no great cause into what? Tor what the house T already Mew. for apprehension. 1 . The real worth of ttuMVork was what it t-oulJ be It annears from Mural's account ot the invasion ooue ai. neww no u&e, inere.io.re, m me amenu of. Sicily, thit 'his troops went slowly over in a hurricaney and returned with great celerity in a dead, caitn; - . - . : fitters from the French coast, received yes terday, state, that-eighteen cargoes of American produce, which had been confiscated were canied to Antwerp and sold the 15th ult. by the- order of Bonaparte. In case of lord Wellington's being hard pressed by an overwhelming, force or in danger of being turnedf it was understood to be his intention to fall back upon his fortified positions in, the neigh borhood of Lisbon which it was expected he would be able to maintain for a considerable time.--. The necessary, precautions we are informe'd haVe been taken to bringoff the. army in case of anv great disasters, or the- impossibility of effectually resistingthe enemy. A party of armed peasants in the rear of the French army.Tate.ly;took about; 2000 French sol diers and a colonel jprisoners, to whom they read the French .general's proclamation for giving no quarters to the Spanish peasantry ; which done they immediately put them all to the sword. -Rear admiral Harwood (one of the Trafalgar heroes) hoisted his flag on Thursday as second in command a Portsmouth, in the room bf admiral Sawyer," who is going to Halifax . ; FgAKKFoxTfon the 0(3er) July $U. .'An occurrence has happejiedin pur neighlor hbod, which is looked upon : as an jxmpk of dii vine justice , "A woman believing her .husband killed in 1806," at tbe battle jqf Jena, married a cain without! scruple. - The . maa-had ; not been I killed, but prJy wounded j he was cured by the . 4- -- V -' merit. It only tended, and he believed was cal culated, to produce delay ; and -he was therefore dtcidedly opposed to its adoption. Mr. Mebane said as he was the person who had introduced the amendment, and believing, the. sub ject of some importance, it might be expected that he would attempt to advocate it. He would have been glad if i-he were qualified to do it com- pievc -jubiicc.- ic gsiu:emaii who nao iirstceu ed him, (Mr. Brickell,) appeared to object ' to the contemplated committee, on the ground that their enquiries were to be1 confined to the heads of de partments. Had thegcntlemeh attended more closely to the language of the amendment, he would have found ,that . that was not the case They were first to" &pply" to them, and see what knowledge they could obtain from that quarter j ihey might then take a-.general range. They might even apply to the gentleman from Franklin, XMrB.-y who , seemed to . have so great an quaintance with'the subject. : -T" ' : The resolution, as it came to that house, con; templated that the printihR should be. done on the cheapest terms. Tiiis was theYtruesystem intend ed. The satne method was to be adopted as in any other job of work, and the only enquiry to be made, was, where is the person who will do it fpr the least sum.1'- If, so who would be likely to- be the printer If It wa well known. V What was, thejobiectirfhavin the printing done by an officer elected b the legislature I Was it not that they wished so important a businessi as tha. of printing their laws, to be completely and correctly executed ? that all the duties attached to H should be carefully performed ?;,Y And ;was it pot pt, greater. importance1 to the st.e malyxe 1 T.J '.'.JL these duties for three dollars per day instead of six, though he did not say their pay was too great - It gentlemen were determined to offer any of tht public offices to the lowest bidder, why not these ' as well. as others? There were the door keepers.' too. 1 Aney receivca inree uouars per cay tnopglj ; v he had no doubt perbons could be found here, whoi . would perform the duties foil half that pri;:VvCs ; Then why not pursue the same system with ic -gard to them. He hoped, in reducing the salary ,IY or a particular oflicer, they would not qsp siglij of others. ' , , " ' " The spirit of party, Mr. M. thought, had toqTf" long prevailed in the legislature and throughot? ';,' the country ; but he was pleased to see"that - ' had in some measure ; luhMdettje.r?s r'n!. to see il again stirred by a question 6flhltfmGf "f While that spirit prevailed there was little doubt but persons could befound to do the public printfnjj A "j fnr lf;t than it rpal vnliif. Ttiia wVSnlrt innn.t. . ' ' ! tionably be the case, and he did not wish'todo anyYT thing which would tempt men to act in this wey. He wished to go on in the eld -way. If the salary -was too'muth, let the legislature reduce it, an.4 ,r then elect whom they pleased. There were djk ferent printers in t)e plac,e, apd they were af liberty to make their choice, ; Mr. Slade felt himself obliged to oppose the amendment, because it appeared to strike at- the. v pnnciple-of the resolution The object did rra , seem to be so much an amendment, as an entirttT destruction of the resolution from the house of commons. If he understood, the. scope of that -re solution, it was this that there existed a' belief " of a sum having been heretofore' paid for the pub-T uc jjiinung, jar execeaing wpai it was reauy woitn,-, And considering the source of the information tqf be such as could not be relied on, a plan ws prof' posed , by iwbiclL the difficulty could be retnoyedy The Secretary of State, or aorne other of the pub lie officers,! W0V to receive proposals for doing th work,-and. to give it to the lowest bidder. It was s not 10 , oc piesumea uiai any printer wou I u con tract to do . the work for less than its value, and, it was important that it should be done for th least sum at which it coujd be procured. ; $f mor was given, it was wasting the money of thtir poor stityents to gratify their own whims and capricej, The amendment would defeat this object. It prq posed the appointment of a cpmmittee, tp naak S i sons as tbey may think proper. They would cf necessity meet vilh different opinions, -One perr 1 . 1.1 Ji. . I ' J'L .. V son wuuia ssy u was worm so mucn anoiner sj) -1 much and perha jjoTtw'q. persons wou4 jirce, In this way l would. he impossible to ascitauj w , which of the opinions, wjs really the correct one '" Then the most certain way -woujd be to- say o th . Yr public, that the printing was to be Jet iOut to tlv i lowest bidder. All the proposals pould be madfj and proper eecuvity receiyed fromjthp personob; -.r. taining the contract. Y The desired point wcU ' -? thenbe arrived at ; forjt jwas not to be suppesed , that any man would qjo ' the, work Jor a .Teas eur) , than the Actual value. But why need gchtlenua trouble themselves about that ? . It was a' wlnctt - for the calculation of the printers j not.ohe whiclj ought to. bear upon the Question If tlnr gem"e ; - man wished to employ a laborer, and two perstfjf ' equally qualified, and equally to be dependetl BppR , offered their services: he jvould .certainly employ '-.Y that person whjj should lo the -workforJbe leas: , I suni. If then i enUemenrtood Uiere as leg)latori,N - ' I as fepresent'ativea 6f tlie pebble the.y should atl(- oouiia 10 -acv in inis rfspontiiie jsiauonf awiiKy v would in. their individual characters.! He woid deal out the public money, a? iihe tre deafintf , it out for himself j S$ conceited thai no onp &h&u4 act. differently''., kv'!7 - Y ' Y v Y " - v It bad been observed that Ythc. offiat pf pcJi"ic' j j printer wa one, of long.j ttfldjnjp a'jvd jt f ej:ie4"f j T fit 1 1 .4 -r .... i , ,v . . . . .... v . . ,. ..f. . ...... . . ., ,,.n nv, - - ,F - v -jp--.-;- -- ' , f t , . , . , -. - 1 j ' I V
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