V .-.vi'- 4 :V A f---f- . ,.,r- -J--.-.-.-- - V- i--l. -V.-.l :J V,r.rv- . ,..:..W...J .- --. . J...-, - . ' . . ' " - . : -. . :-. -..,... ...., ' . j. . v, hv;..vi.v:,,.-, y- fe-u, t---'-.)- -. v.r- .. '.-.-r' ; . --t----- - -r--ft K DOL LAltf FEB TtAK, RALEIGH, N C, PUBLISHED (wkxklt) B LUCAS AND A.H. BOYLAN. IS J IF Of trUiCH 1 AtitAXCX. r Friday, fjJBiiu ary is 1 3 . Vol. 17. No.8T9. i' V" imi i i r if i I i " ,1 it i -'i I, i ,,, - , i i ,i n ' .1 . ' -' ti-". .. - p 4 lv :ts- From the Jfat'wal JnteUigencer, beach which divides the head Ontario, from the Liule Lake or BuTlington-Bay ; then tiirm i& the rjght for York, 3 which, j abou 40- miles from W tJlf head of the ,;knd: 8Q (VoingtbnT: The Memoir of a mot intelligent Uenunho ; w w lhe beaJ of the?lake. FroW thence st i,rar,( bd froqoemlr travewd the Penwaoh ' P sqUth of wetr ta -Grand -River crosses t'he'Bor., per wn'oa, ww v; . 1 fow. pjaiM (eleven tjpHwie) ,j and joining Un- 10'' ninci ' i ( univitii w . oriin ip wsi laid before; our govemmfnt "bf Dr, MitshifeJ the request of pnlh wo We and tfiotte. Thetno" btaatjW section oLUpper Cada, to the Peninsula south) oFthe river Sev, whicli '.-.it. into the hv tf Gloucester in Wurun lak nf th rivef Trent, whxh ettiDt4'S " it,Un-. CI I'M w - - turii near Kingstown, The province is det otn Dated Wfffvbecise the NiagurA anil .S Liu rence rivers "truii north' and north 'east, and lake ETie, though but 34 milfcs dis'tinfe, elevates its sur iace is6 feet above Ontario. : i v The rivers of the Peinsu'a, exclule dfthe boundaries; aretbe Thames, Escartic and Crnd river. -The two former 'ran south wed into lake das. street, on. the GovejHipr's Ubad, as it if called, touches the Thlmes ittVOxibfb; 4 Inencett bur. ttouth aiia along th south ?, of Lake, SU'lt Cfir tc;Detjou. The toad aon the left bank at Detroit level to Maiden, - miles.- ' L CCootVeradi! at iheiead of Oatario, is neat- If mil way, Dei ween uingum anujne new ovi. wrence, and ptroit ; being 20 tnilcs from Kingston and 2Q& from, petroit,1 fhn dtst'ahe fram Niagara to this late i 40 thdes From it JP;erpis .beats sv KtugstonVv k. and Niagara S. . .- ' ' ' i; - - ."'!?om the Valls'of '.Niagara to TJetrpit is Hi miU$? ll iii the sama from- Niagara ? garriaoti. From. Buffiiloe to Petroit on the south or Ameii- ,l . i e a ir .i.... u. ' ..... .1 Saint Clair the "Wit sauth tast into Ontari'. sridtt 0f Erie." 340 miles is the shortest renuted .. le--tViree1c''.jsi9jHies into the NUgaravriiilt-ae; . MilKsh. ia very incoirtct rrtap) makes about three milts stove" the Falls. The f "froin'sidtthie to Detroit.-; Oa;the.north or empties between the' head of . QniBiio 'a YWt Brit- s;jc ot-Eri,:, -u U27r miles. - ' : the Don and the Hummer into Ontario'rtcar York'. m tne ilpit0l in Alanj. to Nigara,.by the The Thames i9;navigiiblfor vfssth of 7J ions Zone want 'santp, UmH miles. Th,aiitance irJI masfromjw: 1 6''ils4b's-y-'the--eat--este'rhttirnp'iktt any Dunnen io or imues. ooai nayiu.. ttfUt vjiey, and. thence by ttirnpike. tif Mun : -ut inest "ivers nr,(,S(jusre, wiitre it These likewise have passed unnoticed by the A the ocean.' Is SO and not less than 25 tv nnnvii ui(ii.nH i iur upiiiKiu ui iuc -vuiiouioh m muy laic, mc lieigDi, insurance Uf u, mat tne intrinsic va,iue ot land would be much enhanced , by their indepeiertcebrltnexatlon'tO' the United States 'j but that the value of their pro duce wotild bVdeteriorated.v ; r Nq census has bee ,ttVc n : Upper Canada. Qh the authority of Heriefi trsvtls it has been estimated 80J5OO in 806.- I think that exceeds t,! uteai qniber in J 8 1 a. iTi'ere were, on the rntru ui i me roiuna, oetween ae ages of tlx teen, and sixty,, to wit at Osweeatchre' 70oV-'4t itingStpn SOO, York-450, Niagara 70,' and at Malde'rVboutC0ftkmgittiihe whole l26o. There jte thus in the province 7,100. milkia itieh, or persons fit for military duty, between the ages of 16 and oflf..'From thia'theumbrjpfj.ihabt!. tants may be estimated. Suppose one seventh within those ages be excused from duty; or-1000. This makes 8,100. Then add an equal number for the male) undt-r sixteen and above sixty, erftal to io,2uu. aoq suerwaras an equal number for r at .m .m '4 ihe females, and you will have a grand sggrtgate ; of 32400 forjhe -whole free Vhite population? ? t am confident the tree white ui habitants, ezclusiye of the armv, cannot exceed 50,000 ' On the 20th July there were at -Nlaerara 500 pie make eaertions and discoveries of inhVi'e im- rejrularsr and i no more i' at York . 50 (invalia's) ; i portaiice ' to;, the nation, which are overlooked uuu m maiucii iv". iu wuic ui jjeate mere are uuv'ug nines m pruce.1.. ceh. Vih' charges on such as are sent coastways aii not I". than 30 or 32 per cent, whiuh" makts a Ting v favor of inland transportation of from 25 jh 3 to ; jU2 per cent. I am informed .that if the ar Cni . tinuesa great trade will thus be carried on be;wei lhe northern ports and New Orleans, ad fm thence to South Amerkaj not only to place! on t . Isthmus, but scrMs the Qxlph of Mexico-Vo .iJ.i-' vtirioos, ports on tkk Mine and in Brazil " 1 t; Saclx gtipds art ths"ra-ported not - ' erv.hlfd'to'a drawback. of fhe duties, will pernio' ; prevent so grest a trsdSc as Mhtrwie wrwdd tak. plate wliere dhcntort allow ed to be iwik d o -1 -suph as m'toi esported 'rf rbnT New Orleans,' w'h"ic. had ln.'carried there, jnknd, from the Nor: i Eastern Uantic ports But as they ar n,n transported, the advantage is in favor of the iv? v mode most of the articles which are adoitcd i those markets pay 25 'ver cent, duty, but wti?n , exported thrte and a half per cent, is de!ilcu from'the amount of duties, which wilt not leave n debentures enough to pay the .insurance From this single fact, it is very obvious thai the far.ilitv of transportation should be improved by cir.als i and good roads. Whn involved in wars, thpeo- gadd to thermilUatDelawftre unites with the (lenriessee io a -tbout 300 men at .Fort George, 12 at Chippewa, iiu.at line, ana iuu at iviaiaen, or aoout one bat Many able speculations baVe been published xn the immense benefits wLicb .would b derived from I uniting the various waters of the Unittd Sta'es.' the Thames is (hef largest, though noncf them)lurnpiKe, This ishe touteof thcrftilitary express The militia are all well armed with newmus iand brirtRrine districts of the Union nearer each is very considetable. --r ' ' " i from Albany to. Niagara, which pmceeds ata keti atid hve plenty of munitions of war. rThe' other by turnpikes., Mr.Caltatin, some few'years i DetroK (the, strait) river is 57 chains wi.le stthe ral; pi)t jeS3 tluia fevghL mijeS nd -nt" exceed''. ! Inrtians within the Peninsula cannot muster mort J since, made a most able report to Cotjgress on this fort Detriot, and ismuch narrower at Maiden fry fog the hour From Albany to O.evnstown than 600 warriors- I have seen the forces of the) subieot, which wus readiarid jirgoiten. The1 occasion of ap island opposite lhat tort, "ih, by Cherry Valley atid Zonewanto Swamp is 292 nations reviewed by Colonel. Brandt, ar their: property which has een captured hy i smali Bri- ; Of this distance 208 (to Cariandiigua) a'inual parade on the 1st May, and since that pe-f tish privateer from Nova Scotia this fall; off Cape juit-s are turnpike, lhe remainder save 10 orirtod they have not increased. 'The Mohocks Cod, where sh has made two cruttes against1 the. coasting vessel from Southern pot ttv woyld rnoi-e g thanh'ive- made a canal from Bussarus . Biy,to tba' of Barnstable for the cargoes are estimured at channel here is within eflcctuat mussel snoi oi ; milca the shore. (residing at Grand River) are the most warhke i'hey art at present chiefly directed by Nobtok, a native white man f the, lower province, who is The Niacsra at the carriion is wier than at , 12 'mju. t. an exr.iunt vna.t. vtnar f t Detroit ;, it is prpbably abouthalf a m'le witle.i from ; Niagara to" Detroit . also excellent. The . At the Black Rock, h flat-bottomed boat or scow 8hfrteat.-practicable road trom 'he Capitol in U crosses tne n verm .minutes. - ' bany to Detroit is- .therefor 536 1 2 Riilt3 ; t3 1 tolerable Loglish scholar, and well versed in the 5300,000, and would have been saved by such a Mountains' ot any importance are not sc-n n:Buffalet py-, Scioto, Sandusky MkmU &c. jldi-n l;nRuage. After having been patronized canal the Peninsula An eJevation wtnch torms it amountP : t0 638; if.vou-po . tiuffaloe, ah5 by the famous Brandt, be was adopted and made ncssee mis, me nage roy, vtuuw, k'V then through the Province, yorj will add 33 iniSes and terminating a little to wesi of 'he head of On t0 the distance , as htfore noted, v " ' ta.io, about 'J mites frdm Niagara, is- emphati- n he roUuarv poad fr m Mafden to Nla-ra, callystired the MounhinV It presents from its, wouy he O Teir.ce th -st ps of G-neral Brock, brow thd most extensive view of the pUmSjat ustowi, -sr. WiT mm i:a. ... t.. r.5n ,u,nr. W5ir3t,hlch kpp edts---ha i-A iA.C I'tn' ?n ,rii.c .k.' ?ll C.K. ,w,a ,rou . t , u.rc irouius i .w.u.urc ,su NajK,ns on the Grand River here is a bridge levti me iravcucr meis wun no nun uom ixu ! a chief. fh- climate of the Peninsula, particularly m the, vicinity of tlK lakes, is -us mild as' the vicini of New York and Philadelphia. There1 is . gars. to Detroit save the ravines here and there firmed by streams or rivulets. tak vidge, or the river is t-jr d.bk 'ht neeit is 23 rrilts to the head of O-i tario, 6 milts of which are wood and bad trav, llirii? itii rttt inrti itatno ot- vt lir . i , -"v. ,v... ......... i w" Srr? - 7eK In respect to population, the settlements are fcaveoC hills. uvihe county of Onarnhgo in New from rU. lo yQT (;eor on thc Ni anJ York state, and sees no more dhul Dcrou is in exttndlf)g u;) lUc Chipexvay, and west of the falls . .'ear'., . . ," - v i XT' ' through the Beaver dam to the Jiff ad of Lake 'f I he principal roads are from Ene to Niagara,1 n, ...;r. n, jU- a M , ' , m- . rv . i- r-, , L& Ontario lhe people are chieny-from Pennsyl- tijfroni Niagara to Detroit, and Dundas -Street,; un:a -w - -j .. , . . ... , -.. vania and .New Jersey ; a considerable portiori , v.Tich commences at the lower tort St. Lawrence r. v.u v-ian- ." i . , .-r c i i j r -, .., ... . . tr m New England.; and some from ScoiUnd and Mtm rimnintr ninnir i unarm nv ira nein. ii.ina..ih. lun .. Ci - 'ri 7 i ' .u "r, J t.r.RUrid. A portion of these mhab tapu w--nt Wit Detroit1, roa'd in Oxford, on the I ivames. 'r.Jl rf:',';. - i , .u V . I?- t . ... r n , r, , l,om the United states niirmif the revolu'.ion ; but , FrorDne to the fcrry opptjsi e B..tck Rock, is k f. ... . Tl. . .... 7 I r' ,u . ... ci . . vr by tar the greater number since hat period. Smiles, and fiom thence to Fort t-jcore or Nov. .u r . rr-- '...u 4rii.:i.TK.. ..i..-.X.i.. i.... .. lhtse coinposejthe Coian mill ta, ..who .hstin. - sss-si .rv.,p.,-....v .., .J -, -4 -gu;s Jvttd th e rrscl ve s-a-t easy descent at Q leensiown) a. d , . . . . meiuioned in (jovernor bank ot the mer texceptsnc: tiomi ,. w . . i . u j - . . ? . I l'om Yorkonthebay Dtnit- ui d Le i siown, as or : Pi eVost's general order. y of f orauto, thi settle nei'ts (exceptmg;;he, runs upon the bar the falls to Queensiown) through a delightful cnl tivated country. Between the Chippewa aiid trie, U a small creek crossed by a bridge. The Chippewa is a slow, black strearrij coming from a level, fertile country, to empty ijito the Niagara at the village of Chippewa; 3' miles above tlie fall. 'Th rpfflc Ivinrr ,l.- an,l ... f-.-..tl,. i ! is crossed a few chains h om its month, hv . 1 10111 yvama and New Jersey t y hndge of" about .150 or SOO feet long- Ten or itvelve rods above the bridge on the north hank ; flf the rriplc,.. a k!rrlr hnmn'.' m- I : .". ' of peace, by a sergeant's gnard. " - ' !TT f ',e, ""'s are well disposed toward the The furs and merchandizes which are1 brought Ui'Ucd s,,al'"and are irttinlW related to thtm i-s cotintr v is very level ther is little stagnant water. I lie waters oMhe lvakts and Great Rivers ate quite pellucid. The lesser streams are dark, though the waters oi the country are healthy, a no I have taken i he liberty of making these re marks from a conviction that when a viewis'tHst)'" passionately taken tf the ; subject, he N'atiorwl Lcl; gislature will notrnegket such rreasurtsiSsSshall tend" to advance the best interest of tWir country''1 :..,:-. ;n"ZT;L mr-y: r '-r : . , . .- li- . . ii . . " - i t : t i tt " ' iutinow mr intv air v siunrBu. ' l nQtrgngmO-nMinajprt. id fioe-w wpwe-tjs. sily ahdperfettly rana leu as (his. Oa; laiye lakutr iiuu uuuiciuua rivcrn uiiwruic jiicbii oi iir.cibcci" , ing every port of the country with canrt. fub lie and private lnd will tliereby be increased jn all .abound with irreat variety of finest fiSh.; value, while emuloyment will be eiveh to a lisrL'e ! are tol 'portion of the inhabitants, Two hundred wawtn era.edby the climate, somewhat above 100 miles lor the last three months -have, been tn constant Peaches, pears, and the delicious melons west of. Albany, and acquire more and more fla vor, by favor of soil and climate,' westward lo Detro't. The left bank of the Niagara is pretty well cultivated, and the soil though less fertile than the interior 'yield ''torn and rye, and fronvl8 to 24 nushtls of wheat an acre. B.javer D.irris, a fiw miles west from the fdls, is better cutTivated. by fjimers from New" Jersey and Pennsylvania, I a.yl may be known by t he clover helds, higli tenses, antl.g'(.d barns of stone, where the materials can lbeJiad lfel$, androu(thMiibe4n-suIa-heeS' succeed surprisingly. '; ".,-.' lhe substratum of the plains is limestone, and G. psumor Plaster of Paris is found there. Besides fruits anfl wheat U'nntr Canada fur. . . a i ... ... as - ia?c From-' Kingston to Yotk about two thirds of the ; .,,hes.to the British great store of provisions for initsbitants. are -Americam. . ;.. y -( Quelle, Halifax and the West Indies and the rhe settlements mi the Grand- RiVeri'which 'K't possible, 'encouragement, is-held ouLior Americans' rnos JviroisthR hemp for tl.eir navy. Great stret.9 is also r some from'i'a,' "P01"1 ie Canadians as observutcn.es upon the extend along the waters ot Lower Cafiada and j iroro two to .wenty miles back, thinly, and,ho vil- enpeis in o Etie, are all by New England and York The left bank of Detroit is settled by French '.lanaaians. trom the north west, drop down u some place i' '-" wuguage u mines.. Within a few miles of Chippewa, whence they are se :tl,s ! -e.fui and national inclination, carried to the spot and deposited t the stream i( lhe ' "K'ous Brock told them (see his proclama ;the Niagara belowahia -'creek -being- too rapid' for iln, 32d J,1,y" 1812 tha' ia caHe of.cor.quest, ' paligag in safely. The NiuKara" is 'here 2 Uie Uned Sta'.es . xvould ctde them to France, fn wfeswic-eiyettheie ts aT Cautiously ascend ihr! stream m h,a ..-, ... rJ xi U'r-n as a consideration of her del to the United - ; - uvii' i, vi-v a I -yy island, half a mile above ChinDswa.t'hcfnrfe they cross to Fort Schlosser. The Chiuptwa, though a cohsidtsrable stream, cannot sTct io trungle its tlaik waters with the priJuciJ tu--ent Ji the maiestife Niagara for.v6ne mife'and'w nJlfl- "!).;. 'a.""' .-. -.. 1 v isconnoeu to a narrow path along tin: iiar, V-V '",e s 8S' finite ' between the wa-t-rs as between the land and water. The' isag bf this ,etk in a hostile mannsr, except on the u t, may b d.sputed. -Nfturejoprjnscs ll0 thtrr obstacle in trtirch to fort.Corge by this road. , " V rV'rV Ceo. ge fyrXswM 'k approaclied by'ihree -Jaris ;one from Queenstown i ofie by. the lake, r.ne creek called : Tie Twelve (tl,e number given tjt by ithe Vurve) or&) and anr,u,tr oy tiie , Wle road through lhs swatrtp, from The Ten (soothe creek so calkd).'- BeUeeh ' N ia.ra JW--Jifc.head of-Ontario, are. creeks called the H IV20'40 a0d 50lh- Thti 5tl; i6, No load leads directly from" Erie-to Deti- iti niaa. turns west from thel falls thiongt. Bed 1 town Zt ' v. wPKi one Irpvo tu ens Britain In this light, the Six Nations werenieat J4 T V ' anu. .one irom iN, igiraVuy theJhythe-Ji:renclt.' Mt was b .ly by sjnister policy; iW'"r.l V ' : : v L n M,'-T me fty imposiaon, deception, and slate iujVling, that theFa. " 3,n" 4irjw i-je02own and tions and treated them as,Sub ects. The prfidy States during the revolution ; ..in if not.M c -.led, ihty would no', however, bt'sdmitrcci to the full privileges oi the s'a'.cs ; and thj tii'.y would be sx:X,iud(4'-JxVIT'..the-ocean bytliff policy' of America, and. if hot so Tesiriciedr their comrnerce be no. thing "without the favor and permission of Great Bntjin. . , . It is pet fectly astonishing that these plausible, ingenious and influi-iuial assertions of lirock, have never been answered and 'done away by the A me ricah1 ge-nierals ; Desiguing. person also' impress upon unii'foimed minds the hclicf that private pvopt-rfy s farms) will pe coufi seated to the con que.pis.i fhis has great etTiCt-t t The India i tribes of the Pt niosula (the Six Na tions) are uHici. ky told that they are invaded as weil as the territory of the whites, and thjat it is a common cause ; whereas the United States have declined 'the -offered .sorvices of friendly Indians, becauseTt is' not their jjoa'rrvl. ih tbia' cause We rconiz; thetn, ns regards, war, a sovereign and independent people,, totally unconnected with G- INTERNAL NAVIGATION. ThelJbHowing letter from the i Collector cf-the Port of BosioA, to Dr. Miichill, presents so important a view of the facilities and importance ot Internal Navigation, that. we have been in. duced to solicit a copy'Tbrpubricalion,' and now recommeiid it to the earnest attention of our ", :)f!fl'i;. I i.i 1 1 ir ill j rlir tr iiirh rf tli.iH d rj in. vested with Le gislatiVe 'authority JYai. " Inicl, '.. .j CUSTOMTIOUSE, r ; .rrr" ' Boston Jan. 9, 1813 jResfiected Sir, ; '-'-".' An evtnt" has recently taken place' within my ; knowledge which so strikingly exhibits the enter prizing genius ot Americans, aru opens such an extensive held for the patriotic speculations of the statesman and legislator, that I am induced to communicate the circumstances to , a friend to the. happiness and prosperity of his cuiihtry. Dunn,; the week ending the Jast year, a Mr employ from Boston to Providence,' while before. lhewar there were only two, which were regular' bage waggons. ' ;-y ' You may fcjom these facts form some idea ot the great advantages which must result from In. 1 . . ' j ' f ternai iavigauon. a . , With sentiments of ihe highest esteemt " . I have the honor to be, " 1 Sir, your obed't servant, : T H. A. Y. DEARBORN. ' Hon.- Somwl. L. MuehM-- v -t: Foreign. v-t' "Londcm, Dec. i. PRINCE REGENT'S SPFKCa. HOI'S K OF LORDS, NOV. JO. is day the business v( the session commenced the usual formalities. Soon after 2" 'clock' Th with his royal highness the Prince Regent arrived at the house, attended by the great officers of, state, Sec. when the members of-the house. of commofis -being called in, his royal highness was pleased f to deliver the ".following speech from -the: jhfoWs-'n My Lords and Getitlemen, '-r i' V--"- fi ICis with the deepest concern that I sm obliged . to announce to you, at the opening of this' par-. liament, the continuance of his majesty's lament t! id indisposition, end the diminution, rf i h: hopes, -which I" have most anxiously entertained, f hi recovery. . ' ."r The situation of publioflairs has induced tne to take the earliest opportunity of meetin;M pn af ter the late elttlions. I am persuaded you will cordially participate in the satisfaction which B -j oenve ironi mc jroprovciHcnjii oui iuscl.s rintcthe course of the present year. " t The valor and intrepidity displayed by his rr?a-. jesty's fr ice's, and! those, of his allies, in the T'e- ninsula, on so. many, occasions during this cu.n paign, and the consummate skill and judgrr.ent VV tiies of t Ids town, a yoiitjg gentleman "of. great ; by gene al t,he, marti)is of Wellington, have led'., activity and mercantile information, has received ! to consequences of the iltmost imponatice to the al i he Custom House, certificates of the legal im portation of goods to the amount , of thirty thou saivf dollars, which have been sent to Mexico by the following route : V : -. ' .' .' . ; ' From Boston to Providence in waggons thence by water through the Sound to Amboy, thence ( n. waggons and by water to Philadelphia, thepce in waggons to Pittsburg, then: down tyc' Ohio and Mississippi ,jtp New-Orleans, and from thence by land and in boats to Mexico. Thhs transpor, ting merchandize, oyrinland conveyance a' greater distance than has ever been done by the people ot any age or country, save by those who trade, be twren, China and Moscow :'?'- ''' '...'- C-But what is mbst astonishing, vtheexpence from J common. cause. -8 ; ( . By transferrir.g the war into the inferior oC Spain, ar.d by the glorious" and ever nurVoVablr victory obtained at Salnrranca, he has compilletJ the enemy to raise the siege of Cadiz; anrf tfca southnn province of that kit.gdcm haveJbeer livered-fronr.ihe power and arms of France. " . Although I cannot butregiet that i'he jtllcrts. f ,, the eneniy, jrombined with a. view lb civc jrret't ' operation, which have rendered it recesssrV ro withdraw frra tht-iiege of Burgos, and to evacw.; ateLlMidvid, for the Purpose of concentrating the main Ka.W nf ihi- ullied force i these tff rls of J the euemy bavt nevr.rtheUss, beeVi atterwled wh imrntant sacrifices on their psrt, -which mus s i 40 mil., r v.. r' "V .V'Y "W

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