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Wishing Fncl profitable 5 iid, itvffivery few
months that I hac lech here, 1 have found
) time to suggest fiiiprovenicnts, founded oa
' actual derations, which scores of trentlc men
arc candhl and kind Vjiotigh to -es. for-J
oppressor, nor calumniated the dppressedj we
have not attcmnted to distribute the blame be
tween the powers .that be;, and those who eek
fo supplant tBcin ; we have regarded, tnai
strife as one in which wo have no more con
, ward and thank me for. These thanks are, Lcern than tho ; gt)vernnierit of Buenos Ayres
had w ith the question., whom weaiwi seioci
for the office of President, or Whom the Presi
dent shall .select as his secretaries. That
there are those among' us. however, who en
tertain different views on thU head, i3 suffi
ciently manifest from the articles w& copy to
day, if if had Jt1iefore,becn known. Jr With
such as enter with the enthusiasm of the Cen
sor into the political 'squabbles at Buenos
Ay res, we expect to gain no favor from the
declaration, which we now make, with great
seriousness, that we care not w!ib is at the
head of Buenos Ayres, or ''who rules the Ban
da Orient aley provided the Republican form of
government he iK.Tpetuated.
With respect to the particular occasion of
the Censor's remarks, we are sorry to assure
him, that lie, if either of trs, is deceived. 'in
regard tot he stale of affairs in the province
of Buenos Ayres. it tlicrc be any diploma
indeed, to; be ascribed to their goodness ra
titer' than to roy! merits ; but, still, I have,
I think, done enough, even in this way, to
make you cantius h(w you render your pa
' jk-r subservient to the purposes of tho ruffi
;! l:ir lings f the Borooghmonger press.
I am aware Sir, that 1 have taken up a
gotid deal of your time but, wheu joti con
v Hitler, that it has hern in defence of myself and
olriiieud, ralunnuaicd through ti e 'litems
of your paper, I trust jou will tint think that
. I have gone beyond reasonable bounds.
ty 1 he oiily request that 1 have to add is, that
Sf you will he so good as to keep, till 1 send for
them, and psiy lor them, six copies of the pa-
per in whit h this, lellcr shall be published.
v - 1 nmSir,
r Your Vost obedient,-.
? vAiul I'unihbscrvitnt,
, WM. COBBIT.
The following artul- appem in die Maryland Censor,
I rir.Ud at Baltimore nf the date of' .SaUlrd:iylust.
' THICKS Or' IHTI.OMACY a
" Americans urc very little- acquainted with the tricks
' practised hy the diplomat irk aunt's r.f Icgitim-ite gov
irnn.tnts.to produce certain defc'ntd ellects in j-i-Uic
rpinii n, und on ctivsce pttuling in coin te uf malice.' Uur
nu.Ho is tuttes'iy is tlie beat policy," ami we too jrtiv
cratly &f.ril!Uti" the same motive of action lo those vi ho.-t"
JiUcyiitiethohCiti. -- . . .
"l-xlitoisof ptpvrs are every day made tIi?ir.coi;scioi:B.
instruments of diplematick artifices ; extracts of letters
sire wiittcn hy tlitse ir.inisleis, or -some of their attor
neys or pensioners, giving accounts of pretended disas-ici-s
to the Patriot arms, ar.d y!:e overthrow- of I"-1" 01
MUhoritirs, and foisted a gehu'.ne intelligence on the
t iiMispcctirfj editor, vhich answer llair purposes lor
the moment, and vherl the falsehood is detected, they
. l:;ivc Hi ready prepared otheis to ncccrr.plibh similar ends;
T-lrch arc Again palmed on the public in the Mime way.
The editors of the National Intelligeicer sire -tfmoi.fr the
Ist 4o be suspected of lending themselves to any petty
f-fheme of delusion got up hy the agents jjfDon O.ns or
Monsieur Corrca de crra. None can admire more than
Ared,-he Intellipenqe sr.d digmry vvhtclrdistinttlsli
tl.ectlltei ialcolumae of that p;.perLut they arc not
10 lcJ jlevated by our keble prnise, tr t'.ires.(d
. l y rtf- censure, if we. vcie d tpovdo Lcs
W it. Vie xncv.:; however, acknoul .dp'mjf wir-
fdves liable to inij;osit.op, :in thun gHUi-
ti c ln't of i;fi6moy. We have seen tcat
i.un.Ltr i d vai iety of latet r; papers and p.'senfers by
the Manhattan, the Lst ai.v;.l fiom Hi;enps Ayrrs
and w tan assure them that the muatiou of general
Artigas is very different frm the cue klatrd 't j bo rc
j Tcsr r.ted in private letters .received tit Y;;ah:: f,ioii.
Tlie rorluRttec l.nd taken Pur ticatioit, !,j&-eat of go-.
errment; as mentioned ; nor do lh y tlireait-n llueims
A'- rts on the contrary, the povertmtent of ItueiKis Axies
!s sfcid to be preparing a boiy v.i cavalry to go aga'mst
J'jAj tigas a thing not likely to happen if "thicatcned by
tkc'Portugtiesc: Two officers of t rtigashr.d heenilt.
lotted r he had afterwards defeated the -PoruigueMvin
jM'is-jri. 1 he war sgniust artigas is one ot the most uu-provi.'?d-ar.d
uiiblurhing n asures of. royal resso:i
upon human rights, that ever occurred and. we sliculd
Jjf sorry that any Irit ndof lihtr y could itoVre their
siiceess. unacccmpaTtied with an expression of rtgiet.
Irt th instance it uiay not be irrelevant- to retnemher,
that the Portuguese onsul g'.neral is in'erested, w the
itmnilnt of t'Vtinl hundred thousand dolatSk-:.jij pend
ing v ovei flowing vAi;tigas government l'.u:, sup-
posirg runlication, the sitit of Art. gas peyi rnmeni,
privateer is fd to have broaght tato thii port
" The. Portagiuiie .-..coBfof general hat eom
meneed iundry euiti to endeavor to procure the
reititatioo or Borne of this property. He h said
to have attached a quantity f ifpecie deposited
in one of the banks, and to have libelled a
large rortugueie inipanu cargo, which
entered this nort as a nrize to the Fortuna.
He hat moreover directed prosecutions lo be
undertaken asrainst the rcnuted owners of the
privateer in this ehr, .to recover the value of
four or the captures, and Che juuge 01 me ui
trict eourt has ordered them to eive bail each to
the amount of 080,000 dollars. The following
persons have been held to bail: John S. Skin-
uerK tue post-master oi iuu city . iuaviacv
Murray, the sheriff hf Baltimore county j Jo-
soli.
'The affair ha assumed a serious complex
ionvatid if the Consul is successfu:, as can
scarcely be doubted, mini, from the maguitjide
of the claim, bo attended with almost eertaiu
ruiu I) the parties, ar.d probably to their bail,
who, ills said, are liable to the full amount of
whatever may he the recovery against te per
sons prosecuted : they hem 3 in tins resjc'Ct
itificatioa of the above
. t . iif in 1
SUfH,jt vneirpretrnt TniUtafy c6mmin,lV.
ri J-m -;-! U. ---"-via.
mentioned 8ui,...
Your Memonatitt will ever dmv. r..
Vfe of Pen. Grceto.-kmng the many Strang
are now Newport, enjoymg the pleasures of
uKutiui i9iu i " rfUUfee jonnson,oi tne Sunrffi-,
of the U. SUtes. We learn, th'at the Jud Q
iuiiiiiiUKiuui vicii. riiianiei irreen "
citizen of this Stat The w .rk s to co itain ' ht,"
biographical memoir of Gen. Greene, his corresnanH '
hitherto unpublished, with the Commander in tl,; t
w.th co.tgrcss, nes.des the corrcpondtnee of oth .
tic tiick' in the niat:cr, it is played olfun him difference betn'ecn the admiralty law mid the
and not o:i us : hv c h:tvti iiitercourse uilli I common law. lhe same persons have also
no diplomatists, citht r in the United States, I been arrested upon a criminal charge of violat-
at Buejios A) ivs, or in the; B-mda Orii-ntalc. ! m5 " act r congress in fitting out the pnva
Tlic particulurs, which the Censor Las stated f kvr t oiirih-of. July, and have been held . b ul
.with so murk of the confine uf truth, ro- j of tand thc.r tna.l in
lttd been taken seat of govemmentJand the govern
menl itsJf, are two tilings i a the editors of the lntelli
gencer XM some occasion to know not many years smte.
If the volte of the people is the voice of and dv;-
s rves to Itc resjec'c J, then dot-i the power of Ai-tiga
for, it is a power, emphatically supported by the voicf
of the devoted and brave people otcr wliom hu pivaides
hy universal consent." ,
There is so much of earnestness in Jthis ar
ticle, and it has the language of expostulation
ea much more than of reponf, that we shall
gitr. to it an attention which we have invaii
Sibly refused to suggestions of n "similar-tendency,
conveyetTin foul and rcpruarhful terms,
lifsides, the writer of the article being, we
thinks, as well known to us as if he stood be
fore us, we have a further motive for treating
him with respect, being confident of the puri
ty of his iiitcDtions. To the same pen we
traced the article in the .Baltimore Patriot of
Thursday last, which we copy to-day, by way
of shevting the ra .'ftyof news w hich finds its
wajy froni Buenas Ayres. -
Of the' tricks of diJomacy against which
they are warned, the editors of the National
JnteUigcncrr can confidently say, they have
m ver suffered themselves td he mailc the
dupes. , The source. of the information which
they communicate to the public, aie always
ascertained to be "American, and Worthy of full
credit ; or the authority, if foreign, is rjtroted,
and its credibility left ti tie judgment of tho
reader. Our'cdunins hvc never been lent to
the purposes wf Ry al Aj.ntaor ol interested
intriguet sofa different description ; they have
hcen open in respect toN South Ameiican at
fairs particularly, to whoniaoevcr. of esta-
specting Uuenos Ayrrs, sln v.s, Juiwcver, that
he has sources of i.ifuryiatiou to which we
have no access. Thests'sourccu arc as liable
to iuiiosition, hi to error jf iiiforinatioiu as
those whence tur information was derived.
If such was the Ht.tie of infoi maiion at llueuos
Ayres, that it was not kuuwn where tither
the trop9 of Artigas or of I'ortugal were, it
U not si:i j)t ising tliutverr the iufurmatiou
which we have communicated, had not before
come to the knowledge of the Cens-)r.
With respect lb the government of Ai tigas.
for the maintenance of which so much zeal is
manifested, it is incorcei t to Kupposo that we
have any disposition to unsettle it; mid we
shall he glad to hear that lib enemy made the!
same sort 01 a retreat !ro:u it as m the other
case to which Censor refers, though with w hat
propriety of rJlusion we do n t exactly kee.
The reference to the l'ortugu?se consul gener
al is-supposed to ajludc to cases pending iu
our courts, in which the right of the captors
depends on the fact of the existence of (he go
vernment from which the commissions were
derived ; if our conjecture-be correct, we have
only to say that tho validity of commissions
issued fo privateers by any government, can
not depend on thtj posterior events ot a w ar in
which that government is engaged with ano'her
piiwcr. if any intimation is intended that
our information was derived from the Portu
guese consul general, or any otlwr foreign a
gent, the Writer is assured that there is no
foundation for it, It was from an Anjcrican
of ununpeathabb veracity, and as much a
friend of Artigas as Censor himself. The in
formation, as we have given it, as such an
entire reliance may be placed upon. "Having
no motive ourselves to conceal the truth, it
became our indispensihle duty to lay it bel'orc
our readers ; 1ine of whom' it might scrious
I)iiitcrcst, and who wiil see, in tlie acknowl
edgment that ' two officers of Artigas had
hwn defeated," an article of news, which had
not found its way to the p"ub!ic eye until our
statement called it forth. Vvc hopu it may
irove equally true, as now intimated, that Ar
tigas regained the ground he h ul lost.
For reasons which Censor w ill comprehend,
wc shall not pursuu the stihjtictjat present anv
further ; but .wait with no little interest for
furthur account from Baenos Ayres.
Dome? tier
Extract vf a Utter from a 'gentleman in Ilalll.
: mdre tu the editor of the Miu-Yurk Einin"
Fust, dated Sept. 2a, 1818.
As I perceive By the article which have
from tims lo lime appeared in yor paper that
the system ofjirivateeriDg vrhich oiir merchauU
h a ? o car ricd on f ir s me t iuivpriiaThceu re-
probatea ii)- you, i now communicate some f
their proceedings fVr jour iiloruiation. It
seenu that the Spauislt properly liuvintc been
swept from the ocean, their cupidity ha been
attrWtted by the valuable Portuguese vessels
and cargoes whkU oaviala between.. Port'i!.
Noveinbsr next.'
. :
, FHOM THE NOHFOLK HERALD.
AIlIIUTIlNOr AMI AAiUiUl EU.
Tho iiiiliiferenc..' with which the account of
the execution of thesa two individuils was -e
ceivo.J iu nglu;id, nny be taken as evidence of
the fart, (hat the government of that country
has received satisfactory atsarauees of the jus
tice of the measure. The subject has given rise
to a nmtb greater decree of excitement in this
country : some of our newspaper, indeed, have
even gone so far as lo condemn the uct, ttl'-hand
as altogether unjustiiiible and unprecedented.
For our own part, we never doubled that their
punishment, however terrible it may have bien.
was authorised by! the laws of nstions, in it
wat merited by the magnitude of JlUeir off-uees.;
though mi could have wished that the grounds
and proofs upon which ihey were tried mud con
demned, had been vjjicidlly promulgated.
Sump-facts CHanecied uith the history of one
of th:e in hviduils havs com i to our know-
jrot.
" luf E VT. OtlACl!, MD If,-, 1,
Weare lnformad that a very mterestinj; trial cam
at the court of quarter sessions, held in Elttton for p
county.iast week, for seduction and a breach! of Dr
of marrije. The pljimiff ayoung1 woman of tLn
bte connections the. defendant q lite a weahhy and
miin, The plaintiff recovered damages to the amin'P!
six thousund ihllart. " C4n,:wl
tuo.ii Tar. HioKRSTiiws tohch Moan'
JOSEPH TiIOMl;30H.It8, '
Tlie: mail tobber, who was himj; in Urdimor.
rimrsd iy last, Wus as n 'itorious anlsuccessfid a r (
as has ever been broitjrlu. to pmilsliiacnt in t,'e
States. For fourteen j ears pust his life presents
ntcted series ot extraordunry and successful rouV
committed n Imisiana. Kentucky, Tenne-,s-e n
Penixylvania. Virginia, Marylatid, M assuc Ujett's v"1
York, an t Nw Jersey, and in Canada and the SA
provinces, to the am junt of about one hundred th.lu
d'd'ars.
t The. fir,t robbery in which he wa, concernei,
in Now 0,li.n. where lie. in. cammnv "
odrjTs'. robbed a -tea captain of a watch Worth 53 2?
ncaitho sjcond wis aisi in Njw 0;l,;ana, Where to-,
rob')el a F.e icliojng.rofa lar sun o? nwnsy-.
uiir l a:i-.l lott.-tli w.-m likiwite in Ve4r'0.-tu ,'.'
which consisted of 2 J dollars, which tliev took froti.
CO n.tryman, the o:lier of a wa'.ch and If A,llars-tlI
hM was in tb- wilderness between tlie Muscle Stoat
and Clioctaw n ition, where 1,1a- and two n'.henrobb 1
a compaiy of four tfeutUWn Of about 28,0 )J duil&
in eoid the s.xth Was iti-tha -Chnrisw ,..(,.' '
tl.ey .-o',:,., da Kcntljma-i from St. Au-ustineLi.l we
ho n (.iurkston, 8 nth Carolina, of 1 2 or 13,K) doll
. fiu -.11.-...K.,i,iiwasi3li in the Choctaw (utio
wlicre lie lumlfri.-d a traveUVT of 2,700 dollars
gold, and a tiacf of silver, a watch. nn,l . -, ,..
eie-iitii wai beuvee.i i P.-ns .colt and ttitnn n,..,
they robivd a company oi ' five travell-rs of J VeiK:,t
ot(f,:d ands).ne sdver, amomtinff to upwards of llSflO
dollars -the rrrnth was also between I'ensacoh and 1,V
V'vf rn w,wrfc ltey robbed gentleman of about
I5.0JJ dollars, m go;d the tenth was near N'wirille,
Tennessee where tiiev robbed ti-ivrllo- ,s or. i .1.1
lars-jhee.ven.li was m Fraiklin county, VivgmA,
wlre he himself robbed a drover of 4,50 dollar, and hk
horse, tor which be was ap-irthended and s.-ntoncedtj
right u ars confinement 'in th; penitentiary of Virffiaii
"-ncu, wiicu iu Wlts tiOrateJ for
I
1.
Icags, Whicu ony b-J interesting to some ot our S - w 1 cona ici ne twdt h was between New Yo k anl
readers, lhiuah ihev aro entitkd to no imiior- ; '''f lhe' r3wo(rentlemen fronvX. Y.rk
'? r","?' a! "''; ",? r- tstc
taind in the following memurial addressed oj bcl .npr.njr to the rovemor-in VVashmgton city at
thcfAlber of the youn man Jlhbrister, (are- t;-f"Ited tosell a hots for a man who had stolen h:m
tor whxh lie was thrown into iail. whw lu i-.. . " '
overnur of the Uaham is. While we yi ! 1 our
asieut to the stern decri-e of jaslice pronounced
uiinst the lan, humiuily claims our fjinpi
tby in behalf cf the aHlicted parent.
The memorial of James Ambrister, of the
Islaulof New-IroviJeuce,
Humbly Sheiveth a follows :
Your memorialist's joungeU son, Rjbert
Christ ye Ji nib r isle r'wui horn in this colony in
the year 1797? he served as a Midshipman in
his Majesty' Navy for about years, after
ward obtaiued under Admiral Cochrane a
Lieutenant's, commission in his JVTiijesty's late
corps of Uoyat Colonial .Marines, destined to
ba employed during the late war ilh the Uni
ted Slate of America, in which capacity he
served with Majir Nisholis in the Floridas,
and from thenee he returned lo Ne-Proidence
on the establishment of peace ; without having
been then, or at any time since, confirmed to his
last mentioned rauk in any way whatever, by
bis Majesty's Government.
S.imc short timo since, 'jotir Memorialist's
said son, when on a visit to'the Florid.is, & a
passenger in a small trading vessel from these
IsI ukU, eertuiuly on this last occasion without
any Military commission or appointment of any
kind whiish yojr memorialist is aware of was
(as your memorialist with the deepest pain, has
lately learned from differeut ijuarters) seized
upon at bis Catholic Majesty's ForlSt. Marks,
by a military force from the United Htates of
America;' tried by a Curt Miirrial, and con
do Jined to be-sYot, on some pretence of crime,
not yet known lo your Memorialist, a.mh actu
ally executed in pursuance of his sentence.
lAi yourAlemijria!ist uadcrjitaniU, - his.- sob
had aot!beeii on s,hore more than If days when
he was th:: fatally proceeded against.
Kyllje same public accounts your 5irmori
alist further learns, that Mr. Alexander Ar
hathnot, a trader "of this place, who is
well known never to have had anv connection
.
the Brazils, and Kast Indies. Blank "eanMnia-J -w,.tft m',r,ir-' "ized at St.' Marks,
ii,H8 are procured from Artists, who occunies ' llt t,,e S t,ra& J'our Mei"i'tl!t son nad
liie aaiiKs or tne river I'late. onnosite Itinmn. ,-B.l'a,?',auw Ul a uicneeyn ue same
iiiiipped ami owned ill the United Stales, and! "ir .uemo-aast wiuiout being abL; to
. . . . . ' . ur .1 1.: -m . ..
wmas, iMitutAciuiri iiia sun .or .nr. Ai ju iiiint
more particularly ;in thU city, attack all the wl,1f,,,I,c,l,uceitIl,;rl'i.'' -or Mr. Atou li
wif n, piuuuer utem oi ine sneeie wnieli tbev uod
... i .i i iv .1.- fff. .' .
Wished good character, chose to put theirj Ayres, under color of which, vessels, armed e-' Cvurt vjLial '
views on paper,, vvc arc proud, iii Joojkiiig
hack through the "vista of the past enV, to
find that this paper, has bcrii honored as the
medium of communicating to its readers su
many of the rmVuni ions on this subject a
inoug the ioost.U)lishcd and cnlighteticd pvus
onr country can boast of. ,
The most severe Censor till do us the jus
tice to say, that we have rndvayoird, in rcy
ect to the South American cause, to avoid en
listing our feelings, or those oritur readers, on
the side of any of the particular parties, fac
tions, or indhidnnls,' among the Patriots of
South America. That they inight be success
ful in their object has been our earnest wish.
"With such a feeling, wc have seen with regret
that in come of the governments,' in that of
yhirli tte know the most by example, in Bue
nos Ayres, the violence of the internal feuds
lias been such as to superinduce proscription,
deportation, and i-veii capital .puiiisliinei.ts.
In regretting it, however, we havfirnot un
dfTtrkro to decide on the nirrits of these con-
have utnhcr vindicated the
I'ovcibics jwe
v: : . -". ' .-.:
on board, and if the vessels have valuable car
goes, order some for fet. Barts, where, it ap
pears, an arrangement of mutual convenience
has been made with the governor ; others, for
small ports iu the West ludies, and some even
for the ports of the United States. Two pri
vateers, which lately arrived at this nlace. have
i carried on their depredation to a most ruinous
ettentrune ofTfTem, called La Fortuna, for
merly the Fourth-of-July, has captured from 8
1 12 Portuguese vessels, among which are the
Itaynha dos A'ljos, from wbieh she took out
88.J.000 ; a large ship of 900 tonsTcalled the
Monte'Alegro, loaded with a cargo Valued at
haif a million of dollars; the briij Vascorda
tiama, and Dou Joao Sexto, valued, at 100,000
dollars each, besides other vessels of less value.
Another privateer, called La' Irresistible !
tj bieh fefi this place in January last, returned a I
few days ago, having pillaged, "destroyed and
taken 29 sail of Portuguese vessels, among
whieh were '3 indiaaien of great value, 'hls
Cilllld
f'aicstv's
;l...e ,n :u: J . ' T . I""-
ui uukuiai aujjugi meir lives to lortciture in
tbis instance, within iha fair jurisJiwion of tlwj invait'iu;
force, respectfully represents us a characteristic air -ra.
vaii.m ot this apparemly flib'ituns mockery ot jusuce
(should the Uct prove U b, as . is representud and be.'-lievx-d
that the principle witness produceif a-'auut the
prisoners before the cstraordidary .irihujud-ataicft claim
ed tlii riffht ot. brir.ffin.s' them to trial, was an infamous
person ot the name of Cooke, a .vendue, master's clera:
who some lime before quitted these Island in cOnso!
pience ot having rubbed ,is master, and who w;.s after
wards imprisoned at St. Marks for a simdr offence
aai'ist M Arbuthnot, who had the misfortune to e:n-
'" "is mercaiuue concerns there.
vera ' months when be was.relcased on condition that he'
woul Ijom ih- army ; white in the army he meditated
iiciivermg piKsident Mad;son to Admiral fJookburn.
i !IWi?-r,?M U,t;1 .in Vlw Vtoxnt, which he would
w.ih. . u coma nave commun cited his s,-Um.
., -v--b .lieu, nowever, with
the army, he hired a horse and gig in Georgetown de
serled, and sold them The thirteenth wa in ChM..
iv. i . . . " ,v-
4-uu'iiy vi a.; wuere ne entered a Uvern room and rob
- .. uwt ... , wv, nuiiiis me lourieentn was
ner uincasier, renrviyivam ,, where tfiey robbed a i
ver, of die name of S ;6tt of eigiiteen hundred dollai j
tlie fifteenth ws at a tavern abnut 3 ntiks from Bjstnn,
wliere tboy robbed a m-in of four hu idred dollars the
s.xteenth was at Pnncetjn, New Jersev, wiiere he rub.
bed a. merchant's sirunit of thirty tiiouand 'dol'zrs. fur
which he was tried stSummervillu court house and sen.
tenceil to the aiaie prison for hve years, two of which
he screed, when he was again liberated for his gojd
Conluct.
The seventeenth and last robbery in which he ww
concerned, ws that of the United State's mail near 11a
vre de Grace, of nineteen thousand nine hundred dol
l irs.fjr which ha w.is hung, together with John Akx
ander ; it w their inttoiuMto have robbed both t!
northern an I southern mails, as both mails bad to -p
thesjxlo i which the robbeiy was committed, withia
a' iut an hour or "Uvo-ot the sa-ne time, but one of th:
coiiipiny nuking way with tlie ropes intended to tie the
driver a.id passcngew, they pjrniittcd the rail! to Piss
un.oo!eted.
Have was a of g-et strong' h and ourage, an"!
p .issesced mure geivrosiy than is.generidiy met with
am.vig robbers ; he always acted as principal m tie
roo!). rics in woich. he was concerned. The fill w.ng
is the concluding paragraph of his coafcss.o:f, Wntteo
by lumselt wnile in Ualum.re jail ;
" Tiie circumstances of our trial, and our sentence
are already ki jw.l to .tlic, citlsena of Baltimore. -Sin
then I have Iwen confined ii a dreary iluneon, hcavitf
ironed, widiout hopes of any mercy here," but looking
forward toa crown of everUsting glory in the worJ
to come, tirough uu nrei-ceis.oii of my blcsse t Saviou-.
iy ottcnecs have heeii ovet a,, I v .u. tJt
.fourteen years of my Iii:, h.ye een ahighway -'roWie.
J411'1 "'"ye .robbed .on a :bi;gescalc,and been inora
..cenu, nun any ro!)cr in Europe or in this counm,
that 1 have ever heard or; but I hive the consol.ii.or.
o. rcHectinrthat I nevcr-k.Uedor worn ted "any - ma
and that no man's blood is upon-my. head. I have em
ployed .myself, in my confinement, writing this c'w
tesiion, which, I solemnly delare. to the world, and v."
felea under the gtilhvs, it a tnu and faithful h:stoH
of my life andad ventures, and I hope it ni iy servos
caution to other persons, how they follow the saN
course.. Slav the G'od of Mercv. naf.Sn ami ms.u
m
iOlll.'
For
Intelligcnce.
t -'
our Memorialishererore trusts, that your honor in
kina indulgence to the natural feelings and solicitn-ir
of a parent at so dark and melancholy an event as well
a, Irom moUves of a more important general cluraoifP
wdl be pleased to lay this statement before his j S
Government j your Memorialist humbly beg,-anxiouslt
bpP'Pirthatyoar
fi CTK v,gl,,llmnly,Which yup Mcmorial st con
fideotly (. believes must redeem the memory: of his Z
from a I unjust imputation of his dishonor and (vour
Memorialist begs he may be excused for adding)'
British character, from those fabneated tE ffl
fou aspersionil wuh which the- public ear is Su" d
P,articularly,in..the United 6tateofAmerka, i Si'
1 ' k V'tE.ST. FROM J MM AC A.
the arrival tins mofjiintr of the
Un, Cant. Frith, iii17 days tvo ;n J liitiaca. we h ive rt
ceived a file of K ngston papers to ihe 4th instant, inch K ,'
sive. iVoin these papers we "copy the following article VX
Commercial Mveriisif.
FHOM THE KINOSTOS COUBANT up'4. ,
The Coriolaniii, from London, off Altavclla, on Moi
day, fell in with the schr. Chasseifr, of 3 guns and 7
men, bel ingingto Mons. Aury's squadron, the captain o
whicli obtained some bivad, beef and spirits, and helm
ed very poi.itely. Capt. M'.vlaster understood from him S
that the Chasenr had not been withths snuadroafX I
some days, but that they had captured a Spanish brif f
war., I
His M ijesty's frigate Liverpool, of.?D guns, Capt. C
lier, an. I another frigate, 'were atj. Madeira, bound to In
dia, wfien -the Coriolanus touched there.. The formf'
vessel hail on b ard the Countess of London and Moirt,
with an establishment, destined to join the Earl of
ra. . ' , '
'' ;. . KIN03X03T, JAM. Al'U. 1-5'
J heDolphin on her passage down, sprung her top-mast,
and on tlie 8th inst. put into the Rxy of San Foude;
the purpose of refuting it ; when about 11 A. M. s!ie '
'ittacked by a number of boats from the slpre,-'w!uc
apei- a short conflict, chietly. of .musketry, weiv beaW
off without any loss on the part of the Djlphm'sy'
hilt with considerable loss on that of ,the assailants, o"
of their boats having; b-en sunk within a.fcjjv yards oftw
vessel They seem to have been led on by a white tf-W'
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