such a communication having been j
written ippeared-long since in the
Georgia Journal, I am not dispos
ed to enter into any controversy with
vou relative to our respective du
ties ; but would recbmmened an ex
amination elf the laws Of our country
before you hazard an opinion on the
subject. " The liberty of the people
prostrated at the feet of military
despotism, are cant expressions for
political purposes the better part of
the community know too well that
thev have nothig to apprehend from
that quarter, j The military have
rights secured t6 them by the laws of
our country, as well as the civil, and
in mv respect j for those of the latter
j will never permit those of the form
er to be outraged with impunity.
Your tetter of the 21st of March
1 0Q which you and the journalists
dwell with so Imijch force, you must
have been! aware could hot have
reached me in time, to produce the
"hir-ct reauired ' The situation of
our trontier
at that period was i
majrnified by the apprehensions ot a ;
0 Ttt1ir arl voU
Jud not understanding enough -to
. -i i c t
penetrate into me aesigns oi my
operations.- You have forgot
Derations. ou nave rorgot, tnat
fc . i . . . . ? m
r.n onel riavne witn o-or uu l en
Ann i Mn i
nesseeans made a njQVement for the
security of the pretended assailed
point of Georgia, and did not pursue
me until satisfied of the perfect se-;
xuxky of that frontier. I V ice-Consul of his most faithful majesty.
Whilst you are so tenacious of tne King of the United Kingdom of Por
vour own executive powersiit iriav be ,ugaV Brazil and Algarves, for the state oi
necessary to explain upon What .a,u-l
thority Captain" vy right received in
stmctions to cli for a reinforcement!
from Fort Early, garrisoned by mi-
litia who you will not deny were it
that time in the service of the Uni
ted States and under my command.
Copy of a letter from Governor Ra- ft
bun to General Jackson in reply, gestpd that aca!st iron king, or prince re
dattd executive department , Gi. gent with a suitable number of princes and
Miikdgcpilley 1st September,
f r t " l '. i I ii
Sir I have lately had the honor j
to receive yoxxt letter of the 1st ult.
I supposed that our correspondence
on this subject had finallv termina
tcdb'ut a renewal on your part has in
duced me io make this short reply.
I find that the same, angry
disposition! which (no doubt) dicta
ted your letter on the 7th of May
last,ii still rankling in your breast.
It ig very certain that I have never
inten;ionally assrailed your feelings,
or wmtonly provoked your frowns
and J flatter myself it is equally cer.
tain that I shall never find it neces
sarv to court your smiles. " Tou
are dsposed to enter into a controver
sy uiih me relative to our resptctiv?
duties ; but recommend an examina
tiontfthejdxvk of our country before
1 amn ( hazard an opininion on the
stflyeit" Your advice is good and
should be attended to (at least) j by
all publicoflicers. I hope you will
perm'tme in tunvto recornmend to
you, that before you undertake to
prose:ute another campaign, you ex
amine the orders of your( superiors
vith aiore attention than usual.
You assert that u the better part of
the community know too well that
they hive nothing to apprehend from j
of this assertion, it, might have been
well for you td have called his. at
tention to your late proceedings at
St. Marks and Pensacola as afford
ing conclusive evidence on that
point.
The situation of our bleeding
frontier, ycu say " ivas magnified by
iheapprehtnsins of a few frontier
settlers, an d tfiose who had not un
derstanding enough to penetrate - into
the designs, oj your operations."
Indeed, sir, e had expected that
your presence !at the head of an o
verwhelmipg force, would bave af
forded complete protection to bur
bleeding and distressed citizens,
bordering jon lan extensive and u un
protected frontier ; but our pros
pects were only delusive, for it
would seem tha't the laurels expected
ih Fldtida wai the object that accel
erated you more than the protection
of the " ignorant Georgians."
Ifu Col. Hayne and his 3 or 400
Tennesseeans made a movement lor
"the security of the pretended assail
ed point pi peorgia," it certainly
Was?a very unsuccessful one. :
When you shall, have explained to
me by wnat autnority you sent
Maj. Davis, into this state with 6r-
ders to apprehend capt. Wright;
(who was not under your command)
and place him in irons etc, then I
shall deem it my duty to explain to
you the motives which induced me
to calVfor !a rciaforcemcat from Fort
CAROLINA CinJ
rBERN, DECEMBER .. ti
CONGRESS.
Nothing of much importance has as yet
been brought forward in either house.
In the Senate, a resolution to erect' a mon
ument over the remains of the late Gen.
George Washington, where they now liej
has passed a second reading Mr.Macon
has submitted a resolution instructing the'
committee on naval affairs ' to enquire into
the expediency of authorising the Presi
dent of the U. Statess to cause a survey to
be made of the shoals of Cape Hatteras,
Cape Look Out, and the Frvin?? I.
and to have such an examination made of
,neal. respectively as will ascertain the
practicability of erecting a:Mit iimiP,
h&teA bea?oa or buoy, on or near the
extreme pointS'oF them, or ehHprAf't
p6intsdf them, or either of them?
i nf , . , . L , r :r.v, ,
'0 Jlliaois into the union, has hppn'r pr Hw
in-tne. House oi Representatives Yeas
.i . .. . 7 : - -rr
11 xays 34.
Joao Portugal Calhordcuoi this
town.
has been recogniseii by the President, as
iTw.V1 - v""w. wmwwom pap,
A bachelor in Flanders is said to have
made a will leaving 4 millions of Hvres to
Bonaparte, and then committed suicide !
. A good notion. Cast iroj churches,
houses, bridges, &c. &c. are quite the
fashion in England. It has been su?-
princesses, would be the summit of 'per-
fection in works of iron ! Thev would
nor cost mueii.and miglit last tor tigntu
ries ; and in every respe. t, as being ad
vantageous to the country, do 'exactly as
well as the presjent reigning family of the
Guelphs ; having almost equally ' with
them wills of their own judgment and
discretion. iiles Reg.
Norfolk, Nov.1 25.
LATEST FROM GIBLALTER:
By the sch?r.
tain Middleton
Charles K. Mallory, Cap-
in 28 days from Gibral-
ter, we have received the papers of that
place to the 1 7th October ; they contain
riot a word of news. Our very j attentive
correspondent there, to whom we have
been indebted oir so many former occa
sions, writes under date of October the
18th as follows':" I ana sorry I have no
news to give you in niy last I informed
you of the total change of Ministry in'Spain,
and ot the banishment of the Secretaries
o " State, War, and Finance, on account
o ' extensive speculations and attempting
to restore Charles the VI. to the throne :
also of the appointment of ' our particular
friend hi Marquis De Casa rujo as prime
Minister of State, which olHce he now fills,
and from whiteh .we may soon , expect
something newl particularly with regard
to our political jdinerences with Spain
I " A discovery has recently been made
oi a deposit in me Danic oi Jimgianu, oy
the King of Spain, of 37 1-2 millions of
dollars, which has given .rise .to a variety
of Suggestions. ' j
" Three Russian frigates arrived last
week at Cadiz,as a present from the Em
peror to his Catholic Majesty, perhaps by
way of making iamends for the rotten ships
the former soldi the latter last winter.
We have yettq learn,- however,' whether
the present be rotten or sound, and upon
what terms the officers ano)
it terms the! officers and crews siare to
get home. If as tje others did,!
it. will
turnfout an Irish present, indeed 11
"Our squadron is atJ5yracuse."
herald.
Accounts from Jamaica of the. 17th ult.
received by the way of Bermuda by a
commercial gentleman at tht place, state , day of onr confinement, we were separ
" American produce was becoming scarce ately taken before three judges, who be-"
there, since the cessation of direct trade :
that Southern Red Oak Staves were $ 90
per thousand, and White Oak do. 105,
saingies, nest cypres, to-p-ai i. g'at
demand, and are. likely to advance
-lb.
J
From the N. Yi Eve ' ' Post oh Xov.21.
l . : ! i - ! ?!!. r
InsULTING AND OUTRAGEOUS TRE ATMENT
OP OUR FLAG AND OUR 'CITIZENS' UN
: DER XT. ' ' jj . j
By the following letter from jMr. Tall
'niadge Bailey, surgeon on board t ie Ship
Ctvmncey, Captain Mackey, Iwimd to the
Pacific Ocean, aad from thence to Canton,
it will be seen that the Ship, after; touch
ing at the port of Rio-de-Janeiro, has
been taken possession of by the authority
of that place, plundered of . property, her
American flag insulted, a id the officers
incarcerated with outcasts in a loathsome
dungeon. The writer of this letter is ,a
son of General Bailey, post master of this
occasioned by the, breaking of a blood ves-'
sel ; and that the sufferings which he sus
tained, in the dungeons of Kio-derJaneiro,
did hot terminate-his existence is matter
f surprise. But what shall we say of the
insnlt offered to our flag ? What atone
ment is due to our" country ? What sat
isfaction would ie! adequate ? And wi at
security have our vessels, that touch at
this port hereafter,that they will not sha re
a similar fate ? The plea of this outrag e
ous conduct is that they suspected the
Ship to be a piratical cruizer. Has it tlien
come to this, that vessels wearing the V.
merican flag aref suspected, by foreign
powers, to be pirates ? Does this arise
fromthf number; of- instances of vessels
being fitted out of our ports by Americ;
citizens, contrary to law, to aid the cause of
patriotism in South America ? If it does,
it is necessary the government should
take sufficient measures to put a stop to it,
and wipe off this foul stain upon the A-
merican character. At the same time, not a
moment should be lost in demanding rep
aration and. an ample apology and satis
faction for the insult which has been offer
ed our flag. ; !
Rio-de-Janeiro (flrazil,) Sept. 2 1818.
My dear r ather After leaving New-
York we were favored with prosperous and
remarkably pleasant weather. On the lath
inst to the great joy of all; on board, we
hscovered land and anxiously anticipated
the satisfaction we , Were about to experi
ence on or arrival iu a country that could
offer us every luxury wecould wish, after
being at sea for 4$ days. ; i . ;
Our treatraerit rat this port will appear
incredible. After being boarded by sev
eral officers of government, who, after ex
amining-our papers, &cJ departed appar
ently satisfied and we apprehended no fur
ther delay in procuring the necessary.sup
pliesjfor which w entered the port. Tjhe
last officer that boarded us entered the ship
and with great disrespect to the captain and
officers, called for the ships papers, which
he pronounced imperfect and false, with
out even deigning to look' at them, imme
diately ordered his soldiers to search the
ship which they -did without opposition.
After treating us with the greatest- inso
lence he departed. We were then guard
ed by a boat filled with armed men, and
all communication with the city cut off.
A short time, after, our ship was boarc ed
by armed force, and plundered of Sev
eral ! articles, and a great quantity of ship
stores. Messrs. Byers, Smith, and myself,
were then forced into a boat, and Cant.
Mackey, first mate, and trading officer,
compelled to ; follow us. j The American
ensign vas struck, and the Portugu
havine put the crew on board of a 74 son
shin, remained in possession of our ves
sel, j Myself and the above named gent
raen after being denied; an intercom
with the American consul or any otp
e-
se
er
person on snore, ;: veie cunicu pusuna
rs
to the tort,1 ignorant ot tne cause t
at
could justitV so great an outrage on c
ur
persons and property. After remaining
there about ah hour, exposed to the in!:
o-
lence of the! soldiers, we were carric
with a strong guard, to the Island of Co
ras, (which is sihiated near the centre
o-
of
the city, at a little distance from the slid:
;and is about a mile and a half rn circu
ference extensive and strong fortifit
a-
tions defending vtpe numerous prisons a
hd
dungoons'within.
At this place we lati d-
ed, and, after passing bv a circuitous rod
arrived at the summit of the island. H e
passea tnreugn 'several arc nea passag
ps,
the grated doors I of which opened at
ur
or
appioacn, ana at last we came to a a
which shut the entrance of a narrow 1
which we arrived at after descendin
a-
bout thirty feet below the surface of
he
ground- On either side. were to be s
en
ne
d ungeons crowded with convicts. In
Lot" these apartments we entered, and found
it already occupied hy four naked wretf
es, whose
appearance, were it possible,
Was calculated to ad4 to the horror of c
; i l" ' j i
situation. :, if
.1 i . w
ur
On examination, we found our dungcjpn
I to be covered with moisture, which was,
; continually exuding through the" wal
lis:
The ground was about 2-3ds covered w-i
erouna wasatiout 2-aus covereu witn
stagnant water jj j anda hard platform was
all that was allowed on which we could
rest our weary limbs ; and the vermin of
I 1 .1 .111- ! .
every description mat nueu our
apart
i ment prevented us from enjoying that are-
pose our situation required. On the third
, cupied a room richly decorated with the'
, images of saints and the implements used
j in their worship here. We underwent an
exaiiiniaiion cuucciiiiHg uur vuagc,
anatnen remanaeu to prison, in mis
1 .! T I ! - . - ."X
1 T
situation we remained five days and nigFjts
ynen we were aenvereu iu me .iueriKui
minister, Mr. SumpteF, whose conduction
this occasion has been very gratifyingto
our feelihffs. Were it not for his firmness
and perseverance, we sh uld, in all proba
bility," have remained weeks in prison; and
perhaps been condemned on suspicion1, as
frequently happens in this country. We
find that we were suspected ana unjustly
treated as pirates. Mr. SumpteF has! ta
ken up our cause, and is about forwarding
to the American government the particu
lars of the barbarous tres.tinent we hkve
suffered. Hie jPortiruese government
repenting of their folly, have released the
crew and put th$m on board the ship -under
the command of the chief officer. The
captain nas riot yet taken command1 of
the "ship,- who, together with" Messrs Bjr-
ers, Smith, and.v myselfv are; now at a
boarding house in the cityw where we shall
remain until oUr minister Ihihks it proper
for us again to take possession of the ves
sel, and unless the government make pro
per satisfaction to him for the" insult
done the American flag he will leave the
country. We are treated with servile po
liteness by the natives, who dread the
consequences that their tenierity has in
volved them in. I have had a slight re
turn of bleeding, in consequence of a vio
lent cold I took while in confinement, but
am, now much better.
A letter from the supercargo, Mr. By
ers, informs the owners that the ship would
proceed on her voyage in three or foar
days. ; r ; ;
MARRIED,
tn this cdunty, on Sunday evening last)
by the Rev. J. 6. Freeman, Mr. Caleb
Snell, Merchant, to Miss - Susan Til
man, daughter of the late Col. Henry
Tilman. !
Portof Newbern.
Entered Sch'rs. Fornax, Simmons
Plymouth ; Rapid, Hay wood, New'york ;
Hero, Chad wick, Newyork Jolm Storiey,
Morris, Newyork ; Milo, -. Humphrey,
Boston f Sloops First Attempt, Haile,
Warren ; Arrio, Lawrence, Newyork j
Brig Jason, Wijlis, Bristol j (Eng.)
. Cleared Seti'r. 'Collector, Wade, Sa.
vannah ; Brig Dragon, Harvey, Bermuda;
. '. - ' -
Newbern Prices Current,
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
MERCHANDIZE.
From d. c. to i. c.
Bacon
Beef : .
Butter .'
Bees-Wax
Brandy, French
do. Apple
do. Beach
Corn
Meal
Cotton
Coffee
Cordage
Flour
Flax-Seed
Gin, Holland
do. Country
Pine Scantling
flank
Square Timber
Shingles, 22 inch
Staves, W. O, hhd.
do. R. 0.i do.
do. W. O. bbl.
lb.
13
15
40
SO
none
lb.
gal.
so!
25
50
75
bush.
7Q
80'
lb.
28
30
50
14
45
12
bbl.
10
bush.
80
gal.
M.
2-
70
10
10
t2
12
25
30
1
50
2
18
25
7
10
10
2.0
Heading, W. O. hhd.
Lard
Molasses
Tar
Pitch
Rosin
Turpentine
do. Spirits
Pork
Rice
R urn, Jamaica
do. W. I.
d o. American
lb.
gal.
bbl.
16
25
60
601
1 70
2 2 25
2 2 25
50 55
18 20
6 50 7
1 10 1 15
70 f 80
901
gal.
bbl.
cwt.
none
Salt, Allum
do. Fine
Sugar, Loaf
do Lump
bush.
59
80
30
lb.
zo
' 25
13 -50 15
6 '
do. Brown
cwt.
Tobacco
. THE SUBSCIBER
Will rent for one year, or for a term
I . of five years, the
STORE
AND
Dwelling House
at the corner of Middle and - Broad
Streets, lately occupied bv Mrs.
Bar tie tt. The house is now under
repair, and will have a good Store
with comfortable apartments ior a
family.
Possesion can be given by the llth
of December. For terms apply to
the subscriber, or in his, absence from
Town to R. D. SpaIgut Es.
John R. Donnelly -
Guardian of C. G. SpaigKt,
:. December 5th 2w38. l '
The Subscriber,
BEING about to leave the State,
earnestly solicits all persons
nav ing demands against him, to pre
sent them for settlement, and those
who are indebted to him, to come
forward and make payment.
Demnsev Jone?.
Swansboroueh Dec. 1 , 1818 tf38 ;
FOR MOBILE,
The Schooner Hunter, of Swans-
borough, to sail the last ot tne j pre
sent month or the beginning oi i Jan
uary. For Ireignt or passage, apply
to Wm. Ferrand,1 in Swanabo rough,
or to the Captain on board
' , jTHfe SVpSCRIBER j
HAirsTj received; offers roR SAL1
Twenty four barrels and twenty half
t j uurreus vj ,
BALTIMORE fiEST
FAMILY TLOUR:
Wiliiarhliunri.
Newbern 5th Dec 181 8.-5t38
The ' Sulisciber
p
the t
FFEKS For sale the halfof Vo
No. J8 6n Broad streeti with
two Houses tnereon. , jrosses-
ion given ilmmedintely. Terms
half paid down, the balajice tix
months credit, the purcltaser giv
ing nrjte with appVoved security, rk
gotiable at tither of the Banks.
, h Also
A Lot of ground at Trent Bridge
I Cxermairi Castix.
December 5th3w.38,
,FOR SALE ;-
A small Sloop Boat
burthen about one hundred and seveiViv
barrels. She is eighteen months, old, wVli
foand and in good order. -Enquire of" the
Nov. 21. 36tT PllINTLIt
I will sell Jamaica Rum fuv '
quality, by the single gl Ion, at 130 cts
by five gallons at 125 cts." by 10 galioi;:..
or more at 120 cts. .
ICHABOD WETMORD&
Newbern Nov. 27, 1 8 18.-3? n.
WANTED ; 1 O i'Vi. HAbiLj
27 SHARES
of State oj North-Vawli ria
Bank Stock.
Enquire of JOHN M. ROBERTS.
pv. 28, 1818 artf
OVERSEER; WAN ! ElX
A. person wii.p ii acquainted -w'kW
the business ot an Overseer an d ui -demands
the management of 3. 1';.. .
tation, and who can bring a sf:iii .
tory recommendatiph,vili mt et u;!
employment lor -the ens ir.g- yrr.
ana gooa wages, Dy-appjw.. tc. the
FKINTER.
28, 1818. 37U
Nov.
HOUSE AND LOT FO R SALE.
T
1 HE Subscriber wsr.u-s to til
his Lot, No. 347, in the tow n of
N e wbernl together w, it 'h the 1) v c li
liig House thereon,
I Also, 300 Acres of Tntl,
75' lyinS onj the voa,d that leatlr fi em
i Newbern to Washington,! in Cho u-
winuv rciusuM---:.-..ri oi ; wnicn 13
aiKXCclltnt Cress Swinp.
Si.muel Simpson. :
Fort BarnvcU, NbV. 28.-r-373L.
just received;
ANU FOR SALE AT
SK II ALL'S
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Pn-
jamin Franklin, L. L. D. F. H.
written by himself. G vols. 8v. .
Riley's Narrative, Robins1 Journal, . '
Rambles in Italy, by an American Xe;i
tleman,) .' . t - , . -' l . ' .
Capt. Tuckey's Expedition; to, the Riwi
Zair, usually called the CbNJ.o, ...
Capt. Halt's account of th;e great Loo
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Anecdotes! of the life of Bishop Watson j
Robertsonhs Charles the 3th,
New.Tales,by Mrs. Ople, - : j
Tales of My Landlord, 2d series,
The Bachelor and the married JVIan.
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Tales for Mothers and Daughters, by Mis
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Smith & Little's Note Books,
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ari4l
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North-Carplina Almahacks for the A'car
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Newbern Nov. 28, 1818.St. 3. ewe.
CRAVEN LN EQUITY.
Thomas Pittman, 7 ' j ,
vs. I . I Sale under
v William Gardner, .
Ex'r. of R. P. Jones,
William S. Denny'
Dec
ree.
X N Thursday the 4 6th j December
next, at the Court IIous in 'iew
bein, will be sold, for Teady money, ti.';
tract of t AND lately occupied by Vd
liara Gardner,' purchased foy him of Jo
seph Caruthers, situate Vin Craven, ow
Brown's creek, with a Mill thereon. W
the sale of said land should be insufficiTt
to .satisfy! plaintiff's claim and co5tv'
suit, a negro man slave named Ben, wi.l
be sold at the same time and place
EDW'd.' GRAHAM, CjM.e.
-' Nov. 26th, 181$. 3rtds -1!
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