PUBLISED.(wEEkLY) BY .WILLIAM BOYLANv '
- I ' ravihlctn Adoanct -. ri - au
Vol. 13'.
RALEIG H, (n. c .) THURSDAY, JUNE -23, 1808.
No,
T
LONDONfApril21.
' gentleman arrived yesterday from, Am
sterdam (on his way to America) which pYce
j.e tl't a few' days ago, states, that that ptuce
pott bijCei s the greatest commercial distress ;
Warehouses and thops are entirely shut,
tin 'tgil a general outcry prevails agaii.st
ti':;' war. He furthei Jrliftes, that itit 'report
oiriir intnding to make Danish America
dependent, had caused the gre&test appre
JjciiM&p n the French..gOYernment -j tliat its
bars for the jsuccess of such a measure,
?boviKh ' tudiously, concealed, were yet- jjbvU
ous; an' that iionapavte, vas determined to
use every effort for hurrying North America
into a war w.iiji England, that he may be able
to embody the numerous French now in the
United States, into an army for invading
Mexico in. "r.oakmction "with theAmeric'ans
whence lie could aftervvirds send troops into
the different parts of Sotith America.
The sq'iadron now "ready to sail from the
Tlnwns. under the command of sir James'
Satfafr?, consists 'of seven sail of the line,
mil several Inmates. Its ultimate destination
is the 'Baltic, hut ve undersUnd that on iis
way it is to und rt ike an important enterprise,
tk nature of which it would be imprudent at
p-w.-nt . to mention. A mijrtary force of
12 u'V) mtn is expected .to sail in a few days
uiiderlhc command of general John Moore.
Another ejebedition is nYeparineri the desti-
nati. irof which is rather distant. The num-
ter of men to be eml)Jrkcd, it is. said will a-
mmiiit to 20,000. The contractors for shio-
1 1
tiup hive been- publickly apprized by the
transport board, th.kt a considerable number
oi coshered vessels wll be wanted for which
Ikey "are at liberty to make immediate tender.
Admiral sir J. ,Saumarex. left town yesler-
iip for Chatham, to hoist his flag on hoard
tlie Victory, as commander in chief of The
Baltic srjuadrom
" . . April 22.
It is rather strance the Osaee is not arrive
ti witlrthe American messenger, Mr Nousc.
was iViderstootijo have gone into L'Oritnt
ixmi three weeks ago. VVe have no doubt
of her having been detained. , .
THE EXPEDITION.
. ?aisgAtk, April 21.
(t We are all bustle and activity here, Dre
Wring for another embarkutVoni. The 1 st. 2d.-
fuw 7th, battalions of the German Legion.
and-idso the 1st and 2d light battalions'; 'are
iw 'on .their march (f this place, from Uex-
iH. Hastings, and Kcittie. A number of
transports are hctte ready to receive therm, and
ainets are t!rcj:p:ng in hourly. It is thought
bm die dispositions making, that the differ-,
ent battalions will be embarked as'they arrive
kre. We exhert snme nf tlipm'in mrtwn
A 'consTdr rable British force is also to be em
barked, but gome of the retriments will not
toine ' htretrap sports ' having been provided
M Uitir.rcceplibir t Harwich..
ihe naval streny-th of the exnediiion
i!l- tbRsist of-the-Victory Minot air, Tigre,
i'ars, Polyphemus, Audacious, See. scNeiuit
incites, and a large T-'porliorf of. 'gun brigs
;;sels p-cti,liavly arif. n tell for the 1 1 avigation.
uVtiie 'Uelts and the Sounds), .ind some gun
bats of a new consti uetion. 1 he v. hole will
winder the command oi Sir Jamfs Sav.ma
2, who has JeftrLbndort-fjr Ghatham; to
Mifct his flag Qh r bbard the .Victory, at the
The land forces which will amount
to from 12 .tn -1 .rinn inCnnt. ., ssta1;
commanded b; Sir John Moorf and r.en-
i tHASKK,and will 'shortly be followed bv
Import! required - (copper bottomed) will
aJry. vnsist ot cavalry." u
- -, llARwiCHr Apri! 21, . ,
( '; half past , 'J o'clocl;.
kr narwick at this moment presents an tin
wl appearance'. ..From six to' seven thovW
4 of the troops to be employed in the ex-P"OitifjrL-which
has for sump tim. Kwn o-ff.
ready rareo be embarked at this, place ;
"j number at transports, wnich have bten
ready fur their 'reception, are new coming
iUihe: harbour. None ; of lle troops, hayu
A aifived ' but, we understand they -have
jWd such routes '.as' will bring thein hVre
"accession, and that u is intended to embark
s they arrive.;: - - L , ,; --7
vuiv-iaiiy icai-i'
.flcKtiiia'tton 'of this" expedition. ' Its A-
ine -iiauic ;
to its pro-
which pix-
u quarter': - -' -
-- r -
h.i l.'-lh. Object of Sir John Duckworth
wjs S'V Me hve been'1 favoured with the
l- Ofi He8lnB extract of a letter from
-belonging to the Squadron, aaied, .
v ',"' ; 1 '; . ' ;.
V Haying run-down the Bay of Biscay, and
called off Capes' Ortogal and llnisterre, and
Lisbon,- we arrived off Madeira, and found
Sir Samuel Hood laying in Funschall Roads,
where we. remained -:fo two days.- . On the
morning ..-of 'Ihe. 3d Felii Uary, his majt'sty's
ship Covnus, gave us intelligence of her hav
ing bet n chaced two day's before toihe N. W.
jbf Madeira, and it then became bbvious that
the destinatiop of tba French squadron was
the W. Indies, for which we pioceedt'd with
all tlte expedition, and rnade the Islands of St'.
Lwcia and Martinique in .twenty-one days
Off the east "end of Martinique we saw six
sail of the line ;. we cleared for. action, and
formed, the linei of bat' je, but, on exchanging
signals we found friends instead of enem jes
U was-isir Alexander .Cochrane, with his"
squadron, who was waiting to give that ene
my a reception which we Were in. thace of,
conceiving that lie would take refuge in that
port. Finding that his fleet was sufficient to
cope. tAvIth them in those seas, we passed all
the Windward Islands, and anchored on the
16tjv, of February in Uassaierre Pioads, vSt.
Kitt's, whefeK.we remained only eigUeVn
hours, just long trfrmgh to t:,k'e in water, but
no provisions nor een Jinen washed. We.
then proceeded to St. Domingo, where it was
supposed -the-enemy had proceeded for the
purpose of landing troops,; but on om-wrriva!
there we found no ship3. Afttrr cruizing in
the Mona Passage'ToJ' seven or cigt'days,
we made all dispatch forthe coast of America,:
and arrived off the Chesapeake on the 1 1th
of March! Ve communicated - with the
Statira frigate, and found that our ambassador,
Mr. Rose, was at Washington for the last
time 19 determine whether it should be pence
or war with England. Ye;should have gone
in, but the Yankees would" hot let us have a
pilot, nor supply us with water and .provisions,
which forced us to be content to live upon
Tfalf Qiti usual alio wance rieywuld-iiot
give us a single pint of water or a cabbage
-stalk. We left the Eurydice to bring jus any'
intelligence that might occ'u as to peace or
war witli Americaand quitted the hospitablv
shores of America For the Western Islands,
where we iiocui td - all we wanted, afier.a
long and a very anxious . cruiset The Co
vernor of Flores (a P01 titgu'ese,) came off to
us, but not being able to u .'we us any informa
tion, the admiral thought it most expedient
to proceed for England, where we atrived
this morning, after having been' three months
at sea, and made a complete circuit of thr
Western and Atlautick. Ocean, a journey ol
tovyardsof thirteen thousand Tuili-'s."
Ve learn by other le tters, that our squ :-on ,
remained several d-ays off the ('he-hiipciike,
Sc that the treatment it experienced was such
as by no means to eneotiTge the- uopes ol
late entertained by manyf of an vuiicffe" ter
mination Of our present negotiation with the
L.uited St.i,es.It is e'extain, that no Article'
whatever of supply could be obtairtdJ)y our.
admiral from the inhospitable" and hostile
Americans ;' and it follows of course, thatjre
reparation offered by -our government for the
affair of the Chesapeake frigate, wa '.made in
-vain ; al.houglv that circunistance alone, since
so amjjly atoned for, w.as assigned iy the"
President's proclamation as the motive for
prohibiting all intercourse between the iuhah-
. itan'ts ahd suelr British ships of war amig'hf
arrive ; in-the American waters. - Sudh con
duct arguei so hostile a determination in the
overnment of the United States, that the'
ceneral opinion expressed by the officers'of
our' squadron, " tliat a war with -America is
inevitableV cannot be considered as mt nded
-upon .! weak or triviaf f rcinds We bhould
have expected that Mr. Rosa's mission would
at kast have procured for our squadrons the,
' lights of hoipitality, if it did not effect a com.
plete-reetablishment of r the former good
understanding between the twei countries r
-bttt -we fear -thcrFtenchi Bed governmenVf the
United fitates 'has !sa far resigned itself to the
baleful influence of ihe Cabinet of the Thpil
lepies, that nothing but salutary chastisement
will brifig it to a due sense of the pernicious
. ejrrour'; into , which. its ' unnatural -propenvitTe
have permitted it tofbe . Jedi lmepflca will
have war with Great Britain, jste will Tiave
herseif to blame for thVconsiiqaenes.' It is
our sincere'whh to remai at peace witli her,
;'and our minister?, it is well known, have
adapted every- expedient short of compromis
ing rh6 htPof-and dignity of the nation to a-T
void ftfe extremity of warfare ; Iwil we are
certaiafe hot prepared to lay the Ivonor and;
thtfTesnlial- mterests of the empire flh,
fetlt.'bf'atiy'junto upon earth. 'The blustering
American demagogues may, perhaps. . have
fdtunded some portion : of iheir comldence up-
onthe'lulufVr cferl
try. ; some ')f liem as we lately took oica-
sion to remark, may derive hopes from the
confiscation of property, i ainl the non. pay
ment of debts i 'they may corrccal from them
selves.therr comparitive i mpotence, bythrowj:
ingheif-.eisfi-iotbe-ftg0UbV
enemies of tirtat Britain ; but a few short
montfisr bfar ouldcnn vinccheleV despair
fate phticians of the ; folly jbl measuring
thel4gjiy strength . with .the "colossal power
of the British empire.; . W'e do not ourselves
wish to be" understood, as stating positively,
that a war with the United-States is beeomft
inevitable ; the door for amicable adjutstn'ent
still remain? open, and while it continues s67-
hopes of adiUstmeht may not lrr&aonalry' be
iijdulged. iiut in whatever manner the iie-
gotiation may lerminatef we shall have tire
consolation to reflect," that every thing which
1 feet, jhaV on ur part been done toHavert the
catasttophe,, wftich, however to be lamented,
cantuk ultimately prove injurious to our inter
ests, wliile it may effect the ruinof the power
by whom, from present appearances, it seeis J
1:1. 1 U.t .k.,.. 1. J . - 1
TREASURY DEplvRTMENT, .'
dp'ilV) 1608. "
Sin,- T have the honor to tra nsmit a state
ment of tile public debt on the first day.of
Janl;ary 1791 to 1807, respectively, together
with sundiy exphsnatory statements and notes,
prepared in pursuance of. the resolution of
the house of leprtsentatives of the 8th of
.January, li?07.
The amoun'" ot the pu' lie debt of the Uni
States unprovided for on .the days above men
tioned, respectively, and 1: ) thejesttnnated a
mtnint of the said debt on jtjhe , first day of
January, 1 LOS, together with ihe progress and
decrease- of the . same ddriiig certain peri
ods, will appc-ar horn the f( liwwing laMe.
Amount vf debt.
1st. January,
Ytar.
1803 .
1804
1K0S
1 &C6
1807 '
av.8(
r 6
?1C,023 72 -
17-1 7 S, 169,974 21
17S2 76.373.767 16
1793 77,537,997 93
17J4 75,9'.-647Q 56
1795 ,7.8.1'49;'937 83
1796 ' "81,642,272 96-
1797 ' 80,y 34;023 54
I TVS 7894TT65T5
1'799 77,499.909 35
18 )0 ' 81.633,325 74
1801 82 000,167 36
1S02 78.754,5C8"70
74,731,922 85
8,353,645 22
80,534.053 65
74,542,9562
67,731,645 62
64,700X00 00
Veer ease.
5,646,102 40
4,600.58 01-
10,621,720 38
1,591,828 37
4,242,363 6l
7,268,244 51
20,658,443 22
' ALBERT GALLATIN.
rpf lhif eb r neariyOOmilliOns consist of .
.4 and5 per cent stock, which being converted!
into 3 per cents makes the amount 557 tnil
lions, and, valuing $ per cent stoek at 60 , per
cenr, tlv- presentprice, the total capltul oithQ
debt in money is- j33'4r. iji1Uiois;--xf;-rT-;
. .-The original provision 6f the sfnktng fundi 5
6T I million per annum, established in f78fl
with the addition sirtor made do it, and thQ ,
dividends of stock bought , up .by the ConW
missioners, amount at this time to about ft
millions, per annum ; and has created a capi '
jtal of 113 milions and ay half,- - '
This system being pursued, the present an
nual income of 8, miHio.ns"of theMiking fund,
will generate, at an annual increase of 5 pec
cent. ., . . ' . '. -. '
By the year 1810, the stim of 34,480,000
, in 1320, - .l5A,70O,OOa
in f8;30, - - 13 56,000,000
art amount winch will exceed the jJresenV na-
tional debt.' :
To prevent any interruption of the progress -
otih e-jabo vjei'sy ste.m, l)y,an',,'accinmdaUu64l. of
debt by war andnew loans, in 1793 it was en
acted thaCon all future loans, a sum equa! to
onef per cent on the'stock created by such:
iHan.s, should ba added to the si!ikingfund,v as
a provision for their gradwal and .jsuccessive
redemption. " This:; appoptfation lof.. LI pet
cent on each loan, at an income of 5 per cent, "
amounts to loo iri. 37 years, or at 4 per
cent in lessttian 42 years therefife what
ever addition maybe made tojhe d'ebt every;
year," if such a fund of percent baregularly .'
allotted for its redemption, the total of that.,
p jrtion of debt 1 must in 37- or 42 - years be .
ciijichargec!. A
From the Utiivtraal Magazine 1 Afay, 1806
-In the year ending in FebnUry 1803, the
sinking fund extinguished 1 -82th ot the nati-
opal debt , In l'virdary 18C6f it extinuislied
1-6 Sth of die whole debf. In February 18Q7,
it will py l-54th,' leaving us with the physical
certainty, that by this means, war may be continued,-
and yet the public debt be regularly,
reduced to a sum not worthy of estimation," in
the rijlations of ntjoiualth.
National Dtbt of. .England The nation:.)
debt of Kngtiud. is itever in 'the mouth of
fvery person w h6 speaks of the'poiitical state
of that country It is generally considered as
a. dead weight, growing heavier -and heavier,
" and the result is calculated by most, to be
certain national bankruptcy and ruin. Any
suggestion that it can ever be paid, but par
ticularly that it can be paid without agts of
peace 8; prosperity, is very sure to be reckon
ed a cli'imtra of an unenlightened or distem'
p.; d i rtin. - ' .' "'
The following brief statement of facts goes
directly io show the falfacy of this general-impression.
The results which have ''ac
tually; been experienced have confirmed
the calCulaiiori of the great inyehtor of
this system, and show todertiohstrat ionthat
in time, and indecd. in cennparativeiyra very
Short tjLpethe whole debt may be discharged
.without any oppressive levies upon the nation.
? ' . So8ton liejiertary . ,
From the Monthly Magazine, for March 1 806.
The amount of the Rational delt of G. B.
on the Jlh of Jan. 1805, was 603,925,S2
r btock created by loan of
- 1805, was rt '-
' French -.Exfifncea By a decree of the
French government thejsum of 720,000,000
of francs were appropriated for the expence
or the year 1807 Of this turn H 59,000
francs, were appropriated to discharge,th,e in
terest of the national debt. The tcmsv are
thus gjvtii.in the French budget, V12 i
-"''.;.... ...-' ' - Francs.
..... t
Interest on debt;'
Civil List compiling three?
rniUioiii to the Princes,. 3
For sd-vice of Grand Judge,
Foreign Relations,.
Inte. relations, public ., -avo
t k 3 ,- & c . S
VflHCff..-.Caissedam, J 'OiQCOpo..
Civil Pensions " 5,000,000
Eccleuastfca) do.. ' " 24,000,00
Ordinary" service of Finances, ; 26,000,OOQ
Public Treasury, - 8,1QO,COO
War Department, 321,400,000
Marine, . " , --..- ; 106, "00, 000
Worship,' 12,300,000-
Cencral Police, ' ,. -. .1,000,000 :
7S, 159,000
28,0CO,00O
22,191,000
8,650,000
53,000,000
Expences of N e gociajtiofis,
ueserve r unci,
General Total,
10,000,000
9,000,000
720,000,(300
S 8,70000
There hss been transferred
r for ree'eeminer the land tax
the sum of "
642,625,792
22,000,000
"iXnd there has been redeem
ed by the Conknissioners for
inajiaging th sinking fund :T
r r'
;.;'t620V625,79
113,500,000
Leaving the amount in Jan. ,
LEGISLATURE 61?IASSACilUSETTS.
...-..' J&a'tt- ojlFefire8ent&(iyea-'Jiine L
. Mr. W'keaton's Resolution, ,
The. following imperfect sketch of thejde
bate, will inform our readers of some of the
ideas expressed by- gentlemen v ho spoke, oa
live subject. ':, ' ; ' - 1 ';.-: r .
s. -: z ! . 1 ' Tl .
. Mr. (ioodwin- disapprovea ot tne resolu
tions v.;hich had been offered. He-was anxi
ous To inculcat a spirit of tmioritoTecoicile
opposing parties he djdnot think theserfeSo
lutions had thatT tendency.. lie professed to
be a hearty lover of his country. Ile was :
friendly ''ibHeisenttdmistra'-aiiA-
t hou gin on i affairs had been w isly.c?dacted.-ht
The emtiareo he conceived a commendable -fz
measuriv It was to preserve our property
our. sh!p?'and our merchandize ; t prevent f
ouf tedrtivn i from leing impressed on board
Bri tish men of wareach of w hich was, u witli
reverence lie it spoken! a. IHtle heir afloat.'
As to the. restrictions on our.-coasting trade?,
they had been produced by tlie efforts ' some ,
Dersons'had made to supply our enemies. Ho
fdid not wish to exercise any inmunaiiity, and V
"had no dispositUff.to-Uirve even-cf&reflemies -He
would wiliialy feed thetriyif the President .
said ioAVe Tniahtexptrismce somejdinicv!-
ties," but we ought to txhibita pairiotic ' (u
position towrdure, we ought tqtfelsgeUf !
and if sufferines were nectssaiyj tdbewU- I
f ling to suffer hand in hand. ' C7arfr.'w,'(the ' ;
jtown he represented,) had Suffered rnuch last ; v 1
507,121,732
w'e- slnuH no like -to bs caSlid mamci-tli-fXKtAi U
the firUish PiUalhect. . ' . ' , ...' ' f-
V
r. .