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WEDNESDAY, DECESMER 20, 1820.
YOL I j
G U E hYSlt OH 0 UG ,
' NO. 35
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THE PATRIOT,
Us printed and pnll ittlted weekly by
T. EARLY STIMJVGE,
A Two Dollars per annum pay
able within three months from th
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rr'MjM 01 1 nrr iitbi iiumiirr, ui ine
mil p88 six. At a Town Meeting
in (his Town n Saturday last it
wai voted to appropriate 350 dot
Ui s fr 11 ' he 1 rcasui . , t delia)
the expenses of the Independent mi
litary companies m attending the
funeral solemnities at Newport, and
(xin1.nuti'i4liiin nt leSOeC.I
111 a ......IF'. w - - a -
jj'iwarn niier toe trimrauuu m t
l" llil
meni.ry oi Pkkky. iyiiivuie
guns were accordingly fired in tlii
place, from 11 to ot yesterday.
tine.
No paper to he disrpntii-iied ui
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all srrearaijvt .are paid unless at jh' (he bells in the 1 nun he weje toiled.
option of the Editor; am! a failure to and colors displayed by the uip
notify a dufontinonnee will 6e consi- pi"fi mast. lcr'
dered a few engagement. j 1NTKEsTINQ 'ellBUB,P ..nob -e-
ADVEft TISKV1KNTS We ate inueiiieU to ine politeness
Not eieeedins 10 line,, neatly in- of U. W,. P. Custis, fcsq. I Ml
gerted three times for, edoll,.M! I-1 itTInei -VVe! Hrs trice 0 iha- hand which
25 cent for every succeeding publi .,.ui....u f ,i .. r..V. . . n ... ....
Cation; those of .greater length in t he
tame proportion Letters to the Edi
tor mint he post paid.
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pression upon me. li i probable
Hi a next packet will bring me some
information from my excellent friend
Mr. IJrahatn. He has, 1 am told,
entrusted a french gentleman with
ilespitehes for me, which, for the
sake of delivering them himself, are
not yft come to hand. Be pleased, in
easel cannot w ile, by the tirst pack
et toilet him know 1 hit cireumsiance.
Le Vanseur has returned Irom Ger
mim .- v:lh a verry amiable yi.uug
wife. Adieu, my (Tear Custis; believe
m , must sincerely d with paternal
attachment, your f imd,
LAFAYET E.
Gen. Bolivar to Gin. Lafayette.
Ueoeral: 1 hiveJidU the li ur of
seeiiiff. for t.e firt Mine, the uuble.
have HVHUed- urselvt a t'L 411. V H im. ri.u I ..Mained bv Coi Mece
pei intHsinn to place them before ur. KV10 ,e(Ve -d to me j .u most e-
. leaders; 1 teemed letter of the 13tii Oct. of the
Jh-1 titer me lit of. Vam. JPernj.
Vrt;om lutctlispncer.
La liiUM.F, 7oe tSid.
Ia;t )ear
Uv the noblie papers 1 understood
i wiih in .xiirHsible pleasure, tliat you
Your lner l the 45th May h.tsi h-vj ,j tt1(. c .odness to honor m -
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a(Toh(l ine the. highest nle.isure.
'my dear Custis; the more so when
you make me anticipate he happi
ness to welcome you at La Itranafc.
Pruvidkncb (U. I.) Dec. 3.
The interesting eeremonies, in hoo
or of thift brave and mitiOMon olli
.1. .1 . r . ... . 1.
. ' . . " r . , J. Mv whole tamily shale with your
41 oist . in conformity to the arrange- 1 J . ... ,J
, 0 brother G'orire and iDsell in the
nn,ii l.ie had hetn previously an- ,'r'",iri "'I'1 -
Dn, need- In consequence of neeen- RralHymR xpertation; ami rnirrn.
ar) en-menu in town, we were. ou to redeem jour pledge as soon
unHl' to be present on thin memora- as von can in the nvx Spring. r n.
bl : oeeaHn. a 'id cio only fnrnivh er if possible. 1 hope you'll make it
ur'r -idem wih a few etaehe I par., a family party.
lie.uUr of the pnieeedingvwhi.e j While I have lately hm. (0'iur n
the h irryot (he ni'imenl, we have fr ,,e juH uf venerated friends and
betalfet e. llefC. associates in our Vdierican Uevolu-
The Steamboat VashiiiKauriinary strugle? and have, in vrr.n.
XvUi, ! eft here between 7 and 8 o-j m,)tl wilh ail thinking and feelmi;
!-. k in b" oi'irnm, 11I1 tin nli- j mini's in both hemispheres, admin'. I
lary inpanies of ibis place and rnincidenreH the most strikitij; on
T; in ke'. Hilda very numerous i the rmnls of history, 1. have, with
idhrti.-ii of olhceis and citizens, ar- nvdancholy satisfaction, blessed my
rnl at Newp rt, ll . M. at ihe om nrivate fate, that mv visit to
mom tit the reiiMms of 1 ur laih' ti'rd
hT.. were in 'heci ol hi ins; convey
ed fro n t ?e L '"'ito t; sh mc.
IVIiitotc guns wi fe fin d as the baige
pretded from 'he ship to the
'trt'. and on landing the corpse,
i ..s placed in a larjgc car, hung
Wt '1 ni 'Uinittg, and drawn to the
glMM hy four white horses, appro
piiaely ornam :ivd with waving
pinnies I he procession, it is be
lieved, was the largest and most im
fiosijig eve cdh led in this Stale
on any similar oecashn, and cm
pi ised not only our principal rticers,
fi il anl military, hut the finest col
leciioii f (iliz' Jis 8'ldlerN which tlie
L'nion, could exhibit, fier the pro
Cesst m had been arranged by tb
M tttslalsid . theday. in the orde
pn sc ihi ii by the, Committee, it pro
,Ced4 (l widi h oiemn . music, the tol
li' v ol Bells, and a regular discharge
of ofillery, tli'ough Thames street,
t !he cmumon Burial place, where
tic funer.d wervice of the Kpiscopal
V inch was read hy the llev. Nlr.
Wheiton and a volley discharged
over ihe grav' of the deceased, i he
'' mony of interment beini: co ti
pleied, the pitire-sion returned, anil!
Mi in has preceeded this half centurv
Vwiveiary day. s to your plan
of memoirs o! iir id t d Fathers,
lec CiiHtis, inv recollection or doc
uments an mucii it your service.
I thank you fr the pleasant in
forma'i'oi you give me respecting
our Liberia Settle tenr. It is
founded' on the most philanthropic
and disinterested principles, ably
conducted, and congenial, '! know il
is, to the feelings of the univers dit v
of the people throught the United
Sutes. Ti greatest diTiculty is
to find suflicicnt means of transpofta
lion over the Atlantic. It is also
very desirable that the Africans
miht be instructed with to become
useful to themselves and to the cum
muoity by the time they arrive there.
What have you done with your plan
' one day redeeming self-labor, in
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With a treasure taKeu irom
Vermin the fikens ot Washingion
.t.ne. ,f in relic, and one ot rhf
mooumetiU of hi glory, which you
were t. otfer me in
the na.ne of the
maim of the s;reat aod first bom cu
izenufjbe New World. So inexpres
sihly trJorious a combination of tbingi
aod circu tistances renders them val
inble to my heart. The fami y o:
Washington honors me in a wt
vliieb I eould never, even remotely
exocct. Yes, Waahiogton, by lh
n u,,! of L.r.tyite, i the crownor all
human rewn ds He was the illusln-vi-r
5,r.:.n:)ter -of -isl reform,.a.
v r.- Citizen Hero, he asserter
..iderty, whish, wait mo hand, you
have defccled for mricn, and w it.
ibe other for the Old World. Whai
nortal cfinbe worthy f ihe honors
vtb which you and Mount Veruoo
wish to l ad me? My confusion is
equal t.-i the immenity of my grti
tudtvwhiuh I ortr t you: sir, with
the respect and venera ino which
are due to the Master of Lib rty-
1 am, sir, with the highest consid
eration, your respectful r.dmircr,
3 BlLlVA.i.
tin, our prenent Minister to tireat
Briiaiu. In addition to these documents,
there is, from the Department of
State, Copies of the ratified Treaties
with Denmark, and with the Feder
ation of (Viitrnl America.
2 From the Dep rimeni of Mnr.
These documents cousisi of a (ien
eral liepnrt from he Secretary of
War, on the Administration of the
War Department for the eurreni year
a comprehensive and Retailed Report
of Major General Brown on 1 lie state
of the army, tieports from the Quarter-Master-General.
Commissar) -(inernl
of ""utisisiance. Fay master
General, Surgeon 'general. Commis
sary General of Purchases, and Or
dinance Department, K prl f the
Visiters of Military Acrfdemy at
JEmM!i:te ,
Depar'meiit;. U'port of the Board of
Olfieers and Commiinic itions con
nected with the subject of a improved
organization and discipline i t the
Militia, Report of the Oftieer par
tieularly charg d ivilh Ind a A flans,
lieport of -the Pension Ollice. Re
port of the Bounty .' and OHiee.
S. From the JVavy Department At
the head of those Documents .we. fiud
a full litport 'ho Secretary of the
Navy on the D partmen! under is
charg a very fall and detailed Tep rt
of the Board of Navy Commissioners
on - the condition,' fice. of the .. v-h"!s .
composing in favy,lhe Navy Y .id-,
ffce.; a Lis of the Ve!sl ol the
Navy in commission and then sta
tions; Papers respecting the removal
of lh.i Ufuiai s -tH omm U. !l Pefry
Copies ol and extracts from the cor
respondent of Cooim John Bndgers;
Copie ol uud est 'Hcts from the cor
respotulenci of (yoiutn. Xsuc Hull;
Copies of and xt. ac s frmi the cor
respondence of Captain Je8e. D. I'il
liott: Kxtraeis fiom (lie Cot es,oo I-.
ence ot Comm. James B ddle; extr act
from Connn 'W trnngtoo, C pie-of
Letters in relation to the cruise al'.tho
Sloop of War Lexington lor tho
protection of the- Fisheries, Copies
uud Kxlrael respe ting the African
Agency, L of Deaths in the Navy
since d Decembei, 18ij, List of
Resignations during the same period.
Estimates for the Marine Corps for
the year 1827, Estimates for the Na
VaMervic for t827
4 Report "ftlie Postmaster General
A concise' sunmiary of wluet. is
givert in the Mssageof lh- Pregid"nt.
Report of the ommissiontc of the
the week of whi-h van spoke to megevej.aj clistitict series of papers, as
neiore we pinrn riwin ' "' follows;
fectionate regards to our good friend
VI r. Gurlev. I will be happy to
liear frfii him. He ought to ac
companv you.
Here is a letter I have just received
tt':ij . immedf-4tp.lv iliyinisi'il. The ! rii viiin Cm I one I To 11 will see that
officers who attended as hearers onivour present and oor commtinicttions
the-occasimi yerdeliAered; Otirio
r y. Capt Creighton Catit. Crane of them as known as to pro-
Cap!. Shubrick, Capt. Turner, and tin,,. a"J .,llbVa, ,e1(e,
C'Dt Kearnev. w,,,oh- ,ee,,n?.ot modesty ought, per-
Ket . r 1 haps, to prevent my sending a copy,
If the survivors of the glorious .......Ii l. ,l .i,,,,.
- 14l r . - . r, . i., " was I not encouraged hy the thought
battle or Lake brie, there were fW feUer t QlJ an( e
present Dr. Lsher Parsons. t this f4(nijv Hi mue), a tn my9M. and that
place, Surgeon of the-fleci; Capt.' iN principal object is to express the
IY. Tu ne Licitl Y.rjray lor Liberat nrs respect for t he memory of
arn' Vlioins Breeze, .Purser, all of 0iir great, nod, and paternal Chief
ewpoH antMiow fd the N ivy; Your ideas respeciing the cultiva
i The AVahinVJil raturnetV tit?ro at-tion;if Plortda-lands mftkt) 4 -dtte ini;
r, n tha ittiiatriniin I.i1nrator R ili- Rritwin. eoncernin Commercial In
var. It was hroiixht ove by a Pe j tercourse, which it hs been thing t
proper to ntaKe puhlic ' - mpers
composing it consists of L iters ha
tween ine ,iaie uriun 'imuuu u
Washington, Dec. ft, 1820.
A ifi ril ino in anticination. the
Messaze of the President was yes-
tpnlnv transmitted to Congress, and
real in both i louses. In the Senate ; nenerai lanl OfRc S. vcr t.atis.
three thousand copies of the Message faCtory document, with an exhibit of
were ordered to he printed, and i tne ,tate of the accounts of the lie
the House of Representatives six cejvers of Public Money s, and the ar
rangements pres nt and proposed of
the General Oilice at the Seat of
Government. .
The only department, it will be
observed, from which there is no re
nort.MH the Treasury. Ibis . omis
sion it will occur to every reader, is
y. . . . - f.-t 11.... . 1 Ap
OWItlg 10 IIIO IOCI lliai nr lirou wi
this Department is required bv law
to make an annual report to Congress
of the state of his department in
quisition which does not apply i
tlier of ine other Secretaries. The
sum f his report, il will be observed,
is stated in anticipation the !ess go
of ihe President Sat Lt
thousand of the Message and Docu
ments.
The VIess is before onr road
erg, and wil- spealc for itself.
The Documents which accompa
nv the mess ice are voluminous, and
highly interesting. They consist of
1, From the Department of Stan.
The docuoient included in this
division, appear to comprise such
part of the Correspondence between
this Government ami that ot brent
this country, (Mr. S. Canning) and
Mr. Seeretary Adams; between Mr.
Secretary Adams and Mr. Rush, then
Minister to Great Britain; betwem
Mr Secretary Adams, and .Mr. Ad
dingtou, 'Charge des Affairs , of Great
Britain: Mr. King, our late Minister
to that country, and Mr. Secrefar
Clay ; tr. Secretary Clay and M -Vaug'i
m, present Minister fr m
Gi-eii Britain 'tft this country ; an-!
Mr. Secretary Clay, am .Vlc'i an a
Convcss. though this hotly
lian htcii i lti ses3iiin hut a abort ttme '
two of the most important subjects
which will probably be discussed,'
have already been introduced to their
notice. We refer to tho Bankrupt
11II amTthc bill for thr aboh'ton or
imprisonment'' fur Debt. Messrs.
Hayne and Johnson, the persevering
n.d eloquent advocates of these 'nils,
leservcmuir
:ra!de exertions "ta carry them
jirou.gh. The various Committee
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