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' " ?r2t to treat; . .Tbrtc ; Cacti vtft 1 V - 4GttU conic wjuuj uuiucugcu'.TJ 1 roihcf cbinqeWbefarc you receive this ; - leucrr But there arc othir facuS bich ff Trr'.mind aw' equally clear. though - Ivt0 yoairiU l destitute cf ; thccorrobo- 1 indemnity Tot spoliations on Arae - a - u I fV -jicah commferce, to be 'ascertained of . ' tbe one prr scribed In out treaty Vith ' soro be'chtnrcti here rith,"respcqt (b V4jve'utrals' andnhat W fiagvwill be put ; ! on the footing of the law of nation, -od. Thit a rniblic : agent Nvould haTc -been named and tept to Philadelphia, v ' . aopo ec airy Garry's departure, were St not Car the arpreheniions 'that he - MOMid cot naTe Deen-receivea. 1 mere ; vaa a ddubt "whether the American eo ' veroroent would not hate already Taken r ' '"such rnealfures of hostility! as to "be un- II. - trirhg. to listen to terras of a ceo m mo- r . nation, ana me ureeiory aia not cnuse - to risque the chance of seeing its'oflef i , . refused. 4tb. That the Directory con ' ?. ' alders these declarations and transac- v. tions. as a sufKcient'ovdrture on its part. "'z V That it has retreated to an open ground . v that is quite -unsuspicious . That a rc- . ' . fusal on. the part of the American go " r Tcmmetit to meet on this ground, will , beibtIweMf-in4mmediaJc wait and ' r " . thai it will be" war bT the most terrible and" vindiaiye kind. - - This, Sir, is'my Vie w of the present state of facts Should It make that irri " y. prcssloji on your mind, "which I desire ' : for the sake of humanity that it may, . ypi will judge whether it does not com- 'pbrtwlih the independence of the Uni- - ted States and the dignity of their go ; .'. rernmenU to-.send another Minister to "form a new treaty with the French Re public In a war there is clearly no Ihmg to be gained by us ot even ho cor Honor, indeed, may be saved by -.f war, and"o it may be by negotiation. 13ut the calamities inseparable from a - wtr of tht kind, and under present cir : , . 'cumstances, would be incalculable. I do Ivot siy that Ihc "United States or any portion of them m ould be conquered ; but they would sacrifice great numbers of htir best citrxrns" burthen them t Iti'-s with fourtimes their present debt, ' "ovrrturn the purest system of morals, end lose the fairest opportunity that e er a na'ion bad of rising to greatness and happiness cm the basts of liberty. Were I writing to a young Gentral, whose fame was still to be created. 1 . mihrdsem it useless to ask him to itiQe in is birth a war on which he had founded his hopes of future honors. B it you. Sir, having already earned and acquired fell t-ose that can-render a roan great and happy, can have no ob ject of "ambition but to render your . country To enjrtgeyouT influence intuvorof a nev attempt at.negocia tion, I hought it rnly necessai) to con Vince you that such ah; attempt woukl be well rcceiTed here, and probably at tendrd with success. Lean do no mort " than assure you ilut this is my Cncere opinion, and that. my information is . di awn from jnstipecicd sources. I am notccustomtd to hterpose mv v 'ftdvice in the -administration of any country, and should not have done it . ' now, did I not belieTe it my duty as a ; citizen of my own, and a friend to all -"others. I see two great nations ruh . ing on each other's bayonets, without -any .other; cause1 cf contention than a Xnisunderstandmg I shudder at the ' prospect and.wish to throw myself bc twetn the aos3and sCspend the ooset, till a word of explanation can passL I " hope my.lctter will have thrown sJdme light upon the subj-ct 7 hut if it shull rio, I nope you will excuse the attempt frr you krvow my xcal ;s honest. I hare the honor to Lc, Sir, nth great respect, ' Your "rnost obedient and ' ' Most humble f servant, JOEL BARLOW. t"0 G. WASHISOT0y. 'Ncitner Mr, Darlowa letter nor Ge shinuton's TopinlcD' would have in fluenced rac to nominate a Minister, if I had rim rtrcived abundant assurances to the same efftcl from regular diploma- ' tic sources. Ii however, considered General Washington's question, whe- "ther r, Barlw's. letter was wrtiten siilh a Tery good or Very bad design V end as, with all my jealousy. I had not sagacity enough to discover jhesm all est 00m for suspicion of any ill design, 3 frankly concluded that it was written with a very go -d one. From General Washington's letter, it appears, lst.rTbat it was his opinion . that tht restoration of peace, upon jnst. honorablcand d gni6ed terms, was the- ardint dcs"re of all the friends othis rising Empire. 2d, That he thought neffocla ion.rtiieht be brought on, upon opeo.f tr and hof.or-blt ground. - 3d, 1 nal h? was so otsirnus 01 peace, mai he was willing to enter into correspon df:iv-c with Mr. Brlova private ceii tic man, xr liout any i1?. credentials ta miVt. stir rrni!tiri in c: lr government, in order to bring oi a pu.hc nrgocution. Gen. Wahing un, !heef rr, could not consider the arjociatica odious JOHN ADAMS. ' jjflrefjjn - r LOMDOK 1 The 'opinion diatelytake Austria, appears to be prcvale most every part of .the Continent.' The return of Bonaparte from Spain and his 1 iourne v to . . Germany, fthe movement of the rrench troops ana i t i - - tinauy, trie order wnicn ne nas given to hs - Vassal Princes, belonging to the' Confederation of the Khine, are circumstances which appear to us al most "decisive npon the subject. "Bo naparte1, has vie wed with considerable uneasiness the military . preparations wntcn n.usma napvoecn , nwiug mv.,1 milt nvAfSoKltr nrrin? cont mine ments are competed. ; - . ; y , VVe are sorry to 1 earn tb at, super added' to the casualties incident to warfare, a malignant fever of quick progress "tfnd "fatal;issue hasbroke ourin theMUhaty- Hjspitals at Ply- mouto, among tne etcr-ana tvonnaca soldiers, who .have recendy returned from Spain. It is, KpweveY, a'xohso lation to reflect, tot raedlcal attend ants, whb rank' high in their pro- . : v.v . i iession, are incessant in tneircnuca vors to check .the progress, and to mitigate the malignancy of the fever, by the most judicious use of medi cine, regimen, fum'rgation,ckc. Mr. WHliams, ah assistant surgeon, died of the prevailing fever, on Tuesday. The late report of the assassination f the Grand 'Duke 'Constantine, at St. Pctersburgh, will be somewhat illustrated by the following extract of a letter from Vienna, datrd 9th Fei. t A messenget, just arrived from St. Petersburgh, with dispatches for the Russian Ambassador, brings imelli grnce of an attempt having been m-tde upon the life of the Grand Duke Constantioe. The circumstances are as follow Constantine was walking one evening, at some "distance from the palace, with an Aid-de-Camp, both of them dressed in a kind of blue maat!c,genera worn atPctersburgh, a man came behind with the intent to shoot Constantine ; but from the si milar ity of dress, hf mistook the aid-de-carap for the Grand Duke. He fired, and the aid-de-camp immedi ately fell. . The body was instantly seized by several men'and. dragged away to a considerable distance. On the firing of the shot, the'Grand Duke sought safety by flight, and took re fuge, in the palace. A proclamation was published, offering a reward for the discovery of the offender. An order was at th'e'sime time sent to the post-ohv;e to examine all the let ers & to detain those that had any re ference to this business. Of this des cription a great number was found. The people in general, but more par cula'rly the nobles, are highly dissatis fied with the measures that are pur sued, to which, it is the universal persuasion, that Alexander is altoge :her influenced by Constantinev It is added, that Constantine is suppo sed to have a secret .promise from Bonaparte, of being speedily raised ?o the throne, in place of Alexander; who is not thought to possess a suffi ciently decisive character for the great'plans that Bonaparte has still to carry into efFect." March 6. Paris accounts "to the 9th have been received thev briefly state, that the French had entered Vigo, immed'ntelv after the embark ation of the British troops that six of the transports, having on board 1,200 of our troops, had foundered at sea that the Duke of Dalmatia had marched for Oporto that Mar shal Davoust, Commander in Chief of the army of Germany, had arrived in Paris that the flight of the Bri tish troops from Spain had caused the greatest consternation in Austria that a powerful camp was to be formed, on the banks of the Inn ; and that General OudinotVcdrp was re pairing through Lower Swabia and Franconia, in order to take a position on the banks of the Lech. - The same accounts present Madrid dates to February 13, in which it is stated, that deputations had been pre- scnted .to. King losepn, irora tne towns of Toledo, Salamanca, Santan- der, St. UdefonsO, Bencvento, Le- derma, Videfranca del Vieng.de -Vil ialor, S a ha gun, and Medino del Rio' occo, Valladohd,. Leon Aorla Are- valo; and Araniue2,manifestin a strobg desire to see tranquilitv rc ..J..'t i v J - . avui cu iu inc couDirj'unaeriuspaternal 9 . . : j .' March 8 Last n?ehf. a mail nr rived from Lisbon, brought to'Fal- uiwuiu ia inincen' days, bv the Wal smgham packet. TwoSoanish cOu ners, with disnktchesl Haver arritrirl ,-MARCH4 -' peneweeiTed-fnl!fenrditrItW plaeebetween France ?pa . D.!?" 1 "2?!?. IDf Pe,31???11! t rit &f HaasXJortyUsiil i,: m the Wathingham. ' .;. ; z't crossa. in wnicn tnev naaiosi uuu men nuuu .raussets. r-i netneoDie wnoao . . wj me V-The Efldiih trooni srill remained at Lisbon' and infthe neiphb6rbood,tn i all, between, 5, and 6. COO men.;' They were-1 under orciers to nom tnemseira in rea diness'to e'mbarlc; at sir hours notice S- About 70.000 of-the -.Fxench frpops that were expected at Lisbon, remained at Gallicia, having been preventedTrom advancing, by a total want, of necessa ries for their march. The country is 61c6inplettly; exhausted, that till they shall receive supplies from France, i; will'be impossible for them to, execute their intended re-occupation of Piirtugnl. At noon this' day, the substance of the dispatches received from Mr. A dair, was communicated to the public by the following liflXR to. the' LORD MAYOR. MVw Office, March 8, 1809. ! My Lord I have the honor to ac quaint your Lordship, that a treaty of peace between his Majesty and the bu blime Porte was signed on the 5 th Ja nuary last, " I have the , honor to be, Sec. " GEORGE CANNING.0 'aierica affairs. "V In the House of Commons, on the 2d March. Mr. yhitbread moved for an account of all the duties levied on .'xpprtation, in consequence of the acts of last session, subsequent to, and in pursuance of the system laid down in the orders in council- Ordered.' The honorable Gen!eman then made some observations on the subject of the pa per relative to America, which had been laid on-the table of the Huse, not being printed. He thought the corres pondence between Mr. Canning Mr. Pinkney, Mr. Rose and Mr. Madison, ought, from their importance, to have been in the hands of every Member of Parliament"; but did not make any mo tion on the subject. On the 5th of March, Mr. Whitbread introduced a .motion in the House of Commons, for an humble address to be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would adopt, without delay, such measures as may best tend to the im- mediate re-esiaoiisnmenr oi commercial intercourse with the United States. Af ter a full discussion of its merits, which occupied the House till seven in the morning,' a division was called for, when it appeared that there. were Tar the Address, 83, Against it,. 145. Eight towns have been entirely des troyed in Holland by the late inunda tions, and most of the inhabitant! lost their lives. It appears by bur port letters, that within the last fortnight our cruizers have been very successful in capturing vessels belonging to the enemy. No less than fifieen have, in the course of that time, been brought into Plymouth Bonaparte has nominated his uncle. Cardinal Fesch, Archbishop of Pans Lieut, Gen. Hope has been appointed to the command of the Kent District The gallant Sir David Baird is imme diately tobe elevated to a peerage, wiih the title of Viscount. Sir J. Moore's family to have pensions. Gen. Hope is to be made a Baronet and get the first Red Ribbon. Among other deaths lately announ ced to the public, are those of Lord Or- ford and Lord Falkland. The latter fel in a duel with Mr. Powell one of his Lordship's bottle companions. THIRTY-SECOND BULLETIN or THE French Army in Spain. The Duke of Dalmatia being arrived before Ferrol, caused the place to be in vested, Ntcociations were begun The civil authorities, and the military and naval officers, manifested a dispo sition to surrender ; but the people, fo mented by the spies whom the English had left, resisted. v (Jn the 24th the Duke of Dalmatia received two messengers,, one sent by Adm. Meigarejo, commander ot the Spanish squadron, and the other, who came across the mountains, sent by the military commanders. These couri ers were both sent without the.knw ledge of the, people. , They stated jhat the authorities were under the yoke of a funous populace, excited and paid by the agents of England, and that 8000 men belonging lo this city and its envi roris.were in arms. V The Duke of Dalmatia had to resolve upon opening the trenches, but from the 13th tothc 25th, various movement' were manifest in the town. The 17th reg, pf light infantry had repaired to ugardos the 31st reg. of .light - in fantry were at the. Forts . of La Pal ma and St. Martin, and at Lacrans; shd aV thty, blockded thcTFort Philip the- pf an assault, and .to Jisten tbmen' tA vviiiS, wcuau -luacar uie conseauencps sense, On the 26th, threeTfia?s Vof truce furnishedwith authoritvrandihe anncxcdletter, arrived at the head ouar- ters, and signed the surrender' pf the notbelongto FerroUhavebeettre ed to. theifiViliy had stained ' themselves " with blooddur ring, the iniurpectibn hate been arrestedi AHini vObreoh( ; whom the people had arrested during the insurrection had been put at the iieadjbfthe arse- - THeVeave:beeft,T?und in tlie ort 3 vessels of 112 guns, 2 of 84, 1 of 74". $ pf 64V 3 frigates, 8c a considerable nu mi betof corvettes, hrigsand unarmed ves sels,mofe than 1500! pieces of cahnoh of every size,; and ammunition of all kinds. Kl v i It is probable, that i but for the precir pitate retreat of the ' English, and the affair of -the 1 6th, ;they wbuld have oc- vupiea rerroi, ana seizea mis ucauuiui squadron. : . v! The military and naval officers have taken the oath to' King Joseph witlr the greatest enthusiasmi What they re late of their sufft rings from the'lowest class ot.ine people and tne ii,ngusn, is inconceivable, i I- Order reigns in Gallicia, and the aii- thortt y-oLthe 4cing ia rc"establr.itrgQ i n this province, one of the; most, conside rable of the Spanish monarchy. Gen. Laborde has found at Corunha. on ihe sea shore, seven pieces of can non, which the English had buried on the !7th, not bein able to lake them away.. ; La Romana, abancloned by the Eng lish and his own troops, has fled with 5000 Tien, in order to throw himself in?j to Andalusia. There remained at Lisbon only about 4 or 5000 Englishmen. All thfe hos pitals and all the magazines were,em barked, and the garrison were preparing tb abandon this nation, as indignant at the perfidy of the English, as, they are disgusted by the difference of manners j and rtligion, by the! continual andLbru- fal inlemperance of he English troops And that arrogance and ill-founded pride which vender this nation odious to the continent. SPANISH AFJFAIRS. Extraordinary Gazette of the Government. Tufsdat, Feb.;21. The Marquis de la Romana informs, in a letter of the 12th of this month, that the inhabitants of the Barco de Valeorras, irritated at seeing . theequipage of a French Gene ral pass through tneir territory, assem bled and attacked a; detachment of 108 dragoons which escorted it, killed 89 and made 19 prisoners, italdng possession of every thing they were conveying ; that for that reason the inhabitants of ithe whole- district of Valdeorras had assem bled and armed themselves, resolved to oppose the enemy, if they should come to chastise them ; and that their exam ple would certainly be imitated by others, which promised the most favorable con sequences. He adds, that the soldiers who had dis persed were continually returning to their-respective corps, and fresh volun teers joining the army, so that he has no doubt but that in the course of the present month his force will be conside rably augmented, as the natives oi the kingdom of Gallicia, now that they ex- perience more sensiDiy tne evus tnat the enemv occasions, are in a state oi insurrection, with which reinforcements and the assistance which he expects f rom Portu gal, . Romana trusts that the enemy wiil repent of having penetrated into Gallicia. . , Spaniards ! Our enemies have profit ed nothing by that manoeuvre : scatter ed over thatimmense country, they have found their grave. The people oi Gal licia were deceived, but their eyes are now opened ; thus it happens to all, who, deceived by theirdeceitful offers, have had the weakness to receive them ; but there is not one who, if he has endured them once, does not resist them a se cond time : "a thousand examples might be cited of this truth, arid a thousand others to. shew that they have conquer ed none who have boldly opposed them Courage, Spaniards, courage,' and we are. invincible ; death is more certain in flight than in resistance, and death is bet ter than the slavery to which the French want to reduce us. Europe has her ,eyes upon us ; let us not disaprxint her hopes, nor the effort which the' nations are about to make in our favor. ' Courasre and patience for. a little time and we are sate.-' L-'ftz- Don Gregorio de la Cuesta writes on the 1 7th" that the: enemv' who - had ad- vancea over the bridge of, the, Archbi- snop as tar asthe-Mesade Ibor had re treated thkt morning towards the same bridge,ieaving behind some tnuskets ; and at five in the afteniobn on the;same day,' tYierl had ' also withdrawn towards the village of; Almaraz the pieces of can non whicfi thes had on the other, end ot the bridge.-;" : CASH OR BOOKS . ' T- GiveH tot Clean Xineri arid 1 Cotton v." ' i t.m;; ry?.cz --:ArP:r v'' v;' ' II VA'lVI f UJViVW AH V VI iUldt OPT 01 msteadi y addressed the court : wished b'efQr4xKv entered into an'en mmation ot. thfe principles and reason Tngof tbeitmey; General to know ;vrhether "the Chief Justice considered hhnseiraulhori'sed in any case to cra the request prayed for by the prisoner lnc umei justice iniormeu Mr. Levis that he might go on to the merits of the case, for that he did: consider himself bound !o hear and qualified to determine as to the competency of the jurisdiction of the authority by which the prisoner was in custody The cdurt adjourned atrhalf afterone totineet An the after noon at half after three, 'at which time they did meeU ' v : Mn Lewis opened h is address with distinguished ability, "and took.a rapid but clear; and comprehensive view of the Origin & powers of Congress previ ous to any cbnsti tuti on, art icles of con. federation or other instrument of vvri. ting, but the riiomeht that he entered into an investigation of the question lhefore the court, all. of manl'mts and vigor departed from him, his m ud was ro longer under the dominion of reason but the 'tyrannic influence of bettv, personal, political, and parly pas sioris. He was grossly abusive of eve ry vfhing democratic the -late Presi dent of the TJ. States and succeSsnre le gislatures of Pennsylvania were covered witn tne sume wnicn nc uptjusucu as he crawled and' crept over or. touched upon their names ot- their acts. When Mr, .Le wis ?m concluded, Mr.jared tngersoll rose on the part ojf the comrnon wealthy, Previously to his addressing the court, the ,'Chief Jus. tice tookoccasion to- ; request that he would hot travel out of the cause to re. ply to the extraneous matter introduced by Mr. Lewis, i There as a severity of reproof in what fell from the Chief Justice which must have been felt where it was so much deserved. 1 Mr.Tngersoll's whole speech went to show Mat the Courts of the U, States had not jurisdiction in this caust j his dissection of the Opinion of Chief Jus. tice Marshall was .critical, luminous, and impressive. The court adjourned at seven o'clock. On Wednesday next at 12 oCjock the Chief Justice is to de liver his opinibn. "April 20--Yesterday morning Chief Justice Tiighman "delivered his opinion on the writ of Habeas Corpus, requiring the Marshal to bring Mrs, Sergeant be fore him- After going jat length into the merits of the case, and making a very able and lucid statement of all the material facts and of the law as connected with them, h concluded with, an order that Mrs. Sergeant remain in the- custody of the Marshal. The following is Mr. jEFrasRSoVs Answer to the Address, recently presented to Lira by the Legislature of the State of 2fr YorL' To the Legislature of the State of New York. I receive with respect and gratitude, from the Legislature of New-York, on my retire ment from the office of Chief Magistrate of the U. States, the assurances of their esteem and of their satisfaction with the services! "have endeavored to renders The wellare ot myfeilow-citizens and the perpetuation ol our republican institutions having been the governing principles of my public life , the fa vorable testimony borne by the Legislatiuof a State so respectable .-as .that of New-Yori; gives rne the highest-consolation'; and this much strengthened byan intfmate.cohc- tion that the same principles wiU govern tee conauct oi myi successor, wnose.f laieui ' whose virtues, and eminent services are i certain pledge that the confidence in him ex pressed by the Legislalure ofNewYork will never oe aisappomtea. i . '. v Sole depositaries of -the remains of hums liberty, our duty to ' ourselves, to posteritr, and to mankind- call , ott us by, every moti which is sacred prj honorable, tq watch ?ver the safety of ourloved . country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the resi due of the world; arid to sacrifice to that, all nersonal arid lociarrnnsideratiOhs. While the .boasted energies of monarchy have" yielded I to easy, conquest the.people they .were to protect, should our fabric ortreedom no more 'than the slight agitations we have experienced,, it will be an useful lesson to tne friends Well as to the enemies of seU yerumejit, that jit may standfthe shocks ci time and accident;: and that your own tmt mal-A o 4at;nniicl.Pf? nart of the mass 01 Uw- nrosnpntv it mav 1 - l "J, ' r-iianV uwyl j prayer. . j - Til : Jturnyr: -yjlonticeUoy April X 18Q2. ; ; f Salisbury Mcndezv6xu, April 2itb, ii TVTf.SERTEn HESE QUARTERS C EORGEsRAYMER, frSmUhe Stats ,V??; of 'Pennsylvaniabrown :complex' grey eyes, brown hair i about 5 ieet av high Also; vf" U : . . .County; G.-flo years of age, .5 ftet cnes mgn, iair complexion, grey cw. JOHN CASEYfrom Cabwru N.:C:-twent7;years;of age, 5 feet 9 Mgh, fair complexiottj grey eyes, flit oai profession' a blacksmith-Also, c Wm. BRYAN'i of Cabarrus Conv. 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