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EEG1STER, H? AT.FJC1RT U JL J2 AN'D North-Carolina State Our are chc plant of fair fthghtful Peace, Unwarp'd by party rage, to live like Brothers. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1810, N6., 544 2 Vol. Gazette ''Z, " THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1810, Haiti nore .htna.n. rter has furnished the Speech of ut Vbton, jun. Eqof Xorth-Cn': la, . . ',;'N "nnal passage of the Uill n jortcL j rir Macon, a cluirm.ni of ihc commit m n :J!,!l::-r! I ..... niti m In f to Creat-Bri- . :' h.nloi sutr, and opposed Mr., yUu ry' amendment, which tended J f-ic'jcy to h prnvisi-jiis. By our j r?les ''' repast. though short, will be MR. ALSTON'S SPEECH. ue H'!l cvrcrninc: ccmmerc'al in rrC!u r i n lircit-Bf ita'm.k irjf:cc c nT u'ul.i rorniderauon, i!- V. Alstov oaierved, that he . i . u'U not Ion.' detaio the fir hr i-.: 'tivMon hjdalr.ady i.-n :' rj:K nu.'i t;rrrur tn. n, in n cn. j JoR luteiy necessary. t i ;;-vvt.r, con:eiv.-d it iu.n-.pjaM- r rni!i TU-n from M.. n. huseits (Mr. '. y n.) Taat p.- tkmnti had ad- i'ced i,c at'Vincrd tned i ir urh a solemn tunc of UlC:, 3r.d wi;h - lo'cmniiy as ttvugh hi rt:!!y did !u .eve whit he asserted vs ::.e , the fjcnUcman h:d c&sertcd j-. - he lice of this tnhhicned a.scm yr aol of the wot Id, that on the -h J , : March, ISO I, the day on which .r.e j rcstnt republican majority came -;a p- wci, 'h-.t vr h u a full and over- ',;n irrasury ; hit we were at peace .5 , a iji. wrid, a d "ri an i nrxam p.(j b:jtc "f propen'y and hapinnrn ; a wd rcc ot : -..nunc had l.ktn Mr. A. S3"! 'hat hewot.lt not say 'c.a the err,: '.nun h.ui $ r c I wU 4 not ftic . ; bat this mv.U he wttiM ujr, tUl if the j;cntl mn tVfm M.Sd-ch-ifus vouiu cxainiie the laws of Or'c ; il he would tj it to the sta t.:.5 of h:s OAsi r-.vc.tnmcnt ; if he mru'i! look at a 1a pjsed in the rear ii:, ai.d the year preceding, rod did rrt Lnd suf:kict pro'f there to contra i'.zi -sviUuti, he (Mt. A.) would : o j; hinisrh iti the wron. .Mr. Al- ;n then proceeded to stale that in the , fur 'b , a law rd Congress was pa-.s- ) rdJuriKineuteofihc t .caury at President of the United Sta'es to em- "il rtmovl fpn poer ot the federal ; ploy the naval power to carry its provi-j and ob.rvaUon upon the extrAor-jUions into effvCt, who upon u!l former '. . -v n.nJuct of one or two members, . nr . .l. .irr,,,, -,iv,.i;i4 fir I tU iu'.aoriirng a ban for three mi'i,)n liber of this hotly in 'winch every citi k r.mitlrs.d ih usandi!oliars,lobc nade , zen of Virginia is deepiy interested. !:r 2 ir hi hah' i.f the ' v mnier.t oi j The practice of dujtlin seems to be an l'-e Cr.-'ed Su'cs -Now, tr, with all unnatural grafi on genuine courare, t r 1 ist a of hr ;. - i ienran on the : rowiti out of a barbarous ae ; for wc tur ret o( an cvrrrt wui rtaiury, we find that it was first introduced by the t',. .:,jt in the ery last ytar ol ted.- tle s itn i i the treasury w is con- tt Urt of tw mtii i i. of doh , ii, I a 'a:r.5t th-l su n u !ir er o.ie ii.lt boitCMcd ; tak away the sum . ruwed, and you wou.d no: have had cent iti the treasury - ' This, S i, is nov all. 1 ;.ie :i .n to turn lo the 1 ms - f 17t'S cr an-. if he ! nit find a io- tr to-n A ri m li n-, nt .-nlv .iu-: ! ; .:tcc. mi a t u 1 v cairitu into com- cxrcu'.ion , tluit is. t!u whole fi e i as U.rr iued, and that at tfir ra'e n c: ctht -r cent initres-. I i.jw ak "."c :c;l.cr!j;!!i seriously to say v. aether !,r kshkc that prosp uiv in our pc - - - -it trr.'actioi.s, the exis'tn; e of t r.trc to he observe that the gtn- 'iiit - good fnri.ds m power at this u:.e at which they were borrow- j is covered with guilt, who has wound 1 1 Suuiis aiKa invoHtng the nation in , j cd the peace of his friend, by staining - h: t the aid A the wiiuc y ttm the character of tii wife or of his - ! "r rial ' ixes ti com; ieie oociDti' n. daughter, becomes at once an honorcbe i Sir, contrast tlic ih-.n -.taie ol ab!r .man, by heroically Washing out :vu h ului lus h.a; , . nt d oi-ikr j those slains iq the blood of the husband ia n-the pubhc debt been levered " - i ptfi'i ); ! ;,jn ur beyond tfu- calca! - , . OT C'.ncfltHtioil rsf a?. V ma t ? I ( .'. f . "; ;:'5 people been relieved from a sw. , ot ua;ion not only in i f odious II - oppressive, and still the oe'ol ul the jlsieel and guiiHwder are the true dug ,:;itl annually diminishtd. l)n tlte i j nostics of innacence and moral excel .tury, when the gemlci iin's blends leticy. If, Sir, having seized the villain "z m power, was not the national j who has violated my wife, I should --every year increasing ; he round ;: bring hirn before a tribunal of justice, xa' u: exhausicdt and a conta:r. !; -r. la Iojus ha i ? Su:h a sy stem oi ispen'y and luppniess as this, I h;pe 'y', 'l-nuii and his fiiends may ex- -- c 1 1- enjoy. Speaker, I have hitherto, through- ictaous discusnon, obicrved .;c. and would have contented mv-! in giinr a silent vote. h:ul I ia . u r gcatiemm indulging themselves 5 a - - 3r ti a to.al pcrvcrsmn of t 111!' . - . . ;uai its to go io it.c narlj i iC i 1 ,i without beingexposed, they might have h:td an effect tlirv vri- not entitled to. . we nave lounu, .n trie course or toe. discussson upon this bill, entlcmei' voting against a cladse proposed by the rmm l:irv!:,nd flr. Vont- ornery) which row to author.se to, I thtj navy. What, Sir, are we to inler from thi.i strange conduct ? A mthm clvity truth I fe r ; that o on a. rhey knew that the law would be pcr.'ertly inoperative as it repected Cireat-Cii-t li?), they caied no hin ab vji iu pas se ; but so soon as a clause is attach ed to it, that sceim like preveniinj; our eo d trir uh, the Pii i h lrc;m MiiU g ini; ihrir goods and tnvrcli w z into our count rj by means of 1 latitat :snd other Aiuciican posCiS ons, they de claiiivag iii-t th : mea;iire. j c mm otic iwcinuji 'v.ii. ivc ; tilt:' against and violeniv o.;p sinv rlause of the b li v hit h autiiot i t s tiu cmplvymsnt of the n ivy to iti rxo u tion (a!thr ' I believe a naw ni.n ) v. .i c lie admits and ass.-rts with the consti:u :ion ia his hand, that the Presi.init hus the power already, and defined i: a proper and nece-.sary power. A man's mind must lie sti knpely ot -r;anizcilt who believes a power uiven bv (he coriiti uti n a rieceiiary a. id proper power to ic cxerriscd, anr! yet voe a 'ainst its insrrtion in a law. No, Sir, it is the apprehension that this power l ( will be enforced against the rapacity, of Great-Britain, or 1 verily believe you j would not have heard this day'a debate! You would not have heard all this vio- i lent clamour against the final passe of j the bill. But for 'his clause, I think it is probable, wc should this d-y have had a silent vote From the " Virginia Patrioi.u REMARKS !, Mr. Y')f..LVD, on lit Hill '.i'W5 pi sea by t.C LeiMliit'ire of I trynuu, to ii'Pt'KEtj 1)1 ELLl.'.'G. Mr. Speaker- The bill which has been read, is one which claims the se rious attention of every member of thi 11 use ; it is one in which evc-y mem- (iifhs ar.t! anrlals, durln the days ot , the r inof-ance and barb. iism. F!ie ; p i ue and polished nations ol Greece Sc Kontr, who were evtr prodigal of their bio j ,wh.n in dt fence of their country's jnglr.s, knew no.hing ol this detestab'e practice, which appears to be built on en-.tan infinity of absurdities because, while it seems to suppose, thar a ma's honot otight to be dearer to hi n than i his It " , it t the same time mi;- mies, i th tt 'h i honor is in the power of ev.ry . ti. principled villain that can invent or '.tell a he of every careless or ill bred j I'p- rson th a may jostle him in his way : j it supposes, that a lie may becr-me true J : j and honorable, provided the person who! l tells it is willing to fight in support of! become honorable by fighting in its de fence ; it supposes that the man who i: is hrtter for a man to be condemned i ty his own conscience, and by the vir- f mnic ind nri.in il n irt nf mini in Ltlin to suffer one moment in the opinion of trie advocates of duelling : finally, thai what would be vouronimon of the Jude-e who should order, that I, the innocent, injured man, must cast lots with the guilty which of us must die ? Would J not your heart chill at sucli a sentence I Would you not pronounce it coirtrary ;o reason, to common sense and ins- tice ? You surely would. In the case ..iM,.aim.. .w- ....ml k t receive an injury which nothing but life an atone ; 1 do not appeal to the pub- nc, sir, the public vlrktously iatrr- J feres a"d condemns me, under the pe nalty ot 'perpetual disgrace, to cast lots I with the dggressor, which of us must die. Was there ever any thing more prep js'erous ! more abominably ab- surd It is the opinion of many, sir, that diTelliug ia an evil vhich " ill correc itself ; while others say, it is of little concern to ;ho rational aud virtu aus p irt of mankiii-i, m what manner f ols and knaves rid the world of each other, as r will not deprive society of or. valua ble member ; but daily experience con vinces us that both those opinions are incorrect ; for while the evil is growing to an alarming height, we find ihat some of our best ci izens have exposed their livs,uhik- others have"fa !tn victims to this abominable practice 3nd will J the collected wisdom of th s Common wealth make no elYort to impress thib si nnir-! yand gr'-wmg evil ? Wi'l thj enligiiteritd Legislature of Virginia make no stand agin-.t the current of pibiic opinion ? 1 hope I trust th :y will. Sir, o lomr as it is believed .h t ' the practice of duelling is s-mctioned by ! public opinion, there is no man, who i' ariiiimis to maintain his social statniiog-. jc.au refuse what is termed an honorable i call. No matter how much his mora! and. religions principles ma bcoppo ed S to the practice no matter though he I mv have a wife and-children depend ! in on his exertions for their duly b' ead I no matter how great claims his cou i ; trv may have on his talents, in critic:! and trying time he loses sight of all, in he dreadful idea of being s'igmati sed as a coward Pejusquc Itiho flai tiwr. tiri't Ue seizes the fatal weapon he marches to the combat receives the mortal wound, and leaves a discon solate widow and a number of helpless orphans to mourn their irreparable loss This, sir, is not fancy these are scenes, that f cquenily, rery frequently pris in review before us. Pass this bill .nd v-u put a stop to the ev.l piss this bill and you place a shield betw :.. the man of feeling and public opinio') you raise a btnier in the road to honor and prcferm-nt, af which the ambition man will pause ami reflect ere he rashly J rn nitres tn a duel piss thi' hill, and I I will venture to predict, that you will I . r - c preserve the lives oi many, oi vciy. ma- j t ny valuable citizns, Mad a similar i iiil been passed at last session, ir would j have bcren attended with the vtry best i 1 of consetjuences : We should not now ; j ue lamenting the loss of a Pope, a Hoec j : and a Smi h on us, in part, rests the t blame of robbing Society of those able J L and ustfail members on us. sir, in part rt,sls ,;c bame Gf preparing afiliction I rnr (ilc vvidow's heart, of liil-o' the or-! phan s eyes with tears, and bringing trouble and misfortune on numerous rela ivfs. As fathers, then as brb-ther-, .s men, ar.d as Legislators, I call upon this House to suppress an e vd which strikes at you in all ihtse tender relations 1 call ot you to set an example worthy of yourselves and of those you represent ; and sh -mid this bill not have the des'rred effect, you will enj-y the consolation of hiving per formed your duty. Before I sit down, I giv notice, I shall call for the Ayes and Noes. I am anxious to have my name recorded on this question I wish j to enter my protest against duelling. There are some gentlemen, Mr. Speak er (far be it from me to insinuate that there are any in this Assembly) who, though opposed to the principle of du eiling,'do not wish to proclaim their sentiments to the world, lest they should be suspected of a want of fortitude I, ! sir have no such fears ; for I never did suppose the fighting of a duel a mark of fortitude No, sir, true fortitude is a cardinal virtue, depending on, and inse parable from Mher virtue it is that firm, manly intrepidity of soul, which enable us tG meet danger in critical & trying situations it is the virtuous man- shield, by .vhich he defends him self from the evils of the world it is th anchor which keeps him steady, a ruidat the storms and hurricanes of life. The intrepidity of a duellist, al- tho' it seems to imitate, cannot be said to be a virtue because it is not the ob ject of moral virtue. Information zvantcd. JOHN CBAIKL1S went toNorth or South Carolina, in or about the yer 1770, car ijingwith luai a farm! of children, one soa and live daughters. If alive, he is entitled to 2 or 300 acres of Land in '.een Atm Coun ty, Maryland. Th? tu ne of th- I nd is Abintcn. Further p :riiculars may be learnt n tpMci;:-. ii :-j the editors of tae Krister. II From the London Globe. MILITARY EXPEDITIONS j Sent by England to the continent of Europe, ! from the commencement of-, the war 'be-; twixt (ireaflh'itjuin and prance, in 1793, to the present period. J We have taken the pains to draw, into or.e point of view, a history of the Military i Expeditions sent from this c-auntry to the Continent, within the l ist 16 years. PITT ADMINISTRATION. First Expedition 'to Frnnce When sent, Feb. 1793. Command er, Duke of Yo. k. Force,, 3 5 000 troops. Object, Conquest of France. Failed. After a loss of 2S 000 men, and an im men. e quantity of cannon and stores ; the wreck of ihe army returned to Eng land in March 1795. Second Expedition to France. ; ' When sent, Mav, 1794. Command er, Earl Moira. Force, 10,000 troops, j Object, I -;-es!ab!ishment of Roya;ty in. iwitaniiv Fadtd. . Could not ellect a landing in Britanny ; sailed to Ostend ; aud share! the fortunes of the Duke tii York's ili fated army. Expedition to uiueron. When sen , M -v. 1793. Command er, M. Puisaye. Force, 12,000 troops Object, to penetrate to Paris Failed. 3-4'tlis of the Anglo-Emigrant army were lost, together with 70,000 stand of arms, magazines and clothing for 40 000 men, a large sum in specie, and six ships richly laden. First Expedition to Holland, When sent, May 1793, Command er, Gen. Coote. Force, 1200 troops. Jbject, to destroy the navigation of Holland, Sec. Failed. The works of the Bruges Canal were blown up, and required some weeks repair ; but Gen, Cocte and his army fell inlo the hands of the enemy. - Second Expedition to Holland, j . Wh.m sent, August 1799. Carr .nanders, Duke of York and Generals Iler.nann and Essen. Force, 27,o6o English and 20,000 Russians. Objtc't, Deliverance ol Europe. Failed. Lost nearly half the army, and entered into a capitulation on the 1 8 th of Oct. where by the Duke agreed, on condition of being allowed to re-embark, to liberate S')00 Yv:nc and Bavarians, then pri soners ih England. FOX ADMINISTRATION, Expedition to Italy. When sent, July I'sod. Comrnan-i der, Sir J. Stuart. Force, 5C00 troops. j Object, Expulsion of the French from Itily. Failed in the object, but sue? j ceeced in vanquishing a French army of 700') men, 4000 of whom we're ei I ther killed, wounded or taken prisoners.: I PORTLAND ADMINISTRATION. Expedition, to Copenhagen. When ! sent, August 1807. Com mander, Lord Cat heart. Force, 20,000 troops. Object, to obtain possession of the Danish fleet. Succeeded. Eng-' land, while in a state of profound peace .with Denmark, bombarded her capital, set fire to her metropolis j killed vast numbers of inhabitants ; burnt down too houses ; took from her 15 shins of the line, 1 5 frigates, 6 brigs aud 25 gun boats ; besides vessels on the stocks, together with naval stores to the amount of 20,000 tons. That which is morally wrong, can not be politically right." Fox. Expedition to Sweden. When sent, May 1608. Comman der, Sir J. Moore. Force, 14,000 troops. Object, to aid Sweden against .Russia. Failed. Gustavus put Sir John 'Moore under arrest ; he escaped with difficul ty ; and his army, after icmaiuing se veral weeks on board the transports, re turned to England. First Expedition to Spain. When sent, July 1803, Comman der, Sir A. Wellesley. Force, 10,000 troops. Objvtjt, to assist Spain. The Junta of Gallicia declined the proffered assistance, asserting that they did not want men, but merely arms, ammuni tion and money. Advised Sir Arthur to proceed to, Portugal. First Expedition to Portugal. When sent, August 1303. Com mander. Sir. A. Wellesiey ; superce ded by Sir Harry Burrard ; supci cedes! by Sir Hugh DalrympU. Force, 27,000 troops. Object, Expulsionof the F'rench from the Peninsula. Faded. The cam paign which produced the victory ol Vimiera, was terminated by ihe memo rable Convention ofCintra. The French army was sent home in safety, and the principal part of the British army was sent to Spain. The remnant of our for ces subsequently quitted Portugal on die advance of the French. Second Expedition to Spain. . When seut-NoVnibjer, 18fi .Com mander, Sir J. Mdorcf Forcjs, 28 000 . troops. Object ex-pulsibn of tne Frcnih from Spain. Failed. The English ar my advanced from the coast tdko'l-he iriv tet ior of Sp.in, but finding "themselves unsupported by the i Universal Spanish Nation," and the French armies auvrr cing upon them, they were obl ged to' retreat to'the coast, and finally re-embark at Corunna) where their gallant comm. :nder fell ; one third ot his army having perished by famine and the yword. - f Further Expedition to Portugal and . Spain, ' When sent, April 18Q9. Comman der, Sir A. Welieslcy. Force, 30,000 troops (ihe cumber asked by Sir Arthur to drive, the French out of the Peninsu la.) Object, the deliverance of Spain Failed.' Sir Arthur having penetrated to Taleyein, obtained a problematical victory over Joseph Bonaparte j but be ing ill supvoned by the Spanish arfniet, and reduced to greatexlremuie5 for want of provisions, owing to ihe apa- II thy of the Junta, and the want of cor diality in the people; was obliged to re treat, and has arrived at EH as, on the frontier of Portugal. His army is great ly reduced in numbers, some accounts say to 15,000. Expedition to Isckia and Procida. When sent, June!l809. Comman der, Sir J. Stuart. Force, 18,000 troops. Object, Diversion irr favor of Austria. Failed. ' Took possession of the islands, which he afterwards abandoned with out having detained or withdrawn any part of the French force from the Da,- nube. v Third Expedition to Holland. When sent, August 1809. Com. mander, Earl Chatham, Force, 50,000 troops. Object, Diversion in favor of Austria, and the destruction of the ene my's fleet-at Antwerp." v-Failed, The expedition wKas not dispatched till the Armistice of the 1 th of July had ter minated the contest between France Sc Austria. Returned with 10,000 sick, withoutattemptirsgany operation against the fleet at Antwerp. Obtained pos session of Waicheren and Bevelanc, the latter ofnvhich pluces has since been abandoned. - ' FORT JOHNSON. Charleston Harbor, Janry 4, 181C " One Hundred Dollars Reward ! TOR SIX DESERTERS, who deserted X. from 'this post, on the 3d inst, viz John Wynn and Thomas-Stewart, of Capt. Armis. tead's company of the first Light Artillery : S T W AitTjwas born in Ireland (but came to th is country hen an infant) He is 5 feet 11 inches htghj, 22 years of age ; has grey eyes, brown naif, good complexion, by occupa tion a I'aborer, He took with him, citizen's clothes, and was armed with a rifle and pis tols ; the piste's are of uncommon make the property, of the United States. K JOHN WYNNE was born in Georgia ; he is 5 feet 6 inches high; 35 years of age, has grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion, by oc cupation a Taylor ; wept away hi citizen's clothes, and arravd with 'pistols, and probably a r-fle, as the part es stole two rifles, and a number of pistols, prev.ous.tr their desertion, The rities are vecy ordinary in their appearance,- the pistols uncommon, particularly witW respect to the locks, and fixing of the rarnrccf JOHN HOPKINS, of Capt. Laval's trotJp, was born in South Carolina, iS feet 9 inches high has dark complexion and hair. CHARLES MERUL, cf1 said Troop, js a native of Sou h Carolina, twemy 'three years " of age, five feet ten inches high:has light' complexion ar.d daru hair ; went taf in citizens clothes, andarmcd with either pistols or rifle D AN IE L 1 IOL LO W A Y, of Captain J ohn R. Span's company of Lighc Artiijery , j$a r.a ';' tive of Virginia, twenty three years cf age, five t,feet nine mches hiqli ; has favr complexion blue yfs and c.'.ik na:r. WILEY BAKLOvV.of saidornpany, de serted at- the sme time, of whom an accurate descript ve list cauaot be given. The above reward, with all expences, will be pa;d (or ia'thau proportion for either) j a ny person wV?o vydl deliver the said De'serte-g to me at tins post, br secure tjrem in g v? d give the necessary information to me, or to any Commanding Officer in the ai'my 6 the United States. " - A. B. ARM2STEAD, Capu U. S. 1st fogH'of jUtill&oikmanai7i; - Jan Jl. - . V, 6w-39' ' May be had at J. Gales's Store lrice $f PRICE 5t STROTHER' MAP of WORTH CAROLINA ; On Canvas iad RjIIts I
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