w rj; Stoxttsn gnteUtgencr ; SUHIU.NDEU OF DAbAOs". ' Zxrroct Jhrni a ditfatch from . lie cU - . -. ' -lf Mt'.t ... :WVfi. Bidajsy March 12.. JScflscifnnrl have the., honor to inforra your serene, mgnnesa limine citf cf Badajo's.hai submitted to the -f arm of his Majesty- the Emperor and XUITg .VO IDC CTCUiUg (U6 wvu vuc breach was rendered practicable, and the assaau oaying occu mauc, iuc uuas mi ,Treviso summoned the governor, who, after. mtny difficulties,' at last listened to . reason, . and thus avoided a - freah effu- 'k',nr rsF hnmir'Wv;- In the'COUrie'ot v 'th ffir rYniriititian'tfhich'i bare V the honor to transmit to, your exccllen cy was sftmed: and on the1 I th, the - troops of bis majesty entered Badajos, The garrison marchciout with militi- . "ry honors, grounded me ir arms. on me c!acis. and. were marched as prisoners "of war to r ranee, a narc inc nonor 10 'aeod'your excellency; iw oiinc gene " ral and superior omcera,and a humeri dil account of the subalterns and sol- ; diera who have ; set. out'. their number V amounts to 7155 of. whom 512 arc of ' rr. Including a" lieut. peneral- two .field marshals, four brigadiers, 15 coio- ; ncl. and 24 U ot en ant colonels, or xna jors. . . Exclushe bf. these, there are io the town 1 100 sick and wounded, and I have tent home .200. married people and children, who in tne last six roonms liate been torn from their families and r compelled to senrc. Ave also picked - .. nn thr hiinrirwl rvlrfir abo hid "themselTes, Thus the whole of the prisoners taken at Badajo's a mounts to 90C0 at least. " - : 4 . 1 ; We found In the fottress lfO pie ' ces of cannon, mortars and howitzers, of rarious calibre! ; 30,000 pounds of powder, 200,000 catndges and a great deal of projectiles,. besides two bridge apparatuses In excellent condiiiob. In the course of the alege the gar risoa expended two hundred and thirty thousand -pounds of . powder, and two 'millions" of. cartridges.- ;The .ioldicrs picked' on7 8000 twentylfour 'pound shot, and upwards of 600 shells; which were rrd back into the fortress. There was 'no want of prorisions. The enemy in tended to coDTert Badajos into another Saragossa ' The greater part- of the bastions and outlets of the streets had intrenchrrients thrown up Bat it ap pears eren from the arowal of their lea- Hr. tht. henv in imorance t io the real point of -attack, until the roomtn that the breaching battery was establish cd, they were incapable of resistance w hen the breach was rendered practica ble. " Notwithstanding, the English re ceTal, lord AVellington, Hid not cease to desire htm from Lisbon, to bold out and that be would send him succors. I r.i'i . '-r 1 ! were intercepted, that such was his in tention Without doubt, the English general belief ed tht he had fulfilled nis cngagcracm, in gciung nu oi .me Spanish' dirhiom which had joined his army, and particularly when he learned that these dms.onshad been complete ly destroyed at the battle of Cebora 44 A circumstance took place which possibly contributed to protract the tiege tor some cays. When the enemy made their last sortie, to prerent the corert way from being crowned, general Me racho, the governor, was killed; Ge neral Imas, his successor, wished to give ome proofs of his talents, and thereby 'ccaiioncu s longer rcsisiance "I haTe,the honor to. transmit to vour highness a copy of, The journal of the Siege." It contains an account of our loss and expenditure duiing the operauons, wi aiso sena a cpy ot the order of the day, 'which, on this occa sion,, I addressed to the army; Adjutant conimandant Avy will ha?e the honor of delifering you my dispatch cs, and 25 stand of colors, taken from the enemies of- the emperor at Oliven xa at the battle of Gebora and at Ba. dajos, tote laid at bis Majesty's Ceet. I entreat your royal highness to present these honorable trophies V . . " ; The surrender of the troops who defended Badajos completes' the reduc tion of ihe late army of RomanaJithich two months aro, . was 20.C00 stronV.il. J Of these, 17,500 bate ben made , pri soners of war, and sent to France ; tbe remainder, hate been killed and dispers ed. There are also a treat many woun ded io the hospitals of Campa Majori and Albuque-que. There ohly'remains thecotps of ilallasteros, which lain the county c Nubli,f and some wrecks of regiments escaped '.from the battle o! Gebora, which Mendixabcl in tain en- These important results, , obtained in a Vir.rt 9.rr r.f llrrv- will nrfJ.tf. " - " r, ... T flWKUMiB fjren RVrtrnlhe mnnthprn nmvinM nrcH.: and Portugal, r ; uImust remark to 'your " lifghness, that among the prisoners at Badajoz, 'taken sereral times before rcejv cfB cers and genera1s.eheral Garcia, is one of them t he Had been taken at Fer- ta!, where he took the oaih of Cdelity. I txrt th hciac to he Lc 'K ' . ' 1B PUKE OF PALUATIA. - """" yAa-aiAAiA.' J ' ' it IHTERESTIKC PAUTlCULXrlS i r Frnm a Tj-mrbm JVi'ni-1 ". , We hire been favored with - the fol . : . . - r. lowing extract of a letter Irom cn ofii? cer In the dirUion commanded by Mar shal Sir rWm;iBefesfordi datedElraa,' March 2r,'18U Since the '5ih insU we hare beer constanily. on' the muTe, Iong,and "haraj3iog marches, backward and forward, according to; clrcumstan ces Oa ihe 24th we came;in'aighfof mc cncniy iqu vvzijv :ijor, wnicn placer they had taken a few days before: ineir, imorroauon was oaoor inejr; oia not think "we would more on .'to rapidfy as we had-dooe.v;tT7ie''raomehtVther. first 'saw us was the moment of, flight.: ther had no time to"file otct the draw bridge, vm made a breach in the' bas tion nextBadajox, pulled 'down the counterscarp, and moved offih columns. I was in front with the 13th light dra goons and two pieces of artrllefV. at the time their rear-guard was gettfng out of ne circn ; me artillery opened upon it, uui um nu uarra , idc ioia ana two re giments - of Portuguese cavalry 1 . then charged.' V'The road from CimpoMa jortoBadajoz runs across the great plain H tmstie of uadajox and has not 'even a or bHar intercept the.specr.The' French manoeuvred most bcautifullv ill ih ami iittn! thr,.- f our cavalry without breaking. The 1 3th behaved most nobly. I saw s many in stances of Individual bravery, as raised my opinion of mankind many degrees The French are fine 1 brave soldiers, " - w- -- VI yui me ucuuuiy oi our J&ngusnor scsjand more particularly the superior ity of swordmanship our fellows showed, aeciaca every contest in our tavor ; it Lt t. f . t. was aosoiuiciy use a game at prjjon tars$ wnicn you must nave seen at school, except the three charges. The whole way across the plain was a sue cession of individual contests, here' and there as the cavalry all dispersed in skir roishing parties to cover-their rear, &c. it was certainly must beautiful. The infantry followed Jri columns, one led by tbe Marshal (Beresford) and the o therby General Hamilton, but were not at all engaged only in their movement on the plain. The French columns re tiring rapidly before them, the Cavalry skirmishing between, the fire from the out works of Badajoz to cover the pas sage of the bridge, with the fineness of the day, formed altogether a scene that could not be excelled. We had 19,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and two brigades of artillery ; we have lost, that is, the 13th and 1st Portuguese cavalry, but chiefly the 13th, 23 killed, 65 wounded, 30. horses killed, 35 wounded, 108 mis- sines one Comet' killed, two Lieuten ants wounded (one died next morning.) Th Frnrk f .r.. f a: a A 7 , , M-u" in cavaliy.! In 13 dsjz and the neigh- bourhood tbey have 22,000, with whom we shaU bave a rattle in a few days. LATEST FROM CARACCAS. We have accounts from Caraccas, which give a most satisfactory view of the steps now taking by the people of that delightful region for establishing their independence and liberty on the same principles and political organiza tion that have rendered the U. States so powerful and happy. To these they 'wfc wr iiivucis oi imuation, and not withstanding the general ignorance in which Spanish jealousy and despotism neia uic colonies neretoiore, tbey never theless contain men who are well ac quainted with the political institutions of North America, and who now labor to establish them in the south. Well informed Europeans and North Ameri cans are also arriving daily, in those parts that have declared for indeoen. arts, their science and civilization, and are well received. One centleman. w . - - native of Irelandbut last from the U. b. Dr. Burke, is already a very distin guisnea personage at the Caraccas- Tf til an1it. J ? J I. w ' nitigiHtucu mum ana reauoii can principle are the inhabitants at the Caraccas, uva mat measure, indebted for frustrating a scheme of usurpation,' modelled on that of Bonaparte. The notorious "Miranda was endeavoring to erect a consular government previous to the meeting of a Congress of the Re presentatives ot. the people; but Dr. Burke, recollecting tb plot of Bona parte's consular1 usurpation, cautioned tne public against the plan, and recbm mended to them to wait For tbe meet ing of Congress. This proo-edinfi: ve ry much mortified the general, and Dr. Burke having in another paper endea vored : to remove one of the great mo ral distempers of the Spaniards, hi en. forcing the necessity' and justice of reli gious toleration, Miranda seized the oc- wutuu w iura-8ainsi nim ine cieigy and popuiacer lie brst applied for this purpose to the bishop : bat he. liberal and .enlightened beyond what was ex pected, approved of what Buike "had done,' and supported iu The General. sua intent upon hit purpose, fouod a fit ujoriK, ano oy nis means Ua racca was thrown into a prodigious fer ment tor a day or two; But It is honor. able to th'e irood aense'and inform Armn of those who were in authority that th lucuuj cipousea tne ceience ot tolcra uodi and it does credit to the popullce ihemsel res that they speedily submitted A if. . - .1 to the Justice of lihi mtTT - " . ' After this short ebullition all. was mil ct and brderl?. The Scotch harer al ready found their wayjo" that fine Wun- 25bme0tff; ' 'DISTRESSING VIRE. 'jfewYorkt JUav 2L 1 OnBuftday roreno6"n; between nine. and ten o'clock, a fire bieout ;n back building, near the corner f Cbaanv and, Duane- streets, and the wind being very high, in: less than three ourt ipwards.of 100. buildings were consumed, and fn immense quantity of property destroyed. tnatnam sireeirs ournr on Dotns'aestrotn ncw V1 Pfj; house, to thehouse Ifadioinintr Mn Lomibu-d'a t about 35 houses in thi.nreet are destroyed, besides back buildings. , 4 ,: - - Duanetret is burnt on botb sidea from Augustus td Chatham-street, and on one from Chatham to William street. About a dozen In Wiiuam-street tnere were about a .oo - zen houses burnt. The i most of these , were old wooden buildings of little value, and oc cupied by coloured people. ' in Augustus-street a number of houses Were 'destroyed, but thev were'ehieflv old wooden buildings. To give-a description of the scene and the distress which H-occasionedVwould be impos sible. Ail the lower part' of the city as far as to tne Battery, was threatened with des truction as the wind scattered -the blazing shingles in every direction, and several build ings were set on fire in different and very distant parts of the town, but fortunately no damage was sustained except in the streets mentioned above. Among the buildings which took hre from the flying cinders were the steeple of the Brick Church, the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Debtors Pri&on, Thea tre, a house 14 Broadway, and the house of Mr. Wm. Tough, Nassau-street, between Beekman and Ann-streets. The fire took on tbe steeple about lad feet from the ground to high that no engine could reach it from below, but, it was kept under by a sailor of the name ot )Vm. JSrcwtter, who ascended the lighting rod, and with water handed to him by a shipmste, on whose shoulders be stood, he was enabled to keep the fire under -until a small portable engine was got up into the spire, and the leader was brought so as to play upon the spot from the Belfry below. About 12 o'clock the wind become more moderate : this cessation of the gale gave hopes to the firemen and relief to the feelines of the citizens. The fire was immediatlv so uhdued as to prevent its spreading, Unic was exUnruished. and II oe ascertained, but as most ot the buildingg were of wood and many of them old. it is oro bable that the loss is not so reat as that oc- casioned by the great re ot 1804, when the old Conec-IIouse was consumed. Uut the distress occasioned by present the fire is much greater, as most of the buddings burnt were dwellincr bouses, and many of them contained several families, some of which have lost their alL We are informed that a Royal Tysrer which was confined U a cellar in Chatham-street. was burnt to death. The owner not daring to release him from his confinement, for fear he might do mischief. Ev. Pott. Tbe gallant American sailor who d re serv ed the lirick Presbyterian Church, and pro bably a great part of the city,' from destruc tion, on Sunday last, is a native of Forts mouth, N. H. and first mate -of the brier Fame of this port, which cleared on Monday for Martinique. He refused every offer of com pensation, alledging that he had only per- lormea a auiy wnicn carried its own reward . i . JRS?$HZ$ Desiowea oy oein distributed amongst the unfortunate sufferers. 'So excellent m ot ample of disinterested patriotism, deserves I Within the course of a few days past several cases have occurred of impress ment by British vessels on our coast irom coasung vessels, i nese impress ments having taken taken place under aggravated circumstances, have excited as they ought, a very general indignant feeling. The U. S. frigate President put to sea from Annapolis under such circumstances as justify theimpression iuc uurctt oi xicr saiung was to ODtain the release of these men. Under these i u? r i 'in circumstances, rumors of an enae ment off the Capes ' have reached us, which we present to our readers as they follow, barely observing that it is well understood that the commanders of our public vessels are generally instructed to submit to no question from anv 'fo reign vessel which shall wear the sem blance of a threat, in manner or-,words; No confirmation pf the subjoined rumor nas reached us. -Nat. - Int. v TO BE SOLD, ; A TRACT OF LANn Situate on the Yadkin River; in Montromerv f county, abouj 6 mites above the Marnw. CONTAINING about 1100 . Acres, t vjth two excellent Fisheries on It, seVerallsl andi belonging to the Tract The Land is very well adlpted for the 'cultivation of corn, wheat, cotton, and rnh boikiiors, and eonviM?nt'n . son would wish to Durchi withnn .f-J.u premise -Also, six hnndred and forty Acres he" yS? from the NanowsTf ?!SLl !& iD BciVCT Creek, that rtms through the TraaAr,Dlt t uaa. o. the Premiaek i V ' ir . ; ; ...4 t. A fw-. try,' ad n re. ihire in, eoniderWe WfSJ-wS' red of any slrangera,Mri cqnsec;uence of ?a 4We hwiaid; ttis to the figeiicy Snaiilshvandrisn'hations vnd cJ' Ihe sameness cjttheirlrelifeion;! and Stiichsc industrious mechanics cf everytrade mass wealat:M epencef thm meet with gVeatncoiiragemenUv ?TJie dustry of. oth that; 1 wres iheinces: countrr is rich ahd. oobulous ond the natives junsktlled n"the artvus it waa Sureiy.fe'-;i ,:-mml the . nohev- of Snam . that . t her should 1 1 '-otV.t ' w rrrvl r -nrvitro l?a-lti I - I .' t-t V" fl Mi'WViUiV; ny wvvvu fcvr tyiv iui wib- 1 them'selTesU-r.-y. Skamrdck. J -iJ 1 1 if thiM'fift anv feature. ; that Dre.mi. ;'.J " . : 1 ' -"'t'.'."'-''' "' " , - -"I I nently cKaracterises a free and good go vernment from one that is despotic and vicious, ic is uie represaiuu 01 uiis oaie- ful spirit) i which is the real foundation of II au the oaious ana destructive monopolies I in existence. While the1 Dhvsical ' and mtellectual -powers of man are left free t0 cmplof thebselves as the' nidmgnt .. , ? -OIi a r-tsyr thing valuable imas ts proper Jeyel and itsaue vaiuc. .cquai exertions are ai wavs acebmoanied bV the same rewards. No one occupation or professions ci-.- II . , . r , .- J ?ffiS?5S2 J, 'l aw """ ancf livehrcom petition constantly tend to 1 1 equalise and consequently to distribute Katnnno- the P-reatest mimberH rhft inoH 1 1 """w rv . , b - " respect, is considered nonoraoie, and rarely fails to Obtain an adeqnate reward. Under such auspices there is no stag- nation ; the stream ot human exertion flows with a constant ; and etmal current ; community are, irt steady motion : and ! the condition of every indiduai as that of the nation is in, a progressive states A better definition -of 'happiness cannot, perhaps, be given than afforded by such a state of things. He may confidently be pronounced nappy to whom every passing day brings an accession, howe ver small, of those things which admin ister to his comfort and to the comfort of those most dear to him. Reverse thepictiire, and contemplate effects ot a systemiiinder whose gloomy auspices industry is ground to the dust, is totally bereft of the main spring of ex ertion, is considered grovelling and de basing. Under a system, which, tramp. . , ... . ling the laboring classes under foot, raises upon their degradation separate orders of men, who, acquiring no part of their vast possessions lrom their own labor, can only subsist on the vassalage of those who do labor. For these yokes and chains must be forthwith prepared; fear and force can alone keep thfcm 'un der and compel them to work ; for no axiom is better established than this -that the sole voluntary inducement to labor is the reward it brings. Once withdraw this and man will become idle and vicious, and work only under the the lash of a master. Our Republican government have es tablished no monopolies, unless,-indeed, the Bank of the United States be deno minated one, which has been permitted to fall with the period of its charter, $ it has abstained systematically from; the, creation of new debt whereby a rnonieid interest detrimental to the ''freedom of labor and the general liberty might have been formed ; it has, indeedj so far from increasing the old debt reduced it to nearly one half ; it has kept the public lands entirely out of the vortex of specu lation by the .high' price at which they have been sold, and the facilities afford ""T establishment, and Ls hereby ed to the settlers ; it has kept down the II c uuicac u iuc unprouuc tive class fof the community which in most of the governments-of Europe has risen to a dangerous height ; and it has preserved' within moderate limits the naval force, which In other countries has been such a voracious gulph of expence, and which in this Country, however fos tered, would but rxo probably prove an empty pageant vyfteneyer a collision with Britain called upon it to display its prowess. - j l ' ' -'" Had Banks been extended, had the public debt been rapidly increased, had the public: lands been wantonly thrown in great masses into the market,' and the army been swelled to the usual Eu ropean extent, wnigs would' have been given to speculations Thousands and tens of thousands would have deserted the plough, and have rushed -into the raging vortex from' which no one ever returns. ' These men woukT have; ral lied round their great patrons? and by clamor or ihe bayojiet have forced ..down all their measures; however unjust'or tyrannicali , Indeed the more tinjust arid tyrannical they should be, the'more steady ould have been the devotion of men, conscious that; their re ward, if not their existence, depended uppn the op. pression.of ,the people. No' refiecuon is btended, by these remarksto be cast upuu uie exisung army ibey are only applicable to those ovtrroien establish ments, which are the1 deadliest acburges; ever inflicted on the : human ce,fanil which; invariably ;cjbsely preceqei-ac enmpany or.fbllow despotism.;: :; ;,The justness of these last serya uons wilTbe disputed i bnof virtuous: and enlightened man.;lt. is impossible for chaste (mmds tQnjertain 'different views ;or the subjects con -whichithcy have been offered. But in approaching the last; topiif noticed.' sbme aversitir of ! opinion wm oe iound to exist amonc the V means it should be Hrotecffi ily aolyedV - r? tor thei lUdermenf vetf' obhsttonslofnjtlicall UDOn strjettresasf o steefcar of e?Z i.114 KiiThaVCpmmeroe'isa biesijnet.i .. scnuai to we prr iperity of a erea, ;: we, ihaUWUapn? It lisi neverthflessV;not the hL that the merchantand.the sailor r3 tute an unproductive class; and that u 1 are r - - r w wiuac classic .L are r. : This has been TliT1 .ci shewn by .VVdam;Sinuh, tand several other economical r classes from commcTp . . uvc given inem to,part wjrh tuJZ surpius products, and receiv e in v. vi iuc surplus jitjuucis 01 other fer, So far asuch avtiade nations. is Purged it may he JusUy: considered as thr legitimate trade of the nation that rV ir . ii tar- nes it on. v I o such an extent it has right to pursue it ; because by so doW it merely advances its own interest ' without invading the interests of others. While this principle is maintainor! nations commercially connected 'enjor ' 0nitfinteresls. SuchacoBi tain by all honorable means ; thesworj u may lawfully be drawn in its defence. Whenever a nation oversteps these limit, shelnvadesihe interests of other j nations, andas a long experience eviu. 4 ces,; jmaes thero yier enemies4 1 orce is TesonedVtp?yaMaT& all their f u om ? huu ui bj jcusuc. vjuen, indeed genersrtly tfit for, 'to say nothing of the inappreciable losof hu. man lives, ' is-les than the $ums expended in the contest. - 1 Here then are the boundaries which ought to circumscribe the trade of the United States. It may be made a ques-, tion, whether in her infancy she ought to go so far ; every consideration of po licy or justice forbids her going bei-oni them. :,! iSOLOX, : VROM T1IE SAME PAER. , Mr. Pickering, in the letters recest- ! ly addressed to the nation, in form and' j substance so nearly allied to those of his ; political predecessor, Mr. Elliot, which ! J have long since gone to the tomb d the Capulets, tells us, with an imposing so- leirmny, tnat tne qrait ot the Declara tion of Independence, as it originally ' flowed from the pen of Mr. Jefferson, differs' in several points from that final ly adopted. He says, he possesses the n. original in Mr. Jeersons hand writing and either alleges or insinuates, thatn would, if published, derogate from the reputation which that gentleman has earned from the belief that he was the penman of the official paper. : This is the impression, at anyratej, attcmptti to be madehy means, just such as we should expect from the Ex Senator.? Not by exhibiting the proofs, which he says' are : in his hands, but by passing them through the crucible of distorted prejudice, ancf by giving us "in lieu of; them mere opinion r opinions, to6, of a v political and vindictive foe, of a disap pointed man. ;: v ; - ' We call upon 'Mr. Pickericg for something better ?than, rnere bpipioni A great majority of the American people ' care not a hg tor his opinions. Let them . have facts. Thev can then , iudere for thtmsejves, and 'decide between theac-f, cuser and acCusecL 1 We too have seen j the Original draftbfMr. Jefferson,whichi ' it mav he crmfidTitlw nflfifmr?. will lose r M " w lli . - - (wining in comparison' witn tne spienwu , state aper definitively ratifiecNay more, we affirm that it contains features, ' which were from oZ onuttedjitf "the ' official paper, that,, when known, wjU serve to reflect additional lustre, on Mn t Jefferson, arid to shew piis undaunted J adherence to j ustice : and principle on points that have divided obest rneD. j 1 fxPickerinK.ith justSIet;him not only.speak the truth, p but th'eole'rruthy lthihi publish. the oric-inal draft. If he forbears to dof this act,of jusdee aherVthis) public caff i let him nretare hihiself for that indig- nation, rffriotfconteriipt thathe'vainly eek to heaii$ rpdn the head oforie oi our - aest and greatest merv , COMMITTED 7o tbe Jail of Wail Cotmtoh tbeftst, fataxW A Negro man who-says he belongs to Ff . and Harris nr HarrUnn. nA escaped frQm them on their way to Georgia, about the 18; J inst. saya be waa purchased in Norfolk and formerfy belonged to Matthew Hubbard n is a black; fellow about .5 feet 7 or 8 iocbe high,, wears '.his hair long before and short W '. buid, and has on a. red Hannel jacket, and blue round abonnr The owner or ooet "e guested to -cornel proper pay charges, and tale hira away. -. KaieighjiMayZieilfl'. ' r; Aicu rwtjvtif irStTs CrveaWthis for clean Linca or Cotw w m