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TffE FIJORIDAS.
. .v.'rl803, rthtn the viola-
l?Smcnt upon the in?rc.t
C TXttm country, a committee
! h-u of Kepreset.tat.ve5, of
Mm Dr. D.ckioawas one. were di,
m wpoit upoa the propr.ety
' Ti"deSny f annexing the
SoXto the United State.. The
report submitted
VU
t
A W I I P" TT 1 r- & W 111
at
the present moment,
.1, nerienSttte i on the
?nSed, and when the
HI Venice tod the bay of
m
;.;n id the country
inhabited by the Creek e-rfedew-B7ich,ree
themsele into the
retheempamn Te.
vweeire deeply
rfi"creat brnchei of the MoG.le
tSS very ce.r to some of those
t'iacheiof the Tennessee riverwhlth
.he Mus ic ShosU. Even
tfU ihooU be difficult to , connec.
them, yet the
more
d, than the river TcnneM lurr
tishes. These river poss hke.
wiseaa tdvaougc tvhlch U. denied
totheM.ssistpp
As their sources
ire not in the mountain, ana mc.r
course is through a JeVel country
their currents are gentle, and the tide
. - 1
Cows wCT Wether
diry. This circumstance
f ows considerably above our ooun
with the depth ot waier wuiv.
cithern afford, render them accxs
ti .1. , and shlOS of tWC
with the depth ol wa er wmu-
two
fcuadrrd tons burthen may ascenu
stteral hundred miles into the heart
IlOiC UJ 31A
1
cfcur own territory. These rivers,
how, Ter, which run almost exclusive
ly within our own limits, and which it
m,m ..m if nature had intended
!clurownbene&we must be indebt
ed to othtrsYor the benefUu) uof,
so long as the province of West Flo-
rid, .hill continue in the. possession
of (ore? nation. If the province
-f West Fbrida were still an indepen
dent empire, it would be the interest
of its government to promote the free,
dom of trade, by laying open the
mouths of rivers to all nations ; tms
hiv-mm the colicv ofthose nations
trKr. rv.i,u ii- mouths of the Rhine,
the Danube, the Po, the Taus, with
a. tK. Rmt the; iealou&V of
SVUiW W4WV. mmw -
l i nnt admit ot
lihermlia. itself and so
rpr'trr.llo A vantacteOUS tO the Cl
tizens cf the United States and of
West Florida."
Tht report then speaks of bast
Florida. "Though not so important
to the U. States, the committee ne
verthel deem its acquisition vcr-
desirable. From its junction with
tht State of GeorgW at ihe river St.
MarvU it ifretces nearly 4 hundred
1 rmleiinto. forminc a larRc pcninsdla
2nd has some very fine harbors. The
soathen point, Cape Florid, is not
d miles from
rhc ax?cnrKi,iaod the possession of
"u may be beneficial to us tn relation
to our trade with the West Indies- U
ould likewise make our whole tcr
ri'ory compact, tTbuld add consider
aUy to our sea coast, and byr giving
us the Gulf of Mexico for our south
ern boundary, would render us less
liable to attack la what is deemed the
most vulnerable part of the Union.
The reran concludes wUh stating:
If we look forward to the free tlse of
thr MississipprJhc Mobile, the Apa
I achiccla, and ve"Jfther titers of the
west, by ourselves and cvur poiterrty,
Xcw-Orleans and the Flopdas . must
become a part of the U. States, either
bypyrchateorl?ycoTpjcsUn
To this valuable re nort we are in
debtcd for the axquiskioo of NtwOr- J
S e WerxU of cueir country.
Th. feourt dcenbe. the nren
01 mc
if aha and the free navigation of thej
M'taslssippu The Congress oi 18U3
made a great stnrte towaras sccunug
the happiness and prosperity of the
Western country, ana uic vvu6,WJ''
of 1812 has undertaken to follow up
their steos and complete their work. .
No part of the union can uc u
rnuch interested in tne acquisition dt,
- s . U'
West Florida, as the State o! i en
nctsce. To the eaitero section of
the Sute the rivers of that province,
ure indispensable, as weU for the ex
porution of their own produce as tor
the introduttion of foreign articles.
To the western division, these rivers
would be irmlutble in facilitating an
import trade. Two branches of the
TVri. trtch to the south and ap
proach the navigable waters of the Mo
bile rif er. Above tne muscic snu v.
Hi wassee, a river of the Tennessee, e.
tendi sotilh-eaitwartlly towards Coosa
nitcha, a branch of the Alabama, and
the distance between the navigable
points of ihetc two rittrs is no more
fhtn fiftf -five miles. Briow the shoala
ii Bear creek, tetter known to geogra
phers under the name of Oceochappo,
and the distance between the highest
navigable points on these two stteams is
.tKinrv thsh fifiv miles. Thro
these two channels the merchants ot
West Tennessee will find the means cf
bringing into our country the proouc
lions of all foreign nations. Loading his
vessel at the htad of tbr Mobile bay he
will proceed up the Mobile river ninety
miles to M'Gilvreys town in the Cretk
Hera he will find the Mobile
divided into two streams, one the Ala-
bamaa coming down from the w. !a t
1 he other, the Tombigbee, coming down
from the North. It he lnieno v.u
the Tennessee-above the muscle shoals
he will turn to the North WU imw;
cend the Alabama ; a most beautiful
river with a dear gentle current, nowiog
at the rate of two miles to the hour,
from three to four hundred yams oroaa.
and irom 15 to 18 feet deep, in the dr.
Goinfe up this river 2K
tn IB feet deep in tne an-
10
- -- - ftt Utllc Tallas.
seei a town of the upper Creeks, where
the Alabama loses its name, and is cm-
ced into two streamy the Uoosa-nicn
and the Tallapoosee. Ascending the
former of these streams a short distance,
Sc he wUI arriveat the point on the iooaa
where a portage or coal of 55 miles
will carry him to tliwassee.
ing the Hiwassee he will soon arrive in
the Tennessee ; following the course of
the Tennessee a short cmancc anu
- ---- .
, '"7 - -
will arrive at the moutn oi nTcr,-H
turn n? p . .. - --
inrninc ill
a noini on KichUnd creek in Giles coun-
ty, or at t ayettevaie in iw
the Utter of these places to
ty.orat rayeuc. - - - - -
. ii. T tntln Prnm r I
VVWMtW w w
.m Und carriage oi ou muw i
over a level counuy. .
. .
Ti. other channel to cross tne i en-
nM,ee below the rouscle snoaisi wouio
... . till
be, to ascend theTomhigbce from
MUiivreys wwu u . 'h;
hl nninL.
A nortaee ci nuv nuicsn
wnu'd then btlne him-to Bear creek ;
u
following the courie of that creek,which
is deep and gentle, he would soon reach
the Tennessee l after which he might
float with the current to the inouth of
Duck.rivtr, whVre a part of his cargo
rtbghThruVcc
mav noat to tne unio, anu msui vM-
raayujowiu xt'.mi.
i;Sue to the present ch,n-
... r .v.. M-iiit wmiirt
ne,
into our country, is -vrrr : r
licrhiet examination, rrom rnwaoci
iil'.i. J.l
hia to Nashville the merchant at this
time ha to' tranooTt his coods over a
course of one thousand five hundred arid
hir:v seven.miles three hundred and
three of which consists of land carriage
fmm PhdadclDhia to PitKburg ; one
thoutand and fifcv four by water trom
Pittsbure to the mouth of Cumberland j
and thence one hundred Ec eighty miles,
ligbee is no more than three hundred
over a very level coGntry ; that is only ted States may rest upon as certamly as
1V? " e.uLr, thAlZUr the official record before
i -1 a tiTn rnn r- Hllll
wee between Philadelphia and Pitts :
burcr. But following the.roote which
7 j;. llW. and voii would
5TJS and hirtrve
miles of laod carnal and about thre.
SriT LS Wat. a consldefi
"rrrzrrrj: 1:1 iza?z .he au
riie nan oi itmw
abaraawhere we nee nowa abuu
great B(3vantage In this new route would
be in putting, an,. ena w inc unniur.
trade which we Yirypn. who rniwua.
phia and Baltimore ; a, trade which af
fords riot the least encouragement io inc
western farmer, find which can only oe
supported by draining our 'country of
its gold and silver. When we coma to
tb import from the Mobile our com
merce will then assume its naiuri
rhrirse. The oroductions oi our omr-
try Will then be exchanged atNew-Or-
leads for a return cargo . wiucn can uc
,-.ri tnr and aelivercd at the head ot
Mnh.te river : a place to which Spa
nish frigate once ascended,' apd to which
vessels of several Hundred tons may
come with the greatest ease. . .
Imagination took forward 10 we mo
mtnt when all the southern Indians shall
be pushed acrosi the Mississippi i when
the delightful countries now .owcuv
by them shall be covered with a, nume-
rous ana inausinous
when a city, tne emporium
commerce, shall be seen to flourish on
the spot where some huts, jnnaoirea oj
lawless savages, now mark the junctich
of the Alabama and Tombjgb'ee rivers-
Toe present is a favorable moment
for accomplishing a part pf this great
design. The Floridas will soon be oc
cufied by the American troops. Our
settlements on the bay and river of Mo
bile will-require to be strengthened ;
and to strengthen them a part of the
country inhabited by the Creeks will be
indispensible to. us Fortunately the
crimes of thist nation have supplied us
with a pretext for the dismemberment
of their country. An expedition will
soon have to" move against them totx.
act si terriWe fengeance: for the blood
they have spilt among us j and the re
public, must indemnify itself f6r the ex
pences oi this movement, by appropri
ating to itself and dividing among i he
conquerors the better part of that land
which is so useless to them, and which
will be so valuable to us.
RESIDENTIAL ELECTIOr?.
NEW-YORK
Kothing has been to us a subject of
more regret lhan ihe. nomination of the
Honorable De WxttClIiiton lor Pre -.Mm
hv the Renublicans of New yorfc.
dn a question of this kind, where disu
n.,M rfitrav everv DrobbihtV of
UIUU J - . .
.,rss. the voice of the majority oug.n
t Povern, and when, as in tne prescm
cn un?e a roabrit? is in favour ot
Mr. MADtsiK, a secession oi any P-
- ponftl,- ;n;ur ous to t
cuiar ri --Vr . .
of Rephlicah.s and min-
0us to the person
. whose tievttioa a 0.
lonrtrl.
.. trth fftnhot tiblr be elect
II . . .it nil thm fnAemX Tntes
ea snouiu u- ....... T -
.i- t; A : lm nnt tn be eXDeC-
tn wwmm i niuui nttvi ' -- -
. n.n..hyftan Interest
tea wmc Y -
on a question u.. -- . .
-r.Kia mnminTmii ubiuic
can oeconsoltdaiea wun v
m, nim t.mwUU 4UDDOSed that
n Ar. r -
he would receive a single republican vote
in this Commonwealth, they are ex
tremely mistaken. The sense oi toe
state is expressed id the nomination of
Mr. Madison by tne unanimous w
of the Republicans in the Legislature,
and it is noi poasioic w
vui. - r
II vvhn the -reneral sentiment of the
11 nsrtv ia so mauncsi. nu
J.rn'esU, hope that the respectable u
3
. V . l. Knt will defer
the pretensions she has advanced - till
oate tnai canuuisusw-i -
they retehre the sancuon
nn another occasion. '
We know not how the disagreement
between the- House and Senate of this
state as to the choice ofekctort will be
compromised. It iossible that it may
be the design of the federal pariy tu
troy the votes of Maasacnuseiw
h't. minim frVv Mr. MftdfSOU
W v m-m- -. T
our xnenas in every hu" - -
them. We too know .that no Icderahst
will vote for Mr. Clint,op, ceptfrom
He.nair of pettihe inafederal President.
If Unot our of wfeard to him they sup-
port his pretensions but; ;
Ter inability to rem in any man of their
,.n r.:rT- .Bosun pau
1 1 " .
Our Gallant Navy.
Prom the Wutiohai Jntettigencer.
The gallant RodgersouVreaers will
be happy to learnjis at length safisly ar
rived in port with all bis fleet: Aitbo
he has not, likeCapt. Hull, had an o
portuniiy,whichnoone would have m.ore
gladly seized, to signalize himself and
our. navy by a successful fjenagemeht
with a British naval force, he has niade
a voyage which has been apd will be
productive of. great advantage to pur
commerce., Sailing from. New-Toik,
and pursuing the track of the home ward
k, nnri Ait nimMt into the choDS of the
British' channel, he has Jallfed .th,ence 1
soutnwaraiy Deyooa mt atxaucm a ibj
and, fetu'rtiihg in safety to. JJpstn,' hav
ing warned all bur vessels he met-with
of -the war, has completely eluded the
British fleets in pursuit ohim ; and by
drawing oit their attention to himself,
has cfearerf out coist of thenar and en
sured tfiie safety of our merchant ves
iels returning into ort to the value of
many millions, wfclcifi would biherwise
have tVletfa sacrifice to theit nrimerous
cruizers , .
It gives us much leasure to state
that the Commodore is so far recovered
of the fracture of his leg (in the running
fight with the Belvidere) as to be able
to walk on crutches ; nor ought we to
omit to xnenOdn, that after receiving
that wounds he remained on deck, in
nnnoaltion to tb remonstrances of hi
friends; Until all hope had ceasefl of
bringitig the British frigate to action.
rwfri States frigate Constitution, of
VV twton Xr; August S0P 1&12 $
Sir; I hivr the honor -to inJorm you
that on the 19 b int. at 2 P. M. being
in lat. 41, 42, and lohfc, 55, 48, witn mc
Constitution under myrommand, a sail
was discovered from the mast head bear
ing E. by S or E. S. V but at sucn a
distance we coiild not tell what she was.
All sad was instantly made in chase,
and soon found we came up with her.
At 3 P. M. could plainly see that she
was a ship oo;he starboard tack under
easy sail, close on a wind-fat half past
3, P. M. made her out to bei a frigate ;
continued the chase until we were with
in about miles, when I ordered the
licrht' sails taken ioi the courses hauled:
up, and the ship cleared for, action,---At
this time the chase had backed his
main-topsail, w iiting for. us to come
down. As scon as the Constitution was
ready for action, I bore down wiflvan
intention to bring him to cose action
immediately ; but on our coming with
in jguhshotshe gave us a broadside and
filled awat; artdwore, giving us a broad-
. side on the other tack, but without ef-
I feet ; her hot falling short. She con
tinued wearing and maneuvering tor a-
bout 3 Quarters of an hour, w get a rait
ing position, hut finding 'she could not,
the bore up, and run unoer ner iopsaua,(
and gib with the wind on the quarter.
I immediately made sail to bring he
hin un with' her, and 5 minutes before
6 Pi M. being alongside wunin wan
nistol Shot, we commeri.ced a heavy ftre
from all our guns, double shotted With
rcund and grape, and so well airecica
were they, audso wantiJy keptup,tnai
in 15 miquxs hii roixen mast weht by
the board and his main yard in the
lihffsandthe hull; riggihe and sails ve.
" I rr' '
ry mucn torn to pieces, me urc n
kent,un with equal warmth for 15 mi-
jiutes longer, when his tnaiomast and
foremast wentj taking witn tnera every
apar, excepting the bowsprit ; on see-
inetbis we ceaseu nnng, aoiuav ... oo
minutes after we got-iainy wouB4uc
the enemv. sne surxenaejco, ouu.uau
notaspar standing, and her bull below
and above water so snaitereo, tpai a xew
mtre broadsides jhust nave car rteo ner
down.
Afir informimt vou that so tine a
ship as the Guerriere, wmmanded'by
an able aod expenencea pmceruau
been touUy dismasted; and otherwise
nit tn nieces so as to make hetV not
wonh towing into port,- in the sjiort
.nsr.fr oflthirtv minutes, f quean have
no doubt of the .giUantryivllod, con
duct of the officers, and. ship' company
t have the honor to Command 5 only
remains, therefore, for me to assure.
you, that they auiougni .hp-"-i
, . nd it eives me ereat plea
sure to say, that from. the smallest boyj
?n the: ship to the oJ4e$t 'seataen,,not a
innk of fear was seen They all went;
infr action, givinsthreecheersi and re
questing to. Do iaio aosarauji
Enclosed 1 Tliave the honor to send
yon v list, of? killed and weuntf eej on
board the Cotisuldtibni jaaliirr of
the damages Be feosiaUcf.
list of killed and wounded on board thd
enemyf wjtii lifa.quVrbiffv' ltc; ! v
t : I have the honor te bt &e T i ,
Hon. Vivi Hamhtqit, $b.of ifo2fay .
RETtJRK
Billed & wotTNDfiu
BOASD the cossTittrxipirr.
Wo. s; i Bush, lsti,ieot.of Matmes? Jfaeob
Stan, seaman : Koberr Brtce; ditto i John
Brown, do'f Tag. Read, doi Caleb Siaitb,do j
axnes Asntora. oo. i oiw wuw f as
Chailes Morris. Utteor; dangerously
k r. win master, ali&htlv ! Richard
nunh, seaman daftgerouy ; Reynold.
Otdwary swrnaid I" Dl fw-;'.
is, 60 dangerpsi; uwen tajm
pnflfii Mulkrii marine. , shehtiy Total
wounded 7.Total killed and wounded, 14.
fS : T. j. CHEW, Piiwr.
rifl ftifAk tii of the WMirvded, Jolld
and missing ott board ihe OoerrierttV oaod
ed, 62. among the rest Captain Dtcre and ,
Leut..Kt -.Killed 15, udg Ieut.t.
Missihz 24 Toial KUled, wounaeq ann
Missing on board tne jueirirc u.
patriotic Address;
Trie, following Address ti the President ot
the United SuteSp was immumousy aarpro .
by both branch eaof the legislaturtof South
Carolina, at Uielr late aeiwon.
thcPr undent qfhii0itatevi
Stn-Jiln a ttovemment lite ours,
fwhich, emanating from the will ofkll i
is strong or weaK in propown y vc
cdrfent of public opinion in its fAVorj it,
cannot but be deeply interesting q mc
servants ofthe peopley to know the light
in which their conduct is wrisjdered by
those wno nave inyeseu ineiu wmi yvv
er. tinder this impression and infla-
ehced by the considerat4Qri that those
who have the right to censurej where
censure is deserved, ought not to pass
over, wit n ipe siiencc i uwihci chw vu
merit of their ageotsV where that ttient;
is cohsnicuous v the Legislature of 3
Colina, called together1 by the late
chancre in out political relations, cannot
separate without expressing, tne nvtriy
approbation they feel a the dignified and
decisive appeaito Arms, adopted by the'
rresiaent ana a m?i"riry oi vpricaof - .
in. vindication of our long outraged
rights, and violated; sovereignty as a
nation. . 1
In other govern men'st it hss been the
constant etlort ol the.reartnenas ot tne
people, to rcurb the angry passions of
tneir ruicra ' -to inierruyt tne kbiu'
dreams- 6f i national elory and foreign'
conquest by the melancholy exhibition
ruined husband pen and Starving ma
nufacturers j arid to shade the deceitful
picture of splendid victories afld triuin
phal arches, held up ta dazzle and mis
lead a giddy populace, Jby introdbcihgOn
the CanissS the more faithful afid certain
representation of individual misery. It
was reserved for the United States "to
present the spectaclerso consblatory to,
distressed humanity, of a government
uninfatuated bf the illusions of natiol
ggrandtiement, or the glory, of con
Uesi ; anxious only to promote the true
happiness of the people; and in deciding
on the great question of peace bf war
weighing every drop of blood like ry tov
b-; shed in the last resort witn tne same
cautidni the same solicit tide, as thou g$
each drop were to be drawn ( from the
veins of - those themselvtsi on whom
tested the decision. If the signal for
battle can be supposed lb have been ever
p-gisiered in "Heaven's chancery? wijh
ant other emotions than those of horror
or contempt tor. numan wic Kcunessor
folly, it was on the 18 th day of Tune,
1812. ; Inuenced pyno lust of domi
nion, no unjust spirit of encroachment ;
but impelled Ho arms by wanton and
continued violations of our best rights,
bur vital interests if ever a war deserv
ed to he c!rnorninated '0 '
It is atwarof jAr tigainsr jzitiesf a
grusiofty of :'jmstice against ; perfidy and Z
viMcncci inus iuivcii iy uuavinijs f.
is in vain , that faction wpuld repress the
enerev and snirit of the nation, or disaf
fection depreciate the resourcev of ouY
coontryi 1 he glory or me issue win dc
coriimensuato wun Unr ngmeousness
of ouri causeUi?f
If we cannot, at this moment, contend
with,bur ehemyfo the empire of the
oceans individual valof-and eterprize,
at length jpefmitted to7; be exer'eilwill
ensure to bur citizens no incpnsJderlibfe
indemnity for the spoUaUonsion
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