; 1 "1 p "3 . i trhttcVcf ihloincinhotto6tiioctl . mad tht peofje cannof'or ViU not piy txrekl there is but 'one boor copsoh- rinn left to those who bclit mat war cduld oo t have been t? oided wilh r iIT bretenMon to IQ- deDcndeocc,vby tcknowltdginfflihat "the p nlonal rights cduld not be 'op-f portcu aoa wno now uccc .c Very effort odght. to"be madexather . papt monejr:;' ind4 od;.jroa,1s ;nfore . rf-iTfTn ninrr mnncv than I am and ihls, I belief ii known to. eve- r tv iCe'Ann' with whonfi'I ana veil uv r i acqaaioted; Evtry exertion ought to be rhtHe to do without and be fore It beintdej tthe Ue.sfton ought to he that or aurtcoder at discretion ; h before the nation afould surrender hr rihtj'to" British' discretion, J would coMent- to paf'moneyrrccesslty aioae may jusuiy ""74rM,r!:;' ' led the bid Congress to iisejt, and it justified them too1 "With all its evils end depreciation, it tfas necessary to thenl to esublish. the; liberty and in dependence tif the nation-it the same ; Bccesiity wouldjisnfus to use it to maintain.thcm: ' Franco was compel mmmenceroent of : her late unubles, and bv the" use of it ahe varimsbedthe comuicea powers , and C. Britain'" in hcrlturn . now . : bearing France wh it-4for her banl? ; paper w nothing more than paper mo ney at breseot; so that'Great Britain i in th jjenunde of "her (rawer and wealth nas been compelled to yield to necessity, and to have paper money, Pj which shels likely- to humble her gTeat riraL I Wish it to be distinctly undertrdod, that iatonot theiriend of paper money of any kind ; indeed, I baVe stated the';only condition on which it pught toi)? thoNight of. ''X rraln, if money cannot be had to carry on the var, of what real cuvanuge have the brilliant victories cl the na vy .been to .tbe nation t "or, will any good effect be productd by them ? .They will neither be tbc : means of get. tirpeace; nor securing us againu fu ture injuries ; .it;1 is only . by 'firmly - - . a maintaining our rignta i tnat sucn u peace as we ought to have can be ac quired, and only such conduct will se cure as against future injuries. Will any of the'mcn to whom the thanks of Codjresa have been voted fomheir good 'conduct, Vahie tfie vfcte wien the iame'Congress.eifuse'iq 'supply 'the money ncces4ry tolcarrv on a war which was forced on tbe nation, and 1- whifh they by their 'gallant a'ctiocs shew they beheve to be jusu MrcoDearud fiMr. Pearson) said that a shock given to a bank or banks " fif I mistake him, I hope that he will - tU milUiC wnai WU Uiu uy umi ui - -iy'coe elsei) I did npt;ditinctly hear ' bottomed on bankr, but on the hones- belief tnat no admiolstratiun dare to yiolate apubUc'eogagement wKcn'thc public frith has heen coauitutionally pledged. 1 1 do" not believe that cither my colleague or'tnyself are prophets, or that we can tee further into futuri ... iv. .1 r . ' 1 1 apt to doubt- the predictions of any UJ4U UT UiCU.WUy MrjVI. UldUb Misuj x before without tjicir coming to pass, 'find it must be. recollected that when 1h- ehartrr nf the LLiitefl States bank was about to expire, that we were told that if xhf cljarttr wis oot renewed, the public credit would be destroyed and the nation probalAy'coovuUed. The chaiter did expire, and the bank went out of cxieten-,iike the snuff of a candle, scaTcely -fperceiyed b any one. . Mr. Pearson;'cxpbincd, and stated that he had said, that itone . of the banks should! have subscribed to the loan to a considerable u mount, and any thing shou occur to prevent it making' the payment it was thereby pledged to mke, would to that a- mount aitret tne nounces ox vne tro- vernmenUl . xvi r xviaconsaia, tnatu . might in such a case affect the rcve- .cue Was prooable; out eventual coum not affc .t thecreditj of the nation, be .csose the fact would' shew that the bink'nnd not the nation hauFfailed. The failure of a ban in which the na tion had -co concern, and the'trr- dlt of the nariooi are two dliikrcY things, and riot at all connected. He would acknowledge that he felt almbst ashamed athviog'said a word on the J subject after the hense had heard the ah'e. speech' of Mhlr cemleman from . Sv4ith Carolina YMr. Lowndes.) The recnlleCton of it would stop hima ' fTU enchuirdirt 0iT tttsrt.J f The highest price given atthis . , Office, ; ; v JQK CLTjjf AND C OTTO It RAGS. i - f 'J: VTHE WAR. Itiswith e most: regnant sorrow c6U?jAt,M - the . 1st Rifle :.Rerf; roent. iHe .wss kUIed in a ssvrii tween Ibe advancf posts upon the lines, on Tuesday Ist ; and, what is singular, was the only loss we sustained Ju 29, 1814. ' 7 I Irite but iittle neTwa to gi?e you little is it' Is you shull have it. One part of 'cnir..arylwstadohed at or near Champlai.xod" theCbmmandof Bri gadier Central Smith: . Our riflemen are In alrance, within one mile of the lines : They hare frequent skirmishes with the enemy. The first attack that was made, the enemy attempted to cut Off Lieut. CoL Fbrsythe, whose force coAnVed onlof about 70 ineft ; that of the enemy Vjf abouuSCO regulars and Indians. The enemy were onven wc with considerable Joss ; ours was two killer! nd fire or six wounded. In this attack one whole platoon' fired-t Forsyth while sitting on his horse but missed him. The day before yester day they bad another skirmish with the enemy, and, painful to-rela.te, Lieut. Col. fofswhe was killed,1 I Jiave not heard the particulars. Tb e enemy are in considerable force between. Odlctown and 'St. Joiins. They have fortified the Stone Mill very. stroncr.- .r I thbk we shall see a little fighting this campaign. . There is a probability of the enemy's coming" out to see us. Our fleet has defte nothing; We have command of the Lakc., It is said the British have added fourteen more al lies to. their forced by'bringing them across from St. Lawfencje. This, if true, will make the Jake pretty warm -this summer,' ' - r fey the stage last evening we receiv ed the Boston G .zette of Monday, from which the following articles were co- piedt;: letter from: Bath, of the SOth ult. says,' " considerable firing has been Heard in that quarter, this morning.- P. S. The specie from the banks in this town has been removed ; and the ships taken up the river fifteen ortwen ty miles." , dENERAL'.ORDER. Adjutant GenftoPs OJUe, Left Division. Buffelo, June 19, 1&14. A Court of Enquiry will be instituted under the direction, given by the Presi dent of the United State 44 to be com posed Of a President tvo members and a recorder, Tor the purpose of enquiring into the conduct of Col. Campbell dur ing his late expedition to Long Point, and paiticularly as to the burning of the to wnbf Dover in Upper Canada. 44 The; Court will report itsppinion on the case." Brigadier General Scott will sit as President. t Major Jessup,nf the 25th Infantry, & Major Wood, of the Engineers, as Members. ' .,'. The Court will convene to-morrow morning at 10 o clock, at auch place as the President may select. Attest, Clw-UARUNISR, Adj.. General. . TUB OrlSIOIf. The authority that instituted the court of inquiry haviug also required an opi nion on the case submitted ; the court in'the further discharge of lis duties unanimously, pronounce as follows : 1 hot, consineiing uie imporum sup plies of bread stuffs,' which from the evidence it appears tne enenr.y s toices derived from the fiur mnufactuing mills at and near to Dover, Col. Camp bell was warranted in destroying those mills according to the laws and usages of war, and for a like reason, the court think him justified in -burning the dis tilleries under the said laws and usages; 1 be saw mills and carding machine, irom ineir contiguity xo ino oincr tnius, were, as the court conceives, necessa rily' involved in one and the same burning. t". If resnect to the burmncr of the dwelling and other houses in the village of Dover, the court are tully ot an opt rlon that Col. Campbell has erred ; thai he can derive no justification from the fact that the owners of these bouses we:e activelyopposed to the American interests in, the' present war. or from the other facts, that some of jhem were at the conflagration of Buffaloe. In their partisan services it does not ap pear to the court) that the inhabitants of Dover hate done more than their proper allegiance required of them : and the destruction of BufTaloe by a Lt. Geoeial of the "enemy's, regular forces wai emphatically the wrong of the Bri tisb goiernmeitt itself,. rendered, such by it subsequent adoption of the mea sure, and ought not to be ascribed to a few Canadians who were present at the time. Acts of retaliation on the ftartnf J nation prcud of us lights and conscious cf the power of enforcing them, sheuld, r -. ill"'- fv ii tbe.opinionof m courtv be eloctr antly resorted to, and onlyby . instruct tions -from tbc frghest .In: authority That -no such instructions were, in the case under consideration is pot merely inferred frnm the bsenceoi; ..HTir tnhAt effect, but ts candidly admitted bv Coli Campbell in Ibis offi cial report (whch b in evidence) where in hneVpresslystates--44 This, expedi tion was undertaaen by, roe witnom or ders and upon my own , responsibility J The court in dejivcringvthe abQre opinion unfavorable to Col., Campbell are fully aware of thestrorig incentives to a jus indignation . which must have been present to his mind at tfte time of his visit to Dover J-the massacres of the 'gaiti. ahdhe Miami were .not yet for gotten, and the more recent devasU tion of the entire 'Niagara frontier, ac-j companiebby man? acts of Ravage bat- oaiity, was iresn ;in rcmciuuia-. That these 'recollections should have aroused his feelings nd have, swayed his judgment does not exche wonder but regret, and there is still left for ad miration his kind and amiable treatment of the women, and children of Dover, abandoned by their naturaf protectors. " The court 8djournedVn.fo. . Wt SCOTT, Brig Gm j President of the Coitrt. B.Watson, CapU25tllnlantry, , Recorder, I . Porunnoutb, N. H. June 23. Draughted MifitiM diso'anded.--XVe learn from Concord that the Legisla ture, bv a Very large majority, have come to a resolution to disband the mili tia which have Been . called out fo( the defence of this town and . harbor. This measure; we learn, is taken inconse quence of. the following letter 'to the Governor jrom the Secretary of War, by which it would seem that the, Ge neral Government does not approve of calling out 'the militia in this case, and of course if theyj aVe continued the U nited States win oot'pay the expense ' I - '.'V Y; War Depmment June 9, 1814. : Sir Your . Excellency's letter of May 20th has been received. . , i ircnerai vusmng nas reimorcea tne garrison ef artillerists at Portsmouth with two companies of infantry ;1 these with two hundred seamen under Cum. Hull, and the artillerists will make1 a good defence against boats, the only mode of attack to be apprehended. . One company of sea fencibles. are al-? so authorised to be raised for the fur ther defence of the sea coast of New- Hampshire. I am, cc . .. . . ' JOHN AitMSf itONG. It will be seen by the article tinder the Portsmouth head, that theGovern- nor of N. Hampshire has withdrawn his mmua iromtne uexence ox tne oeventy four buildingfaT Portsmouth. This is anbtnerrpoof of the regard shewn by Federalists for (he growth and prosperi ty, of the American Navy. Andonwhat pretence does he take this step ? .Be cause, in answer to his letter requesting to know what measures had been taken for manning the forts at Portsmouth, the Secretary of War, had stated, that 44 Gen. Cushing had sent thither two companies of Infantry, which, with the Artillerists tc two hundred seamen un J der Com. Hull, would make a good de- J tence against an attack at that port by boats tne only attack (then) to be ap prehended" because the Secretary being silent with regard to the employ- uicui ui .cue i.Muu orp tbauca into service by the Governor, it was inferred that the. .United States would not pay the expenses attending it.-, But did the Governor -intimate that these troops weie put athe disposal of the United States ?Djd be place them in a condi. tion tovbe paik by the U. States ? Did henot' expressly order them ht, to strife in any post 'or pasts If the United States" -and not tv obty the orders oj any ojicerjf their havaTor military All this he did. in what light-then could his militia be regarded I -Aifiit tits-ATid wjiere', jis jhe provisibtiicpn stiiutiodal or legaU.rfor. paying the hi as such f Had the Governor of New Hampshire iinc t rely t desired a co-bpe-rauon for the1 defence Of the 74 andihe forts, he would havejasked, like . Gov. Smith of popnecticut, and the) would be recognised as makintr part o the na tional force for national pnrposes and in this cae they wonld Havev been fed and paid as were the Connecticut mili tia. But neither to Gen. Cushing, nor o the Secretary of War, does he say one syllable oh this point, wiiile asbe lore stated, the refused to subject them to uay order flhose of muster and in spection necessarily included and of course made it impossible lor the Unit ed States te feed or pay them under ex isting laws. " NaLlnt. i Wuhington July 8. HONORARY REWAltDS. ' The following Order Irom the Secre tary of War to the excellent officer who commanded the late detachment from the Militia of this district,; was;onFri day Erening" read! to the troops .i t WAR pEPARTMXNf , "... . -A J ,;; Jync 28.1814. : Sin The retreat of the enemy down the P-taxeflt and the asbent of th iw tills ; HipTthe rinh render the longer contmuancelon commanofn 2 -71 discharge Uront 5;eicwwtn and menrunderyoW dial thanks and high RK9!5Si?W President: ;Jpromptud6tii whic VW?ook the fieldi;the goo derindciplme rnaintamed; therein, and thespiriuandfirroness-wUhw vou jsytYinA repelled the enemy's ap- proacnes, arp selves ana to your:wuui4j.i, . u.v-v nuh"hc 6xpressions of respect,permit me to add the assurances of my great per sonal esteem. ' , -. -, JOHN ARMSTRONG. Mhjor George Peter. feTfie citizens of Georgetown have, withmuch puouq spim, invitpu trobpsaboye mentioned, to partake of a fUDUC JLiinncr o imi.uaj, raony of their good opinion. -M ' ' DEFENSIVE MEASURES, . We understand are already arrang .d hv the War denartmerit to guard a gainst and repel the depredations of the enemv on the shores of the waters adja rent to this strict. It 1 is said that a camp ofabout two thousand regular troops-ni wnom auu c yi,wu) is to be established, at some point br- tween the Patuxent & Potomac, so a. ted be able to send out, at the shortest no- ticei dotachment? to any point invaded or menacea.oii eitner river, xvcquwi tions of militia it is also said, are to be held in readlness to aid this force in repelling any attack 'on this city of a more formidablfccharacter, if attempt ed. These, measures cannot but afford much satis&ction tq theJ.ipeople of this district and ut the adjoining country as it will relieve them from the liability to perform military servrce except on re ally urgent occasions it is said, tnat, in cbnsequelice of the menacing aspect of the recent ad lces from Europe, a requisition is in con templation, if it have-not already issu ed, to the Governors of the respective states, of an aggregate force of nearly a hundred thousand Militia, (Artillery and Infantry to be forth wiii organized; N 'Intel. , - . Portland July 2.V Harbour Defence, A company of oea r enemies, composea ot masters ot vessels ana tnose exemppea irom Military duty, has been organised in this town tor the defence of the place. John L. Lewis is elected Captain, Edward Kelleran, Robert Ilsleyand Joseph Weeks, Lieutenants : Lems uel Weeks, jun. Clerk. Tina com pany will take charge of several pie ces of heavy cannoD. iWc understand that $h compliadce with a request of the Coromittee of Safety in this town the Commander in;Chief has ordered a detachment of militia from this brigade, consisting of one company of Infantry and half a conjptmy o Artillensts--to be sta tioned it Fort Burrows to aid id the, defence of Portland. The following letter was transihitted by Commodore rerry to tne secretary of the tVarckum, f Mat:J June 54: To Com. Prrt, . vVr The following, is a correct statement When the British lauded at tnisy.ace, with their barges; tne 13th ofthU inst. June. Ye theunder. signed do testify and say; that on ths 13th of this insn June, about eleven o'clock, A. M. we saw thfc British With, six barges approachio; this vil lage with a white flar hoisted in one of them j at which time our was ooi noistcu, out i nomas Young was carrying it down the street towards the wharf, where St was afterwards hoisted We the dndersigned do iurther testify and say; that on the landing of the commanding officer irom tne oarge. where the flag was hoisted, he, the commanding fficer, did agree, that if he was not fired on by the inhabitants, that he would not destroy an jr private property belong ing to the inhabitants j but he would destroy public property which did not beloojg to' the town, and requested one of us to point out the Falmouth property or vessels; which we agreed to do, and one of us went into the barge with the second in command and then they:took down their flagQt truce and proceeded to set fire' to the Falmouth vessels.? They then land ed a part of their cien, and, in viola, don of their agreement proceeded set fire to private property, by setting fire to a vessel on the stocks and five others which were at anphbr and. a Plymouth vesseU They jwere re minded of their agreemenifSad that they Had taken advantage of iis'by false promise's j but they tmatcned to set fire to the villaffe; and nut the in. habitants to the , sword if any resist ance was made or any atmpi made i - You wtil tnereiore ou. rcF! !Wekm this cf artd td h? fhey did not care, oift any promises they J njadi ; also, they: landed a panv' f and t fire to a cotton fa Thv then "returned" tin fh.: c. anu wi me tunaoitants 'wjtk tbcm on board of their barges, and said if they were fired upon by inhabitants ; they would put them tj deaths ?Then tbe-cpmnjandiDg oft cer ' ordered the flag of truce to hoisted, and the second in command swore it was a d d shame and disgrace to any nation toenter a v? lage under a flagr qf truce arid com tions possible 'and then return ucder a flag of truce j but on orders bein, again given by the commanding 0j cer; the flacbf truce was hnur Our menferfe landed aboijt three miles belonrCtne village, incj .l barges proceeded on board tfce briR. antine. Nimrod, then lying in tbe ba?" , David Nye, jun. 4)mer Bakn Isaac Per it 'ns iJoiab Bver r Z? - rir r. CZt rerez Jjnggs, IVm. ream Pi S. This thing is known only "5 tne unaersigneriuo other person be ing present, that is, that the British fired three musiLets!-M0der the truce before the agrecmen t. J 1 (Signed) DavtiNye;jUri Abrier 'Basset. Co ft pf -q -iAterfrom Copt.J. Jj. Dent to . . . Secretary of the A'avy, duted I V ; Charleston, 2i July, isi4. : -I.ht.ve thirnornentf;..y. tht melancholy intonrjation of t!ie of the U. !S. schooner Alligator, in p0 : Roy3l. It appears she was; unset 'vu uy a viuicnt rornacJo or wjat. wina JLt.Bassett, with i l. of the crew are qi,y saved. Midshipmen firaili ford and Rogerson, with 5s men, are unfortunately lost By the next mail I shalljbe enabled to forward to you Lj. Bassbu?s report. . ! have the honor to be, with respect your. obedient, servant,, V . J; H. DENT. Bon. Wm. Jones. The following account of the 'Ma or Whirlwind, by which the DT ki. ovuyuuci jiugvior was upset aaa sunk, are exiracted from a letter dated at Beaufort on the 2d inst '1 . , Georgetown (JS. C.J Cb ' " The Tornado came froin,tfce Westward the wind had .been blading all day froa the S. B. with more rain than; I ever saw&fl in one day and waa blpwHlfroin thatpt ter when the Tornado came up such ru its violence that thousands of trees on Pjw'i Island were, torn off and parried in the air like feathers Mr, Habershams crop is A most:annihilated yit did nit touch Captain Cartwright9 nor MrMeans. Tbe vein ni not above 00 .yards wide. It ! bkw Am .Mr.-Benjamin '.Jenkins' kitchen,; biit didwi touch his house. When -Lieutti Basiett, 4 tfie Ain4tr? aw it 4pproacliinp his vew, he ordered tne cable to be cuf, And shf tu put before it, under the head of the iik for the purpose of rilnmrig her on shore. Tie first gust passed over her, bat nearly. tins ped her decks U moderitedyi anitBeoff cers iaid, )t is over, you, had bettenot put her ashore," Lieut J Bassett tUta-onto ed the helm dorn, and Srought bit up with tis other anchor in aboiit five minutes nother gust came i ' lie "cut the ; other cable, nd pu her again befbtfe it, but it wa jess, tnwjno Die w rroni no direct quarts it wniriea tne scnooner round like atop; at filled and sunk; with ber head to the east- ward; where she now lies, with about 13 &et water "pn her' deck, at loir tidcf fi nrsi o pareu cuuer was 1 1 ilea overoy-w wind from onfe side to the other, MdkU moner the men; bv which it is Hi boused Byv were killed. J!n!idshiprnanlirsisfor3anii svuersuu were- caugui unaer ner. wc Bassett, with 11 mcrt stuck w the head of tfc mastv the sea breaking over hehi coniiniuJlJ j H-three wara to the. shore, oiseot tactD, , jnr. cuas oauus, actinir xVljdsnipman, m resetted it entangled id &bou 33 lbs of root, ucktij- cAuausieiiroaung in were, saved 25 men perished Lieut. E reached the shorilirr only his shirt and pt . ' . afar -v . .. i .U taioons, nay mg thrown utf his other ckw while on the wreck. It is sdppdsetl tMtta Aiugator may be got up with the assm of two other vessels' her sails and W have been saved.4 Americans I "Tis donei thef gony is over The long susptfl m ijyhich the roiod of real Aincucp has becnqeld fo aconsiderabicU3A respecrihgeEssei . frigate, length relte veuSu the; arrival of valiant Porter nH' hVo Krave oWl and crew. Whn Fab mJrvvt6 0Q" y . X ft the most desberate conflicts annali of navat history eve? bJj ever will record. The Part,5 will be seet in the. official which hd doubt t will be publish vj the Secretary rf K Mautf. It really pleasing to see the ioV animated the Ameiuc ah cin?1 Nw York -when the hero terry stairs, wrtere nc :V"rr ? t ed with six hearty, cheers. A'ry entered bis ferriage the ! hptse1 immediately ubarnessedand w5 draWn tp bis lodgings in Gr8? street by h'rs (ellow-eitixcDSi ZD the acciamatdns of a large cooJ oiapectatori. This is tne -(

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