Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
August 20, 1813
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VOL. 1. WASHINGTON CITY, i PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum PAID IN ADVANCE. No subscription will be taken for less than twelve months. All letters to the Editors must be post paid. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL UGO T Sno E S T ORE. THE SUBSCRIBER, NEARLY opposite the Indian Queen Tav ern, Pennsylvania avenue, has just re ceived, in addition to his former stock, a su perb assortment of Ladies’ Gold and Silver SLIPPERS and SANDALS; Ladies’ Kid and Morocco Russian and Grecian SANDALS; La dies’ P.ain and Pointed SLIPPERS; Ladies’ BOOTS and Walking SHOES—IOOO pairs, va rious qualities, from 75 cents to 1 doll, and 5C cents per pair; 400 pairs Misses’ and Chib drpn’s Leather and Morocco SHOES Gentle men’s Fair-topped, Cossack Laced 800 I S, best quality; do. Madison SHOES; lOOpair Gentlemen’s elegant Morocco SHOES and PUMPS; 200 pair do. do. Leather ,do. fee. On Hand, g very large and general assortment of PA PER HANGINGS, which he will at all times engage to have put up for customers in the best manner, and at the shortest notice. Per sons buying to sell again, in either of the above lines, will have a liberal discount made. A. COYLE. June 14—ts. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER SHIP. ff' HE co-partnership heretofore existing un- A der the firm ‘of M’KENNEY ts OS BORNE, Is dissolved by the mutual consent of Hie parties. It is earnestly desired, that all persons indebted to the said concern make im mediate payment to Thomas L- M’Kenney. T>OS. L M’KENNEY, SAwfi. G. OSBORNE. THOS. L. M’KENNEY, Respectfully informs the public, and espe cially that portion of it who have heretofore been served by the iate firm, that he will short.y remove to the premises in the occupa tion of Col John Cox, the 2d door below tli^ Union Bank; and having jitirchased part of his slock of goods, and retained all that of the late concern, the junction of the two stocks will constitute a first rate assortment which, from his intention to sell at small profits, he hopes to make subservient to the interest ol customers. Georgetown, June 12- —ts. NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That application wifi be made for the renew al of certificates, No. 98 and 99, WOO dollars each L uisiana 6 per cent, stock standing in the name of Francis Baring Co. of London, merchants, and Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, merchants, on the books of the freasury and stated to be lost. JAMES DAVIDSON. July 28—eo6w LOOK HERE! DESERTED on the Ist of August, instant, on the inarch from fort Warburton to Queen Ann’s, Prince Georges county, Maryland, EPHRAIM M‘LAUGHLIN, about five feet six or seven inches high, black hair, bine eyes and dark complexion, about 27 or 28 years of age, very subject to drink and fond of playing the fiddle; he was emiisted in Surry county, N. C. near the mountain. It is supposed he will aim for that part of the country. Deserted from camp near Queen Anns, on the morning of the third of the same month, MATTHEW CHILDRESS JAMES CALSON. Childress is about 40 years of age, though he locks much younger, fair complexion, dark hair and black eyes; had on when he went away a soldiers sbmt coat, overalls, and white fur hat; his family lives in Surry county, N. C. or Pa. trick county, Va. near the mountain; the con jecture is, that he will pass by home, take his family and go to the western country. Colson was enlisted in Buckingham, N. C. or Pittsyl vania county, Y a he’ s about six feet high, fair complexion light hair and grey eyes, had on when he went oil a mew black fur hat and sol diers clothes. TEN DOLLARS reward will be given for the apprehension and securing of each of the above mentioned deserters; every friend of his coun try is earnestly solicited to lend their attention to the detection of the deserters. I trust that all printers in the U. States will give the above a place in their paper. G. CLOUD, Captain, 10th U. S. Infantry. August 10 THIS DAY PUBLISHED By JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller Georgetown, The Ist fr. 2d Volumes of the WORKS CORNELIU^ TACITUS: WITH AN ESSAY ON HSS LIFE AND GENIUS, NOTES, SUPPLEMENTS, &c. By Arthur Murphy, Esq. First American, from the London ’Edition, with the author’s last corrections In Six Volumes—P-ice to subscribers $2 50 per volume. Subscriptions received by Joseph Mil ligan, Georgetown, Wm. Cooper, R. C. Weightman and Bangel Rapine, Washington. February 18— NARRATIVE Respecting the conduct of the British from their first landing on Spesutia Island, till their progress to Havre de-grace, with e very mate rial circumstance relative thereto, upon the correct testimony of respectable characters, who passed through all the trying scenes. To gether with the names of sufferers, and the amount of property supposed to be lost by each individual. Including also their visit to the Elk and Sassafras, with authentic documents collected in these pl ices. By a Citizen of Havre-de-grace. Price Twenty-Five Cents. Just received and for sale by J. Milligan and Co. Booksellers, Georgetown Columbia. Daily National Intelligencer. Just received AT DU PORT'S SNUFF STORE, Bridge street, near the Union Tavern, George town, (from New-York) Afresh supply of different kinds of CHEWING TOBACCO, MADISONS FIFE ROLL TWIST, Also, Lorillard’s Maccauba, Lancaster Rappee, Virginia do. j>SNLTFF. Prevost Maccauba, Hardam’s No. 9. J A few dozen half and quarter boxes of REAL SPANISH SEGARS. June I—ts BOARDING AND LODGING. WANTED, boarding and lodging for a gen tleman and lady, in a genteel private family, where there will be no other boarders. A pri vate sitting room will be required, if convenient. Enquire of Dr. Cutbush, at Mrs. Wadsworth’s, Capitol Hill. August 10. THE Superintending Committee of the Eas tern School, having made arrangements for the education of the poor children in the 3d and 4th Wards application may be made to Dr. Hunter, Samuel N. Smallwood Esq. or Dr. McWilliams, the Superinterding Committee, or to the Vice-President of the Board of Trus tees. E B. CALDWELL, V. P. August 18— To be sold at Public Vendue, on Monday the 13th of September, at Paulus’ Hook, op pcsite New-York, a number of the first rate full-blood Merino Ewes and Rams, viz about 120 Ewes and 20 Rams. These sheep are part of the Clermont Flock, the celebrity of which renders any recommendation unnecessary They will be sold in lots to suit the purchasers and the terms made known on the day of sale. Any farther information may be had in the mean time by applying to Mr. Seton, Auc tioneer, New-York. Clermont, August 17. 2w. On Monda 23d inst. at 11 o’clock, in the forenoon, will be sold at the three story house adjoining she residence of John C. Brush (Pennsylvania Avenue, near ’.he Centre Mar kel) various articles of j usehold and kitch en furniture, amongst which will be beds and bedsteads, carp ts, dining, card and dressing tables, sideboards, cba rs, settees, looking, glasses and paintings; also, an excellent milch cow. N. B. To be let, the abovementioned three story house, and pesscssion given the first of next month. For terms apply to the subscri ber. J. C. B. August 17 6t. THE Subscriber has for sale a small tract of Land containing two hundred acres, or thereabout, lying in Montgomery County, Ma ryland, on the great road, leading from the mouth of Monocacy to the city of Washing ton, two miles below Mr. William Darnes, se ven miles from Montgomery Court House, and wenty one or two miles from George Town. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as those inclined, to purchase will first view the premises, and by applying to Mr. Henry Jones, living thereon, will shew the land and make known the terms, or to the subscriber in Georgetown, D. C. June 23—tS. BENJ. W. JONES. FOR SALE, A Valuable young House Maid. She is an excellent seamstress, and a good plain cock. Enquire at this office. August 17 —if SMITH’S ORATION. Just Published, an Oration pronounced by Samuel 11. Smith, Esq.m the City of Washing ton, on Monday sth July, 1813; by request of a general meeting of the citizens, and published at the desire of the Committee of Arrangement, PRICE 25 Cents. Fol’ Sale by J. MILLIGAN, and Co. Georgetown, A.ug. 4. SMITH’S ORATION. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED FOR SALE, BY R. C. WEIGHTMAN, AN ORATION, Pronounced by SAMUEL 11. SMITH, Esq. in the city of Washington, on Monday, the fifth of July, 1813, by request of a general meeting of the citizens, and published at the desire of the Committee of Arrangement. Price 25 cts. August 2 if-3t. INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION, AND HINTS OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY, Addressed to Mothers; with an APPENDIX, Containing an Essay on the Instruction of the Poor. Two volumes in one. By Mrs. Grant. Pries Eighty-seven and a Half Cents. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milli GAN, Bnokseller, Georgetown April 6— Have just received and offer for sale 32 tons of assorted Pennsylvania IRON 697 bushels OATS 62 barrels family FLOL T R Georgetown, JuAy 24 3w TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS CONTAINING A Description of the Picturesque Scenery on some of the Rivers and Lakes—with an Account of the Productions, Commerce and Inhabitants of those Provinces. By George Heriot, Esq. Deputy Post-Master-General, of British North America. Price one dollar in boards. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milli gan, bookseller, Georgetown, (Col.) NOTICE. MERINO SHEEP. PUBLIC SALE. N. L. QUEEN, Auct. LAND FOR SALE. SKETCHES OF RICHARD PARROTT Sc Co. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1813. SOLD AT THE PATENT DRUG AND ME DICINE STORE OF DAVID OTT CO. APPROVED GENUINE FAMILY MEDICINES, Which are celebrated for the cure of nriost dis eases to which the human body is liable, PREPARED Only by the sole Proprietor, T. W. DYOTT, M. D. grandson of the late celebrated Dr. Robertson, of Edinburg. Sold wholesale and retail, in Philadelphia only, at his Family Medigine Warehouse, N. E. corner of Race and N. 2d streets. 'Dr. ROBERTSON’S CELEBRATED STOM ACHIC ELIXIR OF HEALTH, CPrice §1 and 50 centsJ One of the most efficacious Medicines ever offered to the public, for the speedy relief and cure of obstinate coughs, colds, consumptions the whooping cough, asthmss, pains and wind in the stomach, removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the stomach, dysenteries, cholera morbus, severe gripings, the summer bowel complaint in children, fee. Dr. ROBERTSON’S VEGETABLE NERVOUS CORDIAL; Or, Nature’s Grand Restorative, (Price ^1 and 50 cents) confidently recommended as the most ef ficacious medicine for the speedy relief and cure of all nervous complaints, attended with inward weakness, depression of the spirits, head-ache, tremor, faintness, hysteric fits, de bility, seminal weakness, gleets, and various complaints resulting from secret impropriety of youth and dissipated habits, resilience in warm climates, the immoderate use of tea, the unskilful or excessive use of mercury, so often destructive to the human frame, diseases pecu liar to females at a certain period of life, Fluor AI bus, barrenness, &c. Dr. ROBERTSON’S CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS; f Price two Dollars J A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheu matism, lumbago, stone and gravel, swelling and weakness of the joints, sprains, bruises, and all kinds of green wounds—the cramp, pains in the head, face and body, stiffness in the neck, chilblains, frozen limbs, Ac. Dr. ROBERTSON’S PATENT STOMACHIC BITTERS, CPrice one Dollar J Which are celebrated for strengthening weak stomachs, increasing the appetite, and a certain preventative and cure for the fever and ague, Ac. Dr. ROBERTSON’S INFALLIBLE WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES; A medicine highly necessary to be kept in all families—price 50 cents. Though numberless medicines are extolled for expelling and killing worms, none are equal in efficacy t* Dr. Robertson’s Worm-Destroy ing Lozenges—they are mild in their opera tion, and may be given ta the youngest infant with safety. Dr. DYOTT’s ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers. Price 25 cents—large boxes 50 cents. These pills, if timely administered, will re move the causes which commonly produce the yellow fever, bilious fevers, ague and fever, cholic, pains, flatulencies, indigestions, costive ness, hj puchondriac and hysteric complaints, stranguary, gravel, rheumatism and ^ut. Dr. DYOTT’s PATENT H Cp OINTMENT, For pleasantness, safety, expedition, ease and certainty, is infinitely superior to any other medicine for the cure of that most disagreea ble and tormenting disorder, the Itch. Price 53 cents per box. Dr. DYOTT’s INFALLIBLE TOOTH-ACHE DROPS. ("Price 50 Cents.J CIRCASSIAN EYE.WATER, Celebrated for curing most disorders of the eyes. Price 50 cents. Dr. TISSOTT’s CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS. C Price ^2.J THE VEGETABLE BALM OF LIFE. fPrice gI.J THE BALM OF IBERIA Extracted from an Iberian plant,'for curing defects of the skin, and improving the com plexion, &c. Price §2. THE RESTORATIVE DENTRIFICE, For cleaning, whitening and preserving the teeth and gums. Price 50 cents per box Since the above invaluable medicines were first discovered, upwards of seven hundred thousand persons have experienced their happy and salutary effects, many of whom from the lowest stage of their disorders. ff Take notice, that each and all the above genuine Medicines are signed on the outside covers with the signature of the sole proprie tor. T. W. DYOTT, M. D. ff Persons desirous of consulting Dr. Dy ott, may, by applying as above, obtain his ad vice gratis. A iresh supply of the above Medicines just received, and for sale, by DAVID OTT CO. Washington—and Dr. NINIAN MAGRUDER, Georgetown. Where pamphlets containing certificates of cures, fee. may be had gratis. February 11. 100 DOLLARS REWARD. Eloped from Fairfield, in the county of Fre derick and commonwealth of Virginia, on or about the 7th day of March last, a negro slave named ANTHONY, the property of the late William B. Page deceased. Anthony is about 5 feet 9 inches in height, of a substantial form, a light yellow complection, and rather of an effeminate voice. He is about 28 years of age, was brought up a house servant and has been accustomed to that course of employment all his life. He is a slave of great capacity and considerable ingenuity—he reads—he plays the fiddle—and possesses a great mechanical turn —he can do rough carpenters’ work and make combs The above reward will be given if Anthony should be apprehended at the dis tance of 100 miles from Fairfield, and brought to the subscribers living in Alexandria. But if apprehended at the distance of less than 100 miles. Fifty Dollars will be given if he is se cured in gaol, and notice given to the sub scribers. THOMAS SWANN, EDMOND I. LEE, Admrs. of Wm. B. Page, dec'd. 70 DOLLARS REWARD. DESERTED, on the march from Fort Wash ington to Annapolis, on or about the 3d of August, the following privates in the fifth regiment of the United States Infantry. ALEXANDER EATON, aged 18 year 5 feet 6 inches high, dark complexion, dark hair and dark eyes by profession a laborer; was born in Loudon county, Virginia. GEORGE GREEN, aged 18 years, 5 feet 7 1-2 inches high, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, and by profession a wheel wright was born in Prince Willi-m, Va. WILLJAM DUDLEY, aged 35 years, 5 feet 9 inches high, light hair, fair complexion, hazle eyes, and by profession a sailor was born in Currituck County, North Carolina. JAMES WHALING, aged twenty years, five feet one inch high, hazle eyes, black hair, fair complexion, and by profession a sailor was born in Ireland. BENJAMIN GRUM, aged 16 years, five feet 2 inches high, dark hair and eyes, light complexion, was born in the county of Adams, s tate so f M ary la nd. MANUEL TILLMAN, aged 27 years, six feet high, hazle eyes, sandy hair and ruddy complexion, was born in Burke county, state of Pennsylvania. WILEY MEGGS, aged 27 years, five feet eight inches high, blue eyes, dark hair, sal low complexion, and by profession a former was born in Norfolk county, Virginia. The above reward with all reasonable ex peaces, will be given to any person or persons who wdl apprehend and secure in any jail, or deliver to any officer in the army of the U. States, the said deserters, or ten dollars, with all reasonable expenses, for either of them. GEORGE M. BROOKE, Captain sth reg. U. S. Infantry. August 13 3w JUST RECEIVED, And now selling by Joseph Milligan (Price gl) An accurate and interesting Account of the HARDSHIPS AND SUFFERINGS of that BAND OF HEROES, who traversed the Wilderness in the CAMPAIGN AGAINST QUEBEC, In 1775. By JOHN JOSEPH HENRY, Esq,. Late President of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Anril 9—— VIEW OF THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE. Just published and for sale, At the Bookstore and Lottery Office, four doors west of the Union Bank, A NORTH VIEW OF THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE. Neatly executed in aqua-tinta—Price 50 cents Also a representation of th-s engagement between the frigates Constitution and Guer riere—Price plain g 1 Colored 1 50 MILITARY MUSIC. Wanted for the second regiment of the first Columbian brigade, 10 or 12 boys or ybuug men to be bound, for the purpose of b^ing in structed in the different branches of military music, and of serving as musicians when they may have acquired sufficient knowledge, to the several companies and battalions of the said regiment, The law of Congress exempts the father of any youth who may be so bound, otherwise subject to be enrolled, from all duty in the militia, so long as his son may continue to serve, as well during his apprenticeship as thereafter, and moreover iprovides that the several youths who may be bound, shall be 1 clothed and maintained at the expense of the regiment Application may be made to the subscriber by parents who are desirous of binding their sons for the purpose, and on the terms above mentioned. WM. BRENT, Col. commanding 2d regt. Ist. Coin, brigade. Washington, July 30—eo3w All LIT ARY ROOKS. R. C. WEIGHTMAN has received a few copies of DUANE’S HAND-BOOK FOR INFANTRY, Third Edition. Adjutant General's Office (t Washington City, 19th March, 1813. “GEFERAL ORDERS. The f Hand-Hook for Infantry,’ compiled and published by Wm. Duane, of Philadelphia, “will be received and observed as the system of Infantry Discipline for the Army of the United States. By order of the Secretary at War, T. II CUSHING, Adj. Gen." Also, Duane s Hand-Book for Riflemen, 2d edition. Military Library. Military Dictionary. A Memoir op the organization of the general staff of the U. States’ military power, &c. May 26 R O K E B Y, A POKJI IN SIX CANTOS. By Walter Scott, Esq. Price One Dollar. Just received and for sale by Joseph Milli gan- Bookseller, Georgetown, April 5 HALL’s DISTILLER, Adapted to the use of Farmers, as well as Distillers—§2. MACOMB ON COURTS MARTIAL—3 50. For sale by R. C. WEIGHTMAN. August 11—St. WANTED TO HIRE, A GOOD FEMALE SERVANT. Enquire at this Office. June 29 NO j IGE The superintending omni t ee of thr Beard of Trustees, for the Eastern mhom in ihe city oi W ashing 1 on, w. receive proposals for the use of the Eastern School House, from any person disposed to open a good classical school in that part of the city The school house may be had free of rent, bu> the school to be subject to the control of the board of Trustees. A. Hunter, T Superintend -6b N. Smallwood t mg commit- A. M’ Williams j tee. Aug. 17 QUILLS. 10,000 Hambu g Quills, of a ve y Su perior Quah y, for sale by J USE PH MILLIGAN, Co. Booksellers, Georgetown, D. C. Junc 23 THE YOUNG MOTHER, OR ALBINIA: A Novel— Price one Dollar. ALSO, REJECTED ADDRESSES, OR THE NEW THEATRUM POETARUM■ Price 62 1-2 cents, Just received and for sale by Joseph Milligan Bookseller, George town. March 19. loo DOZEN D O URLE-RLA DED PEN- KNIVES. Apply to Joseph Milligan, Bookseller, Georgetown, who has on hand a targe and general assortment of P- nkmves, of a superi or quality, which he wiil dispose of whoiesaU or retail. March lo NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN, That a petition will be prefer eu to foe next General Assembly, for a law to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from Ed ward H. Calvert’s old /mil to the Easurri Branch Bnuge, of which all persons interest ed are requested to take notice August 13 PUBLIC AUCTION. To be sold at public vendue, on Friday the 20th instant, at the Navy Yard Hid, next door to Mr. Adam Linsey’s, all the Household and Kitcken Furniture consisting of Tables, Chairs^ Beds, Bedsteads, Blankets and a variety of articles too numerous to ment ion. ALSO, A very good assortment cf Joiners’ tools. Sale to commence al 11 o’clock NICHOLAS L QUEEN, Auct August 18—3 t. AX EXCELLE N T ^STAND, TO LET. The House and Lot now occupied by Mr. R C. Weightman, is for rent. It is perhaps the best stand in the city for business The annual rent it g3OO. Possession may be had on or before th first day of November next. Application may be made to Mr. Weightmam on the prem ses. August 13. A CARRIAGE FOUR HORSES. I will sell a carriage and four horses, toge ther, ^or cepaiate, as it may suit. Any person wishing to buy, will p ease to make applica tion to MARY STSTTINIUS,’ Administratrix of Sami. Ste.tinius, dec. August 13 WASHINGTON’S VALEDICTORY. JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Co. Haye just received General Washington’s A aledictorv Address in a small volume, with a Vignette and an engraved portrait of the Gen eral, price 75 cents. ALSO, THE AMERICAN LA WJO URNAL No. 2 Dy John E. Hall, Esq. August 13 A PARROT LOSE A Pa rot flew away from h.-, neighborhood of the Presidents squar. on Wc-di’esda'. even ing about dusk. Whoever sha<; find he same and will bring it to the doorkeeper of he Pre sident s House, sha i receive a reward of two dollars. ni 13 3. ~WOODFALL’S JUNIUS. Just received and for sale btj Joseph Milligan, High.~street, George town, JUNIUS, Including letters by the same writer, under 0^ ther signatures (now fir«t collected) to which is added his Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters to Mr. H. S. WOODFALL; with a preliminary essay, notes, sac-similes, &c. Two vol. 8 vo—price 5g Also—Volume sth, BURKE’S WORKS. 8 vo.—price §2 75 CHRISTIAN MORALS, By Hannah More—l2mo. price gl July 24 REEVES’ COLORS. JOSEPH MILLIGAN Hao just received a few boxes of Reeve’s WATER COLOURS, Crayons, Lead, Sabie, and Camel’s Hair Pencils Port Crayons and Drawing Paper. Georgetown, Jan. 14. Just received and for sale by J. Milli gan cF Co. Booksellers, Georgetown, A TREATISE CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, And of the wonderful things therein, as heard and seen by the hon. and learned Emanuel Swedenborg, of the Senatorial Order of Nobles in the kingdom of Sweden. “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear and he that hath eyes to see, let him see." Price two dollars and fifty cents. Georgetown, July 7—— NO. 98
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sfk XXX^fe^ ^pfc WASHINGTON CITY FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. Cofiy of a letter from the British Gen. Proctor, to Gen. Harrison. Amherstburg, August 7tb, 1813. The bcarer, Lieutenant I e Breton in the service of his Britannic Majesty, I gend under a flag of truce, with surgi cal aid, of which you may not have a sufficiency, for the brave soldiers who were too severely wounded to come off', or who may have lost their way after the unsuccessful attack made on the 2d inst. on the Fort at Sandusky. Expecting every consideration from the brave soldier for a wounded enemy, I flatter myself that those prisoners in your possession and who cun be remov ed without injury, will be permitted to return here on my parole of honor, that they shall not serve until truly and re gularly exchanged. I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient and humble servant, HENRY PROCTOR. /The Officer commanding the Fort at Sandusky. gen. Harrison’s reply. Head-Quarters, Bth Military District of the U. States, August 10,1813. Your letter addressed to the officer commanding at Lower Sandusky, was forwarded from thence to me, and re ceived this moment. Upon my arrival at Fort Sandusky on the morning of the 3d inst. I found that Major Croghan, conformably to those principles which are held sacred^in the American army, had caused all the care to be taken of the wounded prisoners that his situation would permit. Having with me my hospital Surgeon, he was particularly charged to attend to them, and I am warranted in the belief that every aid that surgical skill could give was af forded. They have been liberally fur nished too with every article necessary in their situation which our hospital stores could supply. Having referred to my government for orders respecting the disposition of the prisoners, I cannot with propriety comply with your request for an imme diate exchange. But I assure you, sir, that as far as it depends upon me, the course of treat ment which has been commenced to wards them, whilst in my possession will be continued. I have the honor to be, sir, your hum ble servant, Wm. HENRY HARRISON, Major General Commanding Bth U. States Military District. Brig. Gen. Proctor, commanding the British forces at Amherstburg, &c. The above letters exhibit in a strong light the contrast between the dastard ly and ferocious conduct of the British and their savage allies, and that of our citizens who have the honor to bear arms in support of their country’s rights, where the fortune of war has declared in favor of the one or the o ther. Long may a contrast, so glorious to our cause, continue to exist I Portland, Mass. Aug. 12. Peace Party" again.—On Satur day last, the boat Swiftsure commission ed as a privateer, from Salem, arrived here. Either from the tender feelings towards the enemy, or from a wish sir J. Sherbroke might be convinced of their contempt of government, several of the Brit, party collected at the wharf, ^nd gave the insulting epithets ®f‘rod bers, pirates, and Turks’ to the priva teersmen—and one, a little more eleva ted, (but not in the manner he deserved) advised them to haul her into Salem turnpike, where booty would be more accessible,” &c. It however gives us pleasure in being informed that the ci tizens present were principally disgust ed with this scandalous attempt of a few lories at the subversion of authority —and had they not taken themselves peaceably up the wharf, it is probable that they would have dearly paid for their temerity. The jlnti- Washingtoniam in Boston, it appears, are pressing their schemes of disunion, in a private manner, under new pretences. A pamphlet, it seems, is circulating ,called Some thoughte on a separation of the original Thirteen United States from Louisana and the western country.” Will they allow, in addition to the Thirteen States,' those admitted with the approbation ©f Geo. Washington, John Adams, a Federal Senate and a Federal House of Repre sentatives We should like some thoughts” on this subject. Or let them entitle their book some thoughts on Massachusetts and Connecticut sepa rating from Louisiana and the western country,” THOM THE BOSTON PATRIOT. MR. INGERSOLL’S LETTER ON FOREIGN INFLUENCE. There is no subject that is a more common'topic of discussion, and at the same time is less understood, than that of Foreign Influence on our political parties. The conduct of our public men has been watched with the most scruti nizing suspicion, for some proof of un due partialities and corrupt bias, while the true theatre of its operations is scarcely thought of. The words of the President’s messages, and the phrases of our diplomatic agents are weighed with the most anxious scrupulosity the sen tences are turned again and again, ex amined with microscopic jealousy, while our mercantile connections, our sea ports deluged with foreigners,our shops crowded with transatlantic goods, our counting rooms filled to saturation with debts to foreign traders, arc kept in the back ground of the controversy, and elude our suspicions. But we may appeal to the plain good sense of the community, and ask whether it is at all incredible that a Boston mer chant, who has taken goods on credit to the amount of thousands of a British ca pitalist, and who wishes for his thou sands, in addition to what he already has, who acts in fact as an agent of a foreign house, should consult in his politics the views of his principal or that his prin cipal should intimate what would best comport with his wishes and interests A trader steeped to the eyes in debt, and living on credit, is not the man who is most likely to act independently of a foreign bias; and his patron, an over grown capitalist, conscious that he is affording to him the means of subsis tence, will not be long in checking a spirit of independence in an agent who adopts political principles that may be hostile to his interest or prejudices. In estimating the character of our political parties, every such factor of a London or Liverpool merchant may be consider ed as a subsidized ally of the British na tion. In adopting his political creed, he looks not to the honor or interest of his country, but to the wishes of his patron. And yet you will see these se cond-hand traders strutting about with all the swelling importance of import ing merchants, and uttering, with not a little self-complacency, their sesquipe dalia verba on French influence, the cor ruption of our rulers, with all the com mon places of the pensioned factionists, while you have only to open their books to shew that they have sold their own li berty to some manufacturing capitalist of Birmingham or Manchester. Identities of language, and similarity of laws, customs and habits of life, are other still more fruitful sources of so reign influence. A Frenchman who comes among us, is immediately recog nized as a foreigner, and watched with the jealousy and antipathy that are na turally borne to foreigners. ?,.fter years of residence among us, his speech still detects his Gallic origin. No sooner does an Englishman land on our shores, and mix with the mass of the people, than it is forgotten that he is a subject of his Royal Highness the Prince Re gent. He is at once matriculated, and enters on the enjoyment of all the im munities of a native of the soil. He in trigues with our citizens in populous towns, meets us at the polls in our elections, fills the columns of our news papers with scurrilous and acrimonious paragraphs agsinstour government, and open defences of our enemy, with little comparative danger of detection. The virulent and outrageous attacks on Pre sident Adams, in a prostituted press of Philadelphia, during the latter part of his administration, were traced to an ac credited agent of the British govern ment. But there was r.othing in the style that could designate him for an Englishman. A Frenchman cannot write a paragraph, but his foreign idiom is immediately detected. The celebrated William Cobbett, so notorious under the appellation of Peter Porcupine, who has acknowleged that he was sent into this country to defend British interests, and uphold British in fluence, long published a journal for that purpose. Our language was his verna cular tongue; and no traces of a transat lantic fiend were to be found in his style. A Frenchman could not have published a single sheet before the cloven foot of a foreigner would have appeared in his Gallic idioms. But I find myself insensibly running into a dissertation on the subject, when it was my intention merely to recom mend to the attention of th'c public one, and one with infinitely more power than any thing I can produce. Mr. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, in a let ter to his constituents, has developed the subject with the hand of a master. He has thrown upon it so strong and steady a light, that the most incredu lous will be staggered in their scepti cism. At the same time he has treated it with so much candor and fairness, that even bigotry itself will be obliged to yield a reluctant assent to the correct ness of his facts and the justness of his inferences. Something of this kind, in popular form, and in considerable detail, has long been wanted and now that we have it from the hand of a philosophic politician, who seems to have read men through the medium of business, as well is books, it is to be hoped that the letter of Mr. Ingersoll will be widely circulat ed and extensively read. It cannot but have the best effect in enlightening without exasperating the public mind. It brings home to the bosoms of men a variety of important truths that have flowed indistinctly in their minds, and whose application to the subject of so reign partialities has been the theme of less speculation than their importance merits. Besides the enlightened and liberal views of the subject, there is another feature of the letter, that peculiarly adapts it to the sober sense and discri minating minds of the New-England yeomanry; its entire freedom from pas sion and any savor of malignity against his political opponents, or even against Britain herself, from which the author thinks we have received so many inju ries, and whence he thinks we have so many more to apprehend. AN AMERICAN. PICTURE OF ENGLAND. [From a London Pafier of June 16/Zt."] Ovid, when he entered upon his im portant work, as other great poets have done and do, invoked the inspiration of the gods to the due achievement of his enterprise. We never so much wished for the aid of supernatural power as at this instant, to arouse the people of Britain to a sense of their danger, and to arouse them to an adequate exertion for the averting it. It is imminent; it is increasing. The silly part of the community (by far, very far the most numerous) are unapprehensive of it They will not apprehend it; nay, they will scarcely bear to be told of it. While they behold the trains of gaudy carriagesand caparisoned horses parad ing the different avenues of the Park every Sunday and read that the Prince Regent gives frequent sumptuous par ties at Carlton house, which cost or ra ther waste fifty or a hundred thousand pounds each, it is natural for the un thinking to exclaim—How then are we ruined If we could have patience enough to reason with fools, or to hold up a picture to the eyes of those who are wilfully blind, we could answer the question by saying, that more than one train has (whether by wicked or by weak hands is the same in effect) been laid for our almost inevitable ruin. The war, with its attendant consump tion of blood and treasure, carries with it fatality enough to draw an empire more strong than Rome ever was, to the verge of destruction this is not all—a state possessing a reputation for honor and integrity, and setting to the people prevailing examples of morality, may rihgt Itself like a ship of sound tim bers and immoveable ballast, at the ve ry moment the elements appear com bined to sink it in the deep abyss So might it have been with unhappy, with abused England,if her present presump tuous and infatuated ministers, who vain-gloriously boasted of treading in the rash steps of their late model, Mr. Pitt, had but preserved and cherished the reputation of their country while they were squandering her resources, there would have been something for its craving bowels to feed on while all all other nourishment should be denied it. But this is gone 1 Her pride, her just pride is no longer upheld It were less calamitous that the union jacks of our men of war should continue to be pulled down in our renewed com bats with Acmric;. to the end of the chapter, rather than that our lowering claims for respect from foreign courts should be yielded up, by a departure from the obligations of her honesty and morality I What a falling off is here 1 America would not have fought against us, against her own blood as it were, but for our commission of these great crimes. The broken promises and renuncia tion of revered and commanding prin ciples in one high court—the allowed and sanctioned falsifications and per juries in another court, which ought to be higher than the former, as affect ing the inhabitants ofmany kingdoms— the heinous example set by a third, or rather a council, in the avowed robbery and spoliation of a kingdom, to gratify the cupidity of a plundering third par ty, is such a degradation to all concern ed in it, as in one short hour to destroy the accumulating renown of many ages. Nothing can expiate the offence, but an exemplary punishment of the off enders; if England can be wanting in this—it is lost without redemption. We- need scarcely observe, that these reflections are the consequence of the facts which press so indignantly upon our notice at this moment. For though we foresaw, as our readers can testify, that a treaty would be the consequence of a vigorous commencement of the campaign by the enemy, yet it is impossible to be unmov ed when the predicted event occurs, which adds so many national disgraces. That England should be making her self a principal here, and a principal there, scattering her millions among all the parties (for all have by turns had her money) and yet be surprised, as if waking from a dream, with second, third, aye, even fourth editions of a ser vile and (said to be) ministerial print, announcing an armistice between the parties, as if something tremendous had fallen from the Heavens, is wonder ful 1 The Ladrone islands are called a nation of thieves. We dread that henceforward the British Isles may be called ths nation of sots for can any thing be more sottish than our whole system of government taken together But the men who have been enriched by the war, and who are now gaming profit by this indication of peace, so un desired by Ministers, had not principle enough to consider what was to be the application of the money they lent: all was only what shall we get by it They did not lend tha last more freely for Bernadotte, than they would for the Dey of Tripoli. Indeed, as it will now be doubtful who will become candidates for our superfluous cash, we shall not be surprised if the emperor of Moroc co, and the Dey of Algiers, should be fixed on next for subsidizing. We will not, however, torment our readers by infusing into them all that astonishing regret, confusion and mor tification, we feel ourselves. We will refer them to the terms of the Armis lice, and resume the subject to-mor row, Suffice it to say that this treaty gives Bonaparte all he could,for shame desire and allows him to strengthen, by provisioning, ail his garrisons in the North, by which means he can direct what force he pleases towards the Pen insula, according to the time he pro poses the war there should last; for it is to us a moot point, whether he would, if he could, put an end to it this campaign. FEDERAL WIT. Original Anecdote —During the ill ness of the President, a gentleman at Washington observed to a member of Congress from Massachusetts that the President was very ill, that he had pu ked up something as black as a crow;” the gentleman from Massachusetts re plied that ha guessed it was his con science.” Boston Fed. flafler. DIED, Yesterday in this City, of a lingering disease, Mr. William Kean, in the 35th year of his age, a native of Moira, Ireland. In the strug gle which took place to render his native isle independent, he exposed himself to every pos sible risque. Uis friends and acquaintances are requested to attend his funeral from his late dwelling house near the General Post Of fice, this day at 3 o’clock P. M. WASHINGTON COUNTY, District cj Columbia. IN the case of Hanson Hedges, an insolvent debtor.cenfined in t he prisonof Washington coun ty for debt. Notice'is hereby given, to the credi tors of the sai l Hanson Hedges, that on the 13 h day ofSept. next,at 11 o’clock, A. M. in the court room, in the capitol, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled An act for the relief of insolvent debtors, within the District of Co lumbia,” will be administered to the said in solvent, and a trustee appointed unless cause to the contrary be then and there shewn. Ordered, That this notice be published in the National Intelligencer, three times previous to the said 30th instant. By order ol the honorable B. Thruston, Esq. assistant judge of the circuit court of the Unit ed States, for the District of Columbia. Test, WM. BRENT, Clerk. Aug- 20—3 t WASHINGTON THEATRE FOR THE BENE FIT OF MBS. MASON AMD MR. HARRIS. On Saturday Evening, August 21, Will be presented the celebrated Comedy in five acts, called the SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER. The EPILOGUE to be spoken by Mrs. Mason. To which will be added, Second Time, By Particular Desire) A favorite Comedy, in two acts, called THE CRITIC OR, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED. Written by R. B. Sheridan, Esq. To conclude -with An attack on Tilbury Fort, de struction of the Armada WILL BE SOLD AT AU CT IO Mi ON Thursday, the 26th inst. at 5 o’clock,?. M. at M’Leod’s Hotel, three valuable lots, viz. Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in square 378, near the Pennsylvania avenue Lot No. 23, in sq. 377, near the General Post- Office. These Lots front on 9th street, and will be sold for notes, with approved indorsers, at 3 and 6 months. JOSEPH FORREST, Auc’r, August 20—dts. NO TICE. THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber, of Washington city, hath obtained from the Or phans’ Court of Washington county, in the dis trict of Columbia, letters of administration on the personal estate of SAMUEL STETTI NIUS, late of said city, deceased. AU persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, on or before the 20th day of February next; they may other wise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. MARY STETTINIUS. August 11—2awlm FOR SALE, 8000 acres first rate Land, IN different Tracts, from 500 to 1000 acres each, lying on the Mississippi in the district of Baton Rouge, surveyed and patented in the years 1770 and 1772, and recorded in the name of the Subscriber. ALSO, 7000 acres in Randolph county, and 3000 acres in Harrison county, Virginia 300 acres in Kentucky For the above, property in this City will be taken m part payment; the residue in cash or rood bonds; Particular information may he obtained on application to the subscriber, by letter, the postage must be paid. OLIVER POLLOCK. Washington city, April 23—2awtf LATEST FROM THE PENINSULA. ^ew York, August 18. The ship Latona, Gale, from Cadiz, has been captured on Montaug Point and sent into St. Johns. Her letters and passengers have reached Portland. By this arrival the Editors of the Mercantile Advertiser have received, from a commercial friend, a Cadiz Ga zette Extraordinary of the 2d of July, which contains the result of a great vic tory obtained over the French army un der the command of King Joseph, by Jie allied army under Lord Wellington. The fallowing is a translation of the paper we have received:— CADIZ GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Detail of what was taken from the enemy by the allied army in the action of the 21st of the last month, in (he vi cinity of Victoria: 42 millions of Rials, 422 Carts, 44 Coaches, 3 millions of Cartridges, 2 do of Powder, 12,000 Muskets, 150 pieces of Artillery, 14,000 head of Cattle, 2 Generals, 500 Families, 3000 Prisoners, The. wife of Gazau 8c Bruner. The remainder of the enemy’s army has fled to Pampeluna, and the allied army in pursuit is already within ono league of that place, the Guerillas hav ing already entered the French territo ry- The enemy’s army consisted of from 60 to 70,000 men and, of all their ar tillery, they have only been able to save one howitzer or carronade. In the 44 coaches weni the intruding King with his train. He escaped on horseback, and is shut up in Pampelu na, whence he will not (as we believe) escape. In celebrating of so great a victory, they have ordered to be sung a solemn Te Deum, an offering of thanks to the all powerful sovereign of the world. Cadiz, July 2, 1813. [Translated for the A ew-York Evening Post J CADIZ, JULY 4. The Gazette Extraordinary of the Regency of the 2d, contains two ac counts from the Duke of Ciudad Rodri go, to the Secretary of War. In the first, dated at Saivatorra, 22d, states, a victory obtained on the preceding day over the grand army of the enemy, which he attacked and dislodged from all its posts, not without a considerable loss on his own part, obliging their ene my to retreat towards Pampluna, aban doning all his artillery except 2 pieces, and all his ammunition and baggage. His excellency praises the Spanish troops, making honorable mention of gens. Alava, O’Donojar and Wimpffen, brigadiers Morillo (who is wounded) and Lawler, and of col Longa. In the second account, dated the 24th, at Irus zun, he informs that he was continuing to pursue the enemy, whose rear guard entered on that day in Pampluna,with the greatest damage that was possible, con sidering the bad weather and the ex treme bad state of the roads, and taking from the enemy one of the two pieces which he remained in possession of; that gen. Clausel, who commands a part of the army of the North, and one di vision of the army of Portugal, ap proaching to Victoria on the 22d and being informed of the battle, retired to wards Tudela del Ebro that he (the Duke) had detached gen. Giron with the army of Gallicia in pursuit of the convoy which had left Victoria on the 20th, expecting that he would be able to come up with it before it arrived at Bayonne and finally that he thought it probable that the enemy would continue his retreat to France. These accounts arc accompanied by two statements, from the first of which it appears that the enemy lost in the action of the 21st 151 pieces of artillery. 415 ammuni tionchestsand 14,249 cartridges; on the same day the allied army lost 4647 men in killed, wounded and missing, in the following proportions: 3119 Eng lish, 990 Portuguese, and 538 Spani ards, together with 195 horses. Killed Ist Wounded. Officers. Soldiers. Horses. English 189 3119 194 Portuguese 59 990 1 Spaniards 15 538 263 4647 195 Taken by us. 151 brass pieces of artillery. 1,973,400 Cartridges. 40,668 lbs. of Powder. LOST On yesterday the 18th inst. between Mr. Long’s Tavern on Capitol Hill and Davis’s Tavern, Pennsylvania Avenue, three Deeds of Land—one of Thomas Drane, Jun.—one of Nathaniel Jones—and one of Jesse Willcoxer. As the papers can be of no manner of use to any person whatsoever, except the owner any reasonable compensation, if required, will be given to the finder by leaving them at Mr. Long’s Bar. WASHINGTON DRANE, August
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