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Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser 1807/07-1807/12 msa_sc3722_2_6_2-0083 Enlarge and print image (5M) |
| For the FFDERAL GAZETTE. the innocent and unsuspicious blacks^ «,*„ time of «r, . people, imploring th< •» «* | ticularly children) ~» pay be S0^> ' . . _ -i.....:.].<.'..„...o«.\,pci» ____•_ *„>!-,^ met bv front, .lotnev.'"' heaven in a just cause, should the-i.seives;be .!vr1.j.T.uot,3."' Mr. He-ires? fin the midst of uproar-, ah* the confamon ¦which commonly attends preparation for -war, the humane heart is not unfrec.uen.tly wounded by inferior distress. And at this moment, when every patriot is arming for battle, and the American pulse beats high for. vengeance on the disturbers of our re- pose—at this time, within the bosom of a principal city, Cannibals from the South, roam at midnight through the streets, de vouring those whom the misfortune of color renders las than human ! Sir, I attempt not to divert the public eye from the proper object f. my country- men are in laudable pursuit of a proper pur. pose ; and I am no Sempronius, that would mar the great design. But in the name of ' humanity, and for the cause of justice, I •would call on those who mix not in the war- like legions, assembling for a higher pur- pose ; on those guardians of the interior ; men, who are not unmindful of the anguish necessarily attendant upon the non-confor laity in practice to the popular sentiment __u A.JX men are created equal"—on such I call, with no faultering voice, to protect the w*-ak, to defend the helpless, and at least prevent further evi! than seems neces- saW in accordance with our present laws and manners. Sir, you must have seen in the Evening Post a (partial) statement,* of the villainy now practised by a " gang" of hardened -wretches, who appear to be employed for the purpose of stealing young negroes. Just Heaven.! is it not enough that the devoted sons of unhappy, bleeding Africa should be torn from their homes and con- nexions, to wear out in thankless and in- cessant toil their miserable existence, in a foreign and strange clime ? Must torture continue to be refined upon, until the sable tribe, goaded by Christian—no, by Barba rian man are worn out by suffering, and become txiiect ? Hippy indeed for man, were ill is practicable:! how much of sin then uncommitted; hotv much less punish- ment in store for successful crime ! In this city, where we justly boast of freedom and of ease, where the laborer re- ceives the full pay lor his diurnal toil, and asks no man in what manner shall I appro- priate this ? In this city, amongst the fore most on the list of American great towns as to wealth, population, rights, arid map;. nificejice ; where chinches abSund and reli- gion flourishes ; where the science of go- vernment is well understood, and civil pri- vileges firmly secured : here, amidst all this splendor and good fortune, is harbored a d..-n of thieves, compared to whom, the Li- on is docile, and the Leopard harmless ; compared to whom, Pestilence is pleasing, and Bellona inviting. Blood and carnage in the field is found, by being sought for ; pestilence and disease, the inevitable evils of our nature : But moral turpitude, fixed and incorrigible wickedness should ever en- title its possessor to universal detestation and contempt. What think j'ou of the man who prospers by robbing his neighbor of his gold ? How much more infamous the wretch, who steals the 'whole carcase of his fellow-man ! In what estimation would you hold that ruffian, who trained his children to the use of the stiletto ? How much more savage is he who harbors, nay, who, under the. abused privilege of an Inn keeper, es-, tablishes a house for the general rendezvous of the basest, the most inhuman of 'murder- ers ! Sin III point out the house in this city, the garret and back rooms of which ever re- sound with the groans, and -the stifled shrieks of its kidnapped, gagged inhabit- ants ! It is enough that I declare to this outraged city that such a monster keeps a tavern here. Let the inquirer walk up town, ask in the South-west corner of the ciry for. this abominable place, and not a fetl'ng neighbor", whose heart bleeds at wit Messing the barbarous practice, but will point to the Contaminated fabric ! Ask the black- smith, who was dtiped into forging many •a heavy collar and painful chain, for these Indians, and he will tell you with an aching In art, that he did indeed, unknowingly, further their iilfernal designs. Sir, it may be asked, why I do riot inter- fere in person. I answer by interrogatory : 'Why do not the competent authorities see to tin's crying evil ? Let not the citizens be. deceived- when "any one shall doubt these assertions. I am glad'lo find that others are acquainted with the existence of facts, to which I call the public attenlbn. There are beings in the city, whose design is to steal negroes, the property of others, and to Steal negroes Who are rightfully free. WARNING 1 * The following is the article refered to by our correspondent. Fro;:: the ' •vtnt'ng Post. LOOK TO THE VILLAINS! Citizens of Baltimore, there is now in this cilv a ganjj of kidnappers, who, under the ston tor tiie siillerer. wort' 5V lJfe*S nate as to'be met by them knowledge three attempts were made oa Tuesday evening, the 31st instant, between q and 9 o'clock; to steal many negro boys in one neighborhood in Old-Town; two ol these they endeavored to decoy by the offer of money, to go with them to a more private situation, where they could more safely « the force necessary to complete their villain- ous theft: In the other instance,, they had the. bold, atrocity to throw a #£»««*' the head of a negro boy (no doubt a. intention, of choakj,.,.- him into immediate silence, as it was in a thickly settled tiefgtt- borhood) and would no doubt have succeed- ed in entrapping him had he not averted his head at that moment and made his escape. It is, hoped that .our citizens generally, and our police particularly, will be watchful, and endavor to apprehend and bring to justice these base and cold blooded villains. COPENHAGEN-, May 12. There is a rumour her that the king1 oF S eeden, after leaving Stralsund will pro- ceed further ; and also that he is to have a conference with another monarch. Baron Toll, the governor of Schonen, is to accompany his majesty to Pomerania ; and baron Wrede is to succeed baron Arm- feldt in his command. It is added that some Russians were expected at Stralsund from Memel. Accounts fr-oni the Russian bead quarters of the 2d May mention, th.lt a heavy fall of. snow had again renderd the roads impas- sable. The duke de Bienne had left Sweden and gone to the inland of Rugen n here a select body of troops are to be raiser!. Trie Swedish war minister, baron Ce- derstrom, has arrived at Stralsund, where he is inspecting the cavalry and artillery. The king of Sweden was to leave Mal- moe yesterday to go to Stralsund. The roy- al family go to Stockholm.. The English ships' of war Raiileur and Benneth, are still lying in the sound, wait- ing for four other English ships, of war, then to proreed into the Baltic, probably to Dantzic. Tbey have no troops on board. It is reported- that they expect to be joined by some Swedish vessels. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE'. BANKS OF THE ELBE, May 16. " On Thursday marshal Brune left Ham- burg, and ft is believed that he will not soon return. The senate was about to hire for him a country house and garden not far from town, but the marshal intimated a de- sire that the contract should not be complet- ed. He is gone for the present to Sch\> erin, and he has not left behind him at Ham- burg more than two Dutch battalions. Brune will superintend the operations offen- sive and. defensive, which will be rriade during this summer on the coasts of the Baltic, in Mecklinbunr and Pomerania. The French are now (employed in fortifying Rostock ; and a large force is, unless reports are utterly false, to be collected upon the coasts of the Baltic. In the mean while the king of Sweden is said to have arrived at Stralsund with a part of the 6000 troops, succors, which the king of Prussia has found means to dispatch under Blucher and Tauenzien.. " It seems as if the allies mean to make a powerful diversi n in the rear of the grand armies : this is precisely the share in the common operations which public opini- on had assigned to your expedition ; & this, as far as unprofessional men may have an opinion, appears to he the most proper post for an English arm—Whether the. Prussi- ans are arrived at Stralsund, because your aid is expected, or because it is despaired of I know not. Opposite causes somestimes produce similar effects ; the event will speake for it;elf. " In the mean-while, it is said, that th ugh the siege of Dantzic is carried on with unremitting ardor, still negociations are on the carpet in East Prussia. Concern- ing the probable fate of Dantzic, opinions are very much divided : some maintain, the French assertion, that all communicati- ons cut eff between the fortress and the sea, is an idle gasconade ; that w ith the com- mand of the sea it is easy to second the par- rison in any sortie, and throw in supplies ; and that, with si.- strong a garrison, all at- tempts to storm the fortress can bring only destruction upon the assailants ; and the issue of the three-fold storm on the 29th fa- vors this opinion, ' Others, ho, ever, assert, that the French can so fortify the banks of the Vis- tula, and all the avenues to the town as to give their Works the strength of a fortifica- tion, which must itself be stormed before any relief can be afforded to the city j and this, no inferior force can attempt, " All general remarks, however, arc idle on a matter of mere local knowledge. The importance of Dantzic is so great, that there is no doubt equal force will be em- ployed in the attack and in the defence.— Nor are we to estimate the power oi resis- tance which the town possesses in its forti- fications and garrison only, but also the in- definite means of relief afforded by its near- ly maritime position. " To return again to local incidents. Yesterday a recruiting officer was shot, be- tween the towns of Hamburgh and Altona, for having raised recruits for England- The whole of the Dutch troops were present. The Fiench have, in this instance, been pretence of purchasing Slaves^ to be disposed able to terrify, by an act of seventy, with- selves, oycO!."'Pl,t\ ^ 'waS;, i* *th« respects, * character." . ; , FRENCH'GRAND ARMY. SEVENTY- FOURTH FOURTH. B'JL^ATIW, ., Finhensfein, .J(V« /-''•' tSo?.« Prince je"^1^'' «^WC*VJW| **£ [up \»t& advanced works from Neiss, along the Pilam, were an obstruction to the operations of tne. siege, ordered general Vaildamme to destroy them. This genera], at the head of tjdjj Wurt-erabcrg troops, carried oft'Jhese works in the night of the 30th April and ist of May } put to the .sword the enemy's troops *lut defended them, made ra^pttawtosi and took 9 peceso, .... ... ___ ai1 Genie Deponthon and Prost, marched at the heads of the cmrnns and gave proofs of great'bravery. Lieutenants Hohendorff Cawer and Mulles, have particularly distin- guished themselves. On the second May, lieutenant general Camarer took the com- mand of the Wurtemberg division. It appears that since the arrival of the emperor Alexander at the army a grand council of war has been held at Bartenstein, at which the king of Prussia and the grand duke Constantino have, assisted ; that the dangers to which Dantzrck was exposed have been the object of the deiiberat.ons of that council ; that it has been acknowledg- ed that two ways only remained by which Dantzick'might he saved. The first in at- tacking the French awry, by cr ssirig the Passarge, and running the chance of a gene- ral battle ; the issue of which, should it prove successful., w uld be to oblige the army to uncover Dantzick. The oilier by relieving the plaae by sea. The first opera- tion appears to have been deemed impracti- cable, without exposing themselves to ruin and total defeat ; and the plan for succour- ing Dantzick by sea was adopted. Accordingly, lieutenant general Karriin- ski,. son ofthe field-marshal, with two Rus- sian divisions, forming eleven regiments, and several . Prussian regiments, "ere em- barked at Pillau. On the 12th, 68 trans- ports, escorted by three frigates, landed the troops at the mouth ofthe Vistula, at the port of Dantzick, under the protection of fort Weiscbelmunde. The emperor immediately gave orders to the marshal commanding the corps of re- serve of the grand army to march from Ma- rienburg, where In* head quarters were, with the division of gen. Oudinot, in oreler to reinforce the army of'marshal Lefebvie. He arrived by a single march dt the same moment that the enemies army was disem- barking. The 13th and i+ih, the enemy made preparations for an attack, he was se- perated from the city by a space short of a league, but occupied by the French troops. On the 15th he defiled from the fort in three columns. His project was to pene- trate by the right of the Vistula; General of brigade, Schramm, who Was at the ad- vanced posts with the-second regiment of ligiit infautry, and a battallion' of Saxons and Poles, received the first' fire ,pf the. e- nemy, and kept them at cannon shot .from. Weiscbelmunde. Marshal Lefebvre had directed his march to the bridge situated belo* the Vistula, and caused the 12th regiment of light infan- try and some Saxons to cross over to the as- sistance of gen. Schramm. General Gar- danne, charged with the defence of the right ofthe Vistula, had likewise supported it with the remainder of his curps. The e- nemy was superior, and the engagement was maintained ofl both sides with equal ob- stinacy. L|arshal Lames, with Oudinot's reserve, was placed on the left of the Vistula, by which it was expected the. enemy would de- file, as appealed by their dispositions the preceding evening ; but observing the movements of the enemy unmasked, marshal Lannes passed the Vistula with f urbattalli- ons of Oudinot's reserve. The whole line, and the reserve of the enemy were routed and pursued as far as the pallisadoes ; and at 9 in the moreing, the enemy was block- aded in the fort of Weischeltnunde. The field of battle was covered wiih dead bodies. Our loss amounts to 25 men killed and 2ce wounded ; that of the enemy is 180 killed, 1500 wounded, and 20 prisoners, in the i evening, a great number of wounded was perceived, being put on board the ship- ping which successively sheered -off to return to Konigsburg. During the action, the place made no sally, and contented itself with supporting the Russians by a bn.k cannonade. The enemy has witnessed this affair from the top of its tattered and half demolished ramparts. Fie has been dismayed at seeing the hops of relief vanish away. General Oudinot has killed three Russians with his own hand. Several of his staff officers' have been wounded. The 12th and 2d re- giments of infantry have distinguished them- selves. The particulars of this engagement have not yet been received at head-quarters. The journal of the siege of Dantzic will shew that the works are going en with erual activity ; that the covered way is com- pleted ; and that they are busy in making preparations for the passage of the ditch. As soon as the enemy heard that his ma- ritime expedition had arrived before Dant- sic, bis light troops began to observe and harrass the whole line from the potion oc- cupied by marshal Soult, along the Pas- sarge, to the division of general Morand, on the Alle. They were received within musket-shot by the voltigeurs ; they lost a great number of men, and retired .faster .than they came. The Russians made also their appearance at Malga, in front of general Zayon'cH-k, po marched 3 • ^ ^ Gcneral ««W me-n orl-r. T,W th™, killed sixty El-.? f lQneIJand two *P»>M They 2hSS,^^ed iWeh'" kfore the £jSElS "^ "-^-ced Posts "'i,P.,,ni "cd "!em for severaileagues. e/ aitao-sed..;„ grcster earnest the tete du ra fx. !'e^ °'' °«w«wfl. The gene- «' of brigade Girard marched up to them •vuh the 88th, and overturned them into the , JNarew. General of division, Snchet, came up, pursued the Russians at the point of the Wfxfr, and overthrew th?m at Ostrolenka, _ led 1 tail 60 men, and took 60 hor^ . IhQ captain oi the 642, Lawrin, ^uQ Co^ mancied the grand guaid., surrounded 00 all sides bv the Cossacks, remained firm, and deserve';! being distinguished. Marshal Mas- sena, who bad mounted on horseback with a brigade of Bavarians, had occasion to be pleased with the Zeal ;jnd deportment of his troops. The same day, 13th, the enemy attacked rreneral Leroarrrois at the mouth of the Burg. That general lad crossed that river on the 10th with a Bavarian brigade and a Polish regiment, had in 3 days caused teles de pent to be constructed, and had bent his march towards Wilkowo, with the inten- tion of burning the rafts on which the eitemy had been busy these six weeks. His expedition succeeded perfectly—The whole has been burnt ; and in an instant this ridiculous work of sis weeks was an- nihilated. On the 13th, at 9 in the morning, 6000 Russians from Nur attacked gen. Lemarrois in his retrenched eimp. They were re-, ceived with musket fire and grape shot— 300 Russians remained on the field of bat- tle ; and when gen. Lemarrois saw the en- emy, wh 1 had arrived at the edge oi the ditch, repulsed, he pursued (hem sword in hand. The colonel of the Bavarian 4th of the line, a brave soldittr, has been killed ; his death is generally lamented. The Ba- varians had 20 men killed and 50 wounded. The foliage.begins to sh'-ot forth." The Season is like the month of April in France. The whole army is encamped by divisi- ons in square battalions, and in wholesome positions. These events of advanced posts have oc- casioned no kind of movements in the ar- my. All is. quitt at head quarters. Tin's general attack on all our advanced posts, on the 13th, seems to have had for its .ohjest tu divert the attention of the French army, in order to prevent its reinforcing the besieg. ers of Danizic. This hope of relieving Dantzic by a military expedition will ap- pear very extraordinary to every considerate military man, who knows ihe ground ;nd the position occupied by Ihe French army. NEW-YORK, July 34. .Arrived, ship I hiJlipsbuig-, Leffirjgw.il, 49 days from l.o.c eaux, Lei I ship Harriot, Harlow, of Baltimore, and others. Ship Nancy, Morton, 60 days from Liver- pool. Brig Hamlet, Spencer, 71 days from the Isle of France. Sailed from Port Napoleon and Port Louis, 13th May, United Stares, Moore, oi Baltimore, foi Isle of lJuonap,art &¦ ¦ Baltimore. Markets for American produce.- were lower at the Isle of Fr.mce, than at NeWjYork. Provisions are high, owing to the late hurricanes having destroyed theii crops of inaiz* and wrecked Ire vessels on the Madagascar coast sent for rice, lndjan corn was 5 dollars per cw,t. rice iO dollars. Crops of coffee on the ground far from pro- raising in either island. Y!i<; brig Charles, Peck, Of Milford, from Dominique, Barbados, and 10 days from Nevis. The schr. Harriot, Waits, 16 days from Grenada. The sloop Julia-Ann Bowen, of Provi- dence, R. I. in 11 days from Havana. Left, brig Arkansas, Jones, from New-O. Jeans, put in in distress, to sail for New York, July 13. The sloop Betsy, Clark, from Brandy- wine, tDel.) with powder, &c. ANNAPOLIS, July 23. By the nmmander hi chief of the Militia of the state of Maryland. GENERAL ORDERS. Whereas the president of the United Slates, by his proclamation, dated at Wash- ington, the second day of July, 1807, is- sued in consequence of the late outrage commited on our national honour, by the attack of the British ship Leopard on the Chesapeake, " for Ihe a»owed purpose of taking, by force, four seamen, previously ascertained to be native Americans," has required all the armed vessels, bearing com- mission under the government of Great- Britain, to depart immediately, and with- out delay, from the harbors and waters of the United States ; andhas interdicted the entrance of them, or any ships bearing commissions under the authority ofthe Bri- tish government, into the said harbors or waters; and has forbid all intercourse with them, their officers or crews ; and has pro- hibited all supplies, or aid, to be furnished them ; and enjoined it on all persons bear- ing office, civil or military, undsr the Unit- ed States, and all others, cittaens or inha- bitants thereof, with vigilance and promp- titude, to exert their authorities, and be aiding and assisting, to carry the spme pro- clamation into full effect ; whereby it fully appears, that the president 'ha* determined to use all the .means intrusted to him to en- force obedience to the same. I bate there- fore thought proper to issue the following O R D E R. , The commanding officers of divisions, 1)rigades, regiments and extra battalions, re- siding in. the vicinity of the -Chesapeake audits waters, in the state of Maryland, iv.ili.be vigilant in guarding waiast the vio- lation of said proclamation, and prof) repel every attempt to violate the same-, within its limits, by the exercise of so mud* ofthe force under their respective commands- as may be necessary for the occasion. Given at the city of Annapolis, this 20th day of July, 1807, ROBERT WRIGHT. the Co. ommander hi chief of the Militia af the state of Maryland. GENERAL ORDERS. The officers of the different corps com- manding divisions, brigades, regiments and extra battalions, hi this state, Ve hereby directed to make returns of the militia under their respective commands, to the adjutant general, that he may be enabled fo make his general return to the commander in chief, agreeably to the law in such cases provided* as soon as may be, that the iwcessary infor- mation may be had to enable the command- er to direct a draught, (should such a step be necessary,)-but from the Zealand ardou? of gl] our citizens on this occasion.- Wider the existing Circumstances of our country- it is confidently hoped, that all parties will drop the curtain of oblivion over the un- pleasant scenes of recrimination -winch have- too long agitated the public mind- as the zeal of rail attest, that neither were wantinp"- in patriotism, when a fit occasion shmilof present itself to call it forth, anfJ (h.-;£ as a band of brothers, all will unite in. the cause of their common country, irt promoting volunteer corps, as the pride of the citizens of Maryland would be high- ly gratified in having it in their power to- present their quota, consisting of 586^ tfoaps i.f that, description, to the president of the United-States, under the act of con- gress by which the requisition is authoriserl, and in the promotion of which we have 119- doubt of your co-operation to tlie uMwiiSt oi your power. Given at the city of Annapoli--, This 20th t!.-iv of hdv. 1801. • ROBERT WRIGHT. BY'THIS DAY's'M'AI t r (; PO.STON, July 53. The Secretary at War is taki 'g. me to fortify New-York. Gen. Moreau attends him. The Secretary at War is expected in this town daily. When lie, the eomrr.ai • chief and Gen. Elliot, will take a vi-'w of the harbor, ,veparatory to its fort.i."cation; Arrived, brig Federal Georye, Field, 3 days from Bi It inure. 'Spr ke iiotliinir. brie- Daniel and Mary Festtr, 39 days from Lisbon. Left at L.&brm, June 11,. Friendship, of and for New Yo t. iri 5 days; ftliza and Katy, for Cadiz, in 3 d; v 1 ; Wil- liam, of Boston, Alieant, 2 : Eliza, of Ply- mouth, for Cherbourg ; Commerce, of I'lv- mouth ; Atfaritic, Cadiz, 3; Crawford, "of N. York ; Lydia, for Cadiz ; Rover, of Arngs- hiiry ; Venus, Bond ; Wareham, Charant, <2.; Eliza, of Ipswich ; Venus, Salem, in-qua- rantine ; Greyhpnd, of Boston, ditto. Sp< ke, July 15, ket 42. Idnjr. 04, schr diaries, Lin- coln, 81 days from Tfochelie, for Boston. Entered., schr. Triton, Uabcock, Alexan- dria ; Sally, Bradford, Norfolk. ' Cleared, Vermont. Wasseny Norwnfk ; Mary,Benspn. Nen-.Orleans; Mary, Pirdsay, Fairfield ; Friendship Blanclrard, Portland ; Gorham, Marshall, Baltimore; ship Sol 'ei Age, Remick, Havarna ; schooner Harmony^ Hopkins, do. ; Tve Sisters, Ble:i. Newfound- land ; Joseph and Levi, Cltments, St. An- drews; Concord,'Homer, Windsor. NEW-YORK, July 2:;. Tli* pilot-boat schooner Bald Eagle bnsj- lately been chattered and;sent off with ell poSsibl* dispatch-by J. Keekmnn, navy of This city, under command of capt. Hull, Brother to captain Hull, of the iur-y, w.th cr'sis. It is said she is bound to Gibraltar, to call home the American squad. ron from the Mediterranean. POSTSCEIPr. At a late hour last night, wo.wero.favend by captain Clark,.of the ship Walker, wilU a Halifax paper erf the 7th inst. containing several interesting particulars ofthe late afhVr in the Chesapeake. We have 01 ly time to publish the following order ol admiral Ikuke'- ley : By the Hon, George Vranfc'.d Berkelry vice- admiral of the while, and commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels employed in the river St. Lawrence, ak>n|*- the coast of Nova-Scotia, the Islands oi' St. John and Cape Breton, the Bay of Fundy, and at and about the Island of Bermuda, or Somers' Islands. WheREAS many seamen, subjects of his; Britannic majesty, and in his majesty's shij"; and vessels, as per margin [Pclleble, !'e:-a;-..-..' |