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WIUTIA.
•NOTICE IS HEKEVT GIVEN,
Thnt tin iment is
enlarged by a n.nlurf agreement of i)i'« field
offidejrs of said regin opt, aid i!:r;;e of the 39th
viz. The s:¦;..! district is he i extend
from tight-Lane and '".'. Paul's its present
jim-fs west, to er next, they may otherwise by law be ex-
itii'Vrl fi ern aM benefit of said estate. Given
idernvy hand this first dsv of A unjust, 1807.
WM. B1NNIX, Adm'rof
£arnet Hiitniic! deceased,
.ugust 1, 1807. . 2»w6ttJ
....." r~' Prom th £:.;!on CeM ...
KfATiONAi.Rr-s>EcV—Nations' respect S3ftli
olhcr in proportion to their "respective real
force'and'not.in proportion to their respei t-
ive pretentions to it. Moral reasoning un-
happily has but little influence in opposition to
cannon balls.—Whenever, therefore, any
misunderstanding arises between states, the
question most frequently is—what are the
relative means of injury and defence, and
not who has the right or wrong of the
cause ? The strongest party wilinever aant
reasons to justify and maintain aggression,
when once a nation finds an interest in mak.
ing war. Vanity, ambition and a love of
power, are always more prevalent in the hu-
man mind than humility, moderation
and forbearance. The apparent and not the
real motives of action are commonly made
known to the public when nations meditate
unjust designs. Why, therefore rely on
the weak weapons of reason and humanity
with princes and states ; as they respect in
general no other law than that of power ;
Why hope that they ever will reverence a-
ny thing else, while every act proves they
do not ? If we resolve to remain free we
must have our ports and cities well fortified
and defended by a regular military and na-
val force, properly organized and ready to
act on any occasion. >
When the French emperor lf.ft France
the last fall, to invade Prussia with an army
of near three hundred thousand men, he
pretended that he had no other motive than
to relieve the poor, helpless and oppressed
Saxons from the Prussians—while these
same Saxons had no idea that they were op-
pressed by the former, as they were acting
in perfect accord as friends.
Saxony has ever since been the burthen of
his song, and the object of his tender soli-
citude, until he has swallowed her up, and
nearly all the other states attached to the
ancient Germanic empire. Should he wish
to extend his vie*sto the western, as Britain
has to the eastern world, what have we to
check his arbitrary strides, England once
subdued ? Or suppose him overthrown
and Britain or some other power have gain-
ed an undue preponderency :—Is it net ne
cessary in any event to be on our guard ? to
have our swords and shields bright and rea-
dy, and our lamps trimmed f.nd burning.
When national honor is wounded, or li-
berty is lost, it is then alas too late to de-
plore our fate ! In vain we may cry out a-
gainst ourselves, or theimprovident conduct
of our lulers. Why so much cold calcula-
tion about expending a few millions to pre-
serve that national honour and independence
which cost thousands of lives and millions
of money ? It gives reason to suppose that
motives of popular applause, have operated
more than patriotism, orrealeconomy, to pro-
duce such a line of conduct.
Why so anxious about paying off ail at
once the national debt, which injures noont ?
Employ a part ot your revenues rather to
maintain national defence, to support nati-
onal honor, to improve the public roads,
and to establish useful schools of learning.
There is no occasion of being always talk-
ing about leaving every thing ready done
to posterity. Let posterity take a small
portion at least, of the burthens, if such
there are after what is done, on their shoul-
ders. There is not a dutiful and affectionate
child in the United States who will not say
— " Father, thou hast done enough ; leave
something for me to do. It is not right or
reasonable, that the rising generation should
have every thing ready done to their own
hands. Thou hast given us fortune ana in-
depeneence ; employ the public revenue to
defend us."
The public lands will^ bounce than suf-
ficient in a few years to pay off the remain-
ing part of the national de'bf. To protect
the seaports and commercial interest, is to
protect equally the landed interest. They
are intimately connected and mutually de-
pendent on each other. AH ideas of loca-
lity ought to be done away. The weak
and vulnerable parts ol the budy politic,
like the natural body, ought to be well de-
fended. In this way the public interest and
general security v\ ill be found. A.- ay with
all invidious distinctions—all pai-y spirit.—
Choose men for their known ability, inte-
giity, honor and courage, as in 76. Then
and not until then will the American name
and nation be respected.
Having been absent from the United'
States f r 20 years. I can with truth and
propriety subscirbe myself,
A STRAN3ZR TO TAP.IY.
bul Peiuisylvaaja. All orim;:.Js flvj»l le
tried in-the- eeinly whete the crime was
Orrtr.itTed. s;;.i-tfc? ta: loci must prevail.
I am as much opposed to duelling as any
man ; and if I were convinced that Ouane
.bad refused to meet The man he had basely
calumniated, from cotrscien-tious scruples on
the subject) as some of Ids friends pre;
should excuse him ; hut this I knew is not
the case, as it is not long since he
c/<,'!!:¦:).:,• to Cot.. Ferguson*, whose re;.
opinions D:iiinc nnc-ai forbade him tojigfit
a duel on <;;;;,; account.
It is evident, therefore, that Duane is not
conscientiously scrupulous of resorting to
this murderous way ofsettiing disputes ; and
as the rea?cn he has given as to the unequal
manner in which the governor might txer- •
ctse 1 j is power of pardoning, is mere sophis-
try ; the refusal of Co/tone! Duane to give
explanations to General Marker, must have
proceeded from another cause.
It is not usual for one military officer to
treat ai-oUser as Duane has treated Barker
in this instance. If Duane was afraid to
fight, he ought to' have made an apology for
the insult he had given to his superior officer.
But this extremely cautious soldier would do
neither. C.VSSIUS.
From the h'i canon's Journal.
Mr. Editor,
Duane has been contending in the Au-
rora lor several days past, that he does not
stand on an equal looting with the governor's
friends as to duelling, because the governor
would pardon them for any violation of the
law against duyflihg* but would let him
Suffer the full penalty of the act. Whether
he is correct in his opinion respecting the
course of conduct which the governor would
pursue in such a case, is of no consequence,
nor shall I attempt to convince citizen Duane-
that the governor would act differently, but
will inertly inform the redoubtable colonel
how he might have avoided the disparity
he complains of, & placed himself as to legal
consequencescomplrtely on a level with his
antagonist. 1 f he had refused togiyfe Vogdes an
answer, when he called on him as the friend
of gen. Banker, but informedhimat the same
time that he would meet him on the Jersey
shore at any convenient time he would ap-
point, and would then and there inform him
whether be would accept a challenge or not
—an.d if, when they had met, on the Jersey
shore in pursuance of this arraftgenieht, Du-
ane had there accepted a challenge and fought
a duel, the laws of Jersey, and not those of
Pennsylvania would have been violated, and
the governor of this state would have had
j nothing to do with the business, as he cannot
partloa a crjifts committed, JAauy otto State
, 5 companies, 396,
Expedition under gen. Craufurd.
We have received the subjoining account
of the principal occurrences that took place
alter the expedition left England :
The expedition sailed from Port Praya
Bay, St. Jago, in the evening of the nth
of January, under convoy of the 3Spencer
74, the hon. capt. Stopford, commodore ;
Theseus 74, capt. Hope ; Paulina sloop,
.16, capt. Lum'ey ; and the Haughty brig,
lient. Mitchill. There were 31 sail of trans-
ports. On the following morning, the Cap-
tain and Ganges, of 74 guns each, captains
Cockburne and Halket, left the fleet, being
ordered to England. On the 29th January
the fleet crossed the equator, in longitude
22 west.
The expedition, after a tedious passage of
68 days, arrived in Simmon's Bay, at the
Cape of Good Hope, in the morning of the
20th of March. On the 24th the fleet
came to anchor in Table Bay, for the bet-
ter supply of water and provisions f r the
troops. The object and destination of this
•expedition had been so industriously con-
cealed, that when the fleet sailed from St.
Jago, no person, the commodore and briga-
dier-general excepted, was supposed to be
informed of the next rendezvous of the
fleet ; many false and vague reports had
been industriously circulated, for the pur-
pose of misleading those ^ho were not en-
trusted .with the secret. The force under
the orders of brigadier-general Craufurd,
consisted of the following battalions and
detachments of regiments :
Royal artillery, ti\o c .mpanies, 160, cap-
tain Hawker.
6th drag, guards, two squadrons, 319,
lieut. col. Kinton.
5th foot, 1 battalion, 1000, lieut. col.
Davis.
36th foot, 1 battalion, 950, lieut. col.
Butne.
45th foot, 1 battalion, 1155:, lieut. col.
Guard.
88th foot, 1 battalion, 920, lieut. col.
Duff.
65th or rifle regiment
lient. col. M'Leod. Total, 4880,
Some of the masters of the transports
were removed from their ships, for inso-
lence and unwarrantable conduct to the offi-
cers on board ; and the military command-
ing officers on board each transport, were
vested with a certain degree of controul
over each of the masters of much the same
nature as captains in the navy. This in all
our expeditions v, as loudly called for-; and
we hope that in future no unpleasant misun-
derstanding can exist, regarding the neces-
sary prerogative of commanding officers in
chief over the masters of transports.
Although ail the regiments of the expe-
dition have been embarked nearly 7 months,
and some of them nearly 9, the degree"of
heath which prevails is unparalleled.
The general ordered the troops to land
by regiments, for the purpose of cleaning
and whitewashing the transports, and giv-
ing the men exercise.
SALEM, July 27.
Arrived, brig Plymouth, Hokman, 45
days from Magadoie. Left ship Mary. Lan-
der, of Salem, for Amsterdam in 3 Weeks.
Spoke July 19, hit. 33 1-2, long. f>Q, brig
Republican, Ktnery, from Salem for Havana.
Passenger, Mr, Joseph Lee, of Marblehoad,
v.ho was mate of the brig Indefatigable,
captain Seaver, of Boston, which was wreck-
ed upon the Arabian coast about 18 months
since, and the crew carried into captivity
4nd sold by the Arabs Captain S. and Mr.
,ee were redeemed by their friends, and
brought to ' agadcre, whence the former
had gone, 10 Lundon. James Fenwick, 11a
the of Charleston, S. C. cook ; William.
Biggs, of Wilmington, N. C. half seaman,
and Louis Gimhal, of Bordeaux, apprentice,
had run away, and got safe to Magadoie.
John Botle of Norfolk, Thomas Black of
Portsmouth, John Schultz of Boston, Rob't
Wise of New-York, Antonio Paccilege of
Kagusa, Edward Steedham of Dartmouth,
Eng. (seamen) and J. B. Berret, of New-Or-
leans, passenger, still remain in captivity ;
and Henry Long, of Charleston, S. C. is
dead. Captain Seaver is son of the unfortu-
nate Mr. Seaver, supercargo of the ship Com-
merce, which was cast away upon the Ara-
bian coast in the year i799, where he and.
many of his companions perished of hunger,
as related in the Journal published by Daniel
Saunders, of Salem.
NEW-YOB.K, July 31.
Arrived, the Chat lesion packet, Wood,
6 days from Charleston.
The ship Dartmouth, Starr, 7 days from
Savannah.
The brig Charlotte, Wh«ldon, 25 days
from Kingston, (Jara.) July 18, lat. 22,
53, spoke the sloop Catharine1 and Eliza,
Parker, from St. Alines, J»tu, for. Ncw-
Vork, ha$, b^ftfi carried into Tiinuladin
Cuba and acquited—afterwards was b'oard-
by a Picaroon, and sent into a small key
in the isle of Pines, and plundered of 42
puncheons of rum, clothes, money, &c.
she rum was put on board of a brig belong-
in? to Norfolk, which they had captured.
ixpth, spoke brig Maria, Rancilel, 14 days
from Trinidad, in Cuba, for New-York ;
the next day saw her boarded by the British
schr. Gipsey ; the CharLtte was boarded
the same day, and treated politely.
The schr. Mary-Ann, Bowers, 13 days
from Curracoa and 9 from' the Mona pas-
sage. 20th inst. Mona bearing S. S. E.
to leagues, was boarded by H. B. M. brig-
Express and treated politely.
The brig Henry, Dennison, of New-
Haven, 13 days from St. Croix.
Cleared, ship Swift, Tabor, Liverpool ;
Columbus, Penneck, Cadiz ; Hannah,
Cottle, do. ; brig George, Chester, Bor-
deaux ; schr. Anna, Wilbur, New-Or-
leans.
PHILADELPHIA, Adjust 1.
Arrived, brig Cumberland, Jewett, Ha-
vana.
Cleared, brig Mercury, Tarris, Jamaica,
Eliza, Baker, Savannah ; schr Echo, Win-
berg, St. Bartholomews; Aleghany, Scheer,
St. Thomas ; President, Lewis, Boston ,-
Hero, Baker, Boston ; Mercury, Merrill,
Washington City ; sloop Favorite, Sneed,
Charleston.
Schr. Betsy, Hughes, of this port, cap-
Utred on her passage hence to St. Jago de
Cuba, by a British frigate, is recaptured
by two French privateers and sent into City
of St. Domingo.
Lazaretto, 'July 31.
" Last night arrived the schr. Milford,
Sayres, 17 days from Point Pctre, Guada-
loupe.
" This morning arrived, the brig- Snvi-
lax, Burnes, 11 days from Havana. Left
brig Nancy to sail in three days.
" Also, the schr. Sally and Palsy, Tag-
gert, frwm City St. Domingo, 18 days ;
the »chr. Sally, Hughes, bound to Guada-
loupe, and schr. Brothers Reiurn, of
Georgetown, bound .to Jamaica, were car-
ried in by a privateer. The ship Pi-
of New-York, and barque Amelia if Balti-
more, went to leeward to load.
" The Russian ship Maria, from Hayti,
and a Svvedi&h brig froin do. are below.
One of Matthew, Lyon's sons is a candi-
date for Congress in Tcnes^. He is said
to have commenced his electioneering with
endeavoijng to excite jealousy of the Atlan-
tic states.
Opie the celebrated painter and husband
cf the ho less celebrated and amiable author-
ess of the Mother and Daughter Simple
Tale, ere. 5^c. lately died, suddenly in Lon-
don. His funer.il was the most splended
private oi ; u .i,< inhered, 60 noblemen's car-
riages f liuwed the hearse, hjsidco a multi-
tude'of others, belonging f.oprivate gentle-
men.
SAVANNAH, July 21.
A resolution entertained into by the com-
mit lee • f arrangement, nominated to trans-
act their important concerns at this event-
. while it represented in forcible terms
the inlpiopriely of aiding British vessels,
e pilots of (his port to abstain
from bestowing1 on them any thing calculat-
ed to benefit or support them :—
Notwithstanding, in violation of this re-
solve- and in repugnance to the sentiments
of the Presidents proclamation, several pi-
lots have been delected in conveying to Bri-
tish ships of war off our bar, supplies of
water- This is attested by captain Rhodes
and lieutenant Croaker, gentlemen of puri-
ty and integrity not yet attainted. What has
been deemed a proper act, has been done—
viz. the conveyance of this procedure to the
attorney general. The firmness a;-;d activity
which he manifested on the occasion de-
serve, the approbation of every patriotic
CHARLESTON, July 2;i.
Messrs, Cox & Sheppaud,
Y u will oblige my by contradicting an
account that appeared in this morning's ga-
zette, respecting a report said to be made
by me in Point-Petre, that a war was de-
clared against the United Stales by Great-
Britain—as I utterly deny ever having made
any.such report, nor do I know ol any such
ever existing.
Your most obedient servant,
FREEMAN WING.
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
BOSTON, July 29.
Arrived, schr. Hope, Wo dward, Nantz,
34. days. Left, ship Pomona,- Whitmarsh,
of New-York, last from Plymouth (Eng.)
just permitted to unload, had been detained
by the French ; brig Nancy and Patty, of
Philadephia, last from Plymouth, (Eng.)
schr. Venus, Nickerson, of Weymouth,
for Rochelle, in 3 days ; ship Ocean,
Bunker, from New-York ; ship Arab,
West, of Salem ; brig Franklin, Wills,
of Norfolk.—The brig Sally, Burnett, of
Scituate, was ready to sail from Rochelle
for Boston. Spoke on comin • out of Nantz,
in lat. 37, long. 6, schr. Heart of Oak,
Hunt, of Du.-.bury, ::\ day., from Boston,
Favfield, to 'ail in .1 few days ;,E
ship Q^ieeh Cha lotte. fen- Boston o ;
do. uncertain ; Pallas, do.; Camilla, do;
Mentor, condemned, Arrow-, Newbuiyport,
30; Bashaw, Bnllimorc, 14 ; Wampoo,
d . The Superb sailed 6 days before,
for Boston. Spoke, July 20, off Bermuda,
bound in, British frigate Melampus, who
pressed two Danish seamen.
Entered, Ulysses, Baltimore.
Cleared, barque Mary, Bradford, Trieste,
schr. James, Doaae Scituate ; and schr.
Lydia, Armstong, St. Bartholomews.
Quarantine List.
July 25th, arrived, ship Sophia Magdalana,
Johnson, 18 days from St. Harts.
27th, arrived, ship Pegasus, Gary, 16 days
from Matai zas. Left v'ary, Boston, iO-la, ;
Harriet, Wells, do. ; Justin, New York, M ;
——, Mume, Providence, 6 ; Hope, Charles-
ton i4 ; Boston, do. do. . Sailed in co. with
schr. Dawn, of Eastport, for Norfolk.
27th, arrived, brig Albion, Devens, 20 days
from Martinique. Left Sally & Betsy, Hear-
stdii, 0 ; Sussex, New-York, 6 ; ErnUv,
do. 18 ; Jane, do. 20 ; Traveller, do. 3 ; Pearl,
do. 20 ; Exchange, do. 20; Atalanta, New-
London, 1; Thetis, do. 6 ; Susan, Newbt rn.
The Albion had 2 Englishmen pressed by
the Lilly sloop of war—all well on hca;,!.
27th, arrived, sloop Penelope, Giddias, 2r
days from Turk's-Island. Was bound from
St. Domingo for Philadelphia ; was taken
by a French piivateer, carried into S'amana,
and condemned ; had no cargo ; has six per-
sons sick of fever and ague.
27th, arrived, brig Eight Sisters, Gilmore,
from Savanna via Salem.
Admiral Berkeley's Orders.
In this day's Ceatinel will be found the
extraordinary order of admiral Berkeley, for
taking the seamen out of the United States
frigate Chesapeake: This order shews, that
rage eiiii not originate in the British
government. We have but one opinion or
iect, which is, ti, 1 mot
I ::er by arty hw or usage of ar-y
ciyilhsed nations : That he lias been guilty
of a gross outrage on ill:- sovereignty of a
nation in amity with his master ; for which
exemplary punishment. - The
President, we are glad to hear, has demanded
reparation for the insult ; we must wait, the
lesult of this demand 1 ritinh go-
vernment, and fee) sai
will be severely chastised, and 1
n, from his fate, thai a na.t*i not \hip
is, and mud be, firwtlegca tagai'n'st alt
search. [t.'cnii.u -i."'
Yesterday, agreeably to orders, the liiree?
hundred and thirty-one minute men, required
of the legionary brigade, cf this town', wero
draughted at the place of parade of the se-
veral companies.
Pas
sengeWi
Mi-
Matilda
bound 111,
Wolf Tone, \vid„w of the late general
Theobold Wolf T^ne, and son, and seve-
ral others.
Via quarantine, brig Friendship-, Scailon,
Havana, 25 days.
Schr. Lively, Davis, J5 days from Mar-
tinico.
Ship Perseverance, Stevens, 51 days from
Mont* Vidco.--Left, CvUgu Pl^tfe-i", g
NEW-YORK, August 1.
Arrived, ship Hare, blarney, 45 days from
Bordeaux. Pas.-engers, Mr. Prontr-.e, Mad.
Dufort, and daughter. [Vessels left have
been reported.] ' July 2, lat. 40, 12, spoke
schr. Three Sisters, from Salem for UiCant,
JnlyS, lat. 41. long. 51, spoke schr. Wil-
liam., Eaton, 9 days from Alexandria for
Lisbon. iOlh, lat. 40.21, long.'54, spoke
brig Minerva, 8 days fipni N. York for Bor-
deaux. 2;1 h. lat. 40, 22, long. 7t, spoke;
ship Bristol Packet, Phelps, 3 days from N.
York for London ; Samp day, spike sch'r
t] Rowe,) 2 days from New-York fi i:
New Orleans ; and the ship Isabella,
days. Oil Thursday, on the coast, in lat.
40. 23, ling. 73, 30 picked up capt. Hughes,
of the ship Henry, from Havanils for Ivev.'-
York, which vessel they deserted on Wed-
nesday last, at 4 r. M. at which time the wa-
ter was up to her miaale di ck, she iv
sprung all ak on the P6"tli inst'. and could not
keep her free : no lives li.st : put on board
the sch'r Rising.Sun, & boxes of sugar, be-
longing to Le Roy, Bayard and M-Evers, ¦
1. York to be delivered at Norfolk!*
The sch'r Sarah, Forbes, 23 days from
Plymouth, N. C,
The sloop North Cirolina, Smith, 5 days
from Washington, N. C.
The sch'r Sally, Allen, 7 days from North
Carolina.
The sch'r Margaret, Cochran, 13 days
from St. John's, N. B.
Cleared, ship Lucy, I-.iglee, London ;
Niagara, Cress, Norfolk ; brig fkllia, Dixon,
City of Jersey ; Betsey, Johnson, BotTreaux ;
Olivia, LefSngwell, Gua laloope ; sch'r Pack-
et, Magrath, Teneriffe ; slocp Patty, Devens,
St. Croix.
RICHMOND, August 1.
We are inf rmed that, in consequence
of a letter received from the president 61
the United, States, the " govern*" ,;1" this
commonwealth, with the advice cf council,
has ciiected ail (he militia now on service at
Norfolk and Hampton to be immediately
disbanded ; except one company of artillery,
under the command of ca.pt. Nesfill, and
capt. Robert B. Taylor's troop of cavalry ;
the fdr..-cr of which is to be stationed at
Noifolk, and trained to ihe management
of artillery by the use of the guns at fort
Norfolk ; the latter to be on duly in the
vicinity of Lynhaven bay, for the purpose
of watching the motions of Britith squadron,
and enforcing the president's proclamation..
We further learn, that the ey-cutive have'
thought proper to call out a company of in-
fantry from the county of Princess Anne, to"
assist the cavalry in performing this service;
and that major Thomas Newton, junior, is
appointed commander of (lie whole ; a
brigadier-geneial being unnecessary for the
command of so small a detachment. It
appe-.rs. therfoie. that gen. Matthews will
not continue in employment.
We aie happy to find from this informa-
tion, that the president of the United SU't'd}
is convinced that the frigates La Cybele and
Chesapeake, together with the gunboat.!;
now at Norfolk and others about to be scut
thither,'aided by the bfitteiies of fort Nelson,
and Fort Norfolk, will he sufficient fi
defence of that place from any attack which,
may tor some time be expected.
NOHFOL&, July SS».*
Captain Beiithall v f ,e,j us teat
days before he leit Madeira a brig arrived
from Lisbon, which brought an account of
an Earthquake on theGih June. Bavin
great damage to that city, particularly to
the aqueduct* Left, June 5, ;„ r< ,
Ji0fld3, iFi-eacliluit-of banleskiipof-iSOs: -.-..
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