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THE ORDER OF THE DAY.
T'ae House then went into committee <>l
j tl e v.hole. Mr. Breckenridge in the cuuir, on
| the loan bill.
Mr. Pickering of Man. took the floor, and
in a iqieech of three hours, took, a general
view of the conduct of the European brllig
erents, as it affected this country, und the
course and p»Kcy of the American govern
ment, during the republican adrainisti atious,
which he condemned througouht in strong
terms. Before Mr. Pickering had conchi '
ded, he gave way f„r a motion to that effect,
and the committee rose, reported pi ogress,
and
The Houae adjourned.
* • Monday, Feb. 28.
THE OIH|ER’ OF THF. DAY.
, The house again in committee of the
whole, Mr. Brcsckenridge in the chair on
the Joan bill.
Mfc Pickering of Mass, resumed *.he
r*ch against the bill, the commencement
which principally occupied Saturday's
sitting. lie spoke today, sometimes vehe
mently, and sometimes deliberately and ar
gumentatively, against the late anti early
measures of the present administration, and
particularly directed the most pointed of his
lemarka against what he termed the “ de
mocracy” of the country. His speech to*
day occupied three hours.
Mr Lowndws of B, C. in his usual forci
ble manner, and eloquent language, replied
to a part oY Mr. Pickering’s speech, and
gave his decided support to tiic bill under
tliscirssion. He spoke till the usual hour of
adjournment, without having concluded his
remurks on this subject.
The committee rose, reported pn
obtained .leave to sit again; and the 1
adjourned.
Washinotox, Feb. 26.
RODGERS’S CRUIZE,
t C*fiy of a letter from Commodore Rodger* to the
Secretary of the N art/.
U. S. Frigate President,
Sandv Hook Bav, Feb. 19,1814
| SHI,
T have to acquaint you that I arrived at my
f present antliorapc last evening at 5 o’clock,
. after a cruise of 75 days, and now have the Uon
Or to detail to you tlu* particulars.
| In pursuance of your directions, 1 sailed from
Providence the 5;h of December ; and altho’ I
\ expected to liavc run the gaunlet through the
enemy’s squadron, that was reportad to be
cruising between Block Island and Gay head Or
the purpose of intercepting the President, I had
the good luck to avoid them. The day after
leaving Providence, l recaptured tlie American
schooner Comet, <Jf and bound to New York,
. with a cargo of cotton, from Savannah, which
had l.reti captured by the ltamdies and Loire,
and in their "possession about 48 hours. In a few
hours after re capturingthe Comet, a sail was
discovered to the eastward, which l felt inclined
10 avoid, from the circumstance of the weather
being hazy, and know ing that I was in the
neighborhood of an enemy’s squadron 5 from
an advantage of wind, site was enabled, howev
er, to gain our lee beam iU distance of 3 or
4 miles, owing to which 1 was induced to shor
ten sail, with the ipt.ntion of oiler ing her bat.
tie in the morning, should nothing else be in
sight,, and she not be a ship of the line. The
w« at Juer becoming more obscure at 2 o’clock,
prevented bur bccing hvruntil day light, when
she stood from us to the N. K. although the
President was hove too to let her come up.
From this date until the 25th, we did not see a
viog4c ssi1, except the Recovery (a brig lie.
longing and hound to Penobscot, from St. Bar
tlmlon.ew in hahasi) until after reaching the
long. 35, and lau 19, being carried that far east
ward by a se vere 8. \V. gale, accompanied by
such a heavy sea, as \n rentier heaving to im
practicable without infinite risk, when two large
sails were discovered standing to the north1'
} ward, and to which l gave chace, believing, as
well from the situation to which they were dis
covered, as the manifest disposition they after
wards shewed to avoid a separation, that one
-vasa frigate and the other an Indiaman under
l»er convoy » in this 1 was mistaken, for on a
tteai yr approach I could discover the headmost
v>. m» a frigate with 7 porta abaft her gang way,
and the other a ship of equal or little or infer!,
nr force ; on discovering their decided superi.
rrity, and supposing them to be enemy’s ships,
1 endeavored during the succeeding night to
separate them by. steering diflerent courses and
occasionally shewing a light: but was unable
to succeed, for the headmost at one time was
so near that she fired a shot over us, whilst her
consort was but a few hundred yards astern of
her. 1 now directed our course to be alt -red,
made sail, and continued lh<- remainder of the
night to shew then), alight occasionally, but to
no cllect, as at day light they were discovered
to be in a situation to unite theit force. After
this 1 shaped a course to reach a position ta
wmdwuru ol Barbadoes, on a parallel of lon
gitude with Cayenne, and did not meet another
vesse1 till the 30th, when falling in with a Por
tuguese brig, and receiving information that
she had been boarded 36 hours before by two
British store ships bound to the West Indies
with 300 troop* pn board, I crowded sail to
the westward in the hope of overtaking them ;
in this 1 whs again disappointed, and after a
pursuit of four days, hauled further southward
to gain the latitude ol Barbadoes ; and in that
situation on the 5th January, captured the Bri
.tish merchant ship Wanderer of 7 guns and 16
mew, from London bound to Jamaica, partly
loaded with plantation stores, and after taking
from her such light articles ss were of most
value sunk her. In the same position on the
7th, I fell in with the British merchant ship
Prince George, in the character of a cartel with
prisoners, r Inch with four other British ves*
f els had been captured by two French 44 gun
trigafi s, the Medasah and Nymph, the same
ships I lir.d fallen in with 14 days before. On
board of the Prince G-orge 1 sent the prison
ers captured in the Wanderer to Barbadoes on
psrolls. On the 9th of January, while still to
windward of Barbadoes, I captured the ship
Edward of 6 guns and 8 men, from London
bound to Lngnira, in ballast—which vessel 1
a'so sunk Having lesrnt from the master of the
Edward na well as those of the Wanderer and
Prince George, that they had been separated in
the Bay ol Biscay from Ibfir convoy, consisting
of the Queen 74, two (iigates, unn two sloops
of war, I was induced, owing to a belief that
the center Was still to the eastward,to remain
10 windward of Barbadoes until the 16th Jan
uary, when finding they must have passed, I
changed my ground and ran off Cayenne, end
from thence down the coast of Surinam, Ber
bice, and Bemarara, through between Tobago
and Grenada ; thence through the Carribcan
sea, along the south cast sole of Porto Hlco,
through the .Mona Passage, down the north
aide of Jamaica and other leeward islands, with
*»ut meet ing a single vessel of the enemy, or
any other than 4 Spanish drogers and one Swe
dish ship, until I got near the Manilla JUef;
nesr which, sftcr capturing and ..inkin g the
British schooner Jonathan, loaded with tom
end dry goods, (the most valuable part ol
which I took on board) 1 huu ed over for the
Plot-ids -hore sud s'r irk scundirg* off *?t, A>!
gUituie, and from thence run on sounJings as
In,- us t'!> .rkston, passing will.in 4 or 5 mites
of Columbia Islam!, ami as near to Savannah as
the weather and depth of water would allow
will,nut meeting a singl. vessel except a Span
ish ship from the Havanna, Itouml to Spain
hnt steering for Savannah, in consequence of
having sprunk aleak. ' •
Arriving off Charleston, (winch was on
the lllh inat. 1 atrvtchcd close in with the
Bar, anti made the private signal of the day
to two schooners lying in Rebellion Roads,
and which from their appearance I believed
to be public vessels. After remaining nil
day off the Bar with colors hoisted and the
beforr mentioned signal displayed, without
being able to communicate with the schoo
ners, I stood to the northward, and at 7 o
clock the next morning discovered and cha
ced a ship to the southward, which, after
pursuing 8 or 9 miles, led me to a second
sail, (a brig under her topsails, with her top
gallaot«masts housed and flying gib boom
rigged in) and from thence to thejliscovery
of a third sail, represented from the must
head to be a large frigate ; on discovering
the third sail, added to the maiuruvies of
tne first and second, I was induced to be
iteve them part of an enemy's squadron, &
accordingly hauled up and stood for the for
mer, to ascertain her character ; and after
mafciag her from the deck, perceived she
*wsa a frigate as reported. 1 now tacked
and shortened sail, thieving that towards
night 1 might be enabled to cut off the ship
(which was either a small frigate or large
sloop of, war) and brig, from the third or
largest sail, at this time 9 or 10 miles to
windward;, in thk, however, 1 was not able
to effect mw purpose, owing to the weather
pail (bctwflp sunset and dark) bearing
down for the others. Judging now from the
manoeuvre* that after dark they would chase,
I stood to the eastward under short sail; be
lieving that In the morning I might Rod them
in some disorder; at day light however, owipg
to the haziness of the weather, they were not
to be seen ; consequently, I wore and stood
back to the westward to make them again,
and a few minutes discovered two (one on the
lee, the other on the weather bow) to which
I gave chace, but after chasing them about
half an hour, the weather becoming more
clear aud two large ships suddenly making
their appearance (one on the weather and
the other bn the lee beam) I change
ed my course to the eastward, when
the four immediately crowded sail in pur
suit ; but, owing to the weather, assisted
by the enemy's manner of chasing, I was
enabled to get clear of them without diffi
culty in a few hours. From this I pursued
a course on soundings (except in doubling
Cape Hattems) to 18 fathom water off the
Delaware, where, in a fog, I fell in with
a large vessel, apparently a man of war—
Shor'ened sail to topsails and cleared ship
for action, but she suddenly disappearing
and in a few minutes she, or some other
vessel near, being heard to fire signal guns.
I stood on to the northward, from a belief
I was near another squadron. From the
Delaware I saw nothing until I made San.
dy Hook, when I again fell in with another
of the enemy's squadrons, and by some un,
accountable cause, was permitted to enter
the bay, although in the presence of a de
cidedly superior force, after having been
obliged to rt main outside seven hoars and a
half waiting for the tide.
1 am, &c.
JOHN RODGERS.
Hon. Wm. Jones,
Secretary of the Navy.
Washingtgm City, March-1.
THE YAZOO CLAIMS.
A bill has passed the Senate, and is now
before the House of Representatives, for carry,
ing into effect a compromise with the Yazoo
claimants. Although it passed the Senate by
a vote of three to one, we expect it will meet
with a very strong tlipugh it may not be a sue- !
cessful opposition in the House. If it do pass
into a law, we shall at least have to congratu
late ourselves that it no longer be, ss it has for
years been, the apple or discord in the National
Legislature. It is impossible ‘o think without
the utmost abhorrence on the corruption in
which this transaction was engendered. »Ve
find, however, among the supporters ot this bill
in tbe Senate many names of those who have in
time past been decidedly averse to tbe measure
which it contemplates, viz. a composition of a
certain number of acres of the land, in lieu of
the vast body which is claimed by those who
purchased of the Yazoo speculators On their
votes the decision in the Supreme Court, some
time ago, in favor of the claimants, has proba.
bly had considerable effect.
Mat. lnt.
Jovatham Roberts, now a Representative
in Congress from Pennsylvania, liaa been cho
sen Senator in Congress from that state, vice
Michael. Lm, resigned.
The Mammoth Ranking bill of Pennsylvania,
which we informed our readers a few days ago
had received its quietus in the Senate of that
State, has risen from the dead. A vote of re
consideration having breathed life into it after
it had lain dormant for two or three days and
an accession of friends (in the shape of addi.
tional banka) having given it strength to pros:
trate all opposition it will become a law, unless
the Governor interpose hia vote, which, we
learn, he is not expected to do.
FOUR THOUSAND STATE TROOP8.
A bill is before the 9enate of New York for
raising 4000 volunteers, or state troops, to serve
for one year. The bill has been printed, ami
the 8enate have likd it once or twice under dis
cussion—very liberal wages are proposed, and
the men, as a further inducement to enter th«
service, are authorised to chuse and select
their own officers.
** VIRGINIA ARGUS.
NIC HMOJfDt
Saturday, Mahcu 5, 1814.
The efforts which the federalists are making
to discredit the Hanking Interests of the states
south of Connecticut arc more dishonorable
than even their profligate threats to divide the
Union. In this instance they ate wanting in
fidelity, even to their own confederates; for
federalists, as well as republicans, are deeply
interested in the monied institutions of the
middle and southern states If what these
enemies of the administration assert of the
slender basis of our Hanks were true, they
might find seme apology for their conduct in
an allegation of concern for the community at
large. Hut it is notorious, that of afl the Hanks
in the Union, those on this aide of New F.ng.
land are the Lest and most solidly instituted.
It is hut a year or two ago since the United
Stub a rung again w ith the cry of shame at the
swindling banjjingestablishments at (lie east
ward. The paper rhonej of those establish!
ments was consult red as mere worthless rags,
winch were fit tor any thing el*i but in re-pre.
int the real va mc of property. The enemies
ot this ju.t war may prate a* much as they
pie: *e about the rat tern ftpitalitlt ; It ia Very
certain that tin. cities of .\en York, Philadel
phia and llaltintore, can embody more* genuine
capital than the whole Kssex Junto with the
mass of ilritislt factors at its back.
Mr. Granger’* removal, after nearly thirteen
years of public life, completes the entire cluuige
ot heads of departments since If r. Mutsag's
accession to pdwer. This rotation of greet #C.
ficn is vary proper, dpi Granger's trtenderWw
understand, have commenced the cry of intolar
snee, and assert that he fiat been dismissed for
acting indrfieadeut/j. Hit We would ask. what
sort ot independence that is, which insulis the
feelings of a whole stair to indulge his own 1
Mr. Granger must not flunk the republicans
arc so silly as to be persuaded that he was
made post-mastcr-getteral in do as he pleased.
Our government was instituted for tke benefit
of the people, and its executive officers are the
mere organs of those who made them. At the
same time, however, it ia only in cases of the
greatest outrage that the people will scrioua y 1
interfere : Yet, when they do, their interfere
ence will be felt Mr. Granger has confessed
in his letter to Mr. Tod, that he was admon
ished ; and as ho prefers his personal wishes to
the public voice, a'pfjvatc station is the best
Mild tor tke exercise of such affections. >
Extract of a Utter from a respectable young gen*
tletnan in Philadelphia to his friend in this city,
dated,
'* February 31.
** I moat heartily with with you that the pend
ing negotiation between this country and Great
Britain should produce peace i but what have
we to expect from the hands of England! cer
tainly every thing save justice. She has said
such and such things are, and of right ought to
be her'*—We have as often said to the contrary—
and I believe still continue so to say. Congress
has done right in acting as if England was a
great beast, capable of doing much mischief,
out totally devoid of reason, so tint he must be
beet and bruised before be wi'l keep the right
path. A few days ago tbo Cstiaci lud a great
dinner in this city.—As a spec i me j ot the con
stituent parts, Fll just say that A. C. Hanson
was toasted as the greatest of the great patri
ots”
It is rumored, hod we believe correctly*
that Gideon Granger is superedded in the
office of Postmaster General, by the nomi
nation bv the Presiden* to the Senate, of
Return J.Meigs, now Governor of Ohio,
to fill that office.
' Nat. Intel.
THE LAST CAMPAIGN.
We have heretofore expressed the vegret
we felt at our inubility to lay before our
raaders, in exletuo, as a diplomat would
say (in plain English, at full length) the Re
port of |he Secretary of War, on the subject
of the last campaign. That regret has been
much increased by a subsequent perusal of
many of the papers comprised in that report.
They are, whether we view them in reia
tion to the result of the campaign, to the
merits of the Secretary of Wnr, of the gene
ral officers having command, or as indica
ting a remedv for past evils, of high im
portance. Their great length, b»wever,
precludes the possibility of cur copying
them for the present, though we certainly
intend to do so at a future day ; ami an ab
breviation or summary of their contents
would afford but a partial view of the wh«dc
ground. It is not improbable, we think,
that some military enquiry t>e instituted
into the conduct of one or more of the prin
cipal commanders on the northern frontier
during the months of October and Novem
ber lust. It appears to be th* general im
press ion, since the promulgation of this re
port, that there was misconduct somewhere,
but for which a different result might attend
ed the termination of the campaign.—If so,
the result of such an enquiry, an it is rumor
ed is about to be held, w}R determine where
the blame ought to attach.
lb.
By the last accounts from New York, tve
learn, that our Ministers had gone on board
the corvette John Adams, and would imme
diately sail for Gottenburgh.——We may
allow them a passage of six weeks ; add, six
weeks of negociation, and a six weeks voy
age back again, and our readers may from
an idea of the time that must elapse before
they car. hear of the final issue of this new
attempt at peace.
Meanwhile, we must turn an anxious eve
towards the proceedings of France and the
Allied Powers.—It is indeed an awful and
a most important crisis—Our friends I«nik
for a peace in Europe, such as will curb the
ambition both of France and England—our
enemies, with a malignant desire, that such
a peace may be concluded, as will enable
England to turn her whole force against the
United States, and c^ush them into subjec
tion.
When we recollect, that Lord Castle
reagh has gone to tempt the Allies with ten
millions of British pounds, we have reason
to fear, that a powerful bar may be thrown
in the way of a speedy and equitable recon
ciliation, upon the issue of which* hinges ei«
ther peace or war.
•’.y a late report of the British Chancellor
ot the Exchequer, we find that the following
sums have been voted to be distributed a
mong the Allied Powers, In the present year*
1814, viz.
For Russia and Pruasia* 2 500,000
For Austria** 1,000.000
For Snaiu, 2,000 000
Far Portugal, 3,000.000
For Sweden, 1,000,000
For Sicily* 400,000
For future application, 1,000,000
10,000,000
Ten millions of British pounds, or forty
millions of dollars, is a prodigious sum to be
slipped into the pockets or purses of the1
German Princes !-And from what we !
know of the accommodating disposition of
these gentlemen, we may well have fears,
that peace is yet a very problematical event
in Europe.
With respict to the reserved million,
whether it is meant to work it# way on this
or on t’other side of the Atlantic, is a doubt
ful matter—whether it be intended as *• 4
golden bait” for the Blue Light men on our
coasts, or the Henryitc men on our frontiers,
—Whilst we depend on the integrity of our
fellow citizens, we advise Miem to be pre
pared for the worst.—If they cannot obtain
their right# by their Mediators, let them be
prepared to obtain them by their swords.
halt. America*.
5Vc*i the .Vt-» London Gazette r f Ft b. 23.
Cxptnin Hazard bU.ckpoole of his H. M.
frigate Statira, amused himself during tuc
last Friday and Satutday, in exhibiting liis
own, and his crews skill in gunnery. All the
boys and idlers in town were taken up with
his diversion, and unfortunately fnr the Cap
tain's reputation ns a great shot, he wasob
served by one of the most skilful artillerists
ih our country and several gentlemen of
Ijudgetnent of the town. From all the ac» ;
[counts we have had, we are induced to be I
tieve Stack poo le has not misused His Majes
ty** powder, and would not if he should go
on and exhaust his magaaioe; for at least it
answers the pur|>o*e of dhpUr
We are, however, indebted to Captain
Stackjioole, for this specimen of improved
gutint rv, as it furnishes the true key to un
ravel the various mysteries of ** rotten
masts."—a *• a crippled main yard,"—** the
scantling of a 74," &c. &c which Dacres,
Whinyates, Carden and the rest have play
ed ofT upon the w*.rld as apologies for the
defeats they have buffered from superior
skill. ‘
Oa Saturday arrived In the offing, the La
Hogue, 74, Capt. Cupel. We understand
and she is to relieve the Vict.wioos, which
lost part of her false keel on Fisher's Island,
and proves leaky.
AD V&R TISE ME NT.
For Sale or Rent,
For a term of years, that invaluable property
The YELLOW SPRINGS,
In the county of Montgomery,
State of Virginia,
With about 600 acres of Land,
• studied to them.
The improvement at the Springs is very consi
derable, and it is deemed useless to say more
of the medical quality of the Water, than it is
inferior to none in the sUte, and perhaps in the
world.—
A large quantity of Furniture
will be disposed of with the Springs.
Any person inclining to embark in a business of
this kind, aiul calculated to perform the duties
to the satisfaction of visitors, cannot fail of
' success.-Any person disposed to lease the
above property, may obtain any information
1 required of Peter itison, esq. of Amelia.
The terms of sale, Etc will be made easy, on
application to the subscriber, living near the
Springs.
CHARLES TAYLOR.
Montgomery, Feb. 20, 1*14. w8w
VIRGINIA:
At a Superior Court of Chancery,
holden at the Capitol in Richmond, the 5th
dag of February, 1813.
Gbkek Clay, Plaintiff.
AGAINST
| EleazarClay, Charles Clay, Thomas Clay, Mat
thew Clay, Mary Locket, Eli/.rdieth Murray,
William Thaxton and Lucy his wife, Priscil
la Clay, and Hopkins Lewis and Martha his
Defendantt
illlS cause came on this day to be heard on
the papers formerly read, and the report
of commissioner Parsons, pursuant to the order
of the seventh day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and srveji, with exceptions thereunto,
and was argued by counsel: On consideration
whereof the court, setting aside the said order
of the seventh day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seven, and the proceedings
therein since that time, doth adjudge, order
and decree, that Thomas Miller, .lamesClarke
and Ludwvll Urackett, or any two of them, wno
are appointed commissioners, do divide the re
al estate ol which Charles Clay, the father of all
the parties (except William Thaxton and Hop
kins Lewis) died seized, tracing such of the
part jes as chote to come into the partition, anJ
will bring into hotchpot with thfc estate de
scended, such advancements as any of them have
received li-om the said Charles the father, in
his life time, and make report of their proceed
inga to the court, with any matters deemed per
tinent by themselves, or required by the par
ties to be scpciully stated
A Copt —Teste,
lVM, W. HENING, C. C.
■ ■ ■ 1 ■ %
BY Virtue-nf (tic foregoing decree, Wc, the
undersigned commissioners therein named, will
meet at Hugh T rench's tavern, in the counly o'
Powhatan, on the llj'h day of May next, for the
purpose of dividing the estate of Charles Clay,
deceased, among such of the parties as chose
to come into the partition, according to the
terms of the said decree.
THOM AS MILLER.
LUO WELL BRACKETT.
JAS. CLARKE.
Powhatan, Feb. 1J, 1814 ,._w8w
Cumberland December Court, 1813.
William Merididi, sen. Plantiff.~y
ac .» inst CIn Chancery.
James Jackson, Defendant, j
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that the plaintiff has departed tins life since
the warding the injunction, and that Samuel
Mer tilth has qualified as executor of said \Ym.
Meriditb, but is not a resident of this State, on
motion of the defendant, by hi* counsel j It it
ordered, lliatunlesa the said S Meriditb, ex'or as
aforesaid, shall renew the injunction on or oe
fore next June court, that this cause will stand
dismissed as an act of this day,—nnd a cony »f
this order is directed to lie published, for two
months, in so-.ne newspaper printed in the Ciiy
of Richmond, and one other copy posted at the
front door of the Courthouse of this county.
A Copy—Teste,
MILLER WOODSON, Jr. D C.
March 2, 1814. w8w
ISAAC WKJ1&TKR
HAS OPENED
A House of Entertainment*
At the Kimo William Mills,
Two miles from Hanover Town.
March 3, 1814.
QJ* New Pamphlet.
Jaet Published by S. Pleatante,
OBSERVATIONS
ON
Mr. Gile&’9 Address
TO THE PEOPLE OP VIRGINIA,
By a Corretfiondent cf the Virginia Arent.
Feb. 24.
JUST PUBLISHED.
And/or tale at the Ar*u» ojitr, Piehmcnd,
THK
VIRGINIA ALMANACK,
For the year of our Lord,
1814
HOPKINS'SCELEBRATED^?'
Razor Strops,
rox sale at this orries.
Pi. At TS.JL'Hi:. Feb. ]l>.
A llritich force, u,it*t-r comiHV'<V • fc<vh*
•tel Scr.it, came util o the Fienro .VIj»!s ot
ter o;ir unity left that p'nte. The pnMie
property having all hern removed, and iltfc
barracks and (mad deMnitrtl, ilic ruoat • r
tumed after having committed some drpre
dations upon the properly of lutlividiiclv—
A flag arri*'(<l in town this morning from
co!. Scott Judge Richards, who was taken
at Ogdensburgii last winter, ami several o*
ther captives, were set at liberty at French
Mills.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
N'kwpoiit, Feh, 22.
This day arrived the Spanish sloop Car
delaria, Capt. Fernandes, 23 days trow Ma
tanses. who informs, that Capt. Cauavo, in
the Spanish schr. Josephine, arrived at that
place from New Providence, who reported
the arrival at New Providence, of aa Eng'
lish gun brig and a letter of marque ship
Nauaw--who were part of the Cork fleet
that had been dispersed bv orde^ *'f the rom*
manding officer of the convoy, on the appear
ance of two American frigates. Inc last
the brig saw was the frigates, one on each
quaaterof the 64. ENGAGING HER_
The brigand letter of marque are the only
t wo out of seven of the flcettwliich were des
tined for New Providence, that had arrived
MR. DEXTER DENOUNCED!
Thu hint Portsmouth Oracle contains half a
column of the most illiberal invective against
this distinguished gentleman, denouncing him
as an APOSTATE, an OFFICE SEEKER, 8tc.
&c. and asserting that he " has abjured bis fe
dernl politics, come out an approver of the War,
and of the treasures of the General Govern,
tnent” “ Others, brsides Afmae(/‘(s;.ys the
Oracle) could perhaps already tell that UUcye
is fixed on the next Vice Presidency, and li
nally aspires to the highest step on the ladder
of power.”
T bus every virtuous and patriotic m:m who
has the independence to look to the good of Ids
country, rather than to aid the schemes ef fac*
tion, may expect to be assailed by the pitiful
barkings of the tory pack.
| Salem Reg.
IVasaington City, March 3.
A bill tins passed the Senate and has been
twice read in the H-use of Representatives,
one object of wKTih is to authorise the Exe
cutive, in case of failure to fill the ranks of
any of the Regiments of the Army, to cause
the sa d Regiments to be cotiaoliduied, and
the supernunlernry officers lobe disbanded,
with an allowance of three motrlis’ pay and
the usual mileage to such officers us shall
be thus put out of service.
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