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COMTIVUATIOM OF
L\TE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Received by the British s'oofi of rear favo
rite, arrived at .Vew.Yori.
Loanov, Dec. 16.
The remark* which we made on the ap»
tinlntment of Sir George Murray to succeed
Sir George Prevost have drawn forth a
number of attestations to the former o‘fi
cer’g character as a quart<»r-»j'istcr gene
ral. We only said, we did not like hi*
name; ana in that feeling we are not singu
lar : and even still officers ought have been
chosen from the Spani.: i warriors of .much
greater renown, and from department* more
purely military. It was not a quarler-mas
ter general, btit a commander of the army
that was wanted in America.
In the night oF Friday week, the British
Queen packet, from O-itcnJ, was wrecked
on the Godwin Sands, an l it is much to be ■
feared every soul on board perished.
December 26.
The coronation ol Louis XVilf, is ex
pected to take plane in June next, at llheims,
where preparations arc making for the ce
remony.
Mr. Canning landed at Lisbon on the -Jth
instant, but a* late as the 8th, had not been
able, owing to a severe attack of the gout,
to wait upon the Regency.
1 be press on the river continues very hot,
and the service will, it is understood, be
continued until 10,000 able bodied seamen j
have been obtained.
Com. Owen and sir George Murray sailed
from Portsmouth on Thursday in the Niobe,
armed en flute, for Halifax, whence they
will proceed to Quebec.
The state of the Consolidated Fund and
the \Var I axe* for the current quarter it
particularly promising. The former had
already produced 1,000,000. more than the
corresponding quarter of la*t year; and the
surplus of the war taxes. Compared with
the same period, amounts to about 900,0001.
A letter from Leghorn, of tht: 26th of No
vember, snvs, a vessel just arrived from the
Island of Elba, had bivmvht news that Bo
naparte whs very U1 of an inflamntien In the
breast; 1h%* vessel, which belonged to him,
was designed to e.*mvey to the island the
ce.ebratcd physician Vaccari* It was re
arsed that ever since the arrival of Barnn
Koller at Porto Ferrajo, Bonaparte had
keen pensive and melancholy.
The Oshorne pocket, with a mail for Hal
ifax, sailed from Falmouth the 7th of De
cember.
Urt-ember 31.
On 'news of pr'.cc with America beiic
signed arriving at Manchester, the greatest
joy wei expressed throughout the town.
Report states, that the conclusion of the
negotiation at Ghent was followed by an
aflair of honor, which, however, ended with,
out bloodshed.
The William, Rcasant, from Rilbna to
Newfoundland, is taken by the Hen Ame
rican privateer.
From the London Globe of Dec. 27, 1814.
Aotifcatian from Government to the
Lord Mayor.
(COPY.)
"Foreign OJice, Dec. 2G, 1814.
" Mr Lord—1 have the hon^r to ac.
quaint your lordship, that Mr. S. Raker has
arrived at this office, this morning, from
Ghent, with the intelligence that a Treaty
of Peace was signed between his Majesty
and the United States of America by the
respective Plenipotentiares at that place,
on the 24th instant, h is, at the same time,
my duty to acquaint yn»r lordship, that it is
understood by the treate, that hostilities
will reuse as soon as it shall have been rati
fieil by the President of the United States, as
well as by the Prince Regent, in the name
and on behalf of his M ljestv.
“I have the honor to he, mv lord, vour
lordship's most obedient humb’a servant,
(Signed) “BATHURST.”
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
[hei e followed what the Globe gave as
the terms of the treaty, published in the last
.Irerut, Iinon which the Editor of the Globe
makes the fol owing remarks;]
" In this description of the Trpnfw vvp I
fc«ld ihc tiumiliatHni of Ministers in every
line. It forms, indeed, a deplorable con.
♦rut with the h:gh sounding threats and
boann of that part of the public press d*.
voted to their service. The wavin- of some
rtghts, and the mere retention of others, is
a miserable finale to a war that we were told
must nst c ase until nficr the Americans
wad l>ceti "confoundedly well (tigged
vlwch. it whs bnaved, must dismember the
union overthrow the government, and sweep
the American navy from the ocean, not
leaving n single bit of bunting, a rag, or a
stick '>ehind. But, after the state to which
ministers had brought the country by their
extravagance, and the war by their inca*
pa city, if they have l>een able to determine
it upon any terms not absolutely dishonor*,
ble sud ruinous, if tliev have effected a last*
irg peace, although not an advantageous
one, and ao| merely parchascd a short and
prvcaiao.il respite, with a certainty of the
renewal ut war with increased force and
violence, at * time when America shall
Pave both internally, and in her volitions
,",6 European Powers, many udvantii*
ges which she does not now possess, we v/ill
ti'tt hf dHpoatd to complain. From them
♦ e country had no right *o expect any thing
fcnter. The war ic the Penins da IntigotsV
ed in their hands until a. spirit of cnerg
* *e Ir.fitscd in*oit by the tf^jertions of the
f pr'osdion irt Parliame i* The s?,*rte inert
I sci'y hys beer, obse va’do in fhsir manage
tt:?n' of th« transatlantic war • but their
tardilv (*?• ted vigor «':d no» there pv oiv
li’;e hucccst, as tl.e growirg smrjt nf tbr
C* un* n . 5*» h[) f* ’ i ft***. \yi
lot St. VV u tic 'erstAad u»*i r. r. ty
«>f t.fe treaty was laid before the Cabinet on
Monday 1 *Rt, and acceeded to, with the
mere addition of the clause that hostilities
shaii frmrbwe until the ratification. In the
interval our reaiiet t will recollect Mr- Mon*
roe s letter, with explanatory observations,
has been received, in which it is declared
that the rights claimed by A meric* shall
not be ceded in a single instance; that the
ensuing campaign must open with an army
of 100,0#0 men, a force presumed fullv
competent to expel the English from the
American Continent, and that for this par,
pose recourse must be hii to a military
conscription; to which American papers
add that this proposition was so well receiv
ed, that bills for carrying it into effect had
been brought into Congress, aid paiseA
through several stages in the space of ten
clays from the first recommendation. 1 he
advocates for war, who form an active and
numerous body in the city, flatter them
selves that the determined and inveterate
spirit of hostility disnlayed in these pro*
ceediogs will generate, both in this country
and in America, difficulties and discontents
that may prevent the ratification of the
treaty.^ They think it very hard to have
>een witnessing two or three dull acts of a
'r.igedy, exhibiting only the minor and pre
paratory incidents, r id that the curtain
should drop abruptly at the very moment
when they were expecting the grand rfe
nouncement. It certainly is a disappoint
ment that must not u little hurt their feelings
and wound their pride :but it is one we ap
prehend they must endure with the sa*nc
patience with which they have endured its
authors, the present minis'er#. The ex
traordinary gambling which look place at
fue Stuck Exchange yesterday, although a
ho.i lay, is now tally explained^ Men might
s*ft,V take 50, or even 70 guineas, to return
1U/» it peace was not signed in fiv»e (lav%
. cn they well knew that it was actually
signed on Saturday last. Mr, Baker, the
bearer of the dispatches, arrived yesterday
about twelve o’clock ; and soon after Lord
Liverpool carried them to Carlton House,
where lie had a long intervie w with the
Prince Regenr. We believe that private
expresses had previously arrived with the
news, and that the knowing ones upon
Change were iully in possession of it about
one o clock. Ilencs arose the great bustle
and activity at that time, So much business
was done yesterday, it has been very slack
this morning. Tim terms of the treaty are
•’.ot Lked i and the funds, which rose yes*
terday upon Its first tinno iacement, and the
immensity of business done by iintici'».atiftu
li ive declined. Consols, for account, which
opened at 68, had fallen at 12 o’clock to 67
1 “1; and the Omnium, which opened at
P-ir. fall to 1 3.8 discount.
This morning we received the Pari* pa
nrrs of Friday and Saturday last. They
bring accounts from Vienna to the T4:h Dec.
which state, in a shape nearly official, that
the ancient dignity of *• F.tnperor of Ger
many, ’ will be abolished. No other point
of any interest in the proceedings of Con*
gress is noticed as settled. It is added,
that this Assembly had made no progress
for .a fortnight past. Russia Is said to have
delivered her ultimatum respecting Poland
and Snxonv, the particulars of which bed
not transpired. All the minor German
Princes, including Baden and Hesse, have
jointly espoused the cause of Saxony.
Peace being now concluded with Ameri*
ca, there can be no further pretence for the
continuance of the income tax- We may,
therefore, now venture to congratulate the
country upon the end ot that oppressive bur
den, on the 5th of April next, as a matter
of course.
At Covent Garden Theatre last evening,
prior to the exhibition of The Tcmfxle of
Concord, a grand ditpSay of splendid fire
works took place -• and the last transforma
tion, In which the w >rd “ Pc/vcs” appear*
ed in the c*n*re ot a vivid sun, was received
with the utmost applause. In consequence
of the intdhgcnce, which had very recently
arrived, of Peace with America, Mr Gri
inaldi, who played the Clown, and snug c
song in character with much good humour,
introduced into ita verse announcing the ces
sation of hostilities, which was received with
great pleasure, and the song was universally
encored.
National Legislature.
IN senate
Monday, Fckruanj !3.
The bill making appropriations for the
support icf government, was read a'third
time as amended, and passed,
"I he bill from the home to authorize the
issuing of Treasury Notes for the service of
the year 1815, was read and passed to a
second reading.
The Senate res*nrjed the consideration of
the bill from the house, en*itfcd “ An Act
directing the manner of contracts and pur..
ch«*es in the Navy Department, and for
promoting econo ny therein when on mo
tion of Mr. Tait it was postponed to the se
cond Monday in March next (rejected )
The bill from the House *• for the relief
of the inhabitants of the late county of New
Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who
suffered by earthquakes,” was ordered to a
third reading as amended.
The bill for the relief of Joseph Perkins,
also from the House, was ordered to a third
reading.
Mr. Hunter presented thw petition of P.d.
ward Martin, of Newport, K. I. which was
referred to a select committee.
The bill fur the relic! of Bowie Sc Kirtz
and others, was ordered to be engrossed fur
a third reading, 11 to 9
Mr. (liln, from the Military committee,
repor:ed sun Iry resotu i ins expressive nr
hr th ick* of Congress to flooeral Jack
inn, a'id tne tr »>;is under in* con u tnd, fo*
heir gallantry and good conduct ii the de
fence of New Orleans/ w.licit weft* read <5c
ps*'-it'»a second reading.
Mr. Cilrs also reported sun It resolu
lion* rx»»r<*s*ive of the hi-b aev.TO cniefauij
oy Ceugrcsiot tbj palrie.stn *.»d go;j
I conduct of the people of Louisiana, and of
New Orleans, during the fats military op
erations before that city ; which wore read
and passed to x second reading.
Mr. Tnit reported suedrv resolutions ex
pressive of toe sense of Congress of the
gallantry of Commodore' Patterson, Mnj.
Carmiclt and other naval an4 marina nil
curs engaged in the’ defence of O.* cans—
which were read and passed to a second
reading.
■ The bill from the House concerning Mat*
fhew CJj/ and others, was postponed to the
2d Monday in March next (rejected) 14 to
TVcdnetia’t, Feb. 15.
After sitting in closed doors (oa the Trea
ty) for some time —
The following resolutions, reported the
day before yesterday, were unanimously a*
dopted :
Resolutions expressivj of the high sense
entertained by Congress, of the patriot
ism and good conduct of the people of
Louisiana, and oF New Orleans, during
the late military operations before that
city.
i\c.swvra, oij toe ocnare anz ft ruse of
Rrpressutattve* of the United States of A.
merictt tn Congre is assembled. That Con*
j gress entertain a high sense (if the patriot -
| ism, fidelity seal, and courage, with which
the people oF the state of Louisiana prompt
ly and unanimously stepped tforth, under
, circumstances of emmincat danger from .a
powerful invading army, In the defence of
ad the individual, social, and political rights
hel l dear by man. Congress declare and
proclaim, that the brave Louisanians de
serve well of the whole people of the U,
States.
Resolved, That Congress entertain a
high sense of the generosity, benevolence,
and humanity, displayed by the people of
NevOrLans, in voluntarily affording the
best accommodations in their power, and
giving the kindest attentions to the wounded
not only oPonr army, but also totqe woudsd
prisoners of a vanquished foe.
Resolved, That the President of the U.
Stst -i be requested to cause the foregoing
resolutions to be communicated to Ids ex*
cellency the governor of Louisans, acoo n*
pati.ed with a request that he cause the
greatest possible publicity to be given to
them, for tae information of the .whole
people of Louisiana.
Re.olutio .s expressive of the thank* of
Co.Jgress to .Vf ij >r general Jackson, and
the troops under his command, fur their
gallantry and good conduct in the defence
of New Orleans,
Revolv'd by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the 'Tail'd States of A*
marie a in Congress assembled, That the
thanks of Congress he, and they arc hereby
given »o major general Jackson, Zc through
him to the officers and soldi»-r3 of the reg
ular army, of the militia, ami of the volun
teers, under his immediate command, and
to the officers and soldiers charged with the
deiencs of FnrtSh Philip, for their uniform
gallantry and good conduct, conspicuously
displayed against the enemy f-oru the time
of his landing before New Orleans until
h:* final expulsion from the state of Louis
iana ; and particularly for their valor,
skill, and good conduct, on the 8th of Janu
ary last, in repulsing, with great slaughter,
a numerous British army of chosen veteran
troops, when attempting, by a bold and
daring attack, to storm and carry the
works hastily thrown up tor the defence
oi New Orleans, thereby obtaining a most
signal and complete victory over the enemy,
with a disparity of loss on his part unex
ampled in military annals.
Resolved, That the President «f the U.
tates be requested to cause to be struck a
gold medal, with devices emblematical of
th.s 3plendid achievement, and presented
to major general Jackson, .13 a testimony of
the high sense entertained by Congress, of
his judicious mil distinguished conducted
that memorable occasion.
Resolved, That the President of the Uni
ted States he requested to cause the fore
going resolutions to be communicated to
major general Jackson, in such terms as he
may deem best calculated to give effect to
the objects thereof.
Resolved, bij the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of A
merlca in Congress assembled. That Con
gress entertain a high sense of the valor 8c
good conduct of Commodore D. T. Patter,
son, of the officers, petty officers, and sea
men, attached to his command, for theif
prompt and efficient co-operation with gen.
Jackson, in the late gallant and successful
defence of the city of New Orleans, when
assailed by a powerful British force.
Resolved, i hat Congress entertain a
high sense of the valor and good conduct of
maj. Daniel Carmick, of the officers, non
commissioned officers, and marines, under
his command, in the defence of said city,
on the late memorable occasion.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES;
Monday, Feb. 13.
Mr. Hanson of Md. obtained 'uavemf ab
sence from Thursday next for the remain
der of the session.
Mr. Haw presented the petition of /\. B.
Ross of Coot, praying to be released from
prison, wherein he is confined at the suit of
the U.S. which was referred to a select
commi'tee.
Mr. LefFrrts of N. Y. presented a petition
from a number of manufacturers of um
brellas, living in the City of N. York, pray
ing that the duty on the domestic manu
facturc of those articles may bo repealed,
and the duty on their importation encreas..
cl ; which was referred to the committee
of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mir. Ingersoll, from the Judiciary com
mittee, to Wliom was referre 1 the enquiry
int > tho expediency of increasing the salary
*f the District Judge of th» atatp of Massa
chusetts, mtide a report unfavorable to an
mr.reasf in this case, separate from the gen
*rsU c’»« of such salaries ; which was or
dered tj lie 00 tUs table.
i i'.c annua) report of the Secretary ol
War, on the subject of Pensions, was re
tarred to the committee on Pensions, and
Revolutionary Cl ti ns.
NATIONAL BANK.
A .mssiage Iro.n the jSc.ju’e announcing
the passage of.the bill to iurorpurate the
subscribers to the bant of the United States
»f .A nerlea, was brought up and the bill
rea 1 a first and second time,
Mr. Gaston moved to refer the bill to the
committee of Way* snd Means, with a view
to the amendment of its details, which pro*
munced to be incorrect and iu many re.
spects i npracticuble.
! This motion was opposed by Mr. Forsyth
and Mr< Pia.^ ot N. V. who argued in favor
of the correctness of the details of the bill,
and denied that any other object but delay
would be answered by the proposed refer
ence.
The motion wa3 negatived, ayes 59, noes
70 or 80.
Mr. Sharp then moved to refer the bill
to a select committee, with the follow ia$
instructions:
1. To strike out all that part of the r bill
that allows fifteen millions of dollars of the
capital of said Hank to be paid In six per
cent, stock of the UnitedjStutes heretofore
created and now in the hands of the “stock*
holders j and then amend the bill so as to
allow the government to take the said fif.
teen millions on their account.
2. I iiat all the government subscriptions
shall be paid in stock at five per cant, inter*
cst.
3. 1 hat the government shall have a
number of directors in said Bank equal to
t.:e proportion it may have of the capital of
the Bink ; who shall be appointed oy the
President of the United States.
4 That so long as the Bank shall not
be required to pay specie for its notes or
bills, or after naving co n r.enced paying’ of
specie, snail from aov caus< stop the. pay
ment of the sa ne, the government shall
not be required to pay to the Bank a high
er rate of interest on any loans to govern
ment either as permanent loans or in anti
cipation of loans, than four per ceut.
5. I hat the Bunk shall not be allowed to
sell or transier any part of the government
ston>. that it may acquire by permanent
loans to government, until the end of one
year after the war.
In Support of this motion, Mr. S. made a
speech of nearly an hour in length.
Forsyfh replied to the principal
points of this speech at considerable length.
Mr. Sharp explained.
Mr. Oakley expressed himself in a
speech of some length, as favorable to some
of the objects of the motion of Mr. Sharp,
and as preferring tham generally to the
present provisions of the bill,
Mr. Calhoun in a pithy speech of mo.
derate length, expressed hi nself in favor
of commitment, though friendly only to
two of the proposed instructions, vix. the
reduction of the interest on loans to the
government, and striking out the old stock.
He assigned the reasons also why the plan
of a Bank now before the House did not
meet Uis approbation.
Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Wright, Mr. Rhea,
and Mr. Forsyth further opposed the com
mitment, and Mr. Oakley, Mr. Bowen, and
Mr, Gaston advocated it.
_ The question on Mr. Sharp’s motion ha
ving been divided, the question on reference
to a select committee was taken separate
ly from the instructions proposed to be gi
ven to (he committee / and *
On the question of commitment, the vote
stood, by yeas and nays, as follows :
For commitment 75
Against it 80
Mr. Gaston then moved to refer the bill
to a committee of the whole ; which moti
on was decided as follows :
For the motion 70
Against it 84
Mr. Sharp then moved to amend the bill
bv striking out so much as allaws the sub*
scriotion of stock heretofore created.
I’liis motion was supported by Mr. Duval,
and opposed by Messrs. Wright ami Ham*
phreys ; and was negatived, by yeas and
nays, by the folio whig vote 1
For the motion 72
Against it 82
Mr. Sharp then moved to amend the bill
by limiting the interest to be given by the
government on loans from the Bank to 4
per cent.—which motion was also negativ*
ed, bv yeas and nay3, at follows :
For the motiou 74
Against it 77
And then the Honse adjourned.
Tuesday, February 14.
Mr. Fi-rney obtained Icive of absence for
the remainder of the session.
Mr. Fisk, of Vt. presented a petition of
“ Hie New England Emigration Society,”
praying that twenty.five townships of Pub.
lie Land* lying South of 11 degrees of North
Latitude, may be sold to them on the terms
and for the purposes therein mentioned.—
Referred t.o the committee on Public Lands.
Mr. Fisk of N. York presented a petition
of Samuel Butler ; which was referred to
the Committee of Ways and M*-.ana,
Mr. Pcar*oti presented the petition of
Pierce Purcell, of the city of Washington,
praying pavmcut for a fence belonging to
Jilin and taken by a military force for the
benefit and comfort of a detachment of the
army. ——Referred to the Committee ot
Claims.
Mr. Gourdea presented the petition of
Alexander If. Saunders; which was refer
red to the committee of Cluims.
Mr. Newton, from the select committee,
reported hill to authorise the Secretary
of the War Department to pnr#ha*e for the
use of the Unit ;d States the topographical
materials of William Tatham ; which was
twice read and committed.
The engrossed bill requiring the Secre
tary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
House of Representatives to give bond for
the faithful execution of the duties of their
allic®, was read a tljird time »ud pasiud.
Wednesday, February 15.
Mr. Yancey reported a bill for the re!i«f
of James Savage and others ; which was
. read and committed—(compens t'ing
• or property destroyed at Pluttsburg by or
der of general Macomb;) and a bill for
the relief of Thomas Spriggs; which was
also twice read and Committed
Mr. Law reported a bill to authorize A.
Ross to be {discharged from his imori«
sonment; which was twice read aud co®«
mitted.
MILITARY LANDS.
. Wright of Md. rose to make a moa
t;on. Believing, he said, that the war was
! about to receive a termination, he felt it a
city to those brave patriots who, bv their
! exertions had placed the character of the
country so high that we should never again
1 *“ disturbed by any'foreign power, unless
unhappily intestine division should afford
an opportunity to an enemy, to move the
following resolution, with a v;ew to redeem
; the notional pledge to those who had enllsr
ed under the banners of their country to
defend its soil, and enforce its rights: He
therefore moved —
u That a committee be appointed to en»
quire into the expediency of laying off as
much of the public lands as shall be neces»
sary to satisfy the claims of the army of
the United States, and of fixing t’ae location
thereof/'
r>ir. vv, saia ne snouiu not press toe cm*
side ration of this motion to*day, bat eail tor
it on some future Hay,
THE BARBARA POWERS.
Mr. Newton oF Va. ollered for considera
tion the following resolution, which, he said
would speak for itself, and preclude the ne*
cessitv of any elucidatory remarks:
“ Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to cause to ba
laid before this house such information us he
shall deem necessary to be communicated,
touching the state of the relations existing
between the U. States bod the Birbary pow
ers."
The resolution was agreed to rum ccn.
and a committee appointed to lay it before
the President.
The engrossed bill for granting a dona
tion of 3:20 acres of land to Anthonv B.
Shane, and the bill for the relief of Uriah
Coolidge and James Burnham, were read a
thirl time and passed.
I he bill from the Senate granting further
time to complete the surveys and obtain the
patents for lands under the Virginia resolu
tion warrants, was ordered to be read a
third time to-morrow.
The report of the committee of Ways and
Means, favorable to the petition of Solomon
Frazer and Mary Ecclcston, was agreed to
in committee of the whole, and referred to
the committee of Ways and Means to report
a bill.
.The bill for laying a direct tax on the dis*
trict of Columbia, was agreed to in com,
mictee of the whole, and ordered to be eu,
gro.sed for a third reading.
The remainder of the day was snent in
committee of the whale, aa the bill to fix the
compensations and increase the respoosi.
bility of the collectors of the direct tax and
internal duties, and for other purposes con.
nveted witli the collection thereof. The bill
was reported to cha house; and
The house adjourned.
Thursday, Peb. 16.
Mr Comstock presented tlie petition of
Wm. P. Bennet, late a captain in the army,
confined in prison for debt due the United
States and praying a discharge .• which was
referred to the committee of ways and
means.
Mr. Smith of Pa. presented a petition of
Thomas Hilyard, a revolutionary soldier—
Referred to the committee on Pensions.
Mr. M’Coy presented the petition of
Samuel Doak for a remission of duties or.
siills—Referred to the committee of ways
and means.
The bill from the Senate for the relief of
Bowie and Kurtz and others late owners of
the ship Allegheny, was read twice apd
referred to the committee of claims;
VII. t OKY A T ORLEANS.
The resolutions from the Senate express
sive of the thanks of Congress to General
Jackson and the troops under his command
for their gallantry In defence of New Or*
leans, were twice read and amended;
On the question of ordering these and the
subsequent resolves to a third reading_
Mr. Trouo of Georgia said, that he con.
graluated the House on the return of peace
—if the peace be honorable, he might be
permitted to congratulate the House on the
g'orlous termination of the war. He might
be permitted to congratulate them on the
glor oiis termination of the most glorious
war ever waged bv any people—To the glo*
ry of it General Jackson and his gallant ar.
my have contributed not a little. I canno:,
sir—perhaps language cannot do justice to
the merits of General Jackson, and th«
troops under his command, or to the send,
bilitjr of the house. I will, therefore, forbear
io trouble the house with the usual prefato
ry remarks*; it is a fit subject for the geni.
us of Homer. But there was a spectacle
connected with this subject upon which the
human mind would delight to dwell—upon
which the human mind c>uld not fail to
dwell with peculiar pride and exultation—
it was the yeomanry of the country march
ing to the defence of the city of New Or
leans, leaving their wives and children ami
firesides at a moment’s warning. On the
one side, commuting themselves to the bo,
som of the mother of rivtrs ; on the other,
taking tkc rout of the traoiiess and savage
wilderness for hundreds of miles. Meeting
at the place of rendezvous —seeking, at
tacking. and beating the enemy in a pitch
ed battle—repulsing thvee desperate ai
saults with great loss to him—killing, woun
ding hod capturing more than tour thousand
of hjs force, and finally compelling him to
(ly precipitately the country hehaJboicl.
• ly invaded.- The farmers of the country
triumphantly victorious over the conquer,,
craQf the conquerors of l.urope, leant.