Brookville Inquirer, Volume 1, Number 8, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 February 1833 — Page 2

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IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. Fall of the Citadel of Antwerp.

At a late hour last night, says the New York

Advocate, our news schr. T. H. Smith, boarded

the packet ship Florida, Cant. Griswould, from

Iondon, whence she sailed on the 28th Decem-

lier bv which vessel we have London dates to

the 27 lb, inclusive.

The papers by this arrival announce the im

portant intelligence oi the rail ol Antwerp, on

the 2 1th Dec. at noon, up to which hour an inces

sant bombardment was kept up by the besiegers

It will be seen from the follow ing statements, that Gen. Chasse defended the place as long as

was practicable. The terms of the capitulation

will be found below. NEWS FROM THE SKAT OF WAR. Bcrchcm, Iliad Quart frs of Marshal Gerard.') Monday evening, Dec. 21. S

I have verv little to add to my letter of this

morning. A Dutch oflicer and Captain Passy

Aid-de-camp to Marshal Gerard, are gone to the Hague with the terms of the capitulation. The

Marshal demands that the King of Holland con

sent to give up all the forts and dependencies of

the Citadel, m conformity to the treaty ol the 15th November.

The act of capitulation consists of ten articles,

and its purport is

That the Citadel of Antwerp, Tete de Flan-

deres, Burght, D Austaovil, and Zurncrecht, should be immediately given up. That the commander and his garrison should he considered as prisoners of war until the surrender of Forts Lilloand Liefkenshook. That the garrison should leave the Citadel with all the honors of war. That the garrison should lay down its arms on the glacis of the Citadel, on the side next the esplanade. That the garrison should only take away with it such articles as belong immediately to the officers and privates. That the material which defended the Citadel should be considered as the property of the Belgian government. That an inventory should be taken of all the material, &c. That two battalions of French infantry should take immediate possession of the posts of the halfmoon, the curtain towards the esplanade, and of the gate of the Citadel. , That should the king of Holland consent to the surrender of Forts Lillo and Liefkenshook, Gen. Chasse and the garrison should be escorted

by the French to the Frontiers of Holland, and there have their arms returned to them. The IGth article makes mention that the gun boats lying in the Scheldt, and on the polders,

should not be considered as included m tne present treaty, Gen. Chasse having declared that

they were under the command ol Captain Koop

man, and that he had no control whatever over

them. In conformity with those articles, the French

took possession of the different posts mentioned,

and jointly with the Dutch, keep the guards of the Citadel. Until the return of the messenger to the Hague, nothing will be definitively settled, and a great deal will depend on the reply of the Piling of Holland as to his future intentions. Those best acquainted with the Dutch politics, feel certain that William never will consent to give up the forts in question voluntarily, and from the consistency of the line of politics he has hitherto followed, the French will be compelled to reduce these forts, and take them if they can. The city of Antw erp presents an aspect very different to what it did a few days since. The shops are open again, the gay merchandise is once more at the windows, and carriages are rolling into the tow n with its emigrant inhabitants. Marshal Gerard, the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, accompanied by a brilliant staff, paid a visit to the prisoner Chasse, in his hovel, in the vault of the Citadel. I thinkit would have been better taste had Gerard visited his prisoner with less ostentation. The French have now only a few sentinels in the trenches, who strictly prevent all but military men from inspecting the works. It is said that Chasse and his garrison are to be confined at Mcnin and Yprcs. An inventory is now being taken of all the ma

terial in the Citadel under the direction of

Generals Haxo and Ncigre. The follow ing is from the Antwerp paper, the Journal du Commerce: When the news of the capitulation was known, general joy prevailed in Antwerp. People met and congratulated each other without distinction of rank or party. The Dutch saved nothing from the Citadel or its neighborhood. Early in the evening, the gunboat No. 8, w hich it is said has on board things of value, as well as important documents, was obliged to surrender to the French garrison, at Fort Phillippe. Towards 9 o'clock the Dutch set fire to six other gun-boats mooreJ under the Citadel; they all became a prey to the Jlames; five others were also sunk by then1; during the night the steamer Chasse was also blow n up. The Citadel offers a picture of extreme desolation; no building remains entire; all arc totally destroyed or crippled by the projectiles of the besiegers: not a foot of ground but is ploughed up by the balls and shells. One important building was destroyed, with all its contents. K would appear that this loss determined the besieged to capitulate. It is clear they held out to the lust extremity. General Chasse and his garrison are still in the citadel, the approaches to which are forbidden to the carious by the French, who are in possession of the posts mentioned in the capitulation. Marshal Gerard and the two princes are in the town since morning. The inhabitants are returning in crow ds. On every side, the water destined to arrest the flames in case of bombardment, is thrown from the garret windows the apertures are be to uncovered in short, the town has acquired an

activ.iy to which it has lately been unaccustomed. The Regency will meet this evening, to frame an address to the King, expressive of their

wishes that the ramparts of the citadel on the

side of the city may be demolished. London, Dec. 27 Evening.

The accounts from Antwerp, contain some

hishlv interesting details of the terms of the ca

pitulation and of the occurrences which took

place up to one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.

The garrison marched out to the quay of the

Citadel on Mondav afternoon, commanded by

General Favange (Chasse himself being unable to move, from an attack of rheumatism,) and

laid dowrn their arm3 according to the terms a-

greed on. They were then escorted back to their quarters, where they will remain until the

answer to the communication made to me Hague is received. If the King of Holland should refuse to surrender the other forts on the

Scheldt, (of which the fullest expectation is entertained at Antwerp,) these gallant men are to

be subjected to the treatment of prisoners of

war, and confined atMenin and xpres.

But the conduct of the French and Belgians with regard to the gun-boats stationed between the Citadel and the Tete de Flandres deserves to be designated as attrocious. The gun-boats

were in no degree dependant upon the Citadel

nor were they under the orders of Gen. Chasse; the commander, Capt. Koopman, acted under

instructions direct from the sovereign, lhey were not, therefore included in the capitulation

of the Citadel, and actually kept from it. Nev

ertheless, in defiance of this distinct understand

ing, and in violatiou of Belgic neutrality, when

Capt. Koopman, on the cessation of hostilities,

thought proper to drop down the river with his little fleet, the Belgians, from some of the works

on the Banks, with the French artillerymen, opened a heavy fire upon the gun-boats, and their

gallant Commander, turning that it was next to impossible to effect a passage by the opposing

batteries, blew up and sunk his vegsels (with the

exception ol one which escaped,) rather than al

low them into the hands of either French or Belgians by whom they might have been used against

torts Ullo and Laeltkenshock. Ihe spirited

conduct of the Dutch Commander provoked the

disappointed leelings ol the Belgians, who were base enough to pelt and hoot at him and his gallant comrades as they passed through the streets as prisoners of war. No doubt many of these valliant assailants of disarmed prisoners were the same pitiful scoundrels who threw down their arms and ran away when armed Dutchmen appeared before them. No wonder the French

hould put their feet upon the necks ol such

worthless wretches. The people who are capable of such conduct are surely unworthy to be raised to the station of an independent nation. King Leopold, who arrived at Antwerp a short time after this digraceful scene, was received with coolness by this ignoble people. The French papers of Tuesday contain no articles of importance beyond those relating to the fall of the Citadel of Antwerp. The Funds did not advance materially on Tuesday, notwithstanding the Antwerp news and the pacific character of the intelligence from Prussia, the effect wdiich would have been produced being somewhat checked by the accounts from Vienna mentioning the intention of the Auirian Government to raise 32,000 men to complete the Hungarian Regiments. In addition to the public advices from the continent, which lead to the belief that a general continental war is not far distant, we have received private information from Germany of a very important nature, which greatly strengthens this opinion. We are impatient to know the answer of William: for in case of refusal, the result of the stipulation is, that the Citadel shall be sent prisoners to France ; on the contrary, if he accept, they will be conducted to the frontiers, with all the honors of war. London, Dec. 27, 2 o'clock. A vessel is said to have arrived from Lisbon which left -on the 21st inst. Consols have been done as high this morning as 87i buyers, at present they are 851. In the foreign market the Dutch funds have improved 43 J-i, a half per cent higher than yesterday. In other speculations nothing doing. Paris, Dec. 25. The capitulation of Gen. Chasse has excited much satisfaction here; it being felt on all sides that the losses of France were already sufficiently severe in an expedition as vain as it was groundless. VIRGINIA. This State, the original mother of Nullification, has at length taken her ground upon the present state of federal relations. Her Senate

has concurred in the resolutions of the House of

Delegates, adding some unimportant amend

ments, are the addition of sending a kind of

Plenipotentiary to Governor HAYNL, of the realm of South Carolina. B. W. Leigh has been appointed; and with his credential has departed on his mission. He no doubt arrived in good season to find the Govervor well inclined to be upon his good behaviour. The day is past in which the blustering of the South can control the action of the nation. Too long she has been permitted to dictate, under the pains ind penalties of quitting the concern. The following article from the Philadelphia Inquirer is in the right spirit. Cincinnati Gazette. The Richmond Enquirer calls out to the northern and Eastern States to "BEWARE!" and beseeches our citizens not to deceive themselves. Jt adds: 'It is true the South is generally opposed to Nullification. We are sure that Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, are dissatisfied not only with this mode of redress, but with the precipitation of South Carolina in rushing at once to such extremities. But we charge our Northern brethren not to believe for a moment that the South will acquesce in the present Tariff System or that the public sentiment among us will much linger remain 6ubdued and tranquil.

Wfc do not wish to play the Waggudociu but we warn them to beware. They know how deeply we are attached to this Union, and how zealously we are opposed to the heresy of Nullification. But it is impossible not to see the danger which surrounds us. The South feels the oppression to which she is subjected by the monopolists of the North. We have strong interests and some feelings too, in common with the citiizens of South Carolina. Suppose blood was to flow in this quarter, (we can conceive of many ways in which it many be brought about either by accident or design) and w ho can say, how. long it will be before the flame shall spread through the whole South ? Suppose also, that

we perceive the intention of fastening this as a

permanent system upon us that this session passes off without giving us relief; that in the meantime money is drawn from our pockets to

overflow the 1 reasury, and to give rise to wild and unconstitutional expenditures, does the

North think that we can quietly submit to this

state of things? that there is no danger of the discontents of our countrymen increasing, and

of the popular excitement of the South spread

ing, until no wise man will be able to calculate

its excesses? ' Does Mr. Ritchie consider this prudent lan

guage to use under the circumstances? Does he think it caculated to check Nullification? If he

does we differ from him widely. He intimates

that if blood should flow in this quarter that is

if the Nullifiers should resist the laws of the general government, and thus provoke a forcible ex

ecution of those laws that all the South will mingle in the quarrel, and take sides with the

Nullifiers! Do we understand him rightly? Do

we understand him to say that he would advise such a course, should the circumstance he has alluded to occur? The people of the North desire to know who among the Southern Editors and party leaders are really disposed to

unite with South Carolina in her mad scheme of

disunion; and although the Richmond Enquirer

has heretofore repudiated the position of that

State, the language we have quoted exhibits less attachment to the Union and less hostility to

nulhhcation, than we had a right to expect from

that quarter. The threats of the Enquirer w ill be laughed

to scorn at the North. The palmy days of Virginia have gone by, and she is rapidly becoming

a theme for ridicule and laughter in the mouth of men. How unwise has been her conduct upon the subject of Federal Relations! How

unprincipld her vote upon the Vice Presidency.

1 hreats irom V lrgima have no terrors for the

North. We have listened to them too Ion? in a

pirit of forbearance and courtesy. We have

too long heard the manufactures of the North denounced as oppressors and monopolists, drawing 'money from the pockets' of the south, bv

the force of an unconstitutional law. It is time these charges were visited back in a proper spirit. It is time for Virginia and the South, to be told that the curse of slavery is the evil that af

flicts and presses them down. It is vain that

they attempt to shut their eyes to this truth. It

is in vain that they endeavor to forget the Nor

thampton insurrection. "An alarm bell never tolls in Richmond," says John Randolph, "but

the mother presses her mlant closer to her bo

som," conscious that she lives in a slave state, and not knowing at what moment the fettered may

"strike for liberty." The Northern Editors and

Northern Statesmen have been careful to avoid the question of Slavery when discussing Nullification and the Tariff; but wdien a paper having the influence of the Richmond Enquirer boldly THREATENS us with a league with the Nulli

fiers, with disunion, unless the workshops of the North are 'laid w aste,' it is time for the manufacturing States to speak out. We again assert that the manufacturers the people of Pennsylvania, do not insist upon a high and opressive Tariff, but they are utterly opposed to the bill

of Mr. Verplanck, and are anxious that the results of the law of the last Congress be ascertained before another change is made. And more than all they are opposed to any change while the sword of Nullification is suspended

above them in a threatening attitude. Phila

delphia Inquirer.

Since what precedes was in type, another

message from Gov. FLOYD to the Virginia Legislature, has been received. Its object is to propose the call of a Convention to amend the Constitution of the United States. It is made

up of assertions, that Congress usurps powers not granted ; that the South is oppressed ; that South Carolina should be sustained, with an additional hash of the old cold meats of the reserved rights of the States, and the report and resolutions of 1798-1800. It denounces the Tariff, calls for its repeal, reprobates the doctrines of the President's last Message and descants solemnly on the high responsibility of Virginia. In the House of Delegates the message was laid on the table with an expressed determination not to act upon it Ayes 66, Noes 53. It was ordered to be printed as a kind of salvo for the Governor's feelings, it being understood the Message received the go-by, because it was "illtimed and calculated to revive discussion on topics already so widely debated." Cin. Gaz.

generous .urolmuuis it their iiifatuut;( n .v

3 - - fcv wtvs lull cl-tJ. "The castle is defended bv two

artillery, under the command of Captain, T ders and Patrick. 1 5 bai

"There is no intercourse, scarcely, bet, the officers and either of the parties in t,l

..uv-i uuici iiii-Miiisktuices, uiis would beanl an t post, as our boat plies twice between and Charleston, which wnnld nfTr

7 1 u UI Jin onti-J tunitVOf VlSltincr ihp ritv as r,ffor, t T01

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ca.ii ui me uue uui utmg mucn more than a 1

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Castle Pincknev; In the harbour of Charleston, to which port of Custom House has recently been removed, is thus spoken of in a letter from an officer of the United States Army, published in the Winchester Republican: "Castle Pinckney, where I am stationed, is a small, but castellated fortification built upon a marsh, a small portion of which has been reclaimed for that purpose. It is within 12 or 14 hundred yards of Charleston, and completely commands the city. The walls are seven or eight feet in thickness, having embrasures for musketry, and defended by eight twenty four pounders, two twelves, two sixes and a ten incli howitzer. Others are to be added, which will make the place almost impregnable. Here, if matters come to the worst, the first blow will be struck, and dreadful will be the destruction to the brave and

The marsh, hwevcr,isfast filling Un

oyster shells, which in a few years will affi firm foundation.

"Fort Moultrie is situated on Sullivan's

about five miles from Charleston: and.

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lectin ueingerenr. auiiuae oi soutn Carolin

.r " i ney ar

nv ltjjcuiuig uiuiuii, iiicuiiimg ii wiiii ordir ance of various calibre, and surrounding it wjt piquets for infantry. The island is thicklv ctn

ded with houses built exclusively for umm0

residence; whither the fashion, thebeautv

chivalry of Charleston congregated every sum! mer, to enjoy the fine sea breeze and pcrhatK J

bathing.- The dwellings, surrounded by piazza

me paimeiio, rne ooats ana pnae ol the CaroJ linians the Spanish bayonct,(an evergreen fronv

luto 10 leethigh) the solt, elastic atmosphere ,11, .1 J v. . i

ciiLugincr piuuutcu sutii cui imprcsison upon me that I could very readily imagine mvself in some oriental village, so entirely different was every thing from what I had been accustomed

to."

There is both wit and humor in the following letter

from "Jlajor Jack Downing," to his "kind and dew

oiu ineiia dowi aown easters. vt e could not sud-

press a smile on reading it. It is inserted by way of

spicing our other selections: Washington City, Jan. 17, 1833.

To the editor of (lie Portland Courier, in the Mariners'' Church building, second story, eastern end, Fore st., away dozen east, in the State of Maine. My kixd and dear old friend: The President's Message to Congress makes

cracking work: here. Mr. Calhoun shows his

teeth like a lion, Mr. McDuftie is cool as a cow-

cumber, tho' they .Bay he's got a terrible tempest inside of him, that he'll let it out before lonj. For my own part I think the President's message

is about right. I was setting in the east room last night chatting about one and another, and says the President, Maj. Downing have you read my message that I sent to Congress to day. I told him I had'nt. ; Well, says he. I should like to

have you read it, and give me your opinion on it. So he handed it to me and I sot down and read it through.

And when I. got through, now says I Gineral,

I'll tell you what I think of this ere business. When I was a youngster, some of us Downing-

ville boys used to go down to Sebago Pond. And

one time 1 and cousin Jt,pnraim. and Joel, and

Bill Johnson, and 2 or 3 more of us each had a whopping great log to carry across the Pond' It was rather a windy day and the waves kept the logs bobbing up and down pretty considerably bad, so we agreed to bring 'em alongside and lash 'cm together and drive some thole pins in the outer most logs and row 'em over together. We went along two or three miles pretty well By and by Bill Johnson begun to complain. He was always an uneasy harum scarum chap. Always thought every body else had an easier time than he had, and when he was a boy, alw ays used to be complaining that the other boys had more butter on their bread than he had. Well, Bill wras rowing on the leward side, and he begun to fret and said his side went the hardest, and he

wouldn't give us any peace till one of us changed sides with him. Well, Bill hadn't rowed but a litle ways on the windward side before he begun to fret again, and declared that side w ent harder than 'tother, and he wouldn't touch to row on that side any longer. We told him he had his choice and he shouldn't keep changing so. But he only fretted the more and began to get mad. At last he declared if we didn't change with him in five minutes, he'd cut the lashings and take his log and paddle off alone. And before we had hardly time to turn round, he said the five minutes were out, and up hatchet and cut the lashings, and away went Bill on his own log, bobbing and reeling about, and dancing like a monkey to try to keep on the upper side. The rest of us scrabbled, too, as w ell as we could, and fastened our logs together again, though we had a tough match of it, the wind blew so hard. Bill hadn't gone but a little ways before his log began to roll more and more, and by and by in he went splash, head and ears. He came up rolling and blowing, and got hold of the log and tried to climb up on it, but the more he tried the more the log rolled; and finding it would be gone goose with him pretty soon if he staid there, he sung out like a loon for us to come and take him. We asked him what side he would row if we'd take his log into the raft again. 0 says Bill, I'll row on either side or both sides if you want me, if you'll only come and help me before I sink. But, said the President, I hope you did'nl help the foolish rascal out till he got a pretty good soaking. He got soaking enough before we got to him, says I, for he was jist ready to sink for the last time, and our logs come pesky near getting scattered, and if they had we should all gone to the bottom together. And now Gineral this is just what I think ; if you let South Carolina cut the lashings, you'll see such a log rolling in this country as you never see yet. The old Gineral started up and marched across the floor like a boy. Says he, Major Downing, she shant cut the lashings while my name is Andrew Jackson. Tell Sergent Joel to have his company sleep on their arms every night. I told him they should be ready at a moment's warning I wish you would jest give cousin Efhraim up to Agusta, a jog to know why he dorviritc to me and let me know how the Legislature is gitting along. I remain your loving friend. MAJOR JACK DOWiv.