Western Eagle, Volume 1, Number 26, Madison, Jefferson County, 3 December 1813 — Page 2

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-ups-aaYtvi lo A'cr jws- w'stn to&'".c"W ire Icisewel. -i;,V,v.

tu It 'v. .in il v ;U.n- ewapr, if effected is rtniere) .hirrpr'&i

he.-t.ft.wtfco 'joii-eu-' the.enrmies of t. r.s for the grater Urn nun br 01 troop

hi ic-t(y. lo; hi tii.e w coomm;: miwi in Quebec, so long as ttir force is iiferir

' ' 'HlhCANALlA "We hivfe alreao x( K-ttfed ct idea's

veiathe o the probability f an early ac-

mit t did not even fail lo-exvne cu;itempt.rn to oi;r, the greater will he tho difiicu

?theewho profited by tm tres.-uo. On this to the -enemy to subsist them, during tke quisisitnm to the Lnihenotatevr, by coniead, 'he suhli.ne ' w.vd of that model tor fvti Tnotf.hn suapenVion oYntei-couTje ' queatM' -both the Canada. They may "Fie.nc.H Tirrior. tl chevalier Bayrd,-iie which the col l ann always occaioi.s!. ' . prove erroneous. We ma)' twtob'ampoufiowii. tie wa mortally wounded Ugh- An ijr5vion "teem to prevail general- if own i tliese terrilurfea in tha ixt tin j; agcinst Ihfl linpitai. ul 'whose head y thit the fortress ol Quebec u iti-pregW ; subtmcr. But eventually tliey n ust be was i'xtm the Constable Bourbon, -wto hie. tony asuatlart ; butfrom all the in- -ohrt; aod-it is worth while to enquire in had uel sotd himself to the enemies of formation we can collect, this is an et rone- to t,heir value, and the mean of holding France The traitor arrived near Hat ire?, ousjdea a rercts the United States, them after tliey fall into our power, .and ieeii'g him read; U expire, eon id not The great strept; of Ihi fcrtreis is calcu- The vah. ot the acquisition baa been Tera'ni 'u tear D" not vvtep for ore,' lated er a oeienee against attack from piestioned, and indeed vociferously ctenimid te .chevalier. ri'A'.ut Jtar and Trtth- the. sea or by -water ; vet it wi rce aur d on the tfocr ot congress, on election ont rrpmnch. inUigi.nvly tohii.weep Tor remle'-ed to arms of Great Uritan, when grounds and efowtete. Here it an antyourself tor having eetraed your country held by Fraooe. Botw e are induced to be pie' field -of observation to the statesman and vour oath. lieve if t untenable airaitut a superior force and philosopher, whom we invite to. ex-

There.' I tke it, are the real sentiment by land from the United States. This be plore it, but, fortunately for us, it ts equal- i he North iher where mi v he collected

of tte great body of the French people, -lief is founded on an attentive enquiry in- ly open to the view of the common obser- more than one-third cf the produce of thk Thvtro, not the entimeat of our news- to the topography of the country, icto tho ver, in which capacity we will venture but United States, transportation to the St. writer, whowhilethe) commend tle rip- atrcit h of the torttficaiion on the land a few remarks. Lawrence may be had for 50 cents per Pm" nut of the quivering bowels of Kng- aide, and bv facts which well informed The two Canada' embrace and com- cwf. and th route rerformed in from fivrw

lishmo tound ugnung agam?i ingiana, correponuenth fave piaeca wunin our mana ine -outlet ana entrance, wnust mey totenda-.

ie on a trench man' reach I hee we thall concisely state, shire the, whole extent of one; of the two From each of the great sections of conn-

wlio. after having been rained from pover- promming them ; because the enemy can creat waters of North America a water try, troops may I e moved with equal easO

me ot j rance.come glean from them, it correct, no in forma- -ef itself equal in magnitude to the Rhine, and celerity, and from Pittsburgh mm t

t! $: r e f-f'w Vprc.TOrer.t (i nf'Jry nitiiiiLtie .: d l o difl:ici.!y in Frein i j. ticek Hud I.' c .rai.e of. Preq'ine Lvy are alone nc-vn:iy to tie I ran portal vu if alinntan qo'i 'iy (ay a thousai d tcn.) fion tleiin Oi o Lt Pittburh to aujr xint on I Law rci.ee. in Jc5 at .tie rMiar r h.. erliundicd weight. At Pitubmgh u i;ts ate abundant ai d vart-

vv at trie lovt lattea: flour for instarice.

at fhiee tofour t hilars per barrel; and gen

erally oil er artw: m proportionar d iq nimoft exhaiiftlefc quantities. From" tiexteniveand poj ulcus countries en both fchore of LakeOii'ario, we are infortr.ee a similar qrantity niay be transported ia ten days at a thitd of a dollar per cwf but the firstcost, thoogh moderate, some

thing higher ihtn at Plattsburgh. From

bet'iw the h'Mept praises on a Frenchman' reach

who. after having been ra tv to riches iu the armie

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from America i o Europe lo voiuoiecr m tion wtucn ne ias tioi aireaj)-. tie naa me oiga or me warm oe, ana in import- more speedy, than heavy stores can lx service in the armies of her enemies, been longer engaged in "pro cticallt study- ince, wlieh viewed in connexion with the transported, lee requiring, by a rivey T'ce ieitlemen have surely never read ih the topography of Canada. It "is nose- Mississippi, the great southern outlet, is e- navigation, from fifteen to twenty dayt the Il-ti'v Scriptures, wich expressly forbid cret to them that we uue muskets and can- qual to all the mighty rivers of Europe where troops would march bv land onlf

tho urni of rtt'o veiLhts 6c (tea msaturts. nin ; that there is a river railed the St. out tozether Our readers will realue 136 miles It mutt be evident. tln. tha

thee gentlemen never read the scrip- Lawrence "and Laker Champlain, Ontario our ideas of its importance, when they re- 100,000 troops, if necessary with such hires, or, they would remember that men and Krie. If they learn that know our tlect, that the St Lawrence and Ha waters provident arrangtmeota as are to betxpec-

are to oe juaaeu ny mo ruirs ana maxims mrengtn so mucn neuer I)? which they judge others; and, if it be a alter what is. A retreat

enme wonny i uio mtranciwuicui uwun imp'n'ic. i no prreiii iirv: ui me ne- xrrnvana iriiiiiy 10 roppun iuiauun rence in a lew wee KB..-.- Uy a slatf ol pie

in an Knilishman to ligut against Ciiixrxmt mv thci-e mnst tall into our hand, ail t-.u- ot tenmill'ors or more ttecently this paration to resort tit ue of means so

by wi.at i.gic io tney niua.vi o woi iu cm roje coma noi tavc tt. Any luture estsb- majcttH' water nore upon its oosom ana bundant. tt tecevity for tha ue will bm to be convinced, that U is a meritorious t lishment t hare by Great Britain must be upon our bculer. the exclusive power ef great iy dniin!tihed. Vhe expence cf

nav. even an act ol pat rr'otism in a t ranch-, withdrawn belore winter annually, or hare Oreat Britain All nations are labto to ding Uuehcck, and this ia to hold the Ca

i ney cannot atone, lormtne natural cnannei oi cxpona ted trom our government, miht on np from Canada is nd imTf of a country, ol sufticient emergency, be selected on the St. Lew-

tot to tight agtnt rriwe I hey will -amy, perhaps, that Mnieau dees not like the upvemrnent of Frinre, and that he thinks (hat the man at the head of that government ought to be put down. In short, that it not France that Moreauis lighting against.but against Bonaparte Indeed! and do you think that an Englishman found lighting against England would not be able to make the same sort ef apo'ogy -for1'' conduct? 1 will warrant it, that

man, amongft all those that

tnere is no

have been executed by us from this crime' walled town compactly built

the aame -fate. the storms of war, and particularly nati- nada. asainst foreign invasion, ntay hav We prweed then, to state our vrewa of tions with each other where territories are thus reduced to great tystem acd a ci&4h the subject eontigtious Could wothen, in our right rate scale.

There are no natural impediments to pre- reeson, expect long to remain at peace vent or materially retard the march of an with a nation holding a sway on our borarmy From the Three Run6 to the Plains of t'evs, which experience has proved to be Abraham, which areas high as any part of relations, and commanding an outlet to tho the upper town, the citadel perhaps ecep- sea, the posesion of which was so imported Here an attack may be made by tat.t to our northern Territories: Cansbombardment, which could scarcely be en da must some time ot another have bedured long by a population of nol more longed to the U States, or some cf our than flifteen thounnd contained within a Northern states at leat must have hihnr-

We havfc already slesn that post to within our grssp Various c) trees and vait advantages ur.i'e in ourfavcr, ard a.gainst the ererny there is every excitement to the utmost exertion: ard on our own esertions fnd united efTcrtalcne deperosth tirhsflieyond the lOih Jocre next) xrhtn i shall be our.

who would not have saved his life, if it

ould have been saved upon a similar plea. Decency, one would think, common decency would be sufficient, if we had any tense of it, to restrain us from praising this man's conduct; but if we are not to ba V'rined by that sort of feeling, surely wa ought by a retlection on the danger which tuc'i an example might possibly have uponour own soldiers and sailors WM. COBBETT. Bothi UA Srpt 1 81 J. raOM THE NATION JLL lNTELLlOeHCta.

Without approaching nearer than a mile

the walla of Clubee, a besieging army would intercept all supplies of fuel, provisions, and all other succor, for the seven winter months. In this time would be required for the support of th place, including the inhabitants. refug and hm army, upwards of five millions of rations and twenty-five thousand cords of wool If these suppl.iea should he meleriallv dti-

cient. a capitulation must he made, or the

ed to Canada The longer de'rved. tha

more ditllcult would have been itg iprjuisiiion Sine then onr eneny forced us to war, and compelled u to territorial rertsals for her oceanic outrages, and still persist in refusing a recognition of our vi olated rights, we trust our readers will generally agree with us, that theCanada'a once outs, they shall he, a? these states hae been, forever divorced from British sovereignty. Their conquest was in vain,

attempted by the heroes of the rnvolvtion.

THE SEAT OF WAR Every eve is now attentively directed to the operations of our Army on the frontier, in which quarter the Campaign must soon tolo-e; for already ha? the ground in that q isrter been covered by a fall f snow more than a foot deep. We are left in to

enemy most come out and givo us battle, when fighting in defence of their rights.

of the result of which no reaonable doubt Their descendants have now attmptcd itv can he entertained- The mere opening of and in the event of success, which we will the gates to receive succors wonld giveu not doubt, will have achieved the designs the command of the main batteries, andof which their fathers had the will but not course of the wharves and river. the power to carry into execution. Another mode of seige, we b re ir.forned As to tht mean wo have of holding may be adopted, if the place hold till Miy; the-'e pojepsions in defiance of Great Briand that is, by land and floating battaries tain, the advantages we possess are, in in Wolfs Cove, covered by others on the our view, peculiarly striking, Erery enheights, and by batteries on the opposite terprire on her part against us must at

heights, from tl oe on the Cove. he once be attended with no little hazard.

tal uncertainty, from the moveirenis of

the army, w'veh appear to have been made wharves may be raked, except at the low-, great expense and utter uncertainty as to

with a direct viw to baffle ti.e enemy; er corner of the town, where shiping would tfe issue, llrxard. in the great distance end. if they fall in that object, have at least be burnt from the opon'e heights. Thus and stormy seas to be encountered in evethe effect of creating and keeping alive all succor may be completely excluded on- rj outfit either from Great Biitam or any very various conjectures among ourselves; till a land force decidedly superior to ours of her possessions; excessive expense from "a to its ultima-e destination. shall arrive,wh'ch in all probability can not thesame circumstances, as well as from

FUTGATE ESSEX-New-Haven. Oct. 2t. By -the' Spanish vchconer Jov. cajJ. Paleas, from Carlagena (Franish Main) xvhich arrived here cn Sunday last, in 2h days we have received an extract froin the Jamaica Royal Gazette, which furnishes some intelligence of the frigate Esies, which has been cruizing in the Southern ocean for a number of months past The. following is the postscript above allude to ; a Posfcrip fo ih Itoyel Oazttti. " At length wo have received account of the V 8 frigate I-tsex, Captain Porter, which has for long a time beenconside red as niis3itg. She anchored at Lima oq the 5th of April, having in charge tw 8outhitenmcn, her prizes and shortly afiee proceeded on a ctuize. c(T the Gallapgra'. Islands On the ?3th of April she capttf. red the Entlih ships Georgianna. Pettp PoHcy, Bomman. and Montezuma, Baxter. On the 28th of May ! also, made prixT of the ship Atlantic. 'Myer, and Greeew'ch. Sutileworth "Shcrtly after Capt Porter had the Georgianna fitted cut as a, ve'sel of war.

In r.dbitlon to the ahore, tri ere infr-f

It i very seldom that we presume to ob- roach Quebec before July, if then. There the total ignorance to what extent she mrst by the vupercargo of the Jove, that tryde fn.fhe attention of our readers our is no reasonable ground to helievn. at least go to produce any effect; and utter uncer- tic Essex had on board of her specie to' inoculations -on military matters, with such is the opinion of well informed men, tahtyaa to the issue, or rather an absolute tie amount of 4 cr 5 million of dollar.

whin we profess to have very little ac- in which we inclir.e to concur, that ttue- certainty that every measure must ho al

quintM:ce ; hut we cannot refrain from bee can stand a close seige till that time a- together inefficient and abortive bucauso mcnt by Captain Baiter of otferin," a fexv .bfcrvatiunsonthe prospects gainst a superior force, it. is impossible that any armament cf suf- tf zumt" who had arrived a at the etof war. Soppoo the whole British force in both ficient magnitudb to authorize the rcmo. before the Jove failed for th!

It : ourimrression, inarso-ne uniowara the Uamdas, on tre 15th or S5h Nov tekt hones nt is efficacy, aramst Quebec

accident always excep'ed. to which the ene- to he placed in this fortress, as m all human in our hands, can be vent thither without

my i equally liab'e with ourselves, cur ar

my will, by the loth of this month, be concentrated at Iontrcal ;and will, before the 1st day of -July next be in possession o Quelle. f if mir Northern Army is inferierin point ef numbevs ar.tl equipment to the extent of vir washes, the British garrison it K'ngsmi ougtjt to be raptured, as well as the rat!l force on Lke Otrarto. before General .Wilkinson descends the St. Lawrence, Otherwise, this part of the enemy's forrcs at well as that at Montreal may pnesiV'e escape bv forced marches to Quebec, where thev would materially add to the T-Ttm armv of theeremy If however we t e nfTH,ien,lv strong to meet, with the d vi ! aivinta;' thentm-st force of the e e n when uiied; of which we can form rn i"Oireuvet, hinr neither infoi med s to the amount of o'ir force or that of the enemv : ia h case the'tarrifou of Kingston Is r"!de':ed less an object.-than.il '"s ome ti -e ao. and it mv not V ?'erMry for fn military cfimtnt'er to dircef hs attenti-a tha v,at, T' e ordv arno nnrm

probability it will be. except, what we hall our government obtaining a knowledge of capture or cut off from retreat which is it in time to meet it with a greater. The the same thing in eflect whatever it may ..measures cf the enemy must be begun &. be on that day, it can not be augmented finished within the space of five months before July, became none but a very rarpe in each year at a remote distance; whiht reinforcement ccnld invade a beeigin ar. we have" twelve months in which to eounmy, p.nd the plane cannot be arj roai herl teractUem in our immediatevicinity,and by water before that time We, on the o with the greaieft facility- In short, we ther hand, if nrctssa' y.csn send reinforce shall have possession, which in war, as veil ments by Lake Champlain all winter as the law. throws the burthen of demonand rrith r-rit rilrit- in M,v mnA A it1r irnn 1vraaiv

we could forward Iro-ps. which would be ard placesus literally on the advantageous wweiseaptiirfd ersre. bound to Hallifa beforehand with any that the enemy Ptonnd. uu n f 11 s

could send so tl at, it appears to ns, in Emm natural carres. perhaps no single " '"c "r ",cu Tig. w ho tfri.jt any event, the ei:einigh-be.conven entlv Position in the known world so effectually ber aome tune hnt mIm Mldd. ba'irij

-in this action one man was wonpded rw

I its intomaiios was eiten to onr inform

the ship Mon

et Carthacen

that port.

By a gentleman who arrived in totra; from Bristol. R I. ve. learn, thst tha privateer Yankee, eap'utrt Jcr.es. cf that port, which r.ai!ed about -evrn rieeas since op a four rnonthn emfse. relumed "after havin' captuted VINE ssil cf British merchant men between the Wetern Islands ard tho' Grand Bankstwo off er prizes were given t'p to the prisooertthe other evn were manned it, and ordered for d'f'erert -ports in the United S'aes. None l,ve r. rived that nt have heard of. Moat of lb

continue.! all nmirer. it fottnT e to ti e en- gnards the only entrance from a ea to a ,0V V, ? '" n before .1 e struclc mt. nrAivi.Unnn mirlvc .i.nnM r.i. ..i.. r .oil! ifnt mm. Ha OnAh -tn tnts aetK-n op man was wonpded rw

its fall beyond the month of June the who V country drained bv the St Law- rd the Yankee. and I tr main-trp mast

Thoe are in breif our views wf the sub-

iect.andonr reasots for heleivpg. tkat, before joly nrxt, 'every so1der of the enomy In b;th Canada will he captive cr slain, and t e territory completely in our poeKesiOcn ' The Ta'Ji't end eereqreree of tba acquisition of i to t r virtues th ere-nv. supTKsitig it to he made, we doybt not

to he apprehended from it bv water

-a 'Tin tjm rrn re in rrrn.Kfi (m n e n i --r i mji reerveTCT cuhtlUCratioii CtSO Tb chtrioAi ofesarte of th-Jpr in a fcter-aer.

.... .... . ., mi verv miifH' In'.trJ i i

renee tv mist, trom similar causes, mere -j "-y...v...r..,lT b-.wtjj ts probably ro one point in anjT country ,lvt && Utv.rt to ca. Bo pap. 4t which the resourt r of alhla pari may .

OnThurMjay r ight Ut, the vahttthla Duck factory of lr J S, Bat, a ahevt dintai-e f m rn Lniville.was roi)nmeobv fire with all the raw and tranufac'CTed ar

ticles it ctnt a mrd. mm' tit ia sup

he so easily and sedily concentrated.

and 'when tie distances to the various quarters wttem e they nay te collected are considered, there i roll ins: of. the kind in anv country o hear a ccmparison. We

re infrrmcd. by a rorresponoent, whoee poed) hevern V5 end GOOCO doilarn

nenns rf inforniaaicn ia abundant ard in- Th's infsaious set i s'ppned haa telligcctc and veracity JurMj-ieationabTt, IttQ itrpe;raitii b eu- jneendiarv.