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Alexandria; and f the different parties out in iearili ot tnem,;Haiu anu rrguiai ..nuwi.duun tu c Jiriu
, J5oo were killed, a. they were at lengt taken ana inortiy aiter-"' v...a "T Y"
two general officers, wards hung, in pretence o: tne mi oinic,"": r , ,
gnciregiment, woo were lauiu 10 ocmcvc mai . .
Who is there that dare deny his fraud, ma-
lice, treachery and turpitude, that hit
touch is contagion, his iocicty infancy ; and
poor
t IS V.til n
r in K.twn fnur atirillvrral d:ivs. hunted irom nauni to nauru, mv" ,,v "" pm.
fire tlHifad borfe ready to atutk thrm. until exhwHrd by l.uuger and tlie nmne-'Mn ; and man doubt tl a ,1 ,4
n,-.. r ,1 llw f..ar,. fr,.rM roui wound, tlirv liad received from thelremains amorgit us mat l.c will give con.
their way down to
three thoufand men,
mong whom were
The Turks (hewed them no quarters
at they were unable to bring otf their woun a fmiilar fate awaited then).
ded, they all fell a sacrifice to Turkish fury.
The account of lieut. Pike and his party
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however, brought off, and fen t-to Malta being cutottby the Indians is totally un-
. i a. . f l . . . AMfA.wiiiur i ( l r l l. iiii ill u 1 1 v c i. l k r 7 iiii i i i .it i r
to be interred. rounaea. i ne laicn luiaimaum., cuuucu- r - . ,
Admiral T.nnlVrl afct tl, rmrlrlh- f to credit, Aates that his party, hating mil. ty courc mm w.ui ooirquio us iu.vuce,
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t..- red their route, and uaiita irom me uea n- '" "'vv,. uumenvr.
Ahou't the istfi of Tune a rreat battle ver to the Uiodel Norte, in the territory c,fThis posse, and lor the honor rf the coun-
took nlacr in the nrovince or Conftantine. Spain, had been arrefted in their curfe in
between the forces of the Dey of Algiers the n:onth of February; by a detachment
and the Brv of Tunis, which was faid oi bpantili troop?, and taken 10 anta re.
to terminate in favor of the former :-inU"d thence toOhihauhau, the rcfidence ofi
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confeouence of which there was irreat re-kovernor Saicedo, who had treated themi
joicingt at Algiers. The, war between with great attention, and given them liberty
thole two pdwers appears to be carried on io return to tne united states.
with great vigor ; and the PortugeeFc
.... -. -; i.irTirTTTrrTnmmicirSl. llmcre, and retreateu 10 tnr quuiu .1 4..iKr lul4l...w
hciuVat thtt entrance of Vcuoblcot bay, at iVnrth lbccetdrd in cettinir out, where interior of the illand, where they wahdcredlifiietfcd, ly pilh-gc ard rraui. J
tlir former appropriation for that objed thev toui d an olf body betwteu four and fevrral days, hunted Irom haunt to haunt, known mat nr is an .uoweu urn
riavmg been carried to the lurplus fund, two thoufand two hundred and fi.e dollars, and eighty cents. For the erections of beacons in the harbor of New-York, in addition to the fums
heretofore appropriated, one thoufand two
hundred dollars. Por defraying the expences incurred, in furveying thecoaQof North Carolina, between cape Hatteras, and cape Fear, in addition to the funi heretofore appropriated for that object, one thouf-nd three hundred dollars.
For compenfating ihr commiflioners in the aforefaid fervice, for the lofs of their
etFecU incidii.t to the service on board the revenue- cutters wrecked an Qcracock ; this amount of which lofs the accounting
officers of the treafurr are hereby autha
rifed to liquidate and allow upon fatisfactory proof being exhibited to them of fuch
lofs, one thoufand fix hundred dollars.
For carrying on the furveys of public lands
m the ftate of Ohio,k in the feveral territories, twenty three thoufand -one hundred and eighty dollars. For expences of intereourfe with foreign nations, thirty three thoufand and fifty dollars. For contingent expences of intereourfe with foreign nations, twenty thoufand dollars. For expences of intereourfe with the Birbary powers, fifty thoufand dollars. For contingent expenees of intereourfe with the Birbary powers, fifty thoufand dollars. For the relief and proteAian of diftieffed American fcamen, five thoufand dollars.
For the fahries of the agents at London, P.iris and Madrid, for profecuting claims in relation to captures, fix thoufand dollars.
For the difcharg? of fuch mifcellaneous claims againl the United State?, net otherwifr provided for, as fhall have been pd.nitted in due courfe of fettlement at the treafury, and which of a nature according
to the ulage th-reof, to require payment in fprcie, four thoufand dollars. S;i. 2. And be it further enactedy That the feveral appropriations heretofore
fouadron formerly Rationed at Gibraltar, Admiral Berkley, it is faid is fiting out
have proceeded off Algiers (as isfuppofed) the frigate La Ville de Millan, at HalifdX t9 co-operate with the latter.- Sidi Soli- with the intention of proceeding in her to
man Melli Melli was at Gibraltar when the Chcfspeake
we left there, and had pure ha fed military
lliires. wh'ich he had frnt tft Tunis. I FOR THE Wt STKRN SUN.
' Tlie whole of the coaft of Birbary is
declared bv the Ruffians to be in a ate of Messrs, PjunfERS,
blockade and a number of fmall Rnffians OUR affairs have arrived
privateers are on that coaft. at a crifis, that mull be interefting and im-
A communication was made in Tune, bv Ptant to every confiderate refieamg man
the Marquis de Circello, prime minifter to The Britifli have lately committed an out
hismajefty the king of Sicily, to mr. Gibs, age on our coaft, that has excited the in-
the American coniul atPalermo.announcing dignation ot every inend to ins country
to him that his maiefiy had declared every tracing the nmory 01 tne peindious mm
made, flnll be pid and difcharged out of
part of his dominions then in pofleffion ot
Ids enemies in a Hate of blockade.
His imperial majefty the emperor of Mo
roccoj has given orders that no veneris o
any nation whatever, coming empty, brine:
ing with them only catli, gcodi that pay no
duty, or ballaft, (hall be permitted to enter
the port of Magadore ; but that fuch vef
lels (hall be immediately turned away, a his majefty is defirous of reaping fome bene fit from his intercturfe with Chriftians.
It is faid an atttmpt will be made on Naples by his Sicilian raajefty fliortly, as there are but few French troops now in that city,and as his party there flill remains
llrong, notwitlmanding the rigid means that
fix bundled thoufnnd dollars, referved by an at making previfion for the debt of the United States, and out of any monies in the treafury not otherwife appropriated. NATHl. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, S. SMITH, President of the Senate frctemfare, March 3, 1807. APPROVKD. TH : JEFFERSON.
have been made ufeof by theprefent gov
LATEST XEirS.
ernment there to reduce their number.
On the 26th of May about 4o fail of
Sicilian tranfports failed under convoy
from Mefiina for Palermo, for the purpofc
of takine; in troops
The Britifli and Sicilian troops polTefs a fmall part of Calabria Ulterior. The refl
is occupied by the French troops. About the firft of May, a regiment com
pofed of people from the Levant, failed for
the purpofe of drtending theiuand ot Mai ta, demanded their difcharge from the Brit-
j i lit fervice, in conftquence of their having
heard that hcilities, hau commenced be-
tweet, their fovreign, the Grand Seignor.
and Great Britain ; nnd as the governor of
W ASHINGTON CITY, li.lv 31. Malta did not think proper to grant then
Anived here ou Wednefdav. the U. S. rrquefl, they became rery diforderly, in
icho nrr hnterprnr. capt i'orter, in thirty conicqMCucc or wiucn one 01 xne omcers 01 f4ve dyr from the Mraiterranean Capt. the regiment vent among them to endeav. P. left the frigate Conltitutiou a!:d Hornet or, by fair means, to quell the dillurbance at Syracufe. He Rates the information of a but not fncceeding, he reforted to blows, rupture between the Barbary powrrs and They immediately IVized him, hacked him Great Britain to be unfounded. Cant Porter to peites with their fibres, tore his heart.
l.kewife furniflies the following iutelli- yet palpitating, from his body, and hove it gencc : n the flreets. The BritiCh and M.iltefr Some time iuMay a deputation was fent troops the Ifland immediately afiVmhled. by the Bey governing at Rofrtta, to the but the mutineers having had time to feizr commnnder in chief of the Bririfli forces at. their arms, retreated to the caOleof St. El Alexandria, inviting him to come with his more, of which they took pofieffion, and troops and take poircffion cf the place: & renewed tbeirdemand for their dift hare, Hating that on his appeariug before Rofet- (hips to tranfport them to the Ottoma emta, thry keys of the citv fiiculd be delivered pire ; threaUned. in cafe of a refufal, to to him. The Britifli 'commande r pleafed fire into the town, which threat they fhortwith the prcpofal, tr.archtd nrxt day with ly put into execution, as the governor Hill three thoufand i;.:n f.r Rofrtta ; and a- itmained finn. greeable to the prcmif: of th; Dry, receiv- Tlie different batteries were then turned ed the keys, marched into the r uMic fquare, on tlie foitrels. and the cannonadii g and land was about allotirrj quarters to tlie dif- botrbarding continued for about 48 hours, terent officers, and making arrangements' without iutcrmiffion. when the hefieped ?or guards, Uc. when, at th?t mommt, the demanded water and threatened to f 1 1 fire topi of the houfes were covered with Tur- to the magazine, unlefs they were fjrnifhifh troops, who caunnenced a heavy fire on ed with a fupply ; this was refufed them, their, and killed reat numhets of the in cotifequenc e of v hich a number furren.
Britiffi. The Britilh comminder l'cein? his dered, but the moft daring remained hy the nen fall in every direction about him, frttefs, firmly determined to put thrir without a polfihility from their rrowdr J f.r- threat:, into execution. They accordingly uatian, and from the frcure pifition of the l-ui a train, to which they fet fire, and Turks, of drfrnding themf: Ives ; ordered a in a momrnt blew the fortrefs and a num. retre'it. 'J l ey fought ihnr w y to the city br of th- befiegers and belirged into the jatf3 through a trcnie.iduus fire bat fauni ;r. bixwf the mutineers, w ho were moil
iflry' of th Jt nation, it will be found, that
the oppreflion or dedrucVion of this country, has ever been' its favorite fcheme. Sub-
fequent to the peace of 1783, and even fince Mr. Jay's treaty in 1794, they have
been lyflematic and refolute in their mea
lures of encroaching on our rights rights, folcmnly recognized by them in their trea
ties with us. By this I a ft outrage on the Chefapeake, the cup of forbearance has been drained to the dregs. Nothing but a prompt andunrquivocal disavowal of the act by the Britifli miniftry, and the immediate and exemplary punifhment of thofe who
treacheroufly murdered our fellow-citizens
ought, to reflrain us for a moment, in declaring war.
But let us turn our attention from the
feaboird to cur northern frontier. War with England inevitably involves us in a war with the Indians the moft barbarous and dreadful warfare in which the human
fpecies can be engaged. From information recently received, there is tvery reafon to
Relieve that the Indians in the neigh.
borhood of Canada, entertain the mcft hof-
tile defigns againit us. The Britifli agents
M'Ker, Elliott, Sec. are amongft them,
even within our own limits. The Shaw
once prophet is their tool- lead the fpeech
which this lmpoOor has circulated r.mongfi
the different tribes ar.d will any man fay,
that it was ever deugned or made by an
Indian f the Englifh have lately made a
irreat augmentation to the annuities of the
Chippeway's ?nd Ottawa's ; cr.d feized
one cf our tradirg veficls cn the lakes.
Such are the apprehenfions of danger that
they are fortifying at Detroit, and cenfiant-
y on the clert at Michihmackinack. -
And with thefc facts ftaring us in the face,
what has been done to put the territory in-
a Hate of defence I little that can le ef
'cctive ! J
The governor has made the moft ardent ommunications to the leriflature ; given
the moft preffirg and animated general or-
ders ; reviewed the militia ; conftantly
died in the double capacity ot commander
in chief and drill corporal ; and in a word
as done eeiy thing ty precept and ex
ample that could have been done l.y any
man in his ftation and yet fuch is the unpardonable apathy, I will fay, criminal neglect of many, too many amorgft u?, that the effirers appear upon parade without fword or efpontoon, and the men with old broken mi lkets 2nd .lick? and what is more infufferahlc there are men airongft us who make thefe exertions of the governor 1 cor ftant theme of cenfnre and reproach. See the elector which appeared a fhort time fince. '1 his piece was written by a
try 1 a knowlrdge it is hue few in number.
is known ; and let them beware It ft their characters are marked with the indcliable stain that has long fince diftinguifhed that of their patron. In all human probability our affairs art drawing to a Ciitis that "will try meni fouls." The energy cf the government and the virtue and patriotifm of our fellovr citizens mult be actively and vigilantly employed to avert the impending dar.ger. N reliance is to be placed on the fummer IbU dier, the fun-fhine patriot, or the BiitifU agents who are skuikivg amongft us. ITiefe are men in the country "Who mzy recollect the rapine, pillage, raviilmenu and rold-blooded maiTacres, which were, committed by the Britifli in the Atlantic ftates during the late war There arc men amongft us who my recollect the farage and indiftriminate murders commited on our dcfcncelcfs frontiers by the Indians, a few years fince; thera are men! amorgft us who know that the Britifli, slilio' thep were then at peace with us, furniflied the Indians with fiipplies of whatever was neceffary to carry on the war ; and are there
not men now amongft us who sctejd as fpies'
for the Indians and who counten
aHilled them in the exercife of tl
arced and
fir hellish
fury cn cur helplcfs women ardjchildren ?
And is it peffible, that whilft we ftill feel these things, ai d have
to apprehend a repetition cf t
tcarcely any exertion is made to
old muikets and bayonets, pr
oues, or to learn the ordinaiy ev
a battalion No, we fit tsmtlyrcur arms
now and
uft caufo
em, that
epair our
cure new
In tiens cf
The Shawnoes, Chippevaya, Ottowai, arjd part wf the Pir.u ainiei.
folded, doling, ileepirg fnorir .whilft the
danger is approaching cur veij doors ! L Where are the hoaiy whigs 1 '76? 'Do the young men of the tommy fei 1 none of the fire, that animated their venerable, patriotic fathers in atthieving cur resolution ? and are there none 2tr.cigft us whp wiineffed, felt the horrors of the IlR Ii din war f arcufe, fallow citizens, fiorr. youruethargy; to prever t furprife you rouft befen your
guard ; to preferveycur rights arji liberty
you mult De ready to defend then. It is a bleffirg peculiar to ct r happy country, il.at we are free firm ti e dagert and burdens of a large (landing arn y. Sincr the cemmmcement of the admiiiiftration of die great and good Jeffcrfon, we havo had an army fufficient only for garrift ning a few cut pads ; but this dejrcliction from the policy that hitherto, has jovernrd the nations cf Europe is founded in found principles : that a ftandinpr army In tim
of peace is not only unneceflary, but immi
nently dangerous to the liberty of a natiop that it is a fit inftrumentin the hands of a
tyrant for the fubveifion of the rights of the
people ; and that a Militia, in time of peace and during the firft rr.rmrnts of war, it fully adequate to all the exiirincies of everr
free and independent nation. I may add, that thofe who pofirls and enicy the bleC
lings of liberty, cught beft to know their value and the importance of defendingthem A militia, to be effective, muft be well ar
med and well diciplined. Late occurrences have juftly excited the indignation of the peeple of the Uuited States againf.Great Britain ; but whilft this is indulged, let us not evidence too great a partiality for any other nation. Nation? in their intereourfe with eath other, arc commonly actuated t y the very wcrft principles, that influence the moft vicious in fociety. We have nothirg to fk or hop from any ; in peace, fiierds ; in war, en emies. We aie Americans; fiiends to a repreientative poverrment, and to itsadminiflration upon principles of liberty and equality. It 'n unfortunate, that in this territory
( Lt.ts he itiulltct ttit Ins poiktu were fearched, atd he detained fimetlme by a: der of Gen. Wyne u a fj-y f
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