BL LLETUN ZL. SATURDAry, FBBRUARY 5, 1814% I Re TR a UR F ¢ To speak his thoughts— § Is every Freeman’s right.’ BITES SITET ISLE GIL po ESET ELLE TO THE PUBLIC. This number commenees the first §ol- lume of the American Patriot—TFo tl DSC who have thus generously patronized hi tindertaking, we tender our warmest® knowledgments, and assure them tha effort shall be wanting on cur part der this journal as useful and interes its limits and oar abilities Wil admit! § The utility of a publicatio: of this nd L #5, perhaps, ool ytereiod to re fire Bry ¢lucidation from us. The necessity of ore in this place; must be obyhus ; yé we ae sorry to remark, that an ojectiongori- grating, we believe, from parial malives, hs presented a very formidabl: barvir to tie general patronage of thizpapergbut, s it is nothing more than an ojectiofh and thatiobjeetion only the result ¢ appghen- gionywe anticipate its removal. % fl :2uch to be lamented, tht of mo- blications of this kind, re salegre- surcharged with the pen; ci Ss Spi- rtyism ; yet, astonishiyjas it may is considered essential prerequi- ir favorable reception with the y too, has crept intohe minds no less prejudicia to gen- nism, than it is encaraging to ions, that nothing, a be con- publican, which is rt tine ¢ mean that factiou sp bich unfortunately, st he most veritable t Ky al. Of what does in Does it consist in NUfee, and! an unqualified atddct y* Weioy, where stan we fe in thy purity of principle, $hicks un. famired by any party spit; ich is : an ggenu- Tg re- {for the public welt ; its an rinciple is a virtuod er Wvers at the sight of sprendidiow- iskhaken at ifs menace: This paper shall be on- manner] strictly eorresponent 4 of the principle delineate: in raph. We shall (ve roceedings lof the .e- re of jate and ofthe Unied when {deemed interesting. Tie events of the times shall be recod- ‘Betailof the 18 r PENNSYLV ANI, A! an election ay of January lc ¥ gal, viz. TY | Andrew G i. 1 2. James Pot ye . James Dun 4. John Irvin, . Roland Cur James Harri . Joseph Mile . Charles Hus poh . Thomas Bui . Elisha Moor Jolin Dunlop Philip Berne . John G. Low - a ov . Lyahs Mussig John Rankin, Hemlton Hu Wiliam Bros ld on" Maenday the 30 the following person 0. James Chriswcll, . von M:Dowell, . John Turk, 2. John Hays, ¢ Miglin County; ¢ Lycoming County. . William Hayes, Union County. . Robert Allison, Huntingdon. And at a meeting of the Directors held on the 10th January, Andrew Gregg, Isq. was unanimously re-elected President. Day of Discount—Friday :—~Notes to be offered on Thursday. Sp ————— FROM THE BOSTON PATRIOT OF JAN- VARY 10. FROM FRANCE-DIRECT. Extract of a letter, dated Newport, January 19, 1814, “This morning, arrived at this port, the schr. wiLriax, captain RICHARDS, from France, she sailed from Nantz the 25th of November. Capt. Richards reports, that Bonaparte arrived at Paris the 15th of November and left it the 20th. During his short stay at Paris, the conservative Sehate requested him to propose to the al- lies an honorable peace~—this atlvice he peremptorily rejected, and ordered out 300,000 conscripts, cluding the gx-- EMPTS, 28 they are called” in France, in conscquence of their having served a num. ber of years in the army. Mr. CRAWFORD, our minister, was res ceived and acknowledged by the emperor, with sentiments of the sincerest joy, & with distinguished honors. : The French army had crossed the Rhine and was waiting a ceinforcement. No battle of conseqhience had been fought since that oi the defection of the Saxens, on the 17th of October. France, in that battle, lost se- veral of her most distinguished mar- shals. ‘Capt. Richards heard nothing of the vic. tory said tv have been gained by admiral Young, nor did he hear of the French fleet sailing. Twenty one French frigates, were at sea, and two came out of Nantz at the same moment with captain Richards. ¢ Captain Richards states, that it was ro. ported in France, that a French frigate had captured a British frigate, after a hard Wi aid as the French frigate Was Conuucling NET pram, i. 1 5(y. k fell in with an (A 4 Rn they them both. ¢'The William brought dispatches for our government, ¢ The emperor of Austria had openly a- vowed, that the allied armies should not mad enter France. ak ¢ The latest papers by this arrival, are 4 file of the Paris Moniteur of the 30th Octo- ber) Boston, Jan. 22. German Papers.—An official account of the allied army, dated Berlin, October 29th, has It states that the allies ch: been received. were in quick pursuit of the flying F That it had captured 120 pieces of @@nnon and many prisoners in the pursuit: That up to the 20th, the French prisoners taken exceeded 40,000, exclusive .o 00 pri- vates and 3000 officers, oi hospi- tals in Leipsic; the cannon to *70; and the caissons, forges, and other carriages to one thousand. That many thousands of French perished in the Elster, with Ponia- towski; That the following are among the general staff officers taken—counts Lauris- ton, Regnier, and Bertrand.~—~Gens. Man- deville, Pery, Rozniowski, Kaosinski, Moc- Bauten stranch, prince Emile of Hesse Darmstadt aloski, Bronikowski, Uminski, rount Von Hochberg, and prince of Witt genslear ; beside 17 inferiour generals, Sweden bas issued a formal declaration of war against Denmark. FROM SCUTH AMERICA. We have received the following: coin yication, from an intelligent correspon cént In South America: Bost. Cex, ‘Buenos Ayres, July 26, 1818, “We have heard both by the English and American papers, of the several unsuccess = ful attempts of the Americans against Ca- nada, and aiso of many splendid exploits of our frigates and privateers over the Eng- lish ; but what would please me, would be to hear of a permanent and indissoluble peace between the nations. The revolutionists here are prosecuting with vigor the war agdinst the Limanianu They have now an army of 4000 men in the city and vicinity of Potosi, near which it is said, is also the army of Lima, and ina few days news is expected of a general bats tle. The troops from this place are com- manded by Gen. Belgrado, who has been very successful intaking from the enemy the cities of Tecuman, Salta and Potosi, within a short time past. ‘On the other side of the river they afe prosecuting the siege against Montevieo, & throw daily into the city 30 or 40 shot ; but the Montevideans still hold out, There are now on their way to the siege, two large mortars, which have been manufactured in this city, which when they arrive, will pro- bably effect something of importance. A congress or assembly has been formed here, consisting of deputies {rom the towns and cities of the province, but they have not yet declared their independence. ISLAND OF GAUDALOUPE.. Letters from St Barts, state that Charles F. Coyelle, Esq. has been appointed Swe- dish governor of the Island of Guadaloupe, ceded by Great Britain to Sweden. M. Bergster is appointed grand judge. Pos- session is tu be taken by the Swedes imme- diately, DIED-—On Wednesday the 19th ult. in Montgomery County, in the Sist year of his age, Mr. Charles Milcs, youngest son of the late Col. Samuel Miles, deceased. FOR SALE, NHE following tracts of Laud, lying in "2 the county of Centre and state of Peunsyivania, viz, 4200 acres of first rate Lne-stons Land, on Slab Cabbin branch ot PPM ane k — | 3600 acres yng in Spring aid Patton Wei 4000 acres ee on the waters of Clearer... 2,04 a0 cres lying on the waters of the Mloshidniion Also, about 12000 acres lying on the wa- ters of South Bald Eagle creek, in the county of Huntingdon, begining near Ty- rone Forge and runing north easterly to the Centre county line, : The first mentioned tract of 4200 acres, may be divided into many farms, ail of which wi}l be well watered, well timbered and contain a quantity of cleared laud, asit is supposed there are about 1000 a- cres of cleared lana on the tract, includiag large and good meadows. The second mentioned tract of 13600 a- cres is, calculated chiefly for Iron works, being rough and stoney, but‘well tirnbered. The third mentioned tract of 4000 acres is chiefly good Land for grazing. Of the tourth mentioned tract of 3000 acres on the Moshannon, nothing can be said in praise, but that it contains great abundance of Sand-stone, and may probably contain I- ron oary Stone ceal and Limestone. "The fifth mentioned tract of twelve thou- sand acres, with the exception of a few farms, is alone, useful for Iron works. Also, two other farms In the county of Centre, one adjoining lands of General’ Benner, on the head of Spruce creek (known by the name of Kert’s Place) con- taining 300 acres, upwards of onc hundred acres of which, are In a state of cultivation. The other tract containing two hundred and twenty seven and half acres, adjoins the estate of thomas Ferguson, Esq. dec. eighty or ninety acres of which are aiso in a state of cuitivation. Both the last men- tioned farms are cxcellent lime-stone Lang. Indisputable titles will be given. For terms apply to R. T. Stewart. Esq. Bellefonte; Wn. R. Smith, Esq. Huntingdon ; and Wm. Patton residing on the first mentions ed tract. Bellefonte, Feb, 1st. 1814. AN. B. The tracts will be divid ~ . nn - pn Bo “ - to accomunodate purchasers, YUSSEY FURNACE; Far Rent: THE whole of which shall be put. in Compicte repair. Possession given at ans time alicr the fist of March, next. For terms apply to WILLIAM PATTON. Bellefontey Feb. ist. 1814. ch i daa TREASURY DEPARTMENT. i, 5 Dec, 27. 1813 IT 1s nErEBY MADE xNowy. That pursuant to the second 8:cction of an act passed on the 2d day of August, 1813, entitied « An act laying duties on notes of bauks, bankers and certain COmpanics ; on notes, bonds and obligations discounted by banks, bankers and certain companies and on bilis of exchange of cerwin descrips tions,” an agreement has been made by the Secretary oi the Treasury with the Cena tre Bank of Pennsylvania for tie payment by the said Bank of an annual composition In lieu of the stamp duty on notes by them Issued, of one and a haji per cent. on the a= anount of the annual dividend made by the stocklioiders, : W. JONES: Acting Secretary of the ZLreasury. eg sald Bank to their » PERRY’s VICTORY. THOSE who “are subscribers, or have pdid money ior the above mentioned Songs are requested to cail for it at tne Office of the Amir can Patriot, where it can be had upon appitcation. _. SAMUEL TAGGERT. Bellefonte, Leb. 4, i614. - bs CENTRE BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, : AT a meeting of the Directors held oR ZL the 4th day oi February, tie iolowuig resoqation was adopted . 4 Lesolved, Thata further payment of five dollars on cach and every shave of capita} stock, subscribed ior in the C ntre Bank of | Pennsylvania (being the 7th and 8th instais ments) be, and are hereby directed 0 be paid mto the Bank, on or beiore the 6th day of April next. By order of the Boird, INO. NORRIS, Cashier, Bellefonte, Feb. 4 1814. rien?) List of letters remaining in the host ujffice at Bellefonte, December 31, 1813. (A.) Samuel Ardery, 4; Joseph Ans drew, B.John Bowersock, Joan Barren; Samuel Barr, David Bowman, Wiliam Baily, Richard Bush, Caieb Bailey, James Boariand, Michaci Boyers, Nichoias Bush, Joseph Boone. (C.) John & Wasnugon Corsse, John Copenhaven, Samuel Carnell, Doctor Cowden, Richard Canoil; Thomas Cornway, William Cooper. (L.) Jesse Dale, John Dunkle. (KE) Docter Fredes © rick Essig, 2; Magaret Eaken, Henry Ei senhavey, Job England. (I) Rebecca Fare her fangs Fulton, Alexander Fulton Jno. Feavon, rues eng, William Fisaery G) George Gieim, Robert Gardner, Cailip Grove. (1) Daoici Hammer, Abram Hardsock, Thomas ail, Matthias Hepa sha, Nancy Hood, Danie} lor, ohn Hass tel, George Michael Hollenback. (J) David Jones, Elizabeth Jack. (K) Wile liam Kennedy, Josiah Kirk, Nichoias Kels ler, Merinas King, Frederick Keliog, 2. (Ls Thomas Lewis, Amos Lewis; dsaac Lyman, M) John Miiler, Mary Mi ' OE Jpeg: OrrICEa Lads from twelvg © - - 1p wa 2% clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, gtitiug 8 # {