& 7 YRS V J A Ary ec BCD CD DIS IIPS LT PITS SLIT II ILL TI STL SLT IIL SIL BILL LIS ITI LLILIII SLITS LIA LETTS LIDS LL PLIES LL PL LLL ISLS SI BELTSL IIS DD DR PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, BELLEFONTE, (Pa) NEXT DOOR; SOUTH OF THE BANK. BEDS SSIS III SS SITS LS SLT STILL ITLL LISTS LI SLL SLI LLT SSS TELL LL OLS SSIS SLI LJ I LEDS po LS SIS LET LL ELLIE ELLIS LSI SSL SSS DD Vor. 1] AInolin ng a Ie CONDITIONS. The American Patriot will be published every Saturday, and forwarded to subcribers "by the earliest opportunities. The price will be two dollars per annum, exclusive of postage ; one half to be paid at the time of subscribing, and the residue at the ex- piration of six months. No subscription will be taken for less than a half year ; nor will any subscriber be at liberty to discontinue his paper until all arrearages are paid off. The failure of any subscriber to notify a discontinuance of his paper, will be considered as a new engagement. ; Those who subscribe but for six months, must pay the whole in advance ; otherwise they will be continued for the year. Advertisements, not exceeding a square will be inserted three times for one dol- lar, and for every subsequent insertion, . twenty five cents ; those of greater length in proportion. BEd CHARLESTON, July 2. By a gentleman direct from Fort Haw- kens, we learn that Col Pearson of the N. Carolina militia who was Jately despatched down the Alabama, in pursuit of the remain~ ing hostile Indians, has returned- with 540 of them prisoners | they were taken with- out the least opposition---only one gun was fired. Three hundred of the prisoners had arrived at Fort Jackson, and the remainder were expected in daily. We were also informed, that MQueen and Francis will surrender themselves to ATL 1) He Bae Ste \ pron 2 our officers if they will be received on the same conditions as the Indians who have al- ready delivered themselves up. y ; Gro. Ara. l—— WASHINGTON CITY, July 8. "Defensive measures, we understnad, are already arranged by the war depairument to guard against and repel the depredauous of the enemy on the shores or the waters adjacent to this district. It 1s said that a camp of about two thousand regular troops of whom two hundred are to be dragoons, 1s to be established at some point between the water of the Patuxent and Patomac, so as to be able to send out at the shortest notice, to any point invaded or menaced on either river. = Requisitions of militia, it ‘is also said, are to.be held in readiness to aid this force in repelling any attack on this ci- ty of a more formidable character if attempt- ed. Thest measures cannot but afford much satisfaction to the people of this dis- trict as it will relieve them from the liabil- ity to perform military service except on really urgent occasions. July 9. It is said that in consequence of the me- nacing aspect of the recent advices from Europe, a requisition is in contemplation, if it have not already issued, to the govern- ors of the respective states, of an aggregate force ofone hundred thousand militia, (ar- tillery and infantry) to be forthwith organi- zed, — E— Extract of a letter from Batavia, to the edi- tors of the Mercantile Advertiser, dated July 1, 1814. « The British Indians have crossed at Lewistown, burnt our barracks and several houses at Hard Scrable, and are said to be advancing. - 1 doubt the latter part of this Intelligence. SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1814, © No. XXIII Ra ET a — a. Another loan is wanted by government, and immediately as part of the 25 millions. An offer, it is said has been made to con- tract for it, at the rate of eighty-five dollars for one hundred. Should this be accepted the owners of the ten millions last contract- ed for, will be entitled to the same terms, and the price of all the stock already funded of course, fall to that rate. cP Extract of a letter to capt. J. H. Dent, to the secretary of the Navy, dated Charleston, July 2, 1814. Srr---I have this moment received the melancholy information of the loss of the U. S. schooner Aligator in Port Royal. It appears she was upset at anchor, by a vio- lent tornado or whitlwind. Lieut. Basset with 11 of the crew only are saved. Mid- shipmen Blaisford and Rogerson, with 25 men are unfortunately lost. By the next mail I shall be enabled to forward you Lt. Bassett’s report. I have the honor to be, with great res- pect, yoor obedient servant. : | J. H. DENT. Hon. Wm Jones ~ From the Boston Daily Advertiser- Extract of aletter from Bath, dated | July, 7. « There have been two more attacks at Boothbay, and the British were beaten off with the loss of 23 killed and wounded on their side and one man of the militia on our side,” nm From the New York Columbian. Culy 7. An intelligent passenger in the cartel schr. Oscar, who left Bermuda thé 19th of June, and arrived a few days since at New- port, states that Cochrane’s, expedition consisted of 9 saliof the line, 13 frigates, besides transports and 15,000 troops. Nine thousand of the troops had within a short time arrived from England, and were then constantly on shore, recruiting their health, preparatory to the expedition. Cochrane was (o sail with his squadron for our coast about the Ist of July. Vari- ous opinions he says, as to the destination of the expedition were stated at Bermuda. Some supposed the Chesapeake, some New Orleans the object. May we. not suppose New York ? A letter dated May 30th, from Havannah states that the town was illuminated three nights in succession, in consequence of the restoration of Ferdinand VII. a From the N. York Commercial Advertizer. July 9. We understand that there is a letter in town from Mr. Campbell, secretary of the Treasury, in which it is stated, that the Na- tional Intelligencer was not correct in his representation of the nstare of the despatch es received from England----and that they were of a pacific nature than otherwise. ZANESVILLE (Ohio) June 29. By a gentleman recently from Detroit, we learn that an expedition is about to sail from that place, for the purpose of reduc- ing Fort Mackinaw. The repossession of this post by the Americans, is an object of pritne conscatence. We are also informed that a Mr. Web- the United States service, was shot down by order of a captain Moore from Kentuc- ky. Forthis more than savage deed, we cannot find that either the civil or military authorty have called him to an account--- “O tempora ! O! mores !”’ RICHMOND, July 9. OFFICIAL. Lieutenant colonel Thomas M Bayly ot Accomack, in a letter to the governor, da- ted June 23d, states that on the evening of the 20th, a British Barge was discovered from the camp at Chessanessix coming from Watt's Island ; she proved tobe the first cutter of the Albion, the Admiral’s boat : her crew a coxswain and 10 odysmen who stated they had been sent to the island to cut spars and stakes for the battery, had landed a lieutenant and then deserted to the American camp Colonel B. purchased. the oars and sails compiete for 50 dollars for the use of the®Regiment. The deserters were furnished with a certificate from (he col. and set off immediately for Baltimore, They are young and hale men, apparently between 20 and 30 ; and all natives of Eng- land or Scotland, except one black man who is a Spaniard. The depositions of those men are before us ; they state in substance, that they are from the Albion ship, 74 guns, but mount- ng 80, bearing the flag of rear Admiral Co: hburn, now lying at Tangier Island , that the crews there were very sickly with ¢he flux, the ivater being brackish and bad; that they had been for two months on short allowance of food, but had lately obtained a supply from Bermuda ; that the fort at Tangier had only three sides done, each side 250 yards long, mounting 8 24lbrs, just ar- rived in the Edymion ; that is to be the H. Q. of the commander in chief—that gar- ders are laid out in the island, vegitables.of all kinds growing ; a hospital to contain 100;sick, a church | and twenty houses built and laid out into streets : that in the en- gagement at Pungoteague, one of the Al bion’s crew was killed, two died of their wounds, and two others wounded. Mid shipman' Frazier, a great favorite of the ship, who was about to quit the ship and return home, (having an income of 5000 a year) was also wounded and died of his wounds ; that it was believed on their part that we must have lost 15 killed and 80 wounded, out of the many with whom they supposed they were engaged. That the ships at Tangier, were the Albion, Edymion, carrying 44 ; at the Capes the Acasta, car- rying 44 but rating 40 ; at New Point Com- fort, the Armine, 40, watering; and that the Dragon 74, the Loire and Narcissus fri- gates, Jasseur brig. and St. Lawrence, schr. were blockading com. Barney. A ge: tleman whoarrived at New York, from Bermuda, states that orders had been i he last mentioned place, for tem- racks to be immediately built for giver por: th modation of 235,000 men. a —— fthe French public bodies uses these expressions—= It adheres charite- bly to the constitutional toirfeiture of Niche ‘ Bonaparte, called Napoleon Bonaparte. Extract of a letter from Canandaigua, dated ster, who had lately been discharged from by tat ttt tin A PN Ae J July 5, 1814. «Itis reported that the British have been reinforced. at fort George by 7000 men. our army at Buffalo crossed into Canada on the 2d July.” Clision DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON CITY, June 80. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Where as itis manifested that the block- ade, which has been proclaimed by the ene- my, of the whole Atlantic coast of the U- States, nearly two thousand miles in extent, and abounding in ports, harbors and naviga. ble inlets, cannot be carried to effect by any adequate force actually stationed for the purposc ; and 1,is rendered a matter of cer- tainty and notoriety, by thie multiplied and dayly arrivals and departures of the public and private armed vessels of the United States, and other vessels, that no such ad :- quate force has been so stationed: And whereas 'a blockade thus destitute of char- acter of a regular and legal blockade, as defined and recognised by the established law of nations, whatever other purposes it may be made to answer, forms no lawful prohibition or obstacle to such' neutral and friendly vessels as may choose to visit and trade with the United States; And where as it accords with the interest and the ami- cable views of the United States, to favor and promote, as far as may be, the free and mutually beneficial commercial intercourse of all friendly nations disposed to engage therein, and, with that view, to afford to their vesesls destined to the United States a more positive and satisfactory sccurity a« gainst all interruptions molestations, or vex- ations whatever, from the citizens of the United States: Now be it known, that I James "Madison, President of the United States of America, do, by this my Proclama- tion, strictly order and instruct all the pub- lic armed vessels of the United States, and all private armed vessels of the United Staies, and all private armed vessels com- missioned as privateers, or with letters of marque and reprisal, not to interrupt, de- tain, or otherwise molest or vex, any ves- scls whatever belonging to neutral powers, or the subjects or citizens thereof, which vessels shall be actually bound and pro- ceeding to any port or place within the ju- risdiction of the United States; but, on the contrary, to render to ali such vessels all the aid and kind offices which they may * need or acquire. » Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the City of Washingtou, the twenty ninth (sear) day of June, in the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and four- teen, and of the independence of the United States, the thirty eighth. : JAMES MADISON, By the President, JAMES MONROE. Secretary of State, ¥% ed A { bi Ao Tee
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