wy
San
Ro
‘day of June last. :
BALTIMORE Sept. 5—The ridiculous!
reader in mind of the old sdying of ¢ carry-
_ ing coals to New Castle.”
| ‘gackle, -accouirements, &c.
. ‘sand, she was bought up by a company of
gentlemen at Balumose fav less than 3000
“dollars. :
~ Rappencd in the
A whole family, he
~~ person, had died on eating a
s bage,
We have seen a maniigst
_ Provinces of Riode la Plata,
ited to them tO
«© It has been reporte
"ed, that ther
© will be repealed early next session. Fed-
"ave not taken more Fish this year, than
7
+ But Federal assertions, and matters of fact,
. yolunteered on the occasion.
AMERICAN PATRIOT.
ss To sfieak his thotghts—
2s every Freeman’sright.”
Se
BELLEFONTE, SEPTEMBRR M4, 1816.
Fo Shan
It is reported that Bonaparte escaped
From the island of St. Helena, on the 22d
= fom colont] Clinch 1
ad
: } o the executive of ¢
state, that the fort on Appalachicols hay in
East Florida, where the pruf@an Nichols
commanded a motley iorce of British Iadi-
ans ard negroes during the late wary and
which has since been occupied by runaway
negroes and hostile lndans, was complete-
iy destroyed by our troops en the 27th alt
My. Hughes, the beaver of colonel Clinch’
letter to governor Mitchell, and who ac
companied the detachment of our troops
on that expedition, states. that the celebrat
ed chief M’Intosh with a considerable num-
!
i
:
‘story of the escape,of Bonaparte from the
Island of * St. Helena reached here mn
such aroundabout way that it wii put the
Richmond, Virginia, September 4.
g7 The Romp was sold on Monday
bast by the Marshal of Virginia, with all her
We under-
Scorpion.
A curious circumstance is said to have
county of Cumberland.—-
with the exception of one
part of a cab-
which was boiled whole. On open-
s found In the centre.
rt of the country, from
d the prospects of fhe
wg itya scorpion wa
In almost every pa
which we have hear
{ordnance.
ber of Indighs, bad reached the dort and
comracncéd an attack upon it, (which had
contniued several days) batore the arpival
of colonel Clincl’s detachment, The fire
was returned by those in the fort, but no in
jury was sustaaned on either side. While
colonel Clinch was erectiig a battery to
play or the forty three of the gun boats)
from New Orleans arrived befowit. In as-
cending the bay, seven men who had land-
od from one of these gun boats were at
tacked by the negroes and six of them kil-
led, the seventh made Lis escape by swim
ing The gun boats having been brought
up (by order of colonel Clinch) bpposit.
the fort, commenced firing dn it with heavy
After the proper elevation o!
the gun had been ascertained by three or 4
discharges a hot shot was fired, which pe-
netrated one of the three magazines, con-
taining 100 barrels of powder, created 2a
dreadful explosion, which our informant
supposes must have killed more than an
hundred-the others were: taken prisoncys
without further resistance,
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Copy of 4 Jetter from Le.” Col Duncan L
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1 crops are extremly gloomy. It is esti-
th 2 some districts to produce on
half of the average-—Iin others as Jow 25}
a third—In many parts, the draught 28
‘Been as distressing as the cold—Thete was!
frost on Thursday nightAs yet, we i
rod a frost during every month avis years
he oldest inhabitants have no recollection
of such a prodigy.
v
from Buenos-ayres
o from the Di.
s, anhofncing the
al Congress of the
%¢. in the ci-
April. This
News direct
rectory of Bucnos-ayre
installation of the Nation
The Royalist Governor of Chili has put un.
Clinch to bis excellency Gov. Mitchells
dated neh Tag
~~ Camps Cranford, Aug. 1816.
¢ Sir-=I have the honor to form’ yow’
have that on the 27th ult the fort on the Appal-|
achicola in east Florida, defended by 100
negroes and ‘Chocktaws, and containing a-
bout 200 women and children, was com-
pletely destroyed. I have the honor to en-
{close yoa the names of the negroes taken,
and at presentin confinement at this, post
who say they belong to citizens of the state
of Georgia. 1 have given the chief divec-
tions, to have every negro that. comes into
the nation taken and delivered up to. the
of Tucuman, on the 25th of ;commanding officer at this post, or at fort
To Pporutaus event has been caused Gaines,” Er F i FAR
. by the good understanding which now pre- wma 1 10 ASR
. yails between the Governfivnts of Buenos-{ New Yous, Aug 27,
ayres and Montevideo. The Republican ar : HSS
Armies have made great progress in Pema. The reverend T. B. Gallaudet has arri-
ved at Hartford, to take charge of the insti-
tal all the privcipal}
bitants of that pait of the country Which.
to ati under his command. It is probib-!
handle any Arms, evena
htest disobedience 1S pun:
without regard to.age or
blican Generals of Chili
the head of pow-
der arrest in the capi
stick. The slig
ished with death,
‘sex. Butthe Repu
“and Buenos-ayres arc al ] ¥
erful Arr, exasperated against their
Moody Tyrants. Now, that the best bar-
mony prevails amongst the republican Go-
sernments of that part of South ‘America,
the most brilliant results for the cause of
ill be the consequence.
Re — d, that a Portuguese
force intended an invasion of Bucnos-ayres,
My virtue a treaty with Ferdinand of Spain.
he Republican ‘General Arteges 18 wait-
ing for them on the frontiers, with 50,000
Men All ghe population are under Arms;
even Women. We are positively inform-
‘e ‘are’ whole Companies of
Women, furious and enthusiastic, who have
) The Iava-
"ders may become lovaded, Falvhs
From the temper displayed by the Peo-
pe and the consequent change among the
embers, we have no doubt the Salary-act
eralists now attribute ali the blame of pas-
alng the act to the Republicans, because
they had a majority : ‘Will they, then, for
the same reason, give them all the credit
of ite respeal 1 :
Some of the Federal Papers teil us, the
© Pisherics are fost! So far from this being
the fact, we arc much deceived, by the ac-
Counts in the Eastern Prints, if our people
“any preceding one. We have certainly
“pever notioed so many arrivals, with such
full carpois, from the fishing grounds.
seldom agree.
The last Provide
{ Trent. Amer.
rom the Milledgeville Journal, Aug. 14
NEWS.
nce Patriot says : ¢ Six-
teen fishing vessels have arrived at Grand
Bank, with fares amounting altogether to
471,200. The largest number brought in
+ by any one vessel was 41,000 ; the smallest
20,000” Does this prove that ¢ the Fish.
,. erics are Jost?
tution which will shortly be opened in that
city for the instruction of the deafand dumb
He is accompanied by his friend Mr. Lau-
rent Clerc, one of the most accomplished
pupils of the Abbe Sicard, and “for eight
years past a professor in his asylum at Par.
is. 4 i
A letter received in this city yesterday
sem
fleet of 17 sail of armed vessels belonging
to the Spanish revolutionists were off the]
Balize, destined as was supposed against
Pensacola. nas !
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- From the Pittsburg Mercury
The Compensation Bill,
Seems to have roused the. good people
from their slumbers, and they appear dis.
posed te express their indignation at the
conduct of those public Servants who
have basely aold themselves ‘and their
Country for filthy lucre ; who have listen-
ed only to the suggestions of avatice, and
disregarded the dictates of conscience and
duty. Too much cannot be said on a sub-
ject like this. Public opinion cannot be
too strongly expressed ; indignation cannot
rise too high; and the Authors of sucha
measure cannot be put too low in public
confidence. The reasons given by the
Members for the law are these 3
}. An anual compensation will facili.
tate the execution of public business.
Pray tell me, Mr. Snowden, how this
can be. Members of congress are sworn
to do their dnty. If they are honest men
they will do their duty, whether they are
paid by theday or by the year. If they
regard their oaths, they will not require
1500 dollars a year, 10 facilitate the busi-
aess of their Constituents. This ‘looks
very much like an avowal, that mepgy, and
not a sense of publie duty, will prompt
them to be faithful to their trust.
But, say the Members this law will shor-
ten the sessions, and diminish the expen-
ses. But how will the sessions be shor-
tened ? _ If honest and faithful public, Ser-
vants are paid by the day, will they con-
sume their time in idleness, in order to
increase their pay? Or if paid by the
year, will they devote lesg time tc the pub-
lic service than the public requires ? Con-
gressimen ought to be honest ; they ought
to regard the good of their Constitu
ents. But they come boldly forward and
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{say to the People, Pay us by the day, we
will spin out our sessions ; pay us by the
3 will be gen by the following leter
yest; we will make the sessions shat.
s
dong;
‘t-can be of no advantage to have wer
shortened. If Congress now sit louge
than is necessary for the dispatch of pub
lic business, they must do it to increase
their wages ; and i that case, they ave]
Knaves. If the public concerns now occu
py all the scssions ; to shorten them, th
public bnsiness must bencglected and jell
undone ; and if Members will co that, be
cause they are sure of thein saiary, then:
they are unprincipied Knaves. \
If a Rireling were to tell you, If you
hire. me by the day, I will contrive to
spin out 6 months in doing your work;
but pay me by the year, and 1 will do the
work in one month ; would you Imploy @
Man who would thus to your fice avowv
its profligacy and want of principe 7 To
a poor Laborer, you would say beyone, you
Villian ! :
But if we select a Man to represent
35,000 Freemen in the National Coun-
cils, and impose on him the solemn obligu-
ton of an oath to do his duty, that May
tells us, I will do my duty according ‘to
ny pay ;if by the day, 1 will make
ong session ;1f by the year a short one;
money and not your good, or my oath;
shall guide me; Is he more honest than
the Laboror? shall we trust him with the in:
terestof the country and kick the Iaboror ont
of our house ? Ii we shall, then 1 must
confess [ do not understand such morality.
I cannot discriminate between the merai
turpitude of the Knave in Rags, and the
Knave in office. And I connot sec how
Member of Congress can say, that, if be
is paid By the’ year, he will shorten his
n
.
gard ‘of all moral and public obligation ;
Jand a profiigacy of principle, which 1 hag
hoped was unknown, or at best would not
country.
It 1s said; that
ng was cheaper
raise their own wages. It might howey-
reward for the talents and worth of the
selves an d their clerks ; as
of none but Congressmen
Others might starve, se that Congress-
men grew far, 1
Did they increase
Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors, who have
fought our Battles? They risked their
lives 5 suffered every hariship, and
braved every danger; but their pay is not
increased. « Six dollars a day is enough ior
them- = Six dollarsa day is too little fer
Congressmen. « The Soldier tights for his
dated New Orleans 28th July, states that alpey; the Congressman talks fer his ; ory if
a Pennsylvania Member, he eatns it still
cheaper, by caying aye or no, once a day
iT he Soldier loses his health by hard ser
vice ; the Congressman loses his by bard
living. Ifa Soldiers intemperance should
lead him to a neglect of his duty, it may
cost him his Jife ; but it wedld not cost a
{Congressman, even a day’s pay.
Will any onc say that our Army and,
Navy have not contributed as mauch to the
National Glory as our Congress? Have
not the expenses of the Officers increased
in the same proportion ? Then why pay
themselves more than double their former
wages, and refuse to increase the pay of
any others ? The answer is plain: They
regarded only their own interest. :
A nother reason is, that Members gould
not afford to live atthe Seat of Governs
ment. And yet the Membess say that
the sessions are spun out for their wages.
How strange snd inconsigtent this reason
makes them. They say that Members
cannot live on g dollars a day; and yet
for the sake of 6 dollars a day, will protrac,
their sessions an unnecessary length. It
is certainly a waste of tigne, to combat
such reasons.
Another reason is, that it secures the
Members trom Executive Influence.
This is saying the President will buy us.
if we do not buy ourselves. So hide con-
fidence have we in our own integrity ;
so little do we regard our duty to our cou-
stituents ; to the executive, unless we will
secure our fidelity by teking, from the
pockets of the people money enough to
secure ourselves against corruption.
Such are the reasons offered for this
Compensatiop.bill. How much better
would it have been; to have offered none;
for bad reasons might make even good
Measures doubtful. The
their strong resentment
The gull and
for themselves- :
Had They been doing what they thought
was right they would have called the
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sessions, without avowing his total disre-
be publicly avowed in this new and free
the price of living has in.
creased ; and’the pay was fixed while Iiv-
This fact is admited;
and if they will prove that six dollars a
day is now too little, I will consent that they
er. be a very difficult task to convince the
People that $42 a week is not an adequate,
present congress liad they mised the Yay of
all the Officers of Government, in pio-
{portion wo their own, it would have been
{less barefaced- But they refused to raise
the pay of any other Officer, but tham-
; as if the expence
hid increased :
the pay of the gallant]
Members of
Congress were well aware, that if thej
People understood this law it would excite
quiz the People ; thinking they would not
take the trouble to enquire and calculate
law,
a law for increasipg the compensation of)
§ Sa : i ] bi
the Members of Congress ;.but, with the
sa cleusnees ‘of Men Coing wir
meanly cloiked it under the specious
of a law to vary the mode of compendgaion
Like silly Children, who think, if their Toa
's hid, that thar body snot visible, so did
wr American Congress, that calls itself ene |
lehiened, hide the bead of their law. §
calling it ome to very the vaode of payme
but in the body and substance making
0 double, and in some cases to tiible, the
pay.
To what pitiful pretoxts and mise
subterfuges Men are driven, when they are. 3
doing ‘mean things L and how unworthy
Republic whose every movement shou
be in the paths of public virtue ! a 5
fier voting for this law, let no Republi « \
an. Member of Cougress talk of the core vl
ruption of the Parliament of Eagland. Fog
veaal and corrupt as they may be, thep
have never dared to passa law to put mow.
acy in their own pockets. Their King bad
as he is reputed, would not sanction i€
But in the only Republic on earth, such
a law has been passed and approved. fi
Bat there is vae fact, which was want 2 3%
to: complete the atrocity of this law; ahd. |
which was supplied by the overweeni kN
and insatiable uvarice of the Members of | ©
Congres, . When the Country had ast i
recovered from a Stiuggle lor existance ; 3
3
ey
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when the People were groaning undep
the weight of Taxes, and tae Government
could not procure money. to pay the just
qchbts due go the Defenders of their coune
ty ; the Representatives of the American
Ueople, not coutent with doubling their
wagesy refused to take their $1500 in any
other money, than T easury Notes, bears
ng an interest of 7 per cent |
Honest Crediwis of the Government
were glad to receive any thing. which had
the appearance of a Bank Note! Many 4
Creditors could get nothing. But basgly
speculating on the distresses of the Pegs
ple, and tlie cmbarressments of the T 2asus
vy, the Mejnbers of congress demarded
and received their pay in 7 per cent Nates,
and ‘the ood People of the U. 8. the Cone
stituents of those Men,and who are now
asked te lve them thel sUlvages, are, a8
this moment. paying an interest of 7 pep
ceaty on Lhe saluvics of 1500 which theip
Representatives, the Cndidaves for publi
confidence; have in a use of public dise.
tress, voted into their own pockets,
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rom the American Centinel,
A new daily Newspaper, commenced in
Philadelphia on Monday of last Wegk,
: BY¥ JACOB FRICKE & CO. “
The idea that this Paper is intended4e
be employed, for the pursuse of supporting
or opposing any particular Newsnaper, is
equally falve.and preposterous. So far as
other Papers oy in advocating the Repube
tican Institutions of ond Country, the Riplite
of Man, and the principles of Democracy,
we are with them. We gono Bahari
any; nor shall we ever stoop to the degtae
dation of making our Paper the instrumncng
of personal contention with. any Editor op
any Manin the Community, This deeclas
ration, we trust, will satisfactorily aceouot
for our refusal to publish several Commie
nications which have been sent us, the shy
ject of which: appears to be, and the tendens
cy of which certainly as, to gratify pens
malice, and tn keep alive those feelings
jealousy and hostility, which have solong ®
disgraced and so materially injured the Row
publican Party. K
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Religious Intelligence,
2 ye i Kr
From the Winchester Gazette;
The following account of a recent’ Revie
val of Religion in’ Mount Zion Academy,
Georgia, will to doubt be very intérestin
to all who love the prosperity of Zion tthe
work is traly remarkable and glorious
more particularly so us it has iaken place
GR ER
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Pend
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hitherto bias not shared largely in HRY
freshin; showers of grace, that have lately =
states. This revival furnishes another és «|
videnee of the merciful designs of Heaven
sing prelude to better and happicr times we
Liet christians now be encouraged, for the | -
king of Zion has ariscn’in glorious majess
ty, and now exhibits almost on every R
the trophies of his :
ing grace. ir
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Extract of a Tetter from a gentleman in :
Hancock county, Georgia, to his brothep
in Byron county-—tated, EC /
Pine Valley, April 10, 1816.
My Dear Brother, k, 3 a .
1 have for a long; time neglected writing
to you for which I now, plead puilty and b
forgiveness, 1 have really been so et
that T have nothing worth communicating
—but blessed be Gop, that | have somes
thing now to tell, which I know will inter.
est you, and warinyour-heart,as I trust, it
has done mine. Asa cusequence of my
ugy they i
are such Men 10 guide the destinies of a’ * 4
in Georgia, a section of the Union which =
ose ree
Gy
8X
visited many of our northern and middie #
We
towards the rising cencration, and is a pleas hed
EA
victorious, all conquegs