a
-but what plague, what pestilence, would ex-
_The Captain Pacha having attempted a sec-
; run into the Dardennelles, for safety.—It is
‘A true that he is there with only three vessels,
» Turks lost two fiigates, four corvettes, and a
s
- I_LD‘I_ u.-- 1--
FOREIGN NEWS.
By the arrival of the Pacific at New-Yotili
ion the 219th tilt. London papers to the 17th
Nov. have been received. Great exertions
are making in England to induce t_lie King to
extend his royal clemency to Mr. Fauntleroy.
His wife intended to supplicate the king in
person. The petitions have received many
thousand signatures. Mr.Fauntleroy and his
wife have been allowed an interview.‘ ‘ The
Times estimates the forgeries committed by
Mr. It‘. at £570,000 sterling, besides £l50,000
obtained by other fraudulent means.
It is said the Greek government is about to
make art appeal to all clirlstians in the four
quarters ofthe globe, to take part in a vast
crusade, the object of which would be the coit-
quest of Egypt‘-and the Holy Sepulchre.
Mr. Brougham is said to have received an
appointuieiit in the. British Cabinet.
Pevkfn—s’s edffrdordiitdry Sfcant—gttn.—’I‘lte
London Mecliatiic’s Register contains Z1l1‘ln~
teresting account of this murderous engine.
which was exhibited at Mr. Perkin’s works,
tRegent’s Park, on the 8d instant. This piece
ofinecliauisni is formed by simply introducing
a barrel into the steam generator of any eti-
gine, and by the addition oftwo pipes towards
the chamber ofthe gtin, introducing a quanti-
ty of_balls, which, by the action ofa handle to
the cliaiiiber, are dropped into the barrel, and
fired one by otte, at the rate of from .4 to 500
in the minute. The explosive force Of the
steam \5jhS‘.l] rushes from the generator aitti
expels tbs, rails is about seven hundred pounds
t'o.tlie square inch :‘ with this force a musket
ball fired against an iron plate at the distance
ofone hundred feet from the gun, is coiiiplete-
Iy flattened, and when a force of840 lb. to the
square inch is applied, the ball is actually dri-
ven to pieces in such a way that none of its
fragments cart becollected. Mr. Perkins is
about to construct a four pound field piece on
this principle, which may be drawn by 9. hor-
ses. The most extraordinary part of the af.
fair is, that one poutid ofcoals is found to pro-
duce the same effect as four pounds of gun-
tiowder in the ordinary way. It is said of this
engine ofdestiuctiou, “ Ifany two rulers of
the earth were to know, that in the event of
declaring war against each other, a plague or
pestilence would blast both armies, anti sweep
them froiti the face ofthe earth, they would
pause before they made such a declaration;
.. -_ .a.....-
5.... ,
need in its effects, those of the steam-gun ?-—
Five hundred balls fired every iiiintite, anti 1
out ofQ0 to reach its mark—wliy, ten ofsuch
guns would destroy 150,000 men daily. Mr.
Perkins considers steam discovery as in its
infancy, for he says he is convinced that a
steam engine might be made to throw a- ball a
ton weight, from Dovertu Calais.”
GREECE.-—LONDON, Nov. t7.—A letter
from Leghorn, dated lst inst. states that the
captain ofa Russian vessel just arrived there
brought the following news to the Office of
Health. “On the l5tli ofOct. when quitting
the Dardanelles,bc saw the fleets of Constan-
tinople and Alexandria attempting to enter.
ond attack on Santos, failed, aiitl was com-
pletely defeated, and was obliged to seek ref-
uge under the cautious of the fortresses of
the Dardaiielles.” .
A mail was received this morning fr. Tur-
key, anti the letters fully confirm the deplora-
ble state iti which the Captain Paclia return-
ed to the Dardenelles, on the 3th of October,
bringing with him only 1 frigate, much dam-
aged, his own flagship, aiitl another smaller
vessel, out ofthe powerful armament of near-
ly two hundred sail,with which, a few months
previously, he had undertaken the vain labor
ofagziin subjecting Greece to the dominion of
his Imperial Master. There is no example in
the history ofthe world of a more perfect de-
struction having ever befallen the forces ofan
invader, than that which has attended the
present attempt to subject the late Christian
Provinces oftlte Turkish Empire-to their for-'
mer state ofdegretlation. The fate of the
Egyptian fleet, of equal magnitude, has been
in every respect as disastrous, and the great
merit ofthe Greeks proves their power to de-
fend tht-ir independeitce, and their title to
rank high amongst the civilized nations of
Europe. In Crete the barbarians have been
butchering each other, and the consequence
has been the expulsion ofthe Egyptians front
tliatisland. 'I‘heparticulars ofthe naval vic-
tories gained by the Greeks off Mytelenc, be-
twixt the 5th and. 8th of ()Cl.0lJCI',lt':lVO» not yet
been received. The following is extracted
from an interesting letter dated in Constanti-
nople, October 11 :—
“ Accoiiiiis have been received here of the
defeat ofilie Turkish fictt by the Greeks,and
it is said that the former lost 5 large ships, 81.
that the Captain Pacha had been obliged to
ofwhich one frigate arrived here yesterday.-
Ou Saturdagtlie prizes taken at Ipsara arri-
vetl-—a‘ motley group offisliiiig boats. Lord
Strangford lt-aves this to-day in the IYIEIIVIIIEI.
Since writing the above, I hear that the
great many ltttn>3;7t)t'fS,WlillS[ the Greeks have
lost 9.0 fire ships.”
Thus, it appears, that this campaign has
been more advantageous to the cause ufCliris-
llfllllly, in the Levant than any ofthe previous
cites, and it is probably the last which '1‘tirk-
ey will undertake against the iiidepeudeiice
ofriiodcrii Greece. -
PARIS, Nov.l5.—-—A letter from Syra of5tli
Oct. gives the following account of the prin-
cipal t:ircuuis=ances attending the late defeats
of the Egyptian aiitl Turkish fleets :
After some nianczuvrcs performed during
the first days ofSeptemher by the two fleets,
for the purpose ofsurprising one another, and
two Mussnlman fleets. The Greeks in pur-
suing them burnt a brig with all its crew.
The Turks, sheltered tinder the cannon of
Boudroun, did not venture to put to sea. On
the 9.lst September, taking advantage of a
strong southerly wind, they set sail for the
Archipelago, followed by Miaiiiis ; they were
overtaken in the Icariau Sea. A new eit-
gagement took place between the Isles of
Patuios and of Icarus ; it lasted but two hours;
the Greeks disiiiasteda brig,greatly injured a
corvette, and drove another brig on shore.-
The Turks again took flight, and sought safe-
ty in the port ofMitylene. The fleet cruised
in the neighborhood of this island} that they
might cut offtlieir retreat to theDardeiielles.
A letter rec’tl at Paris from Constantinople
dated 12th Oct. says-The bishop of Philip-
polis was exiled yesterday, and 24 others are
soon to share his fate.-—-—-'-A late official report
oftlieTurkisli iiiiuistry contains the following.
“ The Greeks have burned 30 transports, 9.
frigates, and 5 schrs. corvettes Sr. brigs. Ibra-
him Pacha, whose losses have been consider-
able, has sailed for Candia. Canaris has
vowed, that ifthe Sotitlt wind continued, he
would go aritl biirti Kosreiv Paclia,even in the
channel of the Dardanelles. The Musseliireii
in garrison at Candia have quarrclled and
fought. The troops of the Sultan beat those
of Meliouiet Ali Pacha,and drove tlieuioutof
the city. They are eiicatiiped on the plain.”
Oncssa, October t5.——In the battle near
Stanchio, Sept. l0tli, the Greeks lrurut the
fine corvette Africa, (which was recently rc-
paired in England; and 2 brigs, anti took 16
transports. Eight of the Greek ships were
damaged and were sent to San-ins to repair.-
Tliey had 150 killed and wounded. Ina sub-
sequent battle ofi'Patmos, the Greeks burnt
3 frigates, 8.’. took 4 frigates and several trans-
ports. On the 5th oftliis month another glo-
rious action took place, the particulars of
which are not yetobiaiued, but it is under-
stood was more successful than either of the
preceding. It may in fact be now said iha:
the coiiibiued fleets ofTui'kcy and Egypt are
destroyed.
In this last battle, the Greeks took prisoner
the cclebratetl Ismael Gibraltar, coriiiuzinder
ofthe Tripolitan fleet, and the brotlier-in-law
ofthe Patrlia ofblgypt. The Turks have of-
fered £100,000 Spanish pi-istres for the ransom
oflsitiael Gibraltar, but Admiral Miaulis has
demanded eight frigates,and whatever he hatl
ituder his C0ll‘lHldn(I. The Admiral continued
to pursue the remainder ofthe two combined
fleets, aiitl has so liarrassed tlieiit, that the’
Captain Paclialias, with difficulty, reached
the Da‘l’(l:1l‘telleS,\\'ll.ll his own ship, one frigate
aiitl ten transports. ,
On land, the success ofthe Greeks has been
equally brillian.t. They have destroyed the
'I‘urki.sh army uutler Dcrvich Pacha, who es-
caped dangerously wounded, with only 800
men, leaving all his artillery, baggage, 3:.c.
SPA IN.—It is said the French governiiicnt
have uiatletlic following propositions to Spain.
I. The cabinet of Madrid will recognize the
capittilatioiis made by _Gcnerals Murillo, Bal-
lasteros, and others, with the Generals of the
French army : 2» A complete aiitl full act of 5
atiiiiesty be issued, which shall except only a
very small number ofpersons to be therein
specified by name: 3. A g0\'8l‘tllllel)t upon
Representative forms be established. Upon
these terms His M. C. Majesty ofi’er's to his
Catholic Majesty all the aitl he may require.
In case that these propositions be rejected, the
French army will retire, leaving in Spain ott-
l_y garrisoiis of 10,000 irieii at Cadiz, 1,500 at
St. Sebastian, 2,000 at Painpeltiiia, £2,000 at
Figueras, and £2,000 at Sco d’Urgel; which
garrisoiis will occupy the aforesaid places tiri-
til Spaiii has reimbursed France the stun she
is indebted to her for the inaiiitaiuance of
these troops, and the 31 iitillioiis of francs,
which she previously advanced for the anteri-
or expences ofthe occupatioii ofSpaiii.
A Lontloii paper reitiarlts that the above
was considered only a threat, and it was not
really intended that any of the French troops
should be withdrawn. It was reporle_tl at Paris
that the Queen of Spain ititeiidcd to proceed
to Paris to_reside. Arrests in Spain coit-
tinue without intcrmissioii, and many of the
richest land proprietors and iiiercltaiits, accus-
ed of freeuiasoury and other fancied delin-
quencies, have been iiicarceratctl.
PORTUGAL.—PAttis. Nov. 13.——-Our
corrcspoudcitt at Lisbon, under date of Oct.
9.7, writes-——“ The arrest ofthe Queen, her
iiiiprisonnieut in the palace of Queluz, and
the order given to the Piitriarcli to leave Lis-
bon, wliicli he did not obey ; the arrest of a
great uuiiibcr of persons of high rank, and
other measures ofseverity, have not been suf-
ficient to check our Absolutists. They ltave
just foriued another conspiracy, which was to
have broken out yesterday, and it is said the
greatest number ofoiir regiments are impli-
cated in it. Its object, like the foimer,appears
to have lieeii to uiurdcr the Ministers, and
make the King resign in favor of Don Migiiel.
The conspiracy was discovered by one of the
initiated. A great number of gentlemen have
in consequence been arrested,as well asl\Ionks,
Cures, and Officers of all descriptions, who
have all been lodged in Fort St. George anti
the Tower of Belem, the most secure prisons
ofout‘ country. The governirient is quite un-
able to convolte the Cortes, wliicli it was ex-
pected to assemble in Lisbon this nioiitlt.
The Grt'per,'oue of the Discovery Ships,
comiiiaiitlcd by Capt. Lyon, has returnctl to
Englaiiid, being found tiiifit for the service.-—
The Gripcr fell in with icebergs on the Lab-
radot'Coast, .‘\l1gllSl.9.(l, anti from that time
was beset with drift ice. She however reach-
ed the mouth of Wager River, about 00 miles
from Repufse Bay,the spot where she intend-
ed to winter. Buttlie coast on the Aitterican
which were ofiio avail, the Admiral Miaulis
a(-lVt'-1llC8(l on the 8th oftliat uionth against the
eucuiy, to give tlieni battle. On his part,tlie
Captain Paclia arraigned in two lines the it-
iritcd Tuiltisli and Egyptian fleets. They
engaged in the Ceramic Gtilf, between Cos
and ancient Ilalicarnasstis, and the struggle
lasted most Olibllnaltly during almost the
whole day. Towards evening the Greeks
appeared to be breaking the lines ofthe cite-
niy, and iii the first confusion they fired an E-
gyptian frigate of 54 guns. The coiiimaudcr
. of this vessel, 50 Arabs, part of the regular‘
Egyptian troops, and many Etiropcaii officers
were tnadc prisoiters. The rest, to the imm-
ber of 400_sailors and 350 more Arabs, fell a
victim to the flames. The burning ofthe fri-
gate was a signal for the general flight ofthe
iuaiu was found so rocky, that she was obliged
to take another course to get into the Bay-——
in this attempt she was overtaken by a terri-
ble storm, lost all her cablcs,and anchors, and
narrowly escaped tlestruction. After some
days, a sight ofthe suit was obtained, when
tlie ship was fouiitl to be in latitude, 65, 80.52-
Otlicr attempts were then made to gain hfer
destined harbor, all of which were friistratled,
and it was at length deteriiiined to abandon
the eiitcrprize aittl return to England. In
the disabled state ofthe ship this became an
extremely difficult trndertakiiig. The Griper
spoke several whale ships, all of which had
been unsuccessful. From one oftliem Capt.
Lyon learnt that Captain Parry/‘s expedition
had been seen on the inidtlle of August in lat.
71, beset with ice. The season had been more
‘Fauntleroy, his partiiers, Messias. Marsh, Stra-
judgment as ttrtis, until we shall have j)$lSSE!ll
boisterous than has been known for‘ 30 years
and it was questionable if Capt. P. would‘l_)_é
able to reacli Laiicaster’s Sound. IIafI.l.l‘l8,
Griper wimered in.Repulse Bay, or Chester-
field Inlet, it wasthef intention of Capt. Lyon
to have proceeded to Point Turn-again’, near
the Copper Mine river, -a. distance of ‘(O0
miles, where he expected to have been tiiet
by a party from Capt. Parry’s ship, who were
to land at another point. 1.
Capt. Franklin, it is said, will pioceed from
England in Feb. on his land expedition.
.Mr. IItl\’lt1Ifft:7'O_‘l/.--O11 yhe 11th Nov. inter-
views took place b‘etweeii'lMr. Fauntleroy and
his wife, from wlioui it has been said he sep-
arated at the church door, iniitietliately after
the pei'foriiiauce ofthe marriage ceremony.
She was accoiiipauietl by her son, who lias_of-
ten visited his father 5IllC8_lllS confiiienient.—
Whatever dilfereitce may have existed be-
tweeiitlieiii, all was biirieti in oblivion and
tiiutual forgiveness, and they parted with the
strongest deuioiistratioii of affection, inter-
rupted though that feeling was by 8l)llllIl.lO!iS
of sorrow, too overpowering for restraint. Mr.
Fauntleroy evizioes great affection for his son.
Petition of.~’l7rs. Fuimtlt-ro_y to the Iffiig-.
Forgive, 0 Must Gracious Sire, a wretch-
etl and distracted woitiati,for presuiiiiug to ap-
proach your Royal Person to supplicate for
uiercy to be extended to the iiufortuuate Heri-
ry Fauiitleroy. Let not, [beseech you,tlie
dreatlfiil piiiiislittieiitof an iguomiiiious death
he inflicted on the husband ofyour supplicant
—tlie father ofhcr child. But spare, O iner-
cifully spare, the fatlier’s life, that disgrace
may not be entailed on his iitiioceiitoffspriug,
and overwlicluiiiig misery inflicted on your
pctitiotier. Your petitioner ittost respect-
fully assures your Majesty “that the Royal
clciiieucy caiiiiot be afforded to a more deser-
ving object titan her liusbaiid ; he possesses a
most syittpatlietic and feeling heart, and an
hoiiourable and geiierous iiiiiitl. Do tioi,
tlierefore, Most Excellent Sovereign, allow
the full rigor ofthe law to be put in force, but
temper justice with the Divine attribute Mer-
cy, and leave to the all great and botimiful
Creator to take away that life which he alone
can give.”
"In consequence ofthe dcciaratioiis of Mr.
ce ' S: Graliatii, iublislietl the folloivingr notice.
I l '_ 3 _
“ “'9 request the Pub.ic to suspend their
our exautiuatioii upoit on!/'2. before the Coni-
niissiouers, which will take place on tlie.l8tli
Dcccmbcr next.”
'-T-—
.‘ CONGRESS.
Senate, flfoiztfayy Dec. :27.—-Mr. Hayne pre-
sented a iiieuioriiilzof Isabel Osorno dc Val-
verde, praying cotupeiisatiou for certain mer-
cliaudize shipped by her late husband front the
Havana to Pemzzicolir, aiitl there, as it is alleg-
ed, illc-Eiilly seized by an officer ofthe U. S.
Mr. Lloyd, ofdlass. presented the iiiciiio-
rial ofscvci'al mercliaiits iii the city ofBostou,
praying for the pi'o'itiptaiid energetic suppres-
sing of piracy on the ctrnst of Cuba.
[1 mass Qf.(i‘2C_;'I7'€S€7ifflf‘f1}CS, Dec. £17.—A re-
port was rec’d from the Secretary of State,
with copies of the correspoiideiice with the
got-ci'iiiiieiit of France, on the subject ofinju-
rics sustaiiied -by citizens of the U. States,
since the year I306 ; which was referred to
the Couiuiitiec on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Gazlay offered the following, wbicli
was sllbscqiieiitly atloptetl:—Rcsolvetl,Tliat the
Presideiit ofthe United States he requested
to inform this House what teruis were tiffcred
by applicants for the stock created by the act
Of5’.'llli of May last and by whom such terms
were offered.
The resolution offered by Mr. Archer, call-
iiig for iiiformatiou in relation to the late
traiisactiou at Porto Rico, was taken up and
agreed to. On niotioit of Mr. Long, of N.
C. it was Resolved, That the Coiiiiiiitiee of
Ways and M cans be instructed to inquire into
the expctliency ofreduciitg the dirty oit the
iiiiportatioit ol'Salt.
Niacxnx SUl~‘FERERS.——Tlle House went
into coiiiuiittec on the bill “ further to aniend
ilie act aiitliorizing the payirieiit for property
lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy,
wltile in the military service of the U. States,
and for other purposes.”
Mr. Williams rose in opposition to the bill.
He cuittentled against the idea that the act of
1317 was intended to enlarge and confirm the
provisions of the act of 1816. The gentle-
uiaii front New-Yorl~:,ifthe present bill should
pass, would, by “ one fell swoop,” remove all
possible dotibts on the subject. According to
that gcutleiiiaiils opinion, ifa house had been
occupied but a mouth, in the coiiiiuencenicni
ofthe it-ar,aiid ltad been subsequently destroy-
ed,a claim against the UnitedStates would be
sustainable ‘for the value of the same. The
ineaiiing ofCongress was,tltat the house niiisi
be periniinently occupied as a liar-rack,to cori-
stitute ajust claim for recoiupense.—It was
now advanced that if a house was occupied
the fifsl day Olltlle War, and destroyed on the
last, a compensation must be given, because
the destruction resulted from the act of the
goveriimeitt, anti tlieggovernnteiit was respon-
siblc for its acts. ,_The best writers on this
subject were all opposed to this principle. He
co iticiitledtliat the destruction of property in
the niaritiitie frontier was to be coiisitleretl a
sacrifice on ‘the part of its_proprie‘tor, which
slioultl be regarded in the satire view as the
taxes borne by the man ofthe iuterior,atid the
privatioiis or perils the latter had to encoun-
ter in marching to the frontier; and that the
former was no more entitled to legislative
compensation than the latter. He argued
that every loss or causally growing out of the
war was -to be borne by the iiidividuals upon
whom it fell. Such was the opinion of the
best writers. Our country is very nssailable
on its maritime frontier; our enemy, in case
of war, might possess a naval superiority; and
if this iiiotle of recompeusiiig private losses
should coitte into practice, our eueiiiy iniJ,lit~
confine his aggressions to the destruction. of
private property altogether. Every iuau should
defend his oivn property; but should this bill
pass, it would itiduce art iitdispositioii to de-
fend individual property by its owner, as it
would take away the great stimulus to defence.
As to the doctrine ofrctaliation, he denied
its applicability to the present case. He deiti-
etl the position of the gentleman from New-
ork, that our conduct in the destruction of
‘Newark, devolved upon the enemy the right
ofretaliatioii. The eneitiy had, in every iii-
stance, shown a disposition to cruelty and tie-
vastation, throughout the whole war. He ad-
;iry' ’waj',oftlie‘r__s vages ‘corhmittetl by the Brit'-
‘isli tropps, audjiinédeliextrat:ts,’;fftjgni'history to
,s_tistai‘ri his. asser,tjop' that.-tliey..li'a’dL.u,iiiformly
acted on a“" systein of"pillage"‘a_ii"ti desolatioii.
He adduce,d rife nl}_l["_cl,_l ?rfGofiij._vallis,,,tlté at-
tack o_u'NewLoridon,tlie tlesttu'cfiou,on boafd
the prison’ ships, &{,c;3td sliow~tlie spirit of (in-'
tIICflV(3,n_(_£‘SS‘{'fIli(I tla§ta'rdly'reveii'ge, which
actuatedthc epeuiy at thatflti--tie. In theigféiftc’
war, _also,- he q‘uo'ted,from the same liistoriaii.
the character autl,co'ntluct _.of_Adtiiii‘a,l _Co_elt~
rane,tlie disposition wliicl_i-‘lie displayetl ii_i,~.,t_l_ie
Chesapeake, ln_Fehi'ttary,,_I;8I3. It was in
18):}, tliat.tliis Admiral actiééll so as-:-tojiistify
the censure ofthe ,l_i,i__storian-,' by the attack -on
Freuclitown, the dest_r_u_ctioiitrfliauses all a-
long the Ba'y,tlie l.)l.llf|lll,I'g.0l"H,i,)Vt'e de Grace,
the tlestf'uction' of Geiilrgetotvnbz, Frederick-
towii, Sfc. 8Lc. He asserted tlitll, after these
acts, perpretrated in tlielearly-partofflie year
1813, the destruction of Ne.wai'k, ip the Dec.
ofthe saute year, by otir trtiops,',=.- was entirely
justifiable. Nay, ifthe Aiiieritf§an,_t_roops had
destroyed every place on the l,Bl'lll5I,l} side of
the Canadian frontier, they would have been
justified. But our goveruineiit tlisavmvctl the
destruction of Ncvaarlt; and this alo’ne took
away the right of the enemy to retaliate.. Go-
neral l\I’Cluie statetl that the tlestruction of
Newark was necessary ; but he gave siifficieiit;
notice to the inhabitants to save tlieinsel,vejs‘
before it took place, and to remove their ef-
fects. The eiieiiiy had acted with no such
irioderatioit.———He l:ri'd waste without
hesitation or remorse. He (.\Ir. W.) could not
speak of the conduct of the enemy at that
time in terms of iiiodei'ation. It was brutal
and savage. He put the case of a house oc-
cupied by the military in this city.
house was destroyed by the firing of reti lint
shot into the city,iii common with other dwel-
liugs,he denied that any claim could be made
out against the United States, unless the oc-
cupation ofthe said house was the cause ofits
destruction.
The gentleman from New York relied on
the merit of the claim of the citizens on the
Niagara frontier. .He denied that their suf-
fcrings had been so great aswas represented.
They had settled on that frontier for commer-
cial purposes, and during the prosperity of
that part of the country, they made _niore
uioiiey than would have coinpensated for the
loss of all their houses. The British had set
up the plea of retaliatioti, in jitstificatiuti of
the ravages which they had committed ; but
the delicacy oftlicir motives, and the fineness
of their feelings, may be appreciated by their
brutal conduct in the Chesapeake. He judg-
ed of their motives from their actions; and
these were evidence that their motives were
vindictive, cruel, and in hostility to every no-
lée and exalted feeling. He was of opinion
that this bill ought not to pass. It would cause
a heavy drain tipnn our 'I‘reasury, and would
stand as a precedent for futitre bills without
limit. He had always opposed the principle
oftlic law of Hill‘. It was true that in 1817,
the committee. on Claims had rcportetl in fa-
vour ofsoiiie restitution, but it was on the
ground of cliarity—it was a gratuity.
Mr. Cainbrcleng said, that however he and
tliegentleinan front North Carolina differed
on many points, they at least agreed on the
subject of the atrocious excesses coiumitted
by the enemy during the late war. I-Icbeliev-
ed, however, that the only difference between
them was as to the application of the princi-
ple ofoccupatiou: for, as to the principle it-
self, that occupation constituted a claim for
compeiisation, they did not appear to differ.
He read an e.\_'ti'act front a letter of General
Porter, to show the niilitary character of the
occupation of the houses on the Niagara
frontier. He would never contend that any
government was bound to pay for all the ex-
ieuses incidental to the war; but he did con-
tend tliat.,;vlieresoever a small tract of coiiii-
try was occupied by the military, and, in coit-
seqiience oftltat occupatioii,was destroyed,the
ov’t was bound to pay for the same
The Cmnniittee then rose. ‘
In Senate, on Tuesday, no business ofgen-
eral iiitpoitauce was traitsacted.
In the House, an inquiry was ordered as to
the expediency of exempting for a limited
time, from taxation by the territorial gov’ts.
the itiilitary bounty lands, which have been
patented to, and not sold by the original pro-
prietors, or their heirs.
An inquiry was ordered wltetber a discrini—
inatiou ought not to be made between iiiipor-
tatioiis tirade by citizens of the U. States and
others, anti wlietlier it is itot expedient to re-
peal all laws allowing credits for duties tipoii
iriercliandizc iinporied by :ilieus,or on foreign
account.:——Mi'.,Triiiible. of Ken. said the
total aiiiouut ofimpo‘$ bonded for payment
on cretlit,from 1789 to l8El3,was 5°27 millions,
the interest ofwhich was 26,000,000. But as
no interest is paid, it might be coiisidered_ as
:1 donation of that amount. The iutportations
niatle by aliens, aitd on foreign account, are
rated at one fonrtli the total aiir’t. : ofcourse
we have in effect made advances to alien ini-
porters to the ani’t. of S6.000,000. And thus
it appears that a corps offoreigners have been
qiiarteiedupontlietreasury as peusioners,wliilc
our own people are i’ e for ivant ofbtisincss.
./Viagara St{flI€)'CI‘8’ Bill.—Tlie House a-
gain went into Coiiunittee on this bill. M r.
I’. P. Barbour moved to strike out the eiiact-
iug words ofthe bill. It was his desire at once
to test the principle ofthe bill, rather than to
waste the time of the House in general dis-
cussion. He couteiided that it would not be
justifiable to make coinpciisation for losses
which result front i_nere wanton outrages oti
the part of air enemy. A government uiiglit,
iiideetl, in some cases, lie under a stirt of im-
perfect obligation, when an appeal was made
to its liberality ;as might be illustrated in the
cases ofiiidividuals ; but perfect obligation
could only be the result ofa clear claim upon
jtistice. This bill proceeds on the grotiiitl that
the gov’t is under an obligation to make rec-
oinpeiise for the losses sust'ained. He consid-
ered it the duty ofa govcrniiieut_tlius sittiatcd
to erideavour, as far as possible, to obtain by
treaty a recompense from the government
wliicli liatl comiiiittetl the outrages. He read
the bill to show that the ground of the. claim-
ants was, the occupation ofthe property at a-\
try time during the war. Iftliis principle \vet'e
adopted, the mere occupation ofa house, for
a single night, during a march, would entitle
it to be p:iitl for, in case ofits destruction, at
any "period thereafter, during the -var. He
controverted this opinion. He would not go
into the question ofa retaliation, because that
question was completely apart fur. the ground
on which the bill was advocated. It was stip-
ported on the ground of military occiipatioit ;
U‘
1:
vetted to several instances in the Revolution-
If that 'l“g-
cottld not enter into the discusslotn He gave}
‘a history,o_f ;_tite act-of 1816. and of its opera-_-;
tions; and7als9, of the’ su'bsequeiit act of_ [$17,
occaigioliied by tlte'.[rep_or_t-of the Commissioner‘
éiutliorised by tftt§{fori,i_,iér act. How niucb fur- *
tll‘,el‘,_ilt‘¢ we to go .3; . To_.eitterid this principle
woul_d,be. to subject the government to impo-
sitions‘witl,io,tit.liii'tit. The only mode by ivliicli
this billcotilidsbe susrained,‘was an appeal to
the lib_era‘lit_y 8-ti generosity of the government.
It was tliffit-.,ult-to found an argument on this
g|‘0Ulltl_.H.B|li. if we admit a plea ofihis nature,
where are we to stop? rlfwe allolv anything,
we must go lll_|'0U_gh'\\'IllfIK. He put the case
ofthe slave holdt=rs oftlie_souili. Supposing
Wellatl not got, by treaty, a restitution of the
value of our slaves, carried away during the
war, were geiitlemen prepared to say thatGo-_
veruuieiit should make restitiitiuti ? It would
have made baiiki-opt tlte‘Treasury ofthe Uni-
ted States, to ltave made such a restitutioir.--'
It wouldlliave swt=.pt'~ avtvay the whole of one
year's revenue. If we attenipt Itlclelftlllflcfl‘
tioii, it runs into a variety ofcoiiscqiieiices
which the mind fails to cuiiteiirplate. It runs
iiitu all the departments of social life; it em-
ters into the private iiijitries arising‘ front em-'
bargo’s, btcf The niercliaiit uiay ask iiidem-'
iiity- for tlicrotting Ofllls ships, and the rig‘-ii‘-'
culttirist fosgtlic stagnatioii in the sale of his
‘pi'odi_ice. '1‘li\c losses oftmdesitien, iii_conse-
qiience oftliejilepressioii of war, iiiight forin a
claiiii on the goyfjt, for i‘ecoinpense,t'.t. it would
lie impossible fir mark tlie,.boundary who're
iiidc.utiiifica'tion ivould stop. _-E}
On rWcdnes(la_y,,tIic Senate spigot consider"-
able tiitic on lllt3=-blll abolishing iiiiprisoiiiueiit
for debt, which was taken upon its Stl read.
It was postponetl till. to-uiorrow.
In the House, Mr. Thompson, of Geo. nio-
ved that the Comniittee on Military- Affairs
be instructed =t"t’i*?’epoi't a bill making an ap-
propriation for the paynienfof Gcorgiallilili-'
iia Claims,for services rendered in l7'9?2,‘S&L‘¢J
The appropriation to be conformed to the re-
port of the Sec’ry ofVi’ar t_ipon"tli'e subject of
these claims in 1803. ‘Mt"‘.“'I‘., went into a
long explanation ofthe nature oftliesc claims.
He said that altlio’ coiiiiiiittees ofthe house
had reported uiifavorably on the claims, corti-
uiittees ofthe Senate had often made favora-
blc reports. He showed tliatthe Governor of
the State, acting as tlieageut and by the di-
rcctiou of the President ofthe United States,
had called out the niilitia,aud that the expen-
ses onglit tlierefore not to fall on the_Siate of
Georgia, but on the United States. The cv-
itlencc on which the petitioners rely is con-
tained in docuttietits on the tables of the iiieiii-
bers. He made references to portions of the
correspontleitce between theSecretary of War
and Executive ofliccrs, to etiforce theopiuiou
that the President authorised the calling out
of the militia. In one of these letters, the
President had restrained the State froui any
offeiisive operations; in another, he sanction-
etl more expressly the military iuoveiiients
there ; anti in another to the Got"lernor of S.
Carolina, he called on the Suite to aid Geor-
gia against invasion. He read art extract front
the constitution oftiie Utiited States, to show
that the U. States were bound to defend indi-
vidual states froin invasion, and that States
were autlioriseti to use their military resources
for that purpose. On this ground,ilie United
States Were bound, morally and politically,to
pay the amount of these claims. He proceed-
ed tggjve a glowing description ofthe hor-
rors ofthe Indian invasion, ivliicli rendered it
necessary that the tiiilitia should be called out
into service. In reference to the desire ofthe
Presideut,that no offensive expeditions should
be carried into the Creek country, he conten-
tled that, iftliis controliug power ofthe Pres-
ident had not been exercised, Georgia would
have severely chastised the savage foe which
hovered about her borders, and deluged her
with their ciiorrnities. Mr. Lincoln had sta-
ted that iliesc claiius were a debt againstGet).
He denied that it was so. Geoi'gia‘had never
assumed this debt; and he brought‘ forward
the evidence of the Georgia comuiissioiieis a-
gainst the opinion of that gentlenrnu. The
expenses which grew out ofthe military ope-
rations in Georgia, could not be coitsidercd as
a debt oftliat state, iiiasmuch as the U.States
were boititd by the constitution to protect the
iiidividual states in the event ofinvasion. He
referred to the acts of the Legislature of Gen.
ofl737 and i789, giving to these troops the
usual itiilitary allowances. Nearly two tiiil-
lions of acres of land had been appropriated
to these troops, and money ltad also been ap-
propriated for clothing the troops. Subse-
queutly,appropriations ltad been tirade by the
state for the exiingiiisliirieiit of Indian titles,
and for the preservation ofpeace; these might
be estimated at $200,000. The aggregate it-
mount of these expenses be estimated at a-
bove 51,400,000; aitd it was for these expert-
ses that a consideration was now asked. He
referred to military itiovenients made under
ilie auiliority of the U. States, and asked, if
Georgia was alone to be made an exception
from the system of general protection ? What
had Georgia done to deserve this treatment ?
Her frontier had been violated, and stained
with the blood of her citizens. Once more
she comes before Congress, to ask justice. In
the tiaine ofthe deceased soldier, he asked for
some share ofthe price of blood, for ilie wid-
ow and the orphan. Let not cold calculation
then, dismiss a claim foiiiitieil oit every prin-
ciple pfjustice and generosity.
After Mr. Thompson had concluded the
Niagara bill was taken tip in committee, when
Mr.'Tracv rose in its favour. lle C()lllCll.I.lC(I
that the United States were bound not only
by air imperfect, but by it perfect, obligatioii,
to relieve the sufferers. A gov’t. slioiiltl be
htritiane and generous wlieiicver circuinstaii-
ces perniit.—We had relieved the siifibriiigs.
ofthe people ofN«.-w t‘rIadrid and ofVenczuc-
In which were occasioned by eartliqu:iko.<.—-
These acts were jiistiftable on a priiit-iple of
benevolence, and in this view the Niagara
claimants could assert a right. In order to
illustrate still further his idea ofan imperfect
obligation he took the instance of the obliga-
tion ofa father to an atlult child. This obli-
gation was differeiit from that which he owed
to any other being, but there was no legal en-
forceuieiit in it. Yet a niau of we-altli would
not see his son lose all his property by fire,
without extetitliiig assistance to him. Were
lietowitlilioltl such assistance the world would-
call him a utouster. Such an obligation may
rest upon a gov’t. Yet, because the govern-
ment caiirtot be made legally responsible,
it is not therefore to acktiowledge this kind of
obligatioti.. I-Ie their proceeded to notice-
sonie objections which liatl been made to the
bill, sticli as the effect the principle, if admit-
a.mi,couscqiie_ntly, the question of retaliation
ted, would liave in diiiiiiiisliiiig the desirc.o§
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