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nvind with abundance of threats. Macdoaough then told him with firmness, that he was not accounta ble to him, but to captain Smith ; for his conduct. ' The Ehglishman threw out some threats that he would take the man by force, and said he would haul the frigate alongside the Sircg^br that^ purpose. ?To this Macdoriough replied, " he sup posed his ship could sink the Siren, but as long as she could swim he should kee^the man." The Eng lish captain said to Macdonough, " you ?re~a very young, andavcry indiscreet youngman ; suppose I had been iti the boat, what would -you hive done;" "1 would have taken the man, or lost my life.Y " What -sir, would you attempt to stop me if I were now to attempt to, im press men from that brig?" -** I would, and <o convince yourself I would, you have oiiy' to makethe attempt, >p? this the Englishman returned, and shortly afterwards wa# seen in his boat, bearing her in a direction <frr the American mer lianc brig. Macdonouglv-ordered hi* boat manned and armed, got in ta her himyelf&and was ih readiness for pursuit. The Englisman took a circuit. r+und the American brig,i and returned again to the frigate. When captain Smith came on board, he justified the eonduct of Macdo nough", and dectfred his intention to pro.ect the American seamen. if nfrtly visited the mmujm y? naiwi a Durigg the our nm?fitpiilh baa bfig. theiatreat portions ly, once tile ream cradel fertUlity ? ? the sea ofttbe world-^holl idea# of if tf yom and r hacked or dsstroyed by the miserable coo S P***"1 <3*M*e de# encknt poet, awl gsttflE S.TTha trfth? wwWJa WMrthe^ uitu wh^e thw lblll proceeded Into insignificance, and are vedifrom xiblWion by the w?] ^ " "IV wic fame has long survived evei m >e splendors thty celebrated. t*a of Sicily bet been Mm theme in every age, and the hardy northern nun, who ia exposed to the ib clemenoesof winter, H?ree-fourtl?e of-the year, and whose tails ark repaid by a trim ? ? . . ery m vales c, hundred . --?? j - ">-ir ight perhaps complain of distribution of Providence, of the gehial rite, the fcw?< a ruddy akiea? anddeliciooa' ly, where the eaul* yUfld I. But when he flhda in nation*, that such a cllWn and such a sort iitw the concomitant; or rMber the parent of idleness, lu*try, and s|??&S3g? soontf or later are ever the p# y of tyr^M IWThQ 1 reconciled ?o frosts and] now*, fiid wintry blaeta, andbaVren hills, and Je grateful for being born beyond the Zh JVhwrtws indulgence, t, befol- , ai'twsaaKJSwc ly, but of all Italy. Rich?t may enslave a country, but will never make it free ; for it la only the po?r and the haVdy that can sustain the labors and privations, hy which the struggle for freedom must be itiain tained. With the exception of ftortie, the city of Smouae was the most celebrated In all Italy, and ita islands* In its most flourish ing *t?te it a*tend*d twenty-two miles i*, circumferem*, and maintained an army of one hundred tho*aand foot, ten thousand horse* with a navy ef four hundred ships. It waa said of the inhabitants of Syracuse, that tiWMmrifc* best of men when vir ? ? . - w. anvil WHgn 1 I tnewi the most wicked when deprived by vteious pursuits. Unhappily they verify * Diodot ui Mculus, toy#* thekounth /oaf ike *cmt of their game in hunting, truing to m fir o fusion of odoriferoue filanta that per* fumed the air in Sia'ty. J the truth ol the latter position at this time* Our officers all agree that no community can be in a worse moral state than the I people of tibia city. .The nobility are im poverished and corrupt*? mono poli rcrs of almost every employ c men t ? out nobleman has the mono(fbly of baking bread jy a city, and no one is permitted to bake but himself; another has the rare privilege Of supplying Messina, or tome -other pi with fish, and it is not many fears: sh.iv^ this last city was"obliged to liacf Upon taint ed fish "for several days, because the ! prince who had the monopoly of that arti efts, and Who, if tc remember claimed a dcscent from the Cyclops, who once po#csscd Sicily, chose to enrich him self at the expence of the wretched popu lace. * in short,/ every thing fs a monopoly im Sicily; and the peasant who has a *ur-1 plus of grain to fell, cannot dispose of it until a price is fiaedbyga certain chamber at Palermo. Ceitainly it is worthwhile tP \ >? A iVk r, s : - - ? *? ? ~ Robberies and assasinatrons are the nightly amusements of Syiacusaps, and our ofiicersin their evening rambles, were frequently assailed by soldiers, or fellows arnwMggh knives orda of fighting Idles, and in that situation their knives and daggers are the most dangerous of all weapons. On some occasion, which oc* curred in Syracuse, Macdonough was at tacked by three of these desparadoes; with Na back against a door, he had the good jrtune to wound two, and the other took tenant, who pushed hjm so hard that he climbed up to the root of the barracks* whi ther Macdonough followed him still, and finding- - n* Other means of- escape, jumped off, with the loss of his life. in the interval between the T Var jpd that which commenced . no occasion occurred to our naval % for ajgnaljsing themselves, atad weshi K>fS?ihcient important* be ! tenant 1 of vtcis^ r, are only of consequence to our immediate friends; rosy run counter to. Johnson* we cat ^rstl^S >tld th4 opinion 1 believing that the curiosity which is fied by the important fact, wort latohet* in his shoes, Is 4. prying village goSsip', than a losophtr; because *uch a citt inishesno elucidation e|' ?Sat |T jobbing Writer will contrive to swell I the life of JtiHhed archdeacon, or of* { man who derives his sole claim to notice, 1 from freeciog ice in stommeV (as If wb had j riA? m?iW. ' * i-Jj' enough of it in I btfk ?tu passing that of all ( put together^' A, w? hare ra I r? ' Jk ixLiVu . JL ?) [ of llw"Value pPsnc^Wu;^N?qu yrllt proceed- *%?'? deB^of that ' . which the subject of ihia artWe dUtinguiShedby the most fmpov.. Vices to his country, in gaining a I'-ied lho toul failure of a on the part of would otherW^ hairtt prodi most fetal consequences. . ' - - Soon sftertfrrtiettSvitiou ofwaftin 18??, L small na*sl foirc# created on ? VII lane Champlain, fov^bf three-fokl object of af fording protection to our frontier in that quitter# facilitating military Iterations ; and preventing, as far as possible* thf ene my from receiving those supplies, which were continually furnished by the corrupt ? and treasonsble agency ol some of ottr | own citisens. It boefcme proportion as the operations U Ws dlreetod to lUi! quarter, this force, as well because #Wj<do-operate In offensive cause It ha<V become I haps, from the * - Of the contest _ ^ from year to yean relative force of the follows t ' * f jfwMtmn t- gun*. * & Barstoga 26 yj : Eagle* to Iff icamfrroga, It Preble, 7 j 10 gait, carrying 16 Total, i? ^ iFotSl, 95 Thus stood affairs, w^en esrly in the i month September, in that year, Sir ] George Prevost began Ills march at the head of fourteen thousand men, with the ntemion of dislodging general Macomb from his works at Plattsbtii-g, snd then penetrating into the heart of the state of New-York. There is reason to suppos* that this plan was cmeeted'with an attack [<flr the tifty of N* York, by the force on oor maritime frontier, had it succeeded in the affair of Baltimore. Certain it is that this appreheqpion had driwn the mjlitia from the country above, and left it In a state very much exposed to the incursions of the erferny. The destruction of the Ame rican naval force on lake wes_ *fWt thg that t on fire di|i^ from PeraUtud4!Jr?r celtcd from pi *qu?dron* n j| | togbt haul. tJrmt?fty;two Willed and fifty eight wound t-d ; that of tSe British eighty* (out kitted and one hundred and ten wound* ed. Among the killedon the American Me was Htntenam Peter Gambfe a %nU lant young officer, one of the |fl|' gal lant brothel* who had devot?d dipihea to tins service of their country* The other two brothers ftiH ?u rvWe, one a ! Commandant in the navy, the other' a cap* JBW Ot TTiBTlTl C? ) WlV' tKllff^iVnWI^ BWIWV^ the first officers of their grade in either service. He who on the wttiaorabl# 1 1 tli September if inseparably connect id with an event which will never be for got ill this nation, and will, we tanst, hear with it the recollection as well of the living as of the dead who were inatromental In gaining one of the moat important victo ries of the war. The Ameiican squadron carried two thousand and twenty-three pounds weight of metsl, and eight hnn ! dred and twenty men ; that of the British nineteen hundred and fifty weight of me tal, and ope thousand and fifty men. It Wtea i n this adlion that tWfrJhfrfamcd I manomvie of coming clown head first upon ] the enemy was first tried against the Ame ricans, and itve resutt was, wilt venture to predict it always will be, ivhen tried against a force any way equal in skill* numbers, and courage. The British ves sels were cut to pieces before they werein a situation to bring their guns to beat against the Americans, and nothing car* ries a stronger conviction to our minds of the want-of proper skin and self-posses* sion in the officers and wuH*ef those fleets that fcato-teea^taken or defeated by this manoeuvre than the^ fatal effects which resulted from the attempt in this instance* The liixiety of 1 the- public had long drawn ble D of cir George" PrcW* operations, or who felt mn interest in the fate of this county. Jit was justly feared that the ene afier succeeding against the fleet on In i artd forcing the itutench* mb.at PWusburgv .t km* zss*. communication, by means of the Hudson* with ti$? Atlantic fleet and force*, should r.York. mt pi l* 7 *n*d their Qtnpkantrejt peace that nl^,., ^ warrant, was breathe and his gallant sated the gfbi ll?d thus farm**. t>mhahlft spendently It iiw gsg:gg5?cr?$.&a, "fhoie hones of ultimate &ucce**^^?deda Vin breathless iore? of the lake points of land, . unit urn animated- w? the victory was greeted by multitudes.^ It ta full hrot gallant and amiable M alh .In the "f* I ??_. ? -I a y^nresirtese nt, the pro. I of betnp^itd tog^_ a? broth?ra in deserving! * ttn?*? brothers, n? ?IPm *ueh^ ?* tH _ht promoted, command, ??" fected byj^Ms it somes seasons, strangers. . Since command of the . New-Hampsfttre, where he now fs. Should^ the passions of men, the Interests of com merce, or the ambitiah of an enemy -ftgatn force us into a war, he is one of those to whom we shall look for new exploits ; and should the chance of battle again git* him an opportunity for the exercise of skill and courage, we feel confident the I ?*?/? L\ ? i ?