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1\ LIFE'S DISASTROUS SCENES, TO OTHES DO,: ? ?? ; ??' - - r ? J^'VrE? ? WHA1 YOU WOULl) WISH BY OTHERS DON F. TO YOU. ? *? - "" Oahwin. THURSDAY, September 5, 1810. Volume I. CONDITIONS OF TE1S GaZKTTK. THR price to Subscribers it fat ike dol lars flcr annum, for Ji/ty-two numbers , ex clusive of fio^iage'} and in all sates wb ere fuifxrrs shall be delivered at the exfuncs (tf'the publisher, the price will be, including fiostqge, 4 FULM doll AM s a year , flay able huff yeaHf- 4^. Terra* of advertising in this Gazcttk. jidvert Uemcnta not exceeding eight tines will to firmts* jfcr ? ** t for the first fHthmm^cuid hoff thotprioe AfHfry ^ubnequrht insertion. Larger advertise ments will be charged fn proportion . A liberal isocount will be made on the bills of those who are ctiHstant or considefbk customers in thin line*# * : fit If no direction/ tfrr given with an ad vertisement | it will br continued till far bid ? FOR THE CAMDKN GAZEtTR* TO THE MILITIA. Peace is the t& \e to fitefiare for War . IF ever there was a period in the His tory of the Atnencan Republic, that im periously called upon the friends of their country to app^y themselves diligently to the attainment of a knowledge of their Our government. will be vigileot. is for the citizens to be prepared , by a know ledge 0t their duties to render efficient servlfce when their country shall ca)l them to itadefcnee* ? - tT. The Ainerican nation is not now viewed by the powers of the world, as it *as, pre * vious to our late struggle with Great-firi L"* u,n* : ' y Nations had then marked us as a weak I . and pusillanimous people, and our govern ment as feeble and inefficient* We had * submi ucd to insuk and" aggreasion, until I our name became a icorn amongst nations. . 1 1 was the contempt excited by these circumstances, which in our late war pro duced neglfcct in oy^enemy? and caused her to strips the moment to pass away when exertions on his part might have inflicted * evils on our country that Would scarcely have bean remedied In an aga; and then, ottly by an enormous expenditure of blood*"} and treasure. By their dilatory and feeble measures, we gained time td crcjUa an ar my, and to distaplrn* those iroop# which carried victory on thfcir march, and tritivn* phumly Waved tjie * Sf?mwnlia tender"" in the land of our enctny.<v* '?* * * ^ They have learned a Imson by tlear* l>o tight experience, and will proftt iu They have di^co vored that a few months j will render an army of^RepubHcaiy jl rtlci- I cnt to meet successfully on the embattled field, the veteran legions of WelA>g|?n. May We not then reasonably expect**tltat if our country should again be engaged In . a war, our enemy wouHT remember the cause of hi* Masters and defeats. The Plains ?f Chippewa and Orleans will not be* soon effaced from his memory, and he \ will not sgain by feeble and impo^nt ef forts in the first stage of * War, give us time to create an ?? my of regulars, and to discipline our militia for the conflict. His great*im^\remtndous Wflr wflt be at the * firstjjjifc He will endeavour to crush II us b^n*5%thc ffrst ^fessute, before we shall have tiiha to marshal our strength, and to nerve our *rtn- ? oRp. Who then will have to resist the first threat shack ? Who oi) that Important day, win have to sustain the great charge of de fending the cause of Freedom^ On whom, on that occasion must our country all its dear^ hopes L .... . r 1 On the Militia atone thrs forest trust *- ^ must rest. It cannot be on the regular army, for alas ! it tfould be but a name compared to the great occasion tliat would j&w mm ~ ? of patriot soldiers, commanded by h?foci of live most distinguish*^ merit : Yet it ip but a handful of men, scattered over a Prouder many thousand miles in ' T bo Polity of large jjKlitary peace establishment : On the militia theu principally mast rest Our nation# safely, in trie firsi hour of danger. The responsibility is a great oo$ a J ^tbea, like Isutblut sentinels, Atifjantly. Let us not, because watching is wearisome, fall asleep on the battle* | ments ; but let ow attention &e more strongly excited to the discharge of that duty, and acquirement of that science which must be the stay of our cduntry in the hour of danger. If the Militiaman would but attach to his statioi^the high importance it deserves, I am sure he would give ftiore of his time and attention to the important concern/ of improvement, in his military dutie^/||| the charge of the militia, is placed thfe great Empire of America ; the last republic >n earth | " the worlds last hope, the only remaining refuge of persecuted frce/lom." , The departed^ Heroes of our &qntry, -look down from above watchful* whether we shall guard the sacred charge, or like - prodigal sons, squander ~aw ay the hard earned pauimo$yvt>t our ^ther^ ! Although our country reposes iiy the #Am,aun^hinp ?of peace, yet t|>e exp^ri | once of natiobtshoutd teach Its tlmtthis | blessing can only be presf rverf by having our weapons always sharpened for war/ Let us cast our eyes beyoi>il our^wu trail and v lew situation of | Other nations* l&urope, after a series ? molt sanguinafy struggles ia reposing / But it seems to bji the stillness that pre cedes a might/ tCnnfpcau 4lier embattled Legions still coyer her Plains* TJhey are* but resting on thqr armsf lwaiting for the signal of blood, havock and desblatibn. Our ancient enemy has a Urge force & veterans on the Frontiers of our country. Bfltia increasing his strength on our in land teas, and has ^gain commenced his * aggression on ot^r commerce, fits Ally the King of Spain has differences .w^th our Government, and we know not what pari .JteYill take in the dispute* The Lion ia crouched, but sleeps not It i? only waiting tor a favourable moment Lto spring on its^p>ey* Shall Americans View with apathy, the gathering of the! distant storm, and . leave their habitation unprepared to ttilst its>yioIencc I Shall the | people of the great Republic, alone be un- \ ' prepared to mist aggression and maintain i their nations rights? Surely not. We are called on by every Consideration that should influence the hearts of Freemen, to be diligent and unerasing in our endea* < voursto improve in those duties, which in the hour of battle will give efficiency tb the patiiot.^ Let us obey the sacred call. Thus aksM^tw^raiiaiit *fthe day that mtr country shall call for our services, to stand forth fti unconquerable champions ; to sustaiib Its high destinies amongst na tiona ; and to preserve unimpaired for our posterity the noble inheritance ice derived from our father*. - A MILITIAMAN. ' ? 0mmm MS */f *. Lord Byron has published a new Poem, entitled * AtJItttim on Skifi Boards* with this motto 3 i Pttience. ? lH wear out my most unfriendly cruelty, ?Till wounded by my suffering thou relent, AimI false me to thy arms with dear for* given* ss," I.'J* FOREIGN. r ^ From the London Globe. tuc t oj a fctfrr from an officcr y b^r.ugh; by the Hannah , which anived nn Sulur l x cfoy y/ om ?&. Helena : St. Helena, -April 21. , \>ip~ ijudsot^ JLowe arrived fteie^a few" day back, in the Phxton, alter a tedious paaaage, and took ui>on himself the feins **f government. The day aficf his arrival, h? ^proceeded to Longwood, accompanied. lbj? the admiral, and his own staff, at 9 o'lkxkjp the morning; bur in const* quence of some want of form in watting on him (such as not having first asked at ~1" * ~ it Would he convenient to re^ rs, and probably the unreason ess of the hour pitched upon) Napu* refused to ste either hiVn or the ad for the latter of whom, it is said, T>y the byei he has no great affection. The negt day, however, the mistake, whatever, krVit was rectified, and TSir Hudson Loire was introduced to him ; but it ap* |MH. that he would not see Sir George Catkb urn, whether designedly, or through sotne mistake of (lie servant who was sta tioned lo announce Visitors, I cannot find QUI* jHit. shrewdly suspect ihe former. Alley a few moments conversion. Sir hofnas ] Withdrew, and Si r T hotnas R eid , Test ot^fs stn ff, were introduced, who were received wilk great politeness by Napoleon* It is whispered, that an offer has beeh made to all, or such of his suits as might he desirous to return* to Europe) or allowing them an opportunity doing so, fry proceeding to the Cage jnahe fvst instance, where Lord ^Fharle* ScSuerset has oiUers to see them provided with a pas I. that; such of them ss are not Uing,fll abandon their old master similar restrictions ght nocessary to le^>63?^hg^m. , _ sent t^inkous circumstances. U is alfco^ reported, that he jnay have Plantation House instead Of Long wood* should he prefer thciormer ; and that on the arrival of the whole of the 66iU regiment) he will have liberty of extending his riderover the erttifo or tttfe itland, saving arid excepting the batteries.' lift* truly, rrdiculous to read the contradictory ac?ounis with which the newspapers are crammed respecting Na poleon, many of which contain gros* false, hoods i ahd one Would suppose at nttfahat they had never been written by perstitia in the island, but rather had Ore* fabricated in Louden. SuCfi ire the stotVs of his recounting t<? young ladil" (wi h wjfaose archness and ingenuous candor, particular ly the youngest, he certainly was flfesi der*biy amused,) tfee history , df , paigns* with all the loquacious vanity of a I school biy, describing the hair breadth escapes he en counted in the fifetfox ' chase : wlien the fact is, that it is k sub ject which he icarccly ever touched on, and n#*r without having been atkcA &n>e questions concerning them 1 have heard from person# who have been as often in his oofopetf^Y wjien with them, aa most people m the island, and have h*d'oppo| t unities of hearing him converse for tout s, that they never heard him touch upon thai string. In fact, it is of a piece with the Munchausen historian o( his brteakfast, who inodefcily states^ that he drinks a pot of porter and two bottles oi ciaret at that meal ; when the fact is', that there are few mea more temperate than htm in the use of wine* I understand from unque?~ lion ah!? authority, that he never exceeds, during the clay, frotn a pint to perhaps two thirds of a bottle of light wtfie, and never has been known to taste mnlt liquor. The stories about his voracity- o? appetite are entitled to a similar share of credit. It is certainly ungenerous to vilify a fallen enemy in such a manner, particularly /When in your power. * Wiih rtspect to the e^femal appearance ot the rOck destined for his future resi dence, imagination the most exuberant in the terrible could not pictute to itself an abode so dreai^ and frightftil. Stupend- . ous ihd perpendicular volcanic rocks. | without a morsel of vegetation, elevated 2500 feet above the surface <>f the ocean, having their sum mits crowned with rugged and enormous rocks, enterally menacing destruction to the passenger crawling up to the rig rag paths which the hands of havr? Uhonipgk th?> ftiri-Q r>f theSC hideous masse* olljfck; iteeersifleO, eer~ , tuinff, by deep ana horridly yawning ra vines, whose lava coloured sides impart to the terrified beholder ?" good idea cf as many gaping chasms bursting iortli fiont thg infcmal reruns. As you kforttc* in-t to %he country, the eye. futiguel with a vIjcat of such a complication of all that is frtghtlul, contemplates fit h satisfaction the less hor.ible setnees w hich present themselves, and which (in comparison with the ftrsv)beven gives Na tj'ansitory idea of beautiful scenery 1 Such, in fac^ is St. Helena, that the absence of that which if horrible constitutes Seaiitir. I >lf the Devil wai ever, allowed r to emcrgcJfrQiii the in-^ fcrnli regions, and was afterwards obliged to &uieeat> abode .similar to the one bo* had just Quitted, he would certainly Mi his paw upon *?&. Helena, wluch jtamea upon its red side* undoub'.et} proofs of h*v* % ing derived its origin fi om that element with which his tftftttofc majetty*U edt to be jsternally surrounded \ and?*!p* cepting the absence of thai, I do not know that he would painmuch bf the change* T hejsahibrttjH-qf /th< cli matt a s Eeelt exaggerated by fanciful wtfftm . (son?c of whom have been only two day! on the island, and have afterward! given> description of beauties which never existed but in their own hrafn), ts the topography, In comparison *Uh ?9K cllmatet as Bata via, and some oibera In the ?av^-lnd?eS| destructive to life*' 11 fa certainly consider airly salubrious : and in consequence of having been principally resorted to bjr per ??*-?* ? from (he above men* acprvy, wMttfUlily yitlde^' wa? ter-ciesses with which the sidea of the scanty brooka, dignified with ^hc nameW rivers abound, it has at^uiredjm undeaei v ed reputation. . However it Oinnot (at least to>the mqpntains) be termed a very unhealthy climates, though it is certainly a Very dteftftre Able oflhfc* as It 1a extrcme Iy4imuidt ah* for Afloat ft*rt of tne year IfjOi UIMlii JIUIjMNI 'by^heaf* sho^rw bar hich* penetrate in a moment*^ Mptl .tornoiigliU If yotrwlsh to ride out, without a certainty of being, jtffet to the ifcin, you ought*^5yfe men ?tyUOned wHh relays, (if I 'ma ^ use of great coats e xtdty mite, ttotvttiarte, It is said, ha* christened It ? THe Island of Mists amid Deaolatiou." * , # treyiyu* to Bonaparte,** arrival hare, such *aa the acatoity of m?at, that fmn'tny of t|iS JwWlb?d inhabitant wanted a little fresh beef, not *then being permitted to kill their own cattle, without have from the gcJvernor, (whidr yea not always to be obtained} it waa w?n Known to be cWomary With them to precipititi some unfortunate bulfcck, while unsus pectingly grazing on the aide of ?otUe of the ravlpea in the interior, down to the, gulf brlow, in order to break hiaboiies, and thereby obtain a pretext to cut his throat, and partake of hit, flesh ? Since, #Wover, Sir G. Ijockburft 'lias arrived, men of war have been appoihted by h?m for the purpose of bringing JNp]& from * the Cf?e* This cruel method of^bbtain* ing fresh meat U tip Jongef prevalent, at ;he r< strict i one 4fk>n slaying bullocks have rn ^ken dtf. NeVtrthelees the dashed supplying the iolaqd Wth a stf Cfuanuty of fresh bee/# cannot bo , al^ great numbers bf the Capo cattla died soon afteir Arrival* . Lnngwucd where he resides at present, is the only plain in the island i Opon itgrow dumber* of melancholy useless .locking trees, call ed by the natives gurti wood, ^fljich^btfing all of nearly the ?ame height and ahapt? give the whole a sombre appearance. This, when connected with the secluded atate of the person inhabiting it, separat ed, as' it were, from this life, impresses you with an idea of being in an immense charnel-house. It is, however, the only spot in the island whenf a carriage can be driven with horses } for you must know, that previous to our arrival, the only vehi cle of the kind* in the island was slowly dragged along by bu locks 1 plantation house and grounds are an instance of what art can -effect in a pl^ce denied every thing, but mists, by nature. Mia hrot'a arejlow about four miles in extent where ht Itoay go without being accompanied by any Bri tish (,fli<er, and by din^pp^ tacking, lik? Hawser Trunnion workl^t l,P to c,,*,rch to be mati-ied, he may coilwdcrabJy lengthen his i ide# 9