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out oT the harbour; TH?s attack waf made ots t he 6th of Auanu et_ieti o'clocfc in the looming. Unfortunately the &fM*s gun=~ boat, commanded by lia?*.naiH CikkiH,' yras struck by a red-hot shot, which passed through her an<l blew her up. ^Ih^botiul of the Siren were dispatched to the relief accident* Many of them?. wcrc.JH?ii though much burnt. About Ait time, to windward* A press of lakoo a sail was I batterries squadron ? 'aaautioo ented thei l to justice, and sue for dMt Stewart returned tog to command of thefri , and on the ?sd day of )K7,h,?toSr. ft the construction of ?Tori. Convinced of thto #Bcte.por ?^?i Idea to the aecretary of utefor .itflowjniba?d purauite ?n m i ? i gera, andl abandon ?flm cvtni mjrten undprcr ntfcde to th# Ifeir d.lfcfe <'3^3* > On lb* 30th of Deewnber, in ?h. tw, the CwiMlluiW' tmjmmt from Dmtfln h&tfciur, although it vn then blockaded by *: vAsMpaof w?r* During this cruise she csjiurtd the British scbooo erW-war Picion ^ sixteen guns, together with a U tter-of-m arq u c ship under her con voy i the brig Catlaiine and schooner Pte nix ; and chased 4 British irigate, suppos ed to be the La Ff|uc, io the Mona pasiP sage. .On the 4tff of April*,, 18U, the returned to Bosto* b^y, and. was chascd into Marbtehead by tvsoToClht enemy's heavy frigatci 1+ Nymphe and Junon. without luwring yrfornied the laUUy part Tof-h^croiia, as flpcted by tne nevy tfc. partmcnt* gaf*j>4ca?ion to eft iDquiry, the result of which droved satisfactory to the officers of that *&p> aa well as to the gor she proceeded < the command the*4th of the of them iladelfthitf Bib!** have but uttilion since hi blinhment UPON the two circumstances, to which -J 1 alluded in a former number, viz. the > progressive state of things in this country and the auspicious origin of the govern* mcnt, I could with plaaaure and profit dis cant at some length , as ingredients of our national felicity. But* to lay well the foundation of fqtare teflecuqoa, 1 !&ink_ it will prove both an advantageous and in*" teresung occupation, to take a^ transient wlnti?. our freertnm rhmyWf vwrt rcai* ? and manner*, nciplenof action iscovered amoo, t?. ancient lavriai taiMr, the m?c people of energy of freedom, "the &xsoci&tiutti^kiiAtacifl ?( nm. ; Tale, of rom ft election, die k km denoted, they M idwncwl1 t TiiMil - of their a*e. Bet it it 4 ittt * ? * * 1 1, ?? ?? #WmA" innlcietit Mt Otfr putpwe ur w>* r?e init their hnpediwtenta iirtMtJM of whW^ jincthe heppieeM of mmbc tmiriai net having had here U* **?* couaea to pi*. ; duce them n d? where, hotre here no exiMence. And win aotwe parts of the I preaent United State*, they hare at rftiy I time fcogeirtoapririg up, they here been I fewalwMlct, in a ?oil illtttortdiftrtj tliem but momentary nctninent, w;d ncatU asmn wboic rnys ware not lo ih?fc>| the cheering influences of heaven. The territory of the United States, but two centuries ago was a wilderness, inhabit ed by savages tbat had made i>o progress in civilization. Consequently the first e mi grants to America could not receive from them, as conquerors ftotnttimea do from would ?MM* ux mile* above the city. PorbMM*, the overflow hat found its level, aod la wear going with great rapiditr into Dm. chartrain j of course, the .rise or the wa ter in town has ceased.