THE VIRGIN!AwT I'HIHft 1*1' I’l Hi 10II I U m PI.K VHANTS, H* TI.KII 0, Main* Ltjlwith a t-’Wr'i Q Hu Si'tni-W ei-Mv P iper, at fi, and tin w klv Paper. at |*cr uni.. payable in „,ivmii:i-Vi miI-m ripuon ill be reeeivid! lor I. lime ilmn *l\ month* ami mi paper will discontinued (iMIt at tile ■If!" mill ol the |.;,til,n „I until *11 arrenrag.* urn |>mit II r \iHrlii-i liM iitS u.ll hi ilf^crtcil III iiO tent* |ier-ipmr.1 |ui lev-) tlm fiM lime, ami XI 1-1 cent* tor r»i h continuance. Ili'-e from i if-tuner uaml tie |aml l"r previmia to til ir in»erlion. or U*i pnymi at n-oimed li) iiuiie roapotfsllilc per*on in I.yeu I Jiiictc J ill letter* iililre'- M to Hie Kiiitor* mil* lie ii *i mu or tln-y will no1 u11' n;|i lo d.VNCllHI till, UECIbMHI’.ll 13,tiivf. ril ESI DENT'S message. This interesting document lias been laid Tie lore the people. They are mm prepar ed to estimate the advantages of a sy-.ti-m of govern m«- it which, responsible for all its acts,to the body from which it derive* it* power, thus annuaily-eihihits to view an nrpt’»t ol the situation of tht country and Submit* tiluns for it* improvement, in the shmrhiU t/ luti£4i;t£t* ui'Mr. MotircM.*. ironitln* win In liasgiw-n, “it app»«rs, that our eotmmrei tl ilith r.-iirei with France ami On at'llii.ain have l-een placed in a train *f amicable arm* geioent, on conditions fair u honorable, in Imth instances, to each par ty; that our finaiM esare in a cv ry (iroiluclive state, our revenue being at present hilly competent to all the demands upon if that our military force is e i II organized in all its branches, and capable of render ing the most important service, in case uf emcriincy, that its number will luLmit-uf tb.it vine progress has been made, Under existing appropriations, in the construction of fortification*, and lit the operation* of the Ordnance Department; that due progress has, in like inn a net, been made in the con struction «|f ships of w nr; Unit our uav y is in tip- best condition, flit It respected in every sea iii wiiiv h it is employed for the protec tion of our roiimii ree that our m/iniilae turei have augmented in amtunt, and iin jiroird in ipiafity tli.it great.progress4ias been made m the settlement of accounts, and in the recovery of the balancCM due by individuals; and that tty. utmost eronouiy i* secured and observed in every depart ment of the administration.’’ A desperate effort will be made a? tile present sei-.mii of Congress by a low popu larity-seekers, w bn will raise a terrible litic und cry about tconomy, to rttuc our little tinny and u.ivy. But we have confidence •iiuiifli m the good sense of a majority of that boil) to li-el Sutislled'tlint tlieie cf- j forts vvll provi: ahoilive. And vvt are, glad to see that the i’lesidrnt liai come nut In plain terms on tire subject We are glad that he has been hetore-hand with the aelf-slyled lindiniU, vvlm iuSK-adcd cinm sling radical aliuiet, wish to dismantle utr gallant little navy, and leaveatur rouimcrre wind the lives of our seametl, defenceless *nd unprotected, prey to tile monster* in human shape who infest ill* West India aca*—to disband our umiy, and permit our forts to tumble into rums—in short, to rt trcnch where thry should enlarge our ex penses, and permit Intgt milnrits to go un luuchcd, which should lie reduced. We hear a gned deal from these men n biwit the economy of Mr. JelVersmi’s admin istration. But iv ill they contend that Mr J. committed no error* We will reter them to Ins gun-boat scheme, and ask vvhe th.-r that project has stood the list of ex perience So far from it, that who were among its loudest .ftpplunders, would now scout at the idua of re-introducing it. It was the fashion during Mr. J ell’ersoii’s administration, to decry a eavy and stand •ing army as bothcbuigcrnii i to the hb< rties of the country. But has ne t. experience, dearly bought, proved the futility of.these tears, -and Sanctioned the preservation of 'tlu-sc Imlvv arks of our defence It^is not only an idle, it is a filial policy to lly in the face ol truth, and sanction erroneous sys tem-, hev ause we venerate those who plan ned them. We would have this nation al ways prepared for war, when occasions a -ribc which call upon it to uiudicatli the •woru. c an* fur no more non-intt*i courwe and embargo laws,those temporising expedientsof timidity, when our rights are trampled ou. Aud unless we are prepared /or the contest, we shall of necessity he \.omptllal to resoi t to such measures, should 4 Lurnpean belligerents again, feeling might mil forgetting right,” transcend their pii ’•leges, and insult our national honor.— President Monroe say* in language not let* forcible titan true,—" The history of the late wars in liuinpe furnishes a com plete demonstration that no system of con duct, however correct in principle,can pro tect neutral powir., from injury, from any party that u dej'enedess position and dis tinguished lore ef peace, are Uu surest invi tations to irar and that there is no way to avoid it, other than by being always pnpur ad and willing for just cause, to meet it."_ Under the influence of these opinions, con nected with the present volcanic situation of kiurope the civil w ar w hich rages from ib« Adriatic to the IJhick Sea the contests between Spain and Portugal and their Cis Atlanhc Provinces and the system of pi racy maintained in the neighboring «i*w, Mr. M. think.*, the reasons for sustaining tiie attitude which we now hold, and for pushing forward all our measures of de fence with the utmost vijor, aripit/e new Joroe*” These arc the ndowinilimr* of wisdom and they should not he disregarded. We have hut lately emerged from a war, tin flirt part of which reflected nothing but 'disgrace on our arms and bad it not been i fuC tin1 ehe< ring influence of our naval vie toiies, the spirit of the people would have been so depressed, that they would have consented to make peace on almost any j conditions. W hat was the cause ol this Inexperienced and unprepared ns we were, ve sent to the field undisciplined orinics, headed by incompetent officer*. W hat rigid, I ad vve, under such circumstances, to anticipate a different result W ith this fact, and its consequences, staring them In the lace, a few mushroom politicians, who use Jt IP rton kt I Icuuuiiiy ,"i.s words of ta lc manic influi'iire,station themselves,at tlie treasury door, like Cerberus at the gates of hell, to guard the people's treasure. They hark aloud whenever appropriations are made to preserve our military apparatus, k. increase our navy tlio* we hear nut even their whining*, whenpropositionsare made to incre-ase Until own jwiy. Call you this jialnoti.nu During Jin- last seat'iOn of Congress, nnr trordt were coined to answer a nett’ oeca .."/o/i winch has arisen. The last of our re volutionary heroes ipiahfled to wield the trijni'lieoii of state will shortly retirr to the shades of private life, end again commingh with Ilia fellow cit 17.4ns. As Was to have been e peeled, A Dilution and Intrigue Inn e been, and are still at work, to succeed Inin -and knowing the influence of it nmnr, they have hit upon one, which they think suits thrill marvellously well The) know that a nnmt was the great lever which turned John Adams out of of fice hikI they have raised the banner of! ticonomi/,'1-—and call Ilnur. who march under it, RnthniU with how much cor rectness, let the people judge. |s it e rimnmy to sufH r our navy t i rot in port, while our commerce is plundered on the high reas, and the blood of our seamen 1 mingles with the waves? Or even ad-] milling (be non-existence of this dnngrr, is it toutturn n to erase building ships of w ar 111 lime of prune, when materials mid labor are comparatively cheap, and defer it till the hour-of need 5 Ir it tconomy to dis hand out army am' 4i pi nd, when an r niergeney rails fur its aid, upon gathering it again togi-lhc Shall we scatter the military science of our officers over the face ol liar country, in time of peace, and depend upon their ugaiug potting 011 aru'or wb"ii the tocsin of w ar shall sound Is it tctmomif to p< rmit our t vi tifiratioiu to go to ruin and rebuild them in lime of war? Depend upon it, it is to use a vulgar adage, Having it pinny ami I unitin' it pound."— \\r have not forgotten the sentiment, which once found so many advunites, Millions for delVuic" not a cent for tri bute.” We slial! reverse its meaning, if we contemn th* lights of experience and the lessons of vv isdnm, by lay. 11^ aside our warlike preparations in time of peace, de pending oirthe-energies uf the people, Vilen suddenly ealled upon, to heat hack their h.c —Washington, (whose ad-ice-ought to li.ne great weight-,) said, 111 peace, pre pare lor war ”-slfvve slight it ,ve shall ren li/.e iv lut the enemies of IVec governments liav e ever predu-ted ofthem.that “they have neither the lvm sight nor the wisduiu to provide mi proper occasions for great c inergencies that their course is improvi dent *IK< expensive that .War will alway s And them unprepared; and, vvludever may In- its calamities, that its terrible warnings will In- disregarded and forgotten as soon as peace returns.” Albion Iv Thirris, governor ol the fi.sle of .Maine, died at Portland, *n the Mil ult. in tlie JOtli year of his age. Joseph ates has been elected Govern or, and Krastus Hoot, Lieut. Governor of the -talent New Vorkrfoi the thru* years’ next ensuing. (inbrid Holmes lias Inn, elected (In verqor nl I lie I ate of Xorlh Carolina for the ensuing year. FROM l’KNSACOLA. About tile, t -.1 nil. ami up to that time it was supposed that from :K)0 to 3S0 per sons had died, the greater part of whom were Americans. At Raraneas, out of five companies of tin U. S. troops, there had been 70 deaths. Sleep. Alexander the Grpjl't was often heard to assert that Sleep was one tiling that made him sensible be. was mortal.” Mr. Raxter, will, equal reason, declares, that “Sleep was in thing, attended with such excursions of the mind as folly con vinced him that he was immortal.” The Brazilian Dec laration of Inde.pcn dvure had reached [atlioaK lieeti commu nieslrd lit the Cortes. Member pro* nnuneed it an open tiecluration of war a g.oust tbe ori»s.*-Thc aged King displays great leal in fvw.r of the Consitutinn and Cories. Many of the Brazilian Deputies, who refused t<: s.go the Coiwtitutinn, had gone to England. The Pm tuguese appear to wish til conciliate the British, and it is said they will not exact the 10 per cts. du ty>en Woolens. A severe gale -was experienced till the English coast on the *t)th October, and many vessels were wrecked. -90» C I\ ILIS, No. IX. is unavoidably postponed tili next week. ron tnr vimikui* ADVKT, Tf? THE LtplK* Hard I* the fortune that your dm attend? Women, lik** Prince*, hud tew real friends; \ll w ho approach them their own end* pursue, (Lovers mid SliiiiMsrs are seldom true j Hence, oft Irotn reason heedle*-* beauty strays, \nd the fttotl trusted guide.the most betrays Hence, hy fo/ul dniiiiH of fant Governor.— Mr. Spooner also moved that they come t>> the resolution to proceed oh Saturday tortie i lection of a Judge to supply the va cancy occasioned hy the death of Judge Roane. Mr. Morris of Wood, objected to tlm re solution on the ground that the vacancy had not been officially made known to the House. He would prefer a resolution call ing on the executive for information as to the vacancies which had occurred'during tile recess of the legislature, and moved that tor the present the resolution be 'laid on the table, which motion was carried in the affirmative. Mr. Morgan of Monongalia moved for leave to bring in a bill to aitend the act pro siding fur fiic election of clef toil of pri -i dent and vine-ptcsident—L'arritd. MR. LEKMJ’S LETTER. Kichmond, JSrtprmbtr '0. I WZ'l. Sia:--lhave tim honor to inform you, that, in obedience to the commands of the general assembly, as expressed in the act of the last ses.ion, entitled “an act ap pointing a commissioner to attend the le gislature of Kentucky and for other pur poses, by which I was appointed commis sioner fur the purpose* mentioned ill the act. I repaired to Kentucky in the month of May last, in order that I might he pre sent at an extra session of tile legislature of that state, which, I was informed, would then he held, rod thus avail myself of the earliest oppuituoity of fulliling the duties entrusted to me. ImmrdijiMly on my arrival at r rankbrrt, I addressed a letter in his excellency the governor of Kentucky, informing him of the general purpose* of my mission, ac coinpenied with copies of the acj of awcm Idy hy which I was deputed, and of the picamhlr and resolutions on the subject of the claims of the, ollicers and soldiers, sai lors and marines, entitled to bounty in lands of military service all of which Ire quested him to lay before the legislature, at its then approaching session. A copy ofiny letter on that occasion, is herewith communicated, No. t llis excellency, in compliance with this rtyju s', communicated, hy a special mes sage, to the general assembly, at an early day of its si ssiou, my letter and the accom panying documents. It belonged to that! honorable body, to prescribe tlie maimer in whirl) I should communicate with it on the business of iqy mission; and a joint committee of both houses was promptly appointed, to confer with me on that '-ob ject. The result of this conference was, that, conformably with my own wishes, the general assembly was pleased to resolve, I hat it would receive from me such rnni muiiieatinn as I might be authorized to make, to lie addiessed to both houses; and that, for that purpose, I should lie rveuiv ed at the liar of the house of representa tives, on Friday the 171h of May. A copy of these resolution* is herewith comjjiuni rated, No. t. On that day, therefore, I appeared be fore the legislature of Kentucky, and used my best endeavors to procure the enact ment of such laws hy that legislature, as would best comport with tin- views of our.-,, as expressed in flic preamble and re solutions mi tin- subject of the. claims to mi litary bounties, above referred to explain ing the history, foundation arid nature of those claims enforcing the justice and e qui'y rtf them, to the utmost of my pover, and the duty of Kentucky, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of them, by li**.'- own voluntary art and if, notwith standing, the legislature of Kentucky should still he of opinion, that it 'viis under no ob ligation to accede to the proposed nn astires for the satisfaction of the military Ini innnts, I thru pleased tile alternative, vvnicli in that case I was authorised and in structed to ask— that it Mould co-operate with tie- legislature of Virginia, in organi zing a hoard of commissioners, conforma bly vvitb the eighth article of the compact between tile two slates, with authority- to decide all matters in ilifl’crencc. between them. Anil this, I took Lin- liberty to rc nresent, irgiviia had a perfect l ight to re quire, a* well l>y the merits ofheruvvn eon duet towards Kentucky, as by the plain turns of the compact and in this, there fore, no disappointment was anticipated. The ri -uilt ol the deliberations of the tic neral Assembly of Kentucky on the sull ied, at that f s ion, w ill appear by the pre amble and resolutions adopted by that bo dy. and approved hy the gov envoi on the li'.llh May last nfwliich I herewith com municate a copy, No. it H thereby appears, that Hie legislature of Kentucky, Icing of opinion that the claims "t forth hy tin* legislature of Vir ginia,on behalf of the claimants of military bounties, ought not to be recognized ns valid against the state of Kentucky, refu sed to accede to the measures proposed tor the .-ati.faction of those claims Iwit a* h" ‘Kin>: lime, declared, that as Virginia had preferred the claim, a respect for her, and a sacred regard for jusliee, induced the legislature of Kentucky, in the spirit of conciliation and friendship promptly to ac cede to the proposition to organize a hoard ot eornmi sinners—more especially as Ken tucky had herself signified a desire to rc tcr In tlie, decision nl siich a hoard, the va lidity of certain laws of that stale, in rela tion to occupying elai'ii-uiUs of lands, and irgiuia professed herself willing to.have a board organized with general powers.— i iMTt'HUr, n w«s i^aoivoa, uvui il nas f p«*c1i(-nt to appoint a l» .aid of commission ers, as desired by the state of Virginia, un iler the eighth article of the compact, t<■» de termine all matters in difference between the t so states: and that a commissioner should he appointed on the part of Ken tucky. to enter into arrangements and sti pulations with me, preparatory to the or ganization of the 'tribunal under the com pact, and to report the same to the legisla ture of Kentucky at its .next session, vh'>ch report was n> hewihjfcct.to its control. The** resolutions were communicated to me by his excellency governor Adair, in a letter of the 30th May (herewith enclosed, No. 4,)by which I was also informed, that Henry t day esquire was appointed commis sioner on the part of the state of Kentuc ky, to concert with ine the necessary ar raugements amt stipulations preparatory to the organization ol a board of commis sioners under, tl e compact, as provided by tins resolutions ol'thelegislature above men tioned. Altho’I had received from Virginia no specific powers or instructions to enter in to sticli arrangements and stipulations, yet I thought it vv ithin the hounds of my dot to t eat concerning provisional arrange ments for the organization--of the board of commissioners which I was instructed to ask Therefore, .free'y exposing to Mr. Clay the whole extent of the authority under which I was arfing, as in truth I had before exhibited it to the legislature of Kentucky, thisguarding against the possi bility of misapprehension with respect to the nature of my powers; and expressly reserving to the legislature, of Virginia, the right of ratifying, or disclaiming, according to its own wisdom, any agreements I might i cuter into, on the subject 1 proceeded to concert with Mr. lay, certain arrange ments and stipulations, contained in two instruments which I nowhere with commu nicate, No 5 and *J. Of lire reasons and objects of some ot thru* •irtjngf'inPi.lB and stipulations, it 13 tposi ble the legislature may requi-e an ex plnuxtion which I shall he ready to give, whenever and in whatever manner, it shall plnase to appoint. It is neither necessary,: nor perhaps proper, that I should enter in to such explanation here. I beg leave on- j ly to say, for the preunit, that, in ray own i humble opinion, founded on a knnwladge of the subject which my situation gave ine nine peculiar opportunities of acquiring, these agreements are such, that both pru dence and duty dictated the assent of the commissioners of both states to them all. I have only to add, that I request you will lay this b iter, with the accompanying documents, before the general assembly— and that I have the honor to he, with pro found respect, your excellency's obedient humble servant, JJ. LI2IUI1. Tn hi* ucitUnry Thnmtu Mann Handnifih, (•tin 1 nor of l irt'nun. (j (The DOCUMENTS, nc company ing Mr. L’s. letter are unimportant, with the exre|>tion of the Cotier iilionn concluded ln* teen himself and] Mr. Clay; and which were published in the Virginian a week' or two ago a a THE PIUVTEF. The following account of the captures lately made by liie sclir. Alligator, and of the death of her brave commander, wc co py from the Charleston Courier: aptniti .Mayo of the brig Iris, of Bos ton, arrived lu re yesterday, and'who was captured by pirates on his passage from Boston to New Orleans, furnishing us with the following highly interesting informa tion DECLARATION <)f Prttmttn J\lm/o, m/istrr of thr brig Iris, nf linston. .Vbtmember 4.— Vt sun rise, saw the Pan of Matanzas hearings. \Y. by VV. about! 10 miles distance, steering west w ind from j N. E. At it V. M. saw 2 sclirs. steering out from the land to the N'.W.; I balded on the wind to the Northward, found they com" up fast, with sweeps out and decks full of! nun: one of them, with Buenos Ayrranj rotors, fued two 18 pound shot over me. I I then hove to, they boarded in* with ft J men, armed -with pistols,' cutlasses and long knives, fired one pistol over'niy head I in boarding, drove every man below, and attempted tn tack ship, but could not work i t J is* brig thorns Ives, ami ordered one half of t>lio crew oil d*‘i’k at a time stood in tor the land, wind to .the eastward. They acknowledged themselves pirates, and be gan searching for every thing .valuable, putting my best clothes on. At sun set let go the best bower anchor, in 2-4 fathoms r ater, within a quarter of a mile of the beach they then drove me with all my crew into flic tore castle, barred us down and strictly guarded us, without any thing to eat or drink. I had no idea we should survive till morning for want of air. At midnight ordered me into lbe cabin, where they treated me in the most horrid manner, beat me with their pistols, ehoaked me, threatening m*‘ with instant death, tkr. tin ii ordered me hack into the fore castle, end called up the cook and hoy and sport id with them in the like manner. A'*r. bin.—At day light they cut the ca ble and ordering me to make sail heat dow n tb*' coast all day long. At 7 P M. run in between Stone Key and Point Yea e*>a came to anchor about b miles above t!»'1 Key up tiie bay the S. E. That night we had all the pirates a heard passing all night, and robbed me and all my crew ol very article of clothing, nimu;y, watch es, £ic. ,\'uv. (’//i.—-Weighed nneiior again, and run about miles further up the bay to the ■southward, in co. with sclir. Mary Eli za, Captain Cole, from Salem, who tuey captured same day with me. They tlven commenced ifiselrargiugnur cargoes. They took from me 100 boxes'axes, about 40 casks of nails,' kedge anchor and haw ser, all my spare rigging uorove some, spare and purchase blocks, spun jam, worming, tsc. also, two studding sails, two compasses, most of the cabin stores, about 000 lbs. of bread, Isic. Sic. At 3 P. 3). the captain of the pirates came alio,ml, and or- j den d his crew, if tln-y did not find morel money in one hour, to murder every one •if us, and hum the vessel. begged for the long boat and some bread and water, to proceed to tile Florida Coast. He said no, I would send ari American man ol'war to detect bin:; he did not mean to spare one of us. One of the pi rates, •more humane than the rest, beg ged hard for my life Ihecaptain told him to do his duty, or lie would take bis life instantly I then proposed to go to Ma fati/.ns, and get money to ransom cur lives and the vessel lie hesitated a lew minutes, then said lie would give me 3 davs to go and return with 3t4il)0, or he would bum the brig and every soul aboard he then took me aboard of bis piratical schooner. •Vrtr. 1th.—Carried me within six miles 01 Mstanzas and put me into a boat 1 ar rived in town at 1 P. M. 1 called on the iove. nor, he would not assist me the A meriean Merchants did not think proper to raise any money Xo treat with the pi rates the American masters then agreed t muster a force from their own crows, go down and engage tiiam. Capt. Wat kins o( the pilot boat sclir. Ploughhoy, of Philadelphia, offered his vessel and servi ces. We prti aboard her one 18 pounder, .u) muskets, a few pistols, cutlasses, fccc. and mustered about SO men after getting ready some began to discourage the expe dition as not of sufficient force some ol the sailors began te drop offaud finally gave it lip. IS <>v. 8tn.—I went ashor* to consult what -could be done soon after I landed i saw lliel.. S. schooner Alligator, coining into ’he Hay 1 hoarded her ns soon as possi ble, and stated my situation to rapt. Allen; he was pleased to assist me and imniedi ately about ship and stood out of the Bay. aptain atkinsin the I’loughbov, with a feiv American sailors, followed after the Alligator. Nov. Uth.—Found ourselves directly off the entranee of tlit Bay, between Stone Key and Point Yeacoa, with three Ameri can vessels, and one of the pirates in sight, to anchor; the Americans proved to be the ship William and Henrv, capt. Drew from New York, for New' Orleans the bng Sarah Morill,of Boston forN. Orleans and lehr. Nancy and Mary, Capt. Moor Iroin Boston for Pensacola, (captured the day previous.) e found the piratical schooner to tie making sail, and sweeping up the Bay. Capt. Aden found it impos ishh- to overbad him with the Alligator he therefore immediately ordered the boats’ Hoisted out, uia;uie«t and armed also put about .SO men or board the T”v, t and gave chase; the pirate hois|!d*\. riot flag, and tired a gun t„ 1 soon perceived another of their srl hearing out the bay to assist them •reived several lire* from t|,eir •««e pounders, without an v d o,.- *'J X. largest; .I,,, eilS'S^T VwU.anil a rnunbr ..r and drowned. left the zW\ possession of the prize, and proceed)? board the other, but they had to,, advantage—their deck full of men a, .1, he hetry. Opt. Allen received hSt wound, with A others, and sev..r;j| w ’h ed we w ere obliged to retreat to our L. thinking to come up with her i,u. guns w erf dismounted, and in such sion, that Lieut. Dale ordered her ou, I the hay, and got on hoard the Alhscatoi a at 8 1* M. came to anchor close bv tt^ Ins found her ashore, with her ,-a|,|j..., and uta a soul on hoard; by assistance the Alligator, I arrived in Matan/as the •lay after, with the his, in company the ship, brig, two schooners and th,.. before ineutioiMsI. I found my second mlT three sailors, cook and cabin hoy passenger (Mr- L’reenfield) hud arrived",, boat, It hours before they informed that when the action commenced, the rates wcuiall on hoard their own vessel Mr. Rich, ir,y chief mate took the smaU boat to go and get Capt. Cole and htn'erew to assist in keeping them off; they f,mnj tile pirates were hoarding the Iris,g*. tain (’ole and bin crew advised taking t„th* woods. When they hoarded the Ins tl„'v discharged teveral pietolH at the crew lug missed them they drove seme over hoard w itli cutlasses, and into the boat After alt the crew were in the boat except one, the rceond mate rose upon them, iiovt- two pu rales overboard, and shoved off with the boat the pirates hove every thing at them they could get hold of, hut did n it kill any one, though c\ ei y man nai more or less w'o;nid( (1. Mr. Mich, the chief mate., with 1 apt. ole -ahd his crew’ arrived in Matan za.s two days after, having travelled all the wav, and suffering very much.—Lieut. I)a!<- of tlic.AHigatoi took my papers, with tin; lour others, and ordered us for Charles lon for adjudication mid to settle the sal ‘ig1’' b.e. Freeman .Mayo. i tie pirates were handsome coppered vessels, of about 90 tons two were armed "ilhau It! plunder midships, and two tong nine’s the other with one lit pounder mid 0 sixes. The coast^vus literally covered with wrecks of vessels, trunks, goods, Ike. A regular trade vyasenmed on \v ith the mer cliauLs in Miitanzas, who were informed of every rapture and purchased the cargoes, erasing the marks from the packages ami submitting others in their stead. A man arrived at Matauzau front tin ir rendezvous the day before capt. Al. sailed, who stated that they had two.men hanging at tile yard arms of one of the schooners, and that they hail determined to destroy every A* im-cican v essel they met with, and murder their crews. Capt. H. parted with the convoy on Friday last, off Cape Camiave ral. The Alligator and her prize arc des tined for Norfolk. LOSS OFTHE U. S. SCHOONER AL JLIUATOK. Norfolk,. Dec. 9.—Arrived, Brigan tine Ann Maria, Somers, from the Mubs zas, having on hoard the Officers aud Crew of the late U. S. Sel.r. jUU^atar, lA. UAl.r, which vessel wits cast away on Carrysfnrd Reef oil the night of the SOtlv tilt—She grounded whilst in ciiuse ol a strange sail. Some of her guns, spare sails, rigging, spars, shot, Re. were thrown overboard, in order to get her oil; hut eve ry effort proved abortive. She was aban doned on the Sd, and blown up. A co loured mail by the name of Hector Wil liams, cook, was lost overboard, 1st inst Spoke 1st, Cape llatteras hearing N. E. id leagues distant, ship F.lizalieth Wilson, Sise, from Hampton Roads, bound to Sa vannah. [Uvitcun, Fr»m fhc.Ycu> JW4 Stalrsmrtfi AW. 2a. firedan Firuvipation.—The Albany Daily Advertiser of Saturday contains the procci dings of the public meeting, held at 1 lie Capitol, on Tuesday evening last, vvliieh was briefly mentioned in our paper ol Thursday. Ji would exceed our limits to.give at length ’lie remarks of the sev« rai speakers, which occupy five or six co lumns. Ijnnullon, !\isq. 'explained the ob jects of (lie meeting in an appropriate ami eloquent speech, presenting a comprehen sive view of the present state nl" Greece— the sufferings and outrages she is enduring Iron) her habnrtms oppressors-—the gallan try of her modern as well as ancient sons— the spirit with which they maintain the struggle for liigirly—the. hardships they have endured and the victories they have won—the fruitless appeals for assistant* to the governments of Kurope—the crUel dis appointments they have experienced, from the fickleness and pusillanimity of Alexan der—the indifference, or something worse, with which the exterminating warfare be tween the Turks, and Greeks is regarded hy the Holy Alliance” and the legitimate sovereigns of the old word—the appeal w hich a kindred nation has made to our ow n country, for sympathy and assistance, and the propriety of our aiding by all jaw (ul means the cause of freedom and philan thropy. His remarks manifested an inti mate acquaintance with the history of both ancient and modern Greece, and were in terspersed with frequent classical allusion* to her warriors, statesmen, philosophy and poets. In a very forcible manner, Mr. Hamil ton contrasted the present situation of Greece with the condition of our own country, w hile we were yet colonic* •ob ject to the tyranny of a foreign govern ment. Many of the causes,” said hr, “which compelled our fathers to revolt from the British yoke, concur to induce a* to maintain and justify the struggle now made hy the Greeks, for emancipation from Turkish slavery and bondage- 1' l"e king of Great Britain imposed taxes upon our fathers, without ttieir consent, hoW much greater, think you, has been the op pression of the Greeks, in the annual taxa tion imposed on them by the Turks? 1J say nothing ivf the greater impositions up on the higher orders of ecclesiastics a" others, all the Greeks, from the tender ago of 14 years and upwards, are obliged to pay annually at the Turkish feast ol pa|r urn, a poll tax of about a ducat. ‘J ltllj British king in certain eases deprived ('J lathers of the beuetits of trial hy jury, w a{ sort of u tiial by jury, think you, is cd to a Greek) subject to the arbitrary