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others, commanding his i cry of murder was immediately heard by the people in the houfr, who ruflied our, and as they fuppefed, fmugpled goods, and there being a cuftom officer pre- lent immediately feized them but not ir, to fieze upon, take and bi -iuj; 7 all fucW perfons as aforcfald, who ihali be found to be employed or fcrving in any foreign merchant fhip or vefTel." I would now aflc the authors of the ad-drefs if this proclamation furnifhes another ece of evidence that the Britifli government wfre ready to abandon impreffments on the fras of naturalized American fea- without another affault from the teamfter, who having loft his club, feized one of the officer's affiftants by the throat, but being feverely repulfed by his antagonift yielded, and the goods were feiz'd. In 1802 the Britifli government There was another loaJ taken near by. men Arr.lUr PiHure if jriUnghn Zc Btrcvy- fence WHIGS OF tS AMERICANS OF ALL PARTIES, LOOK A THIS, arj mile txvn auwents A number cf gcntlemrn happened to be collected together at a public houfe laft week in the Weft IVifti of this town, one of the gentlemen remarked that it was rumored that Fort Maiden was taken by Gen. Hull, and that there was fifty men killed on the American fide, and about the fame number of Bntifh. One cf the grn-tlcmcn then obferved, that he was fbrry to hear that we had loft fo many Americans whereupon a gentleman prcfent, and one whom the eJitor knows to be a member cf the IT.

P. Sicitty, in this toun, (if he can believe his own words) faid, that nr. HAD AS LIEF IICAU THAT OUR 1 ROOPS WERE KILLED AS THE BRITISH I which excited Co much indirnation and The officer havinz receiveJ information difavowed the right to imprefs naturalized 1 i that more goods were on their way, went with feveral affirmants to meet them. lie Farmers, Mechanics and Merchant! cf VERMONT arc you willing to dif-charge the prcfecuthn Vote for AR TIM CHITTENDEN. Will you contend for your rights and recover your feilow citizens and property Vote for JONAS A-LUSHA.

Would you truft your intcrcft and rights in this important action to a man who has plead the caufe of the defendant for years I Or will you engage one, who knows, feels and loves the juftice of your caufe, and will contend with his life for your rights and liberties You will you canmt vote for a msn, who delights to fee the property and lives of your brothers and chilJrcn in the hands of robbers and tyrants. Have you forgotten what your fathers told you Will you defend the rights, they g4e you in the field of Rattle I Can you luffer tories, refugees and Britilh hirelings to ride in the chariots of po.vcr over the graves of your fathers The firft Tuefday of September will mark your charge. On fiat day you muft re-folve to fupport th? government cf ycur country or to join the ihndind of a foreign foe. A MECHANIC. foon met a loaded waggon guarded by 5 or American feamen by this proclamation in 1807, the right is affirted in its fulleft extent.

In its operation, it would depopulate the towns of Barnet and Ryegate, were their inhabitants within reach of the British naval commanders, frr by it all who were born In the king's dominions are liable to be taken, although he may have lived in this country 20 years, have a family, prop erty and been naturalized. In 1804 they encouraged the hope of an arrangeaient by ir-aty agiinft impreffinent on the ground tint fecurity cou'd be foand agiinft defertion from their navy. In 1806 they rrfufed an arrangement by treaty after vcry fecurity tbev had afked had been of- 6 men armed with putols and clubs, to whom he made known his-bufin-fs. They replied with menacing and prefent-ed their piftols. But being courageous in the due execution of the taws of hi3 coun- 1 try, and fired with juft indigna'ion at fuch treafonable conduct in time of war, he with his affiftants, advanced, fcarlefs of confe-quences, and took the property which was foon conveyed to laid Lrvake's, where were depofited the othir two loads.

Ifurprife, that he was requcftcd to explain himlelf, uy aniwering tins rjutftion Do you mean to be undcrftood, that you fhould be as well plrafcd to hear that your neighbors were killed, if they belonged to The U. States as to hear that the fam- number of the Britilh nation, with whom we are at war, were killed He replied, VERMONT ELECTION. Being infermrd the next day that an attempt was to be made the following night to retake the goods by force, that large fums of money (even to the amount of 100 dollars) ha I been oftVred individuals to join a mob for that purpofe, the patriotic inhabitants of Bolton turned out in a mafs to prevent the contemplated burglary and thrft. In the evening, the with their affiftants, collected to the number of 30 or 40 from the towns of Montpelter, Water- it was hts principle, and he JkraU pcrfi'l it. One of the company, (a Cant, in the U.

ftred them againft defertions from their merchant fcrvice a9 well as their navy, and would give us nothing but an informal ar- rangement, and in 1807 denied that that arrangement did, or wr.s intended to make any provilion againft impairments. And by the king's proclamation of the fame year in the face of the world afPrted the right to imprefs naturalized amm, and commanded the exrrcife of it, in the fulleft extent. Abundant proof of this apprars in States army) then faid to him "WAR, dees aPually exijl Utwccn this nathn and Great Britain, and in this war I expel to tale part and defend ycur family and ptcpa ty, bury, Duxbury, Richmond and Willifton, and rendezvoufed at the two taverns next as welt as tny cwn, and ds mean ta fas, that you had as lief hear that I was killed in battle, as to hear tlut an officer of the enemy was killed He faid, HE HAD AS LIEF HEAR HE WAS KILLED, AS A BRI TISH OFFICER. The Amrr- the foregoing quotations which are all to be found in the official documents relied on below faid Levake's fiom whence they kept a fcouting party pa'roling the ftreet all nicht, whofe obiect appeared to be. to af- I by the authors of the addr fs, and even the 1 1 offers tmde to England by our commiffien- certain the ftrength cf the guard about the t- 1 rs 1 ican officer then alked him, if thrfe were A 21 ERIC AN REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, FOR 1812.

HIS EXCELLENCY, JONAS GALUSHA, Esq. GOVERNOR, ins HONOR PAUL BRIGHAM, Esq. LT. GOVERNOR. BENJAMIN SWAN, Eso Treafurer, JOSIAH WRIGHT, PLINY SMI HI, HORA HO SEYMOUR, Wm.

C. II A RING ION, FREDERICK BLISS, SAMUEL C. CRAFTS, JOHN CAMERON, DERI AH LOOMIS, ELIAS KEYES, WILLIAM HUNTER, EZRA BU TLER, and Wm. C. BRADLEY, Efrs.

COUNCILLORS. crs in Nov. 1000, are tcuna in tne very ,1 goous. unc 01 mu pairc, uiu uc uau iuu letter from which they have made fome his piftol, if he had'nt the damned rafcnls the principles cf the fociety to which he belonged I He faid they were 1 And aficr further cbnvcrfation, the controvcrfy lhould hsve had the contents of it. The quotations.

1 would enquire why tlieydiu 1 not bring them 'forward in their addrefs I Why thry did not mention the repeated and difF rent offers ma le to England by our government, their refufal to accept them, Mr. Carmine's denial of the informal ar- next morning the piftol was found near faid Levdkc's. Several empfy waggons went from Wa-terbury, evidently for the purpofe of conveying away the goods as foon as the mob rangement, the king's proclamation of 1807; fhould get them in puffrffion. They tarri- ed moft all nieht, then returned empty with why did they carefully keep back and fup lubuded. The above facts, the Editor pledges him-fclf arc in a court of jtdbce, by feveral rcfpcctaMe witnclTcs and tf they are denied, tlty pall It proved, and the name of the benevolent character alUidcd to made public.

Rutland Herald. We wifti our readers to p-rufc wi aN tention the correfp3nder.ee between Han-fon and his friends, previous to the late- riot in Baltimore, as pubHfhcd in th; Qjf.cial in this piprr. Thrfe do 1 evident tokens of mortification 2nd pointmetit. (j One of the Icidtng fmugglers in the night, fpeaking of the guard, was heard to are fo lengthy, we are competed, fur w.nt of room, to omit the renort of the City COMMUNICATIONS. Friends and Felfoiv Citizens; W.hilc we contemplate the advantag-s," with which we are favored by an indulgent Providence, with.gratitude and patriotic exultation, we fhould be mindful of the mach Ciuncil till nrxt wetk.

We were bii- omit feveral valuable cemmunica- ged to tions. fcy, that thctr ftrength was all that laved the goods. This was doubtlefs true; for' an attempt of retaking them by force under fuch circumftances would not only have 1 proved abortive, but been nurked with the higheft degree of folly and prefumption. But that their intentions were to have ta ken them, if they had deemed their ftrength fufficient, there can be no doubr. The next morning the cultom officer fet ofF for Burlington, with the good-, unrfcr a guard of about 20 men, Thry met with 1 no oppofition until they arrived at Willif- 1 ton, whrrc the fmugglers had collected from 50 to 80 men.

On approaching near Par- ker's tavern, one who acted as Iej.dtr fahied our, drew his piftol, called on the oth rs to follow him and branded them with the inations of enemies without, and thofe cf an infidious faction within. I The temple of liberty muft ever be guar- ded with a jeatcus care tyranny, vicious in its nature and tendencyis not cafilycon- DAVID HANCOCK'S ESTATE. IPinE fubfefibers beint? aonoir.ted rom. prefsthrfe things in theiradJrefs If they intended to enlighten the people, it was ne-ceftary thsfi things fhculd be known if thy wiflied to do juftice to our government it was reasonable they fhou'd be examined but if they defigned to deceive and miflead the people, they took the proper courfe. On the fubject cf commerce they purfue the fame courfe, mentioning onlv fuch parts as were calculated to favor the Britifli, and leaving our whole foreign trade, amounting to near 40 millions, unnoticed.

One of the authors of this addrefs, you are called upon to elect as governor for the enfuing year but the charms of the ftrpent may as well be trurted. Fellow citizens, the times arc critical. Yourdeareft interefts are in jeopardy, you are befet on every fide. At war with a nation which expends millions of fecret fcrvice money, and has many friends among you under the mafk of Americans who will endeavor by every means to divert your votes from Jonas Galufha, Paul Brigham and others, old tried patriois of the revolution. It is for you to declare by your choice whether you will fupport republican oen and mcafures or yield to the voice of faction.

Let one and ail attend the meeting and give their votes fo as they can an-fwer it to their own confeiences, their country and their God. AN ELECTOR, quered but the conloUticn of freemen is, 1 that the harder the cenfiict, the more plori- I JL nuffioners by the honorable Judge of ous the triuaiph." "Heaven knows how Probate for the diftrict of JfTcrfcn, tore-, to put a prop price upon its favors, and if ceive, eximine and ajuft the of would be ftrangc indcetf, if fo celcftial an ar- i the creditors to the cfttc of ticlr as freedom fhoud not be I1i2r.lv ra- i DAVID HANCOCK. ted, confequently envied, and therefore latecf Montpelicr, dcccafcd, do give notice to faid creditors that fix months from epithet of cowards, bt caufe they were net vigilant in turning our. Whether a due fenfe of the impropriety of fuch outrageous and rebellious conduit muft require a conftant exertion to protect it. Come then, vc fathers who fought for.

the 23d day of June laft is allowed them to and obtained thi3 precious boon Come, bring in and prove their claiais that we fellow citizens of every age and evrry clafs will attend to the bufinefs of our appoint Come, rally round this facred temple, the 5- jimcnt, oh Thurfday the 22d day of Oflo-vctnment cf cur chcice. and convince the bcr next, at the dwelling houfe Cf Daniel i or whether the fight of 20 (tout, detcraiin- ed, refolute men armed for the purpofe, ap-1 pilled the hearts of that fmuggling junto, and prevented them from attacking the guard, we leave the public to decide. Carnl in laid Montpelicr, from 9 clock A. M. to 6 o'clock.

P. M. tvorld, that the fpirit of freedom, love of country, and cf independence, which animated the bofoms of our fathers, in times Thry received no farther molcftation, but Ccm. ZIBA WOOD WORTH, SIMEON GOULD, which tri-d men's is neither weakened or alloyed in thofe their fons, to whom purfued their journey to Burlington, where tbey depofited the goods in fafcty. The foregoing ftatement is made partly Dated at Jllcnrpdier this lid dey cf An- 11 1 thfy have bequeathed the noodly heritage.

tjl 1S12 1 i.ri ri" rr 'A All from the perfonal knowledge of the fubferi- nnu wane wc arc inus in poucmon ot pcrions inccotco 10 lata citaLe are re thofe invaluable privileges, let us, fellow qucftcd to make payment to i bers, and partly by information from an m-: teUignt gentleman who tarried at faid Le- PRUDY HANCOCK, Adminifratrix ts faid tfiate. citizens, elect men to office, at the enfuing election, who feel determined to fupport the conftituted authorities of our happy govern vakt tavern the night the goods were ta-; ken, and was an eye witnefs of the tranfac- tions at that place together with informa- tion from others who accompanied the; goods to Burlington, and on whofe veraci-! ty we can rely. We therefore have no hef- itarion in declaring it as our decided opin- ion that the above ftatement is fubftantial-! ment, in the due execution of thr laws of the land, and preferve the union of the ftates. R. Aug.

26, l8l2. TAKE NOTICE. rTTIHE fabferiber hereby gives nctice that he fball prefer his petition to the honorable Gcticral Affemblv. next to For the Freemen's Press. Mr.

Editor, WE have now to inform you of a recent tranfaction, which, while it is calculated to put to filence the deceitful pretences of the fecrfit workers of mifchicf, that they have no intention of forcibly oppofing the government, or its laws, does much honor to the patriotifm of the inhabitants of a neighboring town. On the 1 8th inft. there was a juftice court holden at the dwelling houfe of Auguftus Levake, Efq. in Bolton, Chittenden county, which continued till late. Sometime in the evening, an elderly gentleman, who had attended the court, in fcttmg out to return home, and going near a team that was then effing by was, by the teamfter, directed to but infiftinp, on a right to go on (and i ly true and can be proved by inconteftible 14 be boldcn at Montpelicr, for an ait in hit favor freeing his body from arrcft tfn civil procefs and goods from attachment fcr fev- evidences.

JOHN PECK, EZRA BUTLER. Waterbury, 24th Auguft, 1812. cn years from the date cf fajd act. JASON MARSH. Calais, Augufl 24, 1S12.

To the Editors cf the Watchman. I was almoft overcome when I faw the confpicuous manner in which you had sr-ranged your benevolent lift for officers, and the high founding titles you apply to it. PEACE, COMMERCE, WASHINGTON, HONORABLE, and then you nuke ufc of fuch wonderful large letters furely if muft make the freemen ftare FREEMEN'S PRESS. NOTICE. THE old proprietor, cfihe Freemen' Prefs, arc rrqueftcd to meet the meddling with any thing) was MONTPELIER, AuuJI 27, 1812.

I known you had placed immediately ujder it that fketcb, in your paper, in jj dwelling hcufc cf ZIBA HALL on Wcd- nefday the 9th day cf Sept. next at United States pltjs. Great Britain deft. The pleadinps are clofed, and the facts o'clock P. M.

It is to be Tcred evetv knocked down by faid teamfter with a club, evidently prepared for fuch purpofes. The We have-jujl been informed by the physician that the man who was knocked by the teamjler is very ill, is much exhaujled Jive bleeding, and that his Jhullis frablureL ujich, you fay I leave an awful blank, aed I pray my God that none but men cf aitother generation may be able to read it," it.apprars to me it would have been a vaft 1 a a are proved. The defendant hai robbed 'the plaintiff cf t'rrty millions of property one will attend, as buuncls cf ir to every member is to be tranfiC: Augvfl 26, 1812. improvement. O..