The Pittsfield Sun from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 3

PITTSFIELD, SATURDAY JUKE 20, 1S12. they will consult the Interjest, support the honor and maintain the dignity of this and of the U- citcd States. We apprehend that this Address is ralclila- ted to embarrass and discourage the Govern-ment, stir up opposition to its measures, weak tn the confidence of the profit: in their rulers, convince our tnmits that we ate discontented and divided people. 1 The undersigned perceive, with extreme regret, an intimation in ths address, that cut vernmcnt is abnut to wage an insive ITar with England. We are satisfied tnat no such Ltabus can bKsupplictl, and ths savage Tndian3 excited to Wan, Destitute asswr are of a naval force this state alone can furnish more ships and sailors than the United States fould in the commencemenUof ii Revolution, llf Great Britain lnvanncur.ced her deliberate purpose to adhere to her Oydcrs in Council during the European conflict that conflict cannot be long, when attend'd b) her present privations, her debts and hef- forked to present to the Consideration of Corgriss, the advantages of, a Warvilh England when compared with nr present inactive state and ruined commerce, lest their magnitudes and va-lieU should induce a fit Inf that wc do not NATIONAL BIRTH-DAY.

THE Anniversary of American Independence will he celebrated in Pittsfield on SATURDAY, the J'fjurth day of July next. The Procession null form et eleven o'clock in thr forenoon, and move' to the Rev, Mr. fijLtEs's Meeiing-Ilouse where an Oration v'ill be ftronettmed. A Dinner will be provided buVaf.t. Sjbis at the JlOl'EE.

Our Pdlow-Citi-ens in the neighboring town's are rcsficctlully jrnuted to attend, -I with mere zeal for the national welfare and more ardor in the discharge of their important duties, than such an expression of the peoples confidence. It has been calculated, that depredations committed upon us by foreign powers by producing Ihe necessity of countervailing measures on our part, would by their. pressure on the people, cause an opposition to the government Sc probably change 'J the administration. This expectation, so far aa it respects the large state of Massachusetts, is dej feated, for theic isto doubt, that the vote on this question, ia the fair expression of the opinion of hoiefifiy-cne thousand freemtn, who on a late occasion rallied under the banners of their country. This vote is honorable in the highest degree to Mr.

Gerry. It comes from men who have been )is associates in public life, and who know his a-bihty to serve his country, and rightly appreciate tire firmness of his character jind the integrity of his principles. We trust this nomination will meet the cordial support of our sister states. It is that union be-' tween the South and the Aorth which will securo the interests of all. It will confound tlie senseless ciy which has been raised of a disposition to disregard the character and claims cG this section of our country, and take from the ojv I position the most ojierative weapon which is left 1.1 -1 i-u jt them to wield the republican rause.

tenliou c.tUts hat itC ect would be to uppieciate the horrors of War, We cannot redress and re pci inj.irus long siv.ee mflicttil, ever, but hope, tint government "having trieK(pr still wamoniy persist cVl in, nod threatened to 'tars a sjstcnt of rcsti iclions which jhtve prove1 be farther continued and enforced A War to "fttcti.al. will permit ns to ckfernl cur 1 i i iehts on the ocean, and give blow as well as i y- save our com. r.erce from destruction, ai.tl our 1 (PVt, Oar flourishing vilbge begns to assume a Warlike attitude. A purchase has been made of 14-acres of lanJ, beautifully) situated, lor the purpose of an encampment, and lor the e-reetton thereon of Rjrracks, an Hospital, he. vvlmlKare already commenced vth spirit, and to ha coVph ted within CO days fiom the time of Two thousand Stand ol Arms, for the Thurs Camp Kctih-s, Cloathing, See.

Northern Aimv. arnvul in town on Nor do we believe the people of Massachusetts are uniptndfiil of the example if thi i anrestm. who in the most perilous limes. lonlfuo counsel Jrom fitar, but that confident the justice of their they ill support the measures adopb Iq hr nati nal government with th it energy and firmrts which beconus a fretr people. b) our attachment to the teuton, by a film hclijf of im incible and growing opposition of i fie people to these submissive measures, and by duty to rurselv es, to posterity and to God, we ni.Jtke to your Honorable Body, this our solemn and individual appeal.

Con; "ilttee in In half of W.t. iliy. A fine company ol Cavalry, (100 strong) will consolidate and strengthen the republican in- a fViv d3) ntl a large I terests, and promote in the highest degree the best Ire expected here it lhe country. P. WALKER, John Holmes, W.

STORY, E. G. DODGE, the Republican tti, whose vimis ac signed to the rr.OTEaX. the expectations of ourfTory op-; is hichly ixrntifvinc: to Vur most is highly grytilvmg FOREIGN NEWS. LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.

At the date of our last accounts from Washington, the Senate were in session with closed doors on a proposition which Tiad come from the House of Representations, where it had also past In secret session But whether a continuation of the Enybargo, the granting of letters of marque and reprisal, or a declaration of Whror whaYAas the subject of delibera-Ktion, was notUmown at Washington, but by conjecture. yTo repeat the rumors afloat would berieedle, when by waiting a le'w days we shall the Demjbratic Press of June 5 save, the last returns to the vVar Department gave SEVEN TEEN THOUSAND MEN recruited for the Nevy Army. DIED, 'G At Baston, on Tuesday, June 9, the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, pastor of the church in Brattle Squai in the 2th year of his age and on Wed-nesdiy, June 10th, at Readsborough, Vermont, his father, the Rev.

Joseph Buckminster, D. D. pastor of the first church in Portsmonth, N. II. in the 61st year of his age.

He was on his way to he Springs for the benefit of his health, and was buiied on Thursday at Bennington. A- body rf Infantry vt shortly it should bel It looLs, like tights, which have been too long trampled up mi with The Jh cnuthig 'Service for Gapt. Duckfens company, which is stationed in tiistown, has far pone fits, vnd sangu ne triends upwards of 70 fine looking and spirited mr.v have already enlisted forrhe glorit ns pu-puse of defending bur rights, an maintaining our Independence. 1 he company will be completed, it is presumed, in a week or two. RELATIONS WITH TRANCE.

IN Mr. Bvrl nv letter to our Secretary of State, dated Palis. 12th Dec. lie fijves a picture ot the Empyror Napoleon worth lin.ki.ig He is tnei it as reaoiug the note 1 the Anurjehll minister over aTnl over ivyiio, with freat attemion, and Inste id of saj ing wilt that ii be, am Yit xhnil no' be thus and so, and tearing up Mr Barlows note, or ttyowmg it in the face of theThikeof Bas-nano in a rage, because! jt comports not with his Continental rtem, ych a vory'ihflVrt nt picture. You see tlie grettest En.peruamd Kng that ever breathed the vi? tl full oFthought because in a wu'e field mentation pn turning over in hi min I the new v.ytG neivl up to it by the A-meiiran minister, laisttad of ft citing and at the anthAr of lbs perplexity he says Calmly to hrj minister, the masoning of thit American is every where just, and his are undeniable yet how can I reconcile tbii.i to my condnentai system?" I fie re we stpdhis great man putting rasnn and justice fit one scale, and Ins own inclinations and wishes in cpv other, unci declai ing to Irs minister that one ut weighs the other, and fiom it has resulted a determination of changing his system.

If we treat the actions of-this monarch as they regtrd us, with ivniii' catulpnr, we must confess tiiat it is infi-iokIv more ft it rnlly than what we have hitherto rotuvrU from -the monirch of England. The v.hoie cone poudence is thioughout friendly and very respectful towards America; and there is little doubt but it will be followed by a liberal treaty bet vvceti the French government and us. As to NT r. Bailow letter to tliy Duke of Bass-ino, dated Match 12, l.cI2, relative to the burning of the Dolly and the airgraph by the Medusa and Nymph Ingttes, a copy of it ought to be stuck up in every In, aiding lmt.se to which- sailors ltsoit, and cn the tore mast of every ship that carries genuine Aihyr-i an papeis. 'This It Uor, with the iustinctions to Mr.

Hallow, ought to be cuoultted thioughout our co'iiUrv a evidence ho carefully our adnnnisM'A- All this is as LATEST PROM EAXi Qff3 Assassination of Mr. Perceval mOM Tar LONDON COt'IUER, MAY 12. On Monday, the 11th of May, at a quarter btfine five oYock, Mr. PERCEVAL, lYin.e Minister Great Britain, wns j.h through ihe'heait, in the lobby of the House of Commons, by a' Jqhx Bkli a biiip-Broker in Liver- pOiib p.s Bingham had pi iced himself at the side of the door leadii.g from the stone staii-ca-. Mr.

Pt rcev al was in coin any with I.ord F. Osborne, and immediately on receiving the ball, which entered his left breu he staggered and fell. The only words he uttered were "Oh, Iani murdered, the sound tling between his lips. On enquiry who had committed this ar-t, litliingham coolly stepped up and observed, I am the unfortunate man," lie niide no attempt to escape. When lie was interrogated as to his motive, lie said, It is a private injury I know what 1 have done it was a refusal of justice on the part of the government.

On the examination, after the fart was completely established the prisoner ivas asked wh it he had to say, against tlie l.u with which he was charged. The Piisoner spoke to tlie following effect I have admitted the Let I admit the fact but ish with permission to state something in my justification. I have been denied the redress of grievances by government 1 have been ill treated They all know vvho 1 atn, and what I ara, tluw the Secretary of State and Mr. Becket, with Whom I have had frequent Tlix knew of this tar.t six ago, through the of Bow-street. I was accused most wrong tally by a Govei nur-Generdl in -Russia, in letter Irom A reining 1 to Riga, anil have sought redress in mu.

I am a irurt unfortunate maityflod feel here, (placing his lncd on his breastVsufficient justification lor what I have done. On being informed tlwfit he was cnly called on to say what he had to yCfler, in contradiction of the fact and that anyf thing in extenuation ef his ctinie had bcttejywe reserved for his he added bincejf seems best to you that should not explain th clauses of my conduct, I leave it until th eV ni trial, when my country will have opportunity of judging whether I am light or yyrong. NEIV GOODS. PLUMB ymNNETT, Have just received Jrom Ai-w- York, and ate now offering for a very general assortment cf GOOD it, viz. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Hard-Ware, Crockery, Window-Glass, Paints and Linseed-Oil, Fresh Lem ons, i citizens from flat try.

While we deprecate the calamities a War with Great Uritun, we are inclined meet them in pitKmv toih.u submission w'nich this spiritless Avldress rcc-urnhitnds and inculcates. The numerous and aggaaeil aggressions of England on our ueutiol lights, can never tjr palliated by the conduct of Fi u.ee. Tiie ioji- ries of one ration can never excuse the acts of the other. The United States lreve impartiality and justice towards both but by England particularly, we have been insulted and abused our th arest rights have been trifled with our commerce destroyed our seamen impressed aid our citizens enslaved. In such a crisis should a thought of self preservation occur Should intercut or fear influence our' deliberations Should we not rather be admonished by the; spirit which actuated our fathers which met tyranny at the thresh-hold and resisted it widi effect Satisfied as we are that this Address Is submissive and humiliating that it yc ill encourage our enemies and embarrass our friends that it will tend to extinguish the patriotism which effected our Revolution we take the liberty most solemnly to Protest, to this House and the world, against its sentiments, its object and its tendency And we pray that the same may be placed cn the Journals of this House.

Signed by the Minority MEMORIAL. To the Honorable Senate end the House cf Representatives of the U. States in Congress as-' sembled, the undersigned Representatives rf the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, beg have respectfully to state THAT whereas the majority of the Representatives of the State of Massachusetts have thought ft, by a Memorial, to express the opinions and feelings of the people of this state on the tnomen-tuous subject. of a British War, we are constrained by such emotions as the love of Country should inspire, to enter our solemn Protest against their Memorial, not as the minority of the Legislature of this state, but as individuals, doubting the expediency, as Well as constitutionality of addressing Congress on the subject of reace or War in the capacity of The constitution, which we have sworn to support, has placed this subject exclusively, in the hands of Congress. Should our sister.

states, which hsse the same as we have, undertake to direct or controul Congress it would th row confusion into the councils of the nation, and emharrass xather than aid their deliberations. It is impossible for the undersigned to subscribe to a single statement or conclusion, in the address passed by the House of Representatives of this state to Congress. It is with deep regret that we perceive the partial" failure of the ncgociations instituted by our national government, with a view to obtain from the belligerent nations a due respect for cur neutral rights. In the present posture of Europe we are? firmly con vinced that an immense majority of our, citizcp rannot be reconciled any longer to the impressment of our seamen, or the plunder of oupprop-erty. Such has been the forbearance oLefur government to British aggression, that wedppreheud the wot U1 will be induced believe jthat the spirit of our fathers is fled, and thatBritain is again chastising her rebellious colonies.

We verily be- lieye it is for the honor and Anti rest of our coun-Tryy to resist these aggressjuhs to the utmost of our power. Wc conceive it not our duty to enter upon a comparison of the injuries sustained from the respective nations atar It is sufficient that every consideration arising from good policy and from a duty of a' nation to itself, forbids us longer to fer such unparalleled injuries, without resistance and punishment. An offensive war belongs in the nature of things to the aggressor. When such are the lo-j cal situation and relations of a country, that the hope of effecting either the reparation for past injuries or security against future aggressions, is precluded by a hostile spirit of perseverance in our enemy, in destroying our commerce, impressing our bc-amen and exciting the merciless savages to murder our defenceless inhabitants when the colonies of that nation, thousand, miles from their government, ara placed by an over-ruling Provi- clence within our controul, a ielding to such reiterated insults and injuries, is a reproach upon our sensibility to injury, and our courage and our patriotism. A furtlier forbearance to resist the British navy I nr.d crutzers which are sweeping our commerce from the ocean, would soon induce, her to believe, that nothing, however unjust and humiliating, would unite our councils to a manly resistance, and that an apprehension that she would sequester the property of our citizens, would be sufficient in-' ducement to suffer her depredations.

The conquest of Canada, not her only vulnerable point, would of itself in a national point.of tiew, moretthan afford an indemnification for all the losses we ihouM sustain by the war. While Britain possesses 1500 'miles of contigu-tiuv territory, it is not to be expected that we can enforce an embargo or non-intercourse against her "with effect From these colonics her West -India i XT The subscribers are under the necessity cf calling upon all those whose accounts are of long standing, for immediate settlement, by payment or note. PLUMB fcT BENNETT. htockbridge, June 19, lffl2. 1 TAKE NOTICE.

A LL persons indebtedo the late firm of Camp -bell it? Goodwin, or Joseph 1 Jun. are requested to make payment on or before the 20th day of July, as all accounts and notes will ticn watch over the honor and interest cf the coun- positively tie put into an attorneys hands cn said lr and of the private citizen. day. DAVID CAMPBELL, Jun. JOSEPH GOODWIN, Jun.

Pitt field, June 17,1812. Journeyman Clothier. WANTED, by the subscriber, a Journeyman Clothier for four orf five months, to commence work as soon as thes first of September JONATHAN ALLEN, 2d. Pitt rid, June 18, 1812. There are no sarcisms in this ifcoi fpnndence, as there, were in Mr.

but there is a fair, pen and manly conduct running through the whole. If any man, after read.ng Barlow's correspondent and the Presidents invt notions, should still call Mr. Mtdisou a commerce -hater, he niut be a ti ii tjumparr the correfjjf r.dr.ce cf Karlavv and the By me Sa.lv-Ann arrived at Boston, Ln- Trench vi.li 'of and the lish papvis t'J the 1st ni May, have-b'-en rc-1 English minister and the olfloryuce i- stiikuig. o-j fool, or a knave, or both together, apd deserves the or the contempt 6f every man of sense and ca idor among us. a Jiriiif Paction rave and fiain and grin as ni'ini as they please, they dare iot opjH-se sucii a just, such 'a dignified administration as that with which our country is at this time blessed.

They divert their opponents by An wing their Teeth, but it is Death tor them to bitk. Host. Tat Ctivtd. 'I he Ministry have ben call. upon in Parham nr," Mr.

Wii itbklad, an 1 othtp lor an explanation ot thcii'cuudiut andXgncy in sicn of ID MvV. 'I hcyamnit the authentiuty of his dot but declare they had no knowledge ofthi miviioo, till its terminatioo. TheXondon Sidesman reprobates in a keen and spirited manner, this vile attempt of that government to excite inttstire commotions u. a peaceful count-y to destroy its con-t-tution, and separate its Union. It also proves the assertion of Ministers, that they knew nothing of Henry till the termination of his nrs-sion, to be palpably' untrue.

In our next, we shall endeavor to give the proceedings in Parliament, and rermiks ol the Statesman. The British Parliament went into a committee of the whole on the 29th April; to hear the agents of the petitionersx against the Orders in Council. Additional Petitions, with officially fOLLSND P'rom IPASHiNcros, Jure 0. A meeting of the Republican Senators aud Representatives in Congress was held at the Capitol last evening, at which 77 members were present, for the purpose of supplying the Great Republican Ticket, occasioned by the declension of the venerable Langdon to serve in the capacity for which the subport of the numerous s.SnerS have len presented againel Kijcn had been tendered him. the Orders in Council A mob have burnt On iKh iiallminnr lora r.t-rum he snnoortrd.

On the balloting lor a to be supported, PITTSFIELD ACTON WOOL will be Carded the, ensuing- season at the Pittsfield Fctory at 8 cents per pound for Common Wool, and Merino at the customary prices. ISAAC SCHOLFIELD. W. B. Cash or Wool received in payment.

Pilt field, June 16, 1812. Silas Barker's Estate. NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed of the estate of Silas Barker, late of Lanesborough, in the County of Berkshire, deceased, and hase taken upon himself that trust, by giving Lunds as the law directs. AH persons having demand upon the estate of the said deceased, are requested to exhibit the same and all persons indebted to the said es tate, are called upon tomake payment to SILAS BARKER, Executor. Lanesborough, Juju 12, 1312.

NOTICE. AlE the subscribers, having been appointed by the lion. William Walker Esq. Judge of Probate for the County of Berkshire, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors tothe estate of Green Dale, late of Pittsfield, in said County, deceased, represented insolvent, do here by give notice, that sip months iroin the second day of June instant are allowed to. said creditors to bring in and prove their claims, and tlrat we will attcnd'th'at service Rt tlie House of Jesse Sabin Innholder in Pittsfield, on the last VVednesday of July and November, from two to eight, o'clock, P.

M. on each of said days. JOSHUA DAN FORTH, THOMAS B. STRONG, Com'rt PIIINEIIAS ALLEN, 3 filt fdd, June 13, 1312. person in lieu.

of him, as Vice-Presiuent ofthe States, there were, for ELBRIDGE GERRY, 74 Scattering 3. So th5t the distinguished patriot, Elbritlge Gerry, is recommended to the Republicans of the Union to he supported for the office of Vice-President of the United States at the ensuing Election. REPUBLICAN MEETING. The nomination of Mr. Madison as President, and Mr.

Gishry as Vice-President of the United Si atf-x, is been made by the unanimous vote of tbe publican Memlevs Of Massachusetts Legislature. rtti this event we congratulate the friends of our i la the dark, and dangerous times of our public affairs, nothing inspire oar high officers the factory of VVroe and Duicroft, about 13 miles from Manchester, England. The convoy for Quebec, Nova Scotia and Amelia, sailed from England April 27, having on board detachments ol officers and men for different regiments -The British Government distrusts the intention of Bernadotte 2-and an intercourse is to be carried on without the merchant vessels stopping at a Swedish port. Sweden demands of Britain and France to be allowed to remain neutral. Private letttrs and the papers, teem with accounts of the general distress in England.

Insurrections were daily taking place in tiv trnnufacturing towns, which it was found difficult even for the military to qudL i.