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ever, took place, which frustrated all our hopes, viz.: the explosion of some loose cartridges in the main-hatchway, which caused a general consternation among the crew, the greatest part of whom jumped overboard.

Killed, 58; severely wounded, 38; slightly wounded, 25; missing, 21, total 152.

by the lower cap. Two men, Samuel fore and aft. An unlucky accident, howMiller and Thomas Brown, fell overboard and were drowned as we suppose. The ship was wore and hauled to the wind on the starboard tack, and orders given to clear the wreck. The mainsail and maintopsail were cut away from the yards, so as not to act against us in working into Captain Porter seeing no hopes left the bay. Captain Porter, finding it im-gave orders to fire the ship, but humanely possible to gain our former anchorage, considering that many of his brave comconcluded to bear up for a small bay, situ- panions were lying wounded below, he ated on the western side of the harbour. countermanded this order and gave the At 45 minutes past 3, came too with painful one to lower the ensign, which was the best bower in 9 1-2 fathoms water, and executed precisely at half past six, the in half pistol shot of the shore. The enemy did not cease firing for some miWestern Fort (or Castello Viego) bore E.nutes afterwards. During this interval by N. distance 3 miles. The Eastern some of our men were wounded and four Fort (or Castello Iel Barren) bore S. W. by shot dead; thus fell the Essex into the W. distance about 1 1-2 miles. This fort hands of the English, after a resistance was not in sight, as we were anchored un-worthy the cause which animated us. der a high bluff that screened us from it. Since the action I have been informed 'There was a long 24 pounder detached by the first Lieut. of Marines of the Phofrom it on a rising ground to the N. E. dis-be (Mr. Burrows) that they passed those tance 1-2 mile, and consequently so much two unfortunate men on our life buoy, nearer to the place where we anchored. which had been thrown over to them, and In this situation, we considered our-left them to perish in the waves, without selves perfectly secure. Capt. Porter endeavouring to afford them the least asgave orders to clear the ship for action, al-sistance. though he did not (I believe) entertain an idea that the enemy would attack him.At 55 minutes past 3, the Phoebe commenced firing on our larboard quarter; and at 4 the Cherub commenced firing on our starboard bow. In about half an hour, they wore round and stood out to repair damages. They appeared to be very much cut in their rigging, their top-sail sheets flying away. In this interval, we got the third spring on the cable, the two first being shot away as soon as put on. They We understand the Essex had landed soon returned, and took their position out all her specie, amounting to Two MILof reach of our short guns, and opened a LIONS, at Valpariso, previous to her beThe wind ing captured. most galling fire upon us. shifting about this time, Capt P. determined to lay the Phoebe aboard. The ca- An Act for the payment of certain officers of government, and for other purposes. ble was accordingly cut; but the only halPassed April 15, 1914. liards standing were those of the flying Judgments may be hereafter entered in the gib. This sail was partly hoisted, but was courts of common pleas, in the several counnot sufficient to veer the ship off. ties of this state, upon bonds and warrants of We are now in a most dreadful situa-attorney in term or vacation, in the same mantion, as the enemy have hulled us every ner as judgments are entered in the supreme shot, and our brave fellows were falling court. The death of either party after a plea of in every direction; but we were all so animated by the brave, cool and intrepid confession, signed by the defendant or his atconduct of our heroic commander, that torney, when a suit was pending during the every man appeared determined to sacri-life of such defendant, shall not be assigned for error in any writ of error, hereafter to be fice his life in the defence of our ship, brought, so as judgment be entered up in two and for Free Trade and Sailors Rights, for terms after the time of signing such plea of which they were continually huzzaing confession.

During the action, the Esser Junior, lay in the port of Valpariso under the guns of the Spanish fort, unable to take any part in the contest. After the action Capt. Porter and his crew were paroled, and by arrangement permitted to come home in the Essex Junior, as a cartel, with his crew.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1814.

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MUMMAISM!

From the National Advocate of July 12th.

NO. 9.

committees of vigilance and safety. These committees served not only to keep the tories in check, but they were rallying points to which the friends of freedom could ever resort when they had communications to make to the government, and through them the government frequently communicated with the people; they excited vigilance in all ranks, and God knows never was this more wanted than at a

time when commanders are more apt to babble than to act with energy and efficiency.

To you I leave what else may be said on this subject, and am, with respect,

A MECHANIC.

To the editor of the National Advocate. SIR.-You and Mr. Coleman are continually sparring-he is constantly levelling all his artillery at you, personally-you appear desiIt is hardly credible, that at a period so rous to expose, not the editor of the Evening Post, but the evil tendency of the language gloomy as that to which the most rash and and conduct of the leading men of that party feeble of all rash and feeble administrawhose sentiments he so frequently exhibits to tions, has reduced this unhappy country, public view. In common times such a measure on your part would answer every purpose there should be found in it a wretch capawhich could be wished; it would not only pre-ble of fabricating, or of publishing a provent an increase of that party, but would so

far open the eyes of many who have enlisted position so monstrous, as that contained in under the banners of federalism, as to induce the preceding article. But inasmuch as them to desert the ranks of those who, under the democrats have been subjected to the that name, are in the daily habit of adopting| measures which evince their antipathy to the operation of this poison, in consequence very name of republican government, and are of its diffusion through the medium of the anxious that America should no longer exhibit "the sole exception to the christian world," National Advocate, it is proper that the but that she should resume her former rank federalists should be put upon their guard, among the nations, by again submitting to that and hence the necessity of its re-publicayoke she so gloriously shook off in 76. At this moment, however, ought you to confine tion in papers usually read by them. It your talents to thus exposing the views of is necessary that they should know what our foes? Do you not think that still more efficient services might be rendered by your schemes the enemies of liberty and the suggesting to the public some measure which public repose are forming. And in the would keep in check, in a more striking man- above article they will find that it is unner, the secret as well as the undisguised efforts of our external enemies, and our still ba- blushingly proposed, that it is openly inser internal traitors! I am of opinion you sisted, that it is boldly proclaimed, that would. In your situation you must certainly the time is come for the institution of have an opportunity of learning much more

of the machinations of the "wicked ones" jacobin, worse than jacobin, Mumma than a person unconnected with public life, Clubs, under the beguiling and seducing and who figures in the ranks of that class

which is occupied with the daily work of our name of "committees of vigilance and safetrade, than with the political occurrences of y." They will find it proposed, that the day. Yet, sir, I hear enough of their do- these clubs shall be instituted in a period ings to make my old blood boil within my

veins, when I reflect, that the best days of my of enlightened jurisprudence, of regular relations, as well as my own, were liberally authority, of established government; and spent in attaining the independence of our that like the committees "during our remuch loved country, and see these men are

willing to sacrifice it on the altar of Mam-volutionary contest," when the foundamon. To prevent their success, I would ven- tions of government had been broken up, ture to suggest the adoption of a measure from which we, during the revolutionary contest reapand ere a new system could be instituted ed incalculable benefit. It is the appointing and matured, they shall be placed above

cute and destroy us, to obtain our co-operation? Or have you been persuaded that the unbroken, the lofty spirit of the followers of Washington can be made to bend, to tremble, to yield to the miserable brawlers that follow in the train of the hero of Carter's mountain? Have the Mummaists really persuaded themselves that we can fear them? That we can fear them, even when aided by the caveliers

the law. They are to detect traitors: has doomed to disgrace and death, to de but the angry inhuman and malignant fend it! And do you indeed hope by desuspicions or rather pretended suspicions, nouncing and sentencing us, as traitors; of the Mummaists are to be the evidence by setting Mummaists to watch, to perseof guilt. Their will is to take the place of law, and instead of jurors pronouncing verdicts, deliberately, mobs purposely inflamed are to decide, by acclamation. It is not difficult to foresee whom they will select. All who do not agree with them in the folly and baseness of supporting an administration which has covered us with loans, taxes and disgrace, which has, in one word brought us to the brink of ruin; which by most unnecessarily commencing, of Detroit, or the heroes of French Mills and most wickedly continuing an ill ma- and Lacole? Are they really ideots naged, disastrous war, has brought alarm enough to believe, that those who have and almost despair to every man's door, become the scoff of their enemies, can be have long and repeatedly been denounced dreaded by the true and stout hearted as traitors. We know well enough whom sons of America? And is it wretches the Mummaists mean by "trailors:" it is like these, who talk of pesecuting, enslavTHE WHOLE FEDERAL PARTY. And this ing and destroying us by the instrumentaparty instead of enjoying suffrage and lity of jacobin hell hounds, in the shape liberty, instead of finding themselves committees? Let them attempt it, if they where ample experience proves they ought to be, if the public prosperity were consulted, at the head of government, are to to be placed at the mercy and will of the stragglers who daily and nightly infest Tammany-Hall.

And this is liberty, this is republicanism, is it?" Beaten and banged" by the British, you will seek the gratification of revenge in the blood of the most honest men of the country! Baffled in the hope of foreign conquest and plunder, you turn now to riot in the wealth of federalists!

dare? Let their masters at Washington continue to spur them on, if THEY dare; we are prepared to die for our country, but we will not live the sport of ter rorists, we have yielded a patient and forbearing submission to laws, however execrable, but we will not permit a noisy beer steeped club at Tammany-Hall to decide whether we are traitors or patriots. We will not suffer the bloody hands of riotous anarchy to hold the scales of justice.We will not suffer party malignity to designate the victims of its fury. We will not suffer the thoughtless, the depraved and sanguinary to sentence to punishment and ignominy, the honest, the virtu

And this is the charm, a Mumma Club is the Talisman, by which you propose to sooth the dissentions of party, and to produce, at this awful crisis, a re-union of ous and the pious. The dreadful scenes public sentiment. By propositions like which palsied Paris with affright and horthese, sentencing federalists to slavery and ror shall not be acted here. The law degradation, you invite them to exertion shall govern. The courts and jurors shall against threatened invasion. You pro- try and convict. The jacobin clubs, the pose to convert their country into a pri- committees of vigilance, as soon as they son and a slaughter house, and then you de-appear shall be extirpated, cost what it mand of the victims whom your maliguity may. It is enough that our love of law

and order has made us submit to the folly ists to give to the democratic party in and wickedness which are driving us to this city, a character still more furious ruin in a constitutional form. But when our than it has ever yet exhibited, is also already miserably weak administration most certain; and the proposition in the shall suffer the reins of public justice to Advocate is intended to pave the way for be wrested from their impotent hands, and such a state of things. And I now tell it shall come to this, that committees and you, federalists, and I tell you, the mode mobs are to sit in judgment over us, will-rate and honest of the democratic party, ing whom they will, to disgrace or death; that if the Mumma proposition is carried in that moment, when the strength and into effect, even the moderate of the deintrepidity of men shall be their sole secu-mocratic party will lose what little influrity, let the base conspirators whose me-ence they now possess. It has been in nace I have republished above, feel the the nature of jacobinism, ever since its consequences of the villainy they propose.first appearance in this world of evil pas And above all, let them remember, that sions, to ensure success to the most viothey have no Bonaparte to call to their aid; and that federalists alone, unaided, can easily drub even those, whom the Canadians and Indians have driven from Canada "weather beaten back, and bootless home." Let them come on then with their "Committees of Vigilance and Safety;" let the Mummaists come out; let them overset the constitution and the law: but I tell them now, that the first hair that shall be harmed upon a federal head, the first attempt that shall be made upon a federal life, or a federal right, shall be the signal for the knell of their destruc

tion.

lent, profligate and cruel. Rely not, therefore, upon the few good men, you may know among them. There has not one man been successful in maintaining his popularity and influence among this intolerant, persecuting sect, whose peculiar wickedness it is to invade the rights of others in the name of liberty, and to persecute their betters with deadly spite, in pure love to human happiness; there has not been among them one man, who, after exhibiting symptoms of justice, moderation and patriotism, has not been de[nounced as an apostate to their liberty and republicanism; who has not lost all influ ence and consideration among them. And, there has not been among them oné, who has repented of his accidental virtue, Fellow citizens, the proposition in the that has not been welcomed back, and Advocate is not a mere scare-crow. Re-most cordially received to the embraces member, that next winter the council of of mother mob, and her Mumma progeny. appointment, and, if tumult and violence Trust not those democrats, therefore, shall not be intrepidly met, the corporation of the city, too, will be democratic. Whether we shall then have a mayor and a police who shall strive to afford us, against murderous outrage, such protection, as the Spartan band of the gallant Hanson experienced in Baltimore, remains to be

For the Sons of Columbia will never be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves."

whom you may know to be moderate'; for when they shall endeavour to protect you, they will but draw upon themselves the same persecution from which they would preserve you. Trust not the police which will be set over you; for these, depending upon the votes of the mob, for That there are blood hounds who the loaves and fishes of office, their only look eagerly forward to days of such pro-dependence, will not dare to hazard their fection, is most veritable, be assured. all, even if they should happen to desire, That it will be attempted by the Mumma-to protect you. Rely upon God and

seen.

yourselves! And then, and then only, knowing cannot tell," it seems pretty clear

you will be free from danger, free from trouble.

that no body connected with them, can know, except by his wits; and he who has When these Mumma Clubs shall be es- so little of these as to be connected with tablished, we must meet them, club for them, at all, can hardly be trusted in so club. If the government is to be dissolved, delicate a question as that of peace or federalists can only be safe by encounter-war. It is in vain, therefore, that we look ing the enemies of liberty, eye to eye, to the administration or its favourite and arm to arm. We are prepared to resist foreign injustice; but we will not submit to domestic tyranny. We will be the slaves neither of Britain nor jacobinism.

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cronies, for information. Rely upon it, neither Mr. Madison, nor Matthew L. Davis, nor Jacob Barker, know more of the matter than we, poor, excommnnicated federalists do. Rely upon it they who neither knew the fit time to begin a war, nor any thing of the manner in which it ought to be carried on, are as little likely to know when peace is to arrive, as the poor quack, who uses blue clay as an infallible mercurial ointment for the itch, can tell when it will be effective. All the administration know about the matter is, that they are prepared to yield most ignominiously not only all they commenced the war for, but also points, which, but for the war would never have been drawn into question. They know that they are

OUR PROSPECTS-The public feeling is still vibrating between the apprehension of a bloody war, and the hope of a dishonourable peace. From Washington comes sometimes, a word of comfort, sometimes of despair. And democratic and federal papers are alike inconsistent at different times. Sometimes the administration pull the wire by which they work Mr. Gales, and then he thrums the notes of "peace, peace, when there is no peace ;" and sometimes a stock jobber is able to get his fabricated intelligence of the certainty of peace into a federal paper, for the purpose of willing to yield the fisheries-that they raising the stock market, and then to be are willing to give up the impressment sure peace is most certain. Both, how-question; and the only hope they have, ever, discover, for the most part, symp-is, that they may not be driven to the toms of great despondency. It is in vain necessity of formally renouncing all their that we look up to our most " potent, liberty of the sea pretensions. They grave and reverend administration" for know that their execrable war has brought light. Mr. Madison seems to know as us to this pass, that the only chance they little of the matter, as the worthies, whom have to continue in power, is to sacrifice our managers of the Theatre transform the country. And we ought by this time into senators of Venice, do, duke and to know, that the only chance we have to all, of the history of Italy. If indeed save our country is to turn them out of they know what is to happen, they are power. "Your duli ass will not mend his very criminal in concealing it from the pace by beating;" and all the popularity public anxiety. If they do not know, in the world would never have made Sanand I believe they are so completely be- cha Panza a great president, nor Don wildered, that they know less about it Quixotte a great secretary at war. Nethan I do, they are not to be much blamed vertheless, if we must be destroyed, we for playing now on this chord, and then shall probably bear it more patiently be on that; for their followers must have mu-cause we shall know we have nobody to sic. As the administration therefore does blame but ourselves. And if we mean to not know and cannot know, and "not keep this consolation in store for ourselves,

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