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~ e-wgement. ir/w ofTouf
h. men left hi' ftandard, and
J,n a <? Vaiil: thiscircumflan'-e
°f t f, Tou!laint's defeat. Pi
,4 after the engagement.
' Petit-Goave, r.nd took
Veffwn of the fort of Leogan.
w ,i m .king preparations to
,„ rk (he town of I-eogan. By
5, viaory. the whole pa.Hh of
fell into his hands.
Touffaint was bufily employ
,d in fortifying Port-au-Prince;
w hite< and blacks, men. women
children, were employed
in the works.
The canfe of the difigreement
between the two generals is End
robe the treaty which I ou(T*mt
has formed with the Englifh.
Rijraud highly difapptoves of it
and is determined, he fays, that
an Englishman (hall never put
his foot on the part of the ifhnd
where he commands.
On her pafUge the William
Dixon was boarded from the
Brunfwi'k Brififh (hip; the of-;
ficers mentioned, that gen. Mait
landhad gone to Fngland, much;
difappomted with the terms
granted by Fou{Taint,
Seven Frenchletters of marque
ud ar’ived at the Cane, and
);h *r ports of the ifland, loaded j
nth goods from France; Tome!
)f them mounted 28 guns-
Statira. Seward, and Thomas,
Tdger, from Charleftonto I on
ion, ate captured and carried
IUO Pampelune.
j Augujl 1 Q.
A letter received by the fbip
?erftvcrance, capt, Wind for,
which left the Hcvannahthe sth
:nflant, and anchored at Fort
John Ton on Thurfday lad, ou-n
-ions that a new Intendint for
;he citv of the Htvannah had
nrivea at Primuiad, from :
hat he brought with him the
decree of the king for putting a
(lop to the introduction of goods
in neutral veffels, which it was
expefted would be put in force
as Toon as he came to the Hivan- |
nah. It was fuppofed that the •
port would remain opon for the!
ahniflion of provifions, as here
tofore,
Extrn % of a letter from Kingflon ,
Jmaici % dated 'July 19.
Ftie famous treaty with St.
i>omingo is concluded: it was
’gned ,st L’Arcahayethe 15‘h of
J une< The bafts of the treaty
j, 5 ’ a nf arms, in rnn-
N-irnceof which Bruifh veflfels
1 he allowed, under a fl *or of
* U “ e ’ f ° £° to Cape Francois
, Port-au-Prince only; t } e
° n;r ports will be fupphed by
°aßers, under reftriftions point
l,ne of navigation
" ‘°’* vef l them, which is From the
P 3;r| t °f Vl onte Chrifli to the
. point of Gonaive, and >
P‘ hm the Wefle-n Channel;
on acrovmt nf o
ntT‘,o‘ ,0n > 3,1 that m ,y be
1. <en m ,be Sou h ‘ liannel, anil
pS«.- Coaft> fhall bc
ds!
or at
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, sUg-ft 27, 1799.
On Saturday evening lad,
the Union Society met, by
agreement. Mr. T. Cox, filled
the chair, during the convivial
part-of their meeting; afterwards
Mr. F. Browning—When the
following very interetting quef
lion was proposed by colonel A.
Hums:—“ what qualifications
ought a reprefentative of the
people to pollels ?" We un
derhand the queflion was not
clofed, and will be renewed at
their next night of meeting,
which will be the enfuing Sa
turday, agreeable to their adver
tilement, when they will alfo
difoufs the following important
queflion : “ what are the rnofl
jproh.'ble means to be ufed for
'a red e r s of American giievan-
CCS ?
The news received from the
| Havannah, via Cadiz, places
»the fituations of the different
eets in the Mediterranean, in
a very different point of view
from what has been fo repeated
ly afferted concerning them.
Lift of burials in Philadelphia
| for the lal> 48 hours,’ ending
Monday, at 12 o'clock, July
29 —Four grown perfons, 7
children.
From the Aurora,
Several anxious enquiries
hiving been made concerning
the Editor yeflerday—and as he
could not attend to them ad and
perform h?s duty at the fame
time—he is induced to latisfy
them and inform the readers of
the Am ora generally in this
manner—that the Editor was
vetterday between nine and ten
o'clock a netted by John Vicho
las, efq. marfhal of this dittrift,
upon a warrant from Judge
I Peters, and on behalf of the
adminift'anon, for publifliing
1 in the Aurora of the 24th intt.
certain matters alledgcd to be
defam itory or untrue, concern- 1
ing the adminittration.
By the marfhal he was treated
in a gentlcmany manner—and
by Judge Peters, he was very I
politely allowed until Friday
morning to bring forward fecu
ntiesi
To thofe who are perfonallyj
acquainted with the editor, no 1
declarations concerning his patt
or future conduft are neceffary ,
—to thofc who know him only
as the organ of public fentiment,
—a trufiee for the public to
detect and expofe public error"',
and to promote the public good
; —he can give only thefc brief
and ttedfatt affurances, that he ;
has not pubUfhed a fad whichj
he cannot prove, and that nei-!
ther perfection nor any other |
peril to which bad men may ex-j
pole him, can make him fwerve'-
1 from the caufe of repubSicanifm
i —or prove hirnfelf unworthy
to be the of the de
scendant of Frankl'n, in whofc
Reps it is pride and pleafure to
tread, with the fame confidence
in his country and the laws.
From the True American.
The following communication we hate
recc ved from St. Thoroaa*s, with a
requift that it might be mfcrled io
the i rue Amcrcan.
Mutiny and Piracy,
The (hip Columbus, from Guada*
loupe, bound to St. Thomas**, under
trench colon, was. about the beginning
of latf month, captu eu by the Amcri
can armed brig, ca n e( j t h c G- 0 ; U a f
( Elach Juke) i f New York, own
cd by Cadwa'lader R Golden, com
manded byDcnboCibl*— mounting 14
£Uns, and fent into Torto'a, for adju*-
dicaiion, where the Brinfh court of
idimrahy condemned Ih p and cargo, to
be fold by the marfhal, and the proceeds
thereof tojbe paid over the captors or
their fffigns ; and to be divided between
the owners, officeta and cr-w of the
(aid brig Geniui, »s they may have
rg'ecd on among themfelves, referving
tliC coft of cxpcnces and condemnation.
On the 5 1 ft ult. (he was fold at pub-
Jic a.udion for 20,200 dolla-s. Mr.
Wul ace of Baltimore became purcha
ler, and upwards of twelve thou
land dollar?, and agreed to pay the
balance at St. Thomas's on the arrival
of the (hip, which Mr. Coldcn agreed
>0 convey wi h bis armed brig. Cap:.
Samud LefHngwcll of Norfolk being
jppomted to the command, by Mr.
Wallace the (hip was got under weigh
about the aBfh ult. to proceed from
1 ortola to St. Thomas*!, under convoy
j £• kforefa d, with Air. Wallace on
board.
On their paflage down, about ten
o'clock in the night, off Sf. John's,
the fh p was hailed by her convoy, and
orde ci to heave too until a boat (houd
be fcnt on board ; this being comp’ied
with, C men with drawn bangers came
from the brig on board the /hip, took
Mr, Wallace and capt. L'.ffingwcll on
buauiS the brig, then told them that as
they hid not rccc ved any pay nor their
(hare of prize money, they had uken
command of the brig from the c.pu o,
and owner, aud were detrrna ned to pro
ceed to New York with both v.ff.-la,
where they would have juftire done them.
Mr. Wallace, ignorant of any m-fun
derftanding between the officers ard
crew of the priva cer : then crquired
io o the caufe of their ccmplaiot—and,!
00 hearing it he eflered to pay the b«- ;
lance due for the .(hip Columbus and
cargo, to any perfon appointed by the
cew if they would give up the fh.p to
•him, and fend their deputy to St. Tbo
! mas’s to receive the money, Th s pro
p .fil they faid they would fake into
I confi Jcratioo. They pu: Mr. Wallace
and capt. L rfingwcll on board a fchoo
ner bound into Su I h mai’s, and bavi
j not (luce nude their appearance with!
the flip, As Mr. Wal.aec holdi the
copy of condemnation, bills of Talc, and*
otner documents that ought to be cn
[board the (hip, it is apprehended that;
(hoald (he be overhauled af fca by fupc
rior force, (he may be captured and fent
tu fome uneapetted port, and th us avoid
the vigilance of his friend m America,
j Thofc who were informed of the circum
(lance attending this cxlraord uary pro.
cteding, could not conclude whc.her the
'captain aud owner were privy to the
conduit of the crew or no' ; bu', as
the papers in Mr. Wal.act’s peff (lion
were perfectly clear and correct, he no
doubt is a fer ous fuffercr by this trans
action > and, (houid t: c (h p arrive (afe
jin either Amcpca or ibe Wjlt Indies,
lit is hoped the perpetrators wid be f.cu- ,
! red and brought to the Aruer.caa bar of |
I jufticc.
| The (h’p Columbua >’« about 300
1 tooa burthen, Biitifh bult, coppered,
to the bcudg, mm figure head, point'd
white with yclio v hits, mounts four
niac pouodcra—(he was a h'*U dtdud
ffflT.l, with two breaks on her deck—
Columbus painted on her llern—had oq
board 170 hhds chufly clayed—
lo hhds. molatJVs, and 16 hhdf. rum.
To Meffra. .Stouffcr dt Clefs, met
chants, in Baltimore, it is f«id that
au'hentic copies of her papers hate been
forwarded. The Genius, mount
tog 14 guns, one fide painted red and
the other yellow, was formerly owned
in New •Yoik ( and, at fuch, received
a letter of marque’s ccmmiflion about
October left.
JOHN IMLAY, Jao.
St. Thomas’s, July 4. 1799.
CAUTION,
TO fill concerned, particularly to Mr,
Chefley Boi>wirk, and VAlMiam fau
lett, elq. (lierill’ uf |eff*rfon County*
The Suhfcriben hcrrbv forbid the fait
of two Tract 1 of Lan)t, 5- feffei fon Coun
ty, formerly St. George*! Pariftl, contain
'ni?» together 800 Acres, adjoining each
o'her, originally granted 10 Charlei Wat
f n, formerly of Savannah, efquirr, de
a. advertiaed, in iht Lonilville
Journal, of 30th July, 1799— Fur ,he foU
lowing and other re-ifoni, that will be
ihewn : That Charles YTatfor, the original
grantee, made his laft will and leflamenf,
which wsj duly proved m 1771, and it of
r*eord, in bo k A, page* 371, ~ 3,4, 5,
in the Secreianc’s Office, at Louifvtlle,
unil that the executors, therein namtd
qualified —That the whole, real and per
(un.il Hftate of the deer a fed, wbi fo'd,
under authority of the will, and under
exccut'oni on judgments, legally obtained,
frveral yean before the revolution, many
>f which judgments, remain uufatiificd,
the aftetts, being fully appled. That ih®
Sublcribcr John Tebcau, claims th? f id
land, as principal heir and devtfee uf the
(aid Charles Watlon.
Therefore, all further trefpafles on th®
premifes, fair, or transfer, either publicly
or privately, is forbid ; us a prohibition,
to (lay lunher proceedings, will be prayed
(or, m the neat Superior Court, in Jeffer
fon County, and t<> revoke the admimftra
tion, laid to he granted to Chrilry Boft
wick, on the eftmc and eff'fts ol the faid
Charles Waifm, which appears to bav®
been err incoufl; oltincd.
W. Steph«ns,
Surviving Executor Charles Wi Ion;
John Tebcau,
Sevlfee of Charles Wailuq,
Savannah, Angull 16, 1799.
rr NOTICE .
That the Members belonging to
Capt. Connolly 5 Jefferfon Troop of
Light Dragoons , are re queued lo
meet at his Iloufe , on the lafl SA
TURDAY in September , precifely
at ten o’clock , armed and accoutred ,
, when an e'echon will be held , fur lo
eleft a CORNET , in the room of
J.B. Spivy, who has removed .
Hy order of the Captain ,
William M Dowcll, fcc'ry,
Augujl 20.
(Pr The Jefferfon I ight 'infan
try Company , are requeued to meet
in Louijvile , on the fir ft Saturday
in September next , in complete nni
' form t to chooje their fubaltern off
cers t and improve themjelves in
i martial exercife .
July 30,
CT The Members of the Union
Society , are requefled to meet on
Satu?day t the 31 ft of Augufl , in
the Lodge Room , at the Union 9
Loui/ville.
Chair taken at feven o'clock •
J u! y 9-
■■*■«■***■«— ll 1 ■—C-lih ,iiii - «■■l jp
i Tus SUBSCRIBER
HA VIHG received an elegnnt Aflort*
ment of WATCH MATERIALS,
| wa Savanrnh J He will there! tc cirry
'Ol the fci-• I*nrr* of WATCH REPAIRS,
* with ceatucis aad cifpatrh.
Andrew Burns.
' Louilvllle, July 30.