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three keels; that they are so conftrufted as not only to carry a large number of men, bur horses alfs, for the embarkation and debarkation of which, folding ports open in their files. He further states, that fimitar preparations were going on in all the other ports ; that it was tnere gen erally asserted and believed, that the Ufyr per intended making the attempt with 400,000 men, calculating upon a loss of a fourth or a greater proportion of them before they should cff'ft a landing, but holding out to his abjeft (laves the certain ty of ultimate fucrefs and the plundy of this abode of real liberty. The gentle man from whom this information comes, is said to be a person of much observation and intelligence, and whofc veracity may be relied on. We h:>ve mentioned thele circumstances not to depress our country men, but rather, if it be pofiible, still fur ther to encreafe that enthusiasm to the cause oftheir king and coutrv, which so universally pervades all ranks of people. —Thus prepared with every man at his post, however delperatc may be the at tempt against us, we doubt not but it will terminate in the shame and defeat of our enemies and in the perpetuation of Brilifli Liberty and Independence. The King returned a moil polite aniwer of refufal to the offer of service made by Monsieur (the Count d’Artois) in behalf ofhimfeifand the emigrant royalists of France.— The intention of his royal high ness was, not to have raised the fhndard of royalty on the French coast, but to have embodied such of his faithful countrymen as are capable of bearing arms in aid of the just cause in which Great-Britain is now engaged. NEW YORK. November 9. the Med. tenanean —Captain Crafts of the ship Vigilant, w n > arrived here yes terday morning, in 36 days from Malaga, informs us that a few days previous to hi? failing, a British brig had arrived there, which had been boarded off Cape S'.. Vincents by a Moorifli frigate of 32 guns, who had taken four American veficls. The Constellation boarded this frigate and ex amined her papers; file had a pass from the American Consul, and they permitted her to proceed. There was a Moorifli vessel at Malaga, the master of which in formed capt. Crafts, that he had received a letter from the captain of a Xebeck of 12 guns, who informed him that he had captured 3 American vessels, and had sent them into Morocco.—Moorifli cruizers are lent out in every direction. Arrived fliip Vigilant, captain Crafts, in 36 days from Malaga. On the 10th Oc tober in lat. 40. 17. long. 28. 59. was hailed in the most threatening manner, and brought to by a French (hip privateer; and though the sea was dangerously high, was obliged to go on board her with the papers; having examined them fuffered us to proceed. It was however with great difficulty the boat regained the ship ; flu struck the mizen chains and fi ed; anu the mate and two hands who were in her. barely saved themselves in the most mir aculous man er ; the boat was loft The master of tne French privateer informe , that the king of Portugal had declared w again ft France, and that he was cruifi for Portuguese vfffeis November ii Captain Atwater, from Torks-Ifland, informs us, that at the time of his depar ture, handbills were in tircula'ion there, setting forth that “ Moreau had hoiftcd the royal standard in Paris, and that Bona parte had been put under arrest ! !” The news was said to be received from Barba does! ! ! * ' '-5* ~ ( PHILADELPHIA, November 17. A late letter from Baltimore favs, “ In a short time the nuptials of Jerome Bona parte and Miss Eliza Patterson, of this city, are to be celebrated. Jerome (or as the Italian orthography gives it Geronimo) is fourth brother to the First Consul of the French Republic ; the Lady, the daughter of Mr. Win. Patterson, an eminent merchant of this city. Sixty thousand dollars are to te fettled on our Fair American. The rftabliftiment of citizen Geronimo is very good : He has allowed him by his brother, a hotel in Par is, and two estates in the country for his futureeftablifliment, which cost 1,500,000 livres, equal to 291,666 dollars. His bro ther has affo deposited for his use in foreign banks, one million of livres, equal to 194,444 dollars ; and his annual pension before marriage is 116,666 dollars. LLate accounts front. Ba.timore fay that th: inteWed nuptials have ludilenly been deferred, and that the father of the lady has thought i> advifeable to fend his daughter to vifi: her triends in Virginia.J CHARLESTON, November 23. Ex trail of a Utter , dated Savan Nov■ 19. [The French privateer (lately off the har- bour of Charleston) lays back of Cock fpur, and gets her supplies regularly from town. You heard of her following out and taking a (loop belonging to Mein and Co. which (he left in seven fathom water, and came in quietly to anchor at Cock fpur. The Captain comes up occafionaliy —he has the Captain and crew of the sloop prisoners on board ; yet all applica tions for a warrant, have hitherto proved unluccelsful. It is rumoured about town that the Boston frigate has retaken the (loop and another vessel; this, however, wants confirmation. November 25. The fliip John aud Frances, capt. Baas, arrived this morning, in 43 days from Bordeaux ; left that port on the 10th Oc tober, and the Cordovan on the 12th. We have been favored by capt. Baas, with French newspapers to the Bth. At this period no events of any impor tance had occured. The active note of preparation for the invasion of England, resounded through every department of the Republic; and it was supposed that 10,000 boats were nearly completed. Bonaparte had arrived at Brussels, to hasten by his presence, the works carrying on ; and no doubts were entertained but that he would place himfelf at the head of the expedition. Whether this would take place the present year was a question undecided. It was the opinion of many well informed men, that the policy of Bonaparte would direct him to protraft for some time his con templated operations, with a view of damp ing the military ardour which at present pervades the people of England. The French forces already assembled upon the coasts, were supposed to amount to 200,000 men. An embargo had been laid upon all veficls in the port of Havre, and it was expefted to be extended to every port in France. Spain had taken no part in the war. It was said (he had agreed to pay France annually 25.000,000 of dollars ; and Great-Britain the like sum, to preserve her neutrality. The French papers state, that the Nor thern P iwers w ere favorably disposed to wards France. HERALD. A U G U S ~T A, WEDNESDAY, December 7, 1803. We have occupied a considerable part of our paper in the publication of part of a communication from the President rela tive to Louisiana, which we believe will not be unacceptable to our readers. Louisville, November 23. The House of Reprefeniatives, this day, took up the report of the committee of the whole Haufe, on the bill to alter and amend an aft, to make deftribution of ;he late cession of lands, obtained from the Creek Nation by the United States Com" miiiion-rs, at a treaty entered into at or near Fort Wilkinson, the 1 6th day of June, 1802, passed at Louisville on the n'.h of May 1803, and the fame being read—Mr. Watkins moved, that the fame give way to the following, to wit: Be it enabled by the Senate and House of Re[» efentatives of the fiate of Georgia , in General Assembly met , That the persons jgait,ft whose names any survey or furvevs of land, Hull be drawn in pursuance of the before recited aft, or their legal repre sentatives, (hill be entitled to receive grants for the fame, vesting in them fee Ample titles, free of purchase, immediate ly on paying into the treasury of this state, the sum of four dollars per hundred acres, in lieu of all fees of office and OTHER CHARGES, FOR SURVEYING AND GRANTING THE SAID LAND —any thing in the said aft contained, to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it further enafled, That the ele venth anci fifteenth feftions of the before recited aft be and the fame are hereby re pealed. And on the question put thereon, it was resolved in the affirmative—whereupon the yeas and nays being required, are yeas 34, nays 15. The bill was then read a third time— and the following amendment introduced by Mr. Watkins, was unanimously adop ted, viz. And be it further enafled , That in order to insure a more faithful and accurate dis charge of the duties assigned to the seve ral rfiftrift surveyors, the time preferibed in the fifrh feftion, for making the sur veys, be extended from ninety, to one HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS any tiling in the said feftion contained, to the con trary notwithstanding. And on the question—shall this bill now pass, it was resolved in the affirma tlve—whereupon the yeas and nays being required, are yeas 31 —navs 14. November 30. We understand that the above bill has this day pafled in Senate, without an amendment—l 4to 9. Yesterday the Legislature of this state defied the following officers, viz:— Horatio MARBURY,Efq.Secr’y of State. - Edwin Mounger, Esq. Treafuter. — Daniel Sturges, Esq. Surveyor general, and Capt. James Meriwether, Comp trcl er-general. Raleigh, November 28. The Senate of the United States (a cor respondent at Washington fays,) have not decided upon the proposed amendment to the Confiitution. From Washington, Nov. 16, 1803. The enclosed Sill has pafled two readings, and is engrofled for a third reading to morrow. It will pass without any oppo sition. S. D. P. A BILL, For the further protefUon of the Seamen and Commerce of the United States. Whereas, an aft of hostility has been committed again!! the United States, by an armed ship of the Emperor of Mo rocco : Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress aflembled. That it (hall be lawful for the President of the United States, to inftruft the com manders of the public armed veflels of the United States, to subdue, seize, and make prize of all veffds, goods, and cffefts, belonging to the Emperor of Morocco, or to his fubje&s; and to bring or fend the fame into port, to be proceeded against, and diftribuied according to law ; and also to cause to be done all such other afts of precaution or hostility as the state of war will juftify, and may in his opinion require. Sect. 2. And be it further enafled, That on the application of the owners of private armed veflels, of the United States, the President of the United States fiiall have power to grant them special com millions, in such form as he shall direst, under the , seal of the United States ; —and such private armed veflels, when so commii finned, shall have the like authority for subduing, seizing, taking, and bringing into port, any armed or other veflel, goods or effefts, belonging to the Emperor of Morocco, or to any of his fubjedts, as the before mentioned public armed veflels may by law have ; and shall therein be lubjedt to the inftrudtions which may be given by the president of the United States for the regulation of their condudt, and their commiflions fliall be revocable at his pleasure : Provided , That before any cominilfion sh >ll be granted as afore faid, the owner or owners of the vrflei for which the fame may be requrfted, and the commander thereof, for tire time being, fliall give bond to the U.iite ) S ates, with at lea It two refpoi.fible fu reties, noi interested in such veflel, in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars, or if such veflel be provided with more than one hundred and fifty men, in the penal sum of four teen thousand dollars, with condition for observing the treaties and laws of the United States, and the inftrudtions which nay be given as aforefaid, and also for fatisfying all damages and injuries which shall be done contrary to the tenor there of, by such commiflioned veflel, and for delivering up the commission when re voked by the President of the United States. Sect. 3. And he it further enabled, That any veflel, goods or tffedts belonging to the Emperor of Morocco, or to his fub jedls, which shall be so captured and brought into port, by any private armed veflel of the United States, duly commis sioned as aforefaid, mav be adjudged good prize, and thereupon shall accrue, to the owners, and officers and men of the cap turing veflel, and fliall be distributed ac cording to the agreement which fliall have been made between them; or in failure of such agreement, according to the diferetion of the court, having cog nizance of the capture. Sect. 4. And be it further enabled, That if in the opinion of the President of the United States, it shall be deemed expe dient to retain for the use or future dis posal of the United States, any Moorifli veflels of war, which have been or fliall hereafter be captured by the public armed veflels of the United States, he is hereby authorifed and empowered so to retain such veflels and to dispose of (hem in such manner as the public service may require, Provided, That nothing herein contained, fliall be conftrueJ to impair or othervvife to affeft the right of the captures of veflels so retained to their prize money. MARRIED, On Sunday Fv-ning fhc 3d indant, Mr. Jeremiah Wood, of ih « place, to the amiable Mrs. Eliza Swt cerd, of South Carolina. This will serve to inform the friends to Religion both in town and country, that the ANNUAL METHO DIST CONFERENCE, for the South ern Diftritt of this Continent, will be held in the city of Augusta, on the firit day of January, 1804. It is expected that it will confid of a Bishop and about 40 Miniders; and that they will continue their confutations about 8 days, on the affairs of the church, and the more effectual spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, it may tie under Rood that the liberality of the citizens and country friends will be thankfully received, as colle&ions will be made during its continuance (if judged needful) to defray the unavoidable expense incurred during their day in town. The citizens may expeft a Sermon in the day, and another at night during the above conference. It, may be proper to ohferve, that the CAMP MEETING, notified to be at Wadiington, 16th December, is recalled in consequence of the removal of Rev. Mr. Hope Hull, to Atheans; but that the fame three days intended to be appro priated as above, will be employed as a religious meeting at Pope’s Chapel in Oglethorp county. Furthermore, it is requeded that a day of Religious Fading and Prayer, be ob served by the Brethren the Friday previ ous the Conference. fcTDANCING ASSEMBLIES. The Subscribers to the AU GUSTA DANCING ASSEMBLIES, are particularly rtqueded to attend at Ashton’9, on Friday Evening next, at seven o’clock, precisely, on bufmefs of importance. The Graces have been flee ping, But I will awaken them. BY permiflion of Mr. Aditon, I in tend to open a school for Dancing, 1 in one of his Rooms, generally called, by way of pre-eminence , the ASSEMBLY ROOM ; on Thursday, the 15th of the present month. I am well informed of the partiality the Augudians have for me ; and, I trud, no error in my conduct, in future, fliall ever dedroy it. No lafeivious action, no immoded words, escape my notice; and if tnefe things should happen the offender, is sure to be pun iflied with severe reprimands. T**“*» conscious of the reftitude of/'Y heart, I (hall be moral in example* a! » a * in precept; —and whatever*frailties have fallen to mi share, honor W ves * n m Y ou '» and forbids me doing wrong. Every Subscriber, end tbofe who wlfh to come or fend, will please to attend he appointed time. W. SPENCER. December 7. (3°) JUST OPENED by Gabriel Harris & Co. ONE CHEST EXCELLENT HYSON TEA. December 6. Taylor Moore, HAVE JUST RECEIVED, A few BbU. of Excellent IRISH PO TATOES, which they will fed by the Barrel or Buftie’, And a few Dozen of Genuine LON DON BOTTLED PORTER. December 7. The SUBSCRIBER, Begs leave to inform his Country friends and the Public in general , THAT HE HAS OPENED A LARGE SET OP Livery Stables, IN KINLOCH’S COURT, WHICH from the advantage of the Church Yards, from Meeting drtret to Kinloch’s Court, renders it re markable airy, and as good water as any in this city. Those gentlemen that will please to favor him with their cudom, may red adored that every attention will be paid to their Horses, CsV. Also begs leave to inform his conntry friends and the public, that he has opened a BOARDING HOUSE, No. n S , Johnson’s Row, Queen-dreet, adjoining to Kinloch’s Court, for the accommoda tion of his country friends. * JOSEPH VVARNOCK, Sen. Charleston , Nov. 3. (30.)
