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Fulton's Artificial Torpedo,
V FOR OKSTROYIN.O Ml IPS*
tt \ limtjir'gnt and fncccfsful experiment
Mas b: :i inrde *c New-York, on* the prac- j
»t defraying a (hip* by convey,
lug gun powder under the water, and ex
plxliny it beneath her bottom.
“ The inventor of this method of attack
ing vessels of war, is the ingenious Mr. R, ,
Fulton. His apparatus confills of three
principal parts r—
« I. A water tight chamber of brass,
occupying not much more fpacc than an oc.
tavo volume, and containing a gun lock to
produce fire by collilion of flint with Ifeel.
“11. A cylindrical vclltH of copper,
capabfe of containing (cvcnty pounds of gun.
pewder, or any other requifi'e quantity.
It is firmly sere wed to the chamber con
taining (he fire wo'ks ; fnd, from the pan
where die g«n-powder is firfl kindltd, there
is a direct and near cOtaneCVoA with the
whole m-jfixinc contained within the cop
per cylinder. This part of the machinery
rnufl alfabc perfectly impotable bv water.
“ 111, A harpoon, or bathed da t, of
abv.nr 3 or 4 feet lufip, to which acvrd rs
about 70 tcer in iti'fcih i# aitscoed. r i his
cord is turd hit to ine cv tinder, and muff *
be rtroog enough to hold the apparatus witij.
Out breaking when a (b p is nndvr (ail, and
paving thro" (he water, as a.lu 10 ku p the
apparatus in its proper place when carried
under the bottom of a !bip at ancKr by a
current.
“ The two farmer parts of this machine,
ry arc b Hi-ires, for the deft rode n -of » vef.
frl lying at anchor in a (beam. For two of
the carcuffn or ti yft Jos being tied, one at
each end of a line; on- hundred and fifty
stet long, are to > be rendered fuffi:ieudy
buoyant h}** cork or ptr.e, a,d (cr adrift at
fume diflance a head of the vrlkl. 'I h y ,
are then carried down by the cur cpt, and
the middle of the line lying ftnpprd b- her
sable, the totpedos feing alapg he Tides,
and, by the force of the ftre;*«n, are nr tried
undyr tire bottom. There the machinery
of the lock, having been pn vi• ■ fl• T' <u,i.
dinted as that the clock work (Kould dis.
fhaig** the mdo Airing in n given num*: r
of minutes or seconds the xvhrle im.ls of gun.
powder explodes, and the vttflTtl is blown to
pieces.
*< If a (h*n is fdiinp, and i#»'- iog T 'to
« ’ Jt'
grefs thro’ the water, Me. F. prop- 'rs 10
h ipoon her mar the bow*. The h .rpc-Ott
may be (hat (tom a wail pi cc or blunder
bids.
u F<xpe?smcnts made *'V Mr. F. and
tapt, Whilep, at New Ymk,, have proved
that ,1 barbed jeVefin or hirp'vm, earn ing
a lift? Influd to the other end of it, may be
(hot from a gun, and made to penerra e
'timber to (urh a depth, as to a quire rutting
* our. Th< harpoon being thus (hot into an
enemy ’s .hip ti ma conveni n’ gun, ff rds
a point of suspension and direction tor the
firelock and careaf# that'arc to do th* tnten.
ded ferviee. For this p«rp<*fe, the lat'er
ateconneftfd to the ota.r extremity of ibe
line which the harpoon carries with it. As
fopp as th.'hiifp'bn is found to be the f
torpedo ready cln’ged, and having the
clock work of its logic duly graduated and
put in motion, is thrown overbad, im.
mediate!} it is drawn by the (hip's mot bn ,
toward’ beV, and, if h r cou.fe'is rapid e
,n»Ugb, it will defeend toward her keel.
Thrfcxp! >fi >n r; king place there at the lima
oMcula • d, tca;s the (hip a (under.
•< A third me»h«*d of rendering theft' en-o
gincs of deft ruction tonuidaole to au eucai/,
Cs to ■*nchor them in a state of equilibria n
between the fnrface and the hut, coil, it. any
(frail or channel through which dv c emy
intends topafs. The water.tight apparatus
may tetnrtin in such funuTiOt s weeks or
even months f r ’d the num >er of them mty
bi incm-fed to an', extant ; fwr d i,r»i f. Mes
O r hundreds of time irr Sevsl rorpciu e.- a: y
luifc under wrier, ar>«t too read) tc give a
(hock u touched. When employed
in ch’s manner, the chamber contains no
cl'-rk work wirhin it ; I*. ; there is w lover
on the upper and outer lute, which, on be.
in'* moderately puffed, arts I ke a tiigger
and fl 1 ikes out rhe fire of explosion. The
cohfcquctice is, that it the bottom of a (hip
fnouiit be brought into coni art wi h this fa. /
Ml lever or trigger, flic will be
blown to shivers. In failing through a
ftrart, like the Narrows at New. York Tor
example, Teveral (bins of an bolide fqoadron,
iP’ght be expected to ftrikeon the lorpclces
anchored in various places then, be rent
krto thousands of fngmems, while their
crews would be destroy. d to a man.
u Suah is,the plan of jVXr. F. which, if
''' fully carried into, execution, bids fair to
pat the we.-'kcfl maritime nations on a foot
ing, as refpeCls naval (hength in ports and
harbors with the tironjeft.
** Bcfidcs the invention of the torpedo,
he has confttutfed a fubmarinc vessel, with
which he navigated under water, with three
perfuns ; which- vessel cuuidj on the furface,
perform all the movements like a common .
. (loop or fcik boat* and when neceffiry,
could plunge under water, aucr there con.
tinue from three to (even hours, and move
about in every direction. This fortunate -
experiment now leaves no doubt on any ra
tional mi'd as to the certain annihilation
of all vessels which may come into convad
with the torpedos. And out of thivex.
pe.rim-nt, so interefling to America, and
th" harmony of nations, arises a fucceflion.
of nf the greatffl- importance.
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NEW. YORK, November 6>
The U .ited States schooner Revenge, wa
to leave England about the 2othlScptembe
with difpatchcs for the United S'atcs.
Evacuation of S. America.
London, Sept. 12,
The Saracen (loop, of 18 guns, arrived
yeftcrday at P.jr f.nouth, with difpatchcs
» fto.it Lieutenant General Whiteiocke, dated
• the 10 h Jul f , containing the ungratful in
telligence, that the Prbifh force- u r deihis
omroand had made an attack upon Buenos.
Ayres, hut had experienced so muchrefifl.mcc
from the numerous forces nfthecnem), that,
after having g lined p. ff. (Ron of part of the
town it wak thought prudept to enter into a
capi.ulat k»n, bywhich it hat been agreed to
evacuate not only the patt of Buenos Ayres,
of w hich cur troops had gained pc-fftffi n,i ut
Mome Video, in fine, the v h")e
of Smith America, widiin the Ipace of two
months. The following Bulletin was lent
w
from the Admiralty to 'he Lord Mayor,
and hy his order, ported on the Mansion
H juTc, and coir nrmicaitd to Lloyd's:
“ Do-iomtt p Sttcef , Stfitember 12, lBoy.
** Lord Caftlejiab las the,honor of ac-
OHrir. ing the Lord Miv t, ih.it tbfp'm-che*
have f-h,ci; ed’tlu HV rn’ur, iron'. I» u
tc.iant Genera. Wht'Hocke* dated July 10,
by width it apomra, that in an at trek upon
the town of Buenos Ayres, his M jetty's
troops fxpetienced so ryimh refiftar.ee from
the tut:’ol >0011;. force of *he enemy, that al
ter y-notiig pi .iviiu-n (A part ot .ire town,
f w ith it verc ! fs t n the 5;; !r July, (he licut.
generd thought it p.naent .to enter trtlo a
negotiation with general Li-' t , who com.
matid.d the tneffiv * a fore;*, uy w hi. hhea
greed 10 e»;>c«ate 2..0'k America within two
mouths, upon cyndv' n that all pilferers ta
k n in the a-iMtk, a a wcilaiTth »,• canto cd
at *, 'uricndct ol Bjt.os Aytes, should be
reft.*.'l'd, The iOial lr.fi, amount*'in killed
316. wen ruled 674, milling 308.
*• / a then, honorable the Lord Mayor,”
. I thus appears*that cmr bfs, in killed,
wound'd, ovding, amounts to i,r,00
men. ’The remui/ler, according to ihc
trims >f the capitulation** a;e now noon
1 hurt wiiy home.
BALTIMORE, Nnv. 5.
Lft evenin' cctmin KfSgLu, Gift to re.
‘prefi-ot Burr ami Bh.rmcrlvul'et, Martin and
M-tribal, after hoi. g far-übci through the
principal'’ tit s. of ibis ci»v, were hung,
and aferw ids bun t, amiutt the acclama
tions ol a gKMf muitinuU* r.f people.
We are p'c ded to Hare, (here was no use
for the two i.tcops of ho f-, cr even the ci.
v.ii c{ii.cr*, w/10 were aflpuiblcd to preserve
0 d r. No violence was offered to the per.
or property of any. Pofl,
Great News!!, /
New- York, November li.
p jsrscßipr.
The f;ft faili' g (hip S :nf m, capr. Ste
vens, arrived below ar a late hour last even
-1 »'£ in 36 days from Plymouth, in Ecg
-1 .nd, ihc left there on the j h October ;
and tccipt. Stevens and rapt, Doanc, pas.
it t-m, tin; Editor of 'lk M rcantile Advcr
ti }* it;-, 1 , ir ‘y tot 11.111.il papers to the
ai ; '■ ■ *•>' f,, Liverp:ol pape sto rhe ,
Lo: Mi pcpc-'i to the 30 h of September,
and a cumber ot valuable, ma'ine articles.
Cap'. i>T-ne inforcos us, tint he lt-fi Lon.
’.•m on the ?<1 »Vto!‘er, at which lime the
Urittd S'ntcs tchouoer had aui
v:J iif Botlfmoiii.r irm Falmoudi, to take
on hoaui Mr. Monrok, who was. expected,
there in a lew days, and whcLe baggage had
been patk.d up a week btloic. It was ru
n. red, c:q r. ■D. adds, that the Ri.Lt of
i'tatcby Us u was c-dled, would not bt I‘e.in.
quuhed In the ifnijfh government, either
as li i-a,-;CCfs üßicbaiil vifitls or (hips of
v.at p and wiat il e niofcrci ol an accommo
dation hiitweeii. Citac Biiu.m a* J the Uiu
•f. Smics vvas gloomy ; the iormcr had
ikied orders to detain* all American vefllls
bound tout fiom lire pons ol any enemy j
and had vas.evi the blockade of the Ems,
Wefer and Elbe, about the 20 ii of S pien
, bcr. H date®,, also, TTiat ti;c expedition
to Madeira had no. faded, but was rcr.dez
vcmz d off Cone ; and that another expedi.
tioo, to conu(f 1 1 io,cco troops was lifted
out, d> litoral (ar Utjipuld) for bobth America,
’1 he iattu cot jeaurc, i i in a great mea.
fore contiirned !»> an aiiicic 10 the London
inar ot the 28th September, which notices
the meeting of a cabinet council on the
Friday preceding, which continued iivclofc
deliberation Until 3, o’clock in the motning.
The piocecdings h;:d bem concealed with
great cate j but it was rumored, that,, a
mong o her meafurcs decided upon was the
recapture oi Buenos Ayres, as indispensably
requifue to w ipe off the stigma brought up.
on the B.itilh arms by the furrendcr and
evacuation ot their conquest in that quarter.
For this purpose the expedition mentioned
by capt. D.»ane, was- fitting our* that the
conquell might not be attended with pro.
craftinatiun. One great caofe of the slow
ness of their military operations hitherto is
Lid to be the arithmetical nicety with which
the force has been calculated for the accom.
plifhment of the intended objeft- -not allow,
ing a Angle man more than was thought
indispensably neccffary. This system, in
the prefect instance, is to be abandoned ;
anji the government is encouraged to adopt
vigorous operations, from the success which
has attended their operations before Copen
hagen,
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** We aft infcr«ed,” fays the Star of life
28th, “ and we believe our information is
correct that our government has reioived to
retaliate on France by a Proclamation, ex
ad ly on the model of, the French decree of
blockade. Nut only the coafls of France
and y, but of every European State un
der <be influence and controul of Napoleon
as foreign dependencies so circumstan
ced, will be declared 4n a state of blockade,
and all vessels going to or coming from any
ol them, will be declared legal prizes.
“ This will fettle at once the clamours
of the Americans rcfpeding their right to
trade With the French colonies ; carrying,
or pretending to carry their produce to an
American port, ard afterwards to re.fhip "
the fame fur Bordeaux and other French
ports. v
.** We underhand that the definitive an
swer given by Ministers to Mr. Munroe
(w ho has not taken his departure,} was ex
actly conformidahle to the principles that
arc about to be adopted. Mr. Munroe, it
feeirs, wasTotfrinfied to declare, that should
1 'he British Government fcfufe to concede
the points demanded by Amenta, the Nun
Importation Ads would immediately be en.
fuictd.—The reply was, ‘ 1 am cointnandid
by bis M.'■jelly to inform vou, that the iflfuc
offch .m. order by the Atnericnn Govern
ment, will be ccnfidtrtd and held .as a de
claration of war.'*
“ Qn the points rcfpciling the right of
searc h, “ Mr. Mnnroe was informed, that
th ; s country will iraintain its rights, net
only rel etting goods but feamcn—not even
excepting American fhtps of war.”
“ The Lilpm Mail brought intelli
gence of ti e intention of the Ponuguefc Go
vernment to emigrate to the lt is
reported tbit an application has been made
. to Gr'crnment io aflift them in executing
their plan.
Ccpcnhagcn surrendered tolflt invaders sn
the 7rh of .September.
The Infs of 'he Danes in killed and woun.
ded, it is bud, exceeds bosd persons ; ■he
prisoners, at therimeof .be fiuterider ol thefi
, city, amounted to 5000 and the number of
the houses dcft.oy cd, - 250.
; -S3p« •••■ a»MM iuwtau
The Subfcribers,'-
HAVlNGt'k'r, i-u‘ge .rid 1-cii r e St-Met
in Savannah, refpcfHflly cnrlkc a ten
der of tbHr Cervices to the public in the
tranfaft’oii of
Bujinefs on Commijpon .
BAR X A &J.P. Mk IX ME ;
Nov. 28. [6 ].
M‘Kinne & Qo.
Wijhmg to dechne tb‘ Dry Good Rujirefs,
OFFER FOR SALE THEIR REMAININ'®
Stock of Goods,
Conlifting'ofa good aflbrtmcnt,
well achpted to iae p;c(cai fraf m ; .'l# flat- -
ter thcmfblves the terms and prices would be
pleafine tt> thufe who would wilh to become
pur life's.
They will in future (Jevote their
entire attention <o thtii W are Houses,
where they will thankfully receive any com
mands in the
Commission Line,
And will make reasonable advances on
coi fignimnts made to Rama &J . P. M -
Kn/ne of Savannah.
' Nov 2 o, (6-)
Doctor hendail,
HAVING ferried in Aupufta, takes the
liberty of tendering bis Cervices to lbs
public iu ihe various branches of his pro
ftHTon, He hopes from hit attention to
merit the encouragement ol a Hberr.J com
munity.- —He has taken the hotife in Rey
nold sheet, a few door? below Dr. Smelts,
lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Butt’*,
and eh her at-this place or the rox nrr house
jaft below fwhere be keep* hi* fhep) he may
at *ny time be found.
N. B. I have removed my £hop ts that
lately occupied by Deftor Smelt,
Mcy tj, [tf]
GEORGIA, Richnod county,
WHEREAS Jonathan Vajjtr has ap
plied tome for Letters oj Adminifira
lion on the ejlate and tJfeßs oj Elijah Cox
late of 4vgufia deceased•
Theft are therefore to cite and admonijh
a'J and fmgular the kindred and creditors of
the Jaid deceased, to be and appear at our
next court, oj Ordinary to be held in and for
the county aforefaid on the jirft Monday ,
in January next , then and there to Jhetv
cauje (if any they have) why jaid Utters Jhould
net be granted.
Given under my hand at office, in the
City of Augnfta , the t%th day of November,
1807.
ISAAC HERBERT, CPk
GEORGIA, Warren County •
WHEREAS Wm. B. AlMjon has ap
plied for Utters of Adminijlration on
the nuncupitive niUoj Margaret Allijon dec.
THESE are therefore to cite and admonijh
all and jngular the kindred and creditors oj
jaid deceased, to be and appear before the ho
norable court of Ordinary, at IVarrtn Court
house on the firfi Monday in January next,
then (3 there to Jhew cauje, (if any they can)
why jaid letters Jhould not be granted .
GIVEN under my hand and feat at of
fice, this 1 %tb day of November, 1807,
S. WEATHERBY, CUrk*
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TuGUSTA, No^TC
An official account of the sl a t e of ih
French Empire appears on the Is ft p 3Dcr4 C
it is great and grard—ten canals, b fgu 7
mostly under the present reign, are d»rli r *
without interruption-—viz ; that of Curcn
—St. Qidntir, which joins the Seine
to thd Scheldt—the Scheldt to the Rhin e
Canal Napoleon dcftined to join the North
Sea to the Mcditcrrean by the Rhine, the
Soane and the Rhone, runs through Franc*
in her greatcft • length— Ficm Niort t 0 La
Rochelle—from Li As to La Ran* ? jr,,
Blavet from Aignefmortcs to Eeatcaii®
with part of the canal of Bcurgoine, f, rrs|
Dijon to the fame—federal others have been
relumed or repaired.—Antwerp j« a live.-,,
14 fail of the line cn the Hocks in that
port.—The breed of hotfes is ercourap,d
by all pcffible means—twelve depots of sfal,
lions are T eftabliflied, ednfiffing , t 'f nearly
9 00 of the mod beautiful and well chrftn
chiefly drawn frem the conquered countiics*
A cede is pre paring for trade and commerce*
and manufadiutes ard ti c arts frem to flour!
ifh amazingly under the troft ami
fl.ittcrirg patronage.
In England they have urulcttrkcn to heat
and Tight their houfts wjth cas.
Robert Wharton is re. defied Mayor of
Philadelphia.—JofeplT Maxwell, fcuneily
mici(hi| man in the fervtce of the United
Statca, has lately taken a dofc of 1 aulnatr
which let him 10 a len gfteep I — The Ifl a[ ,d
of Dauphin near Straifund, w ith Cco Swtrhs
1 ave been taken on the 26th Acgt ft. |
French found in Straifund yoocennor, : CC ,
cco balls, »co,coo bombs, 2cc ; coo H ;J ,
of pewda, and a large quantity cf bar
liOti.
The Colunitiad, m 10 books* by Jccl
Barlow, is in the Prcfs in Philadelphia.
J hn Sevier is defied Grover nor cf t!.~
State of Tennclicfe.—be feed cf* Potatoes
Lom S. America has been lady in-pon. d
in the Northern fates, feur of which p-c,
cluctc’ 7 bifi.cis ..they grow large and lerg,
tome to a foot in begin, weigh lit m 3 to
4 lbs.— 100,000 dollars have been i.L red
lately in E.tlaracre, to *ny perfbn w h.i o dd
fxek or unluck a.Lock, the IcckT-lbb
p‘y ir.gr the key-.no fprk.g t 0 the lock,.tv
v. aid to the key I
G' - attan, in the British Hqufe of Corn,
mons chfervcd lately, that 111. qwfii.r r w
bad nr thing to do with Kifublu-ctrjpn ;
Grattan has afTetted a /oljehood».~.\t is
w;’)l know n tb;;t two thirds, ar lead of the
people of Ireland arc Republicans /ran prin~
ciptc and feelings, and that 50 cco pounds
Reflittg have been badly Lciitv.ui on u »
Ap/iate U hig,
Nap>olcon or* his return to F- rls prcß.lfcd,
focu to visit Ifeh . '1 he French Canahki 3
are said to have refuftd to be drafted, •«
comtquence of which fee era! have been pi?
wider atrefl, St, Croix, a Danish IfLrt!
in the Weft-Irdies, is in a Rate cf blockade
by the Biitiih.—At Bennuda a tonnage dts
ty of one dollar per ton has l eer latrl T Irici
cn all American veflehs.—ln the Pepieferte
tive house of Pmt fyjvar.ia the Kederdif 5:
have a majority of one vote--.in rbe Satire
the Democrats have a majority of three.
The left fiiftainrd by the late fir? in
Fredcrickfburg, ijj eflimated at 400 coodc.l
lats.—.Some for tons trovcr.crH have t?l rrt
place at N. Orleans, in coKfeqtienre c f 1! 3
town's commons having been claimed an!
granted by a decree of the Court, to cn In
dividual.... A Gentleman arrived at N. Or
leans and who left Cadi* cu the lit Sep.
informs, as a sass, ih*t certain intelligencer
had rcadityf that Ci*y, of the FiotkSas be
irig fold to the U. b, fer y,oco,eco ofclcl
lai-i.
Jofcph Bloomfield has been je-ekffed Go
vetnor of N. -Jeifey..—A. Burr ru;J Elm
nerbafllrt arrived on the 4 h it.ft. at Phila
delphia.... The Spaniaids compute (heir JrTt
at Buenos Ayres, at 300 killed and Cco
wounded, and that of the Ergi(b at jcco.
...Simons Maxwell collector ct the port cf
Hatdwiik, is dead—They wiitcfumSt.
Pcteifburg that Bcnningfen intended ro ct n.e
to America 1---EH biowatd, a cctrikhc.:!?-
thief, has been lately (hot in the woods,
near Rockingham C. House, N. C.
Within fix weeks of the Ca| LuVcr, Co.
penhagen and the Ifl.ird of Zcalano w ere uv
have been evacuated by the B:i»ifr, and
the ptifoners exchanged.... All th? Swccau»
Ulands on the German ccaft have Capitula
ted to the French..—6oo Looks with the
. Univctfity and Cathedral were desire; ed in
Copenhagen ! only 400 houies had tfeapeti
without damage.
Col. Milledge moved that rrerrb"?
of the Senate of the I . S. ftv'n’d go into
mourning during ? month, forth? birr, A.
Baldwin.-—Mr. Htllhoufe made a flmilar
motion in favor ol Mr. Tram> Mr. Wr're
moved rt> appoint a Committee to frqti’Vc
into the expediency of eXtir.gvifhirg the
claims of the IT. S. to certain balances due
from several of the States, to the Union.
Mr. Tiffin}, moved that the Judicial)’
power of the Ui S. ftuill he vefTd is ovr
Supreme Court and inferior courts as Con
gress may ord un and cftablllhj‘ the Jp«d??s ff>
■ hold their offices for a certain m.mber ot
years, and to be removed by th« Ptefldert
on the address of two thirds rs both boul<»
ofCongrcfs, requesting the fame.
Since oor last, the Schooner Mary arr*.
ved at Charleston with 133 slaves, other
vcffels daily expefkd,
On tb,e zf June Jaft. all the jews in Sic**
gadore, to the number of tn-n, wo
men and children were driven out of the
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