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titsucccssiul. It.,i a !ie been successful, what
would have been s..id of the. administration'who
had conducted k peace on in so iiicit lit terms,
and by that tac-ate.. crumpled the c:v: rgies of
Europe, at a time when they might olhenvie
have been exerted with vigour and effect.
If successful, would our situation have been
ameliorated? Does any bodv believe, that af
ter the battle of Jena, Pounpartc would have
been stopped by the term a of any treaty, re
cently concluded with Great-Bikain ? 1?’ peri
cnee had shewn the contrary, auc! the trans
actions in which Sebastian! was engaged, af
forded sufficient proof cf cases in which trea
ties were violated by the French. To rdd to
the atrocities of this man, he hach on his mission
to Constantinople, passed through the country
of the Ilospodurs, by whom he had been treat
ed with hospitality and kindness: and yet his
first act on his arrival at Constantinople was in
direct hostility to their interests. We had a
light therefore to conclude, that had the French
concluded a treaty with us, they would, in the
present circumstances of the continent, have
■described us in the detestable light cf having
been the original instigators of the continental
war, and of having deserted the powers v horn
we had excited to action. The present de
plorable situation cl Prussia ir.crea ing the
i nmense power of France, placed the prospect
of peace at a grcltcr distance. Far would he
be from encouraging any sanguine expectations.
What remained was in the hands of heaven.
Whether the chastisement cf Europe, was
to continue, or whether the instrument of
vengeance was speedily to be deprived ofh.s
power, he knew not; but this he knew, that
Grout-Britain lrad neglected nothing which
it was her fjaly to perform—nor did he see
.reason for despondence or dismay, lie looked
confidently through the medium of the honor,
tne courage and the resources of his country,
to the period when it would be practicable to
re-establish that balance of power, cn which
t ic tranquility and happiness of Europe so ma
terially depended.
There are were points which he had omitn and
in his statement : the one related to the ex
traordinary note of the 4th of September, as
published ill the French papers, inviting lord
Lauderdale to a conference with M. Talley
rand -i but which disgraceful r.ctc never was
delivered to lord Lauderdale ; for had it been
delivered to him, it would most certainly have
been his-duty not to have remained a moment
longer in Paris. What could have been the
motive of this publication, he was at a loss to
guess. It must have o: iginated in some error, of
which we were ignorant, for nothing could have
been more unjust than its application to the no
ble iuid. The other paint related to the sudden
change which the French government had as
serted had taken place i.i the tone of cur 13; i
ti ,h councils, when Mr. Fox was no longer able
to attend them. ‘ They s.ti.l that the m party
then.prevailed. To this assertion he could
give the most complete denial. Whoever
knew any thing of the noble lord his coileagucrin
office (lord Grenville) must be well aw are, uj
those uncommon talents for business which he
possessed, he enjoyed a firmness of mind which
would not allow him to be dictated to by any
man. For himself he had the satisfaction of
, redacting, that from the commencement of the
negoeiution to its conclusion, his sentiments
were Unaltered. It was true, that the last fit
ter written by Mr. Fox was on the 25;h of
June, and that the subsequent details were
carried on by others ; but he knew ids senti
ments for the remainder of the period, during
which he was capable of expressing those sen
timents. He knew that Ire always unde; stood
that the uti fnaddetis was the basis offered by
the French government; and he knew the in
dignation which he felt at the cavils and equi
vocations on that subject. On Sunday, the
Yth of September, the Sunday preceding his
death, when there appeared to be a favourable
turn in the negotiation, anxious as that great
man was for the restoration of peace, he decla
red that there were three objects, without the
acquisition of which, peace ought not to be
Concluded—first the maintenance of the hon
or of the country—the second was the preser
vation of our connection with Russia—and the
third was the re-establisliment of the king of
Sicily. It was on these two last points that the
negotiation had been broken off: and he so
lemnly declared to the house, that this rupture
was in strict conformity to the sentiments unci
:re commendations of that illustrious statesman,
•who, in the most severe moments of his illness,
stated it to be the ardent wish of his mind to ac
■comp.i >h, before his death, two great works on
w'hi<:h he had set his heart—the restoration, of
-peace, and the abo ition of the slave trade. Af
ter a brief recapitulation of the principal topics
o Ins speech, lord Hovvick concluded by mo
-v;ng an ad Iress similar to that which was vo
tc and in the house of lords cr. Friday last.
Easter-Mon da v.
The MFMBERS of CHRIST’S CHURCH are
■k-reby notified to attend on new Monday, at the
Church, at ten o’clock, to elect two WARDENS
Hrd ‘even VESTRYMEN, firthe eurrcr.t year. ■
William Stephens, )
2\. TurnbuH', $ Warden,.
March 25 o 7
Union Society.
j
*I” HE member, of the Urbm fioriety n re efi;fired to
*• meet at the C'ty-Hall, on Mrmhy the 6th thy of
April next, at 10 o’clock ir. the .y.-.r. jen, it bcir.g the
quarterly meeting preparatory to the Acmvcrfarv.
I’E I fi.R .3. I.A. FIT rh, Secr'y.
Those per Tons who a-e defuou* of joining this
infti; u rion, will take notice, that agreeable to the ru!",,
vnlrls application i, made at the above period, the” v/ili
sot be admitted .it the annual tneethw.
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LJfr.iT FROM FR.ifTE.
MEW-YORK, March 14.
Ry the arrival of the schooner Perseverance,
Mcsservy, (arrived at Marblehead in 33 days
from Bordeaux) French papers have been re
ceived to the 2 Ist of Jamiarv—from which it
appears, that several engagements have taken
place between the French and Russian armies,
in which the French were successful.
Captain Mcsservy confirms the account of a
dreadful malady having appeared in the French
armies, mid of its having been very destruc
tive. He reports, also, that the Emperor had
returned to Paris, before he sailed.
FORTY-FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
Pultusk , December 30, 1606.
The battle ofCzamowo that of Nassielsk,that
of Kursomb, the affair of cavalry at Lepacvn,
have been followed by the battles of Golvmin
and Pultusk—and the entire and precipitate
retreat of the Russian armies, has terminated
both the year and the campaign.
Battle of Pultusk —Marshal Cannes could
not arrive opposite Pultusk before the morn
ing of the 26th—All the corps of Bennigsen
were concentrated in the night. ‘1 he Russian
liixirion which had been beat at Nassiclsk, and
pursued by the third division, commanded by
Mxishal Davoust, entered the camp at Pultusk
two hours after midnight. At ten o’clock,
M rsbal Lanncs attacked, having Bucket's di
visional the first line, that of Gaza in the se
cond, and that cl Gudin in the third division of
the urmv, commanded by General Darltanna,
upon his left.
Tire combat was spirited. After a few
struggles, the enemy was overpowered. The
27th regiment of light infantry and the 34th
covering themselves with glory. Generals
\ cd.c! and Claparede were wounded. Gen.
Vreiilurd, commanding the light cavalry of the
army, General Bcuasart, commanding a bri
gade of the division of the dragoons of Beker,
col. Bnrthclciny, of the 15th regiment of dra
goon's, were wounded by grape shot. Voisin,
aid to Marshal Lanncs, and Gurial, aid to Gen.
Suchct, both fell with glory.
Marshal Lanncs was slightly touched with
a ball. The fifth corps of the army have ex
hibited what brave men are able to perform,
and the immense superiority of the French
infantry over that cf other nations. Marshal
Lanncs, altho’ lie had been for ten days sick,
would follow his corps. The 86th regiment
sustained many charges of the enemy’s cav
alry, with coolness and success. The enemy
the same night sounded a retreat, and retired
to Ostrodcrka.
Buttle if Golymin —While the corps of Bcn
niggen was at Publish, and beaten there, that of
Buxhouden joined Golymin at night. The di
\ is; .>n Panin of this corps, which was attacked
the evening before by the duke cf Berg, and
another division which luid been beaten at Na
sielk. arrived Ly different routes at tiie camp cf
Colv iiliU.
Marshal Davoust, who pursued the enemy
from Nasiclsk, came up with, charged them
and dused them from a wood near the camp
cf Golymin
At the same time, Marshal Augereau arriv
ing at Golaczima, tool; the enemy in flank.
The general ol brigade Luzihe, with the 16th
light infantry, carried, at the point of the baro
net, a village which served as a point of sup
port to the enemy. The division of Heudelait
displayed and marched for it. Three hours
alter noon, tne lire was the hottest. The grand
duke of Berg executed with the greatest suc
cess many charges, in which Kleir’s division
of dragoons distinguished themselves. Not
v,i'.hr.tancl;ng evening came on too soon, the
combat continued till eleven at night 1
The enemy retreated in disorder, leaving .j
their artillery and baggage, and many dead, j
All the enemy’s columns retired to Ostro- j
derka. I
General Fencrol'e, commanding a brigade j
of dragoons, was killed. The intrepid general i
Rapp, the emperor’s aid-de-camp, was wound- j
ed at the head of a division of dragoons. Col.
Simile, ol the brave 24th of the line, was
wounded.—Marshal Augereau had a horse kil
led under him.
Nevertheless, Marshal Soult, with his corps,
had already arrived at .Molmi, two leagues from
Mokow ; but the badness of the roads, from
the rains and thaws, retarded his march and
saved the Russian army, of which, without this
accident, not a man would have escaped. The
good fortune of the army cf Bcnigscn and
tijat of Buxhouden should have terminated on
the other side of the, Orcye; but all the intend
ed movements were defeated by the thaws,
which caused the artillery to be two days in
marching three leagues. • .
Altogether, the Russians have lost 80 pieces
of cannon, all their waggons, more than 1200
baggage carriages ; 12,000 men killed, wound
ed or made prisoners. The movements of
the French and Russian coiutnns, will be an
object of curiosity for military men, when they
are traced upon the map. They will then see
upon how slender a thread hung the capture
or annihilation of this army, and all the effect
of a single fault committed by the Russian ge
neral.
We have lost 800 men killed, and have had
2000 wounded.
At length, finding himself master of the ene
my’s artillery, and all their positions, having!
driven them more than 40 leagues, the empe-!
ror has ordered his army into winter quarters
Before this expedition, the Russian officers
declared, that they had 150,000 men. Now
they do not pretend to reckon half that num
ber.—Shall we ueiieve their report before the
battle or after it i
Savannah,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1307.
Accounts from Surinam, dated tile 14tliof
December, state, that ordinance bills had sold
therein the preceding eek, at IS guilders
to the pound sterling, being 50 per cent, a
bovepar; and mention, that there was then
such a demand for bills, that got eminent might
dispose of almost any amount. It was added,
that for the two preceding months, there had
not been twenty barrels of flour at a time in
the colony, excepting a small supply in the
king’s stores, received from Barbadoes. Produce
was high, and the colony healthy and quiet.
From a Liverpool fiaftcr cf January 24.
“ From the blood-ftaincd fielift of Europe, the din of
arms, and noise of the battle, the thought cf which is
enough to sicken the heart, we turn our attention, and
look with pleasure across the Atlantic, to that country
where peace reigns and plenty abounds ; whose go
vernment seems as anxious to decrease the quantum of
taxation, as those of the old world are to inereafe it.
The wisdom and moderation of the American govern
ment mult be acknowledge y all The readiness it
has mar.ifelted to repeal tl ft which prohibited the
importation of Britiih go! (hews their desire of
; peace and friendfliip ; for w . •"not give into the com
. mon opinion of the day, that c\ tree is as necessary
to America as to us. That a fire. hos fiiendlhip and
i a cefiation of trade between the two countries, would
t be of mutual disadvantage, we admit, that our own
j country would he the greatest fuflerer. Although A
• merica may not at present be able to tarry on manufac
, tures to any considerable extent, yet is the able to pro
-1 du:e what is calculated lor the support and convenience
1 of life. The loom and the Ihuttle are not unknown even
among fonie of the Indian tribes in America. Millions
of acres yet remain to be cultivated.—Cattle abounds,
and fuel is plentiful. What arc the wauts of man ?
Our poet fays—
” Er.ad, cl, is and f.rc .”
What more ? he answers,
“ Fire, clot Us and bead ”
“ We are happy to find there is one country on the
face of the earth that is not disposed to exhaust its trea
l'ureson dangers that may he prevented by wisdom and
moderation ; or, like the present emperor of France
for the purpose of spreading deflation and ruin in neigh.!
louring states. The cultivation of the aits of peace is
the greatest glory of the Chief Magiftate of any nation.
The laurels of the hero are always llained with blood,
and too often Sullied by tapine and injustice. He is the
greatest mir.ifter of state, who knows how to iule his
own pifiion- and to teach others to govern then's • who
when a form arises, is able to avert the threatened
blow, and by his counfelsto command peace. The sy
cophants of the French courts are lavifli in their praises
of the emperor Napoleon—but, alas! what a contrail
between him and the peaceful Frt iicient >f the United
States -*-'The one is like *he waves of the lea, never at
rest, tortured by plans of murder and of blood the
constant witr.cls, and a very common cuufe, of th ruin
and deftruciion cf thousands cf his fellow men the
other dwelling at pence in the tr.idft of a country ma le
every year happier by his prudent ad liini .ration—de
vising plans for the in rovement of knowledge end the
inereafe of virtue.—The name of Jefierfon will he re
membered with plealu e, when the destroyers of man
kind thttil be buried ir; otdivion.”
Departed this life on Wednesday the 25th itift. in the
49th year of her age, Mrs. Margaret Stephens,
consort of the honorable William Stephens, judge if
the district court of the United States, fur the state cf
Georgia.
In the loss of this amiable Woman, society has fus
taioed a fetious privation. Although heretofore af
flicted with complaints,hearing an afpetft the molt fu
rious, yet, upon a merciful reiteration to health, a re
vival of herw'onted cheerfulnefs was immediate. An
economilt of time and its advantages, Ihe improved the
moment. Chaste, correct, genteelly hospitable, fincete
in her prnfeflions and ardent in her friendlhips, Ihe waa
good without oltentation, and pious without bigotry.
She lived moll beloved, and died molt lamented by
those who belt knew her.
For the last thi ee years of her virtuous life, flie was
obvtoufly the vidtim of a gradual decline, and has now
fallen, after three months of patient afllidtion, under
the baneful influence of an asthmatic confumptiou.
filer fufferings were endured with that fortitude, which
can only telult Irom confcinus approbation ; and her
hope of li’ ing with her God forever, could he traced
in her peaceful fubmillion to his supreme difpenfatious.
The beneficent qualities of her heart will never he
forgotten by her intimates, until they ftin.ll become
as she now is ; and the tenor of her conduct lltould
be remembered, if only to be imitated.
Yet, great as her fufferings were, those ftietals and
relatives who witnefied them, bend with forrowful re
signation to this final llroke, though they fee in it her
reliever from complicated woe. In re ‘.edting, howe
ver, on her goodness, their grief tnuft dei ive cortfola
tion, and they may confidently utter this pious tque
trophe, “Oh! Grave, where rs thy vrdtorj !”
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Citizen, Smith, St. Thomas
CLEAItEO.
Ship Factor, Reynolds, Liverpool
Brig Cleopatra, Hoadley, New-York
Sea-Ifiand, Burnham, I)o.
Sloop Favorite, Sneed, Philadelphia
—— Orion, Mafou, Darien
The Cantor., Kennedy, from Savannah, and the Co
lumbia, Goodrich, from Charleston, arrived at Liver
pool, on the sth February.
The following velfels are advertised in a Liverpool
paper of February s—Eaton* M‘Cray, for Savannah,
to fail the 20th of February.—Columbia, Goodrich;
fi-ucy & Elizabeth, Stok'-i; Saliy, Alhby; Sachem,
Harris; Julius Cxfar, Hall; Lydia, ’turner; for
Charleston. The ship Arillidus, Williams, from Sa
vannah, daily expedtc and.
Bouton, March 3.
On Saturday night the wind blew a violent gale from
southeast It was of snort duration, but much damage
was done to the veflels a - the wharves in this town,
and we must expedt bad news from other places. Brig
Telegraphe.from Savannah forßofton, leftthe Vineyard
with thereft of the fleet,but has not arrived. On Satur
day night laft,'the ship Howaid, capt. Bray, was wreck
ed on Eastern Point,,near Gloucester, and bilged imme
diately. The captain, ftcond mate, (Mr. J.eeds) and
two ieamen, periftted. Among tire persons laved was
Mr. Charles Thatcher, of Boftort. The Ihip was from
Calcutta, with zraituble cargo, to VYnt. Gray, < [ S.i-
Irth. The Fownrd had on hoard 200 Lues of rotten
goods, be.ides sugars, fee. and .. ill be r.c.ir y a to, and
lols. Schooner Little Sat ah, Saunders, from Marti
nique for Bollnn. is afhoi oon Cat Eland Captain a,d
two ol h i hands hut. i hree hhoont rs and .t Now hu
ryport brig and schooner are afliure at Salem. Ti c
j firft schooners are bilged—the brig l as been got off
! with Htrle damage. No damage st Plymouth, Is ess-
Bedford or Marblehead. Wil'sls front the Vineyard,
for ports northwardly of Bolton bay, mutt have been
very much exposed. Several vcllcls svcrc beating into
Bolton hay yefterdav.
Money 1 ost.
ON the f)th or 10th instant, was loft or mifh.id. a
sum of money, wrapped up in a piece of paper
a defeription svhereof is left with the printer, the
monoy belongs to a very indigent man, and a liberal
reward will he cheerluliy paid for information of it.—-
Apply at this Offiae.
March 28.
Just Received
.ir Me A’ew-Youk & S 1 ca ns air
BOOT ('k SHOE STORE,
On ihe Bay, cfifioeitc Ihe F vchangr,
Philadelphia Boots,
Gcntlenien’s Shoks, and Ladies 3i.iprr.tts, us
every description, and ofa superior quality.
A. SCRIBNER k Cos.
March 28. gy
Administrator's Sales.
Will be otd and disposed <f at Da:::e:-, in the
c’- tuty of AFlntoJi, on the second Tuesday
in May next, bang the tredfth of the .said
month, between the hours of ten and twelve
o'clock in tk“ forenoon,
I <■ prime FIELD SLAVES, and a likely
BO\ , sold as the personal property of Geor};e
M'lntosh, deceased Conditions to he mado
known 011 the day of sale.
HAMPDEN M'INTOSII.
Savannah, 28th March, 1807. 28.
AUCTION.
Valuable Lands.
O.V TUF.SD.4Y, 7th Afiril next , will be sold a!
the Court-House, (if not disfiosed of before
then at firivatr sale,)
Nine hundred acres of Land, old survey, in Camden
County, in two traits on the ‘outh fide of little Sattilla
river, bounding on laid river to the north, arid known
as .Spring Bluff, opposite to Clark’s crock,original grant
dated 1767. fa
Fite hundred acres on the head ol Dover creek,
Camden county, granted in 1767. The above trails
contain a considerable quantity of prime Cotton Land,
terms made known hy a;vp ymg at my store, Market
Square, where plats ol the land may be fecit.
it ORMAN iVI CaDD, Auct’r.
March 2* y(>
sSheriiF’s Sales.
WILL BE ISOLD, at the Court-House in J f.
ferson, Camden County, on Tuesday Ihe ssh
of May next, between tie hours often and two
o’clock, the following firo/ierty of William
Morris, late of Savan/uth, merchant, duty
foreclosed by John I oi.Ton, survivor, viz.
ALL that wharf lot in St. Mary’s, being tlm
front of lot No. 4, containing 50 f cc t ()ll
St. Mary’s- tract, and running 150 feet west to
Jttdson’s water-lot, and from St. Maty ’. - ,tract to
the river 100 feet, and along the river 100 feel.
... A L S 0....
Part of lot No. 4, beginning at Ready-street,
running west on St. Mary’s street to Judson’:, lot,
and on Ready-street 2(io feet north to Divine
Young’s lot, and 1.50 feet west on said lot n>
Judson’s, v/idi all the buildings and -improve*
incuts thereon.
A L S O
Lot No. 43, containing four acres, more
or less, with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon.
DAVID G. JONES,
hlwrifj , Camden County ,
Savannah, March 28, 1807. 28
Notice.
UPON the, petition of Thomas Young, of
the city of Savannah, in the state of Gr.or
gia, planter, statinga Dccdoi Conveyance from
John Graham, late of the province of Geomia,
to John Caldwell, late of South-CLroiina, lor
twelve hundred acres of land, situate in tjienre
senl county of Liberty, in the state ol* Georgia,
know'n by the name of Jktilke’:, neck ; bourn < J
south and southwest 0:1 North-New port liver
and land of Robert Nobles, cast and northeast
on land hi George Noble, and vacant land, and
north and northwest on vacant land, bearing date
the day o. —. one thousand seven hun
dred and sixty-lour ; a copy whereof, as nearly us
the petitioner could recollect, was annexed lo
said petition, is now lodged in the clerk’s office,
together with an affidavit, pursuant to the acts
of this stale, of force in such cases, has been
lost or destroyed ; and praying the benefit in
tended by the aforesaid acts, and other circum
stantial proof being laid before the court: Uis
ordered, that the said Deed of Conveyance,
from tiie said John Graham to John Caldwell,
lor ihe land aforesaid, be established as direct
ed by law, on the said i bourns Young publish
ing a weekly notice, in one of our public ga
zette:, of this state, fur the space of six calen
der months, unless good and sufficient cause*,
shall be shewn to the contrary, within the said
six months, or other matter shall appear lo the
court against the same.
State of (leorgia, Liberty County,
From the minute.,, March 2.->, 1807.
28 A. FORRESTER, c.s. e. l. c.