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BRE'LAU, January 10. N. thing can exceed the cxempT-conduct ] dbpluycd by the inhabitants din mg the siege. J As the soldiers could be very seldom spated fl am their posts on the walls, in < rdcr to pur chase or cook their victuals, tits inhabitants were in the habit cf earning warm victuals and drink to them when at their posts. The citizens even distributed money among the military, to encourage them to tio their duty in ..taking a gallant resistance. On the 6th inst. our worthv magistrates issu ed the following proclamation to the inhabit ants, after the surrender of the place : ‘‘Citizens and inhabitants of Breslau—Your long continued sufferings are now at an end. It has been made known to us by the Royal Prussian governor of Breslau, that a capitula tion has been agreed upon vhh his imperial highness Prince Jerome Napoleon. “ We are commanded to give you notice of this, and at the same time earnestly to intreat you to maintain order and tranc;uiiity. Con duct yourselves, worthy citizens and inhabit ants of Breslau, with quiet obedience in your new circumstances, and confide in the magna nimous dispositions of the mighty Prince, in whose hands our destiny is now placed, and who knows how to honor these feelings by which • you were formerly attached to your good king. ; “His irnpc.i. 1 highness has solemnly pietig- , and himselt lor the security of your per.- n:> emu j property. lively excess committed by his > idlers will bes vereiy punished. The gai risc.i, lying; in and about town, will be lessoned S in order to alleviate, as much as possible, the miseries which our good town his suffered during the late bombardment. “ We expect, with the fullest confidence, that y*di will experience, the benevolent dispositions of the magnanimous conqueror, and that vou will, on your parts, follow with implicit obe dience, those regulations which his imperial highness maybe pleased to dictate. Such im plicit obedience can alone mitigate your desti ny. Disobedience will only inane you .miser ci'.'le. “ Given at Breslau , 6 th January, 1807, by the Directors, Burgomasters and Council LONDON, February 3. It is said to be in contemplation of govern ment to send troops to the Rio cie la Plata, by the East-indiamen, now about to sail from Portsmouth. This fleet, consisting of at least 12 sail, could convey with ease from four to five thousand men to South America, with comparatively very little expence,'loss oi time, or deviation irom their vovage. The troops which, last war, captured Gorec and Senegal, on the coast of Aiiica, were conveyed by a fleet of Indiamen. Provisions, money, artificers, every thing lias been sent from the Hague and other cities, to comfort and relieve the wretched survivors of the late disaster at Leyden. The cause ol the dreadful catastrophe is not yet ascertain ed. On the day after the ufthir, the king, af ter having ordered the guards and lire en dues to follow him, repaired t o Leyden, visitecl the wounded and the • ‘aimed, ascended the mins, mixed with the labourers there, and cneour- g ed them to persevere in their unwearied exi gence. On receiving the thanks of the magis trates and clergy, he returned them the trust amicable answer, asked after individual losses, and left them with these words : “ The dr .and 1 cannot restore to you : that is above human j>< wer ; but all that I can, will I do for your city.” Iris majesty has empowered the rm - gistrates of that unfortunate city to make a gt - liend collection throughout the whole king dom ; and ordered that 100 000 guilders, out oi the treasury, be left at the disposal el the 1 minister of the home department, for relieving ‘ the most pressing necessities of the poor, anil; those who have lost heir all. Mr. Fox, in the last sc: sior, complained, 1 that the Lte ministers, on leaving office, told ’ the public too inucb, and their successors U„> j little. This complaint appears not to have i been made without cause. A paper which j ought to have been left in one of the offices, was produced the other night in the house of j commons, from Mr. Rose’s pocket. The chancellor of the exchequer for Ireland, struck va itit this exposure, was induced to complain, that he had not found a scrap of paper for his direction, on his entrance into his c-flke. The Comet lately discovered at Marseilles will be visible in our horizon about the latter end of the month. It may be very distinctly observed ar.d followed by a common telescope. It is said very much to have influenced the sea son, and produced that very mild winter which hat been so general throughout ail Europe. liona; rate has given orders for the whole c: tlnTregular troops to be marched from every part ot France, and has issued a decree for em bodying and organizing the national guard, ai, over France. Every male from 16-to SO, c.- p,.b.c ot hearing arras, is called on to supply the place of the regulars, ordered to Po land. The conscripts for the year 1807, are ad to cross the Rhine before the end of March, Lii.i arc to proceed to the urinv in four division',. ] _ The Princess f Wales. —On Thursday sc hi-j night, this illustrious female, who has been so many months the object rs calumny, receive, a formal commutin'-..tion irom otic of the high c-'t law cbiccrs ot the stale, in which her ro - s’ highness is assuren of the investigation s< loti; penning having terminated most com pletely to her honor, and to the entire satisfa- - lion, in respect to her demeanor, of those t whom the deficit e and important quet. .ion w., so fr.icnu.ly re err -d ; an ‘ iliat their naaieslic: oor. vinct ! of the justice cf the decision upon t.r e, are anxious to re civ. her, and to pro’- -■ how sensible they .rccfll,, persecution At h..t Tuidcrcronc, V I Trent the Aatimal LdclHneneer, March 11. - I In some measure released from the slavery of reporting the proceedings of Congress, we shall resume the discussion of such topics of an interesting nature as may in our o; inion merit the public attention, or require elucida- ] tion. Before entering into any detailed views, j we cannot refrain from congratulating the na tion oil the unrivalled felicity which sull conli- : nues to flow from the enlightened exertions of our government and the virtuous co-op elution of the people. A virtuous government is a phenomenon of rare occurrence. W ithout ar rogance we may say it is our exclusive distinc tion. At all times, and under all circumstan ces of vast importance, it is almost infinitely so in the origin of institutions, new to the world, and consequently untried by any length cf ex perience, and in a country which, from the fewness of its numbers, is not yet able to com mand that gigantic physical force, which is so frequently the substitute for moral principle. The powers now exercised by the several de partments of the government, arc little, if at all inferior in dignity, or the effects to be pro duced by them, to the more splendid functions discharged by the patriots who established our 1 independence, unci guaranteed its perpetuity j by the admirable system cl government, under 1 which we now repose in absolute safely. To ; the rulers of the present day we shall owe that | regulated exercise of power, which will in a i high tie rev, establish the practical construe | tion ol the constitution on points ol the first j magnitude, and the formation of those modes t of thinking on particular subjects w hich will | probably continue for ages to influence our j conduct as a nation. How deeply interesting * then, is it, that, in the opening of our ca ! rccr, the administrators of our government j should be virtuous ! It is almost equally esseit | tial that they should be endowed w ith sufficient j intelligence to pursue those measures which are best fl.vad to advance the general welfare and which wiil be most effectual to guard a gainst danger, or to meet it when inevitable. Without ascribing infallibility to any man, we dare to say thac the American government possesses this necessary qualification—We dare to say, that next to the incorruptible inte grity and good sense of the people, we arc in debted to the government for the unrivalled blessings we enjoy. In proof of this w e appeal to the common sense of every American. That we enjov unrivalled blessings none but a madman will dispute. We are the only free nation on earth. There is no other republic, nor any thing like a republic. There is no nation, of the civilized world, in which the rights of conscience are so sacredly respected. There is none in which the rights of proper : ty are so fully secured. Tne re is none in which the public burthens i are so light. 1 There is none in which the means of sub ij siitcncc arc so easily procured; or which the ‘ road to comfort, to wealth, or honest lame, is ij so open. j The fruits of our institutions are peace, while the monarchies of the old world are so . many raying vole tnocs, pouring forth their dc saluting torrents of lava, consigning to cler -1 nai sterility the mo:t fertile regions of the • /.‘i r\l ♦ ‘• o If we compare the present state of our affairs , with the past, wo have ample reason for con grutuLfiv and confidence. Since the last year, our debt is diminished l four millions of dollars, j Our ire sury is in an overflowing state. ] We h. ive been enabled, without embarrass l ment, to relinquish the taxes on salt, consider ; ed by our fellow-citizens as the most oppressive | burthen laid upon them. 3 Our ncgociations with foreign nations are proceeding in a spirit of amity and accommo -1 daticn. j The interior, recently alarmed by the lawless ] machinations of a second Catalinc, is already | tranquilized. Our agriculture, commerce, manufactures and numbers have all progressed with more than usual rapidity. These are a few of the distinguished bless ings wc enjoy. That they arc greatly owing to our government is equally indisputable with their existence. Their existence for a point of lime might have been fortuitous; but who is their that will pretend to say that there continuance for a period of more than six years can be ascribed lo any other than an intelligent cause ? After these general remarks, not less the ‘ offspring of feeling than-of reflection, wc shall ] proceed to a more detailed view of some sub- ■ |ects which merit, in our opinion, the public attention. AUGUSTA, March 26. Since our last publication, we have seen a gentleman from the western country, who states that he lodged with col. Burr at maj. Unison's the night previous to his arrest, and •hat the col. kit major Hinson’s in company •• “ii -Hr. Lnghtweil the; high sheriff, whom .te had requested to ride with him over the loin high, river to the Altamaha settlement, ie being then on his way to South-Carolina— ti.it alter travelling about a mile and a half, i.i ty were met by major Perkins and lieutenant Guns, who arrested col. Burr, and in two days x.envurds made up a guard and set off to con ’•’"t hum to \Y asi.mgtoii City. Our informant ilatcs, that the col v.as apprehended without cty warrant, and underwent no examination • oi e any civ’n officer alter liis arrest, nor was informed ol any particular charge against .tri —his baggage was left on the way to Tom bigby, where it was to have overtaken him.— | Our informant adds, that the rtatement about 1 col. Bun ’s enquiring the way into the Bpanish dominions, or sending his baggage there, is not true, as lie was hiniscU engaged to accom pany .he col. to South-Caiolina, and had started j for that purpose; and that after the col. was | arrested, ho came on by himself. lie adds, ! also, that he heard Luit, in com et sation, say that I he had never written to gen. Wilkinson one j sentence of the letters ascribed to him. He ; also adds, that col. Burr remained at Washing • ton two days after his discharge, and after the j adjournment of the court, and then set off for Carolina, under an apprehension, that he might be delivered to the officers of the gun-boats near Natchez and conveyed lo general Wilkinson, whom he had no wish to visit in that wav.— 1 his statement wc give as we receive it, our in formant on Saturday last left this place for Caro lina, on his way to Washington City. Savannah, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL £>, 1807. IQ™ Our Patrons arc respectfully notified , that their orders may in future be l fit at Mr. R. j M. Stiles’ new house, on the Bay, two doors verst j of Mr. Stackhouse’s Auction Store, where a j Counting-House is opened for the purpose. j The reports contained in the late advices 1 from Europe of the defeat of the French army ; in Poland, do not, on investigation, merit the i least credibility. No information from the seat . of war of so late a date as the French bulletins > could have reached the places front whence | the reports are derived at the time specified. ! The articles containing them are dated Ton ■ ingen, Jan 17 ; Hamburgh, Jan. 20 ; and Lon . don, Jan. 27. The first states the intelligence | to have been announced by an estufettc receiv j cd at Lubec from Konigsberg; the second, by • letters from Warsaw, Riga, Konigsberg, See. i ‘1 he dates of these letters arc not given, nor is j any mention made of the lime when the battle ; was fought. ‘1 he London reports, (by the As | trea frigate and Nightingale sloop of war) are ; equally deficient in point of date. The Astrea j sailed from Copenhagen on the 14th, and the 1 Nightingale left the Ryder on ihe. 20th of Janu j ary. The French bulletins are regular iiom . the 26th December to the 19th January, and 1 make no mention of any affair of consequence j since the battles of Puitusk and Golynrin, of j which the official details, (both Russian and J French) are already published. However par j tial the French may Ire to themselves in the ir ! bulletins, it can hardly he supposed that they | would have passed over in silence an action of 1 such importance as the one said to have taken | place in all probability, the rumour emu i Hated fcm general Beningscn’s letter to the king of Prussia. At an election held on Monday last for War dens and Vestrymen, for Christ’s Church, the | following gentlemen were elected for the cur -5 rent year:—William Stephens and J. 15. Read, | Wardens; and Dr. Irvine, N. Turnbull, J. Te -1 beau, James Hunter, Peter Dcveaux, W. B. ’ Bulloch, and John Morel!, Vestrymen. | Dr. George Ilarrall is elected alderman for i < Franklin ward, in the room cf major Cum j ming, resigned. Capt. Edward Harden was on Monday elect ed major cf the 2d battalion, Chatham regi ment, vice major Scriven resigned. At an election held on Monday, in consequence l of the promotion of capt. Gumming, the Sxvun ’ nah Guards, elected lieut. Marshall, captain ; ensign Bourke, lieutenant; and serjeant Rey nolds, ensign. We are informed that letters have been re ceived in this city, mentioning that the Bri tish government open all letters addressed to France, and take cut any bills which may he i enclosed in them, in retaliation for the same conduct in France.— Charleston paper. Wc deem it no unimportant observation that •j the President’s declining to convene the Senate | immediately after the adjournment of Congress, j is no proof, as some have supposed, of his op ! position to the treaty. It wiil be recollected ; that one third of the senate of the United Stales 1 is to be renewed after the expiration of the. last (session of Congress ; and that in some of the states the vacancies are not vet supplied. It l was but proper however to wish that a treaty ! so important to the interest of our country should not be submitted to that body, until it had acquired its full quota of numbers and wis dom. Is not this perhaps the only reason of the president’s having declined to call the sen ate together by a proclamation, as some lis.il expected l—Richmond Jinquircr. PORT OF SAVANNAH. (LEAKED. Schooner Citizen, Smith, Wilmington,N. C. Charleston, March 28. The brig Sally, Pattcrfon, from this port for King,, fton.fjam.) foundered at fra in a gale. The maker ar.d crew were taken from the veflc-1, and carried into Trinity, Martinico. Thefhip Mary, Fuller, of this port, ferit into Anti gua, on her passage from this port for kaguira, has been condemned. 1 ‘I he British drop rs war Indian, eight weeks from Bermuda, anchored rffthe Bar yellerday. The British frigate Orpheus of 32 guns, captain Btiggs, was loft on th<- 2:;d of January on a riref ahou’ five tr.Uss t, S. t. tS Pea Royal, (Jam.) the crew j . Cved, executive: department, Georgia. J.ol i.svilik, 26 th March, 1807. A letter, dated near Augusta, the Leh instant, from .be honorable John Mtlkdge, ei.c ol the senators ol this .’.tale in the Coivtiess < f the Lnked Stales, being rec ived, in u..xh the dcutli ol his colleague, the honorable An::.’, r Baldwin, is anuouncad iu the woids foliov.- ing : “* I had the honor to wiiic to you on 2th insui.il, Rom the t ty oi V ashington, announc ing the death of my much esteemed colleague, Aitit a m Baldwin. That mournful event loo:; place on the dry after congress had adjourned. !he sable has been hardly laid aside by our lelkw-ciitzeiis, when they wilt ..gain te.,umc it as un i mhicm ol sorrow lor ; .a: (remise cf : :a - titer di.uinguk-.hrd Patriot and Senator. From ii.i early period ol his life, he has be< n k . to the set vice ol hk i ountri —a sen ire in\yhr..; he lias uniformly manifested such a zca! for, and know ledge 0., the icietl principles ot our government, as places lum beyond any pi„i ,a in my power to bestow.” The Executive, penetrated with deep regret for the loss the state has sustained, by thec.fi .th of so faithful and eminent a pub'ia servant rr commenus to all officers, both civil and tuiii.ary, : and all ranks of citizens belonging lljcteto, to i manliest their regard for his memory, i.>v i i ;) g crape round the lelt arm ior the Space of • six weeks, to commence on the lath April next, ; Ordered, That the foregoing be published in ! the several gazettes of this state. A.test, Jambs Bozeman, Secretary. t r .v.- q McLean & Barnes s RI.SPEG'I FULLY inform their friends, and I 1 ? I '. D uLl /, c generally, that the I’UBLIC R\- . 1 I.LLIGI'.aCER will appeal’ on Tuesday next, the 7th instant. j AUCTION. I C-MOi.ROW, the Sd instant, will fir sold, before the subscriber’s AlcViqs STiore, 2 I l SUGAR 7 b.ai'e 6, 5 otUA,, 15 PuiKheons Wcst-lndia Rum o i iercc ; Coffee 1 t ask ()ld Gogniac 4 Pipes Anchor Gin 1 Bale Twine 1 Bale Humhums 30 Pieces l ow Cloth Cloths, Checks, &c. ALSO, A handsome CLOCK A prime Negro FELLOW, and A prime, healthy, young Negro WENCH about 28 years of age, an excellent cook and washer. Sale to commence precisely at 10 o'clock fifty puncheons Demarara Rum, Will be sold at Public Sale, at J. Gaig and K. Mitche! s wharf, TO-MORROW, the 3d instant, at eleven o’clock. Conditions, notes at sixty days, with approved indorsers. April 2. 30 G. YV .NICHOLS. rtwx, V-7. V- „ r - (A..- ~ l-r U&’ j • U ■ ‘ • 5 f , t’ , W • RS • i *>•',.. ‘1 f J ‘'• (mui-w ‘ . „ * *— , .Ajk- Jit-. . , -* 0 Sale of Ncrrrccs. * > A U C T I () N. TO-MORROW morning, s7. ljnil,at 1 1 o'clock, will be soil b fore m store, Market Square, TWIs NT Y VE R Y Pftl M E ;\T ( > r ISj (‘f TA’ t> r, iU IV itU'l v<V f: . * * The owner leaving this country immediate ly after tiie sHc, great bargains ni.-.y be expect, cd, as the whole must be sold without reserve. Conditio, u<, Cash. N. M’LEOD, Auti’r. April 3. Tow Cloth. 4/tOO yards TOW CLOTH, fur sale h Y IIAZEN KIMBALL. March 31 30 NOTICE. rAKEN UP, my Htnp, .n Monday cT<;r:ng tfio ‘toth ult a bright bay HORSE, Saddle and Bridie, and a bag ol Rice, which the owner can have by ing to Mr. John Jokes, ligu of the Indian Oueeri, t.r at Spring-Hill, to W. BLEDSOE. April 2, u 30 Sheriff’s Sales. On the first ‘Tuesday in May next, will hr sold, at at ’he Court-House in Jlryun county, between the hours often and three o’clock, AT RAC f Oi 1 LAND, in Brvan county, fuppof -d to contain, four hundred and e; hty nine a ivs adjoining lands of the Rev. Joseph Clay, Joleph Stile,) and John Pray, lev *d on, and to [:: fold a, th • proper ry o. i noma, But! r, Jamas Butler and others, to lati-fy a Judgement obtained by James Butler, S. Butler ar.d other.—Conditions of sale Caflj. ’ Stephen J. Maxwell, s- n c. Match dl. 00