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Sir Edward Pcllew, anchored about £•: •’ v: o within where we lay. ihe 1 erpsicore. S. E. from her, well in shore towards the Ba'.c ries and the stranded Dutch ships— Ihe Drake to the eastward ol the 1 erpsicorc, and a little on her starboard quarter. ‘i he Beliiqueux after shifting from her first position by signal, anchored S. S. E. from the admitaU 2nd as near the shore as her draught ot water would permit, to assist in taking oft the lire ct the batteries and Dutch ships from the Drake and Terpsicore. The Russel anchored three quar ters of a mile to the northward, and the two prizes about the same distance to the eastward of the Cullodcn. A heavy cannonade then commenced, and was kept up until about two o’clock in the after noon, when the boats of the squadron were manned and sent in, under cover of the fire of the ships, to burn the enemy’s vessels. 1 his they executed amidst a shower ol shot which fell about them in every direction and frequent ly threw the water all over them ; and, although it appears surprising, yet the only boat which received an) injury, was the Culloden’s launch. She received a shot through her bows, which kilied one man, and wounded two others. I believe mortally. She was near sinking when towed along side. Captain I’elicw of the Drake, was the first man who boarded the Phoenix frigate. The following vessels were burnt near the batteries—viz. frigate Phoenix, S2 guns ; Brig Adventureier (Adventurer) 20 do. Brig Zeapleeg (Sea- I’iower) 14. states vessels. Frigate Arnesteyn, force unknown ; ship patriot, IS guns ; brig Ceres, force unknown, company ships. Brig Snelheyd (Swift) force unknown. Ship Beugdzoomhayd (Probity) force un known ; East-Indian, ditto ; Zuider Pole (South Pole) Prussian, ditto ; Private Ships. . you! four or five others at least, whose names arc not known. On the east side of the bay were burnt the Andromeda and Debora, the two finest ships in Java, both which belonged to the governor of Sup at mg, and another large ship the name unknown. During the engagement, some of the Ame rican vessels were obliged to slip their cables and run out to keep clear of the shot which flew thick about them. While the action continued, Sir Edward Pel- Jew hailed, and requested me cither to come On board myself, or to send my chief mate. 1 chose the former, and was treated by hint and the different officers, with the greatest civility, he asked me a number of questions, but neither offered to examine the ships papers or any let ters. .After remaining an hour, I returned on board. Towards evening the. firing ceased, and the Culioden, Beliiqueux, Terpsicore and Drake, shifted their births farther out. During the night the sky was awfully illuminated, by the buzc of eighteen large ships ; and the blowing lip of several of them, when the fire reached their magazines, added to the grandeur of the scene. No one, however, could behold the destruction of so many fine ships, without la jneiuiryg the evils inseperabie from war, and particularly regretting that so large a portion of the misfortune should fall to the lot of pri vate persons, most of whom were probably op posed to the principles and actions which first occasioned hostilities. Next morning the Drake and Terpsicore went in chase of a large ship under Moorish colours, which was seen coming in through the inner channel, and on the same evening they burned at Ourust, the Zea-Bmyer, (.Sea Beater) formerly the Lucy-Maria, of Calcutta, and the Beschermer, (Protector) each of them company’s ships. I learned from Mr. Ridge ly, the Rebecca’s first officer, who came on board to assist us, that some of the American boats had been fired on yesterday in going ashore, for the omission of hoisting a flag, and although the Dutch at last suffered them to land, yet they would permit none of the coni • Blunders to go on board their ships. At 6 a. m. I made sail and stood out through the islands with the wind about w. s. w. and after beatingall the latter part of the day against fresh breezes and a strong easterly current, was in the evening obliged to anchor to the eastward of the great Caboun, with the best bower and 100 fathoms of cable out, which .Scarcely held the ship. , On the 30th, at day light get under sail and •resumed the task oi endeavouring to work out to the westward, but after seven hours fruitless exertions, finding wc had gained nothing, at •one p. ii. .1 determined to bear away for the streights of Bally. At three p. m. passed Ba tavia reads, wlitre the English ships still re mained at anchor, but they appeared to lay far ther out. ‘i he number of other vessels lying • without the common anchorge aiso seemed to .be increased, though from our great distance and the haziness -of the weather in shore, I .could not distinguish in what manner, NOTICE. TIE Subficrfber being obliged to leave the Uni- A ted States in the month of Jnneon business r{ 1 fami y nature, where his mterefis are concerned, notifies the pubpc arid h'S creditors, that be will transfer the ieafe he has of the EXCHANGE, and avid fell the furniture and efiec.r it contains in', rdey to difeharge what he owes. Individuals who are dlfp'ofed to bargain, wi’l address themfeivesto Mr. J?ent de Millers, who ‘s charged with his transac ations, and to prefect to him their evidences of debt. It is hoped that per ons who havo contracted debts .at the Exchange will ccrae forward ar.d adjust them _ L. Gleises. Sav. Ann! 18 fst. 41. v N. B Hu wdl fell on the lame conditions his es. .’Jsblith-nent of PUBLIC BATHS, which are in the jUigheft order, ar.d exempt frem any reparati n; Savannah, SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 9, 1307. The Boston Democrat of the 15th ult. says, “we state, with the highest pleasure, the cer tainty of the Ejection of Messrs. Sullivan and Lincoln, to fill the first and second depart ments oi our state government, the ensuing year.” Extract efletter from Boston, to a gentleman in Baltimore, tinted Ahril 9, ISO 7. “ Dear Sir —l know it will give you pleasure and 1 cannot resist the gratification of my own inclination.—-\\ e have at last succeeded in Mustachusetts ; Sullivan and Lincoln are be yond all doubt elected. Henceforth I trust in God we shall have peace and quiet. The re publicans in Boston, under their peculiar cir cumstances, deserve Infinite credit. Upwards of 2000 votes are more than the most san guine expected ; the feds never exerted them selves to such a degree ; Gore, Otis and Quin cev addressed them the evening before, with all their energies ; the latter, lam intormed, made sorry work, wearying Ills friends with tv long story about Lewis and Skins, kc. &c. and about debentures and drawback ; all would not do, they have lost the election, anc! I fear some ot them have not the quiet conscience resulting from honor,,blc means ; but this is afa .t clay, and no bad time to make acknowledgments— they have gone to meeting with long faces, and left me, a sinner, at home to rejoice.” The following extracts li-om a French official paper, are made to shew the progression of the system, the operation ot promotion from the lowest to the highest grades, the true arcanum of the French military triumphs, order and dis cipline : Promotions. M. Petit, captain, adjutant major of the foot guard chasseurs, attached to the military school at Pontainiriuu, appointed chief of a battalion (lieut. col.) of that guard. Mennot, captain, aid-de-camp of general Gazan, is promoted to be chief of a battalion. Ilugucs Saint Syr, captain, aid-de-camp of gen. Suchct, promoted chief of a battalion. Camp at JEarsaxv, Jan. 3. In the 63d regiment of infantry of the lino the following promotions arc sacred : Dounnot, lieutenant, to bo captain. Riche, sub-tieuteniif.t, to be lieutenant. Lament, serjeast major, to be sub-iieuteii ant. Lcchartdn, serjeant. to lie snb-iieutdhnrt. t ne Sieur Out,earn, major c.l the regiment cf Ysenburg, to be lieuter it t colonel of that regiment, in the room of the prince of .Ysen burg, appointed ganerai of brigade.— Aurora. Cm viit.ESTox, May'4. COMMUNICATION\ 1 tie public have already been informed, that the British sloop of war Driver, a vessel bite: - dieted by the Prcsidt tit from ever entering ou. harbors, anchored on Thursday last dbie. st of Fort Johnson, iwo United States Officers of that fort, waited upon the Governor on Friday, lo consult with him on measures necessary to betaken to expel her from tills port; his ex cellency was not at home. On f .turd. v the Commandant of fort Johnson addressed a let ter to the Commanding Officer of the said ves sel, of which the following is a copy ; Fori Johnson, Harbor of Charleston, 4 r. at. of May 2. Sir —The President of the United states of America, having,by proclamation, bearing dale 3d of May, 1806, lor ever interdicting his Bri tannic majesty’s sloop of war Driver, from entering any port or harbor of the United States; and the said vessel hiving entered this port, in contempt of the said proclamation, my duty compels me to demand that the Driver sloop of war, do depart from this har bor within twenty-four hours from the date hereof. heed I add, sir, how repugnant it would be to my feelings, should any blood he spilt, which must inevitably he the case, if this communica tion be not complied with. Lieut. Wyndham, of the Arti!!ey,ir, charged with the delivery of this; he will receive your rcplv. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Mich a r.r. Kartrisek, Captain Commanding. To the commanding officer of his Britannic Majesty’s sloop Driver. [The Dri ver went to sea the slh inst. | FROM TH E TIMES. FROM M ¥ STUD Y. “ 111 times of old, when time was young, Ami Poets their own verses lung, Averse could draw a stone or beam, That now would overload a team ; Put to their own or landlord's coil, how Poets feel this art is loft ; Not one of all our tuneful throng, Can raise a lodging for a song.” swift. II is a lamentable fact, that although men are said to be in a continued State of improve ment, science appears to have reached the sum mit of acquit ement. and literature struggles to surpass its former self. They are still shackl ed with the chains of oppression, and lu nar in rain to he freed. Had that encourage ment been extended to the genius of America, which have been so successfully bestowed on those cf Europe, we might now have churned an equality, if not a precedence, in the ranks of learned nations. lam aware, that misinlor med judgments will condemn, or call in ques tion, the position. It will he asked, why then are so many new propositions continually ol fering for public patronage? And why do men still persist in devoting their time to the im provement of science and literature, if they are not remunerated for their time and expcnces ? As well might it be asked, why did the philan thropic and enterprizing Columbus, the great discoverer of this continent, persevere in lorm ing new plans for extending the Npanish em pire, after having been basely robbed of his sacred rights, bv that monarch, who owed the discovery of the new world, to his w isdom and perseverance. \Yc have, however, no occasion to retire so tar back for proofs of my position. The present day. An enlightened nation bles sed with wealth, peace and prosperity—never theless, affords manv striking examples of the kind ailudedto. If i were personally acquaint ed, (and probably I am) with most of the au thors who have devoted a great portion of their time and talents to the public good —were I to to ask each of these, what encouragement have you met with, for your intense application to t he subject you have published ? I should doubt less he answered some such ways as these—l, (would one say) have devoted a year to the pre paring of my work—have laid out a thousand dollars in cash for the introducing it to the world. .... ? Yes, I have sold two copies more than defrayed the expenses. Then you have exceeded my expectations, and arc one objection to my proposition. Another would say. I have travelled ten years through the Continent of America, at a vast expense and in onvntier.ee ; I have thrown the result of my experience into the form of a history, for the instruction of my young countrymen—l have added to my labours an expense of four teen or fifteen hundred dollars ? No, indeed, I have r.ot sold as many copies, us would pay the mere printing i—A third would observe, 1 have spent the whole of my past life, in studying something for the good of nt_\ countrymen—My zeal lias been so great, as lo swallow up every other consideration ; and 1 have, at an incalculable degri tof trouble, ap plication atid expense, framed a work, the me rits of which have been adjusted ? Why, 1 have involved ntvself, and an innocent family—l have brought upon myself a demand, far beyond the reach of my ability to pay—• — True, I have acquired a name among men el talents—and 1 can Yes, 1 can now twist a sheet of iny permances, into a match to light my grandmother’s pipe ! I—and sigh, while it dwindles to ashes. Q Q. PORT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED, Ship Elliott, Now-York Bfi” Cieopctra, Headley* ditto Schr. Hero, KirnbalJ, Camden Ulrica, Erancifco, \Wft-Indieß j - Induflry, Brown, Charleston \ Sloop Richard Alfred Alfred, ditto ——— Columbia, Heather, ditto ‘CLEARED* Brig H?rmony, Cheney, Wilmington Lovely 1 ass, Wheeler* New-York I una, Starr, ditto Schr. IHey, Sturdivant* Nc\v-V ork Sloop lijrl, Swain, Darien The Treasurer of the Female A sstiom, acknowledge the net of fifty-two dollar, and twenty cent,, from the Grand Jury of the Circui Court, being the amount of their pay as Jurors. Ann Bolton. Savannah, May 9, 1807, T r sens ir deb ted for Pew-Rent, to the Presbyterian Church, are informed, that their notes are placed in the hands of the fubferiber for col leflinn, and if not paid by the full June, fit its will be imtituted. R. Leake. May 0. A 46 The Brig I/o ‘)e, CVpt. Pi ce, For I.ivrrpool,has commenced loading, and will fail in eight days. One hundred ba es of Cotton on Freight Can be taken, if applied for immediately. Apply to Ss &. C. Howard. April 30. 42 CHEAP SHIPPING LINEN, In pieces oi two fliii t patterns. For sale by R. 8c J. Bolton. May 9. r 40 Gentlemens fine Huts For Summer vie ar may be had very low fir Cafn of P. 8c J. Ballon. May 7. b 45 CORN. Three Thcufand bolheii firft quality C 0 Ji N, on heard the fchooser Hero, from Plymouth, (w, c.) FOU SALE BT Samuel fk Charles Howard. May 3. J. 46 rvq 77 ‘ •7-1 r— V *,"> -• —> I'UK r, n - r ujii\, . The Schooner c U I K ; Capt am K\ m bah, an excellent veiled and prime iai er, and will be efit* patched immediately*, lor freight oi puiluge, apply tr tht win tier on hoard, or to. Satin.d is. C hades Ilt.w. rd. May 9 4(5 Imported In the Ship I ucy & F.i.i* ahetii, liirt-cl from I on don to Charleston, aiidthis day landing from the ft.op Columbia. Caiks Mibnerts’and Dallas's best Brown llout Porteh in quart bottle*. An assortment of Paints, ground in Oil, Seine Twine and Fambpo Lines, and A few casks of Whiting. for sals *r Taylor 8y Scuiliiout h. May 9. t Lumber For Sale. A few Thousand feet of good and refute ftafoueft LUMBER. FOR SALE nr Lewis Cooler, Next door to Chrifllan Gngel, efqr. May 9. 40 Administrators Sale. ON MONDAY the Id June next, at 12 o’clock, Will be Sold, at the fubiciibeis house, One trunk of Clothes, andu trunk of Carpenter’s Tools. The of Gilbert Pell, deceased. Conditions cadi* John Brower, Adndr. May 9. 46. GEORGIA. Court t.J Ordinary, Chatham countu, Mon* day, May 4th, 1807. — Present, Their no no us, Edward Trif in, John H. Mom |, Wi.liam .Smith, A S. Bulloch, T | PON the petition of John M. Berrien, of the cry ol Savannah, attorney at law, dating that be ism pofleflion old certain written agreement, made ami executed by and between Andrew \lCri die, las of the fnid city of Savannah, merchant, and the laid pe titioner, bearing da’e the day of iYiiru rv, in ‘lie prelent yea , !M'7, wheiehy the and ‘.nd ew i\t‘x r.— die covenanted, o or hes re the 10th day of March, tl in next entiling, to make, execute and deliver to lie said petitioner,good and indeleabhie titles in fen pie, to a certain lot oi laud in Btmiylitin Stic at, in the said <ity oi -aivannah, being lo- No. 9, in I'yrconm l- I ything, Darby wan., with the Building -and improve, ments hereon; and further fliew ing to the conn that the laid Andrew hath departe : this life wit out < x - cuting the said tries, and that, David M'Oeibo harix taken upon liimfelf the bu then es the adniinillratioti ol the clt ate ol the fai ! Andrew, and alio, loti er fta titig-, that the faio petitioner now is,and alway* hath been ready to do andperfoini all and lingular the co venants in the laid agreenieti’ ftipulatcd to be by him, the laid petitioner, done and performed. It is ordered, That the laid I,'aviJ M‘Credie, executor as aforefaid, do nuke, execute and deliver, good and ir.defeafible titles in fee fimpie, in terms of the said agreement to the laid petitioner, on or before the luth day of Atiguft next, or iliew cause to the con trary. And it is fuither ()k di. k ui, that a copy • i ihi* rule be ported at the Court liooie, and pubiilhed ire one of the Gazettes ol tins city, at iealt tnice mouthv before the said lOth day of Augurt next. Extract from the Minutes. Edward. U nite, Clerk , Court of Ordinary, May 3 § \i iq STRAYED or STOLEN. FIIOM niy Waggon, irt Savanr rh on the 7 I1 111- Hard, r. Sorrel Huftf-K, about fointcen and a h cf Efy ‘ 'tj bands a fir rt If l W h'b-tad, ar.d (l think) 3. ,l * rl,,sfl , rclic: : !l ’ V ral trotter, low in tl .. . and ahitle defefled in on : eve; shod all round, i.ini fltews the marks of guers plainly. Wh xvr will tak • up the find H irm if Itrayed ; and dilivt r hir.r to DANIEL H K MSfl A HT in Savannah, fhali livrc TF..V I)OI,LARS rewa r- , if ft ileu ten duhaia fc-C the herfa and ten more for ‘he 1 hies Thomas Li yon. O May £. zjb. 50 Dollars Reward. “ 1 fl P ANAWAY from the fubfi. ihep | Hon the 2d of March laid, aftee liom | vT“*v | Negro man, named Tailtun Red j \ jerofs; had on When lie win: away, fi rather a lliabby dr el > of white pi aim Sfu ri took with linn a Hat and an Axe, i.fe--’ jj which he Hole ; subject to iiitoxicr- II ■•'■• w . tion i( he can get a chance ; he i about five feet fix inches high, rather a yeliovv roin plc-dted, and Itout madv.— Ibe laid negio gave Ins Indentures tor the term of lix yeais, in confldi ration ol One Hundred and forty Dollar.! alb in hand, paid. The above Reward wiilbe paid to any one who v. ill secure the laid negro in S-vamiuh goal, or deliver liuu to the fubicriber. Ebenezar Jenckes. N. B. I have reason to believe he is gone to Auguft* or to Athens. May 9 u 4G AUGUSTA PRINTED ALMANAC, JUSTRF.CF.IVFA) AM) FOR SALT At THIS OFI ICE,