Newspaper Page Text
Savannah,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY £6, !FO7.
Captain Edwards of the ship Sampson, ar
rived at New-York on the sth inst. from Ma
dras, informs, that while he lay there, Admiral
Sir Edward Pellcw, arrived there in the Cul
loden from Batavia, having been into the
harbour a second time with a British squadron
and burnt, run aground, and destroyed six
Dutch vessels of w ar, different sizes.
There was a great scarcity of rice at Madras.
The government had offered 110 star pago
das the garce, if delivered within six months,
payable in bills of Bengal, 5 per cent, below
par.
Lieut. Collins, of the British frigate Merpsi
chore, who, in the month cf September last, in
the town of Madras, killed an American sea
man belonging to the barque Harper, captain
Lander, of Salem, was tried at Madras in the
following month, on a charge of murder. The
jury found him guilty of manslaughter only,
and he was punished byline and an iniptis
enmeht of two months. The day after his
release, Admiral Sir Thomas Trowbridge
put him on board the Blenheim as first lieu
tenant.
The United Stated Xavatforce, vow in the Missi
ssi/i/i, consists of the following vessels :
GUN'S.
Schr. Revenge, 12 ? Capt. Read, flag ves
sel, com. Shaw. -
fyctch .Etna 14 Captain Jones.
Vesuvius, 14 Leonard.
Gun-boat, No. 11, 2 Dexter.
12 2 JBainbridge
13 2 Alexis-.
14 2 Patterson.
Gun-barge Victory, 2 Henley.
Total—so
Two hundred and thirty-one American ves
sels arrived at the port of Amsterdam, from Jan.
1, to Dec. 31, ISO 6, viz
j'rom B altimore, 5 6
Boston, 27
Beverly, 1
(’ harleston, 16
Georgetown, 2
Newburyport, 7
New-Orlcans, 2
New-York, 65
-Norfolk, 5
Philadelphia, 23
XoTicr To Maiuxrrs. —The Light House
a‘ Sshith’s-Point,on the Potomack, being short
ly to he taken down, no light will appear their
for some months. —Norfolk paper.
The frigate' Ciif.sapeke, Captain Gordon',
v',:i this day drop down below.the Branch, and
witi proceed to Hampton Roads with the first
fair wind.— National Intelligencer. May 8.
Resigned. —Henry Hill, agent of the
United States, for the-relief and protection oi
their seamen, at Jamaica.— lbid.
The annual Spanish ship, from Manilla to
A.noy, has been captured by the British frigate
Phaeton, captain Wood, The. prize is valued
on a moderate Computation at 250,000 pounds
sterling. —A ew- York paper.
Neh'-Tork F.lecT’ios. —*Ih the whole of
the sotuhern election district, Mr. Tompkins,
the candidate of the disorganizing faction, has
obtained a majority of 1723 over Mr. Lewis.
The returns from the middle districts are. not
complete, but it is expected that it will give a
majority for Lewis of about 1700. Ihe south
ern and middle districts may, the refore, be con-1
sidered as balancing each other, and the fate of
the election will of course depend upon the eas- :
tern and western districts. Prom the best in
formation which we can obtain, the probability
seems to be that Tompkins is elected.— lbid.
LiftEAßt IsTEii.iGt.KCE. — It is with plea- j
sure we announce to the public, (says theivew-
York Citizen) that the Life of Washington, by
llamsay, is ready for, and will be put to press
in a few days, in this city. Several gentlemen !
who have seen the manuscript, do hot hesitate i
to pronounce it, what would naturally be ex- !
pocted from the author and the subject, a work
Os the most classic elegance. It will be com
prised in one volume, octavo, and printed in an
manner.
IMPORTANT INSURANCE DECISION.
tn the District Court qf Pennsylvania, Monday ,
Play 4.
The argument of Marshal, vs. the Deleware •
Insurance Com/ianj , on the case of the Roll y, ’
iva? closed this morning, and judgment given i
for the defendants—that they are only liable !
for an average loss.” The principles of the
decision are highly important, deciding,for he
first time, expressly,
1. That the state of tluffact, not of the intel
ligence, at the time of the abandonment, must
decide the question of a total or average loss.
2. That capture and restitution before aban
donment, though not known here, defeats the
claim for a total loss.
3. That the property being safe, although
not actually in the possession of the assured,
the right to abandon, and claim as for a total
loss, cannot be exercised, at a period subse
quent, with or without notice of the f.ict here.
Judge Washington only declared the leaning
of his mind ; as he thought, the fact of actual
restitution to the insured, before the hour of
abandonment, sufficiently established by the
evidence of the Roila.
From Plymouth, 2
Portsmouth, 4
Providence, 5
Newport, 2
Salem, 4
Savannah, , 2
Virginia, 2
Wilmington, 1
Batavia, 1
Canton, 4
court or vice-admiralty.
Nassau, Tuesday, Muv 5. ‘
Before the -vorsfu/fil Hmrtj AJoretoh Dyer, esq.
Sole Judge and Commissary .
Sally, Johnson, master, .'.further proof cast.
Mr. Armstrong, solicitor-general exhibited fur
ther proofs with respect to the shipments of
Margaret 1). Schutt and Messrs. Kirk & l ,ukcns
of Charleston, merchants, which he prayed to he
admitted, and the said shipments to be restored
as claimed.
Mr. Kerr prayed that the said proofs be reject
ed, and the said goods condemned.
His honor the Judge, having heard the said
Further proofs read, and the arguments of advo
cates arid proctors on both sides thereon, decla
red them to be insufficient; finally dismissed
the claim interposed bv the said Margaret 1).
Schutt and Kirk 8c I.ukens; pronounced the
said goods to have belonged, at the time of the
capture and Seizure thereof, to enemies of the
crown ol Great-Ilritain and Ireland ; & as such,
or otherwise, subject and liable to confiscation;
and by interlocutory decree, commanded the
same as good and lawful prize to the ptivatc
ship of war Fancy, Henry Wood, Esq. com
mander.
On Wednesday afternoon', Elizabeth Don
nelly was brought to the Pennsylvania hospital,
wi.'h her leg very much shattered, and her bo
dy burnt and bruised, hv the bursting of a shell
idled with combustibles, which a man who came
to her hush md’s house, offered for sale, with a
parcel of old iron.
In the shell there was a plug, which the ven
der advised David Donnelly to burn out, by
pulling it into the fire.
er followed, than the she'd went off. with an ex
plosion that alarmed his neighbours.
I Several of them who came to assist the fami
ly, found the clothes were on fire on Donnelly,
his wife and chi!A which thev soon extinguish
ed, but not until the sufferers wore injured by
the burning. The doors in the room and ceil
ing were broke through in different directions.
David and bis child arc attended asout patients
of the hospital dispensary, and his wife is tak
en good care of in the house. How the ven
der of this sheil came by it. is unknown, but if
any person sold it to him w ithout mentioning
the circumstance of its bemg charged, it w'ns \
very inconsiderate, if not u barbarous act.— An
Da. Adv.
Canandaigua, Ma-ch 01.
IToP.hin AfuRDF.K.—A most diaboheal deed
was committed at Caladonia, Genesee, on
Thursday evening last, by one James M'Lean,
a Scotchman, who, with a number of bis coun
trymen, were drinking together, Ruing some
what intoxicated, a dispute arose alxiut a few
pence which M'Lean was told he ought to pav
for whiskey, and on refusing, was called a sneak
which so enraged him that he seized sn axe,
and instantly killed oiie of the disputants, by -
blow that nearly cut oft* his neck-"-on his fall
ing, another of them, while stooping to take
him up, received a similar blow from the infu
riated Ruffian, which also dispatched him !!
The names ofthe men killed are Wm. Cry and
Lochlin JVPLouthlin,
The wicked perpetrator of this she king
butchery made his escape before the inhabit -
. ants rallied to take him, but he was apprehend-,
ed on Saturday in Lincoln and is at present lodg
ed in the jail of this town.
THE AR T OF PRINTING.
When we look round the world, and con
template the comforts and conveniences which
the gig ntic powers of art have superadfted to
the spontaneous bounty of nature, a sentiment
of pious gratitude ascends to that “giver of
every good and every perfect gilt,” who has
made man so shrewd and penetrating an ani
mal, so fertile in ingenuity, so provident-and
successful m seeking resources to guard against
the casual evils ot his existence and to meliorate
his condition.
Ii I list, ious among the arts of invention, stands
the Art of Printing. Its first appearance was a
new aeru in the history of our species : an
event involving and securing the dearest inter- I
csts of the human -ace. Too long had a cruel i
superstition held mankind in the heaviest !
chains of spiritual thraldom ; too long hud the
despotism ofignoiance filled the political at
mosphere with thick clouds and deadly va
pours: Printing arose"—threw round her on
every side the enlivening irradiations of reason:
Revelation and science were taught to wear
the garb and speak tbe language of common
sense; the holy scriptures, translated into the
vernacular tongues, were made familiar to
general approhension. J t was then tile demons
of mischief, unequal to the contest, withdrew
forever ; the mitre and crown lost their false
lusture ; and power began to assume the form
of protection, friendship and peace.
To whom we are, under God, indebted for
this beautiful art, does not clearly appear. The
cities ofMentz and Haerlcm, the one in Ger
many and the other in Holland, have long con
tended for the priority of the discovery; and
the claim of individual invention seems to he
equally balanced between Guttenberg and
Faust of the, former city, and Koster of the lat
ter. Inquiry and discussion have done all they
could to fix the merit of this important inven
tion, but without success. Numerous claim
ants liuvi- perplexed the decision with their
dissenlions ; and as it is a question of fact and
not o<* ratiocination, we may safely say, if it is
not yet ascertained it never will be. To the
world at large the question is not momentous.
It is the consequences and net the origin of
the dis;tvery which lay claim to our adnfica
ticr.. Indeed tfe may challenge all history to
adduce a single event which has occasioned so
astonishing a revolution i:i t! - affairs of men.
T lie learned lore of ancient times was ponde
rous and Unwetldy. The , aukw3fdness and em
barrassment ot multiplied manuscripts levied
an enormous tax upon the \ affi ne.’ of the. hon
est inquirer, and erudition was startled at re
viewing her own labours. The human mind,
wanting the gentle excitement of facile intelli
gence, was sunk in torpidity, or if roused to ac
tion, was roused by unnatural impulse, roused
to pursuits of avarice, and ambition, a stranger
to the love of wisdom, a sweet commerce with
ourselves, and a diffusive spirit of communica
tive knowledge.
Those, are some among the. happv conse
quences of this sublime art . The very exer
cise of it is attended with a peculiar pleasure,
such as few others in an equal measure inspire.
I he compositor at Ins case may consider him
self the organ of intelligence to thousands,Sus
taining a character of influence over an exten
sive'region. The pleasing images of duty to
God, love to nis kind, sacrcdncss of truth and
usefulness to the. world, flow from his employ
ment raid rise in sweet succession in his mind.
Tie feels himseli serving the cause of mail, and
iiislabiur becomes his pleasure.
t’OUT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED’.
Sloop Nancy, Gorham, Charleston
ci.EAitr.m
Ship Mary Sc Eliza, Simmons, Liverpool
Brig Hope, Place, Ditto
Cleopatra, Headley, New-York
Schr Edward I’rehble, Southerland, Jamaica”
Aurora, Carville, Charleston
Sloop Mary Ann, Gregory, New-York
• CaarLkston May 22.1R07.
’ rirof vrw i• pv built on tne Ohio, and bonnd for
New-OrliMits in attempting to pa,, the Rapids or the
lath April lass, {truck on the rocks,and iiukeely tilled*
with water. A* this me,merit tiic Ihorcs, terraces arid
windows were filled with anxious fpcet.-.tors, enjoying
a doubtful pieafure, but in a few minutes their fiv'pettfe
was decided with the fate of the ftips, which lay
wrecks upon the rocks! 4he apparent, perilous fittta
tioc of the crews and gentlemen on board Was dreadful;
m Inins without rudders or keels, tumbling from .rock
to rock, and rolling from fide to lisle, in a current which
runs twelve or fourteen miles an hour, without a pos
sibility of being relieved from tbe (bore. Fortunately
for the lives on boil and, the ships filled on the rocks with
out going to pieces.
Mar °F,
Ar rived ship Rofonrce, jVTugee, in 72 days from Ri
vet Elate. Captain Magee bit at Montevideo, March
to, th nj Mary, iiunbury, o’ ihlHmore; liafluuv, Pe
deikin, ditto; schooners Sopbrotiia, Mariner, ditto;
ships Patty. Knowles, of Philadelphia ; Typer, Webb,
ditto; Betfey,-Jones, ditto; Hampden, Mabuty, ot
Newport, R. ;.i .Swift, Beecher, ditto; Charles and
Harriet, Filuale., and tto , (loop Aurora, Buckley, ditto ;
(hips Arrow, Fletcher, of Button ; Perteverance, Ste
vens,_ ditto ; Atperb. Lombard, ditto; brig Mentor,
C-onev .nit, ditto ; fth’r. Molly, Morris, ditto; (hip
Fran, Dijf.jy, (J .Salem ; Flip Minerva, I.aidlor, of
I Char'eflon, loading for Europe's brig Minerva, Ger
cun,ditto, .lading for the Mediterranean
If ting Erankhn, Ebrenftrom, of Charlefiort, bad
pr- c,tede . i-p to I’uends Ayres, in hopes to Jet per
mi't'on to fell her Haves.
1 be (h't> Geor-re nul Mary, Hn.vett, rif Newno-t,
had been at Buenos Ayres, and it wasrffoorted (he had
I left it.
Ship Rufus, T):d n <*r, of Bode n, f-.iVd f rom \'onts
video on the (ft of Match, fur Condon—rapt. Maveii
(poke her on the ."th of April, in tat. il'j. long. 2(7. W.
Ship Ann, Dounifen, o( Brillol ; and brig Juno
Bates, of Providence, p. i, were taken by tbe British
“Mr-i., y had entered the River Plate, and on the Fth
ot lebritary lent A; to the Cr.peof Good liotielcr tri
al. ‘
Ship Bengal, of KV'—-"''-’.:, in gnine’ into Mald.a
iiartio ahi.ut the middle of January, (buck on a rock
and bilged. The (hips Hampden, ar.d Cotton Planter,
towed her up to Montevideo, blit a gale irg on,
(h drifted alhore on a point of rocks oppodpethe td\Vn,
&nd went to pieces; part of the cargo was frved.
Off Tortudas, capt. Williamson (poke (hip Brutus,
57 daj s from Liverpool, bound to New-Orient,*', (ante
time, two fail in fight, One of them the blip Orleans,,
Tobey, front Philadelphia.
Cajtt. ChecseW informsts,that th'e privateers out
of Antigua capture almost every American veffcl front
the French illands, and as the French capture or rob
ail American veflefs hound to Jamaica, &c. our com
merce is in a very hopeful way between them. The
Industry tailed Trom Antigua, in Company With the
brig Jane,Lynch,for New-York, (he having been de
tained i-'O days, and part of the mu-go condemned. I,eft
at Antigua, fchoorier , Connor, from Cburlefton, 1
bfStu-.d to tit. Thomas. Brig Eliza, ot Philadelphia, to
fail for St'. Thomas in 4 or 5 days ; and nrimy ether
velfels names not rccn'.lc And.
*** The Pews in the Baptist Church
will be disposed of on Monday next, the firft day of
june, for fix months from that period...thole in arrears
for PEW RENT, are deli red to call arid fettle the
fame -prior to that period with either of the subferibers,
JOSEPH DAVIS, 3
15. BROOKS. (- Trustees,
Wm. PATTERSON.J
May 2(5.
10 Dollars Reward.
f7 0 jj ABSENTED herfelf, since the
j * ij 9 ? b irdiatit, a Negro woman na
j LjU"-Cv, ij ni °d HOLLAND, well knowa I
|| \ ij in Savannah, as a vraiber-wom
l!;'i J a " about 30 y o a rs of age, dark
complexion, large rnodth, thick
>-?-<; ,j L r , in Hat tie tail, Horn and raw
- • boned, when qacitioncU, answers
readily with a coarse voice. Ao I hrve reai'on to
fttppofe ibe willies to leave this. Hate, through per
fuaiion—l do hereljy caution a'l maiterr, of velfels
and others from cmcealing or carrying off said Ne
gro, as they may depend on being prol'ecurod to the
litmoil rigor of the lav/. The above re ward and all
feafonabie charges will be paid for lodging her in
any Jail tn die United .Stater, and adviiing her
uwner thereof, .rdehvering her in Savannah, to
Java Morrica.
*,* It is not unlikely that ihc may have a forged
pat's, and will endeavor co pa*s herfeif as a free
Y^man,
May 23
AUCTION.
1 rt-MORROJJ , the 21th instant.
Will he sold on Bolton's, (late Clay's ITho ••/; )
RESERVE,
. -°>2 lilitis. prime Muscovado SUGAR: “av*
ticuiar chop
21 hags prime GREEN COFFEE,
Landing from die sloop NANCY.
Rale to commence at 11 o'clock.
S. 11. Stackhouse, Auct’r.
May 2fi
AUCTION.
o.\ 7 HIRSDAY the 28M instant will oe sr
without reserve at. Smith Cf Botukk’s wharf
Bhe sioop NANCY,
vlyV'&./qJc of Ba'timore, burthen fifty fix tens, w *
found and ready (or lea, an invertort*’
may he seen by applying tothe captain on board or ad
Mr. A. G. O’mlek’s store.
Rale to commence, at 11 o'clock.
N. M’Locd, Auct'r.
At Private Sale.
Three butts Loudon Brown Stout Porter, firft qua ity.
May 26.
CO PAR TXERS/lIP J ORMEI).
i lie fubfcrlbers having entered into Copartnerfhip uh
(ier the firm of
Woods & Tufts,
Offer for sale , at the Savannah Shoe-Store,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
pool's, SHOES & SUPPERS,
Whtca they have juit received from Bollon. New
York and Philadelphia,
Daniel Woods.
Francis Tufts.
May 2C tr 5s
Notice.
fubferiber being desirous his latff
* business to a final close, acquaints thole who aro
indebted to hifii, that Mr. hY.incis Tufts, at the Savan
nah Shoe Store, is amhorifed to receive monies, and
o’ve dis charges ; that he will call bn£e on all in arrears',
and lucli as do not then pay or liquidate, will be lued
without difUmftion.
Daniel Woods.
May 26. xr 1 5a
Robert M'ackic,
IIAS FOR SALE.
Old Coginac Brandy, old Jamaica Rum, Holland Gin*
Maderia Wine, bell London Porter,
Newark Cider in bottles,
Double Glouccf'er .111 H AfnelffiAn Cheese;
i Teas, Coffee, Chocolate,
Black Pepp ■, .V uliard and Vinegar,
1.0.-1 and Brown .Sugars,
i>w f, Poik, Baton and hiih,
with abuoH every article in the GROCERY LINE,
whit h. lie will warrant to he of the brff. Having a con--
lidi ruble ftocic <l. hand, ai.t the Ivafon fad apiuo.au i iw
when hut httio hulii’es can be done, induces him to (ell
foralmoH colt a:.d ‘charges, to thole who ntay want
them by the quantity for SEA-S’l ORBS 01 I'AMIJ Y
USA As u i.turple < I which, the'F-enih Brandy Ja
maica Ku at, and Holland Gin, v. dl he (old at one dinar
and twenty.live cents p* r gailoll, by the three gallons
and upwards,and .II other tilings in proportion, her
cathuniy, without, which, none need to apply, lliay
tuu-llrcct, near the Bay.
way i.li m 53
Spruce Beer, Cyder
AXD PORTER HOUSE.
r ij TIE Subscriber respectfully infclrms (liev
J. public and his customers in general, that
he carries on bis Brewery of SPRUCE BEER,
as usual, at his Store in Bay Lane, opposite the
Ekchifrige, where it may be had every week
day. A i.so, lie's! bottled Cyder, London Porte 1 y
Ale, best old Port, Madeira and other Wines,
the choicest Liquors and Groceries, best Go
shen Cheese, and a few eroccs of velvet Corks.
llc also keeps a supply of Spruce Beer at bis
former Store, opposite the Homan Catholic.
Chapel.
JO IIX BltiAß.
P.S. Those who would wish to have Beer
oft Sundays, will please to get supplied ora
Saturday.
May 2d t. 53
R U T T E R.
last Received, 37 Regs choice Butteri
For Sale low, by
A. S. Richards.
May 23 l 52
Notice.
The following articles were forwarded hy captoirt
Xf.lsou, rs the schooner Jour, from Philadel
phia, (arrived at Charleston) and stored with
the subscribers.
2 barrels marked S. V/. addressed to Jos. Wigfill,
Savannah.
2 whole arid one half ditto marked G. S. addrcfftdf
to John Turnbull, Fsqr.
4, bundles Fruit Trees, directed to tbe care of Nr.
F. H. Wellman, for Jos. Stiles, Ksqr
The owners or their agents are notified, that if trA
fame are not. called tor previous to the loth of June
next, they will then be let up at attrition, to fatufy tb
charges thereon,
Knox U Pope.
May :3 u f