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On the receipt of the intelligence of the rati
fication from America, I lost net a moment in
requesting tlie release of the prisoners, according
to (he terms of the treaty, and Bomber of the
vessels which I had hired, as mentioned in roy
latter ofthe I3lh, and which are nowon their
voyage to the United States, will shew that the
neccsiry steps were taken to provide for their
immediate transportation to their country.—
The prisoners, also, were informed of these
jotasnres, and ofthe exertions which had been
made from* the commencement to return them
<a their hemes with the least possiblt delay.—
Therefore, whatever may have been their unea
siness under confinement, and whatever hostile
feelings they may bare had towards me, as no
ticed in the report, end in Mr. King’s letter, I
■idst sey with confidence, that 1 coaid not pre
vent the.one. nor do I deserve the other.
1 have the honor to be, sir, gear most obedi-
ont humble servant,
R. G. Beasley.
Tho honorable John Mason, Sft. tfc. tye.
SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN.
Saturday Evening, July 29,1815.
If we may credit the veracity of tha Acadian
Recorder of the 8th instant, our squadron will
not only have to deal with the corsairs of AI-
. giers, but to encounter “six- sail of the line
’/and as many frigates” ofthe Ottoman Porte.—
The consequence of these vessels in the Medi
terranean, the colonial editor thinks, will com
pletely frustrate the design of our expedition;
and, should the Dutch join it, their manner of
■ailing will prevent them from rendering com
modore Decatur any advantage. The Record
er next tells his readers that the lower ports
of the Independence being “ hardly three feet
and a half out of the water,” “ it was deemed
I prudent to caulk them before she attempted to
cross the Atlantic”—this mistatement needs no
reply.
However, from the influence that the English
havo in the divan of Constantinople, we think
it very likely that his “ sublime highness” may
assist the barbarians in the present contest;
but we cannot attach the preponderating im.
porlance to that circumstance, nor look so
lightly on the Dutch navy, as the loyal colonist
pretends to do. The Holla iiders are certainly
better seamen than the Russians were in 1770,
and the Moslems, we know, have not improved
since that period—they dislike innovations and
disdain to be instructed by djowrs. In that
year, an infinitely inferior Russian squadron,
under Alexis Orloff, destroyed, by fire-ships,
Bear the island of Scio, a Turkish fleet, con
sisting of fifteen ships from 60 to 90 guns, be
sides a number of smaller vessels, with the ex
ception of one, which was captured; and in the
year 17SS, in two engagements near Oczakofif,
the prince of Nassau-Siegen defeated an enor
mous armament with the loss of five thousand
men, while his own amounted to not more than
about two hundred and fifty. Numerous
•thor-instance*might be cited, if our space
permitted, to prove the insignificence of the
Tuiks at sea. To gratify the cariosity of such
ef our readers as have not perused the travels
commiserate . the factions people of Massachu
setts. This is their recompense for opposing
the lgte war—it is a taken of Britain’s respect
for the grand moral commonwealth of Strong
and Otis, and of his Britannic majesty’s high
priest in America—the reverend Dr. Parish-
Had the New-Bngland states done their duty
the fishermen at thiaday would not be confined
to the waters of the United States. However,
the honor ef the Republic demand* the removal
of tins obstruction.
THEDARTMOORTRAGEDY.
In to-day’s Repnbliane will be found the offi
cial documents respecting the Dartmoor mas
sacre. After so mneb having been said on that
horrid catastrophe in the different journals of
eur ccnntry, we think it entirely unnecessary to
add another word ; but extract the following
observations from the National- Intelligencer
of the 19th inst. on account .ofthe known can
dor and impartiality of the editors, and the high
source* to which they bare reference for intel
ligence and correction.
We published without comment,- the other
day, the official papers recently transmitted to.
onr govern ment respecting the murderous busi
ness at Dartmoar. We offered no comment,
| because we desired not to appear unwilling to
' listen to the vindication of the conduct of tbe
British government. That motive however
ought not to stop our mouths altogether^: and,
right glad as we should certainly be to find that
this affair was a mere accident, a concurrence
of mischances and fortuitous circumstances, a
smooth story cannot entirely efface a very dif
ferent conviction forced on our miuds, a convic
tion which cannot be resisted, that flows from
the numerous statements by an hundred differ
ent persons, roost of them sealed by the stamp
of a solemn oath. If the treatment of oiir pri
soners had been thus humane as represented, if
they had acted thus idly as is stated, and drawn
on themselves just censure, is it possible, think
you, reader, that sober, upright, intelligent
American citizens, by slanders and witnesses of
the murder of our citizens, could have so mis
stated the facts, as, if the official statement be
true, they assuredly have done ? 'What motive
can be rationally assigned for such conduct on
their part? None that we can imagine. We
have no disposition to deny credit to the facts
slated by the two commissioners, not doubting
in the least but they are truly represented as
given in evidence to them. Bat, to the reason
ing, to the 5 inference of motive and probabili
ties, perhaps objection may be made. Some of
our readers will probably think our commission
er Mr. Smith yielded. rather too far his native
feeling to that spirit of conciliation, which he
appears to have considered necessary to secure
the signature of his colleague in the inquisition.
We shall probably publish, for the further
information of our readers, one or two ofthe
best authenticated statements by the prisoners,
which offer so entirely a different view ofthe
matter as to entitle them at least to republics,
tion. If there beany of the witnesses of the
massacre, most of whom have returned to the
United States,, who concur in tbe statement'
in which has been la.t published, we should also
be glad to receive and pubtisb their view of the
subj-ct. In great sincerity wo declare,’ that
our only object is correct information, and that
preparing at Martinique, to sabdue F.-ance. o- -4s pr-t- . I V Frsric'iihijif Hs.ti
and take possession of GtwUlaapt:-Evening well "
./'V'ri . ... .. [Tne Kn-’wH .unisiei Hiving presented, as
ear readqra jtirow, a ctri-i correspondence ta
r.' from Madeira.
Captain Blackwell; of tho brig Ravage, ar
rived here yesterday, in31 days from Madeira,
informs, that Mr. celling of Funchal received a
letter from Mr. Rose orLishon, dated Jane 7,
by which it tippeared, that an Algerine frigate , - .
had been off the bar 6? Lisbon, and had cap 1 ceiv ' ri ‘hstorgn-y and alterations,
tured four Americans, two Portuguese Snd two ***** 1—
Dutch merchantmen. Three Algerine frigates
were off Cape St. Vincents in the beginning of
Jnne. *v e hope commodore Decatur’s squad
ron may have the good fortune to fall in with
them, as he will pay them a tribute which is
justly due them from this country, and settle
honorably all arrearages.—Baltimore Mechan
ics’ Gaulle, 20th inst.
Vi uut iluuu# »»»VL. uwv Ubiujt.u uue stateta .. ~ v , . ,
of E. D. Clark through Greece, Egypt, and we ’hallc-rtumly not regret being enabled to
v . . b ’ " ,l "L correct the impressions we have Heretofore ex-
the Holy Land, we give bis account of a Turk
ish frigate in which he took his passage from
tbe Nile to Cos.
“ They told us, that the superannuated cap-
a tain of the frigate had never been to sea before
\liis present voyage ; that, at the age of seventy,
, he had espoused a relation ofthe Capndan Pasha’s i
and obtained in consequence his appointment to
the frigate; that his nephew, a young man, had
lalher more experience, and held a station si-
- mitar to that of first-lieutenant on board one of
our ships. All the business of steering the ves
sel was left to the two Kagusans/and to an old i
pilot whs had never consulted a chart in his ’
life ; the captain’s nephew having the manage
ment of the crew, and the care of the rigging.
A few French prisoners, were kept in irons,
ready to be sent aloft in rough weather. To
these were added, a sturdy buffoon, who might
he considered as burlesqueirig the office of boat
swain ; it was his duty to keep the crew in good
I 1 humor by all sorts of tricks and jokes ; to pro-
. * -tniae, and sometimes to distribute, bachihish,*
1 when any additional hands were required in aid
ef the French prisoners aloft, and when the
. Turkish sailors refused, as they constantly did,
1 ‘ to venture from the deck ; an ideot, held sa
cred as a saint, and kept on board for good
•luck ; a couple of dervishes ; an -auctioneer,
employed daily in hawking commodities for sale
bctvrccn the decks ; an immense concourse of
.passengers, from all parts ofthe Levant; pil
grims upon their return from Mecca; Taitars,
as couriers ; sixty Arabian horses, belonging to
the Capndan Pasha, with their Arab grooms ;
venders of coffee atfd tobacco, who had regular
■hops established in different parts ofthe ship.”
’ »• At night, the spectacle on board was perhaps
•ne of the most striking which persons unac
customed to venture with Turkish mariners can
possibly witness, dkhe ship seemed to be left
i pretty much to her own discretion ; every offi-
cerof the watch being fast asleep, the port holes
all open, an., enormous quantity of canvas let
loose, and the’-passengers between decks, with
paper lanerns, snoozing over their lighted
pints ; while the sparks from these pipes, with
pieces of ignited, fungus, were flying mail di
rections. Now and then, an unexpected roll
called forth murmuring ejaculations of* All*
pressed of this horrid butchery.
Bouton, July 1$.
The sloop Margaret, from Halifax, 9 days,
arrived this day. Sailed 7th inst. snd we have
papers to that day. No news. The Narcissus
and Cydnus frigates, had arrived from Bermn-
da. In the farmer came passengers, Captains
Douglas and Falcon, late commanders of
tbe Levant and Cyane, with th eir officers. The
Jasseur brig of war had arrived at Halifax,
with eight sail of American fishing vessels, de
tected in catching fish on the western shores
of that Province. The Escort brig was spoken
off Cape Canso, and reported that she had en
dorsed the registers of great anmbiri ef Ameri
can vesssls, and ordered them off the coast.—
Tho Hamburg galliot Hannah, 13 days from
Charleston, fer Hamburgh, put into llallifax
Sth inst. leaky, and roust discharge her cargo.
A passenger io the Margaret has brought des
patches from Governor Sherbrokr and Ad
miral Griffith, to Mr. Baker, the British
Charge das affairs at Washington.
From the Acadian Recorder.
m Hallifax, July 8.
It was confidently asserted at Gibraltar, that
the Turks are determined to assist the Alge
rines in the approaching contest with America ;
and that six sail of the line, and as many fri
gates. were ready for that purpose ; a gentle
man wh# has sailed with Turkish men-ofwar
(when combined with the British fleet in the
Mediterranean) informs us, that they are well
appointed, and during the day well handled,
but as their crews are chiefly composed of slaves
who arc confined at dark, they are under snug
sail at night. The two-deckers have a port on
each side, abreast the main-mast, for a large
gun, or moxtar, to throw granite-balls, which
weigh from three to five hundred lbs. if Com
modore Decatur means any thing beyond pa-
rad&, he may meets reception as unexpected as
unpleasant; the Duteh may possibly join him,
but their rate of sailing is against their giving
him material assistance; and the Independ
ence, has her sides so thick and’heavy, that
her lower deck ports are hardly three feet and
ahalfout ofthe water; in consequence of which.
James Lbander Cathcart, esq. onr con
sal at Madeira, and family, arrived here yes-
terday.'in the,brig Savage from Funchal ib,
V counterfeits!.
_We’understand that a number of counter
feit -S:ofe Bank bit s of £5 are now in circu
lation. [ The public cannot be too cautious in
receiving “bills at ihat amount, as the counter
feits are said to be. usually well executed.—
The signature of Mrs Faber, president, and
tbe cnsbLr. are equally well done.—Cha.rIce-
ion Timet, 2l*t inst.
■ It has lately been discovered that nn aok.
ward attempt has been m*d« to convert our
State Bank Ncim of ONE DOLLAR into
FIVE DOLLAR Notes, by pasting the word
Five at the top and in the body, and tearing
off the word otic from the left cod of the note.
But the designs oh the two notes are so differ
ent, that scarcely any person can be imposed
on by tbe decepliou.—Raleigh Star, duty 21,
' EXCHANGE.
We are happy to j=e from the papers that the
course of Exchange is rapidly reducing between
nothern anti estern and southern bill—In a short
time we may hope to sec the boot upon the other
leg—a paper merchant 30 days since at
Philadelphia asked a discount offour per cent
on Southern money—A bill from there last
night contains tie deduction on account of
southern paper.—Alexandria Herald, July
New-Yorr, July 13.
LETTER
From an intelligent gentleman in France, to
his friend in New-York.
' _ _ Bordeaux, May 21.
“ My eurio,ity has been wonnd up to the
highest pitch within the last month ; every day
we have been expecting to hear that hostilities
had commenced, and yet all is quiet on the
frontiers. The allies teem not to be in a hur
ry lu attack, and as evety day adds to Napole
on’s strength, he of coarse is glad to gain
time: besides, as he wishes to’throw all the
odium of the war upon the allies, he will wait
until they shall have entered his territories.
jnrisaninc. it-wi* p-ono inCid as false or alter*
ed by the French iourni!* ; aiii any K 'giish—
man of note was offered access to the archives
to proVr the fa:L ’• 14 consequence, three went
over to Paris, aid by permission of th ^emperor
examined the pieces in dispatch They per.
1 by %
MtUnf
proses s-verbal verified the fact.]—Co
—»-*r> ; -**
Port ofSavipindhi July 29.
CLEA.BB p. • -
Ship Columbus, Robbias, Cowes.
British brig, Aja*:, Scott, Liverpool. *
■ Barque Ocean, Arrowsmith, Liverpool
-1-Schooner Lios, Riley, Trinidad- -
Schooner Lucretia, Rocch, Charleston.
Sloop Volant, jM'Lean, Boston.
The Hamburgh gslHot *$*Uo4
Charleston l'or Hamburgh, pi(f in leaky, and
hiust discharge. '. ,
On Monday ntxi, 31st inst.
Will be sold at Mturei’s tahit'f, \ %
The Spanish Schooner MARY, with all ap.
penances complete. , ' , -
Sale to commence at 1tjo'clock,:
D. Williford, auct’r.
jstly ?9 — 85 .1 ■ - ■ ., V, ’
Auction. '!
On Tuesday next, the 1st August,
Will be told before th: court house Vis tSt city,
by order of the executort.
Seven Negro Slaves, vis. Toby, Peter, Bobo
Gill, Jim, Kitty, and Louisa, belonging-to (be
estate of the 1st* Josheph Hill.
ALSO,
A prime young negro Wencb, an excellent
seamstress, washer and ironer.
Term, cash
Sale to commence at halffiatt teii t'clait.
M. Herbert 8c Co.auct’rs.
jo!)-29-85 ; -
which would make-the war more popular ia,. -5'^® SllbsCI'lbcr
France. Prom tbe best inform»ti*n- f-eari get. Takes this method of informing thnp»blie.
it is deemed prudent to caulk them before she
<ir Mahmoud !” and a few were seen, squatting ,ttempts io cross the Atlantic,
singly, jjftiunt’ng their prayers ‘accoroing tu the j- r -
j Castlt of St. Levis, Quebec, June 21, 1815.
i Ilis excellency, the administrator in chief, <s
* pleased to order, that Cbateangnay shall be
«r thetr T'umurrs w... r„c,«,= ... ...... one of the ports of entry’and clerance for all
or tpeir T’umov goods and commodities, to bo imported from
meeting, them, tbe renown of the i .nflict.And . United hiates of America, under the order
beads upon iheir telyies
■ And it if this species of force that Americans
sret* shut* and Hollanders to fear? The great-
J of their numbers will enerease tba' ardo. of
cpUanro the value of the prize Should we
maet them, another Lepabto will horable the
jftidd tfFa»jm«!W»«£e inJ »*P*rstition.
expression answer 10^0 drink-money
THE FISHERIES.
in council of the 89th May last. A custom
hnube is therefore ( established at_ that place,
under the regulations of the said order, of
which public notice is hereby given, tjiat all
persons concerned miy govern .themselves ’-ac-
ordingly- By command , of his excellency tho
adinioLtor in chief.
Guadaloopx Blockaded —A letter fro$i
ft annears that eight Atbericon fishing vessels Gaudaloiipe to * gentlemin in this city-'states,
J|3g been captured by the English brig JassMtr.ibsl AdmiralDimlvAm, w*aulu|iiw BnhA
be ha* 409,000 men on the frontiers. Sscli cn.
thusissm was never seen amongst the troop
since the first days of the republic thousand!
of old worn ont veterans who have been dis
charged from the army, living on half pay,
-some with the loss uf a leg,’ others with the
less .of an arm, have come forth and desired to
be sent on to defend the strong places ; and it
is even said, many women in mens’ clothes
have joined their husbands and gone forth to
battle. The 10th regiment having, remained
with the dnke of Angeulemc until the last mo
ment, Were of course behind all the rest of the
army in putting up the tri-«olored cockade ;
the first time they were reviewed by the em
peror, he spoke to them with affection, and re
minded them of their former glory, and touch
ed but lightly on their last disaffection ; their
colonel then came forward, and in’ the name of
all his regiment desired to ba sent on to the
frontiers without cartridges and to be placed
in the “ front of the battle.” The emperor
received him kindly, and said, “ I will take
care you shall have an early opportunity of dit
tinguishing yourselves.”
“ Some emigrants, said to be 2000, headed
by La Roche Jacquelino, (whose name will be
found in the history of La ^Vendee) effected a
landing in Brittany and endeavored to stir up
an insurreetion, but before any troops could be
sent against them the peasants feH on them,
and cut them all up; La Roche Jacqueline ii
said to be mortally wounded. Thus ends the
first attempt.
“ Murat has had a battle with the Austrians,
and killed, and wounded, and made prisoners,
fifteen thousand. The Poles are playing the
devil, so that Russia dares not draw her troops
from thence. The Saxons have had several
skirmishes with the Prussians, and refose to
a man to be . incorporated with ' them : in a
late attack they had nearly killed the Prussian
general Blucher. The Belgians and English
troops are -far from being on good terms. A
short time since two regiments of Belgians at
tempted-**, desert to France,- four regiments of
Hanoverians and English were sent to stop
them ; they- however succeed, sword in hand,
and cut their way through. In this affair 200
Englis)* are said to be left dead on the field.—
You may easily conjecture that the allied pow
er* having so much to do at home, will tend
greatly to .paralixe their efforts on France .;
their newly acquired provinces only wish a fair
opportunity to throw off the yoke so that on
the first favorable occasion Paland, Belgium,
Saxony and Italy, will declare for France. Bat
it is thought that Austria will get out of the
scrape by remaining neotre. - It is certain aeve-
ral couriers have lately arrived from Vienna.—
To-morroW the deputies from the different de
partments meet at Champ-de-Mai, at Paris, to
accept the new constitution. A superb bnilding
has been erected for that purpose ; the eagles
are likewise to be distributed to the deputies
from the different regiments.
The tllfifitd documentt.—'’ Lord Castle-
reagh has undertaken himself t* answer the
accusation of the hfoniteur, that the proofs of
Mitral’s tergiversations had been drswp from
the mutilated letters* These writings wore in
the hands of M. Blaoas and the abbe Fleuricl;
and it was M. do Talleyrand who ordered
the mntilatim for the use of. the m’nister of
England.* The French, it is said, have often
larged er zartailcd papers for the purpont wi
Q3~ Francisco Roura, captain o
tlie Spanish ship UuionCarmelita, informs U.d
public not to trust any of his crew, a* he wht
not pay any debts contracted without his or
der. juiy. 29——M—i—85
Copper Stills, Boilers, &c.
The subscribers being ageiits for .* Manufac
tory at the northward, ot the above articles,
will execute orders for Copper Stills, Sugar
Boilers, See, of any use at reduced.prices.:
M. Herbert & to.
July 29 — em— SS - ■; >
that ho has commenced the Cabinet Making
and Ifphcisterer business, in this city, near
the Market. He also will furnish planters
with a new caoatrncted rollor cotton gin; -Oro
oers in his line will be speedily and taitbfuUv
attended to. ANDREW FARE,
july 29—L—85
City Sheriffs sales..
On tbe first Tuesday in September serf,
Will be sold in front of the court house, be-
tween the boors of teii and two o’clock,•.
A Negro boy r.amed Frank, levied on under
an execution ts the property of Jones' and Ltt*
cas, to satisfy the. administrator and adminis
tratis ef Thornes Rives, the property pointed,
out by one of tba defendants-
Also, all that lot No. 9,and improvement* i
Sioper, Tything, Pttchal ward, levied on as
tbe property of the estate of Win. Lewden, ta
satisfy an execution in favor, of Francis Romo.
Alio, lot and improvements, New Leeds,
Oglethorpe ward, levied on as the property o£
Won. Richardson, to satisfy en execution its
favor of the sdmieiatratora of Benjamin An
sley.
Also, lot and improvements, on the South?
Gammon, adjoining the residence of John
Eppioger, and occupied by Thornes V- Td
Charlton, levied oo as the property of Jebat
Gardiner, to satisfy an execution in favor at
tbe surviving administratrix of J. F. Lawrence,’
sgainst John Gardiner, and Win. LuCSt, t«{£
visors of Henry Tucker, Lucas Sc Co. *
Isaac D’Lyon, >. c. t.
july 29—85 , •
Notice. ■ .
All persons who ere indebted to eaptala^
GeorgeStawart;dee. late of St. Mary’,. «r«
requested to settle up the asm* without del aft
and all these having claims on said dec. wuf
render in their demands legally-attested to
SARAHS FEW ART.
July 39—Lf*—89 ; rnttfrAj,
"t*
nj* Brought to gaol, in Saranttahi
en the 23d of Juiy, 1815, a negr* man wh» jayql
his name is Tom, and that he heleegs to Me*
Christopher. o< Sonbury. He id abadt thlrqr,
five years of age sad five fast three inchew
high j a Shoe Maker by tr*de, ataut-made, has
a Urge mouth, and his left fame beoda lifl
ward. H- M'CALL. •- •. «.
july 29—8# .' . , :
(ff* Brought ttfgaoi, in Savannah;
July 57,1815, a negre roan, named Sam, who
aaya he belongs to Nathan BtewleOv of Tattr
nail county. He it about 25 years of age* «o*
5feet 4inches high* Ho t*j»pr?foo«mi9’ * -
this city,eodformerly h^ged r*M*
I*r, ttq. H. M’vALL, •••-...- 0
july 29—25
Manifest!
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