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T tvK 1 li.v Njl 1 lukAl IIST EL HOLS CSX.
We have rercived the t-rflnwinr account 01
th t ui/h'ratin of Detroit from an audieu
tie I'oare-n It will he read with deep inte
rest bv nn readers-
THE CONFLAGRATION or DETROIT.
This event happened on the 11 th of
of June last. The flames commenced
u'oout 2 o’clock in the morning, and
vrithin four hours the whole town was
laid in afheo. Only two or three buil
dings, of little value, filuated in the
borders, were preferred. Abont 300
edifices, of all kinds, were consumed,
among which were nearly an hundred
dwelling houses, the church, several
{lores, the citadel, with ©filer's and fo!-
dicr’s ba; racks, contra&or’s tlores, Uai
ted States’ flare, Ur. &c The new
fort and barracks, called fort Lcrnault,
a little back of the town, were not great
ly endangered, and an old block house,
at the south end, escaped In a word,
all that space cncbleJ within picquets,
and denominated the town, pr feats no
thing but a heap of ruins confiding of
naked chi.mnies and cinders.
The rapidity of the deftruftion wa3
perhaps unprecedented, but will not
appear fupriling to any one previotifly
acquainted with the place—The buil
ding* were mollly old, all of wood, and
dry as tinder—-extremely crouded toge
ther, on an arrea of about three acres—
the ftrecli very narrow (the widest not
exceeding 20 feet) interfering rettan
gulary at fmail diflanccs—and every
iquare completely covered witfi combus
tibles. Tins mode of building tile
town originated, not merely from want
of Itale in the ancient fettiers, but from
the nectlfity of defence in war, as this
lettlement has tor a long time been a
frontier, peculiarly txpoied to danger
from the natives, and far removed from
the means of external fuecour. It has
bee-H found necessary, till very lately,
to keep tlie picquets iuclofing the town
iu repair, bdi ic# being under protection
of the cannon, of an adjoining fort and
block house. The town was funufhed
with but one lire engine, which, with
the prompt afliltance of the troops for
merly fuiioned here, hail been fulHcient
to c> tiiigmlh occalionally fires upon
their lit it appearance ; but at p ref. at the
troops on tins itatiou are few, and the
want of aid from that fjuree was fe
vcrely felt on the late -occasion.
Uy what means the fire was kindled,
whether hy accident or deftgn, is uncer
tain —there are various conjecture*, but
tio*drcidrd opinion. It b-gan in a sta
ble near tlie United States’ ltore, on y.
v. quartir, a light breeze blowing from
ttie louth. iis progress againlt and
atuwart it )e wind was artoiulhing, but in
the direction of it tlie blaze darted with
nearly® Ac celerity ot lightning, and
reached the oppofue extremity of the
town in a very lew moments. The lire in
no part had diminished till the whole
was in tbla7,. *" a °“ c iuin;c..r, —-•
of flame ivas prclentcd to the eye, hav
ing the appearance of proceeding from
but one building'of vail extent. due
llreeta became impaft-iblc as the fire
progressed, being filled from fide to fide
with an impenetrable column of smoke
and liamc, which wafted by the current
of air through the north and south
streets, lb earned to a great dillaiice be
yond the limits ot the houses. To the
ditlant ipedator, and to the wretched
inhabitants, who after a short lapie of
time eoullbe no more than fpetiatoia,
the feene was at once sublime and pain
ful, exceeding in awful grandeur perhaps
almost an/ fpcCtacle of the kind which
has happened fi ice the world began.
It waa fortunate that the catastrophe
did not trke place in the night, as there
mull hsve been a greater dellruclion of
goods and tfTcdis, rr.d unqudlionably
of fame lives. Nn lives were latl
and but one pufcn (a poor wo
man) was badly injured. Means have
been taken to afeertsin correctly the
amount of losses in property, and pro
gress has been made so tar as to place it
beyond a doubt that they exceed one
JvnJrrJ nntl thirty tboufanJ Jo!lnn, pro
bably approaching near 150,000. The
conflngi.ition took place at a time of Jay
that the inhabitants were generally near
their homes, and were enabled to save
more of moveable effects than could
lui*c been expected in so ihort a time as
was allowed them, great quantities, how
ever, fe.l a laeiific-, anJ individuals,
whose 111 ales confided iu buildings,
were iu one d\\ induced from eligible
circumstances to poverty. There is no
cibzen but has iulfered more or let's.
At prtfi nt, the people are feat te red up
and down the feu lenient, crowding the
houles even to overflowing, occupying
hovels and every thing haring the shape
of an edifice, and several families are en
camped in booths upon the public com
mon and th; highways. Tlie fuffering*
of the people in the enluing winter mull
inevitably be great ; wc tremble to anti,
cipate them. Hemmed in on every fiJe
by th: wildemef., in Home directions in
terminable, and in otheis extending too
great a dnlance to admit of being p.-iicd
by an impovrrithed people, they are res
tri&cd to this fettkment, na-row in its
extent, with indifferent cultivations, and
tlie houses iu bad repair. Not a farm
is cultivated one unle from the river bank,
nor a building erected. There the wd
dcraefs commences which extends to
the western ocean. The fettlerucnt up
and down the bank of the river is but a
few miles in extent, and taken up by
farmers, who have no room to spare in
thrir dwellings and raise barely a luffi
cirney for tlie supply of their own wants.
The houicku futferers have little
time, mid Hill lrfs means, to provide
;., : f„rthemfcsv^tV
ore the approach of’ T h” cold f-'ifT•
Provifiofis of every kind arc at an exces
fivelv hit'll price. Tinas eiroumflaiiced,
what can be before these mifcrable peo
ple but a winter of rigorous {offerings !
If credit and charity mould furnifli them
with food, yet there cannot be Hielter
and covering fufHcient for their comfort.
Applications for relief are sent and fen.
ding to various parts of the United
States, and of Canada, which it :• hoped
and believed will not be sent in vain.
We have lively expeditions, founded on
the tried and known benevolence of the
people of both countries towards their
fellow citizens in cases of fi-mlar calami
ty ; and a more diflrefstul case, it is
pr t fumed, has rarely been submitted to
their benevolent coriftJeration.
In a diilant and remote point of view,
the confiagtion of this town may be
considered not unlike that which hashap
haped to Tome other towns, whose firlt
conltruction was unfavorable to conveni
ence and health; it may ultimately be be
neficiai, although at present so highly af
flicting and deplorable. A plan is alrea
dy devised and applied to the former
(i te of the town, which, by extending
it, and widening the streets, giving them
different dire&iona, providing public
squares, it is conceived will promote
the health and convenience of t.ne inha
bitants, as well as improve the beauty
of the place, The plan is nearly that
of the city of wafhinglon.
BONAPARTE AND THE POPE.
L KE MAST EX LIRE MAN.
Milan, June 1 —On the 25th ultimo,
his e::;eilency the Cardinal Caprara, Arch
j bilhop of Milan, Legate-a-lalere ot his
Holincfs to his Majesty the Ernoaror of
the French, was admited to a private au
dience, and delivered to the Emperor the
new credentials of the Holy Father, ac
crediting him all’o in the fame dignity to
Ins Majelly as King of Italy, for the
tranfadion of all affairs in which the
rioly See it interfiled in that kingdom.
Besides these new credentials, his emin
ence delivered on the part of his Holincls
the following congratulatory to his
Majesty ;
;• Pius VI l. to our dear son in Je
sus Cliriil: greeting and apotlolieal
bcnedi&ions. Your Imperial and Royal
Majesty is not acquainted with all the
fentiment* with which we are penetrated
for you, and with what gratitude we
remember the things you have done in
France iu fav >r of the Catholic religion,
and the proofs of love and refpedt which
you gave ui> during our lfay in Paris ;
you can then readily comprehend with
wtiat interell we have learned that the
regal dignity was united in your person
to the imperial dignity with which you
were already ir.vcfted. The reciprocity
of our love, and that paternal tendernef*
which we feel towards you, render very
dear to ux.whr.te v'r i.l irlurbv'*, f ’- T .
r i.iuUkl h ive lent a particular Nuncio
to telhfy to you these dispositions ; but,
knowing alt your benevolence towards
our dear foil, Jeaa Baptifta Caprara,
Cardinal Pricll ot the Holy Roman
Church, Archbiihop of Milan, we have
not hcl'uated to believe that the teftimo
nie* on our part could not be better re
ceived than when presented by him.
We have then charged him to present
hmifclf before you, and to impart to you
all the fentinaents of our heart, on this
occasion, in which you receive anew
dignity. It is he who will present to
you this letter, and we are sure that the
congratulations he will make to you in
our name will be accepted by you with
benevolence. In fine, we doubt not but
you will employ all the authority you
are invelled with to Retire in your new
kingdom all the advantages of religion,
which is the column and the support of
all kingdoms; and we- have the farther
confidence that you w ll continue to give
us thole marks of love and filial relpeft
which wc have always received from you.
In the mean time we give from the bot
tom os our heart, the apololical benedic
tion to your imperial majesty, in pledge
of our paternal benevolence.
“ Given at Rome, at Marie Mag
giore, under the ring of the fiftier,
the 26th May, 1805, 111 tlie
sixth year of our Pontificate.
“ JOHN, xlrihbijl>"p of Carthage.”
From a Utter of a young fuilent in Prince
ton to the editor oj the Enquirer.
I hare leeu general Moreau. lie
ha purehakd a house near Trenton,
j (about twelve miles from Princeton) but
on .he tide of the Delaware.
He intends a* Ron a pellicle to become
an Jhnrrican citizrn. Different opini
ons arc entertained of the reception
which he ought and will meet with from
the American prople. For my own
put,] think it the grrateft euconium
both on him ft If and us that he has chosen
this country as his place of reftdeace.
“ The chancier and conduct of gen.
Moreau furnifh la my mind the cleared
elucidation of the good intentions of the
original reformers of France. For he
was one of tbein. As fbou as he law
that no republic exiled iu Europe, he
was anxious to leave it. He left his
country bee a life it was fuhjeciel to the
power of 2 tyrant. He rctufed the com
mand of the Spanilh troops, to besiege
Gibraltar, becaui’e they were the servants
of a dcipot. lie retutad the command
i.i chief of the Ruffian army, bccauie they
fought for a king,
“ General Mortaa r.exu receives com
pany, not as you would expect from a
compeer of Bonaparte ; but as a citizen
of the United States, who has never
been elevated above a private ftatioa.”
yi/finia Jinqxirtr.
nr,’ r - i~r trn f)'n 1 r 1
1 r. t .1 LL, xX'j .x x 1 .lii.
THE fubferibers ibr
pubiic, th c having procured
an airy and commodious houie,
in a healthy part of the city •,
they have again opened a private
HOSPITAL, and hope, from
the innumerable advantages re
sulting from fucb an inflitution,
it will be liberally supported.
The poor will receive Medical
Services gratis; provided the
humane citizens will come for
ward and make feme appropria
tions for the board and nursing
of (uch persons, which fhail nor
exceed fix dollars per week. It
is true, as it is melancholy, to re
late, that three fourths of the
Teamen, buried in this place have
died for the want of suitable di
et, and nursing when Pick. For
no sooner arc they indifpoled,
than the proprietors of the hous
es where they board, flow them
away in a close garret, without
paying attention either to clean-
linefs or any thing else, necessary
for their recovery. This evil
can non be remedied. The
sick in rcorting to the hospital,
will find every comfort and con
venience at a moderate expence.
The infii ution is to be gov
erned by the subjoined rules,
lit. White patients fhail be
en itled to one weeks residence
and attendance for the tarn of
twelve dollars ind for every week
afterwards eight dollars.
Negroes, ten dollars the firlt
week and fix dollars for every
week afterwards.
ad. Medicines, Nursing, di
eting and bedding, lhall be fur
nifhed by the inltuucion for the
lums above fpecified, but where
wine is necessary it mult be found
at the cxpenceofthe patients, or
owner cf Negroes.
3d; Patients lhall be visited
three times a day or oftener if ne
cessary, by one or both of the in
fiitucors.
4th. In cases where impor
tant targical operations are ne
ceffarv, a moderate additional
charge will be made.
g? h j-* ~ - -* -a
and nurses lhall be provided for
white persons.
As the inflitution will require
a considerable advance of capi
tal for bedding and daily expen
ses, it is necessary that the sum
fpecified for the firft week’s resi
dence is the Hospital, be paid
on admifiion of the patient lb as
to enable the fublcribers to con
tinue the institution without lol's
to themselves, and with advan
tage to the community.
It is further necessary to be
understood, thatnoperfon, white
or black, will be received in the
Hospital, unless fome responsible
person will become anlwerable
for the subsequent charges and
pay tlie fame on the difeharge of
the patient. And r.lfo in case of
deach, the person who affurr.es
the payment of the weekly char
ges, lhall in addition to what
may be due the infiitution, pay
the expences of interment, which
in every case be as mode
rate as poflible.
Applications to be made by
letter or othervvife to cither of
the lubfcribers.
Peter Ward,
Janies Ewell.
Ocfiobcrt. j 10
EDWARD TELFAIR,}
V. S. k lx Equity,
William Thompson,}
IT Kj'pcirir;; that the (Ufendant in this
cauie is out of the jurisdiiJtion of this state
and hath intp!eadcd the carnilainn.r.t on tlie
common law lide of thi* court, and it u ne
cessary for the pirpolcs of jaflice that the
laid defendant appear and attl’wer to the ll
of th* complainant.
Tkcrcfare oriered, That tho defendant at
torney feiaed with tVopoena in this cauie
■c copy of tUi bili, aid of this order, and
that notice be pilbiiflred for fix mouths ir. one
ot the Gazetts of Augulta and Savannah re
euiring- the defendant to answer to tlie bill of
tne complainant on or before the firft day-of
January next, othervvife she said Ifiil xvill e
taken prtcctfcMo, rut the court wail pass Inch
further order and decree in the cauie as will
anfwtrlhe purpoles of jultice.
ExtraS from the Minulet.
Savannah. 1- Mav, 1805.
STH ES Cl
Mit st inr'irt
BILLS ON LONDON.
FOR SALE BY
R. & J. BOLTONe
July S. £
Pri COTTON 6’ RICE”
L.jH'ls,
Fof file, by the tablerfber 450
acres on Colonels bland near
Guitbury well adopted 10 the
cultivation of Cotton ; on the
| premises one good dwelling houie
Cotton houie and other suitable
buildings neceilary on a planta
tion ; ficuatetl on a lal: River,and
in point of health rnd good water
equal to any in the lo.v country.
One other traft on Bull-town
owamp fix miles from Riceboro’
adjoining lands lately bought by
Mefirs. Miller & Currie, contain
ing one thou land teres a large
body of the Trail is of the firft
quality Rice land, one hundred j
and fifty acres has been cleared 1
and planted and may be again;
fettled to advantage with but j
little trouble. Terms will be!
rnadeeafy topurchafers by apply
ing ro
A. May bank.
Sunbury, October t. larnqrn. 7
Notice ,
THE fubferiber, l’oir.e rims firce
being on his return fr*tn the India;
nation, came up with a JOHN IS.-
VINE (as he called himielf) who
had in his polleflion anew negro fel
low ; liom the ccuntcnance and con
versation of Irvine, when interrogated
from whence he had come, the man
ner in which he made reply, together
with other circumstances of his con
duA confirmed the fubferiber in the be
lief rhat rhe negro had been stolen.
He therefore demanded of Irvine in
whar way he had come to the pofld
(ion of the negro ; to which he re’
turned an avaline answer. The fub
feriber told him he had good reason
to believe the negro had been stolen
and was deternriided to fake /he ne
gro from him and have him advertised
and in case no peif#n claimed him
within eighteen months would eithir
return or fell him.
This is therefore to notify all per
rons whom it cloth or may concern.
That /he fubferiber has in his pciles.
fion /he said new negro ; he is ibout
five feet eight ir.chca high, ageJ be
tween twenty five and /hir/y years—
no marks other than cr. his back,
which appear to have fuffered under the
Cowfkin ; speaks little or no English
fays he came from Carolina, but does
not know whether from Nor/h or
i’ou:h,he ifidiftiu&ly communicates
(jihftn eJir*A I- mbof tuaji lli a man
came by him) that he took him up in
/he road, when on hi3 way to fith on
t..in? rive ror creek nearby. His own
er or owners ai e therefore requeued
to prove the proper/y of the negro
pay charges and take him away:
Wm. Neely.
Camden Cour/y on
fi/ Mary’s River,
Sen*, vo 1a mi y.
To Hire,
A negro Girl, complete VVafiier, Ironer,
Cook, &c. And Capable of tak’ng charge
of luch Domeltic Oeconomy, required in a
house For her honesty, foUriety, & attention
to buiinefs, can produce Satisfactory recom
mendations if required, appiy at this oflice.
October t. 4t. io
(L/ 1 LOSI', or le tat the
Court House, during the term of the Federal
Court held in May last, a Blotter or Day
Book, belonging to Arndt S-ncet & Co.—
Whoever will deliver laid book to George
D. Sweet, or Richard F. Williams, fhail re
ceive a generous reward if required.
Sept. 10 1 at. 4
Brooks & Dunning,
( Eolton’s YVharf)
Have just received, per brig Dean fro S
New-York,
10 legs Dutch powder
I 1-2 ton patentJht
1 I• 2 ditto bar lead
2 pipes Hollands gin
IO barrels loaf and lump fsgir
5 chefs Hyfon Tea of late importation
5 pipes brandy
Coffee in barrels, lags and tierces
12 barrels Mather el
ON HAND,
Sweeds and Country iron
Plough Moulds
2 hhds. retailing Molasses
20 pun, high 4 th proof Jam. Rum
15 barrels rice frjl quality
to ditto ditto inferior ditto
15 hogsheads prime sugars
A few hogsheads inferior ditto
20 barrels prime beef
IO ditto cargo ditto
2e half barrels put up Jor family use at re
tail
Jamaica Spirits, ) I'd ell matured by
Cognicte Ur andy , Id > age and of a fipe-
Hol'iands Gin , Jr/or quality.
Port, Madeira, Sherry & Muscat Cine
Loudon Porter, Idc. (Ac,
Augujl 1. t s 49
‘NOIj C £, ~
A T the cvp-ratioa of nine Month* from
a* this date, application wiii be made to
the honorable judges, f the - Inferior Court of
Chatham County, for leave to fell, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors that lot of
land known by the number five (3) Third T. -
tiling, Reyno ds Ward, Savannah, belonging
t,. the eSate, of John Hattpr, Baker, late of
iaid place, containing liw feet in front and
ninety feerin depth, more oriels, adjoining
a lot of janes M’Coiv .’s.
THOM iS DOWELL, Adm’r.
ELIZABETH DOWELL, Aditi’J
<avannib, AJarch a:,ißcj. *:a.r v ji.
Aii pc: funs liaving
etna mis .he cllate u *
Lancbclfer eiq decesftd, ’ate J [ ’J
ch2r.t at Riceborougb—will pieaie csr*J
liver actefted ff/smtnts thereof, till
he fubferit tt vvi/a whom
indebted so that ctlate als rcc|uai*-i |
to fe//le wichcut delay.
John Couper;
Qualified Endr.
Sertr- 29 7 /? 5/ iA.
Executors Saks, at Riceboro .
On/he 31st day of Odtofcer next, J
will beexDofed public sale—at the I
boufe of Thomas LancaSer, deceafcdj j
The personal property belonging to 1
bis efta/e—Confilting of valuable nt>-J
groes ; House and kitchen Vurniture,*
Dry Goods, Liquors, a valuable cel-*
lection of Books &c. &c; His dwt!- m
linn; house Stores &c, will a!fo then I
be ren/ed for cne yeaj a t public Ven- *
due.
Jclm Couper.
Qualified Eso'r.
Septr • 20 7 lOjOS.
NOW LAN DIN U/
And for Sale,
6o Barrels Superfine FLCUR
(Georgia make) j
7 Tons AVaggon TIRE,
I do. Square AXE WARS & j
SHARE MOULDS. 1
3 Boxes SADDLERY afferied,
10 Bags Green COFFEE, i
20 Kegs F.F. GUN-POWDER/
*2* A General Supply oF\j
GROCERIES as usual,
An aw. Knox, ‘
Barrack Gibbons’s Wharf.
September 20. 7. Bt.
GLUKGIA, l_iil£RTY,
Superior Court,
March Tert/t, 1805,
On the petition ot John Bol*
ton, executor of Rplbert
praying the foreclotare of the.e
quity of redemption of all thac
lot of land fituatc in the town o£
Sunbury, containing seventy feet
front, unci one hundred and tliir- (
ty feet deep, known in the ori
ginal plan by the number feven
ty-eighr (78) which said lot ot
and, with the improvement,
thereon, wm mortgaged on the
twentieth day of June, one thous
and ieven hundred and ninety-*
five, by William Hunter Tor
rans to the said Robert Bolton,
for securing the payment of the.
sum cf forty-two pounds fterlirna
equtl in valu# to one hundea
and eighty dollars 1 with intcrclt
thereon, due upon a certain bond
or obligation from the said Wil
liam to the laid Robert bearing
even date with the said mort
gage,
It is ordered, That the princi
pal, interell and cott clue on tha
laid bond be paid into court with
in twelve months from this time
and unleis the principal, interell
and cod be so paid the equity of
redemption of the said mortga
ged pre.xiffes fhail from thence
forth be foreclofed, and such
other proceedings take place as
the law directs.
And :t a further ordered, ThaO
a copy of this rule be published
in one of the Public Gazettes of
this state. at least once in evety
month until the time appointed
for payment, or ferved* on the
j mortgagee, at least fix months
j previous to luch time of pay
! ment.
Extract from the Minutes ,
“‘bis ibth March 180.^,
A. Forest elk. c. s. c. l. e.
March a 3 iam iat 61
“NOTICE. ‘
NO i ILK is hereby given that
■ the SubfcTiber will at the expiration
\ of nine months from the date, apply
to the Honorable the jufticcs of the
Inferior Cjuit of this county for
leave to Ml and difpofs of a!! that
Island or trail of land generally
known and called Burnside, together
vitli all its 2ppurtcnam.es, cental nr
ing about two hundred and sixty a
cres, cf high land and a body o
marlh adjoining thereto, lying and
being in this county and situatsu be
tween Bewlic and Skidaway Islands,
to be fold as part of the eftaie of Ja!
cob Wa'dburgher dcceafcd for the
benefit cf the said estate.
JOHN aMILLEDGE.
Ex’or. ofiaid Ei.ate
April ra iamqm. t'b.
Marchhi’s Sales. ’
; WILL be foul at the Court-hen Te. in thi*
Cit;-. on the firft Tuesdtr in Ottobcr next,
between the hours of tenrnd 3'c;ock.
1 LOT in Vfafhington ward, with tbs
oufidinys thereon, ALSO,
50 Acre LOT.cn the Thunderbolt road
with tne bonding thereon, at present occ.
(pieu by . honas Smith.
Bun Wall, m. and. g.
2w-