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Jpt acredirgs of a Court of Enquiry on the
conduct of Captain IV lELI Ah'* B AIM
ER j D GE, in the less of the tale Uni
ted State) jugate Philadelphia.
U. S ship. constitution;
fi V’RACUSE, 26th June, 1807.
Sir,
I AM authorized by the honourable
the Secretary of the Navy to dire£t that
cm boerd the U. States’ frigate President
under your command, you commence a
court of enquiry on captain William
Bainbridge, late commander of the U.
■States frigate Philadelphia, for the loss
of (aid frigate, and that you report to
H*e in proper form the whole extent of the
ci quiry of fatd court, with its decided o
piiuon thereon,'“in ordir that 1 may trans
mit the fame to the Novy Department'of
<he United States*
This court of enqiiry will confilt of
three members, you felf and captains
G. Campbell aid Stephen Deca
tur, jun.
1 hnve the honor ‘.o le,
Sir,
Tour ol'f. htmble servant,
JNO. ROGERS.
Capt. James Barron,
commanding the U. S,
frigate President.
#
IN conformity of the foregoing order,
the court convened on board the U.
States’ fiigate President at anchor in the
harbor of Syracuse, at ten o’clock, A.
M. June 29, 1805, present—the Prtfi
derst and members of thecou*-t, and Wil
liam Eaton, Esq. acting Judge Advo
cate, and being opened according to law,
Capt. B.unbiidgc was notified that they
were ready to proceed to business : he at
tended Sc the rouit entertd upon the en
quiry by examination of witnefiis.
Lieut. David Porter, of the late fri
frate Philadelphia, lieut. Jacob Jones,
ient. Theodore Hunt, Itut. Benjamin
Smith} Mr. William Knight, failing ma
tter, lient. William Olbirn, of the ma
rine corps, Mr. Keith Spence, purser,
Daniel J. Pntterfon, Benjamin F. Read
and James Gibbons, matters* mates, mid
shipmen Janies Biddle, [as. Henfhaw and
- Anderson ; Rich. Stephenson,
gunner, Geo. Hodge, boatlwain and
William Gobby, carperter, all of the
fa:d frigates, were Iworn and improved as
witnesses.
Lieut. David Porter teftified, that
on the 3 1 ft Od. 1803, about 3 o’clock
in the morning, the Ihip Philadelphia,
then under command ot capt William
Bainbridge, and cruiling off the port of
Dnpoli, the wind from the eastward, and
the frigate (landing in and along (hore,
difeovered a fail of her weather bow, run
ning to the wellward, to which (he gave
chace. The fail was soon dittinguifhed
to be an enexiy corsair (landing into the
port of Tripoli. The Philadelphia con
tinued the chafe until Ate came into about
eight fathom water, keeping up a con
flant fire on the enemy with her bow
guns, until it was found impofiible to
come up with her without dauger of ap
proach too near the fitore ; conftquently
Hie hawkd out to gain an offing, Sbe
had conllanily 3 leads going, 1 dipfey
and two bind leads ; a lieutenant tending
the dipfey and a midiliipman or matter’s
mate at each of the land leads. The
flop bad about eight nots way upon her.
This witness wasordeied into the mizen
top to look into the harbor of Tripoli,
and observe if any cruisers were in port.
At this inftaut the water shoaled, and the
helm was put down. He had gotten a
bout half way up the mizin rigging when
he felt the ship strike. He immediately
returned on deck. All fails were inttant
ly set to endeavour to force her over the
bank. Finding this did not succeed,
Captain Bainbridge asked the witmfTes’s
opinion what could bell be done ? Who
re quelled him to consult his officers gene
rally, The lead had been hove under
her bows in about twelve feet w*ater.—
The flip lifted at times abaft and the
helm was then clear. The enemy’s gun
boats were already ften coming out of
port, nine in number, as near as the wit
otltes recolk&s, A boat was lent out
found around the (hip, an 1 deep water was
found allcrn. The officers being conlul
ttd, were of opinion that endeavors
fhquld be uftd to back the Ihip off by a
•prtfa of fail ; and, if that (hould not
succeed, to run the guns abaft x both
were done, and at the fame time the an
chors cut from the bows, but to no effed.
It was then the opinion that the guns
should be hove ovci board, teferviog only
enough to refill the gun boats ; this was
Bone, ’u the mean time the'enemy pas
sed under the fire of the frigate’s item
guns, and took a p fi.fou on the ftarboavd
and weather quarter where no guns could
be brought to bear on them by real'on of
their advantageous position, and the
deep heel to port and fixed pottureof the
lliip. Dipt Bai..bridge now called another
couc'l ot the officers, who were of opinion
that the water should be Itarted in the
hold and pumped out, and air the heavy
articles, hove overboard; if that lliould
not succeed, that, as a Jail resort to favc
the (hip, the loreoult Ihouid be cutaway ;
all thete were done to no effect. Orders
were then given to the carpenter to go
down torw.ud and bore holes through
tiie (hip’s bottom ; and to the gunner to
drown the n.agaz ?by turning tue flock
and 1 ecuring the k-y ; the wrnei- heard
the gunner report that he t ad executed
tins order. Orders were tuen givtn to ‘
velt'oy every thu.g ou board wine c ru.d |
kt rendered uletui to the entrnj. 1; bad I
now already breadeterlmaefl that the ft . . 1
*!uit be iliuck, a no hopes run-meu 01 1
faring the ship, and no | ,ffible means of
defending b.er. r i’he colors were accor
dingly (truck, and the enemy took pos
feifiofi. It was now about fun down,
and the (hip had grounded about half af
ter eleven in the morning, 2S nearly as the
witness can recollect, during which time
(he was exposed to the constant fire of
the gun boats, but fuffered only in her
spars and rigging. The (hip was loft
about thr.*e miles and a half from the
town of Tripoli, and one and a half from
the nearest point of land, which bore
south.
Questions by the court.
tlad you any boats fufident to carry
out an anchor ?
Ans. It is my opinion we had not ;
but had this been otherwise the enemy
commanding the ground where it would
have been necessary to drop anchors.
What water did tae ship draw when
she went on (hore ?
As nearly as I can recolleft (he drew
about eighteen feet forward and nineteen
and a half abaft.
Quellion by the Judge Advocate.
During the transactions and disaster of
that day, did you notice any thing of
remiffuefs or neglett in her commander
which would tend to tile loss of the Phi
ladelphia.
Ans. 1 did not : On the contrary, 1
noticed in Captain Bainbridge great cool
tiefs and deliberation.
Lieutenant Jacob J tries was called in
to Court and examined. He confirmed
in evrry thing the testimony of Lieut.
Porter, without variation.
Lieut. Theodore Hunt was examined
before the court ; and varied only in his
tettimotiy from the two preceding witnes
neffes in the draft of the Philadelphia’s
water when (lie went aground, which he
dated to have been eighteen feet fix in
ches forward, and about twenty feet fix
inches aft, which he had afeertained from
observation the day before the misfortune.
And alio, in answer to the firft quellion
by the court to Lieut. Porter, he adds,
that in the river Delaware he made an
experiment in carrying out an anchor in
Philadelphia’s launch, when (he was obli
ged to b; buoyed by calks.
I.irut. Ref min Smith , corrobavates
the testimony of the preceeding witnes
fe6 without adding any material circum-
fiance.
Mr. William Knight, failing master,
was examined. He confi; ms the testimo
ny of the witnefics before recorded ; and
adds that lie was positive that the (hip was
pierced forward by the carpenter as or
dered for he heard the water running in
to the auger wholes. When asked why
the (hip did not fill, he said lie expedted ;
(he would have filled, as he was sure there
were fufiicient holes bored for the pur
pose ; but he conjectured they mult hare
been flopped in fome manner.
Mr. William O htrne, Lieutenant of
marines, on examination, confirms the
testimony of the preceeding witnesses.
Mr. Kicth Spence, purser, varies in no
thing material from the witnesses gone
before him.
Ltnj imin F. Read, mailer’s mate dates
fadts as recorded in Lieut. Porter’s telli
mony, and adds that, in order by every
means to render the (hip ufclcfs after it
was determined to strike her colors, can
non dun were thrown into the pumps,
James Gibbons, mailers mate, faye
nothing more than what goes in cor
roboration of the preceeding testimony.
Daniel Patterson, mailer’s mate con
firms the foregoing testimony ; but adds
nothing.
fames Biddle, midiliipman, dates fads
as recorded from the testimony of the
preceeding witnesses,
James Henshaw, midiliipman, dates
fadts generally as the preceding witnesses
have de>ne ; ar.d adds that he was the
bearer ol Captain Baiiibtidge’s order to
draw the magazine, after he was deter
mined to leavejthe ship, and knows it was
executed.
Ri hard Stephenson, gunner, teftifies
that lie knew nothing of the tranfadions
on tlie Philadelphia’s deck the day (he
wa.’ loft being confined to the magazine
until he receive ! an oukrtoturn the cock
down the magazine , which he did and
went on deiK with the keys in his hand.
J he ihip was then on her beam ends, the
water tunning it at the ports, and fitch of
her guns as were not thrown overboard,
rendered totally useless.
Georgs Hodge, boatsmen, states facts,
f.> tar as they come writing his know
ledge, an exabl conformity to the tefti
moay of Lieutenant Porter ; but adds
nothing.
Il'd.'iam Gotibj, carpenter, was exami
ned concerning the fcutlingof the ihip. He
teflifies, that, when it was determined to
abandon the Philadelphia, he received
Captain Baiubtidge’s orders to icuttle
he', which he executed by calling to his
nfiiilance his two mates, and piercing her
bottom with chisels and augers in
fufficient places, as he thought to iiil her,
anil then reported to the proper officer ;
but the ft urks, he believes, got on board
m It aton to ltop the holes and prevent
her tillig.
Mr. IVtU'um Knight was called in and
alked by the court if ever he had a
chart in his poffelfian which laid a (hoal
where the Philadelphia grounded i
Mr. Knight antwered—-No 1
Mr. P.i/ier/eu, a midshipman, was cal
led into court, and being (worn, t citified
that he detlroyed the uumerary signal
hook ol the Philadelphia by Captain
lLiubrnige’s ord.rs beiore leaving her.
Mr- uniUrton was examined concern
ing the di ip oil t ions made of the Philadel
! pllia’s signal book, who declared that tie
j ia Captain Baint>:idg*e tear them both
’ up tk oand them to tome officer to be bur-,
j auu or thrown overboard.
Al the epenbg of the eourt C .pain Bain- ,
bridge hid before jbem tU following
fatcfnenl.
Gentlemen,
Hatins to account to government for
the loss of the United States* frigate
Philadelphia, then under my command, it
is a consolatory circumstance to fee that
it is before an inquisition, which, by its
nautical knowledge, will be so fully ade
quate to farm a correct opinion of the
affair, and to give that dicifion on my |
conduft which both the public and my.
felf mult be allured will be just.
In my narrative of this unhappy event,
1 (hall mention my fending the United
States’ fthoop.er to cruize off Cape Bon,
end the causes that led to that circum
stance, which increased the misfortune
that afterwards beftl us, and then detail
the incic'ents that tqok place on the day
of our grounding, from the time cf giv
ing chale in the morning till furrer.dering
to the enemy.
l/e left Malta the 3d of O&ober, to
repair tcour ftatiou off Tripoli, and to
blockade that port according to the or
derj of commodore Preble. We arrived
tha-e or. the 17th, and continued to
crtjze of the town, with the Vixen in
company, without meeting any occurrence
of confeqaenee till the 19th, when we
spoke an Imperial brig, as (lie came out
of the harbor of Tripoli, which informtd
ds t.iat two ol the cmizers of that regen
cy verc out upon ci cruize* In confc
queice of this information, and thinking
m null probable that they were to the
wcltvaid, I ordered Lieutenant Com
mauiant Smith of the Vixen, to Cape
Bo; and cruize there as the rnoft likely
plsp of falling in with them ihouid they
be nursing from that quarter, and at
thqfame time a fafer situation for the
fcl*onet than off Tripoli at that season
of he year, wtiere the gaits blow with
gret violence on (hore, attended with a
Lea y sou On the 20th the Vixen ae
coiingljr left us. The 23d of the month
wdhad i very heavy gale irom the north
wad anl wellward, which drove us fe've
raliecgies to the eastward of our Ration.
O the )1 ft 01 October, being about fix
lesues xt the eastward of Tripoli, at 9
AM. 7e law a fail in there and iland
inj to the wellward ; and vre gave chafe,
a 4 at u o’clock came near enough for
of (hot to reach her, and the foundingß
n[ allowing ot Our running in Ihure, vve
efetinutfl to chafe along the land, hawl
iir on a|d off (hore a? we found the foun
djigs fri ti 7 -to 9 and 10 fathoms, in ex
pdlatio of cither disabling or driving
kr on f arc, in which cale we should
five cap ured or deilroyed her. At half
iall 11 when within a league and a
jalf fror I ripoli, feeing no probability
>t preveiiing the chafe from getting into
port, ftjecafed firing and hawlcd off
thore, tbn having eight fathom* water.
WehaAjk gone more than two cables’
length bile fudder.ly shoaled, and the
next mom<f the (hip struck forward, and
having eigf and a half nots way, (hot up
as far on ts rock as to bring it to the
after part f the force chams, where Ihe
(lopped. .Her ftern.being at this time
clear of tl ground, the anchors were cut
iminediatt from the bot/3 (except one)
the guns fi aft> and all the fails laid
aback, inppes of prefling her off, as it
blew a fir g breeze : but the wind be
ing on ot tlarboard beatn, and the sea
felting wi it dircdlly upon the rocks,
soon hoveir Hern upon them in 17 feet
water, we lay with our harboard
dort lilfc/ the water’s edge. The offi
cer wfe had been sent to found upon
our firftrounding, returned with infor
mationlhat their wa6 fufticient water
allcrn a off tlie larboard quarter, upon
which iconfulted my officers relpeding
the mo probable means of getting the
fliip int t—lt was the unanimous opin
ion thaijie only method in our pow*er
was to hten the (hip as much as pofii
ble, by 4 (ting the water, heaving over
board t £ ;uns, reserving as many only
as wou j> ‘neceffiry to defend us againlt
the eney’sgun boats which were taking
their llioti on our Hern and quarter, and
to end vor to press her off the ffioals
withti fails aback. We could not in
addttii to this avail ourselves of an an
chor, ;we had no boat capable of car
rying ae ; and if wc had had such fuffi
cient £• the purpose, it would have been
impraicable to have laid it out, as the
enemy occupied almost the ground it
ihojficfhave been placed in.
ihe gun boats having taken a Ration
ot Jur (larboard quarter, commenced a
fn g, dire&ed principally at our mads
ai rigging, which we returned with two
g 3 from our main deck and three of our
q rter deck carronades, which, from the
v r great heel the ihip had, took no es
e ft. The guns we got out abaft were
r lered entirely useless from the fame
c(fe, although we cut away the idem as
nfch as could be done to any purpafe ;
f by endeavouring to give them a direc
ti i to bear upon the enemy, they could
n be run ont far enough to avoid fet
t| fire to the Ihip, which they once did,
b it was soon extinguilhed without dif
ti lty or confufion. After finding it
it olfiblc to press the (hip off the rocks
b ightening her, and feeing every pro
fj iof getting her afloat at an end, I
of red the foremall to be cut away, in
of ,r to right her in forne degree, if pofii
bland to render bur guns more mans
iqng the (hip immoveable grounded on
l jis, having but 12 feet water forward
aj 17 abaft, I conceived any further at-
as evidently useless.
After Laving tncJ every expedient that
dild be thought ot to contribute to our
(lits, and exerting ourselves to the ut
oft trom the time of our grounding uu
-1 half pad four, P, M. u endeavouring
| to get the (btp afloat, and at the fme
. time in ft filling the enemy, but finding
all hopes of tlie firft vain, and not being
able to bring onr guns to bear to iff.ct
| the latter, I called a council of t fficers
jto consult them on the fnbjedt of a fur
ther rtfiftance, cr the necefiity of furren
j deriog to the enemy. Upon a deliberate
! consideration of our situation, it was the
(unanimous opinion iliat it was impoifible
jto get the (hip off, and that all further
jrefiftance would be but unnectffariiy ex
poiing men, in a situation where neither
prefervance nor fortitude would be of any
benefit to our country or ourielves ; and
it was unanimouly agreed that the only
thing left for us to do was to fuirender tet*
the enemy, which was accordingly done,
after drawing the magazine, and deftroy-’
ing as many articles as poffiole that might
be of use to the enemy.
Having flat cel to you, Gentlemen, a
narrative of fsdts, which you will find ve
rified by the evidence to be heard, 1 lhai)
conclude after making one observation.
The usage of nations appears, that
where there is no probability of luccefs
ful defence, and all mean* of cfcape have
been tried, the flag may be struck without
injuring the commander’s honor. These
tacit but admitted regulations are found
ed principles of humanity, and a nice and
delicate attention to nationd add indivi
dual honor. If, under fifth circumstan
ces, a commander’s honor be preser ved, |
how free from censure null it appear
when placed in a situation vithout being
able in the lead to injure tie enemy, and
no means whatever of extriiating him felf.;
Wm. BAINIRIDGE. |
29 June, 1805.
The Court having deliberated on the
evidence deduced from th< testimony of
the witnelles, heard in thiscafe, are deci
dediy of opinion that Capain William
Bainbridge aSmg with fortitude and
conduct in the loss of his shift the U. S. ft
gate Philadelphia, on the 3fl Oct iSc>3,
and that no degree of censurt jlould attach
itself to him fram th .t event.
JAMES BAR.RON, President.
WILLIAM EATON, Acting
Judge Advoclle,
Trar.fla.ted for the Palladium
- Algiers, July 4.
No favorite, nor even a Tutk, ever
enjoyed an influence over any Dry equal
to that which the Jew Naetali Bus
nah had acquired over the present.
He treated dire&ly with the Agents of
the different powers, and fufferid them
not to approach the Prince, whom he
deceived, day and night, by rteans of
his creatures, and whom he governed en
tirely, by means of fatisfying all his
whims. Busn ah diftributec) places,
he created and deposed the Beys or go
vernors of provinces, with whom he al
ways kept i p a private correspondence ;
he tix.-d the sums they were to lend to
the Dey ; he held the keys of the Knan-
na ; he had monopolifed all commerce,
and fuffered no competition ; he govern- j
ed the marine of Algiers, and that of ail
other ports of the kingdom ; the cor- j
fairs failed only when he judged it ex- i
pedient, and dire&ed their courses accor-1
ding to advices received by him from j
Europe, where he had numerous corres !
pondents ; he took poffefiion of all pri-;
zes, without allowing them to be fold 1
at audlion ; he, in (hurt, violated all the
ancient customs which are here sacred
laws. This system was supported by
tyranny, mixed with the moil notorious
meanness, but joined with much courage.
A conspiracy was formed againil the
government four years ago. A price
was set upon Busnah’j head and the
pillage of his ilore3 proclaimed. The
Prince miniiler had received, fifteen
months ago, feverai ftroke3 of the yata
ghan, even at his poll ; the Day was
attacked and dangerouily wounded by
four Turks ; and Busnah was the ob
j.dt of these various outrages. Busmh
himielf, a year ago, had miracu’oufly es
caped two ‘dabs of a poignard, aimed at
him by a Turk. He had not been ter
rified by any of these terrible warnings;
he had paid no attention to the advice
which had been given him ; his info-t
lence, on the contrary, had augmented
and become, particularly for the last
seven or eight months, insupportable.
The indignation of ,the militia was
extreme ; the unprecedented scarcity
that we fullered by rcafon of Busnuh's
fending all the grain of the kingdom to
the enemies of government ; the revolts
of the province of Conjlantir.i, and that
above all the moil serious of Mascara,
originating from’ his exa&ions on the
Beys, could not fail of encreafing it.
The 29th of lall month, at 7 o’clock
in the morning, he was shot near the
Dey’s house, with a pillol, which a
Turk, named Tahia, fired at him, fay
ing, “ health to the governor of Algiers.”
Some Noubadjies of the Prince’s guard
ran, and would have arrclted the alias
fin, who preserved a firm countenance,
and taking in one hand the piftoi which
remained charged, and in the other his
yataghan, faia “ I have filled the wife
rable jew who has so long tyrannized o
■ver you, you are “Jews, like him, if you at
tempt to injure my per Jon.” The Ivloubad
jies retired, and the Turk vver.t peacea
bly to his lodgings. Busnah was car
ried to his house, where he died three
hours after.
Tahia confeffed to his comrades the
a£tion he had committed, and alked them
if they were determined to defend him ;
he said, that if they would not, he would
fly to the mountains. They all l.vore to
die rather than deliver him up. Depu
tations frpm the other bodies cf militia
came to him, and made the fame oath.
A great number of inhabitants imitated!
tha example, aad wi.hcd to kiU toe uaud ]
jckofcr, ?.s they T.ic, by provbWce, •
I dtiiver their country, from the nto-ii
j who bad opprefjed it. In the i:v;n;n ■*
; the Dey pardoned the tSafiin by ftndi
him his chaplet, ace ; ling to cullcrn.
fit was nectffsry t<j accompany the t ody
of Eusnoh with a numerous guard. Tha
people were lor burning it, ami Honing
those who carried it. The 30th very
early the militia issued from the barrack; j
‘hey mafiacreed all the Jews they could
find in the ftrects ; they then went ta
the heufes ar.d (lores ot Busnah, which
were broke open and pillaged. The
■ Moors and barbarous populace of the
PJhtrts and Khatli joined with the mili
tia ; they broke open the doors of all
tht Jews, and the pfonder became gene
ral ; they were encouraged by the crie*
of joy cf the women in the ftrects and oa
the terraces. After fome hours of this
dreadful li3vock, the Dey, whole guard
had remained immoveable in the palace,
uifpatchcd fome members of the Divan to
the barracks, who were ordered to fay to
the militia, that the Prince loved the
Jews as little as th.y, and that if ‘hey
deft red it fee would only fuffer to remain
in Algiers those who proftffrd the me
chanical arts, the number of which was
fixed by the convention anciently mad©
by Barbarossa with the Hebrew nation.-
This (tep of the Dey had the cffcdl to
calm the militia, who retired calmly to
j their barrack.. The Eclioueh’s and the
Noubadjies Hopped the carnage and pil
lage by decrees, and F&ed as a 9 dice
guard the remainder of the day. Go
! verument caused the dead bodies that
[ were found in the ftrtets to be drawn by
Lives to the place of b bel Oade, amidffc
the acclamations of an immcuie croud.
Nothing ccurred on the nth inti, ex
cepting that the affafiiu of Busn .h pre
(ented himielf m arms before the palace
of the Dey, faying he had been inform
ed he was to be pijniffied, and was ready
to fub'-.iit to the sentence. The Prince
sent him for answer, that h’s Wv-rJ was
sacred, and that he had nothing to fear.
The Jews orried the dead bodies .from
their houl'es to the burving places escor
ted by CaiTabaidies. It appeared, how
ever, certain tiiat there were in the bar-,
racks many conspiracies forming to at
tack the palace and tnaflicre the nobles.
The indifference of parties, and of opt-
uions, upon the person who (li iuld ba
chosen to govern, but abive all the gold
which was lavished without measure,
caused these prej its to miscarry. O.i
the 2.id Lift, r, 1 the Jews were embaiked
which could b; contained in an imperial
(hip then in the porti The days of the:
ad and 3d inst. have been tranquil. The
militia had it in their power to pave sto
len, and have been much offended that
the exetffes were attributed to a desire of
pillage. r l hey have returned freely eve
ry thing that had been carried to the
barracks. It is in the hotife* of Moors,
and in the hands of the PJi-is and Khails m
who have carried them to Lne mountains,
j that all the riches of the Jhwk are feeret
'ed. Various accounts are given o( the
; number of deaths, hut it is not so con
i fiderable as was firft imagined, that of
the wounded is considerable. Tree
were fourteen or fifteen thousand Jewa
at Algiers who ‘vePe rich in diamonds,
pearls and jewels of all irinds. The in oft
miserable Jcwefa carried on her head a
S.irsna of gold, which cannot be worth.
less than 300 dollars, these have all been
taken from them. The losses of the
Hebrew nation in this article arg incal
culable. The Aga has been beat a few
days journey irora Algiers. The nevr
Bey has not been able to get into, and
the ole is (till lhut up in Oran. Ammu
nition is sent by waiter and land. More
than 1200 individuals, men, women and
children have taken refuge, for the molt
part naked, in the house of the French
Com. General, where his insjetly’s fhj
has protected them. The government
has enufed it to be announced in the
barracks, lad night, that tile Moors hav
intentions hoftde to the Turks, and has
engaged the militia not to lay down their
arms. Is this a finefie in the government
who wilh to turn the attention of tbs
1 Militia from themfilves ? Or is it the
result of the bad news received from Po
rent ? Be it as it may, the government
has this morning caused to be hung at
the gate of Bab-Azcun three Moors,
in whose houses it is pretended arms and.
powder have been difeovered., i’hcfmas
facre and pillaga of the Jews at Be'.ide
did no: take place as has been repoiced.-
arm tmmmr-imiiiMin
removal.
THE Subscriber has removed his
VENDUE 6c CO viivliSSlOltf
s poke.
To the EXCHANGE. Any business ccm
mittedt.ih.is charge in the above line, will
be thankfully received and the ftrifieit punc
tuality observed. Liberal advances made ura
properi* dtpofiteil for sale.
Kalp'i Jacobs.
IVho offers for fair,
An extrnfive aifortment of DRY GOODS,
frelh imported, confining of almoil every ar
ticle that is ufeful.
To Kent,
The he formerly occupied, in the
Market fipiare. Apply as above.
October 4 6t ti
7 HE SUBSCMBEfi,
HAS now completed his large ard fife
Ware Homes on Barrack Gibbons
Esqr’s v/harf, where he will receive on ito
rageany kind of produces. He continues as
heretofore the f AC TOKAGE 5t COMMIS
SION BUSINESS, aud datters hirr.lelt from’
experience in the above line to be able to
give jvierai lat is faction to thole who v\?.r
entroil their piopcrty in his tare, or favor
ium with their tr iers.
zindrew Knox, a
i LiAober u i* U".