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lion of a major general's command; or
that the present commander of the leg
ion is the °nly man * n n ‘ tates
who is fit to command an army, the fore
going observations can have no effect :
I wifi therefore, fir, for the information
offuch in particular, and of my coun
trymen in general, submit the follow
ing fads, and I pledge myfelf that,
whenever the chararier in question Hull
come forward and request an inveftiga
rion of his conduct upon fair and hon
orable ground, I will then re-assume a
visible exigence, and in my own proper
person and character maintain and sup
port them, viz.
That very heayy charges have long
rfince been submitted to the war minister
againfl the prelent commander of our
army, and an inquiry into his conduct
solicited in the mod pointed, and officer
like manner.
That these charges were submitted
by a man of unequivocal integrity ana
honor, a warm and zealous iriend ami
fupportcr of the constitution and govern
ment of the United itates, an officer and
a gentleman.
That the official communications of
the commanding ginerai, relative to his
inarch from Greenville into the Indian
country, and of the adion of the 20111
ofAugult 179+, are replete with laife
hoods.
That his condud in the Welle rn army
has been in many indances partial, op
pressive, ungentlemanlike, and diredly
contrary to law.
That he has never introduced the just
principle of military dhcipline and lub
ordination in the army, or permitted
them to reside there.
That his orders previously to leaving
the army in December lad, are a proot
of the lad aflertion, and will remain a
lading monument to posterity of his en
tire ignorance of all the great princi
ples ot his profeffion—and in a word,
That whenever a ftrid ferutiny ihall
be made into his condud, it will appear
that his beaded fuccedes in the Weitern
country, about which there has been so
much noise and gafeonade, are more the
result of accident than of preconcerted
meafure*; that he has waded the pub
lic property, trampled on the law's and
violated every principle of judice, of
humanity and of common hemerty.
I have no doubt but attempts will be
made to vinditate the general aguinit
these accusations, without inquiring in
to the truth of them ; but I cannot be
lieve that* ministerial exertions will a
gaia be made to exculpate him, nor wi.l
I undertake to determine whether he
will auopt his old plan of imprisoning
those who dare to think and to speak
juitly of him, or his more recent scheme
of bartering the forfeited lives of trai
tor* and viuains for secret information.
It is enough for me to fay, that though
I neither dread his malcc nor fear his
power, yet, I Ihall remain the foie keep
er of my own secret, until, by embra
cing the obove offer, he will give me
an opportunity of proving to the world
what I now declare to be
THE TRUTH.
* S*e an anfwcr to a piece commonly called
Stubborn falls, publilhcd in 1794.
Front the MINERVA.
_ A Philadelphia paper of the 19th ul
timo, contains a piece signed “ The
Truth,” which charges the command
ing officer of our army, with crimes of
fie mod serious and alarming nature ;
kcha* to excite the indignation of every
honed man. The author of this piece
u unknown, and had he not pledged him
kh to come forward to maintain and
support those charges, whenever the
general should think proper to enter in
to an honorable vindication of his con
duct, we Ihould haveconfiiered him and
his piece unworthy the least attention,
and treated them with the like con
tempt.
Put under existing circumstances,
, s ar e pointedly stated ; a fair oppor
lunity is also offered to the general;
therefore h is incumbent on him to vin
uicate his own honor, and that of the
1 which in a degree is involved in
ls > and thus disclose the author ; who,
j. u Should appear, has dated falfehood
truth, will meet with our utmost
* ‘orrence and detestation : yet ihould
. c be a inan 0 f truth, having public and
individual justice in view, is entitled to
2 hearing.
The charges are too interesting to
‘f general, to the army, and to the
°aiouaity, to be passed over in ftlence:
*.*** honor and truth claim an invefti-
Ptioa ; when, Ihould the general's
°unded fame be redored, let a punilh
t adequate to the crime be infliried
dir ue aut^or i but if otherwise, let the
4 r *ce due to the demerit of the gen
Columbian
eral follow him; arid the army be put
under the command of a man of zeal,
merit, and talents.
Every national officer, whenever civ
il or military, ihould realize, that a ref
peri for the laws, and a faithful dis
charge of the duties of his funriion, on
ly can secure to him the refperi and con
fidence of the real friends to juitice, go
vernment, and laws of the American
PEOPLE.
June, 1796.
BOST ON, June 22.
Ext rail of a letter received from a gen
tleman belonging to Salem , and direc
ted to his oivner ‘there, dated Ijle of
France , March 25, 1796.
“ The Modesty Privateer arrived
here 5 days ago from a mod fuccefsful
cruise off the Sand Head in the Bay ot
Bengal—and has brought in all her priz
es ; the molt valuable of which is the
I riton Englilh Eait-Indiaman from
Madras for Bengal. The circumstances
oi this capture ate perhaps the molt ex
traordinary that ever occured, and are
as follow : The Modelty had at firlt
out 80 men, and had didributed the
greater number on board her other priz
es—when the Indiaman hove in light,
a Bengal pilot snow ( which was a prize
to the Modedy, and which they uied.as
a decoy) then bore down upon the Tri
ton, having on board 23 men in all, anu
boarded from their yardarms this formi
dable fnip—l7 republicans only got on
board, and with sword and pilto inhai.d
completely maltcred her in aoout iy
minutes. The Indiaman had 130 Eu
ropeans on board, was well armed an.;
had taken 30 men extra from Madras.
The Englilh captain, and 8 or 10 men
were killed in the ariion—the red ran
below, and were secured. They then
captured another velfel, which the pris
oners ransomed, and failed for Madras.
The generous French captain (who is a
young hero not 21 years old) gave the
paflengers, among whom were several
ladies, all their private property. He
fought the Englilh captain hand to hand,
and lhot him with hi* own pillol.—lt
ieems the Modedy was not in company
at all—and indeed it would have been
a fad digrellion from her name to have
engaged in luch an unequal combat— 17
men overpowered 130, proteried by 40
guns, at lead, mounted!—the remaining
6 could not get on board. The Eng
liih prisoners were made topafs one by
one, in irons, from their own lhip into
the ransomed velfel—and the invincible
tars of old England, exclaimed as they
palled, “ D-—n my eyes , Jack, voh re are
the men that took us ?” The French
privateer had only a letter of marque’s
commission, and went originally to take
turtle—(he is an American built vessel,
and belonged lad war to, and failed from
Baltimore—schooner rigged, and was
called the Antelope, in consequence
of this success, the Governor here has
granted penniliion for four privateers to
fail for India, and they are now equip
ping-
“ American produce is very dull here
and in no demand, bome articles are
fifty per cent, lower than in America.
Coffee is raifmgdaily—the price is now
15 1-2 dollars per fade of too French
lbs. and scarce any to be had at that
rate. The Governor is refperied, and
the island is in a date of defence—but
they fear a visit from the Englilh fleet.
However, it would be difficult to take
the island, and indeed almofl i.npoCible
—but the port could be caftly blockad
ed, as the French have only a few frig
ates in these Teas.
“ There are fix or eight Americans
here, all making bad voyages, and we
heai of a dozen more expected every
moment, who must fink half their capi
tals : a (hip, capt. Boit, alias Boyd, be
longing to Bolton, who came from the
north-wed coad of America, by the
route of China, and has made a fuccefs
ful voyage, fays the Streights of Sunda
are full of American Ihips, but he gives
no particular names.”
June 24.
Account of an Elemental At
tack on an Englt&h Ship of
War.
Ex trail of a letter from on board the Louv
tft’ffe, dated Mahon Harbor, 28 th of
March.
“On the 19th of February we left
Leghorn, in company with the fleet,
ana went off Toulon to offer the French
battle. We ltood in so near, that the
enemy’s fhet from the forts passed over
all our (hips. Notwithstanding this
daring intuit, the republicans kept close
to their anchorage. For four or five
days we remained with the fleet, when
we parted in company with the Lively,
to look into Toulon. On the 7th of
March, being close in with the French
land, at eleven o’clock A. M. came on
a heavy squall of wind, attended with
much thunder lightning, hail and rain.
At a qoartcrpalt twelve, the lightning
Aruck three men on the mad head, who
fell down, and one of them was killed ;
the red were much burned, and other
wise hurt, the shock being so great as to
efteri all upon deck, many of whom
were knocked down by it. At half pad
twelve, another flaih of lightning druck
many on the different decks, rendering
them motionless, and (hivering the main
top-mad to splinters. A few minutes
after, another flafti set the (hip on fire
in several places about the mails and rig
ging, but it was fpeediiy extinguished
by the torrents of hail and rain. 11 ne v-
Ctthelefs broke several hoops of the main
mad, and fliivered it to splinters ; split
ting the fore top-mall, and carrying a
way the fore topsail yard, at the lame
time knocking many men down into the
top, one of whom was killed on the spot,
and differently affecting the bodies ol
those on deck. The lightning entering
between decks, made an exploitm so as
to affed all who were there, rendering
the limbs and fidvs of fome totally be
numbed, and flying indifferent directions
into every port below, saving in its
course, mod providentially, the maga
zines. The main-mad being in fueli a
date, was cut away, to prevent its fai
ring in any dangerous direction, or car
rying away the other malls yet (landing.
We bore up for Minorca, and on the
1 ilh anchored in Mahon harbor. Or*
our arrival here, it was found that the
fore top-mait too had received so much
damage in the dorm, that it was necclfa
ry to remove it. We have been lying
here, with only our mizen-mad Hand
ing, fourteen days ; the jury main mb'!
is now up, and the fore-malt in, so that
I experi we ihall fail for Ajaccio in Cor
nea, by Saturday next, where we (hall
remain at lead fix weeks for anew
main,mall, for every thing attached to
the old mail was loit.”
SAVANNAH, July 22.
Communication.
Messrs. Powers 8c Seymour,
Gentlemen ,
IT is with pleasure, that I find that
the City Council has taken up the mat
ter relative to the malignant fever, pre
vailing in the Welt-Indies. I mull how
ever, again fay, that I think those vef
ffils coming from inieried places, as I
laid before, whether sick or well, Ihould
perform a quarantine of at lead five days,
previous to the health officer going on
board ; it being a difficult matter to ob
tain to a cartainty, how long they have
been out. It is not uncommon for mas
ters, in such cases, to pretend to have
had a longer paifage than is actually the
case ; however, the health officer being
a man on whofc judgment me may con
fide, it will be greatly in his power to
determine, the propriety oftheir coming
up to town. But, gentlemen, there are
more ways than one of having dangerous
fever introduced amongd U3; animal mat
ter we all know, produces contagousdif
eafes when fuffered to putrify. I once
in reading Dr. Ruth’s publication, on
the yellow fever which prevailed in
Philadelphia, obfetved, that he as well
as fuppofed it originated from
putrid Coffee, and Hides, which lay on
fomc whaff. Let Council but take a
view ot fome part of the hamlets of this
city, and they will find a number of
butcher’s pens, near which several fami
lies live, and there, great quantities of
blood is fuffered to putrify ; this is a
source of great danger, and which I
think, calls loudly for Council’s interfe
rence. Those people living near the
pens, may get a dangerous fever among
them, and the intercoerfe so condant
with the city, that we Ihould soon fee it
spread with all the dreadful consequen
ces amongd us. It is much the with of
the inhabitants, that Council would take
up the matter, and compel the butchers
to move their pens without the city.
‘Tis not my meaning, that now and then
flaying a calf or sheep, or any thing else
in a yard and burying the blood, would
be matter for deliberation ; ‘tis those
particular circumdance* above pointed
out. M.
Accounts from Hamburgh (via Phi
ladelphia) datea numberoffailures there.
The Editors of the American Daily
Advertiser, were favored with a lilt of
15 lioufes, two of which broke for up
wards ofa million dcrling each. Their
nisfortunes arose chiefly from the enor
mous fpcculations in grain ; but it ap
pears that none of them arc connected
with this country.
From the London Oracle of A fin l 2 3
Mr. Grey gave notice, that as the
papers which he lately moved for were
now before the house, he should on
T hurfday fe’night, move fome refolu
tiom, the tendency of which would be,
if the house should agree to them, a direct
inculpation, and afterwards an tmptacb
ment agairfl his MajeJly's Miniftrrs for
illegal milapplication of the public mo
ney.
DIED, at White Bluff, omhe 20th inst. the
Hon. John Houstoun, Elquire.
To a Corr kspondent.
IE thefubjeft of the “ Rtvuwis,” is “ Re*,
fnn and Truth,” he can have no ofy edton to , oru
ply uiith our condition* of publication— -tUltJun,
he can have no claim for infertitn .
Marine Itfcpfitfr,
hIfTEAED INWARD.
l ULY ’ Dat*
20. Schooner Ph-nix, Wlm p>, 7 edaysoutl
from CherlMton bound 10 New-Oilcan*.
and in diltr-f*.
CLEARED OUT.
Ship John, Li jhtfoot, Loverpool.
PITTSBURGH, June 4.
The week before lad a muitier wa#
committed near Morgantown, in Vir
ginia. The tbildwiny particulars have
oeen re*ated to usj which we believed
may be relied on as authentic.
A man by the name of Donaldson, r f
a bad chararier, having had a difference
with his wife, a feparatipn took place—
they had several children, one of whom
a boy of 14 years of age, who continued
with his father, but wai charged by him
as having advised his mother to lcavo
the home. Tlis father threatened to
take re> e ;ge, and accordingly gota rope,
Tecreted it under the head of the bed,
and during the night fattened it round
the neck of his son ; while doing th'~*
the boy awoke, and caught hold of the
rope ioas to prevent his being drangled,
and jumped out ot the bed—his faihtr
followed him, and permitted him to dir
the fire, after which the boy fat dowa
on the floor, and iuppiicated forgivenefs,
buttonoefferi—the father concluding
it was near day-light, and that he had
no time to lose, put his feet between the
boy's shoulders a*id iirangied him. He
was then at a loss where to conceal the
boy, but having a large pile of done near
the house, he removed fume of them and
Crammed the body therein. In a few
days the body was milieu by the neigh
bours, a suspicion relied on his latner
who was apprehended, a search ina:io
and the body found—he then acknow
ledged his guilt, and related these par
ticulars to a number of people, among
whom was our informant.
Hat Manufactory.
A large quantity of LADIES and GENTLE
MENS bell
BEAVER HATS,
V arranted, just now finifhing, and for Sale, at
PETER MADDEN’S Store,
On the Bay, or at the House at the back there
of, in the Lane,
By JOHN BIGGS.
ALSO,
Military Hats or Caps,
Fitted up in an elegant stile, on the fhortelf
Notice.
Savannah, July it. n.4t.
By Robert M’Kean, D. Rrg’fi
(L . S.) f ter of Probates, for the County
R- M’Kean.F of Glynn, State ajorcfaid.
and. *. r. a. c. J
WHEREAS Agnes Hillary, hath applied
to me for Letters of Administration.
on the Estate and Effefts of Chtijlopher H ilary ,
late of this State, deceased. This is therefore,
to cite and admonish all and lin-jular, the Kin
dred and Creditors of laid d-ceased, to be and
appear before me at my Oifice, on or before
the 2ed day of August next, then and thereto
shew caofe if any they have, why Leucrs of
Adinmiftrati on should not be granted
Given under my hand and seal, thii lath
day J aly, 1796, and in the Oih year of
American Independence. 41-im.
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-'£3. FOR SALE,
.asSSFI The SCHOOMFR
‘4fl§ PHCEN Ix,
SHE is a prime sailer, and
we jj found for anchor, cable*
fails, rigging, and small ll6ve i wants but little
repair for fra. She is about 60 ton*. The
term* may be known by applying to the Mat
ter on board, or of Capt. E. Baldwm. If not
Sold, (he will take a freight for Jamaica or
New-York. C. WHIPPLE.
Savannah, July ft- 0.41.
SALE of the 236
Prime SLAVES, per Brig Eagle Cap*.. Holland,
will be continued at private Sale, from day to
day until the whole ar- d'fpofed of, by
CAIG MACLEOD & Cos.
July 8. 37-
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