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Vol. i 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. ‘* ‘ ‘ .■■— !■ ■~. ■■■■ ■ fc;i ; II ... - -'£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- —— ■ An Apprentice to the Print ingbufinefe wanted-apply at this Office. 163