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lie fame time to prohibit the exportation cf all articles of
he above description, except to Ireland.
December 16. We understand that-mod earned and
irefiing applications have been made to miniflers by the
•rencli government to permit the immediate failing of the
xpeditions now ready for sea at Bred, and the other ports
,f die republic, for St. Domingo and the East Indies. The
lenniflion will not, however, there are many reasons to
>elieve, be granted previously to the signing of the defini-,
ive treaty, an event which we are inclined to think not
h very didant as it has been rumored of late.
Letters from Condantinople date, that the grand feig
njor has lignified to lord Elgin, that, as an acknowledg
ment of the important service rendered by the Englifii in
recovering Egypt for the Porte, he has ordered anew pa
ace to be built at Pera, which /hall be the permanent
jroperty of the English embassy.
December 18. It is with much regret we are again
obliged to recur to the unhappy diftraftions in the fleet at
Bantry Bay, which are highly difgraceful to the brave sea
men who have been milled by the enemies of their coun
try. ,Mod of the particulars contained in the following
account may be considered as tolerably authentic:
lt was on the evening of the 7th indant that the find
observations were made by the officers of several Ihips of
the squadron in Bantry Bay that indications became evi
dently certain of fome intended and approaching aft of
mutiny. It appears that on its being underdood that four
or five fail of the line were to be sent to the Wed Indies,
the crews of the Temeraire and Formidable declared, that
as the peace was made they would fail only to England,
and they declared that it was their determination not to
weigh anchor if called upon. Apprehensions were enter
tained that this spirit of insubordination would extend to
the whole fleet.
“ No failing orders arriving, and the intended itifurrec
tion being adjourned to that event, things remained in the
u sual position till the morning of the 10th indant, when
a seaman on board the Temeraire, rear admiral the hon.
George Campbell, mi/behaving himfelf extremely, and
with circunidances of daring impudence, towards one of
lieutenants, received a flogging, and was put in irons.
it Soon after this occurrence appearances of revolt were
for fome time very visible upon the forecadle, until at
length a general cry was set up of “ refeue the man in ir
ons/’ and attempts were made to enforce their threat.
u The rear admiral, with undaunted resolution and
presence of mind, ordered the hatches to be closed down
immediately, and, seconded with no less intrepidity by
capt. Evles and all his officers, supported by the marines,
who have done honor to themselves, and-given a glorious
example to their corps, upon this occasion, he rallied into
the middle of the mutineers, and brought out their ring
leaders prifoiiers from amongst them. They were immedi
ately sent off in irons to the flag /hip of admiral Mitchell,
in order to be tried, and to receive the puni/hment due to
the crime mod unworthy of Britifli sailors.
“ It may be confidently hoped that the failure of this
firft experiment of the conspiracy, the punilhment of the
guilty, and the example given to all other Ihips by the Te
ineraire and her officers, have by this time extinguilhed’
the last spark of the (edition.”
December 26. The ratification of the Danes to the
convention signed at St. Peterlburgh was received by the
lad messenger from the north of Europe.
December 27. On Tuesday journals were received up
to the 18th, nd on Thuri’day to the 20th. By these it
appears that the French charge d’affaires at Condantinople
las been highly complimented by the reis effendi, (chief
ecretary of the Porte,) on the tidings of the preliminaries
of peace having been signed. The preliminaries themselves
were received at Condantinople on the Bth of November.
In the beginning of lad month there was a mod violent
form in the Black Sea, by which many Ihips were wrecked.
Twelve hundred men who lately served Palwan Oglou have
come over to the Hofpodar of Wallachia. Many more
of his troops have likewise defected.
M. Schimmelpenninck, minider plenipotentiary of the
Batavian republic, arrived at Amiens on the evening of
the 7 th.
The consuls have idued an arrete, from the publication
of which, in the Ide St. Louis, at Senegal, French fliips
alone (ball be admitted to carry on tfacle in all parts of the
French colony of Senegal. Neutral fliips, which /hall be
there loading at that period, may complete it, and there
/hall be granted them for that pnrpofe a delay of two de
cades.
BRIDGEPORT, January 20.
MR. John Lockwood, son of mr. George Lockwood
of Ilorle Neck, aged 22 years, on his paflage from
New York, on board a sloop, on the 7th indant, near
Hart Island, when on the boom of the vessel, cading off
the reave plat, a flaw of wind drnck the veflel, which
caused her to jibe; in which situation he was cad a didatice
rom the sloop; he was afforded every affidance possible,
lot only from the sloop but from the shore, being near the
and; he remained above water nearly half an hour, but at
aft drowned. Mr. Peter Jeffup, of the lame place, part
iwner of the sloop, was on board. In order to save his
ellow creature in distress he had resort to the boat, which
*as on deck; but with the affidance of the crew he soon
iad it overboard. < Mr. Jefiup and mr. Lockwood took the
>oat, and attempted to save mr. J. Lockwood; but the
rind blowing frefli, and the sea running high, they could
lot effeft their pnrpofe. When they had loft fight of him
hey attempted to regain the sloop. In running alongside
he boat overfet. Mr. Jcflhp was frequently heard to fay
0 mr. Lockwood, don’t be frightened; but not being able
0 right the boat he was drowned. Mr. Lockwood %as
•ved by getting hold of a rope cad from the Ibop.
IPaJkington, January 29.
IxtrciFl of a letter from commodore Dale to the secre
tary oj the navy, dated Jlrails of Gibraltar , OFlober
25, iHou
* ls a painful ta/k for me to inform you of the fad
ataftroohe- that happened to the cutter, 2 boat belonging
0 the Prelident, and the officers and men who were in
er j on the a2d mftar.tr Being a very fine morning, X
sent her oVe* to Gibraltar with u letter to mr. Gavlno, re
queftuig him to have the articles ordered lor the (hip in
readiness, as I expected to be over with the ship in two or
three days. The boat left Gibraltar on her return back
at 11 a. it. By this time the wind was blowing very
frefh, the boat 6y fome means was overfet, and every
foul on board was loft except one man, whom I have not
seen as vet.’ The enclosed is a lid of the officers and men
that were lofl. It is i’omething furpriling that the boat
was not seen to overfet either from Algebras or Gibraltar,
as it is not more than five and an half miles acrols, and
the accident took place between 2 and 3 o’clock.”
Lijl of men lof in the President's boat .
John M. Clagget, lieutenant;
Elias Willis, mid/hipman;,
John Street, cocklwain;
John Evans, seaman;
John Miles, do. ‘
Jacob Dodge, do.
William Smith, do.
Thomas Bragg, do.
William Maybrook, do.
. Joseph Dickson, do.
The name of the man saved is not mentioned.
Cbarlejloui February 10. Yederday arrived, brig
Eal/plo, Kaar, Bremen, 91 days; brig’Henry, H r'rtz
endorff, St. Übes, 52 days.
The fl>ip John and Francis, Baas, arrived at Bonrdeau*
on the 7th of December from this port, 27 days pafTage.
The following gentlemen were yederday chosen direCt
ors of the bank of South Carolina for the year ensuing:
Thomas Jones, Robert Dewar, F. J. Foltz, Chridopber
Fitzfitnons, Ehflia Poinfet, Keating Simons, James Cre
gorie,* John Brownlee, Thomas Somarfall,* Alexander
Shiras, Alexander Edwards, Seth Lothrop,* James Ly
nah.
* -New members*
February 11.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ’
f Washington Course , Wednesday, February 10.
The Charleston Jockey Club Purse of 1000 dollars, for
aged horfs, 133 lbs.—6 years, 129 lbs— 5 years,. 120
lbs. —4 years, 106 lbs— 4 mile heats; — mares, fillies,
and geldings, allowed 3 lbs.
Gen. Wafhingtn’i Ariadne, by Bedford,
4 years old, i . r t
Maj or M‘Pherfon’ Leviathan, aged, . 2 dr.
The firft heat vrns run in 8 minute* and 12 seconds:
Ariadne the favorite.
February 1 11
WaJhington Course , Tburfday , February u.
1 he Charleston Jockey Club Purse of 800 dollars, for
aged horfies, 133 lbs.—6 years,’ 129 lbs.—s years, 120
lbs.— 4 years, 106 lbs.— 3 rears, 96 lb*— 3 mile head;
—mares, fillies, and gelding*, allowed 3 lbs.
Gen. Walhington’s hr. f. Trumpetta, 4 year*
old, •- . . • . ‘ ‘ t t
Col. Allflon's hi. m. Maria, 6 years old, 1 2
Mx. R. Singelton’* bl. m. Don ides, 5 years
old, • • • . 33
Mr. T. B. Seabrook’s b. li. Furious CelfUs, 5
years old, , . . . 4 4
Mr. Jenkins’s horse Mogul, aged, . 5 5
The firft heat was run in 6 minute* and 8 seconds, the
feconi heat in 6 minutes and 9 seconds.
February 13. Yederday arrived, the ship Mentor,
Haigerman, Bremen, 73 days; ship Fair American, Cai
hun, Amderdam, 51 days.
SAVANNAH, February 18.
MARINE LIST.
Entered Ixward.
Brig Resource, Mansfield, New York
Schooner Sanev Jack, Fi/k, Vienna
Planter’s Adventure, Johnson, St. Augustine
Brig New York, Pelor, New” York
Schooner Britannia, Brown, Providence (R. I.)
Sloop Betsey, Udall, Plymouth (N. C.)
William, Pitcher, * Newbern
Brig Dove, Hubbard, , Honduras
Cleared Out.
Ship Hercules, Dickinson, Baltimore
Brig Stone, St. Croix
Schooner Trimmer, Platt, pitto
Laurel, Cowell, Bolton
Sally, Gladd, Beaufort
Indudry, Ross, Charleston
Ann, Hills, Hi/paniola
Sloop Ruth, Phipps, St. Mary’s
Schooner Betsey, Little, Weft Indies
Ship Mary, Wall, Nassau
Sloop Huntress, Bolles, New York
Brig John and Edward, Smithwick, Weft ladies
Ship Sally, Swain, Liverpool
Brig Betsey, Kinnear, Weft Indies
Schooner John and Elsey, Edwards, Philadelphia
Brig Dove, Hubbard, New York
Ship Rising States, Beckford, Copenhagen
Schooner Susannah, Kean, Charleston
The schooner Aleftive, capt. Rudolph, with 80 bales
of cotton on board, was loft on the aßth ult. off St. John’s
river.
Died last Friday, lieut. Benjamin Forfyth.
ExtraSl of a letter from a gentleman in the town of
Mary, dated 10 tb February , 180a , Jlating a few
absolute fabls.
“ I am lorry to inform you that our neighbqrs in East
Florida are in a dreadful situation at present. That infam
ous fellow Bowles has at length brought the Indians and
Spaniards to open hostility. Four months.pad the Macba
fooky I own Indians, (where gen. Bowles makes his head
quarters) took from the plantation of F. P. Fatio, elq. on
the river St. John, 49 of his negroes, who were conveyed
to Bowles; mr. Fatio’s son followed a few weeks after to
the Indian town, and saw Bowles, but could not recover
one of his negroes, and not without great difficulty got
ba<;fc hiuifclf; being greatly iufulttd, and having his boritts
taken from him. A gentleman from New England, name*!
Hull, (commonly called judge Hull) obtained from the
governor ol Florida leave to form an exteniive iettlement
at the Matanzas, about 60 miles to the southward of St.
Augustine, the fame loot where dr. Turnbuil had hi*
Greek settlement. Mr. Hull had brought from the north
ward a number of settlers, with whom he began to pre
pare for planting; but Bowles’s Indians came, whipped
iome, plundered the whole of them of’ every thing they
had, and drove them out of the country: This took place
about a month or fix weeks part. About three weeks ago
a party of the fame Indians “hindered mr. Dupont, who
lived about 30 miles south Ci Augustine, of ten grown
negroes, and the lame day killed a young man named
Bouncily, and carried off his mother and three lifters.
Four days pad a party ot friendly Indians, who had been
felling their deer /kins, horses, &c. in this town, and who,
were well known to belong to towns who never favored
Bowles’s measures, were met by fome of the inhabitants
of Florida, within three or four milts of this place, on the
Spani/h territory, when four of them were (hot. This Jft
timed imprudent act will in all probability bring a geii a
Creek war on the Floridas. The thinly scattered inluf- ‘
ats are flying in all directions for l’afety, fome to Au
guftine, fome to the islands on the seacoast, and several
have come on .our fide of the St. Mary’s river. It is now
evident that all the settlements in Florida will be totally
broke up, and of course those restless Americans who have
gone them will wilh themselves once more quietly fettled
under a government which is both willing and able to pro-*
ted the lives and property of its citizens. What renders
the lituation of the planters in Florida more deplorable is,
that the whole force of the province (militia included) is
by no means equal to meet 300 Indians in the woods. Add
to this, that there is not a (ingle military pod on their
frontier toward the Indians. Poor encouragement this
indeed (or emigrants to that country.” \Gol. Mus
FILIAL AFFECTION.
ON one of the many bridges in Ghent stand two larg#
brazen images of a father and a son, who obtained this
distinguished mark of the admiration of their feliow citi
zens by the following incidents:
Both the father and the son were, for some offence ar
gainst the state, condemned to die. Some favorable cir
cumstances appearing on the side of the son, he was grant
ed a remission oi his share of the sentence, upon certain
provisions—rin short, lie was offered a pardon, on the mod
cruel and barbarous condition that ever entered into the
mind ol even monkish barbarity; namely, that he would
become the executioner of his father! He at first resolute
ly refused to preserve hia life hv means so fatal and detest,
able; this is not to be wondered at; for 1 hope, for th
honor ot our nature, that there are but few, very few sons,
who Would not have spurned with abhorrence, life sustain
ed on conditions so horrid, so unnatural. The son, though
long inflexible, was at length overcome by the tears and
entreaties of a fond father, who represented to him, that,
at all events, his (the father’s) life was forfeited, and that
it would be the greatest possible consolation to him, at his
last moment*', to. think, that iii his death he was the in
strument of his son's preservation. The youth consented,
to adopt the horrible means of recovering his life and liber
ty: he lifted the axe; but, as it was about to fall, his arm
sunk ntrvelefs, and the axe dropped from his hand! Had
he as many lives as hairss he would have yielded them all,
one afier another, father than again even conceive, much
less perpetrate, such an act. Life, liberty, every thing,
vanislietl before the dearer interests of filial affedion: hfe
fell upon his father’s neck, and', embracing him, triumph
antly exclaimed, “ My father, my father! we die toge
ther!” and then called for another executioner to fulfil th&
sentence of the law.
Hard must be their hearts indeed, bereft of evefy senti
ment of virtue, every sensation of humanity; who could
stand insensible speftators of such a scene! a sudden peal
of involuntary applauses, mixed with groans and sighs;
rent the air. Jhe execution was suspended; and, on a
simple representation of the transaction, both were par
doned: high rewards and honors were conferred on the son;
and finally, those two admirable brazen images were raised
to commemorate a transaction so honorable to human na
ture, and transmit it for the instruction and emulation of
posterity. 1 lie statue represents the son in the very act
of letting fall the axe.
AFFECTIONATE TRIBUTE to the MEMORY cf
a SISTER . By the Rev. James Hurdis.
LEI me not overlook the distressing event which, in
the beginning of autumn 1792, fell upon the author o,f
these reflections. . When he first became sensible of his
introduction into life he found in the cradle beside him an
infant sister, whose disposition was congenial with his
own, and whom he had no sooner seen than he loved.
At her side he grew, and esteem grew with him. Affec
tion was mutual, and it was ardent. It was with linger
ing regret that he left her, to pass through the several
stages of education, but with most lively satisfaction that
he returped to spend his vacations at home. Happy did
he deem himself when no farther restraint was laid upon
him, when, tuition had closed her leClure, and he was
permitted to dedicate all his moments to domestic enjoy r
ment. By. his affectionate companion he sat down con
tented, and envied no man his happiness, satisfied with the
amplitude ctf.hu own. With her he continued his pur
suits, and she possessed herself of all the fruits of his la
bor. Surely no man liv'mg was more blesded, and no man
had more cause to be wretched, when she was taken away
from him. Dear girl, thou art gone, and thy grave has
been sprinkled with my tears. My tears are thine at this
moment, and what is life but imprisonment without thee?
I will sit by thy grave and lament foee. I will come down
to thee when my hour is accomplished. I will fondly de
corate the spot where thou art placed, and every flower
which thy eye approved shall grow near it. I will not
doubt but that we shall some day meet again, and per
ceive that even in this severe dispensation there is good
ness and mercy.