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SALEM, March ißf.
ARRIVED on Monday, two large full
loaded with damaged goods from Cape Cod, laved
from the wrecks of the lliips Brutus, Ulysses, and Volu
fia. Came passengers, upwards of 30 persons, being all
the survivors from these unfortunate fliips. Ihe public
sympathy was never more interfiled in the misfortunes ol
our feafaring brethren than on this occalion.
March 29. On Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock, this
town was alarmed by the cry of fire, which proceeded
from a smith’s shop opposite Creek court, and was very
soon extinguished. Fe w citizens arrived at the spot be
fore the alarm was again given from another quarter of
the town, when the whole of the out buildings of the
workhouse were discovered in one vail (beet of fire, and
threatened immediate deftrudtion to the poorhouse, the
ropewalks, and the elegant dwellinghoufes, near. he
attention of the inhabitants being thus divided, that prompt
and universal attention which always charatterifes our ci
tizens was, by this means only, not afforded, and the
whole extent of buildings was enwrapt in flames, and en
tirely consumed, together with a large quantity of (lores
provided for the house, and but few articles were saved.
One apartment was flored with oakum, from which, at
times, the blaze extended to an aftonilliing height; and
nothing but the calm which prevailed could have saved
the ropewalk of mr. Br'ggs, which was the neared build
ing to the fire, and mr. Vincent’s adjoining; had these
taken fire the deftrudtion of property mull have been
dreadful indeed; but under Providence they “’ere preferred
by the spirited exertions of the people. The buildings
were let on fire by design. and a black boy, confined in
the workhouse, (who lace! v set fire to mr. William Gray’s
house in Portland) has been committed to gaol on suspicion
of perpetrating the infamous deed. Ihe lire was not en
tirely got under until two hours bard exertion. >
Neva York, March 29. The ship Warren, in 42 days
from Rotterdam, and the brig Brandywine Miller, in 46
days from Greenock, ran alhore about 1 ?. o’clock on Fri
day night, off the Point of Staten I. lard, near Sandy Hook.
By the former of there vessels we learn, that the fliip Ni
agara. cant. Sands, was ioft the 13th of January cn the
coall of Holland, in a tremendous gale; the whole of the
crew perished. Next day 500 or 600 dead bodies, from
the wrecks of other vessels, were floating along the fliore,
and several lhips were fee 11 cn the coall apparently in
great distress.
Bv a pilot boat, which palled the Warren and the
Brandywine Miller yesterday, we are informed there is a
probability that the latter will be got off without much
damage; the Warren appeared to be in a worse lituation.
A letter is received in town from mr. Irving, our consul
in London, informing, that since the arrangements made
bv mr. King with the Britifii government the board of com
nf.{copers, under. the 7th article of the Britifii treaty,-
W’ould proce*d to make their awards in the cases of Ame
rican claims without any further embarraflinents or inter
ruption. jj.
March 31. St. Peter’s church, in Barclay llreet, was
robbed a few days ago of part of the plate belonging to the
communion table. On Monday last a young man, who
s his name is Smith, and that he is from Poughkeepsie,
was apprehended on suspicion of having committed the ia
crilegc, and, after examination, committed to Bridewell,
to take his trial at the circuit court now fitting. The plate
was traced to the person to whom he is fuppoftd to have
fold it, and was broken in pieces. It was a present, we un
de I Hand, from the king of Spain to-the Roman Catholic
church in this city, and was highly esteemed.
An accomplice of the said Smith is apprehended, and is
no'v ii Bridewell, on the fame charge.
IVafkington, March 23. We are forrv to Hate, that
the wa;choufe of meffrs. Steuart and Beall was laid even
ing eii irely consumed by fire. It was with much difficulty’
that the opposite houles were preserved. All the flour on
the tipper floor, several barrels of apples, mid other ar
ticles to the amount of about one thousand dollars, were
destroyed. The fire originated from the carelessness of a
black boy leaving fire near an adjoining building.
Petcrjburg, March 29. We are indebted (fays a
Philadelphia paper) to the politeness of a French gentle
man in this city for the following intereffmg intelligence,
for the authenticity of which, we feel authorized to vouch:
On the 21 ft ult. TouflVmt sent a deputation to gen. Le
Clerc, requiring him to deliver all the money and clothing
found at Port Republican, which he alleged rightfully be
longed to his people.
Gen. Lc Clerc peremptorily vejetted the demand, and
summoned Tou(Taint to surrender within three days. A
second deputation was sent, apd brought with them a peti
tion, signed by all the white inhabitants from every quar
ter who were in Touffaiut’s pofleffion, praying gen. Le
Clerc to pay attention to the many and great services hi
therto rendered to the colony by the “ virtuous Touffaint.”
u Virtuous Touffaint!” exclaimed gen. Le Clerc, “ people,
why will you be deluded by a villain who has deceived
France and all Europe, and who now willies to deceive
me, but in which lie will be deceived? Go tell him that
there is no grace for him; in a few days I will make him
a public and ignominious fpc&acie. Virtuous Touffaint
indeed! when he himielf, not four months ago, instigated
Mcy.co to nub dev the whites, and then, after a mock trial.
(Lot the instrument of his own guilt, because he saw in
him a dangerous rival.”
Gen. Lc Clerc, turning to his troops, thus addressed
them:
“ Soldiers,
u The government of France has sent us here to pro
tect the inhabitants, to cflablilh order, and to preserve to
them the colony of St. Domingo. The rebellion of Touf
faint is evident. The campaign against the rebels will be
inflantly opened. Be provident of your provisions and
ammunition. [7O cartridges bad just been distributed to
each mam] Against fucli brigands we need only use the
bayonet. In fix weeks the colony will be ours.”
Cbarlejlon, April 14. Arrived, fliip Fabius, Boifett,
Havre, 41 days.
April 16. 1 efterday arrived, the Ihip Dauphin, Wal
lace, St. Übes, 47 days.
April 14- Arrived, brig Betsey and'Mary, Mulder,
Hamburgh, 36 days.
SAVANNAH, April 22.
Union g^odetj).
THE Members of the Union Society are desired to
meet at the Filature, on Friday the 23d inflant, precisely
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to tranlaift the bulinefs of
the day, and celebrate the annivtrfary.
Peter S. Laffitte, sec’y.
Savannah, 6 :b Abril , 1802.
* *
MARINE LIS T.
Entered Inward.
Schooner Eagle, Morris, New York
Vulture, Hammond, . Ditto
Erig Nymph, Graham, Martinique
Schooner Escape, Watson, St. V incent’s
Brig Adtive, M‘Ewe, Liverpool
Schooner Hero, Tilden, North Carolina
Ship Sampson, Tibbits, 1 rinidad
Schooner Friendlhip, Knight, Beaufort
Brig New York, Pelor, New York
Trial, Griffiths, Ditto
Ship George William, Hicks, Rhode Illand
Schooner Debby, Starr, New York
Union, Medget, North Carolina
Brig Ceres, Burnham, New York
Sloop Ruth, Phipps, St. Mary’s
Ship Rufus, Holland, Liverpool
Hope, Dow foil,. Ditto
Columbia, Fofdick, New York
Cleared Out.
Sloop Squomfcot, Taylor, Beaufort
Eliza, Price, New York
Brig Dil’patch, Adams, Boston
Enterprise, Shaw, Antigua
Neptune, Latham, New York
Schooner Eliza, Gilbert, Boston
Sloop Independence, Bennett, Philadelphia
Schooner Industry, Finder, New Providence
Sloop Nancy, Brown, Baltimore
Brig Dean, Akerly, New York
Schooner Betsey, Lemont, Boston
Hunter, Brooks, New York
Industry, Ross, C!i irlefton
Mars, Snow, Baltimore
|i Aj a ‘ CUSTOMHOUSE, 25th March, ISO 2.
Office hours from 8 o’clock a. m. to 1 P. M.
The Boyne, in 42 days from Liverpool, arrived at
Ckarlefton on Monday last. When (he failed no accounts
had been received of the signing of the definitive treaty.
We are informed that the French have landed 4000
men at Guadaloupe without meeting with any reliftance.
Married last Thursday, Faulkner Phillips, Esq. to
Mils Eloisa Jane M‘Caule, daughter of the Rev. Mr.
Thomas H. IvLCaule, deceased.
Senate of the United States, Wedr.efday, March 31.
The senate resumed the third reading of the bill, en
titled, u An acti to repeal the iriternal taxes,” and,
On the question, Shall this bill pass as amended? it was
determined in trie affirmative, yeas 15, nays 11.
The yeas and nays being required by one fifth of the
senators present, those who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bradley, Brackenridge,
Clinton, Cocke, Colhoun, Ellery, T. Foster, Franklin,
jackfon, Logan, S. T. Mafon,’ Nicholas, and Sumter.
*5;
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs. Dayton, J). Foster, Howard, J. Mason, Mor
ris, Ogden, Olcotr, Ross, Tracy, Wells, White. 11.
[The amendments above referred to relate only to the
details of the bill.]
Extradl of a Pamphlet, just published in England
being a series of letters addressed to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
1 rearing ol the danger to the British possessions in the
West Indies, from the powerful army and naw that the
French have in that quarter, the author appealsAo the mi
nister in the following animated address:
u But, sir, I do you wrong to suppose you insensible
to the danger. ) our warlike preparations, like the clap
ping of a runaway cock, are a sufficient indication of your
fear. Those preparations, which have been retarded by
that daring anu fatal spirit that your pusillanimous peace
has revived, will, instead of inspiring confidence, spread
distrust and dismay through every part of our islands; and,
in that of Jamaica, it will be justly regarded as the signal
of approaching destruction. The'fleet which, but yester
day, blockaded that of France in the port of Brest', must
now sneak after it at a distance, unseen and unheard, like
the impotent wittol, whose jealousy urges him to watch
the invader of his honor, but whose cowardice withholds
him from preventing the consummation of what he dreads.
“ Should our fleet, though disheartened by the nature
of its employment, prove an efficient protection to Jamai
ca, when can we hope to withdraw it? With its continu
ance on the station will cease the protection which it
yields; and how are we to reconcile that continuance with
a state of peace? How are we to reconcile it with that
“ security for the future” which your predecessor con
stantly stated to be the chief object of the war, and which
you and your partisans assert to be completely obtained?
Am I told that the commencement of that security for
the future must take its date from the signature of the de
finitive treaty* I answer, that I have too high an opinion
oi your gratitude and fidelity to yoiir sovereign to believe
that you will call home the West India fleet upon the
signing ol that treaty. Thus, then, sir, we have already
entered on that tantalizing state “ of mistrust, uneasiness,
cxpence, and danger, on one part, and of threats, in
trigues, and hostile preparations, on the other,” which I
took the liberty to describe to your noble colleague, and
which, I gieatly fear, after having broken tliespiiit, and
exhausted the patience, of the nation, will lead it to seek
ior repose under the deathlike tyranny of France.
l o no part of the world can a Briton now turn his
eyes without horror and shame; nowhere can he look with
out feeling his heart sunk within him at contemplatin'* the
lamentable change which a few, a very few, months have,
with the aid of you and your colleagues, produced in the
aspefl and situation of Ins so lately o * , I
country. But mno part ot the ocean, of v;hi C j,vM
was truly called the mistress, has that
sinking, so injurious, and.so disgraceful, as in ■*
India seas. There we were the uninterrupted but I *
waters and the soil; not a hostile bark dared to sht*
canvass to the wind; not a gun was fired without
mission; our flags spoke peace :.nd protection to°tt‘B
pressed, and terror to the oppressor. There foreiei ‘ ■
whatever nation, gladly owned allegiance to our J
der whose justice and gentle sway they found tlur ■
ity and happiness they had never before enjoyed,
ever we went, in whatever direction, from M e -a ■
Barbados, from Guiana to Bermuda, obedience !!!!■
and honor, followed our steps. This state of\hi
source of wealth and power, might and should
preserved, till we could have found a compensation
loss in the re-establishment of our due portion of
and authority on the continent of Europe; but veuH
thought otherwise, and, without any such* con,**’;■
you have yielded advantages, and'sacrificed dnSS
which your country will never regain. Those wlofcfl
sought our protection, and had staked their fortunes tfl
their lives on our promise, you have yielded up JS
mercy of their remorseless persecutors; the trade and qM
, 1 sc had gaujed you have turned into the e- r |
nel of our enemy: all the improvements, all the ircre"!
of population and produce, which had arisen under S
fostering care, you have gratuitously surrendered toJ
insolent enemy; that security, which had doubled thevj
lue of the “conquered colonies, is now wanting to our oJJ
even tc our oldest and most precious possessions. ■
These will henceforward be every hour in jeopa J
and will, till they shall no longer own the sway of Griß
Britain, continue to experience that depreciation in vail
and that.decline in population, which even the suspicioJ
of insecurity never fails to produce.”
. , n , . -Aitgujla, April 14, I
. Monday last being the day for electing the City Cc J
ci! of Augusta the following pc/lons were chosen for tkl
eniuing year:
Diflricl N'c. r. >1
1 homas Flournoy,’ ‘I
Walter Leigh.
DijlriSi No. 2.
John Moore,
Wiilbm Fitzpatrick,
Nicholas Ware.
LYifridl Wo. 3.
Richard !’unman,
Hugh N\ floitt, J
George Hogarth,J ‘ e S> la '-
FOR GREENOCK, I
The Bri S Active, I
Capt. Hugh M‘£wen,
Will fail by the icthof next month I
./'T.T'I For freight of a few bales of cotton I
apply to
THOMAS and JAMES BEGGS. I
Who have received on confgnment, per said vejfcl ,
The fAllowihg ARiTCLiiS,
Which they will dispose of on very low terms for cajh
or produce:
30 hampers belt Cheihire cl.eefe,
50 ditto ditto Irilli potatoes,
35 kegs btft Scots barley,
60 firkins ditto ditto herrings,
2000 bulhels belt white fait,
10 tons of coals,
20 crates assorted crockery ware,
8 caffs Port wine,
1 o calks best London bottled porter,
4 cases mens hats assorted,
2 trunks umbrellas assorted,
A handsome affortmeni of muffins.
All of which mav be seen at Beggs and Bovd’s counting
houfe.
April 17.
SHERIFF'S SALE?
On Thursday the 13 tb day cf May next, •will be fold)
by public outcry , at the Cciirtboufc in this city , be
tween the hours of X and 111 o'clock,
/\ MOIETY of the SHIP RUFUS,
her TACKLE, FURNITURE,and
APPAREL, I’eized as the property of John
*^KSs£cjM-p atr i c k, by virtue of attachments and order
of the Honorable the Judges of the Inferior Court. Con
ditions calh. T. Norton, s. c. c.
Savannah, 22d April , 1802.
cFnotice.’
r pHE CHURCH COMPANY are ordered to appear
X on their usual parade ground, at 10 o’clock, on Sa
turday the Ift of May next, armed and accoutred agree
ably to law.
A. ABRAHAMS, Captain.
April 16, 1802.
GEORGIA."] By Edward White, Clerk of the Court
( l. s. ) p> of Ordinary for the county of Chatham
Ed. White.J in the state aforefaid.
W'HEREAS Francis S. Miller and John B. Gib
* bons have made application to me for letters ox
administration on the estate and efftfts of John Miller*
late of Chatham county, planter, deceased, as nearest ol
kin, These are therefore to cite and admonifl. all an
lingular the kindred and creditors of the deceased to tic
their objections (if any they have) in my office, on or be
fore the 19th day of May next, otherwise letters of a *
ministration will be granted them.
Given under my hand and seal, at Savanna ,
the 19th day of April, in the year of our
Lord 1802, and in the 26th. year of Ameri
can Independence.