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Ruffians, and the French mmifier
ms preparing to follow him.
Sir R Strachan was off Finifter
ae, and had intelligence that the
Rochefort squadron had not got
into port on the 30th of October.
The Ottoman troops at Cairo
have obtamed a complete victory o
ver the refractory beys—-the heads
0 f seven of them, in conformity
with the usual practice of Turkey,
were publicly hung up on the gates
of the Seraglio at Constantinople,
among whom was said to be that
o£the celebrated Elsi Bey.
December 20.
A letter from Liverpool, of the
pth Nov. received in this city, by i
the flup Neptune, gives as a report j
that the number of troops embark- \
cd on board of the (hips about fail- j
ing on a secret expedition, was to !
be augmented to 60,000.
December 23. \
Mr Kirkpatrick, the American j
C onfui at Malaga, received the fol
lowing statement from his corref. ,
pendent at Cadiz:
a Nov. 5, at 4 P M. Cape Spar
tel bearing E S E, 4O miles diftam, |
cant. Chew fell in with a British ;
fleet of I4 fail of the line, under :
admin! Colingwcod—was brought
to and boarded by the Martin Hoop
of war; the lieutenant of which in
formed, that lord Nelson and only
two captains were killed—that
they had 13 (hips difahled, which,
wiih 4 of the prises, bad arrived
fafe at Cibralter.—That the rest
of the prises were either destroyed
to prevent their falling into the
ha,ids of their former possessors,
left on (bore, or drifted into Cadiz
bay; That nroft of the latter class
had been destroyed by the boats
from the fleet. The Santiflima
Trinidada was destroyed when in
light of Cadiz, after it was found
impracticable to bring her off:
That admiral Villeneuve was on
board admiral Collingwood’s ship,
the Dreadnought.
“ The fame day left the fleet in
co. with the Victory, (lord Nel
son's ship) and Bellifle, (both un
der jury malls) bound to Eng
land”
He could not tell the number of
killed and wounded, as the returns
v/ere not yet completed. The ge
neral opinion at Gibraltar, howe
ver was, 10,000 men must have
‘oft their lives in (he action.
Ike blockade of Cadiz was con-
by admiral Coliingwood.
LONDON, NOV. 7.
Admiral Collingwood’s conduft ?
obtained the Fullest approbati- ;
> and last night dispatches were
to Plymouth to be forward- .
fd to him by the Acafira, contain-
JS a commission, which appoints j
I . lni to the command of the ships
? the Mediterranean, with the
dme powers asLordNelfon had.
Lord Nelson had accompliihed
: 47th year of his age, —having
; in the amount of his
lUu num Ler of (hips of the
Re had taken from the enemy.
I I—
tio uro P ean accounts men
t; a * i? at ari * m P ol *tant change was
14 ,P r °bability about to take
I e the Spanish government
JJ a ®y the nobility, connefted
* a tniltes who have remonftrat
the measures which pi* 0 ’
vjjJrl - riots at Madrid, ha-
- from the court
MONITOR.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18.
Exirad of a letter from a member of
Congress, to his friend in the cl
of Richmond, dated the 6th ult>
• a *1 enc t 0 y°u on the id
inst. the president’s message. fin
this day, we received a confidential
communication, giving a detailed
statement ot our affairs with Spain.
It appears from the view I have
of the papers accompanying it
c at ir *? r l ‘ le c ' aa:l ge in the ‘ftato
o. affairs in Europe, we could not
poflibly have avoided an open run*
tine with France and Spain, with
out facrificing the whole of Louis-
Hna, except a narrow margin on
the Miniflippi, and abandoning our
claims for . Spoliations, the° pay
merits of which had been solemnly
ftiputated in our convention with
Spain. It is not to be supposed that
hi the prelent polhire of European
affairs, Spain could expect the aid
of France, Without this expectati-
fhe would shrink from a con- j
flict in which, from our local situ- |
ation. we fliould have it in our pow- ;
er to do her incalculable injury. I
The recent orders iiTued by that !
government to the commanders cf !
her armed vessels, to refpeci our
treaty, after having commenced a i
system ot fpoliafcion, can only be at- j
tributed to the change in the pod- |
ure of affairs in Europe. If, as we I
have every reason to hope, the Em- j
peror shall find full employment on
the continent, every thing will be
amicably adjusted with Spain.
“ With England, too, our situ
ation is a serious one. On her,
however, we have a powerful
check, on the quantity of her man
ufadures consumed here; raid the
consequent dependence of the ma
nufacturing class of her citizens on
us for a market. A prohibition of
her manufactures would reduce
to beggary a million of her citi
zens.
6i Upon the whole, delicate and
critical as our situation appears to
be with the three powers of
Europe, the (form will, I think,
pals by, and the biddings of a peace
be preserved to our country, with
out a facrifice of national honor or
interest, or referring to very llrong
measures. It is probable, that an
im mediate prohibition of the ex
portation of arms and ammunition
will take place, that our harbors
will be furmihed with a competent
number of gun boats for u^*once,
! and that molt of the measures re
commended in the Presidents mef
faec, except the 74’s, will be a
dopted. We (hall have a fufficient
; fund for these purposes in the fur
!• plus million which will _ remain,
i after'paying the eight millions per-
I manently appropriated to the fun -
led debt, and the sum of th.ee
| millions seven hundred and fiby
! thousand dollars, aftumed J
! French convention.
I “ Among other measures co
- templated during the present f
- it is probable that a valuable
! fhance will be made in the militia
r a The ercat inconvenience
convenience will be removed. It
is proposed to divide the militia in
to three classes : The firft to be
composed of perfous between the
ages of 18 and 21 : The second,
of persons without families, between
the ages of 21 and 26; and the
third class, of persons between the
ages of 26 and 45. The middle
class, of which there will be 200,
000, is to be considered the effed
ive rqilitia of the country—-to be
fuhjecl to such a fyflem of training
as v.iil make them competent to
all the duties of foldicrs—to be
completely armed, and officered as
for actual service, and fubjed to
do duty for a year at a time in any
part of the United States. The
firft class to be fubjed to do duty
only within the date, or an adjoin
ing flats, and the last never to be
called out of the limits of the state.
It is proposed to purchase 40,
000 stand of arms annually, until
the 200,000 final 1 be completely
armed. In a country like ours, no
fubjed can be more important than
an improvement in the militia syst
em, which renders it competent
wkn our and ere ace. f feel foine
pfeature in contemplating the out
lines of a plan which will prevent,
under any eircurnftances in which
we may be placed, the necdlity
o! many regulars. A band of ci
tizens, in the, prime of life, posses
sing tiie lame feelings and interest
with the mass of the community,
with arms and a competent knowl
edge how to uie them in defend
ing their rights againfl foreign vi
olence or domestic oppreftion, are
the only ipecies of soldiery on which
a free people can look without a
frown,”
After this paper had gone to
press the editor received advice of
the following serious intelligence
—“That a body of eight hundred
Indians had a (Tumbled near Detroit,
on the Britilh fide of the Strait,
and sent in a belt of Red and Black
wampum to the commanding offi
cer there—'Fhe militia have been
called cut and it is feared that-they
are not adequate to the exigency.”
Officers conversant with the In
dians, fay that these colours of the
beads, indicate determined war—
an express has been forwarded to
the feat of the general government^
[Aurora
We are informed, that general
Ferranti, of the city of St. Domin
go, has recently issued a proclama
tion in which he gives the names of
the American vessels, captains,
owners and Shippers, who have car
ried on the trade with the brigands
of St. Domingo, and orders his pri
vateers to bring in for confiscation
every such vcftel, or others, belong
ing to cr having on board any arti
cle, even tine moft trifling, the pro
perty of the said captains, owners
or shippers.-—This decree is intend
ed to operate to the seizure and
condemnation of any vessels or pro
perty on the high Teas, belonging
to Americans who have in any way
traded with the brigands of Hispan
iola.
Phil. Caz*
The celebrated genera! Mirander
arrived at Washington city on the
Bth ult.
__ |in —*•“—
Fifner Ames, efq. has been de.y
ed President of Harvard Umverfi
ty. by an unanimous vote of the
The debate in the Hdufe of Rep
resentatives for these two days past,
on the contested election of Mr.
Mead, was conducted with great
ability and drew forth an honora
ble difpiay of talents.—ln this de
bate several new members rose for
the fit ft time, of whom Mr. Bidwell
from Massachusetts, Mr. N. Wil
liams from New-York, Mr. Quincy
from Mafiachufetts, & Mr. Broome
from Delaware, deserved to be no
ticed. From the specimens offered
by these gentlemen, as well as from
our personal knowledge of other
members, we arc juftified in the
opinion, thar the present iegiflature
Las gained no inconsiderable accef>
ffon of talents. [Nat. Int
Married,
On Sunday the 29th of Decem
ber, Captain Jjst.t “Taftmas, of
Clark county, to the amiable Mi fa
i Susan Cox, of Oglethorpe coun
ty-
Mr. Thomas Winn to Mifg
- ■ ■ Ao£e, both of this county.
DIED ,
In Savannah, the 4th inst, in the
I 49th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah
: Bolton, relict of the late Robert
Boi.ton, Ffq. merchant of that
city.
*
In Greene county, Mrs. Lucy
Early, consort of Mr. Joel Ear
ly, a lady of mefttmahle worth.
\ ‘ a, .Vl.
The multiplicity cf infereft
ing fubje&s which we have before
us, induces us to postpone the in
sertion of the presentments of the
Grand Jury of Wilkes, with the
Judge’s charge, handed us for this
day’s paper, till our next.
—- -H Inr II 1- 1 MU nir -T - - I flu mm 1i —*|T|
yf*-! i mi m nIMt
Executor’s Sale.
!
WILL BE SOLD.
On Friday the 2§th of February text,
at the late residence of John
Holmes, deceased , in Wilkes esun*
tv 0
V*
Jj
J ART of the personal eflate of
said deceased, confiding of negroes,
cattle, and fun dry things too tedi
ous to mention. For all sums a
hove five dollars, twelve months
credit will be given, on bond with
approved security.
Jos 1 aii Holmes, ?
John Holmes, y Exr f s.
Jan. 13, 1806.
J NOTICE
| jOST, on Saturday night lafl,
between Washington and col. Stan
tons, on Rocky creek, a red mo
rocco pocket book, containing
sundry papers, valuable to the fub
feriher only, and a twenty dollar
bank bill; * which bill will be giv
en as a cornpenfation to the person
who may find it, and deliver it to
me at Lipham’s mills, or at Cor
bet’s flore in Washington.
John Rorie.
Jan. 13, i8o& ,
i 1 - ■ ■—
A CAUTION.
1 N September lad I gave my note
|to Obediah Wright for 1 1$ dol
lars, payable i)ec. 25* tSoo, the
conaderation for which it was given
not being complied with, I fore
warn all persons from tfadmgjor
said note, as I will not pay it With
out the consideration being given#
Noah Doddridoe-
Jan. 18, ISo 6.