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FOREIGN NEWS.
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Boston, May SI.
Latent from Spain. We have
been rtbligirgly favored by our cor-
y f {pendent in Salem, with the in
terfiling intelligence that follows:
44 This day ( May 28) arrived the
schooner Jeanra, captain HufTum,
SO days from Bilboa. The Prince
of Peace had not been beheaded,
as had been reported. Every thing
appeared to be quietly fettling un
der the new King in Spain. The
Joanna was originally bound to
Bilboa, but had her register endor
icd by the Engliftunen. She how
ever proceeded for her port, and
was taken by a Spanish boat with
in fight of it. No condemnation
of American vtfllh had taken place
in Spain under the blockading de
ciu-s. The court of admiralty at
Madrid cleared veiTel ami cargo.
The brig Bttfey, Hooper, of Boll
on. waiting trial.”
By mr. Gray’s veffJ, which has
arrived at Salem from Spain, his
Catholic majesty’s consul in this
town, received files of the Gazette
of Madrid, to the 27th of April,
indufive.
The emperor Napoleon left Paris
on tbe 2d of April, for Botdeaux.
Or. the road, he was met by the
an baflador from the new king of
Spain, v ho presented his creden
tifiig to him as he fat in his coach.
r J ne ewptior informed that he
Vvuh’ g'vehim audience in the fu ll
c y which they might (top. The
ambaffndor was nectfliated to
change his carriage, to endeavor to ,
keep up with him. Napoleon pro- \
ceeded to Bordeaux, where he visit
ed the different public buildings,
the river, &c.
The late king of Spain had pub
liflied a proclamation declaring that
he had voluntarily abdicated the
throne in favor of his son Ferdi- !
nand, whom he called on all his
fubjeQs to obey—a: the fame time
he recommended to his son to keep j
in office the old unfufpe&cd public
servants.
King Ferdinand had proceeded
to Vi&oria, (which is 155 miles N.
of Madrid, and 32 S. E. of Bilboa)
to meet the emperor Napoleon, and
conduct him to Madrid, where it
is expected the marriage of the
king with the emperor’s neice, will
be solemnized, and the coronation
take place.
The Prince of Peace had not
been punished, nor even tried—?&
nothing criminal had been found
against persons at fiift fulpe&ed as
connected wdth him.
Philadelphia, May 30.
Captain Winn, lrom Marseilles
and Gibraltar, informs, that two
days before he failed from the latter
place, (April 15) aßritifh iloopof
war arrived there express, and in
formed, that she had left a frigate
watching the motions of a fleet of
17 French and Spanish ships of the
line, off* Minorca, where it was fup
poiec they were hound to join 4 or
5 Spanish (hips of the line, lying at
that island, from whence it was
conjectured they would pafsout of
the Straits, and the people at Gib
raltar were daily looking for them.
An express was dispatched from
Gibraltar, to inform the British fleet
off Cadiz, as it was fufpeCled that
the combined fleet meant to relieve
the French and Spanifli ships at
C<unz where there were 13 fail of
the line nil ready for sea. Captain
V/. further informs, that two days
before he failed, it was reported at
Gibraltar, that the Prince of Peace
had made hrs efeape from Madrid.
He alio informed, that a part of
Bonaparte's army were arrived at a
town about 5 or 6 miles from Gib
raltar, and it was expt&ed that he
would shortly commence the siege
of that place, which the inhabitants
expeded mud soon submit to him.
i ‘lue British have mined theifthtnus
i leading into Spain, with an inten
! tton of giving the French a hoilt
into the air.
Savannah, June 14.
By the faft failing brig Amazon,
capt. Copp, from New-York, we
have received papers of that city to
the 31 ft ult. indufive—their con
tents are imercfting, as will be seen
by extracts from them. Among
other things is the following detail
of the piracy of the French priva
teer lehr. Superior, on the fchr.
Lovely Lucy, Knowles, from Balti
more to this port. This is the
lame privateer, that captured and
plundered of a very valuable cargo,
the ship Roboreus, on her partake ;
from Baltimore to New-Orleans
the particulars of which have been
pubiifhed in the Museum, from the
Chailcfton Courier.
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Baltimore, May 27.
“Arrived last evening, the Span
ish fchr, St. Salyadore, 12 days from
Havanaa—paffenger, captain Chal
mers, who went out lupercarg j
of the schooner Lovely Lucy, capt.
liowles, bound from this port, to
Savannah. Capt. C. informs, that
the 22d of April, oft cape Rornain,
they were captured by the French
privateer schooner Superior, who
put a prizc-ma(ler and 8 men on
board, and ordered her to Santana.’
They immediately ordered all the
crew below—threatened to put us
all in irons if we did not remain
there. On the evening of the fame
day experienced a very severe gale
from the westward; the French
men lowered all fail and attempted
to feud her under bare poles, but
through the ignorance or misman
agement of the one at the helm,
she broached to, upset and filled;
they then cut away the marts and
she righted, but negledling to free
them from the flirouds before cut
ting, (he thumped several holes
through her sides. The gale con
tinuing with encreafed violence, iii
that situation she remained three
days, when the decks burst asunder.
Capt. Chalmers, Mr. Campbell (a
paftfenger) and three negro sailors,
were fortunate enough to get on
that part of the deck that floated ;
the others were all drowned. They
remained on that part of the deck
four days, without provisions or
water. On the 28th one of the
negroes died, part of whose body
they eat. On the 29th they were
providentially picked up by the
brig Nancies, from Norfolk bound
to Havanna. Mr. Campbell died
on board the brig, the evening of
t he day they were picked up,”
After those unparralled outrages,
the fame privateer Superior entered
the port of Philadelphia, where she
was completely refitted, and has
since failed on another cruize, and
with a large supply of stores, gran
ted by special permission from the
col left or of the port, as appears by
the following permit:
44 Port of’ Philadelphia , May 18.
—Permit capt. Brevard to laden on
bo*rd the armed French schooner,
25 bbls. bifeuit —2 cases red wine
-15 do. beef—6 do. codfnli—ls do.
pork—4 do. cheefe —4 do. peas—
-40 galls. vinegaK —2 hhds. French
brandy—4 kegs hogs lard—l do.
butter —4 quintals onions—3 jars
beef,a-la-mode —Ido. pickled pork
—2 do. frefh butter—2 boxes gin
-18 do. pepper —10 gallons brandy
12 dozen porter —6 bams—24 do
zen eggs. Being free according to
law.”
M O N I T O R.
Saturday, June 18.
—
Extradl of a letter from a gentleman
at New Orleans , to his friend in
Boston , dated April 10
44 Letters from Kentucky last e
vening, mention that col. A. B.
was collecting his old friends, and
would be in this city shortly. This
much is a tett, about three days
since all the fLur here, was pur
chased at about 4 dollars 75 cents
per barrel. Ihe quantity is very
large.”
INDIAN NEWS. ‘
ExtK&dt of a letter from Gov. Sevier
of Tennessee , to his friend in Staun
ton., Virginia , dated Marble
Springs , May 14, J 808.
44 By last mail I received an ex
press from general Jackson, dating
that 440 Creeks and 12 whites
have taken apofnion on the South
bank of the \ tnneflee near the
mouth of Duck river, and had kill
ed near about 20 persons and took
fome hoifes, &c.
If this be true we shall have
warm work this fu miner, I have
given him orders to dislodge them,
and otherways to take defenfive
measures only until further orders.”
Further confirmation,’
BRIGADE ORDERS.
Maury county , April 27, 1808.
44 Gentlemen ,
44 1 have lately received informa
tion from Gen. Andrew jacklon
that the Indians have murdered
three families confiding of twenty
one persons a finall distance below
the mouth of Duck river, arid two
days previettsrto that (which should
have been done on the sth ind.)
they attacked a boat of major Col
bert’s in Tennessee river, on board
of which were five white men—
They killed two and wounded three,
one of which has since died of his
wounds—The general’s informant
reports that there are encamped on
the south bank of the Tennessee,
a hostile band of Creek Indians,
amounting to four hundred and for
ty, and with them twelve white
men—-If this be the case it is high .
time to prepare for war. lam or
dered by the general without delay,
to place and keep my brigade in
complete readiness, so that 1 may
if called on, furnifh my quota with
the shorted notice and wait his
further orders or the orders of
government—you will therefore im- j
mediately make such arrangements
in your refpeftive regiments as will
insure to you & me the confidence of
our country. You will direst the
volunteers within your regiments
to be in readiness and on the alert,
as they will be considered as min
ute men, if emergency (h uld re
quire or a call from the prefment.”
i R.Vf.TTCH, (N. C.) Tune 5.
Ihe con iii iiioulrs foinieriy ap
pointed by this slate and the ftatt us
South-Caiolina, for adjufling the
long disputed boundary between
the two dates, are to meet on the
firft of July, at Columbia, m Souih
Carolina, to make another attempt
at fome agreement on this subj ct.
. —We sincerely hope their meet
ing may prove efffiual. Ihe gen
tlemen employed by this slate are
the fame who fettled our boundary
dilpute with Georgia, viz. Gens.
Steele, Welborn and Moore.
Exit act of a letter from a respectable
merchant in Halifax , to his cor
respondent in Philadelphia , dated
May 13, 1808.
44 No American vessel has been
sent in here since last O&ober, and
under present circumstances, it is
not likely that many detentions can
take place; but independent of the
embargo, all the commanders of
{hips of war have lately received
new and very particular inftruft
iens in regard to their treatment of
neutrals, which evinces a sincere
disposition on the part cf the Bric
ifh government to avoid any dispute
with the United States.”
New- York, May 30.
Government has chartered the
brig Hamlet, of ibis port, to carry
diipatches to the Portuguese gov
ernment at Brazil, She will fail in
: eight or ten cays.
On the 9th u?t. the Haytian
President Christophe had a bloody
| battle with Petion near Gpe Nich
j ola Niole. Christophe s laid to
j have had 1000 men killef.
By the latest accounts from St.
Croix and Havannab, four was
■ felling at thfL.former pi Je at pc
i dollars per bbl. and cori rreal rt
100 dollars per hhd.— A Hava.-,
nah flour was from 28 b 30 dol
lars per bbl.
cnvlMay 27.
We have received th* fproceed
| ings of the court martial ately held
at Norfolk, in the cases of captain
John Hall, of the marimsj & iVil
liam Hook, gunner of tit Chesa
peake:
| In the case of captainllall, the
| court sentence him to bf privately
! reprimanded, under thdfharge cf
; “negligently performin’ the duty
afligned him.”
In the case of mr. A>ck, the
court sentence him to fcjdifmiflhd
the service of the U. Stis, 44 i r
negligently performingithe duty
afligned him.”
St. Albans, (VeJ) May 26.
In addition to the matia several
days since detached fr# this regi
ment, 25 more were ii week de
tached from this tow |and Geor
gia, and marched une|* the c< m
mand of lieut. to the
military station near life provincial
line. The principabbject of this
military force w r as, ftenfibly, the
detention of rafts ; fveral of them
have been brought tcand boarded.
1 hey have, howeveifound means
to liberate themfelvSi and not a
raft, we underftandts now left in.
our waters. Takinjthe advantage
of the night, and prong south
wind, thole eoncernJflin rafts hav e
evaded every exertfe to moldc
them. On Saturdj/ftvening lath,
the wind bewg favdlfle the then
remaining rafts jcilfe, making a
furiace it is laid, of ££ut ten acres,
and carrying foriy'ii, inade uii