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the same including their
i .jjeated journies. The amount
ts exports and imports to and
j (.in the Thames is estimated
at jo, B 14,932/. sterling annu
ally ; an I the property floating
in this vast city every year , is
17,000,000/. sterling.
Nashville, June 7.
COMMUNICATION.
We are informed by a gentleman
of credit, through the wild era efs,
that on the 23th May lad. between
Be.ir creek and Twenty Mile creek,
on the Natchez road, a Mr. Alex
ander Smith, of Warren county,
Georgia, while pu*vng his jour
ney, was Ihot through the body by
a man who appeared to be an In
dian of half blood. It is not known
to what tribe he belongs.—Should
the wound prove to be mortal, as
it is supposed, Mr. S. will leave a
wife and four chiidien to lament his
fate.
The printers in Georgia will do
an a£l of kindness by giving the a
bove aninfertion. Clarion.
We undrrftand tha* the Dey of
Algiers has ltc !y given grounds to
distrust his peaceable disposition
towards the U. ited States. Alter
having ft tiled with the American
consul there the differences which
arose, in December 1 it. including
the case cf the Algerine kronen
who perished in the refeue c f the
American vrffel captured by one of
the dey’s cruifeis, he suddenly set
up a demand about the middle of
March, for two thousand dollars a
man, threatening to put mr Lear
in chains il pet paid in twenty-four
hours. This was refilled. He
th-en gave notice, that two frigates
and other cruisers, just on the point
of failing, had orders to capture
A merican \ r e{Tcls, which would in
f.dhbly go into execution unhf's the
money should be immediately paid,
iio obtain a recall of the orders,
r:r. Lear thought it heft to comply ;
figeifying to the dey that he Oicuid
communicate it to his government
as the refuit of the force on hi 1.
The day before mr. Lear was threat
ened, the Danish consul, on the
pretext that arrears were due from
his government, had been seized by
order of the dey, and actually set to
work among the Haves, with an i
ron chain of 40 ibs. i aliened to him.
Mr. Lear had circulated through the
confnis at different pons, tiffs Hate
of things with the Algerine regen
cy. National Intelligencer.
We are advised by our corres
pondent at Fort Stoddert, on the
j/iobille, that a temporary embargo
took place at Pensacola and Mobille
about the 26th of April, and con
tinued tljl the sJth of May ; owing,
u is fald, to the Spaniards fitting out
about that time, two armed fchon
ners, the deftinatioa of which was
unknown. Ibid.
It is at length ascertained that
Mungo Parke, the celebrated tra
veller in the interior of Africa, is
no more. The British parliament
have granted to his widow 3236!.
res fteriing, and to Mr. Anderlon,
father of Mr. Anderson who ac
companied Mr. Parke, 1085 b
Savannah paper.
Richard Wall, efq. is appointed
Cf>!J< efnr of the port of Savannah,
vice Edwin Mcungcr, tlq. refi.n
ed Ibid,
M 0 X I T O It.
Saturday, July 16.
A gentleman just ft cm Avgusta has
favored us with the following im
portant information , which he r.ud
in a late i\ew 2'or/e paper :
The Oiage arrived in England
about the 3d ci May. Buonaparte
totally rejected all the ovetlures
carried out by the messenger from
ttie United States, Mr. Lewis, and
notified lift determination rigimy to
entoice the Milan decree. The
Oiage was ieized on her firft arriv
al, and Mr. Lewis was not permit- 1
ted to land tor four days —Mr. j
N*>urfe, the m ffenger for England,
aittio in :ii heai.h, was not permit- *
ltd to land tor more than a week,
and when on lhore a guard was
kept round his hote l. All letters
and papers by the Oiage were lent
to Pans ior examination. Ameii-
Caus were applying for pafspoi ts to
leave Fra* ce, which were iii many
initances refuied—it was laid our
minuter had demanded his. The
Oiage waited for gen. Arnlftrqng’s
dilpatchcs, as he was notified that ;
if lire went to England to can y o
ver Mr. Nourle, as was the plan of
our government, (he would not be
allowed to return to France.
Gppofition to the present minis
try teemed to gain ground in Erg
land, and L i.'don papers (vvhih
are to the 95 h of May) exp ti's an
opinion that the orders of the 1 rh
Nov. would be repealed, and that
matters would be amicably fet* led
between the U. S. and G Britain.
The king of Sweden fee ins to
maintain ins ground against the
Ruffians” ‘and even to guju the ad
vantage.
Sava nn a h Ju! y 7.
FIRE!
A dreadful fire happened in ffiis
place on Tuclday evening iuft, a
bout half pall eight o’clock. The
lower part of ffeffrs. S &c C. How
ardL Itore, under th*“ bluff, occu
pied by Mr. Wn. J. Scott, was
ft ruck by a stash of lightning, which
communicated to Home heg(heads
of lpirirs lodged in the second ftoty-,.-
forced the roof upward, and in an
instant enveloped the whole build
ing in flames. Alarm was given,
and the inhabitants repaired v-.ry
spiritedly to the place of danger.
The wind blew violently, varying
frequently between the north and
north-east points, and the weather
for a fortnight before (with the ex
ception of the squall in which the
accident occurred) had been un
commonly warm and dry. The
ft lines raged with unparalleled fu
ry, baffling the utmost activity of
the inhabitants, and often commu- ;
iii eating by (lakes of fire with the ;
houses on the bluff, until after ten j
o’clock, when two very heavy (ho- 1
wers of rain fortunately put a flop j
to their progress, and relieved us j
from the nv ft painful apprehenfi- i
Otis refpe&iiig the extent of the
dtftrudion.
AH the buildings (principally
(lores and war.houfes) on Hard
en’s and Smith’s wharves, with a
large quantity of merchandize and
produce contained therein, the pro
perty of different persons, are de
stroyed—and the (lore occupied by
Meffts. Lord and Hall, on Jor.es*
wharf, is much torn to pieces. The
iofs of property on this occasion is
c(Umatcd y m neatly as he ffcer I
tinned, at uptrards of one hundred
ttiuuiaiiii dollars. The following
is a lift ot the principal fufferers :
dolls.
S. 6: C. Howard, 1
\Vddaiu J. Sett, 7000
J * , *
aioo laici (X C o. 10000
Jo tin Mingle do rs,
, C.imitopi.a Guun, 1000
! Got. iiaCerlkaiii, 1 500
Sundries lioreu with 7 • c
; coi. ti.Dtilham, $” tD Boco
Euwaid S.varbreck 150 o
J. Waite Cos. 12 to 1500
iniatc oi Edward Harden, 15000*
Aiciiiua*u SiXiitli 15 to 2cooo
: 6umii anu Bouike 1 coo
: Jjaiiocti dt Gknn—pub-")
he property
vale, 000 j
G. & F, Penny 2000
bo,ail 6c v 4 Nuh 5 to boo
blULetl dcCo. 4500 to 5000
L. Whippey,
A. G. Ucafter & Cos. loco
Wmiam Sawyer loco
Leggs 6c Groves 4^o
Ju.nu cc iiali, 1500
Furtunarely, there w'as a futiici
’ tnc-y oi water at the wharves to
; aumi; tnc hauling out of the lhip
i p ;i J oiiiLcudu veffsls -ir.u:i
j inevitably have been burnt. I’he
! bng Charles (lately sent in by the
iU. otates’br.g Argus)*was so near
! the store ti: it'd ruck, as to have one
: oi'ner top-gallant-malts and yards
fhweied oy the Kghtuing.
t ~,
Copenhagen , March 26.
It is said, dial the k.ng of owe*
i den, feritmfly reflecting upon the
: gloomy alpeCt of affairs in tins
; country, has convened the Lnate,
; (which, ever since the revolution
oi 1777, had but a precarious au
t horny J and that, alcer informing
f the auembiy that Sweden was oa
the tveoi a rupture with Kuidu,
France and Denmark,'he aikul Ihe
ienators whether they thought it
} pvd.ible to defend the count, y a
gtUi.it so many enemies ? ‘Fho lu
nate tip relied its femrment by ob
iu\ ing the ftrideft fneuce ; but
•j the king is poliitively aflortcu to
; hav£ declared, that while he cuuti
nued invested with the lupreme
power, he would abide by his lyit
em ; but that, if the lunate ihouti
‘ deem ali resistance ufeitis, he was
i ready to abdicate th.. crown, in or
’ der .that the Rates ol the kingdom
might be at liberty to enter into
lueh agreement with the continent
al powers as they ihould think pro
per. ihe ifiue of this ixiraordi
nary resolution is not mentioned.
| A horrid tranfaclion took place
!at Middletown academy (Mou
] mouth county, New-jericy) on the
4 h instant—the following particu
lars of which have been related to
• us. The teacher iu the acaaemy,
j a Mr. Read, had for kwne time
’ paid his addresses to a Mrs. Cono-
Iver, of that p-ace, a widow of about
35 years of age, and of a rtfpecta
ble character. His suit had been
fuccefsful. On the day above-men
tioned, he requested a woman, who
lived in one part of the building, to
invite Mrs. Conover to fee her that
afternoon. This (he did. Mrs.
Conover, not knowing at whefe
suggestion the invitation was given,
came. Mr. Read took cccafion, in
the absence cf the landlady, :o dk
Mrs. Conover to go up ftai s with
him to his room—lhe* at firft refuf
ed, but on his telling her he had a
piece of writing there which he
wanted her to read, and which was j
of a private nature, (!v? confer,r-d to I
1 go. A< (Son as they wen* Ts! the
room, he locked the door and put
the key in his pocket—the w indows
| were aiready faliened—he bade her
fit down. He then took her kne: s
between his, aud.drawirg a razor,
which he had concealed, attempted,
bv a lliviuen and violent stroke, to
cut her tl real—believing he had
accompiifhv (1 his purpole, he m
ftaiTiy cL-t his own throat from ivr ’
to ear, as he fat on her knee- By
effnging, however, sh? had receiv
ed the of it% Hr ki upen
her chin, although the fi th rfi the
one fide of that v as laid nvn to the
bone, and round htr ne.k, n\ the
other fide, her windpipe and veins
were lai I bn‘*e ; he .had iVarcely giv
en himicif the fatal galli wh n he
perceived that hi r wound was pro
bably not mortal. With hel ifh
perfevcrance in his nluidtfr ;us pur
polo, he repeated fbs strokes with
his razor twice—but as Ihe ri taiiicd
her ftiengt'i aiul his began to fdl,
(he parried the r;,z ir fain h r
thriat, received the v U‘ >J cp her
chin, and at length wrefte ! the ia
zor from him, and threw it on ! e
floor. Still bent on her deaih, he
pßdfffcft his band upon, her mouth,
to fmothfr her, and cohtlr.uffl in
that position until Ihe foil back up
on the bed, and his loss of btoo.i
loofentd his hand. Ikr Icrentns
ru>w alarmed the neighbor?—the
doer was broken open—ami* the
horrid fpe&acle prefer.ted itfelf to
view ! Both weltering in b’ood on
the bed—he in the la ft agonies of
death, • and she covered with gore
and gashes! He expired almolt
ir.fiantiy : but, surgical a.id being
fixedily procured, and her wcuhls
immediate y dol’d & dreff’d, hopes
ol her recovery^a;e uiteriained.
KcrtE haff"borne, a
charuder, and had notes checks
to the amount of more than a thou
sand dollars in his pocket, at ti e
tin.e he the dregful
deed. Further particula ’ s wt have
not learr.t; and pofiibly fame, ci
tlwffe may not be pe(ely corn bV,
but we believe they are fu:;flan*Li
ly io. Trentcn True American.
A rt fpcdr.b e gentleman of this
city informs us that he ban ftvn a
letter from a readable gentifu an.
in Paris to his in tl is c‘iy,
dated the , 261 h of i\p.ih wh;,\
pcffliivt iy Rates thvi Arm
strong was then in Pan's, and rm\t
he no thoughts of leeviqg :?
V ha, left on paper.
Capt. r.Lrdy, arrived at Char’e
fton, in 32 days from Gibrr.!
informs, that the Algerines h v-*
lately fitted oik a number cf vvi'Hls
of war, which were cruizing to the
tan ward, it was luppofcd in puiL.it
of American vcffds.
Extra!} of a letter jrem rlavannah
to a gentleman in Beaten.
“ Vessels are dropping in here
every lour or five davs from New-
Orleans with loads of flour 1 i y
c< me off ihe port and then fend in
a deputation to she governor , -
quelling Idna to fend off a gun-brat
to take them !! I Flour is worth
25 dollars.”
m 11 ■ I——
LIED,
In Charlefior., (S. C.) cn Afir
can and hh wife, Haves; becon irg’
jealous cf her efiaftisy, be prevail
ed upon her to quit the wotlft vvih
him, arid after a hearty drink rs
brandy, they Itrar.gUl ihenrfti.a
with rope:.