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FOREIGN NEWS.
Madrid Gazette Extraordinary .
French army—order of April 2.
Soldiers!—The general business
cr Sweden has receded for fom?
days the arrival of the tropd|or;
bis* the combined armies of France
and Russia are already on tluir
march towards Stockholm, where
they will unite, and the emperor
will lose no time in puffing himfclf
at the head ot his armies in Spain.
It is necefftry thar you fliould put
yourselves in a ft ate to appear be
fore hs maj-fty and to merit his
approbation. Gen. Rrboiffior will
order cartridges immediately lor
the infantry to site with. The
grand duke hopes to inform his
iri jelly ol the good conduct of his
troops* and also hopes to have to
praise them in all rtfpt&s. Sol
diers, 1 fee with plcafure the good
order and difciplme that is among
you, and above all the harmony
that exists between the French and
Spaniftv armies : lam filled with
fctisfa&ion. The Spanish nation is
defrrving of all the bell wilhts and
good will of the French army, as
on their part they do not cease to
give us proofs of their love and af
iiftion. This morning, a soldier
who had been condemned to pun
ilhment, was about to be delivered
over to the hand of justice; but
the inhabitants of Madrid have in
terceded for his pardon, which has
b < n granted ; but this must be the
lafl instance. Soldiers, redouble
your friendfhip with the inhabit
ants, and cement more and more
the affection that ought to unite us.
Joaquin,
General in chief of the staff'.
Aug. Belli ard.
St. Antonia, April 25.
Advices this moment rectived
here state that the Piince ot Pt ace
actually passed through Vatoria this
morning, under the guard of 200
French loldttrs, and that the old
king and queen are to (Ftp at Bur
gos to-morrow evening, on their
way to Bayonne.
New-York, July 14.
The following extrad of a letter
from St. Croix is from a gentle
man of the firft refptdability at
that place, to his friend in this city.
It confirms, beyond all doubt, the
intelligence before received on this
.mporant fubjed.
EXTRACT—St. Crcix, June 2d.
“ By a vdlel arrived at Trinidad
which left Gibraltar about 20th
May, it is reported that violent
commotions had taken place in
Spain in consequence of the French
having attempted to carry off the
prince of Asturias, lately declared
king, as a priloner to France, and
that a number of French troops had
been maflacred in different places;
in consequence of w hich Bonaparte
was carrying fire and sword through
that devoted country. Such was
the condensation, it is said, that the
people of Cadiz w’ere in, that they
had sent an offer to Gibraltar to
deliver up the city and fleet to us,
and that lord Collingwood and
general Spencer had actually left
that fortrefg with a competent num
ber of ships and five thousand men
to carry into effeft this important
measure.
“ It is not at all surprising that
the fUte of extreme wrctchedncfc
to which the people of Spain arc
reduced by tile dttellable tyrant and
his n inioL*, (hould drive them to
ads of the highetl defperatian.
“ Hour was down to 12 and 15
dollars per barrel.”
Mr. Manfficld, who left this city
a few days since from Philadelphia,
and who wasto return to go home
in the packet tnat was to have failed
on Friday, has in consequence cf
letters by the packet just arrived pro
ceeded to Washington. It will be
recollected that mr. Mansfield came
out as kcretary to mr. Rose.
PARIS, April 28.
From Algiers the following offi
cial repot t lias been received
“ Ihe measures pursued by the !
dey of Algiers towards the Euro- !
pear.s become every day more vio- ‘
lent. Ihe dey having scarcely the
government in his hands, not being
assured of the fidelity of his troops
and even the confirmation of his of
fice from the Grand Seignior, his 1
sovereign, not being arrived, and ]
being involved in a bloody w'ar with I
the Bey of Tunis, thought he might !
in ipiie of the difficulties of his sit
uation levy tribute upon all nations.
“ On the 22d inst. he made a de
mand of the Swedish, Danish and
Dutch consuls that they ffiould
bring him their prefenfs ; and re
quired of the confui of America
18,000 double piasters, in order to
indemnify lin for the loss of nine
Algerines taken in an American
veffe'. The confui pretended that
the crew of the veffol had thrown
tlie men overboard, as they were on
the point of being boarded by one
of her cruisers.
“The confui of Sweden imme
diately agreed to the present.
“ On the 23d the three Corfu Is
of Denmark, Holland and America
were fumtnoned to the palace.
“ I be confui of Holland said he
exposed inftru&ions from his gov
ernmenr, and that he could not, tiil
he received those inftru&ions, make
any present. On this the dey caus
ed it to be intimated to him, that
unless he inflantly on the arrival of
his ineffengcr, received his present,
he Pnould put his children into irons .
and fend them to labor.
“ The confui of America had not
yet received official tidings cf the
fact of which the dey had complain
ed, and thought that he could not,
without the order of his government
pay the 18,000 piasters.
“The dey answered him, that
unless he fliould pay the sum in four
days, he should call him in irons,
or he must deliver to him nine A
mericar.s, whom he would hang up
at the gate of Bab Azaow.
“ Mr. Ulrich, confui of Den
mark, making representation of the
state of his country, said, that the
vessel which contained his presents
had keen seized by the Engiifh and
confifcated, and that the Engiifh a
gent at Algiers himfelf would teftify
this ; the confui solicited time of the
government; but the dey paying
no refpett to the character of an a
gent speaking in the name of his j
matter, caused him to be seized by I
the officers cf justice in the midst of
the palace, and taken to ptifon, a
midit the shouts of a barbarous pop
ulace.
“ Those who could enter into this
horrid prison law this worthy man J
among the Haves in his official dress
and loaded with a chain cf sixty
pounds weight, which mr. Ulrich
bore with fortitude and courage, he
merely recommended to his friends i
the cere cf Ms wlf§ ar and *>c chil
dren.
“ At length the dey rcfolvctS. on
the carntft entreaties of a.'l the Eu
ropean confute, to set the Danifli
confui at liberty, and while he was
occupied in woiking wth a ! i the
fla vts they came and took eff h:s
chain.
“ What fecuriiy is there against
the renewal of thefea&s of violence ?
<c All the flaws here are treated
with the moft horrid cruelly; 450
Portuguese art shut up in prifof*—
Ihecoutt of L'fbon delayed fend
ing the tribute. The government
has not lent- them any relief, and
they are in extreme ivrttchedntfs.
Ihe officers as well as jjre
condemned to labor and are loaded
| with ignominy.
“ A great number of Neapoli
tans, also fiaves not in a less pitiable
fituat.on ; and the tit y who experts
to conquer Turns in the firft cam
paign, hopes to make a booty of
\ 3000 more European fiaves, whose
I ranforn he will fix very high. Since
he has been forced to give up all the
I Aave-s who were fubjtbls of the em
peror Napoleon, it lee ms that he is
resolved to make his fvftem of rob
bery press harder upon the ether
foreigners.’*
——HII IWIIIIUULMtCT-IMntt
M 0 JY J T O R.
| Saturday, August 6.
! A REPORT was in cirrulation
j this wet k, that Col. B. Hawkins,
; the Indian agent, had been driven
into Georgia, by fome of the tur
bulent Creeks on our frontiers.
j WE understand by a gentleman
j. from Augusta, that Clement
| Ha r rieon, has broken out of jail
and escaped.
A Mr. Randle, of Sparta, is
now confined in jail under a ltrong
| guard, for the a Hedged murder of
! Peter Hall cf that place.
BY the 1 ax-bork for the year
. 1807, it appears the following was
the number of slaves in Wilkes
| county, at the commencement of
that year.
j ‘ Slaves.
lln Capt. Edge’s district, 335
C.apt. Hendrick’s £< G
Capt. Sidwdl’s 595
Capt. Bennett’s 423
Capr. Henderson’s goo
Capt. Rorie’s 668 j
Capt. Wellborn’s 243 1
Capt. Parks* 289 1
Capt. Edwards* 896
Capt. Smith’s 147
Capt. Wooten’s 4; q
Capt. Patterson’s .325 ,
Capt. Taliaferro’s 426
Capt. Milner’s Br>28 r >2
Capt. Render’s 298
Capt. Sheets’ 137
Capt. Harris* 264
Capt. Young’s 92
j Total, 6,128
| 11 jm— T -, 1,,. m m |
The Biitifh ministry seem to
make theinfelves happy under the
belief, that fix months embargo v ill
produce a revolution in the United
J State?—and so it has, and a resolu
tion also, to support the govern
ment of our country in the prosecu
tion of all defenfive measures its w if
dem may fee proper to adopt.
Dflttimore Evening Put.
{► Franth: Rational Imcllfencer cf .he
lorbirui .
Eyytraci cf a letter ft cm or ?;;•
‘ merchant in Condor,
1 Oth, 1803, to bis con ecpoi.Je'U .n
George Town.
There is nothing doing here
in Maryland tobacco, became it is.
not fit for the manufatturers of this,
country, and all the ports on il e:
Continent are shut by the Frer.cii
I against ail exports from England.
| Several that were designed for HbT
j land have*been forced in here Lv
the lare orders in council and mu&
’ be facrificed. If this had not ocei*
1 the case, I fhou'id have got oir
j bout 200 hhds, that I have long
I had on hand, very well; but as
I things now are, I know not how -a
fell at ally price, unless your embar
go fliould continue a year or up
wards, and in that time the scarcity
of Virginia might force the nianu
fa&urers to make use of a few Ma
ryland s. York and James rivers
are worth 7 1-2 a 3d. —little dc
mand.
“I have not lately heard fronj
Holland : butes no tobacco can ro
there, I presume prices by this are
• up to 15 a 16d. and uiH be much
higher if your embargo continues.
“ I am furnrifed to fee by yerrr
j newspapers the clamors again if the
I embargo. Suppose for a moment
! it was taken off, that would net
! improve your situation in the final 1-
| est degree, unless the Britifli orders
; in council and the French decrees
were also removed. By the ordcis
in council all your produce mu ft:
j come here or be liable to capture &
I condemnation ; and by the French
; decrees ail coming here is liable to
’ capture and condemnation. Tot
. hopofe all was to come fafe here
! it would not pay the freight and *-
I ther changes of importation, so that
i the whole colt would be ?. total bv
to the fhippe r—this is clear and ce.i •
tain—nor {peculation— and would
, apply a 1 moft to every kind of your
: produce. Gorton would be the lied
i article ; but even that would net lit
i tie or nothing. Would it not then
i be better for your produce to
perifl) in America and serve as
manure for your lands, than to ex
i port it to perish in Europe, after
i adding to your loss by paying
! freight, insurance and other chWe
j England, Scotland, and Tie
land. do not ccnfume more than one
, ftxth part of your produce ; and if
: the whole was obliged to corne here.
’ this one sixth would fell for almeft
i nothing, and the ether 5-6 wo?*M
be a total facrifice. This is a true
state oi the case. The measure of
your embargo is wife, just and pru
dent, and ought rot to be rr.ift and
until all your political differences
are fettled in Europe.”
Extract cf a Liter from tr gentleman
of the army , at the cantonment on
the Missouri , dated the’ 30 th of
May List , to a gentleman in New-
Brunswick.
“ Boats arrive every day from
the Indian country” giving an ae
count of the Indians murdering
whites, such as traders, hunters, Ac.
they reprefeht them as extremely
impudent fancy and overbearing’ —,
they want chafiifement much, n 1
have had between 3 and 400 fic/c
for fome time past, with forte
the nations higher up the Miflouri,
and have been leaving here for
foir.c days fer that pornofe.**