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Volume XTH.j
CANDID VIES.
Tits following gentlemen arc car.-
•iidatcs to represent Wilkes count), at
ike next session of tie Legislature.
for Senate
Mattiti w Tai.cot, Esq.
Pitt Mu ni r, Esq.
For the House of representative. •
Col. Johnson Wti-lborn,
Thomas Tai no r, Esq.
Col. M AOl H lit XDERSON,
TMaj. Bi njamin Portir,
Capt. Ahraiiam Simons,
Cap:. David I*. Hui house.
* r ” ■ * iioig4<
f .7” The several romficmies
q/ > rub' , o Safety (alius Torty-
Tivcs ) in !Tilk s county. arc
hereby notified to alien'! at 1 1
o'clerk a. in. on Friday the 24///
‘?/ S' !>lm\le r n.xl, in llu- trim
of II ashinytaUy lo he nut .tri ed
and hirjnrt ’d.
Bv orJer ol the Captains.
DESULTORY.
Norrot k, July ‘27.
. TORPEDOES AGAIN:
Mr. E. Mix. of tin. Navy, a gen
tleman ol ingenuity and tr.terprii’e,
has been sci itvsi ai weeks pall pre
paring Torpedoes, to attempt the
cxplofion of iome of the enemy’s
flipping in Lynhaven bay. Ihe
Biitifh 7-1 gun liiip Phntagenet that
has for a mouth part been laying
abreafi. of C;;pe Henry light house,
and lias larely had the company of
any other veflei, appeared to Mr.
Mix as the tnoft iavorable object
lor trying his experiment on.
Accordingly, on the night of the
U>th July, accompanied by capt.
Bowman of Salem and Midfhiprnan
M’Gowan of the United States Na
vy, who vc.iuteered their afiiflance
during the whole cf ti.c enterprise,
he left his place of rendezvous and
proceeded down to the Plantagenet,
74, in a large open boat, which he
call? the “ C.hcfapeake’s Revenge,”
and from previous observations
fnund no diliiculty in afeertaining
the pofnion of the liiip.—When i:e
got to within 40 fathoms of her, he
dropped t!ie Torpedoe over, in the
very instant of doing which he was
hailed by one of the enemy’s guard
boats. The machine was fpedily
taken into the boar again, and he
made his way tft in fafety. On the
right of the 19th he nude another
attempt and was again difeovered
ere he could act* anplifli his purpose.
On the night of the 20:h he luc
ceeded in getting within i.7 yards
of the (hips bow, and directly under
her jib boom. There lie* continu
ed making his preparations for 1.7
minutes, when a sentinel from the
fortcaflle hailed, “ boat aho\ f ”
and fie- had to decamp—The senti
nel not being anfwcred, fired his
muP-.-.c, which v.us followed by a
rapid difclurge of I'mall arms.—
Blue lights were made to find out
*!• boat, but tailed; th--v ‘hen
MONITOR.
PUBLISHED (wee- i.v) BV DAVID P. 1111 LIIOUSK.
WA-IUPTOTON, (Geo.) —SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 181.0.
threw rockers in !id'*r/nr directions
which ihu niuated the water t >r a
considerable widrh as far as they
were thrown, an 1 iu-'oe* h-d in dif
cove i ig the nociurn.il vi it'>r, wii. n
the fiiip commenced a rapid lire of
heavy guns, flipped her cable? and
made Ernie fail; while her b mis
were dispatched in pursuit. Ihe
daring intruders, however, cfc.iped
unhurt. I’hc vifi: was r. peated on
the nights of the 21 ft, 22 1, and 2:>d
without fuectfs. as the lh:n, havin *
taken tile alarm, changed her p al
lion every night. Oil the niglit of
the 21th, however, Mr. VI. fucceed
cd in tindiug her out, and ha\ini?
taken his position within 1(K) yards
! diltance, in a direction with her
larh.rm! bow, he dropped the fatal
machine into the water jufl as the
sentinel was crying all’s well. It
was Iw p r along with the tide, and
would liav • completely elLcted it:
crtarul, biit for a caule not proper
to lie n rn. * here, but which may
be easily guar led in future
experiments, it explode Ia few fe
con Is to > soon. l’he so tie w s
t awfully lublime! It was like the con
•’ cull: ti < f a:i cart quake, attended
with a I And louder *.:id n *r t.-r
----rilic than the heivie'l peal of thun
der. A pyramid < i water .*() feet
in circumlt*r*n'*e was rh-ov n up to
’he height!) of :U> or do leet, it >• ap
pears nee was a vivid red, tirigvd at
the Tides with a beautiful purple.—
On atccnJing to its gre.iteft JiJghth
it burlt at ibe top with a tremen
dous explofum a.id fell iti torrents
on tile deck of the fliip, which roll
ed into the yawning ciiafin below,
and had nearly uplci ; impervious
darkness again pi evaded. The
light occasioned by tlic explofl *n,
though fleeting, enabled Mr. M.
and his companions to dilcover that
the forechannel of the (hip was
blown oft', and a boat which lay a
long fulc with fevers! men was
thrown up in the dreadful convul
sion of the waters —Terrible indeed
?nuft have been the panic of the
(hip’s crew, from the noise and con
uifion which appeared to our ad
venturers to prevail on board : and
they are certain that nearly the
whole ship’s crew hastily betook
themfelvcs to the boats.
1 hough they did not succeed
cn this occasion in dellroying one
of the enemy’s (hips, Mr. Mix is
rather encouraged than dishearten
ed. He is refolvcd to make anotli
tr attempt as soon as time and cir
cumftanccs will admit, and he ap
pears confident from the experience
which practice has given him, that
he will he able to make future trials
with a certainty of success.
Since the Torpedne exploficn on
Saturday night, the Plantagenet ha.
been guarded by a 74 and 2 frig
ates, which, with two or three ten
ders, comprise ail the flipp*pr at
prefer.’, in Lynhaven.
FROM FORT GKOKGi.
| W c are informed by a gentleman
who arrived in the ft age on Sunday
evening, and who left the army r.n
Iv- -nd iy morning, t!ut on Sat ’
pie Ceding, a corps of riflemen, who
were mi: on a foraging |%’vy, were
attacked by a fup* rior force of the
enemy, and retreated ti : ! they were
supported bv the 2::d, under :YI, j r
Wool, who had fever,il f. 1.1 pE jcs
in: Ik ‘d by his platoons, and load
ed with granc. On the enemy’?
approach the field pieces were un
ri.dk .1 and poured upon the ene
my’s ranks a deftrudive fire, and
compelled him to retreat. Asa
i roiig reinforcement of the enemy
were advancing, our force did not
put fee. Our I is was 10 killed
and wounded; that of the enemy
is fuppofej to have been !OJ.
t - n
About midnight on Sunday night
the Ihip Caroline, lying at Five
Fathom Hole, was boarded by a
boat and twelve nun, well armed,
from the United States* schooner
N nluch, under ilie orders of mi l
fhipinan Stevens, in ttie* charadei
of a B itHli rflicer, from one of the
enemy’s vtflels now on this coast,
v/hen the c-itnuiancfer produced a
p d.lport from admiral hr J 1?. War
ren, permitting a Rullian tncHenger
to proceed with dilpa chr, born the
Ruffian minilter here to h s couit,
dated the 12 th ts April last ; and
attached to laid palfport was one
it fun admiral C.ockburn, p. riiiitting
the vefli I carrying laid mefllng-.r to
take a cargo, tree from moldfation
by anv of his uij|euy’s crb.zers, da
ted the !Bth ol May. I his fineflee
was well cor.duifled by midflnp nan
Steven.-, ;.nd ail the ntceffary infor
mation obtained. 1 underhand the
papers have been lubmitted to the
proper authority lure, whole duty
it i. to rake cognizance thereof, and
tile ihip permit!. Jto pi i r ud !
Charlaton City Curette.
A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.
A young man by the name r f
Thomas King, a native of Charles
ton S. C. and formerly a I’earnan
on board the United States’ brig
Vixen, having been paroled ?.t Ja
maica, was returning home in the
cartel Rebecca, Sims, when he was
prcllcd on board the Britifl) 74 Poic -
tiers, as she was entering the Dela
ware, under the pretext of his be
ing an Englishman. The Poidier?
soon after was ordered for B.rmu
da, where, having arrived, young
King was transferred to the Ruby
guard-fhipof G 4 guns. Having de
termined to attempt ids cfcape the
firlt opportunity s! at oifered, be
nurchafed of one of hi . meli; irte* i
imall peek'd comp:;,';, which hr nl
ways carried about .him—and o.xa
fionaliv k'."'t his eye upen a f.r.c
large fautti: -beat before:'ng to the
fliip, which w: ■ cc*mmm!y k pt ;*.-
kng f Sun.b-y *he 2 7th
Julv, feme of the of], ers ! u taken
ti.ia boat cut afciiiin* , and reua ned
along fide in th.* duh o! the eve
ning where site rctnam.* ! fame time
v itl; !.*cr re Eh?, fi;;!., r- ider, fee.
all tlanding: ibis youthful
adventurer, having feeurad two
loaves -'>l Lm - ;iJ and finie v.ntev, got
into :! : bun:, .hi mi the Est, and
drift-1 ‘ h f
-i % . . •
(Payable half yearly.
had got Tune difiance, when he
hoisted fail, a very uncer
emonious leave of Bermuda and
the Ruby. Thus, in an open boat
with Icarce provifioils enough ro
laid him two days, he committed
lii’ii r If to So ft ir*lL **va, lO
travnfe an ex panic of 0 or ?OC
miles!—When inclined to sleep.
lie lathed the tiller lo his aim, so
that ii tl.c boat wore round, it
would caule a iudditi jerk of tlie
tiller, which would awaken him'a
gain. He txpetienced no debility
or firknels Iron; tilt icantindsol bis
meals: and with fine weatherrnd
a fair wind nearly the whole way,
ihe made ala uling about ten miles
to the fmtbward of bhipe Henry,
on l uelUav the 3d inflant. beii g a
paflage of !.* days! liie boat is ‘
i tons burthen, and il (he could be
got round here would probably fell
for JSO dollars!! —Norfolk Herald.
Nuw London, Augnft 4.
On Monday tv.ning fait, two
boats from the Ur.ktd States and
two from the IVlared -nian, under
the command of I/eur. Galager,
made au excursion i;.?j ihe four: i
In the night a final! boat under the
dii flion c,f Midfhipmsr. Ten I /k,
bung leparated by a strong wind
and tide from the others, landed on
Gardners Island. In ri.-,- morning
finding the-mlelvcs under ;:n gun--,
oftlie Rriiuilie.., the boat v as haul
ed on ftiore. Son after a Sea:
came on tin .e from t!.c Families,
arid (fie ( fiiceis went to dwel
ling house. Midfttip nan Ten Eyk
iei-.ed the favorable motrn nt ; n;ad-:
prisoners of thole who we r e left
with tiie F.nglifh boa% and then
with t.vo nun piv .euii J to rlie
fioufe where he took two Lieut* n
ants ; makirg in r.!i prisoners of 2
lieutenants, I midshipman, ) nuif
ter’.-. mate, and live feanen. Find
ing they were tiifeovered by the
}E indies, the captiv- > were parol.
!.*d, and Mr. Pen Eyk and crew
tnade their escape to Long Hland,
leaving their boat behind. ‘! he
fuccecding night the other boats
took them oft'. Com. I>< car.ir has
fnce lent a flag for the boar, iijion
the fuppofiticn that die was tak- rt
oft by the men who were pat oiled.
Com. Hardy refufed to give her
up on that ground, faying flu* was
launched !y two nun who were not
taken, but would make a prelent or
her ; which cfl'ur of courle was not
accepted
Thu R. •unities md Orpheus, rc
r,:iii. ;.t ’.'lei;* pelt r.car Gardner’s
Eland.
THE MISSION TO SWEDEN*.
j
Ti.e • 1.-. ft f'uthern mail (frys the
Tb.lti; IVibg) h.is fmniftted ex
traO.s from ti * proceevirgs and th?
Set*ate of the Jnitcd State• on the
C’ ecuti"e non ‘• atinn iw* a minister
to Sweden, i'iufe cxtraeU amply
confirm the juftic** of c .r remarks
in t!.e bft V/hig rn this fuhj*.ti;
white th y <!.i not afford a solitary
rtafl n in support oi the rC hi. n
1 v the ft-of tin? n iffton m Sue
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