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cf tf.cir flotilla was flanked by a
rei k. Li this pcfkion they feemed
to defy our power. Such a defi
ance could not of courfe be brook
td by Britifh Teamen, and was re
folved to man cur bca sand Tend
them in to teach the Ruffians more
reflect. The boats of the Beile
rophon, Implacable, Melpomene,
and Prometujs, w'cre accordingly
manned, and on the night of the
7ch ule. proceeded under the com
mand of lieutenant Hawky to at
tack the enemy in their (trong po
rtion. Obferving our approach,
the Ruffians poured a heavy fire
from their flotilla and from the two
recks. Our gallant countrymen,
however, advanced with their cha
radltriftic bravery and fteadinefs,
cliff* garding the fire of the enemy,
and not firing a fhot until the boats
were clofe to the flotilla—then they
opened upon them, boarded the
flotilla fword in hand, and drove all
before them. The flotilla corffift
td of 8 gun boats, ea> h
32 an - -or, -. ■
blind ‘ - v : ■ . ....
MB fi
mden with powder and
j rovifians for the Ruffian army—-
thefe v\ere taken and a large (hip
was burn|.
We grieve to fay, that lieutenant
Hawky, as premiffing an officer as
any in the fervice, was killed by a
grape foot after he had taken one
of the gun boats. Lieut. Sterlings
of the Prometheus, was fo fevere
ly wounded, that he died foon after
the action. Mr. Monteney, amld
flflpman, was killed—We had in
all 17 killed, and 37 wounded.
The lofs of the Ruffians was
much greater —they had 63 k lied,
and 1 grejt number were drowned ;
127 were made prifoners, of whom
5 1 arc wounded.
TO THE
Editors of the National Intelligencer .
Baltimore , 22 d Sept. 1809.
GENTLEMEN,
In my letter of the 20th cf May
laft add re fled to you on the fubjtCl
of feme improvements (1 will not
call them difeoverits, there being
nothing new under the fun) it was
Hated I was then about taking out
three patent rights, and that I
would probably foon have it in my
power to give you information of
’ others that were only then contem
plated. To fulfil that promifeis
now the object of this letter. The
fir ft is a machine for getting out
finall grain, of all kinds, without
injuring the ftraw, while at the fame
time it is fereened and completely
prepared for market by one opera
tion, in a way likely to be ufeful to
the farmer, as it expedled to
unite cheapncfs, expedition, econo
my and tfrtdl. It may alfo be ap
plied as a mill for grinding apples,
if the Cylenders are made of call
iron or very hard wood. The
other is anew method of conduct
ing diftilling operations, by which
it is propofed to perform the whole
procefs in the ftill itfelf without the
ufe of cafks or mafh tubs, fuhfti
futlng call metal in (lead of copper
(tills; thele (tills are to be enamal
!cd cn their inflde.so as to prevent
injurious contact between the fpirit
snd the iron. Seven (tills may be
worked by one fire, and the whole
flatted when at the higheft point of
their fermentation without danger
of difperfing or wading the pure
nlctTt*, the preiervation of which is
fo c:\VntiVi to the perfection of dif
tiUii *; operations. If this theory
be corred, and I truft it will be
Lfouni fo, the produce rvghc be
expected the heft quality and in
the greateft p.flible quaiites from
a g ven meafure of grain o r l’weet.
Here are fine promifes you v/ill al
low, it only remama to be feen
whether they can be fulfilled by the
teft of ufeful experiment. In that
cafe only do I defire or w’fh for
public encouragement.
I am, fir,
Yourobt. firvant,
JOSEPH COPPINGER.
P. S. It is propofed where it is
wiffied for to have double bottoms
to chefes (tills, the outer one fo
placed to be put on or taken off as
Wifhed for.
ATHENS , OCT. 14.
iydT The Rev. F. Cummins
will preach in the Chapel on Fri
day evening the 20th inft. begin
ning at candle light.
; authorifed to (late that
ard L. Thomas is a can
dr County Surveyor at the
* leftion, which will take
prai-e on f uefday next.
\
Further returns of the Election.
FRANKLIN.
Little, fenator.
Allan, Brown and Shannon, re
prefentatives.
PULASKI.
Hogan, fenator.
Collbn, rep re Tentative.
LAURENS.
Spevy, fenator.
Gilbert, reprefentative*
WILKINSON.
Jackfon, fenator.
Forq reprefentative.
LINCOLN
Ramfon, ferator.
Grtfham and Fleming, reprefen
tatives,
JEFFERSON.
Hammond, fenator.
Whitaker and Day, reprefenta
ti ves.
BURKE.
Davies, fenator.
Byne, Wells and Jackfon, re
presentatives.
WASHINGTON.
VI arts, fenator.
Cullins, Childers and Flopfon,
reprefen tativeL
STRIVEN.
Lanier, fenator.
Grofs and Blair, reprefentatives.
MONTGOMERIE
M‘Cormick, fenator.
Swaineand Stringer, reprefenfa-
RICHMOND.
Walker, fenator.
Hutchinfon and Ware, reprefen
tacives,
WARREN
Hurt, fenator.
Hatcher, Bell, and Newfom, re
prefentatives.
COLUMBIA.
Fofter, fenator.
Williams, Blair and Marfhall,
reprefentative*.
CHATHAM..
Davies, fenator.
Bryan, Telfair and Grimes, re
prefentatives.
Mr. Erfkine on Monday prefent
ed his letters of recal, and took
leave of the Prefident ; and Mr.
Jackfon was yefterday preferred to
him.
Nat. Intel. OS. 4.
Since the Pope ifiued his bull a
gainft Bonaparte, his Holinefs was
ar re fled, fuppofed to be ordered
for Puris. Letters by the Kite
mentioned, that he was carried
thro’ a village near Leghorn, guard
ed by two gens d’armes, accompa
nied by api kit. Federal Gazette.
Copy of a letter from Gen. Armjlrong,
dated
ct Pah is, July 4, 1809.
f ‘ Sir — -I have received youc let
ter of the lit of June, dating the
cafe of the br ; g Caroline, &:c.—the
fare of this bug and cargo will pro
bably depend upon this ifiue of a
negociation now pending, between
tiie United States and his majefty
the emperor and king, and which
will from my prefent views of the
fubject, be terminated within a
month or fix weeks froei the prefent
time.
“ If there be any of your coun
trymen at Naples in your ficuation
you’ll oblige me by communicat
ing to them the contents cf this
letter.
ir I am, fir, very refpe&fully, &c.
(Signed)
“ JOHN ARMSTRONG.
<l Mr. R. I. Reed, Y
Supercargo of the Ameri - >
can brig Caroline .” 3
New-Torky September 27.
LATEST LONDON NEWS.
Laft evening arrived at this port
thefaft failing fhip Oliver Eifworth
captain Sketchley, in 32 days from
I/verpool, which port (he left on
the 13th of Augufl.
Capt. S. has furnifhed the editor
of the Mercantile Advernfcr with
London papers and Lloyd’s Lifts
to the evening of the xa hofAug.
iiiclufive, (three days later than our
former advices from England.)
Our London paper of the tenth
ftates that no intelligence had been
leceived of the furrendsr of Flufli
ing; nor do our papers contain any
account of any late battles in Spain.
London , Augujl 9. —No official
accounts have been received from
the Ifle of Walcheren Once Sunday ;
but difpatches announcing the fur
render of Flufhing, are hourly ex
pected. It appears, however, from
fome private letters, that the com
mander in chief was refolved not to
delay the execution of the other
points of his plan, until the fall of
that place. Part of the foEce which
had not debarked on the 2d, but
remained at anchor in the Vere
Gat, Has proceeded Tip the Enft:
Scheldt. Should our armament
thus divided in the two branches of
this river, overcome all intermedi
ate obftacles, it will unite before
Antwerp in an attack upon that
city. Antwerp is confidered to be
very (Ircng, and the port contains
ac prefent a great number of men
of war, including feverai fail of the
line. If Flufhing has been able to
hold out a few days, we may expedt
a very formidable refinance at Ant
werp, for the defence of which we
may prefume the enemy has made
every poffible preparation.
The Paris papers contain intelli
gence from Madrid of fo recent a
date as the 20th ult. at which date
.t coes not appear that Jofeph Bo
napaite entertained any apprehenfi
ons of being forced to evacuate the
capital.
According to the moft recent ac
counts, public and private from
Spain, it appears that Victor and
Sabaitiani have united their forces
near Toledo, where they will pro
bably make a (land. Their amount
is variouflv dated, between 2C,0©0
and 30,000 men. The combined
Bruifh and Spanifh armies are efii
mated at 104,000, exclufive of 3000
from Portugal, and an Erghfh re
giment on its march from Gibraltar
expected to jiin Sir Arthur Wel
iefley* It was marching tor Mad
rid in three dN.fions as ffllow
The left confiftmg ‘of aFcoo. in
cluding 3 co cavalry, under Sir A.
Welled-y, n >rth of the Tagus jt:
centre, eoi.fiftlng cf 52,000, inclu
ding 12.c00 cavalry, ander Cuefo.,
along the Tagus ; and the righo,
amounting to 26,000, under Verse -
gas, along the fouth of Tagus, thro
the mountains of Toledo.
No accounts had been received
from the Scheldt when this paper
was put to pre.'s, but as the wind
had fliifeed to the Eaftward, advices
may be hourly expected. Several #
veflels, principally viftuailmg tran
fportc, (ailed yefterday to join the*
expedition.
Sir Sidney Smith arrived yefter
day at Portfmouth from the
in the Diana frigate, after a paiT ge
of edeven weeks.
THE GRAND EXPEDITION.
ExiraS of letters from officers cn the
Expedition, dated
ct East Scheldt, Aug. 3.
<( The divifion which landed hen:
met with no oppcficion on their
landing, owing co lb many arnchs
being made on the ifl-ud at die
facne time. Every town inWal
cherin is taken, except Flufhmg,
which we are at this moment bom
barding; bur, as we are informed
general Mor.ce> his thrown himftif
into the place, wkh 4000 men,
there is a probability that it will
hold out to the Eft—eba% however,
cannot be long; neither (hall we
wait for it before we proceed to e~
the operations. Lord Rosslyifls
divifion proceeds up the river this
day in tranfports; they are directed
to debark about 12 miles from Ant
werp ; there we expeft hot work,
but are anxious to gee on (hore, to
fhare and promote the glory. of our
country. The troops are in h'gher
fpjrits and better condition, if pof
fible, than when we failed from the
chalky chffi of Britain. The 71 ft
regiment took Cam vere by ftorrn.
u Off Watcheren, Aug. 4.
fc The fortrefs of Cam vere if od
a furious bombardment before it
furrendered ; many boufes are cia- .
inaged, one completely burnt by
the Congreve rockets. The Tl.nd j
is beautiful, though the weather is
very bad, which prevents our fee
ing it to advantage. It is re orred,
that the duke d’Abrantes is march
ing towards Antwerp with 30,oca
men. We are going to join Lord
Gardner in an attack upon Fiuflfl g
-Hand batteries were opened yd
rerday evening. I could obferve
the town on fire j and from the
’ ni aft head the finokeis very vlfible.
<c The French fleet are run up
towards Antwerp, I fear out of our
reach at prefent. Our freak gun
boats did great execution, only two
men were killed on board of them*.
The royals {formed a battery in a
mod gbricus ftyle.”
A vcTel arrived in the river on
Saturday, has brought the following
communication :
Amjlerddm, July 22. —-The French,
ambafiidor made it known yefler
day by an official comtnunicanor,
that no American citizen would b:
admitted into France after the fine
day of Augoft Rtxrundeis furnifheci
with original paflpons taken by
them in the United States, i :ii'*
ports from American Agents in
Europe (minilters or coniuh) v old
not avail, and the original paff : • rts
from the United States -were u\be
revived by the American ag r.ts
abroad, and afterwards Gg ’Xir id by
the French authorities, in css
through which'they may