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AUG'USTA —printed iv DANIEL STARNES Gs Co. WEST END OF BROAD-STREET. S ATURD AY N IG HT,Au G UST, 14, 181 3 -
INTERESTING FROM I
FRANCE. 1
Extract of a letter from his
Excellency the Duke of Bas-
Jano , dated May 20, 1813.
“ The Emperor has per
ceived that the present situ-j
ation of affairs might cause j
the Americans to lofie a part
of the advantages of their
commerce- His M. jelly !
has orde“ed that the qucition
which has come before him |
(hould be decided in the way
mod favorable to the inte
refh of the Americans.
Wherefore the confab of
the United States (hall have
in Fra nee, in what relates
to prizes, the fame jurisdic
tion v.hich the French con
fab cxercife in the coun- ;
tries where they arc the mofl i
favored.
The vcfielsand 1
I
privateer* shall be allowed
to take each, 50 mu fleets,
p pillots, and 50 swords,
and the number of guns j
which, (hall be neceffury,
from three to twenty-four
pounders. 1
When an American mer- j
chan; shall choose to profit
by this advantage, he diall !
be bound only by the terms
cf the decree to cause the
name of themtfel, her def
tinatiem, and the number of
her crew, to be certified by
a com miliary ofthe imperi
al mafine—and \t is provi- !
ded, that with that eertifi- !
cate he fhajl be allowed to j
purchale the arms and to j
(hip them without' anyl
cuitv.”
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Boston, July 22.
Captain NicholU had a
paflage of 34 days to Halifax
from Lisbon. Spoke no
thing except on the Giand
B uk, the frigate CxciTant, i
in co. with a 74, who had {
rc-captured an Eighth ship j
taken the day before by
commodore Rodgers, and
laid they we:c losing after
the commodore,
July 23.
The Purtuguefe brig Don
na Maria, capt. , 35
days from St. Salvador; auu
28 from Pernambuco, went
into quarentine yelterday.
r.Tcmcrand.i at St. Sa yadur, June 16.
Received an account ol
the Ameiican frigate Efl'cx,
h yin» been two months on
the coafl of Chili, during
which time (he had taKcn
two heavy Limi Privateers
j
and treated them as pirates;
thiew their guns overboard,
sent them home, wun
f Rttcr.frcm Capt. Porter,
Eying vha; if all ihe Amen
t< “i property was not given
I 'T with damages, he would
I by ‘heir capital in allies.
I about the last ot May an
Packet was tak«n
MIRROR OF THE TIMES;
* W n '* r4\ tijK . JjL, .. . • • * w * t , "'■>
iby an American frigate, (sup.
posed to be the EfTex) and
her crew landed at Cape
Frio.
Left at Bahia, fiiip Wil
liam, Davis, to fail July i,
as a cartel for New-York,
with the crew of the MatiL
da privateer of Philadelphia j
which was taken off Per- j
nambuca, by the Englilh
frigate Lion, after a short
adlion, in which the captain f
mod of the officers, and 20 j
or 30 men of the Matilda
were killed. The Matilda
attempted to board the Li
on, fnppefing her to be a
i merchantman, and had the
people followed their officers
they probably would have
.carried her, as the Lion’s
people had moftiy left the
deck, and a’ number of the
! Matilda’s officers were on the
! forecaltle, but not one of j
their crew followed tiiem.
Norfolk, July 23.
Wc have nothing new to ,
prelent our readers witn from
this place. The few Hups
Rationed in Lynhavcn nay,
have not been reinforced,
nor have they made any
! movement worth no'icin '
The loss of their barge and
men some few days pait j
(which was captured oy our 1
militia) lias irritated them
, exceedingly, and to be re
venged, they sent a tender
j close in shore on Saturday
la(l, and opened a fire on
j the Pleasure house l I hey
j were within a mile of the
building, but as they fired
with their ulual accuracy,
their balls puffed over and
under, and on each fide ot
it without doing ar-y injury, j
There was a strong guard of
militia about half a mile
11
from the house who imuie.
diately went under cover of
the iandhill over to the
beach, but the enemy pru
| dently retreated, before
they came within mulket
rfhotothim.
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Albany, July 23.
From backet’s IR.oor,
wc learn verbally, ti)*t tne 1
Brituh iquadton in Ontario |
Had been diiniaiuled at ;
Kingston, and the guns
mounted on the batteries,
\which have been greatly
multiplied and Itrengiuened.
Ouriquadron was expected
to fan from the harbor on
vVednefday.
New-Yqrk, July 26.
By the Steam boat which
I arrived yelterday morning, ;
1 wc team verbally, that an
express from Niagara to the
governor arrived 111 Albany
jult before the fleam boat
left there. We undentaod ;
! the express brought intclh- J
gcnce that our pickets at
I Fort George had bten dri-
“ HOLD THE MIRROR up To nature— Shakespeare.
A
ven in, and that it was ru
mored that the enemy were
preparing a large force to
feud against Fort George.
YVe lY&ve no confirmation
of the failing of commodore
Chauncey, by the fleam
boat.
•~x • •
"
The private’ armed fhipi
America, Kehew, of balem,
has arrived at Bath fivm a
I cruize. She has captured
ten veffcls, 7 manned out, 3
given up, 2 re-captured, 3
arrived. The prizes not
before heard of are 2 Kng
lith bjigs, with between 6
an 1 7000 qtis. of fi;h, both
ordered for France, and an
American ship f oul Liver
pool, with a full cargo of
dry goods, crates, &c. lhe
has arrived at Portlmoutb.
j The America was chafed in
J hy a frigate, and clcape l hy
superior tailing. When {lie
fir.t law the frigate file was j
within a qurter of a mile of
her it being f J g£y —was
chafed aifo on the 18th off
Mount Desert by another
frigate with 13 fail under
convoy. The America has
paroled 200 prilorers.
Nat. Intel.
1 North. Carolina Volunteers. :
' The fol'owinj letter of the Goeernor of Vir
gt4i4 it ia till r< py t.l one of Genera. Cal.
▼lO J<«ue« us th»* city, ikitortumg him of
hit inteiiti in of ra'ling a Voiunt. er Co | ‘p»
for ttie aid ol Vrfc'.iu, a»Um ki iou>e
enquiries to reu.i ia to tlie wbject.
Richmond, July 15.
Sir—l have to aeknow.
: ledge the receipt of your fa
vor, under uate of the 9th
cuirent, with your addreis
to the citizens of North-
Caroli >a, by which I ain
I informed of yojr intention
to raile a corps of volunteers
whole object it la to tender
their lorvices for 3 mouths
| to Virginia, to aid in ncr de- j
fence agaiuit tiie ruthlefo and
bai barous loe, wno has lb
long waged again 11 us a lpe
ciea or wait re, as cowardly
as it is bale and oaioaruus
Thistcndei, lir, is excep
ted. Rificiuen (not moun
ted) will be the aioff accept
taoic tOkCc. If however,
lilies cannot be procured
wuhyou tor the volunteers,
mey lha.l upon ttieir ariival
at Norfolk have good inu 3 -
kecs at icalt. bnould you
iu«.ceed in organizing the
lorce contemplated, you
will have the goodness to
repair to NortoiK, and re
pot tyourlcit to Gen Tay
lor. it is important that
we should be immediately ,
: advlied of the number you I
calculate on.
i iliould do great injufticc
to our feelings were 1 to
withhold aa expression of
| our grateful ackuowiedge
mems lor your affectionate 1
and magnanimous conduct.
Nor do the emot’uni it cn-
spires, flow altogether from
felfilh considerations. We
fee, in the part you are act
ing, that spirit which bound
us together as a band of bro
thers, during the revoluti
on, and carried us in tri
umph through that glorious
conflict, and which, can it
j be kept alive, will give un
der providence, immortality f
tb our confederated repub
lic, the lull hope of man.
I have laid that the ene
rgy has carried on a war
bale and barbarous. He
lias delolated private ptop.
erry, he has put to dea.h
the lick and the unrcfiiting’
and he has indulged in bru
tal violence on our females
—Such conduit cannot but
irritate the avenging hand of
Heaven, “ Tnc Almighty
has no attribute Winch can
take flies with such an ene
my.”) *
We turn with dilgufl and
horror from this foul blot in
the charadUr of man, and
dwell with peculiar compli
cencey, upon your generous
1 friendthip, so ennobling to
our natuie, enchanted by
the honorable meiuion you
make of the aid
you by our fathers, in the
hour of your diilrels, and
the acknowledgmefit that
the mingled blood Qt the he
roes of Virginia, andNorlh-
Carolma is the cement ol
one connection.
I tender to you, and your
brave a<od patriotic co npan
ians, my warmclt withes,
tor your welfare.
JAMES BARBOUR.
Gen. Calvin Jones.
North O.roltua,
City, July »S.
Extract of a letter from capt .
Vaf/ia, commanding naual
Gjpter at iXorJoik, to the
oecretary of toe Navy, da.
ted July 15, 1813.
“ The Bun Usenet 74,
has been iymg olfrhe iigut
j hw-ule fo.iie tunc. i’uey
dug wells on fho*e and eve
ry day employed their boats
ii watering; Cipt. Law
ton, (formerly ot tne navy)
commanded a company oi
militia from Princess Ann,
went down under cover oi
the night, amt concealed
themicivcs benind tne sand
hill, near the wells. At
half pait five A, m. a boat
full of men weie difeovered j
rowing for the lnote. At 6
tncy landed and proceeded
to the wells, where they re_
ceived a lull fire tro.ll the
militia, which compelled
them to lurrendcr. The
enemy’s force confided of 2
lieutenants, 16 Teamen anil
8 marines. They had three
marines killed ; one lieutcn
! ant two feamcn and two ma
rines wounded. None ot
our n>fn were fiurc. The
barge was aeitroyed, after
taking her guns and fame
lmali anus.”
July 29.
Extra 7 of a letter from Maj .
General Lewis to the Se
cretary at War, dated
S ckett', Harbor, July ao,
" Our fleet has gone out
of the inner harbor, and ap
pearances are in favor of it*
going to lea ia forty-eight
hours at fartheil.
M A little expedifton of
volunteers from the coun
try, to which by the advice
of com. Chauncey I lent
forty ioldiers, failed from
hence three days since on
board two fmail row boats,
with a fix-pounJer each, to
the head of the St. Law
rence, where they captured
a line gun boat mounting a
24 pounder, 14 bat'eaux
Laded, (our officers and 6t
men. Two of our schoon
ers have gone out to convoy
tlic.n in. Ihe prisoners
have been landed, and are
corning on under charge of
a detachment of dragoons.'*
Extract of a letter from Rng.
Gen. Boyd, to the Secreta
ry of IVar , dated
Fort Georg*, July ?o.
** I have the honor to re
port, that on the 17th inst.
the enemy attacked our pic
kets, in a bo ly of about 200
dritifh belides Indians. De
tachments were feat oul to
support them, but with in- ‘
ftruCtions to aft defcutively.
After a contelt of one hour,
occasionally severe, the en
emy was dispersed. Our
bfs was trifling—only three
or four being killed, and a
few wounded j the lufs of
the enemy has not been as
certained, but being expo
sed to some well directed
, fires of oar light artiilery,
under the command of iifut.
sii»id), it is probable their
loss must Ihvc been com
paratively gfcat. Col Scott
who had the direction of
ouj troops which were enga
ged, fpcaks highly of the
arJor and lteaduicis of both
officers and men. 4 Being
fought in detachments, ma
ny young officer* had an op.
portuuity of evincing their
activity and bravery. To
use the language of Colonel
Scott, “ tins aifair, though
small, served to test the me
rits of the officers ar.d men
engaged. More aruor has
leidom beendifplayed. Capt
Vandeufon (ought his de
tachment with good effeft;
and capt. Madilun with hi*
picket guard, was fully en
gaged. They could not
lole their ardor under maj.
Cummins. Captain B rdm
tali’* fi.icmen wcie nearett
to the er.cmy in puriuir.
1 M.jor /.r idbwng Who Wat
No. 252.