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FOREIGN iNEWSv' •
I .ON DON, May 15.
Admiralty-Office 3 May 15,1801..
Lieutenant Corbett, arrived
tNi'. morning from Egypt,
bringing difpatches from Lord
Keith, to the Secretary cf the
Admiralty, dated
Fcv.ircyanty Menhir Bay,
April 1, 1801.
Sir
' c I have great concern in ac
quainting, that in a de Ipc rate at
tack made upon our lines by the
French army on the morning of
the 2 ill nit. my gallant and ref
peblable colleague, Gen. Sir
Ralph Abercrombie, unfortu
nately received a wound, of
which he died on board this fhip
on the 28th. It is unnecdTary
to fay how much this calamity
has been regretted by the army
and by the fleet. Their Lord
fhips will cbfcrve that the ene
my were repulfed with very
great lofs. I enclofe for their
information, a copy of Sir Syd
ney Smhh’s report of that luf
tained by the detachment of
feamen ferving under his orders,
and have the pleafure of adding,
that his own wound has not been
, f) material as to deprive m‘e of
his fervices.—The marines were
not engaged, having been pre
vioufly to the aftion, appointed
to the duty of Aboukir Caflde,
and its vicinity.
<f I have the honor to be, &c.
" KEITH.”
PARIS, May 4.
It is reported that a ferious
mifunderftanding exifts between
Lord Nelfon and Sir Hyde Par
ker, the caufe of which is Laid to
be this—Lord Nelfon having
applied to the Danifh govern
ment for a panport, to return
home byway of Hamburgh,
admiral Parker, on being in
formed of it, ufecl his influence
to prevent it.
li is affected, that the armif
tice which has been entered in
to between Great Britain and
Denmark, has given great difla
tisfaefldon to the Danes; who
have manifefted a hatred againil
the Englifh, which difeovers it
lelfonall occaflons. The Danes
are conftantly employed in
learning military exercifes, un
der a conviction that hofcilities
V/511 neceflarily be relumed.
It was publilhed yciterday,
and we now repeat it, that go
vernment lias received official
difpatches from Egypt, which
confirm the accounts that have
prevailed for fomc time, that
the Englifh have been totally
defeated.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
On Tufjday next, at the Market-
Houje in the town cf Louijville ,
will be fold without rejerve , the
reftdue cf John Bowman's land
laid cut in the following manner:
LOT No. 3, containing 147
acres.—No. 4, 128 1-4 acres.—
No. 5. 179 acres, and No. 6,
210 acres.
JOHN BOSTWICK, v. m.
July 17, ißof.
{Cj‘ The Sale of the above
Land is poflponed until the firfl
v Monday in O6lobfr ;iext.
J-'y 25'.
L O U I S V I L I/E,
SATURDAY, jAy 7j, 18cl-
Marrjed, at Col. Milkdgc’s,
near Augulta, onTuefday even
ing, the 14th inftant, by his
LlonorJudge Walton, Thomas
Flournoy, Elq. to Mils So
phia Davies, only daughter of
William John Davies, Lfq. cf
Chatham.
Georgia, Burke County ,
July 4A6, 1801.
Capt. James Wclchc’s Com
pany, confiKing of upwards of
fifty citizens, met to celebrate
the great day of Independence.
Having paraded in view (it be
ing company mufter) the follow
ing to alls were drank with the
unanimous plaudits of the Com
pany.—Captain Welch in the
chair.
1. May the conduct and pa
triotllni of Thomas Jefferfon,
Prefident cf the United Stares
ill ike terror through every mo
narchal and defpotic government.
—A volley and 3 cheers.
2. May the patriotifm and
fteadinefs of our great exam pier
General Wafhington, be a FLe
fident and guide to his fuccefTors.
—A volley and 5 cheers.
3. May the prefent Congrefs
a6t for the lole advantage of our
conftitutional rights—A volley
and 4 cheers.
4. May the names of thofe
who voted in favour cf John
Jay’s treaty with England, the
Handing army, the alien and fc
dition laws, and the llamped aft,
be blotted out of our journal and
loft in eternal oblivion. —A vol
ley and 9 cheers.
5. May the fußering Tons of
liberty Hill ftruggle for their
conßitutional rights.—A volley
and 3 cheers.
6. May every true republican
remember the covenant made in
the year ’76, which was fealed
with blood.—A volley and 3
cheers.
7. May all the officers of the
United States civil and military,
faithfully execute the good laws
thereof.—A volley and 3 cheers.
8. May the richeft monarchs
of Europe he ever too poor to
purchafe the principles of true
republicans.—A volley and 4
cheers.
9. May the conduft and patri
otifin of Aaron Burr, vice-pre
fident, advance him to further
honor.—A volley and 4 cheers.
10. May the Congrefs of’76
ever be remembered by every
true republican.—A volley and
3 cheers.
11. May the gallant Tons of
liberty ever fupprefs every ap
pearance of monarchy,—A vol
ley and 5 cheers.
12. May every fcheme of
ariftocracy be overturned and
loft in the lea of forgetfulncfs.—
A volley and 3 cheers.
13. M ay the intrigue of k naves
and confpiracy of tools prove
inefteddual to our commerce.—
A volley and 3 cheers.
14. May liberty be our motto
and truth our guide.—A volley
and 3 cheers.
15. May James Jackfon, late
Governor, be as ufetid in Con
grefs as he was in our Executive
r c y art nr,c nt,—- A vcllcy and j
cheers;,
iff May the conch,6c cf Da
vid Emanuel, prefidtnt of the
Senate, advance him to higher
honor.—A volley and 3 cheers.
Judge Carnes’s CHARGE to
the Grand Jury, at IVarren
Super'nr Court , June Tcnn 3
1801. i
Gentleman of the Grand Jury ,
YOU have been ib repeatedly
apprized of what was your ap
propriate province as Grand Ju
rors, that it would be needlefs
for me to detail the offences of
which by your oath you are bound
to take notice. Suffice it to fay,
that ail offences committed with
in your county, again!! the com
mon and Ratine law, every fpe
cics of condudh in individuals of
notorroufly evil example are
fuch as call for your aniinadver
fions. It might be fuppofed
that tire adminiitration of jußice
being io frequent and fo much
in the vicinity or every man’s
dwelling, would have a ftrong
tendency to corredi vicious and
licentious habits, but when we
fee riots, aiTaults and difturban
ces of the public peace and good
order fo frequent under the im
mediate eye of Grand Jurors,
we are led to conclude that either
the law is not fufficiently ener
getic, or that thofe in whom the
power is veiled are remifsin the
exercife of their duty ; if the
former, a lemflative interference
becomes necelfary, if the latter,
more circumfpeClion in Grand
Jurors, and others in the com
miffion of the peace, is evidently
indifpenfible.
I have under Rood with regret
that broils, tumult and confußon
arc very prevalent at jußicescourts
that vicious men refort thofe
places with a view of diflurbing
the good order of the neighbour
hood, and not imfrequently in
fult the inagiftiates while in the
difeharge of their duty, thefe are
offences of the daring kind, it is
an infult not only to the perfon
of the juftice, but is an outrage
committed upon the authority of
the government and the majefty
of the people ; confequenccs
may flow T from fuch conduct: as
to endanger the fafety of the
Rate : it therefore behoves you
as you value your own peace,
happinefs and fecurity, to look
and prelent for punifhment of
fenders of this deferi prion, if any
fuch fhould be found in your
county.
As your county is growing
rapidly into agricultural conic -
quence, it would be greatly to
the intereß of yourfelves and
fellow-citizens, that your public
roads and bridges ihould be con
tinually in good repair, and as
you are from different parts of
the county, it is prelum able that
you have all the information ne
ceflary to make judicious and
proper preferments on this fub
jeft.
GEORGIA,
Warren Countv.
\VE, the Grand Inqueft for
the body of the county aforefaid,
do on our oaths prd'ent as a
grievance,
O ’
iR. The great and flagrant
needed! and' remifsnefs of cur
public <.alters In every
me nr, in the fupprtfiion of'vffi.
and immorality of' almoft ev-y
fpecics, fuchas gambling, qua;-
ruling, profane (wearing and
turfing j Sabbath breaking,
in as much as the laws ot ri •
flute (although in their cxteiJ
too deficient) are not put into
efledl as fur they might extend
for a check to thole \ices, to tin*
lamentable depravity and corrup
tion of the morals of the rifmp
generation throughout our coun
try.
2. We present as an objefh or
ierious contemplation the Rate
of our judiciary fyftcm, in point
of the duty of county officers,
viz. juftices, conflables, &c. in
that there is not a rule laid down
by law, fufficiently explicit for
their conduct either to define
their duties or limit their powers,
or even in their judicial decifions
to produce a uniformity of pro
cedure, fo as to obtain an adini
niflration of juflicc on the ba(h
of general and permanent prin
ciples. Alfo the inefficient Rate
of our vagrant laws; in chat in
fome inftances they are in too
arbitrary and defpotic, and re
pugnant to the principle of our
government, in veiling officers
with almofl inquifitohal powers
for conviction, and yet no ade
quate penalty or punifhment
pointed out for the delinquent.
3. We prefent alfo as a griev
ance the criminal code of the
laws of our date ; many parts of
which, though derived from our
venerable anccftors, no age, no
length of time can render juft
and equitable : in as much
thereby the great and leading
principles of criminal law (in
order to produce the bed effeft
to civil ioclety) viz. u That
piiiiifhments fhould be propor
tioned to crimes, is thereby ai
med entirely neglefted ; and the
flighted and mod heinous offen
ces are punifhed with the fame
punifhments. We therefore fm
cerely hope that our enfuingLe
giflature will revife our criminal
code, and enaCl fuch amendments
as fhall be confident with the
great principles of benevolence
and intuitive judice.
4. And as being the firft
Grand Inquefl aflembled in this
county flnee the eiedlion of Mr.
Jtfftrfon to the Prcfidcntial
Chair, we cannot forbear to con
gratulate our fellow citizens,
“ That in the decifion of this
warmly contefled election the
loud deep-toned voice ot the
fovereign peopL hath been duly
attended to and refpeded; and
the horrors of a civil warfare,
or the fufpenfion of the powers
of government averted, from
this now happy people.”
Feeling as we do, the value
ot the bleffings of civil and po
litical independence, bleffings
purchafed and fecurcd to us by
the well-tried valour of cur pa
triots, we cannot but lament du
ally adminidraticn fhould h ave
purfued meafures in thereinotefl
degree lioflile to that liberty, 0-
inimical to that independence;
and we arc inclined to view y■ -
appointment of officers under
the government of the
States, of thofe who fought a
gainft us, and ot \thofe who t
tcroufly betrayed us to cur <• '
