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such. a flrip of war, C4.ii.-ig on such a cruize. |
2. It appears to the court, tint captain B Tr
rou was appointed commodore til’ die Chips and
vlkds dci'liii-’d for the Mediterranean service on
the 15th day of Mhylalt po.it, and bottled his
tV.t p?..lnat 0:1 board the Chesapeake, the fir it
tirrie he came on hoard of her after her arrival in
J-Mifi’t'nn’ FLoaJj, to wit, c-.i or about the 6th
d.’yof J...ielafl p.lt.
5. J t appears to t!:s court, that commodore
Jlarron witted'dre Uhelapearev only twice uunuy
the period.iho remained in Hampton Roads, and
fce/ors ire came oa board to proceed to lea ; on
neither cf which ocCc!io3S,'did he eitamiaa par
tjeela.i iy into her flute and rendition.
‘"4. It apuears to the coart, that the puns of
the Chefapeaks were never ertereif :d before (he
to lea ; that her crew were quartered
bat a few days previous to that time, and had
never been called to quarters more tuan three
tuner, poor to lie* fading for lea.
5. Jt appears to the court, that the (hip was
reported to commodore Barron to be ready for
La or. the day of June, that he came 01
hoaid on the -2J l, and that the (hip tailed on the
morning of the ££d of June lafl pall.
.6.. it appears to the court, that antecedent to
the failing of the Chesapeake, there had been
received oa board of her forr.e perform who had
been churned by the liritifh government as de
fouters iom thmr service, but .who were not or
dered to be delivered up by the American offi
cers. That there was. alib a report in circula
tion, and generally known on board ,t,he Chesa
peake, that a threat had been JJiade by the cap
tain cf the British ship of v.ar to
take there men from tire Chefapc-ke. That
Comm adore Barron had full knowledge cf the
fads that luah men were on board his (hip ; that
they had been demanded by the Britiih govern
ment, aid had not been delivered up, the court
are perfectly fatisfied—but no positive evidence
has been adduced to prove, that the report of
the threat above mentioned was communicated
to him before the ship failed.
7. It appears to the court, that the Chesa
peake, in proceeding from Hampton roads to
iea, paff/d a Britiih squadron, at anchor in
Lynhaven bay, who at the time of her puffing
them, were making figuals to each other, which
was not only reported to commodore Barron by
one of iris officers, but actually observed by him-
8, It appears to the court, that the British
ftiip of war .Leopard, of 50 guns, one of the
fqttaJron then at anchor within die limits of the
United States, weighed immediately after these
signals were thrown out, and ilood to lea.
0. It does not appear to the court, that at this
titte there was any other vessel in fight, or any
other object to induce her to go to i'ca but the
Chefapeske.
10. It appears to the court, that, at the time
the Leopard got under way, that the wind v.as
at iouth-foutii-well, and therefore fair for her
to proceed to sea j but that, instead of availing
herfdf of this to clear the land, <he hauled by
the wind elofe round Cape Henry, and ilood to
tne southward, under easy fail—thereby (hewing
that it was not her intention to get oil the land
speedily.
li. It appears to the court, that after this the
wind became light and baffling, and likely to
fivdt, and came out from the eaiiwaru; that
when this happened, the Leopard shorted fail,
and dood to the e all ward,
-12. It appears to the court, that after this tile
wind did come out from about fouth-foutb-eaft,
and that the Leopard, then having thus got the
weather-guage, preserved it by tacking in Shore
when the Ciiefapeake did so in order to get off
her pilot ; and after the Cneiapeuke again flood
off to the sail ward, that the Leopard wore and
bore down for her.
13. It appears to the court, that when the
Leopard tacked and ilood in shore, on the fame
tack with the Chesapeake, that her lower-deck
pints were all triced up.
Id. It appears to the court, that when the
Leopard run down for the Chesapeake, (he
rounded to on her starboard quarter, and to
windward of her, anu that at this time her totii
pions were oat of her guns.
15. It appears to the court, that commodore
Barron was upon deck, observing the Leopard,
during the time these manoeuvres were practis
ing, a.id .these appearances exhibited.
15. The courtis of opinion, that the circutr,-
fiances above Hated were in themielves lo tuff
picious, as to have furnifhed fufScient warning
to a prudent, difereet and attentive officer, of
the probable deilgns of a flip of war conducted
m that wa,y, and ought to have induced commo
dore Barron to have prepared his (hip for ac
tion, cfpecially with tile information he poiTefs*
ed of the situation of his crew, generally, of
those who had been demanded by the Britilh
government, particularly, and of the genera!
llate of the fliip at that time.
17. It appears to the court, that commodore
Barron nevertheless did not order his fliip to be
cleared for attion, and that he did not call h:s
men to quarters.
IS. It appears to the court, that when the
Leopard came along fide of the Chesapeake,
an officer was.fent from her, with a communica
tion from capt. Humphries, the captam of the
Leopard, to commodore B o ron, which the lat
ter could not, and did not irufunderltand, but
very rorrefetly concluded to be a demand with
which he ought not and could not comply, and
one which, if refufed, would be enforced, if pof
fihle.
19. It appears to the court, that although
filch was the fituatibn and impression of commo
dore Barron, at this time, yet that lie iliil did
not order his (hip to be prepared for afbon, al
though ample time was allowed for that purpufe,
the Britiin o ncer being detained 011 board the 1
Chesapeake from.3s to 4,5 minutes.
* *. ihe court is of opinion, that the negleft
of commodore Barron to prepare his (hip for
adiion, under such circumftar.ces, is a direst |
ot wuc iourtti article ot the riilcn auJ
gul.oions tor the government of the navy o:
the U .ilcd States, adopted by an aft of the.
congress of the United States, pafTed 0.1 the
_b.d or April, 130,), entitled “An aft For the
better government cf the Navy of the U.fited
States.”
y. i- It appears to the court, that after the Bri
t.fli onicer leic the Chesapeake, bearing a posi
tive feudal from commodore Barron to the de
mand which had been made by captain Hum
phries, and after co- imodore Barron was himfelf
fattsfied that an attack upon his (hip would .be
made, lie did not take prompt, necessary and effi
cient means to prepare his ship for battle—That
his firlt order was to clear his gun-deck, and the
second given, after the lapse of fome time, was
to get his men to quarters secretly, without
beat of arum.; although with such a crew as he
had on board, and in such a situation as the ship
then was, it was not to be expected that l'uch or
ders could be effectually accomplished.
22. It appears to the court, that the conjuft
of commodore Barron during the attack ol the
Leopard, ir.anifefted great ir.decifion and a difpo
iition to negociate, rather than a determination
bravely to defend his ship. That he repeatedly
hailed the Leopard during her attack upon him
-—That he drew his men from their guns, to low
ering down boats, to fend on board of the attack
ing. ihip—and that he ordered his firft lieutenant
from his quarters during the attack, to carry a
tncffiigc on board the Leopard, at that time fir
ing upon him.
23. It appears to the court, that during the at
tack, commodore Barron used language in the
presence of his men, calculated to dilpirit his crew
by ordering them to keep down, that they would
all be cut to pieces.
24. It appears to the court, that commodore
Barron ordered the colours of the Chesapeake to
be llruck, and that they were struck before a Tin
gle gun of any kind was fired from her ; and that
at the time they were so ffruck, her main deck
battery was in a situation which would have en
abled the return of a broad fide in a very ihort
time.
! ~25. The court is therefore of opinion, tiiat the
Chesapeake was pematurely furrenderd, at a
time when flic was nearly prepared for battle, and
’ when the injuries fuflained cither on the flip or
crew did not make fueh a surrender then neccffa
i ry ; and that for this, commodore JdatTou falls
under a part of the Sixth article of the rules and
regulations for the government of the navy of the
United States, adopted by an aft of theccngrcfs
| of the United States, puffed on the 23d day of
April, 1800, entitled “ an aft for the better go
vernment of the navy of the United States.’’
2G. The court is of opinion, that although
, the conduct of commodore Barron, before and
during the attack of the Leopard, a.t.tccJ great
inattention to hi: duty and want or decifton, yet
, that during that attack he cape fed his perlbn
and did not manifeil either by his orders or ac
tions any personal fear or want of courage.
27. It appears to the court, that although the
Chesapeake might and ought to have been bet
; ter defended than she was, yet that flu? was not
I in a iituation at the time of the attack made up
| on her, to have enabled so gallant a defence be-
I ing made as might be expected. Some of her
! guns were not iecurely fitted in their cairiages,
| fume of her sponges and wads were too large,
| but few of her powder-horns were filled, her mat
| cites were not primed, iotne of her rammers Were
! not in their proper places, her marines were nei
j ther Applied with enough cartridges, nor were
those which thejf had of the proper iize. None
j of these circum dances however could have influ
enced commodore Barron in fluking his colours,
bccaufe they were not known to him at the
time.
28. The court is of opinion, that the cor.chA
of ail the other officers ox the lhip, except tiiofe
whole duty it was to have remedied the deficien
ces before llated, and of lire crew generally, was
proper, commendable and honorable.
j\ true copy, L. W. Tazewell,
Judge Advocate.
1
Warfhal’s Sales,
On the first Yucsday in ‘januaiy next, will he raid at it,’
Ccu t b'just in Savannah , at tie u.uat bauii,
A HOUSE and LOT iii Mill edge ville, “No. 1 ,fqtiart
No. 40.
aboo acres of LAND, in Bulloch county, on Black
Creek, in three adjoining tracts ; adjo.nitig lands of
Alex. Wi iie, John Gruber and John I.aftiuger, ah
surveyed in the name of George Fruzi.r, in 771.
A.i'o, an undivided moiety of the Leaver Dam
MILL-TRACT, in Scrivcn county; in the whole
traift, 8500 acres, formerly the property of John
VTQuecn ; bounded north by briar click fuuth-cafi
by lands uo\V belonging tj Mr. Reaves.
dflfo, 287 t-2 acre, of LAND on tne Alaiamaha,
formerly the property of Richard Wall , F.fg
Levied on at the suit of the United States againfl
Henry Putnam aud others.
Ben. Wall, m. and. g.
December 3 T Ex
ASSIZE for Nov. 1807.
rfriHE price of Flour being nine do!-
fi |jis per bairel, weight ol hkeaßl
mull he,
li l-i cents Loaf | 6 r-4 cents Loaf
lib. 5 ox. J ilh. ii-i oas.
Os which ah BAAfcRS and SELLERS ol
bread are to take due and particular
Nonce. j
JAME£ sMARSHALL, C. T. .
INTELLIGENCER.
SAVANNAH ;
FRIDAY, Df.ckmref. 4, 1807.
COMMUNICATION.
THE petition of Hamet Carameiii to the
Coagrcfs of the United States, mud be confid
ersd by every re Hefting and liberal mind, as
eminently deferring of their special attention.
They, who are mo If violently opposed to the
Ex-Ba (haw, if they do possess expanded mines,
anxious always to difeharge with faith and
equity, a debt faiiiy incurred, will nevertheless
accede to the correftnefs of the proposition,
that since he has toiled and braved the dancers
of warfare in l'uppcrt of the interdts cf United
A./'erica, he is entitled to remuneration fer such
his service;.
General Eaton, in a manner that teffifts
a luurc on him as a fcldier, and evinces his sense
of honor as a man, Rates, explicitly, that he had
the chief influence in drawing Carameiii from
his refulence in Upper Egypt, and that he ef
fected this by assuring him, as he was autborifed
to do, that his wife and family (hould be restored
to him ; and that a dire regard would be paid
by this country, to his future situation in life.—
As yet, the Ex-Ba(haw has received no com
pensation for his services, which were undoubt
edly moll ufefnl and perilous. Indeed, General
Eaton (and his authority in the present case is
the bell poffibie) asserts the overtures .of peace,
on the part of the ruling BaPnaw, refultcd frorr.
the aid afforded by his dethroned brother.
After a flare merit of such fafls, from so
refpeclable a source ; after a fair appeal of the
Ex-Bafhaw to ihe justice, and his addicts to tin
humanity and generosity of cur country, it would
be ftigmatifing the honorable Council of the na
tion to suppose that they will rexhfe to conr.pl)
will, the objedl of his memorial.
Placing confidence in the juitiefc and the
prontifes of tills country, Caramelli forfook hi c
peaceful reaUence, and rendered to America
services of the mod beneficial kind, at the haz
ard of his life. By this Rep, he iuvoled hiinfelf
and bit followers in a labyrinth of difficulties—
he now calls for relief from the United States,
and it is their duty to extricate him. The Con
gress of our country, where genius and virtu
preside, will no doubt give that affUlance which
may be deemed adequate to relieve him ; and a
time may yet arrive when ins furors tervices
will be acceptable.
iiOi JT± JriL L I*l X-s.
THE Office of iITpUBLIC. INTELLI
GENCER, is REMOVED to the (lorelately
occupied by Mi fils. John if ill and Cos. as a
Book and Stationary Ros e, and next door weft
of M.'ilrs. Seymour and Woolhcpter's Printing
Clßcc, on the Bay.
We are authorifed to Rate, that capt. Ail
drew M‘Lean, is a candidate for an Alderman in
the room of Major William Eiown, refigr.cd.
By the king c f England’s (late paper, it ap
pears, that tlie only question of difference with
| the Danes was, “ Have you trdnfgrcffed again ft
me Nothing but that could pofiibly fanttioi
his itwjijl'i in making war agaibit the Dane-.-
But to juftify hoftihty and outrage —He fays
Denmark contemplated giving up her fleet to
France. To contemplate an offence was nevet
deemed puniihable'by any law that ever exilted.
Yet in despite of law, England has made war as
well a's contemplated it. New-l i’ublts rid
'veriisi r.
Boston, Nov. *]•
Ycfterday Mr. John S. Ellery, paffeiiger in
the brig Sally Barker Windier, arrived in town
in a fliort palfage from Bordeaux, and furniilied
us with the French papers to the oth Odiober.
The particulars cf the fall of Copenhagen are
given in these pnpfcrs. The French represent
the conditions to have been extremely hard ;
and state that the Prince Regent would jiot ac
knowledge the capitulation : but the Englifti
had the fleet and cita-U in poffcflion ; and no
meafv.ves tooppoie them had been taken the lat- 1
ter end of September. An aid-de-camp of the j
Prince Regent had had an audience oi the Lm-j
peror Napoleon after the surrender. The can-j
nonade of the English was represented as prodi-!
gious, and the Danish loss to have been very!
great. In one sortie, the Danes are represented
to have lofl 10CO men and the garrison from
7000 had been reduced to less than 4-000 men.
Ffteen hundred of the inhabitants perithed—)
Gen. Peyman, though severely wounded, con
tinued to. rejeft all the summons to surrender,
until driven to the lad extremity. Btfides the
suburbs, which the Danes set on fire, 3C5 houses
were burnt.
The letters from Bordeaux Rate, that anew
Decree had been ifitied by Bonaparte, for the
capture of all vcfftls, (including American)
bound either to or from Great Britain, and it
with cargoes to be condemned as good prizes.
It was underflood in France, that cur afktira
with England would be amicably fettled.
Letters from Paris stated that the boundaries
ofLouiliana had been fettled by the French.
Emperor, to the fatisfaftiou of our Minuter ia
Paris.
Charleston, November SO.
The United States’ brig Hornlt, Dent,
Esq. commander, anchored in this harbour yes
terday in 42 days from Malaga—flie fired a sa
lute on palling Fi>rt Johnson.
We learn bv this arrival, that neutral veflels of
all del’criptions are captured by the belligerent
powers in the Mediterranean. All communica
tion with Gibraltar has been interdicted on pain
of death. It was reported that the French were
about to embark forty thoufpad troops, in Rus
sian bottoms, for theiuvafioa of Sicily, but their
success would be doubtful, as the British were
erefting fortifications, and using every means in
their power to oppose them. The Portuguese
were in daily expectation of the arrival of the
French, and the Royal Family were inaki >g pre
parations to go to Braid. When the French
troops took possession of Leghorn, in Aug. lafl,
they Prized all Britiih and American property,
and lodged ii in the public magazines, until the
claimants can prove it not to be of the manufac
ture of England. The Ex-Bafhaw cf Tripoli
remained at Syracuse in goed health.
The Hornet, in a gale of w ind on the coafi,
sprung her main-mall, carried away feverai main
shrouds, and received ferior.s injury in her fails
and other rigging.
DICfiTvIBCR t.
The finp Alfred arrived ycflcrday m rningfrom.
London, left the on the 17th Oftcb.r, anil
brings London pipers In the 14th.
t he reports by this arrival on American sfFiirj
bear a pacific aspect. Admiral Berkley, it is Stated,
has been recalled, and Sir Jihti Bortale Warren, is to
succeed him in the ccmmand on the Halifax ftatt m.
George Kofe, j.’.n E!q is coming out on a iueciai mif
lion to this country —Mr Monroe Was ot London on
the Ijth Oftob^r-,
PORT OF SAVANNAH,
ARRIVED,
Ship Georgia, Pierce , Liverpool
Charles, Allouelt, do.
Sc/dr Thetis, Dennison, iV. York
Sloop Favorite, Sneed, Charleston
CLEARSD.
Ship Mary, Stoles, Greenock
Sch’r Fortune, Dennis, Boston
Sloop Nancy, Gorham, Charleston-
THEATRE.
The Ladle? and Gentlemen cf Savannah, are
rc-fpcftfully informed, that the performances at
the theatre will take place This Evening,
4th instant. When a diipiay of grand per.
f ormances will be exhibited, which have never
failed of general fatisfa&ior..
M-. R ANNIE,
Hs? no doubt but that the Citizens of ihi; city have
hrcu imposed upon by pretenders, and prob.,i,ly v. -re
d-fappomted in their expectations, in <onf.q eiice o.
which he b s labored under many difadvaii-ages ;
but he is happy to observe; that the encouragement
hicrcaica every evening.
This Evening Vcfils. Rannie 8; Berry will Exhibit
their unexampled Pfcrforman.es us
Ventriloquism. Imitations , TkatimaT
furgic, E lit dym antic, Philosophical
and Magical Deceptions , Experiments*
Ground and Lofty Tumbling, Hand
Dancing, Balancing , Speaking front
the Belly , DwarJ King Ltlhpui Da*l~
cuig , with many other performance
After which a Comic Farce, never performed
litre, called, The
Counterfeit Lord,
Or , The DOCTOR'S COURTSHIP.
With forne favorite SONGS, by Mrs. RANNIE-
The m.dfic procured for the evening is excel
lent.
Admittance 50 cents, children half price.
Tickets to be had at the office of the theatre.
Doors open at 5, and performance to com
mence at 1-2 pall 0 o'clock.
December L
Marshal’s Male.
On the firft Tucidav in Jvruary next, will be fold at
the Court hotii'e in this city, between the hours of
ten and three o’clock.
The urtexpired leafeof a Two Story House and
Buildings, oil ! ‘ardeti’s (late Clark’s) wharf,below the
bluff of havannah, late in the occupancy of Be. pi mitt
Crook, and taken in execution as tn; property, at the
suit of William Magee.
liEN. WALL. m. and. G.
November l 7 0X
Marlhal’s Sales.
Will he fold at the Court lioufc in this city onThurs
day, the lOth inst. between the hours of it and
lx o’clock,
THE brig FORTUNE, her boats,
xjLtackle, aopare! and furniture,, agreea
yjjsPJjyJ file to a Decree of his Honor, Judge
jHßHPgLstephent. An Inventory of said brig
at the Mai’ihal's Office.
lien, Wallj m. and g*
December 1 C 2