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dhettp) and afterwards to rendez
vous at Malta. The John Adams
to proceed on her intende 1 route
to Naples to procure marble for
our Capital at Washington, and
then to proceed home. The Ho.*
net will be kept as a despatch ves
sel,and the Alert laid up for the
winter. On our return to this
place we shall heave the ship out.
and put the whole squadron in
readiness to return to America in
the spring.—All this I give you
as reports from the officers of the
V.UnitedStatesbut, whether it
is precisely the Commodore’s
plan, I cannot pretend to say—
it is, however, all we can ascer
( tain of his intentions as to our
ii /present movements. He no doubt
\. will also sound the Tunisians, &
•Tripolitans, before we go into
winter quarters. The Erie is at
Marseilles.
“Commodore Shaw’s orders
instruct him to establish our hos
, pital, deposit our stores, he. ike
at Giberal ter, Algeziras, or Mai
aga; but either of these ports
would be too inconvenient, (be
ing at too great a distance from
ns) should we want supplies or
necessaries of any kind; in eon
: sequence. Port Mahon will be
our home for the winter, and our
hospital is already establishedon a
very resp ectable footing, al though
we are remarkably healthy.
tc We expect the Franklin 74,
the Java, with smaller vessels,
will be the relieving squadron in
the spring.
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LOUISVILLE ,
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Febru 29, 13 6.
■ ■
s The chief business which
u appears to be before Congress,
concerns the Revenue Laws, —
end from appearances, there will
doubtless be such alterations
made as will be very advanta
geous to the manufacturing* part
£>i the community.
It has been stated in some
if the papers that the Spanish
C-hev alter de Onis, left Washing
on City in a furious fret ! ! —But
- :rom more recent dates we dis
over that he had something cf a
domestic nature to attend to.—
Ve are inclined to think that de
)nis will be more cautious since
ie has met with the rebut he has
fom the Secretary of State—and
lot again venture demands so in
.dmissable.
The Legislature of Virginia
it appears, has passed a law to
punish Gaming by confinement
in the Penitentiary.
Since the fall of Carthagena
into the hands of the Royalists,
the greatest excesses of villain
by appear to have been practised
f-sy them.—They not only cap
ture American vessels, but im
prison Americans, suffering them
* to die of [famine it is probable, as
well as] disease. We doubt not
that our government will correct;
the procedure, by immediately (
/itting out a squadron in order to
cthe release of those unfortunate j
Americans, whom chance
thrown into the hands of mon-.
Iters in “human shape.
Tire present {situation c-fj
France is deplorable indeed.-——j
■Ve have published the balance!
of Moncey’s letter to King Louis;
today.—Which, taken in totoA
:s a production worthy the peru-|
sal of every one—and will eon-i
vey to the minds oi all an idea oil
the miseries to Which a misguided
)Oiicy has led this truly ill-fated
\v e learn (hat Gov. Mitchßt.t.!
has appointed Edward E. Tait\
wad &. j air re E. hlmstori, his aids;
de camp—with the rank of lieut.
! colonel.
3 s
1 Cotton, in Augusta, is quo-’
ted at 23 a 24 els.
The stock of the Bank or the
>late of Georgia, has sold in An
p.n ta already at an advance of 10
per cent.
Newspaper printing is a busi
ness requiring the most intense
labor, and the closest .application,
both of body and mind. It is a!
business destructive of health and
ease ; frequently cuts short the
thread of existance, and is a bar
to every pleasure of life ! Do not
those then, who devote them
j stives to its duties—who sacrifice
,health, pleasure and even life it
self, to the benefit of their fellow
‘citizens—do they not merit their
reward? We know we.address
reasonable men—vve l now thev
1 will answer, “yes they tiu ?
Boston Paper*
New York, Feb. 7. •
Cap*.. My rick who left Havan
nah, on the 19th of January, in-
| forms us that a Spanish sloop of
. war arrived there the day previ
■ ous irom Carthagena, having,on
•board 50or GO prisoners, leaders
jin the revolution, bound to Spain.
It was staled that when the Roy
alists took possession of Cartha
ge na, they found in the houses
the dead bodies of more than 2,
500 persons who had starved to
death previous to the surrender
jof the city. —Mtr
We are pleased to find that vve
(shall have a naval force in the
j Mediterranean more than suffi
■cient to keep alive those favora
ble impressions, awakened by
the appearance of the first squad
ron ; and have therefore no rea
son to fear the dry’s hostility, if
there be any foundation for the
reports that he had a relapse since
the first cure of his complaint.
Nat. Int.
We learn, says the Rhode*.
Hand American, that captain
John Orde Creighton is appoint
ed captain of the Washington
74, commanded by commodore
Chauncey. The Washington is
destined for the Mediterranean.
■da—*
The United States* brig Tom
Bowline, sailed from New-Or
leans on the 16th of December,
on a cruise against the pirates in
the Gulphof Mexico.
GEN. WILKINSON.
We are pleased to have it in
our power to siate, that the Mary
land Log! and dure, rt their Lite*
session, by an almost unanimou \
vote, did pass a resolution givhy j
io this officer, lor his revolution j
ary services, the hall pay o j
colonel of dragoons for hie. A
higher pension than thisisnev-J
er vve understand, granted by the j
legisfature They have acted]
the more praise-worthily to gen
pral Wilkinson, as although a na
tive of the state, he L raid not to
have belonged to the Maryland!
line during the revolutionary!
war. [Balt. Bat. !
. |
At New-York Mr. Griscom. is’
delivering lectures on infiamable j
gas, and exhibiting specimens.!
He burns it without smoke or
smell, by passing it through Ihpe
water* [Phil paper.
As this market will in future
supply large quantities of Staves,:
would it not be well for the p-e-j
parers of them to attend to the
dimensions most likely to yield,
the best prices in foreign mar
kets, and at the same time to an
swer if sent coastwise ? The fol
lowing sizes will pass the Phiia
delp hi a inspection.
White Oak,
Pipes 56 inches long, 5 1-2!
wide, clear oi sap and 3-4 thick, j
Hogsheads 43 inches long, 3J
wide, clear of sap and 5 8 thick, j
Barrels 32 inches long, 3 wide,
!clear of sap, 5-o thick.
Red Oak .
Same size as white oak.
(Sav pap.
On the 22d, between 6 and 7in
the evening, as a detachment of
; armed men from St. Cyrian was
conducting* a criminal to the pris
on of Toulouse, the crowd which
collected cried,<3 lts jacobins !
a las les Br gams ! Ac. indica
ting the suspicion of the populace
respecting the prisoner. They
were, however deceived. Seeing j
the crowd increase, and that the j
| error was gaining credit, the pris
oner turned around, and with an
ex pression of indignation, said—
-44 for God sake leave me alone—
lam no Jacobin, I am only a
Thief \ These words rnodifi; cl
the contempt of the mob. The
Clamoursjtnd hisses terminated,
and the people dispersed
French Paper .
The sailors of the Nortnumber
land obliged Bonaparte to pay the
tribute to Neptune on passing the
line for the first time, as well as
all the persons of his suit. Bona
parte submitted to the ceremony
with a very good grace and paid
100 Nepoleons to old Neptune.
London Paper,
The foilov T ing i.3 an extract of
a letter from Liverpool, dated
December 16, 1815.
“ British ships may new be
had cheap, say 25s per ton mea
surement for the outward cargo
to the United States, and Id per
lb. for cotton hack, and 3/. per
hogshead for tobacco.
Fed- Gaz.
A French paper mentions a
vessel sailing from Detroit to.
I Philadalpkia I
r- - T - * ‘T-. TT* ‘ 5 f ‘■ *’ .
0. tv. is.Ll x o r
immMm
| Will he sold ui the MnletWL:r>
in the Town of Lcuisvslß y r >
.tiiejirsl Tuesday in April next t
between the usita; liou>
Two hundred acres of pin.*
land, being half of an undiv.dec
!four hundred acre tract, granted
to Baker, and adjoining Jackson;
Also, twenty-five acres cd pine
land being half an undivid and ‘ uty
| acre tract granted to Reesrt, end
| adjoining Reese ; taken as the.
j property of Joshua Myrick, to sa-
|list y sundry executions, Robert:
‘Atkinson,executor of Alexander
! Young, vs. Joshua Myrick and
lldlassingame Paulett; levied on
by a Constable and returned to
me.
• ALSO,
Two hundred acres of land,
adjoining Alexander Douglas;
levied on as the property ol James.
Barefield, to satisfy sundry ex
ecutions, Mary Ingram vs. James
Barefield, and returned by a.
Constable*
ALSO,
Two hundred and thirty-fi vet
acres of land adjoining lands be
longing to Wm. Walker, Skrine,
and others : taken ?s the proper
ty of John M. Smith, to satisfy
sundry executions, John M.
Smith vs. J-; re mi.ah Smith —poin-
ted out by the plaintiff and re*
turned by a Constable^
JOHN G. BOSTICS,
Sheriff J. C.
Feb. 29, 1816.
EXECUTORS* SALE,
mil be sold on Thursday , the I ilk
day of March next, at the hte
residence off ames 11. Carr r
deceased ,
All the personal property cf
saia deceased : consisting of Hor
ses,* Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Goats,
Corn A Fodder, Bacon, a Gig &.
j Harness, Plantation Tools, and
| many other articles too tedious to
mention.
A credit will be given until the
Ist day of January next; purcha
sers giving small notes with ap*
proved security.
Nicholas C. Con nelly, Y 1
Nathan Basfwick, 5- p
Bird Tarver, j M
All those indebted to said es
tate are requested to come fon*
ward and make payment —and
(those having demands will ren*
jder them in properly attested.
Feb. 24, 1816.
GEORGIA, ?
Jefferson County. J
WHEREAS Sarah Warner
and James Warner, have applied
to me for Letters of Admimstra*
tion on the estate and efleets of
Jeremiah Warner, deceased.
These are therefore to che
and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of aid
deceased, to be and appear a*; nip
office, within the time prefer bed
by law, to shew catise (if any they
have)’ why stud letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at edi
fice, this 26th of Feb*ry. 1813.
A* W RIGHT, c.c • .