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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. v-ap*- ~r--~ * - LOUISVILLE , i*- ~—; “"” “ -■—■■■■ ■■ 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 • .