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VOL. I. ! HOISTED WEEKLY, • ’ BY HODGE t* DONNELL. * l. t ‘ CONDITIONS. Ist. The . Annual Subscrip ion will be three dollars, half in advance. %L SubscribersYiving ou of the State will pay the wh >|e subscription upon the deli* •4 very of the first number* j l » 3d. No Subscriptions will be received for • less than one year; and-no paper shall be discontinued uat l arrearages are paid. , 4th. Advertisements will be inserted at the customary rates. # ‘ ‘’ t ‘ rr* Letters addressed to the Eoir \ Mqbs must be post paid. The following GENT LEM EH are re* Quested and authorized to receive Sub scriptions and give receipts for this paper, o/z>— •. Watkinsville , Dr. Wm. Wright Sc Mr. Joseph Moss. Jackson Capt. Boyle. p Lexington—’ 1 lit Post Master* .. Greene county, Mr* Wylev Gres* -5 am, P. M. Grienesboro', Mr. Grant: P. M. . Grantsville, and the Post Master, Powelton. , , Wilkes county—My. Wing* feld, P. M ; . Washingtori, and Mr Kobert Grier. , •’ fidysville—Mv. John Barnett. Columbia Court-House—V. Muster. * * Hancock—My- Abercrombie, P. 51., and Joseph Bryan, Esq. FJbertan— Mr. Win. Woodsy Petersburgh— MW Alex. Pqpe. * , Augusta— Mr. Eraser, P. M. and ‘Major F- Phinizy. Morgan— My. Cunningham, P. M. Jasper— Dr. Shorter. . .Putnam— Brice Gaither, Esq. MiUedgevHit— I'fie Post Master. Madison county—My- Long, P. M.’ ap(\ William Hodge, Esq. jtfranklin— The Post Master apei le Rey-Messrs. Thomas Newton: end Sampson Lane. Y \Washihgton county;— General Irwin./ jtfVarrcr.—. t he Post Master. l&incoiiiL- The .Post Master. ~ ’ * * Barnett, Esq. i Midway— John E. Fraser, Esq. St. Mary's— Major Claris, P, M. , n Abbeville, S. C.*— Mr. Moses \V. > Bobbins. i ► Without intending any disparage ment to the useful and valuable pa yers printed in Augusta, Milledge-; ville and elsewhere m this State, we will take the liberty to mention the following considerations “as in some degree recommending'*/i/.? to public patronage, and especially ihtheup-; per counties. ff- It will lie large, and will conse-’ guently contain not only a variety, Vita considerable quantity of mat ter*—selected with care. * * It will be puNised at the Seat Os the University of this State, and trill derive from that circumstance > some general interest and import fance. It will be published On ‘'jTkuraday id every week soon after the arrival 1 *f the Northern and Southern Mails l»t this place, and will contain a condensed summary of the latest and most interesting news from the Jiorth and South. 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Npt only the man ol ■ Otters, but the plain practical philo sopher, the ingenious farmer and mecfiaVuc may be useful here.—’ Prom them will be gladly receiveu bpnd attentively noticed ,any. useful- ItUscoyefies N and infprovmenU m a- dr the mechanical arts ‘l & ii not intended that ta:s yaper shall be made the vehicle of private or personal scurrility and abuse* _ - To those gentlemen who have be* nevqlently forwarded , by a liberal ■ advance, the* publication of the Ga zette, the Editors beg leave to ten der their grateful acknowledgements ‘ “-their future endeavors, they trust, will go to prove that this liberality - has not been wholly misplaced* fCT* . Gentlemen holding Subscrip* tion papers for the Gazette, are res pectfully requested to, transmit to the Editors immediately the natnes of sub* scribers • - \ • , • « > -. Boston, May 13. Arrived below, brig Ida Mantor, 31 days from RocheUE..; We have been favored with what, is said to lie the only paper brought by her. and hastily to transcribe its contents. .It was printed Jn the form of a handbill at Rochelle, April 5, and consists of the two toll owing official bulletins. V /; X - ? H. Mi the empress queen and re gent has received L tjsie following news of the situation of the array on the 29th of March, The general of and vi/iop Pire enter ed Chaumont on .the 20th, and thus intersected the line of operations of He intercepted many of the couriers and expresses, and the enemy s baggage, mapy. .pieces of cannon, magazines of clothing, and a great part of the hospital spares.— He has been effectually assisted by the inhabitants, who Were every where in ai ms and showed the grea test fceal Monsieur the baron * of Ysenberg, the minister of Austria in England, returning from London w itly Monsieur t |he, count Palfi, his secretary of legation the Swedish lieut. gen Schildebr&nd, minister of Sweden at the court;of the emperor of Russia, with a Swedish major ; the j Prussian counsellor ,of war, Piguil- ■ hen ; Messieurs dg. Tolstoy and de j Alorcoff, and two other officers of the Ordnance ; all going on missions to ] the different head quarters gs the al lies, \ve re. arrested by the levy en masse, and conducted to the head : quarters; The taking of these per Sons an 4 their papers,oiil which nave I fallen in our hands, ts of great impor tance. .■ ... i The , park of the aru«y of Russia and all its equipage, was at Bar-sur < tube. At the first news of the movement of our army, they evacua* ‘ ted upon Betolt, which movement deprived the enemy of bis. ammuni tion, of artillery, his transports of , provisions of reserve, and many oth er obp cts of great importance. The allied army intending to op* erate between Aube and Marne, had left the Russian gen. ; Winzingerode i at St Dizfer with 8000 caavlry, ans two divisions of infantry, to maintain j the line of operation, and to faciliate the arrival of the artillery, ammuni tion and provisions of which the en- \ emjr were, in the greatest need- The division of geri. Milhaud, an<| the cavalry cf the guard, commanded » by Sebastianni passed the ford Val- | cour the &6th March, marched upon | his cavalry, apd after many sane j charges routed him, 3000 Russian j cavalry many of them of ths imper l rial guard, have been killed or taken f prisoners. .The 18 pieces of cannon .] which the enemy had, were taken i from him as as his baggage. The enemy has left the woods and meadows covered with his dead.., All the corps of cavalry have distinguish ed themselves to the admiration of each pther. Xhe Luke of Ragu,sa had pursued the enemy to Bar-sur Ornain. On the 29th the H. Q. of emperor were at Troyes,*—con voys of prisoners amoiyiting to more than 6G©Q men, lollow the army.— In the villages the inhabitants are under arms ;—exasperated by the violence, crimes, ravages of the ene my, they wage against him a des tructive war. * *f \ . A*ril 1. The emperor who had moved his head quarters to i royes the 29th, . made forced tparches by Sens Upon ; the capitol,” ■ His majesty was at Pontainbieau 31st March in the morning, but he there learned that the enemy had arrived 24 hours be fore the t rench army and had occu pied Paris, after havihg niet an ob stinate resistance which cost him man/bnen. Ihe corps of the dukes reviso and Ragusa, and that of general Com pans, who have united * in delence ot the capitol, have re-as sembled between Essone and Paris, wuere the emperor has taken a posi- ATHENS ; THURSDAY JUNE 1814. tion,’ with all the army which is arri ms* from Troyes. ‘ ,His majesty enjoys the best health/; The following is endorsed im mini script and in English on the jfwW'. * ✓.>/i'he English and Portuguese- j taoops > to the number of about 3000 ■ men etitefed Bordeaux without op position, on Saturday, ,1 2Ch March the French troops having evacuited it the day before. JOSEPH’S PROCLAMATION. King Jostphy Lieut. Gen, to the em ,peror% Commander in Chief of the * > National Gua.d, to the citizens of ♦ Tans, : /(. ‘l-Ani enemy’s column has taken possession of Meaux ; ,» , «. * t It advances on the road from Germany? but the Emperor pursues it close at the head of a victoriou , arihy, u- The •, council of regency h ; ■ provided for the safety of the Em- : press and King of Home. I .remain with us arm ■ oiuselves to defends the city—lt*- monuments?—its riches—our : wives and . .children—every thing that is dear to us. . ,• , v v, • . J • Let this great city camp: for a few. moments, and let ihe enc toy meet his disgrace under wail s Which he hoped to enter triumphant. iy* - ~~ •/, - ‘ )- , ” The Emperor marches to our as sistance-protect yourselves by a-, short and- vigorous resistance, • and let us prekerve the French honor. 5 ’ g Marginal observations——* Tnt Empress and King of Rome* lef> Paris, on., tbe 20h for Rambouilet—. Blucher close -1 > Paris. 5 ’ J r Capt Adams, pf the Fair Ataeri-’ can, informed us, that a letter wa « received in on the eve ’ ping ,of the 7th of April,,by ex-’ press from gen.. Gasengue inj Lon don, Member *of -Parliament* sta ting that the allied Sovereigns were in Paris negociating with the Freiich) \Sepate independent of Bonaparte. The,letter further staled that a gen-; eral peace was expected, in wniofi A j . merica would mostJikely be induct-; ’ed.-’ r* 9 *,■ Messrs. Bayard and Gallatin* our - ministers to Russia were at A mater- ? .dam—and the passengers inform us .that a General Peace* as*well >as aV Peace between the 0. S. & G. Britain ; expected with . confidence to take place during the summer* *lt was not known that,any commissioners had been appointed on the part of. Great Britain tt> meet ours. * . ihe British Parliament was in • - T . , t The Qutchess of Odleburg was on a. visit .to, the Royal Family of .England and it was .expected would bo followed by the Empress of Rus* - * The Chancellor of the English Exchequer on the 4th April, by com mand of . the pfince regent* cbm raunicated to Parliament the intelli gence of the rupture of the negodar tlons of Chatillon the, allies were, perfectly unanimous with res pect to the measures* which became absolutely necessary . .to secure the .repose of and that tjiey jn conjunction with Qreat Britain; were about to issue in France, a declara tion which would fully justify them in the eyes* of Europe and, of ,tpe world for the conduct they had pur sued* «■ , , t M Yhe Journal, de Bordeaux, No r 1. was published on the, 14th.of April; the first newspaper printed in France during the last twenty years in favor, of the -Bourdons. It contains tne of ficial journal bfvhe iso and Portuguese into Bordeaux, and the Pr relaxation of the Daae d%\ugoulenie to the French people in the name of his uncle* The port of Leghorn is. open .to ail the allies and neutral nations. The most extensive-assistance was about to.be afforded by tne English government to N th£ Royalists in t£e Sout.i of rTnnce ; an Order been given , for supplying tne-m with i 50,000 stand of arms aqd propo tio:iate tope scut tQ Bordeaux with cdl possible expedi tion. ; • The relations of Talleyrand arriv ed in England on the beginning of April on a secret mission. -r.* ? r ‘ ‘ r From the Boston. Palladium, May 13. On Wednesday last arrived at v this port the brig Wa* Gapt. Mantor, in 21 days Born Rochelle, and fur nished what follows : ■ v Capt. Woodruff, r assengcr in the Ida, front Rochelle, states that est Pari s ,March lith and has des patches from Mr Crawford, to our govern nent. that Mr C. Was- in health > but had not been able to/ effect - any object lof his mission. On his arrival at Bordeaux* he. found ti e pfece tranquil and in possession of the British and. Portuguese ; the white fld£ flying and the the white cock trie displayed; in ;al •nost every person’s hat—•the, people appeared to be much pleased with the change. - * > From Hal : fax Papers • : ■ ■ fi ; Halifax, April 22. Monday* .Manly- gun brij; limit. Hare, -and .- transport Lord Somers- captain ? Browns .from N Bruns, passengers/'in the Manly, coi Roberton, 2d . battalhon, Bth regUVln the* Somers, major Phillott, R. A. capt AgneW, and 28 soldiers of the Bth .regiment the transport was attacked *>umhy even ng, 40 leagues from toe lighthouse by an American privateer schooner, qf and 100 men ; > which af* ter a s . arp action was compelled to sneer off. : . c The 2d mate of •. the Somers/ A. Newlend, killed, and the ship suffer** ed. much an her satis and.«.Ogging. the ships crew was 15 iiien and t ...... Extract front the logbook of the Somers, ♦♦. Sunday, 17, April, 1814—At 3 p. M. saw a strange :sail , bearing > S. by W. a great distance—at 4 discov- e* to be.a.’ large two; topsail .choontr with, all sail t sqt, and com- ; mgr up with us very fast—it halt past ‘ dve insteeringySails,. and top-gal lant sails, up courses- and. hove to lor her to. come.do action, a-, we now spw. the. .American colors—at three quarters past 5, the schooner •in steering.sails, and hove.to at the ; same distance from us, when we bore away under ‘.the 2 topsails. .. Ihe schooner following us up under easy sail—at hail past 7, all ready for ac tion,* the.schooner,came up along? side of us ; s we ; haikd her; and i thought they answered/ 4 the Yankee ’ /Deer uan Privdteerf* . The . action i hen commenced, by thei*- attemp ting to board us on. the quarter—in ; this \uey failed, and dropped astern, i he /schooner again s came a oreaSt of the ship, aud a. warm action ensued for about naif an , hour,, when -she again attempted to hoard near the f ore 4hams ,* but was suf cesfully re pelled/leaving three.of. her men, wap had got on our . anchors, * dead on the decs. ; sneahen sheered off. The action concluded at half past 8.? We sop^cleared the deck, and made sail, having 1 seaman v killed, and 2 severely Wounded. Capu .Ag new, a corporal, and 15, privates of the Bth regW.we.re wounded slightly, and 9 .privates severely—killed 1— wounded 14.,. ./* . \ .. At half past 9, a. m. fell in with H. M. li. Riflemen, Capt. Pearce, who sent his surgeon on board to dress the wounded. Sambro Light bearing north distance 7 or 8 leagues Number of persons on board the Lord Somers, Invalid soldiers 6/ ships company,, Women, 4y—children, 64—Total, 190. ; Ar mament, 6 18 pound carronades and 28 mussets. t ; . v The successful defence of the Lord odiners is lobe attributed prin cipally to tne detpnhmed oraveiy ot maj. Phiilot aud to capt Agnew apd ms little party l the latter, t.iougn mostly composed of aged or enteeb fed men, remembered, me days of then* youtn, the fulness of health and *■ fought with gidat bravery. ine conduct 01 capt. urowii, du ring the action, is highly spoken ot. I ne pnvateer is prooaoiy me one rt ported in sight oi the signal posts on w ednesday. *ih#r v iriemau went in pursuit of the senooner. - ; *j! FROM TliL NATIoa AL INTELLIGEN iib.HL. Mississippi Steam-Boat. Extract of a tetter dated Pittsburg, Apnt 23, 18 if. Messrs. CALKS & SEATON*. i his morning tne. sueam-boat Vs£- uvius, intended as a regular } trader between New-Orleans and the fells of Ohio, left Pitisuurg, A , consid erable iresh m the river renders \t probable, that \ notwi|isfending the great size and nralt of she .vessel, she will meet w ith no-destruction in tne ; rest ot ,ner passage- 1 litre isno.w [ on the stocks here, jj§tt ready to*ue N > XVII ** • v • * - “,'.14 launched, a boat adapted to the ha* vigation of the .Ohio above the foils, which will be finished in time to .meet the-Vesuvius .on her return from New-Orleans at the fails. 1 iie bouts are-built by Mr-Fulton- under the :agfency of % Messrs. Livingston and Latrobev-fonconipanies w o have vested very, large capitals in the es tablishment.. > The departure of the r vVesu vius is a very important, event, not only for this place, but for the rwhoie>westem part of this union and its, mfiuence willibe* felt l over the swliole U. States* . In describing it, it s is necessary to ike the inflated lan guage,-, which unfortunately for the credit of bur trade, too often renders t real faetsincredible, or at least low. ers their importance the manner in which, they are puffed into notice. It does not require 4 he ornament of to impress upon.the, pub • lie mind the incalculable advantage of an intercourse by Water,: effected in ( large vessels, tehieh move walk certainty,and rapidity through an ex tent,,of4> internal navigation, embra cing.a space.-almost M large as the ? whole continent of Europe, and com pricing in it ; the prodUcttuns of al most every; f.elimaters ‘ ThisV inter course; although now only in its in fancy, mu.st, in a few years, become of immense • magnitude. About three y ears ago a steam-boat 40<> >oh* burthen - Was built,.here, ami, no.#, .navigates,the .Mississippi,., between New Orleans * and Natchez- . Ihe Vesuvius, which,, with another boat tof the,same size dnd construction, now building, is intended to form the second-link in this chain 01. na vigation, k of 480 tons bin then car penter s ineasuie-ment,. -Shehas 190 feet kee1,.28: teeth inches beam, and will, When loaded, draw ftoni .5 to 6 feet water.) *.The whole oPhjer” hold below deck,-»ekeepting a neat-i cabin for ladies, and the space occupied by hu machinery,, is appropriated to the cargo.. .un her deck is built what in a..ship would be called a round house, extending nearly hall her lengthy and elegantly fitted up .as a cabin, having twenty-eight dounle births on. each side*- •». • ..-vl&• .Previously tp/ her departure she had beei\.severul (times trie&Jn go* ing up.and .down the MontuigcheUi and .Ohio, for 4 or 5 t mileS4 -and per formed, yery\, Dug morning-(Saturday, ApiiC 23,j eve* being in perfect .order she passed at 10 o’clock ujp the Mononr gehela in front, of the town to itg eastern limits, and returning down •the. went down the Ohio,.firing a salute. Most of the citizens were assembled on the hinlc as and ascertain her speed, -grossed the AUaghany, and mounting a very capital horse, I endeavored to keep pace witn Her along the road which skirts the.river; but she moved i&o rapidly that-alter riding three'.miles and a half in 19 minutes, I gtve up the attempt. In one hoitrahd thirty seconds, she was at >|iddj clown, twelve miles below Pittsburg,; where several gentlemen lvho had procee ded in her so far came ashore.. If therefore the current id the Ohio be rated at four miles an hour, in the present fresh, she has gone the rate of eight an hour, in still water. In coming Up the.rapid of the Ohio below this town on Monday. last, s>fo passed the shore, at the fate of tour miles in an hour, a speed which would exactly agree with* her descent this morning. Ihe extent of the growing com merce ol this town is, I believe, ve ry inadequately Understood to the canard oi the mountains. lam in formed b) one oi the most respecta ble meruiants of this place* that, the amounted the freight ,ontj of his Con signments to and.from New-Orle -ns* and, the states below; ..Pennsylvania will be this year 60 000 dal a *— and every day adds to u»e extent and foe facilities of the. business car ed on. through Pittsburg. The g at difficulty which has rendere* the transportation by sta in lira- > of peace .from New-Ork ans to Phila delphia and ilaUimorc, and thence by. land to the immense country west of the mountains, preferable to the voyage up the Mississippi and Ohio, has been in the slowness ofohe keel boats , and barges necessarily employed 111 the trade. Ihe naviga tion by steam-boats puis an end to that only objection in inis course of . the trade, a course which ui a lew years wi t become tin principal, if uot the only one. StUfcUcit as lam : at presentj on uic spot wheu tpe *i -