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tember, received at Charleston, by the
ships Octavia and Cornelia.
RUSSIAN NOTE,
Upon the refusal of the Emperor to Ratify
the Treaty, sent by General Baron
Hubert* to the Foreign M'nistcrs.
“ The motives that produced the mis
sion of the Councellor ofstate M. D’Ou
hril to Paris, are too generally known
to render it necessary to restate them.
“ That mission has just terminated.
M. D’Oubril took upon himself to sign
a Definitive Treaty with the French
Government. But that act, far from
fulfilling the magnanimous intentions of
his Imperial Majesty, is entirely contrary
to the orders and instructions which M.
D’Oubril had received. In consequence
of this consideration, his Imperial Ma
jesty has not thought fit to Ratify the
Treaty.
“ Vet, in order to leave no possible
means of restoring peace and general
tranquility untried, the Imperial Minis
try has received orders to make known
again to the Cabinet of the Thuilleries,
the basis on which his Imperial Majes
ty will be ready to renew the Negotia
tions ; go that it will still depend upon
the French government to acceptor de
cline tire equally just and moderate pro
posals which are made to it.
“ The undersigned Minister for For
eign AOairs, in making known this de
termination of his august Master, to his
exrellency M. >, avails himselfofthis
occasion to renew the assurances of his
distinguished consideration. See.
“ ANDRE DE DUBERG.
“ St. Petersburg, 3-14 -dug. 1806.”
Frontiers of AUSTRIA, Aug. 23.
According to report the French wish
ing effectually to prevent Austria from
taking part in a new war, if by chance
it should break out, have demanded to
occupy the whole circle of Austria till
the re-establishment of peace with En
gland. They are still not only at Bran
nan, but have likewise occupied the
right tank of the Isonzo. All the mea
sures that are silently taken announce
that the present tranquility will soon he
disturbed. A great magizine is form
ing in Moravia on the frontiers of Sile
sia, The artillery men have received
orders to make eight millions of cannon
cartriges, and 22 millions of musquet
eartriges.—Five companies have been
employed in making them these four or
five days.
LONDON, September 10.
We yesterday stated that government
dispatclu-s were ordered, after the rising
of the Privy Council on Monday, to be
sent off for the Continent. One mes
senger is gone to Vienna ; two it is said,
have proceeded to Paris, one of whom,
we are told, is the hearer of a fine Turtle.
The departure of this Turtle, consider
ed in the city as a Negociator of a most
conciliating character, has had the effect
of raising the sounds.
It is reported, upon the authority of
a private letter from St. Petersburgh,
that an attempt was lately made to pois
on the Emperor of Russia.
A fine ship, called Le Commerce de
Paris of 118 guns, was launched on the
Ist August last at Toulon ; she is the
first ship of that rate ever launched
there. All the three deckers previous
ly constructed at that port were built
in the Basin. On the 15th of the same
month, being the fete of St. Napoleon ,
the keel of the Austerlitz, of 128
guns was laid upon the stocks.
September 13.
CAPTURE ok BUENOS AYRES.
By General Bcresford , and Sir Home
Popham.
WE have the happiness to announce
another achievement by the British
Arms in the capture of the important
settlement of Buenos Ayres, the Capi
tal of the Province of La Plata, by the
troops under General Beresford and
Sir Home Popham.—This is another
victory growing out of the expedition
fitted out by the late Ministry. The
welcome intelligence was brought by
the Narcissus frigate, which arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon. The
details, however, have not yet trans
pired. We had thought that govern
ment would have published an Extra
ordinary Gazette this morning; but
none had been published when our pa
per was pqt to press.
Captain Ross Donnely, ©f the Nar
cissus, who brought the dispatches,
landed at Swanage, and immediately
set off for London. Tiie expedition
was fitted out from the Cape; but the
governor of La Plata appears to have
received information of it, and to have
made preparations to resist it. This
MV
i circumstance, of course, adds to the i
glory of the enterprise.
Our force consisted of about 1100 t
men—our ships arrived in the Rio de i
Plata on the evening of the 25th or 26th
of June. Every thing was prepared
for debarking the troops: the ships
ran up the river, and anchored a short
distance from the city of Buenos Ayres.
The men were immediately landed.
Some attempt is said to have been
made to oppose the landing, but our
troops charged with the bayonet, and
the Spaniards were forced to pay the
same acknowledgment to the superior
ity of our prowess, which the French
have done in Calabria. The Spanish
Viceroy, after a short resistance fled
up the country. We are said to have
lost only eight men killed and wound
ed. As soon as the landing was effect
ed, the city is said to have been sum
moned—the shipping in the mean time
had been stationed before the city.—
It was surrendered to us on the 28th
of June. The treasure and valuables
found in the town, are said to exceed
one million sterling—3oo,oool. or, ac
cording to other accounts. 160,0001.
have been brought home in the Nar
cissus.
Wo most heartily congratulate our
countrymen upon tins fresh success of
our arms. Small as is the force sent
against Buenos Ayres, it is sufficient
to hold the place till fresh reinforce
ments are sent. We trust they will
be sent immediately. The possession
of such a province as La Plata, will be
of incalculable advantage to us in the
event of continuing the war ; or, if we
make peace, we trust it will not be giv
en up without obtaining a proper equi
valent for it.
Buenos Ayres, is situated on the ce
lebrated Riodc la Plata, and is the ca
pital of the province of that name, up
on the East coast of South America.
It is about fifty miles from the month
of the river, which, at that distance
from the sea, is 7 leagues in breadth.
The city, which is the seat of the Vice
roy, contains 30,000 inhabitants, and
is accounted very rich. Buenos Ayres
is the depot at which are collected the
cargoes of three or four register ships,
i which used to be dispatched to Europe
, annually. The articles with which
. they were freighted, were gold and sil
ver from Chili and Peru, sugar, hides,
See.—Buenos Ayres is likewise the seat
of a considerable contraband trade.—
It is probable, that owing to the war,
the goods destined for Europe must
have greatly accumulated, so that the
value of the capture will be proportron
ably increased.
DREADFUL EXPLOSION
AT MALTA.
Letters from Malta received yester
day, dated the 20th oi July, make mtn
t tion of a very disastrous event which
j happened at that island on the 15th—
a magazine, containing three hundred
j and seventy barrels of gun-powder, and
; fifteen hundred shells and granades,
blew up. Near one thousand persons
F were killed or wounded, consisting
, j chiefly of Maltese resident in the fort
. ’ and its vicinity. The extent of the
j mischief in other respects is incalcula
. ble. The fort is blown nearly to atoms,
. and considerable damage was sustain
ed by the shipping. The cause of this
| shocking accident had not been ascer
. tained when the account came away,—
The following is the letter containing
the minute particulars:
“ Malta, July 18.
“ I come now’ to relate to you an
event of the most melancholy descrip
tion, and almost unparalleled, in re
gard to the dreadful and miserable con
sequences. It happened this morning.
A magazine took fire, and blew up
with an explosion scarcely ever known
to be equalled; by it 370 barrels of
gun-powder, and above 1000 shells and
granades, were blown up. Such an
immense quantity as 40,000 lbs. of
gun-powder, must occasion the most
dreadful havoc and destruction. The
houses adjacent in every direction,
were thrown immediately into ruins ;
and how shocking it was to the inhab
itants, you may easily conceive, as
there was no chance of escaping. The
buildings are all of stone, of immense
thickness. It is calculated that 1300
persons have either perished, or are
dreadfully maimed. The principal
sufferers are the Maltese, who chiefly
lived near the place. One man has
lost his wife and six children ; others
nearly the same ; and whole families
are buried together. Those who es
caped momentary death, perhaps, are
shockingly disfigured and maimed, and
are crawling about in a miserable con
dition. Fourteen artillerymen, who
were in the magazine, were of course
blown to atoms. The band of a regi
merit, (the 39th) were just playing 1
“ God save the King,” near the plare; j
two were killed on the spot —the whole <
of the remainder were much wounded. <
The guards on duty were killed. The :
magazine is situated on the side of the 1
water opposite to the city of Valetta ;
it is called Barmola. Stones were ]
thrown over to us, some at the distance i
of two miles. It was situated ciose to 1
the water side, and the bed of the sea
was so shook by it, that it rose up and i
overflowed the banks- Two vessels
(small ones) were sunk. Immense
stones were thrown up, which fell into
the water; others on the ships and
rigging: one I saw, which fell on a
vessel just arrived, weighed an hun
dred weight. The guard-ship, the
Madras man of war, is moored some
distance from the disastrous place ; but
a stone fell on the quarter deck, and
broke the thigh of the gunner, who
had lately arrived. A Mr. Woodhouse
here, who with hisbrother, has a great
wine-making concern in Sicily, has
lost 250 pipes of it, worth nearly 70601.
they were at some little distance from
the place ; but the shock was so great,
that the casks burst.
“ In short, it is a scene of misery
which no language can describe. The
churches are filled with the dead. A
friend of mine, just come from the ru
ins, says, that he was walking over,
them, when he lighted on the head of
a woman. Her whole body was crush
ed fiat; and although it is only a few
hours since tke great calamity took
place, her body, owing to the intense
heat, was entirely putrified. Nothing
farther has as yet been ascertained.
“ It is supposed, however, that the
men were employed in cutting away
the fuses from the shells, or doing
something like that, when by some
j means, a spark arose. The merchants
! here have began a subscription of 201.
■ a piece for the relief of the poor sufier
: ers. A whole town, I may say, is des
troyed.
j “ The accident happened this morn
i ing about a quarter past 6 o’clock.—
j They say there are now buried in the
ruins, one thousand barrels of gun-pow
! der, that are in danger; but I trust in
God it is untrue, for were that to blow
up, it would bring all Malta in ruins.
May the Almighty avert such another
disaster.”
Bonaparte's General, Angereau.
It has been stated in a work entitled
“ The Secret History of the Court and
Cabinet of St. Cloud,” that the French
general Angereau, when in the humble
capacity of a private soldier, had been
repeatedly flogged for desertion. This
statement induced Angereau to address
a letter to the author of that work, in
which he denies the charges, and de
mands satisfaction. The following is
the author’s answer:
“ A letter has been received by me,
signed Angereau, field marshal of the
French empire, commander in chief of
a division of the grand army of the em
peror ot the French, in Germany,
grand officer and grand cordon of the.
legion of honor,” kc. kc. I have heard
with sorrow of the lamentable existence
of a revolutionary French empire, as
well as of a still more deplorable exist
ence of a revolutionary emperor of
France; but, as hitherto thank God!
my country has not degraded herself by
acknowledging either. Rebels deriv
ing rank and power from such an im
pure source, instead of intimidating me
with the enumeration of their imperti
nent titles, inspire me with no other
sentiments but those of pity or con
tempt. I answer therefore, thus pub
licly the secret threats of your letter.
This is the only becoming manner in
which a dutiful subject can correspond
with traitors, without, in some measure,
incurring the infamy of participation.
“ You accuse me of having calumni
ated you in my publication, called “The
Secret History of the Court and Cabi
net of St. Cloud,” in stating, ‘ that you
have been flogged several times for
desertion.’ Little trouble would pro
cure me, from Austria, Prussia or Na
ples, extracts of the minutes of the court
martial which justly condemned you to
sucli an ignominious punishment; but
most of the particulars of that glorious
period of your first military career
have already appeared in works print
ed in France, Italy and Germany.—
Among these, ‘ Le Recueil ri’Anec
dotes,’ ‘ Le Voyage ur Suisse,’ and ‘ Les
Hercs du dix Huit Fructidor,’ are very
explicit on this tender subject. Being
extracted from these, my assertion
stands perfectly justified, as their au
thenticity has never been refuted.
I might remain satisfied with referr
ing you to those authorities ; I will,
however, appeal to more striking evi
dence, to your own back. Strip at the
head of vour revolutionary avmv, or if
your modesty declines such a delicate
exposure, undress only in the presence
of your revolutionary staff, and it will
soon be decided whether I ant a calum
niator or you a criminal.
“ As you pass over in silence my re
proaches (as you call them) of robbe
ries, rapes, murders and other enormia
ties, it is unnecessary for me to prove
what you do not think proper or pru
dent to deny. Your challenge, you
must be aware, I cannot except of in
Europe. The laws of this country for
bid duelling, and where upon the Eu
ropean continent, can I be secure a
gamst your worthy master’s bravoes,
spies, goalers and tormentors? But
though 1 am well acquainted with the
true character of revolutionary gener
als, and that most of them prefer secret
stabbing to fair and open fighting, I will
condescend to run the risk of meeting
you in any place you fix upon in thg
American republic.
“ Whether I shall have the gratifica
tion of chastising a vile French slave
of the vile Corsican usurper, or perish
in the attempt, I am well convinced
that a virtuous posterity will, with my
self, consider you and your accomplic
es, though ever so prosperous or ele
vated, in the same light, and affix your
and their accursed memory on the his
torical gibbet of fortunate, but detested
culprits.
“ London, July, 1806.”
The author of “ The Secret History
of the Court and Cabinet of St.
Cloud.”
AUGUSTA USAVANNAH
Line of Stages.
THE Augusta and Savannah line of
Stages will be continued by the
subscriber, who trusts his unremitting
attention to the LINE, in endeavoring
to render passengers safe and comfort ■»
able, will secure him a coutinuance of
public patronage. He at the sama.
time informs them that the STAGE
OFFICE is removed from Ashton’s
Tavern, to Mrs. LONGSTREET’S
Boarding-House-
LEWIS CALFREY.
September 20. 9
Kiokee Seminary.
L. D. PARKS, having been,
appointed Rector of this Institution, in
forms the public, that he will commence
teaching on Monday next, at the follow 7 -
ing rates of Tuition : for the Latin and
Greek Languages, Five Dollars the
quarter, for English Grammar, Ana
lysis of Sentences, Composition, Elocu
tion, the Elements of Geometry, the
higher branches of Arithmetic and Ge
ography, Four Dollars ; for Reading,
Writing and Vulgar Arithmetic, Three
Dollars.
Boarding may be obtained in res
fiectablefamilies in the vicinity, for Sixty
Dollars the year.
Columbia county, Nov. 12. 3t 17
Administratrix Sales ,
Will be Sold,
On the 29 th day of November next , at
the house of the subscriber,
THE whole of the personal estate of
John Garnett, deceased—Consist
ing of Negroes, Stock, Crop, Sec. the
sale will continue from day to day ’till
the whole is sold. Terms will be made
known on the day of sale.
E. GARNETT, Adm'x.
October 18, 1806. 13
Administratrix Sale.
On the first Tuesday in February next,
in the town of Waynesborough, be
tween the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock,
Will be Sold,
TWO lots in the tovni of
Waynesborough, containing one acre
each, for the benefit ot the heirs and
creditors of John Dickson, dec. agree
able to an order of the Honorable the
Inferior Court of Burke county.
Margaret Dixon, Adm’x.
September 27. 10—