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\ v / J „ , Latest Foreign News, From London Papers to the 1 2th Sep 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—