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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
SATURDAY, MAY 16.
MARRIED, on Sunday the 10 it/
instant, by the Rev. Mr. Garvin, Mr.
Joya?has Vassar, Merchant of this
place , to Miss Elizabeth Buford, of
Chatham county.
Charleston. May 4.
COMMUmCATtON.
The public have already been in
formed, that the British sloop of war
Driver, a vessel interdicted by the Pres
ident from ever entering our harbors ,
anchored on Thursday last abreast of
Fort Johnson. Two United States Of
ficers of that fort, waited upon the Gov
ernor, on Friday, to consult with him
on measures necessary to be taken to
expel her from the port; his Excel
lency was not at home. On Saturday
the Commandant of Fort Johnson ad
dressed a letter to the Commanding
Officer of the said vessel, of which the
following is a copy :
Fort Johnson, Harbor of Charleston,
4. P. M. of May 2.
Sir —The President of the United
States of America, having by procla
mation, bearing date 3d May, 1307,*
for ever interdicted his Britannic Ma
jesty’s sloop of war Driver, from enter
ing any port or harbor of the United
States ; and the said vessel having en
tered this port, in contempt of the said
proclamation, my duty compels me to
demand that the Driver sloop of war
do depart from this harbor within twen
ty-four hours from the date hereof.
Need I add, sir, how repugnant it
would be to my feelings, should any
blood be spilt, which must inevitably be
the case, if this communication be not
complied with.
Lieutenant Wymlhe.m, of the Artil
lery, is charged with the delivery of
this; he will receive your reply.
I am, sir, Your obedient servant,
MICHAEL KALTEISEN,
Captain Commanding.
To the Commanding officer of his Bri
tannic Majesty’s sloop Driver.
* There is a mistake of a figure her*. It
thouid be 1806.
[COPY.]
H. M. S. Driver,
REBELLION ROADS,
Charleston , May 3, 1807.
SIR,
I have received your letter ; and
having some doubts as to the authority
by which it was written, 1 thought pro
per to satisfy myself on that head, be
fore I should reply. By the threat it
contains, you appear like your govern-!
hunt, to have something to learn. A ;
British subject knows too well, how to ;
r- spect and obey the laws of his own
country, to offer, intentionally, an out
rage on those of others, when once they
are known to be so: but I have to ob
serve, the Proclamation you mention to i
have been issued in May, 1807, I know ;
nothing of: of that which was issued in
May, 1306,1 have only to say, that so far ;
from being- either creditable or becom- :
ing in the President of a country, wish- j
ing to be ranked amongst the civilized j
nations of the world, it would, in the j
opinion of every liberal and enlarged
mind, have disgraced even the sanguin
ary pen of a Robespierre, or the most
miserable petty state in Barbary. It
appearing that the supposed offence is
to be remedied by a repetition of the
circumstances complained of, and that
on those who, so far from having any
thing to do with the supposed aggres
sion, were not even oh or near the
American coast, at the time. And as
y-capt. Whitby’s trial may, probably, at
tins moment be pending, with the con
currence of the United States, and the
Proclamation resting on his being
brought to justice, it ought to have
beet) thought of. However, as my pro
ceeding to sea, conies withing the li
mits of ihy intentions, according to the
orders I am under, I shall do so when
ever the pilot thinks proper—which or
d< rs have for their view, the advantage
of the American flag, as well as the
protection of the British. But I must
observe, that the difficulty I have ex
perienced in obtaining a sufficient quan
tity of water, for the purposes I wish,
obliges me to have recourse to such
methods as are completely within my
power, which I otherwise should not
have thought of. In the mean time,
it is necessary to inform you, that his
Majesty’s ship under my command, is
at all times ready to resist, and punish,
any inutlt that may be offered to the
flag she has the honor to bear, to the
last drop of the blood that shall remain,
of the dutiful and loyal subjects of a
beloved Sovereign, and an exalted
country.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your humble servant,
(Signed) WILLIAM LOVE.
To Caflt. Halt risen, isle. 'etc.
Fort Johnson , •S’. C.
May 5.
We understand that lieut. Wyndham ,
oi the United States Artillery, is order
ed to proceed immediately to the Seat
of Government, with dispatenes relative
to the British sloop of war Driver, now
in this port.
Philadelphia, April 29.
Last evening arrived the ship Fred
erick Augustus, capt. Potter, 29 days
from Amsterdam, who informs that it
was current at the time of his sailing,
that on or about the Ist of March, the
Russians hud gained considerable ad
vantage of the French, who with the
Emperor at their head, had charged
the Russians seven times, and were as
often repulsed; that the French had
retreated 100 Dutch miles and left the
Russians in possession of the winter
quarters lately occupied by the French.
A era- York, April 25.
Capt. O’Conner of the ship Augusta,
who arrived this forenoon in 32 days
from Bordeaux, informs that 4 French
frigates were lying in Verdun roads,
ready Kir sea, but were prevented from
sailing by three British men of war who
Jay off watching for them. A passenger
in the Augusta, says he saw the day be
fore he sailed, a private letter from the
continent, stating that the French had
entered Koningsberg, and that the King
of Prussia had retreated to Memel.
The underwriters and shippers at
Lloyd’s Coffee-House, in London, have
voted to Captain Crocker, of the Amer
ican ship Otis, of New-York, the sum
of five hundred poundssterling,(S222o);
and a piece of plote of the value of 50 1
pounds sterling, (§220) for his humane
exertions to preserve the lives and pro
perty exposed to danger, during the
violent gale which was experienced in
the Downs, on the 18ih February last.
Times.
It is proposed, in the corporation of
the city of New-York, to lay off in lots,
a range of land in the neighborhood of
the city, for the purpose of enabling the’
citizens to provide themselves with
retreats from the ravages of the yellow
fever.
We understand (says a Philadelphia
paper) that a Bill has passed both hou
ses of the Legislature of New-York, to
suppress within that State, the opera
' tions of the London PlVcenix and Peli
j can Insurance Companies, after the Ist
of September next.
In the 45th Bulletin of the Grand
French army appear the following par
agraph and note :
j “An old man, 117 years of age, has
I been presented to the Emperor, who
has granted him a pension of 50 Napo-
Icons, and has ordered him a twelve
1 month’s allowance in advance. The
! annexed note gives some account of this
j extraordinary man
I “ Francis Ignatius Narorki, born at
Witka, near YVilna, is the son of Joseph
and Anne Narocki. He is of a noble
family, and in his youth bore arms.—
He was one of the confederation of Bar,
was taken by the Russians and sent to
Kasan. Having lost the small fortune
he possessed, he took to agriculture,
and was employed as farmer to a cu
rate. He married for the first time at
the age of 70 years, and had four chil
dren by that marriage. At 86 he mar
ried a second wife, and had by her six
children, who are all dead—there re
mains to him only the last son of his
first wife. The king of Prussia in con
sideration of his great age, had granted
to him a pension of 24 Polish florins per
month, making 14 livres 8 sous French.
He is subject to no infirmity, enjoys still
a good memory, and speaks Latin with |
extreme facility—he cites the classics
with spirit, and to the purpose. The
petition, of which the following is a
translation, was entirely written with
his own hand. The characters are ve
ry firm and legible :
PETITION.'
“ Sire —My baptismal extract is
dated 1690, therefore I am at present
117 years old. I recal yet to my mind
the battle of Vienna, and the times of
John Sobieski. I thought they would
not be reproduced—but assuredly I ex
pected still less to see again the age of
Alexander. My old age has procured
for me the benefactions of all sovereigns
who have been here, and I ask those
of the GreatNapekon, being at my age,
more than secular, incapable of work.
“ Live, sire, as long as I have—your
glory needs it not—but the happiness
of the human race demands it.
“ NAROCKI.”
COPY OF A LETTER,
Written during the late Rebellion in Ire
land, by Sir , an Irish Mem
ber of Parliament , to his friend in Lon
doni.
“ My Dear Sir,
“ Having now a little peace and quiet
ness, I sit down to inform you of the j
dreadful bustle and confusion we are in,
from these blood-thursty rebels ; most j
of whom are, however, thank God, kil
led and dispersed.
“ We are in a pretty mess; can get
nothing to eat, nor any wine to drink ex
cept whiskey ; and when we sit down to
dinner, we are obliged to keep both
hands armed—whilst I write this letter
I hold a sword in one hand and a pistol
in the other 1 concluded from the be
ginning that this would be the end of it, 1
and I see I was right, for it is not half!
over yet. At present there are such go
ings on, that every thing is at a stand.
I should have answer’d your letter a
fortnight ago, but I only received it this
morning. Indeed, hardly a mail arrives
safe without being robb’d ; no longer
than yesterday the coach, with the mail
from Dublin, was rool/d near this
town ; the hags had been judiciously left
behind, for fear of accidents, and, by
good luck, there was nobody in it but
two outside passengers, who had noth
ing for the theves to take. Last Thurs
day notice was given that a gang of re
bels were advancing hither under the
French standard; immediately every
man in the place, including women and
boys, run out to meet them. We soon
found our force much too little, ami
they were far too near for us to think of
retreating Death was in every fact—but
too it we Went, and by tbe time our lit
tle party was killed, \ve began to be all
alive. Fortunately the rebels had no
guns but pistols, cutlasses, and pikes :
and, as we had plenty of muskets and
amunition, we pul them all to the sword.
Not a soul o 1 them oscuped, except
some that were drowned in an adjacent
bog; and, in a very short time, there
was nothing to be heard but silence.
Their uniforms were all of different col
ors, but mostly green. After the action 1
we went to rummage a sort of camp
they had left behind them ; all we found j
was a few pikes without heads, a par
cel ofemty bottles full of water, and a
bundle of blank French commissions
filled upwith Irishmen’s names. Troops
are now stationed every where, round
the country, which exactly squares with
my ideas.
“ I have only leisure to add, that I
am, in great haste, yours truly.
“P. S'—-If you don’t receive this in
course it must have miscarried ; there
fore I beg you will immediately write
to let me know.
Stupendous Fabric ! /—Ruddle and
Bridge have just furnished a new ser
vice of plate for the Prince of Wales:
it is stated to comprise two hundred
thousand ouncts , at a guinea per ounce.
London Pap.
A prostrate forest of palm trees has
lately been discovered on the banks of
the Necker, in Germany,some of which
are two feet in diameter. Amongst the
petrified wood were mingled in confu
sion, bones supposed to belong to hyae
nas, elephants, and bears of an enorm
ous size.
Mr. Leroi, who has made may suc
cessful experiments in agriculture, ad
vises parsons by no means to procure
grain for sowing, from a soil north of
their own land, but frotfi a country
south of it; because he says it is a gen
eral rule, that the produce of seed im
proves in going from south to north,
and that it decreases in virtue in going i
from nprth to south. He recommends
I boiled parrots as an excellent and cheap j
food for the fattening of pigs ; arid he
adds, that by steeping raw carrots in
watertodeprive them of their acrid prin
ciple, then by boiling them, and caus
ing them to ferment, an ardent s| irit
may be drawn from them, more whole
some than Brandy distilled from Rye.
The whole debt of the United States,
on the Ist of January, 1807, was
67,727,756 dollars.
On Wednesday last, William
Love, who had been found guilty of
the murder of David Whittamore, was
executed near this city, in pursuance of
his sentence, between the hours of 1
and 2 o’clock.
AUGUSTA PRICF. CURE EAT.
Cotton 16 /o 17 cents.
Salt 75
Tobacco 5 50 to 6
i~ti- i wwihr- mwimunmn|i.n
Strayed or Stolen,
A DARK SORREL HORSE,
15} hands high, a blaze in bis face,
trots all, and gentle in a Carriage ; has
long ears, the skin and hair galled from
off his hips, breast and back, and has
been nicked. If strayed, whoever will
return him shall receive a handsome
| gratuity; if stolen, whoever will bring
thief and horse, shall receive ONE
! HUNDRED DOLLARS reward, and
FIFTY DOLLARS fi*r the horse on
ly. Apply at this Office.
May )3th. 2t 43
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NOTICE.
NINE months after date, I shall
make application to the h< n lia
ble tbe inferior court of Columbia coup*
j ty, for leave to sell part of tbe real es
; fate of William Miles, late of said
: county dec. consisting of one Tract of
Land in said county, containing two
hundred and forty acres, on Uptona
creek, adjoining William Mil s, and
Mauldon’s land—Also, one acr. lot in
the town of known
in the plan by the Number 47 ; for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
the said dec.
THOS. WHITE, Ex’r.
May 16, 1807. 43
BROUGHT to Jail on S itur
day the 9th instant, a Negro Fellow,
who says his n one is Jack about 40
years of age—says he belongs to Mr.
John Moore ol Augusta. The owner
is requested to come forward, pay
charges and take him away.
S. Jones.
Waynesborough, May 16, 1807.
The Subscriber
EXPECTS to be absent from
Augusta, until the Ist of Sep'etn -er
next, and requests those indebted to
him to discharge their respective dues
before that time, as lie is determined
to pi ice all notes imp iid on that d >y,
in the hands of an Attorney for collec
l tion— I hose wishing to avail thetn
i selves of this request, will please c >ll
, at my Compting House, where they
will be duly attended to.
THOMAS BURDKLL.
May 9. 3, 4 2_
NOTICE.
AN Election will be liolden at the
City Hotel, Augusta, on Satur
day the 16th instant, at 10 o’clock a.
m.— for Captain, first and second Lieu
tenant and Cornet in the Richmond
Troop of Horse.
VOL. WALKER, Lieut. Col.
NOTICE.
PERSONS in arrears for PEW
REN i in St. Paul’s Church, are
requested to discharge the same, by
the first day of June next, after whieh,
their notes will be placed in the hands
of a Magistrate for collection.
THOMAS BARRETT.
May 9. 42
For Sale.
THAT well known tract of LAND,
whereon the subscriber now lives,
containing four hundred and sixty a
cres, more or less, lying and being in
Columbia county, twenty-nine miles
from Augusta, within one mile of the
main road leading to Washington, in
Wilkes county, three miles from Mays
ville on both sides of Cane Creek,
whereon is a new Grist Mill, double
geared, a good dwelling house with
other out houses, Apple and Teach
i orchards, with several other kind of
Fruit trees, and about fifty or sixty
j acres cleared and in tolerable good re
pair.—For terms apply to
Thomas H. Flint.
May 9. 42-
NOTICE.
NINE months after date application.
w ill be made to the honorable the
inferior court of Lincoln county, for
leave to sdl a tract of land in Baldwin
county, fourth district, known by No.
271, containing two hundred two and
an half acres, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors of the estate of "William
Wallace, sen. deceased.
JOHN WALLACE, ?.. ,
ROBERT WALLACE, S Xn *
March 21.