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few who remain do not show themselves with
vnair accustomed audacity.
«• There are expected her: fresh troopsfrom
Uclesand Cuenca., in order that the armies,
unfed, may advance iti search of the enemy.”
Dated Tarrar.can, 8f.6 fan. 1809.
As the Supreme Junta does ndt expect to re
ceive the anterior news by another convey
ance, and the foregoing having all the charac
ter of truth, it has resolved to celebrate the
great victory hv the ringing of bells and firing
of artillery ; which is announced to the pub
lic for their satisfaction.
By order of his Excellency Augustin Fernan
dez Costa.
* Marquis de Villa Franca.
DUKN t’E MEDIKASIDOiVIA
Murcia, 12tl> Jan. 1809.
From ike Cadiz Diary of ike 13.7 t Jan
uary •, 1809.
MURClA*December 39.
The arrival *t Valencia of General
Don Joseph Caro, with some troops, has
cheered the drooping spirits of that city,
by the good new* he brings, and which
he communicated on the night of the
23d, to the Junta governing there. He
states, that his brother the Marquis de
3a Romans, writes him from Burgos,
Abat he is *t the head of an army of
70,000 men, Spaniards, English, and i
Portuguese, all choice troops, and in ‘
i't'jvllent discipline ; and that his desli- j
iis to recover Madrid. Ha adds, >
»;•, rnav now depend upon the co- !
o- v. i Uei: < f the Ehiperor of Russia, to J
wao,, i'i ouder to induce him to join!
i>... c i sc. England has ceded Malta and
V, r) .i r* "* Ajl OH« • '
i :u- n ws is coti firmed by letters
from Betide, which mention farther,
the Marquis da la Romani,is about
tn establish his heed quarters at Valla
f ,id, and uut liu Supreme Junta es
' . Gilished at Seville, h:<» entrusted to
him the entire direction of >he military
operatic.!!? in the present crisis—having
com aunicated their plans, to the Duke
tie h, Infuntadoi who commands the
cuvf.i- 1 army, and is marching with the
i;-.!ne object in view.
It is also asserted, that the Emperor
of Russia his transmitted a note to the
Emperor of the French, notifying to
him that he must immediately think of
wit lid rawing Ins troops from the Span
iah territory as otherwise, the treaties
and conventions between them could
not be carried into effect.
NEW-YORK, March 11.
Ca pture of Martiniouc.
To the politeness of a me rchant of!
this city, we are indebted fob r file of;
St. Croix papers, containing the follow- j'
ing particulars of the capture of Marti-;
nique.
From the Si. Thomas Gazette. Feb. 8. |
We have been politely obliged with j
the following extract of a letter from
Martinique, together with the Procla- [
mitm i issued i>y the Comm ander in
Chief;
Custtc Beroirc Bey, Martinique, ith Fe
ll brnary , 1809.
Our operations go on swimmingly.
The Fortress of Pigeon Island, surren
dered y-'stcrdiy morn in gat sunrise- after
sustaining a vciy heavy bombardment;
5 ol the enemy were killed, and 11 j
wounded ; 4 officers, and 126 men ta- J
ken prisoners, and our shipping are all
this morning come into this anchorage,
to land the mortars and ar-tiiiety for the
i operation on Fort Deseoix* The tne
' rny’s f tree in the two last actions were
one half miutia, who have suffered se
verely. Although we have not cor- ,
rtctly ascertained it, they allow that
! hey have in hospital 340 regulars woun
ded, and upwards of 100 militia. They
Lire cmv 1500 men in the fort, and as
v : cive possession ol the whole of the
red ..,but t#nc, they cannot stand
our Ac very long. Gen. Beckwith and i
Bis army .re ort the heights of Mount
Su. rurier.
Geo-ral Maitland w- expect here this
evening. St. Pierres, will not be sum
maned untii Dessaix surrenders. Vil
laret has ordered all the militia to their
homes, in cam.quince of the following
* PROCLAMATION.
By their Excellencies Lieut. General l
George Becwith, and Rear Admi- i
ralthe han. Alexander Cochrane,
knight of the order ofthe Bath, com
manders of the land mid sea forces of
his Britannic majesty, in the Wind
ward Islands, Sec. &.c. See.
Colonists o’ Inhabitants of Martinique !
His majesty yielding to imperious cir
cumstances, returned you to the power
which then governed France.
His majesty, deceived in the hope,
tlut the happiness which iiis govern
ment had created among you, would
have been cultivated by your new mas
ters, groaned at the unfortunate situa
tion in which 1 the events of war, or ra-
ther, the want of respect due to proper
ty, have reduced your colony.
But the term of your misfortunes is
arrived—famine will disappear— the
sources of your prosperity will be renew
ed—your ancient laws shall be restored
to you, and the government protector cf
person and property, which ruled you
under the British flag, shall be re-estab
lished in the colony. It is with these
intentions that his majesty has confided
to Us, tlie command of a formidable
land and sea armament, to retake Mar
tinique, and to create again in this suf
fering colony abundance and tranquility
—the inseparable companions of a just
and protecting government.
In consequence cf these benevolent
dispesitions, we invite you in the name
of humanity, to submit yourselves im
mediately to the forces of his majesty,
who will not fail to punish the temerity
of u fruitless resistance.
We order all civil and military com
missioners,to immediately divest them
selves of their functions.
To every inhabitant of whatsoever
class or condition he may be, to retire
peaceably to his dwelling and there to
maintain order.
! We declare that every colonist or in
j habitant, who shall be taken in arms,
: shall be treated as a prisoner of war.
I That every free colored man taken
j in arms, shall be transported, and that
! every slave taken in like manner, shall
be subject to be tried by a military tri
bune!.
Ministers of Divine worship !—Your
religion will be protected, and the pro
perties and right* of tile church will ba
respected*
Given at Hs?.d-Qusrters this 30th
dav of Jan. iBO9.
GEORGE BECK WIT H,
ALEX. COCHRANE.
By order of their excellencies,
Wm. H. Wilby, > f v
7 o r,- > Secretaries.
John S. I racky, y
COLUMBIAN CENT IN I* L.
SATURDAY , APRIL 1.
MOMBM ■■■■! ■!!!■■■ iM W
Extract of a letter from a member of the
Legislature of Rhode Hand, dated
Mfircli 1309.
“ The GeOerul Assembly were en
gaged yesterday on the subject of the
Farmer’s Exchange Bank in Glouces
ter. end it appears that Mr. A. Dexter
! of Boston, now owes the Bank between
' five end six hundred thousand dollars—
| that it has in circulation, paper exceed
t ing 600,000 ciol U rs; and not above 100
! dollars in specie, and that a species of
| fraud has been practised by the Prcsi
j dent thereof and Mr. Dexter to a great
; extent. The business will occupy much
; lime, as the Assembly are determined
to investigate it thoroughly, and save
the state from the ignominy that would
otherwise attach to it. The President
cannot be found.”
Extract of a letter from Providence ,
Rhode-Island, to a gentleman in this
Jdace , dated the 4th uli.
“ I would wish you to make it pub
j lie, that the Farmer's Exchange Bank
of Rhode Island nas failed, and is not
worth one cent cn a dollar.”
Washington C-itt, March 13.
Mr. Jefferson, left the City for Monti
cello on Saturday last.
On Friday, lieut Gibbons, the messenger
j from England, and on Saturday Mr. Purvianee
■ the messenger from Fiance, arrived inthisci
ty, fromon boardthcU red StatesshipUnion,
which they left in the Delaware at New Castle.
The Union left Plymouth on the 2d of Jan
nary, and ever since leaving port has been ex
posed to the most furious storms.
By her, dispatches front England are receiv
ed, which, we understand, do not otherwise
change the subsisting relations between the
United States and Great Britain, than as they
may be affected by the order of council, the
operation of which, so far as relates ;o this
country, would seem to be nugatory, iG ~ct of
Congress interdicting intercourse v. Great
Britain and France excluding the Bn ssri dag
from our ports. Cotton, likewise it will be
recollected, is prthibited from exportation.
The dispatches received from France are of
the same character with those from England,
| and do not change the previous state of re-
I lations between the United States and France
We understand that the dispatches from this
country were not received in France until the
16th of November, and that the latest letter
from General Armstrong is dated December
6th, duffing which time the emperor was ab
sent on the Spanish campaign. No modifica
tion of the Milan decree had taken place. j
The French papers brought by the Union,
contain no news, she having left L’Orienton
the 12th of December.
In England the price of flonr, on the depar
ture of the Union, was nineteen dollars a bar
rel ; in France seven dollars.
POSTSCRIPT.
Since the foreg/ing compilation we have had
the pleasure of an interview with Mr. Purvi
ance, from whom we learn that he entertains
the strongest apprehensions relative to the fate
of the immense mercantile capital that is about
to be committed to the ocean »y the partial re
peal cf the embargo. From his observations
abroad, and all information he has been able to
collect, he fears that a widespread ruin will be
the consequetKC. I,'tver has there, perhaps
been a session in which there existed higher in
ducements to prudence and circumspection.
Charleston , March 24.
Extract of a letter from Havana fa a gen
tleman in this city , dated March 8.
“ We. wrote you on the Ist instant, to
which we will refer you. Since then,
we have had an arrival in S 5 clays from
Spain, which brings inio'rnation unfa
vorable h the welfare and happiness of
that peopi*. The views will effect the
pMce of clayed Sugar materially, and
immediately 5 you will therefore please
to govern yourself; accordingly, as to
the sales and purchases of that article.
As to the price of Muscovado and Brown
Sugar, for the consumpt ion of the coun
try, we presume the prices will not he
effected by the late news. Sugars here
are dull, and in Spain they will nqt pay
freight and duties; in the course ©f a
few weeks, we expect to see Sugars low.
er than at any period during the present
war. Coffee is also looking down, and
will we presume, in the course of eight
or ten days he lower. Vessels arc worth
.50 per Ci nt. less than they were thirty
! days ago, and freight will soon be down
as usual.”
Extract of another letter from. Havana,
dated the 9th of March.
“ Our Commandant’s lady, who rc
-1 sides in Cadiz, has written her husband
a long letter on public affairs, which w«*
received by a vessel armed on the 7th
inst. in 35 days from Cadiz.—She gives
a bad account of the situation of the peo
ple in Spain—and asserts, that Bona
parte’s evacuation of Madrid, was only a
military trick to cut eff one of the ar
mies that was advancing—and that the
main body of the French army wascon
i centrated about 3 leagues from the capi
i tui.”
From the National Intelligencer ,
March 8.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed to the offices respectively as«
'■ fixed to their names—having been no
minated by the President of the United
j States and approval by the Senate ;
| Robert Smith, of Maryland, Se
cretary of state.
William Eustis, of Massachusetts
Secretary of War.
Paul Hamilton, of South Carolina,
Secretary of the Navy..
Thomas Sumter, jun. of South-
Carolina, Minister Plenipotentiary to
! Rio Janerio.
Henry Hill, Consul at St. Salva
' dor, in Brazil.
David Holmes, of Virginia, gov
ernor of the Mississippi Territory.
John Boyle:, of Kentucky, Governor
of the Illinois Territory.
Nathaniel Pope, Secretary of the
Illinois Territory.
Francis Xavier Martin,of North
Carolina, to fill the vacancy produced
by the resignation of Peter Bryan Bru
in, a Judge of the Mississippi Territo
ry.
Obadiah Jones, of Georgia: Jes-
I se B, Thomas, of Illinois Territory ;
and Alexander Stuart, of Virginia,
to be Judges of the Illinois Territory.
Thomas Nelson, Collector and in
spector of York, in Virginia, to be
Commissioner of Loans for the State of
! Virginia.
General Samuel Smith has been
appointed Senator of the State of Mary
land, by the Executive, during the re
cess of the Legislature.
A society has lately been established
j in N- w-York, called 4 The Young Men’s
Hide Society’ 'Hie desiga of the institu
tion is to distribute the sacred volume
among such of their fellow-citizens as,
j either from their peculiar situations in
life or some other cause, are destitute
1 thereof. Donations either in bides, tes
i tamen.s or money, arc received by it.
j
A corps cf volunteer cavalry has
j been established at Baltimore, under
1 the title of “ The Maryland Chasseurs .”
Ihe British frigate Crescent, of 36
guns, is lost on the coast of Jutland.—
Capt. Temple, and all the crew, with
the exception of about 40 men, unfor
tunately perished.
LONDON, December 28.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The Gazette of last night contains
the following order of council relative to
two acts connected with the orders of
November, 1807:
“ lii» majesty, in virtue of the pow
• ers reserved to him by two certain arts
passed in the 48th veae of his majesty ’g
reign, the one entitled ‘‘An a:.t for
granting to his majesty until the end of
the next session ofj> - rlrr-rnient, autii-s of
customs on the goods, wares and mer
chandizes thetein cmmiert ud, in fur
therance of the provisions o> certain «r
--dersin council and the ether entitled
An act for granting to his majesty un
til the end of the next session of p.ulia
i ment. certain duties on the expoitation
, from Ireland, of goods, wares and mtr
i chandize therein- enumerated is
. pleased, by and with the advice of the
f 1 privy council, to order, and it is hereby
■ ordered, that until further older shall
he nude herein, the operations of the
aforesaid acts be suspended, ns m any
duties on exportation granted by the
I said act, so far ~s relates to articles, he
wing the growth, produce, or no nufac
j tore, of any country for the time being,
: in amity with his Mnjm iy, and from the
ports of which the British flag is not
excluded, which, articles have beta, or
i shall he imported direct from such
. country, into any port or place of the
_ United Kingdom, eitln rin British ships
[ |cr ships of the country of which such
articles are the growth, produce, or
i manufacture.
“ And his Majesty is further pleased
i with the advice afortsoid,'to oio -r, *ntl
it is hereby ordered, that the ope ration
®1 the aforesaid ar.tsh: iu like tywauv,
, suspended as to any duties on thex
portation of goods, wares or mtirhan
. dize, which have been or may be con-
I demned as prize.”
COTTON, 12 i to IS
WE arc authorized to an
nounce Samuel Lark as a Can
didate lor the office of Sheriff lor
the county of Richmond at the
ensuing Election.
March 25.
NOTICE/
ALL persons indebted to the estate*
of Charles Ward,- dec. are re
quested to make payment; those who
have any demands to bring them for
| ward duly proven, in the lime prescrib
ed l»y law.
SUSANNAH WARD, Mm'x,
April 1. St 8y
Sheriff’s Sale.
OJV the first Tuesday in May next, at
the Court house in Greene county , bt
tween the usual hours,
WILL EE SOLD,
116 ACRES ofland, more or
less, in Grwene county, on Joe’s Branch,
adjoining Buchanan and others, where
on Jesse Jenkins lives, levied on »s the
properly of said Jmkins. to satisfy an
execution iu favor of W. Ucesc.
ALSO,
109 1-2 Acres'of land, more
or less, in Greene county, on Town
j creek, bounded by lands of Peeples,
! Watts, Bird and Ham, including Lock
heart’s mill, levied on as the property
jof Henry 1. Ilarn, deceased, to satis
!fy an execute.n or fon-ci sura of a
mortgage, in favor of U. Lockhcarf.
ALSO,
150 Acres of hud, more -or
less, in Greene county, on the waters
jof Stevens’ creek, adjoining Islu<m
■j Meadows and others, whereon Wifiam
Stevens lives, levied«n as the pr»<,. tv
of said Stevens, to satisfy sundry .
cutions in favor of the admini»tr,"tr • ■ f
Alexander King, deceased, r.r. .
ers, levied and returned by a con ; * ,|e.
ALSO,
200 Acres of land, more or
less, in Greene county, on the Oconee
j river, adjoining Marly, granted to Na
pier, whereon Bartlet T-,wns lives, ic
i vied on to satisfy an execution of the
State against Rene Fitzpatrick.
Conditions Cash.
Thomas W. Grimes , S. G. C.
April I. 89
FOR SALE,
A likely Negro Boy,
ABOUT eighteen years of age;
he is a good Ostler and House servant.
Cash or cotton will be received in
payment.
Thomas Stokes.
January *Bl. T 9
1-OR SALE,
500 Bushels Corn .
Thomas Stokes,
l ebruary 4; $(