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Important and very Improbable
NEWS.
CHARLESTON, October 12.
Captain Taylor, of the schooner Ea
gle, in 10 days from St. Christophers
has favored us with a paper printed
at that place of the 29th ult. from
which we have copied the following
highly interesting reports :
Bassxterhe, (st. kitts) Sept. 29,
“ F vtract of a fatter received on I'Ted
“ nesday from a gentleman of the first
« respectability in Antigua, a few co
“ files of which we throw off haitify
“ yesterday, for the information oj an
“ anxious fiuh/ic:
“ A vessel from Glasgow to Marti
nique in 28 days the following news
was yesterday forwarded to commo
dore Fa hie, and it is believed.
“ Sir Arthur Wellesley has vanqui
shed Soult and Victor, and the French
are cut up The combined armies have
surrounded Madrid, but they have lost
five thousand men, the enemy 12,000.
“ The grand expedition has taken
nine sail of the line, burnt three, taken
14 frigates, sloops and vessels beyond
number, fc have proceeded from Flush
ing.
“ The emperor Bonaparte asked, k
got an armistice f>r some time, but the
third day the Archduke perceived the
crafty Corsican encroaching, which in
duced the Archduke to commence the
fight, which terminated against the
French.
“ Commodore Fahie 1> lieves so
much that what I have written is true,
that he had his dispatches copied, and
scattered through the shipping."
The put of the above intelligcncj
alluded to the capture of the fleet at
Flushing, was received lure so early as
Monday, by an armed schooner, which
called in at Old Road, charged with a
dispatch from commodore Fahie for ad
miral sir A. Cochrane at Halifax, hro’t
by express , 25 days from England.
POSTSCRIPT.
This noon the T *7-Again, captain
Hazell, arrived from Martinique. He
corroboratesth« GLO RIO USIN I EL
LIGF.NCE above mentioned, having
piloted a Spanish 74 into Martinique
on Monday, 18 days from Cadiz hound
for Vera Cruz, for supplies. From
this source we found the following ad
ditional strength to the opinion we have
ventured.
Cadiz Gazette extraordinary , August
25, 1809. —We lately announced to the
public the armistice extracted from the
London papers; concludedbetween the
emperors ol France and Austria, ac
companied with suitable reflections on
the credit that should be attached to it.
We have the pleasure now ol announ
cing the news following:
On the 241 h inst. his Britannic Ma
jesty’s consul in this city, received an
express from Gibraltar, refenng to in
telligence brought by a packet in 12
days from Palermo; with the agreea
ble news, that the Archduke John had
formed a juction with his brother prince
Charles, gave the French battle on the
291 h July, in which the defeat of the
latter was so complete, as to compel
the immediate evacuationof Vienna :
the loss on both sides in this sanguina
ry battle was 60,000.
BR ITISH LOSS.
The following is a.i abstract of the
total loss of the respective regiments,
(including officers, non-commissioned
officers, and privates) in killed, woun
ded, and missing, in the battles of Tal
ttvera, on the 27th and 28th July:
General Staff 14
Jd Dragoon Guards 3
4th Dragoons 12
14th Light Dragoons 16
16th Light Dragoons 14
33d Light Dragoons 207
Ist. Light Grag. Ger. Leg. 42
Royal British Artillery 34
Royal German Artillery 34
Royal Engineers 2
Royal Staff Corps 2
Ist Batt. Coldstream 237
Ist Batt. 3d Guards 122
3d Foot 142
td Batt. 7th Foot 65
3d Batt. 24th 355
Ist Batt. 29th 1 86
3d Batt. 31st 249
Ist Batt. 40th 58
Ist Batt- 45th 193
Ist Batt. 48th 176
3d Batt. 48th 71
3d Batt. 53d 39
sth Batt. 60th 77
Ist Batt. 61st 272
2d Batt. 68th 128
2d Batt. 83d 288
2d Batt. 87th 253
Ist Balt. 3Sth UO
Ist Batt 37th 58
Ist Batt. Detachments 274
2d Batt. ditto 22
Ist Line Batt. Ger. Leg* 300
Ist and 2 4 Light Batt. ditto 79
2nd Line Batt. ditto 390
sth ditto ditto 300
fth ditto ditto 256
Total 5367
Ret urn of the Horses killed, wounded and
missing, on the 27(h and 28/A July.
27th July—l 6 killed —9 wounded—
-2 missing.
28th July—l9s killed—6s wounded
—157 missing.
General total—2ll killed —74 woun
ded—ls 9 missing.
Return oj Ordnance, ifc. taken in ths
Battle of the 28 th July.
4 eight pounders, 4 six ditto, 1 four
ditto, 1 six inch howitzer, 2 tumbrils,
complete in ammunition; taken by
Brig. Gen. A. Campbell’s brigade.
6 pieces of ordnance, 1 six inch ho
witzer ; left by the enemy, and found
in the woods.
1 standard, taken by the 29th regi
ment ; 1 ditto, destroyed by ditto.
3 standards, taken by the King’s
German Legion.
Charles Stkwkkt,
Brig. Gen. Adj. Gen.
PURITY
Os the British House of Commons.
“ On the lUh of May, 1809,
Mr. Madocks, a member of par
liament, declared, as a matter of
charge, in open parliament, that
Henry Wellesley, an under se
cretary of the government, pur
chased a seat for Mr. Dick, a
member of that house—that upon
a question which the ministers
wished to carry, lord Castlereagh,
a secretary of state, told this Mr.
Dick he must vote with the min
isters or resign—and that Mr.
Dick did resign rather than vote
as ordered by lord Castlereagh—
and Mr. Madocks further charg
ed Spencer Perceval, chancellor
of the exchequer, with being pri
vy to, and conniving at, this cor
ruption—and these Mr. Madocks
declared he was ready to prove
by witnesses at the bar of the
house.
“ Upon this a debate and a dis
cussion took place, when, such
, was the corruption of the house,
* the following was the vote—
For the enquiry by evidence 85 votes
’ Against AJ\l Y enquiry 310
1
Present , 395”
rThe house of commons is cal-
I led the representatives of the peo
: pie!]
■ Danburt, (Con.) Sept. 8.
To those whom it may concern.
A stranger who calls himself Luther
Hawley , has for some weeks past been
confined in the jail in this town, for the
crime of stealing. From his general
conduct, and the conversations which
: have hecn held with him, it is believed
* he is either naturally an ideot or down
* right knave. From what can be gath
' ered out of his own unconnected and
* contradictory statements, it appears,
that his home is in Northumberland,
Penn.; that he has a mother by the
name of Betsey Hawley, living in cr
near Philadelphia ; —a brother by the
name of Isaac Hawley, a storekeeper,
in Savannah, Georgia ; and an uncle,
by the name of John Hawley, in New
London, Conn. He says, he was born
in Charleston. S. C. He is supposed
to be about 21 years of age ; has dark
hair, staring eyes, and a very simple
expression of countenance ; is r 4 the
middling size, and bends a little for
ward. There is reason to believe that
he has worked at both the Tailor’s and
Shoemaker’s business.
As the assistance of the friends of
this Luther may be of very great im
portance to him, on his trial in Decem
ber, it is requested of Printers of news
papers generally, that they would re
publish this article.
A letter from Naples dated August
10, says, we have seen a letter from
general Armstrong, dated July 5, in
Paris, in which he gives it as his opin
ion that the differences between Ame
rica and France will be settled in three
or lour weeks.— Freeman's Journal,
For the Columbian Centinel.
Mr. Editor ,
TRAVELLING lately in one
of the back counties I came across the
following circular letter; although cir
cutar it dots not seem to have circulated
so generally as from its extraordinary
merit might have been expected—l
therefore send to you for further pub
licity—l consider it an improvement in
the noble art of electioneering, and
doubt not but its general promulgation
will be ol singular service to candidates
in every part of the United States. It
also embraces nearly a whole system of
politics founded upon the most modern
improvements in the science of econo
my, and evinces with peculiar force the
necessity of state and national poverty;
the propriety of occasionally converting
the state-house into a sadler’s shop; the
facility with which a representative
from the pincy woods can oppress ail
the rest of the state, See. &c. The cor
rectness and propriety of the style will
not be found among the least of its me
rits. In short, take it all in all, it is
such a performance as would compel
old Solomon, Could he see it, to retract
hia observation, that “ there is nothing
new under the sun.”
ADMIRER .
[CIRCULAR.]
Skpt. 8, 1809.
BKAR SIR,
FINDING myself daily called on as
a candidate to declare my sentiments
publicly previous to the election, and
thinking it the duty of a candidate to
do so, which will prevent him fr ;m [
joining all parties ; I therefore, beg !
leave to trouble you with the follow
ing lines:
In the first place, we find we have ,
been deceived by the British ministry ,
there fojj£, all prospects of a good mar
ket for our produce is now blasted ;
and in consequence of which, the next
legislature ought to pass an act, com
pelling every person indebted to this
state to pay the lawful interest annu
ally, and no more, unless it is conve
nient to themselves :—This method in
my opinion will leave money in the
hands of individuals to pay each other ;
and I think there is more justice in
doing that, than to ruin Jive thousand
poor families i To deposit money
where there is no demand for it, as
the state must be convinced the inte
rest of the money due her, is tqual
to her annual expellees ; this plan, I
say, would be a source of wealth to
the state, and she cannot be injured,
as her property is secured to her;
and every twelve years and six
months the interest will amount to
the principle; and it is well known, a
rich treasury makes a wicked govern*
ment, and if every cent due the state
was paid down, it might only enrich a
few individuals, for be you well assur
ed, there would be some plan devised
to get out the money in a few years,
but my enemies will say, Holt owes
the state; and 1 grant I do, and can
sacrifice property enough to pay, and
then live independent, but olhtis can
not ; but ought the state to destroy
Ihousands because Holt owes the state ?
For I do contend to pay the interest
annually, is better to the state, than
to pay the principal down at once ;
for who knows what may be the con
sequence, for you will recollect, when
our Saviour was teaching his disciph s
to pray, he directed them to pray to
their Father in Heaven, to lead them
, not into temfitation , and are we bound
, to believe our public officers, more
virtuous than our Lord and Saviour
■ was, his disciples ? I say not.
Second. Your members ought to ex
, ert themselves to appropriate as many
, Lots in the town of Milledgeville, as
' would defray the expence of our court
i house and jail, and not tax the county ;
I for this is an advantage which has
been reaped in every county in the
purchase except our own.
Third. They ought to try to open
the navigation of the pconee, as that
: would save to the planter 2 cents in the
1 pound for his produce in taking off
freight.
F Fourth. I think the state Printing.
• Office,ought tojbe kept under the Stat
e■ House; as every other office is kept
• in the same house ; this done, would
■ preserve the building, by keeping the
under part open, clean and dry, and
might lessen the expence of the go
: vernor’s guard, and all persons having
business with the printers, would
i know where to find them, other parts
of it might be rented to saddlers, &c.
Fifth. I think there ought to be a
house built or rented for the governor,
as the state allows him Jive hundred
dollars a year for house rent ; and it is
well known he rents one for lass than
half the money Ido not blame the
governor for receiving, but the state
for giving.
Sixth. As to the division of coun
ties, I should certainly be opposed to
making any more of them in the Piny
woods, as it is well known many men
lay out all their good land & ntgroes in
stock and move into the range, where
they do not pay a cent tax for all their
property, and each county as many
Representatives as our own, and fre
cpiently happened by one of those Re
presentatives, a law is passed com
pelling the distress of our families ;
subjecting ourselves to pains and pe
nalties, when wi* pay neatly thvj whole
of cur tax for the support of our go
vernment. Therefore, it is clearly
my opinion, while we are making mo
ney to pay our taxes, men who scarce
ly pay any, might Well afford to ride
twenty miles further to court; and it
is well known every Representative
whether he has talents or not, receive*
three dollars per day for his services,
and the money paid mostly by our
selves.
Seventh. I certainly should he op
posed to establishing a Baptist college,
which has been so much wished for by
that society, although I am a friend to
seminaries of learning, and have sons
to educate ; yet why call it by that
namcy f< r we see 100 much hot blood
among the different societies already,
and 1 have thought I have seen as
much ambition in the Pulpit frequent
ly, as in the Bar , and therefore, I
wish not to increase it; and we find in
the constitution wc are sworn to snp
i port, in St c. IC. “ No one religious
| society sh ill ever be established in this
state in preference to another.”
Eighth. As respects the election of
governor, I think no candidate ought
to say who they would support, until
' after they see our present governor’s
communication, which wiff be on thy
I first day of the session ; it is then men
can say, and not bclore, whether our
present governor lias acted for the true
interest of the slate, and is entitled to
a re-election or not.— These sir, as far
as I have wrote, are my politics, be
them good or bad ; I will father them
for they originated o my own breast,
and will thank my friends to make them
public.
I will new speak as to the charges
exhibited against me. In the first
place it is said, Holt might not to be
elected, because he is colonel of the
county; herd answer this is an emp
ty commission, and one that costs me
one hundred dollars a year to attend
the different musters and see to the
discipline of the men, which is made
my duty to do so ; and as long as I.
have the honor to command men, I
shall ever think it my du f y to treat
them after hard exercise, and this le
ver will do as long as I have a cent on
earth Others say, no one doubts
Holt’s abilities but his integrity; here
let me s ty, I brag not of talents, for
I know I have not got them, but have
a mind unshak.n and t rm, and shall
at all times art and try to perform
whatever my country may call for;
and independent of the oath to God and
country ; if a wife and six children,
father and mother, brothers and sis
ters, living in your county, will not
attach a man to it, I confess I am at a
loss to know whrtt will.
(Signed) Thaddeus Holt*
Increase of Methodists.
We have received the minutes of
the different conferences of this society
for the year 1809, lrom which we make
the following extract.
C onferences , Whi’es, ficofilc of Color .
Western, 17.931 1,117
Southern, 16 344 6,284
Virginia, 18.502 5 789
Baltimore, 18,272 4,200
Philadelphia, 26,365 10,584
Ncw-York, 22,717 937
New-England, 10,023 73
Whites 131,154 31,584
Col’d people, 31,884
Total, 163,038
Total last y’r, 151,994
Inc. this year, 11,043
Staunton Ruffle.
The Petersburg Republican of
Thursday last says, “ One day
“ last week a party of bona fdc
“ Black Legs (Gamblens) de
“ corated w ith the ensignia of
“ Kings and Queens, were rirum
“ med through our town, coit
' “ fined to the tail of a cart.”