Georgia & Carolina gazette. (Petersburg, Ga.) 1805-18??, January 23, 1806, Image 1

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+ > V . f i-eofgia & Carolina Gaze^e. VOLUMZ 1 1 % i ‘ H R M and of THE GEORGIA LA CAROLINA GAELTIE. 1. Price to c-uofcribcrs, three dollars per annual, payable mb yearly in advance. 2. Ad /e rcifernen ts i)r lk: fi'fl ini*. •>n seventy- live cents p- r itume, and fiky cents for each c aitinimdon. 3. A i v erdie ments wl!l not be mimed unless previously pad fcr. N. B, who have been so ell-hr as to obtain Sub farther s hr ;bu Paper, will con fer an i >.iditivnal favor by for ward: :y a fiat-’.rent v’ As ruth to i,jc a.dners as . * trs cone a, z - cnt. fPT /’l 7 ■ a toe gentlemen are a:t thorifsd to receive SulfcripUcm for this Paper. Mefii s Be Ac & Chirk, El bert County. Mr. \\ illiam Woods, Eiber ton. Col. Holman Freeman, and Cape. Con Freeman, Wilkes County. Cart. Moles Speer, Greenes boroui. i. M; ."' 3. T. Watkins, Ogle thorpe County. ■ Mr. D. L. Ryan, Sparta. General Irwin, 1 underfville. Mr. Michael Buikc, Louis * 1 >i C. Mr. James I Ely, Savannah, Ms. To-hn Caflrm, Augusta. Li South Carolina. Mr. IP mjaimn Clever and Doctor Caiev, Vienna. Rev M ules Waddd, Abbe ville... London: Wednesday, ifw. 6, 1805. Adm irally O ji ce, AC v. 6. D fpacches or which the fol low! g are coyies, were receiv• tvl at trie A Inn:alty this day, at one o’clock A. M. Rom vice Admiral C >!lingwood, Cos n mander in Chief of his MajcftyV Blips an v cite Is off Cad.z : Euryalus, off Caps Trafalgar, Obi 22. Sir, rie ever to be lamented death of Vice Admiral Lord Vif counc Nek on, wh , in the lute confl 5t wir-i the enemy, fell in trie hoar of victory, leaveslo me the duty of inform ng my Lords Commifiioners of the Admiralty', that on the 19th in fant, it was communicated to the Commander in Chief, from the (hips arching the motions of the enemv m CM 1 z, that the combined fleet. : a i put to lea ; as they laded with lignt v.inds v.efterlv, r,D Lordship cmd id td their ddtma-. on was the Mediterr.ua an, and laun.e re ly made ail fad for the Sir A A entrance, with the iXv.ih : .ad- Jgm cor.fi-ting of 27 Blips, 3or k.w.i* f-v S, W .la . tvi.4 i.ip PEILR-^SL T AG (Georgia) —Printed by ALEXANDER M<DONNELI . was informed by Capta n Black wood (whole vigilance in warch irg> and giving nonce of t o e nemy’s movements, has b-i n highly meritorious) that ilk*/ hull not vet pafied ih- Sti . s. On M onci ay tie 2\ ft md. day light, when Cape iha.Ag w bore E. by S. about 7 ieao e , the enemy was dife: vm and fin or .'even miles to the eastward, tiic w nd about well, and ven light j the Coromandel i• C'N if nniiie ckauly mack** tin Ilgnul for die fleet to bear up in two columns, a they are formed m order of failingg a mode of attack his i-.ordiiiip had prev 10uCv c.l.ecl ■ ed to avoi’i the inco ve.deace aid delay in forming a line of bn vb: in the usual manner. L'he encmvN lme confided cf thirty j th.\. POl ps (cf wi eh 18 were Fie.nch and 1 Spa Eh ) com mnnderi by Admital VkiFneuve, use Spaniards, under the dm •- tLn ofGravina, were, with the r heads to the northward, avl formed their line of hard w*?h gnat ciofcuefs z and cm re chief- ; but as the mode of act ck was unusual, for.hr ItruXure fdo i line was new—k f <rmed a cres cent convex 1 g to leeward —f> that in hading down to tin ir ceiitre, 1 had both their van and rear abaft the beam , brfo-i , the fire opened, evny al-Imate Blip was about a cable’s h ngd: to windward of her leco.-d a head, and a Bern, form! g a kind of double line, and appear ed, when on their beam, to hav. very little interval betvu •*.* them , and th s without cr wi • 1 r.r their fn ins. Ad mi 1 V tit w? s neuve was in the Bucco fame . the centr , and the Pr.nce o AcPur.a.- bc it Gravna’s flag it thf tear; but rite Fiencli c o Spam Pi Blips were mixed v, :h <ut an) z) parer.. ega:d to or der of national hjuae.ro .. As the modi pf <ur attack h?d been pre a,- (Iy deterrnintd on, and commun: aucl to the Flag Officers and Captains, tew (ignaiswere net chary, and none v.i-ie made except to direel dote cider as the knes boit down. 1 he Commander in Chid, in the vldlory, led the weather co lumn, and the Royal Soveitign, whicn Dole tßy’ king tl.e let. The action began at 12 o’- clock, by the leading Ihips 01 the columns breaking through the enemy’s line, i!ie Comma it er in Chief about the tenth Imp from the van, the lccord in command about tin tv.clkh fr in the rear, kav t g the van ol th< c emy 1 cedmg fkij s breaking throi g . in ah pens, M’ in o tie r *c..u ----c s, and er.gagT.g the cm my at I.lc muzzles o; i.cir guns ; ita c a Hid v.as fevue ; the u.. rr \’s Blips wet- I gi v, h a r 11- j 1. 1.. ir’ k j -iv R iicia L c . lik.it tme* ts, on t c <* cici-.oii t: e i. I \\a ine .bi : anci it ]ia cO t\t *1 ,iiiiglit/ Dilpcmr tit a.j c uiM-j vv gtiiuw iu; -daiGlyN 1 Go R S D A T y JA n u iry 23, iSc 6. aruis a complete and gl irious viblory. About three IN M. m : y of the enemy’s llups hav i- p, b uck their colours, their lme gave awav : Admiral Gra vin With te; their 1 gate? .0 leeward, Rood to war is Cadiz, l’he five head - nt •!-; frrps of their van tacked, 2 i i] i;ig to the fbuthward, to v*/\r,dwA r d of the !> 11.1 ‘ll line, were rngam and, aid the Rem molt of- ; n taken ; the others went off. .caring t) his Mrjefty’s iquadr-'i, nineteen (hips of the line . “f wiiich rwo are nrlc races * t/e •••!.■ ißima linidad and. the Q a.H.iv‘ .Van;-.) v.ir’n threr Flag ffi r , viz. A m ral V.Jle .e conm-ander in chid) im v g. ‘loo M;1 ia D’Aliva, ice Ac!•.rural and the Spanifli Dear AdmirD, D.ui IBaltazar Htdalg'. Cirri;ros. 11 ’ r iu< ii a viclory, ic inav appeal runcceffary to enter into ’ encomiums < n tk.e particular parts taken by the leveral com mandc.s j the conclusion fays more n the f'ubp-dt thai*. I have lagiia;:e to ex pre Is j the spirit wl ich animated all was the fame; wlitn ail exert tl.ernk Ivrs zea k'ufiy in their country’s iNrvicc, ail deserve that their Ivcrh me . O ms Gog Id fraud rcccrdrd j and nr-ver was high malt more co-n ----f pi-nous thin to the battle I ham uck.ribrd. l'he Achilla (a French 74) alter having iui rvnocrtd, by id tic mifm.anagetner.r, took lire fifui blew lip 5 two hundred ol li: r men were laved by the ten- J das, A ck cum fiance occurred during the adnon, which so b.ongly marks the invir.iible K>mt ol I>rmin leainen, wi en c igaging the enemies of their country that i cannot refill the picul me* I have in making it known to tnmr LOl fliips.j the I'emcrairc was boarded by ac rid, nt or or fig* j, by a French ill p, on one fide, and a Spaniard on the other; tk.e cor.uft was v gorous, but, in the end, the Combined fiuigns wan torn from the p nips, ano the Liitiili R ail ed in their pia.ee. Sue a battle could not be fought without fullaininffa sreat *oR wl our men. I have not onk to ‘ lmenr, in common with thek.Xlk Navy, and the Bii tfh Nation, m the fall of the Coinn.auuci ... Chief, me kos i/f a Licr: , wliole Rama will be 1111. n ~ j rod, a.iw* Ins 111 c mO. y ever dear to Ids countrv: but mv 4 J htan: is rent with t.hc moil po goiior 1. -d for the d< ath o: a f.i.nd, to v.hom by noiiiv yin inkmacy, aid a[ 1f C kri ok Ac o; the virtues (EX* 1.. w iliCil Uig..i vt. 1 |..uo i 11- pt iior to tuc comm . \ ... c <•? ; t:, I was bound by the f rr. •- . , r e.l tits ci at. :t:on j is pr . o >1 ii -0 t * C(j t'it <: i. 1 I'OiJS lC.,i •. - c;i in wjiicii he lei. dots not Oil g . .nil/,. ,lo: j V, ijiC.’i ’ !- .1 l. .-- * •.Ij hi - S . .i1 C C' s 9 V 1 . * - * V w.*a >.x , . ia breafl, about the n.■;!.:! action, and lent an < fb immediately w.rh hi- ~} vv il, and loon after < ;c;j i . 1 have ail > to larrient <:f th f* t'K'fdlf . -ill . !•-, i ‘ faii'l'i Ali ‘.I [he ; >!-; i Coolie of tin* B< i , ? have yet heard or nor. I fear the mmi u-rs toot . avn fallen will be found very g a , when t.he ie turns come to c. but it having blown a .M wind ever fmee the acl’::;, 1 have not yet had tc ii mv on. r f > coded any reports f. on the fh’ps. 1 lie Royal Sovereign hiving loft her mall;, excep Mier to: r ing foremaft, I call: and the Eure aius to me, wh L. r)u- adr*. continued, wi.irh flup lying within had, nml-* nv fly nab ; a it rv ce cap am Bla-. lev and performed widi grea at'eiition. .'V*ter the adion, ! fli t’ • and rn7 ’ flag to her, that I niighf card/ communicate my mdeM | to, and colled the (hie;, and | towed* the Royal Seven ;g i j: :to Reward. ihe wh- fe f]* . c ! were now in a vcp. peril >us fi - [ tuatlon, many difinailed, all | (hartered, in chirteen fa h mi wa ; ter, off the (houls of riafjo.r; ! a..d when F mad- tar ii ■■ M LO \ prepare to anchor, few of the | Hups had an anch > < o let g>, | their cables being sh >: ; one the | fame gond Providence v,hich : aide i us through inch a day, preserved us iime n g'v, by the wind Ihifltng a few prints and drifting the dupe, ofl i land, except four of the enoL.ir td tifmailed fhios, wii Ji a-.: now ac anchor off t’rafdgir, and 1 hope will ride fare until the g lies are over. i laving thus detailed the pro ceeding-, of the flee on this oc cafioa, I bt g t > congratulate t ieir Lordfli on avn t >n, which i hope will a id a rav to the glory oi t. s IMijeftyh crown, and Oe attended w.th public be nefit to our country. I am, dec. (Signed) c. cor.Rrrs'V'joD. William Min’d n, ibfq. Euryedits , 051. ;c. Sir, —ii iny iec.er of r'u 22d I detailed to yon, fur tse mfor -111 al.lon oi m y I.u. ,\■> co I.j i i2l - ; oners oi toe A i mic v, I proceed.ngs of Ids Mj: v ’s i'l ladron w.i the d..y oi t,e ac tion, and pre ecu- y it — ince winch { have hmi a lories of Hi 101• <1 lcnet, but tney a.e or a vk . tha human | . Ice buuld 1• - - ‘ ■ 1 •- </ . ’ ,v 1 ii. ng ani., i. lu fkdi tc> ;*; event. On 1 e sen in or.* mo.'iunrr, a id. 1.. •’ o i. 1... v\ 1 1... 0* \ .c i iqmii.g. wcu: her, v deb. ho .vev er and. i not prevtme r e c:> vu 0 f t a odi tr> sad fl-: u . fjJi i.... 1 j a. *. _t. 1 ■i .. ~: i. .. n 1 1 h : 1 ‘-f - “ 1 ■ ■ ! L/C .t S j ! V 1 *2 1 IQW.np'L. . h-: “- ■ :i • ■ Vl .1.. J M b*.. .R • H .. .. . ; /4v - # [Nu m: