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NEWBURYPORT, Sept. J3.
Some particulars o‘ he action be
tween the Piedmont also, (reilcn
. frigate, and the honorable Knit
India Com pa mp3 ship Warren
Hcixtings, on the 21 st of June,
lSOii/ai. 20, 13, S. long. 50,
45, E.
The Warren Hading* was
a company’s ship of 1200 tons
56 gurfs, and 135 men, bound
frortyUhina home, command,
ed by Thomas Larkins, Esq.
laden with teas, &c. cargo
worth fiioo, ooo, had left her
convoy a few days previous.
On the 21 0, at 7a. m. saw a
Ilrange fail in the S. W. quar
ter, on the larboard tack, with
an English ensign and pendant
flying, made the private fignsi
which was not anlwered, con
cluded her an enemy, prepar
ed for adiion. At noon the
purffcr perceived the french
coJoiits, therefore we no longer
remained in doubt; at ten mi
nutes pall, noon flic bred a gun
and hoiffed the French Na
tional colours, bere up dole
tinder the AV. H s Cern,
came along ftde within puflol
shot, pouted in a broadlide,
whit b was returned by the W.
11. After exchanging (evetal
broadsides, the frigate Idled St
shot ahead, which gave the {hip
an opportunity to repair da
mages, which were very con
siderable, the foremaH having
received a wound, the lee
• shrouds, bowlines, braces, &c.
shot away. At the fuff broad
fidctl e VV. Id’s, ensign halyards
were (hot away, and the purl
er and one man in bending
them again were shot dead.
The frigate again tacked, came
along fide, engaging the (hip
-to leeward, and alter being
warmly received lor 25 mi
nutes, again left the W. IJ. and
t — r, * -tr. ■ *** lit 1 a
frqln opportunity to repair ca
rnages. The maitunaft was
wounded and rigging fuffered
much, but Mmanlruit in this
rencounter. Fhe fiigate came
along fide the third time, as
neat as two (hips could ap
proach, and the attion was
now very delperaic on both
(ides, several of the W. H’s
men were wounded and fore
man shot. She however fire -
cceded in beating them off a
third time, when after diffan
c ng the ihip aftcut a mile, the
frigate wore and came along
fide as close as before. The
action was renewed extremely
warm on both fdes for about
3c minutes, when the fiigate
again left tire ship which was
very mtic'h disabled ii: the rig,
pieg, and maintnaft badiv
wounded; i -ardly had they
time to stopper the rigging and
reeve Ircfli braces, when the
f 1 igate ag,.;:n bore down, and
tin \\ . if. r,o.w gave her ihe
fit ft giift, vlbe 11 the adlipti be
c.’me very warm, with much
in Is on tie part of the ship.
’i it* u.-ufketry in the tops of
the f-igare doing great execu
tion 3 of Tc W. H’s men kii.
Jccl arid 7 or 8 wounded ; the
adtton continued 45 mimites,
when fell (3 shot .lucccfhvely
finking it; the mizenraaft,
which (o d.t la fried the g.;ns up
on the upper deck, as to render
■them tifek ft, and the ship so
ungovernable, (apt. Larkins
was obliged to firike, and hail
ed the frigate to that pur
pose. Inflanlty the Frenchmen
oaidcd the W-. 11. wnh’ the
noil cruelty, ft a b bed a mid
man 7 tunes who was at
mg to get a few cf his
it ah bed the yd officer
•it, anti the captain in
the fide and inhumanly drag
ged him from the round boufe,
and forced him on board the
frigate, together with the other
officers, treating them in the
tnofl inhuman manner, and
robbed every officer of what,
ever private article they could
lay their hands on. They took
poftefticr.i of their piize and
towed her into {}rand Port I fie
of France.
The fr igate appeared to be
the French frigate Pifdjmon
taife, C-apt. LT port, carrying
44 guns, and 385 men.
The'crew of the W. H.
were thrown into prison, and
the officers fuffered to return
home on parole. They arriv
ed heie in the snip America,
captain Stone, from Me of
France and will foert embark
lor England.
FROM THE AURORA.
We are about to extract the
materia! pari fort the article in
the Richmond Enquirer, respec
ing col. Burr, to with we yester
day alluded. As for its import,
We thick it of no more conse
quence tliar> any of the thousand
rumours which preceded it, and
which it: fleets to ridicule. Ihe
whole is founded on an ailedged
fact, that bears its own absurdi
ty with it; if Bastrop failed in
performing his engagements to
Spain, his title is not worth abau
ble under the United States ; and
we must suppose the character of
Burr to be the reverse of what it
i?, before we can lor an instant
ciedit the tale, that he is going to
make an agricultural settlement
in the woods of Louisiana with
out authority,.or grant.
It is a well known fact that
provisions to the amouut of
40,000 dollars were contracted
for by Burr, to be furnished in
October last—it is a9 well known
that he has for above twelve
months been dieting emolu
ment to such as would embark
u el— na
turu of m h‘ch he refused to tx
plain. I* this the way in which
settft merits have heretofore been
made or are iikclv to be made at
piesent ? as in every former act,
and movement, secrecy and the
usual means of conspirators are
employed at piesent, ; and at ;
all events, there is no suspicion j
that his former conduct does not
justify.
I he persons, to whom the Na
tional Intelligencer alludes, as con
nected with Burrr, are, we sus
pect, Jonathan Day ton and gen.
Wilkinson ‘• Neiti erof whom could
advance the funds required and
granted, or who, if they could,
would advance them for the mere
purposes ot a peaceful and agri
cu’tuia! settlement in Louisiana
—they have employment enough
in speculations of a more profita
ble and immediate nature. The
Yazoo is as great a prize as they
could desire to obtain ; & unless
for some such scheme as the for
cible seizure ot the Yazoo, these
gelid* men would not, in our o
pinicn, be such active partisans.
EXTRACT.
To al! those who were weak
enough to imagine, that colonel
Burr coi.fti be se great .1 fool, as
to attempt such a revolution, as
that which has been alluded to,
these and some otlu r matters of
S'mdar import appeared to be
sirotig proofs of a conspiracy.
And as it had long been the fash
ion to to.cure, and to criminate
him according to the fears, ha
tred or malignity of each writer ;
so it happened, from these cau
ses, mat col. Barr has been treat
ed with as little respect, as if he
had been a public outlaw.
In one ot the western pipers
it is said, that colonel Burr has
lately been at the house of colo
ttci Lyrcl! K in Kentucky,, where
he rental lied several days ; that
Lynch,some time ago, had pur
cu tsul an interest in the claim of
Baron Bastrop to thirty miles
square of lands in Louisiana, ■
winch the ISpauisii government
had granted to him t that Brntrbp
was bound to settles considers
ble number of families thereon
as one of the conditions of the
grant.
Here then the whole mystery
is unfolded Bastrop being unable
to fulfil his cotiiract, sold or con
federated with Lynch ; Lvnch
Ims either told or confederated
with Burr ; Burr has sold or con
federated with other persons.,
who have sufficient cash capital®
to make the necessary settle
ments.
Having made these arrange
ments, it was natural lor col.
Burr to engage young men of ta
lents and enterprise, not only to
become settlers, but also to pro
mote the general purposes of the
plan. Young men of this de
scription have been employed,
and because the wise ones could
not discern wherefore, they have
thought fit to say, that the purpo
ses were treasonable,and that co
lonel Burr was not onlv the au
thor, but the great machine, up
on which HI the minor parts of
this supposed treachery and con
spiracy would, or did, depend.
J y yyy vyyyvyy /-yy yy yy -/’•*’
GEORGIA, A BY Edward
_ _ o f White, clerk, of
[L. S.J > ( | le court 0 f y) r .
Ed. White, ‘ dinary for ’-he
conn*v of Chatham, in the state a
foresaid.
WHEREAS fohn Brower hath
applied for Letters of ad
ministration on the estate arid ef
fects of Gilbert Fell, Carpenter,
dec’ll, as principal creditor.
These are therefore to eke and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to file their objections (if
any they have) in my office on or
before the 4th day of December
next, otherwise letters ot adminis
tration will be granted him.
Given under my hand and seal
this 3*l day of Tlecember in the
year of our Lord 1306,and in the
3 Ist year of American Independ
nte.
December 8, 1
Sheriff s Sales,
ui\ the prst Tuesaay m jn 7
next, WILL BE SOLD, at the
Court-House in this city be
tween the hours of 10 and 3
o'clock,
THE undivided Sixth part
ofthofe two lots in the laid
city, known by the numbers
(even and eight. Seized and to
be fold as the property of Mr.
john Broadbert Gibbone, to
Satisfy a judgement obtained
against laid Gibbone, at the
suit of John Wright.
Conditions Cash.
Former purchaser not complying
with the terms of sale.
T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C.
December 8, 7.
Sheriff’s Sales.
ON the fist Tuesday in January
next, WILL BE SOI.Y), at the
Court-House in this city be
tween the hours <f 10 and 3
o'clock.
ONE undivided third part
of 500 acres of land situ
ated in M’lntofh county, with
in two miles of the Court.,
boufe, adjoining the lands of
Clem. Martin, part of which is
excellent rice swamp and the
other good provilion land,
Liz‘d under execution as the
propei ty of Robert Jordan to
fatnfy Andrew Welch and o
thers.
—A L S O—
-500 Acres Land in Scriven
county bounding on Savan
nah river adjoining land of
Scott and others, taken
under execution as the pro
perty of Matthew Clark deceas
ed, pointed out by the execu
tor.
T. ROBERTSON, *. c. c.
Decern be 4. 7.
Blank Manifests &c. #
lor Sale at this Office.
Foreign Intelligence,
Translated for the Charleston
Courier.
STATE PAPER.
We. Alexander the first, by the
Grate of God, Emperor and Au
tocrat eof all the Russia. 9, 1
Make known to our faithful sub-
That even by our uninterrupted
care for the internal prosperity of
our Errpire, we have not ceased
to carrv our attention to its ex
ternal relations. It was al*yay
our wish to place these relations
upon a firm foundation, for the
gone) of our country, and to se
cure them by treaties the mostad
vantageous to the state of our
Empire. With this view, We
thought it necessary, from the
beginning of our reign, to settle
the causes of the then existing
differences, and to unite our
selves in friendly bonds to those
powers whose wise and moderate
principles were founded upon the
preservation of their indepen
dence and general tranquillity.
The Almighty crowned our en
deavors, and Europe received
peace. Rut by his impenetrable
I resolution, this state of affairs
was not to be of long duration ;
j 1 lie flame of war broke out once
! more. In confomiitv with our
J resolution we took no active part
i in the war, but our alliances and
| our sincere wish for the general
piospeiity and tranquftlity, ind c'
ed us continually to employ our
friendly representations towards
the re establishment of peace.
But soon after, the French go
i vernment, which then began to
threaten the safety of our allies-,
forced us to take an active part in
the war.
But even then, when we had
taken up arms, we did not cease
to wish for peace ; and declared,
therefore, that the fulfilment of
our sacred alliances, the re-estab
lisment of general peace were our
sole vietvs —The fortune of war,
which was unfavorable to the al
lied amis, stopped for a while l he
execution of this design ; but did
not alter the principles upon
whirh it was founded. At the
commencement of this year, *be
French government professed
some readiness towards a friend
ly accoir modaiicn, arid w e
thereupon determined immedi
ately to enter with the same in
closer negotiation—the basis ot
which should be, preservation ot
peace conformable to the honor
and security of our Empire and
that of our allies, and the gene
ral peace of Europe : But, to
our great regret, the conditions
, propo-.ed by France did not au -
! swer either with the dignity of
j our Empire, nor to the advan
tage ol our allies—-VVe therefore
refused t©'confirm these conditi
ons.
But to {hew at the fame tirtie,
the immutability of cur views,
which in the midll of different
events are always carried to the
fame point, we have not laded
to prepofe the means and balls
w hereupon We are inclined to
renew our negociations with
the French government.
The balis of our propofitioh
is firff. io ve* y moderate that
it cannot be refilled without
threatening the general iecuri
ty; and, secondly. {o much
to the advantage ol each of the
powers therein concerned, that
1 by their acceptance a general
and lading peace will be
tabhihed in Europe.
{ Thus will peace, or the ccn
i tir.uance of the war depend up
on the coniequences of our
views ; Wewdh for peace, but
if we are unable to procure a
lading one, founded upon re
cipiocal advantages, then ffiall
We, putting affue all treaties of
accomodation, think it our du
ty, lor the honor or the Ruffian
namejihe lafety of our
the lanfclity of our alliances,
and the geneial lalvation ol
Europe, to proceed to such ex„
tremities which, alter due con
fideratioEi, may be fourd ,
folutely nectffary.
We are convinced tl !a t t L
Providence of the moft
who protebls truth, will cov-J
our righteous ■cause with hi,
powerful arm. We are con.
vinced that our faithful fubi-fo, I
always animated with love’ f or I
their country, always guj(j e( j I
by honor and couiage, and far. I
rounded by the great c xam< I
pies of zeal shewn for our na. I
live lane?, will unite th eir I
strength with our*, as loon I
the {afety of Ruflia, the voice I
o'fhonor, and our commands I
will call upon them to act f or I
the general good. I
In a firm reliance on the af. I
fiflanceof Goo Almighty,&l
on the zeal of all our faithful I
fubjefcis. We have thought it I
neceffa'y to inform them
with of our intentions, a , l( jl
thereby to give them a near I
proof, that in all our adioai I
we neither desire the exteiiQonl
of our territories, nor the vain I
renown of victories ; but uatl
our wiihes and means will b;l
employed for the eltabiifhiaeml
of general security, for thl
support of our treaties, ar.dforß
the protection and dignity oil
j our Empire. ■
: Given at St. Petersburgh , the 1; ■
Sept. 18u6, in the o tti yeur i'l
our reign , I
Counterligned. A LEXAScaB
‘Fhe Miniilcr for foreign Alfl
fairs. I
ANDREI BUDBERG.I
After hearing read this mofl
high manifetto, the Direftin*
Senate thought it to be iheiH
duty, on the 16th Sept, in kl
lieneral Assembly oi the differ*
ent Departments of the Senill
of St. Petei (burgh, to carr®
their lubmiflive thanks to bfl
Imperial Majeffy, by means®
their elected Deputies, viz,-®
The General Fidd-Matlii®
and Knight Count iYich<®
I wanowttlch Saltykow, .uuiiH
Private Counfeilor be Knrrfl
Count Alexander SerjiaiikH
Strongonow 7 ; which was eB
feCled on the 17th, with tIH
following words: B
Most Gracious Sovereign. B
The Dire&ing Senaie hoB
it for a duty to expreis
your molt high throne,
due submission, the (entinierß
ot boundless attachmcn: aiß
gratitude, which the roaniftjHl
of your Imperial Majdly,Hj
the loth iuffant publilhed S
general information, has evoH|
where Created. B
The Senate is convinced,ißr
all the faithful fubjeCts :n ®|
extensive Ruffian Empire,
all the nations of the earth,
biels thee with one voice,
thy care to procu:e the
tablifhment of a general
lafling rej ofe; and n ;
j convinced that all
I be inflamed by a general
j nation. If the boldness
j treachery of the enemy ‘
: eta! peace should
, mealute of thy good<xfi
| gentletteis; then fhal! thy
mie> know that thy
has bounds pi t (cubed 10
by die dignity of thy
and the lafety of thy
that once pall their
thy insulted patience
cccd on to dreadlu! and
extremities.
The Liftory of
pire, molt gracious Sovere®|
proves that the R ullian p c ® .
famous for their
and courage, have ah^) 1
crificed every thing w
genet 011s views of thy g lor
ancestors, either for ; '-' c C '.B
lion of the bounds of