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,i- .’(ivi previously, tificj fall ft
?'J,h the Elephant, a Brush
LVi )V whom thev w-re informed
Stß-jeno* Avreshsd been re
lien by the English,
tercet of a letter/ram a gentle
\anin New T*rk, to a captain
- Philadelphia.
„ { la ke the liberty of writing
in order to acquaint you of
which we discovered to
■Lnorthward of Island—
J. j, in lat. 1. 56 1-2 or 57 s. by
pridian altitude of sun, Caspar ,
Mand bearing, from the Keef s. j
10 deg- distant about 10 or !1
leagues, being perfectly clear to
th:southward, Caspar Island in
# jght from the deck just like a
jjaycock, flattened at the top;,
jnd the top of the basetof or fl u
pirt of it, just above the horizon
from die fore-top-sail >ai d—
lounded in a boat upon a reef
twelve feet, but the clump of cm
la [ seemed sho der, in some
places they run their oars down
upon them, being cloudy over
Banca, could not get any crojss
bearing —soundings when pais-
it l 9 to 21 fathoms, the boat
bad 5 fathnma dose to the shore
„it appears to be small in two
‘little clumps, not exceeding more
than 8 t tat hums, £>. E. by 5. and
.K. \V. by W. and about 15 or 20
tit hum a broad, Being calm at
jbe time we discovered it, by the
current rippling over ic, and the
quantity oldish swimming about
ii,most be very dangerous , as it
will never break upon it, the co
lour oI the water only discovers
it, I would wish you to make it
u public as possible.”
A gentleman, resident in the
upper part of Baltimore County
has obligingly fmnisucdus with
the following account ot the hail
itorm on Wednesday 29ih ult.
“ Inc storm began at about
half past 12 o’clock, and appear
ed to come from South-West,.,
bat soon veered about to North,
hlittle Westerly. A continued
ihowaf of hail, about the size of
s mat bit, fell lor halt an hour,
When the storm became tremen
clous ;large hail stOne'4,or latlier
lumps oi ice, ot aa irregular
ithupc, many ol thetit larger mail
IjOuie-cggs were precipitated n*
It terrible manner lor hitccu
ninutts longer when the storm j
ttusca —I measured several ot
Iheiaucr, and lounu them to he
worn luui teen inches in circum- j
ictence, and one oi them weigh- .
1 six ounces, after it had l>een
cuusiderabiy melted.”
J3alitinrc paper-
RICHMOND, May 1.
Stic STOXM ON WSDNESOAT.
On the ahernoun ot that
day \ve had a very leveie hail
itorm, which came from the
South. The hail was ol con
liderable iize ; and did ferine
txteution upon the panes ot
Gldfs, About t o’clock at
night, the lame feene returned.
Such ft reams ot inccflant Mid
vivid lightning ; Inch rattliiig
peals of thunder; inch torrents
ol hail Sz rain ; we have ieldoni
before witnessed. Aniidlt this
uproar of the elements, our
citizens were suddenly alarm
ed by the cry ot lire ! I she
feene was awfully pifciurefq.ue.
The lightning it let ms f;ad
struck a large houie on the
•forth fide of the market,
bridge; occupied as a vendue
fiorc by Messrs Darmftadt,
toiler and Satchel. No one
in the houie was tolled, though
two ol them diliir.Dly felt the
electric shock. The citizens
turned out with an alacrity
which does them honor and
though the houie wiu so filuat
*d that thefire engine couidnot
piny upon the angle ol the
•oofwhere it was Uruck, the
hre was loon got under by the
‘ il( i of buckets : a lignal
refutation, of the old vulgar
°pibion } that the fuc of light
ning, is not to he extiuguifh-d
by wafer.—We apprehend,
mat this high wind has occa
sioned cc'fide table damage up
on the coal}.
In the thunder llorm of April
go, the Portland Rage from
Portland to Portsmouth was
liruck with lightning in Cape
Neddnck Woods, and three
o( the horses killed. The car
riage was conliderably hurt,
stud Ihe driver precipitated to
the ground. Mr. Low of
Cape Ann, and capt M‘Lellan
of Portland, were passengers
in the stage, but they, received
little or no injury. We had
heavy {Rowers in this town,
and in Bolton they had hail,
and the hail did great damage
m Newton. A barn was
burnt with lightning atCohaflet.
[Salem Reg!per.
In consequence of important
dispatches which government
have received liom the com
manders ol the squadrons off
Brest, Boulogne add Jiochefort,
the admiralty, it is said, is about
to change the system ot blockade;
and on the suggestion of Earl St.
Vincent, to adopt a measure of
more efficacy, and less peril. It
has now been proved by expert,
ence, and particularly by wine
recent incidents, that the system
of blockade is not calculated to
answer its purpose and we un
derstand the substance of the
dispatches robe, that the ad mi.
rals and commodores on the se
veral stations can no longer be
responsible for the execution of
their orders ; that his Majcty’s
vessels, according to a late ex
amination, have suffered the
most serious injury on this ser
vice ; and that the consequent
expence to the country, and the
extraordinary weai and tear of
the navy, were in value infinitely
beyond any partial restraint on
the ships of ihc enemy.
It is farther stated, that the
utmost vigilance of our com
mander? is unequal to prevent
the escape of the enemy / that in
the long period of the equinoctial
winds, during the whole of the
spring artfEwinter, and the great
er part of die autumn, they en
ured and departed at their plea
! sure ; anti that his Majesty’s
j ships had the frequent mortihea
tion to sec- them in the ace of pre
paration, ar.d with their sails &
yards set, without any possibil
ity of preventing their purpose.
So persuaded were the cm-nty
that they possessed this full Lli
erty of leaving their ports at
their discretion, that a general
sailing order appears to have
been.issued to every public port
in France ; and that they were
executing it as fast as the oppor
tunity presented itself. A. squad
ron of three ships, two frigates,
and five sloops of war, has es
caped from Brest ; and a much
sronger sq iadrou had nearly ef
fected the sane purpose from
Rochefort—they had already
cleared the harbour, when aa
easterly wind suddenly arose am!
compelled them to return. 1 hese
are but two among many similar
instances ; but as they have oc
curred at the same time they have
impressed themselves very forci
bly upon the consideration of the
( admiralty. l.ondai Pupa.
The late subterannean research
es in Pompeii have been attend
ed with unusual success. An
antient edifice has been discov
ered, in which have been (onnd
some medals and vases, in h'gh
preservation, and of exquisite
beauty : and uLo some instru
ments of music, with a statue ot
Hercules, iri bronze, in the act
ot seizing the hind on the course.
On the walls of the structure is
a Diana surprised in the bath by
Acleon. 1 his intruder is alrea
dy attacked by the dogs, with
whom he joins in unequal com
! bat, and hi* figure is finely con
j trusted with the fail daughter ol
l La tun a. — lbid.
PATRIOT.
SJ VANN A If, May 21. 1307.
On Thursday lad, was launched Mt-fTr*.
R. &. J. Bolton’s fine new Shin, the
GOSSYPIUM—Thin being the fi and Ship
! hat been built in this Port fine? the
Revolution, avast r-n ourv- of prople
aflerabled on ihe orcAlon—and all were
highly gratified bv the wanner in which
it was conducted—Tt wi in the one inn
of many present, who were competent to
judge, one of the hamtforaeft I annelid
they had seen.
REPORT OP DEATT-TT
In the city of New-York, frnm the 18th
to the 15th of April, ISO 7.
Adults 36 —Children 14 —Total 50;
INTERMENTS
In the burving grounds of the city and
precincts of Baltimore, during the week
ending May 4 at funrlfe.
Adults lx—Chiidreu 13 —Tot**24.,
From the Nafianrtl Intet/liaencrr.
We received the following letter by yefler
day’s mail, from New-Orleans.
FOR THE PUBLIC.
Mr. Smith.—l pronounce
a letter imputed to Gen. John
Adair, and laid to he addrefled
10 the Kentucky delegation in
Conjareis, to he a vile and infa
mous fabiication—and l am
able to prove by the testimony
of Ralston and Floyd, two of
Burr’s a (so dates, that gen.
Adair left Maihville with
Buff’s knowledge Sc diredi
on, and vifiled this city, for
the express purpose of co-op
erating with the laid Burr.
JAMES WILKINSON.
N. B. The substance of
this letter was noticed in your >
paper forne time fincc.
New Orleans , April % 1807.
j.W.
VC!
IMPORTANT INSURANCE DE
CISION.
In the DiftritfV Court of Pennfylvanix,
Monday, May 4.
Tint avoimuuit ol Marshal. vs.
the Delaware insurance Company.
on the case of the’ Roc la, was
closed this morning, and judge
ment given for the defendants —”
that they are only liable for an a
verage loss.” T'lie principles of
the decision are highly important,
deciding, tor the first time, ex
pressly
1. That the state of the fact,
not of the intelligence, at the
time of tlie abandonment, must
decide the question of a total or
loss.
2. That capture and restituti
on b fote abandonment, though
not known here, defeats the claim
for a total loss.
3. That the property being
safe, although not actual y in the
nossession of the assured, the
t ight to abandon, arid claim as for
a total loss, cannot lie exercised,
at a period subsequent, with or
without notice of the fact hero.
j u g,re Washington only declared
| tlio leaning ol iiis mind , as fie
thought, the fact of actual resti
tution to tl>e insured, before the
hour of -abandonment, sufficient- ,
( ly established by the evidence of;
tfic Rolla.
Dairy llill. Esq lias resigned
his office of Commercial Agent of
the United States at Kingston,
(Jam.) — Charleston Paper.
The frigate Chesapeake, Capt.
Gordon, was 10 drop down from
Washington to Hampton Roads,
on the Bih inst .
Notice to Manners. — Ihe Eight
i House at Smith's Bo’.nt, on ‘.tie
Potomac, being shortly 10 fie tak
en down, no light will appear
ilieie for some nioiitlis. J bul.
The animal Spanish ship, Rom
Manilla to Amoy has been cap
tured by the British frigate Plus
ton, capt. Wood. Ihe pnze is
valued on a moderate computa
tion at 240,0 .0 pounds st p rimg.
.Very i 91 kpaper.
Marine Intelligence.
Pott of Charleston, Piny 13
Capt. Shepherd, on the loth
inst ."poke brig F.ophemia.Torrv,
from this port off Florida. On
the 15th inst. spoke btig A riven
tore, I.ogrol, off Cape Remain,
from New-Orh-ans, out 15 days,
| with the loss of her main mast,
i Sr.me day, saw a ship to the
| southward of the bar, with the
j loss of her mizen mast and main
mast.
Arrivals at Liverpool from
this port—Tßc Yorkshire, Lee;
Neptune, Osgood; Isabella Mit
ier; Vigilant, Bosworth; l-liza,
Slaf’-r; Augusta, Dash wood, Lu
cy, logics; and Union Tucker.
The schooner Charlotte, of
this port, from New-York, bound j
ro the West-Indie9, was spoken j
on the 4th ult. m Lt 39, long. 70,
50, out 3 davs.
Capt. McClellan, April 13, in i
lat. 45, long. 29, 30. spoke the j
ship Rosanna, Brown, of Phila
delphia, from New.Orleans lor
Liverpool. On Fridav last, a
little to the Southward of the
bar capt. M’Lellan was boarded
by the British sloop of war Driv
er, who informed that they had
captured a brig under British
colours, from Jamaica bound to
Philadelphia, and stut her sot
Halifax.
T he brig Venus, from N.Ymk,
has arrived at St. Ann’s Bay,
the brig John, l liatch
lier, fio;n Rhode-fslntid, at Port
Antonio.
The brig Eliza, Stubbs,arrived
at Port-Royal, on the 9th ult.
from this port.
The sloop Peggv, capt.. Len
negure, from hence, arrived at
Kingston, (Jam.) tn 16 davs.
On the I 3th of April, off ('ape
Nichola Mole, the Peggy was
boarded by two French priva
teers, of 4 guns each, and full
of men, who broke open their
lettets in the captain’s possessi
on, and plundered the vessel ©fa
variety ot other articles together
with a part of her cargo. * I
The btig Eight Sisteri, Capt.
Gilmore, arrived at -Kingston
from Savannah, off Cape Fran
cois, was boarded by a French
privateer, of four four-pounders
and one long nine-pounder, wiiU
rne hundred and forty men, who
pul on board of her four Ame
rican seamen that had been taken
out oi an Americanvesstl the pri
vateer had detained.
i he Antelope was bound to
Norfolk, but has put into this
port for a supply of water.—She
sailed from Montego Bay on the
J 23d ult. on which day an embur
| gr> was to be laid, on account of
i the sailing of the homeward
j bound fleet cf merchantmen,
| which it was supposed would he
I continued until the period fixed
{ for their departure.
On Wednesday fast in lat. 28.
off Cape Florida, capt. 1 upper
j poke brig Eliza, Bailor, 17
| day from this port, lor Nev-Or.
leans, had cxp.-i iencud nothing
but head winds *od cairns.
Nassau, (w v.) M j 4.
i Arrived 0.1 Friday, tin: piivate
j vessel of war, May-(Tower, cap
! tain Johnson, with the following
vessels her prizes:
Tire Sparefh febr. Caridad, from Cam
ptaeby to Havana. Cargo, bets, rice, ica-
Ul< The Spanish polacrc schooner
El A'euvo Act.vo, from Fcr.i
C,nz, bound to Cadiz, carrying
I three long 12 pound, la, and 13
| mc n; was captured after an*n
j gagement of two houri, & a halt,
j Cargo, cochineal, indigo, cocoa,
j and barks.
j The Spanish schooner, la Di-
I vino Pastora, from Campeachy
| 10 Havanna —Cargo, rice, bed,
j leather, (kc.
I The Spanish schooner I*,ont
j serrat, iiom liiuabaiio, in iial
i . .
j Arrived on Saturday Spanisu
I uchuoiicr, Usiiiit ankusvii, loaded
j with sugur, captured b) the
l lower, near me Bay of Honda.
May 1 1 •
T he sloop Polly, 01 Savannah,
load’ and with crvrn.pht -Ift here ve
terd rv in diMirtss, having spuing
a leak.
Kingston, (J.) Ayril 11.
Informatuin having be.-n re
ceived Here that the American
•hip Indortan, of 24 guns, and
lullv manned, trading 10 St. Do
mingo from the United States,
lv*d lately been fallen in with, &
eugngfd by the Squirrel frigate,
Ot 24 guns, which she succeeded
in beating off, the Elk brig < f
1 8 guns. Cap!. Coghian, sailed
<m Tuesday, we understand, Er
the purpose of endeavouring? to
j intercept her, and afterward.-*
! to proceed to New • Providence.
The Ameiican schooner Ex
periment, Boring, whb a cargo
el hour and rict, from Baltimore
to Montego Bur, captured i y a
French privateer, oflOgiun ,?i SO
m*n, oil I in ks Island, o.
dered tor St. Domingo, hut. fal
len in with and re c .ptuti-d off
Monte (.It r i to bv la Keposa bnjj
arrived on T hur day.
April 25.
An embargo was I.fid yester
rl >.v on ail foreign and neutrul
vessels, and on British vessel*
bound to the Spanish Colonies,
to continue until tile 22.1 of May
next, inclusive.
TO THE PUBLIC.
H IVING heard hat there is a report
in circulation that lam the person who
aflamed the name of Brown, in Charles
ton, and fwindted three couuiivmen of
their Cotton. an<l know i g that such re
ports, if fullered 10 pai- unrontr ididted
would tend to injure n;-. 1 h.,v? t .k. ri
this method to inform tlie puhlie that it is
a faifity.and that there are now, in this ci--
ty, three gentlemen who boarded in the
fame lioufe with mvfji, & c m c*tify that
I am innocent of toe ch * r.-e.
JOHN BLAIR.
May 2 s 54’
REMOVAL.
George Enoe,
Merchant Taylor.
■ Refpeftfutly informs lias friends & the
public in g-niral. that he l;as reiHcved ro
a Houle in the Yellow .Building!, bel ag
ing ‘O the estate of the late Mr. i’erer \Vy
-Iy, deceased, and opoofi e to Dr. A.
Haberlham’s, in Bud street, facing the
Exchange, where he continues his Bufi
nefi in all its various branches.
Hiving procured additional WO It K
MEN of capability, he hopes to render full
fatisfaiStion in the erccutian *f such or
ders as he may he favoured with, both in
point of pun&tuality and d-fpatch, with
nturnefi p.ncl tafic uot to liAxce. 1 ed.
Theartic'ei cnropHyv *Tis Atfornnent
are good and geuerSifiJUir well fui'.cd to
the prrfent tcasou’
May ;5 .15 ts
NOTICF.
Tar p,-ri i.’ershi a Or
/>. 7 ORPY & Cos:
IS this day diflb'ved, I y mutual con
sent—t hey re quest all thole iri bled to
i them, to make immediate pavmeut other
\ wfefnits will he ermmenced agaiaft them
without difcrimitiatiou.
D TOR PY.
W 1 HUM.SON.
May 11 5 1
JUST RECEIVED,
And Tor Sale ,
12 pipes 4th proof Boutde&ux
BRANDY,
18 box.** SO AP,
Apply to
Jacob idlers c .
Miy 21. 34 61
Fcr hale,
Ten, to One Hundred
JL i ishels of good
Rough Rice,
Deliverable at tiny wharf in Sa
vannah, at Twenty Honrs No
nice, at ONE DOLLAR per
bushel. Enquire of Merrill e3*
Parkhurst, Gibbons’ Buddings.
May 21. 54 4t
NOTICE.
r I~ , HE Part net ship of THOM-
X SON N TOKPY was ciis
solvw) on til. iOili ln-t. by Inutu.ll
c*itßnt —They request all liioso
!(,■• b 1 1 U) tfit iii, to make im
mediate pi'l mern, otherwise suits
will be commenced against ihein
without discrmimaiion.
W. THOMSON.
P. TORPY.
Maj 21 54