manner in which your courage shall confer
wi them efcrcAry5rVin lt&
niHue .inCjpcrjpciu.vi .-vuojeavoi uieir
versi-iun ; &nd'6oin agela age, ypil will '
hcltl thet admirtion of. future gette-
H
' ; oldier?i if I Vibed.only to conquenhe
encmy isziomu ncinave inougiuiinecesaaij
to make an appeal to your courageand your
atjch.ment tq the country and to toy person;
btit rherely 16 conquer him U doing ndthint;
'worthy either of you or your Emperor. It is'
necessary that not a man ofthe enemy's array
vhall escape that that government, which'
has vioIated8ll its engagements, rtiall first,
learn its.catastropheby yoiirarrival under the
walls of Vienna ; and that, on receiving this
fatal intelligence, its conscience if it listens
to the.yoieo of conscience, shall tell it, that
it has betrayed both -its solemn promises of
peace, and the first of the duties bequeathed
ty its ancestor, with the power of forming
the ramparts of Europe against the" eruptions
of the Cossacks. .. . -
SoMiers, who have been engaged in the
affairs of Wertir.gen and Guntaburg, 1 am sa
, tialicd with your conduct.?, Every corps in
, the army will emulate ypu, and I shall be able
to say to .-niy ptople' Youf Emperor and
your tfrmy have done their duty,' perform
your', and the 200,000 conscripts whom I
have summoned,' will hasten by forced mar
ches, to reinforce our second line. '
.'(Signed) ; NAPOLEON."
Bv order of the. Emperor and King, the
Major-General of the grand army, ;
. Uerthier." .
NEW-YORK, Dec, 20.
AlrUer from Liverpool, of the 9th' Nov.
fUcived in this city by the ship Neptune,
gi ve, as a report, that the number of troops
embarked on board of the ships about sail
ing on a secret expidition, was" to be aug
mented to 60,000. .
', December 25.
The following acount of the destruction of
the combined French and Spanish fleet ufter
V,t late engagement off Cadiz, was received
by Mr. Kitkpatrick, the American Consul at
Malaga, from his correspondent at Cadiz,
rd brought here yesterday: by capt. Chew,
from Gibraltar, r torn this statement it will ;
be ern that the British were unable to secure 1
more than 14 of the enemy !s ship, although :
a much greater number struck to tlum. !
F.U-vcn ecaped Three drifted on the rocks 1
unci were. mil ! lost, together with most of .
their crews One v. as so crippled as to be 1
in;nrmaie.ibh, and was destroyed, and one .
. bIovup in the engagement.
An .accuunt of the Combined Fleets of
. j'.-iucc a-ul Spiin, that sailed from Cadiz
c the 1 iih anclMihefOct. 1805, & fought
the British Fleet on the 2Ut of the tame
month. -
SPANISH SHIPS. .
Principe d'Austurias, 113 wii" Returned
' to Cadiz Bay on the 21st Oct,, very much,
damaged, and a great number killed and
wo jii'led among the latter Admiral Grarina
and hi? Major (leiier?.! Esc mo, however (not
d.n crous ; on the niht -f the 22d her main
an.! hi'zs i masts were so crippled that they
rt'.L'J uvtrtf ard. '
Sunt s Anne, Struckjo Admiral Collirg
w'rxl, whoirunm-J her and took out her Ca;
tiiin, Adm.rrl Hula being wounded was left
by l' owi ch ice on bmrd ; btin- Tntircly
ditrmted and nngovernablc, she fell to neur
t'.e f n of Cadiz that she was re-taken on
the 25 J by the' squadron that went to sea for
lhntpiirpoi$,a:id brought into Cadiz harbor.
Pttrgtf, 00 gunt. Was much damaged in
the ae'io i, but cime into port on the night
of the 2 lit; on the 2 Jd, in the morning, she
got under way with several other ships, to re
tAe ths Saiitl Anna, which the British were
towing off; -and on the night of the 23d, not
being able to make the port she anchqred-a
b v.it 6 leagues distant, and it blowing very
hard she rolled her man (which were very
finur hi damaged) overboard i and was taken
next morning by (be British in sight of Ca-
.liz. ' '
Mow Co, San Juttn and Leand'o, All ar
rived at Cn.ii i on the night of the SUt, and
next mornitu', the S4n Li-andro, whue at an
(l.ori.i the mcuthofthe Bay, rolled away htr
mainitnd muenmasAs. r,- -
5ai Tranche it.UU. Came in the nijjlit of
the 2Cd, drifted a shnre in Cadiz Bjf, near
Fort Hi. Catalina, and It totnlly h-H ; the port
df the crew thnt was on board when she went
as ore ereatcri, having an Enghkh 1'iize
CrT.cer and men on lourd.
AVid'. Came In the morning of the 22d
dismas'cd, and driflrd a hoie n the nir ht d
the t.cir St. Catabna, and was totally
lvt, few vrd having an English Trite
OlTirt r tid men hoa-d.
Srt jTk.ii A fwr.fier.o San VJrphon'o, Ar
fie..:vf, end Sj'.jrr.a. All totally di. masted
wrd sunk in the poiui.ion of th FnIivh on
.e -w.
Miixinif, though the lower gave notice of
onerore !(mnitli ship being in povH)n of
the F.nnh'h, but ddN not mention her riftme,
aupp'xed to be the Santipima Trinidad, of
144 tuti.
FRENCH SHITS.
Pluttn, Came In the n'ht of (he lut.
l(feai, Canie h the mght .f the 2)l
h;i;i flni'.k to ard been m.nntJ by the
t vihrtni; totally difn.ifle l, and
i t,ive,iiib!e la the et f the ruht. the
F.f, g iheecmmiml toil Frerth
rn at4iii'n tHty Ihorl 1 tct be piifomfi
i v i .a Ibtp had abnve 3 0 kiiU.!,
tiiJ l.'t.ot-g iJiem A'lmiral Mjn.
- , tJ'a'W Jifmafled, Uiurk Di tj
i i.V: lTcil ja of tjf ths KnjU.l),
but drncf the ftiore and went to pieces
vrftatfSfttren tbejtiight of the alflf"
land every foul eXXtpt about 35 are laid to
K
ItcnrhptiwNepiunifSc Htrtt, all came
in otfihe nighr.ot tne-2i irmuch damaged,
and-are iaHtng foffuccpvr.:alL . t!t motth
ptthe Bay. ; r- ' .
LeAcWlt. B!owrn up during the ac
- .07 r 1
t ion, the roaior part oi tne crew taveu.
L'ArianauU. Came in ou the night of
the 21 ft. v ' ' '
L' Jirle. DtfmaRed, and in poffeflionof
the Enciith, but in diftrefs near Tor
re Gorda, faid to be got off and Coming-in.
Bueentaur. Admiral Viileneuve woun
ded, totally difmailed, and (truck to NeU
ion. The admiral and his Uapratn were
put on board a frigate, and the flaip man
red by a lieutenant and 8(J men. On the
night of the 22d, the (hip being totally
difniafted, was blown by the violence of the
wind towards the more, and anchored
near thcCaftle of St. Sebaftiaa ; next day
about an hour after the people were takeo
out, the went down.: Major General
Piigny, who was left on board by-Nel-foii,
is fitphtly wounded. At Cadiz, 400
men are reported killed on board this (hip,
and mo'l of the officers wounded." r
Intrepid Redoubt 'able, Monte-Blanco,
Dufraytrouin, Formidable, Sclpinn, Ber
iuick . and Swifture, Thefe ih i ps ar e
milling, but as it is known thit feveral of
them had ilruck to the Engli(li, it is Tap'
pofed they are in their poflelfion,
A report however prevails, that admi
ral Dumanond has elcaped with four tri-
1 he bodies of Admiral Magpn and
Captain Villigris, are reported found,
driven on the rlava between Cadii and
St. Patrick, where above 1000 bodies have
been driven on fhore. The whole beach
is covered with the wrecks of (hips.
The five frieaies and bri are return
ed without any material damage.
L'Aigle 11 laid to have ot off and- an
chored in the channel. .
Cadiz, 2$th Odder, 1805."
RALEIGH, December -to.
Dr. Aire?, from New- for lev. who has
lately explored feveial of our wellern
counties in learch ot gold, reports that
he has d. Covered gold in branches -and
creeks in the cojntitr of Cabarrus, Mont.
iromcry and Randolph in a North and
North Eall courfe, and ii the countiestf
Mccklenburgh in a South and South Wed
direction from the mine Ard found, where
none had ever been difcuvered before, ex
cept in three dr,four branches near Reed's
(the fir (I difcovery) in Cabarrus county.
A few pieces of gold intermixed w ith Hone
.have been round n the (urlace ot the earth
and fome ploughed up in moll of the faid
counties. , several ot the laid water cour
scs contain coufidcrable quantities of gold
dull, which, he fays, can be collected no
way profitably, but by wafhing the fand
will) a machine proper tor the pur pole, af
ter the firft or common wafhm, and
then by mixing mercury with the -fand
thus walhed, which will, unite with the
particles of gold,. and the amalgam there
by formed disunited, by fublimating the
fame in a fu it able furnace.
The following is an extract of a letter
from the Charge d'AuTui of the Unred
Stales at Algiers, to the ConCul f the
United States at Alicant, dated Algiers,
Sept. 4, 1805.
" On the 39th u'r. the f oldie rj rofe in a
hodv and murdered the Dcy (Muilaplu
Dalhaw) and his Tiime Miniflcr. Ha
iiiei, late 1 Secretary to his predccetlor,,
was unanimoullv conduced lo th palace,
proclaimed Dcy of Algiers. Nut a
life was loll except the above mentioned;
no fort of confufion enfued. . I have re.
newed our treaty with the prefer.! Dejr and
Divan according to cuftom. , V '
AINs, tranquil now, and the Moors
at the timHJalt wrote (in a ffate ot in
furicclion) have laid down their aKns
fir.ee the acceflion of th prefent Dcy to'
the fovercignty. lie is laid lo be a good
man 1 knew him well pievioui to his co.
miugintp power, as I did his officers, who
arrllnew,M
The following it an extract ot a letter,
Jaicd ChicLafaws, November 33, l8 c.
I have jud returned from the Chock
taws, w here a treaty was concluded on the
71b or i6h by which the U. S. have ob
tainrd a conlidcrable tuft of country ccn
rwcling the feitlements in Twmbigby with
thofe of Naichei and cuttinl off all com-
municstion between the Choctawi and
Spaniards."
I lie ceienratcd oeneral Miranda am.
ved at alhinttion City on Friday the
8th ii.d. "
A very unhappy, and In Its detail a e.
rf esiraorjirtary mlMinderflandu g I a ta
ken place in Upprf Looifiant, between
General Wilkii.fon, Governor rf that dif.
tti1, and ium'cfi i, the (ohabitants and
nfficenof the United Stales. Wi hate
received flafemcnis from boih panics, and
both agfte that the population is ditiJed
I, ttriHy into two panics ere of whom
Is in favor bl I.ijh lunt J energetic gotern-
merit and at the fame time profeflcdly anti-
jacobinical; the other tor moderate lcgiC-:
tattv? govern nent, we are too remote
from the (eerie qtdifpute, to render any
more than mere hi It or icai notice ot toe
factiV atrefenf ufeful. The proper trr- .
buoai in itxe tint laltance is at VVauimg
ton, where we have not the lead doubt
every attention will be paid to the cafe,
and fuch ltepi taken as may prefeive con
cord in focicty, lo very nccctfuy in that
quarter under the daily-aggrefGons which
we experience from, Spajo. durord. '
WILMINGTON-
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 180G, .
."SP
Captain Ryan who left Trinidad Dec:
l4ih, informs, that a few days before he sail
ed 700Q Negroes had revolted and efubodiod'
at Port of Spain with an intention of destroy
ing the place and committing a general mas
sacree of the whites ; that Marshal Law was
imouoiutely proclaimed; the troops and in-
uitoitants turned out, and the King ot the Ia
sufgents with 17 of .their ringleaders were
taken, examined and committed to pr'uon ;
but on the Uth at 4 o'clock, When cupuin
Ryan was under way, there was a general &-
larm fared and the blood nag hoisted
The bill foil preventing the i rhportation of
SAAXW , iatoj the State of South-Carolina,
W4 taken up in the Senate on Saturday the
uth ult.' and lost. .yks 15 Noes 16.
The Lciflature ot Georgia adjourned
on the'9'th ult. We Ssridcrttand that they
have pulled an act, jgvyingajax ot two
and a half per ceu6n the capital of the
branch bank of the United States in that
city ; and one half per cent, on bills idu
ed above their capital.
JDIED
On Saturday the 2th ult. at Bald-Head,
Mr. Samuel Long, aged 25 years. His
loss to the mercantile interest will be great,
to his relatives and friends irreparable, for he
was a skilful and very active Branch Pilot of
Cape-Fear a dutitful son, a loving husband,
an affectionate parent.
TORT OF WILMINGTON
KNTERKD, '
Brig Speculator, Little, 1 Liverpool
. Sch'r Hiram, Pepper, : -; rToint l'cter.
Sch'r Cynthia, Altj'ury, Nasxau, N. T '
Farmer, Milhken, . Barbadoes
Sloop Caroline, Hall, ' 'Boston,
in distress, bound to Charlestoni
Bowdoin, Wheeler,- ' Si. Thomas
New-Yoik Tacket, Coaens, St. Kilts :
Sch'r I'riendstiip, Ryan,
Trinidad '
St. Thomas '
Triuidad
Polly, Lunt, .
Brig Neptune, Story,
CLKAaxat
Sch'r Regulus, Coo!.,
Ship Mary, Kasden
Sch'r Iris, Arnold
Bii.Philip, Brown,
schooner Katy, Wood,
Barbadoes '
''.- ' Bermuda
' Barbadoes
Kingston, Jam.
D.tto
NASSAU, N. P. December 10.
The fch Caroline (belonging to Mbn-
nard and Lamb, ot Bolton, and charter
ed by John Rice) wi h 275 hhU. molaileS,
irvintne cay ot iiunua, 'in attempting to
make the llavanna, was fallen in with by
the armed fch. Mars, capt, Gibfuu. and
ft-at in here for adjudication.
own. i. lci vawcii prize 10 ine pri
vate Vellel of War, SecdwiH, Thomas
juiu.ivii, vouiiuauucr, arnicu 00 aatui
tlay.
Arrived on Thurfday in didrefs, thl
pilot boat. fchooner Mary-Aon, cat.t. li.
.alt f m a ' ,
i. jiarruou (vetlcl and cargo pclorigtr.g to
11. ri. rviumiurd. ot mw-lork, and
capt. d. UilJcn,on board the Ich.J bhe .
faileJtiom Cape Francois 1$ cays ago, ,
with 137,000 lbs. ot coffee, for New
York. Lai. 26 53, Iong'74 8, W. in a
fvcie gale, 5 days ago. Jolt her rudder.
and loiiunauiy made this port without
luHaiiung any other injury,
Abvtit 18 American velfcli were at the
Cape when the Mary-A on failed waiting
tor cargoes. Flour was then as low as
fix dollars a barrel '
Arrived on Sunday In didrefs the brig
Elizabeth Coats, capt. Elliot (belonging
to Timoihy Gordon; cf Newbury Tort
Mafs.) with 200 hhds. of moUiTcs. She
f.iled from St. Kins the !jb cf No.
vcmber for Newbury Tort Nov. 23, ex
perienced a violent gale, which did much
damage to the brig, and when In laf. 30
long. 71 wst forced to bear awiy fur ifui
port. They lod one man overboard na
med Juan Roufe.
Sloop Msr of rhlhdckhiJ, capt. Tit
ton,' (acloiigingto John CardnerandCo.)
IruruCtrthagena bound lothelIavanita,dc
tailed by the government fch. Decouvcita
Mr. Wtarecoinmaitdrr, arrived heie on
Sunday. She has gunpowder, Peruvian,
bark, hidci c ,
Deremtr 13.' .
The Lrif CharMte, (Ulmisitig to Walter
Steers, of I'rvudcncr, (U. I.) n.d chsntrt d
fitun l'hitadclphia by Mr. hKomker) Ut
Ncviut, on her return voytge from Nevitas.
1 Nov. 21 was fatten in win by the trivate
I vend of war, l)uVetf Xt4, rapt.' under
I woud, and btour.ht lu twr adjudicatieiu She
. I. as Migjf, fuHiie, cotton, 14 U,e gars, We.
wfr an election heldei the Bank of Ca!e-Fear. '
on the 6tk ittsU fr Directari thertety-far'tmjf
year, the f J If wing gentlemen tert dulyxUctta: ,
ueorge Hooper, William Campbell, John
London, Richard Bridley, Carleton Walker,',
Aaron Lazarus, J Joshua G. AVright," WU-
liam Giles, J) avid Anderson, JohaWiaslovri
Robert Donaldson; . -
, AMICES (VRliMTWnfitixG rotr. -
BACON per 100 lbs. J- ; 9 ; 10
Cvffee per IV ?.''';., ' ?' ? .'S5W. 3S .
Corn per bushel, 60.. ' 65.
-1 JMcaldo. ... . none
Flour per barrel, new 7 : if " i .
Uittoper half barrel, new
Lumber per M. plenty ; , 113 , . U ' .
W. 0. hhd. staves, . 25 . ; . .; :
' R. o. do. do. -do.. , "12 vr
VV. 0. bl. ; do. rough : 12 .,13
Shingles per 1000, , , 2 25 3 50"
Molasses per gallon -.40. .
Rum, W. I. pr. g. 3d p. ' 80 v
Jamaica do. 4th p. ' " 1 .
-N. LV do " 50-
far per barrel, v ; I 25
Turpenliiie, 2
Tebac'co per cwt.: 4 50..
Very cheap for cash,
rPHE subscribers are selling oft their ex-'
tensive assortment of Goods, at reduced
prices j amongst which are Ship Chandlery,
Cordage,' Groceries of all kinds, Flour, Ship'
Bread, Pease, Beef, Bee Wax, Tallow,
Butter. '-
Bills on Glasgow or London, by
' ANDERSON V JONES. -
January 7. '
Sheriff's Sale. - .
Will be Sold, on 'luesdqy the With of lebruarj
next, ....... ' . . .
1 Lot in the town of Wilmington,
On Frout-sfreet, No. 18, to satisfy an exe
cution in my hands, Benjamm Smith and o
thers against the heir of James Ruad.
'Also, Thf Lease upon the House and Lot
at the comer of Market and Second-streets,
to. satisfy an cxecutiou iu my hands, William
Campbell against Bernard Laspeyre.
v R. SLAG ROVE, D'j Shf. -
January 1,1S06. . '
1 11 m
Sheriff's Sale.
" Wilt be Sold, on Monaay the 1 tfwrenf,
A' likely young Negio Wench
Named Pegy, to natibfy an execution in
my hands the uJ.niniurators of A. llostlar
vs. the heirs of Henry HaUey.
R. MOORE, Shf,
,ftilmittton. Jan. 2, lb06.
STRAYED, "
FROM Col. A.hc's Catflih plantation, on,
the I6ih DcC. last, a-, trull Bay Mare?
She was ribed in Faycttevillc,by Mr. Thomas '
Matthews,- and is ubout five years old, hcr
hind feet whue, and tail docked. ' '
I will generously reward any' person for,
delivering her to tne in Wilmington, or givV
ingiuformauon where she is."' '
WILLIAM DICK. '
Wilmington, January 7, 1806. '
. ASSIZE OF DREAD,
Regulated bj the Town Commitiiontrt of
Wilmington, '
When the price of Flour
loaf
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Is
Is
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V)t,
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33
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31
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IS
16
IS
is $1 3-4 and net over 5
S . and under
.5 1-3 and do.
$ 2-3 and do.
5 1-3
5 2-3
6
M
7
8
9
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0
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7
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lid do.
and do
nd do.
and do.
and do
and do.
and do.
and do.
A triti CoPtfron the Tovn Book,
t v. mun-'T -f
..,.i.
, Duember 24, 1805. . '. - C
.. 1. TOBL60LD- '
THAT well known and v limbic Mill
Seat on Holly Shelter, about thirty
miles from Wilmlnien.'hte the property
of Co!. John P. William' in fjtuatiorj
is healthy and sgreeshle,' there It on tha
premlfes a two itory Dwelling, Kitchen,
and other out Houfcs the dream is knowa
td be equal to iny la the Stste, with a fet
of Mills a little out of repair, she Grid
Mill in good order. ' .The terras of f!
may be made known by application 10'
Roger Moore, Sheriff of New. Hanover
Countjr, or Robert Dwi.'cv, merchant,
Wilmington. ,
December, 1I05.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A CAREFUL Fcrfoa well acqosintrl
with the management of a Rice-Field,
10 overlook about Forty Hands. A fingbj
Man wins eta read and write, being well
recommended for fob rid 7 end indodry,
will meet with good f ncouragemer.t by ap
plying in the lubTcilbcr near Wilming
ton. None but fuch at can come well
rccomiueted teeJ ipp'y.
JAM US WALKER."