this act for tTeawwlIe time, eAinsidera- fj
tions of justice, amity, and the public inter. It
est. - TH? Jr.FFERSON -
.December 3d, 1806. t -v , . ;
In consequence of this message a bill iras
next day reported, for suspending the act pro
hibiting "foe importation of certain British
manufactures, which, His supposed will im
mediately pass, into a law Committees have
been appointed on the diffcrenV parts of the
President's message! nd the usual standing
mmmittcM have alio been appointed. Mr.
J. Clay is named chairman of the committee
f ways and means. . '". ,
COMMERCIAL ;
The American trade with the BritiuV
Weft-Indiacolonies has hcretoiore been
carried on'under the reftriftions of the
Proclamation of the different Govern
ors, iorft mentbs continuance : We now
find,-Nhat an aft of Parliament has been
pjffid takirg the power from the Govern
ors, and placing it in the King, in Coun
c! who have iflucd an order for permit-
ling ll)C lrUC, ivi iwovj rnvniu niv
17th of Sept. ifo6, to ports where cuf-tom-houfes
are eftablilhed ; and confining
the articles to flaves, lumber ol all forts,
and the different kinds 6i piilfe, grain,
fltur, and fjl), under the denomination of
urovifions. There appears a material dif.
WILMINGTON.
v. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1 80.
' Arrived heri . on Sunday evenings the slocp
Georgeeqptain Fejpler, 5 days from Ncw-YorX,,
Came passenger the Rev. Mr Fori, an, an Epis
copalean Clergyman, on his way to Charles
ton, S.C. y V' " '
By the; above arrival we received the following
. Important foreign newsc
fcrence between the Prtclamatitns above
referred to, and the Orders of the King in
Council, which if we are correft in our
conrtru&ion of ihern, i of importance. to
thofe concerned in the trade: The Pncla
valient always pointed out the different
articles which wereadmifli )le, and decUr,
ed thar vellcls bringing anyother than fuch,
would be feid ; and listed that raw and
moLiJ'es would only be permitted to be ta
ken in return. The productions admitted
were fuch as we have mentioned above; but
the Orders of the King fay, "flavet, lum-bi-y
on J all fcrts of trvift:nst (excepting
beef, peri aniTu!tir) are permit ted.' We
tiring ihare are feveral. kiiuls ot 4rprovifi-
. n.s: .which maybe lent in additttn to the
ulualor.c?, not tab: ranked with the excep
tions ; and for returns we are allowed to
. bring the protfucTion of the Colony
except cceoa, ofee, agar, ee'.tin 6 indigo"
' We may lately iherctore, add to ne ulual
ones, feveral others fuch as piments, dpt.
U'sodi, biliJ.dcMxhc On'ers (tilTei from
the rioclamaucns in having nopcnalty at
tache! to ihcm. The commercial regiiU'
t:oi sfor the Wefl Ud'es are extended o the
licw corHj'iered colony of Baems ,Ayrtr.
.For. Liverpool,
i I he new and last sa
schooner . .
SCUDDER.
E. Scuider, m!er t will
sail on the 30'. h inM. Can
: take 3.1 bales of Cotton on
freight. For terms or p.
s.2e, bavins superior accommodation, an
ply to N. W. Rubles, No. 2, H. Bradley's
vrhaiT.
December 23, 1 206.
FOR SALE,
A sirci. ba:vlsomc Chaise and
Iia.!ic i northern made,
Also, a Young Horse.
E i Tire of the sucriberj nest door to
the MahoUUl Chmch.
Joshua Wells.
Wilmington, Dec 23. tfp75c.
Found this" Evtning,
. At tkt Rxl Sprinf ),
An English made Silver Watch
" Theonntr miy have it bv pilyiinto
J. II. Campbell.
. Dec'22. i
Bank of Capc-Fccr.
THE Stock llaUfr afs hertby nificd,
thst the Aiiftual MecUrif !ur lctin;
Directors will 1m he! T at the Hank on Mtn
day the Sih Jtiiutry n at. Illection to com.
m-pcest Ho'tltKk inhc fortnoon. Stock.
)i'Ulersmsy ft in rrviior by proiy, be.
in a Stnk-hnllr, rmicsmy be conuitu
ted by delivery of ibe Keceitor JWrip, 0 r
Vtdrnce H .StdcktttHe pcrvio intendrdto art
I'roiy, or by fowtt ma It and executed in
manner and f irm as fulliws t
State rf Kttth-Co'tsinj,
t , cwnrr of
Jhirtilnlht Bank fCspf lear, rlohertly.
pjwJnt wy JHoty.towKf if l)irtc
tociof ail tliftk at tn Aoul Mtttir i
It htUoti Moodsy tk c( Jtofy, V60T,'
with power sta tw my Mid i'rasy ta ap;o(nt
a tutaitute ba cr by dikvcry and n.
., qrfument hfio(toliJsubtUul. .VHnt
hiui sal sU lW . ' 119
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it U4tnJ4tittrtl , ;.
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, A JotJnu Potts, Cashier.
DsvtmWr tU
; ATM-Toxgi (People's Friend) Dee. 9.
' The ship Eugene in 57 days from Amster
dam, arrived at this port to-day, and brings
the last intelligence from the European con
tinent. On the 9th f October hostilities
commenced between France and Prussia
the battle lasted nine days the French were
successful. On the 17th they entered Berlin
Prince Hohenloe is stated to have beerT
wounded Prince Ferdinand and the Duke of
Brunswick to hare been killed 25,000 Prus
sians are said to have been killed 100 pieces
of cannan taken the Russians were on the
frontiers but retrained from engaging.
- December 10. . .
WE mentioned yesterday, that intelligence
had been received ot the deieat of the Prus
sians by the French army. We are not pre
pared to say that the intelligence is correct
to the extent to which it has gone. There
is however too much cause for apprehension
that the Frenchhave been successful, although
it may not be true that they have been sue
cessful to the amount which has been men
tioned. It may be that the forces of Buona
parte have conuuered in iome instances, but
it may not be a fact that they have Uken as
many prisoners and killed as many men as'
the Dutch accounts would make us believe.
. Let us see what these accounts state', and
the American reader will determine the de
gree or credit which is due to them. We
do not say that they are entirely untrue, but
we say that we hope that they are not correct
to the extent of the statement.
We will give in a summary way the va
rious accounts which have been received.
JTht Hague papers of Oct. 17, say That
more than one desperate action had been
fought hetweeu the armies" That Prince
Louis Ferdinand brother to the King of
Prussia, and commanding one of the bri
gades was killed, and that a great number
of prisoners and 3 ? pieces of cannon were ta
ken. The Hague papers do not say when or
where this battle took place. But they state
in consequence of this happy event the royal
flag has betn hoisted this (lay upon the obser
vatory." 4
. The London papers of Oct. 26, in remark
ing upon this intelligence, state ,
From this meagre account, it is impos
sible to derive any certain information.
Neither the scene of the action, nor the dtf
when it took place, nor the names or the num
ber of the divisions engaged, nor any details,
in short, which could ensble us to form an o
jinjon respecting the truth or falsehood of
, the intelligence, are given. We have onl;
the bare assertion that several engagement
have taken place between the French ant
Prussians, the results of which have been do
ci 'erf'y in favour of the former. Withotf
venturing to contradict the general fact, wi
mar be allowed to observe, that it is rathe
extraordinary nothing of this intelligent!
should have transpired at Hamburgh on thi
17th, wh'ch is almost. one hundred m;lfi j
rifsrer the scene of action than the IWpuq'I
u;!Vini; this disastrous affair to have oo
cifTtd tube left wing cf the Prussian arm.
A few dys, or hours, ptr'iaps, will put us 11
r-w"un of tlir truth. Let us hope, in the
f rt 1 Ikc, that this Dutch version of the aC
f.ir i l.i?1ily eiartiterstrd. S me little ar
tifice may he justified by the state cf the pub
lic min I h llotlscd j an1 in whatever rvgsrds
tl.e pisert campaign. houM the surceases
1 of the respective armies be at all balanced,
t e should irive just the same degree of ere
1 dit to the Monitsur and tbt Caictte of King
I .nuts. . ... . .
There Is ininromUtcnry between the "ac
counts In the Du'ch papers, of the move
ments of the armies, and those which we
hare received by the way of Hsmburf,h It
is mentioned in a.i article from Franliort.
of the I Ilka lnt. that the Trine of llohen
r"he' corps had advanced tore-occupy Hat
'rtt'.h, sil.iU his own Utter date j Jim, the
lOtV, inserted in tbt JlamhrjK Ctfrti
Jrntt, would Induce us to aoppo. that he
was filing b'nek upon the centre or he Prus
sian army. It Is probable, hTwever, that t
Rtntrst enesgmient has' been fought, as
unntpsrti had ctVtithed his hesd-quartf r
at Rronsch, near the Nnhtnt eitrsr<y of
Dayreu'h, on the th of this month. , ,
J The Hamburth f aprrs ssy. that hostilities
fogsnen the tih, but that no sfT.ir oflm-p-.fttn(t
tok j'ice until the 10th or llth,
when sif they,
"A s)try warm action wss fo:ebt at SiaL
Ml. Piince IxmjIs I'srdinsnd, who com
mand," aftd the French were estimated at
20,000.. In the end, howe vet-, the enemy
prevailed. Prince Louis was kiUed, the pas
sages of the Saal forced, and the Prussians
compelled to retreatr with the loss of sever- .
al men,, and some cannon. These are the
most authentic particulars Avhich we have
been able to extract from the Mail respect
ing the Tesult of this first a fTairy which was
produced by an attempt of the French to
ruin the right wing of the. Prussians and
destroy the considerable magazines which
they had formed at Naumburg,
" The enemy (continues the Hamburgh
papers encouraged by this firft fuocels,
pre fled forward with their characteriftic
impehiofity, which brought on anaclion,
in which it appears that a large proportion
of the refpecUve armies was engaged. We
cannot, from the accounts brought by the
Mail, afcertain the day on which this bat.
tie was fought, but the refult of it is Ra
ted to have been decidedly in favor of the
Pruflians. Upwards of 20,000 French are
reported cither to have fallen in, the field,
or to have been made prifoners. The of
ficial account had not reached Berlin when
the poft for Hamburgh left that city, but
the fadV is placed beyond all doubt, by a
fhort note which was received from her
PruffianMajefty."
On the morping of the lath ((ay the
Hamburgh papers) an action was fought
in which the Prince Hohenlohe was fuc
cefsful. .
" It is probable (fay they) that a feries
of a&ions took place up to the 14th, when
the general engagement was fought, the
relult of which has been unfavourable to
the Pruflians."
.1 he Hamburgh papers then go on to
flare that the Pro (Tun Queen had taken
fhelter in Cuftrin fthis is a town on the
Oder, 48 miles cj(1 of Brandenburg. 1 The
H .L - 1
loiiowing is me amcie t .
HAMffUXG, Oil. 21,
The Queen of Prudia arrived at Ber
lin on the 17th, and on the day following
departed again for Stettin, or according to
other accounts, tor Lultrin.
We now come down to the 13th, when
the Hamburgh papers (late that on that
morning the caemy (meaning the rrul
fian) "only Waited for the log U disperfe
to commence a general action. , A divifmn
of 50, coo men intended to taVethe defiles
of Kocfon, to cover Naumburg, hut was
prevented by Marflial Davnull. The two
other divi lions So, oco men in number to-
order of battle in front
9
J Atrysrm action wssfosijbtat SsaL 11 ber of 150,000 1 tUy loft aoo pieces cf
tiU. l ance ljbu lirdmsnd, who com II ctnrvvo. andjoitan! 01 colours, txueei
rnamled an a.'s-soce d ef the ltd sriaa; II 1 8,000 prifoMfl of war, 1 Th Dukt of
, ALMANACKS for 1C07,
lor a!c at thc"lrimu.Ofiirc.
gether, drew up in
tof the French line.
The fog covered both artniei for the
f pace of two hourj; but when it cleared
up the two armies had a view of each o-
lbr the niltance i a cannon (hot.
" The enemy 1 army was numrrous, &
exhibited a haedfume l ody of cavalry : his
marceuvrrs wet: executed with exatnefs
and Iwiftnefs. Having made an advance
on our left vtirc, Marlhal Angenau wai
chargec to inrow nun nacK again , ana in
Icfs than an hour (he attack was general.
From a Co, 000 to 3 0.000 men, with 7 or
800 piecei of cannon, fpread death every
where before tnrm, ana exnioitej a very
raie fpedacl. Tho Emperor always kept
a flrong body of rtfcfvc with him, beCdes
his Imperial guard.
At this Interefling trifif, adivifinn of
French cavalry armed alfo, and formed a
line of battle in referve, in ronjuncViori
with the above. The whole body now ad
vanced, and together with the main army,
ifoon threw the enemy Intoconfufton; they
tock poll again but were completely
tou'ed, by a frefli attack frour. the Duke
of Berg, with hit heavy horfe and dra-roons.
The refult of the battle the taking
of 10.000 nrifeneri.' 15 or Hand f co
lours, and 300 pieces of cannon. bcCJci
rnsgsrlnes and (lores'.
The enemy It fnppofed to have lo(! aj
nt no. 000 killed ard wounded. General
Mi l eodorf, and Prince Henry of Pruflif,
ire wosi nded. The Duke of Bruofwlck
and General Ruchcl are killed.
Our loft It ellimsted at 1000 or I loo '
iei I, and 3000 wounded"
We now cocae down to the battle of the
14th, which we believe Bay have been
confounded wtih the battle of the 131b, U
Phat iht re la only detail of the other,
of this battle the Harobargh paptri under
the head of Jc d , Ocl 15, lay
BATTLE OF 1ENA.
'Jina, Oct. 15 (5orclxk, a.m.)
Tbe battle of Jena, fought jeflerJjy,
It one of iha inaft mcmoratle In hiflory.
" The rruuiaas amounted to the nun.
" MaYfhal Davoufl, who was Rationed
in the narrow paflage of Koefen, and be
fore Naumburg, left the enemy no time
to tarry ; he" fought the whole day, ant
threw more than oojooo men into cohfu-
(ion, which were commanded by M Ollen
dorff, Kalkreuth, . and" the king fn perfon.
" The. UueehofTruuia was put fueJ by
a troop of horfe. She was obliged to take
fhelter in Waimar, and three hours before
our advanced polls arrived there, Hie had
fled from thence, (he took a road which
was full of our troops, and it is therefore
very likely that (he . has been overtaken.
Our troops reached Watraer in th
evening, purfutog the rear.guard of 'the
enemy on the left flank ; on the left Alar
(hal Davoult purfued them as far as Ncu
fiad. His head-quarters were at Kikardf-
berg this morning. It is fuppofed that
the enemy is endeavouring to collect hie
forces on the fide of Frankcnhaufen, in or
der to reach Magdeburg. The enemy
mud have fuffcred a terrible lofs, which
will not be afcertained until late. ' Six of
their Generals are prifoners of war, be
fides a great number of colonels.
MARRIED, on Tuesday the 2d instant,'
Mr. JahssPxarsell, to Miss NanctKxrr j
both of Duplin County. , ,.
On Tuesday aSd ultimo, Mr. Wtt-'
li ak Wbight, son of Major Jamea Wfighfi
of Duplin, to the amiable Miss Racuasl
WuiTFisLD,daughterof the Reverend Lewie
Whitfield o" Lenoir County.
On Thursday the 4thinst. Mr. Abra
ham Herring to Miss Susanna Blackmabt
of Sampson county. ,
On the 1 1th inst. Mr. War. Jones to
Jemima Giddoss andon the same day Mr.
Isaac Gibdans to Miss Fame Futck; all
of Wayne county.
CUSTOM-HOTJSE iyiMJtilQN. .
sjT'. Entered'
Dec. f 6--rf Perseverance, tftlson, Antigua;
with rum and fruit to Gcutier tt Co.
Brig Trial,' Patterson, Havanna, with molasses,
sugar and coffee to Gaulicr V Co.
Noy. 20 Sloop James) Hervey,- Barnstable,
tuith molasses.
Nov. 23 Sloop George, Fowler, Pfev-Tork
Brig Hamilton, Harding Barladoes with run
to Gautier tJ Co
Clearer
Not. 1 6 Schooner Polly, Stlltv), Janaic
' 7 Schooner Aurora, Allenx Kcw-Torlci .
18 Schooner. flaanah, Eldridge, Jamaica
. 9Brig Nvptune, Cook, West-IndUo
,20 Schooner JIarmony, Nye, Barbadoet
. Pryal, Barker, ditto
Kingston, Jam. ttovt 18.
Arrived brigs Lasher, DorrctI, ew.Torkj
Eliza, Taylor, Charleston ; Schr,- Trial, Pat
terson, Ncvbtrn,
. Noc. 1 1 Siip Itry roler, fircram, ' Aftp
Yrk &dayl, wtth Jour ; Brigs John, Martin,
Alexandria, 15 Jays, with four and bread 1 Eli.
Id, Perdition, Nv-Yrk, 19 days, with lumber
ondfsh. The same day orrited the American
Brigt Fortune, llorrison, from Cuba bound to
Philudt lphia in ballast i detained by his Jfajcs-
ty's Frigate Success, : fair Creole, Smith, from
BourJeau to Htw-Orteans, with wine. .
tf the Pn'isim armr, wss stationed at that
town to defend the pastime of the nal
Ills orders, It is said, were to maintain- Ms
prnlUfMi to tV.e last titrtm1ty,fof the 0ir.
jme tf afffn!iftf; the lrirvre of I !ber,Mt
an epponoft'ty d tucsjiintr; a bM tneve
went wtiWh be bsJ plaaned fsimt the riikt
wirif of the evtny. Triiire Ioais bravely
fiftformtd Ms duty, defeftdincj the Mftde
durirf the gttstet psrt ef the day scln at a
forte thrve timet more nertvr"qt ihaq bit
vwa 1 be a J only iooo raa voder bit um
7.
tlreefsiick and Roche! are killed. Tibet
Heary of PruftTa la badly wounded., A
great cumber ol Uenersu, beudei mtn
oiTiciif of rank, are wounded. The k(
el the French army li. comfarativelv.ln.
finitely lefs 1 yet we have In the bofpiiaU
of Jiru, taoo weundeJ, arwi In ihofe of
NaemtAirg I oo. Tbere it no other te.
rtal UHtd on 00 r fart, but. a generalef
Diljae, DtHy, a brave man. TeeFtmh
aim; hat axejeirti grut loit
Not. 22. Tho Brg Favourite, Gaul, from
Philadelphia, is arrived at St. Ann's Bay. ,
On the 4th tnst. on the east edge of the Gulph
the Favourite fell in with the wreck oj the Brig
Sj.'r, Wheeler, from St. Jago-Ue-Cuba for New.
Ytrk, which cverset in a gale of wind four dayt
before. Ixvs men wet token off the wreck
The captain, mste nd rest of the crew are sup
posed to have fcr'uhed.
The Brig Summer, Fisher, from Korfelk, end
Sckr. FitinpSun, Jackson, from I dent on, hoot
arrived ot Port Maria.
Not. 25 1 tailed Ship Charlotte, Pclhon,for
WilningtM.
ITr understand, though the marine inteUigenco'
f'om rorURoyal dot not mtntioA tt i that hit
Majesty's Frigate Resistance of 54 jjmi, eopt
, Adams, had anchored yesterday evtmnr at Port.
R010J, with dispatehet to hit Honor the Lifut,
Governor nothing had at jet transpired, kut tho
disagretohlt . report vat spread that .Bmenot
Ayret had been retaken by the Spasuardn
TRICES CVRREirr-WiimttcTorr.
Dit. Ciu DU.L11.
BACON per 100 Ha. ....
Cottcn per lb.
Coffee per lb.
Corn per bushel, .
Meal do
Rice,
Tobacco,
Hour per baml, new
Ditto per hau barrtJ,
Lumber per M.
W. 0. bhd. staves,
R. o. do. do. do
W. o.bU do. rough
SVinclesper 1000,
Sufar per csrt ,
Molasses per fall on
Rum, W. l.pf.j.idp.
Jam aica do. 4ib p,
N. E. , do
Tar per baml,
Turpentine, . .
. FOR SALE,
if p plied for within Jot or tit dart,
The iuunch fat tailing IHL'OOP
Y GEORGE, '
K9 lying at Market WbarC ,
. 11 . Ruttel Fowler.
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20 :o
30- . 3Jf
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