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17 1 it ... , ' ' - ' them announce, that theacha of Dsmafcushas totally defeated the Arabs alli6d with. Buonaparte, who wifti ed to plunder Daraafcus.. The other, two left "Joan d'Acre May ioih, and con dim , the. defeat of the French: arid that the cannon taken from them have been brought into that fortrefsand Ghezar 'Pacha ha'd . advanced thirteen leagues from Acre. " r''" LONDON June 23. Admiralty-Office, June 22, 1799. ' "' E:ttraa of a letter' from tab!. Sir W. $K Smith rto Mr Nepcan, dated Tigre, of Tribsli in Syria, : the 2 d of yjprttf 1 799 .-. .1 beg leave to tranfmit for the information of ray lords commifiioncrs of the admiralty, a copy of my re port to 4the right hon. Earl St. Vincent, of late events in this quarter. . : 7'tgre, off St. John d Acre, the 2 id March , '99. my lord, I hate the honour to inform you that, in confequence liiqxpce from the Qmr Pacha, governor of arfipn pt general J uonaparte s arm y v"" muu. -jifyviuctr u do approacn to us capital, Hcre'J a(tch6d with a portion of the natf'el force un - aer tuf er tO;itsrelicf, and had the fatisfaftion to iy there twciday before the enemy made his -ap., jearance. Much was done iitthis interval under the dtre&ibn of capt. Miller, of the Thefeus, and col Phe lypeaux, towards putting the place in a better date ef rtdefencc, to refift the "attack of an 'European atnfv : r Jpfl the prefence vof a Brftifli naval force appeared -, to "-encburage and decide the Paeh?. and his trpops to make a- vigorous rtuftancc. V me enemy's advanced guard was di&everfd at the foot of Mount, Carmel Ik the night of therr 7th , by the T.igreV guard boats ; thefe troop not expecting to pimd a naval force of any description m byrta, took up their, ground clbfe to the waterside,, and were confe- rjuentlyexpofecV-o-the -fircf-gfapHhotfrmthc -hoa t ? whichprut'them to Vtftfou tJm e-t n (1 4 nM twopence upon them, and obliged them to retire preepitatelyup ' rem tie NewTork Gazih Mr. LANG, , - As the real caufe of the refonation of that truh valuable ti'ul gallant officer ,Capt. ' TRUXTO.yi,' V generally mtfuh derjlood. I fend you the annexed, coty v f a letter J rorn that.venthfnan. eivclofint a candid flatcmeniof 'bis cafe -rom btmfelf. ' ONE OF YttUB READERS. .Arett- tV2, ;Aug7 1 jT'' - the ikle of the Mount. Ihe mainbcKiy of the.army landing the--road between ' tire Tea-'and Mount Cartttd t- thus exDbfed. came in bv tliat of the Naartth. and in. i veitea tire town or Acre to the eatt. but not without ' . being much : harraffed by the -Samaritan Arabs, who are - . even more inimical to the French than Egyptians, abd better armed ' As the epemy. returned our fire by m'B&ets i4y,it was evident ihat they hadnot brought can inn with them, which were 'therefore to be ex peeled by fca atid meal ures were taicen accordingly mt intercept iirg tnem ; the Thfeus was already detached ofFjafta (Joppa ) - The enemy's flotilla which came in from fca, fell in: with and captured the Torride, zv.d w3& "corning round Mount Cajmel, when it was difcoyjfd. from tlie Ti gre, cbnfifting-cf a corvette and nine mil cf gun-veffels ; on feeing us they hauled off. rlhe alacrity oh the fhipVcompmy tzi rr.ing fau atter them was highly praifeworthy ; our guns fpon reached thxGUAnjlfevch,- h'il,' itryck;-- the"corvette, containing Buonaparte's piivaie proper ty, and two fmall vcfltls efcapeel, fince it became an object to fecure the prizes without chaifimr ' further ; Itheir cargoes, Jcry; ammunition, platlorms, &c. dcftined "fo.r-thejiege- of Acre, being trraci) wanted for its defence...- 1 he prizes were accordingly anch&red off the town, manned from the (hips, and immediately employed in hairaf ling the enemy's pods, impending its approaches, and Covering ' tlie Hii Y of aieiter from Caot. Trttxton to a irentleman in jSlcw-Yorkrnclofing one from' him, t a gentle-, .man in-. Norfolk. , - - Perth-Amboy, lth Augtift, 1 799. . My Dear Sir ! ... I WAS fo bufily employed on board the Connella tion, arranging matters for fea, when jour letter came tohand, that I could not then find time to '-fwer ; and frnce I landed here, lad from Sandy -Hook, i.vc had but few moments in whih I !mvc fuuuU .inylclf ifengaged in matters that rna.itnady con ti n sue -SiP. X'tv .:.i;uect p -:;tny rciignat on, a s. 1 1 ,va s m nc x pefted,; ,! have received a vduni of letters, .making 'as to the cauie lo-aMiwertnernaiLai iuii enquiry 4cng-th,weruld be .conftant employment for a. week ; therefore,' I. ericlbfe you a copy of one anfwer, vntteii to a friend omjiieat Norfolk which I expei will juf-." tify my conduitvto you and him. . ' ' : I. do not thinlJl (Kail vilU New-York until I rcturii from a ftioit tout I contemplate-making in the counnj , mei ely lor the lake ot cxcrcile, .when .l.jaau.oe nppy to fee you. In the mean time let me hear from you and believe meal ays yours, With real fnertdfhifvnd eftcem, THOMAS TRUXTON. (COPY.) . : f Nev' 7erfy, . Aug. 19, 1799. . DfA.R SlR, ;C-l-ave rcerved-yoiefterypBA.R KOWftcr'-j whom I delivered up the comraatKl ut the Confttllation in-the road of Sandy-Hook, la(l evening. As you have., reqneftcd of me a Uatement of the caufe of my" refig- nation as far as I could confidently give it, I will tea- , dily comply with your defirc, for 1 can, cohfifUnUy ' rekre the whole caufe, and every circumltnce of u? there being nothing in the dark ; and 1 am not afham- ed of any part ofjmy conducl No, Sir; H put all my cnenwes at.dchance Ferth-Amloy, off his lupplics of provifions conveyed coafivvifs. They have been condantly occupied in thefe fervitees . fur thefe five days and nights pad ; and fuch lias been the zeal of their crews, that tney requcded not to be 'relieved, after mainy hours exccflivc labor at their guns ., and ozrs.i, ' I am forry td Cy that we hve'metiUrfdmc'1ofsT' ns per inclofed Ult, which Ivcw-cver, is -balanced, by " jjreaier on tfce part of the enemy. By the encour iigetnentigiyery to the TuikiHi troops from our examr ; pie, and by tlfe time that is gained for the arrival, of a Tuflicicnt -force to. render IJuoiwparte's whole project ,. r.bottive. I haVc-had reafon to be perfectly fatished -vith the gallajntry and perftverance of lieuts. Buhby', " Ingltfield, lCiiig'i.t, Stokes,and lieut. Burton, and mcri Under their orders. 1 . I have the honor to , ' . , ;: (Signed) W'JS ID KEY SMITH. Tls lid (fxhibrts a lofs of four middiipmrn'and - sight . fcaincnkilled ; and one midfhipman and twenty-fix feamen wounded. . .- . , . Total lofs of the French feven gun boats, thirty four guns, md two-hundred and, thirty 'ight t men, " ' Thefe gun-boats weraloadcd, befides their own com-' pii riven t j yhh battel ing cannon amminiitiri and eyery rJ;ui orfiegcTqu before , .Acre. ' "': " ... - ' '. . , 1 ; X K X K k XXX X. XK X X X K X X X .r, 'HE debts of evcrVrdercriotion "-owine to Tam.es C. Gorham. bV'the inhabifantsof Wakerounty, liaye lat cly been jjfpl acrd irr-m yh ind for-collefiiou- 1 In the year i igi, an Aft of Congrefs was paffed for building fix frigates, for a particular purpofe, which aft fet forth j that, in cafe of a peace taking place between the United States and the Regency of Algiers, all further proceedings fhould ceafe under that Titt. conicqiicncc or lh law, im captains were appointed, and the operations commenced for building the fliips, under the luperiiiteiHlancc of a captain to cacn frigate ; but fome time after the work had pro grtfled confidefably, the peacfe, reliiidtcd the further proceeding of building, took place, and the whole bu linifs was' Hopped nyrt cable to Law : bi"'aiibtb"ef :U"t, after a drugglu'in the Houfc of leprefeutativt' was foon pad,; einpoirering the .Prfideto.oniinue the buiUling of three frigates, andvpay, and, rations, were provided for the captains only ; and thofc thiec .Barry.,:r-iolt4fiTruxtoil)7 and theijt-cammimns numbered, 1. 2. 3. in the a bove'order, and Kegi dercd "accordingly by . dircd ions of PiefiJeut Wafliington. The pay and fubfidasce of, "the other thrta (as they had become deranged officers) then ecafed, until the affairs of the nation called for' a 11 -a ug men t a t ion of-thena yaLarm am en t .i n 8 j when the Prefident nominated them a fecond time to the Spiater-who gave advice and ccyifent to their ap pointment ; confequeruly their com mifllons could only bear.legal date, in my opinion, ; from that time, there being no permanent naval edablidiment and their fird appointmcr.t having died a natural death, with the law that gave btrth to theixi..:.,, ,-PJ ;;L,; ' nrMjs It may again be faid, as it has been argued, that the fufpenfjon of the funftions of ari officer, is no de privation of his ofHce; or that (Ivakiiig down the apples- is riot cuttinaf down thettee. - This is all true, and Which t am ready td fhevv if crcciTary, ard to prove T bot this is rot all, I am finally Jeft to commence a new employ roe.i'. tj arid to ftt afide all the arrapgemeiits I had made for fpendir.g my life, in a fcrvicc I wss de voted to. . . . But, Sir,- k was much better for rr.e to Le thus ch??rihed and crer2ried, in profptdls 1 had in vkw, and to hiffer a nvultitule tifdiffd vantages, . other than I ha numa-lid than one title of my hocor Ihcuid be tinged, by fufcmittirig. with tsmtnefs and puftiaiVi-'-mityto.that injuftice which I fed injudict, which , every palpitacion of my foul tells ire, is inccrrprehcri fiblc t -n't, fir, I fw ear, by that Icrg frier.dfhip that has fublillc-d bttv e'en us, that I fliall forevtr feel, as a true American oii? lit to feel ; and the lad htp "tl my blood, 1 will rcctiiiy fpU, at any time, by fea or lane,, for' the prcfervation juf the; honor, and -inured of rr.y j; latcfpl country,'for fuch 1 acknowledge to have fcui.d it to me, m a vhncty oi inuar.ccs oui one exception has feparated me from its fervicc. "- It would, at thu tune, perhaps be improper me to comrnunicnt to you, anyopinions of the rrrs'of the roverrimtnt that avt rome to myTcnow. ledge, on the lubjcctin quejipnfJ tljall, tticretore, only fay j that in a It-ttcrffom the tcrftar;y of the Navy to medaud thc i3h June laff regi'lter ftands BarvyTfux cholfon, on 'cmplaymcnt on fnore, aiid is fatifehed." This gentlem0n"(th? Secretary) haj, behaved through out the whole, bufinefs, with the feelings of a truefol dier, on the yery delicate fubjeft before ust and it is due td hiuiphat iackno vfedg-it - - - - - v 4 I am, with fentiments of regard, your friend and vely humble fervan. :' . ... - (Signed) . THOMAS TRUXTQN. , " FromtheBofl6nCeninelofAugijl i. " v. - It appears by the Infpruck (Tyrol j accounts te - j mrept h"t hyr G e neral ;P i)-thcJifprfed fuuatibn-of the Imperial divifions, frssn advanced from. the Tufcan territories towards the Po; and has even attempted to pafs that river, after. pof feffing himfelf cf Parma, Raggio and .Modena.'- 'I'hif olFenfife attitude we think mud be of momf,ntuiry con' , tii tianfe-e ; for we are airured-that-Gtnefrat bel'egarric is in tjnick , march to meet him, while the Generals, ivleiiu'n, Utt and, f lohenzoliern were concentrating thtirdivifions tocomptl him to fome decifive meafurs. No additional movements of moment have been made. The Audr.Lns'fi ill hold the erect attitude of the vicloiioti aTTailant ; while MfTcna "exhibits the .fird -traits-of maitcrly defence,waiting the tardy reii forccmenrs from Fiance. The wburr-Por-t arrival makes nc mentfon, as we have feen, of the arrival of the TmlFfreVi at" Gel noa. But on perufing' cur Hamburg paper f,' we fe'i accounts which render Uich au event pofiible. Tht Paris official "Gazette f June 13, contaks a letter from Toulon, dated May 27, mentioning that the fleet ws then uiiderVrders 10 fail, and was only detain ed by contrary winds. The lame paper of the 15th and theMoniteur of the 17th, alTert its poff.tive ar rival at Genoa, where u had knded.from 6 to i6cco troops. " . ' " . '' : tfjr A fter wi it ing the ahove.,,;, ve jrecea-ed Long.sin. papers by the Helvn, from Liverpool, to July cTtiT"'" Tliey contain no .particulars ol Continentul evtftts, later than thofc "received from Hamburg, except 'the French officials of the fort ie of Longano, andj)f ths yiclorjr gained by-MacdoniJi over Gen.. Ott, (which we have mei:t iontd befprl ) in w h ich, t he French took ' 2 pco prifonen,''5oHceir?: 12 ;'or'.i5 cannon, .wag gons, dandards, and from 4 to 500 horfes. The Ar.t trians, the French fay, lod 1500' men in killed, and wtmnded while they fuffered ofdy 206, among whom however, was Gen. Fored. . T1 1 forward and make fettlemcnt by ''payment'.; or giving- their bonds, otherwile to commence luta agajnit. tnoic ;eliriqueht ; without dilcrimiiiation-; 'W$;-yh : HENRY SEA WELL. . will hold cpod -where the law'is alive, to continue the office ; bjit, wherreter a law, by which anofiice is created, dies, all appointments (n'ot continued by ano thcr law) finder it, mutt di?fo.:; fora chief magif trate, ancptf by our C(m(UrutnTcxmtinue aa office, -beyond the life or exideiice of the law.; -and the de rangenieritTiii oiir aimy, anclfubfeqiint appointments of old oSTicers therein, give abundant proof of this faft ; and in the cafe f Talbot, the-very cafe in cjueftiofi! ypujee tlm the Prefident would not rifquc the employ ment of him, on board a &ip of war in the navy, un- til h nomrnaied him a feco:pl time to the Senate, and hT their advice ant confent triuR apptmitmcnt. ( "Thus, fir, you have, agreeable to'your rcqucft, the whole dory, told with candor and in as coucife a man ner as pofiible, A nd I i.ow lea vc yon to j udge," whe ther 1 could as an officer, without defpifing niylelf, hdve donr'otheVwitejhan refign and I slfojeiye ypu to judge tof m,y feehngs, after hvc years faithful Service 1 j t-' . ' ' r- 1 r . . . . . i; .t. u..:. ;.w. c oelt part ox my iirej. aiicnumK iuc uinwn u a miDbf arftrear-twctin(lrctl miles from ray family. and being condantly employ .'-'af' ih domcditf eafe and hjppihefs -inenfring difadvan tagen in private purfuits,'and loiT;s of many thoufands of pounds, far beyond ,thc prize money I have acquir- ea, ana. tiic cnoiuncij;5 ' .rc..t.u. rwu- i IMPORTANT. Prom the 'New-York Gazelle" "Sep . """" The betters pubiiP.K'd from "Coir Barb'at.y .to the Archduke Charles, on the murder of Bonnier and Ro berjot, the two late Plenipotentiaries from the French Direftor y, at theCongrefs cf.Ralradt,, affords another proof of the cruel viiiainy of t.he Paii& Defpots. The tedimony they cftntain will be difputcd only by cur Jacobins, who rcit tKe cleareft '(.-viderice, and .vindi catevcryrneafurcoLtheir favorite, govei-nrnenthow ever' bafe and iatrocious. 'The uefuf (Jl an Audrism efcprt by Bonnier "arid Roberjot the ab'olute refufal of it by Jean de Brey- his ridiculous pretext u that the AmbalTadors of Liberty were not yinade to be pro tefl ed by the foldiers-of defpotifm'h is pr ecau cion to drefs hirnfelf in fo many clothes of extraordinary thjck- ries id prevent thefabrcs from penetrating--his efcape , unhurt and this evidence of all the 'attendants to" lire? truth of thefeTacls, ffiew, to a ;:;dernoudration, thafc1 .this attack was a preconcerted plan between him, the: PS.ecf.5tary ,Rafe :Pjc.0'9n' j?;Se.-L 1- hiV t&Q unfortunate "compa.nidns-But, i!k riioiUdtcl-. five proof js. the note found upon one ,f the affaflin fird feiaed, in which Rofcftdcel names the tnne, place, and circum dances for tKe maflacre, points out the" vie' timrndieatet who is to ibe fpared arid vvhere him felt ' and the papers of the legation were to bc found.r-.add to , this the declaration of the ten ruffians lajt -taken by Barbaczy's Huzzars, that, they had been lent ou witli-, in "8 days, from S trafburg, ; but did. not" receive their fiiZ nal iiidruflions till the evening 'of the 28th Apiil-rthe : t-ad date of llcfcnfteci' noteall thefe .circuttiilancci 1 4 :r If..:.
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