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DOMESTIC. GEN LIU A I GAINES. I The following is* the decision of the court I martial convened for the trial of general Gaines. _ New -York, 1st Nov. 1816. The court proceeded to pronounce die J The court, *fter having read over the whole of the evidence, as well on the purl of the pro&ecuUon as on that of the defence, and after the most mature deliberation, do find the prisoner, rnaj. gen. Edmund P. j Gaines- not guilty of either of the charges or specifications exhibited against him. The court do therefore honourably ac quit him of the same: and the court feel it to be clue to the gb'xl ot" the service to J pronounce, iliat most of the charges ap pear to it as frivolous, the whole of them without stlppott or foundatiop. ? ? WIN l'l ELL) SCOT, ^ JMaj. general by brevet , iind . . ? President vf the court. R. rf. Winder, Army Judge Advocate , and of the Court . ; The sentence of the court, honourably i acquiring major-general Gaines of all the | Charges and spcificutions alledged against ?! Ju m; is approved. ] JAMES MADISON. \ ? t GENERAL ORDERS* \ The president of the court will restore^ the sword of major general Gaines, wLh a copy of these oiYlois. The general court martial* of which major general Scot is president, is hereby ? dissolved. Major general Gaines will resume the rommfrnd of the. eastern section of the south division of the army. By ordery D. Parker, Adjt. end Insfx. Xrcn, IMPORT AN I MOVEMENT! Washington city, November 13. ; Subjoined is an article from the Jialt. ' Patriot^ announcing a train of incidents, vhich if true, arc not less extraordinary than that of which our readers are already apprized. We hop*: the breach is not us, wide as P?presehU'd> because we are confi dent it is the disposition of this goverment, as" wt believe it is of the people of the UnT-J ted States, to cultivate the relations of ami- ' ty **k1 commerce, in thei*1 widest extent, with RusCia, and with all other .powers. If the Russian Minister has recieved such orders from his goverment, as are indica- * ted below, they must have been founded on , a total misapprehension or misinformation of a transaction, in which our goverment ? lias, we have no doubt, done every thing to manifest its regard for the precepts and usages of national law, as ^ell us its res- ' pects for the sovereign of Rusia. The i existing rimajmrehension removecFas it soon must be, there can be on doupt, al though Mr.Dasclvkoff nc^y have been withdrawn (of which confirmation is want ed) that another minister will be sent to; this goverment. ; We speak on this subject from common report only. If a serious rupture with Rus sia is at hand, the approaching session of congress will enable the executive to p'ace its character and progress officially before the people ; who will find, we are persuad ed, fliit the luhntntstTalion has on this oc-~ casion, compi omitted neither the peace nor the dignity of the nation, but has, as is its wisest policy-, endeavoured to pre serve both inviolate. Extract a letter to a resfiectablc house in : Baltimore dated Nf.w-Yohk, Nov. 8. " Mr. Daschkofk, the Russian mini ster, has notified our goverment that his mission is at an end, and that he shall leave the country as soon as he can arrange his affairs. This is the result ot a negotiation ! between him and our -goverment, relative to the arrest some time since of KuslofF, the Russian consul general, for a criminal offence* committed in Philadelphia, and , this last %t( fx is in conformity with fiosuive instructions from hi a goverment* The same spirit which dictated these orders, will, in all probability, lefuse an audience to our minister, Mr. Pinknky, and may even throw some obstacles in the way of our trade. Mr. Dasc.hkoff leaves this city to day, and se.ls hi* furniture during the next week.*' ROYAL DIVOKCI& ? the reported in tentions to dissolve l>y due le^al forma certain matrimonial tics vrhtch have lonj* ; been deemed burdensome, has for some time been occupying much of the public attention ; and a pamphlet has appeared tipon the subject, entitled u rVhc Attempt to divorce the I'Tinct* 9 o f tValr* impartially cin*i<irr>(l." The author thus commences his work : u The^re is now no manner of doubt that an nttetnpt witl be mittle next session of Parliament to dissolve the mar riage between the Prince Regent and the Princess in order to enable his Royal High ness to marry a^ain, and to afTord him the chance of having a male heir to the crown." j SMUGGLERS DETECTED. The South American privateer schooner Gen. Aiesmand, (laic the Snap-Dra^na, of Carolina) bus been seized by the Collec tor of tins District, for a violation, of our r FeVeuue taws. She is about 1*0 tons bur l then, and mounts 4 gun|, with a comple ment of 70 men. She arrived in our wa ters 8 or 10 days since, and was reported in regular form to the collector, fi was soon discovered she had landed a part of her cargo, consisting of Spanish, British and India goods, a considerable part of which have since been discovered and seiz ed. It seems there are two captains on board, one an American, (Captain Johnson, of I Halt. ) and the other a Spaniard (Captain ? lieneJl.) The officers and men were set at liberty, but the vessel and cargo .held for j adjudication. jinripfioiiu Republican* Gknkral Post-Office, Jiov. 16, I 8 i 6* 1 The several Postmasters are hereby re- j quired, whenever a person, to whom a j newspaper is addressed, ceases to take it ? out of the Ppst-Office, to advise the editor, of the p.t per, thereof; and to add, if known, 1 whether the person is dead, moved away, or merely refuses. The mail is burthen ed with many newspapers, which are a loss ^ to the proprietors as well as the public, R. J- MEIGS, Jr. P out master -General. I FOREIGN. ? England. By Aarivals at New-York. N Gloomy Pronfiect in Kn gland. The Bri I tisb barque Harlequin, captain Ross, arri I ved at this port on Monday In 28 daya from Liverpool. On the \2 of Octo. she lay at the dock at Liverpool, without a I mast standing and in every respect totally 1 unfit for sea, and the 14th (having, in the I mean time, been completely rigged aTid I ballasted) she left the harbour under tow I of a steamboat, and sailed lor thi;?.poii. I She was selected, on account of being a I fast sailer, and despatched for this plat e, I with, it is sa^d, important commercial in- ? I formation. We have neither papers norH I letters ? but we understand, and, we believe, I correctly, that the following is the amount I I of her intelligence : ? The uentlcrnen whoj 1 despatched the Harlequin had asatrtained^ I from the most authentic sources, that in H | consequence of the l?eavy and long coniinu- j I ed Kains, the wheat harvest throughout i I Englund would not^yWld more thHirfratfof^ I the customary quantity. Wheat had alrea* I dy risen to 16s sterling per 70 pound*, and J I flour to 65s per barrel* . No doubt remain- .< I ed that ail the ports of England would be , I open for the importation of foreign bread I stuffs on the 1st of Nov. inst. Jn consequence of this intelligence, floun I we understand, has risen in our markets^ I this morning, from ^ 10 50 to Si 2. I Extract from a letter to a respectable Mrr I cunttle House in this city, dated Liverpool, 'i Oct . 14* ?4 A very great bnvl important change ' having taken place in our corn market, which leaves no doubtof the opening of I the ports on the 15th of next i?ionth, we I consider it of such importance, not only as : it respects grain and flour, but j*s to its in I fluence oh the exchange, the shippers inte rest, ayd the general intercourse between I the two countries, that we have chartered I a fast sailing vessel for the express pur jJRse of giving our friends the earliest and I fullest information on this enteresting sub Jecu' . v 44 American wheat would now sell at 16s I per 70 lbs. and flour at 65s. per bbl. On I comple ing our usual survey of the crops, . I we find the produce .so decidedly defective, I that on accurate comparison of the result, I we consider th$ present as scarcely two I thirds of last years crop, without taking* I into view the great inferiority of the quaU. I ity and produce in flour, from the grain | being lean and in a very bad condition. ' I During the progress of our survey, and I since, We find that scarcely one-third of I the wheat is yet secured, not more than I One-tenth of the barley, but few of tbe oats, I and none of the beans. *l he barley being I all abroad in the great corn districts, is con- , sidtred a ruined crop. Potatoes will also be very deficent, and from the lateness of the season and the still rxposed state of so great a portion of the crops, there is no calculating, what further injury may yet be done ; but the injury is so great, that we shall probabjy want any quantity of wheat and flour which is likely to be shipped. The season is now too far advanced to admit of our receiveing any supplies of consequence from the Haltic ; and in Hol land the prices are high* In vnany parts, of Italy, and in the Mediterranean, the crops are So defective, that they ace likely to stand in need of large supplies* 1' rom the extremely damp and unsound state of the new grain, gntitl* dry, sound foreign wheat will be particularly valuable, and much wnuted for several months to come. Rice has also advance to 36s, per cwt. in bond, and this article is rising rap | idly in all th6 continental markets. ? 7 . Boston, November 12. FROM GIBRALTAR. -We have received from our correspon dent at Gibraltar, a paper of the kJbtn of September, and a price current of Octo ilxrr I. Some discontent occurred at the Spanish court, on account of the l*ie marriages. I And changes are expected in the adminis tration. ft is said Cevallos is to go out. The merchants of Cadiz have been of ficially informed, that a despatch from the mentions, that the Insurgent Government of ^Buenos Ay res have sent letters ot Mar que to the said States, and that several in dividuals are prenaring to fit out puvaieers against the Spanish trade. FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE. AVe learn from good authotily, that soon after the departure from Port-au-Prince, ot thr embassador sent by Louis XV 111, the people of the republic begun to show great uneasiness and jealousy against the white inhabitants \v ho a: e amongst them, in so much that gen. Petion the president was under the necessity of having them all re moved into the inferior, for their own safe ty until tht first emotions of rage had sub sided. [A. Y. Columbian. LAIR TROM THE SPJMSfl MJIA. [Frvrn a Grenada fvifier^ Ceo^c-town, ( Dcm,J Se/it . 2 3. We have this day to records most bar barous and sanguinary outrage which was lately committed on a British vessel *n the Oronoke. The authenticity of thr uccouht may be relied on.? -About the begining of this year, the schooner Miry , ot Montreal, Cox, Master, sailed hence for the Oron ooue, with intent to return to this port. Having touched at Barbadoe*, she forwith proceened on her voyage, and on arrival took in a cargo of mules, and then bore a? way for Demarara. But having been baffled by contrary Winds and a strong ad verse current, she was forced to put into Trinidad, where the cargo was disposed of, and a second trip to the Oronoqne deter mined on. In this turn, she fell to lee ward, and the Captain bearing up for Trin idad) attempted a second time to gain the channel which leads to Augustura, hut ^was again unsuccesful. In these circum stances, the pilot proposed to carry him tip the passage of Rio Tiger, which though not so commodious as the other, might equally serve his _designt. _ This, was i* grecd to, and as they "Were proceeding for ward, they were spoken by u Spanish launch, and informtd that if they wished to purchase cattle, they might have therti at five dollars a head. The dwner Charles Burnham, ordered the schooner to be brought to, that he might take a car go of them. But on the following morn ing, the crew were thrown into the great est consternation at the approa. h of a launch and four canoes all armed, which commenced firing into them.? Mr. Burn ham being on deck) ordered the English cou lours to be hoisted, in the act of ^which a boy was shot dead. They soon came along side of the A/ury, boarded her, and immediately began to butcher the people. No resistance was made by the unhappy sufferers, and thus the ^ hole crew, con sisting of twenty persons, were put to death, tvith the exception of six indivi duals. The fate of Mr. Burnham was particularly unhappy. At the beginning ?f the atrocious transaction, he received a I severe wound from a musket ball, and he perceived that no mercy was shewn by tfi$< relentless Spaniards, he jumped over-board?" ! to escape it possible, the general massa cre, and while in the water was most intitH [ manly murdered. Mr. Robert Piper, and Captain Blown, passengers, along with an Irish gentleman, whose name was not re- ] collected, likewise suffered. The surviv ors were put in irons, and, along with the vessel, carriied to Augustura, where they ] were imprisoned and the Mary sold for ?three hundred dollars. The prisoners, we understand, were since liberated, by the command of the new Governor, Fitzger ald, who thought proper to attend to the remonstrances of the master of an Eng- , lish ves?el lying there. The reflections of our readers on the above deed of horror, may, perhaps, leave an impression of the Mary having neglec ted sortie regulations, or, perhaps, pur suing some contraband trading, as a color to excuse the inhumanity of those -Span iards. But we can assure them, that no thing of the kind existed, nor? indeed, can (he shadow of a reason be alledged for the outrage, but wanton cruelty and plunder. CharlettoHy ftrrvrmber 18. By the arrival of the Sarah and Hannah, captain CrofU, ifi twenty-four days from Lsguira, we obtain the following verbal in telligence i? ? McGregor (who has been shot dead three several times) wan alive and , active, at the head of the. Patriot troops in Barcelona, where they /were complete , ly successful. The royalist troops were defeated under Morale#, who attempted to ^defend the plice, and had retreated to Cu mana, where they were joined by a corps under the command of a general T.ojkz. The Patriots \>tirsued them so closely itn*t two hundred ot the King's troops- vrrc surrounded and taken prisoners. The Pn t riots then commenced the seiq:e of Cu? Diana with evety expectation ol taking it. The cause of independence was success ful every where. \V hile Cnptam C'rotts lay off Cuniapa, iTic Hashes ul musketry were distinctly seen at night. The S. and II. took oif about two hundred invinduala from the city, which was hourly deserted by all, burttie troops. Cum ana is a city of Terra Fir ma, South- Ameticu, and de fended by a strong castle. ? -So. Patriot. Another Account, Ry the arrival on Saturday last of the schr. Sata/i IS /Ianna/i% Cap<. Cmokt, from Lacuna, we are put in possession of ve.r bal and printed accounts, relative to the revolutionary operations in that country, down to the 21st ult. The contradictory statements of the two parties, rendered it if xl tc impossible to form a correct opin ion as to' the real condition of affairs but persons of information and judgment, all agree that the royal cause was totteiing, ' and must shortly fall> never to rise a^ain. | Hie Royalists still held out in 1'umana, but had been so much distressed for provisions, as to kill their horses and mules for sub sistence. They were still in possession of a pait of the Inland JUargaritta also, where the same scarcity prevailed. The Patriot forces had gained foothold in Bacelona, Curupano and Oronoko. A verbal report prevailed at I. aguira, that the independent army, assembled in the vicinities of Barce | lona and Cumana, was estimated at near 10,000 men ; whilst the Royalists, under i Morai.ks, only numbered about 2000. Extract oj a letter from Aef v-Or leans, dated the 2d -of October , We have just received the following in telligence ol the ^<Hal destruction of the formidable .Carthagenian squadron of pri vateers commanded by Aury, who itacl formed an establishment amongst the rocks ot Matuguda. it was communicated .10 us by a .person Who was on board the fleet aiul witnessed the whole scene. Our informant^tates that 1m? sailed front this port from the Havana in the Spanish ship Felix, and ntf Matanzas was captur ed l>y 4 Carthageniun privateer and ^t?n ied to the Tortugillas, the rendezvous of these privateers and their prizes. That in the space of eleven of days, six privateers ar rived there with theii^prizes, consisting of seven Spanish vessels^ and a Dutch schoon er that was bound from Providence to the Havana. That they set sail with their prizes for Matagurda, and despatched one. of their schooners, the BeUona, to Bara taria to land her lieutenant* who was to proceed) to New -Or leans to give jnfomi* tion to the merchants that the prizes were on the way to Matagurda, and rt the same time to get money to pay the men that had been recruited ; the Ballon a sailed after wards for Matagurda, but having missed the pert, fell in with a {piratical schooner called the Petit Napoleon* that sailed with out any kind of papers, commanded by a Frenchman called Francois. He offered to pilot the Uellona to Matagurtfa, and succeeded In getting her into port aftgr great difficulty, as she touched on the reef and so much damaged as to become quite useless. Five days afterwards the convoy ?of prizes made its appearance, and on at ' tempting to get them in they were all lost excepting two. That in order to save the articles that floated ashore, Aury made the ? crew and the prisoners work in the most r cruel and inhuman manner ; that the con stant bad treatment which lie gave them added to his having deceived them* for when they enlisted at Stainto Domingo he told th^m they were boundon a cruise ; that the prizes were to he sent to New* Orleans* at which place they would ysceive prise money ? this had exasperated them to such a degree, that they resolved to mutinyV and they carried their plan into execution on the night of the 7th day of heptember* in the following manner. The erew of ? the privateer Criolla, consisting of about seventy negroes, commanded by capu Bellegrade, commenced by lying down their officers. The captain of the Belkma hearing the noise, sent an officer in mjk* t 1 to the Criolla. On approaching her the negroes hailed hivp, and inquired if he in tended coming on board, end answering in the afflmative they ordered him to - re- i tire, but persisted in his intention they fired a gun at him loaded with Grape shot, which killed every soul in the boat. The mutiny then became general in alt the ether vessels, and the negroes .on shore who garrisoned a fort which Aury had constructed to defend the port, being al ready prepared, an soon as they heard the fire from the Criolla, proceeded to Aury'g lent and summoned him to surrender, he disregarded their threats, and in the act of drawing his sword was shot through the body by one of the negroes, and fell mor tally wounded they .Alien secured all the officers of the privateers and gave them a vessel to go where they chose? they col lected the arms and ammunition, and all the efT.;cts that Were in pjmc**sion of Amy,