Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, November 28, 1816, Image 2
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,