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'composed ot Nobles aou Huetts, Inc Liter there
fye/ummoiel the Sindicks of the corporations to
appear among them, but were constantly opposed
and the summons, instead of quieting, increased the
diSTaiisfaaion of the people against the two orders.
At length with a view to force them to put an end
to their fittings, the people siTerobled on the place
called Le Champ Montmorin, and at the fame time
about twelve hundred young men of Nantes zealous
Supporters of the new order of things,arrived armed
at R ones. The City Migiftrates were unwilling
at firft to let them enter the city ; upon further
consideration, however, they received them and
lodged them in the bourgeoile. These young men
loft no time in joining the pedple who continued
' assembled on the Champ de Montmoriu,,and who
"were preparing to besiege the hall of the States.
In these circumstances, the states sent out a depu
nation to request the people to fend delegates into
Ihe hall to examine the register of the deliberations,
and to make their report to the people. Young Mo
reau, who enjoyed not only the confidence of the
people of Rennes, but that of the young men of
frames, was sent with three others into the hall,
"where the States were fitting. He there conducted
Wmtelf with so much ability, that the refutt of this
conference was the complete triumph of the people.
'lt was agreed on both sides, that the States fhbuld
dissolve, and that the young monos Nantes Should
Tetu* home peaceably. Such was his moderation
on this occasion, that even the most inveterate ene
mies to the popular cause bestowed on him the
greatest praises. ,
From that time his refutation daily increated,
and upon the formation of the National Guards in
A789, he was made Colonel of the battalions. This
honourable fixation furniflied Moreau with the op
portunity of indulging his inclination for a military
life. 'He accordingly soon abandoned the dry and
tortuous ftuty of the law, and applied himfelf to
military affairs and tadicks, with' such steadiness,
that in less than three months he was perfeaiy mat
ter of the command which had been entrusted to
him. Expert military men have assured the writer,
tint Moreau became f> great a proficient in his new
fluty, that he was better acquainted with the man.
agemerit of a battalion, and knew better how to ex
ecute all the evolutions 'and manouvres, than many
old officers.<
Such, at that time, was the persuasion of Moreau,
of his capacity for military affairs, that be was heard
several times to exclaim, '' I fhail soon become a
igeneral in the army!" He indeed laboured so fuc
cefsfully to attain his object, that his fkilfulnefs and
courage were not long unnoticed, especially when
lerving under Pichegiu,
Moreau was not dif*ppointed in iris expectations,
for in June, 1794, he was prbmoted to the nk of
General in Chiet, and conduced the siege of Ypres,
which he took in twelve days after the opening of
the trenches, the garrison, confining of 6000
men were made prisoners; and 100 pieces of can
non, and 29 Standards were taken, this event oc
curred on the tyh Primal,2d year, 17th June,l 794.
In the following August, lie took Fort L'Eclule,
Containing 152 pieces of artillery. If, however,
this young general distinguished himfelf in a ftrik
ing manner in all the different commands with
which he was entrusted, in 1794 an ' 095' ^
Campaign of 1796 was defined to eclipse all his
other atchievments. In June he commanded three
columns of the army of the Rhine and Moselle ;
with 1 of these he attacked the Fort ofKehl, which
soon after surrendered ; with the Second he eroded
the Rhine at Watzenau; arid with the third at S It.
On the 28 h June, the great brittle of Kenchtn
093 fought ; in which General Moreau, after hrtv
ing been joined by his cavalry and artillery, forced
the Austrians to retreat in great disorder, with the
loss of twelve hundred men prisoner/, ten pieces of
cannon, all their- artillery, &c. The field of battle
was covered With the slain.
. J uly fr
Another general engagement tdox pice between
General Moreau and the Arch duke Charles, when
the Austrians were again completely defeated,
from this vidory he flew to a third equally glori
ous, and more profitable to the French Republic.
Upon the Upper Rhine he forced the Duke of Wir
temberg to solicit a fulpenGon of arms, on condi
tions which were at once honorable and useful to
the Republic : and while the army of the Sambre
and Mcufe were retreating UnderJourdan,that of the
Rhine and MufeUe, under Moreau was pursuing its
victorious career, even to the gates of Ratifbon,
thus (halting the German Empire to its centre.
It would occupy too much space in this volume
to givea detail of all thole military operations in this
campaign, which contributed to crown the brow
of Moreau with unfading laurels; The most glo
rious epoch of the military hiftory was his mattery
retreat out of Bavaria, which, in the Judgment of
his most inveterate enemies, and of all military meh
was far more honorable to bis talents, than any vic
tories which he has gained. Like TureUhe Moreau
served the interests of his country, more by that re
treat than by he most dazzling conquest ; and if
we account Turenne a consummate General, rath
er for his having kept in check the superior bodies
of the enemy, by hi# Well concerted marches and
counter-marches,than for any splendid victories ob
tained by him, we fhculd in like manner attribute
to Moreau the charader of a great General for hili
memorable retreat of i 796.
About the middle of September, affairs began to
takean unfavorable turn; and Moreau, till now
viaorious, was forced to quit his politico on the
\ weft bank of the Yfer. He was purfeed by the
Austrian General Latour, and 00 the 29th, the ene
my having made themselves makers of the highest
part of the mountains of the black Foreft,and of the
rivulets, which, running weftwaid to the Rhine,
form the only passes whereby an arm, can descend
from theft mountains to the Brifgau ; Moreau had
no other alternative than either to attack the Auf.
trians, in order to obtain the Valed' Eofer, which
descend into the Brifgau by the town of fribourg,
or to make bis retreat by the territory of Switzerland
Finding himfelf clofel, pursued by Latour, Moreau
attacked him, but was repelled with great loft,
White on the other, fide, the Austrian Gen. Petrafch
Dofted between the sources of the Necker & of the
Danube, incessantly harassed the rear of the French.
At this critical moment it was reported and believ
ed that General Moreau wag completely surrounded
by the Austrians—that his army in confe, uence,
could not escape—that they must capitulate—
-Ithat no possible art nor exertion could prevent
their total defeat— and that not one of his sol
diers would ever reach France to bring the news
of the misfortune. Europe, however, soon wit
netted the inexhaustible means and resources
which are in the power of a truly great General.
Early on the second of October the left wing
of the army eroded the Danube at Reidlingen,
and repaying; it at Murdurkingen, turned and de
feated the corps which Gen. Latour had polled
betwixt the Federefee and the river. The Aus
trians then attacked him in front, and after an
action of fix hours, maintained with great obsti
nacy, forced Latour to abandon his ground, and
retire behind the Rothambach. Thus a retreating
army by the unexpected audacity of its General,
took more than 50c, of its purfuefs prifonefs,
together with 20 pieces of cannon.
General Moreau having thus far filcceeded in
his dcfign,reccommenced his march by the route'
of Stockach and on the 18th October reached
Ftiburg,& established his head-quarters at Furg.
This retreat will always be a memorable epoch;
in the annals of the Republic ; and the name of !
Moreau will stand conspicuous among the Bona
partes, the Turennes, the Marlboro's, the Euge
ines, the Villarfes, the Fredericks, and others ,
I the most celebrated of the Generals. # |
We Shall finifh this article by recounting an an
lecdote, which does no less honour to the charac-,
of Moreau, than his valorous military exploits
achieved within the cbmpafs of so ffiort a period. |
His unfortunate and virtuous father, bpere ;
be was guillotined, made a will, in which he#-
vised, with paternal affection, that his son should
mary a lady whom he named to him.—Moreau,
alike the dutiful ibn pad able General, quitted
I the army as soon as its duties would permit,
I came to Morlaix, died tears upon the grave of his
I father and married the amiable lady who had
Ibeen1 been reccommended in his father', will: Filial
1 obedience is in common men a duty, in great men
heroism. ;
From a late Paris Pap*.
Trial ofthe Duke D'E^hien.
Special Military Commission, constituted in the
First Military Divifiin, in virtue of a Decree of
the Government, dated the 29th Ventofe (20th
ot March) in the year twelve of the Republic,
One and Indivisible.
JUDGMENT.
In the name of the French People, this 30th Ven
role, (March 2'1,) in the Twelfth Year of the
\ Republic.
The Military and Special Commission, formed
in the firft rcilitary division, in virtue of a decree of
the Government, dated the 29th. Ventofe '(March
20,) competed, agreeably to the law of the tyth
Fruaidor (Sept/6,) in the year Five, of seven
Members, confining of [Here were the Members
names}.
The whole of these were named by Murkt ,she
General in Chief, Governor of Paris, and Com
mander of the First Military Division.
The laid Frefident, Members repotting, Captain
and Register, neither being relations nor perlons
connected within the degrees of affinity prohibited
by the law, met according to appointment!
Bv the orders of the General in Chief, Governor
of Pari^ the Commission was opened at the CrfJe
of Vincennes, in the house of the tornmander of
the places for the purpose of proceeding in &trial
of Louis Antoine Henry de Bourbon,Duke D'Eng
h:er, born at Chantilly, the 2d of August, 17,2 ;
of light hair and eye-brows, black eyes, (mail mouth
aquiline nose, and of a handsome figure.
The accusations against him included fix char
ges.
He was accused, firft, of having carried aims
against the Fre neb Republic } Secondly, of having
offered his services to the English Government, the
enemy of the French people : thirdly, of receiving
and having, with accredited ,gents of that Gov
ernment; procured means of obtaining intelligence
in France, and conspiring against the internal and
external security of the flam
The fourth charge was, that he was at the be^d
,of a body of French arid other Emigrants paid by
England, formed on the frontiers of France, in the
diftrids of Fribourg and Baden. Fifthly, of having
attempted to foment intrigues at Siralburg, with
the view of creating a rising in the adjacent De
partments, for the purpose of operafrog a diversion
favorable to England.
The last charge was, that he was one of those
concerned in the conspiracy planned by the kn
- I^ilh for the assassination of the First Consul, arid
intending in case of the fuctefs of that plot, tb re
turn to France.
The Commission being ended, the President or
dered tne Officer appointed to conduct the accu
sation, to read all the papers 'which went either to
Sthe crimination or acquittal of the prisoner.
After the reading of these papers was finifhed,
the accused was introduced by the guard, free and
unfettered, before the Commission.
He was interrogated as to his name, furname,age,
place of birth;and abode./
In bia answer he Rated, that hie name tettLott^
Antoine Henry de Bourbon, Duke D'Enghiebfa
! ged ^2 years, that he was born at Chantilly, rear
! Paris, And that he had left France in the year 1,69.
After the Pretident had finifhed his ioterrogato
-Ifieri refpeaing all the points contained in the acc,,
fation, and after the accused had urged all that be
could allege in his defence, the Members, were
nett asked if they bad any observations to offer an
the fubjea? They all replied in the negative, and
the accused was ordered to be taken out of Court,
and coududed back to prifom The Officer con
duaing the prosecution, and the Register, as well
as the Auditors, were then ordered to withdraw bv
the President,/
The Court deliberated for some time, with clos
ed doors, on the rclpedive charges as already dated.
The question was put by the President on each of
the charges separately, Each of the Members in
succession delivered his opinion.—The President
was the last in delivering his judgment. The re
sult was, that the Court unanimously found the
'ptiloner guilty, of all the fix charges. The next
queflion pit was to the punishment to be infli&ed.
The question was here tyin put in the fame way
as before, and the following was the sentence of
condemnation 1—
7% few Miktar, Cfflmtf.n cQhdmhs mfr
irnoufo b death Louis Antoine Hehry de Mour
bon, Duke d'Enghien, on the ground of bls being
guilty of effing as a fy, of correfporidenee nvitb the
enemies of tbe Republic, and of conspiracy against the
external and'internal security ofibe republic.
Orders were given to the Officer, who conduc
ted the accusation, to read the above sentence to
the prifoher, in presence of the guard drawn up un
der arms. _
Signed and sealed tbe fanie day, month, and year
'afa efa id.
From the Nrw-York Evening PosY.
The Pennfolvania Third Parly.
THE Democrats in Pennsylvania already feel strong e
nough to denounce Governor M'Ktan ; they have been
growling a long time, aad at length think they may bite—
The Governor, it feema, is ' the favorite of what is called the
i Third ,arty —This 'party hate, fomc time since, set up a
newfpapcr called the Philadelphia Evening Ptf, W. M'C<R
editor, M'CorHe has been foftly and cautiously feeling
1 his way ever since he began.
I He conftaotly makes all proper profefficns of being
a fed republican, but takes his opportunity to lay in a
'Ey blow at the Jacobins whenever it can be done with
fafety —The boldest fttoke he has made was in favor of the
Gate judiciary, but it was done with' so much address that
lit afforded Duane no opening to return it—By the tiro
last papers, however, it Appears tbe combatants have at
t IT. entered tbe Ua^, ahna. M'Corkle could contain
1 himfelf no longer, and took occafisito observe, that in the
late celebration of the rah Ma,/ the leading focietics
I forgot to drink Governor M'Keau's health, which he tho't
I a very improper and extraordinary thing—This drought
out Duaft io the last Aurofra— That stir readers may have
1 * a view of the whdlfground' ' on which a battle has be
gun that threatens the most important consequences to the
State of Pennsylvania, if riot to th# Union, we Ihall publish
the article at length— 1 N.Y. pap.
" The Tammane, Socify, the Republican Greens,
and a facial meeting of republicans at Hay's it seems have
been guilty of the heinous offence of EokoETt'kLNxSs ! !
and wonderful to relate, the governor e friends we are told
"feel tbismashed negled and will remember it." What is
to become of us ? The governor's friends are offended ! arid
who ire these governor's friends ? can we not be told their
names that we may know our danger / that tbe font of
St. Tammany and so forth may keep a good look out in
their wigwams ? forgitfsrtnefs, what a fin ! Hide your di
minished heads ye sachems and warriors, fringe your green
, jackets with black ye Republican Greens, and you medley
of mortals at Hay's sing no more jovial fong's, 'quaff no
more Rhenilh, nor dare to publilh the effufions of honest
and independent hearts, for the governor's friends will not
forget it !
O dear ! 0 dear! lack a daisy!
But stroking down our whiskers into a less risible mood,
will their worships not condefeend to let us know tfbo
those friends are ? whether they are new friends, or old
friends ? whether they are trimmers of yesterday, or the
fyehophants of this day ? whether there are any placemen—
placemen trembling for their fees ? whether there are any
fyehophants labouring in their vocation ? let us know who
these nfen of "menace arc who fear to speak out but insinu
ate what they dare riot speak—ls it the attorney-general of
the Slate ? he has yet to account to his country for a breach
of its laws ; is it any other officer ? who is it ? who ? let
us not be forced to Hunt out the lafkiag caitiff.
Whoever he may be, and we do not despair of finaihg
him out ; whatever may be his profeffions he is a tiroe
ferver and not a friend to the governor. If the omission
were intended he ought to have concealed it, for Tracy and
Pickering, and others )iave recently become the flatterers of
the governor. It is said that their flatteries were not re
ceived as they expe&ed, but the public have no knowledge
of the fid—and even that fa& alone would render men
who know Tracey and Pickering cautious of pursuing the
fame track with them.
But in another point of view, was it decent to menace
Free citizens for an a^ offorget,ulnefs —to menace them too
with the Vengeance of the greerne/sfriends ? We had con
ceived that the governor's friends were the great body of
the republicans of this Slate ; or is tbere a body who like
the courtiers of England, assume to be CTclufively th^
birf' friends, a party separate from the body of the people
who assume this name ? The Societies menaced we are per
suaded would scorn to notice Such a pitiful denunciation ;
but we think that things of this kind may be carried be
yond bearing if fuffered to pass on such an occasion with
impunity. If there are any who wish to reaa feenes recent
and familiar, let them come forth. We fay, let who will
fatyferritr or whoever ma, be 66 friends, long live tbe people
•f Pennf,lvanin nnawed 6, 'Menaces and independent in their
,aliments and ftfrages,
Xl'Corkleflood read, and made tbefolk'wingfpr
ited return :
" As fix moderate lines in they Philadelphia Evening
Post are Sufficient to call forth half a column of abuse and
threats from the Aurora, it is to be presumed that a few
words will serve for a Sufficient aufwer. The greatest part
is, indeed beneath notice, being a compound of rhodomon
tade and ridiculous bombast ; yet there is a Species of low
cunning in it, which it is necessary to expose. The Auro
ra has laboured hard tp torture those fix lines, into a me
nace ; but every candid man who reads them, mutt turn
with abhorrence from such iniquitous arts— No menace was
intended, nor can it be so construed ; betides, ft is Well
known that the meeting at Hay's did toast the Governor.
With much more juftick might the half column in the Au,
rora be termed Robefpierifm, denunciation and proscription.
" The omission of the governor's name'^v, a marked
hegleß. While the muShrooms of the day were toasted to
I the skies, the hoary pairiet of '}6, who had rendered such
!eirly, disinterested and important services to his country
I was forgotten. Times are indeed, wonderfully changed—
It was not always thus; and we are forced to bluSh at the
Icontrail.
“ Who are the Governor's friends r" — Look arorind the
State of Pennsylvania; look at the thousands which it con
tains, who du remage to his virtues, and repeat not again
:the question— but the Governor has his enemies, and pfre
[ tended friends are the word of enemies, who, in the bnfuf
pedting moments of candour and sincerity, will Ring like
the adder, and will endeavor to cruffi the man for whom
they profefs the highest regard;
" The day is coming when we Inal! speak otit, hot in
menaces & threats, like the Aurora, for we detest them,
but in the dispassionate language of freemen—Then will
the Ibug black catalogue of intrigue and denunciation, of
tinti-republicanifm and intolerance, be exposed to view.
Then will iniquity meet with fa merited disgrace ! !!"
^fcßeeH^F===— re^^
By the latest Mails.
CHARLESTON, MAY 4.
Men of experience prediaed that out mips of war, or
dered so be laid up in tbe thud of the Potomac, would roc
there, and advised, they should be sent to Portsmouth, Bos
ton, Portland, or Newport. But tbe advice of those expe
rienced men were disregarded—and what is the coofe
quence ? By the last mail we learn that the frigate United
States, on beibg moved down the river, provedHeaky—
that a fttrvey was bad upon her, and that tbefrigate United
States bas beets pronounced unfit forfa— Captain Barron has
been removed to the Essex. She has also fuffered (though
in jess degree) from having lain so long in the Virginia
mud, and ha@ been ordered for repair to Norfolk.
RALEIGH, MAT ~
*The Tornado in Georgia.
Extraß tfa letter from # Gentleman in Hancock
County, Georgia, dated Hprit6.
“ Yesterday about two o'c ock in the afternoon
Latef from FRANCE.
bn Thursday lift arrived at New York, the brig Rolta,
captain Hannken, in 34 days from Bourdeaux—He failed
from the River, April 12, but brought papers to the iff
only. They are filled with derail, refpeding the late con
spiracy—Many new arrests have occurred—Among them
are the Ex-General Willet, two cl devant Lt Gens iwho
had been in the Corps of Conde, Count Lavilleaupre, sev
eral ecclcfiaftics. the comptroller of the poft-pffice at Straf.
burgb, citizen Lufiftetierre, the Mayor of Ancenu, and, itt
fine, all the principal persons, of whom a lift was publish
ed in the Paris Monitcur, and which has been copied into
the American papers—lt is indeed said that several Ameri
can gentlemen have been imprisoned in France ; and that
every man fu/^eßed of being unfriendly to the government
of Buonaparte is conduced to prifon—MoßfcAU had
not been tried — Citizens Chateau LzuarOe and Bon
rrt, are td be his official defenders.
The papers announce that the immense preparations for
the invasion of England were completely ready ; but.ver
bal information gates that it is the opinion of a great pro
portion of the thoft refpedable citizens, that no attempt:
will ever be made to debark troops on the British Shores.
An embargo was laid at Bourdcaux on the 25th Marsh,
and continued till the rath April—ln the mean time a
number of gun-boats proceeded from that place coaftwife
for some other port ih the Republic.
0
Goree Retaken by the Englijh.
By the Favorite, Captain Miller, arrived here yesterday
from the Ille de Loss, we are informed, tha* the Island of
Goree, on the coast of Africa, which was lately taken pos
session of by the French under the Vi&or Hughes,was re
taken on the 9th March by his majesty's frigate fneonftant
Capt. Dickson, of 36 guhsj and agmifon of 350 men
left to defend & place. j
, . Captain Calvert, informs, that a demand had been made
of tbe Tripolitan' Government, by tbe Emperor of Russia,
for the enlargement of the crew of the Philadelphia frigate.
The above letter from Commodore Preble, will afford
the highest fatisfadion to every friend to humanity, and ev
ery well-wisher to the national character of our country —
The particular's therein dated, furriffi no ground whatever,
for the assertion in some of the letters, which have been
publilhed, that Jtyaa/ of di/lref was the paff^ort by which
the American party were admitted to gain an advantage
over the enemy-—The proceedings, as they appear in the
above account, were on the contrary both lawful and hon
orable, and redound-much to the credit of Lt Decatur, as
a brave, skilful ahd. intelligent officer.
It will be seen in Commodore Prebte'o tetter, that the
boats attached to the exftdition, were not engaged in the
adion—We think it proper to notice this circumstance, as
it has been (aid,, in one of the letters, which speaks of the
affair, that tbe Tripolitans who jumped frrts on board tbe fri
gate into tbe water, were saluted with piles from tbe American
boats, and ever, foul that could be caught was put to death.
Extra's frbin the letter's of a milpipman, dated in p'rifen,
Tripoli. November 2%.
" I am ferry to inform yod chat 3 or 4 of our crete have
turned Traitors to their country, by embracing the Ma
hometan Religion, and taking dp arms against their coun
try ; they have already made their appearance with their
heads Shaved and a Turkish habit on; lam induced to be
lieve, that theifrway bf living drnfe them to this condua."
"November 26.
" bur friend Mr. Helen, the Danish Consul, 1 am told is
going to return to Copenhagen, 1 um sorry to inform you,
John ■ , formerly Quarter Matter on board the fri
gate, has got his freedom, and will leave here to day, for
Alicant; on account of his having given the Bafhaw infor
mation that the Ship was scuttled, and in fad every thing ho
knew, which could be bf service to tbe Bafbaw—l hope.
Captain Bainbridge, will write to our Consul at Alicant,
And have him taken up, so that he miy be puniShcd by th,
laws of the United States,
a tremendoc^ tornado of a mile and an half ra
width, puffed within a mile of this place. In its
passage of 20 miles from the Oconee it put a period
to eight lives, and crippled and wounded upwards
of fifty perlons, tome of witofe lives are delpaired
of. Ten dwelling boufes and a number of barn#
and out houses Were raised to the ground, and fcarce
ty a roof, which its entitle and breadth included,
was left 00 a house. Not a tree of any tolerable
^ze can be seen Handing in its track. Cabbage
hocks not fa inches long, and pine slumps not waist
high, were to/b up by the boots, beds, books and
other furniture were carried < ff, and no traces of
some of them to be feed or h^rd of. A large ox
tart at Mr Wood's was taken up, the uherU fell
off after whirling 200 yards in the ait; & the body
was carried better than half a c ile beforerit fell to
the ground. Among the unfortunate (offerers a
woman ahdthild were carried away in the whirl
wind, and have not yet been found nor heard of.
This whirlwind was not morenncommoti than the
size of the hail that preceded it, foroe which fell iq
this place weighed five ounces, mcafuring eight in
ches round, and fume in,elofiog fir,ad pieces of pine
limbs." t
BOSTON, MAT 2fr
Official account of the D^ftruction of
the United States frigate Philadelphia.
By the Maria Captain Calvert, arrived at Philadel
phia, from Cadiz, the following letter from Commodore
Preble, dating the particulars of the deftruaion of the
Philadelphia frigate, has been received—lt is addressed to
John Gaytno, Etq American Consul, Gibraltar,
United States foigate Confutation, Syracuse")
bartar, Feb. 1804.1
^EAR SIR,
I HAVE the ple^fure to announce to you the pleading
Intelligence of the capture and deftrudKoq of the Tripoline
frigate, of 40 guns, late the United States frigate Philadel
phia, by the United States ketch Intrepid of 4 guns and
70 men, commanded by captain Decatur of the Enterprize,
who volunteered hit services on the occafion—lt is to be
regretted that ffie was so situated, that it was impoffiblc to
have brought her bur.
On the night of the 3d January, the brig Syren, captain
Stuart, and ketch Intrepid of 4 guns, fitted for the purpose,
and commanded by captain Decatur, with)cven/, volunteer's,
from the fquadrou failed for Tripoli, with orders to burn
the frigate in that harbohr — They this day returned, having
executed my orders,much tb my fatisfadion.
On the night of the f6rh nit captain Decatur Entered the
harbour of Tripoli, with the ketch, laid her along fide the
frigate, and in a gallant and officer-like manner, boarded
and carried her against all'opp fitien—He proceeded to fife
her with success, and I, ft her in a blaze, in which (he con
tinued, until (he was totally confirmed —He had none killed,
and only one wounded — The Tripolitans had between 20
and jo men killed or the deck —One large boat load made
their escape, some mln ran below and periled in the flame's,
but the greater part jumped overboard —She was moored
close to the Batteries, with all her guns loaded, and two of
their corsairs full, of men, lav within half.mufket (hot of
her—A fire was kept upon tne Ketch, by the Batteries,
Bafhaw's Caflle and Corsairs— Not a musket or pistol was
fired by our men ; every thing was fettled by the fuiord.
„The Syren anchored without the harbour to cover the
retreat of the Ketch, and sent her boats to assist, but un
fortunately they did not arrive in season, as the business was
accomplished, and the Ketch on her way out, before the
boats met her —Had they got in sooner, it is probable some
of the Tripolitan Corsairs would have Shared the fate of the
frigate—Very rcfpedfully, 1 am dear fir, your obedient
servant, EDWARD PREBLE.
John Gavino, Esq?
American Consul, Gibraltar. ~