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fi waa and ordered to on (hmintttes. vft trGtiicrvho slept iheVi with him, jump'd frctu it WU. jhipjrty- ta late 'Ministry but LOKt1' mat G' Thi-ri is io connrmation 01 mc yetf uncertain-as-to the course, V' propef'-isiihenaer of Cartaro to; which the tie cabinet migfit wish 11 i9, Ll7Jo 'French. A letter ffom Rttitbob him to pursue; he might' have con- red, that Lord -Harrington shall go that rio account wf that event sxrrrA vit KU hRm. to Ireland as Commander in uiiu, for wjiich country.

-fits' Lordship will shortly depart, attended by his'staff. Though not finally-settled, it is believed, that Lra cart will take command in Scotland. 5 On Friday loiters of mrque and veorisalswere issued at the'Aunurai- iv, to burn fcdesttov all Prussian and Pappenburg vessels except those to -which his licence had been granted. The greatest exertions are making. byjhe board of Admit ally and ibesubGrdinate departments to augment our naval force ho less than eleven ships ol the line, now in ordinal a different are to be immediately-commissioned.

jvn 1. Thursday seVen waggons, loaded Tvith casks of specie, arrived at the Bank ef England, under an escort of a Dart of hcht horse. The casks contain the 400,0001. in dollars sen- bed get out at the door prevent thefathenattacked him which gave the eldest an JSS DQrithisdreadl tul conflict, r.or a word was utte red: From the appearance of th" wounds generally, it seems to have been the design of Purinton to dis. sever the heads from the bodies excepting the two youngest, whose throats it is supposed yerc cut with a razor.

The oldest daughte-and second son had several wounds the probable consequence of We have no evidence to lead vis satisfactorily to the mo. tives for this barbarous and unnatural deed. Capt. Purinton 46 years of age, and had lately re-moved from Bowdoinham to this town, an independent mind and a handsome estate, of steady, Cor. rect, and industrious of a good character and reputation and strongly attached to his family.

He" had been heard lately to say, that he felt much distressed at the unpromising appearance of hisfarm that he should be destitute of bread for his family, and hay. for his cat. tic, and dreaded the consequences. The Sunday before his death, it js said he 'wrote to his brother, and-informed him that.on the reception of the letter he sfcould be dead, ad re rquesting him fcpake, chargAqf i3 family. Inhe lifter wara death's head market' cut it was sealed with bUck.

ItV was found on Monday by his wife, and gave htr the; greatest alarra and uneasiness. This her husband perceiving, and learning the cause he attempted to console her by assurances that he had no intention of committing suicide, but that had a presentiment of his approaching death. Capt. Purinton was a wrm believer in the. 'doctrine of universal salvation, though it is not said of him, that he was a bigoted maniac or a religious enthusiast.

His whole conduct the day preceding and during the last and bloody scene of his life, seems marked with the utmost coolness and deliberation. Towards the close of that day he ground the fatal axe, and when the family retired to bed he was left reading the bible. The jury of inquest have brought him in guilty of wilful murder on his wife and 6 children, and that as a felon he did kill and murder himself. The annafs of America cannot furnish two other transactions so replete with horror tt the above and the one in our last page. Western Lands, 'T'HE Subscribers residing in Mero District, State oi Tennessee, have-hid in their possession for some time, a copra copy of ail the warrants issued from the office John Armstrong, late Emrj-taUr of Western Lands, so far as regards the Middle District; as also of all surveys made and on which grants have issued the said district that from the possesion of those deceraents, as well as from actual surve)smade cn th premises, they hate nearly eoinpleted a connected Plat of the saidsnrveys, of the lands entered and net surveyed, and of the vacant lands on the Duck and Elk rivers, and the creeks which make hito the same.

They are authorised to inform tkosewh may be interested in Lands lying in tint part of the country, that they can shew the I I number of eack warrant, to whom issued, i the landsare surveyed by whom surveyed and when, the date ot the grant, where the lands lie, their value, whem joining, interference any, and validity title. When it is understood that the Duck and Elk livers, with theirtributary streami, spread through an extensive and thickly covered country of Cane, and that locators were in constant danger from the Indians, it will not be thought strange that location has been made upon location on the same water course, d. tiering only in the name, ar.d that from the same cause surveys have been made and grants perfected, theiines whereof interfere iu many instances; that many of the location in the warrants yet to be acted upon, are vague and indefinite in description henee it has been foard a laborious undertaking trace the lin of suiveys, or to fix with certainty the specialty of location or the priority of daircs. This however they feel coaGdect to sUie-the Public they are enabled to do, asveU asto information in regard the situation, quality and strength of claim or tul- Geatlemen residing iu North-Carolina or else heref claiming lands by virtyeofgrarrt or warraiitsituatsrl on the above described waters, or holding warrants capable of be ing removed, and who" may wisa claims investigated and settled itocr tainty, or warrant removed, may le 3C." cflnimodareri on appliation, to the svbscri bers, in the character of agents.or by htc resting them in the lands. JOHN STKOTHER.

WILLIAM P. ANDERSON. HTHE Act passed in 180J, su rising the Public Treasurer to mnchase State Certificates having expired, YenM 'hing ta-dispese of Paper or una ription, which now bears no 'mtcresO scrtption, at wh'Tch tie Treasurer 1 purchase by the act aforesaid, byj 1' tion at ales Printing Cites iivUsWc- I Mr, Mahon then moved a vote of hanks to the. speaker, which was; unanimously adopted. The? house waff then aojournec, and the members 4epaf ted apparent ly with harmony.

Norfolk, juxy II. The following transaction, altho' not recent, has not been before noticed, btit deserves serious consi deration, as introductory to a new mode of plunder. The schooner Five Sisters of this port, about six weeks since, sailed from St. ago deCua, bound to Philadelphia, with a cargo (except a small taken in at that port On the day on which she sailed, a small open boat, pre- tending to be a Spanish privateer, took possession of the Five Sisters, and carried her back to St. Jago, where the vessel and cargo were ramemt as these pirates call ir, for 4000 dollars.

Thev compelled the Captain to sign a bottomry bond for 1,200 dollars, chaiging the vessel with that proportion of the four thousand. This instrument, the work ofp'rntes, has been sent to Philadelphia to be enforced, and it is said that this infamous transaction has found an agent to prosecute it, but it is not even supposed that any 1 -r t- cause, replete with fraud, and having its origin in force. augtjsta, (Maine) july U. HORRID MURDER. At an early hour on Wednesday morning last, the ii.

habitants of this town were alarmed with the dreadful information, that Capt. James Purinton, of this place, in cold blood, had murdered his wife, 6 children, and himself. His oldest -n, with a slight wound, escaped and his second daughter was found desperately wounded, and probably supposed dead by the father. Between the hours of 2 and 3, a neighbour Mr. Dean Wyman, was aw ake ned by the boy who escaped, with an incoherent account of the horrid scene from which he had just fled with a Mr.

Ballard another neighbour, instantly re- paired to the fatal spot, and here after lighted a candle, a1 scene was presented which beggars I all description. In the outer room lay prostrate 6n his face, and wel-j teringinhis gore, the perpetrator oi the dreadlul deed, his throat cut in the most shocking manner, and the bloody razor lying on a ta ble by his side. In an adjoining btd-room lay Mrs. Purinton in her bed, her head almost severed from her body, and near her on the floor, a little daughter about tetij years old, who probably hearing the cries oi her mother, ran to her relief from the apartment in which she slept, and was murdered by her side. In aurther apartment was found the two eldest and the oungest daughters, the first aged 19 dreadfully butchered; the se cond desperately wounded, reclin ing her head on the body of the dead infant 18 months old, and in a state of horror and almost total insensibility.

In the room with the father, lay in bed with their throats cut, th two youngest sons the one 8, the other 6 years old. And in another room was found on the hearth, most dreadfully man-1 gled, the second son, aged 12: he! had fallen with his trowsers under one arm, with which he had at-j tempted to escape. On the breast- work over the fire-plare, was the distinct impression of a bloody; hand, where the unhappy victim probably supported himself before he fell. The whole house seemed covered with blood, and near the, body of the murderer lay the dead-1 iy axe. From theWrviving daugh-! ter we have no account of this transaction her dangerous situa tion prevents any and but taint expectations are entertained of her recovery.

From the son, aged 18. we learn the following. That he was awakened by the piercing cries of his mother and involuntarily shrieking himself he leapt from his bed and ran to wards the door of his apartment he was met by his father with an axe in his hand (the moon shone bright who struck him, but being so near each other, the axe passed over his shoulder and one corner of it enured hi back, making a slight wound his father then struck Ht him once orN twice andmissed him at this moment his vcunjrer i was expected in that city before the 10th of this month. Anjarderwas received at the cus-torn house in Harwich pn Thursday to take out the crews of the Prussian ships detained there, the captains and masters excepted, and to send tliem to Kormancross as prisoners of war. Seventeen Prussian vessels have been sent into Yarmouth during the last week.

juke 1 1. Lord Melville's case continues to occupythe attention of theLordsVwho generally sit on it w'nh closed doors, till 11 or 12 o'clock at night- Much warm debate is, it is said, shewn in these discussions. Besides the lan guage that has passed between twt eminent law Lords, a noble Viscount and a noble Marquis are reporter! to have used expressions to each other, which rendered it necessary to retire immediately for the purpose of ex planation but we are happy to say the interposition of friends is stated to have prevented the matter from proceeding to any extre- mhv. It is futhet reported, that a quesvion has been put to the Judges, as to how far the act of Parliament regulating the manner of drawing the money from the bank, has been violated bv Lord Melville and that the opinions are favorable to the no ble Lord. It is not vet known when judgment will be given In consecrience of the -arrival of dispatches for government on Thurs day last, by a flag ot truce trom France, and two cartels in the course of the week, with several persons of distinction, who were deiaintd ofwai the funciv have experienced a ijise of one pel cent.

Omnium which was ('one ai 2 1-4 on Wednesday was cn Sr.ur da v. contracted for at three 3 1-4. Nothing whatever has transpire respecting the nature of the dispatches received, nor is any thim, likely to be known on the subject, ai governmenjrvery probably keeps iIk matter a secret, io prevent specula tion in the funds, and in articles ol meichandize. Outers are even kept for the purpose to meet the irgs of tiuce ai St as soon as they jiiit the French ports, to take out dispatches. I his was the case iv nh respect to the last however it uues favorably that an 'intercourse ontmues open, and that an arrange ment is completed relative to an ex change cf prisoners.

MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION Act 2d. If the two following accounts are to be believed, this celebrated drama has not et reached its catastrophe. The curtain is tbout to rise upon it a second time -t and a new set of characters are to be introduced on the stHge in the British costume. What is to be the period of its representation, is completely uncertain. But it is sincerely to be wished, that the catastrophe of the piece may, at least resemble the pleasing fictions of the stage, which terminate rewarding the good and punishing the vicious BALTIMORE, July 12.

Arrived the D.mish schooner Fer-Sererence, Williams, 14 dtys from St.Thomasinforms that Gen.Miiaa-da sailed from JUarbauoes about the middle cf June, with a reinforcement. He was to touch at Trinidad to take on board a number oCmen who'aad volunteered in ihe.serv.ee. NEWtYOKK, Jui.v 17. A letter from Trinidad, dated on the 19th uf June, received in this city, by way of Baltimore, contains the fbliowinc; article Miranda's business occupies the general attention at this place lie is expected on Saturday or bundav. Great preparations are now making to leceive him in manner suited to his rank.

Nine Spaniards, who it is said came here for the purpose ol assassinating him, have been apprehended and committed to prison. General Hysop, we are assured, has made an ofler of his best services and two thousand volunteers to assist this illustrious character in attaining the object of his Jdv. It is very improbable, however, that General Hysop would wish to engage! in uch an expedition, without the direct conseator instructions of his crrver'nment but ii is improbable, that any such instructions had ben received, if there be any truth in the London mid the 5th of June. This article Mates that it was only an wt preceamg day, that dispatches had arrived from Admiral Coch- Besides, these instructions might not have been definite nature The government may have reserved to itselt, the ultimate power of regulating vits conduct by the fate of the expedi tion, and tp have simply instruct- ed Admiral Cochrane to give the earliest information of its fate We confess, however, that though die inference of the London editor be not altogether certain, it wears the appearance of great probability and that it is most likely, if Admi ral Cochrane has now applied for instructions, that he had not prc-viouslv received any. Another letter observes, that Ad miral Warren sailed from Eng land for the West-Indies on June 4th very day, when Coch- rane's dispatches were received).

It is conjectured, HL had orders to co-operate with Miranda. One opinion however, may bj reiiea on, that it iviiraDaa a es openly unite with the English, he will diminish the numbrr ot his American adherents, and the pro biible success of the expedition. In such case he will appear, not the light of a deliverer of his country, but of an English Agent not as one whose object is to free Gar racas Irom the Spanish yoke, but rather to place it under the yoke ot England. May we not even pre sume that it was partly from this policy that Miranda, though as sisted by the English, was deter- "minrd to fit out tioai neutral ports, rroni New-York and Gape Fran cois, rattier than trom iiaroadoes or Trinidad It was his interest I a- I to obtain the confidence, not to ex-ire the suspicion of his American allies. But should that be his present situation his enterprise lo tc Lh uircr, NfclT-ORLfcANS, JUNE 10.

At two o'clock on Sanday the 7th inst. the legislature of thi3 territory adjourned sine die. At one o'clock the President of the council, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, waited upon Im excellency the governor, and informed him of the intention of the two houses to adjourn, and desired to know whither he had any further communications to make to them To this committee the governor made the following, "ADDRESS I have no objections to offer, to the proposed adjournment- Will you be god enough to express lo your respective houses, my fond hopes that the laws which have been enacted may conduce to the prosperity of the territory, and to assure them that so far us may depend on my co-operavion, nothing shall be wanting 10 carry them into effect, It ought not to be a matter of surprize that a difference in opinion shouid sometimes have arisen among trie several branches of the Legislature. While men are left free to think and act for themselves, an unison in sentiment cannot always be expected; nor ought it to be suppo, sed that in a government like ours, composed of departments, and each independent of the other, that the same political course should meet me sanction oi an. it therelore on some occasions the executive did not approve the proceedings of the two houses all that can with truth be said, is, that our object was the same, but we differed as to tfae means of promoting the general welfare.

A territorial governor, if faithful to himself and his country, can alone be influenced by the purest motives of honest patriotism and in exercising the powers with which he is intrusted, Ins own judgment is iis only guide. If any unforseen event should render an early meeting of the two houses necessary, it will be the duty of the executive to avail the public of their services. But if imperious circumstances, should not otherwise command, the next meetinc will be left the period (Monday the 2d of January next) which is prescribed bylaw for your next session. I thank you gentlemen for the polite manner in which you have communicated to me the resolution of the two houses, and I pray you lo tender to the members individually, and collectively, my best wishes for their health and Jiappiness, Wm. C.

C. CLAIBORNE. Nro-OrUan, June 10, 1806. On the return of the speaker to the htiusc, the reply of lbo governor some time since to Hanover, ant which were cot away before the Prussians took possession of the country Oa their way to London they halted at Rum ford, when one of the ctntinels placedlover the wag 1 -eons, -was detected in breaking open xne ol the casks, and lodged a pn Soner in the barracks. juke 3.

By the last accounts received from North America, we find that our fri gates which cruize off Sandy Hook, have again given serious cause of complaint alluding to the conduct of the Leander and Cambrian in the murder of Pierce. We still doub: the correctness of air the reports "Which are published in the American papers. Vc are in rlie mean while extremely anxious to'learn what has "really passed, as every Englishman must fuel particularly Interested, where the true honor of his country is at stake, and the report which has reached us of the murder of Pierce, but too well calculated to justify jhe serious complaints, which havt ci laie occn mace oy rureign natians, Mgainst the conduct of our ciuiseis. JUNE 7. A cartel has unwed from France, bringing over Lords Elgin and Yai The cartel is said to havt brought disputcht lor -1)111 noihing has transpired on tlu subject.

Letters from Lisbon state, that oi cf April, a treaty, by whit 1 the mutndity of Fortitgal was gua rsnteed, was signed fct' Madrid he tw een the Plcnipou iaries ol Fr.nc and Fori ugal. The latter, no doub has been under the necessity of pin chasing the forbearance of the ere my at a high rate but any sacrifice as to be preferred tc the visitations of a French army. Juni 10. Lord Lauderdale, it was last nigh hub agreed to surrender his appointment as Governor General ol Bengal, It is rumoured that Lord Howie. 1, has been prevailed upon to accept the government of India.

Gatta holds out, and is likely to hold out a great length of time, The garrison are in danger of wanting provisions or, supplies of any k'nd. Civilello del Fronto continues alo, under an Irish officer, to make as bold a resi-j'ance-as that of Gaeta. The islands of Prr cidia and Is-i 'rliia; lying between Gaeta and the Bay of Naples, have, it is stated, ben attacked by a British squadron, irhout sin cess- The isii.nd of Capri, at the en-trance of the of Naples, was also attacked on the night of the lllh ult, The Moniteurof the 30th uh. contains a very long srcuuut of a trivial engagement be ween the French and Russians, in one of the Linda (Leisina) in the Adriatic. The iifiair, we have no doubt, is rnuch f-Xiiggerattd.

It is likely that tiie. Russians, seeing the pist where the enemy were entrenched too strong to he attacked, determined; upon a retreat, and might have been' hanasstd a good deal in returning to their ships. It is clear howevei, from thi.s inteiligncr, that no idea was entertained by the Russians, so late the end of April that they were about to evacuate Datmatia. Lord Henry Petty last night proposed additional rale of 10 per centum on the amount of the pre sent assessment nnrler the assessec taxes, as; a-substitute for the intend ed tax on pi ivate fiewng. To thi- iioserious objection was stated.

Hl also iiitnfioned, that it was his in ikiiwuii, in a ivMiuiiHici, tills l( pro pose under the assessed taxes, deduction 41. for fvtry child, ii tjes whfVe the assessment shouh be under 401 This, he said, woul apply tot incomes up to ICOCl. a vear i.mi ouieirnn more. i nis was in-tended for the buiefit of persons hn viiig small -incqmes and Mige fam..