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rwr- f/ - i ' % CATSKILL, (NEW -YORK:)— PUBLISHED BY KI a CKAY CROSWELE. i [VOL. II.] M O N D A T , November 4, 1805, [No. 78.3 From the Cenneh 'icut CouranU MelTra. H udson & G oodwin , The following Letter of an elderly man to bis Nephew beginning bufihefs, I have perufed in tnanufeript, and copied for your paper. If you think it worthy of publication, I reqaeft you to publilh it. D ear N epiiew , AS you are beginning bufinefs in trade, I am induced by peifonal aiFe£Hon and moft ardent withes for your welfare and profperity, to offer you my advice. I well know that advice is feidom welcome ; but to you I ten der mine in confidence that it will be weii received, inafmuch as fince the mournful pe riod when it pieafed heaven to bereave you of -your excellent father, I have in a manner (tood in that endearing relation towards you, and have hitherto received from you the con- ftant tokens of filial gratitude and love. In the firft place, deal fairly and hold fait integrity. Let no temptation of gain, on the one hand, nor any embarrafiment, on the Other, ever lead you to ftep afide from the path of ftria honefty. For afide from the confideration of a folemn reckoning hereaf- ' ter, honefty is the btft policy j** it is the fureft way to worldly thrift and profperity.— But to honefty there muft be added a great degree of caution, left you become a dupe to the arts of the krtavifh. Many a hopeful young man has been led, by the confeious in tegrity of his own heart, to fuch an over- wtening confidence in mankind, as rendered him an cafy prey to cunning ftiarpers and fwindkrs. Unite care with diligence. Care preferves what induftry g:dns *, but the man who at tends to hib buOnefs diligently, but not care fully, throws away with one band what he g ithers with the other. A man in bufinefs fbould as much as poflible, m.ike ufe of his own eyes : at ieaft, he fliouid have a con- :.f aV bi? ct-.Jcen-s j if ht- have this chlefiy to others, it is ten to one, that he will foon find his circumftanccs em- barrafied. Endeavor to pofTcfs at all times a critical knowledge of your real circumftances. for this purpofe, and indeed in every relpcci, ex act order or method' in bubnds is highly ne-, cefiary. Men who do bufinefs without me thod, adl in the dark; they plunge along at random, not knowing where they place their jfteps. They quickly find themfclves bewil dered and embarralied ; and there are many chances again ft them for one in their favor. Prudently beware that your expenditures do nor outrun your incomes. The ftyle of living Oiould conform, to one^s perfonal cir- cumftances, and fuch expen<litures as can be well afforded by a man of fortune, might be inevitably deftrudrive to him who has his for tune yet to make. “ Money, fays the old proverb, makes money. When you have got a little and carefully Caved, it, it is often e ify to get more. The greateft difficulty with a beginner, is to get that little.” But if fru- g^iiity does not ftore up what induftry ac quires, there can be no increafe of capital. Take heed of overtrading. If you adven ture beyond your depth, if depending upon a iicHtious capital, you extend your bu fine is V ry far beyond your real capital, the hazard c£ bankruptcy will be great. Indeed in this cafe you would hazard not only your own property, but that of your creditors ; which i> hardly reconclleablc with honeft principles. When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, overtrading becomes a general error both among great antj fmall dealers,” and a fudden fhift in the ftate of commerce, (fuch as frequently happens) pro duces general diftrefs. Reckon nothing your own, that you oive for ;'\it is a depofit placed in your hands'by your creditors j which it would be fraudulent for you to ufe in fuch a manner as to endan ger their interefts. Debts are facred ; cvery^ honeft man will do his endeavors to difeharge his hona fide debts with punctuality and honor. Be ever cautious of running deeply into debt. Flattering profpedls of great gain in this way fometimes occur, but they often prove delufive, and leave the too rafh adven turer under an infupportable load* Beware o f entangling yourfelf by impru dent furctiftiipi. There are divers caveats in the facred volume againft this kind of adven ture ; and its fatal confequences have been often witneffed in our own times and in al- moft all parts of this country. Efp-icially beware of dealing too largely in accommoda^ tlm paper; for as in fuch a cafe, you muft borrow.the names of others as endorfers, you would frequently find yourfelf under the neceffity of lending your own name, ;.i re- <-urn, further than prudence could didlAte.— And as a Urge number become linked to- ^ ther in this way, the failure of a few of them (hocks the whole. Perfuaded that you will take thefe friendly hints in good part, and give them their due weight in your mind and practice?, I only add, my dear Ni-phew, the fincere exprefiiou of my ardent wifhes that yoifr honeft and lauda ble efforts may be crowned with the divine bieffmg. Foreign Intelligence. LONDON, S eptemijer i . OF T H E BREST FLEET, The* affair of the 22d, between Admiral Cornwallis and the Breft fleet, was more fe- riou3 than the Bulletin pubhfhed by govern ment led us to fuppoCs. The gallant Admi ral himfelf, in the Villc de Paris, led the van, and had nearly cut off the F'-rench Rear-Ad miral. He nobly fupported by Sir Rich ard Strachan, itf the Cjefar, who requefted permiffion, by fignal, to range next to him in the line. The other ftiips principally engaged were, the Namur, Captain, Montague. The Captain had rec. ntly joined the fleet, and diftinguiftied herfelf very much. Her fire was the moft tremendous ever witnelied ; file appeared one entire blaze. Part of a fhell ftruck Admiral Cornwallis upon the breaft, but fortunately it did him no injury. The Csefar had three men killed, and feven wounded. The Ville de Paris; and the Na- bavA ffiveral wounded*. bu‘ none killed. Fhey received fcveral (hot in their and fails. The French fleet only advanced juft outfide their batteries when the a£Hon com menced f yet, had they not tacked and ran back fo foon, a general engagemeist muft have enfued, or feveral of them muft have been taken. They no doubt fuffered fevere- ly, as our fleet were enabled to rake them.— Tiie Montague, Capt. Otway, followed them clofe in under the batteries, cooftantly ex changing fliots with them. Had the lead ac cident happened to any, even of the topmafts of the three rear ftiips of the enemy's fleet, it is thought that they muft have fallen into our hands. All the letters from the fleet off Breft, ftate the mafterly difpofition of the gallant Corn- w'allis to have attacked the French fleet in Canaaret Bay, 2f fail of the line, covered and flanked as their anchorage was by numerous and heavy batteries, tier over tier, cut out of the live rock. The enemy anchored within the range of their batteries on the night of the 21 ft iiift. Admiral Cornwailis, or, as be is familiarly called by the Jacks, ‘‘ Blue Billy,” on perceiving this, very coolly flood in towards them, bearing down in 1/ne^ of battle, being determined to attack them at their anchorage. At day-break on the 22d inft. the veteran Admiral then made the ne- ceffary fi^oal to all his fleet of his determina tion, which was dire£lly anfwered by every line of battle iliip and repeating frigate. He then made a fignal thar the Ville de Paris, (ito guns, his own flag Ihip) would lead in ih'? van-divifion. The whole night was paff- ed in ferious and filent determination to wait with anxious folicitude for day-light, and the moment of beginning this formidable bufi nefs ; but, when the day opened, the enemy were obferved in fomc confiifiori, flipping their cables and anchors, and running for Breft outer roads, from their ftrong pofirion in Camaret Bay, covered, no doubt, ivifh glory, as ufual—however, a partial aflion took place between the rear of the French fleet and part of our van, viz. the Ville de Paris, i ( • guns; Caefar, 84 guns, and Montague, 74 guns— bad it been general, no doubt is entertained of its turning out a proud day for Old En gland. SEPTEMBER 2 - At length we are able to put an end to the fufpenfc which the public has for fomc time felt with refpe£t to the cembiacd fleets. to his honor and that of his officers and men, who muft h^ve feconded him iri the moft fpirited manurr oil that dccafion. 'I have the honor to be, |cc. (Signed) 1 W. CORNWALLTSi Monday, Avguft 13, Gape Ortegal bear* ing about eaft' fouth-eaft, fifteen or fixteen leagues, fell in with His Majefty's (hip Phee- nix, having a difnrufted French frigate in tow, which (he had captured, on the ioth inft. in lat. 43 deg. 16 min. N. long. 12 deg, 14 mim W. aftier a fevers a£Hon of three hours. 'Fhe name of th^ French frigate is the Didon, of 44 guns, -and 30a men. She was detached Trom the combiaed {'qaadrons a few hours af ter their arrival at Corunna, and was Cruizing when the Phosuix fell in with her. (Signed) EDW. GRIFFITHS, I)ragon, ojfi TJshant, Aug, 22 . BLANCHE FRIG4TE. “ T h e action fought by La Blanche frigate, deferves to rank, for gallantry,'as high in the public efttem as any other, however fplendid, which has taken place during the war. It was impoffibie for Capt. Mudge to refill, with any appearance of fuccefs, the vrft fuperiority of the enemy ill yeffels, gurts and men. Hi$ officers and crew did not gmouiit to more than 184 men fip for a£Uo^, as of 215 on board, 17 were boys, and l4 were on the fick lilt. ' For the fcllowing partiluJars of the en- gagement, we are indebted to a letter from Mr. Hugh Honk, Surgeon I of His Majefty’s ffiip La Blanche, dated 7th Aug* on board the French frigate La Top(iZe, lat. 45, 19, long. 36, 45 W.— We weie unlucky enough to fall in with a divifion of the enemy, in long. 65, 4« W. lat. 20, 2 \ N. confifting of La Bopaze, of 44 guns, C^pt. Jean Baptifte Beaudin, long eighteens and 20 pound carro- nades ; Le Department dei Landes, 22 long 9 pounders ; La Torche, ijS long 12 pound ers ; La Fautie, 16 long 9 founders, and one brig.—La Blanche's copper being in fuch a bad ftate, and th^ fuperior failing of the ene- nr»y, fuch as to kave ut no chance, but what pent of an adlion— Capt. Mudge, his brave ofticerg and crew, im-~ mediately determined to fight to the laft ex tremity, and to itll their fisip as dear as poffi- ble ; nor was it until our rigging was nearly all cut fo pieces ; eleven ftiot received in our fore.maft, feveral in t}ic main-maft, the fpan- ker boom fiiot away, feven of our guns difa-* bled, and above fix feet water in the hold, our enemy on all fides in the a6l of boarding, that we had any thought of fiirrendering. “ It was then, and not till then, that our Captain, by the advice of his officers, and from motives of humanity, confented to ftrike. The enemy found our (hip fo complete a wreck, that they immediately fet fire to her. She went down, with all her guns, ftores, and ammunition, without an explofion. We had but 215 men at the commencement of the ac tion ; our lofs is, thank God, comparatively final!, being only 8 killed and 15 wounded. There were 33 of our crew abfent in detain ed veffels, and 8 more left on board the Dianzi at Jamaica. We had 17 boys included in the above, and 14 men on the fick lift 5 fo that, every thing confidered, our enemy has very little to boaft of.” Adrniralty^Ofiice, September 3. A letter has juft been received from Capt. Barton, of the Goliath, dated Auguft 18, in- fhrming of the capture, on the i6ih, of La Totche, a French nadonal corvette, of i l guns, and 196 men, commanded by Captain Dchen, having on board 52 of the late Blariche’s er e w.-^ShevraSTme of the fquadton that deftroyed the Blanche. The homeward bound Jamaica fleet of 156 fail, has arrived, without the lofs of a finglc ftiip, or, at moft but one. Our letters from Falmouth ftate, that^lw homeward bound Eaft-India fleet were In fight. VIENNA, A ugust la. Wc learn that government has given or ders for matching 15,000 men to reinforce the troops in the Tyrol. They are compofed of veteran infantry and huffan, l*hc Arch duke John is to command la Tyrol, with Gen. Mack, for his fecdud. Captain Blackwood, of the Euryalus fri gate, arrbed this morning at the Admiralty with diipatches. His (hip had been fent from Cork to Lord Nelfon ; but miffing him, proceeded to Admiral Collingwood, off Ca diz.—The difpatches ftate, that the combined fleets, coafifting of 27 fail of the line, arrived atCadisJi^ the 20th uk. Admiral Colling wood, of courfe, did not wiih his four fail of the line, venture to oppofe them—they chafed him for Ihort time before they entered Ca diz. A^ loon, however, as they had got in, he retur.ieJ to his ftation, •5Lnd:.>,^e anchored with uh fom fail of the harbor. On the 24th, the Euryalus-fcfi in with Ad miral Calder's fleet within 20 leagues of Ca diz, fo that he would in all probability joia Admiral Collingwood the next day, and the blockade of Cadiz vvould then be cffcdlually relumed. Admiral Bickerton is at Gibraltar with his fix fail of the line, and the Cartha- gena fleet remain in port. Admiral Bicker- ton will be able to prevent their jun£lion with the combined fleets fiiould they attempt it. Boiiapaite continued at Boulogne on the iprii ; but our-Dover correfpondent informs us that he has fince left it, and that the num ber of troops and tents is much lels than it was. We dar? fay part of the army has been fent '0 ilifi Rhine. A Gottuiburgh Mail this morning, has brought the following anide of importance ; S t . P etersburgh , August 15. Tf.e greateft warlike preparations are ma king in all parts of the Ruffian Empire ; a fvtetfenger left this city yefterday for England, wh‘}, it is reported, is the bearer of rhe treaty cor|(!iUdt,d between Ruffia, Sweden, and En- giai/ i ; It is.alfo faid, that the Pruffian Miiiif- ter -vviii leave this capital to-day or to-morrow. M ‘ NovoziUzoff is not yet arrived. juft as the combined fleet failed from Fer ro;, eight large American Ihips, under convoy of two armed fliips, failed from Nantz for Ca diz, laden V. ith fait beef, pork, and bifeuit ; the Colpoy.i brig fell in wdih them in the night, captured two, the rcii feparated, and «.*• Dicu and the main. We ft>p ih/ of a fecoiid exprefs at the Admiralty, with difpatchCvS, ft-vring that the combined fleet, af ter arriving at Cadiz, had again put to fea, following a noriberly courfe. As we have more than once had occafion to notice the courfe, fteered kaving port proves nothing refpetling.the real dc-ftination of a fleet: it Is in every cafe neccffiry to gain an offing, an 4 , befides, a falfe courfe is oftnn follov/ed to'deceive an adverfary tiii d:<fkncls enables theft) to alter it with kfs chance of deteftion. We lately mentioned that the harveft has preyed fo abundant in Spain, that foreign con had fallen 300 pv^r cent. Accounts from Caejiz of the 3d of Auguft, ftate, that there we(e upwards of 40,00* barrels of American flour in the harbor, tor which no fale could be obtained, although offered at a prime coft. L ;rd Keith has returned from the Texel, ta the Bdgar of 74 guns. It is faid that there is lefs appearance than formerly of an inten tion on the part the Dutch fleet to put to fea. The following is an exafi: copy of the or ders iffued by the gallant Admiral Carnwal- iis, at eleven o'clock on the evening preceding the late movement of the enemy in Breft •. « M E M O . The commander in chief means to at tack the enemy to-morrow mon ing, an I will himfeif lead the line of battle in the Ville de Paris. Each* (hip is to attack or board that (hip of the enemy which appears mo(t advan tageous for the general defeat of their fleet, and of bringing them out, (Signed) « N. NUGENT. Fiile de FariSf Aug* 21, 1805.” A dmiralty -O ffice , A ug . 3 1. Copy of a letter from the Honorable William (iornwallis, Admiral of the White, ^c, to William Marfden, Efq. dated on board his Majefty's Ihip Ville de Paris, off JJfh^nt, the 24th inftant. SIR, I have the honor to fend you, to be comnrm^ nicated to the Lords Comniiffioncrs of the Admiralty, a copy o f information receiyed by the Dragon, vvhich fiiip joined me yefterday. I have particular pleafure in fending their Lord (hips that part of the account in which The troops deftined lor the camp of Bad- thc gallant condujJi of Captain B.fficr, of the Nvein, arc on the marrU—‘o which the Phoenix, is fo eonfpicuoqs in taking the Di- mentg in arr: to be Ui/iud. 'I hrre don Fiench frigate of fuperior force, fo much .other campis arc formed, cue near Giaiz | j U ; I V • -C lA ;
