we saw a veflel to windward, which </ter
alhort time appeared to be a (hip, & was
thought by Capt. Young, who was din
ing on board us to be the King, Grey. He
accordingly went on board lus own veflel,
and hoisted the private signal for that (hip
but (hortly afterwards hailed our captain,
and told him (he was a merchant veflel,
and we consequently kept for her till with
in mufquet (hot, tile Susan on her bow,
and we on her broadside.
" Capt. Young having fired a gun at
her, and hoisted Englify colours, the (hip
hoisted National colours, —we then hoist
ed ours and gave her a broadside, which
was warmly returned, when a very heavy
cannonade ensued, -and continued about an
hour and an half, at the end of which the
Susan bftre away-. • *
" About ten minutes afterwards, we
also, finding her too heavv, bore away,
and the {hip went in pursuit of the Susan,
a very dull faiior, with whom (he scon
came up, and pouring a very heavy (hower
of (hot, obliged her to strike.
" Two boats were dispatched on board
of Captain Young, and the (hip made af
ter us, and was coming up very faft,when
n (lioal obliged her to haul up, and gave
n9 Cjme advantage ; (lie was however, 2-
bout dtrik within mulket (hot of us, and
fired 40 or 50 bills at us, wliich did con
siderable damage, but the darkness en
crea'ing, (he fortunately loft fight of 11s.
" We now got fixed upon a rock, and
remained there, it blowing hard all the
time, and in momentary e<pe£lation of
being dashed to pieces, till half pa ft 11,
when- we got off, and immediately pro
ceeded" to this place to refit.
" Our fails, rigging, See. were great
ly damaged, and we received several (hot
in the hull, two or three between wind gnd
water ; one ball in particular went direct
ly thro' the magazine, and shattered a
barrel of poivder to pieces, but providen
tially did us no other injury.
" The ship had 18 long 12 and nine
pounderg, and 200 men. We loft but 1
man in the atlion."
NEW-YORK, January 1..
Bermuda, Nov- 29.
WE, the Matters of American veffcU
capfured by the different Bermudian pri
vateers on ourpaflage from the Weft In
dies, request it as a favor of you to pub
lith this our situation, as the moil speedy
method we have to make it known to our
owners and fellow-citizens, in cafe any of
our letters {hare the fame fate of all othert
that fall intp the privateers hands, viz.
I. Ship Robert, Weft, vet Tel and car
go condemned.
2. Schooner Fair Lady, of Philadel
phia, Lillibridge, the cargo condemned
011 the Oath of a bov.
3. Brig Phoebe of Philadelphia, Wi
liams, the cargo condemned.
4. Schooner York, of New Ybrk, 0'
Brien, libelled.
5. Schooner Betsey, of Ipfwich,Kinf
man, ditto.
6. Brig Sukey, of Charleston, Earl,
do.
7. Sloop Crisis, of New-Haven, Bill,
do.
8. Sloop Amelia, of Philadelphia,Wil
liamfon, having come in dismasted, and a
pass on board from a British port, on con
ditions of signing an indemnifying bond
to the owners of a privateer, and repair
ing all damages himfelf.
9. Sloop Polly, of Philadelphia, Smith
libelled.
10. Schooner Atalanta, of New-Lon.
cion, Skinner, do.
11. Schooner Willing Maid, Wallace,
Note. When we arrive at the Bermu
das, and after anchoring in the stream a
ftiort time, are boarded by a crew of Ber
mudiaris from the (hore.
1 ft. Where there are pafiengerson board
they order the baggage on deck, and open
all trunks, cases, or any package or bun
dle, beds, &c. that they do' find on board
said vessel, and take therefrom all books,
papers, money, watches, trinkets, pkte,
and cloathing in part, &c.
2d. They then proceed to featch them
perfonaHy, without discrimination of age
or sex.
3d. Then turn them on (hore to the
Commiflary of war, and procced to haul
the veflel to the wharf: they then com
mence unloading her, at their own discre
tion, starting, boring, breaking, and de
ftroyirig many things before them, at the
fame time turning the crew on (hore, and
enliftingthem on board their privateers.
Tlicv will not permit the mafic.', nor
any person belonging to the vefifel, to re
mind them of the deftru&ioi) of the said
veflel or her cargo ; but threaten destruc
tion to the mailer, which some have felt
the eSccts of on this island. Nay they
demand the mailer's money, difpoflefs him
of his veflel, and no provision made for
him. All this is done by the owners of
the privateers, not under the infpe&ion
o( the Marftial, and before any condem
nation takes place.
Therefore' we pray you will not neglect
to give this a speedy publication in your
papers ; in doing which you will oblige,
Dear Sirs,
In behalf of the whole,
Your very humble servants,
ROBERT LILLIBRIDGE,
JOHN EARLE,
Wm. WILLIAMSON,
JOHN SMITH,
M. MARTINEAU, Supercargo
of ths; schooner Fair Lady.
Signed in New York, 2#th Dec. 1793.
THOMAS O'BRYAN,
It appears by Mr. Rittenhoufe's obser
vations in Philadelphia, that, the fumrner
past, the Thermometer tea's at and above
80 deg. 26 days in Augufl and 9 in Sep
tember ; which makes 35 days in those
two months only. I have not seen any
ctferra. lens for May, June arid July lafl;
but probably the' heat was at and above
80 deg. eighty or ninety days in tlje
whole season : an instance without prece
dent in America.
Extract from the Quebec Gazette of the
12th December
Friday morning died the Hon. William
Smith, Efq; on; of his majjly't executive
council, fpeaier of the legiftative council,
and chief of the province of Lower
Canada.
Mr. Smith was eminently diflingtiijhed both
for theJtrengil of his mental faculties and the
extent of his acquired talents, and was a cha
racter of which there are few examples, poffef
ed of a tenacious memory, quick conception
and found judgment, great classical, hiflori
cal ami legal learning, and unwearied in his
application and attention to buflnefs, he was
in the executive government, in the senate, and
in his judicial capacity, a nan of the firjl a
bilities, a public fpeaher of the firjl rani, and
undeniably the greatefl law character that /!-
mtrica has produced.
To what he was in public he was equal in
private l*. where the excellence of his under
flanding appeared in the brilliancy of his con
versation and writings, and the goodness of
his heart in every injlance of his conduit to
wards his family, his friends and fociely—he
died revered by ihofe who had the pleasure of
his acquaintance, regretted by all, as a public
and irreparable loss —His remains were in
terred on Sunday, and were attended to the
g/tive by his royal highness Prince Edward
the htn. the members of the Legislative and
Executive C unci's, and of the House of As
sembly, the officers of Government civil and
mditary, the officers of the garris on, and the
tr.cfl refpeftable and numerousconcourfe of ci
tizens ever witnefjed on afimilar occasion.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 28.
Extract of a letter from Fort Wa(hington
dated Nov. 14, 1793, to a gentleman
in this town.
" I received a letter a few days ago
from the Falls, informing me that an ex
pedition is there preparing againlt Louifi
ana,under the command of the well known
Gen. Clarke, who (fays my informant)
is appointed a major-general in the armies
of France, and commander in chief of
the French Revolutionary Legion on the
Mififiippi, &c. That a paymaster is actu
ally arrived with cash, and also some
French artillery officers, —40 odd boats on
a new conftru&ion are to be built at that
place, as soon as polfible—that blank com
miflions are feitt to the General to be fil
led at his pleasure—that the Legion is to
be 011 a life eftablilhment, the fame as in
France—that public plunder is to be re
linquished to the troops, and they are to
receive lands in the conquered country con
sonant to grade, and that after the war
they (hall not be liable to be called out of
the country, but are to garrison it.
BOSTON, Dec. 25,
The profpeft of peace, was the report
of yesterday. Although we could not
trace it to any fqurce to be relied on, we
lliall nevertheless give it as we heard it.—
It is, that the British packet had arrived
at Halifax, from England, and that letters
had been received at Halifax, by the pac
ket, from Brook Watson, Esq. Paymas
ter-General of the Duke of Yolk's army,
in the Netherlands, informing that the
National Convention of Fiance had named
Commiflioners to treat with the Combi
ned Powers as to the object of the com
bination and invasion of France, and what
might be the preliminaries on which a
treaty of pcace might be concluded ; that,
in consequence of the answer given, Mr.
Watson was of opinion that a peac would
take place in the spring. Something
about the surrender of Brest was also re
ported ; but treated as idle.
There was also a report that Corr.mif
fioners had left Brest, and had arrived in
England, for the purpose of agreeing on
the fj&rendcr of that port 0:1 the fame
co'ndttioiis with that of Toulon.
The packet is said to have left England
the 16th October.
December 26,
The veiTel which arrived at New-York
from Cadi/., we arir informed, was sent by
Mr. Humphreys, our ftmiiiler at Portu
gal. She was insured at 30 per cc.it, vcf
fel, cargo, and crew; and a dollar was
paid for every letter (he brought.
Mr. Humphreys, we likewise are in
formed, was on liis way, at the date of his
letter; to Mequinea, in the empire of Mo
roc£-..i» *-r*4r>r to effect if possible, a peace
■with the Algerines.
NEW-LONDON, Dee. 26,
IN every point of view, the present
crisis is highly interesting; it is devoutly
to be <wijhed, and the public voice is for
honorable Peace •uiith all the If arid.
" The ear is pain'd,
Tlie foul is sick with every day's report,
Of wrong and outrage with which this
earth is fill'd.
There is no fiefli in man's obdurate heart,
It dots not feel for man,
Lands interfered by a narrow frith,
Abhor each other. Mountains interposed,
Make enemies of nations who had else
Like kindred drops been mingled into one."
PHILADELPHIA,
JANUARY 3.
APPOINTMENT.
Edmund Randolph, to be Secretary of
State, in the room of Thomas Jefferfon,
resigned the 3 1 ft. ult.
Extract of a letter from Baltimore.
" An American vessel Is just arrived
from Havre de Grace. Nothing has as yet
been published. It is however reported,
that every thing in France is in the heft
situation ; It is even said that Great Bri
tain and Pruflia have been detached from
the Combination of Powers, and that wa
gers have been laid refpefting a peace."
The firfl day of January was, among
the Romans, consecrated to Janus, by an
offering of a cake made with new meal,
and new fait, with new frankincenfe and
new wine. On this day, a beginning was
made of every intended work ; the con
suls took pofleffion of their office, and
with the flamens fprieftsj offered facrifi
ces and prayers for the prosperity of the
empire. All animosities were suspended,
and friends gave and received New-Year's
Gift. This practice of making presents
is still continued ; though the beji part of
the Roman customs, the fufpenfwn of all
animosities, seems to have fallen into disuse.
Jim. Minerva.
A lift of all the arrivals at the port of
Philadelphia, for the year 1793.
163 Ships, 288 Snows and Brigs, 599
Schooners and Sloops.
Clearances for the fame period.
143 Ships, 258 Snows and Brigs, 690
Schooners and Sloops.
Married at Trenton, Mr. George Ro
zell, to Mifis Sally AxFOßD,.both of
that place.
At Brunfwick, N.J. Elisha
Ayres, attorney at law of Morriftown, to
Miss Hannah Dennis, daughter of John
Dennis, Esq. of Brunfwick.
At New-York, Mr. John
Smith, merchant, to Mrs. Agness Wet
zell, eldest daughter of General William
Malcom, both of that city.
Died, at Baltimore, Mrs. Henrietta
Williamson, the amiable consort of
Mr. David Williamfon of that town, mer-
chant.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
Friday Jim. 3, 1794
Tlie petition of Thomas Claxton, Af
f.ftant Door-Keeper, was vead a second
t;me—and provision ordered pursuant to
the prayer thereof, to be paid out of the
fund appropriated to defray iii<, contingent
expeiifes of the house.
Some other petitions were read refer
red.
The house then resolved itft'f into a
committee of the whole, Mr. Trumbull
in the chair, and took into coniideration
the Report of the Secretarv of State, re
lative to Foreign Commerce.
Mr. Madison, after £aaie inttfjduitsry
oblervations on the State of the Com
merce of the United States previous to
the adoption of the condition, and subse
quent to that period—read a number of
resolutions, the substance of which are
contained i 1 the Secretary's report: Their
principal oh; ct is to provide for an en
hancement of the Duties of Irapoft on
sundry goods, imported from countries,
with which the United States have no
Commercial Treaty ; also, on the Ton
nage of veflels of those Countries.'—These
resolutions being read the committee i\.{e
& reported progrelV-aud after considerable
debate on the question for an early, or dis
tant day to be afligned for their difcufiion,
the house determined on next Mondav
week.
Mr. W. Smith moved the following re
solution, viz. That the Secretary of the
treasury, be directed to report to this
house, a comparative view of the foreign
tonnage employed in the commerce of the
United States, in the years 179 c, 179 1,
and 1792.
2d. That he report the actual state of
the American tonnage employed in the
commerce of the United States, with fo
reign nations, for one year,—These reso
lutions were agreed to.
On motion, it was refolvcd, that the re
solutions brought forward by Mr. Madison,
fliould be printed.
Mr. Fitzfimons, laid a motion on the
table, for the appointment' of a committee,
to report a bill providing for the regula
tion of pilots, and the preservation of light
hoiifes, &c. in the bay of Delaware.
In committee of the whole, 011 the bill
providing for the renewal of loft; certify
cates of a certain description—Mr. Trum
bull in the chair.
The bill was read by the clerk—and
considered by paragraphs.—The firft pro
vides for the renewal of loan office certi
ficates and final certificates, which have
been dcilroyed by accident—after foma
objections to the principle of the bill, it
wa3 moved that this paragraph fliould be
ft ruck out.—This motion was negatived^— l
The committee then rose and reported
progress and the house adjourned.
FROM A tURH t ■> f'o\Dt A l
In confirmation of the aiTertion tint.
Great Britain made thetruce between the
Algerines and Portugal, it has been al
leged, that Great Britain is the guaran
tee of that truce. But it is known that
the latter fad comes from the fanuifource
as the former, a source which is not only
queftionable,but which'dei ived its informa
tion from doubtful authority; whereas the
intelligence of a contradictory nature 11 not
only more recent but comes from higher au
thority,& denies the agency of that nation
or the guarantee. The refufal of a convoy
is part of the fame story with the fonn;r,
and depends upon the fame authority. A
nother letter in town declares, that the
improper manner in which it was aflced was
the sole cause of any difficulty ; fee a let
ter published in this paper on Wednesday
last.
There are not wanting those wlio wish
to plunge this country into a war with
Great Britain. Exaggerations and mis
representations will be ufeful weapons in
their hands ; but the calm and the candid
require fa&s well authenticated before
they form opinions.
PRICE of. STOCKS.
Philadelphia, January 2, 1794.
6 per cents, 17/9 to I oa.
3 ditto, 9/10 to io/".
Deferred, 10/9 to rcw/.
U. S. Bank, 10 per cent, advanc?.
N. A. ditto, 20 ditto ditto.
Pennsylvania do. 5 ditto ditto.
tSjF A meeting of the Stockholders of
the Bank of the United States, rdiding in
this city, is to be held, by adjournment,
at the City Tavern, this Evening, at fix
o'clock. January 3.