we saw a vessel to windward, which qfter
a short time appeared to be a ship, & was
thought by Capt. Young, who was din
ing on board us to be the King, Grey. He
accordingly went on board h.s own vefTel,
and hoisted the private signal for that ship
but shortly afterwards hailed our captain,
and told him she was a merchant vessel,
and we consequently kept for her till with
in mufquet shot, tile Susan on her bow,
and we on her broadside.
" Capt. Young having fired a gun at
her, and hoisted English colours, the ship
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 bore away. 4
" About ten minutes afterwards, we
also, finding her too heavv, bore away,
and the ship went in pursuit of the Susan,
a very dull sailor, with whom file soon
came up, and pouring a very heavy shower
of fliot, 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
» shoal obliged her to haul up, and Jp.ve
ns tjme advantage ; (lie was however, a-
Loutdtilk wichin mulket (hot of up, and
fired 40 or JO Lulls at us, wliich did con
siderable damage, but the darkticfs en
creafing, (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 expectation of
being dashed to pieces, till half past 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 shot
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 powder to pieces, but providen
tially did us no other injury.
" The ship had 18 long 12 and nine
pounders, and 200 men. We loft but 1
man in the adiion."
NEW-YORK, January !.■
Bermuda, Nov- 29.
WE, the Matters of American vefTcis
captured by the different Bermudian pri
vateers on our paflagc from the Weft In
dies, request it as a favor of you to pub
lish this our situation, as the molt 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 others
that fall into the privateers hands, viz.
I, Ship Robert, Weft, veiTel and car
go condemned.
2. Schooner Fair Lady, of Philadel
phia, Lillibridge, tlie cargo condemned
011 the Oath of a bov.
3. Brig Phoebe of Philadelphia, Wil
liams, the cargo condemaed.
4. Schooner York, of New Yferk, O'
Brien, libelled.
5. Schooner Betsey, of Ipfwich,Kir;:
man, ditto.
6. Brig Sukey, of Chavlefton, Earl,
do.
7. Sloop Crisis, of New-Haven, Bill,
do.
8. Slcop Amelia, of Philadelphia,Wil
liamfon, having come in dismasted, and a
pass on board from a British port, on con
ditions of Cgning 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
don, Skinner, do.
11. Schooner Willing Maid, Wallace,
Note. When we arrive at the Bermu
das, and after anchoring in the stream a
short time, are boarded by a crew of Ber
mudiaris from the shore.
1 ft. Where there are pafTengers on 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 feaich them
personally, without discrimination of age
or sex.
3d. Then turn them on fhorc to the
CommiHary of war, and proceed to haul
the vet Tel to the wharf: they then com
mence unloading her, at their own discre
tion, starting, boring, breaking, and de
stroying many things before them, at the
lame time turning the crew on fiiore, and
enlisting them on board their privateers.
Thcv will not permit the mailer, nor
any person belonging to the vefltl, to re
mind them of the deftmdtior) of the said
vefTel or her cargo ; but threaten destruc
tiOn to the mailer, which some have felt
the e.Tcfts of on this island. Nay thev
demand the maftei's money, difpofl'efs him
of his vessel, and no provision made for
him. All this is done by the owners of
the privateers, not under the infpeftiou
of the Marshal, 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 tJic schooner Fair Lady.
Signed in New York, 2 Bth Dec. 1793.
THOMAS O'BRYAN.
It appears bv Mr. Rittenhoufe's obser
vations in Philadelphia, that, the fuir.mer
pall, the Thermometer v.-as at and above
80 deg. 26 days 111 August and 9 in Sep
tember ; which makes 35 days in thofc
two months only. I have not seen any
cbfer.Ti.ious for May, June arid July last;
but probably the' heat was at and above
80 deg. eighty or ninety days in tlje
whole fcafon : an instance without prece
dent in America.
Extra ft from the Quebec Gazette of the
12th December
Friday morning died the Hon. William
Smith, Efq; one of his ntajfly's executive
council, fpeaher of the hgifiative council,
and chief of the province of Lower
Canada.
Mr, Smith was eminently dflinguiflted loth
for theJir.engl.l of his mental faculties and the
extent of his acquired talents, and was a cha
racter of which there are few examples, pq/fef
ed of a tenacious memory, quick conception
end found judgment, great classical, hiflori
cal and legal learning, and unwearied in his
application and attention to bufnefs, he was
in the executive government, in thefenate, and
in his judicial capacity, a nan of the firfl a
bilities, a public fpeaher of the firfl rank, and
undeniably the greatefl law character that //-
\ nuriea has produced.
To what he was in public he was equal in
private life, 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 conduli to
wards his family, hisfriends and focie.'y—he
died revered by those 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
gmveby his royal highness Prince Edward
the htn. the members of the Legijlative ar.d
Executive C uncils, and of the House of As
sembly, the officers of Government civil and
military, the officers of the garrison, and the
tr.cjl refpeftable and numerous concourse of ci
tizens ever wilnejfed on a similar occajion.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 28.
Extratt of a letter from Fort Washington
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 against 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 conftruftion are to be built at that
place, as soon as possible—that blank com
miflions are sent to the General to be fil
led at his pleasure—that the Legion is to
be 011 a life eftablilhment, the fame a« 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, wa6 the report
of yesterday. Although we could not
trace it to any source to be relied on, we
(hall 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
kefc, from Brook Watson, Esq. Paymas
ter-General of the Duke of York's army,
in the Netherlands, informing that the
National Convention of France 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 peace might be concluded ; that,
in confequenee 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 Commis
sioners had left Brest, and had arrived in
England, for the purpose of agieeing on
the (uiTender of that port 0:1 the fame
conditions with that of T°u'on.
The packet is said to have left England
the 16th October.
December 26,
The vefiel which arrived at New-York
from Cadiz, we are informed, was sent by
Mr. Humphreys, our rrm.iller at Portu
gal. She was insured at 30 per ceat, vcf
fel, cargo, and crew; and a dollar was
paid for every letter (he brought.
Mr. Humphreys, we likewise are in
formed, was on his way, at the date of his
to Mequitttz., in the empire of Mo
inxx:-.is«*»4irr to effect if possible, a peace
■with the Algerines.
NEW-LONDON, Dec. 26.
IN every point of view, the present
crisis is highly interesting; it is devoutly
to bf -wj/hed, and the public voice is for
honorable Peacc with all the IVarid.
" The ear is pain'd,
The foul is sick with every day's report,
Of wrong and outrage with which this
earth is fill'd.
There is no flefh in man's obdurate heart,
It does 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.
APPOINTME NT.
Edmund Randolph, to be Secretary of
State, in the room of Thomas Jefferion,
resigned the 31ft. 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 Prussia have been detached from
the Combination of Powers, and that wa
gers have been laid refpe&ing a peace."
The firft day of January was, 2mong
the Romans, consecrated to Janus, by an
offering of a cake made with new meal,
and new fait, with new frankincenfc and
new wine. On this day, a beginning was
made of every intended work ; the con
suls took poflfeffion of their office, and
with the flamens [priests] 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 flill continued; though the bejl part of
the Roman customs, the fufpenfwn of all
animo/ities, fcems to have fallen into disuse.
Am. 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 Mif< Sally AxFOßD,.both of
that place.
At Brunfwick, N.J. Ellsha
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 Jan. 3, ,1.794.
The petition of Thoma* Claxton, As-
Cftant Door-Keeper, wa3 Vead a second
time—and provision ordered pursuant to
the prayer thereof, to be paid out of the
fund appropriated to defray tin; contingent
expenses of the house.
Some other petitions were read refer
red.
The house then refojved itftjf into a
committee of the whole, Mr. Trumbull
in the chair, and took into consideration
the Report of tha Secrctarv of St:ne, re
lative to Foreign Commerce.
Mr. Madison, aftei fame iiitroduflary
observations on the State of tJjc Com
merce of the United States previous to
the adoption of the conllition, and subse
quent to that period—read a number of
isolations, the substance of which are
contained ri the Secretary's report: Their
principal ofr 1 ft is to provide, for an en
hancement of the Duties of Impost on
sundry goods, imported from couutries,
with which the United States have no
Commercial Treaty ; also, on the Ton-
iiSge of veftels of those Countries.—These
resolutions being read the committee rule
& reported progrefs-aud after considerable
debate on the qucftionfor an early, or dis
tant day to be affigncd for their difcuflion,
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, 1791,
and 1792.
2d. That he report the actual ft ate of
the American tonnage employed in the
commerce of the United States, with fo
reign nations, for one year.—These reso
lutions were agreecf to.
On motion, it was resolved, that the re
solutions brought forward by Mr. Madison,
(hould 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 prefc-rvation of light
hoiifes, &c. in the bay of Delaware.
In committee of tie whole, on the bill
providing for the renewal of loft certifi
cates of a certain description—Mr. Trum
bull in the cliair.
The bill was read by the clerk—and
considered by paragraphs.—The fir ft pro
vides for the renewal of loan office certi
ficates and final certificates, which have
been destroyed by accident—after foma
objections to the principle of tlx; bill, it
was moved that this paragraph fliould be
struck out—This motion was negatived-!— 1
The committee then rose and reported
progress and the house adjourned.
FROM A (.URKt D£A7'
In confirmation of the aiTertion tiiat
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 tiiaf
the latter fad comes from the famefourcc
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 is 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 former,
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 who wifti
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 facts well authenticated before
they form opinions.
PRICE of. STOCKS.
Philadelphia, January 2, 1794.
6 per cents, 17/9 to 10a.
3 ditto, 9/10 to l of.
Deferred, 10/9 to 10d.
U. S. Bank, 10 per cent, advance.
N. A. ditto, 20 ditto ditto.
Pennsylvania do. 5 ditto ditto.
CCS" A meeting of the Stockholders of
the Bank of the United States, redding in
this city, is to be held, by adjournment,
at the City Tavern, this Evening, at fix
o'clock. January 3.