been plundered by the guards who had
been on board. Captain Crocker was in
formed, that two packets had arrived,
«ne with Prince Edward on board, the o
ther from England ; but the news brought
by her had not transpired. The Island
was in pofleffion of the English, except
the two (trong forts, which commanded
the town, and part of Port-Roy- a).
—These forts it was expeacd would make
a good defence,, as they were, as he .ieard,
irarrifoned by 3000 men, and well fupph
ed with provisions. Capt C. furthennfo. Ms
that our officers were treated with insolence
whenever they made any demand of the
Britifli. If the above is not a true (late
ment, Captain C. is requested to corrett it.
NEW-YORK, April 9.
Captain TVmlinfon arrived m l 3 oays
from St. Eultatia, fays he was boarded
by a privateer,- who informed him, that
no dividend of prize money had yet been
made, and that it all remained in the otti
ces. That ail the Captains of privateers
were about to resign their commissions, &
it was cxpefted that all privateering would
The Frenchman who poisoned himfelf
on Sunday night lad was Joseph Nicholas
Imbertj late an inhabitant of Toulon,
who left that city at the time of its recap
ture by the patriots. He has left a con
siderable sum in money and afiignats.
The following letter was f.iund in his
room. ,
To mv landlord, New-York.
New-York, 2d April, 1794*
CITIIEN,
I SINCERELY aflt your pardon, for
the trouble I am at the eve to give you,
to commit suicide ifi your house ; it is an
ih return for the favors you have conlered
on me ever since I have been acquainted
with yon; but deign to forgive me on ac
count of my misfortunes, which ar>
great; life is a burthen that I can bear no
longer ; 1 mull die. P. efent my compli
ments of excuse-to your worthy wife, to
whom the scene will give much trouble. I
sincerely beg her pardon ; mention the
fjimc excuse to my comrade ; he would
not have received me with so much kind
ness, had he fufpe&ed what I meditated.
1 would have avoided all tms on my arri
val, had some poison which I swallowed
had the deftred effect : but I was deceived,
' and this pretended poison only some
physical herbs, whic'h i always carried a
bout me finee the revolution, for to u%e it
had the French aristocrats been fuccefsful;
on the contraiy, I use it after the patri
ots are triumphant. God, how terrible
are revolutions. (Signed)
IMBERT.
4 ■
AUGUSTA, March 1.
On Wednesday night last or Thursday
morning, the goal of th.s town was broken,
and Beverly Allen, who had been committed
for the murder of the late Robert Forfvth,
Esq. Federal Marihal for this state, was taken
from theftce,arid made his efeape, to the ut
ter mortification of that class of the mhabi
taa; s of Augusta, who to remedy the infuf
ficießfy of the prison, had undertaken to
guard the fame, anticipating l'uch an event as
had taken place.
March 13.
His Excellency the Gbvemor has iflued a
Proclamation, dated the 17th ult. offering a
reward of 751. for Beverly Allen, one half
to be paid on his being committed to the
common goal of Richmond county, and the
other on his being convicted of the murder
of Robert Forfyth, Ef.'
A number of the citizens of Augusta, in
addition to the above reward, have also of
fered 300 dollars for the apprehenlion and
cotr.tULtnent of the before mentioned mur
derer.
CHARLESTON, March 24.
Dispatches from the Secretary at War to
the Governor of this State have been receiv
ed, direding that the Spartifh brig Saint Jo
seph, brought into this port some time since
be delivered up to its original owners, the
capture of said veflel hiving been considered
as rotlufive. What has the Governor
to do with this bulinefs.
PHILADELPHIA,
APRIL 11.
TrefSlsy last the trial of the Impeachment
«tf John Nicholson, Esq. Comptroller-
Generaf of this Commonwealth ,wa& finiihed
fcy the Striate —it terminated in the acquittal
or Mr. son from the charges contain- I
cd in the Impeachment
YtfUrfayperpoJl, the printers of this city
received ai nfual y the newspapers of New-
York, which contained the Speech of the
' Kin jof Great Britain to his parliament, re-
Stk -
pUMlfted from the St. Eufullus Gazette--
trom the Nnu York papers, it has been re
publifted by all the praters ot Daily papees
in this city —'except the printer ot the Pmu
dclp'nia Gazette, <w~-o "was fawre* with
the speech of the British King by a Vessel ar
rived at New York from St. Euftatiu* from
which he copied the Speech, and no; from
the New York papers.
Surely the New York printers are very re
miss in not forwarding their papers to the
printer of the Philadelphia Gazette.
Mr. Clark's motion contemplating a non
importation a<3, to be in force till Great Bri
tain (hall indemnify us for her Spoliations on
the high seas and restore our polls, wis tak
en up in the Federal HoOfc of Representa
tives yelterday m committee of the whole,
Mr. Sherburne in the chair.
Mr. Dexter moved a modification of the
latter part of the resolution making the lan
guage of it more genera!, to the following
purport —" to be ill force until our claims on
Great Britain are Satisfied."
This amendment occafioWd much debate
and was finally reje&ed, 57 to 40. The re
mainder of the mornir.g was taken up in de
bate 011 the original motion, on which no
question was taken, but the committee roSe
and reported progress. Gen. Ad.
There is a report in Town, that accounts
have been received at New-York, of the ar
rival of a Second Bntilh fleet in the Weft-
Indies—The New-York papers of yefterclay
do not contain any intelligence of such an
event.
The following is extracted from " Lacey's
Prophetic Warning*, London, 1707, part
(The original in the British Mufekm.)
" Yes, that Versailles, which thou lnft
made for the glory of thy name, I will throw
it to the ground ; and all your inSolent in
scriptions, figures, and abominable piAures.
And Paris, Paris, that imperial city, I wi.l
afflifl it dreadfully. Yes; I will affli£t the
ro/al family. Yes; I will revenge the ini
quity of the king upon his grandchildren.
VIRGINIA.
March Bcdfoi ~d Co xrt, 1794-
Amongst other preSents qf the Grand Jury,
is the following :
WE present the conduct of Candidates
for elections in giving Public Treats, as
a pra&ice directly contrary to positive Law,
a.id as having a tendency to corrupt the
minds and manners of ths people.
ROBT. RHODES,
• Foreman.
List of Phizks Dkawn
IN the WASHINGTON
HOTEL LOTTERY,\
No. D. No. D.
37531 Hotel. 48384 10000
1J349 25000 JOOO
12536 20000 49756 5000
24088 15000
Prizes of 1000 Dollars.
55 79> 9930, 23636, 25359, 28015,
31360, 40152, 473 a 9> 48585. 23899.
Prizes 0/500 Dollars
2906, 3776, 4530, 12216, 12928, 14708,
22289, 22330, 21819, 24308, 25611, 25203,
25817, 32090, 35386, 40172, 48334, 49182.
24397» 44538.
Prizes of 100 Dollars.
17, 163, 497, 1351,1702, 2055, 2168, 2647,
2'141, 2831, 2995, 3331, 3596, 4122> 49*°>
4974, 5650, 6487, 6934, 7316, 7658, 7659,
814S, 8.357, 8966, 9677, 11218, 12484,
13078, 1375!) 14099, 15030, 16268, 16389,
16463, 16666, 17064, 17953,18389, 18862,
19712, 19998, 20014, 21676, 22257, 23249,
23546, 23740, 23872, 23927, 23047, 25279,
25577, 25942, 26855, 26870, 28394, 28489,
28861, 29473, 29772, 29800, 31165, 31402',
32708, 34509, 34895, 35064, 35801, 36421,
#555, 36864, 38054, 38156, 38521, 38612,
38790, 39293, 39823, 40696, 40773, 41337,
42398, 43251, 44495, 44561,44614, 45662,
46067, 46777, 47808, 48285,48485, 48828,
49146, 49176, 49342, 49413, 49540, 49677.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, April 10.
Letter from the master of an American ves
sel in Martinique, to his owner in this city.
St. Pierre, Martinique, March 20.
Sir,
" I HAVE but a moments time to inform
you, that the brig and cargo, was taken poS-
Session of by the Brit'lh men of war, when
this town was taken ; That we were all tak
en out, and while the vefiel was left without
a hand to take care of her, ihe was broke
open, and my chest containing upwards of
two hundred joes in dollar;, was robbed. I
was held a prisoner two days and then sent
on shore, and have not been allowed to go
on board since.
' " Their firft pretext For making"prize»
' of Americans, was the proclamation of the
6th of November, after the arrival of the
proclamation of the Bth of Jan. thsy Said,
that as the town was taken by aJTauk, all
r the property became the property of the aS
sailants ; but lately they have pretended, that
; tile port was blockaded when we entered:
- it appears to have been a strange blockade,
"t J 1
for I never saw a fail of any kind after I came
into the latitude of the Illands, till I was in.
St. Pierre road. However, I find they are j
dererrmn 'd to have them condemned, \vhe- (
tner r ght or wrong.
" I am informed, there is a court of ad
miralty formed, and toy present dete; mix
tion is to stay and lay in a claim for the pro
perty. They have stopped every neuLral
vclTei that has arrived since the town was
takfcn, I 'under the fame pretext, that the port
is still blockaded, altho' they have had full
poffelfion of the port and town, and in part
of the whole island except Fprt Royal and
Foijt Bourbon ever since the 17th of Febru
ary."
"I am &c."
By a person who came paflenger in the
veflei by which the above letter was received,
we are informed that a large ihip is provided
at St. Pierre for the reception of American
seamen j where they are fupp'ied with rati
ons : that fisty of their number have been
taken from the ftiips and diflributed in the
fleet: and that a number of American ves
sels have beeu cut from their cables by the
Britiih, and fuffered to drift to lea without
aman on board.
Yeiterday in the forenoon arrived here
from Boston, General Belgarde, and his
suite—and in the afternoon, crossed the
Elizabeth-Town Ferry, on their way to
Philadelphia.
It appears by the Speech of the Britiih
King to the Parliament, that much stress
is laid on the successes of the allied powers,
■end-very little said about their late disas
ters. It seems the determination of the .
British Court to continue the war, as long
as they can amuse the people. Indeed
the threatened invasion of England by the
French, will unite the nation in opinion,
and give vigor to their arms. The Frensh
injure themselves more than the aims of
their enemies injure them ; for while they
defeat their external foes, and every where
triumph in the glorious cause of defending
their own Country from invaiion, they tar
nidi their glory By the barbarous and san
guinary puuifhments inflicted on their own
cjtizens who differ in opinion from the vi
olent Jacobins. The accounts of the ex
ecutions in that country wound the Feel
ings of humanity, and fill the reader with
horror.
[Minerva.]
We learn that the Commissioners for
fortifying this port, have finilhed their
plan, and that the great work of fortifying
will be commenced in a few days.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED.
Brig Pomona, Kin e *, Cape Nich. Mole
Sloop Betsey, Brueton, St. Croix
Schr. Patty, Lumbard, Virginia
Betsey, Mans, Baltimore
CLEARED.
Ship Alexander, Strong, Charleston
Schr. Polly & Sally, Skinner, Norfolk
Nancy & Betsey, Coates, Folly Landing
Pidgeon, Milner, Virginia
Sloop Willing Lass, Bell, do.
Swaliow, Hieze, New Haven
Fox, Lavland, Egg Harbour
Capt. King, of the iJh'g Pomona in 17
days from Cape Nichola Mole, informs,
that on the 9th February, on his padage
from this port to St. Marks, he was cap
tured by the Britiih frigate Hermonine,
and sent into the Mole, where he was de
tained several weeks, and then liberated.—
He left at the Mole about eleven fail of
American vefiels, among which was the
sloop Driver, Capt. Doyle of Philadelphia
—to fail in 10 days after, for this port.
A Schooner belonging to Philadelphia,
name unknown, together with 3 others be
longing to the Northern States, were to
be sent down to Jamaica on suspicion.
The (hip Bacchus Vannemau of Phila
delphia, failed for Jamaica about 7 days
before Capt. King left that place.
Also, the Ihip Diana, Capt. Cain of
this port, failed for St. Marks 5 days be
fore Capt. King left the Mole.
Captain Brueton informs that on tha
23d March, in lat. 23, 50, long. 69, he
was -boarded by a Bermudian privateer,
which detained him about 2 hours, and
after ft rift examination, he was permitted
to proceed-
He left at St. Croix, the snow Boston,
Stites, to fail the fame day for Cape Nico
cho Mole. He also left there the brig
Newton, Capt. De Cofte, to fail in two
weeks for this port.
Arrived at St. Croix, the brig Molly,
Captain Wills, from Philadelphia, and the
sloop Betsey, Well, New-York.
__ WANTED,
A PRESSMAN,
Apply at this Office.
A Gent'ermn lately froth Ringftori, ji
mrtica, informs, that he there saw Capt.
Barney —.*vho,though under binds walked
the ltreets daily—that he had converted
with him, artd that Captain Barney had
txpreffed himfelf in very f>o irited terms of
diiapprobation, when ipeaking of the
conduit of many American Captains,
wtiofe vessels had been captured—that
their language and deportment had beerl
very unjuftifiable on many occalions, and
had been attended with disadvantageous
confcquences, to themfefves and the pro
perty committed to their was
well known at Kingston, this gentleman
fays, that much fraud and plunder had ta
ken place on tlje part of some, who were
entrusted with the property 6f American
Merchants—and though the fpoilationspf
our commerce, committed by many un
principled free-booters, acting under Bri- «.
tifh Commissions, had undoubtedly been
great, yet time would disclose many dif
graceful tranfaftions on the part of Cap
tains, who have bellowed the loudest a
bout insults and losses.
The paragraph in the General Advertises
of this morning, refpe&ing our mercantile
Representative in Congreis, carries with it
too much malevolence against that gentle
man, and is too entirely devoid of truth to
be pafied by unnoticed.
The Brig alluded to, was principally load
ed by a House in this Town, in conference
of an order —They were directed to rtiake
■ the shipment whether the embargo t66k
place or not —and when her loading was
completed, which was on Thursday the 20th
ult. neither the owner or lhipper expected an
Embargo to take place. She failed oil the
Sunday following, from this port, and rcach
: ed Bombay-Hook, where {he was very im
properly, and illegally detained, by the Com
mander of a French armed (hip, for mqre
; than 20 hours —the wind blowing then urv«
j favorably, (he came up the Bay as far as
Reedy-Island, where (he lay until the
for flopping the outward bound vessels arri
ved—when (he returned with several other
veflels.
Mr. Clark's motion was again under
consideration in committee of the whole
i this day—a lengthy debate took place.—-
Mr. Boudinot, Mr. J. Wadfworth, Mr.
Coit, Mr. Hillhoufe, Mr. Dexter, Mi'.
Tracy, and Mr. Ames, spoke against it:
r Mr. Clark, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Dayton,
r and Mr. Page, in its support. The com
rr mittee at length rose and reported pro-
I grefs, and the house adjourned till Mon
day.
Pofl-OJJiee, April 8, 1794.
(C)" Letters to go by the opportunity
expetted for Halifax, in the courfc of
next week, in order to be conveyed by
the British Packet, from that place to
Englarid, will be received at this Office,
until Saturday at 12 o'Clock noon.
N. B. The inland portage to New-York
rtiuft be paid. t
t-- • ;
* All the letters that ivtre intended to
go bv the brig Nancy, Capt. G'jj'in, for Fah
mcuth, arefent to the Pojl-Office > in order
that they may be forwarde by the opportuni
ty going to Halifax) to go by the Britijh Pac
ket from thence ; it <will however be neceflary
for those who put letters i the Nancy's bag,
to call at the Pojl Office, and pay the fofimre
to New Tork, before they can go forward.
Philad. April 9. dit
"new theatre.
THIS EVENING,
April 11.
Will be performed,
A TRAGEDY, called the
gamester.
Beverly, Mr. Fennel
Stucke'ly, Mr. Wignell
Lewfon, Mr. Cleveland
jarvis, JVIr. Wintlocic
Bates, Mr. Green
Dawfon, Mr. Moretort
Waiter, Mr. De Moulin
Mrs. Beverly, Mrs. Whitlock
Charlotte, Mrs. Franti-s
Lucy, Mrs. Cleveland
End of the Tragedy,
A Pantomimical Dance, called
The Sailor's Landlady,
OR
Jack in Distress.
To which will be added,
A COMEDY, (written by the late David
Garrick, called
The Guardian.
Mr. Hartley, Mr. Whitlock
Old Claefce't . Mr, Morns
Young Clasket, M r - F
Servant, Mr. Blidbt
Harriet, Mrs. Marlhall
Lucy, Mrs. Uowfiafl