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I'hiladelphia,
WEDNESDAY EVFNING, July ZO, 1796. "
T'ie intelligence from Martinique announces
tin the f>"res with which the Englilh promised
th?mf Ives the conquefl of the Windward Islands,
?re about to fail for St. Domingo ; which island
they .cMfe'rtain tb : expc&ation of redu&ing entirely
uhdrf their <J«miiiio!i. They are momentarily ex
pe&H at the Mole, where they are without doiybt
aChyjiiy arrived ere this. They may possibly pof
"feiV !h»-mfe'ves of the coafls, but the interior of
the country vvtll never be in their pofleilion ; and
t' v will cxpofe themselves by the m?af«re they
1i 1 ken, to tin* mor ifying safe of rendering use
lels-all the forces sent to the Antilles
Courr. Ifranc.
ARRIVED AT THIS PORT.
DAYS. !
S»i>-Manrhefter, Shewell, Liverpool j8 ,
Polly, Ober, Paffamaquoddy ~20 ,
Maria, Bowcock, Alexandria io ,
Sloop Mothihg Star, W-Men, Virginia 3 (
CLFARrD.
Schooner Mary and Helen, Davis, N. Carolina
'Sloop Unity, Hu d, New York.
Arrived at Fort Mifflin.
Brig Weft fndnfi, Carlton, Jamaica
Superb, M'Fat lane, Haranna
Schr.-Sa-!v, Hitchcock, Demarara
B ril • Hollond, Shockley, St. Kitts '
IfabeHa, Drifcol, Jamaica .
, Connell, Aux Cayes
Sloop Mitand.), Hatris, Demarara •
Sloop Miranda, Harris, Demarara (
The brigs Lucy and Alexandria, schooner Hope
from Weft-Indies. j
Ship Pennsylvania, was spoke June 15th from ,
Philadelphia bound to Bourdeaux. (
Capt. Belcher, May 22, in lat. 45, 7, lon. 23, ;
fell in with a fleet of 40 fail, 6or 7 of which ap. (
peared to be (hips of the line, Hearing W. S. W.
was hoarded by the lieutenant of the Latona Bri- j
tifh frigate, who examined the brigs papers, and in- ,
formed that the fleet was from England bound to j
the Ea(l and Well-Indies.
The /hip Active, Blair, was at St. Übes May
15, to fail in 20 lays for Philadelphia.
The Argo, Frankford, has arrived at Havre |
from Philadelphia. '
BAD ROADS.
The roads in the neighbourhood of the city have '
been so long neglected as to become a disgrace to '
the country : 1 at present allude to the German
t.Avn and Wiflahicon Roads; which during the
winter were not paflable without the utmolt da - 1
ger ; and at the piefent moment, are fuffered to 1
be full of deep muddy holes, which at a trifling ex
pence, in ditching, might be rendered perfectly I
good without the charge of hor'.es and carts. Near 1
ttre of the r.eu*- unci old Gtrmantown road it 1
became so extremely bad,' that a load of good hay
tt i lately overset in the mud, ;.nd entirely perilh. 1
ed ; but it isfaid that the owner has commenced a '
suit againll the oveifeers for damages. This vile
hole is ivuv meT.ded ; but'there are a number of o
t!'-r» beiw en Mr Norris's grourfds at Fair Hiil,
a d Mailers s mill dam, on the Four h-Street road ;
a d alio on the Wiflahicon road, from the Robin
Hood to Callowhill-Street, which ought to be im
media-ely repaired, and will only require small diljj
ches for drains ; —the bridge over the mill race of
Mailers's dam, is moll dangerously broken, and
should an accident happrn at this place, very heavy
damages would doubtlefa be given tw the fuft'erer ;
whether it falls under the notice of the overseers or
the ownerrs of the mill, is immaterial:—A little to
the northward of Meredith'stan yardtheie is a moll
fhumcful gully in the road.
The longer thele places are unattended to, the
greater will be the exponce to the town (hip ; and
if the inhabitants ftiffcred no more than in their poc
kets, no traveller or stage-driver would pity them.
On the contrary they would be gl*d to hear that
theexpence was four fold, by way of punishment
for cis.oofingoverfeers so negle&ful of their duty.
STOCKS.
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,y£ rier Cent. l£,
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De!crr> I Six per Cent. ... - 13/6107
BANK United States. .... 24 pr. cent.
— P»nnfylvariia, .... iij
— North America, ... - 45
iniurance Comp. North-America y 14 .25
Pennsylvania, 9 0 roper cen
Exchange, at 60 days, . . -165181662-3
O- NOTICE.
Thert wlfl be fold or\, Tliuritlay the 4th of August, at
the Merehants' coffee houfe> in Second street,
One thousand ihares of the stock of
the North America Land Company.
If not previously difpofedof.
Philadelphia, aothjuly. dts
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HISTORY°'OF E FRANCE,
! ; rom the earliefl times until the conclusion of the pre
sent war.
'"*! IHE firfl number of this work and conditions of
-L publication may be lien at the following placi s,
where fubicriptrcus are received, viz.
Mt(Trs. Thomae Dobfon, No. 41, so I,lth Second
ftreet ; >M.-\thew Carey, No. HI, Market-street: John
Ormrod, No. 41, Chefnut-ftreet, bookfellcrs ; and by
K. I. Denoon, bookbinder, Farmer's-row, Dock-street;
John Aitken, No. .193, south Second lireet j at Bic
rtn .md Madan's priuting-otfice, back ef 77, Dock
(lrc'et, Philadelphia. d4t,
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' BY THIS DA.Y's TAILS.
BOSTON, Ju! v i>
Extras of a letter from Capt; Wyat Sr. Barbs, of
t?!!3 town, Coinmaacijfr of-tiir Hnp Ehterprife of
WifcafTet, to the Marine Society of tliia t jwu I
Tenerrffe, March 22.
" I chartered my (hip to Mr. Soien, ef the
houfa of Holy >ke and -Soren of Boilon, for a voy
age from Hamburgh toSu -rinam and back to Harp
burgh, and left the river Eibe on the sth of Ftb'.
'all, andion the 25 h being in lat. 44, 1,
K. long. 18,33, W - at 2 M. saw alar K e (hip in
the S. W. quarter, appearing' to be iri distress
made immediately for her, anrt at 4 P. M. fpokc
her, she proved to be a Britit'h tranfp rt with troops |
on board, fiom Cork, bound to the Well Indies in I
a l.'akly and didreil fihia'ion—bpth pumps coti
(lantly going. She was called the Ifabell, of Liv- ,
erpool, Charles Potter, com-naiider—Capt. Potter
immediately came on board my_ Ihip and infor:n-d •
me of his fitnation, aad requeftei that I (hotild fee ,
him fafe intoCarona or Lisbon, I told him my (hip ]
I was chartered at a very high freight, and that my
Voyage would be very much injured by.goinct bick c
to er her of those places—but that 1 was willing a
to fee him fafe into the wetlern Hlands',Madeira, or
she Canaries, and to render him every other service '
in my power, that I was willing to accoinmodatc as .
many of the gentlemen offices, as 1 conrer.ien ly 1
could, and hnd them in any of the aforefaid Islands. h
With this Potter seemed fatisfied and said he belied ;
ved that aiould do—that he would feud to the com
mander of the troops for his approbation—but in. ;
(lead thereof, he sent an informal ina that my (hip c t
and cargo was French and Duteh property and of
course a good and legal prize, and requc ».d imme r
diatc affiilance, which he was soon supplied with,by
an armed party who then drove Mr. Sorcn, mv fu I
percargp, and mv chief mate, with 8 of my sailors
into his boat at the point of the bayanet and lent 1
them 011 board the Ifabell prisoners, all this was
done before Potter had seen any of my papers t
My Chip then being'manned from the Isabel with
an addition of fourteen soldiers, two officers and a
doctor, on the next day, Potter thought it proper
to inform me, chat the ihip Enterpriie was his,and
that he (hould, after arriving at Lisbon difpaich us i,
for Barbadoes—for he w 9 positively sure t
had a double set of papers, and that the caigo was 0
Dutch and Fiench property—after examining all g
my papers both public and private, taking from me t
my invoice, bills of ladi.g, (hipping paper, clear- <
ance from Hamburgh, and federal others, which he j
thought proper to keep. He then went into the /
hold and broke open several cases and boxes—ta t
king out from each what he thought proper and <]
carried them off with him, all this was done in re
tahaiion for my kindness and humanity to him— f
after our arrival at this port, Potter detained Mr.
S. and my chief mate prisoners two days on board
the Ifabell—and also endeavored to detain ipe a
piifoner on board the Enterprise until- the British
consul who Was then at the Grand Canarie (houh v
arrive, Potter taking the liberty to load the En'er- ,
prifewith baggage (lores and soldiers from bis oid- ;
(hip Ifabell (which is flow condemn«d for'being rot
ten and in danger of fi..king in this road) he i«-d«-
tcr mined to take us to Barbajoes, and there to con ■ ,
demn'(hip and oargo, he has taken every means to ]
corrupt my sailors in order to make them swear t
that the ship is either Dutch or French property,
no matter which, for which reason he has kept
them on /hort allowance of bread and water, and ,
has kept my carpenter several days in irons. I t
have had 'he Jplealing fatisfaflion linee our arrival,
to have been in company with every one of the
Briti(h officers, who have declared not only tome ■
but to many of the principal merchants in this <
tyhce, that when Potter boarded my (hip, he sent ,
»his boat back and demanded immediate affittaoce,
informing that the (hip and cargo was a lawful prize, ,
■vhen as I before related, he hat) not seen one of my •
papers. I cannot fay too much in praise of the com
mander and officers of the Britilh troops, for their kind '
polite and genteel behaviour, to Mr. S. and my '
fhretmate, they speak very highly of the Civilities re
o lved from those gentlemen during their flay on board
the Iflabell. Porter told Mr. S. that I was pofit'rely
aFren hman and that the cargo was also French pro
pertv, and llfo that I was one of the greatest Rafcalj on
earth, and that he had papers lafflcient to-hang me ill
England (a fine reward indeed for fa.ving the lives of
near 300 of his Britaaic fubjeat) at the fame
lime told Mr. S. that he did not think he could con
demn iiis property, only part of the Cheese as being
Dutch Mr. S. quits me here, a.d intends for En
gland, by whom I (hall fend my ptoteft agaiuft Potter :
now Gentlemen, I am confident If juilice akes place on
our arrival at Barbadoesl (hall be acquitted with honor,
licing conscious of not having a liugle paper of any
thing else 011 board of my (hip, that can gainfjfy or con
tradict what I have always profeft myfelf to be, and
what you have always known me to be a citizen of tke
United States of America—l (hall write you from Bar
badoes, as loon after my arrival there as I know my
fate it is peculiarly aggravating to rae, to know that
mod of my cargo will be rtiined before a decition takes
place.
N. B. The owners of the Ulabell are Mcfirs. Tarl
ton and Blackhoufe, of Liverpool.
APPOINTMENTS—by authJritv.
Jonathan Jackson, Esq. of Newbury-port, to be
Supci visor ot the Maflachufetls Diftricl, vice hon.
Nathaniel Gorham, dee.eased.
John Brooks, Esq. of Medford, to be Infpe£lor
of Survey, No. 2, vice Jonathan Jackson, Elq.
appointed Supervisor.
Samuel Bradford, Esq. to be Marshal for the
Dillridl of Maflaehufetts, vice John Brooks, Esq.
appointed Ir.fpedlor.'
It is certain, we are almost alwaysaflifted in our
dilemmas, by the French. We hardly entcitaiu
doubts on a fubjeft, before they dilfipate them.
SALE OF FRENCH PRIZES.
It is afaft that may be relied on, that the duties
received «t theCudom House on French prizes
lent into the port of Boston only, (ince the begin 1
ning of the prelcni war, amount to the sum of
twenty three thousand dollars—exclusive of {On
nage and wharfage. [Chronicle.
1' 's a fa£t, that if the Englidi and Spani(h crui- j
zers had been allowed to have brought their prizes 1
11 here, and f !.] tfierti, as well as the Fiench, dtir
. )g the prcfeut war, oar Cuflom Hoijfr would have
■ -w«d mare than Twenty three thousand dollars
.n duties, exclufiveof tonnage ! !
J. An 1■ h alio a fact, that it we had originally ta
<eii a'itheie prizes ourselves —the immediate hene
til to our country, would have amounted to feve- 1
ral millions !
It cvPtainly i? unbecoming the dignity of Rcpub- !
ncans to .enquire, whether such proceedings would
!:.ive been ronfiftent with honefiy
" Honor's the Tie of Slaves I"
[ ft-Tercury. .
Capt, Jowrdan, of the brig Fame, of Portland, i
was taken a«d carried into Grenada, May 25, and ! '
detained for trial, on pretence that (he had been j
fmuuglwg, hccauf there were ten pieces of Nan- .
kins l.naeeounted for. The Capt. was, k ? pt ou ;
(hole. H.uvcver, oil the ill JWAeJ at iiigfrt, the
mate and trew, joined by a pait of the men of 1
war's men, retook the veflel. and put. to sea.— '
Sinwc whi h ptrio*. (he has not been heard of by the 1
(>1 pi ai 11 who has now ariircd in town by the way of 1
Philadelphia. ,
On Wednesday a Frenchman was committed to jail .
charged with afTin-It ng a black man the eveningbefore,
and cutting him fever ely in the faee, with a hanger. r
At the late fire inClurlellon, a negro mm cjirtibed.
up the (Iceple of a house of worlhip, denominated " the
Old L.lurch," and by his personal exertions preserved c
the biukiing. The j?en«roity of the citizens of Char- t
ldton 011 his occafioil, was not- lei's notable than the r
hiToifm of the Negro; he is to be-let free, and receive
300 guineas asa reward for his courage.
Wednefda), Ju|y 13. Armed schooner Venns, J
Smith, 1 obago, 28 days. Left there, capt. Townly, '
of Portsmouth ; and capt. Sheppard of New-Haven, i
Spoke nothing. c
1 hurfday July 13. Arrived schooner Polly, Dela- i
no, ot. Phomrs's 17 days. Nothing new.
May _io, was spoke, brig Po|ly of Salem, from
Lisbon, bound to London. *
Ihe Iwo ,Bratheis, Moreten, from hence, is at
Philadelphia. <
Ihe Hope, Chandler, from hence for Liverpool, was '
f'polce 9 days out. in long. 58. Mr. Wainwright, of 1
this town, was apafienger.
NEW-YORK, July 19. 1
FROM FRANCE.
I he Ihip E»rne, Capt. Albin, arrived vefterday
lin 46 day* from Bourdeaux. Her advices from !
thence are to the id df Ju«e. We could not hear <
of any papers being brought tjyuny ot the paffen. ,
gers, or that were r.ceived !,y any peifo B3 i u the ci ,
ty* Letters received contain u*i intelligence, fur
ther, than that all kinds of American produce had
iallen lately near 25 per cent, at Bourdeaux. Capt.
Albin informs, verbally, that a peace had been con
cluded between the French a'nd the king of Sar
dima, on veiy favorable terms to the Republic. He
also flutes that the French were said to have bee'. '
fuecefsful in lome operations in the Mediterranean '
—but de could furnifh np particulars on the fubjefl.
from St. Vincent*.
We yellerday received, via Maitinico, the St.
Vtifcents Royal Gazette ps the nth June, from
which we have, givsn, this day, the particulars of
the '.te reduction of the principal fprtrefs 1a that
island.
vipf. /\oii on the 30th, June, 30 leagues to
the welltva d of Cordavan, spoke the (hip Eliza,
Joltn Bass, matter, from Charleston bound to Bor
deaux, 42 days out.
A larjje Daniih, tvith a great number of paflTen
steis, failed from Boiirdeaux for New-York, in
company with capt. Ablin.
Capt. Sheffield was to fail from Bordeaux, for
New-York, in a few days after Capt. Ablin. Out
other American velTcl was lying there, name not
recolledted.
Yesterday arrived here the (hip Nancy, capt. For
reft, in 46 days from Newry. with 450 pafiengetsj)
They express themfclvts in the molt flattering terms
of the obliging difpofitiou and good conduct of the
captain during the voyage.
June jj, spoke the ship Pennsylvania, bound to
Bourdeaux wiUi paflengers.
June 18. spoke tlfe Columbia, from New-Yoik,
bound to London.
Arrived at this Port,
Days,
Ship Minerva, Clarkfon, Halifax 14'
Nancy, Drnromond, \ Newry 65
Sloop Fanny, Foster, St. Thomas's 14
Ship Plato isfafe arrived at Jamaica from Bolton.
Brig Indultry, Baldwin is arrived at Cape Fran
' cois from this port.
Biig Caroline, Cotton, from New-London is
arrived at Jamaica.
Brig Polly, White, is arrived at Cape Nichola
Mole from Newbern,
Sloop Governoi, Riley, fafe an ived at Cape Ni
chola Mole, from Charlelton.
Ship Riling Sun. Davidfon, is arrived at Am
sterdam from this port in 35 days.
Trarflations from Dutch Papers, by the Three Friends
Continuedfrom yefierday's Argus.
, , May 12^
In the feflion of yesterday of the National Aflem
blv, a letter was brought forward from General Bour*
nonville, itating a edition of arms haviHg taiten place 1
betwien the Kepublic and the king of Sardinia,
until the terms of peaea fiiould be agreed upon, and
that by way ps security the Krench were put in poflef
fion of Coni, Alexandria and Ceva ; and the king of ■
Sardinia had agreed to the paflage of the French
through his dominions to Lombardy.
The fame day it was agreed, that a commission of
five members ihouid be chosen out of the National
Aliembly, to take, advise and dispose of the goods of
the late itadt holder.
In the fitting of the izth» the President made men
tion to the Naticnal Aflembly, that he had, late in the
ni»ht, received intelligence from the Provincial As
sembly at Amfierdam, Hating, that a body of armed
eanoniers foic,cd tlieil- way into the Aliembly room,
and demanded the said Aflembly to open the jail;
that the populace upon their refufal, had broke open
the lame, and set all the prisoners at liberty.-—ln con
sequence ot which tbe National Aflembly immediately
dilpatched two squadrons of national cavalry for the
proieftion of the committee of the National Altcni
bly. and two Ajuadrons of French cavalry to their '
v ft
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afliftitnee, -wKcf! flopped at H-rVir. in tbr n : ?ht of the
riiK, arid marched 01! tbe I tth >r!y i.. ••criiisg'
■vith the garrifiift oi" fairt try Yhtt'vhc .an •*« at
Amsterdam a mut 10 o\h;ck mc , /
Some of tht Convention th'..ik.lt r. fHirv tor
fortity the i'rontifi's as I'o.jii as ;-.oflihle ; tr.tt it
may We proh a. '*, that the A®iLr;ans ipjEcrd tc
the greatest exfrrt.oaf fi> make up totiVi in 1t...y,
bv sn attack o!) tii Rhine. Indeed it may be
in cafetfre Frci.c'h fhojld get totally beat, {«• hi■ ,b m?y
b>-th'e.cai.-) tiiat the Prufli iiis will ri:'k an attack, up
-011 this counjry, to reltore ftadtkolder to lus Old
Titration.
Ma.iy debates took place o*s this. figWeif) ; and tie
j qucftion- was delayed until, the next ieilion.
j By a letter from Stockholm, dated tlie. a<s't> April,
I it appears, that they ate IliJl preparations lot
war throughout that country: Their squadron, con
fining of JielKiks, galleys am) gun boats, will foflit
be in readitieis, ar be c»i ire.:■ e*l by Admire! Sted
ing, brother of the r >r at )Vteribiu'j;h»
J he grand fleet, conltftin>; ui .about .;a fad .at Carlb
croon, Will be soon ready, lor La, coir.iriandetl Ijy ad
miral Nerdenklkield. Bar •11 Slot kellien- will h!lve
the command 0!' the land fore?, conClling of about
10,000 men, which artiiy the inhabitants* of FinUtid
are fully . Inclined to double, in cafe" of Hecefli^y,
Ihe King of Sweden hasreceived he Du. h am
bnfTador at Stockholm, and has acknowledged the
new Conltiuition,
BRUSSELS, May 9. ,
Gen. Mat'ceau, who commands the .light wing
of the army on theSambreand Meufe having brought
his tiocpsinto fiich a position by particular move»
ments upon the Hundfruck,,that the Aulitian Ge
nerals thought neceilary to enquire into the rcafon ;
which they have received from the French 10 their
fatisfaith.n, viz. " on account of the -jKlories gained
by the French, the troops are very much en
courjged, ivifbiiigforJiruilar TRIUMPHS.''— The
Aultrian Generals, meantime, make all possible
fpeedto put themfclves in a state of defence, but
do not appear delirous of makiug the fit It a'tack.
1 lie Aultrians take all necessary precautions to
defend thcmfelves, though they seem not to be in
clined to ancjthcj attack. They have raised large
batteries and llronglymanned the Iflaridbefore Val
lendar, wkich pott they declare they will defend uti*
til the last moment.
■ The Frcnch have likewise strongly fortified the
Ifiand oppolite Neuwicd
Letters from Luxembourg mention, that there
had arrived there about jo© Aultrian defevers,
chiefly eavalry, which after the sales of their horses
vsftre ient to Mctz. The desertion of tic Atiftriant
in general is very great.
From the Village Mejfenger.
OF all the things beneath the fun,
To love's the greatest ctufe j
If one's deny'd, then he'a undone;
If not, 'tis ten times worse.
. Poor Adam, by his wif», 'tis known,
Was ttick'd some years ago ;
But Adam was not trick'd alone,
For all his font are so.
Lovers, the (trangeft fools are made,
When they their nymph's pursue,
Which they will ne'er believe, 'till wed,
But then, alas 1 'tis true.
They pray* znA tk»y ador*,
'Till weary'd out of life ;
And pray, what's a!! thit trouble for i
Why truly, for a wife.
How odd a thing's a whining sot,
Who sighs in greatest need, ,
For that,.which soon as ever got,
Doel make him sigh indeed.
Each maid's an angel, whilst (he's woo'd»
Bpt when the wooing's done,
The wife, mftead of flefh and blood,
Proves nothing but a bone
pis, more or less, in human life,
No mortal man can shun :
But when a man has got a wife,
He has them all in one.
The liver of Ptomctheus \
A gnawing vulture fed,
A fable, that the thing was thusj
The poor old ttnn was wed.
A wife, all men of learning know,
Was Talitalus's curse ;
The apples which did tempt him so,
Were nought but a divorce.
» Let no fool dream, that to his (hare
A better wi.e will fall ;
They're all the fame, frith, to a hair,
For they are women all.
More joys, a glaft of wine does give,
(Wife take him that gainsays)
Then all the daughters sprung from Evft
E'er gave in all theii days.
But come, to lovers here's a glass,
God wot, they need no,curfe;
Each wi(he» he may wed his lass—• x
No foul can wi(h him worse.
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