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G AZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
PHILADELPHIA:
THURSDAY EVENING) AUGUST 18.
No. 45 south 3d street, Philadelphia,
' 16th Anguft 179 6
Sir, At a meeting of the Committee of the Phila
delphia Society for the information and afEftanct of
persons emigrating from foreign countries, heid 4aft
night, it was uuanimoufly rcfolved " That the thanks
of the Society b« given to capt. M'Collom of the (hip
Farmer, lately from Lond«n, for his humane treatment
of the paflengers on board his vessel."
' They find themselves happy in thus bearing testimo
ny a second time to a conduit so encouraging to future
, Emigrants in their hazarding the perils of a paflage>to
a country large enough to receive and fruitful enough
to fuftam countless millions. lam, fir, with the great
est refpedl, your humble servant, -
JOHN BROWNE, Sec'ry.
Capt.M'Collom.
To -which the captain returned the following answer.
Sir, With lingular fatisfaAion I acknowledge the
receipt of To flattering an address from a society found
ed on the malt liberal principles, and can assure you
my exertions fhalf never be wanting, as well from a
fenfc of duty as inclination, to render the situation of
all persons emigrating to ray native country, and un
der my immediate care, as comfortable as poflible.
I am, fir, with die highest refpedl, your obedient
fcrvant, JOHN M'COLLOM.
Mr, John Browne, No. 45 south 3d-ftreet, Philad.
CAZETTE OT THE VUITBD STATES MARlttt MSTI
if a 14. ADt L * h'i A, AuguJl 18.
ARRIVED.
Ship Active, Blair, TenerifFe 37
Brig Ruby, Jones, » Bourdeaux 48
Guftavus Adolphus, Ramfre, Gibraltar 70
lfabella and Ann, Hawkins, P. au Prince 17
Sloop Harriet, Powell, '4
Sally, Alkn, do. 5
. CLEARED.
Brig Welcome Return, Labie, Savannah
Sloop Flora, Cunningham, * N. York
Harriet, Navarro, do.
Dolphin, Folger Nantueket
Letters by the Rebecca, Hughes from this port
were recefved in London, June 9—ihofe by the
Ships Baecliusand Two Friends—June 8.
The Caroline Wilton, was bound from London
to Liverpool. The Ships Eagle and Rebecca were
advertised to fail for Philadelphia.
The fliip Harmony, Kollock, got up to London
( with the greater part of her cargo damaged. Ship
Edward, Howlind of this port from North Caroli-'
is arrived at Liverpool, and the Diana, Pile, at
Hamburgh.
The (hips Echo, Boys, and Margaret, Mease,
were to fail for Philadelphia, from Bordeaux, 10
days after Capt. Jones. The ship Experiment was
there unloading.
Arrived at the Fort.
Ship Greyhound, Green, Barbadoes
Brig Minerva, Long, Cadi*
Lavinia, Charnock, -St. Kitts
Brig Eliza, Yard (ley, arrived at Hamburgh,
from Philadelphia, June 5. '
Arrivals at New-Tork.—AuguJl 17.
Ship Adelaide,' . , Webb, London
Brig Betsey, * ' Leader, St. Bartholomew's
Schooner Pomona, Peek, Cape Francois
Cap fain Webb, of the Jhip Adelaide, J'poke on the ljl
AuguJl, at 1 P. M. a brig from Lijbon, bound so Bof
tort, out $ti days, lat. 42, »o, long. 57, 00.
AuguJl 7, at half pajl 7, A. M. in lat. 44, io,fpoke
Jhip Hebe, of Baltimore, from Artifterdum, with 160
ppjfengtrs on board, 91 days out, Captain, Mate, and
3 Jcatnen had died. The people requejled captain Webb
to fend on board them a man capable of navigating'
their <vej}jl, but this <was refufed them, and an offer
made by capt an IV. to take them in tow, but they would
not consent. She bad up a jury foretopmajt, and her
topsails ivere alt split. They were in no want 0 J pro
•vijions or water.
The Otjego, Morris, from New-York ; Sophia, Wil
ling, from Baltimore ; Major Pinckney T Grice, from
Bengal; and Diana, iPile, from Philadelphia, are ar
rived at Hamburga.
The Ellice, Hervey, from New-York, is arrived at
Pertfmouth.
The Ohio, M'Laugblin, from do. n arrived at
Gncncck, in 24 days. - i
Brig Fix, 19 days from Jamaica, arrived yejltr.day,
spoke on Tuesday Jhip Atlantic, capt. Fawn, from
Gutrnfey bound to Virginia, out 9 weeks, all well. Pro
duce very low.
Vessels lying at Kingjlon when the Fox failed.
Ships—Succefi, Gerton, Philadelphia ; Dominiek
Terry, Hart, do. Eliza, Williams, Norfolk.
Brigs—Seven Brothers, Heron, Philadelphia ;
, Gratitude, Downie, Virginia ; Neptune, Blancharel,
Portland ; George, Glenn, Philadelphia; Gracia, Ha
veat, do. ; Peggy, Wallace, Baltimore »• Nonpareil,
• Reddick, Norfolk ; Democrat, Chapman, do.
Schooners—Return, Harril, New-York ; Cleopatra,
Swam, Baltimore ; Betsey, Taller, New-York.
Sloops*-Lucinda, Bernett, North-Carolina ; Han- '
nab, Lajla'tl, A. Carolina ; Maria, Tomlinfon, New-
Haven.
Arrivals at Baltimore—AuguJl 16.
DAYS.
Ship Ardent, Smith, Jeremie, 12
Swift Packet, , . ditto, 20
Scb. Friendship, Burgess, ditto, 19
PeggT. Goifuch, ditto, 21
Brig Hiram, Carnes, Plymouth, 56
Dorothy Elus Jacob Roelefs,
Cadiz, 112
On Fridsy evening arrived the (hip Anthony
Mangin,„Captain Sanford, days from Bremen,
with paflengers, &c. Capt. Sai>ford informs, that
en the Bth inft. he was boarded by the Prevoyante
in company with tl\c Thetis frigate: by the offi
cers of the Prevoyante he was very unhandsomely
treated ; they broke open his hatches, and a box
of fire arms, which at firft they infilled was for |
the French, and in a very arbitrary manner, de- !
nianded his p tpers ; took Capt. Sandford and two I
paflengers on board the Prevoyante, and likewise !
impreffcd two of his bands, one of them a Mr. :
Higginbothom, belonging to Baltimore, his ship
carpenter, whose prote&ion was not fufficient to
guard him against the insults of those gentlemen.
After detaining the .Anthony Margin about fix
• hours, snd ciufiig her to rn.l-45 miles out of her.
course, they put Capt. Sandford au„ on
'* board, and fuifrred him to depart. (
From the Log Bool: of tin Anthony Mangtn.
June 12. At 4, p. M. fell in with an Enghlh
Iloop of war and a cutter;—was byarded by the
former, after Bring two (hots, politely treated and
not long detained.
June 13. At 9, a. M. saw five large (hips and
two brigs passing to letwaid and fteeiing to the
southward ; from their manoeuvres took them to be
•5 English men of war.
p June 15. Spoke the (hip Atlantic, of New
it York, ffom Guernsey, bound 10 Virginia, out 29
days.
Auguft'lO. Saw a number of vefltls
c up the Bay, and spoke a brig from Liverpool, out
h eleven weeks, bound so: Alexandria,
t- On Saturday arrived the brig Bataria, Captain
„ Huefman, from Bremen, with paflengers, &c.
which placc (he left 16 days before the Anthony
Mangiit. ■ ■■'
r ; e Foreign Intelligence.
I- . —r—
U MADRID, May 12.
a It is certain that our court is in full negeciation
with the French Republic;, for an alliance offenfive
and defenfive. Orders have beengiven for 500 tri
,t coloured flags to be made, which are to float on our
squadrons, instead of the white onts hoiftcd hereto
fore for the French colouts during the government
• of Kings.
The Piince of Peace frequently gives fetes to
the Ambaflador of the French Republic, General
Perignon.* The king is about to prefect to him
a sword richly mounted.
The equipment of our army and navy go on
with aftonilhing activity. The reinforcements paf
l fed to the camp before Gibraltar art copfiderable; j
0 the army which composes it is 49,000 men ilrong. t
0 Our government is also at present occupied (by
7 confrtit of the Pope with the fuppreflieri H
1 . „ ———- — -."0- wmmrrn
PARIS, June «8.
5 Vadier, ei-devant member of the Convtntion, '
who is implicated in the lad conspiracy, Jrrived ,
here last evening, and is put in confinement, He
was brought trom Toulouse to this city is four
;t days.—The distance of Toulouse from Paris is op- '
t wards of five hundred miles.
e J ,,ne W
It is currently reported here this day, that there
n has been a new battle fought on the Rhin?, in
e which we have taken 3000 prisoners from the Auf
trians. ,
n According to a letter from Dinan, of the 20th
Prairial (June 8) the English have made another *
r- attempt upon the coast of Normandy. It is even 1
said, that they have debarked 1800 emigrants, at 1
a fmali distance from Avranche j that the troops j
have approached this point of debarkation, and '
Q ' that already several small but bloody battles had ta- 1
„ kcn place. j
They add, that 011 the 19th Prairial, an Englifti I
fleet, composed ef nine fail of men-of-war of dif- 1
fcrent foi :ces, appeared befote St. Malo, and advan
g ce< l even to the entrance of the road ; next day :
s they moored at a gun (hot distance from Fort La- I
vardc, which defends the entrance of the port on i
' Cancalle fide.
n PARIS, June 12. 1
s Louvit announces in his Journal, La Seniinelle,
s th&t on the 2d of thii month the Engli(h made an 1
0 attempt to surprise the port of Toulon, and that t
- the governor of the place is arrefteci. This piece <
, of intelligence is, however, by mod people, clafTed i
, amongst the many fabrications which have been t
j invented to deceive the public, with i-efpeft to the f
b situation of the South. [
% ' Miraieau's account of Voltaire and Buffon. t
r " VOLTAIRE insulted Bu(Fo n , as he did every
r g reat man 5 1 f»y. all. without excepting one dead 1
or living, except Newton, his favorite, because he r
bad very poorly understood and explained him
. Buffon only answered him by public applause, and
t by Simplicity and modeity, the only true marks of b
• genius and superiority. Ido not believe that there n
can be atiy thing in the world more ridiculous, than n
all that Voltaire has written on natural history ; so fl
f much may ignoranee, and a propensity to satire,
debase even genius : but 1 cannot conceive how h
( the mod infernal envy came to bloflom in the mind ai
1 of so great a man." •
LONDON, May 14. f c
On Saturday night, a fellow pretending to n
be drunk, attacked Lord Melbourne in White- vi
combe-street, by driving his head in his stomach ft
and at the party of the villains comua- ai
nions robbed his Lordfliip of his pocket book, con- g
taming ninety guineas in calhand notes. ai
A clergyman of the diocefs of Chefler, not an e \
years of age, has married 780 couple, baptized ec
3750 children, buried 2850 corpses, read the
church service 6570 times, and preached near
2000 ferment ;to which he adds, the regifterine P
of this immenle labour, the visiting of at lead of
6000 sick persons, and administering 6000 private 01
sacraments ; aud his salary never exceeded col. per w
annum J J *
' E «D? p- a £! erf,om ™ ladc, P hia - March t. 'he
' . r ". Pf'fftl'-y 11 at present in this city, deliver da
ing a series of discourses on the evidences of Chris to
. tianity, which are attended by very numerous and th
gentee! audiences. All ranks of people go to hqjr fe
im. Last Sunday there wete on the next bench ftc
to me, the Vice President of the United States a m
, Judge of the Supreme Court and three Senators th
. and, on the whole, not lefg than half the Congress «
vjere present. It is amusing to observe the rl
• tenances, and hear the remarks of some of hk an
hearers, to whom he has been rcprefenrrvl " r
: oJioos lights £
■ | Tbey venture to come to hear him • and ,1. t j
' j explaining the evid<;nces >' «tn
1 ehnftianity, a manner far superior to l
: have been accnftomed to, and^efenSng' %
ably agamft the attacks rf impiety and inMeluy » t^
''I- J 0 ca r uf " that the Hljr «n Autocratrix fn
1 " d assi g n for her meditated War, ucon W f
den, is the expencefhe has been at in teaching h " t°i
grand daughter the Swedish tongue. S
ier . grievance might be remuvei: :':e refunding
on of the two rubles per lesson wopld be both cheaper
and wiser than making War ; and as 10 the loss of
ah-ufband, hobody knows better than Catharine the
;fh Great, that it is a loss easily fupplieJ, and easily
he forgot ! .
nd Letters from Ma.ichefter Rate, that another not
had taken plaie at the theatre t'nefre, la!l week, in
nd consequence of some officers of the Bth regiment
he of light dragoor.s calling " God save the king,"
be and the towns people refitting it : on Friday even
ing the was renewed by a.party of pri
w- vate soldiers being stationed in the gallery, and cal
-29 ling loudly, between the play and entertainment,
for the fame loyal tune s an opposition again taking
ng place, the soldiers drew their iabres, when several
>ut" persons were wounded, But none daiigerouHy. The
military were of cotfrfe triumphant, the peaceable
lin part of tlie audience immediately retreating.
£C . In the Court of King's Bench on Tuesday, in
nv the cause the King v. Beard, the defendant an at- i
torney in Cornwall, was convi&ed ]
r-* the la(l assizes at Launcefton, before Mr. Justice
Bullfir, on an information for challenging the pro- |
fecutor, Mr. George John, likewise an attorney of
the fame place. It appealed that the defendant j
and prosecutor were both belonging to the military ;
on affofciation of that town, and upon some miftinder- j
lv . e {landing the former called him a poltioon and a
rl " coward, with a view of provoking him to fight a '
ur duel. The jury having found him guilty, he was
l 0" on Tuesday brought tip for judgment, when, after j
nt a suitable exhortation from Juflice Afhurft, in which
he dwelt a good deal on the prevalence and heinoun
nature of the offence, the court ordered the de
. fendant to be imprisoned nine months in the King's
lm Bench prison, and afterwards to find securities for
five years, himfelf in 5001. and two others in 2501.
each.
a " Isabella Williams, a woman genteelly and even
e ' fafhionably dressed, was on Wednesday brought in- (
to the Court of King's Bench to rjceive judg
meot for the Offfence jil T™*
■ " jf twenty men armed with pistols and other
offeufive weapons to attack a party of Custom-house
office!s in Cornwall. Her counsel 'pleaded her tex '
' J in mitigation of punishment, but Mr. Justice As- j
j hurst observed, that such a plea, if fully admitted, j
e would, h: believed, presently transfer the business '
ur of such assaults from male into female hands. She '
P" was fcntenced to be imprisoned twelve months in
the county gaol of Cornwall.
in SAVANNAH, July 26. i
if. Lall Thursday evening a murder was committed t
on a plantation a few miles from this city, by one t
ith John Richinfon, a noted villain' who has long been \
ier a dread to society ; but we have the fatisfa&ion to j
en add, he was immediately apprehended, anil is now j
at in close confinement to wait the termination of
ips justice, and will probably meet the reward justly c
nd due to his crime. The circumstances of this in- 3
;a - hbman a£t, as far as we can learn, are, that Rich- j
infon came to the bouse of a Mr. Grant, a neigh- r
ifli bouring overseer, who, it appears, had previously I
if- laid in a small (lore of liquor for his family's use : 3
n- Richinfon being informed of it, demanded of him i
ay a free accefs_to his ftorec. and- au-Crani'srefufmg, J.
,a- him, he immedietely seized a gun which was (land
on iog by and discharged it at Grant, the contents of t
which entered his head, and he expired immediate- t
ly. The jury brought in their verdict -wilful \
murder. j
h A report fay.?, the Governor of South-Carolina 3
an has received repeated demands for the releafeof the
at two Falls, with threats to lay waste the whole 0
ce city of Charleflon, if not complied with, and they 0
ed immediately relcafed ; and further, that several at- n
en tempts have been made to put these threats in v
be force ; that a house has lately been consumed, and n
fire set to the CufWHouie, but happily ex- t
tinguifhed. '
ry No Northern Mail this week, consequently no h
id Northern Ntw, can be expeded. This irregula- a
ic nty of the Mails is unaccountable.
~ July 28. .
' d r ur°" 'r' 20tl J inft - dicd ' at White Bluff, of a ,<
Df bilious fever, John Houstovn, Esq. a gentle £
re man no less confpiouous for the amenity of his man.
I em,nen, f ° r HiS taltßtS 38 3 latt</er an<l 3 w
, • M-Houftoun, at an early period, distinguished "
iv himfelf m his profeffion, uniting with a ftronij r
d acute judgment and a depth of research, an easy. „
copious and impreflive eloquence. With talents c f
so well adapted for public life, he could not long <
0 remain unsolicited ,0 take a leading parl in the fer I
.- vice of his country: he was accordingly, at dif- or
'' feren . t P er,ods ' to fill the most important °
t- appointments under the Government, or in Con- P
* and f V Ch '/ f Execut ivß; on the Bench; of
and, for a fenes of years, as a member of the Le- f n
9 giflature: in all whicK he acquitted Jiimfdf with
d equal ability and dignity.
C P°" GH KEEPSIE. August io. *
r. Friday last was brought to this town, Matthew
t 8 n °TJ Fr j. n (r chma «' who has broke out " n °
t of Albany gaol five different times in thecourfe of rP
e one year. He came to this place from the nmth
- ward on Tuesday or Wednesday of lail week in a ° n
' g n £r7 h 3 fn ? aU trunk fh
he as different places offered for sale. On Wednef k
- day night the (lore of Mr. Stephen Hoy U 0 f th ; s
own, was broke open, and goods and money to fr!
the amount of 60 or 7 01. stolen therefrom. This c
■ fellow was f cen walking several times by the fcs ,
1 store in the evening before the robberv ij u •
: ««
: »•'
: r
• for the shore and took to ,K. j . made
1 truHk and goods in the c* J 3V the 1
f >»«.. P u, f „f d £41 ri•; s ■
: :
»be held here ii a f cw € ° whldl
* cor
ng We hear a robbery was committed in Hutfon
>er a trunk of (hoes on the 29th nit. We ft 1
of fufpeft Plantain, as It i 8 fai L his tru nk and
he anlwer the defcr.ption of those Holcn.
,ly He broke gaol in Albany about a f„ rtn| -..
since, together with two others by the nam,, -
ot Neilfon and Hoffman. The two lad were unj
in sentence ot imprisonment and Inrd labour for IT '
nt and for either of the three the fheritf o f[ er J „
dollars reward. >
n-
t BY THIS DAV's MAILsT"
!g NEW-YORK, Augufl 17
al Tranquility has been refthred in the city of A mft .
he dam since the arrival of a French garr.fon ther
ile though .tconfifts of only between ,4 and jfcn
and the public anthsntyhas resumed its afe/mi, :
On the 29th of May there w'asagrand fc l
fterdara in honour of the victories of the Fr-nd,
t- taly, at which the minister Noel, the
cd tevenoH, and the Commandant of the Citv ,
ce Each of them made a Ipeech on the occL&ft
dam y " A g-en at rS
We'are afliired that the Grand lurv at ■
last week, ordeied four bills against nerforis off!
■y against the aa emitted «** a % toprZTutt" l
r- in S in ""d Spreading of inficliout drafts in the Cf"
3 nr V s P l d thatthe P r °fecutions will be (}ria} v
a followed up an4examplesmJ.de of those whodifrenJ
" ™Viof peltC< ? th / d ' , e ? ; ° ns ° f Health Ogfctr
er h ° fe V'E'lance for the fafety of the city cannot. I
l f thof*»ffending pass with impunity. '
e- Late st Intelligence, receivedyejlerday
\ by the Jbip Adelaide, Capt. Webb,
7 in 49 days from London.
LONDON, June 20.
;n VWc yesterday received Paris papers up to the
f<! ln, *\ ,ncluflve » whieh contain the particulars
of the afl.on near Altenkirchen, wherein General
e Kleber > .^ llowu, g his firft success, has made
nn,l x™ a—i -«f Colour,,
f e 12 nF cannon, fevtral atnmnnition carts, i
;x P 3rt . f e field e q u, P»ge of the Auftrians, and a
f con.iderable quantity of provision and forage. Ai
10 those papers no mention is made of the armie,
in the Hundtiuck, we must suppose that no itn
portant event has taken place in that quarter, ani
n TV?' Vag " e rC P° rt of * via ° r y obtained by the
Auftrians, wh.ch was last SaturdsY, i**i,h.
out foundation.
. On the fide of Italy, t be only rematkable event
is the Arm.ft.ce granted to the King of Naple,,
d on condition that he /hall pay a military contribu
le tion of 30 millions, an event which will much
n weaken Beaulieu's army, 011 account of the Nea
o pohtan troops bdng obliged to withdraw. This
w Armift.ce is, however, not yet officially announced.
' In the interior the Cl.ouans continue to lay
y down their arms, and the Terrcrifts are kept in >
1- awe by the Executive government, which is daily
1- gaming more authority by its close union with the
1- moderate party in both Councils. The refolutioi.
y by which the denunciation against Drouet hasbeen
admitted, forms another triumph for that party,
n but the proceedings against the MjjfeiMtor,
S—fl-ill carried on -with- great slowness.
I- Ihe Gazette contains the agreeable .information,
if that his Majesty's frigate Dryad, of 36 guns, Lord
A* Bcauclerk, commander, has just brought fnto
</ Plymouth another very fine French frigate, La
1 loferpine, which file captured on Monday last,
n after a sharp aSion of 45 minutes.
° La Proserpine is a frigate well known to fcieral
e of our officers. 1 his frigate, from her superiority
) of failing, has teized our ships.—At the com
mencement of the war, (lie kept five days -just
n without gun.(hot of the Hannibal and Hector, of
74 guns each, under the orders of Captain (now
- Admiral) Colpoys. She had a brulh with the
Venus frigate l'ome time after and got off. If (he
0 has the fame commander he is an officer of great
• abilities.
' Ihe T rompeufe {loop of war, Captain Watson,
has carried into Cork l'Eveillee Freneh brig priva
-1 teer, of fix guns, and 100 men; and wiih her as
Engliih brig her prize, retaken by the Trompeufe
Sir John Warren's fquairon,. which was (poke
1 with on Tuesday last by the Hope lugger, ,hi»
taken a French corvette and two brigs.
Letters from Germany state, that the Archduke
; Charles had ordered the Prince of Winembei^,
• whole corps was not strong enough to make any
1 effe&ual resistance against, the numerous troops dff
tined to attack him, to abandon the bjnks of the
Sieg, and fall back to Altenkirthen : But these
orders not having been executed with fufficicnt
promptitude, fonie detachments of the Prince's
corps were surprised by the-French, but thelofs
of the Auftrians on this occalion, is by no means
so considerable as was stated in the Paris papers.
We have feerr letters from Italy, addreffedto*
gentleman in town, of the firft diftin&ion, which
attribute all the disasters that hare befallen that
country to the mifcondud of the Sardinians. Tbe
invaf.on of the French was a desperate attempt
rendered neeeflary by the utmost want of proviii
ons and. all other articles which prevailed in their
army. If the Piedmontefe had done their duty i«
the battle of Cherafco, Buonaparte would hare
been obliged.to retreat, having no more than two
days provi/ions. This general uas himfelf greatly
aftonilhed at the prompt docility of the King °*
Sardinia in Admitting t<iall (he conditions dictated
by the French, who, would have much lowered
their pretentions, if the Cabinet of Turin had in
filled on its being done. Thus, in that unfortunate
country, the weaknefi of a sovereign, conwiuni'
cated to his troops, has produced the mod unfor
tunate and extraordinary event in this difafti ol *
war,
f
From the LONDON GAZETTE, June it.
Admiralty Office, June 18.
Dispatches of which the following ste i-opiei,
have been received at this office, by Evan N'epcao,
ECj.
Santa Margaretta, at Sea, June "•
SIR, ■ i,
I have the honour to inform you that on tbe 7'
inft. being in company with his Majesty's (hip nl "
[corn, 18 leagues weft us Stilly, vre difcovere'* a *