/fy • ,
j PARIS, June 11.
■Four Journals continue here tdpreich/ilp Ja:obiiiifm
and Revolutionary meai'urcs, viz. Louvet's Sentinelle,
L'Ami des Lcix of the ex-monk Poultier, the Journal
des Hommcs Libres, and the Journal de 9 Patriotes de
1789. Notwichflanding the e*.ertio:is which are made
to spread these Journals, they earinot muster ia the
whole 4000fubfcribers,a convincing proof of the small
number of their partizans in France. The moderate
Journals on the contrary, to the number of or 20,
have upwards of 1; 0,000 lubferibers.
Lettersfrorft Ayde in Languedoclc state, that the Spa
nish Consul in that place has been 'afTafftiated by four
Terrorists.
In the fitting of the Council of Five Hundred on
the nd, it was announced by the Directory, that in 5 ;
Departments, 46,310 offers have been made to purchase
national efiates, and that the lum total of those offers a
mounted to 79 millions.
In the fitting of the Council of Elders of thcajd, the
- quetlion was difr.uffed, " Whether a verbal process
fliouldbe drawn up concerning the secret fittings, which
are held on thefubjedlof Drouet," which was decided
in the negative. Drouet is to appear this day, the 15th
to make his defence.
PORTSMOUTH, July 6.
Yeflerday .the Prince, of 98 guns, was cut ia his
Majesty's Dock-yard in order to be lengthened ;
and this day the parts were drawn asunder 17.feet
- 6 inches, the intended length —This is the firft
(hip of her magnitude ever known to be cut to be
lengthened.
1 in. 1 11 1 1 11
- Philadelphia,
» '
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER j, 1796.
Married, On Saturdiy evening last, by th»Rev. Dr.
Metier, Capt. Francis Atkinson Hunt to the amiable
1 Mils Sarah Dunton, daughter of Capt. William Diinton
of this city.
The United States frigate, building in Southwark,
under the direction of Mr. Humphreys, is -n fueh a
Hate of forwardnefs, that it* is probable she might be
launched befors the 'ensuing winter, ihpuld occasion re-
It is with pleasure weobferve that the ufeof Oxen
in lies of Horses, for the common purposes of farming
and for draught, is daily becoming more prevalent
throughout the state.
One drover lately brought down near three hundred
head of cattle in one drove to the vicinity«of this city,
from the weiterh parts of the state, which he very focn
tliffiofed of—A large proportion of these were fleers.
The advantage which the use of Ojten gives over
Horses, consists in the following particulars ;
They require less feed,
Will perforin more labour,
Make better manure,
And, When they have become so old as to be unfit
fotj fcrvice, will fell for (laughter, and bring a confi
scable proportion of their original cost • A Horse,
on the contrary, when worn out, is good for nothing.
The rontinuance of the very high prices of all kinds
of flour atxi bread, is one of those extraordinary things
f.r which it is difficult to acconnt or afiigrvany rational I
cause. The spirit of {peculation in grain has raged to
such a dpgree, that there is no doubt we should have been
fcrcoght to a state of starvation had not the couiltry been
inexhauftiblc. h has been said, that there is. at this mo
ment, notwithstanding the immense quantities of which
the cJnited States have Ken drained, a fufHciency of grain
of the fcift yeta-V crop tofcrve for the ordinary consump
tion 'tijl the ensuing hnrve/t, witliouf' aid fra;n the
crop of the preient year, which is well kiiown to have
been abundant. This being the cafe, is it not very unac
countable, on any just principles, that the article of grain
{hculd be higher here than in France, Spain, and Great-
Britain, to which countries we have been for twelve
jnejuhs past pouring in such enormous supplies ?
BY THIS DAY's MAID.
BOSTON Augufl 30.
ARMED NEUTRALITY
A junction of the Swedish and Danish Grand
ftetits, took place early in June, and they immedi
ately proceeded on a cruize into the North Seas, to
protest their commerce from being diflurbed by
the cruizers of the warrinjj nations. These power
ful neutrals have been almost as frequeistly damaged
by the tyrants of the o«ean as America. Our na
vigation is now tolerably secure, thanks to negocia-.
tion—and they are obliged to equip a large and
expensive fleet, sot the prote&ion of their's.
This remark, however, is only good as it rcfpeifts
English cruizers. The French indeed,. have com
menced a partial boftility on our vessels : but this
it more to be attributed to the advice of some of
our " Patriots," than any bad disposition
of the French.
By a brig which arrived on Sunday, in 64 day?
from Gibraltar, we lparn, that the Emperor of Mo
rocco, has issued orders for the capture of all ves
sels bound to the ports possessed by hi? revolted
brother, under the appellation of enemy's ports.
Under these order?, a Dane, a Swede, a Portu
guese, and an American, have been taken. The*.,'
latter was tl\e brig Emmeline, Prentifs, of Boston :
(lie w'as bound to Safea. The formei vessels were,
cleared, in coHfideration of their failing previous to :
the general promulgation of the orders. The A
merican Consul at Qibraltar, was trying to get the
Emmeline released, and 1 it wSs would fuc- 1
ceed. j
FROM SURINAM.
Capt. Stover, from Surinam, "which he left
Aug. 2, infotms, that two English frigates lay at
ihe giouth of the river, in fight of the Dutch
(qriadron, at New-Fort. The Dutch Admiral ;
brought <Ajt with him Danish regiflers, for the
.♦nerchzntmen at that place ; the English knowing
this, capture all veffelg,under Daniffr colours ; yet 1
norwithftanding the certainty of being taken by 1
the frigates below, these merchantmen are sent out <
daily, captured, and sent to Demarara. Five fai} ]
weTe captured one day in fight of a Dutch frigate
which lay down the river. The admiral is fiifpc£l
ed of connivance at these captures. ( Tbe English
are expc&ed to take pofi'tfiion of-Stirir.am, arid it -
is .thought little lefiftance would he made. Capt. 1
Stover believes neither British king's ships, nor Bef 1
oiudian privateers, molest Ameiican vtflels at pre
sent ; as he was very nsar such vefftis on his home- 1
wsrd .bound passage. Markets were exceeding low-
Beef 10 dolle. Pork 14. Flour 10, &c.
( From GUADAioOprir
We hear, that in ccnfequence of t.he rnifconfiucl
' of an Atnericaircapta.n, who after engaging -his whole
\ e car g° t° government, fold it to individuals, the g°'
verument there has decljredj that no veflels shall he
ie permitted to an entry at any other ports but those
U of Bay Mahou, Point Petre r and Port .Louis. And
ie as soon as they-arrive at either of these places, a
3, guard is put on board that continues with the vcffc-1
till all the provisions are out of her.
Capt. Stover, about 12 days before his arrival,
n fp°ke brig , Plumer, from New-York, Ju'ft to
2 the southward of Bermuda. Left a number of
l"e American vcffels at Surinam, of which we suppose
1- the following a corredl lift.
Henry, Ho!den, of Providence, Captain Sick ;
brigs, Hannah, Brown, Providence; Rebecca,
Feijner, do. jofeph, Francis, do. Three Friends,
d Indieot, Saicai ; ,fcbooner Rover, Joh ifon, Bos
h ton, Seaflower, Gardiner, do. Fame, Tilden, of
do. Sloops, General Greene, Borden, Charleflon ;
Smithfield, B. Alger, Providence. Sailed in
company with the following vessels, ■•sffter being
is embargoed two months, viz. Ships, General Wash
; ington, Dexter, Providence ; Maria, B. At-nold,
t do. Richmond, Newel, Philadelphia ; John, Wliit
fl well, Amsterdam ; brigs, Paramarabo, Greene,
e Baltimore ; Sally, Lord, Boston; Ci:icinrtatus,
, Philadelphia ; Elizabeth, Cisats, Titeoipb,
1 Newbuiyport ; Lydia, E. Shelby, Salem ; Sea
Nymph, , Amsterdam ; Couriet, J. Spen
cer. Charleflon, Si C. Nsncy, Strong, Amiler
dam; fclrooner Edward, Penrife, Baltia.ore ; fljop
Friendship, Brjggs, Providencc—and a number of
other veflels ; some bound for a fliarket, and others
for different parts of America, with about 20 fail
of Danes and Swedes.
n On Saturday last failed from this port, on a voy
age to the north-weft coast of this co'ntinent, the
brig Hazard,. Capt. Swift ; and this day, weather
permitting, .will fail the (hip India Packet, Capt.
a Cafwell. Both these vessels, as well as all employ
e ed in the fame trade, are elegant specimens of A
meriean naval a.-chitc<S.ure—and are equipped in a
style, equal, if not superior, to the much praised
" Packet of Great-Britain. There are now al-
molt as many ships employed in these enterpriling
voyages from this port, as a few yeaw fmce a£hial
d ly belonged to it, however different their route of
'» trade.
" August 31.
Yeflerday the Honorable Supreme Judicial Court
was opened in this town. The Honorable Chief
Jullice gave a short, though compreheufive charge
to the Grand Jury, in which lie noticed the pieftnt
prosperous and happy situation of our country,
t After which the throne of grace was addressed by
" the Rev. Dr. Thatcher,
' The unfortunate event of the Tobbery of the
Nantucket bank, will, we learn, come before the
s Grand Jury this term. A great number of the
® inhabitants of Nantucket, are in town, as evi
dences. It must be the with of every patriot, that
1 the be such as (hall restore confidence and
! good ueighbouuhood to an island, which promised
- before this event, the attainment of the hightft
1 prosperity.
1 Yeflerday the British frigate La Raifcsh, arrived
s in Nantafket road. .It i# said, she h.is had a brvjh
• at sea.
NEW-YORK, September
Air. McLean—Pit aft to publtlh the following in
your Gazette.
Having seen an anonymous piece in yesterday's
Ar,jus, entitled " Bite the Biter,,' wherein it was
said, that the ftiip Eliza had been a prize to the.
Thetis, British frigate, and that since the accideot
oflofmg her spars, she had he'en captured by about
a dozen iMnkces! In' answer to which, 1 think
] proper to state the following facts : Being board
. Ed within three miles of Henry, by the above
, frigate, and a prize mailer put on board,' who not
f knowing well how to proceed, he, by some. fatality
. or other, got within Sandy Hook j where, meeting
j with no opposition from the crew, I took poffeflion
ot my own ihip, and brought her fafe to'this port {
in the performance of which, no violence was used
j by any pevfon on board.
G. G. HUSSEY.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
3 ExtraS from the leg-book of the brig Tothil/, Captain
f Lovell, arrived yejlerday from St. Croix. . '!
1 On Satttrdaylaft, the Chesapeake bearing about 1
W. N. W. saw three (hips of war standing to the
r welhvard, one of which altered her course about
- ii, A. M. and flood to the northward, the other ;
two continued vfoeir course to the westward, and ;
I passed us about a mile ahead, without sheWing co
. lours, or offering to speak us; we soon after saw
■ a signal made by one ot the two, and the ftiip to
the northward immediately tacked .and flood 'after
: them ; we continued our course to the yonhw^rd.
, Next morning, early, we discovered three other
> ships bearing-about weft from us, dfflance about 3
- leagues, Cape-Charles then bearing about well, di
: fiance about twelve leagues, tlje ships shaped their
■ course for us, but on some guns firing, which we
took to be near the Chesapeake, two of the largest
ships tacked and flood for that place—the other,
which appealed to be a sloop of war, continued
her course for us, but about 9, 011 a signal made
1 from the other /hips, she tacked and flood for them,
1 an(l about l J o'clock they were out of fight, at 12
we discovered them standing to the east ward under
I full fail, and soon discovered four other ftiips in
chafe, which continued until about 5 o'clock, when
one of the ships coming up with one of the ships
t ihafed, an atlion commenced, which lasted but a
1 few minittes, and as Coon as the fmoak cleared away,
3 so as to difenver the ships, we miffed one of them,
- which we are persuaded must have funk, another
1 ship then coming up with the one which had been
t engaged, they continued their course after the
. other two, which at dark appeared tp be about a
league diitance.
We are furthar informed, that the Hope, Capt.
- Cook, saw, on the day following, Monday, fix
,■ frigates in company, off the Capes, standing to the
eafhvatd; but thsy shewed nocolouts
f".
Extract of a letter from an officer oThigh rank, at the
Core of Coik, to another in Dublin, dated June 45.
" Our fleet lately brought in large veflcl under
Swedish colours, but iufpe&ed to be Dutch property".
,no papers were found on board to condemn her; the
' prize wis doubtful, and was lent to England to be
" tried. * ;
1 " Yeflerday a fifherman, off the harhor, hooked a
. jar corked, to which a hatchet was tied for the purpose 1
| : of linking it.- On opening the vessel it was found full ,
of papers, which Were brought to Admii*al Kingfmill. ,
't'iicy were the very papers of this ship, proving herto
be Dutch, and the property French ;,and naming, feve- '
1 ral American (hips fitted out in the fame way." 1
> [Extraordinary as this circumstance appears, we ■
f pledge onrfelves for it's veracity.] ]
Halifax papers received yeftrrday by the armed fchoo- ■
r.er Charles and Mary, Capt. A. Kidllon, in 11 days
• from Halifax, contain.the Following.
> HALIFAX, Aiigiiit 13. ,'
We arc sorry to hear that his majesty's snip Active, 1
having on board Lord DoYcitefter and family, is wrcck
r ed on the i'iand of Anticofti, The paflengers, officers
and crew, were fortunately saved. ,
I Yesterday arrived the Shark (loop of war, in tj days
1 from Newfoundland- A ihip from. England fell in
with a fleet of five French frigates cru'ifing off the
■ Banks ; but being provided with a fi&itioti! let of pa
, pers, had the good fortune to pyfuade the frenchmen,
{he was American property —and thus eft.aj.ed, aini
arrived a few days after at Newfoundland.
Augvr; no.
Monday failed for Englaad his majefly's ship Huf
' far, Capt. Rowley, having under her convoy, the Tre
lawny mast Ihip, and two transports.—-In her went '
pafleugers—Major Vefey, Mr. and Mrs. Belcher of !
. chjs town, &c. ■
, Same day arrived his majesty's snow Earl of Moira, '
Capt. Fawi'on. In her have arrivsd his exccllency the 1
right hon. Guy Lord Dorchester and family.
'fuefday arrived his majesty's ship Pearl,' Capt. Bal- 1
lard, with the crew of the Active frigate, lately J
tfd on the island of Anticifti.
Arrived also, his majesty's ships La Raifon, Captain >
: Beresford, and L'Efperance, Captain Rofc.
La Raifon has brought in with her the ship Harmo* '
ny, from Philadelphia, bound to Amsterdam, and the '
brig Polly, from Havre, bound tojjoltoli.
Wednesday arrived the Sloop Portland Packet, in '
4 days bpm BofUm—in which cime paflengers ; the
Hon. David Howell, Esq. Commiffiener, and the Hon. 1
James Sullivan, Esq. Agent on the part of the '
States, for afcertaimng the St. Croix boundary, Mr. 1
Samuel VVehber, Profeflor of Astronomy at Cam- ]
bridge, Mr. John Sullivan, son of the Hon. J.Sullivan,
Mr. Smith, Merchant, of Newbury-port, and Mr. San- '
ger, Merchant of Balthnore. .
Thursday failed his Majesty's armed fnjw Earl Moi
ra. Capt. Faivfan for Lunenbyrgh.—His excellency
fir John and Lady Wentworthr—J. M. F. Bulkley, esq. 1
aiid'capt. ThcfTiger, of the royal Nova-Scotia regi- .
meat, have gone in the fntiw, on a pleasurable excur-
Con to' that part of the province.
Thur-fday arrived the American ship Argo ; sent in
by La Raifon frigate ; ai)d on the fame day, La Rai
ftn failed on a cruize.
Capt. Ward, of the brig Julia, arrived yesterday, in
a&.days front Demarara—on the. 9th August came un
der the lee of Martinique,' and saw a number of Bri
tish cruisers. On the nth, put in at Nevis, to fill up
water. While Capt. W. was there, the sloop Com
merce of New-York, Capti Swan, from Martinique,
arrive,d, the captain of which informed, that 4o Ame
rican and 4 Danish vsflels from Surinam and Demara
ra, were carried into Martinique -by the firitifh crui
sers, and he supposed they would be condemned.
Capt. Ward, spoke on the 41ft August, a brig from
Baltimore, bound to Hifpaniola, Captain Bunker, u
days i n!, lit 4, long. 67, 00.
Mr, j. C. Ten iiofch, came pajfenger in the Julia.
SALEM, August 23.
Eroffssor EBELING,
Of Hamburg, has sent into America the third
volume of his American Geography, of which we
gave'a fpccimeh lately under tffe article, Salem.
This i y elligent and ingenious inquirer into the
1 history of our country has considered his work as
the continuation of Bufching, whose work com
prehending the Geography of Eurppe is in eleven
volumes in the last edition, ProfefFdr Ebeling gives
in his firft volume New-Hampshire and Maflachu
fetts ; in Uia fecotrd, Rhcide-Ifland, Connecticut,
Vermont, and New-York ; in the third, he conti
nues New-York and New-Jtrfey. He la» been
careful to collect the bell authorities, and has had
great success. A French tranllation is bow print
ing at Paris, and we hope that an American transla
tion will not be forgotten. The plan of Bufehing
has not been fallowed by any works we now have,
and it so well unites the statistical accounts with
the geography and local divifiohs, including all the
works known either as " States of Countries, Geo- "
'■ '■ graphies, or Gazetteers," as to demand a prefer
ence. The edition of Paris will have several cor
: ' reftions, and a new German edition is expedted.
: This geographer, with profeflor Hegewifch of Kiel,
; has begun an American Magazine ; of which the
firlt number hat reached us, which \frill be a re
pository of our most ufeful statistical and commer
cial information. There fs also publishing, under
his infpedUon, a colledtion of Maps of Amcriea, by
> the Geographer of Berlin.
For the Salem Gazette.
Mr. Carlton,
Please to publish the following translation from the
-firft mimber of the American Magazioe, publtfh
tdl at Hamburg by PrefefTors Hegewifch, and
Ebeling, 1795 —it being intended as a just Ki
buieof refpefl to our countryman.
" Diflertation on the character, death and refur
t'e&ion of Jesus CHrilt, and the evidences of his
golpel, with remarks on some sentiments ad
vanced in a book, entitled, The Age of Rea
son. '
» (
By J. Belknap. Bvo. Boston, <4<spage»-
" PAINE'i vork Toon reached North-America,
1 where it was repiinted, and much noticed, not on
-1 ly from the high character of his works in that
1 coiißtry, but on account of the bold manner in
1 which he employs ridicule in opposition to the doc
. nine of faith. Prieflley and others have written
agaiiift him. The present work is from one of the
1 most worthy divines of the United States. This
: learned and well written diflertation, as well as his
' excellent " History of New-Hamp(hire," and his
" America* Biography," which by its continuance
would furnifh the best materials for <he history of
that part of the globe, difcovcisrefearch, judgment
and lalle. It shews him with honor in his proses-
Hon, in his evidences clear, and animated, without
'? „• W" J
any angry espreffions against those who differ fratjj
him in opinion, and it employs the truth* oI Clm*
ftianity to support the hopes of virtue.
The-arguments, tho against Paine, are compie*
henlive, and are adapted to a found underltanding,
and to the hearts of sober, tho' Unlearned met*, it
is also a merit in this work, that the great object is
regarded, with great advantage to the writer, with
out the rude reflections which the person against
whom he writes, without the least regard to deceit*
cy employs. The spirit of the whole work exalt*
the author above common theological difputa .ts.—
His oppofercan scarcely be named above a poGtive
man, writing for popularity. The wonders whiclt
Piine's writings may perform in America must ever
be invifibie. Allen Another American, -and ,
woAderful that), with his oRACt-F.s of rhasov,
which had uo realoa in them, juit appealed and va*
uilhed.
CHARLESTON. (S.C.) Augtift Ig.
Extract of a letter from i gentleman in Nail'au, New
Providence, to his friend in ttiis city, dated July 14,
" AboHt ten days agii there was a fleet of merchant
men failed fn m this port for London, convoyed by
the Njrcifliib of thirty-four' guns, and Swallow of
twenty-eight ; the firlt that ever was entirely loaded
with the produce of thele liknds, confining chiefly of
cotton, eftimattd to be worth 90,000!. Previoun to
their failing, the merchants gave a molt elegant enter
tainment to the officers of the navy, &c. On Mon
day afternoon July 3d, an account wai brought to town
by a negro who efuaped in an open boat, that fix ves
sels carrying from fifty to one hundred and twenty
tons, which failed on Friday from Nallku harbor tor
the out illands, to bring cotton, were all taken by a
French priva;eer. ■ The inhabitants immediately beat
up volunteers, it was then four o'clock : by nine the
fame evening they manned and victualled a foow, two
galleys, arid a Tchooner, and went off in que't ef the
enemy to retake the vcffels. On Monday the schoo
ner fell in with a cart«l sloop from Cape iNiehola Mole,
who from her appearance fht judged hoftilely inclined ;
boarded and brought her in. She put to lea in
quest of the veflels, when, afterfhree days fail, fell ia
with the privateer; the captain perceiving hecouMnot
escape, quitted the privateer, and got on board the fa li
cit sailer of those vefiels he had captured, taking abcftlt
two thousand dollars with hint. The fchOouer captu
red the privateer, and recaptured five of the lix fail,
Tnere were eighteen prifoiiers on board the privateer
when taken. I'he'Swallow gave chace to tne qther
Vcllel, which it was supposed Ihe would soon come up
wi h. The ialvage on the re-captura of those vefleis,
together with the privateer, will be above noo pounds
to the adventurers."
GAZETTE OF THE ViVIfXD STATSS MARINE LIST.
PHILADELPHIA, September
ARRIVED.
Brig Schylkill, Irwin, Jamaica 24
Cruger, Tinker, St. Bartholomews 17
Schor. Andrew, Montayne, do. 2?
Delight, Wiley, Richmond 9
Lively, Mease, Cape-Francois 1 2
Sloop Nancy, Small, Leogan 18
Planter, Hammond, Nsw-Pr<jvidence 9
. Rainbow, Gannon, Newbern 6
CLEARED.
Ship Molly, Frost, London
Two Sifter*, Henry, Hifpauiola
Jolepfe, Stone, P,tland
Brig Ariel, Gardner, St. Crok
Neptune, Tower, Boston
Snow Hope, Rindge, Portland
Schr. Three Josephs, Weft, Martinique
Potly, Bonticue, ' St. Thomas
P-yne, Mann, Edenton
: Sloop Polly and Nancy, Mackie, Newbern
Saily, Stevens, New-Bedford
Providence, Pritchard, Frederickslbnrgh
Rambler, While, Currituck
1 Sloop Eliza, Nichjslfon,' St. Vincent*.
Capt. Irwin, on the 14th August, in lat. 23,
28, fell in with two French 50 gun (hips, and or.e
of 40 guns, "under command of Capt. Barne-,' 5
and was boarded by an officer from the 40 gun
ship, who informed Capt. I. that their force con.
lifted of 9 fail of cruising vessels on that ttation.
Shortly after he fell in vyith another 50 gun French
(hip with her tender ; but did not speak them.
Arrived at the Fort.
Abigail, Pinkham, St. Domingo
Arrived at New York—September 9.
D ays. r
Brig Nancy, Seton, Jamaica, 29
Jul lay , Dtmarara, —
Schr. Argus, Allen, Anx-Cayes, 17
Hope, Cook, Martinique, 22
Charles and Mary, Kidfton, Halitax, 11
The snow Amelia, Capt. Elmflie, from the W.
Indies, is Cafe arrived at Halifax, Nova-Scotia,
loaded with cotton and sugar.
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