Philadelphia,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1796.
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* Married - 'aft evening, by the Rev. Morgan J.Rliees, /
Dr. Joseph Strong, o'f Hartford (Connecticut) to Mis»
Rebecca Younc, of thiscity.
AUTHENTIC. i
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Tie following is an extract of a letterfrom Captain
JiMkS B'ruff to the Secretary of War, dated r
" Pojl of Niagara, Augujl 20, I 796.
" My last informed you of the evacuation of Of
• • wf.'o, and ps it# bein>r trk> n p. ffeffion of (by the
detachment I have the honor to command) on the '
j 4 th July t
" [ now nave the additional honor to inform YO3,
that after boing detained near a month, for the ,
means of tianfportation, and after making an at
tempt with fix Bafteaux, atid being cast away, and
regaining that post ; 1 embarked on the jth Atiguft
1 with 50 men, the artillery, ammunition, and the ,
principal part of the stores on board the Kingston
Packet of about 50 tons, (which Coittra&or
O'Hara had procured for us,) aird on the 10th in
the afternoon, bting in fj£'l)t of Niagara, difpatch
td a boat with an officer to the Brisifh comman
dant, with notice-os the approach of the advance c
troops of the "United States, destined to receive
possession of it ; and about fun set came to at a mile
diflarice from the Fort, when I received hisanfwer,
an*} an offer of immediate possession. 1 accepted, "
and my guard under officer march
ed in, on captain Sheffs marching out ; His ftrjeant '*
attending mine in polling the sentries, &c. The £
next day in the forenoon, the artillery, stores, and
the reft of the men were landed in time to display 1 c
the flag of the United States, under a "federal fa- '
lute, bv 3 o'clock.
" I was visited in the morning by Captain Sneff, *
who was so polite as to walk round the works, a/id
* give me every information necessary for a relieving,
officer. »
Confirmation of the capture of one of Captain barney's
frigates. '
By a gentleman who arrived last night from the '
southward we have the following account : 1
, On Saturday last arrived at Alexandria the Pomona, I
Captdin Heywood, in 36 days from Cadiz, who was
broHght to on Thursday morning the ift inft. by the (
squad' on cemmanded by Admiral Murray ; who after
causing h 3 paper* to be infpeAed, dismissed him, in- (
forming him, that he had taken one of Barney's vef- '
fels after a long chacc, which teegan Monday '
morning, and had then Only just finifhed. ;
Captain Heywood left Cadiz July 27th, at which
time hat place was in immediate expectation ef a
with Great Britain. 1
A Boston paper contains the following article :
<£ Accounts from Cayenne inform, that the famous
* Collot D'Herbois and Btt-tAup Varennes have
died suddenly in, that Colony.
A gentleman who ferved'two years in the French
army, From 1793 to '95 fays, that the.soldiers ha.ve
always fared better than the ciiizenn—that thete
is no regular issuing of ration9,clothing or other sup
plies to the army. The soldiers receive from the
magazines established whereevera body of troops is
stationed, every artiqlc they want.and appTy for, lo
long as there is any thing to issue. They draw
cloathing, bread, meat, brandy, &c. as they want
them, in such quantities as they plcafc—and being
fully fed and supplied, contented and hap
py without receiving one sous in ca(h for months to
gether. This mode of procedure, tho'it renders
the army the most agreeable situation, has increased
the expencesoi the war immeasurably—and rhutl be'
departed from eventually, which, however can only
be done by degrees,-.
The followisg article from a London Paper, is ap
plicable to more places than one.
Our rivers are inexhaustible, and that Fish, an ar.
ticle which,, from ite nutritive quality and abun
dance, islo wi?ll calculated to lessen the-coflfumpti
®n of btitcliers'-meat, (hould, from the high price
at which it is retailed, be«lmoft wholly confined to
the tables of the opulent and luxurious, is a re
proach to the country.
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4 Washington Lottery.
THE Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days' Drawing of
the Waftington Lottery, No. a, are received at the office
No. 134, Market-flreet, where tickets may be examined.
N. B. Information given where ticket in all the other
lotteries may be procured.
September 9, 1796. df
INFORMATION ~~
IS given daily of .the drawing of tb? WASHINGTON
LOTTERY, at the Office
No. 147 Chtfnut-Jlreet,
between Fourth and Filth streets. Also, where Tickets
may yet be had. Sept. 9. eo
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days drawing is
arrived.
Plans of the city of Philadelphia,
Including the Northern Liberties and tiiflritt of
Southwark,
Published, and fold by
BENJAMIN. DAVIES,
No. 68, High street,
(Price one dollar.)
THIS plan is 26 inches square, and has been en
graved by one of the firft artists in the city, frfim a late
ar.d accurate survey. Pnfchafers are entitled to a pam
phlet with each plan, giving " some account of the
city, its population, trade, government, &c.
July rq • tnf&ftf
To be Sold,
■J- No. 128, North Second-Street) and by fsveral oj
the Apothecaries in this City.
; RANSFERS of the right to remove pains and inflamma
tions f-om the human body, as secured to Dr ELJSH A
by patent, with inftrument&and directions ne
•v »ary lor tie practice. This mode of treatment is psrlicu
y ufeful n relieving pains in the head, face, teeth, breail,
itomach back, rheumatisms, rccem £outs, &c, &c.
>Jotv/ithftar^iijg!fch e utility of this it is not pre-
but thq-c arc cases in which this and every otho
■ remeHy may foretimes fail.
l * .law
.
BY THIS DAY's MAIL.
fa
r» m At/gust 15.
Tyefday last the General AffL-mbly of this
State adjourned_/fn;
The folio-wing a3s tvere pajfed during their fitting' ; ( i
direiling the mode of elefling one repre I
•entativc to reprcrfcnt this (late in the Congrcfs r n
of the United States.
An adt providing for the election of electors to .
elect & Prelident and Vice President of the Uui- k
ted Slates.
An aift empowering the justices of each eburt, of
the ft-veral counties in this state, to lay, and have
coile&ed, an additional eourity tax for the year
1707.
directing tire mode of eleftijjg the leveral
officers, whofc appointment are by the conllittt
ti«n veiled in the court of plea 3 a/Id quarter fef-
fions. r
An a(ft making .compensation to thf members,
clerks, and door keepers of the General Affeni- J'
bly, and for other purposes. '• "
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Communication of his Excellency the Governor to ''
the Hon. the General Assembly of this state. P
Gent(emen of the Senate and of the l/oufi of S
Representatives,
The short time in which I conceived it was ne
ceffirily (ny to canvene the legislature, com
pelled me to, call you togetheivon so short a notice.
In the firft inltance, was to give all the )•
time, the emergency of the occasion ;vnuld admit '
of ! And in the fecorid, from a circumstance, that j R
the eledion to be held for representatives was ap- I ?
proaching so near at hand, made it necessary, as I l
conceive, for the assembly to it in their power,
by a timely meeting {should they in their wisdom ,
deem it proper) to make an alteration in the a£t •
diieAing the mode of deling reprefentatiires to re- °
prtfeßt this state in the s Congress of the United
blates, before the day of ele£iion fhHuld arriye, as
dtTeiledin the aforefaid aft, othcrwife it might be r
attended with disputes and contentions of a difa- '
greeable nature S for by a late a & of Congress the \ »
intended number of our representatives is diminish- 1
ed, of' couife it proportionally lessens our number 1
of electors for President and Vice-President of the |
U"' tec l States. Thus such a derangement will rie- j •
cefTtrily require an alteration in our adls passed for '
such purposes.
Our senators not being recognised in the Senate '
of the United Slates, is another matter for your
jonfideration and attention: And for your more '
ample information, the feverai aflg and communica- J
tions accompanying this address, will elucidate unto'
yap propriety ef my calling the affemfely toge
ther at this time, " * (
1 I hope be permitted toobferve, that it is '
of importance, and conducive to public happiness 1
to aYrange our acts conformably wiih those of Con
. grefs, so far as they fcall refped this state.
' The foregoing are the reasons why 1 have
thought proper to convene the affombly in session,
or. the present day : And I make no doubt, you !
1 will, through your paternal care, wifdem, and pa--
• tr.iotic deliberations, adopt fitch meafwres as wilj
; tend to promote the public interest and ger.eral uti- |
■lity of the state.
I have the pleasure of announcing to you; gen- '
tlemen, the admiflion of the state of Tern effee into
) the federal union, a eircumftance, pregnant with
r every flattering proCjjcdt of peace, happineit, in'd
t opulence to our fofant state. The period is at
; length arrived, when the people of the &outh Wrf
- tern Territery may enjoy all the blessings and 1 *r
- ties of a free and independent republic.
s Permit me to «i(h your public, domeftic,.and in
1 dividual happiness,
c While I have the honor to be,
/ Very refpedlfully,
Your devoted and .
Obedient servant,
JOHN SEVIER.
The committee to wh«m was referred the com.
munication from -the governor, reported, "that the
_ following address be presented to his excellency.
. To his Excellency JQHN SEVIER, ,Esq. Gover
f. of the slate ps TmneJTee.
0 S,R >
.. We are fully sensible that the important obieas
by you laid before this General Assembly, made it
neceffaiy for you to convene the legislature at this
" time.
_ We rejoice with you in the event of this state be
.J. '"g firm 'y admitted into the federal union ; and our
1 minds are filled with the most pleaf.ng sensations,
:r when we teflrft on the prosperity and political hap.
pi ess to whiih we view it as a certain prelude :
Be uffured, fir, it will be our firil and greatest eare
to adopt such measures as will promote the true
interest of this state, as connected with the Ame
-1 ritan union.
With refpefl to our reprefentatton in the senate
t8 of the United States in patticuiar, we flatter our
selves such steps have been taken, that no 'reason
it now remains fuffirient to juftify tjiat body jn refu
(ing any Jbngetf to recognile oar senators.
We view it as effencially necessary to the preser
vation of peace and harmony, with the Indian
if tribes, that the constitutional treaties and laws
tliould be duly observed : And we have the fulleft
confidence that the executive of this state will take
proper measures to enforce their due execution.
JOSEPH M'MIN, Ch.
!•
e ALBANY, September 5.
Ie" The Minister, his Excellency Citizen
ADET, arrived in this city, since our la(l —he has
proceeded on his journey to Lake Georjje. Du
- ring his ftajr here, he was waited on by the Lieut.
Governor, the Chief. Justice and many other df our
i] most refpe&able citizens.
The drought still continues, and a fioft'a few
nights since, injured the Indian corn and gardens in
many places.
NEW YORK, September 8.
* The (hip Confederacy, of New.York, Capt.
Scott Jenckss, was at, the Isle of Bourbon the
24th of April last. bound to ChtHa,
k
By the Cyprnet, from Hamburgh, we hare been po«
favored with Hamburgh papers to July !l, i.tc'u htm
five, which we (hall endeavor to have tranfiated as of t
expeditioufly as pc.lfible. «'oi
A gentleman who came paflsnger in the Cygnet com
from Hamburgh has obligingly informed us, that "
the last intelligence received was, that the Fierfch rem
had pal Ted the Rhine, taken Kchl, with 500 pri- of t
foners, and hod penetrated confideraMy into Sua had
bia ; that the A,uftrians had been obliged to leave that
part of the Rhine with precipitation, leaving much d<,rr
baggage, See. That the French army was rapidly the
anvancing to Franckfort, From the recent fuccef- ta::
ft* of the French, it was the general arid dnily ex
pectation-os the citizens of Hamburgh »hat a ' 1
peace would soon take place between the Eenperor evei
and the French Republic. the
LATEST INTELLIGENCE. hon
By the Peggy, Capt. Bunce, in 40 days from "
Hull,' we h-ive London accounts to the evening of} e .
the 13th July ; being three days later than the ad- rn "
vices by Capt. Clay, lately arrived at Philadelphia t " 1
from Hamburgh. Theanoft iSiportant articles are
the defeat of the Auftrians by General Moreau,
(ince his crofiingjhe Rhine; and the continued ap- C 1
prehensions of a rupture between Great-Britain and
Spain.
. LONDON, Jaly 13—14. Lo
This morning the mail arrived frtm Hamburgh,
whi. h was due last Sunday. The accounts confirm froi
the statements given in the Jaft Paris papers, re- por
fpetting the eroding of the Rhine at Strasbourg in 1
and Kehl, and give other particulars reXpetting the tail
operations of the Auftrians, and the alarm that pre
has been fprcad in all the countries along the Rhine
by the pr&gVefs of the French. tra
The Auftrians having been obliged to abandon Ofl
1' ribourg, in Brifgau, fcrm to have no choice left abl
but to retreat (for.fighting seems now to be out of evi.
th< qneftinn) into th; Black Forest, by what is sos
j called the Devil's Vase, The army commended by rivi
the Prince of Conde mud purfye the fame me a- bet
1 f«re». tar
| ihe Arch-duke, with part of his army, left the in'
; Lahn, iniending, it would appear, to prevent the hai
F tench from getting over at Strasbourg, but, the noi
i Republicans having been too quick in their opera- dei
; tions to lie prevented by the arrival of Austrian re- j mo
inforcements from such a di/lance, this movement
on the part of the Arch-duke will be one means coi
of them to re-e(lablifh themselves. tea
The French, by the lale movements, have ren- I _
dered all tlicir portions muchr more secure than they
were a fh»rt time ago, and it will require great mi- ff
• litary (kill on the part of the jmperialifts to prevent
thon from profiting by the cireumllancc; for not
. onljr has the army of the Sambre and Meufe re
ceived great reinforcements from that of the North,
f.s we have already (hated, but a junttion has been Ec
formefi by the right wing of Jourdan's army, and St
the left of General Moreau'a. Cc
It 1$ probable that the purpose of the French is „ c<
to pftieti'atc through Suabiaon one fide, and thro' C
the Valteline, the country of the Grifons and
Tirol cn the ether. If they fucceedl in this, the ? c ,
army rF Italy, which has already advanced so far™ m
on that fide as to have its advanced polls on the an.
fouthfrn mountains of Germany, will be enabled
to effe& a junction with that of the Rhine. The
French armies, when thus united, will extend to SI
the German oeean on the left, and to the Mediter-
J ranean on the light It is noreafy to fee at present
any tiling that can prevent them from executing
this vast projett, which will open to them the heart '
of Germany,'and compel the Emperor to fiae for
peace on any terms. B
An article from Bonn of June 24, ftatea, that
the news is confirmed, of the French having taken ?
the lines before Memzr: This intelligence, howe
ver, merits further confirmation, before it can be P
implicitly credited. in
Private letters from the Imperial army state, that hi
the Prince of'Wirtemberg has been summoned to o\
Vienna to give an account of the «« ball at. which l a
General Lefehvre made him pay the piper."
c From Italy, the mail brings little intelligence of, B
importance, it confirms the news of an armistice
having been concluded between the French M<;. c<
public and the King of Naples. 2
i Some malcontent# at Rome have planted the tree
Of Liberty there. The ringleaders have been ap- c:
prehended. Y
s Eighteen waggons, laden with gpld and silver O
plate, which the French had taken in Lombardy,
arrived in Genoa, where-they were deposited with P
the Banker Balbi, treasurer to the French.
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'• CAPTURE OF COLUMBO, WITH 3
: . IMMENSE TREASURES.
Letters from Madras, dated the 22d February, E
_ c received over land at the India House, confirm the
intelligence we gave a few day*, ago of the capture \
of Columbo/ which, with all other dependencies g
e belonging to Dutch on the island of Ctylon, Is
surrendered, on 'the 15th of February, to his Ma
n jetty's forces, under the command of Gen. Stnart. \
The property fotind there is immense—that of in- ci
dividnals is secured to them ; but three Dutch East. 5
Indiamen, richly laden, and all other public pro
" perty, will be (Kared by the Raptors. b
VICTORY OF THE FRENCH ON THE C
e , RHINE.
In the fitting of the Council of Five Hundred,
July 6, ihe following message was delivered :
The Executive Dire&ory to the Council of Five £
Hundred.
n " Citizens Legislators,
ls " Vittory is as faithful to the armies of the re
public in Germany, as (he has been in Italy. We
t> have to announce to you a battle gained at Ren
lr -ehetv
" The army of the Rhine and Moselle, after its
„ brilliant pafiage of the Rhine, had fuccefsfully en
n ' n several combats, which were thfc prelude
to the most important operations. A general bat
tle took place dn the ieth at Renchen. The re
publican troops alternately employed, in imitation
of the (lcillful cfiiffs who commanded them, th«t
:. national boldness which overthrows everything that
e oppofes.itsimpetuoftty ; and that unshaken courage I
which refill*, every effort. The enemy left in the I
K ' U ■ -** « 1
power of let) pieces of cannon, twelve
htiridieJ priiuner*, lix bundled bo:fes, and ;i fitld
of battle covered with dead bodies. Thejr loss 13
enormous. Such is the exp icffion of Moreau, the
commander in chief.
" The army of the Sambre and Meufe did not
remain a psffive fpeitator «f the vi<ft;>rious march
of the Rhine aod Moselle. The division which
had fallen back brhind tho Rhine, forcibly repa!Ted
that river at v Cokgne, between Goblentz and An
dernach. A corps of the enemy which defended
the right bank, was compelled to fly with precipi
tation." . ,v
The. afiembly immediately derreed—
' T,he Council of Five Hundicd, confiderinsj that
every viitory obtained by our brave armies, gives
the republic an op.-uing to the cpticlufipn of.an
honomable and solid peace ; and to all the people
of Europe, a pledge of the speedy pefiaiion of the
deftruftive scourge of war, Declares, thar the ar
mies of the Rhine and Moselle, and of the Sambre
and Metife, continue to defeive well of their coun
try ; ar.d that the present refutation shall be prin
ted, and car ied by a (iate-aieflenger to the Coun
cil of Eiders.
HULL, July 15.
BY EXPRESS
London, Wednesday evening, half pad 8, July r 3^
. This morning government received difp»tches
1 from Gibraltar, said to b? of the molt serious in» t
portance. They were difpatclied by the Governor
in a fait failing transport, with orders to the Cap
: tain to make the ftrft English port, and set off ex
press to the War-Gffi e.
: The intelligence brought by the Crptain of the
transport from Gibraltar, which arrived at the War
-1 Office this morning, is said to be, that of confider
t able preparations going on at the camp of St. Roch,
f evidently intended to a6l oftenfively against that
s foitrefs ; as also, a large body of forces having ar
t rived at the lines, which for this month pa it ha v* \
- been cantoned in -the village test or twelve miltsdif
tant from the camp. But from the fee ret manner
t in which those in official fmiationp, in the office,
s have acted, since the receipt of the above difpat.' lies,
c nothing further hag tranfpiiwd ; though it is cvi
- dent, from manner'and conduct, they aie of the
- molt momentous nature.
t Qur cot respondent's letter also confirms the ac
s count given in the preceding part, of the entire de
feat of the Auftriaas, with immense loss.
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GAZETTE OF THE f/NITEt) STjTSj MARINE UST
t ■■
t PHILADELPHIA, fytcSfcr <J.
ARRIViiD
'» Ships Hope, Bambridge, Ca t .e Nitola Molp, t4 rfays s
n Echo, Boyeßordeaux 56—Brigs Newton, Da Cplta,
c) St Croix, (6 ; Favourite, BufTop, Richmond, (s—gchrs.
Godfrey, Jones, Halifax, 9 ; Fiiendfhip, B rnaby, Nova
1 Scotia, 12; Lyiiia, Whictlefey, Hartiofd, ip—.Sloop
18 Betsey, Jiawkins, Port-aa-Prince, Is.
>'
t) Ship Kitty, Weft, and brig Reif\ White, btthfroni Pliilaf
delphia are lafe arriu»d at tne Ifli- of France. 1 lie (hp P eitn,
' e a< iylvani* from this pori, 11 arrivid at Bordeaux Kri» i I a,
ir M'Leod Irom Derry, with gert is ari ivc, 4, JJc.v-QjJJJp
le another veiTel with patiengers js below.
Ie Arrivals (it New-Tari,—September jr.
:o Ship Severn, Farley, Hqll ££
r . Olive, Hovey, - Bremen 56
[it Peg«y> Burry, hi till 49
ig Cyanet, Johnson, tlamburgh 53
rt - Polly, Cheefman, Greehoek <58
or Rising Sun, Amsterdam $5 •
Brig Hope, Carlile, . Halifax 6
at Cayt. Farley fpokethe brig Neptune, from N'W
»n York, II days out—all well.
e Ship Severn, capt. Farley, arrived yeflerd y, left
be Hull the Bth July. Brings no njews. This morn
ing was boarded by the Thetis, who prrfled one of
e t his an Eirgli(hn>an. Spoke biig Neptqne
to or Nency fiom thi; port, bound to jjaroburgh r
: h lat. 48, it.
Also arrived ship Olive, Hovey, 56 d;.ys fr >rrv
of Bremen ; the (hip Aurora of this port was to fril
C e the fame day. Fell in'with the Newfoundland fleet
convoyed by admiral Wallace in a jogun ship andl
2 frigates.
ee The brig Neptune, Groeart, was spoke with by
p. capt. Farley, on the 28th July, 2 days from New
York, bound tq Hamburgh, lat. 48, 90, long. 24, t
er 00.
y t The Ship AdvcßtuVe, Swain was to fail froh*
th Hull for New York, in a few days after the Pe^gy,
July 18, spoke theT>,ini(h Ihtp ifellona,. Kop
perholt, bound to the Welt-Jndies, lat. 53, 19, lon,
3> 44-
Aruguft 14, Sp<;ke a brig from Carolina. Capt.
y, Burrows, out todays,lat. 45, 40, long. 46, 10.
he August 17, Spoke a fii'ow belonging to admiral
ire Wallace's Iquadron of 18 fail, convoyed by aSO
ies gun (hip, and 2 frigates, bound to Newfoundland,
in, lat, 43, 47, long. 50, 55.
[a Augutt 24, spoke the (hip Charlotte, of New •
rt. York, capt. Neal; out 40 days from Hamburgh, in
in- coirpany with the Cygnet, lat. 42, 18, long.
ft- 55' 9-
o- August 27, spoke a fehooner from St, Uhes,
bound to Bolton, capt. Stoddard, 28 dys out, lat.
42,00, long. 57, 19.
[E Capt. Johnson of the (hip Cygnet, in 53 days front
Hamburgh, has obligingly handed us the, fol
:d, lowing lift of (hips at Hamburgh on the 14th day
of July.
ive Ship Otfego, Morris, of New-York
Uncle Toby, Revnalds, do.
Gen. Lincoln, Laurence, do.
re Amhbtje, Tillinghaft, Philadelphia
Ve Camilla, Williamfon, ijo.
:n Bacchus, George, <do.
Enterprize,' Norris, Wo.
its Eliza, Yeardfley, do,
pn- Mary, Parker, Newport,
ide Aurofa, Furnel, Bolton,
at- Felicity, Coffin, do,
re- Major PiockncT, Hyott, Charleftoa
ion Two Frierifls,-Hathaway Philadelphia
list Liberty, Ramage, do.
bat Phebe, Coftn, Boflotl
ige Columbus, Pell, New-York
the Sancon, Smith, do.