fallowing deeifioii ia eur court of appe»!«. Its pob, ication m.yferVe todiflipate apprehenGon* excited % r t he comments of those who appear to have to tally mistaken the fubjeft. Al.xANDcr Hamiltsm, E/t-i" behalf} of Anthony Amsloo, and otters, 1* the pet it onerj, fir the admifjion »f an ap- court »/ peal from the Admiralty Court of the . ArrcAL| State of South-Carolina, condemn,ng the , Shop Chcfter, her apparel and cargo. m CASM v«. of The oivnti J, majlets and mariners, of tlx pturi: BYigt. Experiment, iS the Mngantme Fair American. THE C»urt having considered the evidence and argument* adduced by the counsel for the petition ers and refpondentsare of opinion, that there is not j.jiScient cause to admit the appeal of the petition ers from the decree of the court of admiralty in lhe state of South-Carolina condemning the (laop Chcfter her apparel and cargo. If the appeal ftould be admitted, it must be on this principle, that there had been such irregularities in the proceedings I a that justice and right required, that the cause I should be reheard in order to da that jultice here, hich had not been done in the court below. The I ( regularity suggested is, that the captor* did not I kring or fend the mailer of the captured reflel in I order to be enquired of touching the property Btc. I ji ,ir prodace the document mentioned by the matter I in his protest, and that for want thereof a con- I ' mnation had taken place. However blameable i t captors may have been in omitting to fend or I , ! ing the matter before the admiralty court, and in I not producing said document, such omifiion alo.ne 11 not fufucient to set aside the dccree arid rehear j . t :caule, unless it appeared that substantial justice I ' 11 j been thereby prevented.. In thas cafe upon an I j imination of ?11 the evidence produced, it appears I it the condemnation of the (loop Chester must r re taken place if the fame evidence had been of- i' td in the admiralty court. Peter Theodore Van- | t engen appeals to have been a merchant in a Bri- I i i settlement in the Bay of Honduras I * laving a tranfiant refidence,but carrying on trade f m that settlement like other inhabitants. It is ii..c material to whom his natural allegiance was due, I V h was enjoying the privileges, and fubjedt to the 1 i . anvenitnees of other merehents residing in the ' le place. The (loop Chester appears to liavf I 3 n a British vessel poffelfed of British papers. v •chafed by Vantylengen and employed by him • r 1 although he might have executed a.b'ill of sale I v c her to certain fubje&s as the United Nether- ds with whom the United States were at peace I ! ud amity, for the pnrpofe as he expresses it of pre- I 'ting "her being taken. Such a t/ansfer cannot ■ considered as bona Jide, but from the tenor of the J ructions of the said Vantyfcngcn to the matter I " - the sloop, that transfer appears to have been in- I ded Merely to, deceive and cover 'under the nafhe I a friend, praperty which ought to be Considered J !" hat of an enemy. Examining the protest made jls v the master of the sloop Chester it does not ap. n ! ir that he was prevented by the captors from go- I V 1 ;to Charleston, but on the contrary, his going 31 ■ (bore at St. Euftatia, upon the privateers leaving j w it place, seems to have birrn in confrtjucnce of his J -- '<> foliciration. Foi these rtraions the coUrt do I t admit the appeal of the said petitioners; and it j m considered by the court that the petition be dif- I w ilTed ; but as some irregularities on the part of I . e captors have given colour for the petition, the '•curt do not award coll* to the respondents. J " CYRUS GRIFFWi w GEO. READ, tr JOHN LOWELL. m New-York, 3d of May, 1787. —. I br Mr. Fsk NO, th I SHOULD suppose Mr. Swanwick, or his I °} ends, would think it necessary to give a reason or < apology for his vote in eppofition to a meafirt-e, the adoption of which, be himfelf confeflTed the so J ety of the conftitutton and the peace of the U ed States depended—He will be pleased to fay, P c tether he did not declare, that Mr. Muhlenberg P r d saved this country by a vote directly in oppofi. I ra ' >n to that given by himfelf—He dare not deny ed t us fact. ; I fu Whether the measure was really a proper one; as it refpeAa Mr. Swsnwiek'a dcrlararion wholly imaterial He thought it was essential to the in and enftence of eur government, and yet ited agamft it. ' toi I will net fay that the vote was procured by cor iption, but every idea of attachment to the coun- th< y was certainly facrificed-What must every man tOL I and feel who 'his, and uho is either by unl eftton or birth an Ameriean ? A PENNSYLVANIAN. 1,1 Eh BY THIS DAY's MAIL. j • NEW-YORK, O&ober 4. I but e following particular* are extracted from Ja «aica papers, handed to us by captain O'Con- &3 ■or of the barque Neptuae. KINGSTON, August 17. , Coo s* failed from P<»rt-Rayal him Wdaymorn.ng, with twelve French officers, chie -l' V /T™; fn K? ,e ' fi>r C *P e Francois, capt tnJ . Canda ® rr " ed « Royal late Mo, Balir y r ,r m ° ? ' dif P a,ch « general sent S tfjXirr r T 2 {cw days before ""S b ," ! ' appear, that hois and another port had expe. turec :d an incefTant attack fur some days, and th P Jt Hemy occupying a height from which they numl f«ccef«fully annoy our for«es, a line of battle The vas indispensably necessary to cover the troops hid ir attack on this post and the position of ,h! attac i nti army. Our loss has been verv triflln f that of the enemy has been co»f,derable ; up- the™ of 80 white men from Aux-Cayes have fali en s aid djnerent actions. hundred fre1 Ufr > would (till ensure U3 victory, our hopes were lAtf realised in the eastern quarter, and the enemy were asis com pl &' ve psaee, had found plenty of cause I o ' < " er, > * s we " a ® individuals, in a candition ta here earr y arms. Those who by their age and their The I e( ®pl°y ment could be excused from carrying them, 1 d not I w '^ ed eren to ave 'hcif ftiare irt the laurels which Tel in I t ' lc ' r helieved would be gathered Under the {hade us . j the crest of general Bowyer, who had decided, that lafter arm 7 collected at Ance de Nault and L'lflet, con I should march in twp column*, and that M. de Se eable I vra y' c °f®andant at Irois, should go out of the nd or I fort with 400 men, to make the third coltimn.— . nd in I L'lflet set out at nine o'clock at night, to alone I to ,a ' ee lts so as to flank the wood.— ■hear I wcre l 'P on t^e tnar; ' l with a field piece at twe lftice I' n l h e niorning, and at fix wc were in fight as the enemy. M. d'Anglade, who commanded the co lutnn from L'lflet, began the fire. " General Bowyer iVconded him briskly, by be- P nof i £' nnln K his site sooner than he wished, as our black y an I troops were (truck with a panic, and had deserted . Bri 1 rf S u ' ar troops, leaving them exposed to the jare- I fircof the enemy. General Bowyer, in or- , rade I der te an ' lDa,e 'he troops, appeared on foot at the It is I ' lead ,roo P* > hut being immediately after . due I wounc ' hy a ball in the left bieaft, he was lerced ' 1 the Ito ' e#ve 'he party, and to order a retreat, feeing 01 1 the I , ' lat ne K rot ' s w h® dragged the field-piece had have a h an doned it. Alt tlie officers that wcre wounded s were luckily brought off, and geiicrsl Bowyer re- ' ii™ • I his horse, being happily 'only very slightly u sale I Monf. Sevray, having carried two out her- P*^ B > ret ' rt d in gojd order. He was likewise eace I woun^ec '» hut very (lightly." I Extract of a letter from the fame pL.ce, dated Au -5 g u R«. " •t j I " The biave general Bowyer has (hown himfelf " liter I worth X t ' ,e P ' ie hald*. He is belaved by eve- 1 1 in- I P cr '° n- woun d create* no fear of danger. {?' artle JWe are going to aim all the negroes wc can, and , c cred jwe llivc t,le g reate(l hope* from that step. There ' lade | " 110 rea '® n 10 doubt, that if our two geneiah had a P*' I n °' ' seeß woun ded, we (hould have had a complete _ I vii :d in ps« thefninds of the people of this town, thai pri vateering i's univerfslly talked thedif -21. patches ef the commander in chief contain intelli been gence of so important a nature, it is hoped he will con. not keep them long a secret. were Passengers in the Sophia, Mr. M'Lecn, and Mr. were Pinto In £li2a, Mr. Hewett.Mr. Kennon, Mr. cess, Shetall ; Mr. Salom, Mr. Steele ; Mr. Richard iced fori and Mrs. M'Neill. bri- The brig Eliza, spoke his Majesty's ship Canada, lout and Leviathan, off Monte-Clarifle, and was inform - 15 ed they had taken a large ship, laden tvith Lalb Ma- India goods. Lu- A foreign schooner with dry-»ords, ff>.*cie, ice. left on board, from St. Jago de Cuba for Campeche, put ther into this port yellerday, having fprunjr a leak. ; ■ "■ ■ ■ 1 — , of per- gjzsttk of the vmtbd STytTKt Marine list. uld, •" 1 I 1- irof P HI L At> £ L P HI A, Ofiobers. 1 to heir ——— , em, Brig Olive Btartch, Etheridgei Sutinath Jo • ,ich Alexandria, Clark, Gonaives -I I 1 eof « CLEARED. hat |h.? South Carolina Carman, ' Charleston | S * r - Welsh, N. Carolina , Se- Slw P£" k ' St. jßartholemew'a the Wifliam, White, Norfolk K f H 2 c , r » Glazier, arrired at Cowc# from ( to Philadelphia in 35 days. Ship Philadelphia, Bliss, is arrived at Bristol. { , w# The brig Mary, Fltming, from Brest, is io tie l river. c CO- ? hri ß V ' ,rdflt T, from Hamburgh, is r arrived at the Fort, ia 60 days. Came out in com be- P a °y WUh ', he *»: Mar y» Parker,for Philadelphia, .ck and AmiabU. Tilhoghaft, for Cadiz. Left there, f ted J 1 ? 8 , Ent "P r ' lC, l BacehH '' Ana Mary, Twe the tn f n . ' at ch and JLibertjr. j « or- ~A b[, S' fu PP efd «° be the Denye Prove, frorh • t j le this pott, was going in. 2 ■ eI Off the Capes, spoke ,he ship Favorite, Thomp-- c :ed '60 days from Liverpool, in company with an other, name unknown, both standing in, r ia( j Off the Weftem Hies, wa3 boarded by the De led cade and Nero, fiench frigate., of 44 guns, who r re- had » k « »» knfhfh Eaft.lndiaman, and three va tiy luable Portugueir prices. ,fe By Authority. H The following letter from Mr. Danaldfon, dated f' at Leghorn the id of Jaly l a st, (hows that the mea elf [, urc * ,a k en t0 a treaty between the United (c States and Tunk, had not then succeeded. It is rt. P"Wifi)cd for It; purpjfe cxpreffed in the letter it n(J felt. It is alio in be noted, that 110 treaty has yet , re been made with Tripoli. 5 ad Co t>3 »/ * '"'V frvm Jofiph DtmiUfon, U Stephen ;te Cathahn, Ci,jul of the United States at Mar ed J " Ue . s ' dared Le £ iorn July 2, 1796, and received B tt the Debarment of State. c ' , Si to . * his momen( am informed by letter from Tunis, nis, That the American Schooner Eliza, Samuel IC) Graves, ha. bten sent in there by one of their pri E '> contrtry to an arrangement made by me in d< 1 November lalt, and which will not expire URtil the ■jj Bth'of this wftaot. y j s You will do well to caution rtiy eountrymen J againtt the cruizers of Tunis and Tripoli. , 0 Signed, JOSEPH DONALDSON, Jun. fa id NATAL JSNQAGEMSNt. B of The following extnft is copied from a London hc paper oi July 30, 1796. tu »« ExtraS if a lette: frtn Meant, June 31. be •« The beginning ,f this month » most terrible of n- and obstinate battle was fought near Corsica.be- he id tvieen aA Alge'rine lover and two Neapolitan sri- vc ,r j°. ined by one ef the Pope', garda c«ftas. W£ T Iht ad ion was feve e, long, and bloody j'it lasted P r '« from tea o'clock in 'he merning till four in the as- *' f- ternooa, without iniermiflton ; the combatanta were for a long time wthin pistol shot of each other, r- Ihe piiate fufW much, being mod of the time J- between an ince&ut and well direited Are, which t. eut away great part of their rigging, and ma de ternble havoc asnrtigft the men 1 yet the ruffians 1,531 ' fought with an uncommon degree of desperation Ut and attempted mrny time, to board, but were as 8 n oftenl rcpulfed with great left. The captain and all 6f n the officer* were killed in the heat of the action— ' ,r jr the former had both his legs taken off by a chain- wi scot, a. he was firing a bltindrrbufs, yet the barba- tur rian refufed to be taken from the deck, and died hai whillt giving the word of conmand. Thi. loss did hai not ia the leafl intimidate tie terrible erew, Who for fought likefurie., swearing in variom tongue, they dei n would cot Itrike while a mat or boy was last alive ' 77 1 !i C Christian, were e q ,, »'y "bftinate, and foujrht like liens throughout the whole confiift.and shew ed great bravery and fkilUthey wet. to a man ful- . J ' ly determined to conqucr or die. UnUskily one of the frigates, which bote the great eft ftref. in the wai adion, took fire, and ia spite of every exertion hi ' ' f ° on } lew U P» w hen noil of the crew perished' Tcfl ' Another misfortune pefented itfelf a fli.rt time a " d ' after > whifh »»» the iof. of the Pope - , erttizer j OCi ' wh-ch w„ funk by the enemy', (hot, after a gallant me ; ' 'U T' 110 tl " ! CtUit 'T thc ot,lcr '-v,, _ 1 ■ obliged ts be towed away, leaving the Alucrine like Lc< a leg upon the water, having her f yr < and mainmast carried away by the board, and her hull so much bo 1 a pierced and (battered, that it wa , a l mo st impcffiM,. f^fr 'LY { ? C \ A, S ier< —The pirate fought ""P nder the bloody flag, and mount.d 34 gun., be- ~C Gd«* patteraroe. } the frigate, bad 20 gun. each, k ffelt, t the rope a 1 aruizer 10, and 8 swivels." — ' ottl Extra* of a letter from the Capt. of the brig Cin- deI F cinnatus, at Halifax, dated the 10th September, 8 to Mr. John Gardiner, the owner in this c ity. Pro lam detained here by admiral Murray's fqua- tow ' dron, being ,ent in on account of failing from a S Dutch coleny ; the brig j. not yet libelled. The cenl Aflil.ance eaß , e l, ere yeiUrriiy with a French Rhc • frigate taken by the squadron. When my vessel is " '! 4 Bostos, September 25-. pn Arrived, brig T»y, WVoUbcrry, Cowee, J ' 5 3 days. Jniy 261 faiW from Cawcs for Apirte . tclli- dam, (hip Arcthufa, M'Cowsn, of Philadelph t will 27th, do. brig , Pike, of Boston. A . 6, lat. 47, 30, long. 10, spoke the India* Ch':f„ Mr. 20 days iiom London for Madeira. S<;pt. 3, c » Mr. the banks of Newfoundland, was boarded from cm ard- Enghfli frigate,,ari3 treated politely. Left at Covu!o (hip Phcenix > and brig , Shephard of Boi^ ada, ton, Iwo Brothers, Newhal!, St. Martin's, >rm- days, brig Ann, Lord, Berbice, 37 da-ysi Saile>» Ult and for 10 days continued in co, with capt. Bowlu, ia a schooner, bound to this place. Left at Serbicrv kc. capt. Stetson of .Boftbn. P Ut ~ 2 ®' Arrived brig Sipfouri;, Mahast, Gaaialoupe, 22 days. Four after — .ailing fell in with, and was boarded fjyrina French privateer—the capt. carried on privateer - . with the brig's paper, dripped, forchedi and treat ed very iL—in the mean tirpe the vessel was piun* dered of mimy small articles-. Ship Harriot, Clout «an, London, 57 days. Spoke nothing but what nas arrived* Expected the Galen and Minerva) 19 would fail soon after. Snow Mary, Smith, Ma riegalante, 24 days. Left; at St. Thomas's brig Jon k 1 - T,n Q T' °J Newbur yP°.rt. to fail September 7, l° a . hT \ Samu<:l . Seymour, of Hartford, to fail Sep- X r 5- u Lat - 4?' !o "K- 70, 40, spoke brig oik ]en " Y ' V abnesf ' Sene « al for YoVk. Lat om l°'Jr 0 " g - 6 S'°°' the a,rn e lpolte brig frannah, Dent, from Portland, out 2 hours. its f Minerra, Turner, 19 dayi f rom Sondon^ ; m . WM P 2tt ' Ut - 4 8 ' 30, re! f Atlantic of Bollbn, 3 day» f, om Portland we T?X ,ra> T f P ° ke If". 43. 67, The Three Brothers, Smnh, of Portland, 27 jfh '' 3 , Norfolk for London, wai spoke Aug. 24, lat. 47, 30, long. 33. A schooner from Boston for Trinidad, was spoke 'P Sept. 28. r ln The Mary, Swett, of Newburyport, was to leav« Londony for Sept. i; , C Ihe Tryal, of New-Bedford, paff-d through th* Dort-ns, Aug, 6. , Th« P ""y Portland, 22 d4ys frotn Rhode-is. laud for Londdu, was spoke, Aug. aI, lat. 40, leng, 36. r ' r 2 h r e American ef Bolton, 0 day, from NoT felk for Dublin was spoke Sept. 9, lat. 35, long. 72. y »• The Hoop Prefidcnt of Boston, was spoke 5,» 4 \ u tember U. v is Ship Yoang P.,k:,n, LiVfrpool en Port Mary, r , tj ° h '°' M ' La^ n - Greenock S t u Ship America, Woodward, is arrived at Cowes, el Capt. Eefcomb from Bourdeaux met tie ftiio I Diaua, of this port, going the river te Bour -111 deaux as he came out; ie Mr. Printer, Your publifting the following may oblige some cf :n yeur reader! who have admiralty causes depend ing in England. _ Thebri g antine Maryland, John Stran, mafler. (ailed from Baltimore in >Uiguft J793, bound to Bordeaux, loaded with coffee. In prosecution „f , n herbage on the coast of Europe, ftie was cap. tored by the letter of marque, the Prince of Wale,, belonging to Liverpool, and the captain, instead u of ordering her to the heareit port for trial, s ent c her to Montferat, in thc Weft-Indie., where the j. veffe and her cargo were condemned. An appeal , was lodged and ha. terminated favorably for the d proprietors at appears from the following copy of r- * Ict L ter from lhe proftpr employed by the agent* e ot the owners m the above cafei r . " sriT 7 council chamber, July 16, 1796. e " The Maryland, John Stran, master. h "Gentlemen, e «• 1 have very gieat pieafure in informing you of t ray having to-day abtained a reversal gf ,he f en . ~ U " B * of condemnation of this veflel and carr o , ard g a decree of the lords of appeal for the refHtUtion II ? f ra ™ e » or the value thereof, «nd their 4. l9rd ">'P» have reserved the question of costs and da . ma 8 e » un!il '' fta'l be ascertained whether the cap _ ture was made by a privateer or by a merchant (kip i having a letter of marque. I have no doubt of its 3 having been made by a privateer, and have there , ' orc c? « 7 expectation of getting thc captor con. demned in costs and damages. '• I am, &c. ' (Sighed) " CHAS. BISHOP." Captain Stanwood, arrived here from Leooanr, . inform,, tnat on his piffle from New-York he . was taken on the 13th July and carried in there > ft- 0 ) 3 j g ° ' a!ten frolh h ' ra by tlle adl "' n 'ftration, and veflel detained 50 days, during which time his mate . and all hit hand, died. He was obliged to pay ten joes to get his reflel clear, without receiving pay. ment or security for his cargo. ( Fifteen or fix teen American vessels were lying f n , Lcogane, their cargoes taken out, vefTels under con demnation, maftert and fupertrargoes confined on boara and not allowed to go on (hore to take ar.V refreftment, or tb seek redreft, on pain of beini impnfoned in a dungeon. . , Capt Stan wood left the "following American vef. iel, in JLeogane on trial— ' Bngt.—Glafgow, Codwife, New.York } Clisr lotte. King, ditto ; Experience, Huftinr, Pbila. aelphia ; Indußry, Merley, Baltimore. Sc h oonert.--;Juno, Burgess, Boston < Bride, Probert, Philadelphia ; Alethra, Ham, George town, South Carolina. Sloop,.—Delia, Hoggins, Philadelphia j Sin- . au Vrn j ' J° anna » Hunter, Providence, Rhode-Island. A N T E D, " An APPRENTICE to the Prirting Bufinefi. Enquire atthis Office Aug. ?