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PHILADELPHIA, „ a t
."A'fUDAY EVENING, OctobV.r ;r co;
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Philadelphia, 0 Sober sth, 1797* [^'s
* , Mr. B. WYNKOOP. ' I tbl
Sir,
I Finished my lad: address to you with a
Y>roni?f</ to furnifli you with extrafts from T!
Monro, ChiAioltn and Brice, in proof that
the Ttilcnv Fever originates from human ef
fluvia, And not from vegetable putrefaftion.
Dr. Monro, in his account of the dif
tnfeG which ucre prevalent it the military
Tiofpitals in Germany, from January, 1761). j of
to March, 1763, observes, that "in ajl jg!
who were very ill with the putrid th
from contagion, the countenance appeare|d fr
bloat rd, and the eyes reddilh and inflamed la
t lie fki'n commonly dry. By these fym|l- w
toms one might frequently discover that tHe m
natisnt. labeured ur.der a malignant fever." p<
!fage 40. is
" In toe continued fever from re
fays Dr. Clark, the «ountenance is much m
'altered, and dejefled. Early in the disease Ii
jtlie t ves become 'f<iffufed, an,d look as if , ti<
they -vcre iftjefted with a mixture of red ni
and veilowj" _ (Diseases of long voyages, tl
vol. i'. p. 257.)
Tft.it the yelloiii fever and the pestilential 1
fever fco(h originate from the fame cause,
appears evident from the journal ( of the T
French physicians, publilhed in 1770; and
also from Ruffel's Vlefcription of it at Alep
po. Red eyes, burning heat at stomach in ci
the early fhge, inceflant vomitings and yel- rr
lownefs cf the eyes and whole furface of ft
the bndv, are common to both diseases. t!
" I "was favored with the following ac-- 0
count, fays Dr. C. Chilholm, by Mr. J. v
Paiba, a gentleman who was one of the p
adventurers in the scheme for fettling a co- a
lony at Bulam in Africa, and whq, despair- t5
Sag of success, left that coast in the ship It
Hankey, commanded by cftpt. Coxe, and b
arrived at the port of St. George, in the 1 c
island of Grenada, on the 19th of Febru- d
aryj i,793» in a very diftrefled situation. f<
" This vefTel lay for a few days in the n
bay, but waß afterwards brought into the b
carenage; having only seven persons ort a
board, two of whom being very ill, were o
immediately carried on shore. g
" The Hankey had failed from e
in company with another /hip, both char-s a
tered by the Siera Leona. company, loaded t
with stores and adventures for the projeifted e
colony of Bulam, about the beginning of u
April, 1792. t
" At this island (which is about 45 n
miles in tfircumferende, and situated 11 deg. , t
N. almost in the mouth of Rio-Cirande, j r
enjoying all the advantages of the fea-1 r
brceize, and entirely exempt from marshy r
trafts) the Har.key lay nine months, dtar- I
ing which time the settlers, amounting to f
more than 2CO persons, were under the ne- I
cefiity of living on board. The rainy fen- 1
Ton coming on immediately after their art
rival, and the heat being at the fame, time 1
excefiively great, they endeavoured to (hel- <
ter themselves from both by railing the fides 1
of the (hip several feet, and covering her 1
with a wooden roof, <
In this situation a malignant "fever was <
generated, and destroyed three-foui ths of 1
all the unfortunate adventurers on board. 1
Captain Coxe finding the water brackish
and difagveeable at Bulam, proceeded with
his (hip to BifTaa, a Portuguese settlement,
for a supply. The (hip was navigated by ,
12 seamen who had not been on board that
fliip before. 'Nine of these died before the
return of the Hankey to Boulam ; and the
remainder, with the captain, were reduJfcd
to a deplorable condition.
When the time for which the Hankey had
been chartered was expired, (he put to sea
with Mr. Paiba, the captain, (who was sick
at the time) the mate and two mariners,
Which were all that could "be procured to
navigate her. They arrived, after much
difficulty, at St. Jago, where they met with
the Charon and Scorpion, (hips of war ;
from each of these they received two mari
ners ; and with this aid they proceeded to
the Weft-Indies, a voyage to England be
ing impra&icable in their condition. Three
days after leaving St. Jago, the men were
seized with fever. Two of th? four died ;
the remaining two were put on shore sick
as Won as the vefTel arrived at the port of
St. George, on the 19th of February, as
already mentioned.
The manner in which this diftafe was
firft communicated, and its subsequent pro
gress, too clearly evinced its malignant and
pestilential nature.
Captain Remington, an intimate acquaint
ance of captain Coxe, was the firft person
that visited the Hankey after her arrival in
St. George's Bay. He went on board in
the evening, and continued on board three
days ; be then proceeded in a coasting vefTel
to Greenville Bay, to his own ship the Ad
venture ; w ' as seized with a fever on the pas
sage, and diea three days after.
The mate, boatswain, and 4 Tailors, be
longing to the Defiance, went on board the
Hankey the day after her arrival—were all
seized loon after with the fever, and all, ex
cept the wiate, died i(i 3 days. The crew
of the ship Baillies, from the fame imprudent
civility or curkifity, were the next that fuf
fered* From these it gradually spread by
contagion to all the ships in the Carenage,
and destroyed more than 200 out of 500 sea
men, who were employed in the .regular
trade, from the beginning of March to the
end of May.
AWit the middle of April tne fever be
gan to appear on shore. ihe firft house it
made its appearance in was that of Meflrs.
Stowewood and Co. situated near the wharf;
and tY contagion was evidently introduced
by a Negro wench who took in sailors
cloaths to°wafh. The whole of the family
were fucccffiveiy affected, and by them tl.e
fever was communicated to several of thelt mar
acquaintances, * '" ot
The manner in which it spread In the C 1 '
town, clearly 'dero.nftratcd its contagious
nature, and no jnflance occurred where it
could not be traced to communication with ,
the infe&ed. * j .
\ More than one-third of all the inhabi- ™
Vdifeafe ceased, and about one in five <af all
I that were infeclcd died.
[To le continued."]
u J wi
The, following extraift is taken from the ob- ! s
of Dr. Todd, physician in Ja
maica, on the yellow fever, publiflied in ,
Duncan's annals of medicine for the yesir'
1796,'pape 342. t"
" After a salivation has faccecded the use
, of calomel, the peruvian bark is generally' j
I J given with, success, to restore the tone of i
r the stomach, and to restrain the difeharge , L
1 front the month. The cold-bath has been '
; lately tried without success. Blood-letting, ' 1
- which edited so much difcufiion, and had so
: many advocates in consequence of the tem- en
' porary abatement of the general fymtbms,
is now very nearly abandoned ; nor was it
, relinquished by its supporters, but on the
l most complete proofs of its fatal effedls.—
e Indeed the minds of medical men appear
f' ; now to be made up as to the proper treat
i ment of this fever, and in mercury is placed
~ ;their dependance."
il Tie Commi/ftone' s for alleviating the dijlrejfts
, of the citizens of Philadelphia, life.
e To the Inhabitants of said city and its
1 • • • ' ot
d vicinity
Permit us to address you at this awful '
n crisis, and to lay before you a brief state-
- ment of the diftrefling situation of our fuf- .
f fering fellow-citizens. It is known to you
. that on the firft day of September we ac
cepted of the appointment from the go-
vernor, to a& as commissioners for the pur- j
e pose of relieving the indigent, by donation
I- and employment, with the ftipulattd sum
rJ -of ten thousand dollars, granted by the
p legislature ; and We presume it was generally
d believed at that time to be more than fuffi-
d cient, arising from an expectation that the
1- disease would soon abate, and that our ah-
sent friends would return aad employ- a
e ment to those whose resources were cut off j.
e by their leaving the city ; but, ali\! how
it are We disappointed in our expectation, for
e our fcity yet continues in the fame desolated |
gloomy state, and consequently all means of j
employment for the inouftrious mechanic
and labeurer are still suspended. Add to
d j this the numerous body of females that pro-
d cured a livelihood by wafiiingj ironing, j'
)f needle work, &c. who are left de{litute of
their usual means of fabfiftence, besides a
5 number who are aged and infirm, that used
r. j to obtain relief from the bounty of their
», 1 more able friends and relations, as well as j
i- i many seamen's wives who depend on the
y merchant for part of their husband's month
r- ly pay, and who are now deprived of relief
0 from that source. Tn this deplorable fitua-
e- tion we found not less than three thousand
r- people, including children, when we under
r- took to execute the trust reposed in us : the f
number of these have since greatly iacreaf- (
;1- ed, and they still remain in the fatpe fuffer- j
es ing condition, with this difference, then
er thty had the consoling refleftion, that the
commiflionerj had ten thousand dollars rea- £
as dy to meet their exigencies, but now it is
of expended ; and lamentable for us to be (
obliged to inform them, " We know not j
fh where to fend you, or what to advise you
th to do—Our money is gone.*—We have to (
it, acquaint you we cannot promise your fraall (
by pittance one week longer—we feel for you •
jt —we ftiffer with you—we know your dif- j
h e tress—what can we do ?—We can only pro- i
he mife you we will make your situation know* '
fcd to our fellow-citizens, and you imift rely |
on their benevolence."
ad Friends and Ftllotv-eitizins,
"ea If you mean to give relief through us,
ck we have only to observe that our endeavours
rs, shall be to continue to diftriftite it, accord
to ing to your benevolent intentions and their
ch ntceffities. Ifj on the Other hand, it should
ith be your pleasure to entrust your monies for
ir ; the above purj>ofe, in the hands of any o
iri- ther set of men, we shall hold ourselves ,
to bound to give all and every information or |
be- afliftance that experience has furnifhed us 1
ree with, so as to facilitate your laudable pur- j
ere poses 5 and in either cafe we think it pro- !
d ; per to annex our names and places of abode,
[ck THE CITY.
of Robert Wharton, S. Third street, No- 135.
as Edward Garrigues, Cherry street, No. 39.
George Krebs, N. Fifth-ftreet, No. 17.
vas John James, do. No. 18.
ro- Israel Israel, Corner of Chefnut and Third,
ind Thomas Savery, N. Fifth street, No. 20.
WORTHERN LIBERTIES.
Int- Samuel Wheeler, Vine street, No. 99.
son John Wagner, Noble street.
lin George Ingles, New Market street.
j n SOUTHWARK.
ir(re William Linnard, S. Second street.
ifTel Robert M'Mullen, Swanfon street, No. 60.
* This relates to the 10,000 dollars—(he
pas. Ccmmiftoners have yet in hand part, of the
private donations.-
be- '
,u. MR. FENNO,
,1 As I deem Facts of more flriking efficacy in
e exploding the murderous fyftemof Blood, than ar
gument, ridicule or wit ; 1 tnink it a duty in
reW cumbent on every f' ierd to mankind to come fot--
lent wart! with such as pass under his own observation,
f f (n aid of,the laudable defignofexpofing a fyftcm,
■ T and fatal to ItKicty.
I by * A CITIZEN.
sge, - A FACT,
f ea _ Tn evidence againji Blood.
ular In a family by the name of Moor;, cens'lir<; of
t L tivclve persons, and living in the foathern part of
the ci:y, ' leven have been down with the fever.
One pl.yfvilan attended them all. And they are
be- jn now alive and well. Not an ounce of Hood
fc it vas drawn.from either of th.m-but fweatmgand
.flVs 1 the oth< r usual depleting recnedics were resorted
arf ; ; to, and produced tliis remarkable fu.c.fs
iced j ; n (i a . ce ii trumpeted forth to the public
l°rs' ! c f itii!ividuafsree»veriiigunderimmenlblofsofblpod,
mily a -e to bf viewed ocly as so many eyid.tnccrof what
tl e j the human body it capable »f undergoing. Every
man •» these occaGrw,fliauMaflc, " How mtfrfi
sooner Vv trill A this msii' ba« revovct&i) under a
different plan of operation ?
Prom, the Ph'tlhMpbin.Gazctte-
J MK. Erown,
THE public attention has for some time
pad been dire'&ed to the praflice of physic,
and much personality has unfortunately been .
the consequence. A fubjeft which embraces
the iuterefts of society, in whfch
health even life are involved, can be viewed
with indifference by no-thinking being. It :
is not, however, front unqualified affection .
Or illiberal abuse, that we are to expe& in
formation : These may draw down upon
J.heir authors the well-earned contempt of
an ,'cnlightened public, -but can never affqft .
principles which must dftpend upon fafts "
ialone for their refutation tmd eftab'i'hment.
! The praftice of copious bhedirigin pefti-
lential diseases is by no means new, and the
janly reason why it appears so at present is,
.that diseases of this class, till very lately,
have been almost strangers among us. Di
emerbrock in Holland, Botallus in France,
and Sydenham in England, physicians of the J
lad dentury, whose medical abilities have
long received the grateful tribute of the
world, recommend this practice in terms of (
the strongest approbation and prove its utili
ty by numerous fafts.—The life of mercury
in diseases of this class, with the iingle ex- j.
ception of- small pox, is probably more re- .
cent, but there is no physician in this city
who makes any pretension to the honor of
this valuable discovery; To have employed
remedies which the repeated experience of
others had proved to be beneficial, and which
were fanftioned by the most refpe&abl?
names in medecine»,ar,d to persevere in their J
use after the cleared proofs of their efficacy,
is a merit which cannot with justice be de-
mVd to many of them. j
There is no way in which the public can j.
form a correft judgment of the fsfety and
ufefulnefji of these remedies, but by a candid
ftatemerit Of fafis. If every'phvfician would j
ftatt the numberxif patients he has attended
in the prevailing epidemic, the manner they j
have been treated, and the termination of
each cafe, whether favorable or otherwise ; /
there would then be a mals of evidence, from
which every unprejudiced mind might form
- a fatisfadfory conclusion. Till something
like this is done, disputes will be endless, j.
and the candid enquirer will find the fubjeft
I involved in impenetrable darkness. ImprefTed
. with the truth and importance of this obser
vation, I take the liberty of mentioning that
since the twenty-fourth of August last, I .
1 hnye been called to sixteen cases of the pre-
vailing fever. Three of these, viz. Ri hard (
p Davis, Neil M'Gongal, and Michael M'Far-
lan, were by my advice removed to the hof- j
j pital. Richard Davis I saw twice, and the
others once each, before removal. The re- j
mainiag thirteen continued under my care :
" they generally had comfortable apartments, |
and attentive nurses. Every one of these
p patients I bled more or less. From one I
ttook between sixty and seventy ounces at fix
j bleedings :of the others some were bled five (
and some four times— two but Jwice each,
and in one cafe, a lingle bleeding was fuffici
c ent. The bleedings were all performed on
the firft days of the disease, and immediate
ly afttr the firft bleeding in every cafe, I
11 began the use of mercury, both internally
and externally, with the intention of pro
' ducing salivation as soon as pofiible ; nor did
S I judge my patients fafejintil the mouth was
£ < eonfiderably afft&ed. Particular symptoms
; sometimes required attention, to relieve
U which various other remedies were originally
employed ; but to remove the disease I
trulted chiefly to bloodlettiug and mercury.
? By steadily purfning'this plan I have the
I fatisfa&ion to add that I have not loft a
X patient. Nine of the thirteen are now-well,
j and of the remainder, three are in a state of
convalefcence, and the state of the fourth is
aot yet decided, tho' I have reason to hope
a favorable termination.
I am vours, &c.
FRANCIS BOWES SAYRE.
,'1 From the /!sta tic Mirror.
Mr. Editor,
Some of the Calcutta papers have lately
3 given an account of the Sheep-eater, at
I Lucknow, as a prodigious wonder. You
0r i will find that v the Faquier's appetite is that
115 \ of a delicate lady, when compared with the
r I voraeioufnefs of the all eating man, at Wit
temberg, of whom the following is. the ac
,e* count, sent you for republication by one of
your
Decern. 5, 1796. READERS.
There ha? publithed at Wittembcrg,
a freond cditio.i (ff a veryxurious picc«, entitled,
'd. "De Polyphafo et AlUtnophago Wittebergenfi
1. Differtatio, pstfide D. G. H. Boehemcr. refp C.
G. Trenxel." This it an account of one »f the
most prodigious eaten ever heard of : I his mm
at pleasure for he did it only to git mo'Ky,would
eat up a whole therp.or pig, and sometimes a bush
el or two of eherrle*, fton;s, and all; and even
things of a deftruihve quality, and which oth*-
men would on no conGdunrtion attempt, did not af
fright him, breaking with his teeth, maflicating
and swallowing glass and earthet-veiTels, and flints.
the jje has been seen to irigurgitati a bagpipe with all
the its appurtenances, living creatures, birds, mice,
aud catferpillars, by handfuls. And, what seems
beyond Ml belief, a tin ftandiih being oflered him
hijfi by way of defiance, he made no Bones of it,
but devoured it, together with the pens, p«"knife,
10 ink, and find. This lad fadt, indeed, is so Grange,
ar ~ that though there it for certain, though the
celebrated author of this di flotation makes no
° r " question of it, and (even credible witneflcs made
icn ' Oath of it before tile worlhipful senate, it is appro
cm> bonded many will rejstft it as an imposture. J liis
. rnormous eater, however, was uncommonly flroug
and rohuft.and onti»ned his atchievem nts, which
turned to good account, to the.age of sixty years;
f when, betaking hi. felfto a regular life, hereach
-1 tl.or difqovered many extraordinary particulars, of
r * which he gives a very circumstantial account, to
ar® gether with the hiilory of several other Mceffire
00 'j eaters; and concludes with an enquiry into the
c.iutVs of such a ftratlge faculty.
Public Notice is hereby, given,
blie THAT the Comniiflioncrs for the Diflriit of
ood, Southwark have removed their hall to the house
irhat formerly occupied by Samuel Cf uff, in ChriOian at
,'ery the corner'ei Fifth llrect. o<3. a.
" "■ w"»i——«—wpww——wwiiiiiiw goi
BALTIMORE, OiSoher pai
Extraft of a letter from a refpeftable gentle- mo
man in Philadelphia, to his frifrid in this tiOi
city, dated.September 28. t' ol
" DEAR SIR, us :
" We are truly sorry to find the fever are
hath broken out in your city. Do not run wi(
linto unnecessary danger. It rages here with the
violence, and too many die. For the
God's fake do not let your electors bleed
the pejple to death. If highly inflamed 1
citizens, let twelve ounces of blood be taken ral
immediately, give a(stive purges and sweats, lan
and cooling dilating drinks, and if pofiible ° n<
keep up perspiration. ne j
" If the difvafe is obstinate, use plentiful lea
glisters, and keep the body ofien at all e- In
vents ; and in the last stages, flannels wet in ed
warm brandy, applied to the stomach and tuj
feet,, with bliftcrs on the ankles and wrists. ,
" The disease hath pafled through seven
famib'es, who are my tenants, and all have ck
recovered by this jreatment. Use no wine.i he
nor barks. Barley water, tamarind water, I tei
camomile tea, lemonade, and a whey made r y
of ci-fam of tartar for drink. j ha
" Very thin broths, boiling water pour- ! no
ed off thin diced veal, weak tea, See. &c. for ; ga
'nouriftiment—thus treated, unde divine pro- . Ft
vidence, nineteen in twenty will r«cover. tmi
" God bless and preferveyou and all our ' m:
friends, an'd restore your citizens to health, i fa
is my earnest prayer." j
PITTSBURGH, Sept. %o. L
COMMUNICATION. &
When ivt art in the utmoß hazard of open 1 g«
<war with the French ; when their spies are E
out among Ms., vienjing our frontier forts ar.d th
attempting to rouse the Indians againfl us; when to
all Frenchmen are daily abu/in* our govern- j si'
ment and telling us that we will be humbled un- i fa
der the all powerful arm of the terrible repub- J ki
lic,fhall we be so mad as to efe3 a Frenchman h(
one of our representatives in this county? IVould S;
they do such an aft in France f Did they not in
drive Paine out of. the National Convention es
because he was not a native of France although 01
he was an American ? Shall we be so little care- so
ful in this trying crijis as to Jrufl our dearejl tl
interefls to a man who can hardly speak <mr lan
guage, and who, if he has any attachment to his cc
native country, cannot in this contfl be well assist- at
ed towards America? Common sense, foundpo- e;
licy and our national interejl forbiafuch a hare.- ol
ardous choice. , ol
-i. o
Mr» Scull, nr
The information in yow last paper of an ai
infurrettion among the inhabitants at Nat
chez is not correft. It is at K.afka(kias,and in tl
the neighbourhood of that place that the p
French settlers have been instigated by Span- t
ifh and French emissaries to throw off their p
allegiance to the United States and ereft the (1
standard of the French Republic. General 1
Wilkinfon on his march with a strong de- 1;
tachment of Federal troops to fuppvefs the c
insurgents.—These wicked French emissa
ries are also endeavouring to prefuade the c
Indians into another war with us), and a par- f
ty of the f ivages has actually attempted to f
get poffeflion of Fort Recovery but were <
defeated with the loss of two or three killed, r
It gives us great uneaiinefs to learn that i
three Frenchmen who passed through this 1
place some yeeks ago, have been addressing \
themselves to Cornplanter's Indians and tei- c
j ling them that they were oppressed by the c
United States and would never be happy t
till their old friends the French were in pof- <
' fefiionofthe country again. It is fi'id the In
diansliften tothefe speeches with grea'.atten- 1
tion and there is reason to fear the vile incendia- <
rie* who are how among the western tribes 1
| will be too fuccefsful in their endeavours to 1
kindle the flames of another bloody war on
oar frontiers.
» I
s
e By this day's •vlail.
BOSTON, O&ober 3.
Very Recent Foreign Advices.
Last evening arrived (hip Minerva, Gupt.
Turner, 42 Ziays from Cawfand Bay. By
t fudge Tudor, who was passenger in this
u ihip, lVe were indulged with the loan of an
t Engliih paper of August twenty one, from
' which we make the following intercfting
Extrafts:
LONDON, August 15.
As on the one band the French Di're&ory
have violated the Constitution by their mil
■ itary-manoeuvre*, so on the other hand, the
T Legislative Body, in assuming to themselves
d, the right of establishing a Military Guard
ifi and of appointing the officers who arc to
-■ command it, seem to have entrenched on
4e the perogatives of the Executive power. —
U How far they may deem themselves juftified
ti- by. the necessity of the cafe, and on a prin
;n ciple of felf-defence, is another question.
But it is a neceflary consequence, that where
f " a Constitution is formed upcmab'lracf prin
'f ciples, without any attention to the state
ill of society, or any regard for experience, the
:c > boundaries of power will remain undefined,
m and perpetual contests and confufion ensue.
j™ _ August 17.
f c ' Many think the Peace between Portugal ;
re, and France, will accelerate Peace between
he us and the Republic. Having no allies to
att'end to, we may certainly hope for over
, tures, more according to the disposition and
hi, int,ercft of our government,
ug This' Peace appears extraordinary, ,as the
ch Court of Portugal, gave fervent assurances
s , ! of remaining with lis. It had not, howe
iu- vtr ' S ot 'he last fubfttiy of 200,00q1. about
of 70,000 only had been paid,
to- After a Cabinet meeting on the late dif
vc patches from Lille, reports were current,
:hc that favourable news had been received from
thence.
PARIS, August 12.
u( . It appears certain that 10,000 men from
,Vt the army of the §ambre and Meufe, who
were to have arrived at Rheims yeftcrday,are
going to Brest. Other detachments'»re re
pairing thither by other rouses. These
movements appear to announce the execu
tion of the long proj-fted maritime expedi
tion is at hand ; a circumstance wWich makes
us apprehensive thatthe negociations at Liflc
are not in such forward rtate as all France
wifhe3 them to be. In spite, however, of
these hostile appearances, we still preserve
the hope that peace is not far off.
August 13.
One mo/e step is made towards the gene
ral pacification ! One ally taken from Eng
land ; one branch of the coalition cut off;
one additional motive for believing that the
negociations at Lisle will be fuccefsful, or, at
lead, that their progress will be more rapid :
In (hort, a treaty of peace has been conclud
ed between the French republic and Por
tugal.
, This treaty appears to be very advanta
geous to France ; among many other arti
cle? relating to a trade of which France has
never yet partaken ; since (he is treated bet
ter than the moil favored nation ; since eve
j ry thing favors reciprocal imports, and {he
1 balance of all in favor of France, who drinks
: none of the wine of Eortuga!, while Portu
gal confunves a considerable quantity of
French wines ; since Portugal accords a di
minution of the duties on importation ; it
may be farther remarked, how much we are
favored in many other refpe&s.
The treaty obliges Portugal to admit no 1
more than fix ships of war into the port of
Lifbon,and in her smaller ports, only three
I ships of war, belonging to each of the beili
-1 gerent powers. It may be seen, that as
England has 110 allies who fend fliips into
those parts, this article is very advatitagetras
to France ; since fix French, fix Dutch, and
I fix Spanish (hips, my be at Li'bnm at the
i faree time, againft-fix Enjlifh. It is alfd
; known, that the Englidi have no otherhar
bonrs in those seas, France has those of
Spain.; thus it was of great consequence to
insert the article by which Poftugal engag
es to admit no pnzes taken by Ihips of war
or privateers, into her ports. They ever, go
so far as to prohibit the sale of mtrcandize
that is captured on board a (hijS.
Nothing can be more favortible and en
couraging to the national induflry than the
article which promises a kind of premium, an
extraordinary diminution *%Hty, in favor
of articles imported from Enrobe by eithet
of the contracting parties into the dominions
of the other, provid d the cargoes belong to
merchants of the nation that'ifnports, and
are imported in (hips of that nition.
We may fee by the secrecy with which
this negociation was conducted, and the rt- '
pidity with whiqh it was concluded, that
the spirit which so abruptly broke off the
preceding negociation no longer prefMes
: over our diplomatic system. It was certain
-1 ly fortunate and Ikilful, thus t<9 leave Eng
- land, to herfelf, and cut off the last branches
: of f!:e coalition. (JJEclair.)
According to Perlet, the treaty consists
; of 8 articles, which Ripulate for the excln
- fion of all of all privateers and their prizes
) from the ports of Portugal ; for a cession
; of a part of the Portuguese teriafory in A
. 'merica to the French ; for a commercial
intercourse between thf two con otries, high
-5 ly advantageous to the republic j and a pri
» vate article, it is said, for the payment of 10'
- or 12 millions of livres to Francei Nothing
; official appears in the prints on the fubjeft, '
f though the treaty has been read in the coun
cil of five hundred.
The French journalists argu.t. from the
- rapid manner in which this treaity has been
- concluded, a speedy issue to ihe negocia
s tions at Lisle and Udine. Wii are not. fur
-0 nifhed, through their channel, tvith anv in
n formation"from either place, which can lead
to a conjecture on the iubjedt.
1 ADDITIONAL SKETCH•
In addition to the preceding information
the last English paper, states, that an alliane
of considerable importance wa I forming b'-
tween the northern powers •df Europe;
that the fuhlime Porte, since the revolnti<r.
of Venice, had sent away the French aril
cry and horse, which he has for some tin:
y had in his service. That an Snfiirredlin
is had taken place at Rom£, and the Poje
m been deposed from his fovreignty ; tfcat ii- •
m miral Jaw's had not his station;
:g but that a mutiny had broken out ti ite
Spasifh fleet at Cadiz ; that La Fnyette,
and his fellow-fufferers, had been ceftainly
released, and were returning to Fraitie bv
ry the way of Bohemia ; that the negocitions
il- between Austria and France, were at aftand
ic 'as the French wished to difpofc of Mntua
es othe.wife than was agreed upon in th pre
rd liminaries.
Tn NEW YORK, O(Sober 6.
~ BRITISH RECRUITS.
L .We hold documents which warraf; the
aflertioh, that there are several public hitijh
Renrfetvoufis in this city, for recruit!* of
e men to put on board the Thetis and P;vf>y
ir~ aNt, now off Governor's Island ; thafeve-
ral officers with tempting guineas, ge-rally
V" attend, and that upwards of fifty havjbeea
" ' already put on board !*! !
le " These circumflances are noted, tte o-cv~
, ernment may not remain .ignorant of tbeaifts»
p without intruding a remark at
' n . the lawfulnefs of such proceedings 00 lutrql
ground. (Argi.)
iiid By Nafiau (N. P.) accounts of .flguft
18 to Sept. 8, we learn, that the Lily,
:he and the Sally, Hays, both of Nevr-ork,
ces are carried in there prizes. That the lleo
ve- patra,-Tat? ; Becca, Morris ; and thAc
>ut tive, Wilcox, American vessels, also ttifol.
ly, Pendleton, of Charleston, after tting
lif- out the contraband articles, were fcleitd ;
nt, that part of the cargo of the ship Men r y,
om which belonged to Thomas Trfmneund
John Prince, was condemned, as I hey ere
doing business in Spain while
their.enemy,
om The fliip Vidtory, Fanning, irf s*o iy»
'ho from Bourdeaux, is reported, fcflow ;"hc
,are was blown off on Wednesday in the fqil],