duties oblige them to res.de conftandy at
'he feat of government. Ihe whole amount
of the different augmentations, was 110 more
than eleven tlioufand five hundred dollars
per annum ; a mod inconlideiible film when
compared Avith the Importance of the ohjeft,
and'the resources of the nation. The aug
mentation is for three jears only; to be
continued or not, at the end of that period,
according to cifcumftances.
I jfpoke, in my last f of the general pros
perity of our trade ; which has recovered
from its late depression, and continues to
flourifli with encrealing vigour. Ihe reve
nue of the la ft year was greater than it had
been e(limited at in the beginning of the
year ; and exceeded that of the former year,
instead of falling below it; as, from the de
predations on our commerce, and its conle
queiit (lagnation, there was realon to app.e
hend. The exports too have conhderably
encreafod during the lad year ; in .797,
they were 51,294,7'° clollars ' and 111 17 9 S >
61,317,111 ; in 179', on the contrary, they
amounted to no more than 18,399,202 io
that, in one year, they have encrealed a firth,
and more than trebled in eight years.
Our (hipping all'*, notwithiWing the
great number of vessels which have been cap
tured, has encreaied very coniiderabiy. In
1794,' we owned 628,617 tons of (hipping ;
in 1797 it had encrealed to 831,900 ton; ;
and at ths commencement,of 1795, we had
876,912 ton?. From 1790 to 1796, inclu
five,the foreign (hipping employed in our
trade, had decYeafcd from 250,748.10113 to
46,846 ; -which decrease was occ.alioned, and
replaced, by the great encreafe of our own
Slipping.
For two vears^ireceding 1798 our revenue,
' from commerce, encreafed at the rate of a
million rnt 1 ally, or one-sixth, without an
encreafe of duties : last year it very
little, or account of the unprotected (Tate of
our trade. l*rom 7,355,688 dollars, its
produft in 1797, it role in 179810 7,405,420
only ; and this small encreafe must be attri
buted, in part, though not wholly, to a small
augmentation of duties, wnich began to ope
rate upon the revenue in the course of last
year. But, as our trade has now revived,
in confequenee of the pi te&ion afforded to
it, we may reasonably expett that the reve
nue will regain its former state of rapid en-
ere at'?.
Our tituation with France still remains as
it was \rhen 1 wrote last. When the French
government found that general Pinckuey
and general Marlhall could not be enticed
or frightened into terms difgraceful to their
country, that its schemes, with respect to
Mr. Gerry, were baffled by his recal, and
that the American government and nation,
instead of crouching at its feet through
weakness and divition, as so many other
countries had done to their utter ruin, re
pelled its attacks, despised its threats, and
were preparing, with vigour and system, to
defend, by arms, the. rights and honour of
the country, it all at once changed its tone,
and profelffid a great willingness- to treat ;
our attempts at which it had so lately spurn
ed; an anxious desire to avert a quarrel ;
which before it fought by every possible in
jury ; and the inoft friendly fentimejnts to
wards a country which it had plundered and
insulted for years together. One of Mr.
Talleyrand's clerks was difjjatched to Hol
land, under pretence of afting as secretary
to the French minister there ; but in reality
to an informal communication with
our minister. He threw hhnfelf in the way
of our minister, and having engaged hini in
eonverfations, refpefting the state of affairs
between the two countries, he wrote an ac
count of those ccnvrrfations to Mr. Tal
leyrand. Mr. Talleyrand wroteTiim letters
in reply, which he was allowed to shew to
the American minister. These letters, of
which he even gave our minister copies, were
filled wi' h profeflions of friendfhip for the
United Sates, of regret at the existing dif
ferences, and of willingness, and even anxiety,
to enter into negotiations for their removal.
The copies which our minister received, he
transmitted to the President. ,
Hypocrites very often, in their abundant
cunning", over-reach themselves; and so it
happened to the French government, in this
instance. We could be at no loss to discov
er the drift of all this sudden mildness and
apparent good nature ; when we considered
that it was accompanied by no substantial
change of measures towards us ; but that,
on the contrary, the French contiuued in
force all their laws again ft our trade, took
as many of Our vessels as possible, and even
in the midst of all these fair pretences, passed
the atrocious and bloody edict, for hanging
as pirates all our sailors who might bs found
in liritifli (hips, though carried and kept
there by force. But left all this evidence,
joined to the numerous examples of cruel and
studied perfidy which France had dil'played
towards other nations, especially the Swiss,
whom (he destroyed by (miliar arts, lhould
Jiot be fufficient to put us on our guard a
gainst her wiles, (he took a step which served,
in the strongest manner to • oian.fjft her in
tentions. This correspondence between Mr.
Talleyrand's clerk, and our minister in Hol
land, which was carried «n with the great
est apparent mystery, and transmitted to the
IVfident with particular and unusual precau
tions, was nevertheless lent, doubtless by
Mr. 1 alkyrand's order, for his clerk would
.net ot himfelt have ventured on such a (lep,
to a gazette in this cityj which is notorious
ly in the ir.tereft, and
grounds, of being in the pay of the French
government ; rnd in that gazette it vas
jwb'i/hcd. From hence alone, without o
thet proofs, it would be manifeft, that the
ivhale was a trick, contrived and executed
(or ti-iC foil purport; of producing an effect
Upatrthe people of America, of lulling this
country, by the hopes of peace and accom
modation, into a fatal repole, of encreafmi.-
f-i;r divi£ons, offumilhing the FreiKli "pail
ty wit'i pretences for all our niea
ftires ol d fence and preparation, and of raif
''VT 1 cl;inor against the government, if it
lhould refufe to listen to this inlidious over
ture.
C*ngrefi, however, did net fall into so
very obvious a ; but continued to pur
ine' its system of defence and preparation,
with unabated, vigor. But as these letters
contained a declaration that the I rench go
vernment was iv-tdy to receive, in a proper
and becoming manner, any minister whom
the President might authorize to treat ref
pedling an accommodation ; and as Mr. 1 al~
leyrand's permiflion to fliew the letters to
our minister, and to give him copies for the
purpose of being transmitted to our govern
ment, might be conlidered as an advance
towards reconciliation, 011 the part of the
French government ; the President thought
it proper to meet this at!vance ; and for that
purpose appointed three mir.ifters, who were
approved by the senate. These ministers
are Oliver Elfworth, chief justice of the U
nited States, Patrick Henry, formerly go
vernor of Virginia, and Mr. Murray, at
present minister of the United States in Hol
land. They are not to leave this country
till they receive regular and formal r.ffuran
ces from the French government, that ;hey
will be properly received, and that ministers,
duly authorised, will be appointed, on the
part of France, to treat with them. <
. Thus (lands this affair. The sincerity of the
directory, in this pretended wifil for recon
ciliation, may be judged of from the circum
ftancrs which I have mentioned, and from
an additional fact, which I have authority to
state. on the most accurate and undoubted in
formation. It is this :
Same tiine a > tl, ■ Direftory feirt to St.
Domini';", iheii'i" t ciple W. I'idia poffcffion
an agent f 1 • of Hedouviile. This
ma", on his arr made, some profeflions
of jullice and amicable conduit tawards the
United States ; but he soon equalled, and
even exceeded, his predrceflors in depreda
tions n our cpmmerce— summer, while
Mr. Gery was Itill in Paris, and the Di
reftory was employing every artifice to keep
him and to draw him into an endkls
negotiation, Hsdouville was preparing to
invade the southern states from St. Domin
go, with an army ofc blacks ; which Was to
be landed with a large Tupply of officers,
arms and smmunition, to excite an infur
reftion among the negroes by mea i's of
missionaries previously sent, and firft to sub
jugate the c untry, by thsir affiltance, and
then plur.der andlay it waste. For the exe
cution of this humane and friendly
he waited only till the English (houid eva
cuate a certain port in the ifland«-which lay
most convenient for the expedition ; but he
was interrupted by a black general, of the
name of Tonflaint, who drcve him from the
island, compelled him to embark for France,
and took the whole authority into his own
hands ; which he yet retains.
This scheme came to our knowledge in
the following manner . AJvery rich (hip,
from the Eait Indies, valued at nearly fevea
hundred thousand dollars, was taken last
summer by one of Hedouville's privateers.
The owners, merchants of this town, em
ployed a man of honour and chara&cr, well
known|here, and well acquainted in the Weft
Indies, to go and endeavour to purchase
the (hip at a low rat«. He went to St.
Domingo for that purpose ; and while there,
conversed with some of the black officers
who where, to be emjrtoyed in the expedi
tion. As he spoke their language well, he
WAS led to cultivate an. acquaintance with
them ; and from them, in their moments of
conviviality, he learned the projeA. I have
it from him, through a person of the highest
confidence.
Hesce may we learn to appreciate the
profeffions of the French government and
the wisdom, or honesty, of those counsellors,
who perpetually tell us that there is no dan
ger of an invailon from France, and no need
to prepare against fucli an event.
Refpding the state of affairs abroad, our
accounts are (ill various and uncertain. It
is, however, certain, that the king of Na
ples has renewed the war against the French
in Italy : and from his manner of dding it,
there it little deubt of his afting in concert
with the Auftrians, whole movements for
some time pad, have indicated hostile de
signs. Very diredt, though unofticial, ac
counts, have been received of a complete
victory over the French, by a part of the
army of tne king of Naples. The French,
it is (aid were 20,000 to 15,000, and de
feated with jooo killed and taken. ■ Should
this be true, and there is some reafoli te be
lieve it frem the manner in which the ac
count comes, it may be coniidered as the
forerunnei as a general war and great events.
It has been the uiual fortune of the French
to overrun countries by their rmpetuolity,
and hold them for a vVhile, and then be as
luddenlv driven out. It is nut impro
bable that the fame fate awaits them now ;
and this defeat by the troops of Naples, if
the account ot it be true, may be coniidered
as tlit commencement of their uownfall.
The accounts refpetting the delWtiou ot
buonaparte and his array, have neither been
confirmed as yet, nor uontradicted. I al
ways coniidered his deft cu ttion as very cer
tain, from the momtnt when he was left,
without hope of recruit or (apply, ui the
mulft of an hoihle and unhealthy country,
where waknow that his army l'uiiered every
want and hardlinp, and whose inhabitants
by his own account, fought him perpetually
and with great bravery. At any rate he is
loft to France ; for, cut off as he U by the
loss of his fleet, from all hope of return or
communieatiou, he cannot ailift her in the
new struggle wherein (he Items to be on the
point of engaging. This cannot fail to
have a very considerable effeft on her fuc
cel's. The terror of his name was an host :
and he has with him not only herbeft foops,
but a great number of her btft officers.
Under these circumstances, it is difficult to
conjedture how Ihe may act towards us. I
have no doubt, however, that (lie will at
tempt to disarm us by deceitful appearanc
es, and protefhons of a w:(h to negotiate :
but I neither believe that (lie will keep peace
with us, if we drformy even fliould we make
one, nor attempt to strike us, while we re
main on our guard. Cur wifdoui, I cannot
repeat it too often, consists in a state of watch
fulnefs and vigorous preparation. She of
fumes ar air of mildness for the--prefeiii, as
flic did towards the Svvifs, before she was
prepared to fjtrike the fatal blow ; but we
ought never to forget that " The Tyger al
ways crouches befare he leaps 011 his prey."
The Ruffians and Turks, it fetms, have
conceived anJ expressed a wifli to be on
friendly terms with us, and to foim treaties qf
commerce. The Prcfident has thought fit,
and very wißly ;i4 far as I canaudge, te cul
tivate this disposition / from which great
advantages in thr trade of those nations,
may accrue to us. He has therefore, direc-
minifter in England, to ire t with
the Ruffian minister on the fubjeift ; and
our mi ffter in Portugal, to repair to Con,-
ftantinople for the fame purpose. This ad
vance, on the part of those remote, but pow
erful, nations, is a pleasing proof of 'he en
creafiog importance aud refpeftability of
our courtry.
1 find that in ipeaking of our domestic
affair , I have omitted one circumflance of
great importance, and a most fatisfa&ory na
ture ; as it shews, in a very striking manner,
the liability of public credit the confidence
reposed in our government, and the extent
of our financial refoutces. I mean the
loan. Laftyear ths President was i r pow
ered to barrow five millions of dollars for
th.* public service. The money was not
wanted iaft year, but, in the course of this,
there will be need of it. A loan was there
fore opened, and an int«:reft of 8 per cent,
offered. Th. fubicription was kept open
one day ; in the course of which no lcfs
than fourteen millions eight hundred thou
sand dollars was fubferibed ; of which tfte
public accepts five millious only. That
sum together with the ordinary revenue,
amounting to something more than ten mil
lions, will be fufficient for. all the expeofes
of t(ie present year. Thus it appears that
if the public had wanted fifteen millions, in
stead of five, ths money might have been
procured.
Some person* have been of opinion that
this money might have been borrowed on
better terms. Perhaps it might; but it
was better to offer a handfam - intercft, and
make sure of success, than rilk a failure,
which mud h;ve had the most unfavourable
effect on our affairs. In th<: mean time, a
right is reserved to the government of pay
ing off the whole loan at the end of ten years
Consequently, if civcumftances fhauld be fa
vourable at that time, a new loan may be
at a lower rate ofintereft, for the purpose of
There are still, my dear Sir, many things,
which, probably, it would be agreeable to
you to hear ; but these appeared to me (he
rneft important; and as you must be pretty
well tired by this time, as well as myfelf, I
conclude, *ith presenting to you the res*
pe&s and best wi(h<?s of,
your very humble servant.
ROB: G: HARPER.
<sasette Marine JLift.
Port of Philadelphia,
ARRIVED, ,
s chr. Thomas, Elliott, Norfolk
Fair Trader, Hull, do.
Experiment, Crant, Jamaica,
Sally, Coffin, Norfolk,
Sloop Nancy, Hall, Richmond,
CLEARED,
Shipjofephus, Charlefton
Shcr. Doiton, Morton, Havanna
Regulator,. Shockley, St. Croix
Sloop Patriot, Bowling, Edenton
Nancy, Hopkins Snowhill
Ship Kingftcin, Hodge, of thit port, fai
led from Hampton roads on Friday last, for
C. Francois.
The fchr. Savage, Harden, from Balti
more has arrived at lit. Bartholomews.
Several teffels were aihore on Saturday
last, between Cape Henlopen and Chinco
teague, supposed to have gone ou in the
la e gale.
Brig Abigail, Thompson, of this port,
has arriv d ai Havanna,from New-Orlejyis.
A letter from St. Bartholomews, of the
Jlth ult. mentions the capture of five A
merican veff Is, near that island, in ten days,
and that two-os them had been sent in there;
no names mentioned.
Capt. Crane, of the Experiment failed
from Kinolton the 9th ult. leit there the
fallowing veflels :
Ship Columbus, Harvey, to
fail is 10 days.
Ship B"tfey,——, Wilmington, N. C.
Brig Enteiprize, Langdon, Portsmouth,
N H. to fail for Philadelphia in 12 days.'
Btig Elias, Maxfield, N. York, in days.
Brig Lydia, Brown, N. Carolina.
Schr. Mary, Mentworth, N. York, in
two days.
Schr. Thetis, Stevcafon, N. York, in 3
days.
Scbr. Jason, Wtldradge Portland! a re
capture.
Sebr. Industry, Mor.k, Philadelphia, ta
ken on her paflage fro n St. I homaß_to Ha-
vanna.
Schr. Rhoda, Brown to fail in eight days.
Schr. Ranger, Warrington, Wifcafiet in
ten days.
Schr. Commerce, Hammond, Savannah.
Bctfey, Bell, Ntwbern. C. in
6 days.
Schr. Experience, Cook, Bollon
lhree friends, Baker, Savannah.
Mary, Sadler, Philadelphia.
Sloop Speedwell, Haywsrd, Charleston,
and a number of others not known.
Off the Douultlieaded (hot, Capt. Crane
fa» the 11 ip Louisa, Champlin, out 20 days
fromher.ee to Havanna, all well. In hit. 36
3°» long. 74, 30, saw the wrjck of a dif
raafled brig with a handsome figure won<an
bead, painted white, plain black lit rn, name
under water, her taffria 1, bowsprit, mails,
&c. laying along fide ; it blowing haid, and
nignt approaching, Capt. Crane wab unable
to make further cbfervatiom.
Xf)t dsasettf.
PHIL A DEI. PHI A,
WEDNESDAY EVENIN®, APRIL 3
Cadtyalader Colden, in his Hiflory of the
Five Nations, relates, that Therquet, a not
ed Indian chief, having had the Passion of
our Saviour explained to him by a French
priest at Montreal, cried out, " Oh ! had I
been there, I would have revenged his death,
andbroug-ht away their scalps."
"It is exceedingly impolitic in weaker
bodies, engaged in a confederacy again ft one
powerful Hate, to leave any pointj to be de
termined after the conclusion of a peace ; for
if they cannot obtain a canceffion while the
confederacy (lands, ami their force is united,
how can a weaker state hope to obtain it,
when left alone to itfel f, after the confedera
cy is dissolved ? Fhe French have so often
found the benefit of this piece of imprudence,
that in all their treaties they use all cajoling}
and every artifice in their pgwer to obtain
this advantage—and they seldom ihifc it."
Had th« great Sir Thomas More lived to
our time, to write his Utopia, now muoh
more enlightened a work woukl he have made
it I
A very refpeftable old gentleman, in en-
a few evening's liu.ee, to rescue a
young woman from the brutal, outrages of
'two ruffians, was instantly knocked down by
them with repeated flrokes of their club!.
A predidtion that the State of Pc-nnfylva
nia will in a short time become a fief of the
French republic, would not now be more in
the teeth of probability, -than 1 a prophecy of
its pjefent condition would have been fifty,
years tince. From the most simple, pure,
and unattested fotiety, from a community
not furpafled eveji by the'fabled Arcadia, it
seems rapidly becoming a mere nest of Pax
ton Bays. If ever we ag~ain recover a slate
ofrepofe, it would not oe aftonifhing,to be
hold a revival of the code' of Charondas,
one of whole institutions was, that every fel
low who propose». a change, thould lose his
head. '
The following pafiage from the Fourth
Dialogue of the Pursuits of Literature, has
rarely been equalled, either in perspicuity of
language, elegance of imagery, or harmony
of numbers. "
" The bards who once the wreaths of glory wor«,
" Cloath'din translucent veil their wo»drou»Jure;
" The tales they sung a willing age believ'd,
" Charm'M into truth, and without guile deceiv'd.
" Where'er they rov'd, young Fancy and the Muse
" Wav'd high their mirror of a thoufanM hues;
" They gazed ; and as in varying guise pourtray'd
" Aerial phantoms hsvering round them play'd,
" Gave to each fleeting foTm that (hot along
" ExiCUnce everlalting as their song,
'■ And a> by nature'i strength the tablet grew
" Rapture the pencil guided as they drew."
LUSUS NATURE.
The passion of news-printers for articles
of this description, is as conspicuous and
universal, as the taste- of the vulgaris prone
to the niarvcllcTUS : but in no partwnriar-rc
fpe£t is it more disgusting than in that of
lusus as dii'played in the unnatural fecundity
of the human fpe'cies. The publicity of iuch
information originated in a system, of which
it was no intignificant ramification, of en
ticing foreigners to America. It is high
time it were laid aside. Sir Thomas Brown,
one of the deep Doctor? of the last century,.
wished that the human species might procre
ate like trees and plnnts ; these marvellous
gentry seem to be of the Dodtor's way of
thinking. *
Days.
The absurd principle of universal fuffrage,
and the unrestrained admission of foreign
barbarians into our country, and to a fliare
in its government, must at no very late date,
annihilate the one and ruin the other. To
this ifl'ue are we rapidly tending ; and no
thing can preserve tis from it, but a fndden
and Violent end to doftvines and the influ
ence of dodlers, Which ate ye t as d?ep-rooted
and it is to»be feared as inextcrminable as
the rocks of Niagara-: It is the very policy
upon which oui system has been founded th#
very sustenance by which we have beennou
rilhed : but, like a plant hastened prema
turely to fructification by caloric heat, we
have early borne impreflions of decay. We
ate actually becoming Helots, and a host of
uncouth, outlandifti barbarians, are rising on
the decaying spirit we inherited from bur
forefathers, to domineer over our fortunes
and our lives. Shall this be ?
The efcapfr of a bad man, with impunity,
from one crime, invariably emboldens him
to new outrage. If TinVille had been ar
raigned for his conduct at the riot, he might
kave been debarred frcm those late "abomina
ble acts, which, however abhorrent to the
minds of all good men, will nevertheless con
tribute to place him in a'ftation, where no
honelt niancan wish to fee him, and where
he will be (far more effectively and exten
sively than he is at prelent) a terror to the
upright, and a praise and encouragement to
t'nem that do<vil ; and we should not at this
late hour, have idly to alk, quamdiu nos
etiam furor ifte tuus eludet ?
" Literatur'a lvx mundi."
If this axiom be admitted, how enlighten
ed a country is ours! Take the following
illuftratioijs.
Prospectus of a new work, to be intitledthe
" Friends' Magazine."
" View of the Fhiends Magazine.
Situated as the people of tfce United States
are, in a vast trail of country an,d knowing
that the diflribution of knowjrdge and in
formation arc highly profitable, *yhich par
ticularly'"tends to advance the rising genera
tion, the only prop by which youth are to
[arm theniielves with, in order to arrive to
•a-®-;:
manhood and -Tocit, ty, to tlx known fr,'!3-
f.idiion to tlienili lvvs, and inure approbation
of the aged and experienced.
I lirall not t:tke up much paper to infornl
the public that every article of Intelligence
both Foreign and Domestic fti?.ll be inlerted
according to their refpeiftive worth and ii<«
formation—Moral Pieces—Eflsys ori >ii.l
and feledled—lntelligence refpefting Arts
—Manufaftures—Agriculture and Sciences
—Medical Fafls, Law cases—Decisions
Poetry original andfelefUd—Lift of Marria
ges and Deaths—Appointments—'-Captures
and Maritime affairs—Different Price Cur
rents, &cc.—Rate of Exchange—Price oi'
Stocks—-Other Securities, See.'—Kvery thing
ot the like which Hands peculiarly interesting
to the community will be in inserted.
1 hus-the people of every business and CP.-"
pacity will be abJe to seize the moment, and
at their. leifim- be able to peruse near one
hundred pages in the Friends Monthly
Magazine, which are as large or largei*
than any printed in the United States, and
on moderate terms-—,will be able by this
means to advance by degrees to g-ain knowl
edge and information, by viewing such a
multiplicity of matter, the most interesting
and attractive."
I he following is tjje detail given by one of
our ingenious Gazetteers'of a lingular and
and tragic Duel.
" PHILADELPHIA, Mart!. i 5.
Yefte-day,, a melartcholy accident took
place, wliich will again forczvar.n people
from earplefsly playing with fire arms ; the
sequel is as fol:o%us ; a negro bey had bro't
home his matter's pistols, <xho-lodged at the
•'oneftoga waggon, which he carried into
the kitchen, where a i.egr<j man and \voma;>
w£ re engaged in domestic concerns, the for
mer of whom took the pistol from him, and
demanded it they were loaded ; the bey re
plied no ; thereupon jestingly d'_fired the
woman to take her ground, which unlhink
'ng[y tt> e did ; the word being given, they
both fired ; the pistol fired by the man miiT-'
ed the ivomav, but (hocking to relate, she
fliot him dead upon the i'pot."
Ihe badinage of this writer upon so tra
gic an event as the death of a perfpn, who
though a negro, was still (in spite of Mr.
Jcffcrfon) an human being, is, to fay the
Isaft, extrememely indecorous. The person
ification of the pistols by the use of the rela
tive " who," and the idea of such personages
lodging at a public house, may have amused
the violent turn of this writer for the ludi
crous, but mutt pass 'with the majority of
sober readers, as a very sterile species of wit.
Nor is the idea of the poor negro hoy's lift
ing a waggon on his shoulders and tranfport-'
ing it into the kitchen, much more happy,
or excufeable, unless upon the supposition
that the writer meant thereby to convey an
infiriuation that the negress was not absolute
ly free from suspicion in the cafe, and that
this and other roguish pranks of the unfor
tunate Hercules, cott him his life.
The scenes daily palling before our eyes,
irrefiftvbly remind one of the (late of things,
Iketched out by Cervantes, in Barratrantia,
under the administration, of Sancho. Could
the laughter moving Spaniard peep through
the fhrcud of time upon the motled attion
of this pompous farce, he would not proba.
bly remain an exertion to the general cha
ra-dler ot his countrymen.
The British Sloop of War Camilla, capt.
L.arkins, from Plymouth (£ng.) is. below,
having on board, as passengers, ieveral Eng
lilh officers,—Sailed the 6th of February.
By the. Eastern Mai), which arrived at a
very late hour, foreign advices are received,
via Charleston, to the 2d..February,
The King of Sardinia has renounced hit
fovertignty, and the Sansculottes are ac
knowledged lords of his kingdom.
The Neapolitans had been defeated in five
successive engagements, and the army of tho
cut-throats was daily expend at Naples.
New-Tori, April 1.
Capt. Brown of the (hip Union, has be. A n
ashore on Hatteras rocks. While the (hip
was in that fituatiQn, 3 or 4 dead bodies
were discovered floating by the ftiip, and the
quarter deck of a (hip ot war The bodies
were picked up by capt. Brown j one of
them an officer dreffedin Briiilh regimentals,
with a gold watch in his fob ; fourteen
gun carriages were on the quarter deck.
Baltimore, jlpril I.
On Satarday arrived the f hoone- Hebe,
captain Hubbard, 79 day 6 from Leg
horn.
Arrived yefterday.'ftiip Vigilant captain
Boyle, 20 days from Vera ruz—Left
fehooner Mary, c f this port, which had un
laden part of htr cargo, but was expefted
would be compelled to take it on board
again, and 'to leave the port. Spoke no
thing. ,
The Vigilant and Heb?, are both com
pletely armed and on their arrival yifter
day, at the Point, saluted the city with 16
guHs each.
FOR LONDON.
J-—The iJritifh armed ship
DO U G L A S,
J AMES Walker, captain.
NOW" ready to receive a Cargo—t'rr freight
or pafiage apply to
Thomas & 'John Ketland.
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A POINTER.
STRAYED from No. 97, Nevv-ftrvet, Philadel
phia, on Sunday morning, 31ft March, 17'.9,
a young Pointer .Dog, about t months «fd ; his
body v.hite, intcrJpcned with grey fpott, his cars
of a dark iiv.r colour, inclining to black, a large
dark round spot in his forehead, dew claws on his
feet, his name is Brush—Whoever will return
said dog to the office of this gazette, (hall be band*
iomeiy rev/arJtfd,
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