w '" do y° u as m uch good an I have alrea ~" dy done you hurt, and I ran si ill do yot more ; fend me a short answer by some per I son inverted with full powers, that I may J[ 0 VtljJtT J|tttCllloClTCC» know your views. He needs only present himfelf to my advanced guard with a white OFFICIAL. flag, and I have-given orders to my llaff to Report of Commodore Sir Sydney Smith to fel ' d J ou a P ass _, of which you will the Ottoman Porte, rtipeding the siege find a ? n «*< d : M * rt | h 2 l> 1 " ,a " of the town of Acre by the Army of Buo- march r "g Acr L e > \ must t her < fore have an aniwer before that day. » Constant inople, il/cy; 23. "BUONAPARTE." "Buonaparte, after quitting Salahie,em-- . pl<Jyed eight days in eroding the defart. In Verbal Answer of Gh ezzar Pacha this march he loft a great many men and hor- • fes by bad previsions and the waDt of water .as well as by the sword of the Arabs, who n£ver ceased to harrafs him. On leaving the defart he took possession of Lariff.i, and at' terwarcls of Gaza Liuda, and Ramie, whit ! were very ill defended by the Troops 0: Ghe7.-z.lr Pari:.:. On the 3d of March ht ' ' was close to Jaffa, which he took by assault on the 7th, after having battered in breach —The Turks mad? a vigorous resistance, and the French were in a manner obliged to lay siege to every house. The whole Garri son were put to the sword ; hut this assault cost Buonaparte a!moll 1;00 men. On the 17th of March the General entered CaifFe, and on the 18th he inverted St. John of Acre. Commodore Sir Sidney Smith left Confbmtinople on the 19th of February, ar rived at Alexandria on the ;d cf March, af ter flopping some days at Rhodes and taking 01 the passage a French gun-boat la Mariari na. On the 3d Commodore Trowbridge failed for Sicily, and Sir Sidney Smith took upon him the chief command of the Naval Frrces. On the 7th, Sir Sidney proceeded towards thecoaftof Syria, arid on the iitli arrived before£aiffe ; on the 15th he fleer ■ edfor St. John of Acre, to concert with Giiezzar Pacha, havi,ng got the start of tine French by two days, whii h he employed in making preparations for the defence of that place. On the 16th abouteight in the even ing, aff.r a chafe of three hours, the Cnn modore took off Cape Carnvel, the whole French flotilla, under the command of Ey doun, Chet de Divifiorr, laden with heavy cannon, ammunition. plat-forms and «t!;cr art el s necessary for Buonaparte's Army to undertake the siege. This Artillery consi sting of Pieces, was imnv diately mount ed or } the ram-parts of Acre, againrt the lines an batteries ot the Enemy, as well rs on gun-vefftls. The latter were employi-d with the g'reateft success againrt the enemy's flank, and forced them to flatten their fire. —The nature of the ground, however, per mitted the French'to c:irrv their trenches witlfin half a musket (hot at the ditch of the place. " On the 14th of Aprii, Commodore Smiih took a ehtbac from Damietta, laden with rice, flour, and bifcuft, for Buohaparte " On the 30th of March, the French having formed a breach in the north-east part of the town, endeavoured to take it by affauh, but were vigorously repulsed ry the garrifo' with conliderahle ditch was filled with dead bodies. The troop 3 of Ghezzar afterwards made thiee z Vrss to deflroy a mine, which the Enemy had conftrufied under the covered way to the north east, in order to fill up the ditch rear the old breach. The English took charge of thisi enterprise, and while 200 c Turks effected the sortie, they jumped into themine, and finding that the works were not quite fin idled tore down the and destroyed the construction. The En . gli'h in this bold attempt loft only majoi Oldfiele, of the marines, and €nt private: » Lieuts. Wright and Jauverin, of the navy Mr. Beatry, an officer of the marines, and twenty one soldiers, were wounded. Aftei that an uninterrupted fire was kepjt up: from that place, the artillery being fervec by the English and Turkifli artillery men, the sth of March, The enemy'i fire thcr ceaftd entirely, as Buonaparte wifhtd tc refcrve his ammunition for a lart effort, which gave no uneasiness to col. Phillip peaux, the chief engineer in the place." py- *~ v ' . ' K •, The following copy of a letter write) i by Buo naparte to Gbexzar Pacha, dated March 9, it circulated here : Since my arrival in Egypt, I several times informed you that I had no design to make war against you, and that my only objeft was to expel the Mameluke;. You returned no answer to the overtures which I made you. I announced that I riefired you would drive Jbrahim Bey from the frontiers of Egypt, but instead of that you sent troops 10 Gaza : you formed there large magazines, and gave out th it you intended to march against Egypt. You indeed be gan to put this plan in execution, and you threw two tboufand of your troops into the fortrefs of Arisen, which is only Gx miles from the frontiers of Egypt. I wag obliged then to depart from Cairo, to direst in perfoo the war which you fe med to in ▼ite The diftri&s of Gazd, Ramel, and Jaffa, arc already in my power. I have treated with generosity such of your troops as surrendered at dffctetion; but I have been severe towards those who violated the rights of war. In a few days I lhall march against Acre ; but *hy fliould I go to. de prive an old man, with whom I not ac quainted, of the few remaining years ps his life ? What are a few miles more of territo ry in comparison of those which I have al ready conquered. Ar.d as God grants me viftory, I will, like him, be clement and merfifu', not only towards the people, but towards the great. You have no solid rea son for being my enemy, ftnce you were that of the Mamelukes, Your government is separated from that of Egypt, by the diftrifls of Geza, Ramie, and impassable m arches. n Become my friend, bo the ene my of the Mamelukes and the Englilh, and e .. v..: S? > '' r-/. r V f 1 f t^:'h " I have not -written to you, because I am refofved to hold no communication with you.—You may march against Acre when you pleafc. ' I (hall be prepared tor you, and will bury myfelf under the ruins of the place, rather than let it fall into your hands. On the above ajifwer, the French Editor of La Clef du Cabinet makes _t!-ie following observations. " It appears that l'uch, indeed, would have been" the fate of Acre andGhezzar Pa cha, had not the Englifl) Commodore Sir Sidney Smith thrown bitnl'elf very oppor tunely into the place", to direst the defence of it, and above all, had not his squadron taken Buonaparte's artillery and ammuni tion, which were employed in defending the ] luce they had been defined to reduce.— This event gave reason to believe that Buo naoarte was obliged to rniijt the (lege °f Acre, and to fall back on Gaza." TURIN, June 29. Yesterday a courier from F. M'. Suwa row arrived here sor v our fcommandant Gen. Kaifn with the following - dispatch : " Dear General! March immediately -gainst Coiri, whither I will fend you a rcint'i rccmcat ot IOjCOo inen. Btfiege th:vt fortrefs and take it. Meantime I pursue the remartis of Mo reau's aruiy, who has retreated into the Genoefp." Hereupon Gen. Kaim put im mediately 303 waggons in requisition, and was preparing to break up. MODEN-A, July ?. The 2d Ruffian auxiliary corps, of iJiOOO men, has for the mod part joined the ar mies ef Generals Oct,' Klenau, and Hoheti zollern, who are all in pursuit of Macdonald. Fort Urbauo, near ftill holds out, but is expeftcd to furi-ender fooh. • Near Samog-g'ia, between Madefca and Bologna, the Anfli iaiis yesterday furroutided a French corpjof Bdo men ; 400 were made 'prifoncr-s, the rt<l killed or wounded, and very few efc^ped. G-n. Macdonald is collecting his troops Between Piftoja and T.ticca. AMERICAN VALOUR. The following if taken from the Star, a Lan ■ d»n paper nf 18th July. '' I failed from Ha Tipton Roads, June 18, in company with the (hip Merchant; load ed by J. Brown, of Richmond, and con figncd to Lamb and Younger London, bound for your place. —We out failed her much, loft fight of her the fame day. No thing particularly occured for 24 days; hut when in the lat- of 29, 2 and long. 17, 30, on the 10th r.f July, at 2 p. m espied a lofty (hip to the southward in chafe of us. By her appearance we were all fully convin ced (he was an enemy, and being iikewife certain we could net outsail her, at 4 p m. had all ready for adlion, down a 1 fm II fails up courfcs, spread boarding netting, &c. at half pad 5. p. m. we packed our main top sail, and laid bv ftr her; all hands giving | her 3 cheers ; (he then bore down under our (larboard qu rter, fired one gun into us, and (hewed national colours; we found her to be a privateer of 22 guns, twelves, nines, and fixes, with small arms in the tops, and full of men. Wa immediately rounded to, and gave her a broad fide, which commen ced tie aftion *0 both fides ; the firft btoad fide we received cut away all our halyards, top (heets and brace's, and killed 3 men on . the qnar.er deck. We kept up a constant fire for two glaffcs and a half, when the sheered of to repair damages, and in about one glass retarned to board us, with his bloody flag hoisted ; we were all in readiness to receive him, got our broadfides-to bear upon him, and pour ed in our lengrage and grape (hot with great success. A heavy site kept upon both fides for three glasses this second time, in all, the engagement continued for 5 glades ; at lad be found we wo: Id not give out, and night coming on, sheered off and flood to the south weft. His loss no doubt was considerable, as the last 2 glafTes were so nigh each other, and our well direfted fire must have done great damage. My brave fhip'g company a<3cd with a degree of undaunted courage which no doubt does credit to the flag. I cannot help mentioning the good conduct of my pafiengers during the adlian : Mr. M»- Kennon, and Mr. Hodgfon, with small arms, flood to their quarters with a degree of noble spirit; my two lady paffwngers, Mrs. M'Dowell, and Miss Mary Harley, kept conveying the catridges from the mag azine to the deck, and were very attentive to the wounded, both during and after the atf ion, in dressing their wounds, and admin istering every comfort the ship could afford, in which wi were nowise deficient for a merchant ship. When file flieered Iff, saw him heaving the dead bodies overboard in abundance.— Our ship is damaged in the hull, one 12 pound (hot under the starboard cat-head, splintered the fides touch ; one double head ed (hot through the long boat ; fails, spars, prodigiously injured. . 1 here give you a lift of the killed and wounded : Killed John Leetch, Samuel Huffman, William Johnfton, \ William Chester. Wounded W. M'Kennon, paflenger, Daniel Comb, 2(1 mate, D. Gordon, ieaman, Henry M.ifon, do. William Bagn»le,do. John Baron, do. Goodwin Hill, do. John Brown, do. The force of the Planter was twelve 9 I pounders, and iix 6 pounders, 43 men. %\>e <S»a?ette. . XHIL'ADLLPHIA) TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17 Tbe following is one of tbe publications ct / ivbicb itiat scoundrel vfgab&nd, Dallas t displays such horrible irritation in bis ■ late compendia as of vulgar libels and tur gid abuse, addressed fa Robert IVbarton. Esq• Montgomery Cotmty, July 27. FELLOW jCITiZEMS, IN conftquence of the importance of the ensuing eleftion for Governor of this State, a .large number of the citizem of Montgo mery county* have alTembled at the lioufe of Nicholas Sweyer, in Whitepaine toivnlhip ; and upon due deliberation think it ativifea blc to give their support to James Rofs, of Pittfcurg, for that dignified office—His integrity—hisdifpofition-r-his eminent abi lities—his patrioiilm and unshaken firmnefs, conspiring to render him a judicious ieleftion, for that high and responsible ftttion. Comniittees confiding of perl'ons attach ed to their country's best interests, and con sequently most likely to exert themselves on that behalf, hive been appointed for the le veral Town (hips, to, promote Mr. Rofs's eledion. Tlje Gentlemen compodng the committees, by turning their attention to what palled before the lail general election, will fee.l themselves at no loss refpeifling one of the cbje&s of their appointment—To thein an uCeful Mf-jn" has been taught,by the con duft of t!:o!e, who lolt to every principle of pifblic ami private virtue, have let mora lity alide, :u)d with the tongue of l-ajfeho-jd, traduced the government, liandsred their of ficers, and with the foaleft calumnies be tween their lips, rode from houie to house, mifreprelcntirg the laws, and poiloning the minds of the citizens, Cutis to lay the fouil» dation of that ini'iirrection, which ranked the county of Montgomery, amongfl thole ill rebellion againJt the United States—Of conducl like this, the members of' the l'e veral committees will be upon thei * watch ; and by a vigilant attention to such disturb ers of the public peacr, will detest their falfchoods,e>p:)J"e thciFcalunmies, and 'where the public good reijuires it, report their names to the otiier committees, that those traducers of our laws and the chara&ers of our mod valuable citizens, may be held up to public view as men devoid of truth, and unworthy of the confidence of their neigh bours and fellow citizens. ' It is of importance that particular notice should he taken of the arts that are prac tised to injure Mr. Rofs's character—anony mous pampKfcts and papers are in circula tion, containing charges against him which are totally unfounded, and which there is no doubt Were believrd to be lo by thr author* thensfelves, and were intended to mislead the unwary and uni'ufpe&ing citizen, for the purpose of carrying a favourite mea fuie. For if this was not the c*fe, why did n.ot\he authors give their names—and why do they circulate their pamphlets in a manner which evinces, that they are unwil ling an mveftigation (hould be had,, and that' their names should be publicly known— When the infamous afpei lions contained in these pamphlets—the object of the lying arts, the low and icandaious devices of certain pcrrans who have no character to lool'e, but that which they have gained by condutt that every American citizen to despise, and which would (if pcfliblc) even a ] French Jacobin ; are considered, the necel lity of beins vigilant will be obvious. Mr. Rofs'i parentage, his poflellioris,his religious and moral chara ter are called in quellion—To men acquainted with hjra, and informed of the arts of those io oppo sition to bis ele&ioii, the slightest notice of such reports would appear unneceflary, but those who are unacquainted with hitp may think otherwife—lt will therefore be advife able to make a fair representation of his chara&er, by dating, fads as they really are. Aid with truth it may be said, that he has descended from a Farmer of refpeflable chara&er, who is a native of, and now resident in the county of York in this Hate—that Mr. ltofs by his extraordinary abilities, integrity and industry, has become confpictious amongst the most diftioguifhed members of tl. e Senate of the United' States —ranks with the most valuable and highly efteemid citizens of his county, and poflTefles that portion of property, which although it is fufficient to secure his independence and attachment to his country ; yet its amount is not such as to raise him above his fellow citizens, or render him dangerous to the ptib lic—That in religion he is found, and has beea its conltant adv/cate—and that even his oppofers in politics who reside in his own neighbourhood, and ara acquainted with him ; acknowledge his morals to be unimpeachable. It is particularly recommended to the members of the fevcral committees, to us their bed isduftry to convince their neigh bours of the necefiky of exerting them selves to promote Mr. Rofc's eledion ; as upon it our country's future profpeiity and happiness very mueh depends. Every man in the several to*nfhips (hould be vilittd, excepting only such as are notc rioufly gov erned by French principles, and are under French influence ; these are b.lieved to be Incorrigible, and from them no g >od is to be expeded ; but the other citizens ought to becooly reasoned with—arguments ar.d fads ftatcd t» them with candor, that their judgments mav b'e convinced ot the neeefiity of turning out to the deftion, and uimg their utmost exertions in support of the candidate herein recommended. It will be advifeable for the committees to take to their afliftance such of their fel low citizens as are willing to be aiding on this important oceafi'>n Ti.efe meafurei are recommended from an a flu ranee that unless the evil pi aftices spoken of are checked, we must fall a prey to those calamities which are the sure confluences of vices, so fiibverfive of tf at public conn deuce which is all eflewtia! to the support of /v. cr ; a Republican Government. * If we turn our eyes to the revolution in France we /hall find, that deception, fraud and violence, have formed the ladder, by which the different fa&ions have raised themselves into power, and that under their influence the people have been ftimulatea to afts of violence and cruelty to each other, which would be a difgraee to a nation pre tending even to the smallest degree of civili zation. Now if the people of this country who are eppofed to our government, and who seem to be imitating the conduft of France should become fufficiently Itrong, and (hould persevere in 'heir vilifying practi ces, have we not reason to fearthat evil dis cord, which was fomented by the enemies of sur government, and which lately rose into rebellion against the United States, will again appear with redouble fury—f- eigh bour will be in danger of personal violence from neighbour and citixen from citizen— the dreadful horrors of civil war, will be our unhappy lot. And we, when it is too late, (hall have to refleft upon ourselves, for negleding that duty, which as men, as n' ighboors, as American citizen, was afligued us to perform. With the example ot France and the late infurreflion before our eyes, can we heftitate t let our faces againlt the authors of civil discord, or will we refufe to rally round our Govcrnnun as the place of our refuge, and as the only means under providence of our political sal vation It has hitherto pre eivid us from the fai'gs of France, and if we give it our fuppo t. we may with confiaence reft fatisfi ed, tiiat under its banners we (hall be fafc. Signed by a great number of the Citizens of Montgomery county. At a meeting of the Guardians of the Poor, at the Alms House, on Monday, the 16th September, 1799. P esolvkd, that B;;fil Wood, For the Northern Peter Keyl'er, 3 Liberties. Charles Plea fa 1 its, Samuel GatlifT, Wm.Hnlderheflif, > For the City, W in. Preston, and John H irt, lacob Greble, ? ~ <, , , J r i- , ?• tor bouthwark. James hn.le,^ be committers ill tl)eir rcfpecVive diftricl for exrimining- applicants and granting; relief to the poor, during the pievalence if the pre vailing fever ; and the laid committees do appoint, the Court Houl'c in the Northern L.bcrtiej, State House in the City, and -.he honk of James Engle, corner ef Sronnd, and Shippen streets. Southwavk, as places where the poor are diredled to attend on Sa turday next, the 2ifl instant, at Io o'clock, in the mean time application will be made for pref nt relief to Peter KcylVr, No. 28, Callowliill street, Northern Liberties. William HolU'rr.; ff: (licet. J;uue» Engle, corner of Seconds arid Ship pen streets, Southwark. By order of the Board, BASIL WOOD, President. <oasette £oarint %ift. ARRIVED, Ship Betsey, Peacock, Liverpool 49 ; Hope, Hyer, Honduras 48 Brig Atlantic Sweat, Port Rico 1,5 . Nymph, , Curracoa 1 3 Fox, Bcebee, Purtau Princ: 12 Sellr. Betsey, Barnet, Virginia I a Ca;y, l'obey, St. Croix 20 , SloepExperiment, Rock, Charlcftun, ' Patience) Mongomery, Philadelphia Schooner Caty, capt. Toby, from St. Croix. > In lat. 37, 20, long. 72, 00, N, fpokc the schooner Jarefj from Norfolk bound to Grenada, out 5 days, all well, capt" 1 01/y and a paflenger 011 board inform that a few days before he failed the "ftiip Gutrnlcy had taken a French schooner light of the harbour, laden with cdtlce, va lued at 9,000 dollars. Brig Sally, capt. Clapp, 17 days from Martinique, failed in company with an Eng lish brig bound to Greenock, consigned to Win, K-rnvon. By the brig Fox,-captain Beebee, in 12 day*, trowi Port Republicain, we lf-arn, that had attacked and taken Petit Guave and that he had put all the white inhabitants to death.—l'ouffaint had caused 709 nmlat toes to be apprehended and confined in gaol at Port Republicain, on suspicion of their en tertaining treasonable deligns against the go vernment of the iftand, When the brig Fox pafTcd Cape Nicola Mole, a faltitc of 31 guns was fired from the forts, and the armed vessels of Geril, Toui faiut entered the harbour.' The Frigate U. States, Commodore liar-' ry, was off the Bar lart evening ; (he lias been on a cvuife to the Southward, for three week pad ; has seen nothing. The Finny \llen, capt. Drummond, ar rived lsft evening, in 13 days from Cape- ' v v No. 76, Market Ncvf'Tork, Septembtr 16. Cbarleston, September 4. Francois. Ws ha*e been able to colled little information by this ai rival, as the tain brought no neWl'papers. Upwards of 100 fail of American i had arrived at the Cape, finre tb r cou fe, was opened ; They-generally , at a bad market, in coufequence of many of them had left the Cape re ports. Flour was on the rife ; it wa; 12 dollars, when captain Drnmmi Coffee was at 32 sous. and 2 sous > Rigaud and Toufiaint *vere still but capt. Drummoiid could not lea 1 particulars rtfpefling their difputcs. | A French fliip arrived from Boura thiee days before captain Drummond si i he understood that /lie brought news 01 J engagement having taken place betw j the French and English fleets, in which t ! form, r ha 1 the advant ge ; but he heard q particulars. The fliip had a pafTage of 2i S days from Bourdeaux. I There were no English vefTcls at the j Cape. It was said that the government of | iamaica would not confcnt that they should ! f.il as flags of truce. j Sept. 5. The Unittd States brig South, i Carol na, capt. Paine, anchored yelterday in j Rebellion Road, from a cruise oft the ' Havanna. The brig Generai Pinckney ;.HaywarJ ■ was at the bar lalt evening, alio from a cruise off the Havanna. b 1-, the tv o tallowing paragraphs : " The Ly-di.', rit'Tuk-rfun, irom New-York for this j port, is it-taken, and arrivedat Plymouth. ; " The Fanny, Braine, from New-York | for Greenock, is retaken and arrived Fah. mouth." 1 he Harriot, Orr, from Baltimore, and I ctli William and Jane, Niikcis, 110111 MalTa ' ciiulVtts, arrival at Liverpool about the 26th I July. Baltimore, Sept. 14. Airvcd. the armed fliip Sally, Captain J. Hi lbrook, from Liverpool. Brig Juliana Charlotte, capt. Helmcrj, 7odavs from Bremen, ■Sc'ir. Lncinda, capt. M'Candlcy, 14. . days from I'ort Republican. Ten (;"1 cam< 01M in company with her j under convoy of the United States ship | General Washington. J ,-s The United States sloop of war Monte. I zuma, John Mallomy, Esq. comman.tr an chored below the f. rt lafl evening. he ar red ship Sally, capt J. Holbrook, I from Liverpool. j Weighed anchor yesterday, from below ; ih- 1..11, the Maryland fluop of war, of j26 *.'• •• J O -" "<-jers, Esq. commander, ! deltn.cd we ui.derltand, on a cruise off Su ! rinam. REPORT Of ( the Sextons of the different grounds, oj tbe number of Funerals at-their grounds. FOR THE 24 HOURS, ENDING | § loci;. ; * D -Us I *t c.. J Nmaes of the Burial Grounds. Ciuil; Cliurv.li, St. liters, St. I'aiils, ift Pielbyterian, jd do.'' 3d do. Septs Presbyterian, AlTociate Church, St. Mury's, Trinity, - » Friends ' - Free Quakers, Swedes, German Lutheran, German Presbyterian, Moravian, Baptist, Methodist, Da ys African Episcopal, do. Methodist, Kenlington, Univerialift, Jews, '5 M 12 The ab.ive list comprehends all the hurials from the City and Liberties of every disease By order ef the Board of Health. - WILLIAM ALLEN,. ■; ' Health Officer. CITY HOSPITAL. Jane Brice, from Spruce bet. sth S" 6th ft. ; Rebecca, Susan, and Jane Brit.tr, not sick but admitted as diftrclfcd Children. Alexander Girv,an, from the street. William Jeffcrys, 2d ft. below Mead Peggey M'Cloud, 3d ft. between Germari Sc Plumb ft. John Mead, No. 45 South ft. Benjamin Weekerlv, from Germantown. Nancy O'Neal, & Child, between Lomdard & South ft. near sthll. Alexander Ginvin, dying when admitted Eliza Martin ill 6 days previous to admission Benjamin \Veekerly dying when admitted. Remaining in the Hospital 60, of whom 25 are convalescents. Interred in the Public ground tke last IA hours. City ami fttburbs. City Hospital PETER HELM, Steward. PRINTED BY J. IV. FENNO. , , V ,>V ' <5, l/*, '■ m >©•- » I • » o o, - • '"a--| a ,• ■( '■ o o Oil 0 -'O 0 i > - * 1 O ( o o o I o o O 9 0 O 1 , o o o o O O O 0 * o o o o o o o o o o 9 O Total 2 2 ADMITTED. DIED i i I
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