<3a*ette. PHIL A DF.I.PHI.i, v> ttQKnWx kvkkikg, MARCH 17. Extract of a letter from ,captain Truxton 10 the Secretary of ibe Navy, dated Port ■ R jai ' Harbour, Jamaica, 12th of Fe bruary, 1800. " I arrived here the Bth inft. in company with the Infiiigente, capt. Murray, with whom I fell in, the day after I wrote you by lieut. Shaw. " Finding it imp. flible to get a main-mast here, I shall use every oifpatch in my pow er to ptit the Condi llation into a condition to prrceeJ to the United States; I have met a kind and friendly reception from Ad miral Parker ; all the British pod captains here have beer, on board the Constellation, «nd from feeing our situation, expref« eve y ftiviimcnt that cruld be wished by thofc true Americans who love their country and its holH.tir better than any thins; else. " t have heard nothing of the French 54 en., (hip firice the aftioi! It is hard to con jeflure whether (he funk, or whether (he has got into St. Thomas's or Curacoa. if (he is rtill above water, flic- mud be irrepar able in the Weft-Indies. Ht r Ms of m . n .muil have been prodigious in a-i a&ion cf five hours, with 6co men or. board : My fire was diic&ed prince-ally a'HSei 1 ' hull. " Sev'sral of my officers hare told me that thry thought they saw her g . down—cer tain it is, that the (hip and her lights di ap peared of a fiidden, and we ought to have I'cenlier at daylight. But I was so en s lcy'ed tnyfclf, in preserving oar fcre-maflT and mizen triaft, after the main inafl. went over the fide, that I attended to nothing elft." JLxtraH of a letter fro a c,ipt Baker, of the Delaware flocp of war, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Cur a oa, Sih F.b. 1800. On 'he 6ih in ft, appeared off this har- a French {hip of 52 guns, called La Vengetnce, and from what I can learn, {he Test Gu:idaloupe lsift Sunday, bpund Co France, wi'Kja grea' deal of mosey, &c. on board ; and alfu two French general , and a number of ether officers and passengers : but or. Monday evening Ihe was overtaken by an Arm rican-or Biitifti frigate (but ge nerally belitved tp b« the former) and from her (hattertd condition, {lie mud have had a very severe aftion, La Vengeance having less Itanding but her bowsprit, fore and mi zen mast ; her fore and mizen (hrouds, rat lings, &c. being cut up so, that you could scarce fee any of them for stoppers. In {hort, there appears no place that has esca ped a llv t : her (larboard fide has been much hulled, and it is said, she had 140 killed and wounded, and when {he parted file had 8 fret water i 1 the hold. They fay the other vefTel was in a fimllar situation, and in fafl, that neither of them had the command of their {hips. The French {hip i» now hauled up in the harbour, and will require fr.me months tori fit, not having mall', cordage, &e. for that purpofr. P. S. This moment arrived a fchooncr from St. Thomas's with an American gen tleman on board. They were spoke by a British frigate this morning at 8 o'clock, who informed them that yesterday he spoke Commc.dore Truxtow going down to la maica, who informed th;m that L'ft Mon day he got along fijle of a French 50 gun ftiip, and afteir a long and fevtre aftii n, had the misfortune to lose his main-mad, fore and raizen top mSft ; the (hip became unmanageable, at which time, the French ftlip made htr efc. pe, severely wouncjed. Capt. Truxton said, that if he could have kept along fide rj minutes longer he would have taken her. This arrets with the Trench report,, for they fay thvy were iri fiich a fuuatioii, they eould i:ot have def.-ud ed the (hip much longer. NEW YORK, March 15 It is with c;reat pleaf'ire we announce some further particulars relative to the lale gallant eutert tiie of Captain Truxton, which far ttirpafiea the brilliancy of his f r ;nsr txi:loit and which will place his name high on the annals of American fame and naval -prowefn Last Tburfday night arrived the brig Re becca, Captain Harding, in 25 days from Curracoa ; by him antj by private 1- tter3 we learn, that the veflel with which the Con stellation fought, waq Le Vertguer, a French ship of guns, and carrying 54, com manded by Captain Perot,—fhe was bound from Guadaloupe to France, with a valua ble cargo of coffee aed fug.ir, an ! two mil 4iou of dollars with the Governor of Guada- Joupe and family. Thia explains the cir eumftance of her endeavouring to avoid an af.ioh, When Le Vengeur entered Cur racoa here fore and mizen mails were very mtich shattered, her main mad gone entire ly, ard her hull, rigging and fp;rs in a moil forlorn condition : in faft {he appeared a petfefi wreck, her pumps continually going, and 701 8 feet water in her hold. Captain Perot generouily bore tefumony to thq gal lantry of our brave Truxtoii ; though it was not till some days af'er he bad arrived, that it was known that be Was his antagonist ; ar.d Captain Perct frankly acknowledged, that if the action had been continred 10 or 15 minute# longtr he would have been obli ged to strike. Ire Vengeur had on on buard 50 or 60 American prisoners. The crew confiding 6i 6oo_ men, of which 170 were during the afliou killed Ad wounded. The Governor ii said to have annimated the crew by his own example, and with 5 or 6 passengers toJiave. been wounded. A variety of other i. ircunlftancu ate related, but we cannot answer for their corr?ar.cfs—-On .this brilli ant exploit we make but one obfervation rruxton defcrvos from Congress a public vote of thank>. BALTIMORE, March^. The following answer iv j made to commodore rruxton refponjive to his address to his fiip's crew after his engagement of the l/l of February with the French 54 gun Jh'ip, at Already pubUfhed in this paper, and pe culiarly charaSet izes the patriotism and bravery tf /Imericans. ANSWER. To OMMODOKE'fHUXTC.V SIR, The officers of every description, the Seamen. marines, and every other belonging to ihe United S (hip Constellation, cannot suppress their lively feelings at the kind tri bore which you have paid to their refpeilive meritorious exertions. They witbone voice proclaim that under ftich a commander, whose example would have made even cowardice brave, they muil have been less than men, not to have aited with the fame stimulus < f valor which thty exhibited in the late eneagement with the French national (hip of fifty four gluts. They have, with Sincere regret, to lament the loss of some ot their faithful comrades who fell in the lap of viftory. 1 he circHmfl :nccs of lollng the prize is a secondary consideration, which could only devolve pecuniary advantages to the surviv ors, ihe glory tnd honor of the combat be ing difFu ed 10 'he whole. in brhalf of ' in .'elves and the reft of the (hip's company. (Signed) Andrew S'erett, id lieut. Bat. Clinch, lieut. marines, ban. El.lri :'gc, failing-mailer., j Marshal Clagctt, niidlhipman. Mor an, gunner. Paurick M'Donald, carp titer. Abialram Long, boatswain. David Kart)6, ? _ „ John M-Shayle, \ & rtsrm^rs At fsa, February 4; iSco. oasette JLi%. Port-os Philadelphia ARRIVED,' Sleop D iiphin, Parker, Eliza, Barkit, Ship Pennsylvania, York, has got into Antigua. Captain Thorp ten informs that he saw a gentleman at St. Thomas's, who was on board the Pcmifyl*a< ia after {he had got in. , . • ' Captain Lefsley, of the brig Hiram, fail ed from Port republican, in company with the brig Peggy, for Philadelphia, schooner Dick, Richards, for do fctooner Rover, for Baltimere, f: hoontr Philip, ot and for do. and schooner Mary for Boflon—parted from them next day—On the 18th, saw 4 fail of vefiels in the weft Caucus PalTage,— fupp fed them to be the fleet—one schooner was on the Caucus r e r , name unknown- Ship Indian Chief, ioi"rc:t, from Cal cutta, lias arrive., /■.£■*» i<. rk. Yefleruay ht- Lite this pi.rt ii-id lirtd Geo. Bare-lav, M'A liifter, frofn Batavia Philadelphia, NTs, Nfp'.llne, The Philadelphia and Neptune failed from ("alcuira 30th ; >&. 111 Mifnpany with a fleet cf English Indinmen ; thr HataOiiy, Kol lock, »nd Roebuck, Merliii j for Philadel ph*a~;-Bud ttre-in'diw "Crtff, "Service, for New-York' M"v. 8, Uir Pliladtip'-'a, Indian Chief, Rnchttck, and Neptune parted convoy, las. 16. N h,;..; 89,. E. Dec. 3J, parted with the It.iliau Clref.' Tan. , the Nt piuns touched at the cape of C ."' Hr~. Left at Calcutta the India, Aflimrad, arid Criterion, Wee! ?, of Philadelphia* ar rived the i2f r i October from London; a fhifs unknown of Salem, arrived fVi.m Ma deira, OQ. IO Berk {hire While, of Bos. ton. Amazon Trivet, to fait for Boston, Nov. I. Olive Brarch, Ives, f:;r Salem. America, Crowinihield, for New-York Jan. I. The Eliza Folgcr, failed from the cape for Eatavia, 5 The Harmony, Koilack, with J. Miller, £fq. Airericau C-nful lor India; pafleni'.er, arrived at the Cap? <>t Gwod Hope, Jan. 15, the day the Neptune Je£t it. The Neptune had 60 days paflage from the cape to Reedy T(land. On the 2lft January, neaV St. Helena, capt. Bliss spoke the (hip Samuel Smith, •Stiles, from Batavia for Lisbon, out 53 days. On the 7th of March, five day: before foundings the Philad Iphia parted with the Indian Chief. On the 3d of March spoke the privateer fchr. M'Pherfon, Frith, for Martinico, on a cruize, 40 days out and short of bread. T' ere was no political news at Calcutta when the above veflels failed ; but it wa3 understood that great numbers of French privateers were preparing to cruise in the Indian Ocean A decree hod passed the government at Baravia, dirtfti' g that for the future, A msrican vessels Ihould take an equal proper tior of sugar, pepper and coffee ; ar;d the Samuel Smith was said to be firft vessel that had failed under this regulation. The Infurgente frigate, capt. Murray, arrived at Baltimore lad Friday evening, from Jamaica. We are informed (he hat a considerable quantity of fpfcie onboard. Ship Peiinlylvania, Yorke, (a miffing vessel) of and for this port, from Eitavia, which failed from thence in July lad, was spoken \\. The schooner Phiiiij, capt. Reynolds, ,20 days from Port Republican, arrivJ yt-fter- Jjy, and fainted the town at G.iv firect dock. Arrived brig Samuel, Divid W®jn, mas ter, 40 days tiani'Lagaica. On her inward bound pafcge, Bth February, in lat. 20, long. 6S, reCH.ptu!i;(l the I. hr. Liberty, Capt. Crowe!', from 'Ncrfrfk bou-.d to ja brici bcfi 1,0 c vs rr *oJL.thc Fivneh. Captain-' W. took cue of Iter. 3 Frenchmen and h;-; brocjjitt then; with hint : leftboard 2 and put.on board 4 ot hi? crew, and ordeied hf the Frciahriian. 1 in. ftiip OSitolm:), from Gonaivss, is agronni m-ar the Bodkin. Schr. Jain. cap;. Crocket, failed from of the Mississippi, February n_ in company with (he following vefiels : Sfeyj CMpiiit), Cn p?:itrr, of and fir N. Yo:«ri Ym-k iog fi)ips arrived in for St. (Ico; "'t AicX;li-d: j:i, vapt. Wood -1)ou 1. Uj L V nil vm\c; - convoy of ih'.' Umtvi b u,»up'( war C'lcup'-'tkt., c ;u«in Gvo'dvs. Calcutta, do. I he 20th was bt»/»rdc.i cii tHe Matanaics by ti:r privateer bng H»rq, frcm New Jfro vicU-nce ; and after 15 hofcrs deu-ritjep, aru i>pcrt .i k i 1j -y k-tter?* nit fe&rti king to preer-rtt March 1, 20 IL.S.Iv. fr«rn Cape H>:iry, w ; a* jaoardrd Ijy the- British (hip, of war Alnftaucc, or 64 gunr, m eoiupany with the Anne. 64, r.nd Cleopatra trigata ; was boarded by the former of tbefe ihips, and as- jer an examina tioji of my papexs, See. w,is permitted to proeeed. They left Hamptwi H cL the day> before, March 4, 15 leagues S.Ei trom H r.ry, spake the pHot boat fdtooncr Liberty, from B -ltimore bound to Port Republican ther's, o» Annapolis, whole capture by the B, .i:ty was some time fiuce aaneunced, tir rjved in town y It \rjg Norfolk, in chace of the Beauty, and so near £0 her that captain H. fuppofetl th,it npthing- but the approach ing night could iW {iier trom capture. On Friday Uft the U rifted States ship Trumbull, of eighteen 12 pounders, Citpt. David Jewet, jailed from this port for Ne w She is a remarkable strong, well built, baitdfomc ship ; and there is no doubt from her firlt essay will prove a fad sailer. She is fully manned, and we understand is to convoy out some Weft ludianvn. Will hf presented. the celebrated callrd THE GRECIAN DAUGHTER. To which will be added, (not ad?u thefc 5 year*) Or, The Scheming Lieutenant. Pox. ore Pit, three quarters »f a dolht, and Gallery halt a dollar. The dsors of the Theatre will open st a quarter past 5, add the sa'rtjin rife at a quitter p*tt si*. Eplcrpplt', ci' and* for New- Bm : >; P. -.'.0 >. cf Ba'.tiaion*, Eri,.; F j;rSel late of thy fchr. Bro- N,-w-London; -March 12. NEW THEA I RE. \ This Evening, March 17 a Farce, (in two atfU) calHd SAINT PATRICK'S DAY; Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. | C» fT'e IToi;To, on YVednefday evening next ille 19th inft. z\ o'clock, PROPOSALS in writing will be received until ! . ™ 1 the 15th day »f April next, at the office of ' FaSt-saili VG ship the Treasurer of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge * 1 nOITItIS ChtllkeleV, Company No. I r Church alley, for a supply of J)*,**, Mu, r 9 co«-a< «o BaLl,. ten thousand perch of the heft qual.ty Fr.e Stone, saHKgS!tf*lnventory , 0 he u , „„ t , he Coff , e ore half of which mud be of large dim.nfions, Houfc and at the (lore of the fubfcrlbers. viz 7to 11 feet long, to 3 feet Wide in the bed 9to 18 inches deep—the remain ler tO'be of Approved notes at a, 4, and 6 months will be the fze which is generally called large foundation j r cc * * n payment. (lone, to be delivered at the Weft end of j BENSON & YOR-fIT, A u aion«ers. street, in such qhaniitfcf and at such times as shall j March 17. d.tW, be required. Price and time ot payment to be expressed JOHN DORSEY, Secretary pro tern. A quantity of T£RRASS for mortar will be wanted. M arch 17 To be Bartered, FOR EUKOPhAN, OR KAST INDIA A handsome Three Story BRICK HOUSE KITCHEN, Of modem construction and ivcll buit WITH the best materials, situated in a very pledf int an of vvlvich thcie is a f«»ffi£ieut quantity, is not inferior to auy i.i the vt*te«. ' To attras the notice i»f\ peVfoY>s ' residing- the county of tfmiihgeon, devious of puivhifmg good land, 'iis oniy* .tttc^tiar) to met ijon that the A: fa-ms zrc parts of ; that ex eei)-nt tralc in the evening, wilj be .fold by Public A uition.-at the City CofleeHoufe, thefollowingvaluaMe 3taw.tf. REAL ESTATE, VIZ. No. i. A Three Story Brick House, WITH extensive three fto;y back handings } innate in £ront below Pine The house contains two large room? on each floor, and is 31 feet 8 inches in front and 52 feet 6 inches deep. The piazza is 19 feet 6 inches in lergth, and 12 feet 6 inches in width, in which is carried up an elegant flair cafe. The hack b»ildir;gs are 50 feet in length, and 23 feet 8 inches in width, ahd contain on the firH floor, a parlour, kitchen, pantry and flair cafe The second and third floors are divided into convenient chambers and dreflino rooms. The lot of ground is 198 feet d*ep, with the privilege of a leading into Lombard Street. A Three Story Brick House, Adjoin the above, of the dim. r.fia-t and plan as the house No. I, except that the 1 ack '-.uild ings are only 45 fret in depth Ihe lot is MI feet 6 inches deap, rail hes the privilege of a court into Lombard ftrcct* The ahove Jifcriten honfes arc not plaiflcred, !rat iht- can enters' w< rk is nearly finifhed Pep fr~« wiQiing to view them previous to the day rf faie, will please to apply at No. ISB, iouth Front' Hreet, for ihekeys» A Lot of Ground, '9 * ec,: r * inches lr< nf, ard feet in drptb, upon t. court Icadirj; into l.cmVar'! Preet. I'he vurchafer of the houfeNo. z, will be cßti tied to this lot. al.ove anj lots arr to be Teen a s iJt* Coffee Houft*. rj»e coridinors os fallow, Viz One fourth in ona fourfh i»,6 months, one fourth in i 2 men h% and rh«? fmaioj t in 15 months, with\ approved security and mtcrcft otr the three iaft payments.' VALUABLE LOTS At the Coffee four, on Saturday, March 22, at 7 o'clock in the tvempg, Sirven adjoining LOTS, numbered in the»ereral plan of public city lots, from tdß« to 2088 , fili ate on the fcuth fide of A rch flreec, at the di{- tancc of 75 fest westward from Del ware, 13th fireet, containing in breadth on Arch fireet, one hundred and feventy-fivc feet, and in depth froi ■- ing upon a 28 feet fireet, forth and feuth", one tun. dredand 37 feet to a aofeet wide alley. dim ALSO, Seven other Lots; Diflinguifliedf in the city plan 1033 to 406 i,' situate on the north fide of Filbert fir,-., at the diilanca of feet from the weft fide ol Dehmrc, Thirteenth street ; containing in breadth esfl and weft on Filbert street, one hundred and feventy five feet ; and in depth, north and fovh, front up on a 28 feet street, one hundred and fifty one feet to a 20 feet alley. The foregoing fourteen lots a'e bounded north ward by Arch Arret, westward by a 28 feet ftreer, fr.U'hward by Filbert street, and eaftwird by other public city lets, except that the 10 feet alley rxns through them as mentioned, parallel with Arch and Filbert ftrcets. To be fo'd. and an incifpu table title given, the fame being late the property 0/John Nicholfon. JOHN CONNELLY, Auctioneer, dtS. February 15 To be Sold, Py Public Vendee, on Monday the 24th day at March, on the Premises, at one o'ctcijk in the afternoon, A valuable Lot of Land, SITUATE in Haverford tewnfiiip, Delaware county, a!>out eight miles from Philadelphia, nn the weft Chester road, containing eight a«res together with two pcresof ftood-land nearly ad ding the above. On tfleptemiies i< a I„og House with a well of good v> ater near ihe door ; also a thriving young Orchard ri grafted frul*, the clear ed. land has heea lately well limed and i 9 under good fence. The situation i« healthy and would suit a T.ra'iefniap, or ftore. A vili he rivtn and the ci nditic-r.s mad. knovvn on the iijy of sail- by JOHN EPRIGKT. MitcK 15 For Sale, f'om Batavic, ALSO, THK SAID tu.tl >fa tf. (Price i; Certs) x X THE On Saturday, No. 2. for S}LE,