then we had every thing to fear from ag
j, er broad fide, which I concluded mull th
certainly knock the mafti overboard, to
We waited in foleir.n iilence, apprehen- xv
five of the danger that awaited us, but ef
d'-tercnined not to give up the cause un- o t
tii we were rendered incapable of the p<
least effort for the preservation of the fa
Liberty. At length it came, and pro- K
videntially was not attended with any f Y
worfr effe£t than either of the former, j n
At one o'clock we were not n>ove thaw « o
a quarter of a mile from the Ca(l<et I ft
Rocks and 1 was determined to ril'k ii
>r iivt-, by running the brig ori them, o
her ikau iuffcrr her to fall into their h
However, I prefurrud, bur in- It
a were guessed at, and they did t
loose to run the fame rife, ihcie- t
vlity left ofTchace. " ■ r
• The composure add (tead'nefi of !
~r whole (hip's company, in such a si- f
,uation for three hours, and the greatest t '
par' of the time within mu fleet (hot of! f
a conilant fire of such superior force, ; 1
againlt which we eotild not make any i
refinance, delighted me beyond mea- 1
sure; and their adtive exertions in re- 1
placing such of the haulvards, &c. as t
were (hot away during the chace, alone i
cabled us to save the Liberty. j
" When all was over, I went down t
into my cabin to take some refref.iment, 1
and as soon as I returned on deck, I
was fainted by the (hip's company with t
three cheers, and thanked for my con- i
duiS. I cannot describe to you my <
feelings on that occasion. I could scarce j
refrain from tears, to think that such >;
brave fellows (hould be obliged to fly ,
before their enemies. j
" The Liberty has been employed j
during the war to cruise off the coast of i
France, for intelligence from the royal
ids, and is known by all the frigates
from Cherbourg, &c.
(Signed) J. C. SEA RLE.
UNITED STATES.
NEWBERN, July 12.
On Thursday the 3d inftnnt, the pu- j
pils of the Newbern Academy were pub- j
licly examined, in the presence of the .
board of Tin (lees, and a brilliant affem- j
blage of ladies and gentlemen : their !
improvement in the various branches of
ufeful science, particularly the Greek
and Latin languages, the Mathematics
and Logic, iince the lalt public exhibi
tion, demanded and procured them uni- !
verfal approbation !
In the evening a very crowded and j
'efpeftable audience were highly enter
tained by a theatrical exhibition: the fa
utatory addieis in commemoration of
'.mcrican Independence was delivered
•, Mr. Gtiion, with .the utmost propri
!) of voice and gesture j several orati
■ 13 were pronounced by Meifrs. BAcon,
ephens and Beefly with several excel
; nee: tb these lucceeded several hu
mourous dialogues, and a representation
of the Faice entitled, " the Mock Doc
tor or Dumb Lady cured," in which
every part was well supported by the
young gentlemen above mentioned and
Messrs. Palleur and Forbes. A number
of extra6(s from various comedies were
also performed by Mr. Cobb and those
who had previously spoken, and a pe
tite piece (supposed to be the producti
on of Mr. Irving, the principal of the
Academy) in which the pretender to
science was highly characterized and ri
diculed, afforded great entertainment to
the fpe£tators. The youthful perform
ance was ended by a valedictory oration
on the riling glory of America, deliver
ed with trit:;;aiiee by Nil". -Qitf
ton and the business of the evening con
cluded with an elegant extemporaneous
address by Mr. Irvving, in which he de
picted in lively colours the numerous ad
vantages of (cience.
To bestow further eulogy on any par
ticular character!?, would be an aft of
injnltice to the (Indents in general, it is
ftifficient to fay, that from the rapid
piogrcfs which the pupils have made in
literature, 'iince their lalt public exhibi
tion, they received a justly deserved ap
plmife, and there is no doubt from their
great advancements, during the (hort
period they have been under his tuition,
that the principal of the Newbern Acade
my, will receive the profits and honors
ue to his indefatigable industry and
ther merits.
A SPECTATOR.
EDENTON, July 11.
slatitre of North-Carolina.
1 the House of Commons, Jan. 4.
Tiie committee appointed to enquire
into, and make report on the probability
of improving to advantage the inland
navigation of the leveral rivers in this
fb.te, report—That eight rivers in this
state do probably admit of very great
improvements for the purposes of inland
navigation ; and that the fame might
•ontribute greatly to encourage the
agricultural and -commercial inteiefts of . m
the (late. Your committee are unable Ife
to calculate the expeuie of opening the lei
riveis for this purpose, and preiumt the pJ
eftimatcs mult be Ver» inaccurate with- fa
out actual surveys of the rivers, by vv
persons capable to take the elevation of
falls & rapids mathmeinat;caily,wi!ti ievel- j n(
ling instruments for that pu.pol.— ioj
! Your committee recommencttothe Gvie- | w
! ral Assembly, to adopt some mode ot I
J obtaining the mod full and accurate in -' ; r
I formation on this important and interelt- t i
ing fubjeift ; and that the public lpirit w
of our citizens m general, and the meal- .
hers of Assembly in particular, be cal- {\
led on to affilt in lending forward to
the next Assembly the belt information
that can be procured from every county,
relpedting the practicability of improv
ing the inland navigation within the
fame, and the probable expence thereof.
• Your cotnmittee beg leave to mention,
j f.orrt the information of t'ie Honorable
! Hugh Williainfon, that great improve
| ments have been made, and are now
inaking, in the inland navigation of \
Pennfylvatiia, and other northern Hates ; r
that some of these improvements are car- .<
lied on by companies, with the aid of 1
government, and (ome others solely at t
the expence of government, as we pre
fiime from the advertifenlents of the Go- .<
vernor of Pennsylvania, piopoling con- !
traCts for improving no less than ieven i
rivers, or parts of rivers. While youi
committee lilten with pleafuie, and re
: joice to hear the increase of wealth and
1 i general interetts of our filter Itate, we
• | have to lament that the, (late of North- ;
I Carolina, containing nearly as many in-
I j habitants, has not made more fpinted
F exertions for publfc improvem«it«C» than
- have yet-been made, and which the in- <
> ternal refourc.es Sc natural advantages of
this llatiTldmit of being made.
WAIGHTSTILL AVERY,
,'t,> Chairman.
The livers contemplated, are
Broad River, 30 miles,
The Catawba, 140
Yadkin, 180
■ j Haw and Deep River, 50
- "j Neufe, above Smithtield. 50
: : Tar River, above Tarborough, and
- J Fishing Creek. 40.
r f Roanoke, above Halifax 30
f Dan River, 50
t
s j 70 miles
Refo/ved' That the forgoing report
-j be publiflied in the North-Carolina
j Journal and the State Gazette.
d j
•- WILMINGTON, (Del.) July 25.
L ' Died on Saturday the 19th instant,
' Mrs..Toufard,wife o( Colonel Toufard,
nsar Wilmington.—Whatever is solid,
I" ornamental or endearing in the female
character, was pofieffed in an eminent
'» degree by this amiable lady. She dig
nitied the foftnefs peculiar to her sex
with all the energy of masculine forti
n tude, which after supporting her thro'
vaiious trying scenes in life, continued
to alleviate the tedious pains of the dif
e cafe which occasioned her death. When
confideting her as withdrawn from this
;r fleeting (late of exiltence, her relatives
c and friends have to regret a loss that is
k not easily repaired : but if the favor of
; the Deity and future happiness be an
nexed to the Iteady performance of all
le the important duties and tender chanties
? of life; if active benevolence andunwea
l" ried assiduity in adminiltering to the fuf
-0 ferings of afflicted humanity, even in the
n " Ibathfome receptacles of contagion and
>n difcafe, must insure a suitable reception
r ~ to the immortal spirit, in the llatc of
everlasting retribution, then may their
n " hopes accompany her into that state j
us and with becoming confidence and re-
Ggnation may they commit her into his
hands, from whom the ul'eful mother of
a family, the kind miltrefs, the steady
ir " friend, the tender parent, and the affec
. tionate wife, will assuredly receive a
d vve ' comc t° everlalting bliss.
in >■ w ■■ ■
j; PHILADELPHIA,
: ' r JULY 28.
irt
l"' "We hear that the Sans Culottes
privateer is arrived at Baltimore with
two rich Spanilh prizes (one of which
'tis faitl, has fix hundred hogsheads of co
coa on board) the privateer brings news
that Guadaloupe is in the power of the
Republicans, and that the Royalifls have
been obliged to dance la Carmagnole
A. Courier Francois.
— « IIMIWIW 111
«•« By this Day's Mail.
f a DOVER, N. H. July 19.
lis A vessel arrived at Portsmouth on
at Tuelday last from Oltend, the captain
id of which informs, that he failed thro'
ht the fleets of France and G. Britain ; —
be that thete had been a general engage
ri'iut bit ween the two fleets—and that ,co
e.vfral ships of ifit line had been difib- j b.'
ed. and were then i v tow, .br.t which j in
jany c.i'.ne off yictoi ious he is unable to j an
,av--howevcr it is probuble thi public wi
will not long rem un in fulpence. to
On Friday lalt wevk a large fchoo- eo
ner (formerly belonging to Mr. hr.nv'n d "
of Newbury Port) arrived at Bodon,
with a British Rcgifter—appears,
she was taken by the- Biitiih, and fc'nt ;
in for adjudication—-that ihe wa* con-! ""
demned without tj'ial ; rin-.'. fi':?d out*
with a British crew sot Boiton—-'y an
American! The Boltonians assembled,
dripped the vessel and hauled her up for m
pdjui/iiation! • ' ■ *'
From the American jVl.ntrt'a. ' 1
to
Citizen Barre, Captain of the French ' av
sloop of war, la Perdrix, to Citizen J v ii
Fauchet, Miniiter Pleiiipot'. iitiary oi S m
the French Republic. Ie
Citizen Miniiter, - pi
THE confidence and eltecn with di
which you hate been pltafed to honor uj
me, do not permit me any longer to ni
conceal the reasonS, which liave deter- at
mined me to religil the comtnmand ps nt
the Perdrix, sloop of war of the trench pi
Republic. I owe you an ey. jet account ih
of my conduct, I owe it nii Itls to oJ
thofe.refpedable characters in this coun- m
try, who have honored me with, their 111
fiicniii'hip. My honor aequires. that I
they ihould be infoimed of the motives h
which obliged rfic to withdraw- for the- ci
prelc.it from the lupport of so glorious a:
a cause, as that of libtrty and my coun
try ; a cauk, Movvever, which i am so It
far from renouncing, that 1 hereby so- a
Jr.iinly rtniew to you the oath of 11 ly il
eternal attachme'nt to it. But aner th . a
suspicions, which ' some have had the o
prefu'.nptiou to raile respecting my prin- n
ciples, I have thought it my duty to y
lay down my commiffiotl, rather than r
cy.piile tiro'e biave men, wfvoin I had c
the honor to command,to the danger of a
becoming the victims, of'a malevolence, f
of which 1 have.had but too many, and 1
too (ti iking proofs. e
TRi-, .malevolence has no other foun
dation,!hail imaginary grievarxes,& vain 1
allegations, which I flatter, myielf, I '•
Ihall be able effectually to dedioy, in a <-
memorial,' which L am going to address
to the National Convention. But, in !
the mean time; 1 wish to deftitiiiitrat'e <
to your eyes, as well as to tltofe of the :
friends of liberty, that my honour is '•
uniullied, that my foul has been inac- t '
ctffible to -every feutinjeiit repugnant to '
the prosperity of Imy country. ; that :
Uic principles, upon which I have con- ( ;
dr.Cted niyfelf towar.de tliofe under.rny | 1
command 011 board the Perdrix, were |
thole of the love of order, and of 1./y- [ 1
alty to the Republic ; that I have been ■
altogether uninfluenced by . the spirit of
faCtion ; .and that it has ever bseti my
maxim, that there could be but one li
berty, and that even that liberty could
not fublid, unltfs her laws, however
rigid they might be, were duly executed.
it is only of late t have been inform
ed, that it was the wish of Rtar Ad
miral Vaudable to get me discharged,
becanfe he apprehended, I had retarded
- the' French vessels at New-York, and
prevented them going to join hi n in
the Chefapeak. All those who have
had an opportunity of feeing the .many j
exertions which I made in order, to has- !
ten the dispatch cf these vessels ; the
importunities and even threats, which I
made tife of to the Capfaina, who dis
covered themselves indisposed, . but par
1. t icularlv all those, who will recoiled
1 that these fame vessels remained at Sta
ten-Ifland for twelve days, waiting the
1 arrival of the Surveillante fiigate, will
be easily convinced of the injudice and
I futility of that charge. Notwilhlta'nd
ing this, it has furnifhed Rear Admiial
Vanltable with fuflicient pretext to en
gage him, on his departure, to leave it
1 in charge to Lieut. Mahe, Captain of
the Concorde, to solicit yon for my dif
miflion i upon which he presumed with
so much ceftainty, that he appointed
Lieut. Mahe for the command of the
station, without so much as acquainting
me that he left him on the coad, nor
did the latter make up for this negleCt
3 by irforming me of lirs appointment.
' j He did not even deign to answer the dif-
5 ferent letters which I addressed to him,
' I alledging that I was an Arijlacrat, and
3 that it did not conlid with his duty to
s hold any correspondence with me.
" When Lieut. Mahe came to New.
York for the convoy, he made no secret
of the unfavorable disposition of the
Rear Admiral. It is trite, I had the
pica lure td be informed, that you, citi
zen Miniiter, more jud, and moie con
fident of my principles, did not think
it proper to countenance the demands
I of Vandable, nor acquiesce in my dif-
II mifiion. Yet, as you had judged me
' worthy of being continued in vour con
- fideria;, ought 1 not to have taken the
1 command of the division ? Did not the
command by light devolve «po;i me, as !
b.'ing Mahe'„ whofecor,'.million 1
in tii.* navy is only offix months /lan.-lhg, |
and.that iuo, i.i a grade infei :or to mine, j
whereas I have'.tcrved ai an odice! for
twelve years, (raving for five yearns the
command of (liips of war without dif
aiming, having commanded in the lad
war, beiidet being commiffioued by the
Republic.
Had I Only lifteuedtO'tW fnggefti
ons of a perfoual pride, judly offended,
I had perhaps from that moment laid
down 'my -couiiriiilion lint persuaded as
L was that under whatever Utiea french
man k-rves his country, r-hen he lsfnm
moned to appear in the field of honor,
he ought not to conlidcr whether he is
the firll 01 thi lad, I d.d not hetitale j
to uiakc a fat'rificc of my rights ; and to
avoid all dJcuilioti and delay in the fcr
\iee, I consented to obey, and ranged j
myieit under ltie flag of a person, whole '
lenior 1 was. My resignation, far from !
i procuring me even the common civilities j
I due to a gentleman, served only to draw j
upon me additional mortifications, the
niolt pointed disdain, and such disagree
able treatment, as affected my officers
no less than rrlyfelf. The ambiguous ex
prefflons) the injurious appellations, in
ihort, the evident disaffection of the crew
of the Conco:de, plainly announced to
me that a plot was set on foot to undo
me, and that, whatever line of conduct
I followed, I could no longer hope to i
be looked upon as a brother. They
carried their iudifcreet animosity so far,
as to lay to my crew, that their Captain
.vas an arjioerut ; and that they would
fee iiim guillotined. The afperlions of
my detractors was partly founded upon
Jus circumltance, that I had remained
a long time inn&ive :n the road. To
obviate this odious charge, I contented
niyfelf with /hewing Lie-tenant Mahe
your pr/Jtiive orders to remain in the
road, auj proceed no farther, till I re
ceived fuph iultniCtifcns. 1 had only
acted in obedience to orders, as hehim
felf had done, notwithdanding which
he still continued to accuse me before the
crews.
At length We set failfiom the Hook
upon Sin\da) the 29th June, with lix
vessels under convoy, and fleered our
course. tor the Delaware. -
On the fii ft day, although We had no
bad weather, we 101 l fight of two vessels
and one ship of war. Upon the second
anrr'thud, welolt ligii, of two others,
and finally arrived at the Delaware witfi
. t out any of the vessels under convoy, al
i | though ive confided of five fioops of war
j and one frigate, iti the coui'ie ®f this
. | passage, I gave chafe to fevcral vessels
■ | which I canie up to ; and to thank me
: • for my ready maneuvering, the signal
■ • of difaJfieCiion was heaved out, whereas
1 'other (hips which gave chale without
f success wlfre approved of.
One evening at ii.x o'clock, I disco
- vered a vessel to wmdwai d, which by its
] appealance, might be a frigate, as we
r diliinguithed its port-holes, and a . boat
. astern. I allied of. Lieutenant Mahe il
- t fhoxild.give chnee—*-To which he re
- flied, "if that is agreeable to you fir.''
, As ( did not wish to take any thing up.
:] on my fell after receiving this answer, 1
J demanded his polit iveordei s,'upon vvnicl
n he ordered to give chale, and added
e "«x .prepare to follow yo;:, set up twe
y | lights at the .fttrn of your veff.-l, and i.
f. 1 you meet thceitemy engage them."
e Accordingly, 1 prepared for action
I crouded all fail, and gave chace ; bu
f- the Concorde farted five tirties in tack
ing, which cau ed fne to make so mucl
it ahead, as to be at a coliliderable diftanci
1- from her. Persuaded, however, that fhi
e itill followed, and, charmed ,vilh th<
II opportunity afforded me of proving t<
d my country my zeal, ind the ardeil
1- dtfire to engage the enemy, 1 continu
il ed the chace, although I then difcoveT
1- td 110 ship a-(tern, of me. In short, 3
it half palt eleven feeing myfelf abfolikel'
>f abandoned, I lay by, and gave orders t
f. found ; upon which report was made
h that we were in tlurtan fathoms water
d Upon this the pilot,wfiufe name is Ley
ie craft, having informed we, that it wa
g not prudent to proceed, 1 gave up th
>r chace and expected in a lh,ort time to b
ft 'in fight of the division. But the-irr
t. menfe didance which they lay from ttu
f- prevented me from feeing theiVi, an
3, even from hearing the report of th
id cannon which the Concorde is said t
o have fired asa tignal to tack about,wliic
(he did at ten o'clock, without being a:
i-T fured, whether I continued the.chace 0
;t not, without dilpatching any vessel t
ie infoim me, to give up the. chscc,or t
ie second ir.e, if I fiiouid engage ; whic
ii would have been the calc, had I com
n- up to the eiieiny. Ail these faCts ar
k detailed in the verbal proceis, ligned b
is all the crew, which I handed you 1113
f. felf, when I went to inform you of 3
11 the in dances of disagreeable treatmei
n- which I experienced. But to drew the
ie contempt in tl.e molt driking manne
ie lorn; days iftery. upon vcy fepaiatin
from ihe division in a fog, and rejoining
it at the end of twenty-four hours, when
I saluted the commandant with three
cheers of yivt la republique t—no answer
was returned^
Hitherto I had fuffered every thing,
and pasTed over every thing in fileuce ;
hecfeufe having nothing before my eyes
but my toirctfty* I saw nothing but the
necefiity of fervfng it. Sacrificing the
man to the citizen," I discharged my
duty, in apportion to every outrage
which was paiTed upon me. But when
I clearly law that the hatred they bote
,me Would-extend to allthofc that were
with me j and that to accomphfh my
luin they would not hesitate to facrifice
a vessel with twq hundred and twenty
brave citiz-ns of the Republic; when £
saw renewed with refpett to myfelf, the
dreadful fyftcrrr of jealousy, which unde*
; the ancient establishment, has so often
proved fatal to. the. National flag, I
! thought my post no longer tenable; I
| thought, that, in order to save those
j brave companions who . had for three
years ferve'd along with me our common
country.—ln oidi-r to save .the vefTH
which I Jfiad the honor to command, it
was' my duty immediately to give in
my refignntion, a copy of which, toge
ther, with a juftificatory memorial, I
piopofe to address to the National Con
vention.,
Such, citizen Minister, are the mo
f tives 'which have directed my conduft
lam going to fubmrt them,to the examin
ationof the representatives of mycountry
of that country, which shall ever be dear
to me; they arejuft, they konw my
fervicrs. And you, citizen Minister,
who have had ah opportunity of know
ing more circunulantially the line of con
duit 1 haie pursued m this eountry, and
j have been pkafed ,to approve of it;
j You, who are a witness of the esteem,
i in which I am held by the patriots of
j America, will, I doubt not, give .your
telHmony in fuppoit of truth, for the
! information of those who are to be my
judges. This is, partly, the objecil of
] my ,present letter, to which 1 (hall add.
! that of preserving the esteem to which
! hitherto you have thought me entitled,
i As it is necetfary foi: me to vindicate
my conduct to the people of France a»
well as of America, I beg you will not
i take it amiss, that I give to. this letter
i the publicity which my preset circutn
| ftancea require. Your Fellow Citizen
BAR-RE.
PHILADELPHIA ~.
The Thetis frigate we hear has failed
■ fiom New-York ; and it is supposed
a that the (hips which were lately within
j the Capes.of Delaware are arrived off
s Sandy Hook—a number of large veffeli
r having made their appearance tlieie.
Ilt is reported that accounts have been
received in town to the following pur
< port, viz. that information having been
i given to the Governor of Virginia, that
t a large privateer had been equipped a-.'d
j- ■ was to fail from a port in that state ; he
• sent the marshal to dismantle her—that
.. j the crew took the marshal prisoner—»
| that a party of militia was then ordered
j■. oht, who refufed to march-—that the
i Governor then sent to Richmond for a
I t paity of volunteers, who had marched
J ; —the result is not related.—lf there is
any truth in this rumor, wc (hall proba-
Ibly hear further by to-morrow's post.
We do not learn that any thing fur
£ | ther from Pittsburgh has transpired.
h S From the CentinJ, erf the injlnnh
j We hear from Cambridge that fifty
j Students were admitted into the univer*
! fitv lad week—there are .no-tv the fame
| number in the class admitted the lalt
, year, so that one hundred and sixteen
i j. belong 'to the two lower classes—there
r are eighty in the two upper classes.
On Thursday lafl the following me-
lancholy circtimftance took place in this
' city* A dii'pufe having aiole between
' two men, which brought them to blows,
one of them received a (troke from his
antagonist, which put an immediate end
ie to his exigence. The futvivor was im
mediately taken into custody It is to
be hoped this, accident will serve as a
c caution to others, not to let their pas
sions rife so high aS to terminate in fucli
fatal confequencts.
le
A C GKRFI PONDTNT*
I.et not the wotld be any longer de
ceived by pretenders ; there are jjeceiv
' ejs in eveiy profplTipn ;in none more,
j than in the sacred -nne of patiiotifm—J
how often have the liberties of a people
been facrificed to thi.fe who.were for a
( time the idolaters popularity ?—" By
i their it>orhs ye shall know them" • —
_ raf-tr ■profefTiohs oilght never to secure
*jj public confidence-—it they do—the time
will tome when thfit Jewel which the
people of this cftuntry fought and con
' quered to obtain, Freedom of opinion,
' shall constitute the grcateit crime that
can be coiaiuilisiJ.-