MINATION of EVERT SHAL-. LOP approaching thai wharves, as it | to be much dreaded that a market will ke fought for the above article, by ANY CONVEYANCE that may be least fufpecied. We think it a duty we owe to hu itfanirv — to 'he tender and affectionate . of jociety, thus to ALARM OUR \veIOHI3OURS OF THE AP-' Coaching pestilence ; if it turns out contrary, we will not feel ourVlici blame-able, by routing the at tention of THE PEOPLE to their \ otvn welfare and happiness. ADAMS & EMYTH. ! Yeftcrday, irrived in this harbour,the , brig Isabella and Ann, Wm. Hampton ; Matter, 16 days from St Kitts and St ' Eultatiuaf by whom we arc informed, that on the 2d of July last, the British army under the command ot Gen.Symes ; made a tierce attack oil tile French { Republican troops at Point a Petre, ha- < ring ptevioufly demanded a surrender of the fort and Batteries;affuring them that in cafe of refiftancc they (hould not re ceive any quarter, but that every (uul Ihoiild be put to the bayonet. The brave San* Culottes, regardless of Britith threats, returned for answer, They wilh ed to meet them—that their motto im pelled on their hearts and their colors was, Conquer or Die : that their stan dard would be relinquilhed but with their lives, therefore would not accept of nor give, quat-ter. Whereupon a cduncil was called, which determined, that all the volun teer* from tile different colonies, and even the officers and seamen from the fleet {hould be collected, to participate in the expe&ed glory of the day ; and that every man (hould unferew the flint from his rtiufquet, and depend entirely on the bayonet. In the mean time the French wera not idle ; they had funk a mine, that extended under the onty pallage by which the enemy could ap proach, and appearing in a large body under cover of their guns, the Van guard of the Bririfh, consisting chiefly of the 6th regt. and all the picked men, valiantly approached them under a Hea dy chaige; but the French appearing panic-rtruck, mltde a feint retreat, by Which the entirt column of the Britilh waafo far on the fatal spot, as, on a signal giveti, to be totally dellroy edi—being precipitated into the air, like as many wild geese—legs, arms, . and beads flyihg in every direction ; not a foul of 800 men and 28 officers escap ed , the tecnaindcr wet-e drov« off the island, to their flipping, and the French are now in complete poffeflion of Grand Tcrre. The French women I were undet arfhs during the atttack, and stood their giound with firmnefs. It is further said, that Gen. Symes is under arn.lt on board the Boyne, for some alledged mifcondudt—that Sir John Jervis and Charles Grey are likely to iofe all the credit which they gained at Martinique—that bufiuefsis almost at a stand in the Windward lflands, and it is that if the Britilh do not recerv* large reinforcements from Eu rope, the French will retake all their polfefiions in the couvfe of the hurri can* season—that Arnold had arrived at Poitit-a-Petre, but a (hort time before the French, and was there captured with the reft; but, mistaking his per son, had put Mr. Anthony Sommerfa'lj of St. Kitts in irons, who, it is fuppof cd, can never survive the ill tvatment, if not already dead ; that Arnold fecret cd himfelf until the day of aft ion, when he made his escape on a plank acrofsthe river Sal, to the Britilh, where he is now a volunteer without any command —and that, on the 12th/July last, the Resource, an English frigate, had ar rived off Euftatius, from Windward, and confirmed the Duke of York's de feat—alfo gave an account of a severe engagement having happened between the English and French fleets, about the end of May last. PHILADELPHIA, August 4. Says a Correspondent. Those who propose an alteration in the fyltem of taxation for this country, by changing indireS for direS taxes, do not appear to canfider the consequences of - *heir plan. In thpfe dates where im ■Wdiate taxation has been adopted such has been the remiflhefs of the people, efpccially in the interior parts of the country, that nearly one half has been levitd by executions—the number of officers employed in the collection is aW)ft innumerable—the receipts al ways deficient—and the expences of collection in one of the eaftein states has been estimated by a petfon well qua lified to judge at not much less than 50 per cent. Indirect taxes in this coun try are principally confined to articles of I luxury—as such are paid voluntarily— j direS taxes admit of no option—direct taxes be collected to a large amount, unless they are aflefled by the poor—for it is absurd to luppofe the rich will voluntarily incur the whole ex pence of supporting Government. Direit Taxatiou therefore is nothing (hort of creating an opposition between two clafles of citizens who cannot long exist separate and independent of each other. Copy of a Letter from an American Cap tain to his friend in this city. Dated Cape Nichvla Mule, 'July gih 17 94. "I arrived at Fort Dauphin June 28th but found nothing there, but iick nefs and death, no sales for any thing, and at this place, things are very little better} we are going to fee to morrow, the only place we have any profpeft of doing any thing at, and for my part I think prolpefts are bad v Beef at this place, 5 Dollars, Pork 9 And Flour 7 dollars per barrel. I remain, tic." ExtraS of a letter, from Point Petre, Guadeloupe, d ted the 2d of July, re ceived at IVilmington. " The Britilh ar.KVy, commanded by Geo. Symes, made an attack on the French; the British force was great, having volunteers from all the British islands, with 300 men from and all the seamen and offices of the fleet. " The action was very severe, ocea fioned by many lerious rencounters some time before, and the French were well prepared for the attack ; they made a feirit, and retreated, by which means they drew the Britilh on a mine which they had sprung, and blew the flower of the Britilh army in the air. The sixth regiment, to a man, was destroyed. " What remained of the Britilh ar my, retreated in great disorder, aban doning Grandterre, and left it in full pofTemon of the French. " The loss of the British U comput ed at 800 men» and 28 officers." Extra 3 of a letter from a gentleman in St. Kitts, dated Jth July, to his cor respondent in this city. " It is with great latisfa&ibn we find that England tviil probably make com pensation to America fell the property illegally captured and condentned and that in consequence, a good underltand ing is likely to fubfiit between the two countries." ExtraS of d letter from it. Euflatius, dated July 15. " Vast sums of money mull be loft in the late flour shipments, as no French produce can be procured at present, to make up the loffei on return biit I hope it will not be long so. The French have defeated the British at Point Petre, Guadalotlpe—Boo men» with 24 officers fell in thi firft attack. Grand terre is entirely abandoned by the Bri tilh* and I expect they will soon leave the island totally. " The Sans Culottes have given the horrors to all the aristocrats in the Weft- Indies, even here they are afraid of i being attacked before the hurricane months are over, which makes the mer chants more cautious in their speculati ons oh flour than heretofore." EXTRACT. It has been remarked, that if the al lies continue the war againlt France, it is not unnatural to apprehend that (he may become the scourge of every na tion : driven to make exertions which cannot fail to ensure victory—'her sons born as it were on the held of battle— trained to arms from their cradles—the toils of war their chief delight—a na tion of soldiers—they will easily be led from a just defence to unjust conquest, and, like ancient Rome, swallowing up the nations atound her, become a fecorid Mitlrefs of the World. Carter and Wilkinfon of Providence R. Island, have Publilhed, Price 3f in Boards, or 4/2 in neat Binding. An Apolegy for Cliriftianity. In a Series of Letters, addrefled to Edward Gib bon, Efq ; Author of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Being a necessary and in ftrudtive Appendix thereto. By R. Watson, D. D. F. R. S. Lord Bilhop of .Landafr, and Regius Profeffor of Divinity in the Univenity of Cam bridge. Of this work Mr. Gibbon himfelf fays, " When Dr. Watson gave to the pub lic his Apology for Chriftianitv, in a ierits of Letters, he addrefled them to the Au thor of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with ajuft Confidence, that he had considered this impc riant Objeift in a manrer not vm\ro-thy of his Antagonist. or himfelf. J_)r. W'a,lull's mode of think ing bears a liberal arid philological Cast • his thoughts are expreifed with spirit, and t-'-ir is -.vj tempered by po liteness and moderation. Such isthe man whom I fhoujd be happy to call my friend, and whom I ftiould not blufn to call my Antagonist. But the fame motives which tempt me to accept, or even to solicit a private and amiable conference, dissuaded ine from entering intoa conrroverfy with a Writer of so relpedtable a character ; and I embraced the earlielt opportunity of ex prefling to Dr Wat fort himfelf, how frn cerely I agreed with him in thinking, that " as, the World is how poffoffed of the O •' pinion of us both on the fubjedt in quef " tion, it may be, perhaps, as proper for " us both to leave it in this ilate." * *' Gibbon's Vindication of some Pas' figei againlt several Opponents. Relative to the Hides mentioned in the Wilmington Paper, the Gentral adver ttfer of this m ruing fays, Having learnt that some hides arrived by that vessel, had been actually landed here, we made some enquiries into the state of the facts, and find : that the captain absolutely denies losing any hands, ever since his departure from New Orleans; that two had died it is true, one upwards of a year since, the other near two months before he left Neyv-Orle.ins, We also find that the hides.l<»nded here, were fold immediate ly at a good price, which they could not have commanded if they had been in the least injured. These, however, have been ordered to be re-ihipped and lent back to Wilmington. From this it appears, that but little ciufe of alarm exists, the occurrence however, should serve as a caution. Either the state of Delaware for her own fafety, and that of her neighbors ftiould not admit immediately vessels from sickly quarters, or precaution should be used in our intercourse with Delaware. It is to little purpose, that j we attend ftridly to the health of our city, by obliging vessels from places where contagious difordcrs do or are supposed to prevail to ride quarantine, if those vessels can run into Wilmington, and thence fend us immediately what otherwise would not have been here ad mitted. In the cafe above stated it is but just to add, that the Lark was not carried into Wilmington to avoid our quaran tine, but that the vessel, and chief of the cargo is owned in the city. New- Orleans, it is true, was sickly when the Lark failed. The Empress of Russia has offered the Jews, that if they mil colled fur her 30 millions of pounds, (lie will gua rantee the holy land to them, where they might build their temple, agreea bly to their expectation grounded on the Bth chapter of Zacharialu Con. Paper. By this Day's Mail. SALEM, July 39. We have a report in town, that a vessel has arrived at Wifcaliet from England, bringing an account of an INSURREC TION in London, of a valt body of peo ple, and that the military had been unfuc cefsful in attempting to l'upprefs it. A Ihort time will determine whether the ac count deserves any credit. PROVIDENCE, July 26. On Tuesday arrived the sloop De light, Capt. Homes, from Philadelphia. She failed from the Capes of Delaware with the fleet which was lately dispersed by two British ships of the line, and some frigates. CONCORD, (N.H.) July 24. Melancholy Atcident. On Saturday last, at Swett's Ferry, a few miles below Haverhill, in Maffa chufettr, 8 persons were drowned by the upsetting of a pleasure boat, occa sioned by a sudden squall of wind. There were only 9 or 10 persons in the boat confiding of men, women and children. HANOVER, (N. H.) July 28. The Public are assured by a gentle man of credibility, direst from Canada, that Gov. Simcoe's frightful invasion was by no means hojlile, but with the most kind and benevolent views imagi-. nable ; viz. to build us a Corn-Mi. i!■ ! ! How noble and generous in his Ex cellency to stoop to so fervite an office ; merely to oblige U9—becaaf- he has no use foi tueii an injlrumer.t, at home. A Wit begs leave to enquire, whe ther fait!. mill is to go f>y writer only, or like the Dukt of Yd'rk, by land znd ivaltr both ! From the Netv-Torh Diary. Messrs. Printers, , 1 find an opinion prevailing in this ' city, tiut there i; au A urretiion in-Ca nada.—This is not true : though you may reft affuredthat the majority of thi people in Lower Canada are much dil /atijfied with the prefer it government, and if the opinion of a good politics connoisseur of that country' is to be cre dited, many of the inhabitants have 'go; affe&ed with the French Mania, but it is hoped by some, and though doubtci by a great many, that the two following clauses of an act of their legislature, pa! Ted 3 ift May, 1794, will totally era dii-ate every symptom of that Anti-Roy al difoider. VERAX. Persons who hold seditious discourses, utter treasonable words, maliciouflv spread False News, publish ,or ilftribute libellous or Seditious papers, written or printed, or in any manner disturb the peace and happiness enjoyed under his Majesty's government in the pro vince, may be fei2ed and detained by any Captain of militia, Sheriff, Consta ble or Peace Officer, and by warrant of any justice of the peace be committed to any jail of the diftiidt, there to be de tained, until b.ailed by the Chief Justice of the province, or one or more judges of the Courts of King's Bench, or two or more justices of Oyer and Terminer, or by warrant under the hand and seal of the Governor or Lieut. Governor directed to any Justice of the Peace. All persons charged as aforefaid, may be tried in any of the courts of King's Bench, or Oyer and Terminer and Jail delivery, of the diftrift, wherein his or her offence was committed ; and for the firft offence he punished by such fine and :mprifonment, and find such fecurityfor good behavior, as the court (hall ad judge ; and for the second offence may he transported for such period of time, as the court shall adjudge. From the EAGLE, From the (hop of Messrs. Colon and Spondee. Mejru Colon ar spondee Regret that their ignorancc of tire "Jacobin style forbids them to forward, " by some citizen vessel, a card to citizen , Robespierre, on the fubje£t of his late [ decree and report on the institution of • national feftivals. Could they write the j language of Danton and Marat, they ] would expfefs their surprise, that Ro-' befpierre ftiOuld so far depart from the principles and practice ofhb predeces sors, as to acknowlege that, " Succor ing the unfortunate, refpedting the < weakness of men, defending the op- ' pieffed, doing good to all, and injuring none," were the new duties of French- : men. After firft begging the pardon of all France, for such an imfafhionable mode of thinking, Messrs. Colon and Spondee are decidedly of opinion that it was, on the whole, a little unlucky j that this decree was not " unanimous ly" passed before the toth of August, ■ and the id of September ; before it was 1 the mode, at Paris, for pikes to be li- j terally headed, and for men, instead of lamps, to be dangling from the Lan ier ne. If citizen Robespierre had, perad venture, proposed this decree at an ear lier period, certain " weak and oppres sed" individuals, known, among French men, by the familiar and endearing names of Louis Capet, Arrtonietta, and Elizabeth, might possibly have worn foft inuflin round their necks, ra ther than the coarse cravats of the guil lotine. The royal infant 6, if that pro fane phrase may be permitted and par doned by the Convention, might have been at some of the municipality schools conning over the speeches of Santerre and Marat, to perfect them in their na tive language, and t« instil into their tender minds the firft principles of mer» cy. They might have walked and play ed in the Thuilleries, rather than have wept and groaned at the Temple ; even Robespierre himfelf rtiigjrt have read and expounded the constitution of 1789, to Monfreur the Dauphin 5 modified monarchy might have been the govern ment of France, and some two or three thousand of saucy Swiss, who had the loyal audacity to fight for their sove reign, might now guard his palace, in j stead of staining it with their blood, for lack tf a decree. But Messrs. Colon and Spondee, can not help entertaining themoft flattering presages of the future clemency of the ; relenting Robespierre. They already behold the Sans Culottes of the fttburbs of St. Antoide, the fifhwomen of the | Seine, t-he fingers of ca ira, the pike men of Paris, and the deputies to the Convention, guided by the miid beam: if this new star in the east, boldly ex ploring their way through the new and untried paths of mercy. Fired by the fight, Messrs. Colon and Spondee feel J t'ne enthusiastic fit approaching ; they can no longer smother their sensations, rand tbey shout aloud huzza!— Counte- Revolut ion in France ! ! Wing extir pated, or expatriated all the royal fV- Tiily ; having wrenclied ribbons from he knees,and (tars- from the left bread*, •f nobility ; having crowded the cler gy out of their pulpits, *nd coined heir ch.firch bells to pay the funeral iarges of Christianity ; having fuffo ued all die patriotism and three-fourths if the eloquence of the kingdom, with ae faihe cord*, which bound Briflot, Vergniaud, and L.a Source ) having lone all this, and move, the sovereignty of the people now determines, in the Tpirit of Shakefpeare'g Richard, that—• " Grim vifaged War flia.ll fmpoth hi* wrinkled front, "And Hern alarums change to merry meetings." • For Robespierre has decreed, that bloody pikes become olive branches,that the Jacobin Club dfir.dle into a knot of merry fellows, and the acute guillotine be transformed to stickling feather. c. Copy of Mr. Hafiings** VERSES ' to John Shore Esq. Imitated from Horace, lid Book, Otiurn JJi-voj rogat. FOR ease the harrafs'd fear a ; prays, When* eqtlinoiStial temped rajie The* Cape's furrouniiing waves ; When hanging o'er the reel he hears The crackulg ttiift, and fees or fears Beneath his Eatery grave. .For ease the ftarv'd J Maratta spoils And hardier f ik erratic tolls, And both their eal'e forego : Fbr ease, which neither gold can buy, Nor robes, nor gems, which oft belie The cover'd heart, bellow. Fbr neither wealth, nor toil 3 join'd, Can heal the foul or fuffririg mind. Lo 1 where their owner lies ! Perch'd on his couch diltemper breathes, And ckre like fmbke, in turbid wreathes, Round the gay ceiling flies. He who enjoys (nor covets more) The lands his iather owu'd before, Is cfjtruc bliss poflefs'd i Let bit his mind unfetter'd tread Far as the path of knowledge lead; And wife as well as blell; No fears his peace hia. Apply to Nicholas Diehl, jun. Attorney at Law. No. 10, south Fourth Jlreet. Aua- 4 rnw&ftf