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    dew of the Hall to the " valley of Hutrii
, iiartgn" .tfie ltriet.
'prififcafis of a (plinter-from one of
the Balfile' doors torn off and applied
by Dr Jarvis, the dislocated limb can be
again made whole and " Mr W. Dag
get" experts, in dead of his own demoli
tion, to l ave another pluck at - the
" dungeons of tyranny" & every future
10th of July,to" demolish" the Baftile.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK* August 5.
Captain Pierce, of the brig Hawke,
arrived here ye(leid:.y,from L'Orient,
has favored us with'the following par
ticulars :—•
May 15,1794, failed frqm.L'Orient,
bound to Crofiic.
June I, failed from Crofic; four
days after fell in with the French fri
gate Altona, mounting 28 twelve
pounders, and 12 lilies ;at half pu.lt
4P. M, the frigate's boat came on
board, and ordered me wi{h my papers
and three passengers, which I hatKon
board, into the boat, which I. immetli*.
ately complied with, they baling' a
guard on board my vessel. While on
board the frigate, a French 74 hove in
sight, having in tow a (hip of 120 gups,
with all her mails, spars and rigging
cut clear from the deck. The captain
of the frigate Went on board the 74,
and was informed by her captain, that
on Sunday, the firft of June, the French
and Bi itifh fleets, each confiding of.ncar
40 fail of the line came to aClion at two
o'clock, P.M. in lat.,4s, N. long
-11, 13, W. which continued till fcvrn
P. M. when both fleets Iheered off:
on the 2d June, at 8, A. M. both fleets
again came to action, which was fought
with great desperation for five hours,
when both fleets separated a fecon.d
time, not a (hip having t. •.en on
either fide ; but many crippledthe a
bove mentioned (hip of 120 guns being
y< one of the number ; having befkU'S loft
"> .500 men killed and wounded,,igcludjng.
• the commander and aimoft all;hen affi--
eers, so that the Captain of the frigate
,»nd one of iris lieutenants, was ordered
by the commander of the 74 to take
• tommand of her, and a (Tilt in getting
into port. . 1
Capt. Pierce, while on board (he
Trench frigate Altona, saw and con
"erfed with Capt. Smith of the BrUsflv
Hitter Alert, who Imd been taken a few
. toys before, on his passage from Ply
iTioilth-to Halifax, being fix days otrt of
iiort. <
Capt. Pierce, left the following A
bericao vefftrh at L'Ctierrr . —
Ship Eliza, of Boston, Barnard,
natter, from Charleftoil in 30 days.
Snow Mary, of ditto,Tilden, matter.
Brig Maria, of New-York, Stephen
fc>n, matter.
The schooner Roebuck, of Boston,
Jimes Kingfman, matter, bound to
Eilboa, with fi(h, taken by a French
and sent into L'Orient.
July 1 ft. lat 42, 46. long, 59. 45.
fpotiethe (hip Eliza, A Smith, master,
OJ t from Boston 5 days bound to Rot
tirdam.
Another Account.
Yetterday arrived here,-after a paflage
°f 64 days from L'Orient, the brig
Hawke, Capt. Pierce, of Boston.
On the 4th of June, in lat. 46, 4N.
lor g. 7, 4, was boarded by a French
frigate, which had in.tow 2 other ves
sels of war, one of therf) mounting 130
guns, all of which had been in the grand
engagement which, a few -days before,
bad been fought between Lord Howe
and the French fleet. The- 130 gUn
ship had been dismasted, '.and out of
1500 men whom (he had on board, 500
were killed by the Englilh, they having,
for a'long time, withstood the fire of
Several Errglifh (hips of war, who were
deterred from boarding the French, it
isJaid, on account of the great numb«r
•of men.
Captain Pierce, with two French
passengers, coming to America in the
Hawke, were taken on board one of the
vessels which they had in tow, they
leaving t wo men on board of the Hawke
till they fhouW return. The Captain
was sent back, with orders to deliver
the property that belonged tgjthe pas
sengers, as they intended to carry them
back to France, who, it seems, had left
ttair -.country under the protection of
illegal passes.
Captain Pierce, while on board the
trench vessel, saw one English and tw»
Dutch Captains, all of whom had been
taken previous to the engagement, with
the vefTels under their command.
As to the final decision of this much
ked-of engagement, no accounts have
vet transpired to enable us to be fatis
*actary 011 this head. By this arrival
we have-no accounts of the capture of
* tt j vt^c ' s ou eithei fide; but the roost
probable supposition is, that one or the
i other, or both, mirlt have! experienced
a loss, either from capture or vessels
funk—for, all the accounts agree, that
the cofitelt was lengthy, fevers and
bloody.
The last port from which Captain
Pierce failed, was Crofic, about 20
leagues from L'Orient ; at which place
it was reported, that the fleet from the
Chefapeak had arrived at Brelt, though
it could not tie depended on.
Captain Moulton, of the brig Mary,
who arrived at Newburyport a few days
ago from Oftend, 011 the 2d of June, in
lat. 48, 7, saw a fleet of t 7 fail, Handing
to the eattward, with 4- of the fleet in
tow, dilmaftrd. . Six hours after, saw
32 fail, (landing wctt, supposed to be
the French fleet frorrt the Chefapeak,
and, the Englith fleet which failed in
pursuit of them.
From the above) no doubt can be en*
tertained, but that the engagement was
previous to the'2d of J una.''
NEWBEDFORD, July 14.
Arrived at Nantucket/ (hip Swainj
from Brazil—'Ship Minei va, Mytic, dp.
Schooner Betsey, from Surinam.
Lat. 26, long. 63, spoke (hip Ame
• rica, Edward "ice/ IJ days from
Philadelphia, bound to Cape. Francois.
A:
BOSTON) Airguft' i(
THE FIRE.
Oil Wedncfday morning, about four
o'clock, the melancholy cry -of tire grat
ed on the ears of our citizens. They im
mediately aflemblcd to (top, if polTible,
the ravages of the deftruitire element.
The fire cattgkt in the rope-walk of Mr.
Howe, by an accident in heating' some
tar, and : before the inhabitants' could'be
alarmed and afl'ernble.d, it had gained so
great a head as to render abortive all at
tempts to fecilre from the flames, any
of thole elegant and valuable ruptf-wWks,
which formed 1 row from Milk-'itreet,
to the we(t .part of Fort-Hill, their at
tention, therefore, was turned to the
prefervatipij of the dwelling h»ufes,
which, from the inter*!* beat arising
from the burning tar and hemp, were
taking (ire in every direction, at the
distance of fovtral rods. In the c<Jm
mencement of the fire, there was very
little wind from any point, but in a few
moments it came on to blow -very fre(h
from the north, l and so continued till
the flames were flopped by their arrival
at the water fide.
By this accident, many citizens, who
by many years laborious industry had
I acquired a little property —in one in
ilant, " in the twinkling of an eye,"
are reduced to poverty. But it is be
yond a douht, that the outstretched
hapd of liberality from every individual
will in part indemnify them ; but this
part can be but small. No aflual cal
culation has been made ; but aimoft e
very opinion is, that the loss of proper
ty by this fire is far. superior to the loft
by the fire at the south end.
It is with pleasure we acknowledge
the exertions of our brethren from the
country, which on this, as on many
former occafioti*> were Unremitted and
highly serviceable. These circumstances
will still fatter bind the bonds of friend
(hip, and do aWav ridiculous local pre
judices. From the town# of Cambridge,
Charleftown, Wafliington, Brooklyn,
Milton, and Roxbury, engines were
Tent.
The folio-wing are am other: tuhofe
lojj'es are left cnnjiderahle.
Mr. Howe's tope-walk, where the
fire began.
Mr. Jeffrey Richardson's rope-walk,
3 dwelling houses, and a large brick
(lore.
Mr. Emmon's rope-walk anddwelling
hotlfe.
Mr. Codman's rope-walk and (lore.
Mr. Mc.Neil's rope-walk and dwel
ling house.
Mr. Davis's rope-walk »and a large
brick dwelling house.
Mr. Torry's rope-walk.
Houses in Green't Lane.
Mr, Appleton's large dwelling house,
in which Was kept the loan-office—'barns
&C.
Mr. Lamb's dwelling house.
Mr. Mc.Lanes dwelling house.
Mr. James Thwing's new dwelling
house.
A small house t>f Mr, Clement'sj
Mr. Wheelwrights dwelling house.
Another dwelling house adjacent.
Mr. Daniel Sargent's dwelling
house.
Mr. Brewer's duelling house, barns,
&c<
Capt. Cowell's dwelling house, and
adjacent houses.
Mr. Hearfey's two small dwelling
a tow of fitoall buildings.
Bcfides which, in the other streets,
there were
Several dwelling houses, occupied by
Col. Winilow, and others.
Mr. George Bl.mchard's dwelling
houfc, barn, carts, trucks, &c.
Mr. White's small houi'c and gardens,
owned by Col. Dawes.
A large dwelling lioufe of the widow
Grey's occupied by Mr. James Per--
kins.
Me. Russell's large store, and a num
ber of [lores on the wharf.
Mr. Dillaway's dwelling house, (said
to be fold to Mr. Samuel Bangs a few
days before) and a large quantity of
'■imber.
A number of stores on TileftonV
wharf.
All the stores and buildings on Col.
Dawes':; wharf, chiefly improved by
Capt. Nehemiah Somes—and a Carpen
ter's (hop on said wharf, improved by
Mv. Oliver wifwall. Mr. Dawes'? loss
was near 12001.
Capt. Somes's store.
Mr. Solomon Cotton and Son's dwel
ling house, (hop, &£.
Beiidcs the above, a large jiumber of
small dwelling houses, barns, (lores,
Sec. &c. Indeed, almost the whole;(lock
of hemp, cordage, tar, &c. in the rope
walks, were entirely confuted.
It is imppffihle to ascertain the loss og-'
cifioned -by the late fire with aicctiracy, but
it is generally iuppoled to bo not much
(hort of itio,oool.
The fufferers, as far as their hames can
be fud-Jenly collected art, ,• -
Mi 1 . Thoma? Lamb, NMhaniel Apple
ton, Esq. Mr. John McLnne, Mr. Janles'
Thwing, Mr. Benjamin ''/upper, Mr. Jo
feph Baker, Mr. Jbij Wheelwright, Mr.
Bttljamin Gray, Mrf.SV-ih McNeil, Mr.
Freeman, Daniel Esq. Mr.
Jeffry Richardson, Jt.hn Codman, Esq.
/I homas Davis, Esq. Mr, Isaac Davis, Mr.
iuWdhl Howe, Mrs . Emmons,Mr. Nath..
Torrey, Mr. WilliaAi McNeil and foil,
Mrs. Quincey, Mrs. Rand, Colonel Win!'
low, Capt. Well, Capt. Coweli, Capt.
Rich, Mr. Wm. White, jun. Mr. White,
gardener, Mrs. Low, Mr. Levi Heirfey,
fames Perkins, f.fq. Mr. Wm. Clouilon,
Mrt Samuel-Abtjot, Mr. Thoiwls Br»wer,
: M;-. Joha Sturj/es, Mrs. Scott,'Mf. John
Reid, Hon. T'homis, RulTel, Esq. Capt:
Nehemiah Somes, MclTrs. Porter ik Tile
fton, Mr. S.Jmuel Dillawiv, Mr. Samuel ■
Bangs, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Tate. Mr. Ne -
riasiownfeivd, Mrs. Bernard, Mr.Oebrge
Geyer, MVS. Go(ley, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Uriel LyorJ, Mr. Joseph Whlttemort, Mr.
George'Bl anchard.
The Si'.LECTAIEM of BOSTON f
Inbeljalf of their fellowcitlsens, hav
ing a molt lively .fepfe of tlie Very time
ly and efficient aid afforded them ,by
their brethren of.the fevetai towns in
the vicinity with their Fire Eiiginfcs and
their peffoual services, at the diftrefllng
fire ofyefterday moruing, request the'm
to aCKffpt. tlieic not ackrtfrrr
leJgnjent of. the farne, and assure them
that Ijhch benevolent, and luirhane exer
tions ; \vill alivnys excite the most grateful
fenfayions. (
Tjietowns from which Engines were:
brought to the fire, 1 were Cain}>tidge,
Charleflon, Roxbury, Miltoti, Biouk
lyne and WatertoWn, and the ibhabi
tants from other towns though not with
Engines, were active in their exertions
on the occalion.
EXrcuTiONS.
On Wednesday, agreeable to their ferV
tence at the lad Cireliit Court, f.ir thii
Diftriifl, Collins, Fertidi, and Polefkf
convidled of Piracy, Were hanged. The
procefTion, eonfiftiiig of the Marihaß,
Gen. Brook:, the Deputy Marshall Col.
Bradford, the Constables, and Prisoners,
moved from the Gaol, at half part three
o'clock ittetlded by a large crowd wf spec
tators brought together to witness a scene
which thank God, yet retains i degree' of
novelty 111 'his country. The Prisoners,
being Roman Catholics, were attended by
a Priefl of their persuasion who admihller
ed spiritual comfort to their minds from
the precepts of their religioii. They pifled
the ". Valley of the Shadow of Death,"
with considerable calmness. Their Execu
tion took place between four and five
0 clock.
From the New-York Diary*
Intelligence ExT*AORDiNA(tt.
Messrs. Printers,
I wish you to print, as early this day
as poifible. Or the Tontine Whigs will
have the French fleet in as many posi
tions as Don Peter Chres used to put
his tumblers.
About half after nine this morning,
the Britilh had taken and funk nine fail
of the French—at ten they had fifteen
—at eleven there were thirteen fail of
the Spanish fleet came Unawares on the
Chesapeake provision-ships; one of the
Spamfh Captains, by a wonderful piece
of mgertuity, peculiar to that nation
only, loaded vttth a crow-bar, which he
carefully managed in this manner, viz.
the bar had an eye punched through it
like a needle, through whieh went a
four-inch cable, he got the French in 4
range, and fired through them from •>Jlem
to flern ; at the fir(l discharge he had
eleven (hips on his cable strung like pi
geons !—lt is true, MeflVs. Printers;
print it directly, or I will swear it was
ferenteen.
Yesterday arrived at .Sandy-Hook
the British Ihip Africa, Capt. Holmes
of 64 £uns, and the' frigate Thi(be r
Capt 1 Hardy, from a cruiie.
Wajhingtom July jO» 1794.
Mr. Fenno,
Sir,
Having difcbarged our
Ml to the public, by informing tlum,
we had no connexion, and would
have none With the Lottery No; 1, now
.carrying 011' by Mr. Blodget j and hav
iitg dated our intercourse with him on
that fubjeft, we difdstin ehtering into
any further Controvetfy with him.
ThroOgh you, we defirc the public
'to he informed, that by referring to our
ietter-jboi.ky ; We find that tl.e letter he
quotes, is : dated, the 6th of January,
1795, instead of . IJ94 —though it may
probrihly be an error of the prefj, it is
not "Jmpofpble, but it has been dorte
with the. deftgn of Conveyiilg to ! the
i public, the idea, that he Hood "high in
our. confidence at this late period. He
has referred 11S to his friend Col. Dea
kins ; the fullow'jng letter froth Colonel
Deakins, fully proves, the idea he
entertains of the connexion between
them.- '■
We.are, Sir,
Your most obliged fcrvartts.
r>..STUART, r b
D. CARROLL,) C « mmiffi «ners.
. ■ r
fktfoihwing is the letter from Cilonel
Deakins.
' George-Tetbn, July 28, 17941
GtNTLfc MEN,
t have-your .favor of this day, where
in you defile to know if 1 had the ma
nagemettt of die Hotel, and whether or
not I <vill idvance the decenary sums of
iTtoriey Uo -carry it on !—-In answer, 1
"do hot coniider the Hotel under thy care,
arid it 19..J10C in my power to make any
advaliceS for it, having no funds in my
hinds for thit purpose. Mr. Blodget
wrote .me by la(l Poll, rcquelling me to
make a . fhtail advance tti Mr. Hob'an,
to. carry pa the Hotel, till he tame
down, and as 1 have in other instances
advanced for .Mr. Blodget, he may have
expected it would be convenient for me
now to do it> •
I do not pay any prize tickets in the
Hofel Lottery (except thofc numbers,
which I actually foSdjj hSvirig the iheck
books on ly for fueh, thoffc you offer me
for payment, were,fold by Mr. Blodget j
and are payable, in Philadelphia,
I ani very refpeftfully
Gentlemen, your obtdiiht
servant,
WII.LIAM DEAklftS.jum
Melfo. Stuart £3" Carroll,
CmtmiJJianert Wq/binghM
miiM 11 -II ■.!■■■,, - ' Ll__
Captain Lb iff. Lit Having great part
ot her cargo on board, will fail in a
few days. Freight will be taken if ap
plied for immediately, for which as well
lis for pafTage, apply to
Andrews & Meredith^
At Willing's Wharf.
Aligilft & d
■ 1.,. \ IT- r u 1
Treaiufy Department
Revenue Office. Jlugujl fth. 1794.
PROPOSALS w ll be rtceived at the Of
fice ot'the Cornmifiioner of the Revenue,
NOl 43, lauth Third ftreerj for ftirniftilng
by contraA. Seven hundred *nd sixty ei^ht
COCKED HATS,
Fdr the corjts <>f Artilleries and Erigin
cers, to be n>\de a<»ree»bfy to A Pattern
wljl be lhewn as the Office a
forefaW, to any person dispOsed to ioinraft.
Au g eod2w
"juji Publijhedi
AtfD f6r sale by
Jactib Johnson 6c Co.
No. 147, A^arietflrettf
THE
American Revolution
Writtcrtin the style of ancient hiftorv,in
two vols, frice iof.
The lialian JV'Oo, tranftatfd fro m the
French l>f J. J, Rondeau, price <t/8
Mootr's Journal in Fhuice, in t<vo vol.
P ric P- *V L j-i
Fruits of So3fa4», In- rifliffrnns anri
I,la*ims, relating tO|the conduct pfHuman
Life, by WilliauiPenn,, Prire 4/2.
Senecca'r price 7/6.
Dodflsy's Efopsjfables, in German, with
cut:, price 4/8.
Aug 6 aodjw
From the Minerva.
The above was the direction of a fliort
piepein the evening paper ofthe ad instant
t>n the fubjtd of a,general anxiety for want
of News ; anj if a small difference of sent i
ment fliould not he disagreeable to be in
fertyd in that paper, :he pi eient writer has no
objeflton io offering the following remarks*
piece it is intimated (in * curiou*
manner )how much the papers are flighted
if aT.entim.htV or Eflay, or anExtraa axe
only to be found ; but for my part I am
of opiiybn (a/idl .hope the honorable sen
timent will soon be found generalJtfhat
thole f apei s will te most valuable which
may contain tflays tending- to promote the
laving of lives, the peace, of nations, and
consequently the general happinell of man
kind.
In the fame evening paper, I llkewifa
saw an extract from Phi ladt Iphia dated July
ai, which appears to me to be so coin
cident witli the foregoing sentiments that
I take the freedom to express my plcafure
on account of the plvafing intelligence it
contains ; and felicitate thpfe o.£ my coun
trymen to whom it can b£ agreeable to
hear, that " the Ministry has af
fuf jnces,jjthat if in the prtfeciition of the
war, they have been neceifitated tp in
fringe on the laws of iuitable fatif
fa<sHon (hall be given." I know nothing
6f the wKter of that letter, and of Course,
the remarks on this occasion were as un
expected to me as they could be to any
otAtf person, but from a eonfeioufnefj of
thfc good sense of my countrymen in g>-
fceral, I can have no doubt that such intel
ligence will claim a little of their attention,
4 id that the profpeils of a continuance of
be ate in this highly favored country, Vrill
b the joy of thouftnds and tens of tfiouf
ands\
I have n6 deli re to enlarge on the fti£>je<a!
of that letter, but I /hall just add that at
thiscountrjr has been rdma.kably prefer
red from such fcen'es of" diltrefsas have
aflli&ed other countries, I have an ard
ent tvifh, that we -may continue to be
protested from the calamities of war and,
that Americans may etijoy with grati
tude the blt llingg of peice, t»n fueh no
ble principles of reason and hufoanity it
i may characterize them a people among
the ttiott honorable of the earth.
AMICUS.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
ARRIVED,
Days,
Sch'f. Industry, Pinoti, Newbury
' Port 14
Sloop Venus, Jackfun, St. Kitts, 15
Mornirig Stai,' Wharton, Virg.
Arrived at Nt<tv-Yori.
■ Ship jenny, Ghauncf, Savannah
Brig Iphigenia, Cotiyer, Curaeeoa
| Hawfc,' Printc, L'Orieot
William, Dean, jeremie
Schrs Eliza, Webb, Norfolk
Ofle hundred dollars'
Reward.
WHEREAS there were delivered in the
Month of O&oMr lalt, from the Stores of
the Subt'crlbeis, Two Chetls and nine Half
Chests «f Bohea Tea, irtarked, numbered
and weighing; :u undei, to fume person or
i afrlbni With pi 4 tended orders from Mr,
Isaac CLA'SON of butW Mcti
1c cJid nit receive ; whoever ii}v e ; n .
AkliatUm so that adifcovery may be made :
who g«,t the said lea, receive the
above tewardnd it .s lequeffed that the
Dealer s in the Article will be Careful in
ert'amiljing the Marlti ai d Numbers of the
Chefb that have pafllo through their hands
(iilee tile period above-memionedr and
thedelned information.
New t Yoik, Jjt'y Jjift, 1704.
William aid James Conjiable.
Ship Wajhhigton.
C. q. lb. Tare
B (No. M 3316 60 I Whole
' ( 473 3* *4 64 ) Cbeits
W 1 177 I 3 it 39 •
B. *77 1 » 39
I *9» 13 7 4i
I »3 18 37 Half
t ai.7 13 7 4o Chests.
C *87 I 3?, 38
r 301 1 3 is 40
I 379 *3" 18 41
L 40< IJt4 39 J
•Aug. 6 dim
War Department,
. U 1794-
Information is hereby given
.to ail t,he,military Invalids of the Un ted
f States, Urat tbc fyms to wli ch they are en
titled foi the,iT annual penfiun, which will
b ecme dueon the fifth of September
1 794>' will pa'd on ihe said day, by the
Comm flionerso' Loans witbin the S'arei
refpeft'ively, undei the tiliial ffghlat orrs .
Appntationj of Executors pr Adininif
trators mnft be accoftrpavi ed with legal e
vidences of their tcfpeAive 6fßces, an &
a!ln of the trifle of the dtCeafe 01 luch in
valids pei'lTnns fhey may claim.
By cjrnmand of the President oljj<l» tf
mtedStates,
U. KNOIi,
" Secretary at War.
The Printrrs in, the fevifal Sjatej
are requeued to publ.filth abore in theif
new (pap. >s (or as l*« mont hs
Aug. b dint
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