Gazette of the United States. ivimie, »«C*M»lk »0. RETURN OF VOTES. for President and Vice President United States. £ C K? a •= e «g jb s I.) Jj.| >; c, tS kj £ New-Hampfttire, 5 Maffachufens, 16 j6 Rhode-Jflandj 4. 4 . . Connecticut, 9 9 Vtrm«nt, 4 4 New-York, 12 I 2 New-Jersey, 7 7 00 O o .Ptnni'ylvania, 7 7 8 ' 8 Delaware, 3 3 Maryland, 5 S 5 J Virginia, 2 ! 21 Kentucky, Tcnneffee, North-Carolina, 4 4 8 8 South-Carolina, 8 8 Georgia, Friday, 19th y Dcc- 1800 MR. WAYNE, Sir, THAT the public mind may not be milled by the different statements which have been published relpetting the capture of Curracoa, I request you tq insert, in your paper, the copy of a Detail, which I tranfmirt«d to the Se cretary of the Navy, on my arrival at this place. 1 have finee received letters from Cu racoa, which enable me to state, that the specie which was detained by Cap tain Watkins, has been restored to the American Consul, by order of Lord H. Seymour. AU American vcfiels that were in the harbour of Curacoa previous to the ca pitulation, has been compelled to pay " a faivage to the British. I am, Sir, Tour obcdr. fcrvaut, W. D. ROBINSON. COPT. ON the j»h of September the French force fct Curracoa commenced ofTenlive acts agaiiifl the Dut«h, and particularly intiira ftfd their defi n> (by a manifelto) againll American person* and property. On (he j 6th. the American Coniul requcfted me to i go tk>' it. Kitts, with a view to procure force alfcftaree from tht {Xnitcd Slate* Ships on that Ration. On the 14th I arrived at St. K »ts, and found there the Frigate John Adams, and Sloops of War Mcrri siach and Paupfco— l'o Captain Croi» jt the John Adams I presented my papers, and explained the nature of my eriand, urging t him immediately to go Jown to Curracoa, i he joined me in opinion, as to the necelfity , and Angularity of the c.le, but exprtfled a ! delicacy at leaving his Nation at that time ; however, he cheerfully gave his conitnt for the departure of the two aforementioned floopr. of war. Accordingly Capts. Brown and (Jeddes, (with a promptitude that evin ced their zeal fur the itrvice) prepared for fta, and failed the ensuing day. On the aid LA. we appeared oft" the harbour of Curn.ccoa, tleie wr uifcovered a Britilh frigaoc laying windward cf the port; she sent her beat on board the Merrimack, by which we learnt, that the illand had ca pitulated on the 10th inll. to Frederick Wat kins, Fl'q. commander of the frigate Nereid, and tfiat the American Consul with hit fa mily, was in said Frigate. I immediately nt on board the Nereid and h»d fomc •onverfatioii with the commander and our Consul relating to the capitulation See. after which 1 went on fliore, waited on the Governor, and other officers, and lUted the arrival of the two Sloops of War, whole object was to protett American per ions and property. '1 he Governor repl.td, that no Wcdtive relict could be afforded, unlets, one of the Sloopi of War came into th« harbour. All the officers both civil and ly.ilitary hav ing declared that the salvation of the island depended ou the American Ships atting j ofter.lhely.— I gave it as my opinion, that the Amer.can Commanders were not author ized by ttarir tnfti ucliuns to attack the ' in the petition they then luld. The -Governor uul Fiscal laid, that unless fume thing-decifive was t done the inhabitants in the Garnfon, as well as the Americans, Would all be facrifiard. That night 1 thud "on {hore with a view to ascertain the adual situation of thiHgs, and obl'erved that a confidcrable number of American citizens (ltd veluntee'd their fei vices in the forts and were placed at the principal batteries, from ♦ whence they could not retreat (Of courl'e would have been seriously fittiated, had the French taken the place by storm. Under these considerations I advised Mr. Phillips to recommend one of the Ships to be feet into the harbour, he coincided in my opin ion, and I went on board the Merrimack, £apt. Brown, and after dating the urgency and peculiarity of the circomftancrs, he re- | solved to fend 20 Marines from his own. Ship, and to dispatch the Pataplco on the undertakiag. On the 93d infi. the Pstaplco entered the harbour amidst a very heavy fire frofn tlie French battery's, which conlifhd of -4 or 6, >4 pounders. After she had en tered tha. harbour the mufyuetry from the of the 65 I 65 | 62 | (J2 ® O French (who wcr;- meketed fcelnnd the walls and sn the houles on /bore) became very warm and incessant, but the peculiar spirit with which the Patapfco kepi up her fire for about 2 hours, completely fnmced the enemy. As I was a palTenger on board, and had an opportunity of observing the condutt of the officers and crew of the Patapfco, it af fords nit peculiar pleasure to (Vate their en ■ thuliafrh and good conduct an this occaii i on—and when it is coiilideied that for near three hours we were within half gun Ihot of the enemy who kept tip a continual discharge of inufquetry, it is as Angular, as • fortunate, that only two persons were woun ded. On the 24th infunt,Captain Geddcs sent jo men men on Ihore, which together with tweuty from the Sierrimack, were Bn der the command of the lieutenant of Ma rines from the Patapfco :—they were Rati oned at a poll on one wing of the batteries which, in cafe of an attack on the town, would have been the firtt ofijeft of aiTault. It was confidently reported and believed, that the French, intended to make an assault that night, but while this event was ex pelled, the French camp was evacuated, and taking advantage of the darkness of the ! eight, they precipitately embarked between 8 and n o'clock, cut their cables and made away. On the morning of the 25th the (•Merrimack flood close in with the lai d and | had the mortification to find the place which j the tfetich Vtflels occupied the day prece-'j [ ding, entirely vacated -.ln Bfit.lh fri'gatr j difco-tfcriilg this to he the cal'e, immediately made preparations For entering tb« hsib.our, and oboij .1 i o'clock the ijth instant, cam: into the port, and took put feffion of the place in the name of l.is Bi 1. tannic Majesty. . From this representation it is obvious, tbut the Britifb frigate Nereide rendered no effedlive affiftancr to the inhabitants us Gur racoa, a) the commander of her did not think proper to ventme. the (hip through the fare of the French batteries in entering the harbour, noi* dttl be deem it prudent to at tack the Freuch privateers, though they lay in such a poliuon as rendered the enterprile practicable and easy but it is prtluiued he did not wilh to run any riflt until iie re ceived a .reinforcement from Jamaica, and merely kept cruiling off the pou in view of ; the Frencn camp and veffch. The trigate had only landed lix or seven men and was holding daily communication witb the Dutch Governor, which tlie French from their lituation observed, consequently, lot! ;no time in preparing for the *ffauit of the town, which they continued bombarding until the American Aocps of war appeared off the harbour, and oil that morning nad actually advanced with a piincipal part of I their force witbiu a few hundred yards of the main fortification, with an intention to take it by aiTault; but frfcing the two itoeps i of war, they were d.icoucei uu and retreaicu Ito their camp. What 1 oho wed until-their evacuation has been previously Dated —lt j thereforr appears, that had not the Aiacrican 1 (hips arrived at Gurracoa on the 2id inft. the 1 Hand would, to a certainty .been taken by t l;e French, and of course the capitulation wauld have teen a nullity. The l utapfco St Mei rimack i ave ti.er t :«e rescued the iHand from a mod feriout diieimna, as I have no doubt but a principal part of the inhabitants, toge ther with all the Americans, would have been facri filed, had the French ftfcceeded.— i'hat the said fliips have put captain Wat kins 111 peaceable poflrlTion of the island does not therefore admit of any dispute, as the re inforcement from Jamaica had never made its appearance—in what manner the Ameri can citizens have ben treated for this eiTen tial service, will befl appear by the following detail. lii the afternoon of the 15th inft. captain; Brown and Geddes, waited on captain Wat kins, and informed him, that as their object to Curracoa was the prote&ioti of American citizens and their property, they weredclir out that all the Amcricau velfels in putt (hould prepare for departure under their con voy :—He replied, mod certainly, aiU that be bad not the ImaUtft wifli to throw the least obftatle in their way, but that they might fell, load, and depart, as heretofore. The American captains were tben atfembled, and informed that the Merrimack and IV taplco would give them convoy through the Mono pallage in ten days. This being concluded, the said Watkins dated to Capts. Brown and Gciides, that he received posi tive information of another expedition having filled from Gutdaloupe for Curiacoa, and re queued them to go and cruifw off the Island while the American velfels were getting ready for sea accordingly the two Jhips went out, and after cruding ten days, re turned to Curracoa ; but to the furpnfe and mortification of the American commander?, they learnt that an embargo was laid oil all tfce American vcflcls, and that none of them were permitted to load any produce. ::On a* explanation being demanded of Watkins, he said, that he found it luxeffary to detairi the vefltl} until the reinforcement arrived from Jamaica, and untiLa prsper Court of Admiralty was elUblilhed at Curracoa, but after their buflnefs was inveliigated, they Ihoukl be fuflfered to depart, and in (Utifrc a'lowed the fame indulgences, as with other ot his Britannic Majefy'? iljands in the Weft-Indies. 'l'hus were' the American sloops of war obliged to return to-St. Kitts, without knowing the ilTue. Ciptxin Wat kins has granted commilfions to five or fix fin»!l vefiels, who crui'z* in the vicinage of Curracoa, and capture all American velfels, 110 matter where bi>und, or of what tluir cargoes conlifl, and the Merrimack and Pa tapfco had the mortification to fee two or three vefliijs captured and sent in, without having it in their power consistent ivitt tbtir present instructions to interfere. The cap ture of the fchoMier George, belonging te William Patter Con of Baltimore, is attended with such extraordinary circomftances, a? I prc(umt t will BKrit fcritfns : She failed from Bnhimor?,, cleared out and delli tied for Corrucoa, arrived there fife, but falling a little to .leeward fifthe hatbour anchored in'one of tivejjiiys ; Captain, Wat kin* hearlnar that fife, was,, at anchor, fen: down an officer and'feme men, took pblMi on of her and brought her in'-o port the day enfning an Englilh enHgn and pepdan: was hoisted 011 board of her—tilt fupcrcargo and captain of said schooner waitpil, on said Watkins arid demanded hit reasons for hoik ing Fnplifh colours on board the he replied, with a great deal of hauteur that he had good reasons for so doing, but he did not with to be bothered by them, and if they had any thing to do, or fay, on thebufinefs, it nit|ll be done 'through their sonful, accord ingly Mr. Phillips,.accompanied by Captains ] Brown and Geddes, waited op.hirn, and re queued his reasons, syr taking poffeffign of the George, without any investigation or trial whatever—he replied, she was a '' dam fine fqhooner" and lie mutt have her to fend some dispatches to England—as to the cargo he would 41 fend it-to. Jiniaijca for trial, where lie had no doubt ji, would be condemned, as h? had found,contraband, articles on board" —he was requested to name the articles he called contraband,- and he produced three bales, marked W. P. No. SS, 60 knd <2, two of which wjrre -aAually an inferior species of [ oanaburghi and the other ticklenburghs—.- Mr. Phillips expnefled his surprise at theai ricles beirwr dtetned contraband and remon strated with Captain Watkins, but to no ef- IfiS,; the only fatisfaftion that catlid be got w is, that he would do a* lie pleased, and if lie done wrpng, h?nrall be «ni'werah)e ; for it, but that the ferwet- required the of the fchoo; er \vitti yifpitcbes to England.—»-I Captain Gwjdes^iid'.Mr,. Phillips »ook jf.via-j pies of tlie articles i-ty wlwych I h wh..fo fate* is unccrtaiu, j every bale of g6ods ed, and -fltutrid tl'ifr-r 'tihfiSitifti.'tefy 'be any German liners on board wTiofe texitrre isful' ! ficirntly flronj? to niake btfatfaiH. the-veilYl and cargo will be coDOr(nt.tkio»'. ' ' ■ During the perinH the capitulation was rie-' ! gotiatmg, things were ill fu al.rnjing a slate J on (liore as t* induce Mr Phillips to feik ! an afylnm forhin frll and his family on board ! the frigate ; Captain Waikips very politely tendered hi* cabin and gave "every apparent evidence of refpefl to Mr. Phtihps as Ame rican Conhil, among tl.eefte&i Mr. Phi Hips Carried 011 boaid the frigate;, was a large amou.it of specie, \v,fHcl\lie pUccd in 'charge. 1 ot the iaid Witkihs a-/e\y days after thw, 1 Mr. Phillips had jifile a note, on f«,me bulVtipfs 't'j Mr, C£>rfer,' Tiis.. partner, said note .was en.trutteS io thr. charge of one of the officers ps the ij-jg ue, j.jljo kroke it ..ojen and delivered ric-uto Gapwui Watkfns", 1 the faid-Watkins thenwformciMj - . Phillips that he reg rutted hit was.iiwfo'tythe necessity of retaining the fyecie 4icditd cwamittrd; to his charge, as be hald difcove&l ihaj he WaS concerned ill bnfi»t It. whicifwa* not judica ble in an American Gnnful. Mr. P. r,(Tared him that bjrthe lawa of his country he was entitled, to proferute Commerce, and dated Ins furprii'e *t the violation of confidence he had rrpoled in him. This however would not av*ij ; the money was still retained when I Iqij Curracoa Among the individuals, whose feelings had led "them to ule forue harfti oh the condyft of said W r atkini,-v.as a Captain Lambert of Salem, whose (.bfovations par took of m"re freedom thau-cprrrfpended with the laid Watljins's idcav-ol propriety ; i he therefore sent for and intettosjated him in ] the mod arrogant m.tnner—Lambert made fueh replies as Witkin'i conceived in decorous ; he was ordered to tews tli« ifl.ind direclly, and if he uttered a'iirgJe jnfnlent expre&on lie would have hiuf Withe Gang way and floß'd—Captaifl. L. wt* aC Jj»urle under the nectfliiy of rra c , o®* , , oi'stam *» 1 forbear to mike atty\com l ai£gjL'; op. {his Detail, but prel'ume ,i|ie' F,tts»,tive qt' the United States wifl take thtf lives to It-cure to th; AmjriCian. Flag tht refpect it merits. , - X am, Sir, Your obedient fervanti . ' WILLIAM D. ROBINSON; B. ST'onnART, Esq Secretary ofl tbe Navy of the V, Stalet J ' . A Angularly curious work, bcitgan account of the liriti/h IfUnls prior to the iovifion of Caesar, has lately bc;:n difcovcred in.the .pi./!t.li jn of the Brahmins of Benaret In rhis valtuble treasurer of anticjUity, Britain is called by a iint, nhfihfig fcifitt Tlx Holy IJiani. Tb« TJwrrftr, The Isis, »nd other rivers, are cilffi by names ' £milar to the present ones, and Stunehcnge i» de s cribed at a 'rtnd Hindoo Tcmflt ! Tht A6atis,jiociity of Cal. utta are IvA to be. prcpaing for pubjv;tij>q a.lraHs atron of this interefiing ft iuiufcrlpt. > Almrotf), the profeffor an£ j»t Stockholm, has invented a mtll by which jark can be ground into as fine ajpowder as Stockholm, has examined this polveriied bark, awd Almroth, has llnce obt-ainad a patent for his invention. I • % •*' Pkacs—lt \Vas rather «mhious th«(t its, announcement in' Paris (ho»M be in the Temple of Mars I • ' - .«•• ■ ■ •-■ • ..*j »| A Tift ia a Hew Lwd«ii jupefpltoetoitr tw» *otei oodcr Mr. Piockttcjr'i nuic, •gtinft the St»t« «f Hb«de Iflaad. i Extract of 0 IrUer f »m Wa tiirgto::, d'jtsd l iftb */ December, 1800 j " The Aurora-rinari, has without j doubt been let into the secret of the I French Treaty he will not be in a hurry to publish it—The. Ami's here, fay it is a bitter pill, but it must be swallowed ! —The outlines of it, are . ; , I ' "No ppmpenfatipn to be,made to us, for pall depredations—butfuch, property, as was not condemned at ,the signing of the treaty j to be reftoredto us. , French vef fels of war, to be, received in our ports,' as those of the most 'favoured nation— Free fliips to .make free goods—All nati onal (hips, (or their yalue) taken from the French, during the war, to be resto red to France." [COPY.] Department of State. Washington, 12th Dec. 1800. Sir, I enclose an additional Lift of the Names of Imprefled Seamen, to be dis posed of in the fame manner as that which accompanied niy letter of the 30th October last. . I am, Sir. Very refpectfully, Y our most bbedt. servant, J. MARSHALL. George Latimer, Efquirt s Collrftor, "hi'ailelphu. . PENNSYLNANIA. Persons J'amts Places of HtS'derce. Jo}xn Hall, Unknown Jo&n Hamilton (negro) Germantovra Tjiomas Edwards, ? ; Philadelphia Robert Nugent Ditto A letter from Capt. Shaw, of the U. States' ichooner Enterprize, of 12 ouns, to a friend in Baltimore, dated Philadel phia, DiVfon' * ' ' SavaAnah j ' Ship \V'i!liam Penn, Yolans from Calcutta, is ; fti'l t ■ b- bel iWI Brig Sally, M'Call, from Hamburgh is be* loivl ' ' • ' • ; - . °}iips Aftive, George.'Kinpftori; wirh t Urgt fleet, weat to sea on Sunday lalt, 14th iiift. wfind;W. * r . W a fine breele. Brig Sally Andrews, from New-Orleans ha* put into the Havannah. \« Captain Chy.-bf the (hip Delaware, from Calcutta, informs that he I ji'ed from thence the ?th aild the Sahd heads he ftfc Aijguft, in co. with tlierfhip W' l attf Penn. Volana, of and for ihis port, and fbrp Nancy, Allen bf and for New Yrk Parted frrtm tht William Hphd . ff tli •" Iflj of France, and Nsucy off the df Good Hope.—Left at Calcutta, ((hort ly arrived) the following veflcls from this port —Sh\p Ectlpfe, Jones—to fail in all Oilob«r t Pcrfevsrance, Williamfon, and Cleopatra, Nay !<>r, the latter had been at Mocha and Bom bay—aifo, left there ftveral other veflejs. ■> Ship ConnefMcut, Mi ler, failed from Rio de Plata, in company with thi (hip James, More, Vhine, Fry, of Salem bound to the Cape which was captured the 17th Oilober, by * Fraach privateer, and I'enc for Cuba i th« above privateer hid captured foui American vtfiels off Cape Nichola Mole. The Two Brorhrs, Murray, of Boston, wa» it Cape Francois, the nth of November to fall in four days fjr Philade'phi*. Coasting Craft. Arrived, Wii'ijm. Hale, Walhicgfon ; Lau* ret, 'Hichcok.s, Savannah. Cfqared, Lucy, Hill, W-cftiinpton ; Corn met ce, Merchant, Charleston 1 Mary, Hal-res, Norfolk j Five Brother*, Breck, Norfolk ; Lydia, Lose, do. NEW YORK, Decethbef 19. ?hip Adventure, London 79 3rig EiUtan' Mary, R«ad Halifax it finkr Perm ida ig Sch'i Fox, {Swedish) Fuwlw, St. Bar hoioraew« Vewus. Hope, I'ouola „% Cleared —fliipi Agent, pierce Galway, Thn« Friendi, Cott Surrinam; Young Eagle, Stetl Ca z—Snn« V nvs, Word, St. Johnt ; fch'c James, Auftrii, Leghorn ; ftopp Minerva, Bell, Ctirr.-coa. Left at Mant r 2a>, a ship M fljjng to Bsl« ;oa bund io KewVork, and a brig bound •of Ghadsfton Capt. Oohfo-HUft at L dm, (hip Brutus, Bunk r, to fail'in as w day- for > e-.i-York ; fh : p Fa:- mericie, E->k< n. do ;fh p Sarafe, f'afatt, to ft)! in io days for NV -iJedlord ; ' rig Silronn; in d elf re; p;i?si'pi >ns a cumber Ot'etke" Ift", r, itn:i ,wo'. rcCollefUid. The ship Niagara* a:riveJ t C •«'<•* on the Ift of Oilober, in ! &iled aft tin, jth si r A mfterd*m. Philadelphia Dancing Alfembly # jCV THE next Sail will be held on YVeeln f veuiftg , 4f'> instant, at Mr FrancU's Ho tcj —Hie 1 "mure Bali, au!be on the ftatedeven it r.lready mentioned. U'ttmber ?.o 6 Employment Wanted BY A CLERK, WHO cai, p sduce goc*d reco'i Exiq fire-at ihe CSjfic. of the Gazette a? ihei/nited rtatcj. L'cierr.Ler 19 New-Theatre. ON MONDAY EVENING, December 22. Will be prtfented (fir tke f • Wriunn by, KoiZtW. [Chaiaiten' a* heretofore.] "0 which will be a.Mcd (for the fecend rime th)i fcalon) a favotfre Faice, in % ail;, called, Fortune's Frolick; Or, the 'true Use of Riches. That large and commodious H 0 U S E, At the cornet of Arch and Ninth streets. To be Let, ' I *HB house, ftabl«,'coach-houle and lot»,lately JL occupied by Major Butler, fiuate a. above For terms apply to T. 8. Wallace, No. aB, north Fifth ftrcet. { e£tob«r at a** if