Philadelphia, FRIDAY EVENING, June 3, 1796. La Gazette Francais of New York, announces' (June I,) by information of passengers and letters from the French islands, that the fleet aCtually ar rived at the Cape was of 5 (hip* of the line, 2 fri gates, and 3,000 men—others fay 2 of the line, 3 frigates, 2,000 men. 40,000 muskets, and a con siderable quantity of powdet and ball—That gene ral Rochambeau, who also arrived in the fleet, is to command the Spanilh part ot Hifpaniola, and that General Laveaux will continue to command the French part. That II Brjtifh transports, bound to Jamaica, were taken by the fleet. That letters from Martinico, of May 15, announce, that of 25 Britilh transports, detached from the last flett, 23 had been taken by some French frigates. The total loss of the English, in the late unfuc cefsful attack on Leogane, is, 8 fergeaots, I drum mer, 41 rank and file killed ; I major, 2 captains, 10 subalterns, 87 rank and file wounded ; 19 fer jeants, 1 drummer, 180 rank and file miffing. A morning paper (Claypoole's) fays, The brig Vulcan, taken 011 the sth of May, by the Spancer Hoop of war of 18 twelve pounders, mounted 12 three and four pounders, and had 70 men. She engaged her unequal adversary an hour and a half, and had 21 men killed and wounded. The Spencer had one man killed and one wounded. Extra ft of a letter from Havre, dated April 8, 1796. " There is fines my last, large quantities of flour arrived here, and in our different ports: there is near 14,000 barrels of American flour for sale here, but fpec.ie is so v»ry scarce in this country, that there is no buyers but government, to whom it is offered at 90 livres per bbl. for quick payment.— There are several cargoes of coffee lately arrived here from Bolton and Baltimore : about 6110,000 cwt. was fold this week at 335. 6d. per cwt. paid on delivery; this market is glutted with oil, and no sale whatever. In consequence of a late law, there is another paper money named mandates, which are to replace one against thirty, of the aflig rats in circulation, though said law gives the fame value to mandates as to cash, and no difference can be made but even impowers those who have con tracted in calfc to pay in mandates. In future no contraCt or agreement, government excepted, can be made but payable in mandates ; this has put a total (top to business. I presume foreigners in ge neral mult fuffer considerably by it." Extraß of a Letter from Augujla, May 17, 1796. <" Your favor of the 4th iultant, announcing the carrying the appropriation for the British treaty though the Representative house, is a piece'ibf 'in- telligence which affords very general fatisfaCtion ; — were I to fay transport, the extravagancies of some of our molt violent and molt refpe&able Demos on healing the information, would warrant ma in the cxpreflion :—it is Icarcely to be credited with what pleasing avidity all ranks, nay, I may fay, all pat ties, receive the news ; I am certain naif the money exDeiuhd ou another occalumJL JuriniililLvear. in ton place, would have procured a general lllumir.a tion throughout the town of \ug jfta this evening : in fait, I am convinced, there is nothing but the weather, the timidity of our foreigners, and theremrmbrance of the pa ft fins of our patriots that prevents the thing. It is either a very foolilh pro verb that "the voice of the people is the voice of 1 God/' or else truth and consistency have of late been discarded from among th« attributes of Deity. It rains like a November day in England, but no man thinks of catting his own or his neighbour's throat ;—we forget for a little, our public infamy as a (late, and even the authors of it, to partici pate of the generaljoy." *. Effigy Burning. natural history The worthy Di\ Lettsom, still attentive to the great objeCt of promoting Natural History among us, especially mineralogy, has sent by the last (hip from London, an hundred more fine specimens of Ores from the Spanilh mines so- the Cabinet at Cambridge. Although this Cabinet does not con tain the diamond, ruby, hyacinth, topaz, ehryfo lite, emerald, berill, sapphire, amethyst, opal, or tourmalin, which are but fictitious wealth, the mere playthings of Princes, it nevertheless contains the more ufeful productions of nature, and except ing what are called the precious (tones, there are ve ry few fubltances yet discovered in the mineral king dom, but what may be found in the cabinet of mi nerals at Cambridge. It is very pleasing to the curious traveller, to fee at one view a collection of the animals inhabiting the country he visits. The recent art of preserving beads and birds, owes its origin to this curiosity ; and in order to excite us Americans, to our birds and beads, for the gratification of naturalists, Mr. Lettsom, has sent the Museum at Cambridge between twenty and thirty samples of birds and small quadrupeds, so nicely preserved, as to emulate the life. These ohjeCts while they delight the eye, instruct the American NatUralist to do so likewise. — ( Col. Centinel.) ExtraCt of a letter from a refpeftable merchant in England largely'concerned in thecotton manufac tory to his friend in Charleston, (S. G.) dated the 12th of Jaouary, 1796. " I pow reply to your letter of OCtober last, so far as relates to Georgia Cotton. We have lately samples of a hundred bags ofi: sent us from a house in Glafgsw for our inflection. We have closely examined it, and ate sorry to fay, it appears as if it had undergone some severe operation, so much so that its staple is nearly deliroyed. lam apprchen live that this cotton may have passed through that new ipventod Gin which you speak of. If so, it would have been much J>ettcr,for the planters had they never fecn such a thing unongthem, asfit has reduced the value of their cotton, from 2*. 3d. to 18J. and igd. per pound. The Georgia cotton is of a very fine and fact will not bear such violence to be done-to it. If the planteri had an opportunity of cleaning by hand, inlteadofany machine at all, I fliould think it the ball mode ; for, although it might not be made quite so clean* yet the nature of it and its fine fibres would be pre served, which would at all times ciimmand a price superior to any thing from the Weft-Indies. The planters ought to know this as fopn as poflible, for their own benefit, as well as for the benefit of all concerned in it. I am, &c. " N. B. The staple or fibres of good Georgia cotton is near one and an half inches long. That" which appears to have been spoiled by the gin is little above one half an inch, and is mattejd toge ther very much to its injustice." From the New Tori Diary. CRITIQUE. Cumberland's First Fove, like his Wheel of For tune, seems to have loft its popularity, by eroding the Atlantic- The travelled critic may impute this disrelish of favorite English entertainments to our want ,of taste, or our prejudice ag?inft produc tions of foreign growth :,but weafcribe it to other causes. Americans feel very little of that prejudice for the characters, and that peculiar interest in the fortunes of the French emigrant, which it is the policy, of the Britilh ministry to encourage, and which this comedy is calculated to generate and to nourish. To this local interest we impute the suc cess of First Love at Drary Lane. The story of the emigrant, we acknowledge, is fufeeptible of being dramatised with great effeCt : The idea of a young, beautiful and accompliftied womin, whose childhood has been nurtured with anxious care, and whose youth bloomed in the fun ftiine of fortune, by an unforefeen event, at the moment of her life when pleasure is fwesteft, and hope mod sanguine, banished from her country, beggared in fortune, and bereft of friends—meeting in her exile a sedu cer, in the guise of love, on whom (he leans with unsuspeCting confidence, and who after exchang ing with her at the altar the most solemn vows, in humanely betrays and defeits her,if jultly pourtray ed, mult form a plot highly interesting. Yet in the comedy befoieuswe fee this tender tale per fonified, and still we feel very little interest in the story. And whence ourapathy ?Is it that the for lorn abandoned Sabina is represented too cool and | (jolleCted, too contented and serene ? Is it that we ! lose the friendlefs fugitive in the protected emi grant ; the deserted wife in the favored mistress ? Is it that our attention is divided, or is it that the plot is too soon djfclofed, and futurity concealed with toothin a veil ? Or is it rather owing to the combined influence of all these causes, that we fol low the wayward fortunes of the emigrant with so littlecaneern, and fee her lelloied to the a;ms of her repentant hulband with so much indifference ? The dramatis pcrfonae appear in this ntifinifhed piece a gtoupe of (keletons, indistinCtly marked, and several of them scarcely capablc ot discrimi nating from each other Lady Ruby and Freder ick Mowbray are the moil natural and jult, and the belt finifhed characters in the groupe : the reft are all imperfeCt, and fproe of them mere (ketches wiit.out colaring or 'ex|Heflion. The' jarrtnya of Mr. and Mis. Wrangle,, her petulance -«4_his hypocrtiyv are rißiculous e?iuirgTT fr> selves, but succeeded as they are by a teconciliation as ill timed as their quarrel, and by a fudderi yet mutua' affeCtion as warm as their pad indifference had been cold, the motley pait become absurd and unnatural, they meet our disgust. Lord Sensitive is an unattempered compound of virtues, and wenk ueffes, and David Mowbray, a feeble attempt at the open generous nature and manly humor of the ho nest tar. if Sabina Rofnv had been moredelica'e in the choice of her expreflions, and less perfeCt in her pronunciation, (he would have appeared more like the French Eipigrant who had just acquired the knowledge of the English language under the auspices of the polished Frederick. In a word, to give a character to the comedy, ehafle in language and moral in sentiment, yet barren of incident, im perfeCt in plot, and unfinidied in its characters— First Love, in oar opinion, ranks in the scale of dramatic merit- at the point of mediocrity. It e scapes our contempt, but it wins not our applause. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA Cleared. Ship William Penn, Jofiah, London Schooner Betsey, Pendleton, New-Orleans Maria, Hardy, Hifpaniola Weymouth, Stevens, New-York Tryall, Hand, Alexandria Speedwell, Gallop, Edenton Three Frsends, Spencer, Newbern Dove, Church, Currituck Hazard, Bray, do. Sloop Hope, Foster, Hifpaniola HANOVER (N. H.) May 16. The following Toads were drank at the entertairi ment given in Honor of Mr. BUCK at Graves' Hall ■ J. The late Treaty, of Amity and Commerce with Great-Britain ; may its fruits exceed our an ticipations, 2. John Jay—our able negociator and politician. 3. C'onftifion to the usurping demagogues, who opposed the treaty —may their latecontelt with the friends of peace and order prove the dying (trug gles of a diforganmng faCtion. 4. The Treaty with Spain, and its fuccefsful ne gociator —Thomas Pinckney. 5. Tfie Flag of American Commerce—may it wave in triumph round the globe. 6. Public Faith—may it never be (hocked by feuds and faction. 7. Daniel Buck. 8. The ftauch patiiots, who have supported the constitution. 9. Governor Gilman. and the Federal L-gifla ture of New-Hampshire. 10. Anthony Wayne, and his fuccefsful nego ciations with the" Indian Tribes, may peace dwell on out frontiers, and the wilderness, late the field of carnage, now blossom like the rt>fe. 1 r. Tennessee—the sixteenth star in the Ameri can constellation. 12. Washington—the polar Star of Columbia. 13; Oar magnanimous allies—the French Re public. 14 Kof,.iu(ko—the brave, though unfortunate disciple, of our immortal patriot and hero. 15. Confufion to the foreign combination of despots, againfl the reign of liberty and laws -16. The fair daughters of America! may their freeborn offspring fill the eaith as the waters cover the f as. A volunteer. May no treaties whether amicable, commercial, or matrimonial, ever want fuffieient means and appreciations to carry them into com plete and fruitful effe&. PETERSBURG, May 27. Mr. Prentis, In pour paper of the 20th inft. I observe an ad dress of THOMAS CLAIBORNE, Esq. Re prefentati»oll» Congress for Bt unfwick Diftrift, which is introduced in the following manner: " It is not without the liveliest sensations of pleasure, that I read in the public prints the polite exprefiion of pour approbation of my conduct on a late occa sion in Congress, refpefting the treaty lately nego ciated with Great Britain." As I have not seen those ''prints,', and altho'a freeholder of the dif trift, havs beard nothing like an approbation of Mr. Claiborne's condu& on that important occasion, I would be glad to know from whence he has gather ed this information 5 for, I am confident, thefaft is, a great part of the independent freeholders of his diftHft will difappreve of his vote, and that for obvious reasons. ANTI-CASCA. Brunfwick, May 22, 1796. RICHMOND, May 28. The following letter was written in anfwrr to th« proceedings and address of the citizens of Willi amfbutg pubhfhed in this Gazette on the 7th instant. Philadelphia, Miij 7, 1796. Dear Silt, I have to acknowledge the receipt of a letter by this day's poll, from you as chairman of a meeting of the citizens of -WilKanafbiirgh addtefTed to Mr. J. Clopron and myfelf as Repinrfentatives of those | ciciieris in the Congress of the Ur.ited States. I i have fheSvn'to that gentleman your letter and the \ resolution, and conkquent address to us of our con llituents, wliofe fignattires are thereto fubferibed ; and had I received them before thi*-final decifioo of the house on the important fubjed to v/hich they re lated ; or, even before that decifioci had been carried into eft ft by the Prefident'6 appr >bation of the a£t " appropn'ating the money nceffary to carry- the Britilh treaty into execution, ' I Ihonld have laid them before the House. All that I can fay at present, is,' that I jeceiv e 1 tiiem with due refpeft ; that I acknowledge the right of inftruiiing representatives ; that 1 am well pleased with the exercise of that right by my condiments ; «ven when they may differ from my own sentiments ; that whenever a majority of them lhall think proper to inftruft ire, I shall o bey their inltru&iens, except in a cafe, in whieh I may think my oath to support the constitution of the United States would be violated ; or the dear est rights of the United States at large would be ma terially injured ; or, when 1 may be certain, that i£.my e<intUt««tit# knew all tHs circumstances ref pedting \he cafe, they would cither leave me to the exercise of my own judgment, or would inftruft me to vote in the very manner I intended. And I can add with fineerity, that 1 am glad that the de cifionofthe House of Representatives was agreea ble to the wifhesof such of my ennftituents as have aridteffedme ; because 1 believe lels itieonveniirn cies will be the confequenee of the adoption of the Britilh treaty than a reje&ion of it, all circumftan fiances considered 5 and 'principally the impatience and irritability of the minds of many of its advo cates ; and because I think it willfurnilh a proof that its oppoferswere not enemies to the constituti on, or of peace and order and good government.— I chearfully submit to the decision of the majority, and pray that the good effects which they have pre dicted from the treaty, may be evident to our fel low citizcns, and that 1 may have reason to confefs that my fears were but the phantoms of a democra tic imagination. lam with every sentiment of r«f pc£t and affection for my conftitucnts and fellow* citizens. Dear Sir, their and Your most obedient servant, JOHN PAGE. Totheßev. John Bracken,! Williamlburg. J BY THIS DAY'S MAIL. NEW-YORK, June 2. Arrived at this port. DAYS. Brig Mary, Blackford, Savannah ' Elfa, King, St. Mary's (G) 7 Dolphin, Morris, Falmouth, J. 19 Friendftiip, Tracey, St. Croix Union, Smith, Jeremie Schooner John, Rice, Gonaives Friendlhip, , Montferrat Return, Morca, Kingston (J.J 18 C l EARED. Snow Minerva, Boudgt, Amfterd;:m Betsey, More, Weft-Indies The ship Otfego, Clarke, of New-York, was spoke March 20, lat. 35, S. long. 15, for Dc-laeo Bay. (j , Brig Eliza, Wood, of this port, was spoke with May 1 j, lair. 38, long. 64, bound to Demarara. Brig Nancy, Capt. Cotton, arrived »t Jamaica, j May all well, from New-London. Brig Daphne, Capt. Savage, also arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, from New London ; also, the ichooner Comet, Butler, from ditto. Brig Hannah, Capt. Seymour, was fafe at Ber muda the 16th of May, bound to Barbadoes. BOSTON, May 28. A correspondent who narrowly obfertrd the com mencement and progress of the late revolution, can not help remarking the ftrikiag Gmilatity betweeD the predictions of evil to arise from the treaty with Great-Britain, made in the Chronicle, at the pre sent day, and the denunciations of ruin, misery and distress which were poured out in the tory papers before the war. If we would not submit to a fo reign influence, if we would not forfake the Con gress which arose from the people theinielves, and in short, give ourselves up to the diredtion and go. vernment of these people and their party,we were to be miferahlc and wretched. Every evil from Pan dim's box was to be emptied upon us. Wlien they found that all their arts had no effeti to disunite the people, they then contented themfrlves with la menting over the distress and ruin which was loon to come upon us. Is not this a perfect refemblanoe of the present language of the Chronicle ? The tories were disappointed in their expectations j the supporters of will be disappointed in theirs ; and this country will (land free and inde pendent, without regarding any foreign influence. In the meantime your correspondent pities those men who must fee ruin aud distress come upon their country, or clfe be deeply mortified by the failure of their predictions. Thjs Cadets, Wp before mentioned, did the military duty of Eli&ion Day. They diaed together; and the following elegant and patriotic Toasts were cordi ally drank. The day—-May it annually purify the bodies it renovates. George IVafbington— a Name beyond Eulogy. The Vice President of the United Siatea—When Wajlington reeedes from upholding the How World, may this Atlas balance our sphere. The Governor of this Commonwealth—May hie age be refpeitablc as his youth was ufeful. TbsCongrefs of the United States—An eternal Session to its Wisdom and Viitue. The People of the United States—May their Love of good Government continue commensurate with their Love of Liberty. Our glorious Ally, the Republic of France- May an energetic operation of her present Consti tution evince, that a nation, having thrown off a Tyranny of ages, is capable of Happiness under a Government of the People. American Commerce—A free importation of the Wealth of Europe; but perpetual interdiction to her Politics. The memory of the late Governor Bo<wdrin, the Patron and Parent of the Cadet Company. Fayette—May Liberty speedily visit her favorite Son. Capt.,Harris, from Tndia, mentions, that he was informed from two prows, that reached North-Is land, from Batavia, while he lay there, that the French had taken the Cape of Good Hope. This News appears extraordinary when compared with other recent information, from that place. Eight English country (hips had been captured by the French in the Streights of Malacca. Ohe only was retaken. A gentleman from Oftend, informs us, that Ci tizen Barney's privateer lately captured two colliers and a transport with Highlander* on board. Ci» her return from the cruize (he was attacked by tine English cutters, mounting in the whole 32 guns; and notwithstanding her being weakened by nan. ning the prizes, after a fhoi t fojjagement (he beat them off, and arrived fafe prizes. Capt. Barney, is appointed to the command of a French 64 gun (hip. The Decius Corvette of the French Republic has captured 7 or 8 British veflels, one of them was a 10 gun schooner, from Halifax, which had ort board an aid-de-camp of Prince Edward's, son of the king of England. Yesterday afiernoon, John Coffin Jones, Efq in a polite letter to the Prelident of the Senate, de clined serving as Senator ; not wishing, as he 013- served, to hold an office independent of the fuffra ges of the People. Yesterday failed for London, the Minerva, Capt. Turner. PafTengers, Christopher Gore, Esq. Com miffioncr from the United States to fettle the Ami rican claims for British spoliations.—Mrs. Gore,' his lady, William Tudor, Esq. MefTrs. Thomas Brewer, Levi Pearce, Edward Blake, William Skinner, and James Carter. Arrived schooner Nabby, Allen, Bourdeaux, 46 days. Spoke' May 7, long. 45, brig Fly, 14 days from hence. May 13, long. 55, spoke a ship 12 days from hence for France. Schooner Fanny, Waters, Point-Petrc, Guadaloupe. Spoke, lat. 40, 30, long. 68, schoo ner Polly, Perkins, 2 days from Kennebec for Do miniqne. Ship India Packet, Manfize, Canton, 130 days. March 29, lat. 35, 34, S.long. 15, 38, E. spoke (hip Otfwego, Clark, from New-Yoik for Delago bay, eut 3 months. < ' Schouner Betsey, Low, Gambia, 42 days. Sailed in co. schooner Delight, Gibbs, of Provi dence, with 30 (laves on boatd, bound down the coast. May 4, lat. 25, 39,'10ng, jt, 18, spoke brig Riling Sun, Noble, 37 days from Portfmoutl* for Demarara. May 15, lat. 38, 10, long. 64, 25, spoke brig Eliza, Woed, 5 days from New York for Demaiara. May 16, lat. 39, 35, long. 66, 30, spoke schooner Diligent, Spoouer, 8 days frora Bolton for Martinique. Arrived schooner Active, Pote, Mastiniquc, 21 days. Ship Wifcaflet, Stetson, Liverpool jo days April 23, lat. 44, 48, and long. 32, 30, spoke (hip Margaret, Wm. Henderfon, matter, 5 months and [r. 2 days from Bombay to London. Aptil 29, lat. 44, 28, long. 32, 30, spoke brig Margaret, from Lisbon to Befton, 17 days out. May 12, lat. 42, 26, N. long. 52, 00 W. spoke a (hip from Piovidence, J. Brown} sr.after, bound ta Bre(t. May 29. x Arrived, Ship Hancock, Goodwin, 36 days from St. Übes. Left there (hip Harmony, Winch, for Bolton. Capt. Winch spoke a dismasted trarrf port of the Wett-India with troops, previ« ous to his arrival, and towed her into St. Übes. Brig Verus, Fields, failed 11 days bejore capt. G. for this port ; and capt. Towns 3 days, also for Bolton. Spoke Biig Industry, from Philadelphia, bound te Cadiz.
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