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RO^ T O v , January 28
It is confidently reported that
a vdlW has arrived at Vewpor
r. i. from the* coaft of Mrira,
and brings the following highly
important and intcrefting intel
ligence, viz.
That a fpoadron of three lage
French frigate** and a corvette,
hasdeftrored the Enghfh fenle
mcnts on that c<'aft. and taken
the collefted riches of their fac
tors, confining of gold dnfl,
ivory and gums, wi'h many!
Fnglilb fh'ps of geat value.!
The arm unt of damage fuftain
ed by the Britifh in this expedi
tion, is laid to exceed eighteen
millions of dollars. The dollars
taken by the * nglifh’from the
Spaniards lately, will bare no!
comparifon to the above ; and
even they it is Paid, were infured
in England, fo that the prize
m ney of Englifh fiilors mnfl
come from the pockets of Eng
liQi underwriters.
February 9.
The United States fchooner
Experiment. rapr % Maley, with
a convoy off the eaft end of Go
naives, in the Bite of Lcogane,
was attacked about the loth of
January, by 12 of bar
ges ; during the aftion three of
them went on fhore and renewed
their ciew ; the da\ being calm,
they had every advantage of the
fchooner, but after fhe had funk
three of them the remainder
fheered off: they however took
po Iff (lion of anothe brig, capt
Chipman, whom they inflantly
murdered—part of the crew
laved themfrbes by pimping
overboard—(he was afterwards
retaken by one of Touffaint's
barge v. Dr Stevens was on
board the Experiment at the
time of the engagement.
PHI I A DELPHI a 7 an. 29. i
In th e houle of ieprefenta-1
tives of the United States vef
terday, the difriilhon of Mr.
Smith's mutton for ie commit
ting the rt port of the fele£l com
mittee, to whom were inferred
the prcfidcr.t's n cflage and a
letter of Mr. Randolph, ws
agam refumed, and finally loft.
Ye »s 43 —nays 50.
So that the report of the com
mittee, cen r u»ing the ronduft
of Mr R ndolpb, is confirmed.
The fecon refolution of the
report of the on Mr.
Randolph'* bufmefs being under
conft elation, Mr v icholfnti
moved to flrike out the word
“ not" (which would tender the
refolution 'ffirmative inftead of
neg nve) b r the purnofe ot in
troducing a ccnTur* on the p r
lies chatgcd with mifc nduft :
ibis motion being declaied nut
in order by the fpeaker an
appeal w s made by Mr Nicho
las, upon which the houle con
curred with the r peaker.
Mr. Harpe» then propofed to
introduce into the lefolution,
words cxpieffive of cenfure on
the condutt cf capt. M‘Knight
and licut. Reynolds, dcclarir*
jr “ iridifereef and impioper"
Uoon this motion a debate er
fued.
Mr. Nicholas, after the rest
ing of the journal, obfervec,
that as much inconvenience hd
refultcd from having that pal
of the lobby which was meart
for rnembe»s, crowded by fpec
tators, he hoped that ordeis
would be given to officers of th*
houle to refufe admiflion there
to, in futuie—except to the on
cers of governm- nt and othen*
to whom fpecial indulgence maj
be granted.
February 3.
The moft marked proceeding
in the houfe of reprefentntivei
of this ftate, has been that c-.r
the cafe of the regifter general’*
complaint of perverfion and
mifrepiefentatb n "1 he true
hillory of the violence of narty
on this fuhjeft, is to be traced
to very different fou’Ce Loir
the avowed obje6l. Mr Bryar
had in the difeharge of his pub
lie duty derefted Tome bufes 1
a public office. Ihe public
monies of the ftate had been
applied to the priva r e ufes of a
public officer, and by the fide
lity of Mr Bryan the public
was warned and luch Hep taken
as ro ferure the fta e from a Ws
of about 20,000 dollars he
officer was difmiflVd. This was
the iruecaufe ofinitation againfl
Mr, Bryan, feveral private in
dividuals ftirred up r< fentments
ag.mfthim, and as ihcptrfon
difmilb d Lorn office was a good
federahjl the caufe was made a
common one ; and the more
re dily becauie Mr Bryan was
a republican faithful to his prin
ciples, to his public truft, to his
oath, and to the intcrefts of the
ftate.
What a misfortune there was
not a regifter general in the ftate
of Georgia, in the year 1799.
Aurora .
K, January 27.
Gen Wa/hingtons Will,
A letter from Virginia, to a
gentleman of the frrft refpe£la*
bility, in this city, ma'es the
following mention of the Gene
ral's will.
u W ifhington made his will
in July, '99; he deviles all his
eftate, real and perfonal to his
wife for life; at her death he
manumits all his (laves, and their
encreafe, cieating a fund for the
miintenance of the young, aged
a n d infirm, which affigns the
r« afon fo r the intermixtuie of
the dower and his own flaves
He deviles, the (hare in the
Potomac and |ames river com
-panies, to two colleges He
deviles h»s manulciipts, books
and papers. Mount Vernon,
with 4000 acies of land, and
one third of a 23d part in the
refiduum to Bufhrod Wafhing
ton. Me then makes a (chedule
of the refiduum, which, at his
low valuation, 15 530,000 doN
Jars, which he divides into 23
(hares, and devifes thefe (hares
amongft the Cuflis family. . He
leaves La Fayette a pair of pif
tols, taken in the revolutionary
war; trifling legacies to David
Stewart and doftor C raig; but
the names of John Adams, Alex
ander Hamilton, or Henry Lee,
are not mentioned. The will
is a lengthy and maflerly com
pofition, and is all in the gene
ral’s own hand writing; who
leaves one branch of all his re
latives, his wife, and G. W.
f uflis—his executor and exe
cutrix.
“ Mrs. Wafhington has an
nounced, that after this year all
the negroes are to be emancipa
td. According toihe general's
wifhes, the fpiiit of freedom has
progrefled, is progreffing, and
will progrefs."
i SAVANNAH, February 25.
Arrived, the brig Hannah,
captain James Cannon, 25 days
from St. Vincents, who informs,
that previous to his departure,
the ork fleet had arrived under
convoy of one frigate, one 44,
and a (h op of war, who on
then paflfage, to windward of
arbadocs, fell in with two
Frem hfrigates and onecorvetre,
having on board Vi6lor Hughes,
with 12( 0 troops, bound to
Cavern e—(he Britifh frigate en
gaged the two French frigates
two hours, on the approach of
the 44, they took to their heels
—they were purfued for 24
hours, without (ut ccfs. Ihe
c. plain of the (loop of war, at
the commencement of the a6lion
run off, and was, immediately
on his arrival in pore, fent to
England under arreft.
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, Much 4, iBco.
Suwanow's flile is truly bom
and ridiculous. Speaking
of the defeat of the Andrian and
Ruft an armies, by Maifena ;
he (ays H*tz,e permitted him
felf to b( turprized, and Korfa
kow allowed himleif to be bea
ten. Quert , did he not as well
as Hotze and Korfakow, con
tribute to Mafleni's fame, and
why did he do (o ?
Porcupine, the printer of the
Blood\ Bouy 9 alias the Cannibal s
( progr* (s, prrpofes to be the hil
-1 torian of the lamb like Suwarroxv.
To na r te the llorm of 11 mail,
the c uel butchery of the inno
cent inhabitants of that city,
Cracow and WarTaw—will give
the vicious heart of the corporal
inexpreflible pieafure. Ah Pe
ter ! what a glorious effufron of
democratic blood was there !
How unfortunate you were, not
to be a fpedlator of the multi
plied murders committed by
royal tools ! but you derive a
fweetconlolation from becoming
the culojifl of the chief butcher.
O
Arriidft (he numcious gallant
exploits cf Alexander Hr.mil.
ton, none of them have fo much
difplayed Lis gentle, forging
fpitit and magnanimity of mind]
as the profecution of David Fr o !
thinghara, a journeym. n printer
on whofe induflry a large family
depend for fupport. That tranf,
a6lion exhibited the little, vin.
didive fpiiit of a pretender r 0
importance, and the generofity
of a man unknown to fame, at
leafl of a bad kind, who volun
tarily Hepped forward to (hield
his employer from the revenge
of a fpitcful profecutor The
mighty commander in this but
net* out generalltd himfelf.
ThefollowingJhort fummary is taken
Jrom a Philadelphia paper:
That on the 26th of Novem
ber, all Suwanow's HaH had left
Augfburg, on the Danube, and
the Ruffians were in full march
acrois the Lech, on the route
for Poland in divifionsof 4000
each ; the army on its arrival in
Bavaria was to be divided into
two columns, one to procetd by
Cracow, the other through Mo
ravia into Gallicia.
Accounts appear from Italy
in which the r rench armies are
Laid to have fufFered. but as
u'ual the very form of the Uate
ments betrays the fad, that the
adrons have not been either fjg
nal or dacifive, and conicquent
ly unfavorable in the greater
meafure to the Aufliians.
Rumours prevailed of a peace
with the emperor; Malfi na had
arrived at Paris on the Bth De
cember, and was to command
in Italy. Moreau had proceed
ed to command the armies of the
Danube and Rhine. The am/
of Helvetia lately under Maffe
na, had advanced (fuppoled to
be under Lecombe) into Ger
many as the Ruffians retired.
The Erghfh admiral NeKon
was Paid to have contemplated
an attack upon Malta.
The French in Egypt were in
a Hate of fecurity unrnole Hed.
Reports were circulated of a
new conHitution being in con
templation for France, lome
thing upon the model of that of
the federal conHitution of the
United States.
It was fuppofed that a peace
would be eltabliflied or the con
tinent in the courfe of the win
ter.
The changes which had taken
place in France, are confideied
highly favorable to the negocia
tion with the United States.
CONSOLIDATION*.
In the difeuffion on the report
of the fried committee in an
fvver to Landry Hates —l f VN >
aliened by the opponents to ite
report that the general govern
ment was not federal, but :ieutw
al. Some went To far as to'be ■
that there was not in it a ir >g e
federal feature. What does ti-i
language evince ? FD ei !t n \.
lock to a ccnfoiid.ition cf -