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||pp l ;• * M .* ♦ v .'EE, Feb. a? ■' **sr K E A T Y. alliance, between his majef map lK "the Citonian Empcf&r, and his ma- Ifr K fly the fc Iperor of Ruliia. * the name of the Omnipotent Ood / ;;• „-ait ftv the emperor of Ottomans, and jm majesty the emperor of all the Rufluns . equally animated by a hncere, desire, not crJvof maintaining, for the good ol their refpeftive Hates and fubjeCts, the peace arrutv, and good understanding, happily subsisting between them : out ailo to amle .them to contribute to the eftabhlhment and of the general tranquility so yreatly difturbedat the present, and which is the moll salutary gift ol Heaven to man ff a ve resolved to extend 11:11 further, the connexions by which they are united, by the conclusion of treaty of defenfive alli ance: In consequence their majeflies have appointed for their plenipotentiaries, viz. Tiie Emperor ol the Ottomans, Rfield I bra ham Innied Bey, with the title of Ca difitkier of Romelie, former Eftambiil Erlendi, and Achmet Atif, Reis Effcndi, And his majesty the emperor of Ruliia, the noble Vafliii Tamara, his privy coun lellor and cp iPrtßflfc f l!L iar y Otto, r 7. orte. \V fib", "aTr*, \ ll(fc refpeCtive full powers, which found good and in due form, have a greed to the following articles: 1. There {hall, be perpetual peace, fiiendfliip, alliance .and good understand ing between their majeflies, their impires and fubjeCts, as well by sea as land; info rmich, bv this defenfive alliance, an uni on fir intimate (ball Ire eftabliflied between thrill, that they fliall hereafter have the fame enemies and tire fame friends. In consequence, their majeflies promise to open themselves without reserve to each other with refpeCt to every object recipro cally relative to each, and to take every ineafuic necellarv to oppose all holtile en \ rprizes against either of the parties, and re-cftablifh the general tranquility. 2. The treaty of peace concluded at Jiffy, the 29th December, 1791, or of the Hegira, 1206, the 15th of the Moon Gamaziel Cove!, as well as every other tieaty comprehended in the fame, are con finin'i in their tenor, as fully as if they were infer ted word for word in the predent treaty of alliance, 3. In order to give this alliance its en tire and perfect elt’eCt, the high contradl- Jiig parties mutually guarantee to each o . tlier their rel'peCtive pofieffions. His ma \j-lly the emperor of all tnc Rofrinna po- Yantces to the fublimc Porte all its ponefli- Ans, without reserve, such as they existed l\lorc the invasion ot Egypt; ami his im jtiy the emperor of the Ottomans, gua rattees aTlthe pofleffions of the court of Rufoa, such as they exist at present, with out Exception. 4. Though the two powers reserve to them'Ves the rights of entering into ne gociati\n with other powers and to con clude u\th them such treaties as their ref pcCtive i\tertfts may require, they engage in the mt\ft explicit and formal manner, not to adifijt any thing into those treaties, w hich may caule the smallest injury, da mage or bfs to either, or affeCt the inte grity of ts lr dates. They promise on the contrary V do ail they can to maintain '/ami preface the honor, the fafety, and ad vantage of Hoth. 5. Should any projeft or enterprize, in jurious to both or either of the parties, be formed or undertaken, and the forces em ployed to fluiftrate such enterprizes be found infitfficW, in that case one party fliall be held fy> ailift the other, by sea or jfland, either in concert or to make (iiverflon—nr Art 11 afiiit in money, accord ing as the intereu of all the allies and their * ftfetv (h.ill requite. In this case they a gree to accommodate each other on the mod liberal principles. livery neceflary : rr ingement fliall be ehaded as speedily as potTibio: and the duties to be performed, li id be immediately caried into execution. b. Flic choice of iuijcour, whether in troops or money, fliall depend on the par ty attacked; and in case ifie former be de mand al, the troops or flups fliall be fur 1. tilled within three months after the re <i tfl has been made. In case of a fub lidy in money, the tame paid year ly. at fixed periods, calculating from the day of the declaration of war by the ag grv ! >r, or from the commencement of hof tiiities. 7. The two coritr parties, thus nuking a common cuife, whether with ail their forces, or a llipulated ruinaber, it fliall not l>e permited to ether of them to conclude a treaty or armiltice, without vu,aiding ihc other, and providing for its H' :v ; and in case any enterprize (lull be ' r .' rc '* ’‘-v'i'dl the party required to fur ti.tii, n .an r in revenge ot the alliance ol j ' r . | ucc , or °flcred, the other party * j j’' ! 1 ' • ’to lultil, with punftnality . n •>*». ~t .uwla 'e obli. ation for de tef»«hn« her. u \ ' l -' two allies fliould cause B m conceit, 1 whole, jrade# promise to communicate reciprocally and without reserve, the plan of their military operations, to facilitate as much as pota ble the execution of them; to impart their views in relation to the period of continu ing hostilities, and the conditions of peace and to meet each other on this fubjett as far as possible, conforming themselves to the principles of peace and moderation. 9. The auxiliaries (halt be provided by their refpe&ive sovereigns, in proportion to their number, with artillery ammum tion and other neceflary objects—they Ihall also be paid and supported by them. Ihe party requiring fuccour fliall furnifli them with provision and forage, agreeably to prices to be agreed on, to date from the dav whin they pass their own frontiers. — The requiring party fliall likewise procure them quarters and other conveniences, the fame as their own troops enjoy, or such as the required party are accustomed to have in time of peace. 10. The requiring party fliall furnifli the auxiliary squadron with the provisions they may Hand in need of, confoimably to the terms agreed on: to from the day of the squadron in the during the whole time they fhalCbe employed in conjun&ion a tby* enemy. "The requiring parties IfiaTi T.’rnifli without difficulty, from its arsenals and magazines, to the squadron, at the ordinary prices, whatever it may want, in case repairs be neceflary. The fliips of war and transports of the two al lied courts, fliall, during the continuance of the war, have free entrance into their refpe£tive harbors, either to winter or re pair. ix. Every trophy taken from the ene my, and all captures, fliall belong to the troops by which they are made. 12. The Ottoman emperor, and the em peror of the Ruflias, not having in view, by the present alliance, the making of con quests but solely the defence of their ref peftive pofltihons, and fafely of their fub jeefo, and also to maintain the other pow ers in the refpedable situation in which they find themselves at* prelent, and by which they form a political balance so ne ceflary for the support of the general tran quility ; their majeflies will not fail to in vite their majeflies the emperor king of Bo hemia and Hungary, the kings of Great Britain and Pruflia, as well as every other power, to accede to this treaty, whose ob ject is so just and salutary. 13. Though the two high con*raifting parties, are sincerely desirous of maintain 'iirg tUio -xt-tn tile nreft, rvj/rent. pc-. riod ; yet as it is pollible that in "me the fucceflion of circumstances may inquire that some changes be made in it, thepagree to fix its duration to the term of eight years, from the day of exchanging the imperial ratifications. The two parties, before the expiration of this term, will concert mea lures relative to the renewal of the treaty, agreeable to the state of things at that pe riod. * 14. The present treaty of defenfive al iance fliall be ratified by the emperor of the Ottomans, and the emperor of all the Ruflias; and the ratification {hall be ex. changed Constantinople, in the term of two months, and sooner if pofiible. In faith of which, we the undersigned, by virtue of our full powers, have fub feribed the prelent treaty of defenfive al liance, and have affixed our seals to it. Constantinople, Dec. 24, 1798. Signed, lJTcid Ibiaham JfmeJ, with the title ot Kadijlekler of Romelie, Admitd Atif i Reis Effendi, y a fill Tammaia , privy counfellor. PARIS, May 3. The squadron which failed from Brest, carries 25,000 troops, to be disembarked under the orders of gen. Kilmaine. It is composed of one lliipof 120 guns, three of 110, two of 80, and nineteen of 74, besides 9 frigates and leveral corvettes.—The crews are more than complete, and all the lailors have received three months pay in advance. The {hips are victualled for 5 months. The captains received from the minister a packet, which was to be opened only in the presence of their general ftafl, upqu a signal given by the admiral’s ftlip firing a gun. The gun was fired, it ap pears, in the night of the 26th ult. The packet directed them to fail, and they im mediately put to sea witha favorable wind. Ships l’Ocean, Brouillac, commander, cap. de vais 120 guns, 1340 men ; le Re publicain, Bernienger, idem. 110,5213; le Terrible, Lecourt, idem, no, 1023 ; l’lnvincible, I’Hcritier, chef de division, 110, 1069; Plndomptable, Dordeiinj ccp. de vai-. 80,8 50;le Formidable, Trehouard, chef de division, 80,898 ; ie Zelc, Dufay, idem. 74, 7595 H Constitution, Lerrcy, idem. 74- ?S*s leCifalpin, Bergevin, cap. de v.iis. 74, 741 ; le Watiguv, Gourdon, idem. 74. 700; !e ‘Batave, Daugier, chef <v d v li- n, 74. 7*c>i le Gaulois, Simeon, ca; dc vsi . 74, 750 ; leßcdout«b!e,Mon .ol'’.:, iuetn. 74, 777 ; le Gemmapes, 1 C ci«i cr, 74, 719; le Dequeue, , djlcharnW™alTTn lauca * “* ’ Henry, cap. de vajs. 74» 7 6 °! J- J* Roufleau, Bigot, idem. 74, 7 IQ - !e lx Aout, Bcrgeret, idem. 74, 73°5 la RevolU ’ , tion, Rolland, idem. 74, ‘joo ; la Conven tion, Bozee, idem, 74, 7714 1 i ie Tiranm cide, Ademand, chef de division, 74, 000; ]e Cenfeur, Faye, idem. 74, 807 ; ie f ou gueux, Befcond, idem. 74, 77° J Ie Mont Blanc, Mailtral, idem. 74, 713 ; le Jean Bain, Meynn, cap. de vais. 74, 737. FRIGATES. La Romaine, Lacaille, 44 44° La Creole, Gourege, 4° 3^7 La Bravoure, Labourdonnave, 36 359 La Cocarde, Croire, 3 00 La Fraternite, Befnard, 26 312 La Fidelle, Chefneau, en flute, 169 Le Berceau, Bourran, 24 190 La Taftique, Louvet, 18 153 La Biche, Kirnel, 49 La Decouverte, Poflart, 51 25 (hips of the line. r t frigates, 1 flute, 2 corvettes, 2 galleys. Total general 35 veflels. PROVIDENCE, July 3. Exhaft of a letter from one of the owners of the schooner Nancy, captain Jackson, of this port, dated Baltimore, June 24. “ By captain William Hurst, of the brig William, who arrived here last evening from London, I have received a truly me lancholy account of our schooner Nancy, captain Jackson, which is related to me as follows by captain Hurst: That on the 13th instant, in the gulf stream, saw a fail in distress, which he bore up for, and when near her, saw a man on deck, who gave him to understand that he mu ft keep to windward, which he did ; he then got his boat out, went on board the schooner, and found that captain Jackson was the only living person on board, and he in a very feeble state: That captain Jackson informed him he buried his mate (Mr. Welcome Allen, of Cumberland, son to the late captain Nehemiah Allen) a few days after leaving St. Thomas; and that the remaining three hands (James Scott, Henry Arnold and Samuel Daily) had then lain below, dead, three days, he being unable to bury them : That he took cap tain Jackson on board his own veflel, and gave him all the afliftance in his power, which I am happy to learn proved success - - ful, and restored him to a good state of health: That a captain Simpson, who was-mßHnaer_Qo_board the William, and two Bailors, went on board the schooner, buried the dead, made some fail, and kept in company with the brig until Thursday the 20th of June: That in lat. 39, 32, long. 74, captain Jackson having gone on board the schooner, captain H. left him following after the brig, with a fair wind, for this bay.—We now momently expert captain Jackson, as there is a signal up for a schooner below.” NEW -LONDON, July 3. PIRACY. The brig Atalanta, of Stonington, tak en and condemned at Guadaloupe, was purchased by a Frenchman, from St. Cro ix, who obtained permiflion to man her with the American prisoners. He accord ingly agreed with fix, three of whom were of the former crew, at 30 dollars each, for the run to St. Croix. While at sea, the Frenchman was thrown overboard, and a negro man killed with a handspike. The brig was carried into St. Thomas; when just before entering the harbor, the fellow whom the remainder accused of being the 1 murderer, went on shore in the boat. On arriving the crew petitioned for a salvage, but were conduced to prison ; brought to trial, and acquitted. One of the men has arrived here in the schooner Harriot, cap tain Webb. COOPERSTOWN, June 28. The day before yesterday and the even ing of the fame day, presented To the in habitants of Cooperftown, and its vicini ty, a fpeftacle furpailing every thing of the kind, which has been witnefled in this country since it has been penetrated by civilized beings.—Towards evening, the clouds gathered and produced unusual tor rents, so as to render lighted candles ne cetlary an hour before fun set—soon the rain poured from the clouds with unusual torrents, accompanied by heavy, winds and the lightning emitting almost a con stant blaze, accompanied by its attendant companion, thunder; in the evening the flafties were almost inceflant, and the rain which fell during the night, railed the wa ters of lake Otfego, ti* furface of which, covers 10,000 acres, fr<sm two to three feet a circumstance which has never occur red within the knowledge of the oldest in habitant of this country* in thefame time. The damage done by is confiderabfc. The house of IVL. Waldo of Cherry Valiev, has been struck and in jured, and another in Middiefield, feve r u cuttle killed, person s injured but cone bridges, miiis, mifl-danu, and tan vvorjfi A grist mill in Eerlington, was carrjM down the flream by the rapidity of the to 3 rent, with such force and effcS, that tij firft difcoverabie remains of the mill U . C| J the mill stones, the nearest of which wJ found 50 rods below the site of the mill,! NEW-YORK, June 18. Extra*?? of a letter from Litchfield , (June 12 1 to a gentleman in this city. j “ As the Rev. Mr. Ogden was g o ;j| out of Litchfield yelterday, a party of f o m Sidkrs purfned and overtook him near t.hJ new church —without ceremony they f e J cured him by the collar, insulted and grcf s J ly abused him, alledging that he was J Damned Democrat , and they would take! him back to town and punish him. They! ■forced him along with them about twej miles A number of refpeflablJ gentlemen heard of the affair, mounted! their horses, and arrived in season to prc. ted Mr. Ogden from further abuse. “ Previous to this time, Mr. Ogden hal been repeatedly threatened, insulted, ami abused by the soldiers, who were exciftl and led on by certain men of influence and by proffers of liberal portions of fpj* ritous liquors. The exterminating it nator th z giant representative, and the tuhimficd l judge, have undoubtedly been at the boN tom of this difgraceful tranfadion. A pretty proof of their love of order and good government! a fine example for men in their Rations •' an excellent specimen of the use of standing armies!” July 4. A letter received in town yeflerday by a refpedable mercantile house, from Phila delphia, has the following painful fentencefi “ The Fever is, we are sorry to fay, now adualiy here, and has made some conside rable progress.” July 5. POSTCRJPT. Captain Fox, of the British armed schoo ner Hound, arrived here yeflerday after noon, in 14 days from Barbadoes, obli gingly favored us with the following ve ry important information:— 44 Penelope Packet arrived at Barbadoes 20th June, in 27 days from Falmouth— Gives accounts that the Austrians. assisted by the Swiss, have driven the French out of Switzerland, with great Daughter. In Italy, the firft blow the Ruffians struck, was the capture of Milan, and the French were retreating from that country vitb the utmofl rapidity. Their armies were filled with terror when opposed to the Ruffians. '4* “ Report fays that a counter revolution had been effededin France. No account had been received in England of lord Brief port’s fulling in with the French- /oxya/tejl from Brefl, that left that port the 26tHf ij pril—the last, laid, that he was in close pursuit of them, and when last seen by our frigates, they were standing to |he south ward.” Captain Fox, also informs, tha: that Bri tilli frigate Amphitrite, has captured and carried into Barbadoes, the French priva teer schooner Democrat, of 16 fixes, and a brig of 16 fixes and fours, and 90 men, which had done a deal of mifehief in the Wift-Indias. Captain F. failed in company with J? fail of British and American veflels, under convoy of the Amphitrite frigate. The Hound is consigned to Mr. Keny on, of this city, merchant; her cargo con* fifes of sugar. " In lat. 23, 00, long. 61, 00, the Hound was chafed by a French privateer brig of 18 guns, from 11 o’clock, a. m. till dark, when fheloft fight of the brig. Crops in Barbadoes are very good. The Hound does not bring a confirma tion of the death of Touiflaint. July 8. Extra ft of a letter from Amflerdam , to a gen tleman in this city , dated 12th April. 44 1 am very sorry to inform you, that we are entirely blockaded here by the Eng* lifh—all veflels bound to and from thil port are captured by the Britifh—therefore, our situation, at present, is very bad.” The fliip Charlotte, arrived on Saturday last from Teneriffe, which place Ihe left on the 22d of May—Capt. Orange whoi was passenger in her came up from the Quarantine ground yeflerday, and has po litely favored us with the following impor tant article : That on the 19th of May at b o’clock in the morning a French priva* teer schooner arrived in the Road of Santa Cruz from Cadiz, after a paflageof 7 days: Capt O. being desirous to obtain some in formation from her, remained there until 12 o’clock; at whichtime the visiting bo3i came nfliore—by her he learned that 3 4 days before the privateer left Cadiz thi Spanilh fleet, Laid to consist of 22 fail of the line, had failed, their destination the Mediterranean, luppofed with a view to form a jundion with the French fleet, which had gone up the Streights. Thfl Brinffi fleet had left its situation before Cadiz, some time previous.—A French Almira!, name forgotten, was with tl*