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OT “ Citizen ReprrfcntdtrvfS ,
4t A Spanish division, confiding of five
Sfntips of the line and one frigate, with a
hi. into the road of the ifiaod ot Aix.
“ The health of the loldiers might be in
jf jured were thev to remain on board until
jf the fiiips fail for the place of their diftina
g tion. It is even poflible, in cnnteajience
r of fubtequent combinations, that the Spa
|* jiifti troops may be obliged to march over
| a part of the territory of the republic.
“ The executive directory, in conformi
ty to tlic 295th article of the constitution,
acquaint you with the arrival of these
troops, and demands your content, even
eventually, to their introduiffion, residence
and paflage.
“ The dire&ory has, moreover, citizens
representative, already give orders to fur
niflievery afliftancetotheSpaniard:-, which
their situation, and the good untlerftanding
that wo nations, might
Ufi u ire \>a rt.
“ BARR AS. Present.
v « LA GARDE, Secretary.”
May 13.
Boulv Paty read a resolution, bv wliich
the directory is authorifed to introduce on
the French territory the 3000 Spaniards
announced in the mefTage of yesterday.
STRASBURG, May 6.
Tlie account nf our ministers having
been massacred by the Austrian tyrants,
was made known the right
bank of the Rhine. It has produced a
terrible indignation againlj our enemies.
Hie conftquencc has been, that our troops has <*-
greed to pin* no more quarter. Yesterday and
the day before there were some fkirmifhts
between them and the Austrians; on which
occasion no prisoners were taken. All the
enemy whom rhev were able to come up
with were cut to pieces.
UPPER RHINE, May 10.
Skirmiflies daily take place between the
Austrians and French, on the right bank
of the Rhine, from the fide of Kehl. Ge
neral Le Grand commands the latter—his
head quarters are at Kork.
The Austrian troops extend themselves
more and more into the Brift>an. Several
detachments of their light troops gradually
p«f»to Fribourg The French dill conti
nue ay old Briffac, which they arc for
tifying.
HAMBURG, May 22.
Some Continental papers insinuate, the
murder of Bonnier, &c. had been contriv
ed by personal enemies, high in office of
the great republic. By others it is dated,
that the French ex general Danican, author
of the Caffimdra, was the chief of this con
spiracy.
POSTON, July 15.
pKtrafl of a letter from a merchant in St/rti
riant, to a gentleman in this town , dated
May 29, *99.
“ The departure of our fleet has fur
prlfedus, and eaufedmuch uneaGnefshere,
Specially on account of the trade with A
mcric*, wliich is of great importance to us
a? well as to you—notwithstanding which
no steps have been taken to keep this fleet
here. The Governor remonstrated against
its departure,and Rated tothe commander,
iiarlfinck, that the colony would be left in
a mult dill re fled fi nation, itnlefs the fleet
remained to protect them. These wile
arguments of the governor were however,
not attended to, and a majority of the
council determined that the fleet fliould
depart, agreeably to the orders of the
Dutch government in Holland. In con
feqwence of which wc have now only a
few di fabled velTels w hich are not able to
proceed to leu, and of course of no lervice
to us—not being in a situation to give us
the loft protrAtoq : Our coast is therefore
expoled to any privateer or fliip of war
that n ay approach it; even the boats from
Cuvenne, can come and do as they ploafe,
nr.d can with ease take every velfel either
bound to or from Surinam. The French
Ksing allies of the Dutch, we cannot re
fute them entrance into our river, how
*+tr much we could wife it. It therefore
remains with your government to lave
this colony from tlie depredations of these
pirates, and to secure to America, a most
valuable branch of commerce. If your
government fliould think fit to fend some
of your lb ip* of war to crude on the coast,
it will not be aniifs to give them some di
rections how to approach it, and where 10
crude —firft, one fliip of 44 or 36 guns, to
ermfe between Cayenne and Marrowinr
—one of 24, off the mmnh of Surinam
river, and two small veflels for the com
munica ion between the fliip cruising near
vsyenue and Marrowine, and the one otf
buruam river. If these precautions are
taken by your government) you may en
joy an uninterrupted trade. There is no
fliip of force either at Cayenne or Gauda
loupe, which would dare the engagement
ofyourfliipsjand if any morefliips fliould
be sent by the French government to cruite
here, your veflels will have greatly the ad
vantage over them, as They will have the
ports of Demarara and Berbice open to
them, where they can refrefb, and be ftip
plied with everything nectffary. Here
they can be reinforced by the English, or
more fliips from your navy ; and by this
means effectually prevent the French from
committing their accustomed depredations
on vour trade—-for if the French once en
ter the river of Surinam, they will take
your veflels there as well as at fea —as the
Dutch can give them no protection.
“ Information has been received here by
deserters from Cayenne, that in that place
continual conspiracies are formed and
forming against the white inhabitants, and
a similar fate awaits us, which the unhap
py people of St. Domingo have experien
ced. Through the wife precaution of our
worthy governor, our colony has hitherto
been tranquil; our (laves are contented
and happy, but the French party are very
busy and joined by some Jacobins of this
place, are meditating a revolution of a ve
ry serious nature, but it is fortunate the
number of these revolutionists are compa
ratively (mail, and men of no charafter or
influence. The majority of the inhabi
tants, men of diftinftion, morals and prin
ciple, and in favor of good order, are de
termined to support the wife measures of
our governor. Our stores are full of su
gar, coffee, cotton, and cocoa.—The con
voy of Portsmouth, captain M‘Niel, was
composed of 74 fail, which will give you
lome idea of the consequence of the trade
of this place, and how neceffarv it is for
vour government to proted a trade, that
will enrich the coffers of your merchants;
be a source of wealth to the revenue, and
offer a market for the abundant produce of
your country.
P. S. I forgot to inform you of the
capture of the brig Prudence, taken by
Malroyn from Cayenne, and tent into this
river—The sentence of condemnation is
arrived here, from Cayenne, but Frederick
the governor has refuted te give his content
to the fail of the veil'd and cargo at this
place, in contequence of which Captain
Malroyn was obliged to depart w ith his
prize. The Spanifli fleet commanded bv
Don Emparum, has failed from here after
taking in provisions and water, deftina r km
unknown ; 600 troops arrived here in
thre« Spanish (hips—their tronps were for
merly the Royal Guards to the King of
Spain, but now in the Dutch service
Flanders men — of the firft destination and
nobility, whose condurt is worthy of
praise, and much rtfpe&ed both by the
governor and the most refpe&able inhabi
tants here!
July 19.
YELLOW FE FE R.
We are sorry to have to inform our rea
ders, that rtie yellow fever is at Newbury
port—or some malignant fever which re
tembles it. We understand, that 5 persons
have already died with it, and 5 or 6 others
remain sick. Among thefick with the fe
ver it is apprehended the Rev. Mr. Milton,
is included. The inhabitants of the town
met on Tuefday last and appointed a com
mittee of health, which dire&ed all per
sons possessed of information relative to the
commencement of the present fever in that
town, to appear before them, on Wed
nesday, to make deposition of what they
knew. 3
NEW-YORK, July 20.
CAUTION.
A number of counterfeit ten dollar notes
of flic Branch Bank of the United States
are in circulation. The engraving is tole
rably well executed, but the paper is of a
much coarser texture thannhe real notes,
and the signature of the President, Cashier,
and Indorter, are so wretchedly imitated
that the fraud may be easily dete&ed. The
public are cautioned against receiving any
i'uch iu payment.
PHILADELPHIA, July iS.
LOOK OUT!
A PIRATE OFF THE COAST.
By a Pilot arrived this day, information
is received, that the schooner , cap
tain Macey, which has arrived in our riv
er; when to the northward of Little Egg
Harbor, was boarded bv a French priva
teer, who after examining, and finding her
itj ballast, fnffered her to proceed.
Captain Macey not having come up,
we are unable to give the particulars, as to
the name, force, tee. of this audacious pi
rate.—lt is reported flic mounts 12 guns,
and 100 men.
. ,
it is currently reported, that a pilot who
arrived this morning informs, that the fri
gate Un ted States, commodore Bar, v, is
•n the Bay, with two French privateers
taken off the coast. V
Return of inttfßents for the lafifive Jays.
July ig —7 children and 3 grown per
sons. July 20—4 children and 3 grown
pcrfons. July 21 & 22 —11 children and
8 grown perlons. July 23 —>3 children.
BALTIMORE, July 25.
Arrived this day.
Brig John and Joseph, capt. Clarke, 35
days from Jamaica —Ballaft—Wm. Pat
terson.
Left the following vejjels at Kingfion.
The brig Juno, captain Price, of Bal
timore, from Baracoa, was taken by the
French and retaken by the Britifli—libel
led.
The brig Hope, captain Clark, of Bal
timore, bound to La Vera Cruz, was car
ried into Jamaica and libelled.
The schooner Columbia, captain Tur
ner, of Baltimore, bound to Baracoa was
condemned,
Ship Carrollton, Gardner, of this place,
from Jeremie, on her inward bound pas
sage was taken and condemned.
Brig Betsy, Furlong, of Baltimore bound
to Baracoa, was carried in but released,
The captain of the John and Joseph
spoke a fchoonerat sea, ten days later from
Jamaica than himfelf, who infoimed him
that they wereallcondemned but the Betsy.
CHARLESTON, August 1.
Federal District Court,
For the DifiriH of South-Carolina , 2sth Ju
*799-
Present his Honor Judge Bee.
The question before the court was
grounded on a habeas corpus , to bring up
Jonathan Robbins , who was committed to
goal in February last, on suspicion of hav
ing been concerned in a mutiny on board
the Britifli frigate Hermione, in 1797,
which ended in the murder of the princi
pal officers, and carrying the frigates into
a Spanifli port; and on a motion by coun
sel, in behalf of the consul of his Britan
nic majesty, that the prisoner fliould be
delivered up, (to be sent to Jamaica for
trial) in virtue of the 27th article of the
treaty between the United States and Great
Britain.
On Friday his honor the judge pronoun
ced his decree, for delivering up the pri
soner to the Britifli consul, in the course
of which he observed, that it was imma
terial, whether the person was an Ameri
can citizen, or not; he was equally with
in the perview of the treaty and therefore
the court was bound to deliver him up,
the treaty being the law of the land.
The judgment being pronounced, the
irons were replaced on the prisoner. tad,
he was delivered over by the constables, to
1 detachment of federal troops, who had
been placed under arms oppolite the court
house, and had continued there during the
fitting of the court. The troops immedi
ately delivered up the prisoner to Lieute
nant Jump, of his Britannic sloop Spright
ly, then lying in this harbour, and which
failed with the prisoner on Saturday morn
ing for Jamaica.
herald.
A U G U S T A,
WEDNESDAY, August 7, 1799.
t '■
THE following Important News res
pelling the Fleets , was received by
• Tejterdays Northern Mail.
Boston, July 16.
THE FLEETS.
Yeflerday arrived Captain James Free
man, in 53 days from Malaga. He com
municated to us the following (ketch of
intelligence:
May 6. The French fleet pafled Gibral
tar, 25 fail of the line.
May 10. The English fleet, under Earl
St. Vincents, pafled Gibraltar, 22 fail of
the line.
[May 23 d, Captain F. failed from Ma
laga ]
May 24. Off Gibraltar was boarded I
from an English sloop of war, command
ed by captain Moore, from earl St. Vin
cents, bound to Gibraltar, with dispatches,
had failed 600 miles in 48 hours. On be
ing asked the news, captain Moore, said
he was not at liberty to make any particu
lar communication, until he had delivered
the letters of which he w r as the bearer; he
however, declared that the French and
English fleets had engaged, and that the
latter had got the better; but the action
was not decisive—as the French progrefled
up, and the English was following; expec
ting the French would be met in front by
Lord Nelson, with his fquadron,and feme
Ruffian and Turkish (hips, which, with
the co-operation of Earl St. Vincents be
low, would render their defeat easy and
complete —Cutters had been feafonablv
dilpatched, to require Lord Nelson’s af
fifiance, with all the vefTels he could col
lea. Captain Moore said, that the French 1
expedition had been fruftrated by the en
gagement w ith Earl St. Vincents; that
the recapture of Minorca was intended f 0
be the firft aft cf it.—Captain M. further
said, that off Carthagena he fell in wit!,
the Spanish fleet from Cadiz, which hail
experienced a very violent storm, and (ev
en fail of the line were completely dis.
masted. After leaving this fleet, off Cape
de Gatt, fell in with fix English flfipg
bound up, which were fuflicient todeftrey
the Spanish fliips in their then miferabit
situation.
Extraft of a letter from Madrid , May 3, re
ceived by Captain Freeman.
“ French papers obfervefilence relative
to the late events in Italy and on the Rhine.
We know by private letters, that the direc
tory is much alarmed j and they add, that
every man, from the age of 20 to 32 is
ordered into the field ; under a new requ,.
fition, and diftinft from the conscript.
Many have declared they would sooner die
by their own hands, than leave their fami
lies, to farther the ambitious viiews of the
direftory. The eleftions have been tur
bulent in many parts of France; and affaf.
finations never were more frequent than
at present.
“ The Auftrains have entered Switzer
land, and have taken Bade. Jourdan is
elefted a member of the council of ancients.
A courier from Leghorn, fays, there are
only 300 French troops there ; and it is
said the French are about to evacuate
Tuscany.”
“ There is a royal order passed, which
will be published in a few days; which
prohibits all intercourse with the Spanish
settlements in neutral vessels; or other than
Spanish fubjefts. The order fays, the
Spanish nation receives no benefit from
the permission given to neutrals to trade
with its settlements; on the contrary, that
it is a disadvantage to the nation at large,
and that the neutral is the only person that
gains.—This will cut off our trade with
the Havanna for a short time. Spain can
not supply her colonies during the war.”
The day captain F. failed from Malaga,
a letter was received from Madrid, dated
May 10, which said, that the king of Na
ples was reinstated in his throne, and that
the French had evacuated Tuscany.
Mantua and Milan are taken by the
Austrians.
Messrs. Randolph & Bunce,
NOTWITHSTANDING the several
public warnings held out to those owners
and overseers, whose hearts are callous to
the sympathy due their fellow-mortals, re
peated instances occur which makes hu
manity fliudder! A full defeription of
tome recent UorWritiea might injure the
culprit on his trial,.and is .therefore with
held : but such monflers of turpitude are
informed, that by the late C&nftitution>the
lives and members of Negroes are equally
protefied with those of white persons. — A
law which has been in force many years
in the British Weft-India Islands; and it
is hoped will be soon adopted throughout
our own happy continent.
WILBERFORCE.
Mr. Lyar,
SIR—I have been told
you have, in my late absence, certified I
had conveyed a lot, or lots in Augusta not
my own, and having received the value
thereof, it was presumable I would never
return. —Now, fir, you have told one lie,
and presumed another. I presume there
fore, you are deserving of no further no
tice from Your
Plain Monitor.
JAS. HUTCHINSON.
August 7. (2t*4.)
The Subscriber,
HAS FOR SALE ,
Few Hogsheads of MOLASSES.
ISAAC HERBERT.
Au gu st 7- (3t. 4.)
w. S~ SMITH, ’
BEGS leave to inform his friends, that
he has removed into the House lately oc
cupied by Col. R. Watkins, where he pro
poses to entertain a few refpeftable boai*
Ders.—He also hopes to have it in his
power to accommodate his transient
friends.
A »g»ft 7- (ts. 4 )
At PUBLIC AUCTION.
On MONDAY the nth infant , at TE$
0 clock, before try Door , will be solB)
A QJJ ANTITY OF
Houfebold and Kitchen Furniture ,
ONE OR TWO VALUABLE
COWS fc? CALVES , &c. Gfr.
JAs. HUTCHINSON.
August 7.