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Y r ol i. JAMAICA, fKingfton,) Feb. 20. The Barbadoes Mercury, of the 2d instant, contains the following para graph : ’ “Since our lail there have l een a number of arrivals, all which are com bed to come in and remain here for •he prelent, it being a measure deemed highly proper to finpend the communi cations from hence with the neighbor ing i (lands, while the arrival of the pow erful arrangement is so long procrastin ated.” Extras of a letter from an officer, dated St. Domingo , Feb. 6, 1 796. Matters here carry a very promif- j n g appearance; we are now in treaty for the remains of Jean Francois's army, to come into our pay and service, which 1 beiieve I may venture to fay is con cluded and fixed; they consist of be tween four and five thousand people, v/ho are ready, upon coming into pay to difpiay Britiih colours.” BOS TON, April n. With sincere sorrow we announce the death of that truly benevolent, ufeful and good citizen, the honorable THOMAS RUSSEL, Esq. which took place on Friday morning last, after a Ihort ill ness. NEW-YORK, April 16. It is Hated in a Philadelphia paper, that in conlequence of uncertainty as to the intention of the House of Represen tatives, in regard to fulfilling the Trea ty with Grcat-Britain, many refpeda bie under writers refufe to write poli cics of Insurances. One event is the moll certain confc quence of a violation of the Treaty by the House of Representatives—a divi sion of the union. The northern States fought the battles of the Southern, du ring the late war—They fed, clothed and supported the army—They secured Independence —They have offered now to pay the debts of the Southern Deiim quents-' —They consented to give the Southern states a fourth more represen tatives than they are justly entitled to by admitting two fifths of the blacks to be represented—and yet tbofe States are not latisfied. A violation of national faith, at this time, will be considered by the northern people, as a throw of the gauntiet. The challenge will be accep ted, and the northern States will rid themselves of a weight that hangs like a .tpillftone about the neck of our profperi ry. A Norfolk paragraph states, that the Tlietis frigate,’ had boarded the fiiip Friendfttip, within the cape, and taken a man, who has been ten years natural ized in America. The man’s being naturalized, could not protect him ; but to board the lhip at all within the capes was an unjustifia ble licence. It is not a little furprizing, if all the accounts of impreflinents are true, that the practice Ihouid have littie or no effect in uilcouraging leainen from engaging in the tervice of American Merchants. In a lull public meeting of Merchants m this City, last week, the question was afiten, whether the Britiih Impreffments had operated to difeourage seamen from entering into Service ? The reply was tnat no such effect had been perceived— no objections from seamen had been heard. If seamen do not complain, how happens it Printers take up their cause with so much zeal ? Is it not a well af -ertained latt that few real Americans nave been imprefled. _ Vve are authorized by Weft-India Merchants, in repeating theaflertion we have oelore made, that our trade to the hands Suffers more from the arbitrary proceedings of the French adminiftra- V on ln hxing their own price upon pro duce, than from the Britiih. Minerva. In consequence of the rife of wheat in °n on, the price ol the quantern loaf, hasanfen to 1/3 sterling. Some time in January last, an account as pu a ihed of the death of Thomas ame, taken from a London paper. If as Since been contradicted. * His bad late of health on the 27th of May lalt, ail PIf a . r s f rom his own words) has in probability originated the report. lent/.i rn* r Wo tm,nt hs before this ev wiii . IC r a ‘ o Robelpierre) I wasfeized Cv a r ‘ ever in its progress had fr J > ra P*? m °* becoming mortal, and cove \ e J* e<^s os which lam not re edwWu* was then that I remember 2ra. , n I , enewe( l Satisfa&ion, and con in? w a - m >'flfmoft sincerely on bav m n r : ttcn former part of the Age ca ‘ un * I had then but little expec Columbian #lufeum, &c. tation of Surviving, and thole about me had less. I know therefore by experi ence, the conscientious trial of my own principles.’*” Ext raft of a letter from Ireland, dated the lsth February , 1796. “ The ship Nancy of Bolton, Janies Wilson, maiter, is on Ihore near Killy begs, loaded with cotton, cane reeds, rice, tar, and oak ftaves, from Savannah bound to Lancaster. “ The cargo is now discharging, but not without considerable damage, and it is feared the vcffel will not be got off.” Ex trad of a letter dated Surinam , Feb. 13, 1796. “ In lat. 44., long. 62, we fell in with the wreck of a schooner from New- Havcn, Connedicnt, Moses Miles, (late) matter, we boarded her and found a man and a dog alive, and took them off. They had overfet 21 days before,’ and had been four days without frelh water. Five men were loft, two of them lay dead on the deck.” PHILADELPHIA, April 13, In tenJi mg Intelligence. Ycfterday arrived here, the schooner Delight, Captain Dunphy’s, in 15 days irom Port-au-Prince, where he left on the 28th ult. By him we are informed, that three seventy-sours and three fri gates, together with fifty-eight fail of armed transports, &c. which lailed from thence tolayfiegeto Leogane, having 0.1 board 4000 troops, were repulsed by the French, with a considerable loss, having, contrary to their expectations, met with a force superior, which caufeu their expedition to prove unfucccfsful— one of their 74’s was so much crippled before a fort, that they were obliged to tow her out. The whole of the fleet had returned to Port-au-Prince previous to his failing. Ycfterday arrived the ship Success, Capt. Robertson, 15 days from Anti gua.-—He informs, that the Bellieu, Britiih frigate, had taken a large French lhip, armed en flute, mounting 26 guns, from Guadaloupe to France, after a run ning fight of one hour and three-fourths, and feat her into Antigua—She had 16 men killed. Previous to his departure accounts had been received there, and generally credited, that a French priva teer had taken a Britiih packet, from England, five leagues to windward of Barbadoes,. by furprize, in the night time ; and further, that she had 3 mails on board. April 18. Fhe following Memorial <was agreed upon at the meeting of the Merchants and i raders of this city on Friday lajl. To the honorable the House of Repre fentarives of the United States. The memorial of the Subscribers, Merch ants and Traders of Philadelphia, ReJpcSfully reprefentSy THAT they have waited, with anx ious expedta .ions, to fee the neceflary mealures adopted by your honorable house for carrying into operation the treaty concluded between the United States and Great-Britain, and are now seriously alarmed left those mcafures Ihouid be further delayed or entirely omitted. Under that impieffion, they deemed it incumbent on them to represent, that properry of the Merchants of the Unit ed States, amounting upon a moderate computation, to more than five millions of dollars, have been taken from them by the fubjetts of Great-Britain, the restitution of which, they verily be lieve, depends, in a great measure, upon the completion of the treaty ou our part. Independent of this immense sum, they have embarked the principal part of their remaining fortunes in velfels and adven tures, the fafety of which will, as they apprehend, be materially affeded by a refufal or negledt on the part of the U nited States, to comply withftipulations so solemnly entered into—Besides their particular interests as Merchants and Traders, they feel an intereft,'in com mon with their fellow citizens of other deferiptions, in theprefervation of peace, on which the preservation of this coun try depends; and they ihouid deem them feives wanting in that spirit and inde pendence, which ought ever to charac terize freemen, if they forbore, onfo in teresting an occasion as theppreset,n t, to express their wilhes and expectations.— They, therefore, with all due refped for the Representatives of the People of the United States, beg leave to recom mend, that no partial considerations of policy may influence their decision on this important question; but tha’ the faith, the honor, and the interest of the nation, may be preserved by making rh<* neceflary provisions for carrying the treaty into lair and honorable efteft. And a committee was appointed to correspond with the commercial cities and towns of the United States, as well as the frontier counties, on this fubjeft. The committee consists of the following gentlemen : s Thomas Fitzfimons, Ifracl Wheelen, jofeph Ball, Robert Wain, Walter Stewart, Joseph Anthony, George Lattimer, Samuel Breck, Samuel Sterett, Francis Gurney. Ex trad of a letter from a rrfpe Sable mer chant in Baltimore , dated April 14,1796. ** I am truly sorry to fee the bicker ings in Congress, and cannot but flatter my felt that all things will be finally fet tled to our Satisfaction. It cannot be poftible that any let of men with to set us again afloat. Direful would be the consequences to our property now on the oceanF* Tuesday last a meeting of the inhabi tants of Ycrktovvn and its vicinity, was held, when it was agreed that a petition to Congress Ihouid be circulated for Signature, praying that the Treaties lately concluded on, may be carried into efteCt. A like petition has been circu lated -in Walhington county, where it was signed by the court and grand jury, and many inhabitants. ’ SAVANNAH, ivU> j. Last week came on at the Federa Court in this City, before Judge Ell worth and a very refpeCtable Jury, the longcootefted cause been Hunt, Stai lings & Cos. and Birch & Ouvrv, when after a full investigation, the deed oi ai fignmeat was fully eltablilhed; and theie appearing a large ballance due Bird and Ouvry, the Jury without hesita tion, gave a verditt in favor of Birch S, Ouvry, with full costs of suit. Extrad of a Letter from a Member of Ctv grejs to his friend vt this city y dated Aprt'l 1 Bth. “ For a month past, the treaty has oc cupied the time of Congress. lam at prefent apt to suppose, that appropria tions will not be made so carry it into efFeCL” Extrad of a Letter from a gentleman in Fhiladelphuiy to his friend in this city , dated the \Gth April. “ The Yazoo fubjed has been much can vafled here, and from what I can colled, all are picafed with the late interference of the Legiflaturc, except those whose purses have been lightened by the mea sure. I have frequently heard fome of them fay, that the curfcd law had so in terfered with their speculations that they could not obtain the original colt of the land they had. (ft THE Trustees oj the Orphan-House, are reminded , that they art to meet at Bethesda, on V/edne/day morning next, \0 o'Clock. *** To give place for Intelligence , Warren is omitted; tut will have place in Friday’s paper. Marine Kegiffer. entered inward. May, Days. Schooner Industry, Todd, Charleston, 1. Peggy, Grace, do. 2. Neptune, Dickinson, do. i Lacker, Nazra, New-Providence, 3. New Adventure, Harrington, do. 3 Fair Play, Smith, Norfolk, Sloop Batchelor, Jamiefon, St. Mary’s, a. Brig Welcome Return, Labree, Philadelphia, 12. CLEARED OUT. Sloop Fancy, Morrison, Charleston. For the WEST-INDIES. To touch at Barbadoes and the lflands as far to Leeward as St. Chriltophers : The faft Sailing i SCHOONER vl'M. Etea’ Captain Thomson : WILL Sail in all this week : For Paftage, apply to the Captain on board, at Wallis’s Wharf. May 3. *it JUST RECEIVED, On Consignment, by the Subscribers ; And for SALE, at their Store, [No. 3. COMMERCE ROIC.) OZNABURG, Ticklenburgs, roll Linens, Bed Ticking in whole and half pieces ; Heflians, Platilles, Brown Holland, Irilh Linen, Printed Linens, Black Pepper, Pint and half Pint Tumblers, Window Glass, North ward Rum in bbls. Brandy in Demi johns, Sherry Wine of an excellent qua lity, Sugars in bbls. White Wine Vine gar in Pipes,. New-York Mould Can dles, 4,5, Gy to the pound, rod. and 2od. Nails, in lmall Calks, (fc. &c. BEN EDIX & Cos. May 3d/ x 8-3 t. JFor ttjc Columbian 3puL uml ? v Gentlemen, * DU RJ NG my abfenceat Louisville, ‘ I find that the valiant Mr. M aid burger, has ahnoilnced to the world, through the medium of your paper, that lam a coward and an aflalhn. It fhowa the sagacity of this pattern of chivalry, whose criteron of bravery is the Irjh, and under the influence of which, he has become a very bettor in fclf conceit. My letter inserted in your last, by my friend Mr. Maxwell, will, 1 flatter my feif, convince the world, what impro priety there would have been in my no ticing Mr. Waldburger, as a gentle ,an. riis publication cannot in j ire me one moment with my fellow citizens, and it has power only to excite in my br< alt, emotions of pity and contempt, inflead of resentment. The ltory at Auguila, mutt be well remembered—l mean the patience with which this hero bore the whip of Mr. Seagrove. 1 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient lervant, JAMES JACKSON. Savannah, May 2, 1796. FOR SALE, Two or Three Hundred Balhels of SEED R I C E, Os a superior quality—By JOHN MORE L. avannah, May 3, 1796. 4t.*. Canal Lottery, A o. 2. SEHEME of a Lottery authorized by an Aft entitled aft “ An Aft to enable the Prefi .i nt and Managers of the Schuylkill and Suf juehanni Navigation, and the Prendent and Managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Ja ual Navigation, to raise bv way of” Lottery, the Sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars , for the Purpose of completing the Works in their Aftsof Incorporation mentioned. ’* Dollars. t Pme of twenty thousand dollars, 90.000 t oj ten thou find dollars, 10,000 5 °J f our thousand dollars each, to be paid to the jhojjefors of the five Nit nbers Jirft out of the wheel on the Lift day’s drawing, at which time there fall ‘not be less thiiu jive hundred Numbers undrawn, 20,000 10 of two tlioujmj ds/l irs each, 20,000 20 oj one thousand dull its each, 20.000 43 of five hundred dollars each, 21,510 too of two hundred dollars each, 20,000 ioo oj one hundred dollars each, 10,000 220 of fifty dotl.irs ca h, njooo 29,500 of five dollars each, 147,503 30,000 Tickets at Ten dollars each, 3.^,000 All Prizes (hall be paid Ten Days after the drawing is finiftied, upon L he deman lof the Polfeffbr of a fortunate Ticket, fubjed to a de duction of fifteen pet Cent. Such Prizes as are not demand’d within Twelve Months after the Drawing is finiftied. of which Public Notice will be given, {hall be considered as reliuquifbed for the use of tho Canal and applied accordingly. At a Meeting of the Pk esi uent and Mana gers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Canal Navigation—and the President and Man agers of the Delaware and Schuylkill Conti— Saturday, September 12, 1795. Rfolved, t THAT David Rittenhoufe, Joseph Bill, John StinmeLz, Ltandifh Forde, Francis Welt, Walter Stewart, and William Bingham, tea Committee to arrange and dired the disposing of the Tickets which Commi tee Ihalldepofit the Money in Bank, to be carried to the Credit of an Account to be opened for the Lottery. ExtradUrom the Minutes, T. MATLACK, Secretary. The Drawing of this Lottery will pofitivcly commence on the Second day oi May next ; ‘Tickets may be had at the Company’* O lice near the Bank of the United States, and of ci ther of the Subscribers. DAVID RI TTENHOUSE,-. JOSEPH BALL, J S JOHN STEIN METZ, I £ STANDISH FORDE, V. > FRANCIS WEST, f £ WALTER STEWART, WILLIAM BINGHAM, J * Philadelphia, January 1,179 b. IICKEIS in the above Lottery for Sale by the fubfc ribn, who is authoriM, and will be turmfhed with Calh to pay the Prize Money ariiing from such Tickets, as he fhal] difpole of to Citizen* of Savannah, in Sixty days after the drawing is finifhed ; he will alio be furmftied with a Rate of the’drawing monthly. u WILLIAM LAMB. Savannah, April 29th, >796. For LON DON, FRIENDSHIP, Thomas Orange by the 14th inst.—For Pailage <>r small Freight, apply to the Captain on board, or JOHN CUNNINGHAM. • Savannah, May 3. 18-51. WANTED TO PURCHASE, A Negro Woman, Accnftom'ed to Cook, VVafh and Iron—For which a liberal price will be riven. JOHN EPPINCER. May 3 ts. 71