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army is fully fufficient to do any thing
fcere, if they do their duty/*
We have put into our hand a letter
from Paris, aifclofing a nefarious conspi
racy—no less than an attempt of certain
American citizens to instigate the
French government to take a decided
Strt in opposing the execution of the
ritifli i rcaty by this Country, and to
infill on our guarantee of their possessions
in the Weft Indies ; thus compelling us
into the war with Great Britain and
-France. Min,
PHILADELPAIA, May 13.
From the Madras Courier, June 17.
Pepper was so extremely scarce, tha*
the cargo of the Europe, an Englilh (hip,
could not be completed, and in conse
quence (he had proceeded on her voyage,
wanting nearly aOO tons of the expected
quantity.
May 14.
ExtraS of a letter from Bermuda , dated
St. George*!, April l\th.
4t The brig Rcfolution, Rockwell,
Boston, from Surrinam to Afnfterdam,
with 30,000 weight of codec, waa ta
ken by the Resolution, Admiral Mur
ray, and sent in here, the property of
Mr. Apthorp, a native of Boston, who
was on board ; and what was very An
gular, on his being ordered on board the
man of war with all his papers, met
with his brother, the firft Lieutenant,
whom he had not ften for 12 years j it
was supposed this vcffel would be con
demned, by reason of his being so young
a man; they could not conceive how he
could acquire so large a property.'*
A few days, (the ift of June) wil*
put us in the quiet and peaceable poffef
£on of the Weiiern Polls. Troops
from Weft-Point, on Hudson's River,
it is expelled, will soon march to relieve
the Britiih garrifona at and
Ofwego,
May 6.
A Britiih Packet from Falmouth, ar
rived at New- York on Saturday.
There is a letter in town, which fays
that a Spanish and French fleet of 42
men of war and transports, having on
board thirty thousand troops, are on
their paflage to St. Domingo.
May 17.
On the 18th of March, the third pay
ment was made on the Britiih loan, and,
notwitbftanding the extreme scarcity of
money, stock rofc the whole day—a
striking proof of the immenfc resources
of monied men in England.
ALEXANDRIA, May 17.
A gentleman from Philadelphia in
forms us, that Mr. Muhlenberg, the
late fpeaker of the house of representa
tives of the United States, Was stabbed
fome time lalt week. The deed was
perpetrated by a Mr. Schafer, a diflipa
ied relative, who has flnee been appre
hended and committed to prison. The
wound is not dangerous.
May 19.
By an arrival 2t Baltimore from An
tigua we learn that the Britiih fleet had
arrived at Barbadocs,and that 400 trans
ports were lying in Cariifle Bay. It
wa like wife laid that they had brought
out 16,000 troops, and with the militia
ot tne illand, couidmuiler 25,000 men ;
*nd further, that they were embarking
to proceed immediately against Guada
loupe— On the other hand, Vittor Hu
ghes was watching their motions with
the greatest vigilance, and had made a
general cai], from the 1 (lands of the Sans,
Culottes out of pay, to his ailiftance; and
it was generally supposed that there
v ere in G uadaloupe atleaft 25,000 effe
ctive men.
sJ NORFOLK. May 5.
_ Britijh Barbarity.
BE it Known to ail my fellow-citi
zens, that I the undersigned James
mith, matter of the schooner May
r lower, of Norfolk, in Virginia, lying
in tne port of Jerwnie in the illand of
liilpampla, on the 6th of January last,
was molt grossly infoited by a boats
crew beWmg to his Britannic majef
w ‘‘ eu:as 4° guns by order
ot heruonimandcr, whose name is to the
Kft of my knowledge, Oaks, who for
eoly took iromme James Hail, seaman,
United States—on the
1 jth of said month I got under way
nd . £o /-t- a u-Prince, and at eleven
O Clock, P M. came to at Liflet Fort,
-- g on the 14th at day break
r r W ,* y > a!ld at 7 A - the Re
, u Cnt lcr btat on board and took
mo *” 1 r a °d John Brown, sea
man, ako a citizen of the United States,
r- car - 1 - -d us onboard of the Iphigcnia
Ur 6 * Gardner ; I was mvfelf
P on b ard of her three days, under
of a ccr.tiael, by the order*
Columbian jFiufeum, &c.
of Capt. Oaks, of the Regului, and all
the fubfiftance that I was allowed for
that space of time, was to the heft of
my recollection three bifeuits and about
one pound of beef, and a half point of
four wine during my confinement; I had
an opportunity of feeing a great num
ber of my fellow-citizens fererely pun
ilhed for driving to make their ekape
toward* the United States—captain
Oaks, also, insulted me with the mod
abulive language that his tongue could
express, in calling me a damn'd Ameri
can, rebellious rafeal, which term he
applies to our countrymen generally.
On the 16th January, at 2 o’clock
P. M. I was put on shore alone, and
can fay with truth that I left on board
of the said ship about 35 or 40 Ameri
can seamen, and almost the whole of
them had protections.
JAMES SMITH.
BALTIMORE, May 3.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
Annapolis, April 28.
Took their pallage on Tuefday.morn
ing last, from this place, on board the
Kent-Illand ferry-boat,
Two husbands, with their two wives,
Two brothers,
Two lifters,
One father,
One mother,
One son, and
One daughter,
Consisting of only 4 persons ; and
However strange it may appear,
They're all legitimate, from incest clear.
CHARLEST9N, June 1.
Arrived here, brig Julia, 21 days
from Surrinam. Mr. Wright, of the
house of Crocker, Hichborn dc Wright,
came paflenger in the Julia.
Mr. Wright confirms the account of
the arrival of a Dutch squadron, (but not
at Surrinam, or commanded by rear Ad
miral Barney,) at Cayenne, commanded
by rear admiral Breakcl, it confided of
5 fail of the line and 3 frigates with
troops; part of the force wasdeftined for
St. Euftatia and Currafo, the remainder
were expe&ed at Surrinam.
This information may be relied on,
as Mr. W. had it from the Governor of
Surrinam, the day he failed, and the go
vernor had received it officially.
An attack on Surrinam, was expected
from the Britiih, but not feared, as thfcy
were prepared to debit the aftailants
with it.
Rice fold at 7 dollars per cwt. at Sur
rinam, but from its scarcity pt will Cer
tainly rife.
There was no want of provision, or
did what was there command a very
high price.
SAVANNAH, June 7.
A London ‘aper of the 10th of March,
fays, “ Marct, who lately arrived from
the Auftrain prison, has refufed the ap
pointment of French AmbaiTador to the
United States of America, and we un
derstand Vintent, it now destined for
that place/*
The account of the earth quake in
Li (bon, have exaggerated faCts—the
(hocks have been frequent, but little
damage done ; at Cadiz, a few houses
were thrown down.
His Excellency Samuel Adams, is
re-elected Governor of the Common
wealth of Mafiachufetts, for the year
ensuing, by a majority of 2000 votes.
IMPORTANT—IF TRVI.
Extract of a letter from a Public Fun fit -
on ary of St. Domingo, to a cittimen in
Philadelphia.
Borne, Floreal Bth April 27.
Before this reaches you, you will un
doubtedly have been informed of the
pleaiing intelligence we received from
France, and wnich bids fair to procure
us an immenfc superiority oyer the Eng
lish in these parts. I can now announce
you that citizen Roume, formerly a
civil coxnmiffary, and now one of the
five members that will compose the co
lonial directory, is arrived at Port San
to Domingo, where he will be joined
by his colleagues, who are the citizens
Santhonax, president, Raymond, Le
blanc, and Geraut, members of the co
lonial diredory. The latter four are
on board the fleet, which is composed of
42 (hips of war, 27 French and 15 Span
ish ; with about 30,000 land troops,
which will arrive in a few days at Santo
Domingo, this being the appointed place
of rendezvous. General Lavaux has
received an efficial note from citizen
Roume, communicating the above news.
Citizen Perroud, the civil ordonator,
set out on the 2|d u\iT hi Do-
mingo, in order to give information to
Roume of all that hat palled in the
colony.
The following extras it taintfront a let
ter to a refpeSable gentleman in Mew-
Tori, dated Mat ch 25,
“ I have no political news to commu
nicate, of any import. The last accounts
from the Rhine, fay, that both armies
are making vast preparations, and dread
ful will be the carnage, no doubt—and
when the feene of deltrudtionis to end,
God only knows. The only thing wc
can calculate is taxes, but how they are
to be paid, I know not; and yet weare
told that the commerce of our country
is in a mod flourilhing state. The bank
of England has come to a determination
to be very circumfpedt in difeounting,
which mud be a fatal thing to many,
and the failures that are experied, are
very alarming—by many it is dreaded
to be a counterpart of the year 1793.
All this is of little confcquence to place
men, pensioners, and contractors. Noth
ing but the glorious war can answer their
purpefes/*
Married, On Tuesday Evening last,
in Scrivea County, Mr. JohnWadb,
to Miss Ann* Holcombs, filler of
the Rev. Henry Holcombe, of Beau
fort, South-Carolina.
c*r, 10 Miss Sally Dsvavx.
DEATHS.—leapt. William
Saund*rs, an old and refpectablc
Pilot of this place.
David Montagut, Efq.about
90 years of age, 60 of which he lived in
this City.
partite Ksdto.
ENTERED iNSVARD.
J"* Days,
3d. Schooner Sav. Packet, Rog. Charleston, a.
4. Sloop Cynthia, Brock, Wilmington Del. 30.
6. Schooner Cato, Marden, St. Augustine, 3.
Sloop Uxbride Packet, Moore, St.Mary’*, a.
CLEARED OUT.
4. Brig Brother*, Hort, Cape Nichola-Mole.
NOTIC E~~
THE Subscriber bga leave to inform her
friends in general, that (he ha* moved
to the corner of Mr. Thomas Hoc®**, late
Johnston’s Square, where she carries on the
Milliners Bujinefs, as formerly ,
And hopes by her attention to bulinef*, will
merit the approbation of her friend*.
LADIES may be furnifhed with the newest
fafhions, on the shortest notice.
JANE WHITEFORD.
She has for Sale ,
Vellum Mode ; figured and plain Sattin ;
Mantua's, Luteftring 6t Muslin ; Ladies Kid
and Silk Gloves, with a variety of fafhionable
Ribbons ; Silk and Thread Lace ; Scotch
Threads ; Chintzes and Callicoc*.
Savannah, June 7, 1796. .*8 # jt.
On Tuesday, the 7th of June next, at Twelve
o’Clock, at the Court-Huufe in Savannah,
Will beSOLD,
THOSE two Tenements and Lot, the cor
ner of Broughton and Abercorn Street*,
occupied by Mrs. Eustace and Mr. Anthony.—
Terms will be made known oa the day of lale;
apply in the mean time to
John Gibbons, Auctioneer.
Savannah, April *6th, 1796. u 6
Sheriff's Sales.
On TUESDAY the 7th day of June next, will
be SOLD by Public Out-cry, at the Court-
House in this City, between the Honrs of to
and 3 o’Clock.
One undivided Moity of that
TraAof LAND in Camden County, called
COLERAIN, lying on St. Mary’* River.—
The whole Trafci containing upwards of 6000
Acre*, Seized under Execution, as the proper
ty of James Armstrong, Esq.
A Lot of LAN Din Ogle
thorp Ward, Containing feet in width
and feet in length, bounding on a Lot of
Richard Wayne, Esq. to the North, Mrs. Fle
ming, to the Wsll, on Streets East and South,
at present occupied by Mr. Robert Watt*; Seiz
ed under Execution as the property of the estate
of John Morel, Esq. deefeafed.
8 NEGROES, feiz’dunder
Execution, as the property of Joseph Fox, de
ceased. CONDITIONS CASH.
T. NORTON, S. C. C.
Savannah, May 5, 1796. 019.
LANDING,
From the Brig LUCRETIA, Capt. Tabor from
Port-au-Prince l
A quantity of SUGAR,
In Hhds. and Barrels : For SALE, by
GAIRDNERS it MITCHEL.
Savannah, May *4. 24-ts.
Edw. & Cl. Stebbins,
BY the return of C. STEBBINS, have just
received by the Brig Fanny, Capt. Swin
burn, direst from New-York, a neat and hand
some aftortment of EUROPEAN & INDIA
GOODS, fuitableto the present season, which
with a late fnpply received by the Bellona,ren
der their afibrtment compleat for the present;
which they will fell at a low advance, at th*ir
Stoff Oh th-t i*y, [of Ca* r A or
JUST RECEIVED,
Per Sloop Cynthia, Jno. BROCK Mjfter,/r
Wilpiington, and] or Sale by the Subjcnbtr $
30 Barrels FreOi Superfine FLOUR,
30 do. do. Common, do.
*3 do. do. Middling*,
17 do. Ship BREAD,
aoo do. Kiln dried Corn FLOVB*
186 do. Befl Flint CORN,
•o do. POTATOES,
*0 Boxes SOAl*,
10 do. Mould CANDLES,
A few Burlington HAMS, and
Northern CHEESE
ALSO FOR SALE ,
•6 Bales Beit INDIA NANKEEN.
RICHARD DENNIS.
Savannah, June 7. eB-4t
FOR SALE,
A genteel PHAETON ,
With HARNESS compleat—Enquire at th*
Office of the Columbian Museum.
J une 7- s3-tf.
Five Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from on board the Brig Luerctia,
the night of the s th instant, a Small Rci
Morocco Pocket-Book,
Containing a 50 dollar Bank Bill, and fevarai
other* oflrfs value, and many other paper*.—*
Whoever will leave the said pocket book with
the Printer*, or on board said VefTel, (hall re
ceive the above reward, and noqueftion* afk’dk
June 7.
The Savannah Academy, in the
FILATURE.
THE fubfetiber having engaged an Affiflan*
to teach writing, arithmatic, book-keep-*
ing, navigation, surveying, and the moit ufelul
of the pradical branches of the mathematic*,
purpofe* to keep an Evening School, forth*
mifrudion of youth in Latin, Greek, and what
ever i taught m the day-fcbool. Public exam
ination* lhall be regularly holdeu, at the end
of every quarter. Unless the pupils will be
caused to attend regularly in the fchool hours,
the hope* of a speedy progress, mull unavoid
ably be disappointed— r the progress of the lcho
lar, it the bell criterion of merit or demerit ii*
the teacher. In the meaa time, parents and
guardian* are referred to the following recom-i
mendationi, to which many others of equal
refpe&ability might be added.
Wa NIXON.
Savannah, June 7.
Copy of a letter from the underfgnei gentlemen, M
the Rev. Mr. Nixon.
Sir,
It is with great pleasure we express our opin
ion and approbation of the rapid progress of
the young gentlemen under your tuition, ia
the Latin language.
| At the public examination this morning*
we were moft agreeably lurpnled at their un
common proficiency, and fully convinced off
the advantages attendni g your mode of inftruc*
tion. Although from peru ling the (hort spe
cimen of your plan lately communicated tea
the public, we had entertained very favoura
ble ideas of it* success ; the specimens exhibit
ed this day, have far exceeded our moll san
guine expeditions, aud we think ourfclves ful
ly juftified, in giving you this teflimony of ouf
approbation of your method and talents in th©
education of youth. That you may meet with
ample encouragement, and acorrefpondent suc
cess, as well in your office of tutor, as in th*
intended publication at large, of your excel
lent plan of inllruftion, is, fir, the warmed wills
of your moil obedient servants,
C. C. Pinckney, Richard Hutfon*
Henry Purcell, James Wilson,
Philip Smith, T. H. M'Calla,
Isaac Chanler, John Davidfou.
Charlellon, Dec. 18th, *789.
Extrafl oj a letter from a gentleman in BermuJs
to his friend in Charlejlon , dated November
17th, 1791.
I perused with admiration, the Rev. Mr.
Nixon'* Prosody made easy , and the specimen off
hi* plan for facilitating the acquilition of ths
Latin language. They do him in the opinio*
of every claf* of my friends, the highefl cre
dit, and the account given by Dr. Tucker, o€
the manner of the public examination of his pu
pil*, entirely effaced from the minds of foms
perfoni, the doubt* they had entertained of th©
fairnef* of business. 28-41.
For PHILADELPHIA.
To SAIL on Sunday next *
f The SLOOP
d&L CYNTHIA
Jno. Brock,
good accomrnoda*
FOR Pillage only, apply to
RICHARD DENNIS.
. June 7. *$
26 Dollars Reward.
v,m TV AN away from the fubflri-
X\. ber the 24th inst a Negro
Man named JIM, formerly be
~ longed to Mr. Stephen Maxwell j
m he is a well let fellow, about five
y feet four inche* high ; iuppoled
be about thirty-five years of
- age, fpeakt good englilh.—Whoever will lodg©
him in Savannah or Sunbury Goal, or deliver
him to the fubfcribci, Ibali have the above r®~
ward.
JOHN PRAY.
Bryan County, May jtfl. aB-tf.
L 6 S~T,
BETWEEN Mr. M'Call’* house, and Ed
ward Griffiths’*, on the Bay, an outfid*
Gold WATCH CASE. W’hoevrr will deliver
it to Mrs. M‘Call, or Edward Griffith, fhallh*
handforaely rewardec.
Savannah,, May *. *'**••
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