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Vol. 1* May 18. The (hip Mohawk, Sullivan, from Savannah tor this port, palled by for Rio- Bueno yesterday, deeply laden. Capt. Sullivan fays that the (hip Dau phin, Reid, failed from Savannah for this port eight days before him. The American ship Louisa, Clarke, which lately arrived at Savannah-la- Mar, from Georgia, was taken poflef fion of for three or four days by a French privateer. KINGSTON,(J amaica) May 14. One hundred and forty fail of trauf ports, with 10,000 land forces, a con- Iderable number of them He(fians, were left at Cape Nicholas Mole, by the di vision of the fleet lately arrived. A reinforcement of 5000 men, from the Windward I (lands, may shortly be expeded at St. Domingo. Alniolt all the inhabitants of the city of St. Domingo have left that place for Cuba and the Spanilh Main, not choof ino to relide under a republican govern ment. The few remaining ex refs their wiih of becoming fubje&s of his Britan nic majesty, and hope ere iong to fee tne Britilh flag displayed in that quarter. NEW-YORK, May 30. On Saturday arrived the snow Mer maid, Capt. Hawley, in 20 days from St, Bartholomew’s. By the arrival oi the Mermaid, we have information, that the Bntjh made an attack on St. Lucie, a lew days previous to captai Hawley’s departure from St. Bartholo mew's, and that they nvere completely de feated vi their attempt. The iofs of the Britilh from our information, •was im vieujely great. Three transports <with •wounded on board had gone to Martin ique, and a reinforcement was sent for m order to renew the attack. The gen eral opinion, however, at St. Bartholo mew's, was, that their scheme would prove abortive, as the French were well fortified. Yeiterday the (hip Jersey, Captain Barnes, arrived at this port in 42 days from Havre de Grace, by whom we have a reiteration of the account of peace with Austria, but not with England, as the report of the day at Havre. June 1. By a letter from a gentleman at Gi braltar, to a merchant in this city, dat ed April 4, we are informed, that Mr. Humphreys had adviied masters of ves sels bound up the Streights nottopro ceed, as there were grounds to apprehend they would be taken by the Algerines, the time for arrival of the ransom money from the United States having expired, no calh come to hand. Authentic Intelhgence . Bv the French frigate L'lnfurgente, arrived the day before yesterday at this port, we are informed, that she belongs toadiviiion of eight men of war, failed from BreA in April laid, and arrived at Cape Francois on the tenth of May. That this division is compoled of one frigate of 44 guns, three do. of 40, and four (hips of the line cut down. On the 11 th of May, arrived at the Cape a second division of three lhips, two of which are of 74 gu is, and the third a frigate of 44 guns. A third squadron was announced, and expe&ed in every moment. This last division is composed of eight (hips of the line, and I ten frigates or Hoops of war. It is the [ very fame which the laid fall intercepted took 40 English vefiels, valued at 40 millions of livres, together with a 74, one ot the convoying (hips. On board the Watigny, a 74 one of i the second division, were citizens Son thonax, Le Blanc, Raimond, and Gi | rand, commiflaries of the executive di- I rectory of Franee, and its envoy to the ■windward iilands. Their colleague, Citizen Roume, had arrived fome time before them, in the Spanilh part of bt. Domingo, which is immediately to be I delivered up to Franee. . 1 he above intelligence being authen tic, will set aside all doubt which before clouded the Vi eid-Lidia accounts refpect i ig the arrival of a French reinforce- I ment in that quarter. I In addition to the above account, wa I “ n favored with the Proclamation I Citizen hamhor.axy as President of I the CommiiTion from the Executive Di- I or s °* France, who arrived in the I “?ct from Brell, dated Cape Francais I 2 ; t loreal, May 15. I1 a * t * zcn Bournonville, has set off poll I “-he for Philadelphia, from whence we I exped important news soon. l IMPORTANT. I By letters received in this city, we I a harmed, that Capt. Harris, arrived |j*V ijC^pn *fr°m the Cape of Coon ihpCy I{- T Etlligence of that plsce being ta- by t he French. Columbian itflufeimt, PHILADELPHIA, June j. The firft Seflion of the fourth Con grels of the United States, doled yester day : The molt important business which had been trnfa&ed, L that which pre serves thebleflings of peace and neutral ity. Extract of a Letter from Port de Paix, dattd 6th May. Payments here and at the Cape, have been formally fulpended—-Perroud is gone to the City of St. Domingo, it is aid to meet the Commiflaries of France, but many doubt the truth of the report of their arrival. The situation of Go ernment here and at the Cape, is la mentable indeed, ‘fhe General is obli ged to have avail number of troops with him for his protection, and he is without a Angle barrel of flour—they nave become clamorous, and without ipeedy relief, the worit of consequences are to be apprehended. Here we are not so badly otf for provisions ; but the troops arc so much harrahed with con tlaiu duty, thar there are many malcon tents ; to insure l'afety to the town, they are conftantiy obliged to parroie, and scarcely a weekpaiies but we a;e menaced with burning the town, kil ling all the Whites and Mulattoes, and thelc menaces by the Africans, who do not know what they want. PETERSBURG, June 7. We hear from Kentucky that the In dians killed a family, between the 20th and 30th of March, who were going up the Miflifippi, between the moutii oi the Ohio and Illinois, confuting of twelve persons; ten of the dead bodies are laid to have been found. KNOXVILLE, May 2. We learn, that on the 26th ult. as three men were hunting horles on the Welt Fork of Little Pigeons, Sevier county, tiiey were fired on by a party oi ten or twelve Indians. The men re turned the fire and killed a Cherokee fellow called the Sour Mulh, and wound ed an other. The men had their clothes cut in federal places by balls, but receiv ed no other injury. CHARLESTON, June ic. . Again has this city been vifrted with the dreadlul calamity of fire. On Mon day lait, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, a room in Lodge-alley was difeovered to be on fire, which in a few minutes com municated to the neighbouring build ings. The citizens soon aflembled ; but their exertions could not flop the devouring flames ‘till 3 o’clock on Tues day morning, nor until a very conside rable part of the city was defiroyed. At this moment, owing, to the confufion occasioned by the diiafter, it is not in our power to give an exad account of the loss, or of the number oi buildings deitroyed ; but thole acquainted with the city will conceive the damage done, on being told that every house in Qjjeen llreet, from the Bay to the corner of Uhurch-itreet ; ail Uriion-ftreetcontin ued ; two thirds of Union-ltreet ; Church-llrect, from Broad-ilreet to St. Phillip’s church, with only two accep tions; Chalmers and Beresford’salleys j Kinloeh’s court; a.td tne north fide ot Broad-ltreet, from the State-house to Mr. Jack’s, four doors below Church ltreet ; and five houics on the Bay, from the corner of Queen-flreet, were burnt to the ground. 1 he public buildings defiroyed are, the French Church, and the upper or Beet Market. St. Philip's Church, was on iirefeveral time, and ultimately mull have been deitroyed, ifa spirited negro had not alcended to the top of the cupola, next to the vane, and tore off the (h ingles, Tfte private buildings deitroyed, and the property they contained, arc of im mcn e amount. hive hundred chimneys, it is said, have been counted, from which the buildings are burnt ; and 150,000 k iterling, is supposed to be a sum iar Ihort of the value of these buildings. The goods and furniture deitroyed, are pro bably nearly equal to this ium. Early in the fire, a white man, whose name we have not learnt, was killed by a pipe of wine (ailing on him; and 3 or 4 negroes were killed at other peri ods. Mr. Charles Banks, had his leg very much hurt. Mr. Laurence Campbell, Mr. Henry Lancheiter, and Mr. Joseph Verre, were considerably hurt, while exert ing thetnlelves to blow up a house in Bruad-ftreet. We are happy to add, their wounds are not thought dange rous. These are all the accidents we have yet heard of, and we have no reafen to believe that there are others which will be attended with any fatal effe&s. The diifrelied situation to w’hich up wards of two hundred families are redu ced, by this difailer, is cafier to be con ceived tha v delcribed ; or how numbers of them will be able to obtain places to (belter themselves from the viciflitudes ol the (ealons, is hard to fay. btill it is to be hoped that the citizens, whose houses have efcapcd the (lames, will ex ert themselves, as they have heretofore done, when like calamities have vilited the city, in providing for them such ac commodations as may be in their power to afford. Whether this misfortune is the efFed of deligu of accident, is not yet, and per haps never will be known ; from the examination made on the fpet, where it was laid to have firlf began, by the ln tendant, there is reason to fuppofeitwas the work of fome incendiary, but no proof is yet olfered that w ill fix the crime on any perion. June 17. This city was yeiterday fubjeft to re peated alarms from calls ol lire, and re ports ot attempting to set it on fire. Several attempts have been proved, and examinations of the perpetrators en tered upon. Three very principal characters, William and John Fall, and George ot. Clair, have been at iatt iaiely secured in the goai. Their confinement has been an object which has interelted every ci tizen, as to tneir daring villainy and ac tivity, ail the mislortuncs of the city nave been adjudged. In the course of yeiterday forenoon, attempts were made to let tire to a house in Tradd-ftreet, and an out-building in Archdale-it reet; in consequence of which the in Cendant has iliued a proclamation, offeringa reward of one thoufanddollars, to any perion who will apprehend the perpetrators. Happily in each circum ltance, the difeovery was made before any damage was done. In the forenoon another aiann of tire was given. From the information of several gentlemen, who examined the premiles, and a view of the building, we are fully fatisfied that there was nothing intentional in the latter calc ; a baker who had been burnt out on Monday, obtained leave to occupy an oven in Queen-itreet, near King-street; the oven had been unem ployed for fome time ; as soon as the fire was kindled in the oven, the flue or chimney, which was foul, .took tircaifo, but communicated to nothing elie beiore it was ex tinguiihed. SAVANNAH, June ai. Arrived laA evening, Schooner Nep tune Capt. Smith, from St, Vincents, and 10days from St. Thomas’s. Capt. Smith left St. Vincents on the 4th iint. and informs that the Britilh forces arrived there the fame day, under the command oi Gen. Abercrombie, who landed his troops and expedted to attack tne French polls on the 10th. Capt. Smith confirms the account of St. Lucia being taken by the English, and that the lois o( the French, by accu rate returns, was 800 killed and wound ed, and that of the Englilh, 1200 — tnat they took about 1500 men, wo men and children prisoners, and were on board a transport at St. Vincents. — 1 heirdeftination he could not learn. On his homeward bound pafiage, spoke (hip Neptune, J. Thompson, ot Baltimore, from Deinerara, who was there condemned, fold, and purchased by the Captain in behalf of the owners— was bound for Martinique. Yeiterday, 25 leagues from Tybe light, was brought too by the Viper, Sloop of War, ol sixteen 6 pounders— was permitted to pass without detention. A Charlefion paper of the 16th, gives an account of the Office of the French Consul being broken open, and 160 dollars (tolen ; on which occasion the Governor has ilfued a proclamation, offering a reward of one hundred dol lars, to any person or persons who will procure the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders. A nc-jj method of paying DEBTS ! A Physician delivers the planter, at the end of the year his bill, and requells payment ; then, to be fare his charges are very extravagant, and he is immedi ately difcliargeu, but the account re mains unsettled. It the merchant demands his money at the years end, it is said, he has charg ed things that were never received ; oe i, a lcoundrcl, and may get a beating for it —let him sue, then he is lure he cannot recover lm money under three years, and draws no in rereft 1 on an open account ; thus he is put off. Should the Carpenter demand his mo ney for work done, lie is told, that his work is not faithfully done, and there fore he cannot exped to be paid ; if more work is wanting, why employ someone else, and let him sue, the courts are tedious, and he will get tired before I (hall ; besides 1 will prove, the house is leaky, that it is not properly weather boarded, by which means I’ll have it in my power to curtail his bill, and keep him out of what is his due, a ieaft h.e* years. If a Bricklayer demands his money, lie is moil afluredly an impertinent fel low, and iliall wait. Thus it is with every application for money—every one to whom it is due, is put off in this manner—The planter takes his money, buys more negroes, goes on a frolick to the northward—The general cry is, how rich such a man has got by provi sions riling, but when he dies, his ellate cannot pay all his debts, for which rea (on the Executors will pay none. A. Z. ftS” These Subscribers to the Columbian Mufrumuni .Savannah Adverrifer, aho hava not pi'd their advance Sufription, are particular* l) lequ'jfei to do it without further delay June ai. fparmr Itcqidcr. ENTERED INWARD. June, Day®, 17. Snow Sally, Manchester, Africa, 89- Sloop Batcnel. Packer,Jamiefon, Si.Mary,4. rB. Harriet, B*mis, do. 3. CLEARED OUT.. 16. Brig Commerce. Dundas, St. Augustine. 17. Schooner Groce, Norfolk, Virg. l.xperimrnt, Willis, Baltimore. Hope. I.anufter, Charleltoa.. Either, Wells, do. 1 3, Brig Apollo, Ilobinfon, New-York. Sloop Fortune. Johnson, Charleston. - Cynthia, Brock, Philadelphia. Olinda, J.aughton, Charlciton. • Nancy. Nightingale, do. Ba:cheler Packft, Jamiefon, St. Mary N O T ICE. MR. EVE's arrival in Savannah, puts it i the power of the fuhfcrib'T to answer any enquiries refpefting his Cotton Ginn’s. All Suhfcribers will be supplied in time to dear out their prelent years crop. T. SPALDING. Savannah, June 21. 32-ts - 1 ■■ . !■■■■■■ ——■ ■■■-ii,—... ■■ mwm** GEORGE LAMB, Has jujl receiiedper the Brig M*ry f rom St. Bar tholomews, Fresh COF FEE in Bags, which he will dispose of low for Calh, at hiy Store under the Bluff. Savannah, June ao. 3*-tf —■— - -... -... . . —f 20 Dollars Reward. RUN away from the fubfcriberonThurfday last, a New NEGRO, named CHARLES, bought lately at Mr. Watts’s Sales ; he isaboutf 5 feet 4 inches high, well made, about royear® of age, has loft aor 3of his upper fore teeth ; had on when he went away, a checked (hirt and. oznaburg trowfers, and also carried away with him, a blanket and pair ofche< ked trowfers.— The above reward will be paid on delivering him in Goal, or to the fubferiber in Savannah* with all nv.derate charges. JOHN GROMET. Savannah, June ei. d 2 -^- For Ncw-York or Boston. To Sail in Eight Days. The BRIG J&m MARY, p!lo_ Thomas CorriN FOR Freight or Passage, ap-’ ply to the Mailer on board, at Bolton’s Wharf, or to JABEZUPHAM. Savannah. June at. FOR SALE. M.L that LOT of I.ANO ■ 11 die City ol Savannah, Ellis’s Square, containing ffcßfj tkj feel in front and 90 tret BSI. m depth, marked with th* ILU ('• bounded weft on LffllflUinMfffll a ftrect formerly the com* ar— lU on, north on St. Julian ltreet, calf by Mr. C. Pollock’s lot, south by Duke street, with complete buildmgs thereon, at prelent occupied by’ the fubferiber, to whom application may be made. J. B. GOUPY- Savannah, June 21 . 32-12: House & Lot for Sale, A Commodious two tor y With new out buildings, in H 'i alia 111 Broughton Street, oppofue Rim Ed ward Llovds. and ad oining Mrs. Whiiefi -Id’s— The house i. at preCeht oc cup.ed by Col. Annftrong, but will be given up in a few days. For terms apply to ROBERT BOLTON. Savannah, June U A S H nven for clean RAGS, At this Office* 127