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Vol. l. moft officer like manner, and the attack made with great gallantry. La Unite was reputed one ol the great cll iailers in the French navy, and is a very fine frigate, only seven years old. The wife of the Governor of the Port of Rochfort, Madame Le Large and her family, were on board, who with her son, an ensign of the Chip, I fuffered to return to France in a neutral veil'd, tak ing in the parole of the young man not to serve until exchanged. Indefatigable, Falmouth, 26 April, 1796. Sir, 1 have the moft feniible pleat are indeiiring you to inform my Lord Com miilioners of the Admiralty of my arri val at this port, accompanied by the , French national trigate La Virginic, of 44 guns, eighteen and nine pounders, and 3+o men, commanded by Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de VaitLau, who failed from Brest singly, four days ago, tocruife oft*the Lizard in this favourite, which is confide red the fineft ship and faded failerin the French navy, and ol the largest dimensions, being 15S feet long, and 45 broad. * On Wednesday morning the 20th instant, after I had sealed my dispatches for their lordffiips, lying too under the lizard, with the squadron, waiting for the French frigate La Unite, our prize, to weather that point, I obierved alhip coming in from the sea, which in my mind looked rather suspicious ; and on her not answering the private signal, when (he tacked from us, I immediately gave chace to her, accompanied by the Amazon and La Concorde (having by signal directed Le Revolutionary to at tend her prize into port, and the Argo to proceed to Plymouth.) The supe rior failing of the Indefatigable gave me the fatisfadion of coming up with her after a chafe of fifteen hours, and run ning one hundred and sixty-eight miles. Fortunately the wind prevented her from Peering for Ufhant, or ihe mult have escaped. A little past midnight I commenced aftion with the enemy, which was close ly continued under a crouded fail, for one hour and forty-five minuteSi The enemy, who fought gallantly, was by this time much crippled, her mizen-mall: and main-top-malt being (hot away ; the Indefatigable was not much disa bled ; but having loft her gaff and miz en-top-maft, the main-top iail w-as ren dered ufeiefs by an unlucky shot cutting both leech-ropes. In this situation we palled the enemy without the power of avoiding it, having nc after-fail to back, and I had long difeovered we had not only to combat a ship of large force, but that her commander was completely maacr oi his profellion, in whole pre sence I could not commit myfeif with impunity, by throwing my Ihip in the wind, without iubmitting to be raked by him. ■She had not at this time struck, and we kept'dole a-head of her, reving new braces to enable us to bring the ship to, to renew the attack. .4 : t ‘ lls pencd La Concorde appeared m fight, dole under her stern, and upon the enemy lecmg her, (he fired a gun to leeward, and struck her light, as a fi >- nal of lurrenaer. 0 Although a very few minutes would have placed the Indefatigable again a long fide of her, I a.n confident (he would not have surrendered without farther reliftance, had not the Concorde fv> timely came up. Edw. PelCew. KINGs rON, (Ja.naica,) June 4. , * j Cow-Bay, about nine o’clock on ednefday evening, the schooner Mar louin, from Jeremie, fell in with the cnocner Barbara, capt. Glegg, when, acfl mi fmking the other for an enemy, an engagement took place, which lulled p >r upwards of an hour, in which the pa.oara had her fails and rigging much l 1 | Ur V Marfouin one man kil f aiid three or four badly wounded. On r U ESDAY, 1 he igth July next. A th mRE °f TelfWtf Gibbons, on Tel fair’s Wharf, Will be Sold, ‘ Sundry Articles of toufcholrl Furniture,* *y BEQ'-T A1R S ’ TABLES, a Mahoga- A-so BEDDING, &e - 0 I ? asE AIDING CHAIR. * CART “T ck CATTLE, atCoflon’s Bluff, Ri-. l •’ an a BOAT that will carry 33 bbls. D\vid vr - I ? art °f l he perfonai property of nUl o ri ‘t, Esq. dcccaled.—Condi cions, O f dcr of tht F reevtors , Savann.i fiI3BONS, Audion’r. June l 0) , 79 p. 2g i ‘ ‘ \i"’ 1 entire to the Print * ° uSne& wanted-apply at this Office. Columbian j&iufeum, % iror if)c Columbian Spufcum. Mejfieurs Powers & Seymour, BY the help of your neat type, let me request the citizens of Savannah to look about them. I have of ten heard old people fpcak of a book which had been much read in the days of our grand-fathers. The volume is almott obiolete now, but feve ralof its ftoties have been taken out, and by the aid of tradition, kept alive to this daw Among these (lories, there was one often tolu us when we were children, con cerning a city of very ancient times, which had been funk in the dead lea, for the wickedness of its inhabitants. There is one part of this story, which I believe I lhall never forget, “ That before thole bad men had been finally abandoned to de ft ruction, God Almighty had proposed to spare the w iiole of them, on condition they would prodace only ten righteous persons, belonging to the city. That not being able to raise that number, they were cqnfigned to sudden perdition, by a fearful earthquake ; and not a lb a; but three were excempt from the gene ral ruin. One man and his two daugh ters were wife enough to believe what was threatened—took warning in time, and made their escape.” The people of modern cities fliould look about them —they know not the day nor the hour, when the ground beneac., them, may be torn asunder by convul sions ; the llreet where they live turned to a noisome lake, or a hideous cavern ; or the whole city metamorphosed into a drcadly sea, like that of Sodom and Gomorrah. For thole bad men the story speaks of, were not the only w retch es whom the pit has swallowed up alive. Many other cities have met the fame ca tastrophe, in much later times. Read the Fortuguefe annals of ’55, and learn the melancholy tale of Lilhon. Pcrufe the Spanilh chronicles of ’72, and note the subversion of Guatimala ; then turn to the memorable events of the two Sici lies in ‘B3, and you will find a tragical account indeed, of no less than 80 or a 100 towns and villages, with 40 thou land inhabitants,all loft beyond redemp tion, by an earthquake so powerful and exrenfive, as to throw the whole pro vince of Calabria under the ocean. However (earthquakes and tornadoes out of thequeftion) thereare many other means, by w'hich just heaven scourges unhallowed cities. Unconquerable fires melt down their buildings, and give wings to their riches to fly away. A fubtile pell ilence, sweeps off its hundreds and its thousands, as with the besom of dellruHion. These fubliinejudgements of heaven have long been the terror of the old world. They have at length, found their way to the new. Let all the people of the new world look about them —hold themfclvcs in readiness for thele great feenes of public difinay—for a time when an earthquake may furprize them —for a time when their cities or heufes may be enveloped with devour ing flames over their heads, or w.hen a lethiferous fever may carry off fcorcs of their fellow citizens in a day. People of southern cities look fiarf, about you. —Plagues, fires, and commo tions of the globe, are not the only disas ters which may betal you. Infurre {lions are not impracticable ; majfacres are not impolfibie ; robberies are not.uncommon. What milder than robberies, can be the conference of that remarkable idleness, we difeover every where around us. Idleness the parent of incalculable mif chief, indulges itfelf openly without the lead referve—ldleneis ever prognosti cates a rapid race to ruin. • * A city of righteous mcn v has nothing to fear j but where A fufch a r cuy*To be found ? Even persons of that cftkraCtf.r,'’might ensure us proteClicyv,; Bujralewe certain we hold in every city ‘even that (mail num ber ? t \** 1 hen ye Rev. Clergy, spare no pains to make us righteous.—Ye Elders of the city, exert yourbelt endeavours to make us honest, and to keep us so.—Nightly guards, be vigilant at your posts, to keep us in faiety.—Officers of health, do your utmost to hold the pcltilence at bay.— Officers of cleanliness, ply well the means in your power, from the east to the weft of the city, that we may have whole foine streets to walk in, and a pure at mosphere to breathe. Citizens all, be persuaded todifeharge with promptitude, yourbounden duties, in your departments. Plant -1 rs , attend closely to your acres.—Mer chants j import all the conveniences of life, before you bring us any luxuries.—Me - han-.cs, f ‘ keep your Jhops, and your jhops will keep you.'’—Gamblers and Swindlers, quit the city without lofsof time ! Mtnofcl.Kers and S Peculator take yourfelvcs off! Idlers and Saunters of every dclcription, be gone front, us! Leave the honest men, and the industri ous to themselves.—l hey have not sent for you yet, and you lhould keep out of the way till you are called for. Shift your head-quarters immediately ! find fome reputable business to employ you, or the fate of the idle, drunken C-s-k, may loon be yours, who cut his own throat the other day, in a paroxysm of infinity. But if you do not mean to reform, no matter how soon you follow him and htsexample. The community can very well spare you, and the world would be happily rid of you. Citizens of Savannah, look about you — Id fays - Yhe BRA MIN. SAVANNAH, July Tff WE promised our readers in our Lift, fome particulars on the fubjeft of the failure of the late Treaty.—The Indians we are informed, were prejudiced in the nation against the disposal of the lands, by fome unfriendly persons ; and re ports declared to them, among a variety of others, that they were to encounter the Georgia militia when they came down to treat. Whether this was the reason or not, of certain regulations of the Federal Commiflioners, we cannot fay ; but by those regulations, the Com niffioners of the State were forbidden to enter the Indian encampment, or hold conversations with them, without the palTporc or permit of one of the Coin mifltoners of the United States ; and a imall militia guard, which the Executive had ordered for the protection of the In dian articles, procured by the State, for the purposes of the treaty, were forbid landing with their arms, although with in the adlual limits and ordinary jurif di&ion of the State—at which, pffence was taken by the State Commiflioners, as infringing the rights and lessening the consequence of the State, and debar ing the Commiflioners from the means of conciliating the affection of the In dians, and thereby procuring the objeft of their million. It also appears that the place for the talks, was at firtt with in the garrison of Coleraine, but was af terwards altered to Mufcoghe, within the Indian encampment, where the Com mifliouers of Georgia had no access, without a permit from one of the Fede ral Commiflioners, and w’hich it seems, our State Commiflioners did not conde- beneath the dignity of the State, to request. The Indians drew up their talk in writing, in the absence of the State Commiflioners, at Mufcoghe, and did not deliver it <vi<va voce, as is ever usual among Indians, but delivered it through the Commiflioners of the United States ; although the next day, they gave a talk viva voce, to the Commiflioners of the United States, in answer to the “Prendcnt’s invitation. The Indians in that answer to the talk of Georgia, refufe to give up their lands, and in another effort made by the Commiflioners of Georgia, they were flopped by the Federal piquet; and af ter reaching Mufcoghe, under the aus pices of a federal officer, and entering on the fabjedt of the purchase, they were told by Aleck Cornels, a Chiefin the Creek Nation, and one of the Uni ted States Interpreters, that it was ufe iefs today any more about the lands, that they came determined not to part with it, and that they did not want to hearany moreabout it. This the Bird tail king afterwards confirmed, declaring that their refufal was fixed on in the na tion. The Commiflioners of this State , have, we are told, in conlequence, pro ferted against the proceedings of the Commiflioners of the United States, and the Superintendant oflndian affairs; and have further protested against the payment, or liability of payment, by the State of Georgia, of any lhare of the ex pence attending the treaty, as not hav ing had a fair, open, and honorable op portunity of purchase from the Indians. It is said the law of the United States, .inserted in this day’s paper, for regu lating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, arrived at Coleraine dur ing the treaty, and was very forcibly explained by the Commiflioners of the United States. Had the Indians been disposed to cede their lands prior there to, this law was fufiicient to make them retraft. We hope our citizens will en deavor to preserve peace and harmony, by refpe&ing the laws of the United State: ; but how far the frailties of hu man nature will permit our citizens on the Frontier, to restrain from crossing the line after their own property, and perhaps within their own view, in pos session of an Indian chief, when pro perty may le the only Negro, or only plough hyrfe, and of course the only de pendence ol a poor man, with a numet” ous family for their subsistence • or how far they will permit his neighbors qui etly to behold this industrious being confined in a Federal Garrison, and carried to North or South-Caro lina tor trial, remains yet in embryo. Died fuddcnly, on the 12 th inst. in Burke county, Mr. Joseph Watts - In this City, on the 13th, Mrs. Ann Watts, wife of Mr. Robcr Watts, Merchant. j entered in hard. Days> 13. Schooner Delight, Gibbs, Africa, s i. ij. Cornelia, Ihomas, Jamaica, uo. CLEARED Oi/T. 6 Sloop Olinda. Laughton, Charleflon. Dove, Brown, d 0 Batchelor-Packet, Jamicfon, St. Mary’s. Bng Eliza, Donham, Boston. Schooner Nancy, Cartwright, Charleflon. Brothers, Cono rs, Hawk, Swain,* Phenix, Seymour, Beaufort. Induflry, lodd, St. Mary’s. Sloop William, Lufcomb, do Ship induflry, Oram, Barbados B ALTIMORE, June is. \ efterday arrived the schooner Polly, Capt. Barnet;, 12 days from Nevis.—. Captain Barnes informs, that he was at Martinique when the news of the arrival of a breach fleet reached that place j the Engliih and aristocrats were in the utmost confufton, but endeavoured to keep the intelligence as secret as pofli ble tor fear of a revolt. While Capt. Barnes lay at Martinquc, a l'ccond de tachment of wounded from i>t. Lucie ar rived there ; he law upwards of 200 of them hlmfelt, among whom were two colonels, all mangled by grape and lan gredge of the French, in a moft terrible manner. They received those marks cf honor in an attack made on Morne For tune, in which a part of the 27th and the whole of the 31st were entirely mow ed down ; the French admitting then? to advance within a few paces, and then unexpectedly opening upon them with fevcral 42 pounders, charged with lan gredge ami grape. Captain B. thinks the (laughter must have been immense, from the fit nation of the wounded 110 law, and from the secrecy observed. Dan!. Hamjon & Cos. Inform the Public that they have moved theic GROCERY to Air. C. Poluck’sStore, front ing the Market, where they have FOR S A L E, Old Jamaica and other RIJM, BRANDY, Loat and Mufcovado SUGAR, MOLASSES & COFFEE, Cherry BRANDY & PORTER, Hyfon and other TEAS, SOAP and CANDLES, and sundry otheft Articles in the line.—AlTo, Mens fine and coarse Shoes, Boots and Bootees, Ladies Leather Slippers, and a small Invoice of STATIONARY, See. Savannah , July 15. 39-tF. John Hamilt on, INFORMS his friends, that he has moved from where he formerly lived, to the cor ner of Earnard Street, fronting the South Com mon, where he continues keeping a Boarding House and stabling as usual. Savannah, July 15. 39*tf. Sixty Dollars Reward. RUN-away from my plantation, at Afhe poo, S. Carolina, on Wednesday night, the 6th inst. a Negro fellow, named 808, country born, a jobbing carpenter by trade, and about forty years of age ; he is artful and fenfiMe, and will probably change his namo and dress ; he has a remarkable Targe fear a* orof* hij leg, jull below bas knee pan, and com monly wears a large beard. Any person de livering the above mentioned fellow t 6 me, at Afliepoo, or any of th<f Gaols in the said ftato of South-Carolina or Georgia,'fhalP receive tha above reward in specie, exdufivc of charges* and a further reward of One Hundred Dollars, on convitfion of his being employed or har boured by any white perlon, EDMUND BELLINGER. N. 0. The night the fellow went away, a perlon (by information Hall) slept at ; said plantation, who said he lived between the river Altamaha and St, Mary’s, in the state of Georgia, and luppolcd to have enticed him off. E. B. South-Carotina, July a, 4t. TOST O P enTng, AND FOR SALE, At the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Merrilies, A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF Drills and Medicines, p s _ also — A haridfome aflortm-nt of Ginghams, Hum hums, Iritli Linens, Callicoes, Muslins, Ladic* ilk Shawles, French Handkerchiefs, Cotton Hose, striped and clouded Nankeens, Cafli mers, Mens black and white Hats, Sec. Sec.— Likewise Superfine and Fine FLOUR, with a ew Barrels MIDDLINGS. G. W. NICHOLS & Cos. Savannah)*Julv 5. 36-ts l he bALE of the 236 Prime SLAVES, per F.agle Capt. Holland, will be continued at private Sale, from,day day until the whole arc disposed of, by CAIG, MACLEOD & Cp. July 8, 155