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Vol. i. HALIFAX, July 13. Pv a gentleman of the 96th regiment, ,nd who is lately from St. Domingo, Relearn that the French Ihips latety ur r ved there, are blockaded up by a fu ‘ ior British fleet, who were also crui ia a situation to intercept another preich fleet, which W2S said to be ex ited. No material operations had lately taken place in that quarter. B O S T O N, Augufi: 2. P/fi-I :dia Intelligence, The sickness at the Mole, exceeds ve ry greatly its usual mortality; from 50 to 60 dying daily. There was no prei fmg of Americans vvhile our informant was at the Mole ; but he saw several instances of their treating them with much refpeft and civility. There is no file for American produce. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 4. From 67. Übes. Arrived here the (hip Pomona, Capt. Mcrril, in 38 days irom St. Übes, who informs that our Conlul told him our affairs with the Algerines were so ad luilei, that the commerce of thefc States were not in the least hazardous, and our veflels might with the greatest fafety, to any port of the Streights, with out meeting any obftrudlion. Capt. Merril, the day previous to his leaving St. Übes, read London papers to the 9th of June, one of which he per fectly recollects to have read an account cf a” battle on the Rhine, in which the French as usual, w ere victorious, having taken 14,000 prisoners, killed many thousands, taken vast quantities of am munition, baggage, waggons, &c. NEW-YORK, July 29. _ Algerine L I reaty. By the Snow Pallax, arrived lafl: ev ening from Cadiz, the treaty entered into with Algiers, we understand has been received. July 30. Late laic evening the brig Commerce, capt. W. Downs, arrived at this port from Gibraltar, which he left on the 23d of June. Capt. D. also informs, that admiral Mann's squadron arrived there to rent a few days before he failed, and that ad miral Richcry's squadron was at Cadiz, one lhip and one frigate ihort of Mann’s force. Capt. Downs informs that he brought letters from Mr. Humphreys to the executive directory of the United States, and that the plague then raged very much at Algiers. August 2. The alarm at Turin, on the approach of the French, was such, that the wife cf the Pretender, the daughter of the king of Sardinia, and Madame d’Artois, flea from the city. On the news of the armistice they returned, but would not be buffered to remain there after the treaty, August 4. Tuesday arrived the brig Baron de Carondeiet, Capt. James M‘Call, in 80 days from Leghorn, and 36 days from Gibraltar. Capt. M < Call, has brought dispatch. esfrom the American Consul, to the secretary of State, relating to the A.lge tinc treaty. June sth, Capt. M'Caii, was boarded by a Galliot belonging to the French Republic, called the Liberty, from Al ters bound to Carthagens, day before ine had taken two English veifels, one of 700 tons, the other 200, loaden with wheat, bound to London ; the officer came on board, told Capt. M‘Call, tie American prisoners were in a mise rable situation, and expected to be treat worfe, it their ransom and the Tres- C’money, was not paid by November. The Algerines had taken 17 fail of merchantmen, and all in Al giers when the Liberty failed. August 6. i Capt. Flyn, in a brig from Philadel- P ;la , was plundered by a French boat, aric * carried into Leogane ; one ot his Readied in consequence of wounds re cc'vej from the Frenchmen. A reward ?■ +0 Joes was offered for every Amcr 'u-1 vessel into Leogane. The Rachel u as boarded both by English and French [ r!v 'ateers, who examined anu permitted to proceed. AUG U ST 9. L was currently reported this morn that the English frigates Frevoy- P* re a ad Thetis, had fallenin with the t renc h frigate Concorde, and had cap and lent her into Halifax. Capt. . . ran, of the Thetis, is said to have tlv ed at Sandy-Kook, and to have - ei ved a wound in the tide during the ( ‘yd a iAiient. We have endeavored to *P re port to its origin, but with- Columbian JFlufeum, J Capt. Lovet, of the schooner Chat- I ham, arrived here from Leogane, in | forms, that on the 13th of July, two of ; h:s Britannic Majefly’s schooners (viz. | the Sam, ot 12 iix jxnindcrs, and the I Harriot, of 10 fix pounders) were cap j tured in light of Leogane, and carried ; in there, by’ five final! French barges, three ot which mounted one gun each, and the other 2 had two swivels. Af ter an engagement of an hour at long ffiot, the barges boarded the schooners, with the lols ot but one man killed and two wounded. The above schooners were fitted out at Port-au-Prince for the purpose offcouring the coad. When the fans-culotts boarded the Sam, the brave Britilh officers retreated to their cabins, singing,. five la Hefub hjn*. August 10. Yesterday morning, about a quarter after nine, a fire broke out in Fair-street, in a Eake house, belonging to Mr. Woods. The timely exertions of our experienced and dexterous fire-men, prevented its Spreading, notwithlland ing its being a frame building, and lur rounded by a number ot lmali dwellings of a similar fabrication. The house m which the fire broke out, with a Store room were nearly consumed, with a quantity of flock on hand. Mr. Woods has undoubtedly sustained a very great damage. BALTIMORE, Augufi 8. Lafl Saturday night, between the hours of ten and eleven, a fire broke out in the dwelling house of Col. Nicholas Rogers, about two miles and a half from this town, and before any assistance could be given, was totally consumed. PHILADELPHIA, Augufi 3. The Wrjlern Pajis taken Poffcfjion of. Extract of a letter from Capt. James Bruff to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Gfwego or Ontario, July 1 5. i( I have the pleafurc to announce that the British commandant of Fort Ontario wrote to me on the 13th Li lian r that the king’s stores vvereem bark ed and sent off; that he wished to get away with the detachment next morning at day light, and requested me to lend an officer that day as early as possible. t( In consequence of this information and rcquell, 1 ialfantly dispatched an officer; and next day (being the 14th) followed with the troops and two field pieces. On my arrival found the Brit ilh garrison gone and Lieut. Elmer in pofieffion of the fort. Immediately I landed the detachment and artillery and marched in, the music playing the Pre sident’s march ; and under a federal sa lute, displayed the flag of the United States from the citadel. “ With pieafure I mention that the British commandant left the barracks and every other building clean, and in the belt order they would admit of: and we feel ourselves much indebted to Capt. Clark and Lieut. Fothergill, for the ex cellent order in which they lert their gardens filled with vegetables and fruit.” On Monday arrived the schooner Ju piter, capt. Burbank, who picked up at iea capt. Bird, and his crew, seven in number, belonging to the snow Hannah, from New-York to Charleston, which foundered on the 29th ult. and brought them fafe into port. A tt g u s t 4. The Blip Harriot has arrived off Wilmington, in eleven weeks from Lon donderry, in great distress. She had on board 250 passengers, 45 of whom died on the passage, 36 were pressed by a frigate a few days ago, and 15 are sick on board. August 12. The Ship General Washington, Price, from Cadiz, was brought too 26th j une, 3 days after he failed,by a Moorifhcrui z.cr of 18 guns—no material injury of fered. The crew of brig Emelinc, and Captain Prentice, of Bolton, had been taken by this cruizer, 16 days before. There were two frigates cruizing to the weflward, and had taken 14 Ameri can and British veiTels ; they only look ed for such as were coming to and from Sellee, on the Barbary coast with grain : Sellee having been declared in a itaie of Blockade. From a Hamburgh paper (j May 13, Letter of the American Consul at Algiers, to the American Conlul at Marseilles Algiers. Apr*l 5. After many difficulties arid anxiety, l have fuccceded this day, to establish and to renew *our treaty with the Regency of Airier*, this {long time I had almoit deffpaired oi etTfftmg it. Mure particulars iuray next. SAVANNAH, August 23. Thursday lafl arrived Schooner Nab by, 25 days irom Jamaica. Off the weil end of Cuba, fell in with the home ward bound English fleet, confiding of 200 fail of merchantmen ; the convoy, one 44 and two frigates.—The day fol lowing, off’the Havannah, fell in with Commodore Barney, with one 50, two 44’s, one Brig 16, and one Sloop of 12 guns, the fleet then about 40 miles to iceward. The treaty of Friendffiip, Limits and Navigation, concluded between the U nited States and Spain, on the 27th of Odober, 1795, was ratified by the king of Spain on the 26th of April lait—and the ratification received at the office of the fccretary of State, 011 Saturday the 30th ult. Lord Dorchester, Governor of Ca nada, l.as embarked for Europe ; in consequence ot which the government devolves on Lieut. Gov. Prcfcott, who has ifiued his proclamation giving no tice 01 the fame. The citizens oi Que bec and Montreal, adetretfed lord Dor che iter before his departure, in a itileof affection and rcipcCt. From France we learn, that there are on the stocks, in the several ports of the republic, 19 (hips of war, which w ill l>e toon ready tor lea, tor the utmolt ac tivity is meu in tneconfl ruction of them. ue got eminent has pumhaled at Ham - burgh, ship timber to the amount of ten minions, which they paid lor in ready money. It appears, that France having iubdued the continental powers, means to turn its attention to England ; and that power will not cfcapc it France fc ricufly vvilhes to overthrow it. An account from Naples of April 30, fays the persons arreited and imprisoned 111 Naples and Sciiiy, amount to 14,000, comprehending nioitiy men of letters, monks, and ecelefiafticks. The Executive Direftory of France, have cauieu a beautiful white horse to be prefeiued to General Buonaparte. On Sunday, arrived the Schooner Neptune, Capt. Peafe, in 9 days from Philadelphia. To be Godlike is te perjorm Godlike allions. I NEVER was dilpoled to prevent another, from doing that fervicc which myfelt was in capable to perlorm. In Pfalmody, every individual in a congre gation, has a right to unite in the praises of God, nor can a proianc leader oi the mulic, defile the molt lanctihed followers.—To itrain at a Gnat and fwailow a Camel, is an eiror ot the prejudiced and unimorined.—Proud men lwcll with power, and ihc envious burlt with malice ; but he is fit for a ruler, wno hath wiitiom. I would not prohibit a man from that per formance in public, which I had frequently so licited him to do m my own family, and I pray God, that envy ana prejudice may n-ver make me so void ot realon, as to err by such iuconfiltencie*. JULIUS, Ratine ifagtfe entered inward. Days. Slip Mary , Sterry, Africa, for - Three Sijlers , ‘lodi, Bojlon , at. Schooner Neptune, Tease, Philadelphia, 9. Three Siflcrs, Coleman, Charleflon , 4. Sloop Fancy, Morrison , Do. t. CLEARED OUT. Schooner Induflry, Todd, Charleflon. Sloop William, Lvjkcomb, Do- Venus, Alien, Baltimore. The Subscribers, Have received from Ireland, via “Charleflon, the following articles : COTTON lagging, Coarse & fine Hats, in small packages, Crockery Ware in Crates, Glofler and Chefhirc Cheefir, A quantity of Log, Deep Sea and Lead Lines, One Bale of Twine, A few Bales of Irish Linens, Which are now offered for SALE. ROBERT (3 JOHN BOLTON, Savannah, Augufi 23. go. On THURSDAY, the sth inflant, A SCHOOL WILL be opened by the Subscriber, next. door to Mr. Butler’s, Yamacraw, where will be taught Reading, Writing, Vul gar and Decimal Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, and sundry ufcful branches of the Mathematics, with their application to Surveying and Navi gation, &c. dec. JAMES HAMMOND. N. B. Term* of Tuition, will be known at the School. Savannah, August 23. 50 —4t- -y —■'*“■■■ 1 ‘ uma mmm A Bargain. THE rublVriber will fell all her right, title and interest, in and to, all that Rice P.anra tion, called Unr.ge Grove, un A de feription of this place, is unnece.viry —the par ticulars will be know by applying to SARAH M. DAY, of Jof'ph deceafti August 33 AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Under the Vendue House, this Day at 1 a o’clock, will be SOLD, A Likely Negroe FELLOW i\ ho is a good Cook and Waiting Man. 0 J D. DICKINSON. Savannah, August 23. THOMAS SMITH, Embraces this opportunity to frcfer.t his fincete thanks to ail his Friends, for their patronage face he commenced bu/inrfi in Savannah ■ and ,hc begs to inform them that he has now Imported by the William Penn, via Philadelphia, the Trderalift, via Charleflon, and the Hazard, to tins port, a much larger Afortment than he ever bad before ; and the being fur chafed im . mediately from the various Manufailones , and. toithCajk, he is enabled to Jcrve his friends on. better terms than heretofore : His Allortmcnt consists of the following Arti cles, viz. C UPERFINF., and feennd hroaddeths ; CJ plain and printed cafluncrs, the newest of Merlailles for veils ; gold and silver tam bourod ditto ; Iwanldown and fancy caflimrra for do ; printed jeans, muflinets and dimities fordo; plain 4-41 hs and fifths jackonet snd. book muffin ; llripcd, checked, croll bared and tamboured do ; mulmull do ; book and jackonet muffin handkerchiefs with, coloured borders and plain ; muffin fhawlsof the 11c weft tallc ; gentlemens elegant plain, and coloured neck handkerchiefs; black and coloured silk handkerchiefs; black, blue a id other coloured manteaus, luteftrings ; In dia Inks ana fiattint of the moft elegant colours ; .1 very large and general affortmeut ot the molt elegant chintzes and callicoes; 4-4ihsand 7-81!)* lnlh linens. j-q;hs Ihceting ; bed ticks, 7-41 hs* fifths, 9-41 hs and tO-4thsbed bunts ; 7-. pt hs to 1 2~4ths cotton counterpanes; bed iac;p; 7-tthsto 10-4,118 damask table cloths and napkins; 4ths and 6-4ths fine humhums ; 4-4,11$ and b-4'.hs black muffin, royal 1 ib, fatunets, thickiets, plain and twilled corduroys ; pillow fultians, 3-4LllSdrabits, 3-4‘hs. and fi-4tb. cottou check and ftripej a geneial affortinentof hoiie— ry ; t general affortmeut of hardware and cut lery, including plantation tools; gun powder, shot and lead, hair powder, pomatum ; an al iortment t drugs and medicines, perfumery 5 dimities aud muflinets, camblets, camble.cen* and dm ants, fhaioons, caiiimancoes, fiumbozet* and bumboze'-nj write and black, courf'eand fine Hats; ribbons, laers, edgings, hair rib bon, hat and shoe silk binding, and narrow worllcd binding, sewing silk, twift* tapes and thread ; ladies tortoise ftvffl hair combs, hair do ; oznaburgs, German rolls v brown holland Sc Russia fhcetings ; nutmegs, mace, alHpiee, pepper, ground ginger, allum, copperas and briinltorie ; roraal, policat, and a great variety of fancy coloured handkerchiefs; long lawns, cambrieks ; writing paper, quills,, wafers, ink powder ; and a variety of other articles too tedious to enumerate. Country Stores will be fuppiied for a very small advance. N. B. An affbrtment of COPPER STILLS, from 40 to 120 Gallons. Savannah, August 23. Adrian V. Sinderen, Has for SALE, at his Store on the Bay, A Valuable Assortment or Frepi Imported GOODS 9 Amongst which are the following Art ic lest DRY GOODS. IF I EG ANT tamboured, checkered, ‘.j and plain muffins; muffin shawls, aprons, and handkerchiefs; cravats,muflinets,dimities, chintzes, callicoes, ginghams, white and black, mantua, coloured pcifiansand farcr.nets, black, mode and crap'', !ffk lhawls, black and satins, fuperfine broad ch -hs id caffimers, g-4ths to 12-4'hs cotton count’ ; panes, table cloths, diapers, bedticks, Irish flieetings end linens, cambrieks, long lawns, laces and dg ings; plain, clouded, and twilled nankeens ; silk striped ditto ; (balloons, durants, calliman coes bombafii,3, and bombasts ; fine hurn huins, brown holland, oznabrigs, mens and womens silk and cotton hose, black and co loured beaver hats, silk and leather gloves, rib bons, fans, threads, tapes, bobbins, pins, silk. and twist; gilt, plated, Heel, and mohair but tons, &c. See. JEWELLERY, PLATED AND HARDWARES. Gold, silver, and enamelled watches; chains, seals, and keys ; gold rings, car-rings, and lock ets ; gold and silver epaulets, silver t'-a spoons ; plated coffee, tea, and milk pots; caftors, fait— cellars, goblets and porter mugs, knives and forks, penknives, feiffors, razors, Morocco pocketbooks and thread cases, spy glasses, spec tacles ; japanned tea travs, bread baskets, fruit ditto, knife trays, randlcfticks, and lamps ; ebony cruet frames, inlaid varnished mahogany knife cases, portable deiks, paint chests, silver and camel hair pencils, and a variety of fancy articles. BOOKS AND STATIONARY. Large and small Bibles, Watt’s Hymns, Harvey’s Meditations, Di&ionaries, Morse’s Geography, Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, Franklin’s Works, Enfield’s Speaker, Scott’.* Leftsna, Pleasing luftruftor, 1 homofon’s Sea fons, Milton’s Paradise Lofl, Young’s Night Thoughts, Shakefpenrc’s Works complete, Sterne’s ditto. Rambler. Adventures of a Guin ea, Kabella, Sorrows of Wrrter, Lady Mon tague’s Miftcs Magazine, Ladies Pock et Library, l uciyce’s Adtlrcftcs to Young Women, Monitors, Fisher’s Companion, Dil worth’s Arithmetic and Spelling Books ; large royal, letter, and common writing pap^r; blank b'> )ks, Holland quills, wafers, India rubber, Ice.. PERFUMERY. Hair powd-r, b'ft feented pomatum in roil3 and pots, violet and Wind for soap, wafhbdls, ladies aud gentlemens dreffmg caies, lavender water ; eft’nfe of muik, lemon, and bergamot; pungent fmclling bottßs, patent blackmg cOmbs, tooth hrufh"s and t*>oth powder Savannah, June 17. 2* 199