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Vol. 1* Transports. U Bon Mere, 350 tom, brig rigged, laden with brass twenty-four pounders, thirteen inch mortars, and gun carriages. La Verge de Confutation, sao tons, ketch laden with brass guns, mortars, shells, and'gun carriages. . Le Jean Baptiste, sOO tons, ketch rigged, laden with brandy and a l'mall quantity of tread. Name unknown, 100 tons, ketch rigged, Jaden with Austrian prisoners. St. Anne de Paix, 70 tons, ketch rigged, laden with wheel-barrows aud intrenching tools, deflroyed. HORATIO NELSON. Admiralty office, July 16, 1796. Extrafl of a letter from Sir H. Chriltian to fcvan Nepean. Esq. dated on board the Thun derer, Choc Bay, St. Lucia, May 15, 179 b. I have to acquaint you, for the information ©f the lords commiflioners of the admiralty, of the fafe arrival of his majeftv’s Hoop Albacore at Barbadoes, with her prize L’Atheniene, French national corvette of 14 guns : tor a more particular account of capt. Wiuthrop’s pro ceedings, I transmit a copy of his letter to me #f the 9th instant. Albacore , Carlijle Hay, Barbadoes, Sir, Miy y, 1796. I have the pleasure to inform you, that in the tat. 14 deg. 40 min. long. 47 deg. 39 min. I fell in with and captured L’Atheniene brig, French national corvette, mounting 14 four pounders and 38 men, commanded by Mons. Gervais, lieutenant de vaiireaux. During our chafe, which continued for fix hours, she threw over-board ten of her guns. I beg leave toobferve, (he is anew veflei, well found, and tvery thing new on board her, and fails re markably well. I am, &c. ROB. WINTHROP. Sir //. C. Chrijlian, &c. &c. &c. Admiralty Office, July 16, 1796. Copy of a letter froincapt. Hamilton, of his ma jesty’s fbip Melpomene, to Evan Nepean efq. Melpomene, Plymouth Sound. 0 J u, y *4. 1 79® > Si r, You will be pleased to acquaint their lord ships, his majesty’s ship Melpomene, on the 11th iuftant, at three p. m Ufhant bearing N. N. E. fix leagues, difeovered an enemy’s flip in the S. E. quarter. After a chace of live hours, and her making every effort to ef pe, she ffruck her colours and proved to be La Revanche, of 18 guns, and 167 men; she had left Brest only a few hours, with a view of intercepting the Brazil convoy. I have the fatisfa6lion to add, that though fevers 1 guns were exchanged, no lives were ioit; and that the officers and men I have the honor to command, behaved with the greatest zeal and propriety. I judged it advifeable to return to the firfl port, on account of the number of prisoners, and ihall fail again immediately to fulfil their iordfhip’s orders. I have the honor, See. CHARLES HAMILTON. BOSTON, Sept. 2. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. (Bntijb Account.) On Tuesday lall arrived in Nantafket Roads the Britilh frigate La Railon, capt. Beresford, rating 24-and mounting 36 guns—nines and lixes, and two 23 pound carronades. On the 14th ult. in the evening, George’s Banks bearing W, by S. distant 20 leagues, was chafed byaFrenca frigate, which soon came p with and engaged La Raifon. Her lores not precisely known • but supposed by the English officers, to have been a 44 g^ n Ihip. The action continued that evening an hour and a quarter, when the veliels separated in a fog. Next morning the ships again met and fought 3 quarters ol an hour—a fog again ari- Itng, the vessels again separated, and did not fall in with each other afterwards- La Raifon had two men killed and seven wounded, 3 dangeroully : She was dam aged in her hull and rigging—having to bend almost a complete suit of new Lils. She is however refitted, and will Probably put to sea this week.—lt is not known what vessel she engaged with ; but it was probably the frigate that was seen o.T the Capes ol the Delaware, 3 weeks since—and said by the pilots, to be “a line French frigate.” She is expefted at this port. From Gibraltar July 12. Capt. Carter, arrived yesterday, in 46 days from thence, fays, there was no authentic information of the Spaniards making preparations for breaking peace ‘ Wl{l the English. It was however the general opinion among the inhabitants, tiat they (hould havea war with Spain, before any considerable lapfeof time. Admiral Richery was Hill at Cadiz, jrere Admiral Mann, who was off Ca harbour, seemed determined to keep Mr. Simpson, our Consul at Gib- Ta . r , had no doubt of the fafety of A mer, can s nav j gating the Mediterranean, ♦ AS™. a^ f° r f be Americans wWk a l . hc ftl P of the treaty j u j y A^g lc rs, had expired on the 7th of t a ;^/ ri2at V rrivcd the anda >’ before cap ;r^ Carter l fa | led from England, with xp£ ti WhlCh , havc lengthened their pcvtations of a rupture with Spain. Columbian 6?c. REPUBLICAN PRAYER. Our Prejldent y which art in office, il luilrious be thy name ; thy election come, our will be done, resign for none on earth, until thou art called to hea ven, vouch fafe to us our peacefull bread . but forget not the trespasses which Brit iib inlolence has trespassed againil us, lead Jay into no more temptations and deliver us from the evil we fuffer under the British treaty, for in thee is veiled constitutional power and glory. Amen. NEW-YORK, September 7. We are yet in the dark refpeding the late naval engagement off the Chefa peak. . The report of the day is, that the Britilli frigate Thetis, (one of the vessels laid to have been in the action) is arrived at Sandy Hook ; that an English squadron under the command of admiral Murray, (confiding of two ffiips of the line, 3 frigates, and two smaller vessels) had fallen in with a squadron of three I> rench frigates, commanded by admiral Barney ; that after firing 10 or 12 broadsides, one of the French frig ates was taken, and sent to Halifax; that the remaining two, one of which was the admiral's veflei, was sheering off with all the expedition they could make ; and that the Topaz British fri gate and a 74 were in pursuit, and gain ing ground when the Thetis quirted the squadron. The Thetis and Thifbe, British fri gates, part of admiral Murray’s squad ron, arrived at the Hook on Monday evening. A letter from captain Hardy of the Thilbe, to captain Stanhope of the Halifax Packet, fays, that the squad ron after a long chafe came up with a French frigate of 32 guns, which, after a lew shots, flruck. The chafe was il.en continued after the other two vef lcis, one of which mounted 44, the other 38 guns. And when the Thetis and 1 hifbc lett the squadron which was on the 29th ult. at fun set, tljc admiral’s imp and the 1 opaz frigate were within three quarters of a mile of the French frigate. it is said by fome, that the ship which flruck was not a brench frigate of 32 guns, but a ilore ship armed with 20 guns. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6. By capt. R. Meafe, of the schooner lively, 13 days from Cape Francois, we learn that iome days previous to iris failing, the British had taken pofieffion ol Monte Christi, by express invitation from the Spaniards, who sent to the Mole for the purpose : this step however was not deemed of any consequence at the Cape, and certainly was very im prudent in the Spaniards, as by treaty their whole pclleiiions are ceded, to the 111l 1 1 each in Si. Domingo j and those con ic.ned in this atfair will no doubt be ma-ie to fuffer for their temerity and folly, uince the arrciiation of Etienne and Barrafcall, two noted chiefs of the blacks, by order of tire government, the negroes have burned feveraJ plantations near Port de Paix ; 400 men from that place under general Pageor, marched a gainst tnem and forced them to retreat to tne mountains and ravines, where it was impossible for white men to follow them. Perroud, one of the former ad ministrators of Port de Paix, is appoint ed ininifler plenipotentiary from the Republic to the leeward neutral Islands, and one Thibeaux is appointed in his place. Business ol every kind very dull at the Cape. September 10. By a gentleman who arrived from the southward, we havc the following ac- On Saturday lafl, arrived at Alexan una the Pomona, C aptain Hey wood, in 36 days from Cadiz, who was brought to on Thursday morning the ill inflant, by the squadron commanded by admiral Murray ; who after causing his papers to be infpedled, dismissed him, inform ing him, that he had taken one of Bar ney s veflels after a long chafe, which be gan on Monday morning, and had only then just finifhed. Capt. Hey wood left Cadiz July 27th, at which time that place was in imme diate expectation of a rupture with Great-Britain. I'ront the Councr Francois. A courier dispatched from Port San Domingo reached'Cape Francois on the 18th August, and brought intelligence, that a French Corvette just arrived at San Domingo had announced, that the fleet of Don Solano, united with that of Richery, compofcd of 32 fiiips of the line, may momently be expected, the corvette having been only a few days a head of the fleer. The ifiaadof Dominica has been ta ken by Victor Hugues from thtEnglifh, Tortola, one of the Virgin Islands, has also been taken ; and 60 English merchantmen were captured there by the republicans. The illand is entirely ruined. The Britilh have almost entirely eva cuated St. Lucia, where they occupy only Morne Fortune, from which they will also soon be driven. CHARLESTON, Sept. 19. Capt. M‘llhenny informs, that the day before he left Wilmington, a letter was received by a merchant in that place, from his friend in Norfolk, which men tioned that Commodore Barney and his Iquadron, had been captured by the squadron under the command of Admi ral Murray, and that he was carried into the Chefapeak. The letter containing this information had no date ; bur he understood it was about ten days from Norfolk when it was received. SAVANNAH, Sept. 27. Arrived on Sunday, Snow Harmony, 77 days from London. ’ The papers by her are not of so late dates as receiv ed by the Mary, at Charlellon, and con tain nothing of importance. MARRIED, Thursday Evening luff, fumes White, Esq. of Chatham county, to Mrs. Sajah Ba ker of Liberty county , widow of Animus Baker, E fl- D/EZ), On Friday la ft. after a Inn? and painful tllnefs, which pie bore with chrjl inn patience, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield, in the 55 tit y ear of her age, much lamented by her relations and friend t. On Sunday afternoon, her remains were interred in the brtryir.g ground, attended by a numerous colUflion oj acquaintances on the melancholy occafinn. the Schooner Commerce. (j V General Jackson’s Anfwcr to A Free Man, is received, aud will appear in our next. Marine lu'gtftcr. ENTERED INWARD. Sncao Harmony, Marshall, London, 77. Schooner Commerce. Ftjhcr, Baltimore , 8 Sloop William , Lufcamb, Charleflon, 1. notification! ‘ THE fabf 7 iber will attend at his Office in the Cujlom-Houfe in Savannah, to the 30 t/l of September , every day (Sunday excepted) from 10 to 1 o'clod, to receive applications from Retailers of B ines and Dijlilled Spirits, for renewal 0/’ their Licenses, and to receive entries of duties upon all riding Carriages. AO perfms within the counties of Chatham and Effingham who are Retailers, or who keep riding Carriages, are informed . that they are required Fy the law of the Cmted States to renew their Licenses, and return their Carriages, previous to the isl Oc tober next. W. H. Lange, C.R. D.G. September 1, 1796. The following yearly Rates and Duties upon all Carriages for the conveyance of persons, which itaail be kept by, or for any person, for his or her own use, or to be let out for hiie, or foi the conveyance of palfcngers, . are agreeable to an Aft dated 28th Mav’ 1796, to wit : FOR and upon every Coach, whether driven with a box, or ly pofilion, the yearly sum of Fif teen Dollars : For and upon every Chariot, Pop Chariot and Pop Chafe, the yearly sum of Twelve Dollars : For and upon every Phaeton for the con veyance of one or more persons, with or without a top ; and for and upon every Coackee or other car nage, having pannet-work, with blinds, glasses or curtains in the upper divfion of the fdes, front or back thereof, the yearly sum of nine dollars : For and upon every four wheel carriage having framed pojts and tops, and hanging on feelfp rings', (whe tner drawn by one or more horses) ; the yearly sum ofJixdollars : for andlupon every four wheel top carriage hanging upon wooden or iron firings or jacks (whether drawn by one or more horses) ■ and ufen every curricle, chafe, chair, fulkev, or ‘other two wheel top carriage, and upon every two wheel charnage hanging or refing upon feel or iron Jprt ngs, the yarly sum of Three Dollars : and for and upon every other two wheel carriage, the yearly sum of Two Dollars : And upon every four wheel carriage having framed poJF and tops, and resting upon wooden /pars, the yearlyfum of Two Dollars’: Provided alwayi, that nothing herein contained fhatl be confruea to charge with a duty, any car nage usually and chiefy employed in husbandry, or for the tranfportatio $ or carrying of goods, wares merchandize, produce or commodities. That any person having or keeping any carriage fubjcFl to duty, who Ihall make an untrue or defective entry, to ei adt the whole or any part of the duty juflly and truly payable, according to this alt, fall life the sum paid pursuant to sash untrue nr drfellive entry ■ and where such untrue or defective entry hath been made, or where no entry shall be ‘ made or where there shall be a neglect of payment af ter entry, such person, shall, moreover, t addi tion thereto, at any time thereafter, anperfonal ap plication and demand, at the /wife, dwcllin r or usual place of abode of such person, by the prober officer of infpellioa, be liable, and shall pay the du ties by this all vnbofed, with, a further sum for the benefit of fu,h officer, of twenty five per centum ■ whi .h duties, with the said addition, jfiall be ccllti ted by diftiefs and file of the goods and shattles of the person, by whom the fameftta/l be due and paya bff_ 60-3/ FOR SALE, Superfine FLOUR in Barrels, Madeira WINE in Pipes & Qr. Pipes, Mould CANDLES in Boxes. Cuig Macleod & Cos. Savannah, August 3. n.43. All Persons, WHO may have just demand* against the Estate of Michaf. l Styers, late of Camden County, decealcd, are lequeftrd to render them in properly attested ; and those indebted, to make immediate payment to JOHN D. VAUGHAN, Adminiflrator. September 23d, 1796. “ 60-ts. GEORGIA, 7 By Edward White, register of (! •S J r Probates for the County of En-W hits. y Chathamintheftateaforelaid. WHEREAS, Jacob Cunf.s, of the City of Savannah, hath made application to me for Letters of Admimfti ation on the Estate and EfVetts of Robert Harris, late of the fame place decealcd These arc therefore to cite and admonish ail and fmgular, the kindred and creditors of the said Robert Harris, deceas ed, to be and appear before me at my office u the i it v of Savannah, on the 19th day of Octo ber next, to shew 1 a use, if any they have, why Letters of Admiiiillration fhotild not be grant ed him. Given under my hand and seal, at Savannah, the 19th day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1796* in the 21st year of American Independence. iw-im. JUSI RECEIVE dT AND FOR SALE, By the Subscriber* : Duftil and Role Blankets, Back Coatings, White and colored Negro Cloth. Red, white aud yellow Flannels. Gamblers, Durants and Tammies. Mu dins and Mnflin Handkerchiefs. Callicoes and Furniture Cottons. Infh Linens and Sheetings afTorted. Cailimere and Swanfduwn jacket patterns, Latin - ., and gentlemens flats aborted. On Conjignmrnt . London particular MADEIRA WINE id <2r. Calks. Genuine Old PORT, inditto. BoheaTFA, in whole an Qr. Cliefts, and au Invoice of CUTLERY. EWING & M‘CALL. Savannah, Sept. 9th. Adrian V. Sindf.ren, Has for SALE, at his Stor e on the Bay, A Valuable Assortment of Fresh Imported GOODS , Amongst which are the following Articles DRY GOODS. ELEGANT tamboured, 1 heckered, striped, and plain muslins ; mnflin shawls, aprons, and handkerchiefs; cravats, muilinets, dimities, chintzes, callicoes, ginghams, white and black mantua, coloured petfians and farcenei.s, black, mode and crape, silk shawls, black flor-nUnr* and satins, fupcrfme broad cloths and c .fluncrs, g-4ths to 12-41I1S cotton counterpanes, table cloths, diapers, bedticks, liifh fliee'ingfc and linens, cambrirks, long lawns, lacs and ed.r, ings; plain, clouded, and twilled nankeens; silk striped ditto ; fhalloons, duran’s, cailirnan* coes bombafms, and bombafets ; fine hum hums, brown holland, o/.nabrigs, 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 twill; gilt, plated, lleel, and mohair’but tons, &c. &c, JEWELLERY, PLATED AND HARDWARES. Gold, silver, and enamelled watches; chains seals, and keys ; gold rings, ear-rings and lock ets ; gold and silver epaulets, silver tea ipoons - plated coliee, tea, and milk pots ; callus, s a lt” cellars, goblets and porter mugs, knives and forks, penknives, icilfors, razors, Morocco porketbooks and thread cases, spy lasses, fpre tades ; japanned tea travs, bread b ilkers, fruit ditto, knife trays, canblefticks, and lamps; ebony cruet frames, inlaid varnilhed mahogany knife cases, portable dcfks, paint chests, silver and camel hair pencils, and a variety of fancy articles. 1 BOOKS AND STATIONARY. Large and small Bibles, Watt’s Hymns, Harvey’s Meditations, Dictionaries, Mor feta Geography, Buchan’s Domdtic Medicine, Franklin’s Works, Enfield’s Speaker, Scott’* LelTons, Plcafmg Inftru&or, Thompfon’ Sea fqns, Milton's P radilc Loft. You g’s Night I houghts, Shakefpearc’s Works complete, Sterne’s ditto. Rambler, Adventures of a Guin ea, I fabclta, Sorrows of M'crtcr, Lad v Mon tague’s Letters, Miftes Magazine, Ladies Pock et Library, Fordyce’s Addirff s to Young Women, Monitors, Fisher’s Companion, Dii worth’s Arithmetic and Spelling Book,; larg-; royal, letter, and common writ mg paper; blank books, Holland quills, wders, India rubber, Scz. PERFUMERY, Hair powder, best fc.e.nted pomatum in rolls and pots, violet and Windsor soap, wafhballs ladies and gentlemens drelhng cases, lavender water ; effenfeof inufk, lemon, and bergamot j pungent smelling bottles, patent blacking© combs, tooth brushes and tooth powder. Savannah, jane 17. ‘ 3! GEORGIA, 4 By Edward White, Register of (L. S.) > Probates for the County o£ Ld. White ) Chatham intheftateaforelaid. WEIEREIAS, James Joh.vston', jun. of the City of Savannah, merchant, hath made application to me sot Letters of Admini stration, on the Estate and EifcAs of Georgia Haig, deceased, on behalf of the Creditors THESE arc therefore to cite and adinonifli all and singular, the Kindred and Creditors of the said George Haig, deceased, to be and appear before me, a* my office in the City of Savannah, on the 29th day of September next, to shew cause (if any they havc) why Letters of Adiniii ilfration should not be granted him. Given under iny hand and seal at Savannah, the 29th day of August, in the year of out Lord, 17 c,6, and in the aifl year of Ame rican Independence. ‘ mi. ~~ To R’ s7uA. AT 1 HIS Off ICE, * Fools Cap Writing Paper, of a fuperier qualifvg 239