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of Great-Britain as
juf independent Hate. We.cannot,how
ever, think that our mimfters will be of
he fame opinion; or if they Ihould be
of that opinion, that they will avow it;
and, aided by the strong prejudices and
oride of Engliftmen,which they so well
£nown how to turn to their own account,
there seems every reason to bfcueve that
they will rejeCt the propofmons oi Spain,
and that we (hall have to encounter the
‘dee of the Spanish monarchy, combined
with that of the French and Dutch re
publics.
NASSAU, (n. p.) Augull 26.
Bombard, as formerly mentioned, sur
rendered to the British arms in J une, on
terms unufuaily favorable to the garri
son. U has f jnce i )Cen evacuated, and is
no w possessed by the French.
A lamentable mortality has taken
place among cur troops at the Mole.
Brigadier general Howe, col. Dundas,
£n g many other officers are dead. Gene
j.:j White commands at the Mole, ana
general Forbes at Port-au-prince.
r i'he French troops lately from Eu
rope, had fullered much from freknefs.
The adion in the Weft-Indies, al
luded to in a former paper, was between
tPe Mermaid of 32 guns, capt. Otway,
and a large French 44. Naval men fay,
it is amongst the moll gallant things
performed this war. The Frenchman
was quite furc of his prize ; but the
Mermaid treated him so roughly, that
at the close of the day he was glad to
get off. The Mermaid refitted, pur
ged, and was next morning on the point
of taking her superior opponent, when
an unlucky (hot carried away cue other
mails. On this the neceifary advantage
was taken, and the Frenchman ran into
St. Thomas’s, where he lay a perfect
wreck, with many of his pot holes beat
in.
August 30.
The mailer of an American velfel
that arrived on Sunday evening in five
days from St. Mark’s, gives us the fol
lowing intelligence—The brigands ap
peared in considerable force, and having
formed an encampment near the town,
it was determined to attack them in that
pofttion. Accordingly on Sunday morn
ing, the 14th inltanr, the regulars and
militia, making a coniiderabie body of
men, marched out of St. Mark’s, at
tacked the enemy, and soon put them to
the route. The dragoons are said to
have made dreadful havoc with their
fab res.
The disorder which has made such ra
vages at Cape Nichola Mole, is laid to
have been introduced with the troops
that arrived in May, front Ireland, ft
is the infectious putrid fever generated
amongll people in confined lituations;
and from the heat of the climate jof Sr.
Domingo, has become molt rapid in its
prog refs.
A great many of the medical gentle
men at St. Domingo, have fallen victims
to this disorder.
We are informed, that col. Dundas
died on the paflage out ; and that
brigadier general Howe is not dexid, but
gone to Europe for the recoverv of his
health.
September 6.
This morning we had an arrival from
Cape Nichola Mole, by which letters
cf the ill inil. are received. One of
thefc fays, that the Magidenne frigate
had arrived with dispatches to our com
manders on the Welt-Jndia stations, an
nouncing the expectation of an immedi
ate rupture with Spain ; to produce
winch, menaces of the moll alarming na
ture had been used to the court of Mad
rid, by the French directory. So con
fident was the captain of the frigate of a
Spanilh war having actually taken place,
that he captured a rich Spanish vessel,
tmd sent her into Kinglion.
We are told, that dilcovery was made
C! the intentions of the Spanish court to
comply with the requisitions of their do
mineering republican ally, by the detec
tion of fome French and Dutch dis
patches in a vefiel failing under Spanilh
colours.
Although nothing can be more con-
U * X Y the interelts of Spain nor to the
r ‘ ) lhcs of her fubjcCls, than to beengag
*7 ln War with our nation, it cannot be
“ought wonderful, Ihould the French,
/ 0m the ascendancy they have now ob-
Ital X coin P cl the court of Ma
t!r! -to ’end its aid towards attempting
Aminilh the naval power of Britain.
p ORTSMOUTH, (*..) Sept. i.
During the iart week was seen off
w 1 1 ,nou th harbor, a sea serpent, which
A s .PPofed to be near one hundred
ln le ngth, as it Ihew itfelf out of
barj ct ** was as round as a
Columbian jHufeum, ug
PETERSBURGH, Sept. 13.
On the 18th ultimo, arrived at Ra-
Icigh, (North-Carolina) from the state
of Tenneiiee, Sury county, col. Hub
hard, diftinguilhed by the Indians for
his undaunted bravery ; who brings ac
counts that the Creek Indians have late
ly broke out unprovoked, Hole about
20 horses, and marched out of the set
tlement very deliberately; having made
but a lhort day’s march, they were fol
lowed by a party of adive white men
and overtaken, but their number was
too formidable for an attack ; they were
all mounted and well armed, in number
(as well as the white men could gueis at
the ditiance of 200 yards) about three
hundred. The white men left letters on
the trees where they made a Hand, in
forming the Indians of the great evil
which luch lawiefs condud might bring
upon their nation, reminding them of
the deftrudion the Shawanefe brought
upon themlelves in conference of fuel)
condud and their blind attachment to
their beloved man over the water.
‘l'his gentleman further informs, that
about ten thouiand of the citizens of
that country are prepared to fettle the
lands in the Big Bent of the Tenneiiee,
as low downas the Muscle Shcals, claim
ing under a purchale made of the In
dians, and by a grant obtained from the
state of Georgia. Quere, whether the
New-York treaty made with M‘Gil
livray and the United States, and func
tioned by the delegation of Georgia,
will not draw forth again!! thole men
the strong arm of the union ?
N EW- YOR K, Septi 12.
By Captain Plummer arrived at Bos
ton, from Cette, Barcelona and Gibral
tar, we have much thelateft news from
the fouthef Europe.
At Barcelona, July 3, the following
was given by a gentleman as the current
news of the place.
“ We had an account yesterday, that
an event expeded lor fome time past,
had at length taken place, namely, the
occupation of Leghorn by the French.
About 700 men, chiefly cavalry, having
come to Piftoya, and on the road to
wards Sienna, ft ruck down suddenly on
tiie morning of the 27th of June, and
took poUeffion of Leghorn, evidently
.with the expedition of surprising the
Eng.ifh, and plundering their property.
As the Lngiilh were, however, appriz
•i of their vifir, every thing moveable
was carried off, even to the Jaft spar or
coil ot rope, belonging to the squadron,
as well as the effeds and furniture of in
dividuals. Twenty-three square rigged
veflels, with sixteen Tartans, laden, lail
ed out of the harbour the morning that
the enemy sintered the town. The news
tfiat we have from Genoa, in five days,
confirm the defeat and daughter of the
I reach, at Chinfa, and give reason to ex
pccl, that the Auurians may have forced
them by this time, to recross the Po.”
At Gibraltar, war with Spain was
talked off. Off’Cadiz, palled through
the Eagiifli fleet, cruising for Richery.
September 16.
By a gentleman who came paflenger
in the Jenny, from London, we have
received London papers to the 28th of
July. Among the moft important ar
ticles arc the official accounts of the ad
vances ot the French armies to, and the
capture of the city of Frankfort. Oth
er articles begin to speak more confi
dently of a negociation for peace hav
ing taken place with the emperor. On
this fubjed, a letter from a gentleman at
Deal, to his friend in this city, dated
26th July, has the following remarks:
“ I have just landed at this place from
Havre* There is pofitivc news that the
emperor has acceded to the terms pro
poled by the French, and that peace will
Ihortly take place.”
We are authorized to inform th* pub
lic, that the two commiifioneis for fet
tling the true St. Croix river, as the
boundary line between the United States
and the Britilh territories, have chosen
Egbert Benlon, efq. one of the Judges
in the supreme court in this state, to be
the third commiflioner, and have dif
patehed a veflel to this port to condud
him to St. Andrew, where they are to
convene for the accomplishment cf the
bufinefsi The express has arrived here ;
judge Benlon is abl’ent in a northern
county, and advices are forwarded to
him. Whether he will accept or not,
we cannot inform the public.
More of Capt. B a r net.
Brig Commerce, Captain Isaacs, ar
rived on Saturday from Baltimore. Off”
Cape Henry, was boarded by the Pre
voyante, in company with the Refoiu
tion and Topaz ; the oflicer who boar
ded, informed Capt. Ilaacs, that they
had taken Captain Barney and his
fquadrou.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.
The squadron under Admiral Mur
ray, con fills of the resolution of 74
guns, Alfiftance and Trusty of 50 guns,
1 hetis, Topaze, Thilbe, Prevoyante,
Huifar, Railon, and Cleopatra frigates;
Lynx, Efperance, Spencer, BonnetracY
Bermuda (loops.
Reports were circulated in town vef
terday, said to have been received by a
gentleman from Bourucaux, Hating, that
Iteih tumults had broke out in Paris,
and that the celebrated Tallien had been
(entenccd to death. A recurrence to
dates and the paflage of the veflel, ren
ders the report “ highly improbable.”
September 14.
The accounts from Lilbon by the In
dependent, wear a very gloomy afpeX ;
an universal consternation pervaded the
court and the people of all ranks, in
confequencc of the hostile threats of the
French, and. certain notifications from
the court of Madrid upon the political
connexions fublifting between the courts
of Lilbon and St. James’s.
It was understood at Lilbon, that the
Spanilh minilter had officially fignified
the intention of his Catholic majelty to
permit a French army of 70,000 men to
march thro'his dominions into Portu
gal, unless the latter court, without de
lay, ihut all her ports again!! and for
bid the future entry of Britilh veflcls.
r l he mol! active preparations were
however carrying on in all parts of
Portugal, to raise an army for rhe de
fence or the country ; and the expcdiei t
of impressing men for the army had been
r Tor ted to, in order to accomplilh the
more speedy collection of a large army.
The firit divilion of the Brazil fleet
had a ■rived ; the second being the moft
valuable was hourly expected.
By the Brig Betfcy, from Lilbon, let
ters base been received in this city from
Algiers, dated June 16, from one of
which the following is an extraCl :
“ The plague ft ill rages here. Nicho
las Hartfon, Abraham Simmonds and
Joseph Keith, have died of it; Benjamin
Lunt, and John Thomas, are in the hos
pitals, among others of our unfortunate
fellow citizens—of whom ninety remain
Hiil here in captivity.”
September 15.
A Fortuguefe paflenger in the last ar
rival from Lilbon, informs, that the
French government has made a requisi
tion on the court of Portugal, that they
Ihould pay twenty millions of crowns,
andlhat their ports again!! the Britilh—
and threaten, in case of non-compliance,
to march 30,000 men through Spain in
to Portugal. The above may account
for the following measures.
Extra 3 of a letterfrom an eminent houfc in
Lijlon , to a merchant in this city, dated
July 23.
“ T his court has laid an embargo on
the Dutch Ihips, and forbid all inter
course with the states of Holland—a
rupture not in the leaf! expeded. Em
baifies are fending to London, Madrid,
and Paris, and a levere press making for
the army, which indicates a rupture for
Spain : it is hoped thele hostile move
ments will subside as loon as an explana
tion t akes place, through the interven
tion of the envoys.”
WASHING TON, August 23.
Doctor Bollman, who so courageous
ly attempted the delivery of the unfor
tunate La Fayette from his prison, is
now making the tour of this county,
not as a casual observer, but as a phTo
fopher, examining minutely into its
beauties, curiofitici, and natural advan
tages.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 16.
We arc happy in having it in our power
to dispel all doubts ref peeling the faf
ty of Commodore Barney. For the fol
low mgJ'atisfaciory and authentic infor
mation, we arc indebted to the kindness
of a gentleman who has favored ns with
an ex trad of a letter Jrom the Commo
dore ktmfelf, dated,
“ At Sea, off Bermuda,
On board the frigate Harmony,
September 3, 1796.
“ Five days ago, I expeded to have
been with you at Baltimore. As I ar
rived in fight of the light-houfc on Cape
Henry about 12 at night, I fuw fix fail
of Ihips, which I immediately fuf|>eCled
to be Britilh. My division, confiding
of two frigates and an armed transport,
not being fufficiently strong to attack
them, I instantly Hood to the caftward,
the enemy not observing my movement.
At uay-light I observed a frigatea-ltern
of us, who made fcveral signals ; I gave
her ehace, and (he run from me. About
an hour afterwards, (he was going by
live others—among them two-Ihips ol
the line. I then thought it prudent to
I take care of myfelfand divilion, andac
-1 *
cordingly ltood to the caftward. They
gaining on us very sass, (having got the
Breeze) I was obliged to abandon the
armed transport, who did not fail well i
and flic was taken by the enemy about
? o’clock. 1 hey continued tochaccme
and my Irigate all the evening and night,
Ne\t morning, found my felt near one of
the enemy’s frigates and offered her bat
tle, which he politely refufed. lat the
fame time observed another of their
Ihips on our lee-quartcr, which I took
for a ihip of the line ; in confequcnce, I
again made fail, and they continued to
chafe us all the lecond day, but without
effeX, as we out-failed them.”
CHARLEST ON, Sept. 30.
The following certificate was obtain
ed a lew days ago, by a gentleman about
to leave this place for Philadelphia. It
ought, and probably will, do away any
apprehensions which may exist: in the
minds of people at a dillance, oi a conta
gious difeafein this city.
CharLjiotty s. c. Sept. 23, 1796.
WE the l’ubfcribers, practitioners of
ph) fie in this city, do hereby certify
that there is no contagious difealc in the
city of Charlellon, s. c ; infteadof the
prevalence ot any malignant, or even of
any epidemic difeaie, we declare, that
the inhabitants are unufuaUy healthy for
this season oi the year.
Tucker Harris, P ref dent of the
Medical Society of South-Cat ohna.
David Ramsay, m. and. Vice-Pref dent of
the Medical Society of South-Carolina •
Jos. 11. Ramsay, W. CL Stevens,
E. Poinfett, Alexander Baron.
*?6i ‘WMkMawwnai m mii— 1— iwuiu
SAV ANNAI I, October 4.
The Pre fluent of the United States,
in an address to his fellow citizens on the
17th September, declines being coniider
ed a candidate among the number of thole,
out of whom a choice is to be made for
the important office of President.
Marine Kcgtfter.
ENTERED in w a r and.
.>nip Alia, Lamb, Bollon, 23.
Brig Eliza, Harrax, Jamaica, in.
Schooner Nancy, Howard, St. Augultinc, re
ported for Charlellon.
CLEARED OUE.
Ship Three Sillers, Todd, Falmouth Sc a Market.
Bug Welcome Return, Labbrce, Philadelphia.
Schooner Sampit, Harvey, Charlellon.
For Sale by the Subjcriber ,
A large New Boat,
That will carry between 70 and 80 Barrels of
Rice. For further particulars, enquire of the
fublcriber, in Whitaker-ftrect.
ENGLEHART CRUSE.
September 30. n .6i.
H. C. | ONES.
Hus jujl Imparted from LONDON, per the LIAR
MO NY, Capt. MARSHLL,
A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF
Seaionable Goods,
And now openingJvr Sate, at his Store on Moore’l
Wharf : — Among which are,
CDperfine Broad Cloths and Calliiners,
O Fine Elastic Cloths,
Strouds Bath Coatings and Negro Cloths,
8, 9 and Role Blankets, Duffills,
Fine and coarse Hats,
IrilK Linens and Cambrics,
Fine Romalls and Marfelles Quiltings,
Durants, O/.uaburgs and Sewing Twine,
Shoe and Oznaburgs Tread, /y J
Bell Heel Corn Mills, y f
Rice and Flour Seives,
Padlocks and Sickles, p
An Invoice of Cutlery,
Paints of different kinds, &c. &c. &c.
Savannah, Oflober 4. 62-ts.
POST OFFICeT
Savannah, September 22, 1796.
Regulations of the MAILS, which will take place
after the \fl of Ottobcr next.
THE Charlefon Mail, via Goofawhatchie, ar
rives every Monday and Friday altcrnoon, and
will be closed every Tuejday and Saturday, at.
half after 11 o’clock in the forenoon.
The Newport Bridge Mail, via Sunbury, ar
rives every Thursday evening at 6 o’clock, and
will be closed every Tucfday morning at half
after 8 o’clock.
Th“ St. Mary’s Mail will arrive every other
Thursday, (beginning the 13th day of O£lobcr
next) at 6 o’clock in the evcniiig. and will be
closed (once in two wceksj on Tuesday morn
ing, at half pail 8 beginning on lutfday the 4th
ot Oftober next.
The Augufa Mail, via Waynefborough and Lcu
ifvitle, will arrive every Friday evening at 6
o’clock, and will be closed every Saturday
morning at half pall 8.
The Beaufort Mail arrives every Friday after
noon, and will be closed every Saturday fore
noon, half alter is.
JUSTUS H. SCHEUBER, p. m.
N. B Letters Northward may be forwarded
on Saturdays via Augufa, and on Tuesdays via
Cha Os on.
* tt * Ordinary Office Hours, from gto u in the
forenoon and from 3/04 ■’< the AJlcrnoon.
FOR SALE,
A Likely NEGRO tVENCH,
Who underfl ir.ds all kinds of houfe-work —En-
quire of the Printer*.
Savannah. Sept 30. n.6s.
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