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Vol. 1. l. terms granted to the inhabitants under the Ltee of the Spanish commanders ; and £ they carried of several French ftups, wuh allowing the Spaniards any part of the prxz fsThird!y—The embargo laid in our ports on tfoodfor Ihip building, bought up m the North of Europe, on account of the Span.fh govern. Lnt, which was left rotting either on board IT- fliip,,’ or in warehouses, where it could not be taken care of. Fourthly— The embargo laid on the fire arms ourchafed in England on Spanish account, and ;;;, h the consent of our government, after the French had got pofMion of the Spanish foun hen>s, which fire arms were obliged to be re i dbv the Spanish agents at a coniiderable loss. Fifthly The insult offered to his Catholic m the person of the Marquis de las Crfas, his ambafudor, when he had his firft au dience with lord Grenville. Sixthly —The seizure of the silks sent to this country by Spanish merchants. which they had bought up on their own account, at the sale of the .prize* made Admiral Richery, and vhich they had sent to England conformable to the laws of Great-Britain. Seventhly—'Thatthe stoppage of several Spa- Cl lh vessels, the vexatious proceedings daily txercifed against them by the commanders of the fquadron* of his Britannic Majesty, as well in the Mediterranean as in other Teas.” A war with Spain will, we should suppose, fct considered as a moft calamitous event to this country, by every person in it. The time was, when the idea of a Spanish tvar diffuled almost g;neral fatistaftion, but the lentiments of the aationare now, we believe, changed ; and the people begin to be convinced, that galleons and rgifW (hips, however rich their cargoes may’ be, afford but a poorco npenfationlo the coun try for the additional taxes and burdens, which arc the lure and permanent effects of every war. Aucust 4. The manifefto, which was published in a mnijlenol paper yesterday morning, we gave without any comment, in confirmation of its authenticity. We have fsnee learnt, that no such manifefto has been presented to the king's ninijlers , as this ministerial paper itfelf confefles, though the fame paper also Itates, that “ they are persuaded, after the moft minute inquiry, that such complaints as they have alledgcd have been forwarded by the court of Madrid to its ambaffudor in London.” Now it certairtlv will be with every one a natural fubjetl of en quiry, why the court of Madrid, or its ambaf udor, thought proper to communicate a docu ment of such importance to the editor of a before they made it known to his msjefty’s ministers ? Such a mode of condufl would in tbe Span ish ambassador, be a flagrant violation of duty. Beftde the document itfelf is clumsily drawn up. The fubje&s of complaint are weakly handled, and the whole appears to us to be a forgery, which cannot hy claim even to the “merit of ingenuity. Not that we mean to give it as our opinion, that there exists no difference between this country and Spain. On the contrary, we have reason to believe that the Spanish government has transmuted serious complaints to our cabi net : that the executive diredory possess great influence over tbe Spanish councils, and that they are endeavouring to convert Spain from a doubtful friend into a decided foe of this country. The danger of a Spanish war at this jundion must be evident to all men ; but the means of carrying it on with effed is rather difficult to conceive. In truth ; we have been so scratch ed by our contest with the French, (Wyndham and fome others excepted (that we may pro bably find a little more scratching, “ extreme ly disagreeable.” August 25. Official letter from the head-quarters of his royal higltncfs the archduke Charles of Austria, Nordingen, Au gust 4, 179^ “ His royal highness’s general posi tion is now atfollows. The main army of Nordingen, with an advanced guard* at Nerfheim : Two small corps near Boppingen and Weil.tingen, to observe the roads leading from those places; and a corps of fnperior force at Gundelfin gen for the purpose of covering the left and keeping up the communication with general Froligh and the prince of Con de, the former of whom is at WeifTen horn, on the Both, the latter at Mem mingen, with his advanced guard at Wurtzach. , “ The enemy having efifeovered the channel by which the water was con veyed into the fortrefs of Koningftein, cut off the supply, and by that means reduced the garrison, confiftingof about §ve hundred men, to the necessity of sur rendering. The troops marched out with arms and baggage, and they re turned into the emperor’s dominions conditions of not serving till ex changed.’’ PARIS, 27 Thermidor , August 14. Our letters from Vienna state, that tne Eleftor of Saxony has declared to the emperor, that he was preparing to hegociate a feparatc peace. The king Prussia has just taken poflelfion of the kifhopric of Archftadt, or the ground * funilar title to that which induced hm to take poflelfion of the suburbs of ‘'Uremberg. It is a very fertile coun ts aj td a sovereign state, which is a ? ar t of the circle of Franconia. Letters from Bafle announce, that fif coramilfioncrs for negeciating a ace > three of them from the emperor, 1 •'’rrived in that city, to pay their ref .* s to citizen Barthclemy, and to 0b ,41n M W preliminaries,, Columbian S U A B I A, August 8. On the 4th inst. the French entered Uirnffrom whence the Imperialists had removed their magazines, previous to their arrival. The imperialists are re treating to Bavaria, and will for the present take their position behind the Lech. Itis laid, that archduke Charles, who.pafledby Augfburgh on the 2d inlh on his way to Bavaria, will join part of Wartenfleben’s army, with which it will affilt the operations of the army of Ita ly. The French column which has pafled the Danube, and advances along the right banks of that river, is said to con hit of 12,000 men, and general Mo reau is following. FRANKFORT, August 9. A French corps of 8000 men, under general Hatry, has taken its position near Ruflellhiem, to complete the sur rounding of Mentz. On the 7th, a heavy cannonade was heard near that fortrefs. It is said the French have made themselves inafters of Guftavf burgh, on the point of the Mayn. Since the sth, the fortrefs of Philipf burg is surrounded by the Freach, BOSTON, October 8. By the Minerva, Captain Loving, ar rived here yellerday, in 44 days from Dunkirk, we have received Paris pa pers to the 18th of August, from which we give the following concise summary of another Defeat of the AUSTRIANS. By a letter from General Buonaparte, to the Diredory, dated from Head quarters, at Caftiglione, (20 miles N.W. cf Mantau) Aug. 6, it appears, that'a few days before, the Austrian army un der Gen. Wurmfer, having marched to the relief of Mantau, obliged the French General, Buonaparte, to raise the siege of that place, in order to attack his ene my. In which, to use his own language, he fays, a Behold, in five days, anoth er campaign terminated. Wurmfer has loft in five days, seventy pieces of field artillery, all his infantry waggons, from twelve to FIFTEEN THOUSAND prisoners, fix thousand killed or woun ded, and almost all the troops which ar rived from the Rhine. Independent of which a great part of the enemy are fcattcred about, which we captured while pursuing them. All the soldiers, officers and generals, have in this diffi cult circumltance, displayed the utmost bravery. BUONAPARTE.” The above brilliant events took place the 2d and 3d of August. On the 7th Gen, Maffena, took 400 priioners, and seven pieces of artillery—and obliged the Austrians to raise the siege of Pef chiera, and to quit the line of Minico, The head quarters of Buonaparte, was at Veronne, Aug. r ith, his old position —from which, before his victories, he had recreated, and had raised the siege of Mantua. NORTHERN ARMIES . On the erh Aug. Gen. Kleber, en tered Bamberg, [a large town in Fran conia, at the confluence of the rivers Main and Rednetz] and on the 20th was at Adefdorf. In the former place he found from 15 to 18000 quintals of grain, and large magazines of oats. He informs, that in two months the army of the Sambre and Meufc, had taken 57 pieces of field artillery, 56 £ pieces of battery guns; more than 4000 mufquets, several colours, andprovifion and cloth ing to the amount of two millions. On the Bth Aug. he engaged the Austrians on the banks of the Rednitz, and after a very obllinatc engagement, obliged them to retreat with considerable loss, and took possession of Forchheim, [lB miles ffom Bamberg] where he found 70 pieces of cannon, and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The army of Gen. Laborde, has en tered Constance, fituared on the lake of the name, NEWS FROM SPAIN —Lats. # Yesterday capr. Stutfon, arrived in 44 days from Cadiz. He informs, that the Spanifti fleer, commanded by Ad miral Languara, and which failed from Cadiz, with the French squadron com-, manded by Admiral Richery, after be ing at sea eight days, had returned to port :—lt was thought at Cadiz, that Richery’s fleet was not gone to the Weft-Indies :—That war had not been declared, and that since the return of the Spanish fleet, the expeftation of a war with England had abated :—That the Consul informed, that the American prisoners so long in Algiers, had been liberated, and had failed for Merfailles: —That Gen. Elliot, Vice-roy of Cor sica, had ordered the capture of all neu tral velfelsbound to and from Leghorn; and that in consequence thereof, Capt. Goodwin, in a Ihip belonging to this iHufeunt, Be. £or t, having a very valuable cargo on oard had bden captured, and sent into Corsica. His fate was not decided. NEW-YORK, Odober 8. Important. —The French have iflued orders to all their lhips of war (( to aft against (the Blips of every country, in the fame manner as those governments luster the Englilh to aft against them.’* Arrived in this port, the Ihip Mercu ry, Capt. Jeflup, from Port-au-Prince, l his is the captain wiio was so ihame fully abufedby the Britilh. Heinforms that he was otfered Bocl. currency, in fatisfaftion for their iniultsand injuries, but he reiufed to accept of it. Ameri can produce a mere drug in that place. Extra A of a letter from A lie ant, June 28. “ The beginning of this month a moft terrible and obftinatc battle was fought near Corsica between an Algerine Ro ver and two-Neapolitan frigates, joined by one of the Pope's garda coitas. The action was severe, long, and bloody • it lalted from ten o’clock in the morning till four in the afternoon, without intcr miflion ; the combatants were for along time within piitol shot of each other. The Algerine fuft'ered much being moft of the time between an ineeflant and well directed lire, which cut away great part of their rigging, and made terrible ha voc amongit the men, yet the ruffians fought with an uncommon degree ofdci paration,and attempted many times to board, but were as often repulfc great lots. The capt. and all officers were killed in the heat of the action—the former had both his legs taken oil by a chain lhot, as he was firing a blunderbuss, yet the barbarian refilled to be taken from the deck, and died whillt giving the word of command. This loss did not in the ieall intimidate the terrible crew, who fought like furies, swearing in various tongues they would not llrikj while a man or boy was alive. The Chriilians were equally obllinate, and fought like lions throughout the whole contiift, and shewed great bravery and skill—they were to a man fully deter mined to conquer or die. Unluckily one of the frigates, which bore the great est stress in the aftion took fire, and in spite of every exertion, foonblew up when moft of the crew; perished. (< Another misfortune presented itfelf a short time after, which was the lots of the Pope's Cruiser, which was funk by the enemy’s fliot after a gallant refiftancc, In this situation frne frigate was obliged to tow the other away, leaving the Al gerine like a log upon the water, having her fore and main malts carried away by the board, and her hull so much pierced and shattered that it was almost impoiii ble she could fetch Algiers. The pirate fought under the bloody flag,and mount ed 34 guns, besides patteraroes : the frigates had 20 guns each, and the Pope’s cruizCrs 10 and eight fwivcls.” PHILADELPHIA, Oftober 5. Extrait of u letterfrom Stephen Catha lan, conjul of the (Jutted States at Mar fetllcs, to fojeph Fenwick, consul of the United States at Bourdeaux, dated Ju ly the ZQth, 1796. “ J uft now a fifherman was fent] to me by a Dutch captain of a ship enter ing into Pomegul, the island in this road where {hips from the Levant or Barbary are to perforin quarantine, from Algiers, with all the Americans who were there in flaverys” It is said, we give it, however, on the authority of rumour only, that the British minister has addreiTed a demand to the President for restitution of the American Brig Eliza, captured by the British and retaken by the captain and carried into New-York. CHARLESTON, Oftober 10. Lift evening the managers ofeleftionf for this city, declared that, for represen tative in Congrefs,- William Smith, Esq. had 499 votes* Robert Simons, 53 October 15. Yesterday arrived off the Bar, the ship Tammany, Capt. Ward, in 45 days from Liverpool. Several passengers came up from her in the pilot boat. From them we learn that, when this ship left Liverpool, a war with Spain was looked upon as unavoidable. The account of the Spanish fleet failing from Cadiz, with admiral Riehery, had been received, but they were ignorant of their deflination ; it was generally sup posed that they had gone into the Me diterranean ; in consequence of this, it was said that admiral Man had received orders to join adnjixal Jcrvil on that Ration* SAVANNAH, Odober iB - Saturday last, the Superior Court of this County, adjourned—having beta clofcly engaged in bufinefa for cltvta days. The Prefentmcnts and Charge, will appear in our next. G E O R G Ia” By his Excellency JARED IRWIN, Governor and Commander tn Chief in and over the /aid State. J A Proclamation. WHEREAS tn, and by certain refolutiona of the honorable the General Aftembly of the State aforefaid, bearing date the twentieth day ot February ultimo, it ia among other things Refo/vcd, “ “Shat on the frjl Monday ia November next, being the day oi election lor members of the Legislature of thia State, and within thirty-four day* praceedmg the firft Wcdncfday in December next, the ele&ora qualified to vote thereat (hall proceed toe!e& tour perions qualified to serve aa member* of the (aid State Legislature, to serve as elc&ort of President and Vice-Prefidcnt of the United Stales: And the ballots (ball be taken T fame manner as the ballots are to be t*’ perions to serve as reprel'entauvei o f m the Congress of the United * certificate thereof lhall be trat ‘ ately, by rxprefs, to hi* exf _rn or, who is authorized to ; there* ot from the contingei I HAVE THE’’’ y it fit to issue this my proc!- v 6 the fame, ia order that ucerued may avail themfelv ’ my hand, and the Great jdid State, at the State-llouj'e, outsVlLLa, this twentieth day of .ptember, in the year oj our LORD ane thousand (even hundred and ninety fix ; ana in the twenty-frjl year of Amt• riean Independence. J A R E D IRWIN. By the Governor, John Milton, Sec'y. marine iicgtte. ENTERED INWARD. Ship Three Brothers, Dunbar, Africa, 53. Brig Apollo, Robinson, New-York, 13, Schooner Tnduftry, Ross, Charleston, a. Schooner lietfy, Waterman, St. Mary, 10. Schooner Regulator, Swift, Boflon, 8. Sloop Harriot, Bemifs, Philadelphia, c. CLEARED OUT. Brig Lydia, Reynolds, St. Thoma*. Schooner Mary Ann, Hughe*, Baltimore. Sloop Fricndlhip, Hillary, Charleston. ERRATA in our UJl —(Inadvertently tom* mitted by theConipoluor)—ln the Piece ligned R. Wa y ne, Sen. in the 10th lineot the 3d para graph, for Executor read Executrix ; and in the aotn line of Mr. Behn’s Certificate, the like er* ror was made. This Day, WILL BE OPENED FOR SALE, Bt A. Van Sinderen, (On tha Bay ) Avery exteofiveaffortnient of Woollens and Fancy Goods. Suitable for tht present and approaching fcafon*. -—A L S O An elegant variety of Gold and Silver WATCH* ES, Jewellery, Plated Ware, Cutlery, Japanned and Hardwares—‘And a large Collodion ot Books and Stationary, All which will be disposed of by Wholefalx or Retail, on very low terms for Calh or Pro* duw. Savannah, Odober 18. -1 • i ISAAC HASTINGS, Ref be ft fully inform the Public that he hat FOR SALK, At his STORE St. Julian Street, between the Church and Market opposite Mr. Hogg's. BEST Jamaica RUM, Windward Island and Northward do. WINES, Holland GIN, COFFEE, Loaf and Brown SUGAR, SOAP and CANDLES, Pickled Fiflt, Writing and Wrapping Paper, Negro Shoes. tod and 2od Nail*, Iron Ware, Tobacco, Crockery and Glass Ware, Sec. -ALSU- Just receiv’d pr. the Regulator, ’ FromßoaTON; Excellent Hyfon and Souchong Teat, Northward Cordials, Salt Petre refined, Cqppera*. Excellent Gun Powder, Shott assorted. Assortment Mem, Womens & Children* ‘ Blankets, coarse Halfthick, Plains and Coauog, Broadcloth, Baize, Shaloon and Durants, Coarse Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Assortment Pewter and Tin Ware, Assortment Trunk, Chest and Pad Locks, Pennknives, Cutteausand Sciffori, Table and Tea Spoons, t Gimblets, Canterbitts, Awls, Tacks, Jew*-Harpi, Assortment Coat and Waistcoat Button*, Threads; Pins, Needle* and Thimble*, Shoe Brushes, Horn and Ivory Combs, Brass Cocks, Tobacco ind Snuff Boxes, Razor* *nd Shaving Boxes, Fishing Lines and Hooks, Chalk Lin'**, Pocket Books, Ink Pots, Wafers, Sealing Wax, Spelling Books, Piahers, and a variety us Childrens Books, Sett* of Wooden Measures, Sugar Boxes, Pails and Tubs, Trunks different sizes, &c. &c. k All of which, he will dispose of at a very small advance, for Cash or Mcicharitable Pro duce _ Cqnilant attendance, and the smallest favor gratefully acknowledged. Savannah, Citobe? 18- fe-tij, 273