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hurjUttd jur thr Baltimore M A.j,
J) <cunn.Mi' ftccotiif inyinn th R- port of Count
fritu:* Cf. to the I’fCliCil CuuiCl VAUVC bwll
*ie— * <oliCiUi!td.
An Exce.ienty the Mir.ijltr <j foreign lied.
Huns.
Monsmckhir— Y.llcrJ y mo-ning Cwnr.-
ral Bub- a d‘ the ,iili ‘) hut a cm.'cu'nu wi h
tot Herri chAfaiui, who n>tima>:d- th ■"* .s
(rn.ys net’ll, y*uß h tint finn B lie to Lai-:.
a .1 iiiad known to him tit.” ‘hi al t 1
army iftij'.oo It.ong w mlt cote wu/.raul
on rlic in. lr beiw-fi tire (oih ..ml a>t l y
the way of Ball.. Rhintelileu, tnl breln. It
in .Hated that <.ol •I.rt *. li waiul nijult.d
leave to fenufr an *<:r. U’lt lit what had . alt and
tu vioim ur U Laadaminan, a” we 1 an to
Gi .i fal iV.ttuv.llt. ; and it app’ at- ‘* ut *****
Swi* baUliuis who were on he Home re
(rogaded j fptne towa tls i.ilcure, <‘ and o'hc:
toward* the hcatl qtiartr j wiinli liav- been
re uov and lmm Au aa to L ‘ri ZbS g **
tinunc and that or. he :jth, tocioo men the
giratt . pit ol which i c .tnpoaed oi Au’ naii
toValry, are (tv n to be at U. ne ; and ’l* ar
(hardy alter, two fltnilar columns will ucwta
*i/dy dir. cd th ir match to Geneva
iVI Be Setilf I'll'ach ba conuiiued f'i press
on his intrigues here, in oidtt to idlnftuite a
Change in flic (omi nt the Swi-s give, inn nr ;
but th> iniiinr council, who ennv..n.d ylt tday
Slidt'id.y • iscuturna yin autumn, vv util
o n (offer in. t tn b f iuce.l by toe dcuhve
pr .nni.es winch Vt dc Scnlt I'ils.ih .dvailto and
in Ik name of the allied powers, namely, to
rt-store to th can on of Berne hon A g .vie
an t the i ays ic V,.uv,u will as B.ciiUe and
l’i i.gtiel.
I hnt intnift-r, however, mortified at his ill
fucces* ai'e.ward. reproach'd the intrigut ■<
envoy's n Fiaiikiort lor rhei’ unite in attempt*
in* to Belt ov th a * o th ni. diatom in S vit
z .iand, wh th h conceived p. i'm iturc. It'S
plainly tub fun that they will not lit-cecd bit
V incline sand m-in lorce 1’ is w< I kn w i
Ihit ihc p are Itrongiy atr .ch and m .he
media:inu an ! I .udly murmur ar tin cucroarli
in n tof tlie a 1 s, and threaten v ng ance a.
ga t tile aniO'tloiir g andc :s ot the towns,
who app n to b U lir • is.* a change
.Srv.oal I ill O’U li VC lent deputies to the
.Laiidamm in to ob a a dir edtlnus in regard to
tne manlier they ar m aCt lhe p alain yof
(h s car.ton will u i ul> ’ dly be cltrug dil the
prcCcnt Clllllll.llUnll ill ud be changed.
1’ is now no longer ti be doubted, that a
Fiend) a<niy in bwi z.rla and wouhl meet with
inaiiy partizatls; and had tfier I> en any exrr
ti” * titi'l.,'he mass ot the people, (tt Icaft
th f nl f v< ral ca .tons) w uid eviden ly have
j.u nd in flip .m ting the cause oi lie iiicdiatlun.
1 o you. ctcclUucy, dec.
(oigiicd) F. ROUY R
Secretary ~t the Legation.
Berne, Per. 1 1813, t i.i o’clnrk, I*. VI,
To u. excellency th .Vlmutcr ol Foreign Re
lations.
Burns, lad Die 1813.
9 i.'ciot It at night.
MoNslr.Nitua—Some Aultnan eav.'.ry ar
rlv -J this day at S lelure ; but it l believed
thu’ they w ii proceed tn Bienne, and that nth
er troops wdl cn'rr this place on the 23d,
Th’ gre itclteoniufi >n txilts here, ih grand
council have voted thanks t > the minor council
for not iub niuiny t<> the wdhes of iVi. dr S-ntt
Filsai h, and to ilk intrigue# of Be ne, woo
were lot dunging immediately th present con
ftl'titinn ‘Vlcn who were diltinguiih and tor
thf'r a ill fv vices, have matiifeifi and th greati It
( id g ii.y at the Ha n and r. fpoi iihiiity which
fie;n Ilk dv to relt upon Hr rue. On file ..flier
Ji.stid th .e who have w .k minds and were
ilrfiniig the cirry of the allied troop* a.e ‘ear
■fiiHy ippr, h 1 live hat th fi uppofed to than
WiP w. ak th. ir vengeance on him.
I ‘iave he h nmr nt transmitting to you ex
eetien y * tra’ fl.iticui of two prnclaiiiitions that
have jolt ine to hand. AH the Swis. battal
ions a c re ti n ng to heir rtlpetivc cantons,
tiighlv diffiiisfi.il it. a t'g their territoty In
"frad and win u’ riidu.c*. A great niaj ul y
W tild p -ter .i g n'lnUS death, and no doubt
ex ts “hat Ih .u and an opp ctunity off- r to n
pai what th v te m invn untary c -wirdic.,
they ivul p live th 01s Ives wotthy fuppurtrrs
ol ‘heir lights. Never wore th. advantages
deiiv d'rom the mediation f., feofihly felt in
a <v ii.itry wh eh haa, under its auipiccs enjoyed
tra qniiity lor the .alt ten y. a's.
I have the h .uor, Ac.
("signed) F ROUY R.
TANARUS 1 j cxcullrucy the VtinUlcr ol Fvnign Re.
iationt.
Tuu izst'Rti.Dec. at. Igi tj
Monsvignkur Ihe c aleseed arinitshavc
this o.y cntc.ij Sw a rhuiit : ao.tioo m.n isy
tin way oi LauHVtib. u.g ; one ciluinn f.oin
3 to b in 1 men enterrd Roi ife’drn and Bafle ;
$ 000 cavuh y attarhedtn ft ven rtginirnts are
at Zu nli i he. wtm'e foicc of the allies is
Computed at too non men.
M dr i.aiidani'iian Remhar,) has written
to the different cantons 10 lend deputies to Zu
rich wno will join as members of the diet,
whenever a quorum can be to med. Ihe no!
niiuat un i ine deputies is to be confirmed by
the ntitiot council, and tint by the grand conn
ol which is a proof that the cancelling the
omllitution is 111 view.
I’he allies entered Switzerland without there
being even a mttiket (hot fired. A majority of
the peopie are alhamed oi such a transaction.
I he ireatet p utbei g in favor of the aCt of
the mediation, w >u and have de ended thsir neu •
liauty h and tiny b> n snppo'tcd.
I liavc tii c houut, Ac,
V Si d *•') ROUYhR.
• PROCLAMA riON.
I o the troops if the Swiss Confederation
It -s announced to all the federal fr,a, P ; und-r
arms that he allied amuei have entered the
Svvks territory from iltft'-rent points and
tint heir gen. r.! i n chiif, Fr,„ce Sellw.rtßeu
bwg has puhltlhed to h.sa'niy, and caused to
be i'.*iifml'ted to the general ~f the troep. of
the Confederation, the order of thr .fay (which
“ al,n ‘ f-'fl ar rjn,<; moment that the plen
hofciuh b.,f -he allied eou-ts sho arc in
•Swi zeUod p , fin tod to his excellency. \1 de
Landamman 3 dec a a io n comainim the
It ringed ailurances of thur intentions towards
the good treatment of the inhabitants It is
th.rrlnre, expected that th- t, deral troops,
(hud th-y at any ‘line meet with any for ign
r s. will aft.i and on ground to create diitur
oi CC T."? d ‘he.'ilice's, luhaitsrns and foldicrs
will sdt in conio. mity therewith. com
manders .it C or r , will continue to maintain or
der and preserve the confidence of tfie troops
1 he manner in which the corps have conduct
ed thetnielves at the present ctttical m.iment,
h .s Convinced me that they will pcaeeahty sub.
mtt to -he course of cveuts, and to the wiffi
t thetr fupr.iors.
At H fj. L-uuburg, i*t D-c. 18.3.
Bv the Geueral of the Caufedera ion
(Signed) R. OE VYAi I hNWYL,U
ORO R OF IHH DAY.
O his ferine Highn ss the general in chief of
th: kl.'i and Armies, Frincr dc Schwartacuberg.
NobuiKs* -We are treading upon the
Swiss trrrttoiy—it uas friends and liberators
*h*’ wc-vppea. in this country—y ur
muit be g .verned by those principles —l* ove
tu Ikp b*ve Swiss that ijis wactiuts oi A lull is
the lti“'e<, they have to
fulfil will it fiav ii .g a ‘ i ndlv c mn'ty, is,
th y are irt th i~e qualities whi.h lial to bailie
aid r viff yad glory.
it th vicifTi u les nt war h ve < xpofed you so
pain ui march sto ‘his Mg- rt.us Ism forget
nor. loldir s tn..’ i’ i- rucffa'y ar this ‘ini to
t tminate ylo.inufly what you have cnim n"tJ
with so much ho.,.>r , ar.dtha gr a'er il lii nt
tt. s uid gr. a'er dat g-rs than th ft y utn y et
m et with hav betore b :n fu'in untid. I 1
ti i-, it is to your smr and p ritverance th t
y.,ur enuntry and the whole wot id luok ft)’ a
glorious and p.rnianenr pe ir.-
(oigncOj S !iWAR : Z ‘.NBtJRG.
Fivina U mti.,y F.p r.
Livi Hint, war Ka/ra, Embay,
“ ‘l’lie fportin( gentleintn of this (Na
tion were, on tile 2211 Deoeinhcr, intonn
cil, ili.it tncce Lions hid bw.i di (cove red
in ;i f.nail jungle, two miles from Bet-re je.
Imimdiute preparations were matle to as
i’enifiie a l arge party, and to proceed 10
chace them from fence. Accounts wre
received that tiie lut* and ferocity ot the
aninuls had (truck a panic into tlie adja
cent village; thu fix ot the natives, who
had unw irily approached their haunts, had
been torn, and mangled, and left tn expire
in the gn-atHt agonies; and that it was no
longer sate tor the inhabitants to proceed
to tiie uiuat occupitions ot’ hufbandrv, or
to turn out their cattle to paftore, as seve
ral ot them had been hunted down and kil
led. Tilde accounts only ftiimilated the
Ih itillt iViinrodf : and a party of 16 gen
tlemen having affemhled on the 24111, pro
ceed-.d to the tcene of action, accompanied
by a body of armed poeiis from tlie Au
daulet and Revenue depai tmuus. The
guides took them to the fpot where
three of the Rr,yal family wore repoting
in date, ‘l'he party advanced with due
caution to within a few paces of the jun
gle, without dilturbing the residents. At
that inlbiut, three dogs, which had joined
the hunt, unconfeious of danger, approadied
the very thrediold of tlie presence, and
Were received witli Inch a ftpulclir.il groan,
as for a moment “ made the hravell hold
his breath.” Ore of the dogs were kil
led—the other two lied, ami were fee 11 no
more. Presently a Lionel's was indiili:iC\-
ly ooferved at the month of the den ; a
few arrows were difehaigtd, with a view
to irritat'* her, and induct her to an attack
on her alkiilants; but this di I not succeed,
as the broke cover in an oppolite direiidiun,
with two culls about two-thirds grown.
l’he party puilued the fugitives on foot,
as fall as tiie n nure of he ground, newly
ploughed, would admit; when, fuddeniy,
one of tlie men who had been Rationed in
tlie trees, called out to the gentlemen to
be 011 their guard. This arretted theirpro
grels. J hey turned tin one li.le, to fume
Heights, wiicti they deferied an enormous
Lion, which was approaching them through
an open field at an easy canter, and lathing
his tide in a it v ie of indefcribahlc grandeur.
Tlie foremolt of tiie party pivlliueu their
pieces and tired, jult as the animal had
cleared, atone bound, a chalm, which was
between them, ot 1 2 feet broad.. He was
apparently wounded in tiie Ihoulder ; but
neverthelels lpiungon Mr. M. whole arm
he lacerated dreadfully ; and feeling, at
the fame time, * peon’s lance, he relin
qutlhed his tinit hold, seized the poor man
by tiie throat, and (bungled him before the
party dared fire, lell they Ihould kill his
vicVun. He was now at bay, but flicker
ed in such a manner as rendered it difficult
to bring him down—when, luddetily, the
man on the look-out gave another alarm,
and the party almolt immediately, perceiv
ed a Lionel’s, which had broken cover, ap
proaching their rear. The fame imtant
thuir ears were alfailed bv the (h'ieks and
yells of men, women and children, occa
sioned by tiie aniuv.il crolfing the road in
the midlt of the cooliess that were carry ing
tiffin to the village.—-A woman and a
child were almost immediately facrificed to
her fury. The woman was literally torn
to pieces. This proved not the lalt ca
)amity>of this memorable hunt. l'he gen
tlemen, with the peons, left their former
enemy to attack the Lionel’s, who threat
ened the village. The party, from the
rapid manner m which the bead was fol
lowed, were not able to k ep very com
pact; and, moll unfortunately, four of the
collector’s peon’s advanced upon the place
where the Lioness had laid down. She
immediately l'primg upon the neared and
brought him to the ground, and crulliedhis
iknll, and tore his face, so that no feature
was discernible, and the skin literally hung
in the wind. A companion who advanced
to his allidam e, ihe ieizt u by the thigh;
the man, in the agom of pain, caught the
bead by the throat, When ihe quitted his
thigh, and fattened on his arm and bread.
At this moment the gentlemen advanced
within 15 paces, and as Hie was dill Hand
ing over her unfortunate victim, lodged
20 balls in her body. She retreated to
the hedge, where some more dints termi
nated her exilic nee. She had abundance
of milk, which, from the novelty, mod of
the party taded. Both of the peons died
in a few hours. Mr. M. is recovering.”
The Subscriber
Offers for sale, a large four wheeled
Carriage, and two well broke carriage or
chair Horses, that can be recommended
for good qualities
SAMUEL BARNETT.
December i 85
THE YAZOO SUBJECT.
The following is tiie repoit made in. the
Houle oi Reprei'eutatives oil luelday, by
Mr. Oukiy of N. Y. as chairman of the
committee to whom the bill trom the Sen
ate 011 tne iuoject Had Been referred.
J/ e iommtt.te lo whull was rtjrrrea the bill j> on l
the ■t naie, entitled” An a t jtrooidihg jar the in
acmnificWon vj attain (latmauti oj fubui lands
in tne Mijsisslppi 1 ttrltoiy,*
BE 1 uiii:
7lial ties have haa the Jnijeß of the said hill un
de then Lvii/ideialion, ana ate oj of/inijn, hat it is
expedient/or the gumnutenl oj the Untud stares to
evict into a comf toin je uiith toe pcrjvns claiming
tunas in l’ e .VI); I'lipfn Jerntur-,, undo or b\ i it
-1 eoj the all o) the Eegjlatui t oj Oeorgia oj the ph
f lunar, , 1795. Jher ajunsjortois opinion ad
mil r /i ni t'.ejtn I iCjtf 10 oj the title uj theje CiJna
wu 1 in ’nt lauds in auc/tu n—though the luiuniuiec
cannot Jorhear remaining that thu title appeals to
Huve nt me Junction which can be derived/son a
Juicmn decijion oj the nxghejl judicial tribunal known
to our laws — the, ate grounded on conjiaer.lions
con ne led wi A ihe permanent mterejls oj ihe United
bitites. as they relate to the Mississippi I errilory
witi. the quiet andjpeedeJett eme it oj tout lentto
rv—.uith tne mote e [■ exungu jhmetit oj tne Indian
title to the lands contamid in it with the y ecurn) a
gut/i/t alt future Inman wars in tn H quarter, wnuh
thr jriiiement o/ the tc> fumy muji aju’d wun the
rxtenjive navigation cons < mg parts oj the turjtern
Jlares with the ocean, which mnt te opened whin .he
poj uliiion oj the territoryJiiaif oe adequate to Jmh
an objt I—and with thejlrength a a j .jet's wntih
Jach a population mujt mnjei on the Eoutsiauajrun
tier.
It may in addition ie remarked that there art
equitable coiijiilerations connected with the ptejenl
claims , which in the opinion of the committeeJirong■
h reiommend them tt the favor oj <WtgrcJ's. .at.
though ihe original wi of luejtale 0/ Ctotgia might
have been procured by jrauculent and Corrupt mean,,
it Jati janonly a]pears to tae cMmittee, as far as
their enquiries have been exlendici , that the ynjent
claimants , or thoje under whom t/ijy hold, were bo.u
ii Ie purchufers of the vnm diaitgrantees of Geor
gia, without notice of any fraud oj cot ruplion in l,e
original graht. Ihe committee rtf er, on this head
to the papers annexed 10 this Resort, nuikeU from
A to 1. i.icluftve. j
As to ine terms oj the combrorfift which it may be
expedient to make, the commitee have ccnjidercd
that theje contained ns the btiijrnm Hu .Senate areas
ejfe ’uniawl praiicable, and at/the Jame time as eh.
grh/e. a< ougnt to be required hnder the cncumjtan
ces nf the Lijc. I lies hate auiidingly dirtlied t etr
chairman to report the said bill without amendment.
the comm itce hate had acutcr conjiacralion ihe
Rejoi unon adopted b\ the H’ hjt on tile sqth nji.
.is tu the ‘authority veflcd tn the agents, r.ow at
tending 10 uimpiom/je tne ciams Jet up by the re<-
pr five claimants,’ the committee have procured all
tne tnjormattun within their teach. I lies hpteex
ami ed various documents and papers, Jome if them
l iei y voluminous, coiijijirng of convesanccs, powers of
attorney , let ess, &t. I nr y nave atfo recavedfinm
the rejpetlive agrnts winter r piejen tni/ons of the
extent of tneir powers and a thorny fund Oj their
readmefs to accede to the terms of compinmi/e con.
tamed in the bi I from the Senate, df.fe reprejtn
teutons are annexed to this repent • j
I he committee did not conjtder it/necejfxry to re
port to ihe Houje the various documents exhibited to
them by t/.e rrjyecitve agents in Jufport vj theje rep.
njentations. Such a procedure cfn JuppoJed nut to
Come nee jjari/y tutthtn ‘he purntw of the refolutton
of hr Ihsujr.. ana would hunt tdeumberti this report
unth amass of papers, ih cf ‘mitlee mil. remark,
general!', that the authon's ot the agents appears to
be vers extenjive. and that in. Vie enur feoj their en
quiries on this head, they have itfeuvered no rea/on
to beUcvc that any me of the tlpmsnts will rcjhjc to
accede to t’ e proposed compramife-
A s to the ‘amount of m net aibiallx paid Av h •
na fid third purchajers for grants or td‘es they
nay h. Id under the originalg r -nt,’ the annexed pa
pers afford all th: infor< aiton which the committee
have found it ‘pm Abe r>l ‘to obtnn. I life pa.
pers /how to agt eat extent the trices at wmch do
na pie third burchafers’ contrAdeU for the lands in
q’iffhon—and which were paidin gocia/de -nj en
ds)'fed notes aid other feeancie. Bit the cummin-c
eooftder it imt raehcable to aflertain to any extent
*the amount nf money actually faid.* without devot
ing to the enquiry niore tinir aid attention than any
committee could be/low on it. during any jef/i nos
Coitg refs -as it would lend to an examination oj a I
the private tr an saH ions of the numerous ind'viuuais
now interejled in thrfe claims, which might e con
netted with the purcha es andfa es of the land in
quefiton, and with the notes anj other fecnrities, giv
en m coijiquatce of these ptirchafes and files
As tn that part of the refo'utinn which tn(huffs
the committee to enquire ‘from which ol the original
companies the prejent claimants derive title, and the
amount of money withdrawn bv any of the original
grant es or persons claiming und> r them or thur a
gent or agents from the Ire ’ fury of Uenrgia ’ the
committee aJo refer to the annexed bapers, and to a
document accompanying the report of the comm Own
ers appoint and in bur fiance ts an off of CongreJs en
titled ‘an aef for the amicable Jctth merit of limits
w'th the /fate of G-nrgia, and w.ihoripng the ejl ib.
IJhment of a ;prernment in the Mississibhi J em'to
ry,’ whi n document i> contained in a volume, from
p‘ge 147 to page 153, inchtfive. printer Av order
oj . ongrefs on the \qth day of Dei ember, 18 o.
The committee a/fo take the liberty to -efer to the
volume ibovemention and, as containing much ufetui
i formation in relation to the arts and proceedinsss
of the Jiute of Georgia a- icf t-u United States, ci"'-
ne-led noth the fuhje * under eo Jid: r it on In * e
fume volume midaffsbr ‘ow'd th’ rrboit of thr. com.
m ffioners ahovem-nttoiicd andvari us documentsac.
conpa ying the fame, showing, among other things,
the evide nee of the fraud and corruption ronneied
with the original grant of theje lands by the jfate nf
G'orgta.
A.i which is ref pc c lfully fubmiited to the House.
From the National Intelligencer.
THE YAZOO CLAIMS BILL.
From an examination of this bill, as it
finally palled the Senate, we find ve had
materially niifunderffood its provilions, as
we iiad gathered their import from tiie
Debate in the Houle ; and, as we have
communicated somewhat erroneous ideas
of the bill to our readers, we have taken
tlie trouble to make out a cond nl'ed date
ment of its provilions for general informa
tion. The bill provides that all claimants
under tlie act of Georgia, pilf and in Jan.
1795, be allowed until the fird Mon
day in Augull next to depoln, in the of
fice of Secretary of State of the Unit
ed States, a i'ufficient legal rereleafe
and tiansfer to the United States ot
their claims to the land, and of their right
to the iconics faufeqtiently withdrawn
trora the Treasury -
original grantees and their ownFfs, and a
power to sue lor tne recovery of iuch money.
That the Secretary of the 1 realary, tiie
Secretary of State and the Attorney G. ti
er..! of tlie United States, Iliad be a boarti,
to meet in the Citv ot Waihington on the
laid ist Monday 111 Augud, to determine
on the ltifficiency ol the releale io depolu
ed, and on tlie merits ot all conflicting
claims to laid laud, ot the meeting ot w iiicu
Board three months public notice iliall ue
previouily given. 1 hat to tiie companies
or perloris reflectively, wnofe claims (hall
be thus allowed, tlie Pielident (halt cauie
to lie iH'ued certificates of Stock, bearing
no liitereit, payable out of the fird pro
ceeds of lales of Pubic Lands in the Miasi
ffiippi territory, after the payment ot the
money due to Georgia and the expellees ot
i'urveving the land Iliall have been latisfied
such dock not to exceed in amount the
following funis, in the wtioie, to the per
sons defoliated below viz. To the per
ions claiming in the name of or under tiie
Upper Miiiiltippi Company 350,000
T cii’iellee Company 600,000
Georgia Mliillippi Com. 1.550,000
Georgia Company 2,250,000
Citizen’s Rights 250,000
Miking an aggregate of Five Millions of
Dollars. The certificates thus ill’ued are
to lie receivable in part payment for Public
Lands fold after their date, in the propor
tion of ninety-five dollars in every hundred,
the remaining five being paid in money.
The balance ot the purchate money paid
into the Treatury of Georgia, and remain
ing there, to be tet over and paid by
the laid coimndfloners to the State of
Georgia ih part payment of the sum due
to her by the United States.—Suits to be
indituted agamlt ail persons who have
fraudulently withdrawn any part of the
purciiale moneys,.in such manner as the
Board of Commilfioners thall think inolt
eifeidual to compel them to refund the
fame. If the persons claiming under the
act or pretended act of the Ltgiilature of
Georgia before recited, ihall neglect or re
fuse to accept of the comproinile hereby
authorized, the United States are declared
to be exonerated and dil'charged from such
claims, which are forever barred ; and no
evidence of any such claim ihall thereafter
be admitted to be uled in any court what
ever againd any grant derived from tlie
United States. This abltract embraces
all tlie leading provilions of the bill.
The following gentlemen compose the
feledf committee 111 the Ploufe of Repre
feotatives to whom the bill was referred :
Meifrs. Oakley of N. T. Troup of Geo .
IVright of Ms Fisk ofVt. Robertson of
Lou . Clarke of Ky. and Infers oil of
Venn.
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BOSTON March io.
Valuable arrivals. —Six waggons, with
four dout horses each, loaded with gold
and diver, arrived from the southward yes
terday.
A irigate was within four miles of Cape
Ann all day yeiterdav.
Privateer brig Alfred. —Captain H.
Bi ackier, who arrived at some Ealtern port,
(in what veffelor where from unknown,)
informs, that on the 18th February, lat.
39, 20, long. 69, 36, lie spoke the priva
teer brig Alfred, captain B don, bound to
tins port, and learned that Ihe had taken
three prizes. February 23, lat. 42, :o,
long. 68, 12, at day light, wind N. law
the brig Handing W. At 9, A. M. Ihe
bore up and made all sail—at the fame
tune, from mad head, law a brig to the N.
and a frigate VV. in chafe. The Al
fred pafled within a mile at 10, A. M.
(saw captain B> Ifon) supposed distance be
tween her and the brig in chase about i'tv
en miles. At 1, the brig pafled under A
merican colors, and continued the chale.
At 3, P. M.both brigs out of fight nearly
at the fame time, fleering about E. S. K.
—wind W. N. VV.—wind hauled to 0.
VV. in the evening.
Captain Blacker also informs, that a
Biitiiii 74, armed en finite, with 1 200 tons
of piovisions, bound to Bermuda, had been
captured and dtdroyed by two French fri
gates- [halent Register.
DIOMEDE’S CRUIZE.
Extra&ofa letter from the American
JNeivs-Room, Salem, to Mr. Toplijf,
Keeper of the Exchange Ccjfce-llouse
Books , dated March 6.
“ Arrived this morning, privateer schr.
Diointde, captiin John Crowninlhield,
from a cruize. The following is extrailed
from her journal:—Wednesday, Februa
ry 9, sailed from New York on a cruize—
16th, was chased ky a gun brig, and es
caped eafi!v—2otb, captured British schr-
Lord Ponlbnby, Morau, from Surinam
bound to Halifax, cargo sugar, rum, cocoa
and toffee, manned her out—23d. captur
ed a fleet of five sail, from St. Thomas
bound to Halifax, as follows : schooners
William, Reunland, cargo sugar and mo
l.ilffis ; Margaret, Sparling, cargo sugar,
nun and molasses; Joseph and Mary,
Fault, sugar, rum and lime juice ; Hope,
Rudolpi, sugar and rum ; brig Friends,
Glaucon, rum—24th, boarded a Spanilii
feluca, from rlavanua for Cadiz—2sth,
was chased by a 74, soon lofl fight of her
26th, blowing a severe gale, was chas
ed by a frigate en the weather quarter, a
ve over a lee
, IX e .provilions, at
tei which WC left‘her very fail—March 7,
saw a merchant brig in South Channel,
Handing S. which Ihe wed Spanish colors.”
The privateer schooner Frolic, Odiorne,
of Salem, when 28 days out, was captured
by a gun-brig, and carried into Barbadoes.
She had previ ully c tptured the schooner
Traveller, arrived at Cape Ann—Janua
ry 14, (i.e captured the schooner Encour
agement, f;oin Antigua, bound to Yar
mouth, N. S. with about 40 hogsheads
mm and molalTes—blowing hard, tiie boat
in returning from the prize, fwaniped, bv
which accident Captain Green and Mr.
Patterson, of Salem, prize-madt rs, and
two other prize-niaders or mailers’ mates,
were drowned. Having no boat, laid bv
her two days, when they made a raft, a*
took out the men who were left on board
the prize and set her adrift—27th. Ihecap
tured a light Hoop, and sent bur into St.
T homas, with prisoners.
The Diomede has brought in 35 prison
ers, and lias about 25 of her own crew on
board.
The Drotingen Chridiana, sent into An
tigua, has been cleared, paying Jcofls, &c.
of about 8000 dolls.
Swedidi brig Helena Sophia, Lange,
hence, for St. Barts sent into St. Kitts, has
not been condemned as heretofore dated,
but has been cleared, paying colls, &c. of
about 6000 dolls.
Valuable Arrivals. —Gentlemen wlioy
left New-Bedford vederday morning.bring >
the pieafing information of the arrival
there, late on Sunday evening, of the flfip
Barclay, captain Randall, from the Pacific
Ocean, with 1800 barrels of oil, to VV.
Rotch, jr. & Sons—and of the arrival at
Nantucket, on the 28 th ult. of (hip Charles,
captain Grafton Gardner, from do. with
1700 bbls. oil, to Messrs. Carey Coles
worthy, Coffin and the Captain.—These
fliips are both lad from Valparaiso, (some
weeks later than the vellels which have
arrived) but their passage is not known.
Mr. Rotch informtd the gentlemen who
have arrived in town, that the Barclay
sailed the day before the CharlejF— that Ihe
brought no later accounts of the Essex than
before received, and spoke no vessels nor
saw any cruizers on the passage.
Vv’e underdand there are now no whale
Hlips absent, except the William Penn,
which sailed for home a long time since, tic
mud he either taken or lod.
The Bi itifli Packets which the Globe
privateer engaged off’the Wettern Islands,
were the Montague and Lady Pelham,
bound to the Brazils from England.
WASHINGTON-CITY, March 15.
Tllli SUPREME COURT.
Among the very important decilions made
during the present Term of the Supreme
Court, is one announced on Saturday lait
in the cni'e ot the Venus, which decidesthe
principle that an American citizen who
had removed to Engl,uid in time of peace,
and relided there with the animo manendi ,
and was carrying on trade and commerce
there as a merchant, on the breaking out
ot a war is to be contidered as an enemy,
and his property, inveded with his hodile
character, is lubjedl to capture on the high
leas, though the property might have been
Hupped before a knowledge of the war.
On tins opinion, we learn the Court was
divided, Chief Judice Marflial and Judge
Livingflon having diflented from the deti
don, and Judge Johndon having declined
deciding on a point un # which he had jic-t
had time to make up an opinion. We pro
pole to pubhlh the opinions delivered on
this qudtion, as well as on the important
case of the Britilh licence.
T lie Chief Judice having left the City
on Sunday oil’ his return home, Judge
VValliington is now Prelident of the Court.
Gidf.on Granger, the Poft-Mafler-
Gentral, has been removed from office by 1
the Prelklent of the United States. It is V,
not pi obable, that the real causes which
have led to this proceeding are extenfivelv
known, nor is it perhaps very important t
the public, what individual is at the head
ot the Pod-Office department, if the officer
is a man cf integrity and his duties are faith
fully performed. It is but an acT. of jus
tice we believe, to say, that Mr. Gr an
ger has made such improvements in the
department as time and experience have
luggefled ; nor is it probable tiiat forfome
years past, the office could have been much
better managed than it has been—Political
coiiliderations, and those perhaps of a per- {
sonal nature, may have hid an influence
upon the change now trade—As well as
we can judge from Mr. Granger’s letter
published in several papers lie feemsto
think, that an independence of sentiment
ir. a public officer Ihould be tolerated, and
that want of tiihserviency to the views and
wishes of others, fliould conditute no
ground of removal—but he ought at the
fame time to have recolle&ed, that howev
er this doctrine might suit him now, it is
not such as influenced his own conduct
heretofore—and fliould he be displeased,
lie ought 110 c tube surprised to find his own
principles extended to himself, and that
thereby the important declaration is veri
fied, that “ with what tneal’ure ye mete,
it Ui—i he mealured to you again.”
Aug. Her ala.