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men Teemed to be in good spirits, consider
ing the loss of our captain; but after the
lots of our main-topmast, the French fleet
was discovered from the mast-head, and we
were obliged to make all the fail we could.”
The French 40 gun (hip La Precieiife,
that has been Tome time in Philadelphia re
fitting is now nearly ready for sea. L’Eole,
of 74, is the flag (hip of the fleet, and
commanded by admiral Sercey ; the Jupiter
bv capt. Bomj ard. L’Eolc was to have fail
ed on a cruise on Wednesday last, and to
look out for the British (hip Orion, now in
the Chesapeake.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17.
Sunday lad arrived an express in this* - .own
from the comitfiflioners who were fern to
treat with the Indians: Fie had left the com
miflioners on this (ide Lake Erie, having
eroded over with them from Fort Erie that
day eight days. They had beenmetat Niaga
ra by Indian commiftioners, and with them
had failed in separate veflels to the mouth o(
Detroit river 18 miles from Detroit, where
our commiflioners were direcled to remain,
until an anfvver (hould be brought from the
great council of the Indian nations aflemblcd
at the rapids of the Miami and the Lake.
On the 2d of August an answer was brought
to this effeft, that the only terms on which
peace could be made was our ceding the
country on the weft of the Ohio and Alle
gheny rivers. The commiflioners suggested
the impoflibility of doing this, as the lands
had been fold by the Congrel", and peo
ple had fettled on them, but that the United
Srates would be willing to give more goods
than they had given at any other time. The
Indians replied, that if the Congress would
give one half of these goods to the people
that had fettled, they would leave the land,
and remove this difficulty. Our commis
sioners replied that the land they mult have,
and would not give it up. The Indians said it
was well, and there need no more be said.
However desired them to remain if they
thought proper, until they returned to the
council, and laid this before them. On the
16th of August tw'o Indians came and inform
ed that the final result of their deliberations
was the country in quetlion, or war. The
oprefs is of opinion from the language of
individual Indians in private, and from other
circumstances, that the Brittlh wholly con
duft their councils, and dictate their de
mands
By the arrival of some persons from Fort
W aldington on Monday Lit, we are inform
ed, that the Indians still continue hovering
about the out garrisons, and occaflonally
dealing horses ; —that the army is in high
spirits, anxiouflv waiting the event of the
treaty, and hoping that a campaign will
take place, as no idea of peace is entertained
by any one-—that the greatest pains have been
taken by the Commander in Chief, in train
ing his men in the aft of w ood fighting, and
that from their proficiency, and the unani
mity prevailing throughout the whole army,
success may be expefted, (hould a campaign
r lfict*•
LEXINGTON, ( Kentucky) Aug. to.
On the ift inst. the Indians itole a number
ofborfes belonging to the under the
picket, at Fort Hamilton ; they were pur
sued by a detachment of dragoons and rifle
men, to the difiance ofabour 40 miles, where
ice Indians appeared in such force, that the
pursuers thought prudent to decline com : ng
to aftion.—'T he Indians being in such force
near the out posts, is an argument that the
treaty has failed, and ot course the army wil
very (hortlv refer. e marching orders. '
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14.
The following is the partition of France,
to be made> in case the combined forces are
victorious. Alfaceand Lorrain, to the elec-,
ter Palatine, in the place of Bavaria annex
ed to the domains of the house of Austria ;
Artois and part of Ficardy and Champagne,
to the prince of Hefi'e Caffel; Normandy
* and Britanny, together with Maine and An- 1
jou, to the Duke of York ; Burgundy and
Franche Comte, which latter joins the king
of Pruflia’s orincipility of Neufchatel, are
to go to that monarch: the principality cf
Orange is to be lettered to the house of that
name : as well as Avignon to the Pope.
The king of Sardinia is to have Provence, 1
an’ the king of Spain, Galcony and Rouflil
lon* which formerly belonged to him. Fiance
will be no longer a maritime power, being
entirely cut out"from the oceart by thh cur
tailment. Her foreign poffeflions are to go
to the English and Dutch. The ancient go
vernment under a Bourbon prince, will be
established on the pY r ul remnant.
The July pack ' ’ arrived at New-York,
but having had a long passage, the accounts
by her are not of so late a date as by other
vessels. The latest arrivals from France, are
to the Chefapeak, and bring in general the
moll fatisfaftoty news with regard to the af
fairs of that republic. Toward the last of
1 uly, a perfect tranquility prevailed over
the" whole 84 departments, and the new
co.iftitution had been accepted with a gene
ral applause. The combined armies, far
from being any wife fuccefsful, were effec
tually checked, and in many places routed.
Notwithftahding the bale efforts of Old En
gland to starve the Repubiic, the French
privateers had been able to (apply ever}’
species of provisions to their country in abun
dance from the English provision vessels,
going out to. supply the star r ing colonies in
the Weft-Indies, and every day saw the
prizes crcuding into the French ports.
The following are the particulars of the de
feat of theSpanifh army near Bayonne, in
June last, by the French under General
Ccurpon.
«* The Bth instant, we had a great many
v/orknien employed, to repair the fort of
Soccoa, and as it was important to the Spa
niards to prevent this being done ; we. had
forefeen that they would attack us, and
had concealed in the neighbouring woods a
malked battery, of 14 pieces of cannon,
and 4000 men, lying on their bellies, on
the ground, and while the troops and work
men at Fontenis, appeared to retreat, our
ambufeade took them in flank and rear,
and put them totally to rout; They left on
the ground, 4566 men dead, 1900 piifoners,
and nearly as many wounded. The fine
regiment of Spanish Carabiniers, was totally
destroyed, as well as one of Dragoons. We
took 2300 and odd horses, all their field
tents, which they occupied the night before,
and pursued them for three quarters of a
league beyond their former encampment.
I need net tell you, that all their provisions
and warlike itores, fell into our hands. We
101 l only 79 men killed, and 114 wounded,
Hiftory will never fail to make honorable
mention of our brave republicans, especially
of the battalion of Gironde, who determined
the fate of the day ! To do them justice,
each individual should be named : but above
* m
all, was diftingmfhed citizen Fauver, a mer
chant of Bourdcaux, and capt. of foot,
Chapefen; betook with his own hands, the
colonel cf the Spanifn Carabiniers prisoner,
after having pursued him upwards of 800
yards, overthrowing every thing in his way.
They had not determined how to celebrate
th is heroic aftion.”
The ship Aftive, Ca; tain Seaman arrived
at New-York, on Wednesday last in fix
weeks from Liverpool. She brings no lat
er intelligence than by former arrivals. Five
and forty paflengers came in the Adtive.
The flavor of the city of New-Ycrk,
has requested of the pradtiftng Physicians
there, to leave at bis office the names of
ail such per fens as have arrived, or shall ar
rive from Philadelphia, or any other place,
that may be flek, and under their care,
with their ; lace of relidence, in order that
such as are infe&cd with the yellow fever
may be removed out of the city.
In the brig Almy, Capt. Eutler, that
arrived at New-York on Monday last, in
49 days from Glasgow, came 72 paflengers,
who report, that great numbers of their
’ countrymen are preparing to quit that land
of oppression—that since the parliamentary
j orders to furnifh the Scotch garrifor.s with
Heflians, and other mercenary butchers, the
country has become ripe for another *47 plot,
and it is a question with them, whether
there will not loon be an open rebellion.
A meeting of the fublcribers for collect
ing sums of money ar.d contributions for the
u.fe of the French Republic, was ordered to
be held at Carlifle on Monday last, in order
to present an address to Mr. Genet, Mini
ller Plenipotentiary from the Republic of
France to the United States of America
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ar.d to agn-r reipefting the diipofal ci l
Hour, luat has been contributed. ' "
Sspt. 18. The commilhoners v.h o r - I
from Philadelphia the last of Ar>rl! V-VI
a treaty, for the purpose of makingl
with the Weftern Indians, have ret* *1 1
without success. Timothy Pickering ß
arrived in this city last Friday, and M*’ fl
Randolph has since reached Germans- B
They came back by the way of GgJL-’"* B
Albany and New-York. Genertl B
took another route, and on account ofl/ 1
sickness prevalent in this city, will proba’ ]. B
return direcily to his home in Maffachufev' B
We understand that the hostile Indians re* B
fuled to make peace, unless the United Stat B
would remove all our settlers (amounting I
ieveral thousands) from over the Ohio, and B
make that river the boundary between them I
This was obvioully inaumiifible. I
The Governor of New-York has, by p ro . 1
c! a matron ordered all vessels coming f ron J I
Philadelphia to that port, or any other p ort I
in the state, to perform a quarantine ■ to I
continue until such time as legally difchar?. 1
ed therefrom. No veflel is to approach 1
nearer than within 2 miles of the city of I
New-York, till visited by the infpefting I
physicians and health officers of the port. * 1
We hear that the citizens of Cheftertown I
(Maryland) have entered into refolutions’ I
for preventing the stages from this city p a s. I
ftr.g through, On their way to Baltimore. I
The stages to New-York byway of Bur- I
lington and Bordenton have been flopped I
some time. Indeed, we hear any person I
travelling on those roads from Philadelphia, I
though in ever so found a state of health, is
shunned like a pestilence, and viewed with
the fame eye of horror, as if he was bearing
with him all the evils of Pandora’s box, to
distress and defoiate mankind.
On Friday evening, the 6th infant, de.
parted this lire, dodfor James Hutchinson,
in the 41st year of his age—this gentleman
is one among the many mournful vidtimi
who have fallen a prey to the present malig
nant fever raging in this city; but there are
few whole loss can be attended with more
circumftanccs of general regret, as well as
private misfortune.
Amidst the present difttefijs here, we re
lhark with pleasure, that a more healthy
feafori than the present has never been
known in New-York.
There are certain /wine fettled near Phila
delphia (fays a correspondent) who deny
citizens in good health the fatisfaefion of
crofting the water, for fear of transmitting
into their delicate nojlrils the infedlion pre
valent in some parts of this city. It is cer
tain their fears are groundless, as it is well
known that /wine are a species of animals
that the contagion rarely or never afFedts!
The weather having now become cool,
with a strong wind at N. W. for 30 hours
past, it is hoped the mortality at prelent pre
vailing in this city will soon be abated. An
equinoxial storm, however, with a plentiful
frill of rain, is still wifned for, as supposed
to have afalutary effect in checking epidemi
cal disorders. *
Died cn Wednesday last, citizen Du
pont, the French Consul for Philadelphia,
a vidtim to the malignant fever now prevail
ing in this city. On Friday morning the
frigate La Precieufe, and the India ihip La
Ville de l’Crient began at sunrise, and con
tinued till the fun was down, to fire guns
every five minutes in honour of this true
republican, and man of universal estimation.
The American and French vessels in port
wore their colours half mail high. Died al
fc, Judge A.tlee, Vincent Felofi.—^ r *
Anthony, and several other citizens, iince
our last.
PETERSBURG, Sept. 27.
On Wednesday the 1 Sth instant, one c
the grandest Masonic Proceflions took F‘ :kC
in the city of Walking ton, which, perDP 3
ever was exhibited on a similar occaiion.
This procefTion was for rhe purpose cl lay trig
the corner stone of the Capitol of the Uiuteu
States. Brother George Vv'alhington was pf'-;
sent on this solemn occasion, andtoox a l! ,
tinguiihed part in depositing the pkte an
placing the corner stone.
- SAVANNA K, pSoitr }-
The Eagle Revenue cutter is ad
equipped, at the expeace c* tne