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perhaps he again converted, by Gallic insolence,
into (fabling for their horses.
Hefle-Caflcl, too, will certainly feel their fury.
The eleftor has taken too active a part in the pre- -
fern war to escape all the puniihmcnt republican
race can infiift on him.
Unless the Diet of Ratiffion, therefore, by their
deliberations can effeft an immediate suspension of
hostilities, the war mud spread wider; and all
Germany, from Silesia tor the borders of the Ne
therlands becoi.te parties in it.
In so general a contefl, the emperor may scarce
find himfelf fafe at Vienna; especially (hould
Pruflia, as there is reason to believe, enter into a
treaty with the outrageous republicans.
As to the forty thousand men rumoured to be
intended from Russia, they have been much too
long coming, and the wav is too far to expeft the
reality of them.
The Czarina, however, may rest aflnred of
meeting the Fiench in Poland; and there they
will as certainly be joined by the Turks,, who
wait only this-aflUlance, to endeavour at the restora
tion of their old barrier againlt the Muscovites.
Feb. i. The king of Sardinia having borrowed
money of the Dutch upon his jewels, and they be
ing deposited in the hank at Amfterdara for secu
rity, the French have taken poffellion of the depo
sit to an iramenfe value.
Petition for Peace.
Feb. 7. The following cities and towns have al
ready petitioned, or agreed to petition the house
of commons for peace:—The city of London; the
borough of Southwark; the cities of York, Carlifle,
Norwich and Salisbury ; and the towns of Man.
chester and Hull.
Feb. it. Mcafureshnve been taken in Holland,
to set aside the Stadtholderian family, by a formal
Aft, ami to newmodel the Dutch republic, suita
ble to the withes of the French executive govern
ment.
One hundred and fifty thou (and men will take
the field this spring, within the four military
diftrifts of this kingdom —35,000 troops will be
encamped on the Iflc of Thanet.
The* whole of the British Cavalry will remain on
the continent to aft with the Allies, the next cam
paign.
The commanding officers, by the new levies> .
will, on the average make io,oool. each, by
their letter of service.
Feb. 21. Ycfierday accounts were received from
Holland of a very recent date, which (late, that
ambafladors from Denmark and Sweden had alrea
dy arrived among them, with a view, as it was
generally understood, of conciliating the mercan
tile ititereft in that country. Measures were in
tended to be taken with a view of flill keeping up
the commercial intercourse between that nation
and this.
Many of the articles which had been demanded
bv the French had been provided and were ready
to be furnifhed according to the terms of requisi
tion.
N A S S A U; ( New-Providence) March 17.
This day the following articles, composing near
ly the whole of the cargo of the ship Harmony,
Robinson, an American vessel, from Buurdeaux to
Norfolk, captured by the Argonaut, were con
demned in the court of Vice Admiralty, as being
French property, viz. 46 ingots of lilver, 447
hogsheads and 300 cases of claret, 200 pipes of
brandy, 90 tierces of vinegar, and 3 cases gloves.
'BOSTON, Marchi}.
POST ROADS—It is singular, but true, that
eight years ago, encouragement was barely given
for two fiages, and twelve horses, on the grert road
between this town and New-Haven, a didance of
170 miles—whereas at this time, there are upwards
of an hundred horses, and twenty carnages em
ployed :
The number of different regular fiages that run
in the coinfe of a week, front- this town, are up
wards of twenty. Eight years ago tltexe were but
three.
The regular, direst Post Road from WitTcafTet,
in this commonwealth, to Sunbury in Georgia,
embraces sixty four port tow ns, and a difiance of
1513 miles. This, w ith the cross roads eflablifhed,
make near 10,000 miles out, over which mails are
sent. The Patriot will contemplate this circuni
ftancc, with pleafuie.
NEW. YO.RK, April 7.
Ycfierday being the day appointed by theconfui
of the French republic for repeating thedemonftra
tions of joy felt by the citizens of the republic,
now in this city, on the !ate lignal fuccefles of their
brethren in Holland they were commenced by a
falote from the Semilante frigate and the sloops of*
wah ~«t sunrise, and continued at noon and at
iii f« J
'i v.e Yffcjs were elegantly de ( 'ota*ed w ! th co- !
lours, ar-, each firing was clof dby three cheers j
and the Marfellois Hymn sung by the feverai (hip*
companies in full chorus, in which they were
joinedjby a large conccurfe of citizen who afiembled
■ on the wharves.
Several of the uniform companies of the city
volunteered on the occasion---and, at noon, fired
a complimentary feu-de-joye from the battery.
April 16. Captw Edwards, rn the brig Hero,
arrived at Philadelphia on Monday evening last
from Liverpool, which place he left oathe 21st of
February. He informs that: an embargo was laid
on the British (hipping in all the ports in England
on the day he failed, which was expefted to con
tinue fix weeks.
Capt. Robins, of the schooner Colley, from
Poit-an-Prince, last from Arcahaye, informs us,
that a few days previous to his leaving Port-au-
Prince the Brigands had made an attack on the
British polls at that place, in which they proved
unfuccefsful; that ihe (laughter on both (ides was
great, a British colonel Malcom having fallen in
the engagement-. The British pursued on their
victory, took pofleffion of the French camp, and
spiked up their guns, but were unable to retain it.
Captain Robins mentions that the fortifications a
round Port-au-Prince arc in a complete (late of
defence, and that it cannot he taken except by
storm.
April 17. Capt. Gkuld, from Nantz, informs,
that is was reported, when- he failed from that
place, February 19, that the Algerine cruisers
were out, and that the Bred fleet of 35 fail of the
line was gone into the Mediterranean for the par
pofe of liberating the Toulon fleet, now blocked
up by the English and Spanish squadrons.
On Tuefday last the President of the United
States set out from Philadelphia for his feat at
Mount Vernon,
BALTIMORE, April 7,.
Schooner Beaufort, Conway, from Hifpan'rola.
This vefiel has had an uncommonly (hort paflage,
being only 7 days from the time (he left Crooked-
Illand until she arrived in the bafon.
The mate informs that general Rigaud had land
ed at Arquain, with an army of 18,000 men and
a formidable train of artillery, and immediately
proceeded on his march against Port-au-Prince.
The particulars had not transpired Beau
. fort failed; but as the army was well supplied w'ith
every thing neccflary for a vigorous attack, and
the men in the bed health and spirits, no doubt
was entertained of their success.
Saturday arrived capt. M‘Quid, in the schooner
Little John, from Teneriffe.
. Match 15, lat. 22, 25,. long. 64, spoke the
Bellona, letter of marque, bound to Jamaica from
Liverpool—captain M‘Quid received information
from the Bellona, that her captain, and a]l com
manders of British armed veflels, had received
orders to (lop all Dutch veflels found in the ports
of the dominions of Great-Britain, and to capture
on the fea9 all in their power, being commiflioned
for that purpose.
A gentleman who came paflengcr in the Betsy
informs us, that St. Marks was pofitivcly taker,
and is in pofleffion of the French,
A gentleman, pafienger in the Fiench-town
packet, arrived in town lad Sunday merning from
Philadelphia, which place he leftobout ji o’clock
on Friday, informs us that Grenada had fuirender
ed to the conquering arms of France, and that
Domingo also had fallen into their hands.
A gentleman arrived lad Sunday evening from
Philadelphia, informs, that he was in company
with captain Ewing of the America, who has
brought the important intelligence ol the eonqueft
of Holland by the French republic,
Capt. Ewing fays, that 300 fail of veflels, each
to carry 300 soldiers, independent of their crews,
were preparing with all j oflible induftiy to proceed
in an intended invafton of England.
He further fays, that he saw a London newspa
per printed late in January, which relates, that
the English parliament were w'onderfully agitated
in conference cf the fuccefles of the French in
Holland.—ln the tumult of their debate, Mr. Pitt
repeatedly offered to reiign the seals to Mr. Fox,
who as often replied, that since he, Mr. Pitt, had
created the florin, it was his business to stem it I
And therefore refufed tlfem.
Extract cf a letter from Norfolk , dated March 21 .
u With great pleasure we communicate to the
public the following important information, which
we have from ur.queflionable authority :
'The Executive of the United States arc now'
pur firing th» moil vigorous meafirres, to prevent,
i' poffblc*, any farther ipoiiations on our trade and
commerce 1-y the Bermudian cruizers—Mr. Ham
mond, t! e milliner plenipotentiary from Great-
Britain, has expreflVd the moil uaceuivocal difap
pronaticn o( ti.e hard (Lips our trade is fabjift to i
by those fpoiia'lons, and lias given aflurances of i
his read? rje:.- ;? c-o operate in any area sure s’ iudge l
-•* - &
neceffiry to leflrain them. It is aluv said, :h;.i
speedy application w ill be made by our- i u rn-G c
to the Engliih government upon this imponani
fubjefl.”
PHILADELPHIA, April 9..
Dtfpatch.es from general Wayne, dated ts e 1 *1 It
of February, and which arrived last Saturday, in-,
form that the famous Shawanccs chief, called Blue
Jacket, with a number of chiefs and warriors be
longing to the Shaw'anees and Delawares, arrived
at head-quarters the 7th of that month, bea'ring r*
flag and firing for peace. These chiefs, like t’nofe
of the other hostile nations, who presented them
fclves in the preceding month, manifefted tiieir
-flrong desire to put an end to the war, and signed
an article agreeing to aflemble, with all the other
chiefs of their nations, at Greenville, (general
Wayne’s quarters), in June next, to conclude a ge
neral-peace j and in the mean time to cease from
all afts of hostility. The request of an old Dela
ware chief indicated the distress of his nation, while
it manifefted the fmcerity of his profeflions; at the
close of his speech to general Wayne, he said—-
“ I have now only to request of you to point
out a place upon w'hich you will permit us to plant
this ensuing spring. I will immediately remove
my warriors, my women and children to it, and
place them under your protection.”
Extract of a letterfrom St. Martinico , March
2£, 1795.
u Gaudtdoupe being befteged and Dominica,
St. Vincent and Grenada in a state of infurreCtion,
it is impoflible to go to any of those places without
danger. Two (hips of war went from here yesterday,
and, it is reported, for the purpose of taking the
(hipping ir. 'Statia, it being also reported that w'ar
is commenced between England and Holland—and
what seems to confirm this report is, that a Dutch
schooner which was lying off and on, about 7
o’clock this morning, was boarded by a boat from
a man of war, and her colours hauled down.”
Extratt of a letter from a merchant in Baltimore to
his friend in this city , dated April 4, 1793.
“ By an arrival this day, 14 days paflage froaa
Martinique, we have intelligence, that French
forces lately arrived at Gaudaloupe, had since not
only made therafeives matters of Grenada, St*
Vincent’s, and St. Lucia, but that they had ob
tained a footing in Antigua, and, what is more
furprizing, v/ithout much opposition, having spread
terror wherever they appeared. I conversed with
the captain, and as he is a man. of truth, you may
rely on this intelligence.”
FRENCH NAVY.
The capture of Amsterdam has added to thft
French navy the following (hips, viz.
Ships. Guns ► Total Guns *
10 of 74. 740
24 of 64 1636
2 of 56 . 102
7 54 378
1 of 44 44
7 of. 40 28a
14 of 36 504- t
15 of 24 360
3 of 18 . 54
7 oft 6 * 112
7 of 12 84
1 of 10 10
11 of 6 .66
109 4380
CHARLESTON, April z 7 .
By the schooner Jav, capt. Sutherland, arrived
at Savannah in 15; days from Barbadoes, we have
information—that the grand fleet arrived there on
the 31st of March; that part which was otherwise
bound, failed from thence the 2d of April, and
tw'o days after passed through them off Martinique
there was then 11 fail of the line within gun
(hot.
SAVANNAH, Abril 30.
We are informed from good authority, that, on
the night of the 17th inst. a party of Indians came
to the house of one Barker, on Turtle river, and,
after plundering the house of every article worth
taking, cut Mis. Barker’s hair off, and retired
with their plunder.-The next day they returned and
burnt the house, and have since made (everal at
tempts to rob in the neighbourhood. They have
taken two boats, which they have concealed, for
the purpose of eroding the river occasionally.
'J a m e s c o o p e r,
Begs leave to- inform his friends and the public in
general) that he has opened for fir, at the fore
lately occupied by Mejfrs. Rol lon and Nejbiit, on
MArJofi flreet, leading to ike Midale Ware-
House , r
A fr:fh ami general Affortmcnt cf
: DRY GOODS, HARD WARF, amt
GROCERIES,
Which he wifi felj low for calh or produce.