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B O S T O N, May i. time-partuulafs refp filing- tfu cap t tire of ‘ the ship William, of Portland. Capt. Jones, arrived here on Saturday from Porto-Rico; brought home several pf his unfortunate countrymen who had been taken by the French, and robbed of every thing they poflVflld. From the collected information of capt. J. and his paflengers, it appears, that the (hip Wil liam, capt. Strong, of Portland, on has homeward bound paflage from Grenada, by a French privateer with a Spanish crew, and the captain and all the crew taken on board the privateer, excepting the mate and one seaman, re luming twe officers and seven Spanilh fai tfora to take charge of the (hip—(hortly afte( the privateer had left the (hip, the Spaniards on board menaced the two A tneticanjt, who not Fond of brooking the infulr, and irritated by their cowardly behaviour, repelled their mfolt, by fe »ere reproaches—the affair becoming se rious, the mate ordered the boy, an A ,merican, who belonged to the privateer, to take the helm, and himfelf and com panion armed themselves as well as they could, the mate with an axe—-the two officers then interfered, and the bloody affray began—one of the officers was kil led by the ma'c with his axe, and the other severely wounded, together with inoft of the Spanjfla sailors—the affray continued for the space of four hours, when the crew agreed to give up the (hip to the (wo Americans, provided they would grant them the long boat, and provisions Sufficient to proceed to the neared French port—this was agreed to—but before they had got ready to embark, another French privateer hove in fight— took pos session of the ship, and carried her into Porto-Rico where the two Americans were imprisoned and put in irons, to be sent, like malefaftors, to St. Domingo; where it is supposed, they will fuffer death, not for an outrage of the laws of humanity, but for bravely defending themselves againd affalfins, greatly une qual in point of numbers and weapons. Captain Jones would have found means to have refeued these unfortunate men, bad he been able to have remained a night longer in port; but several British (hips .of war appearing off the coad, he was ‘ apprehensive of an err:bargo being irame . diately laid, and,putto sea. NEW-YORK, May 4. It if said, that a Jubilee, or splendid 'patriotic celebration of the next cen tuary {1800) .is in contemplation by a number of advocates of Reajon, Humani ty and Liberty in this country, to be imitated by poderity every century, in commemoration oSthe great events that may have taken pBRf during the hun dred years. ‘ PHILADELPHIA, May 9. Saturday lad the (hip Liberty, captain Ramage, dropt down to New-Cadle, bound to Hkvre-de-Grace. This vessel, we are informed, is fernifhed with a « palfport from the British minider, for citizen P. A. Adet, late minider pleni potentiary from the French republic, who goes passenger, and will embaik in a day or two. The (hip Dominick Terry, captain De Hart, arrived on Saturday, left Li verpool the 18th of March, but brings no newspapers, as the captain was o- Tjliged to give them up to the officers of a French corvette, who boarded him off (he Irish coad. They plundered the ship of live dock, chiefe, &c. and a number of letters, but did not examine ♦he letter bag. Captain De Hart in forms that bank paper in England had fuffered a depreciation of five per cent, and that dollars were current at Captain Gardiner, in 18 days from St. Croix, informs, that on the toth of April, a large fleet, confiding of all the naval force that could be collefled, with about 10,000 troops, failed from Marti nique, dedined, it was supposed, for an attack on Guadaloupe. He heard no news of Porto-Rico, or Sr.* Euilatias being taken, as was lately reported here. , *lcaptain of a schooner arrived in this port from Norfolk, which he left on Tuefday last informs, that captain Bar tov’s frigates were ready for sea when he latled, and would probably depart soon in the face of the British squadron, rely ing upon their fad failing. Tbt fame captain confirms the intelli gence contained in an extr»&-of a letter from Norfolk which lately appeared in the Aurora, refpeßing the (belter given by one of the British vessels of war to three defcrters-fTom the fort.* The En £li(b commander is laid to have isfufed giving up the men, on the ground, that as they w.,e Irifnmen by birth he had the bed right to them, To what lengths the British mean to go in their career of insult and injury is difficult to determine; we hope this lad indance of aggression is their ne plu.s ultra. To this they have come Uy re gular Reps. Nemo suit repents turpif fmus. They fiifl impressed American citizens if British torn. This they found men in our councils (0 vindicate. They next, as in the iadance of the Squirrel, have imprefled American ci-' ' tizehs, in che face of protefitoris , brouglrf them into our ports and there'kept them in confinement. They then* as ini the . indance of the fame vessel, openly re cruited in our territory by public adver tisement; and have lately at Norfolk avowedly received and protelled Ameri can deferlers, and encouraged indeed their defertion by the temptation of a large bounty.— Quofque tandem ?We (hall not be long (übjeft to these indignities. We underftaiid, that adminidration have taken decisive deps to vindicate the A merican character, thus infaltingly tram pled on in our very ports. - • ExtraEl of a Utter from Cape Francois , April 10.' 41 The Enghfh are now driven from, every pod which they occupied in the interior of this island. I expeß that ve ry soon they will be in pofiefiion merely of the ports of Sr. Marc, Port au- Prince, Jeremie and le Mole ; and these I hope, ere long, they will be forced to aban don.” The rate of exchange between this country and London, is repeatedly quo ted in our prints as at par. The fad is, since it has been known here that the b?nk of England flopped payment in coin, there have been no buyers, and of course no rate of exchange can with truth be quoted. Persons will not buy, knowing; that when their bills reach London, payment will be offered in de preciated paper, or paper liable to de preciation. And indeed, those who have credits in England, will be cau tious how they draw, led paper being refufed for their bills (for we have net yet heard it is made a legal tender) they return proteded. Such is the date of commercial ctedit in Britain, that, by the 4a lt arrivals, iuflyufUuus wc ape told, have been received by the creditors here to English mercantile houses, not to re mit in bills, but to place the property here to the bed advantage. Communicated for publication* In consequence of the representations made by the merchants of Vcra,C;uz and the farmers of Mexico in general, se conded by the vice roy, the king of Spain has annulled the per million he had granted to various individuals for the in troduction of flour from the United States into the Havannah, as prejudicial . to the intereds of his American fubjeCts. Owing to this circumdance, we un derdand Mr. Yznardy, late agent to count Januco, who had obtained one of those grants, not having any further bu siness in this country on account of said nobleman, has lately taken hi 6 paflage sot the Havanhah,' where we are inform ed he is gone in quality of American agent, relpeßing the capture of Ameri can vessels, carried into the ports of Cuba by French cruizers. PITTSBURGH, April 29. Brigadier general Wilkinson, com mander in chief of the army,, left this place on Tuefday lad for fort Washing ton—he will proceed from thence to Detroit, and visit all the pods in that quarter. The 4th regiment, commanded by • colonel Thomas Butler, we underdand is ordered, tor Knoxville, in the Hate of Tenneflee, to protect the frontier inhabi tants from the depredations of the In dians in that quarter. NORFOLK, May*. On Friday last, the British ships of war which lay in Hampton Roads for feme time, under chexommand of admU ral Pandepnt- (ailed on a erujze. This morning the French frigates un der the command of commodore Barney , which have lain here for feme months,' unmoored and dropt down the river, for the purpose of going to sea. PETERSBURG, May 16. \efterday was the day appointed by the president of the United States* for the meeting of both houses of in Philadelphia.—This is the fird uiitance in which the chief magiftrare has exercis ed the authority vetted in him by rhe con.litutioa, of calling corgrefs • tlef whenever aoyetnergcp cy /hall len der it expedient . • , The unhappy mifunderflandtng which has- for feme time fublxiled between this countiy and France, wj)l, no dcubr, be a prim,ary ohjeft of their attention. That it may be fpcedily removed and the differences between the two-nations amicably adjutied, must certainly be the earned with of avery fiitnd to the peace and interest of this country. Various are the reports and conjtdlutcs with icfpetf L to the measures that will mo/l probably be proposed, as calculated to effcdlt this ohjetf. It has been pietty generally be lieved in the country, that an embargo will be immediately laid on all the vel fels in our ports. Whatever means may be used, we have no doubt, but that they will be the result of mature delibe ration, aided by a knowledge of all co la'eral circumstances. , It seems to be generally thought, that were the fame measures adopted, which were pursued when we were firnilatly circumdanccd with Great Britain, that there would be very little obftru&ion to the federation of that harmony which formerly fubhfttd between the two re publics. France is a powerful nation, and has a right to expttl the fame eti quette in fending an envoy extraordinary, as was used towards an implacable and inveterate enemy. ; ' : We are, at present, in a very wretch ed filiation. A great part of our veflels sent to the Weft Indies, are captured and condemned with very little of reftitution—.thofe bound to British ports, by the French, and these bound to French ports by the British. It is hoped that some expedient may be hit upon to extricate us from our difficulties without .referring to the “ Scourge of Nations.” CHARLESTON, May j 9. Exir,acl of a letter from St, da ted the 1 sth inflant. The reports of a cession of the Flori dan and Louiftana by the king of Spain to France, in exchange for the Spanish part of St. Domingo, before ceded by treaty, arc unfounded. A propoftrion to this effc.6l, was eer tainly made by Spain, before her decla ration of war against Great-Britain, and in order to prevent that event; but im mediately after the declaration of war by Spain, an-order was sent to the Spa nifh minister at Paris, to rfctraff ir, and you may rely upon it, that it will not take place. There are fetious expeditions of an attack on this port by the Britifhit is looked for from the Bahamas, where there is said to be a force collecting for the purpose. The fort of St. John’s ■has been given up and the forces drawn in here; every preparation is made for its defence, which will be made bravely and resolutely. There are a number of Frenchmen and Americans here, who will set the Spaniards-no bad example. It is a matter of great Turprife, that when almost all the northern ports are thronged with idle veflels, a number are ' not dispatched for this port. Very little more than one third of our daft crop, is said to have been exported ; large vessels have been and are frill much wanted here.; freights have rarely been higher than they are at present, viz. from five pounds ten (hillings to fix pounds per ton, to different parts of Europe. A letter from a captain of a veflel in the Havannah, to his owner in this city, dated the yt/t infant, fays there are cer tain accounts there of the surrender of Porto Rico to the English. We have nothing new by the Harriett and Ann, Rider, from Port-de Paix and Cape Francois. The British are if ill cruizing off there with eight fail of the line and three frigates; a tew Americans flip in however, now and then. The adminiftrarion continue to seize the cargoes of those which get in, and pay better for Their prefect feizares than the past. They have entirely forgotten .. £heir old debts. Nfltftic 3ay, between Port-de-Paix and Jean Rebel, was the pLce where the British ran in the French 44 gun frigate Harmony; file was blown up by the French. Captain Rider confirms the account of the British cutting out the American veffris at Jean Rebel. Provisions are very high at Port-de- Paix, flour wtflfld bring 40 dollars per barrel, if lo!d to the inhabitants. SAVANNA H, May 23, One hundred and twenty-eight pieces of cannon, 24 and 32 pounder®, are fi- r.>2;£ Tci the tijitcS) it ihsi] Furnace near Providen-e— they alji proof except cue. They a;c oinai e 3 wi;h the American Eagle. “] Arthur Fenner, Esq. is re-e!eft t( j. verr.or of Rhcde-Jlhnd, and Porter, Esq. deputy governor. t; Lecture on vijironomy, SEVERAL Gentlemen r ,j dent in the country , havij expressed a delire that Mr. Sane wich would deliver a ledturto this magnificent system ne: Thursday evening, prefumir the court will rife before tlW] originally appointed S. ishajl in forwarding the apparatil And humbly presumes his re fpedable town fubferibers v;i not be offended—as he intend repeating his le<fture on tk. day. Tickets half a dollar— f|j file at Mr. Sandwich’s andti Office. Sheriff's* Sale. I On Tuefday th« 4/(1 day of July next,l the market-house in Augulta, betml the hours of 10 and 3 o’clock, * W ILL B E S OXm r T I HE one half of a tobacl Jlut lately pur chafed by Robert M Tiycre and J. H. Montgomery ; alfotm lot and improvements whereon, Robert M Tiycre nozo lives. Taken under txctm as the property of said M i Tiycre tbJcM fy Elizabeth Mann . I LEWIS HARRIS, D.S.rM Auguda, May 26, 1797. 9 ‘ NOTICE. I '“THAT the neceflary repiJ wanted at Campbell’s and dim mond’s warehoifes will pofitivdy IxlttU the lowe/t bidder at this place on the i;l June next, at to o’clock in the/oremm unlcfs the proprietors have then zn a nl J enable slate of forwardnefs by that ROBERT WARE, 7 v SAME. CRAFT ON, > Ctmsr’J JAMES CORBS, " 1 * I CampbeUton , May 20, 1797.- | Notice is hereby given , I r T'HAT after the expiration J nine months , an application nil :fl ■made to the inferior court of thecmM Greene for leave to fell part of atwM land lying on Richland creekffM lands of Alexander Currey and tht aim m\, near Grcenefborough, belongingti fl ejlate oj Pet‘r Martin, dm a fed. 1 ELIZA MARTIN, dddM WM. MELTON, AdmrM March 3, 1797. 1 1 GEORGIA, - ] fiv Matthew R«B (L. S.) I Esq. Rcpjtum Oglethorpe county, f Probats for B J county. J WHEREAS IVUliam EUy, A&B plied to me for letters if &B nif ration on the ejlate of James f/fsß late of this county, dec. B THESE are therefore to cite flnikß nifi all andfingular the kindred tf»>B ditors of the said. deceased, to be ai'fl pear at my office, on or before the of June next, to fnew cause, if have, why letters of adminijtralion not be granted. B GIVEN under my hand my of ice, the 27 th day of 1797, and in the lift y ear : B Independence of the United of America . ■x. . "^Bi GEORGIA, 7By Matthew RB (L. S.) SjEfq .RtgifttroiM Oglethorpe county. J bats for (aid <**B WHEREAS Seymour &&4B applied to me for letters of niflration on the ejlate of Edward Lite of this county , deceased, , B THESE are therefore to cite and nifti all and singular the kindred tors of the said deceased, to be and BI at my office, on or before the if* June next, to Jhew cause , have, why letters of admimftrationjß ß not be gra n ted. t B GIVEN under my hand my office, the 27th d'V 1 797 ; and in the 21 y (i \ Independence of the o ni (A V of America, M