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*ith Capt. P. 466 b’ols. sperm. All of Nantuc
ket. November 6, lat. 9. ,1 o. s. spoke (hip Barclay of
New Bedford, 200 bbls. sperm. oil.
Capt. Coleman informs that the Spaniards have taken,
off Chili) 9 British whalemen, having 5406'bbls. of (perifi.
oil.
New York, January it. Capt. Clapp, Who arrived
1 ycfteiday from Jamaica, authorizes us to fay, that he there
fa’.v Capt. William Story, Commander of the brig Trio,
belonging to this port, owned by Melfrs. Yates and Pollock,
who informed him that, having been attacked on his voyage
from New York to Jamaica by a French privateer of ,10
guns, and full of men, he had defended himfelf, and after
an action of several glades the privateer ftrnck her colors;
that he declined having any thing to do with her more, and
continued his voyage to Jamaica. The Trio was armed
with 6 four pounders, and manned with 15 men, belides4
paflengers. - _ •
Januarv 15. The brig Eliza, Miller, from New
Haven to St. Croix, is carried into St. Euftatia by a French
privateer.
The Danish fchconer Ferftlaw, Letter, from St. Thomas
to this port, is loft on Barnegat flioals; Captain and two
hands drowned.
The fliip Rajah, Seton, from Hamburgh, .on the 27th
November, in lat. 49. *s* lung* 18. w. was boarded by
a French privateer of 12 guns, which plundered her cf
great part of her provisions and boat, robbed the Captain
cf his watch and clothes, and 100 dollars in specie, and
a bused and i ; l treated both him and the paflengers, whom
they likewise robbed of their clothes. The Frenchmen
evenly declared that were they able to man the Rajah they
would have made her a prize, and taken her into port.
They had then on board part of a crew of an American
(hip from Charleston, which they had taken fome days be
fore.
January 16. The Hon. Slofs Hobart, Esq. is ele&ed
Senator for this state in the Congress of the United States,
in the room of Gen. Schuyler, religned.
Norfolk, January 11. The (hip Ceres, Capt. Calef,
failed from our Capes on the 26th December with a cargo
of peafe and com, bound to Li (bon. On the 27th a gale
came on from tire n. w. which continued increali'ngy ac
companied with a very high sea. On the 28th, at 2 p. m..
found the ftiip had (prong a leak, and had a. feet 3 inches
water-in her hold ; turned the hands to the pumps, which
were soon choaked with corn ; they then boifted them out,
and nailed tin with holes to the bottom. At half putt 3
(hipued a heavy sea on the (larboard quarter, which com
pelled them to lie to. At 9p% in. difeovered the water
running in about the tra ifom, and on cutting away the
after lockers found three planks of the tuck darted, the
oakum out, and the water making on the n so fill as to
render pumping useless; finding nothing could be done for
the preiervation of the veffd. (having 9 feet water in the
hold) they hoisted out the long boat, in which all the crew
embarked, being only able to lave a barrel of bread and
two gallons of water. On the 29x11, at 10 a. ill. quitted
the (hip, the water being up to the lee combings of the
main hatchway, and running down the fore feu trie and over
the cabin floor. The long boat, while alongside, bilged in
two places; they however (lopped the leaks with their
clothes, and put her before the wind. At 4p.m. on the
29th they were Fortunately picked up by the Danilh ftiip
Minerva, Capt. Semmelman, from Leghorn to Baltimore,
and arrived in town on TuefJay evening.
January 20. In a Liverpool paper of the i cth of No
vember, we have an.account of the capture of the ftiip Jea
nie, Capt. Alexander M ; Givgor, on the 9th October, by a
French privateer, of 16 guns and 115 men, named the La
Hazard. The Jeanie was bound from Liverpool to this
state, and notwithstanding her very inferior force, having
only 10 guns and 12 men, (lie maintained an engagement
which continued upwards of 3 hours and 45 minutes, dur
ing -which time a number of the privateer’s men were killed
and wounded, and both veflels considerably fluttered. The
Jeanie was soon after retaken by the Anson British frigate,
and lent into Falmouth, but we are sorry to find that the
brave M* Gregor was carried into Rochelle*
Cbarlcjlon, January 31. Capt. Brookvnan, of the
barque Maria Elizabeth, in 5 1 days from St. Übes, informs,
that when he left there it was currently reported, in con
foquence of the arrival of a packet from France, that peace
had been positively concluded between France and Portu
gal
The brig Sally, Brown, from Larne, in Ireland, 66
days out, anchored yesterday at Fort Johnson; (lie has 150
paifeiigers on board. “ V so-
Married, on Tuefilay the 23d inst. bv the Rev. Doclrr
Gallaher, Francis de Pau, Flip to Mils Sylvia Degrade,
daughter of the late Count de Grade.
February 5. By the arrival cf the schooner Galatea,
Capt. Paine, from Cape Francois, accounts are received of
the bis of the schooner Cummings, Capt. Peyton, belong
ing to this port.
February 6. Capt* Paine was requested to publish,
that the barque John and Jane, Capt. Adams, from St.
Übes, bound to Boston, has been drove o(F'the coast in
great distress, her fails all split, and (hort of provisions. In
lat. 34. long. 18. Capt. Adams had the happiness to save
three men in a boat, who proved to be the Captain and
two Mates of the schooner Hiram, Capt. Ross, from Phi
ladelphia, bound to Marseilles, out 17 days from the Capes
or Delaware, the schooner being upt'et by a ftroks of the
so 1, and funk, when tl>e rest ofrtlie crew and one pafienger,
/ foxing (even in number, were loft.
SAVANNAH, February 9.
r General Adembly of this state adjourned on
.JL Friday the 2d instant. During the feilion the fol
lowing Acts were paded:
An to iinpofe a tax for the support of Go'.ernment
for the year 1798.
An Act for opening and keeping open the River Oconee.
An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of Sa
vannah, as Gommiflioners cf the Courthouse and Gaol of
t: •; bounty cf. Chatham, to draw the sum granted by law
for repairing Courthouse and Gaol.
An Act to pardon John Hume Mafldifon.
A:i Act to repeal an Act for keeping open Little Raver
and Broad River, as far as refpectsjofeph Ray, Basil La
?.nd -Ik: Heirs of YYdliamfoi?
I :: ‘ , /
An A est to provide more cflffoUially for training the Mi
litia of this state.
An A<ft for better regulating the Town of Louisville.
..An Atft for eallingrin the otitftanding evidences of debts
due From this state, and for iflfllng new ones in lieii there
of, under prosier checks and rrilr'nftions.
An A£t to add a number of plats collected by the Se
cretary of State to the Surveyor General’s Ofoce.
An A(ft to declare null and void the contract of matri
mony between Ignatius Gilpin.and Charlotte Vincent, and
to protect the said Charlotte in her person and property.
An A6l for appropriating money for the'year 1798.
An Adi to incorporate Aiigufta, and to improve the
public roads in the neighborhood thereof.
An A6l for preventing cantroverfies concerning the
boundaries of lands, and for proceflionlng the fame.
An Aft to admit the Counties of Glynn, Camden, and
Bulloch, to the privilege of ele&ing their Magistrates.
An A£l to authorize and empower the Trustees of the
White Bluff Congregation to fell and convey certain land
therein mentioned.
An Atft for the better securing to Alexander Cafwell a
certain tract of land purchased at the files of confifcated
property.
An Atft to prohibit,the further importation of (laves into
this state.
An Atft to amend u An Atft for clearing out Ogechee
River and Brief Creek.”
An Atft to authorize certain Comvr.iffionefs therein
named to eftabiifh a Lottery for the pu'rpofe of raising the
sum of three thousand dollars, to be appropriated to clearing
and improving the navigation of the Aktamaha and Oconee
Rivers.
An Atft to render mbre fafe and expeditious the naviga
tion of the River Alatamaha to the Town of Bruhfwick,
and other purpofes*
An Atft to open a communication across the marfti frorti
Hampton River to Rackpon Point.
An Aft for better regulating the inlpetflion of tobacco
in this state, and for other purp Fes.
An Aft for the better regulating the admeafurement of
lumber within this state, and for other purpofes*
Resolutions have also palled both Haufes, recommending
to Convention to authorize a cefiion of a great part ofthe
western .territory to Cong refs on certain conditions, which
will be immediatelyjmbliihed_at large, agreeably to joint
resolution.
Capt. Thompson, of the Danish cutter Bee, which ar
rived here on Saturday last from Havana in five days, fays
the Spaniards are making preparations for repelling an ex
pected attack by the Englilh on that place; that a fleet of
five fail of the line, three frigates, and two brigs, with a
conficlerable (urn of money on. board, had arrived from La
Vera Cruz, bound to Spain, and that a lliip and two brigs
which failed with them had been captured by a privateer
out of New Providence* He also favs that the Spaniards
had p’-ohibited the French carrying in any more American
veff.ls into that port, and would not allow those that were
already there to be condemned.
As Admiral Bligh, with four Britifii f|iips of the line and
fome frigates, is iuppofed to be Crailing off Havana at this
time it is probable he will fall in with the Spanilh fleet .on
their departure from thence.
The account of Capt. Sinkins published in our paper of
the 19th ult* appears to be without foundation. None of
the Northern papere we have received make mention of any
late commotions in Paris.
The ftiip Hamilton, from Jamaica, arrived here yester
day .
Dr; John Love was on Monday last elefted one of the
Reprdentatives of Chatham county in the General Afiein
bly of this state, in the room of his Excellency James
Jackson, Etc.
MARINE LIST.
Entered Inward*
Brig Minerva. Fulton, Turk’s lilaml
Sloop Bee, Thompson, , Havana
Schooner Desire, Milligain, Bmnfwic
Sloop Republican, Bafnall, |jg Norfolk
Brig William* Clarke, Montego Bay
Cleared Out*
Brig Peggy) Types, Grenada
Atlantic, Brookings, Curacoa
Galiot Triton, Oiburne, Martinique
Sloop Nancy, Deflion, New York
Schooner Polly, Lombard, Ditto
Mary, Perrine, - Charleston
Polly, Shaw, New York
Concord, Darnel, - Ditto
Mary Ann, Hughes, Baltimore
Ship Commerce, Deflion, London
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PORT of SAVANNAH, in GEORGIA.
Mariners failing into this port will observe the following
Marks and Buoys, viz. A large Buoy lies on the outer
ofthe Bar, in tlie deepest water, having all the lead
ing marks on, the Beacon and Lighthouse in one, bearing’
Weft half North, distant four miles; another Buoy lies in
the fame direction, one mile within the Bar; a third Buoy
lies one mile farther up, Weft by North from the second;
a fourth Buoy lies one mile Northweil by Y\ r est from the
third; after patting which there is fafe anchorage for a
large fleet in four and five fatthoins at low water, the Light
lioufe bearing South Southweft*
N*B. The Buoys lie and kad in tlie deepest water, hav
ing a r channel half a mile to the Northward, and one quarter
of a mile to the Southward of tliem, (in the narrowed
place) nearly the fame depth of water, and there are 20 feet
on the Bar at lowed tides.
gCT 3 * All Printers are retpiefted to give tills a place in
their papa's as long as convenient.
ALL psrfons having any demands against tlie Estate
of David Wilson, deceased, are desired to fend in
their accounts duly attested, and those indebted thereto to
make immediate payment, otherwise suits will be com
menced against them, a'. ———. —
DELPHI A WILSON, Admrx.
A few Copies *>f trie Fire Ordinance and
Patrol Law may be had of the Printers.
To a TUFT V EARLY VIOLETS.
By William Gifford, Esq.
SY\ EET Flow’rs, that from your humble bed
Thus prematurely dare to rile, ’
And tmft your unprotected heads ‘
To cold Aquarius’ watry (kies,
Retire, retire! thefo tepid airs
Arc not the genial brood of May;
That fun which light malignant glares,
And flatters only to betray. *
Stem Winter’s reign is not yet past;
Lo, while your buds prepare to blow,
On icy pinions comes the blast,
And’ nips your root—and lays you low!
Alas far such ungentle doom ! ,
But I will fliield you, and lupply
A kindlier foil on which to blobm
A nobler bed on which to die. -
Ciome theu-i—ere yet the morning ray
Has drunk the dew that getns your crest,
And drawn your balmiest sweets away— ■
O, come, and grace my Anna’s bread!
Ye droop, fond flow’rs! bHt, did ye know
What worth, what goodness there rdide,
Your cups with liveliest tints would glow,
And ip/e ad their leaves with conscious pride. ,
For there has lib’ral Nature join’d
Her riches to the (lores of Art, .
And added to the vig’rous Mind
The foil, the fimpathizing Heart.
Come then—ere yet the morning rav
Has drunk the dew that gems your cleft,
And drawn your balmiest sweets away—
O, come, and grace my Anna’s bread. ‘ \
O, I flaould think—that fragrant bed
Might I but hope with you to snare,
Years of anxiety repaid—
By one ihort flour of transport there!
More bled than me, thus fit all ye uve
Your little dayy ajTdrwheir yroiej ——: —; ——■
Sweet Flow’rs, the grateful mute flrall give
A Verse—the sorrowing Maid, a Sigh!
While I, alas! no distant date,
Mij with the dud from whence I came,
Without a Friend to weep my fate—- ’ -
Without a Stone to tell my name!
Verses, written two years after those “to an early Violets’
By V/illiqm Gifford, Esq.
I WISH I was where Axxa lies..; ~~ - .
For I am sick of ling’ring here;
And ev’ry hour Affection cries-—-
“ and partake her humble B:cr.”
I wiih*t could! for, ’when (lie dy’d,
I loft my all; apd Life has prov’d,
Since that lad hour, a dreary Void—
A wade unlovely, and unlov’d! ‘ .
Eut who, I am turn’d to clay,
Shall duly to her Grave repair,
And pluck the ragged Mois away, _
And YV ctds that have u no bufine/s there V* ‘’
And who With pious hand (hall bring
The flow’rs (lie cherifli’d, (Snowdrops cold)
And .Vi’lets that unheeded Ipring,
To scatter o’er her hallow’d Mould ? ,
And who, while Mpm’ry loves tq dwell
Upon her Name for ever dear, . 1
Shall .feel his Heart with pafiion swell .
And pour the bitter, bitter tear?
I did it; and, would Fate allow, .
Should visit dill—should (till j
But, Health and Strength have left infc now*
And I, alas, can weep no more!
Take, then, sweet Maid, this limple drain,
Tlie last I offer at thy (hrine;
Thy Grave must then undeck’d remain— ,
And all thy Mem’ry fade with mine!
And can thy Toft ptrfuafive Look,
Thy Voice that might with music vie,
Thy Air that tv’ry gazer took, ;
Thy matchless u Eloquence of Eye,”
Thy Spirits, froliefome as good,
Thy Courage by no ills difmay’d,
Thy Patience by no wrongs fubdu’d, ,
Thy gay Good Flunlor, can they “ fade !”
, Pxrhaps—b^Jbrrpwdims my eye;
Cold Turf, which I no more mull view,
Dear Name, which 1 no more must sigh
A long, a last, a fad Adieu ! ’
National character .
Tl*l£ Regent Duke of Orleans a(ked a stranger what
were the different characters and dispositions of the various
nations of Europe. The only manner in which I can ans
wer your Royal Highness (said the stranger) is to repeat to
you the firft question a/ked among the several nations in
regard to a stranger. In Spain they alk, Is’ he a Noble
man of the firft rank ? In Germany, Can be be admitted
into the Chapters? In France, Is he in favor at Court? In
Holland, How much money has he? And in England,
Y/ho is that man?
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indentures, feomens articles, Sc c. for (ale at this office.