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BOSTON, Rh ■aary 27.
“ExiraFl of a letterfrom Havre, dated January 8.
• r i ‘HE public paper* that 1 hate cnclol
-1 ed frill give you better information
of the affairs of Europe than I poflibiy can
do, even did prudence permit it. As to our
Commiflioners, it is now reduced to a cer
tainty that they will not be received, and it
i* now with America that the queflion of
pcacror war is to be determined. If there
is not a change in the affairs of our Govern
ment war will be the conftquence. Ido not
mean by this aflertion to hint at its propriety
or impropriety, but depend it is the case.
“ I saw a letter the other day ftom Mr.
Payne, who fays that the Miniftcr (hewed
him a letter publillicd by Mr. Fenno, (a
paper that the Miniff erinf ifted was under the
patronage of Mr. Adams, our Prcfi lent)
which lays, that, from the divisions in France,
there was rcetfon to hope that in a floort time the
King would be rejloredio bis rights in France.
I have no douot that to this and limdar
publications in a great measure may be a
fenbed the ill fudeefs of our embnffy.”
Ntw Tork, March 3. Yefferday arrive!
the (hip Mary, Capt. George Batty, from the
Havana; left that place on the 24th J muary.
Ca A. Batty informs that he experienced
almoff continual gales of wind until the 20th
On the 19th he fell in with the
wreck of the brig Dryades, Isaac Luke Mat
ter, from Norfolk, Virginia, bound to Liver
pool. The fc.i running very high with great
difficulty ail hands were got fafeoff the wreck
on board the Mary. The weather was so
be;fferoas made it impnffible to five any
thing b.fidca the people off t he wreck.
March 7. Ycfterday arrived ship Venelia,
Capt. Paine, 31 days from Gibraltar, brings
no material information. The Span.fli fl et
were if ill blockaded in Cadiz when Capt.
Paine filled.
Philadelphia, March 1. Lass night arrived
here, the brig Mary, Capt. Eailc, from
Hamburgh, via Dover. Capt. Earle left
the former on the 25th of November, and
the latter on the 7th of Januaiy. January
oth was boarded by a Britith frigate called La
Pomona, of 36 guns, which informed that
they had an engagement, 6 days before, with
a French corvette, of a6 guns, and funk her,
but saved 250 of the crew, which they then
had on board.
March 5. The following important mef
fhgc was read in the Houle of Rcpicfenu
tives this day;
Gentlemen of the Senate , and
Gentlemen of the liouft of Representatives,
The firlt dispatches from our Envoys Ex
traordinary fincc their arrival at Paris were
received at the Secretary of State js Office at
a late hour the lalt evening; they art* all in a
character whrich will require lbmc days to he
deciphered, except the lass, which is dated
the Bth of January, 17985 the contents of
this letter aic of so much importance to be
immediately made known to Congrcfs, and
to the public, especially to the mercantile
part of our fellow citizens, ihatl have thought
it my duty to communicate them to both
Houles-without loss of time.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, March 5, 1798.
[No. 5.]
Paris, ‘January 8, 1798.
Dear Sir,
We embrace im unexpetffed opportunity
to fend you the “ of the 6*h inti,
containing the mcffige of the Directory to
rhe Conned of FiYe Hundred, urging the
neceffiry of a law’ to declare as good prize all
neutral (hips having on bsard merchandil,-3
and commodities the piodiktfon of England,
er of the English polfi ffions, that the as
they term ir, may no longer cover the pro
perty. Aird declaring fuither that the ports
of France, except in case of diltrefs, (hall be
shut agxinil alt neutral Chips which, in the
course of their voyage, shall have touched ar
an English port. A Commifium has been
appointed to report on the mefface, and it-i|
expcdled that a decree wilt be pallid in con
formity to it.
Nothing new has occurred since cur lass,
in date of the 24th ulr. We can only report.
that there cxifis no hopes .of our being offici
ally received by this Government, or that
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Ac o’.jcAs of our milfoil will be in any way
accompli (hcd.
We have the horor to be, with great rc
fpcct, ycur molt obedient servants, .
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney,
J. Marshall,
£, Gerry.
Fhnothy Pickering, Ffq.
Referred to the Committee on the ftatc of
the Union.
IVihnington, (Delaware) February 26. A
letter from Malaga, dated January 13, 1798,
fays, “ Y° u will undoubtedly, long before
this will come to hand, have hcaid, that our
CommiJJiomrs at Paris arc not received by the
Dire fiery. It seems t icy have not been able
to obtain any fort of answer whatever, and
were taken little or no notice of. What will
be the* consequence God knows; but Lam
much afraid the French a?e determined on
continuing their depredations on our de
fenceless commCiCe, if not on making lome
attempt on onr indepe.ii encc. There is'no*
only the British fleet that Hands between us
and invafi .n; and thank Gxl that is more
than a match for all the fleets at command
of our quondam friends.”
Baltimore, March 5. The unfortunate loss
of the (hip Anthony Mungin, and the con
iequent lamentable catallrophe, a;e detailed
in the following letter and a proteff received
lalt night from Norfolk :
” Northampton County, February 24.
* f lam forty to inform you of the loss of
your ship Anthony Mangin, Capt. Sanford,
from Hambuigb, bound to Baltimore; un
fortunately for the Captain and Mates*, and
Mr. Wilrmns, and foveral of the seamen,
who all pcrifhtd in attempting to get to the
fliore on a raft. Out ol 17 fouls only 6 re
main aliv.e, and they are much frofted; the
ship is entirely lolt, being broken to pieces
by the Teas; Ihe was principally loaded with
dry gnods, part of which will be laved ; they
are all waihed our of tnedhip, and the bales
broken. Mr. Wilkins, Collector of the Cuf
torns, and Mr. Savage, a Commiflioner of
Wrecks for this county, are attending to the
saving of the goods, and I make no doubt
but thofc gentlemen wilt do every thing in
their power to the inrert ft of the concerned.”
Newbcrn, March 3. On Thu:flay lafl,
about midnight, the inhabitants of this town
were alarmed by the cry of fire. A large
body of frmke was difeovefed ifluing from
the ct liar of the Palace, and to filled the entry
and apartments on the Puff floor as to leave
it as a matter of doubt what oartofthe build
ing was on fi e. dhr fl imes firff made their
appearance through the floor next to the foot
of the flaircafe; they almofl inflantly reached
the cupola, and the whole roof blazed nearly
ar one time. Every piece of timber, and all
the wood work of that edifice, both within
and without, were consumed. The colon
nade which joined the mam building to the
wings was pulled down, and ihe fire did not
spread anv furthe r .
Char teflon, March 21. Capt. Cork tt, of
the fohooner N) nfph; from Sr.Nieholn Mole,
informs, that about the of lass month
the French armv, which had been collected
from the Cape, Port de Paix, and Gonaivcs,
had made an attack on Jeremie, in which
they were repuffccL xviih the loss, it was said,
of 5000 men. About rhe fame time\hey
attacked a fort, lituated about 9 miles from
Port au Prince, w hich after a gallant defence
they carried; in consequence this the
road by which coffee and other produce was
brought to Port au Prince was so intercepted
as to ffop the communication. There being
but* few troops at the Mole, the ifiips had
lent a number of sailors to support the fort?;
with this afliffance it was thought they would
be prevented from raking another fort which
they had brought their mortars to throw
fhclls into. ‘I hey aifo threatened another
fort which was nearer to Port au Prince, and
which, if they got polfofTnn of, the water
with which the town is supplied would be cut
cfl ; but this was so well defended that there
were mo great apprehenlions entertained for
its fafety.
On the 3d rrffant, the Pandore, a French
privateer of 16 guns, commanded by Capt.
Garrifcan, was dent iqro the Mole, a prize to
one of Admiipl Bhgb’s fleet.
March 23. The (loop ILbecc?, from I
Naffiu, brought a. counts yefferday of the I
loss ofjjbe lh p Hazard, Capt. Hudson, from
this port, bound to the Havana; ihe went I
affiore 011 Walker’s Island, near Abaco; the
Captain and crew saved, and a small part of M
the cargo, which had arrived at Nassau. 1
The fohooner Nancy, Lockey, bound to §
the Bay of Honduras, from this port, was I
lately ioff near the Bay; part of the cargo I
saved. Capt. Lockey arrived *re yefferday. 1
Four days, ago Capt. Woodard, cf the |
brig Eliza, from Montego Bay, was fpeke
wi’ii by the Prevoyante Brirtfh frigate, Capr, I
We my Is, who informed him, that a day or 1
tiro before he had a vessel from I
Cadiz, behind to this port, loaded with wine, I
&c. by which he had learnt that the Spimfti I
fleet had failed from Cadiz.
By the arrival of Capt. Doanc from Cape J
Nichola Mole we are informed that the cn- 1
which was mentioned in our papef I
of Wednesday lafl to have taken place near
Jeremie was not at that place, but at Irois
bay. The French had made a desperate at
tack on that place, and many were killed, ‘
but the event of. it was not known at the
Mole when he failed, further than that the
French were ffiil firing on the works As
there were not many British troops there Ad
mil al Bligb, with his ship and two frigates,
had *>pne to support them.
Tnree forts in the neighborhood of Port
au Prince had been taken by the French, in
consequence of which, and orders received
from England, there were preparations mak
ing to evacuate tbat poss; and it would have
been done before Capt. Deane left the Mole
if they had known what to do with the
French who had joined the British. Gen.
White, out of companion to them, ffiil ie
mained there; but Capt. Dome underfiood
that there was a French Commandant to be
appointed, and left with rhe Em'grants to
defend the themfeb es.
XKHH X X X X
WAROFFiCEoH hf UNITED STAI ES,
* January the ift, 1795.
WHEREAS i'raurls have been prafitifed in obtaining
. w:. * -its for Bounty Lands, due to tbe Officers
and Soldiers of the late Continental Array, by the produc
tion of forged instruments, to check in future such irapofi
tions, it has been thought advisable that all persons having
claims for Bounty Lands, whether in their own right, as
legal.reprefentative, or by virtue of any instrument or deed
of tran kr, be required to forward their relpesftive claims
to the War Office, on or before the firft day of January,
1799, in order that such claims may be duly
ad j mled, and determined upon.
i’o substantiate such claim a ft rift obfereance of the rule?
heretofore iilued from the War Office will be indispensable;
and, in addition to what is required by the fold rules, the.
certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed cr power of
attorney tnuft aifo fet’ forth the'place of residence and oc
cupation of the claimant or person ihaking such acknow
ledgment ; and, when the proof of personal knowledge is
by a witness or .witnesses, their place or places of residence
nmft be let forth in like manner.
3 A WES M‘H£NRY, Secretary of War.
N O T 1 C E.
THE fubferiber will attend at his Office, fronting the
South Com of Savannah, oppolite the Cemetery,
for the purpose of colleA’ng the Tax for the year 1797,
on Monday the 19th of March mftanV and from thence
tilfThurfday the 19th of April .thereafter, from nine till
two irclock on every day, Sun lav s excepted; therefore it
is hoped that all persons concerned will avail ethemfelves
accordingly, and prevent the dilagreeable atteUipt of en
forcing the law.
Alio, tlie fubferiber is readv to receive the Returns of
f v
all persons who have neglected to make the fame to the
Receiver of Tax Returns for the year 1797 ; and they are
hereby recpiefted to attend at the Tax Collector's Office on
or before the 19th. day of April next, with their refpe€!ive
returns, properly made out, and the amount of tax extend
ed, otherwiiV they IxibjeCt themfolves to the penalties of
the law, Which will be enforced accordingly.
March 13, 1798. W. NORMEXT.
AVEtmsSEMFNf.
LE fouffigne. previent le public, que le 19 de MarSf
1798, il le trouvera a son Bureau, fitue dans la com
mune sud de Savannah, en face du Cimfliere, a Tefiet de
receivoir les taxes pour I’annce 1797, et qu’il continucra de
s'y trouver tousles jours depuis 9 heures du matin jufqu’a
2 heures apres midi, jufqu’au 19 Avril prochaln. Ett con
iequence toutes les perfonnes qui ont neglige de faire la
declaration de la valeur de leur proprietes, conformepicnt
ala loi font invites ale faire auffi tot que possible, pour's
viter toutes jxmrluites et en payer les taxes dans le terns ci
delfus preferit. <
W. NORMEXT, Colkaeur des taxe*
pour le Conte de Chatham.
N, B. Toutes qui ont amene des Negres
le conte de Chatham depuis Janv T idrffii796, jufqu'au 13.
Mars 1798, foil pour y etre vendus on pour y former des
etabliftements, font requis de venlr en faire leur declaration
et en paver les droits; autrement ils feront immediatement
foius caaformeraent ala lo’u Mars 23.-
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