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PUBLIC AUCTION. ON ‘Monday the ~th day of May, at- X o’clock, tv ill be fold, at the fubferiber’s (lore, without referee, 7 puncheons second proof Weft India nun, Pieces of Harlem ft ripe, Ditto of white rolls, Ditto of platillas, Ditto of-Britannias, # Ditto of hair ribbon, <4 pieces of cotton bagging, ‘ 275 pair (hoes, and 250 ftrav/s tumblers. Wm. BELCHER, Auftionicr. May 1, 1798. SUPERFINE and fine Baltimore Hour, Pork, Crackers, . Jamaica and New England rum by the puncheon, lleft London porter by the dozen; and A quantity of good corn, For sale, by SLUTTER & RAKER, in Mr. Hogg's • buildings , St. Julian Jlrcet, Jobnfon's fquare May t, 1798. The SHiF CAROLINA', TS exported here in a few days -*■ rom Eondcn, and will return immediately. Part of lier cargo is tT eng'gcd; for terms of the remainder plcafe apply to MEINS and MACK AY. , April 27, 1798, INC OUNCIL, Savannah, April 30, 1798. ON motion, It is ordered, That all indebted to the City for Grotnd Rent, or otherwise, who do not immediately pay up their arrears, ftiall be proceeded against without Infs of timt. ExtraElfrm the Minutes , Thomas Pitt, c. c. THE sale of the following Property will take place on the firft Tuefdsy in June next, having been post poned from the last Tales, viz. All that Tratt of Lanl, adjoining the East Common, containing about 10S acres of rice land and about 5.0 acres of high land, seized as the property of Mr John Peter Lange. ‘1 hrcc complete Boat Hands, being the remainder of the Negrqes belonging to the Eftatc of Roger Parker Saunders. Also, A small Sloop belonging to said Estate. Also , at the fame time and placb, <will be fold , 1350 Acres of Cotton Land, in fcveral trails, at Mobley’s Ponds, in Burke county, to be fold as belonging to the F.ftate of Samuel Elbert, Esq. deceaf cd. Kichahd Wall, s. c. c. 3 d May, 1798. TEN DOLLARS kh-WARU I'mjll- —l n- RUN AIVAT from the fubferiber , Q „ J ANEGRO FELLOW,named IwMi HERCULES, [/ About 5 feet 4 inches high, of a black - J co,Tl plexion, has his country marks in !~ <r .... his face, and is about 45 years of age. Ow;.N Owens. John Shoolbred") T TPON the petition of John Shool verfus )> VJ bred, prayiwg the foreclofure of Isaac Delyon. J the equity of redemption of all that Tract of Land, containing fifty acres, iituate and being in the county of Chatham, bounded east by land of John Rut ledge, weft by. the northwest road, north by land of Alex ander Brown, and south by land late George Kincaid’s, which laid tract of land was late the property of William Wylly junior; and also all thole two Lots of Land, situ ate and being at Vernonburgh, in the county of Chatham, and known by the No. 3 and 4, late the property of John Jameifon; mortgaged by Isaac Delyon, late of Savannah, to the laid John Shoolbred, for the security of a film of monev contained in a bond from the laid Isaac Delyon to the laid John Shoolbred, bearing date the firft day of March feventcen hundred and eigbtv-four; and on motion of Mr. Bulloch, Attorney for the plaintiff; it is ordered, That the principal, intcrcft, and costs, upon the said bond and mortgage, be paid into Court within twelve months from this dav, and, unless the fame (hall be so paid, the .guliy us will be (Vom tlu'ncefojth fbreclofcd, and other proceedings take place, pursuant to the Aft of Aflembiy in fuel), case made and palled tlie 9th day of De cember, 1790. * And it is further ordered, In pursuance of the said aft, Tlut this rule bo pyblilhed in one cf ‘the public Gazettes of tills state, or served on llaac Delyon, or his Attorney, at lea ft nine months previous to the time by which the money L uirefted to be jwid as afore laid. ExtraSl from the Minutes, James Bulloch, c. s. c. e. c. IP A R IS, February 6. R °r five days ago fcveral companies were drawn up in one of our fqnarcs, cartiidges were distributed among the lbldiers, and the watchword was altered three times during the night. febrti.ify 7. 1 Hex:tv of Lyons, as well as the three Clouros oi La Croix Roufte, Guillotiere, an l VaiflV, have Ken put in a Rate ot liege by an arrete of the Directory oi ti*e 2d inst. ‘Hie chief motives ailigued for this measure air the dilloyal spirit which prevails there from the influeffee of the companies of Jeftis and of the Sun, of thy aiTaffins of the South, of Emigrants, sc. and the trifling ibrrfe-r! xi ffwk'Ctd there by the immortal tran’faftions of the isth JtvJlL.or, (4th September) lince wbicl) dav new vomnioti- j or.s have been excited there byb-uiTof esunteftecblution ary ruffians. ‘ , “ The Directory has made the following arrete on this htad: “ 1 ft. Tlie Commune of Lyons, and the three Faux bourns, called LaCroix Ronffe, La Guillotiere, and VuilTe, are placed hi a ft ate of siege. “ 2d, For the execution of this measure, the Minister at War Hull fend there the number of troops neCe.Tiry, “both of infantry anil cavalry. “ l'he Minister of'Police, and the Minister at War, are charged, each as far as it concerns him, with the execution of tlie present arrete .” Bourdeaux, contains a proclamation from fee King of Prulfia, by which it appears he will not deliver up his pofteiTions on the left bank of tlie Rhine. February 18. The privateer I ’Orient has captured and brought in the (hip Phenix of Baltimore, bound to Bremen. The American ftiip Madison, going from Cadiz tq Rot terdam, has also been brought in by the privateer the Re gain, • SarJat has been,declared in a state of fiegc bv the Execu tive Directory.- . Adj. Gen. Vignes is inverted with the command. February 2c. Multitudes of Emigrants are debarking on the banks/of tlie Loire, and ipread themselves in La Vendee. >; - • London, February 12. 7’he commune of Lyons has been put in a ftate'or liege; and that of Montpelier, it is added, is in tlie fame situation. On Friday last died at Putney, Jean Baptifta Muller, a native of Pruftia. Ihe lingularity of his charafter may in fome measure be Collefted from a request left behind him rdpecting his interment, as follows: “ I iWire to lie buried within the walls of the church, and interred in die following dress, viz. my bull embroidered waistcoat, my blue coat with a black collar, a pair of clean nankeen breeches, white silk dockings, my Prussian lioots; that iny hair may be neatly drefled, and my coffin made long en ough TP .admit of my l.idior cap being prated on my head* So drefled, let me rest in peace.” - February 13. 7'he following fubferiptions to the vo luntary contributions for the defence of the country are among the large ft that came yefterday* within our know ledge:— The Queen, 50001. A fubfeription formed at Edinburgh which jn two.hours after being opened raised 19,0001. Sir William Langham, 10001. Prince Erncft, 3ocl. In Ins letter to the Bank his Royal Highness stated tl-at lie had wiftied it was in his power to fublcribe a larger sum, but tl-at the sum lie had lent was one fourth cf his income. The Gcldi'miths Company, iocol. Mr. Claude Scott, ioonl. j iie IToule ot Claude Scott, Son, and Cos. ioool. Mr. Mills of Strcatham, cool. Mr. Nicholson, Cornhjll, 2501. Corporation of Reading, SCOI. Navy Pay Office, 5001. 7'!k* Wandfworth Volunteers, one month’s payl The Oxfordlhire Militia, two days pay. r l he VvTfthunfter Militia, quartered at Sunderland, two days pay. Be I ides innumerable smaller sums from board ing lchools, servants, laborers, fee. Lord Weftmore land’s servants, 301. 10s. fid. Avery large lubibription is forming among the Ladies, oi which her Majesty lias given the example. Ihe Teamen ot his Majesty’s ftiip Royal Sovereign, of 11 o guns, at Portsmouth, waited on their Captain the o ther day in a body with a gallant tender of three months pay in aid ol the general fubfeription for the defence of the country. Copy of a letter from -Vies Admiral King [mill, Com mander in chief on the coaf of Ireland, to Evan Nepean , Esq. \ S*R, Shannon, Cove of Cork, Feb. 3. 1 beg leave to acquaint you that yeflerday, at 3 p. in. being 6 or 8 leagues to the southward of Cape Clear, with his Majesty’s (hip under my command, I taw and gave chafe to a ftiip in the n. e. She at firft hoisted Englifti colors, but on the Shannon’s firing a fliot towards her ftie battled them down, lioilled the-National flag, and fired'her tfern chafes, continuing to do so (without est est) until tlie Shannon’s fliot fell far beyond her, when llie ftntck her colors, and brought to at 5 p. m. Site is called Le Duguay 7'rouin, a privateer of St. Ma lo, commanded by Citizen Lcgue, mounting 24 fix pound el's, fcveral of which were thrown overboard during the chafe, and armed with 150 men. ~ She failed from St. M ilo the 3d of November, but hav ing been forced into the River Benois, in Brittany, by bad weather, ft.e had been only 8 days from thence; (he had taken nothing until early in the morning of the day 1 fell in with her, when file captured the Wilding of Liverpool, Henry Ward Master, from Jamaica, 23 of t. hose crew 1 found on board her. I have to regret the extreme haziness of the weather all day* \v*hich prevented any object from being fee 11 ar mote tlian 5 or 6 miles distance, otherwise I think I must liave ieen and recaptured that ftiip; but it blowing very frefli at weft it Was late in the night before tlie prize could be leaned and the prisoners ft.ifted, which having dove, 1 thought it ncceftarv, from tlie number on board, and the state of the’ Shannon’s rigging, which had flittered much in the late gales, to proceed for tiiis port. Le Duguay Trouiii is 112 feet long on the gun deck and 30 feet broad; fke is very Wvdl found in every, thing as a privateer, and fails iaft. 1 have the honor to be, fee. Alex. Fraser. Vice Admiral Kingfmill , Cork. \ efterday the sum of 18,900!. was fubferibed by the Merchants on the Royal Exchange. efterday morning Air. Reffi l, of Frith street, Agent of the Royal North Brit ilk dragoons. (Scots Grevs) paid into tiie Bank, for tlie voluntary contribution fund, the sum of 4001. being the amount of one week’s full pay of the officers, non commissioned officers, and privates, of that very loyal and relpeftable regiment. Tlie corps came i.nanimoullv to this lxfolution on the ift instant. February 14. We have good authority for saving that the acxomits hitherto received from France relative to the naval preparations in the port of Brest, have been very er roneous. The following is an extraft of a letter from an officer on board his Majetty’s fiiip Sans Pareil, of 8c guns, dated at lea, February 7, four leagues east of Ufhant: aou lave oeen much im-xifed upon in tlie reports that the French were fitting out a large fleet at Brest for thft purport: cfthelnvalV n. Oil Monday the sth inst. we were sent, avVi the St. Fiorenzo, to look into Brest water. At daylight on Tmd’day morning we foundoiurfelves nomora than 5 miles from the Batteries, and took a sloop laden with brandy. The wind blew out of the harbor; the St. Fiorqpzo, however, worked so clofc up as to compel two - frigates to ret under way from tlie outer road towards the inner harbor. In the harbor were seen 6 frigates fitting rut, and fame smaller vefltls. Not a fmgle ffiip of the line was to be seen. 7'liere were in the outer road only the two frigites which left it on our approach, though it was reported that 16 fail of the line were lving there ready f>r lea. 7’he day was clear and fine, We did not make fail to join the fleet until the evening. The Admiral is preparing to fend ofT a cutter with this intelligence. “ The repeated mention of the rafts is all nonsense; the French, I am inclined to think* never entertained such an idea.” TT.e new regulations refpefting ’eacli Government sup. porting its own priloners commenced this week at Ply mouth. There appears so be but little alteration in tlie fyftern, excepting the addition of a quart of good beer, two ounces of butter or clieefe, to the daily allowance of each man, who is also to be wholly clothed every fix months. February 20. Ytftefday in the Houle of Lords the Duke of Bedford moved for leave to present an address for the difiniffiufi of Mihiftefs.’ Agreed to. The Lords to be summoned for the .12th'March. B O S r 0 N, April 9. G API'S. Laffiey and Ruflell arrived at Marblehead on Friday from Lisbon in. 40 days. The verba^ intel ligence by them is, Tliat the Spanilli fleet, of 27 fail o£ the line, under D.l Mafterado, had failed from Cadiz, were out three days, and had returned into port. 7’hat Lord St. Vincent, with 11 fail of tlie line, and Sir John Orde, with 6 .fail, were at sea, but had not effected a junc tion, or fallen in with the Spanish armada. 77 at the re port at Lisbon was that the American Extra Envoys at Paris were to leave France the latter end of February ; and that 20 French privateers had been brought into Lisbon by Engl if h and Portuguese vefteis during the time they were at that port. New 1 ork , April 4. Yeftcrday afternoon as one of the ferryboats which ply between this city and Brooklyn was crofting she l'uddcnly filled and funk; the wind blow ing very frefli from e. n. e. and a strong ebb tide: of 8 perf'ons on board, viz.. 5 ferrymen and 3 paflengers, only 1 was saved, of the name of Edwards, a native of Ireland, v.ho belonged to the-ferry* and was picked up by a boat which put off from Brooklyn. Mr. Clemens, one of the paflengers, who we linderftand refieled at Hempftead, is one of the number drowned: the names of the others we coiftd not learn. April 14. Last evening arrived here in 44 days from Bourdeaux, the brig Hudibn, Capt. Farming. 7'his veflel is the .pf further dispatches from our Envoys at Paris; from their size they must contain volumes of matter. Trenton, April 10. On Tuesday last-the Gralid Jury of the Federal Court for the Diftrift of New Jersey found bills againff William Bridgeftock, (a native of America) John Evans, (an EngfifKman) and Johannes Williams, (a Swede) for piracy; also against William Bridgeftock for murder. 7'hcfe men were mariners on board of the Eler mioiie British frigate, Which was rose against by the crew In the latitude of Porto Rico, the officers murdered, and the ftiip carried into a SpayUli port and disposed of. 7’he trial came on yesterday. . Philadelphia, April 12. The Boston papers give no account of the frigate Constitution being funk in the late ftonn. • Married on TViefday morning, Chevalier Don Garlos Martinez D’Ymjo, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Spain to the United States, to Miss Sarah M’Kean, daughter of ‘Thomas M’Kean, Esq. Chief Justice of the state of Pennsylvania. April 16. 7’he Grand Inquest of the United States, for the Diftrift of Pennsylvania, to the President of the United States. Sin, I’HE disclosures which you have made of the inftruftions given to our Envoys to France, and the dispatches received from them, evidence a strong determination to promote and pfeferve a good understanding with the French Republic* provided it could be acccmplilhed without affefting. our national charafter and the independence of the United States. We wanted no frefli proof of your attachment to your country, nor ybur unremitted attention to the duties of your high and rciponfible lituation. We are well con i ’-need that the rondoct of out Government to all nations has been just and honorable, and we vvifli to exprfcls in the strongest terms our confidence in it. : It is true, Sir, that there are soma characters in the Un ited States who call themselves Americans, and who, with patriotiim on their lips, and profelfions of regard.for the constitution of our country, are endeavoring to poison the minds of the well meaning citizens, and to withdraw from the Government the support of the people. Their measures are hostile to the happinel’s of this country, and they are the instruments cf diiorganization and (edition; many of whom are probably employed by that nation whole rulers seek the deftruftion of America, and the tendency of whole lyftem is to exterminate from the world every moral and religions principle. Yet, Sir, we hesitate not to declare it a* our firm belief, notwithstanding the opinion of the enemies of America, that the great mai’s of our follow citizens approve of your administration, and are determined to support it. With unanimity among the people, and with the reftitude of our Government, we trust in God we have nothing to fear# I’hefe sentiments and thole exprellicns the Grand Inquest of the United States for the Diftrift of Pennsylvania have taken the liberty to present to you,, and feel themselves happy in adding, that although their body is compol’ed of citizens from different parts of the state, yet an unanimity has prevailed in making this communication.