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cTiafe, (during winch *e ran t6o miles, ftne half the time blowing a hard gale of wind at w. j. w.) we came up a jongfide and captured La Revanche French lugger priva tt!> 0 f ,6 guns and 62 men, after a running light of 2 hours close alongside. Slw attempted to board us twice, but being repul fed, and a well direriled broadfule having brought her main and mizen malls by the board., and (hot her fore yard away, tliey called for quarter. We had no former taken poffelfion of her (with the utmost difficulty and all the exertion \Ve could polfibly make ule ot in gett iivr the prisoners ftiifted and our own people back) than file funk, having received above 40 foot between wind and water. She had 7 men killed and wounded. lam happy to add, we had only 2 men (lightly wounded; tlm damage we sustained was mostly in our malls, (pars, tails, and tigging* She was a remarkably fine’ failing veflel, had only cruised 6 days, entirely new, fitted out for a month’s cruile, and the largefl lugger that failed out of Calais. I am particularly indebted to Mr. Jeffery, Mailer, and Mr. Koy, Mate, for their attention, afliduity, and prompt ex ecution of my orders, as well as all the officers and crew, who deserve the higlieft commendation in their alacrity in knotting, splicing, and fhifting fail in variable weather and through a variety of courfos, having been exposed to a fiiaip and well directed fire from the Hern chafes and mulketry for near two hours before the action commenced. Charles Webb. Robert M l T)ougaH, Esq. Admiralty Office , March 17. Copy of a letter from Sir John Borlafe Warren , K. B. to Evan Nepean , Esq. Canada, off Isle Dieu, March 8. Sir,—l take the liberty of acquainting you, that this morning a convoy of the enemy.was dilcovered within Lie Dieu, to whom I immediately gave chafe with his Majesty’s ships under my orders; but the breeze dying away, 1 made the signal for the boats of my squadron to chafe, and I have the fatisfaction to inform you, that the veflels menti oned in the enclosed lift were captured by them. A schoo ner gun vessel and an armed lugger elcaped into the Fro mentine passage, over the llland of Normendtr. Two of the prizes are numbered, and laden with naval (lores for the armament equipping at Brest, for the intended expedition against England; the rest have wine and brandy for their cargoes, and were bound from Rochefort to the above port. I have the honor to be, &c. John B. Warren. A UJI of vejfels captured by the squadron under the or ders of Sir J. B. Warren , Bart. ,K. B. 1 A brig from Rochefort, bound to Brest. A brig from ditto to ditto, numbered, and laden with [naval {lores, as transports. I A brig from Rochefort, bound to Breft* A brig from ditto to ditto. I A brig from ditto to ditto. I A brig from ditto to ditto. I A brig from ditto to ditto, laden with wine and brandv. I A chaffs maree, from Rochefort, bound to Brest. I A chaffe maree, from ditto to ditto. B A chaffe maree, from ditto to ditto, lactenwith wine and ■randy. || A chaffe maree, from ditto to ditto, laden with wine and ■randy, burnt, being oii shore. ? (Signed) John Warren* . SAVANNAH, May a” ~"1_. * MARINE LIS T. | Entered InwaUd. Brig Harriet, Edwards, Charleston ■ Eliza, Lewis, Boston W-’ Joner Polly, Shaw, Baltimore I Industry, Ross, Charleston 1 Hibernia, Eafton, Africa J Charlotte, Lufcomb, Charleston j Cleared Out. p ig Nancy, M‘Alafter, Charleston I Beaver, Elliott, Philadelphia ■chooncr Republican, Crowell, Boston ■loop Nancy, Durraii, New York ■rig Apollo, Robinson, Ditto ■ Lydia, Bertori, Ditto ■ Bellona, Crooker, Di tto ■ Ceres, Hand, Ditto ■ Yefter Jay arrived, the brig Retrieve, C ipt. Phllpot, 16 Ays from Bermuda. On the passage spoke Admiral Van- Amt’s (hip and the Topaz frigate—Sloop Robert, Capt. s i 6 days from Philadelphia, having on board a quan ■y of military (lores. On Tuesday lull, off Charleston, As brought to by the Thetis Brir.ifti frigate and the Hind (u wai, was detained a few hours aud then permitted V P Capt. Briggs informed Capt. Cochran he had ch.bed the day before bv a vessel which he took to be ■French privateer, when the Thetis and Hind flood to the ■rtinvard in quell of her. Capt. Cothran Paul he had cap ■red three privateers in the couife of tile lad ten days. ■ . the Senate ol the United States, on the 26th ult. ■motion was made by Mr. Tazewell, that it be a (landing ■le tha# no Member ot the Senate ought to receive or ■ve any vifitto any foreign Agent or Ambassador, or any ■j.er peifon that avows himlelt to be a public Agent or ■mbaffador for a foreign country, without the leave and ■infent ot the Senate; it was determined in the negative, ■a- 6, nays 16. ■ On motion by Mr. Mason, the veas and nays being re ■urti by one fifth of the Senators prelent, ■ Thole who voted in the affirmative were, Messrs. An ■non, Bloodworch, Brown, Langdon, Mason, and Taze ■ell. I Those who voted in the negative were, Messrs. Bin*. ■m, Clayton, Foster, Goodlnte, Greene, HUlhoufei How- Ai, latimer, Laurance, Livermore, Marlhall, Martin, ■ ad, Sedgwick, Tattnall, and Tracy. ■ . n the 4th inst. the House of Representatives of the Anted States were employed chiefly in difeuffmg the re- Pent from the Senate, granting leave to Mr. nllr fete Mini Iter at the Courts of Great Britain 9F fo JUin ’ \° receise the presents offered to him by those ‘* a debate, which continued moll of the fn ■t. tfo rtlui’uti.ms were diiagreed to, in the Committee w f ’’ 44 10 ar *d id the House, (the teas and H king called) 45 to 37. 7 atks. |n this city, Mrs.-Dews, wife of Mr. John Dews. At Little Ogechee, Mr. Benjamin Fox. Philadelphia, May 14. The following appointments are made for the Naw by the Piefident, with the advice and concurrence of the Se nate: Captains. Richard Dale, Stephen Decatur, ol'Pcnn fvlvania; Silas Talbot, of New Yprk; Sevier, of Maffacliufetts. John Rulli, of Penuiylvunix, Surgeon. Daniel CanTtlck, do. 2d Lieutenant of Marines. —.— Parker, of New York, Surgeon's Mite. Capt. Dale commands the Ganges, and Capt. Decatur the Hamburgh Packet. Appointments by Authority . Joseph Hopklnfon, ol* 5 ’ Penniylvania, Comi’nrffi.oner for holding a treaty with the Oneida Indians. Winthrop Sargent, of the Northweflcm Territory, Governor of the Milfiiippi Territory. John Steel, of Virginia, Secretary of ditto. Peter Bryan Bruin, of the Milfiiippi Territory, to lie second Judge of ditto. Daniel Tilton, of New Hamplltire, third Judge of ditto. Capt. Tatem, in 49 days from Cadiz, informs, that a few uays before he failed a brig belonging to Boston arrived from Charleston with a cargo of tobacco and Haves, name not recollected. March 24, coining out, was boarded from the Goliah Bntilh 74. The fleet under Lord Sc. Viiicent Hill continue the blockade, and had lately received a rein forcement of 10 fail of dig l ine from England; and part of the French troops intended to act against Portugal had en tered the frontier* of Spain. Charlejion, 3 dry 2r. Capt. Barnes, t i days from Gape Francois, informs, that St. Mark’s was delivered up to the French troops un der Gen. Touffaint on the 7th inst. and Port au Prince was by capitulation to be evacuated op the 10th inst. the pro perty of individuals was to remain to its former owners, and the garrisons were permitted to depart. A frigate was preparing to fail from the Cape with dis patches for France, in consequence of which an embargo was daily expedited to take place, and great exertions were making by the Americans in order to enable their velfels to escape it. THE INFORMER. No. 2. This delufve itch for f under, too-common in all ranks of people, whether to gratify a little ungenerous re sentment; whether , oftener , out of a principle of levelling , from a mrrown fs and poverty of foul , ever impatient of merit and superiority in others; whether from a mean ambition or the infatiate luf of being witty; or, lafly , whether from a natural cruelty of difpoptvn, ahfiraiA.d from all views and confederation offelf; to which one , or whether to all jointly , we arc indebted f r this'contagious malady , thus much is certain, from whatever feeds it springs, the growth and p ro grcfs cf it are as defruSlive to as they are unbecoming a civilized people. Sterne. INFORMER, when his lu ll number made its JL appearance, felt himfelf extremely anxious to find out what reception it met with am rg the good people of the place. To fatisfy himfelf on this head he puffed him felf into all companies where lie lpppofed his paper would become the (inject of conversion. The Informer let oilt in so unassuming a manner that it led him to suppose that the Literati would in compassion to his modesty connive at the imperfedlions with which his number was replete; and more especially, because, on his introduction among them, he candidly declared that-he had no “great pretentious to style or method, but that the main object lie had in view was to inculcate lessons of virtue and piety, and, so lie at tained this end, his dogmatizing in an old way, or his be ing defective in point of compolition, were of little conse quence. Thele conliderations lie is induced to believe have iifenced the critics, who otfierwife might have palled the fevered ftriritures on his performance with rdperit to its literary merit. Ihe Informer begs leave here to express his gratitude to the lons of Longinus for their indulgence to his work, and humbly solicits a continuance of their favors. The Informer,'although lie pulhed himfelf into all com panies to hear the opinions about his paper, yet he had other motives; he did it principally with a view to collecT matter for his numbers; he has in fome measure succeeded, for at a rout to which he was invited fome time ago he could not but observe fome un ferminers of reputation very busy in propagating reports injurious to the character of a friend, whole mnocency ought to have merited, if any thing, an eulogy. In confe juenre of this calumny, and indeed more from a fonfe of its prevalence among all ranks of people, he determined, as soon as his other avocations would permit him, to animadvert on this vice. Asa moral writer it certainly conies properly under his jurifuictioh; he will therefore take cognizance of it in this number* In pursuing this fubjecl the Informer will, in the firft place, aim his fhafts at those who propagate fcatldal, and, fecondlv, at those who retail it. “ Speech was given to us by our Creator for wife and benevolent purpoles; but when the tongue is busy in pro pagating scandal, in expofmg the frailties of our nature, and in publiftiifig falfe reports, it then becomes an inflru ment of mifehitf, it destroys the pleasures of facial intef courfc, and is a fire, a world of iniquity.” If we will take the trouble of tracing the stream of calumny to its source we will find it take its rife among little contracted fouls, w! tee hearts melt not at another s misfortune, whose chief gratifica tion lies in trampling upon the character of integrity, and who, provided they can indulge their favorite paifions of envy, malice, and refentaient, care very little upon what objects those paifions are directed. Calumny mull originate among people of tins ikdcnption, or no where; for among men who possess the dealt fipark of philanthropy fcandaTcould never be harbored; they would recoil at the very idea of defaming the character of their neighbor, for these reasons: because the good opinion of mankind is necessary to the fucceli ot our temporal affairs; because an upright reputa tion, and a character untainted by the breath of defamation, are such abfoiute requisites for a man in his Ibort journey through life that without them lie may be said to be an outcast of society. When tiiefe are tlie consequences of calumny can we suppose it to take its rife among men of worth? No, certainly. The position then that the Informer set out with mull be incontrovertible. What are honors, what is projxrty, rnilefs we have an nexed to us integrity? Sliadows. Whatever notions we may Viav*. formed about the opinion pf the world, yet letfefc ”®Tand our miferv is tnc.Mculabfe. ‘What hhs a tendency to do all this? Calumny* In what ail odious liyht outflit we then to hold It. ° 8 It is no apology to fir that the fcandnl you propagate is founded in truth; it is Hi I cruelty in the and unpai-douabk in every point of view, to defame your neighbor.’ The Informer knows only of two jnftancOswhere one may be juHified in fpeakiiig 111 of another; the firft is, when teftimonv ij given in a court of j ult tee a man may, lor the lake of the‘public, relate what he knows qf another without regarding; the tendency it mdy have to lelfen him in the eftcem of his peers; lie who has offended against the laws of hi i country deserves not that coujoalfioii and fellow feeling wh.ich we onglit tu 11 lew to tliofe wliofe reAitudc of conduct lliotild be a bai‘ to the- afjrerll >ns of the calumniat or; and even in giving our evidonce against a tel > n we are told to avoid all asperity and rancor. If we are to aril in this mann.-r towards a t litof, whose crimes have drawn down the vengeance of thedaws, what ought to be our condurit tpwaitls those u ho deserve llopenfure? ’Fhe airfwer is obvious, ic needs no lomokrit. Tlie other inst nice Mjiiere it may be juflifiable in fpcak ing ill of another nlay be the necessity of vindicating our own. character; and even in the vindication of our own condu 51 we lliou! L d^rfe-lves t > .those circumftancts which apply to that virf jfeation, and ve fixmld assert no thing but what js founded ort truth. If envy, malice, or animolity, Ihould teippt us to retort, we IhouTd check their progress by refleriVing that we ourlelves have been hurt by these paifions in fimtlar iituations. Tie Informer has now irrived at the second division of his f object, that is, to make a few remarks oil the retailers of defamation. O.i t v head lit; begs leave to tranferibe the fi:h‘imcnts of a gentleman celebrated for the benevolence of his heart: 1 hole who alfill irrthe circulation ot llories or anecdotes by which their neighbor is ill fpokfen of think, perhaps, they are fafe and perfectly juftifiable'in repeating what has been communicated by another, whom they are at all times ready, it required, to laciince to tlieir own indilerction. This is however a weak apology; they may probably be convinced that what tliey have.heard is ttaie; but why Ihould they take delight in expofmg another's faults? If, however, they know it to be falfe, and yet report it, their glint is equal to the firft puhlillier. If they have any re gard to truth, arly spark of humanity in their breads, they would .have contradicted it, and to flop the mouth ol scandal. No less juflifiabfe are they in promul gating a llory upon the bare credit of another; they ought to lufpend their belief, even before they form a judgment of their neighbor’s conduit, till they are fully persuaded of tne truth ol what they have heard, much less take a plea liue in lpre iding it abroad.— 1 his is- the language of 4 writer whose charity towards mankind was bound’cfs, and whole cheek wouldblufh entnfon deep to hear a scandalous llory, much less to propagate one. , ‘idle Informer flatters himfelf with the hope that these remarks on calumny will operate in the way he ardently* dcfires, that is, to in tlie breasts of youth a feoty indignation against this vice, this bane of focicty. He would particularly recommend to the female lex, who ap pear to be much infected with the contagion of calumny, to let his observations have their weight of reaf n among them, l iie fair have i% every age been lalhed by the moral ill for their prediiedt ion for defamation. The In former would therefore recommend to thenraffb to tay'ST fide this inveterate habit, eljx;cially in this enlightened age, >in which to flick to old things would be incompatible with the rage for innovation, I (hall conclude this number with a few lines from Shakespeare, applicable to illy lubjecl: Good name in man or woman Is the immediate jewel of their fouls* Who Heals my purse Heals tralh, ’tis something, nothing; ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been Have to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. NOT E. 7be learned will no doubt difover a good deal of plagiarifn in this number; but this appears to be nb very great fault , if the application is good. It has been said by fome to be nearly equal to invention. In dependent of this opinion the Informer is encouraged in this prahlice by the example of fome who have pre tensions to literature * FOR THE INFORMER. Mr. Informer , WHI-.N I come to town to fell mv filiall wares I like to carry home with me fome little nick nack or finery, that is not over costly, to my wife or daughters. Now, I have fetn advertised for fafe, ‘ H.fir flklers, Tongue -ferapers, and Back-lcratchers.’ I can partly guess what tliey are intended Tor by their names, and you could, I suppose, write a very pretty essay, as they call it, about them; but I believe we can do without such like things, though they may be very ufeful to fine ladies am! gentlemen, particularly the Tongue-scrapers, as their tongues I doubt often want feraping, and might lometimes be the better for paring too mayhap. I have heard of fome of your name, Mr. Informer, who have been little thanked for their information; but, no disparagement to you, a man cannot help his name, you know, and there may be good Informers as well as bad; I hope you will prove your felf by your information to be one of the good; What I therefore wiflj is, to get lo far into your favor as to inform me what the meaning or use of the following articles is, which I have seen alio advertised, namely, ‘ Bafcaes, Co pses, and Guzeenas,’ and whether they are eatables or wearables, for it would look odd, you know, after buying any of them and carrying them home, if none of us knew what use to put them to. This information, in the way of your calling, will mightily oblige, A PLAIN COUNTRYMAN. • All persons indebted to the Printers hereof arc requeued to make payment*