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PORTSMOUTH, May 15.
AVERY unfortunate accident happened in Oxford on
the 13th of April last: A Ton of Mr. Watt’* and a
son of Mr. Hogan’s were accustomed to play ■with an un
loaded musket; it being loaded unknown to the boys, when
the parents were gone out they took the gun as usual, it
went oft; and tlie contents went through the head of the
latter, which put an inilant period to his exigence.—This
is a warning to all who own muskets to keep them ft cret
from children when loaded.
Bajion, May iS. A correspondent informs us that a
Horse Mackerel was lately caught at Provincetown, Cape
Cod, which weighed frorti 800 to 900 wt. He* got en
tangled in the eel grass, where the tide left him, and was
drawn out with a boat hook. * The person who caught this
large fifh resides in Butler’s Row, in this town, and was
then at Province town on business. A large number of tfe
inhabitants were fed from it for He vend days, fending their
children to cut off pieces as it lay on the beach. Freni the
caul and remnant of the carca& 28 gallons of oil were ob
tained.
May 21. By the arrival of Capt. Griffin from Alicant
we are informed that, ilnce the lalt decree of the French
relative to Britilli produce and manufactures, the number
of privateers in the Mediterranean, in tlie Bay of Bii'cay,
ana on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, has- been very
much increased; from the port of Malaga only the number
was about 35; they capture and fend into port almoll every
veflel they meet wtth, and few escape condemnation; the
smallest article of BritiOt produce or manufacture found on
board, or the moll trifling error in their papers, is with
them a fufficient reason to make good prize of veflel and
Cargo; indeed they are often condemned on pretexts the
molt frivolous, unjust, and vexatious, which could be ima
gined; on 6 veflel was condemned for having a few plates,
part of the cabin furniture, of Englifti manufacture; ano
ther for a few handkerchiefs; a Swedilh veflel from Cartlia
gena with brandy, and bound to fome other port in Spain,
was made prize of because by accident it was mentioned in
one of th* bills pf lading that part of the cargo was for ac
count of a merchant living in Oporto! they condemned
her, as exprefled in the decree of condemnation, for having
property on board belonging to a port in Portugal—a
Britijh province!!
The Danes have two or three frigates, and as many
brigs, constantly convoying their vessels up and down the
Mediterranean; yet more Danes and Swedes were lent into
port, and-fewer cleared, than of any other flag. Just be
fore Capt. Griffin failed the Danifti Captains of the frigates
received orders to bring to every French privateer they
might meet with and examine her papers, to afeertain if
she had inltruftions to plundei; if the privateers do not in
stantly comply they are to be fired into, and to be funk if
they refill.
May 24. The fleet under Earl §£. Vincent has captured
three rich Manilla fliips. One was taken by Capt. Hallo-
Well in the Swiftfure.
May 26. Capt. Kent, arrived yesterday from Guyla
ioupe,"came out in company with a French privateer hound
to the American coalt, and parted with her lat. 29, long.
70, and informs, that Vidor Hugues has ordered four
other pirates to fail in a few days on the fame destination.
New York, May 21.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
City and County of New York, May 18, 1798.
At any period whatever, except when directed in cases
Os allied trrtops acting in conjunction, the folly and mean
ness of a military corps intermingling a foreign cockade
with that belonging to the troops of an independent natibn,
of which it is a part, are delpicable; but at a time like tlie
present, when the French nation has insulted and abused
this country in the persons of its Envoys; destroyed its
commerce; iinpriloned its citizens; threatened by htp in
trigues to divide and govern it; demanded it to empty its
treasury at the price of a peace, and at a time too that, from
the foregoing injuries, this country is on tlie eve of a war
with her; that there Ihould be men, who claim to be Ame
ricans, so difaffeCted and untoward to the honor and dig
nity of it, as to appear on a public military parade with the
cockade of that nation, is not more aftonilhing than pre
sumptuous and infnlting.
Gen. Hughes, in juttke to the public, to the integrity
of the brigade, and hinifelf, takes this opportunity to expreU
bis cenfuve on Capt. Torbofs, for attempting to bring any
of the men of his company on the parade of yesterday with
French or other improper cockades in their caps, contrary
to he was bound to observe, and contrary to
brigade orders before exprefled. He therefore diredts Lieut.
Col. Boyd, or, in his able nee, the Commandant of his re
giment, to arrest Capt. Torbofs for the following offences:
ill. For unofficei like condudt, in having brought fome
privates of his company on the parade of the 17th inst. with
ceckades of the French nation in their caps, or with other
Cockades than those adopted by the Federal Government.
2d. For unoflicer like conduct, in having contumacioiilly
brought fome privates of his company on tlie parade of tlie
17th inst. with French cockades, or cockades of the French
nation, or other than tliol’c adopted by the Federal Govern
ment.
3d. For a breach of brigade orders prohibiting the fame.
A General G>urt Martial will be provided in due time.
In future no foreign cockades whatever, but tlie cockade
of the Federal Government, nor fancies of any color or
defeription in connexion with them, ait to appear on pa
rades.
By order of Brig. Gen. Hughes,
Ociver S. Coztxc, Alt. Brig. Maj.
Whitcfiown, (New YorkJ May 1. Died, on Tliurf
day last, at Auguih, Mr. Major Wood, lately from Pro
vidence, of a wound in his thigh, occalioned by a drfeharge
of a gun. 1 lie paiticulars we have received are as follow:
On Wednesday morning Mrs. Wood threatened to put
an end to Mr. W ood’s exiihaice in the course of 24 hours,
and at the fame time font the fine (hovel at him with great
violence and gave him a flight wound on lus leg. He then
£x>ni her prtfcnce, and in a lhort time returned * and
found her pailions abated. In the after part of die day (lie
took his baric and rode out, and foemed to be irritated at,
every person (he saw. She called at a tavern near home
and drank half a glass of rum. She returned home about
to o’clock at night, and found her hu&and in bed. She
took down the {(un, ■which was loaded, and fwfcre flic would
kill liim; he arose from’ bed in view to quit her; but she
(till per filled iu killing him, and immediately presented the
gun to his breast and cocked it; Mr. Wcod sprung at die
gnn, in order to prevent her firing it off; but flie at an
instant diftharged the contents jn the upper part of his
thigh, which put an end to his existence in a few hours.
Sag Harbor, May 28. Yesterday morning arrived at
this place in a small (hip's yawl, George Kuhn, Mate of
the brig Delaware, belonging to Philadelphia, and five of
the hands belonging to the above veflel. Mr. Kuhn informs
that, in lat.
was boarded by the French privateer brig Independence,
Capt. John Littlepeter, of and frum Guadaloupe, bound
on the coast, mounting la guns, and 100 men. Capt.
Duinphy, Matter of the Delaware, a boy, and the paflen
gers, remained on hoard the brig, which was manned and
lent to Guadaloupe, tlie Frenchmen faying (lie was r< bon
prize • Mr. Kuhn remained on board tlie privateer till
Monday last, the 21st instant, during which time (lie spoke
and took the following vessels, viz. May 14, at 6 a. nu
captured the Flora, Capt. Hudlbn, from Baltimore, bound
to Halifax, out eight days, Nantucket llioals bearing s. f.
15 or 20 leagues. May 21, at Ba. m. captured fehooner
Olivia, Hull, from Antigua, bound to New York, out 18
days, Sandy Hook bearing n. w. 30 leagues; took out B.
Dean, Mate, 1). Lyon, passenger, and three feimen, and
lent her for Guadaloupe. Same time boarded brig Chat
ham; detained her three hours, then permitted her to pro
ceed. Same day, at 4p. nu captured brig Sarah, Quin
ton, from St. John’s, New Brunfvrick, hound to Philadel
phia, laden with platter of Paris; took the hands out and
burnt her. Same time boarded tlie (hip Townfcnd, Capt.
IliltOn, from Antigua, bound to Wiicaflet; cleared him
on account of taking the prisoners (Americans) on board
his veflel. On Tuesday morning lalt Mr. Kuhn and the
four hands left the Townsend about 15 leagues from Mon
tauk Point, and yesterday arrived at this place.
Philadelphia, April 19. r J he Prince Frederick, a
Britilh Jndicttnan, from Bengal for London, and laid to be
one of the ripheft vessels of lier size ever freighted from the
Euft, lately funk oft’ Tenerilf;. The officers and crew,
who had fullered much hardlhip and want, were taken on
board the Frei*h ijjjgate Infurgente, to which lhe had Itruck
a lew minutes before (lie went down. Two or three vessels
whom her iignals of diftrtfs had previouf.v induced to bear
down on her had flood away ou more nearly observing her
situation. Another circumstance deserving mention is, that
one of the crew would not go on hoard of the frigate, but
swore he would fink with the ship, which he accordingly
did.
May 24. Death of the National Cockade . In Bur
lington county, at a meeting of Capt. Mahlone Budd’s
company at Mount Holly, about 30 of the company wore
the national cockade; a motion was made to take them
down and hum them, which they all immediately agreed
to v ‘Fhe burning of thenAvas accompanied with the federal
long, Hail Columbia, with American black cockade.
Advertifemcnt in otic of the Bourdeaux papers. A
girl, juit ripe, is desirous of procuring the place ai.Cba*n
bermaid. She knows a little of every thing! Inquire
at-the Nunnery and sign of the Liberty cap.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Fenwick to bis friend in
this city, dated Bourdeaux, March 20, 1798,
“ As to the magnanimity and generality of the present
ruler* of the great nation towards private persons, while in
the great chaos of national resolutions, and the supplicati
ons of ftate3 and empires, we fear the just lamentations of
individuals will go unheard; what can a poor trader of Phi
ladelphia, reprefcnted by an humble Consul, expect, after
foemg three Extraordinary Envoys and Plenipotentiaries
at the gates of the Directorial palace, without admiflion to
an audience, and at a time when tlie Plenipotentiaries mull
be daily warned of additional flun ks and wounds of the long
injured and opprefled commerce of their nation? If Inch a
melancholy iaCt could give any relief to tlie neceifitated
individual who is kept out of his funds it would be fome
wlrat lets afflicting to relate, paving debts, hearkening to
diftreli, and justice, is not tlie falhion of the times; levying
contributions, giving law, and humiliating nations, is the
theme of the day; and while proud Albion and the Hano
verian race tremble, while Rome and the children of Fabius
art under chaltilemtnt for supporting the fceptre of OCtavius
and the crimes of Nero, can tlie wtll borrf*brethren of Mr.
Jay expeCt to escape? Pardon me for this digrefiion.
u llicre is nothing new on the fubjedl of our negotiati
ons at l aiis; the Envoys are still there without even having
had an audience, and it is generally thought their million
will lie ineffectual; 1 participate in this opinion, and, unless
the cuirent ol French success or the politics of America
rndeVgo fome change, it will be impossible to forefee the
illue ot the prelent dilcord between the two nations.”
May 26. Ihe Iloufe of Reprefo-ntatives have palled
the bill for taking and bringing in the French privateers,
&c. Bcc. Yeas 50, nays 40.
May 28. do Merchants and Traders. The Insur
ance Company of this city have come to a resolution not to
in litre any velfel or cargo bound to a French port!,—l al
most tliink I hear the fanfculloltes’ guts grumble at the
very found of the news#—lhe Lord have mercy upon tlie
poor Frogs now! [ Porcupine's Gazette.
In the Houle of Reprefertatives this uay, upon tlie pro
position ol Mr. Harper, the following resolution was laid
upon the table, viz.
Rejolved, 1 hat it is expedient to suspend all commercial
intercourle between the United States and the French Re
public, or her poffellions, until an adjuftnient of the Cxifl
lng dilltrences between the two powers fliall be effected.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Fenwick, our CotiJ'ul at
Bourdeaux, dated April 2, to a refpeFlable mercati
tilc boufe in this city.
u ihere is no change in the situation of affairs relative
to America. Iwo ol our Envoys are about quitting Paris,
Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Marlhall.”
By Mr. \ incent Lowe, who arrived from Cape Henlopen
yefterdav afternoon, we have received the melancholy news
01 the lois of his Britannic, Majesty’s lloop of war Braak,
Capt. Drew, which overlet in Old Kiln Roads about 4
o’clock last Friday afternoon. Slip was at the time under
the maialail and reeled topi ails, just about to cast anchor a
mile foatu the lightiwufe, hes boat alongside waiting for tlie
Captain, wU intended to gt <wi lW at Lewis Town; a
hidden flaw of wind laid beit-down on her beam ends; foe
immediately filled and went down, with- Capt. -Drew, hi*
Lieutenant, and 38 officers, seamen, and marines! The
reft of the flap's company, about 25, including the Boat
swain, •leaped into the boats, and several were taken up by
a pilot boat. J
The Brnak parted with the fleet off the Western Illands
in chafe of a ltrange fail, and was unable to rejoin the cotv!
voy. About 25 days ago (lie fell in with and captured a
Spainifh ftiip from La Plata bound to Spain, with a very
valuable cargo, confiding of 200 tons of copper in bars,, a
quantity of cocoa, &c. The prize is arrived iu the Delawares
1 2 of the prisoners were loft in the (loop of war.
The unfortunate Capt. Drew was in mourning for his
brother, Capt. Drew of the Cerberus frigate, who watf
drowned in Plymouth Sound on the 15th of January lafL
and at the moment the veflel overfot his servant was in tlio
adt of tying on his scars.
May 29. ‘Fhe resolution for suspending the commercial
intercourle between the United States and the French Re
public, or her fcttlements, yesterday laid on the table by
Mr. Harper, was this day agreed to in the Houle of Re
presentatives, and the Committee for the protection of
commerce ordered to bring in a bill conformably thereto.
May 31. Yesterday, in the Houle of Reprefentative* l
of the United States, a bill was reported by Mr. SewaJl,
and made the order for this day, for’ Appending all com
mercial intercourse between the United” States and the
French Republic and its dependencies. The Senate in
formed the House that the President had approved and
ligned the adt for raffing a provilional army, and the adt
for the further protection of the commerce and coasts of the
United States. A resolution was proposed to the House
by Mr. Macon, proposing an adjournment of both Houfe3
of Congrels on the 14th of June. On motion of Mr. Harper
it was ordered to lie on the table till this day.
On Monday the surviving Spanish prisoners taken in the
prize of his Britannic Majesty’s sloop of war Braak were
brought up to Philadelphia, and given up to the Agents of
Spain.
The crew of the Braak consisted of 83 persons in all, a
botit half of which were saved, including those who were
in the prize. The officers left alive are, the Prizemafter,
a Midlhipman, and the Boatswain. The accident altoge
ther is a molt melancholy one, but it is greatly heightened
by tire circutnftSnee of the Captain’s Lady being so near as
New York, where (he was every hour in anxious expecta
tion of the happiness of meeting him.
The prize lies at the fort. 4
Norflk, June 4. There is a report in town, said to
have been brought by a veflel now in Hampton Roads,
that a part of the tranfpoi ts destined for tlie invalion of
England, confiding of two ft.ips of the line, several fri
gates, and 14 tratifports, have been captured by Admiral
Colpoys. Their intentions were to make a defeent on Ire
land. The veflel which brings the news is 35 days front
Belfaft.
Gbarhjlon, June 13. Letters received by yefterday’a
post from Philadelphia mention that Citizen Victor Dupont
had made two applications to the Federal Government to
be received as Consul General of the French Republic; he
received no answer to either of the applications. In con
sequence he had taken his paftage in a flag of truce, and
was to fail about the 3d or 4th inst. for France.
Extract cf a letter from Capt. John Pratt, Majler of
the Jkip Fedcralifl of this port , dated Bayonne , March
31, 1798, to bis friend in this city.
“ I have the pleasure to inform you, that on the 24th
of this month my ship and cargo were cleared at this place
by the Judges before whom she was libelled, and tlie cap
tors were condemned to pay all damages. I expert the
captors will appeal to the Civil Department at Pau; how
ever, if they ftiould, I have a great point cftablillied, the
Judges having declared that my papers are agreeable to
treaty. I have lately been on board the Federalist, and
found all my moft valuable articles taken care of, which
were returned to nie, so that you fee we meet with fome
honest men. lam in hopes soon to have the pleasure of
informing you that our Envoys are received at Paris,
though as yet nothing has transpired respecting them which
can be depended upon. Still 1 think they have met with
fome success, or they would not have remained there so
long. I would have you be careful of not having too large
a flock on hand, as I am sure we (hall have a peace in five
or fix months.
“ I have just received a line from Mr. Chisholm at Pas
sage, who informs me that the ship Superb, Capt. Bernard,
from Charleston, bound to London, is brought in there.”
The ship Winyaw, White, and Mary, Ingals, from
this port, have arrived, the firft at London, and the latter
at Glasgow. >
June 15. The ftiip Polly, Howland, from Port ail
Prince, with 85 passengers on board, 73 of whom are Ne
groes, anchored in the Roads yesterday.
June 16. The brig Seeblum, Capt. Tegelar, from thi*
port to Amsterdam, is taken by the Triton frigate and
carried into Falmouth.
ExtraS from Lloyd's Lift, from March 30 to April 13.
March 30. Tlie Lydia, under American colors, U
carried into Brest.
Hie Apollo, from Savannah, is arrived at Liverpool.
April 3. ‘Hie Statira, Seward, arrived at Cowes froitl
Charleston, after being boarded by a privateer in long. i6
which privateer had captured a ship from Baltimore.
The Mary Ann, Park, from Charleston, is arrived at
Cowes.
April 6. Tlie Pallas frigate, of 32 guns, was loft in t
gale of wind on the 4th inst. at Plymouth; people saved.
Sailed from Gravefend, the Minerva, Frink, for Charlel
ton.
An-ived at Dover, the Boyne, Flood, and Patteroty
Arrived at Clyde, the Fame, Stevens, from
April 10. Arrived at Cowes, the Uncle Toby, Cot
trell, and Herald, Derby, from Charleston; and the Stock
port, Towers, from Savannah.
“April rjs Arrived at Portfrnouth, the- Gomincrcqf
Hans, from Charleston.
The following article is copied from the London Evening
Poll of April‘2d ; 1798;