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riprHft Union, Lunt, from America, was captured by
X a French privateeFMay at.
The Aurora, Bartlet, from America for. Bilbosf, is sent
into Plymouth for examination.
The Two Brothel sos New York, from Bourdeaux for
Hamburgh, is sent into England.
Augujl 11. Capt. Albert Smith, arrived here firice our
last from Ruffla, brings important news. He informs that
Peter T. Emperor of all the Rufliis, was making great pre
parations for war again ft the French; for this purpose he
ordered 100,000 of his ftinding troops to be in readiness to
march through ti devant Poland, to join the armies of his
friend the King df Prussia; that 200,000 more were order
ed to leave their cantonments-and encamp; that 1 $ fail of
tlie line aud 6 frigates were ordered to leave Cronftadt the
25th May, which, after being joined by 5 new (hips of the
line and frigates from Archangel, were to proceed to join
the English fleet. Be (ides this force 300 gallies were getting
In readiness to proceed to lea, to be commanded by V ice
Admiral Tate. [This gentleman is a native of Majfachuf
vtts, and has relatives now alive in Portland. He was
a favorite of the late Eitiprejs , and is an aßive, intel
iigent., and brave officer, tie paid a visit to this ft ate
about eight years Jinccd]
The Emperor Paul, Capt. Smith fays, is perfonnlly em
ployed in difciplinmg bis armies; and Ids Ministers are
-Augmenting and methodizing the revenues of his vast empire.
Capt. Smith was at Copenhagen 30th May. The King
of Denmark has refufed to pay the tributary loan demand
ed by the French, who, to make sure work of it, have
edptored and condemned hear 40 fad of rich Danifn vessels.
The French Ambassador has demanded that the Sound
Should be shut aguinft all the enemies of France, but on the
gtjth of May no answer had been given by the Danifli Ca
binet, and the Ambassador was preparing to leave Copen
hagen, Capt. Smith further fays that the Danes were not
without their fears of a vHit. from the French armies.
The French privateers on the coast of Norway and Swe
den make many captures; hear 40 between the loth and
30th of May.
The Danes, Swede*, and Britifti, fend convoys from the
Sound, under protc&ioa of which American velfels and
produce go in Pafety.
It is said a French privateer has deftrayed 36 fifhermen
bn the banks of Newfoundland.
With a population of between 20 and 25,000 fouls feme
rinftance of mortality is to be experiled every day in this
town at this season of the year. Fevers are not uncommon
in dog days. We have not heard tlnce our last of more
than fix persons being taken down by fevers, fome of whom
*re not thought dangerous. At 11 o’clock last evening a
highly refpeaable phyftcian informed us that “ the fever is
evidently on its decline; not more than three or four.per*
foils I believe have been seized with it the last 48 hours;
in these the. attack is much less severe than at firft; I know
of no person who have died with it for two or three days,
And nearly all the sick are recovering.”
Augujl 13. The Prelident of the United States arrived
At his feat at Quincy last evening. He was escorted from
Watertown by the Dolton cavalry and a numerous train of
on horseback and in carriages.
Capt. Smith failed from Elsinore under protection of a
jjritifh convoy for Liverpool, and had the pltafure to fee
One privateer taken near the Scaw. A Danilh and Swedish
Convoy left the Sound in company, bound for the Medi
terranean, loaded principally with Weft India produce.
Capt. Bates, in the cartel schooner Dispatch, only 10
days from Cape Francois, informs, that that place was clole
ly blockaded by a Britifti force, and none permitted to go
in; provisions growing Very high, the following being the
prices when Capt. Bates failed:
Pork, * 30 dollars per barrel.
Beef, • . 16 ditto,
Flour, • 32 ditto.
Butter, . 33 cents P Ol- to.
Chcefe, . 33 ditto.
Nevi’ I* ork, Augujl 6. An unfortunate old man, drefled
in a threadbare coat of black velvet, worded {lockings, and
black pantaloons, was lately seen at Paris walking about
the ftreeti, with three labels sewed to his back, breast, and
bat, with the following inferintion: “ i pofftfs an annuity
cf ten thousand livres.” “I am not paid.” I demand
support, and am 80 years old,’.’
The brig Mentor, Pettingel, from North Carolina for
Liverpool, having fprtHig a leak, put in here yesterday.
Augujl to. One Watson, for the apprchcnlion of whom
bis Majesty has offered a reward of 400 L and who is fuf
periled bf carrying bn a tteafonable correfpondtnct: with the
French, failed fVoih Bristol sos America on the 21st May
In tlie Mary of New York. He was disguised in the liabit
of a Poll lb Jew, and engaged his passage in the steerage.
{The outlaws are all jf oching this way. Thank God
we have an alien li.iv.lh
Augujl 14. We learn by tlie way of Boston that there
ins been a terrible action between the insurgents and the
Boval troops, near Blair's Camp, between Belfaft and New
■ ry, in which the insurgents prevailed, and 4000 of the
uoyalifts were killed. This ir.furrerilion took place in con
ftquence of the success of tlie insurgents in the county of
Wexford. ,
VVe have good information that the Irifti infeugents, in
addition to the, victory over the foot, have gained five or fix
“t'ther important advantages. Two regiments of militia re
filled to aft. Soldiers and yeomen desert in ciowds to the
Republican standard. and add to the ftrengtb, confidence,
and difeipline, of the people; the Aristocrats are filled with
conftematioft andd.fmay; the palace yard, cuftomhoufb, and
banks, are strengthened by iron palifadcs,” and mounted with
cannon, in the capital, where a dill more formidable ex
plosion will immediately take place.
Above 30 Irifti gentlemen of abilities have refilled in
Paris for several years past, and have kept up a coirdpcnd
ence with the people* of Ireland.
The Dublin yeorrtanrv corps have been disarmed, fuf
pefted of a the rebels. .
Philadelphia, 1. La nSbyable has been pur
chafecTby Government for dollars Slie will be ready
for sea in tlie course of next w ——
<u Augujl y. The United Statesdfclg Eagle, to cam- 16
guns, was launched this morning at lo’clock fiotn the ft.ip
ya:xl of A. and W. Brown at Kcrjfigtnn.
ffagujl 6. Died, Go!. Jarre? Tnr.es, Com.
miflioner under the Britifti treaty for the lettlement of the.
claims es Britillf fubjvfts agnuft American citizens.
Augujl 8. The following Resolutions of the College
of Phyflcians of Philadelphia were unanimously adopted afid
communicated on Monday last to the Board of Health of
this city, viz.
Resolved , That the College inform the Board of Health
that a malignant contagious fever has made its appearance
in Water street, between Walnut and Spruce streets, and
in the vicinity thereof; and,
That the College necommend to the Board of Health to
‘procure the removal of all the families that’ are situated be
tween Walnut and Spruce streets, and the call fide of Front
and tht river; and to have ail the flapping lying between
Walnut and Spruce streets removed to a proper diftante
from the city.
Augujl 17. •
Extraß of a Utter from Falmouth , dated sub June.
“ We have just heard that, heficle the infiurn ciion in
tlie southwest of Ireland which had taken place, and which
our newlpapcrs will inform you of, there has riien a tre
mendous force in Ulster, and another in Connaught; in
the latter province the landing of the French was hourly
expefted. There are 120,000 Irifti now in arms in two
provinces, and not believing any thing more is requilite
but physical force to tffeel a revolution of the government
in that country I foibear to tell you of my pro'tperils.”
Number cf Burials at Philadelphia.
In the 24 hours enurng the 1 oth instant, 7. ,
In the 24 hours ending the 1 ith inftar.t, 16,
In the 24 hoursending the 12th instant, 20.
• In the 24 liours ending the 13th instant, 24.
In the 24 hours ending the 14th instant, 19.
•In the 24 hours ending the 15th instant, 2c.
In the 24 hours ending the 16th instant, 20.
Baltimore, Augujl 11. On Saturday last the llobp of
war Baltimore, lilac Philips Commander, formerly the
Adriana, which was bought into the iervicc of Government,
left her moorings at Mr. Yellot’s wharf, Fell’s Pcint, and
fell down the river below the fort. The Baltimore will
proceed to Norfolk in a day or two to receive the remainder
of her crew, from whence file will put to sea to proteril the
coast and commerce of the United States. She carries x 6
nines in. her waist,. and 6 fours on her quarter, and is sup.
posed to be as fine a veil'd cf her size as any on tlie waves.
Pier crew are ail flout Americans; her officers brave and
well appointed; and, from the intrepidity and {kill of her
Commander, fl;e will be an ‘honor to our country, and an
arilive fafeguard to our commerce.
** August 14.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Martinique to
his cornfpondeni. in this city, dated 23d July, 1798.
“ Our news, from England L up to tlie 13th June, and
is only interesting as far as regards Irish affidns. The last
gazettes give an account of a battle in which the insurgents
left it,ogo dead on the field; a number so very consider
able to a rebellion in its infancy as I nope has smothered it
tor tlie present; aldnUgh I think ir is probable the virus
cannot be completely t radicated for a while.
“ Pkhegru, Barthe'emv, Tourclan, Vaublanc, Marbois,
Boiffy d’Anglas, and Vilote, with two other gentlemen,
have eSeriled their ticaj>e from exile in Cayenne, and are
arrived at Demerara.
“ L’Amiable frigate is fitted up for the purpose of car
ry ing them to England?’
Alexandria, Augujl Arrived here on Saturday last,
Mr. W. M‘Kenna, of tins town. Pie cahie pafienger from
Cork to Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Swedish Grip
Venus, Capt. Isaac Wye. On the of Jure, about
7 o’clock in the morning, saw his Britannic. Alajefl/’s ship
Lynx capture a French privateer brig of 14 guns and 99
men, called the Mentor, belonging to Porto Rico, which
had captured 5 English Guinea merchantmen, bound to
Liverpool from Jamaica. The Lieutenant of the Lynx,
who boarded the Venus, informed, that oil tire 13th flic
captured another French privateer, cf 2 ‘guns,'each 24
pounders, from PortoYlico. - These privateers were bound
~to cruise on the coast of America, tut had not taken any
American vtflels.
Cbarltjhn, Augujl 27. Yesterday morning anchored
at Fort Johnson, the pilot boat Maria, Capt. Prior, in 8
days from Philadelphia. This vefiel is one of two packets
which have been eftahlifhed to ply between Philadelphia and
this place by the Postmaster General, ~
The fliip called “ the Amelia, Capt. Grant, of Charles
ton,” under the Plymouth head, is iuppofed to be the fuip
Amelia Grant, Capt. Call. gkan, of this port.
The fillip Ariadne of Philadelphia has arrived at*London
from this port.
On Friday Fifty iri the afternoon, as Mr* Elias (VSaltus,
a mailer builder of this city, Was afliftingto raile the rafters
of a large house he was building on jjieen, by
fom# accident t!:e ii.ears gave way, and he w'as thrown from
the top of tlie building to the ground, and killed on the
loot. He ha- left a widow to lament his premature fate;
i and his country, by this unfortunate accident, is deprived
j of a young man who promised fair to do her honor in tire
! line cf his prcftffion,
Augujl 29. Ytfterdav arrived the fliip Mayflower,
Bishop, Havana; brig Mercury, Francis, Havana; brig
j Ju’ia. Kichborn, Havana; schooner Unity, Graham, Ha
-1 vane; schooner Betsey, Hatch, Havana; lchponer Phebe,
! Forrester, Havana; fchconer Mercury, Brown, Havana;
schooner Pali pi av 5 , Slocum, Havana; lloop SaHy, Benninj
j ton, Havana; schooner Elizabeth, Parions, Havana.
| Capt. Doane, of the brig Mercury, from tlie Havana,
j has furnilhed us with the following particulars. On the
j 1 Sth failed from the Havana, under compv of the flaps
I Elina, of 16 guns, Capt. Morrison, 01 this port, (the
1 Commodore;} ship Fanny of Salem, 16 guns; and the brig
• George, Greggs, of New York, of 12 guns. Nothing
remarkable happened in tlie fleet .until tlx: 25th instant,
when a frigate, which proved to be the Prevoyante, Capt.
Wemyfs, fell in with the fleet, and captured the (hip Bern
ftorfT, under Danilh colors, bound to this port; a schooner,
under Danin* colors, bound for Rhode Itland; and several
Americans. When flie was last seen she ajipeared to have
9 fail in pofleflion. She filed two Ihot at the Mercury, but
did not purlin* her. C apt. Doane left die fleet, and did
not fail in with it until the next morning. Nothing ma
terial happened afterwards/*’
Capt. Morrilon kft the- gntmt c<m'y,i P .,l ft™ t |S
vcffels belonging to this port fafe to the barTdWd-~.
is bound to New York. % 7 ; ’ H
Capt. Deane speaks in the highest terms of t>
of Cant. Morrison; W- fays it is Jinpoflible for any nCB
have been more attentive than he was to tlie
his care.
Capt. Doane vtis informed by Capt. Hatch, me of
fleet, that a French privateer had been in the fleet
night of Sunday last, and fired several (hot; but l:c liadfll
information of her having captured any thing.
Ship Eliza, off'the bar, zßtb AuniQ.
- MefTrs. Froncau and Paine, “ ‘ ‘° M
YOU will please to take notice, that on Sunday ir.nminl
the 19th inst. I failed from the Havana, wit! 1 a convoy
65 fail of Americans, bound for different ports of the coH
tinent, under my direction. Nothing happened worth nH
tiring till Sunday the 26th; then, in the lat. cf 20. n.®
saw a strange fail to the windward, coming down for til
convoy; 1 immediately hauled tlx wind for her, and fatal
on coining near, that she was a man of war. I made t|
signal for a friend, by firing a gun to leeward, and hoifti|
my colors, which she answered, by repeating tlie fome wi|
Briti/h colors. At 3p. m. she came within hail, and, aft|
the usual mole, dtfii *d me to collect my convo,,
wanted to board ti e Danes. |
I inftant’y made the signal for tlie convoy to clcfewi|
me, whic - 1 kept up till dark, going under euf,- foil, ti|
convoy much in confufion, and .a great many
attention to the signal-, but the fifteft failers getting cff|
f.ft as they could. Kept on all night urtdertmr
with ti e heavy failing vessels. At dayliglit I found ti|
man of war had kept company all night, and at funtl
Iroavdtd the Danes in the convoy, and flood cn wifo
to the southward and eafhvard. 9
Many cf our convoy made off in the night. T ’x*pt|
with the remainder tili Jat. 32. o. when I hauled in forth 9
land with the vessels bound for this port. The rest of til
convoy kept on with the other armed vessels. lam iroml
diately to make fail after them* The man of war’s uaafl
is the Prevoyante. I
I am, Gentlemen, with re {peril, 9
” Your ltioft obedient ier/ant, ‘M
Joe’s Mot* t? ism; I
Augujl 3 1. Yesterday arrived the ship Rebecca, RuiTell
Malaga, 70 days. ■
The following information was given to Capt. Doane b 9
the gentleman who arils as American Consul at the Havanl
Two days before he failed a French lloop, a privateer, a|
rived at the Havana from a cruise, having on board 9
American f’ailors, which the Captain detained; bn board 9
prisoners; as soon as the Consul was informed of ir lie mail
application to the Governor of the Havana to have thel
ri leafed; his answer was, that he could not interfere in thfl
affair, as he had no inftruritions on the fubjerift. These rncl
were detained on board of the sloop when Capt. Doane lei
the Havana. m
Sheriff’s Safes. I
0? i Tiicfday the ad October next will be fid, at /£■
Courtboufe in the City of Savannah, I
f he follows rife f ra£fs of Land, I
Pointed out by the Executor of jSrlomoh Pendleton, iM
ceafcd, in order to pay the arrearages of taxes dul
for the year 1795, the former pur chafer not bavhm
complied with'the terms rs sale: I
name of Samuel Pain, on the waters of Cunouchie rive*
surveyed in January 1784. I
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of P.euben Ba
con, on Great Ogechee river, surveyed 1 oth March 17851
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of William
Ayres, on Canouchie river, surveyed sth Crilober 1785.
—iff? f*2 do. in said county, in the name of Samuel CniwJ
ford, on said river, surveyed 4th October 1785.
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Francis Parker
onlaiu river, surveyed 2d Oribobcr 1785.
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of JacobDavifi,
on said river, surveyed sth Orifober 1785.
287 1-2 do. in laid county, in tlie name of John Wilik
ams, on Boggygut.
287 1-2 do. in said county, in the namlf of John O’Neil,
on the Ohoopee river, surveyed January 1784.
200 do* in Camden county, in the name of Robert Mon>
fort, on Crooked river, surveyed in November 1786.
1150 do. in laid county, in the name of Solomon Pendle
ton, on Great Setilla river.
500 do. in said county, surveyed in the name of James
Hume. * and purchased at confifcated sales by Solomon
Pendleton, on Great Setilla river.
. Six Lots in the Town of Brunswick, granted Sclonott
Pendleton, viz. Nos. 19, 79, 217, 218, 219, 216.
Also, at the fame time and place,
Three IriCf* of Lund,
Containing 400 acres, in St. Matthew’s parish, (the ongi-i
nal grants may be seen at the Sheriff's office) seized and v>
be fold as tlie property of Thomas Tohnfton, Esq.
A \egro Man,
A good bricklayer, seized as the property of Mr. J arncJ
Myers, deceased.
Richard Wall, s. c. c.
Savannah, Augujl 29, 1798. _
r ~| ’’AKEN UP at the fubferiber’s plantation, Screv*
X. coimty, on the main road leading fiom Savanna
to Augusta, about the 17th May last, A BA\ KORS*
about 8 or 9 years old, one hind white foot, blaze
branded on the mounting ftioulder 26, and on the
buttock IN, trots and canters, about 14 hands lugb.
Augujl 29, 1797. STEPHEN PEARCE^
FOR SALE, OR TO BE KkJ fsoJJ, ,
A House and Half Lot, situate
Ewenfburgh, at prefeat occupied by tlie fubferiber,
whom applj. Mart Sacnm^j*
SAVANNAH; Prixted by NT JOHNSTON Cl