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o’ 9 r and tr, Avg.fi i. 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