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* finally decided that queftfoiu On the twenty-fifth of Oc tober they made their declaration, that a river called Scho diac, which tails into Paffamaquoddy Bay at its northwest ern quarter, was the true St. Croix intended in the treaty of peace, as far as its great fork, where one of its streams comes from the westward, and the other from the north ward, and that the latter stream is the continuation of the St. Croix to its source. This decision, it is understood, wiH preclude all contention among individual claimants, as it seems that the Schodiac, and its northern branch, bound the grants of lands which have been made by the refpe&ive adjoining Governments. A filbordinate queftiori, however, it has been suggested, still remains to be determined* Be* tween the mouth of the St. Croix, as Jnow fettled* and what is usually called the Bay of Fundy, lie a number of valuable illands. The Commillioners have riot continued the boundary lines through any channel of thefc illands, and, unless the Bay of Paffamaquoddy be a part of the Bay of Fundy, this further adjustment of boundary will be neceflary. But it is apprehended that this will not be a matter of any difficulty. Such progress has been made in the examination and de cision of cases of captures ahd condemnations of Arfierican vessels, which were the fubjed of the seventh article of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between the United States and Great Britain, that it is supposed the Commissioners will be able to bring the business td a con clusion in August of the ensuing year. The Commissioners ading under the twenty-fifth article •f the treaty between the United States and Spain have ad justed moft of the claims of our citizens for loflei fuftaitted in cottfequence of their vessels and cargoes having been taken by the fubjeds of his Catholic Majesty during the late war between France and Spain. Various circumfiances have concurred to delay the exe cution of the law for augmenting the military establishment. Among these, the desire of obtaining the fulleft information to dired the belt feledion of officers. As this objed will now be speedily accomplilhed it is expeded that the raffing and organizing of the troops will proceed without obstacle and with effect. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives , I have direded an estimate of the appropriations which will be neceflary for the service of the ensuing year to be laid before you, accompanied with a view of the public re ceipts and expenditures to a recent period. It will afford you fatisfadion to infer the great extent and solidity of the public refcurces from the prolperous date of the fin ances, fiotwithftanding the unexampled embarrassments which have attended commerce. When you relied on the conspicuous examples of patriotism and liberality which have been exhibited by ofir mercantile fellow citizens, and how great a proportion of the public refouVces depends on their enterprise, yoti will naturally conlider whether their convenience cannot be promoted and reconciled with the security of the revenue by a revision of the system by which the colledion is at prefect regulated; During your recess measures have been steadily pursued for effeding the valuations and returns direded by the ad of the last session, preliminary to the assessment and collec tion of a dired tax. No other delays or dbftacles have been experienced, except such as were expeded to arise from the great extent of our country, arid die magnitude and novelty of the operation, arid enough has been accomplilhed to assure a fulfilment of the views of the Legiftature* Gentlemen of the Senate , and, Gentlemen of the House if Representatives I cannot close this address without once more adverting to our political situation, and inculcating the essential im portance of uniting in the maintenance of our dearest mte refts; and I trust that, by the temper and wisdom of your proa clings, and by a harmony of measures, we fiiall secure to our country that weight and refped to which it is so jufily entitled; JOHN ADAMS. Baltimore , December 3* The fehooner Thetis, How, es Bakimore, is arrived at Norfolk from St. Jago de Cuba. On St. \ ago was boarded by the American arriied ship I.i- Jfrty Salem, Capt. Freemari, 20 guns, on a come. Capt. Freeman had fome of his men, who were of the Hanfe extradion, prefled a few days before by the Lark Bntilh (loop of war. 1 December 6. Yesterday arrived the Aniericab bng Elizabeth, from Malaga, via Gibraltar. 53 days. Sailed from Malaga m company with 13 fail of armed A es among whom were the brigs Retaliation .1 an * a ’ and Mary Ann, feomifffo New York? formed hi the above brig we ire in there are upwards of 100 French privateers cruiiu g between Cape de Gat and Cape SpaFtel; they” in thf* Q orn -n t 0 ? un *’ are wanned, and are fitted cans <T’ ‘ r P° rts *°. r tbe purpose of capturing Ameri rar-nrp .IT °a P” vatcers wer e expressly fitted cut to fimr wp V ™ encan Mediterranean fleet, but their de- American vessels being well armed and keeping close together. treevw! me thCy ,est Gibraltar (the fith Odloher) a fc naval fort* lol \ was P r, T ;, ring; it was to c'onlift of a ftror.g in? it, and 3000 feaioncd troo P' ! ; the rumbrs reflect . ‘*"'** *“ • - “>*sss f™m -\Amrtl Mellon lei ‘s thereMutine brig, but expected the prize SoS Z! H firfl fair Witld * Tb * Bricifh fleet it was un oemood would put into Caridta to refit. Kewton ? U ? mber By the arrival of Capt. 18th Tre are informed that, about the UruteA g.-! 11 r a ~’ a squadron, belonging to the n? of States, confiding of the Montezuma, Capt. Mur feigner ReSI"V- ** b /‘ g Norfolk ’ of *3 gtiris; arid the and ofGu a< Lt latl ° n ’ 14 u * 5; %ere t ruilhig off the *ll - been ♦,!. ou ? e 5 tbe >’ learnt that two American vessels EHladelnh’.*- WCre un^er tbc forts; orie a brig i:< m JET.tZt' 00 *?** aMi ‘* Shoemaker, C ,! For them° ands W t!lt T wade attempt ,to bri?. 1 ’ fuccee led in getting poffelfion of the the offins>- n, r\ Caß ? e ° nt aw two 1 Grips in fa- theT g fn^ri°T goi 3ny Frcnch vessels Ik i ig in those which the pi, r to . ** Engiiffi, in confequtnct of t! vr 3tl ° n )r t ltm t and was immediately - *. ** Montezuma a;.d Norfolk folding tins made fail, and Were fortunate enough but doing this they turned the Philadelphia brig they had retaken a drift; Ihe then fell a second tiijie into the hands of the French, who put fix hands on board of her, aiid ordered her for Guadaloupe; but the Captain and Mr. Shoemaker found means of retaking lier, and arrived ia her at Antigua. From this vessel Capt; Newton leamt that the two vessels were of 50 and 40 guns, from France, by way of Cayenne; that they had 500 troops on board, and anew Governor for Guadeloupe. * The Retaliation is the fchqoner lately called the Ch>y able* which Was captured fro* the French by Capt. Deca tur; her crew confided when Ihe Was taken of 75 men. tsas Capt; Newton informs that there is another French fri gate cruffing to the eafiward of Bermuda, Winch had over hauled two American veffels* December 19* Yesterday arrived the brig Industry, Willbn, Bourdeaux, 82 days; Ihip Aurora; Mazzei, Leg horn, 120 days* . The account in Moaday’S Gazette of the condmft of Commodore Loring towards Capt. Philips and the vessels of his convoy, we are told, was erroneous in a number of par ticulars; we have therefore procured the following, which we have reason to believe is iriMch ’thore accurate. On the mornirig of the 1 6th of November, being then in light of the Moro castle, we dffcoVereJ five fail of vessels ftandjng towards ris, which proved to be EnglUh vessels of. war, viz. the Queen, of 98 guns, Capt. M'Dokfon; the Carnatic* of 74 guns, C*pt; Loring, (thw Commodore’s flup;) the Thunderer, of 74 guns, Capt* Crufhette; the Maidftone frigate, Capt* Donnollyj and the Greyhound, Capt* Hardy. I'he Maidftone being thd Foremost ftiip brought to the ship Eliza, Capt* Baas; tlie brig Friendlhip, Capt. Fuller; and the br% Norfolk, Capt* Butler; and or dered them up to the Commodbre’s ship, then lying’ to windward* On difeovery of the English fleet the Baltimore sloop of war, Capt. Philips, flood towards them, and fpoite the Commodore, (Capt. Loring) who lent his boat to the Baltimore, and invited Capt. Philips on board the Carna na.ic, where he was treated politely; but oil his leaving the Carnatic, to go on board bis own ftiip, Capt. Loring asked him what complement of men he had on board his fliip. On Capt. Philips informing him, he observed, it Was an over complement for a fliip of his size, and inquired if he had any Englilhmen among them* Capt* Philips re plied, that lie could kuow none of his crew as Englilhmen; that they had ft-.ipped as Americans, and he could Itiow them as no other. Capt. Loring then told hini, that his ship was distressed for men, and he would take all such from the Baltimore as had not American protections. Capt. Philips observed to him, that, in that cate, his ship would be so much distressed as that it Would be impoilible to na vigate her, and he was convinced that many American bom seamen on board his ftiip had not provided themlelves with protections, supposing their flag Has fuffieiertt for that pur pose; and finally, that if his men were taken from him he would abandon to the Englilh Commander his fhip* Capt. Philips then returned on board the Baltimore, arid soon after ieveral boats from the Englilh squadron were lent to the Baltimore, and 55 men taken out of her, 50 of which were returned, and 5 retained. The officers that were sent for this purpose on ooard the Baltimore conducted themselves in a very uiigenteel and rude manner, failing over the names of the Baltimore’s crew, and ordering them in the boats, without paying any attention to her officers; and one ot the Englilh officers actually gave orders how to manoeuvre the Ihip wiiilft Capt. Philips was walking the quarter deck. As soon as the men were returned to the Baltimore the Englilh squadron made fail, and ordered with them.tbe three merchantmen above mentioned. Next morning the Eliza and the Friendlhip were diiiniffwd, but the Norfolk was towed off by the (^ccn. It is to be observed, that Capt* Loring offered to give up, in exchange for tiie men he meant to take from the Baltimore, all the American seamen on board his \* ladron, which lie supposed would amount to the number of 25; but Capt* Philips told him he was not authorized to make any exchange. In presence of the officers and men that Went on board of the Carnatic Capt* Loring made life of very gross lan guage in speaking of Capt. Philips. The trunxs of two passengers that were on board the Norfolk were lcarehed, and ieveral letters, (chiefly recommendatory) tirat were directed in Span ilh, were detained from one of them* December 21. Tlie United States brigs General Pinck ney, Capt. Howard, and Eagle, Capt. Campbell, were’ in the effing last evening. SAVANNAIff December 27. Union Society. Members of the Union Society are requeued t meet at the I'ilatnre, on Monday evening the 7th day of January next, preclfely at limit t, it being a (Quarterly Meeting. By Order of the President, PETER S. LAFFiTTE, Sx’y; December i3, 1758. *• y ’ PRICE CURRENT of GOUN TRY PRODUCE* 16th December. Rice, (neW) a dollars per 10 0 ios.J , (old; i dohar 75 cents* J u Tobacco, 7ap dollars per 100 ibs. “J Cotton. (Sea island) aid. Itcrl. i • , (CpUnd) difef t .* l*d. 7” . machine do.- lad. j Con, 6i\ cents per bulhel. ICeer Ikifls, 25 cents per lb. Beards, 13 dollars per ill. feet. Scantling, 12. Ranging timber, tj a 18. Lu.Ubcr. > White oak hoglliead Haves, 1 7 als Red oak liogfhead ditto, 10 a 12. Shingles, (boated) 2. (rafted) 2 a aj. Janies Wood, Efy. h eldied Governor of the Hate of Virginia* Themss Pinckney, John Rutledge jun. tliomas Surtf* ter, Robert Goodloe Harj*r, and Abraham Nott, Efqrs* have been declared by proclamation of Governor Pinckney duly elected Members for the state of South Carolina in the (xmgrefs of the United States. The ship Adventure, Conklin, from this port for Mare tinique, 1 prong a leak four days after she left Tybee bar; after 16 days constant pumping the Captain and crew were taken from the ship, which had then 7 feet 3 inches water m her hold, by a schooner from New York, bound td Martinique which was chafed into Basseterre, St. Kitt’s, hy a French privatefcr. Cipt. Conklin died three days af tvr leaving the ship. On the 15th irift. a galley for thfc service of the United States was launched at tlie town of St. Mary; flic is called The Su Mary* On Thuri'day evetiirig last was married, Cltarles Harris, Esq. Attorney at Law, to; Mils Catherine daughter of Gen. Lachlan M‘lntofh. Died last Thursday, at his mother’s plantation nca> town, after only one day’s ilhiefs, Mr. James Galache. MAR IN E LIST. Entered Inward* Sloop Three Friends, Hill, CharleFfoft Bng Star, Records, New York Sloop Oxford, Hammond, New Bedford Schooner Fame, Talbot, New Providence Brig Lvdia, Darrah, New York Sioop Flora, Hammond, _ New Bedford Schooner Polly, Briggs,. Charlefto* \villiam, Connon, 1. Baltimore , Huntress, Fitch, New York Brig Peggy, Darrell, Martinique Cleared Out* ‘ Brig Mars, Rogers, New York Schooner I'wo Brothers, Courter, Sr. Mary’s Sloop Lydia* I allman, Providence RODERICK and NORMAN MACLEOD, No. 2 IVoodboufe's Row, IlaVe just nailed a large ani general ASSORTMENT of FANCY and SE ASONABLE GOODS, Received by the Alknomac, from London, which they offer for falsi, at their ulual low prices, for calh or good mer chantable produce* W Among tbcrh tire the following: HITE, bro wn, and blue plains; bt-ft fliperfine le c.ond cloths, caifimeres, silk and elaflic cloths, kerfiei, bath coating fwanflown, linnet, MarfcHles quilt ing, and silk jacket patterns; white, red; scarlet, and yellow flannels; fliiped linlies, bath coating and scarlet cardinals, camlet great coats lined throughout, a large .aflortmeot of lalhionable calicoes; rdntal and pti’licat handkerchiefs, spotted and white bordered pocket ditto, blarU and Colored Barcelona ditto, corded dimity, bedtick; thicksets, various colors; Bruhlwic cord; bombafirt, durants, catainaticot?, rufiell, and camlet; 7 Bths and 4 4ths Irilli linen, 5 4th* and q Bths Irish flleeting, Ruflia lheeting; damask and di aper tablecloths, large iizes; fine and coarle hats, ladies in l gentlemens cotton and silk InifU; ladies and grittlcmers gloves, various forts? a large quantity of ladies folblonable ! :i and morocco flioes, flippers, and fiandal's; mens fhocr, black and white thread lace arid, edging, rib!)ous, ferrets, galloon binding, colored add otmee threads, tapes and bobbins, pins and needles, fliirt buttons, Scotch*fnulF, hair portmanteaus and triltfks, red leather trunks, oval and vale mahogany dieffing glafles with drawers, a handfume alTort meift of buttons, kiliver and forks, penknives, pocket ditto, femurs, backgammon tables, hair powder and pomatum, efienceS, ft tfch, flatlonaky, fifes, Violin bows; piano forte, guitar, and violin firings; ruling pins, ruled and plain njufic books, red morocco pocketbooks and purses, bed cords, feinc aiid lhop twine, (hoe thread, guh|)bwder and shot, and a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate. £2** Bdt bloom and young hyl’ott tea, always ort hand. _ . ,r. Nov. 29. ~~G E O K gTaT *““* Bv Hs Excellency JAMES JACKSON, Governor mid Commander in chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, A PRO C L A M A I lO N. HAVING arranged and cast up the voes from such counties as have made returns of t IcAimrs held for persons to I'yprefent this {fate in t’ie Hottfe of Reprefehta tives of v. e Congress of the United States, and it appearing that James Jones and Benjamin Taliaferro, Eilptircs, have the highest number of votes for the fame, T kjAVIv THOUGHT EIT to issue tins iny proclamation, notifying the fame, in order that the laid James*Jones and Benjamin Taliaferro may fignify their acceptance or refufal of their’ laid appointments; and also that they Sdduce the requisites and qualifications required by law. Given under iny hand, and the great leal of the said state, at the Statthoufe in LOuifville, this thirtieth day of i?.veribef; its the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, and in the twenty-third year of America* Independence. JAs. JACKSON- By the Governor, Jno. jVIILTOIf; SeC*y# GOD SAVE THE STATE. HfcNRY IiENSLER, Chair- Miter, “ BEGS leaver to inform his friends, and the public i general, that he has removed his lhop nearly oppofita the Courthouse, where he ftHl carries on the said business in the iieateft manner. - Nj R. Orders from the country will be flri&ly attended to, and executed on the shortest notice. |C7” Work done cheap for calh. Savannah, 3d Dee. 1798. FErs DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN out of the houie of Mr. Matthew last night, A Circular Sq/b out of a Venetian fVindow. Any person giving information lb that the thief may bai apprehended iloil rmivf the above reward. Pic*.