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the firft Ift days after leaving the
j)la, r ot dtp li had iul) r ideil Oil
halt a meal in t wcnty-lom hours,
an-.i in the l.iit nine days h;ul eat
only one beaver, a dog, a Jew wild
cherries and old mock-fin foals,
having mulled during theft* twen
ty li v n days at Lull tq<;o mil s.—
For the next tt ur days, both par
ties continued up tie riv x without
any other lopport than vv!• at little
r< Thuds and tht nits they could
find hut hue they luckily till in
with fonie Snake Indians, ftom
whom they £< t five hoilis piling
tl en thru gups and lomeothci ar
ticles lor ili*- <tt e S*at vatioit had
bereft J. B IV vi It <4 Ins fades
entirely, and, on tevi ig the hnrfc
fl lh on the opposite sh re. was In
agitated in crofting in a (kin canoe
th • hi upftt it and was uutonu
It. ‘i !y oi( Win and. I'rott. he net* Mr.
limit event to a c••■.pot M) flio
ntis about 93 mih above, where
p ntii.g aft w hor<es and a guide
he let >ut tor the o.ain (anu'iii)ia.
act fs tile motif.t,lies tl) t e S VV.
lc.aii g the river whin it t men. I
the r-ngc*, ami ot, it Mr Crooks
and five men ntiabh* to ft ,vef.
Mr. [!. loft a Cana tan earned
C rrierc by ()arvati< n before he
intth- Sby-ey.to-g, In ,I,lns ir the
(!■ In It 1 plains : fi mi whom £ t
ting a fupp'y of pt .vitiotis, he loon
reached the main river, which he
defended in rauocs and arrived
without any further lois at Ailoria,
in the month < f February.
M flcrs M’Ki.izie M’Clt llan and
Pu! had united ttic ir parties on die
Snake River mountains, through
which thty travelled twenty-one
days, to the IMulpi.t livir, lublilf
ing cn an aiiowaiue hy no means
am qu v to the toils thty daily un
(dvut't; .itnt to the finalititis of
their iminoer (winch was in all ele
ven) t* ty .ntrilnite their fuectfi in
getting with life to where tin v
found Jottie wild horses; they loon
af'ir rrnched tile folk call'd by cap*
tails 1.1 IV is and Clarke K. X'lko f
ke ; it. tv vcmd- v. n Lewis’s part
ly, an ‘ the Golumtuu v.li illy hv Wu
ter. without any ntisforrum .except
the upLtiing in a 1 apt J of Mr. M’-
('liMan's canoe, and although it
happened on tlie fi.it day of the
year, yet by great exertion they
clung close to the canoe till tht < til
ers came to their afliifanre. Mak
ing th- ir cL apc* with the* lols of
fume* rifl.s, they reached Altoria
cariy i:i January.
Three of the ftvp men who re
mained with Mr. Crooks, afraid of
peddling by want, left him in Feb
ruary on a ftnall river on the road
bv which Mr Hunt had parted in
quell of Indians, and have not since
betn heated of. Mr C. had fol
lowed Mr. H’s track in the fitow
for seven days, but coming to a
low prairie, he 101 l every fi-n cl
the trace and was compelled to pats
the remaining part of the winter in
the mountains, fubtifling fom. times
on beaver and horle meat, and their
skins and at others on their fuccelis
in finding roots. Finally on the
lart of March, the other only ( • dUS*
dian being unable to proceed was
left with a lodge of Sin flionu s, and
Mr C. with John Day finding the
snow now fulficietitly diminiili and,
undertook from Indian information
*0 cross the lull ridge, which tlu-y
happily effected at.d reached the
bar ks of the Columbia by the mid
dle of April, where in the begiiiing
of May, they fell in with .vi t lf, rs
oteuat t, having been a lew days be
fore dripped of every thing they
j oTertVcl hy a l.r nd of viliinn? near
t alls l(i i fie 1 cth of May,
they arrived a e ;.t Astoria, the
p:ito ipal i ftablittitmnt of.the I'ac if
rc Fur Company, within 14 miles
of tape Dilapi : ititmcnt.
Bos 1 ( N, JIJNF SO.
The Swedish Btig Governor An
ketluim, Gardner, nine day-- front
Ik rtnui a, at riv- and a - I’rovklence on
Monday ( apt.on John toi
1* rtluiolitii, a p.di-tige r. a nv. and n
t- wn y-.Hirday morning, a*.t> po
li'efy commiiiiicat'.cl tht fi lhwing
infm marion :
1 hat an embargo we laid at
B rmuda. May 22 un i: J-.t-t go.
in told qutnet cf thi ti'tmg out
and failing of an x;mAm n, fep
pokit to be going agatnfl N rlo:k.
I t at the ixpcdlti.m, ecu filling
of the following ufi-.is, failed ft. m
B nnuila Jm 8. viz.
S.in Domingo 7-1- Adtn Warren
1): idem 64 (’apt. iVhcli
1’ lcfms 74 Sii J P B restord
Dionn dt 7(i Capi. Fabian
iL'inulus ii(i K’ ight
S'ticefs ‘>'l B 1 clay
F'<X S” V.at-rton
Nuullis 2;J M n V*
l.aurt ffiliuu ‘J 4
Motel ie 18 1.1 11 fi IJ
Nimrod IS N>i>. f>< J|
Manner 14 R nil II
A miker (hip, a bomb (hip, and
a holpita flop, tailed with theal >vc
mentioned vifle'. On hoard he
men of war weu a’> ut ?7'H tr. ops
imhiding about 27<) T'unctn
who had delerted from time t > tune*
from the French armies
The Dragon 74. f-.ili*d the I l ) 1
for 1 lalti.ix with about
lars in fpicie; md lor th, pu p
of tec u tmg. her Clew beli. b hvk
with ti.e- I. u< vi y
N \ V >l, \C IIOM
Captaiti BotgiS, wh arriv and it
Bolton yrfie 1 day from St Mi> ! .ei,
informs that on the ‘JH'li June, in
latitude 41.71, longitude 7.7. CO,
at tight o’clock in the morning f w
a (ul from aloft, in the Sl. quarter.
Calm. At tc oMo< k tfie*t- was a
I do hre<z*-; at a I 1 htaru a heavy,
qui k and repeated fning. and taw
Inioke plainly fro 1 the d< ck. hear
ing 1.. S L’, ihe im, k, firft role
in columns, but at such a ififlance
that the ships could not he fe< :t.
I lit firinir lafl- and about thirty min
utes, and ceased about at e inure.- ;
when it n commenced, and contin
ued until 50 minutes alter I'l o’-
clock : The whole firing being one
hour and a half : The weather was
clear and the f. a smooth.
(’.apt. IV*< oil who arrived in Now-
Bed ford on Ihuriday ftom i iTi;
reports, that on the 27th June he
was boarded by the Bclk*roph-.>n
74, v.itli a frigate in company;
that (vi the next day, 2Sth, at 10
A. M. he Iteaid a heavy car.m trade
which Tailed an hour and a half.
After the fiin-ke cleared away ! nv a
(hip w hit h lie took to be the l.ig itc*
which was in con-puny v.itli tire
Jklkroplu n; and that t!)e 7*l w
the ship engaged, be; with :
could not tel!.
We un it rd.md. that tiie deiicatg
fituition of the amiable widow of
the late Cap;. I.awn nee, hr.:; hith
erto made it : e-.t-i rv to conn..!
from her the duv::e e-1 !'.. r Ind
hand ; and th Til th of . il-Ur-.r,
since die irrt p .table her. -tv. rnont.
of w hich fhe* is \c: 1 ncord.-*! us, !ta.-.
rendered her, if p< fiiblc a Hid :* . :
intcrelfit'g of j. ct of tjt ivi ti ; ..
Ldeiutien 5c Jymixdhy. ty-.r. Adx.
-l.xtract of a h tier ft m ere af o\r
nii iirs m Con K ms io hisJncvd
in thn county dal id
W ashim. ion. dd July.
*• Th<u;.l| it is kta wit ti at we
cannot carry on the vat without
money, at tl that public credit can
not hi f• j|, rtf. v.itf.oiit *ax we
au (uvic.td : and (unit will fliii; k
ftnm the ro'p’ nfihility > I kyi.g
them ; I tbit k there wi I Hill bt a
iv, j 1 ’<) Ihdortttnati ly the sys
t*. 1 pfipoli it has n auy ol -j( 6lu ns.
ih q *a of Dir (l lax loi Geor
ge . • 9.1 roc dol at —appemontd
am: {, veral countits as ful-
I v \ •/:
1 9 3’ 5
I'o.n, 951
L ty, 3 038
h I .1 lh, 1 678
(Lynn, 1 7K4
t niulen, 1,667
Wayne, 256
1 fliighatn, 846
Bui lock, 6.; 4
J af pal 1, 470
Striven, 1 350
Rich’i.end, 6 h >4
Buike, 8 601
JiH ’I n, 2 H 8
ash igton, z
Mi i.lg. tnery. 670
J lu-nbij, 3.760
War it n, a. 335
111 tit ock, 4 c t o
G: cent*, 3712
1 r J-4 73
s, 4 6^2
1 ‘ 3 *95
l kin, 1 ~7
< > I ti - per 7 7 ti
J k; xi, 1,967
( I’ tl e, 2,<* 24
-an, 2 r 21
! o.i.s, 475
B Ik 1, 664
V -‘k iifon 5c lciruir, ;6(>
‘lwij.is, {;8o
Bd win, 3,010
line:, 1 -570
lbimam, 2730
R m olph, 2 5c 8
If tt,-* State pays the am. unt,
fwl.ich I tfii k will fie prudent) fil
teen per cent u ill be deducted, at.d
’hen for her to colli cl trie m- .niy
in such manner as Ihe m..v think
belt.” Augusta Chrowd..
I
Washington Citv. *fult !
Ihe 11 use ot Reprefetitatives
were engaged nearly the wh >!v oh
y ftc-rday on buftnefs of a confnien
ti :l I ii'u*e. F* fore the doors ‘etc
fliiit, Mr. Ni lion from thr Naval
C inniibee, report! and a bill allowitig
a bounty to privateers, which wat>
twice read and cot. Knitted.— Ihe
galleries were then cleared, on mo
tion <t Vir Calh tun, and the doom
remained doled until a late he ur,
when the h ‘life adjourned.
July 2:.
By a gentleman v;hn came up
! -il night irom the Camp, \vc Larn
that the tnemy's vdlds are pre
citding giadually, but flmvlv up
the Potomac, ccrduliy founding
their way in two divilions ; the iiiiL
C(*:ili* ing of fix vtflVls under the
command of Admiral Cotkl un’ ;
j t!u i-tlier, fcveral miles lower down
! confiding <1 five tail, under Admi
ral Watrtn Our IrieJid;; below
an.* in high (pints, and able and wi!
ling to In flew on the enemy a fal
ut.uy i'iU i ( line, if he cutue within
tin i. r n li.
A full cor pat v of li me of the
tur.fl rcfp-.ftahle gentleiren in
j Cfu.rles county. < xempt by theis
j advanced age in ni 1- rvicc, yi fttr
j da*i muhind at Fifcatavay. under
tk. ecu n zud el W iJliam D. UwII,
T’sq. lafcr. C< !. ir. ih l T i 1 and 1
SMtt.y ;i llewtc! .ken \ :u.t pi tli
to lilt (’tie o i ipy.
‘I wo < r tlni e ((-u p. r:i.;s c.f Mi
ryhir.e. mditia are <1 1; 11 o aV( u:
two ti ilis in ..t vance cf our volun
teers un c*f ! t ( 1 I. If: rii; , 11
1 he “ V. dliingti-n Vinur m is,”
an cl* g;.tit (on panv rccuitly railed
in tin ( itv of iiii hmoixl, aiu‘ • Iso
atjivid in thus (h y 01. Sunday fl,
ut.t'i r 1 emu ;.nu i.i ( ;; t I', . ! r,
in tht ir u.,y to th in nu , v .* rn
di dan dt-tgeh. (1 to oui dfnip
for the pit l< nt
A ‘ KIRMISJI.
N. a; tr.ii 11 :t 01 j 1 - ‘av t “-J.*
, n •
two bat gt : i I . -<! a; K;. | :; .t
in (.haries county, ah* ut <> 1. :!e
below, with 70 ii.-H, I- 1 th- j.nr
pole of plundering, it v. a infer J.
1 Ley Wire lien by a u.i;v >( -1-j
n.ihiia and repuit* ; . f b-1 vas
ft me coieufion • n the jrt 1 *fiC
n.ifitia, 1.; It 0] tl * m !..-vi) ,
ed in the coir b ( i i!.t or ~i: -f
* ()
day, and 11.1 Ing . 1 1 e i-. .: y
(in r. At * tli, 11 (I niiiiia. 1. pt.
N .I', - ■ .’s I; 11 il 11 on: I d,
fl), 11.u.10 )pr ! !ij by acci
iltiit, dit all i li.iv :i g tak, r p 1 c
so la". t■- ,1 ‘ T r,r e. 1 rz
of 1 .-pt. ( hi t,x | , :ved
< 0 ‘ll g: ur and jtdi th-. . ct: it> r
tr ina: J ; fiui there* wa 1 bjiil.er
at'empt made or. tht part . ft!.
emy We* lave not ht.a r cd vs at
it jury tht ennr v ftdi;;,t ed, hu i f is
iaui tha’ f:\-r.,’ < ad or w uncid
wen* carried 1 li’ ;ht tiea h v.hetl
thty retie;ted.
lin s-, x’ u mi.ing they fired Iv
-1-1 ughr fl 1 1 L in ~!>i of the
frigates ; t tin h u 1 in v. Id*, f. i
ivh an a|. rr if tin ttoi : w. re u’l
1-r •- akfnfl, but v. im ul t ii cl.
i >1,1(1 Wt, \bl(’ g. C ( /y iT,
On I hum >\ on 1 >
tior. vv is ni. IVI in t waii .x
----ptefj. that tli t • yha 1 .tg iK ip
peared ii tl P t->c.a ,in t . f r
aid; for- e*. An : \v ii.ic. i it:,
by a gexul mat; who at riv and in n v. ti
late on Tl utf ay 1 v> ri- g I: n ri .4
quarter, that tin v iva*’ progtiH- and as
f,r up as Ma** x. if whin: | |;>< c
w-S a I venty fnr -ait*, ——
Lleven (.tliti t efh Is. I dirt 1t ut de
fetipti -ii;, wen- i H--c-i r*. - :i\.
( pt J W (Jr-ill’s cXet lletlt
cf.;ipr y oi V iut it ct 1 . imm . •-.re
ly c::i the armal i-t tfie* tx if-;,
took tlu ir tie- at tun Ittl • S >-
mac— ?r.d the- fcvt*ral n.ifitia 1 it;-
panit > in town at e in iy.h’-m i-.; tj
march at a ti-otmTit's wai;ui
Wt congratulate dtrfe’vt 3 ot, .he
ariival in town of I-4s - • licit.t n. the
hardy feus of J’rtdtrkk ;.r--l flht
andoah, who we have 11at* tt ro (re
lieve will be or bred 14,cn tin. I\j.
toinac—in which evert, ivr ih i!
nut ft?.r a few th- uktul of ii e n.if
(;r,..:;ts which c; tr.]:< ft tie Btitifti
force, (could tin y i'.tterv.pt t... L.t .!.
FROM NJF.V LONDON.
By an txj.isfs wi.o p rt ; tht’o
this city on his way toth- Gi
or, and who left N- v. Ia 1 do* on
Saturday hdt at 5 o’ch .-k P i\J.
we arc itifi ut ul. tl:;;’ the 1 vv T,-.-
of the tiittny’,. v•fills i U •! t ! ~r-bur
bur is it'tnai, and; and that if row
C> titl.ts (.i two .1 : £ i .... , It , two
ii igates, and ( :;•• brig, t ! des u
l.umb.er < f ttanlpoxr* wiih tn < p*. i.-.i
l ot;id. From this act Alien of
T rce, and lbme tn.Ai marts > t tl.;*.
I fqut'dri ii. an attack v.t: fir; < ett to
be not far dilbnt A .Span, sh \e.r
fel arrived there rti lit!:*, vkich
v-as at fii ft i rctred oil by ti e Dock
“ .iv i: q jquadren, l ut, in. ccr/c-