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this way alone the manes of the murdered Captain 11 lluddy will be bed appeased. In the mean time, while this is doing, 1 mufl beg that you will be pleased to treat Capt. Afgill with e very tender attention and politene/s (confident with bis preftnt situation) which his tank, fortune and cinnetlions, together with his unfortunate Jlate, demand.* I am, tec. G. WASHINGTON. No. VI. Extract of a letter to Col. Elias Dayton, ad New- Jerfcy, Chatham. Head-Quarters, Junell, 1782. S I R, You will inform me as early as possible, what is the present situation of Capt. Afgill, the prisoner deflined for retaliation, and what profpeft he has of relief from his application to Sir Guy Carleton, which I have been informed he has made through his friend, Capt. Ludlow. I have heard nothing yet from New-York in consequence of his applica tion. Mis fate will be suspended until I can be in formed of the decision of Sir Guy : But I am im patient left this lljould be unreasonably delayed. The enemy ought to have learnt before this, that my resolutions are not to be trifled with. I am, &c. G. WASHINGTON. LONDON, Jan . 23. Mr. Tehelem, a Ruflian genMeman of veracity, who is arrived in town within these few days, al lures us, that a city has been difeovered not more than 130 leagues from Peterfburgh, which, in the magnificence of its ruins, nearly equals those of Tadmor, and in the elegance of va/es, fiatuet , &c. which have been found there, surpasses any thing that has been difeovered in Herculaneum. The late difeovery of coins. &c. which has been made in Bengal, and the present, which we would not relate but from the narration of a person of credit, prove beyond a doubt that we have been hitherto ignorant of the progress made by the ancients, either to the east or to the north, and that their arts, as well as their arms, have penetrated farther than we arc informed by any record transmitted to us. Extra ft of a letter from the Hague , Dec . 18. The American Minister has just presented a me morial to the adtiug Ministers, in which many complaints are made of the heavy reftriftions laid on the American commerce with the Dutch settle ments in the Weft-Indies. It is affirmed that cer tain stipulations entered on by private agreement, in the year 1783, relative to the free importation of Jumber from fpecified ports belonging to the United States, have not been adhered to, and, in consequence, a number of merchants have sustained the greatest damage. The fafts are enumerated, and the gross amount of the loss fully Hated.” 7 An account is arrived at Paris from Madrid, that the King of Spain’s indisposition has been so extremely great, that his Majesty is now totally deprived of all understanding; and that his eldest l'on, the Prince of Asturias, has aflumed the go ' eminent. Upon the arrival of this information, at Paris, the Count d’Aranda, (who is the Spanifli Minister at the French Court) sent his Secretary express to Madrid for freth inftruftions. The Count d'Aranda is the favourite and confident of > the Prince of Asturias; and, therefore, it is very probable that he will be appointed Prime Minister to the new government. The King of Spain was born on the 20th of January 1716, and is now the oldest Mouarch in Europe. Ext reel of a letter jrent Gibraltar , Dec. 26. “ A Venetian lliip, of 18 guns, commanded by the Sieur de la Carte, has just arrived here from Tunis and reports, that the squadron belonging to the republic of Venice Las done but little damage in the bombardment, but has moll efl'entially put a flop to the piratical excursions carried on from that place. No less than seventeen vessels, all corsairs, with z 8 merchantmen of different nations, have been taken by the Venetian.(hips, and there is little doubt remaining of an ultimate success at tending the very spirited endeavours used by the republic to chastise the insolence, if not finally do away the villainous depredations committed by all the little states of Barbary on the Chriflian vessels.” ExtraS of a letter from Toulon, A ov. 13. His Majesty’s ship Orpheus, in her way from Cadiz, hath taken and brought in here an Algerine galley, mounting 36 guns. The contest did not last long j by it however ten of the pirates were killed, and several desperately wounded, without the Orpheus losing a Angle man. The wounded Algerines are now in the hands of the surgeons, till their recovery enables them to be turned over to the gallies, there to tug at the oar with the other slaves. The Algerine commander has been pro mised his liberty, and that of all the crew, if he could prevail on the Dey to treat in the fame man ner, some of the French fubjefts now detained in slavery at Algiers. The captured fhip* proves a very rich prize, there being on board a very con siderable cargo of goodsj together with a large sum in gold, which those pirates had, no doubt, taken * from some Portuguese. Both the officers and men seem to be of a ferocious and untameable nature ; they remain in irons till they are sent on board his Majesty’s gallies.” BOSTON, March 28. ■ On Saturday evening a gentleman belonging to the army, arrived in town from Northfield, in the county of Hampshire. By him we learn that seve ral towns in Vermont, which lie near the line of Hampshire county, give asylum and protection to the rebels, who continue aftembled therein, and threaten to return, and burn and destroy the pro perty of the friends to government, as soon as the warm weather will ad»it of their taking the field in force—That the Days are the principal leaders of those rebels—that tfib disasters and defeats which they have met with have served only to whet their appetites for revenge, and that it is the opi nion of those who have been attached to govern ment, and who have made aftonifliing exertions for its support, that nothing but the operation of ftriCt justice on the principals, will ever bring the rebels to a sense of their duty. This gentleman * likewise informs, that the troops already railed for the four months fei vice amount to about 600, who are formed into two regiments, one of which, commanded by Col. Newell, is polled at Pittsfield ; the other by Col. Badlam, at Northfield, except-" ing one company which lies at Northampton. By this gentleman we also leaiy, that some of the fugitive rebels, in paroxifms .of revenge, in the night of the 9th inst. set fire to a store, owned by Messrs. Penfield and Bacon, of Sheffield, but which flood in Nobletown, in New-York, near the line of this state, w hich was entirely consumed, together with about <sool. in property contained therein j and on the 13th, a barn belonging to Mr. Benjamin, of Fgremont, was also set fire to, toge ther with grain, hay, &c. destroyed. Several of the incendiaries, fufpefted as concerned in the above tranfaftions, were taken and confined in the goal, but unfortunately broke out a few s after, and made their escape, That though ?he rebellion appears to be crushed, yet many people in the wefiern counties are under fearful apprehensions from threats thrown out by the rebels, (who are haiboured in the Date of Vermont) of returning as soon as the weather will permit, and satiating their revenge on individuals, by the deftrutfion of their persons and property ; and that from appearances, u will require the firifteft unanimity, in the friends r to government, and the utmeft wifdGm and severance in our rulers, to reflorc peace to that diflrafted part of the commonwealth. By advice from Rhode-liland we learn, that the General Assembly of that Bate, w hich met on the 12th of March, at South-Kingfion, have ordered a new emission of paper money to be struck aiM one quarter part of the Bate securities to be brought into the treasury, in 14 days, the holders to re* ceive in lieu thereof, an equal sum of paper mo ney ; if not brought in they are to be forfeited to # the fjste—That a motion made in the Assembly for empowering Jußices to Arengthen warrants from the Executive of this Bate, and another fo r requeuing the Governor to issue his Proclamation for apprehending Shays, &c. were negatived— That an Aft had passed by which no citizen can vote, at the ensuing eleftion, until he hath pre* vioully taken an oath, that he hath not given nor received a bribe —that they have voted not to fend delegates to the Federal Convention, and that the members in Congress from that Bate were abcot returning home, the legislature having made r.n provision for their support. NEW-YOR.K, March 21. With sorrow we announce the sudden death of Alexander Clinton , Esq. eldeß son of General Jamesl Clinton, and nephew to His Excellency the Gover nor of this State.—This young Gentleman, oaj Thursday lafl, as he was palling in a pettiauger tjl Bull’s Ferry, about seven miles up the North river,l (in company with two of his brothers, and feverall other gentlemen,) unfortunately fell overboard:| He swam for a few minutes on the furface of thd water, during which time, he, with admirable! composure told the gentlemen on board, that hj could take care of himlelf till they could put about| and take him up—Notwlthflanding their moftHreJ nuous efforts, added to those of the boatmen, the! vessel unhappily miffed flays three several times,! and ’ere they could arrive at the fatal spot, the ur,J fortunate youth waved his hanc}, we suppose as s| signal of his departure from the confines of timeJ and then finking beneath the Bream, vaniflied fronjl their fight. The impreflions which this melancholy! cataflrophe made upon the minds of his brothers! and friends, who were the fad witnesses of it—itiil impossible to delcribe—their hearts were too biJ for utterance. Thus, at so early a period of life,! at his 23d. year, this promising and Valuable young! man was hurried from the flage of time, to tfcJ inexpi edible grief'of his relatives and numerous! friends. It is no vain enlogrum—nay, jtfiice to his mcil mory ' lequires us, to fay—that his courteouJ pleasant, and affable deportment, had gained hiral the universal efleem of his young friends and ac® quaintances ; and, by his accomplilhed manner education, relpeftful behaviour, he ljad ob® tained the good opinion of thole of riper and graver® years. Before we clofie this diflrefiing fccne, Ihail/oaW add, that he likewise bore a patriotic charafler-® At a very early age he entered into the service cfl his country, and'lerved as a Lieutenant in tbe;.r® tillery of the late American army; and, at di® time of his deeeafe, he bore the commiffon <® Captain-Lieutenant in the at tillery of this city® He also served reputably in the capacities of pnvat® Secretary to Hrs Excellency the Governor, an® Secretary to the Hon. Council of Revision. Hi® chief delight appealed to ccnfift in the charaftero® a soldier; for which, his natural and acquired ac® complifliments seemed peculiarly to have defigiw® him But, Death has buried with him, inawatrj® tomb, all his fair profpefts and enjoyments ' Authentic information from Canada. By a gentleman who came palTenger in !W ® northern mail from Montreal, we karn, thatoj the 27th nil, Shays, pay, Wheeler? and ?arft"».j® hat iqu : to liin go' ties