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n TURD AY, November i, 1788, GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE I OR ■independent register. REE DO M of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. CmfUtuin ts Gnrfiai I V GUS TAc Printed by JOHN E. SMI TH, Printer to the State \ FJfays. Articles of I Intelligence, Advertisements, fcf c. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. WL m tbe LONDON GAZETTE, August 2, 1788. Ist. PETERSBURGH, July 8. Ik MESSENGER arrived yeflerday l\ at Czarfcuw Zelo, with the news igl an aftion between the Ruffian and Irkiffi fleets, which took place on the Ith of June in the Liman, near Otfcha- Iw. ■lt appears that the Captain Pacha, in a ■cond attempt to destroy the Ruffian flat ftttomed boats, proceeded to the mouth ■ the Dnieper. The Prince of Naflau, Bio commanded the Ruffian fleet, inune lately called a Council of War, in which ■ was determined to attack the Turkifli ■et on its entering the Liman. The flat ■ttomed boats of the Ruffian fleet were formed hi order of battle near linburn, when the Captain Pacha, unac liainted with the navigation, in endea kuring to bear down upon them, ran •round with a considerable part of his let. In this situation he was not only ipofed to the fire of the boats, but to ■at of the fort of Kinburn ; and, feeing |> hopes of extricating bimfelf, he set fire m the following day to his two flag flop*, fcur other lhips were also burnt by the lurks themfclveß, and two taken by the I luffians, together with tbe Captain Pacha’s Itndard, and between 3 and 4000 pri- Iners. The Captain Pacha set fail wiih ie remainder of the fleet for Warna, at fte mouth of the Danube. I On Friday last a fleet, confining of 13 lil of the line, fcveral frigates, and some ianfports, commanded by Admiral Grcig, ■tiled from Cronftadt. [VIENNA, July 19. I The last accounts from Prince de Co lourg mention, that after his junttion pith the Ruffians he was advancing, cn PC id inst. towards Chotzim. LONDON, July 30. The reports in circulation, that the tench had commenced hoflilities againfl he Dutch in the East-Indies, have been leared up by the last official dispatches eceived from the Duke of Dorfet, at Pa is. They state, that the French dispatches rom India mentioned an expedition which he governor of Pondicherry was under aking against Trinconiale, in consequence >f a sloop dispatched in November last, *ith the information of the rupture be «ween France and this country, and au thorizing the governor of the French set- tlements in the East-Indies to arm ; and that this armament was in consequence preparing. The above is all the information yet received in France. But the rood fatis. fa&orypart of the dispatches sent by our ambaflador there, is that the French go vernor had given this notification, in case it fliould turn out that Trincomale was taken, the Engllfli ministry might, how ever, be aflured, that the mod speedy and effe&ual steps had been taken to stop every warlike preparation in India, and that if any hostilities had been committed the pofleffions fliould be immediately re st ored, and every fatisfaftion of da mages. Front this declaration, we may judge how little disposed the French are to give us umbrage, much more to quarrel; it was honorable to give this notification, and it proves the Consequence and weight of the Britiih cabinet in the councils of France. At Scaddiglia, about 30 miles from Rome, the governor of that place has been murdered with circumstances of hor rid barbarity. A wretch had been brought before the said governor for some trifling offence, and deflred to fee the warrant on which he had been charged before him, which, in justice, could not, it must be confeffed, be denied. At firft, however, the governor refufed him ; but at length, while handing it over to him, the culprit dtew a fliletto from his bosom, and stab bed him several times in the throat. In the confufion the villain escaped, and has yet baffied every pursuit. Gn Saturday morning, the 13th inst. a most extraordinary Circumstance took place at Paris : At nine o’clock nearly a total darkness enveloped every thing, which was fucceedcd by a florin of thun der and lightning, of hail and rain ; the whole of so tremenduous a nature, that it is said, nearly 30 villages and towns are in a state of desolation ! Large pieces of solid ice were taken tip, mcafuring three quarters of an inch in diameter. This dreadful vifltation of nature, suc ceeding the political tranfattions of France, have occasioned a gloom that has totally destroyed, for the present, the native gaiety of their dispositions. If the waters ot Cheltenham agree with the royal bowels , his Majesty’s flay there will be till the nth of August. Farm House Intelligence . Friday was dispatched the brown terrier Snap Dragon > (Lord Howe) belonging to THE [Vot. m. Kda Gt] Farmer George, (the kin*). This animal was thought to have been once an extra ordinary good one, though he had a crola of the C*r.- He was remarkable for taking the *water *well t and hunting frogs , that used to in feft the farmer’s ponds.—But of late he has been more mifehievous than service able, Teeming disposed, contrary to the nature of the heart, to run away from * badger , (Mr. Fox). For some time pa&, whenever he was sent out of the yard, he would fearedy bark at a stranger, that might be coming to rob the grounds, but would jneak off with his tail between his legs; and when at home would do nothing but consume hie matter's food, and worry the poor fer* , vants. , The farmer would have got rid of thie animal long ago—but that Pbilly, (Mr. Pitt) a favorite puppy, both with the farm er, his wife and children, was never ea sy but when Dragon was with it in the elofet.—All the people about the house fay, that Pbilly will be the only loser, Dragon having been a perfect nuisance te all the others. It is laid that Farmer Gecrgialfo meant to riiake away with old Grim, the maftifT, (Chancellor Thoilowe) who has so long guarded the house. The reason is, that he has fuarled of late at the faxtorstepuppy f and does not wag his tail whenhrs matter speaks to him. The farmer**, wife is, how« ever, said to have advised him against parting with this animal, as Ihe fufpcCtt that some people, who have been for fom# time watching the farm, will get into tht barns, (tables, and other detached offices, in spite of all the puppy'* yelping. So sanguine are ’the Mahometan power! in favor of their religion, we are allured from very refpeCtable authority, that * frigate arrived at Conrtantinopfe the 26th of May, with aprefent of 30 millions of florins from the Emperor of Morocco, to enable the Grand Signior to prosecute the war. The Deys of Tunis and Algiers, and even the Caliph of Mecca, as well a! several other Arabian Princes, have also contributed their pecuniary fuccours to his Sublime HighnefS. Our letters from Peterfburgh mention, that, notwithstanding the opposition made by the Britilh officers, relative to theiC serving under Paul Jones, that aquatick vagabond set off from Peterfburgh the 18th of May for Cherfon, in order to take upon him the command of the Black Sea fquatiron.