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MUSES’ RETREAT. A MATRIMONIAL THOUGHT. ET MATHEW BKAMULE, ESI*. fn tlie blithe days of honey-moon, With Kate’s allurements fmittert, t lov’d her late, I lov’d her soon, And call’d dearest kitten : But now my kitten’s grown a cat, Andcrofs like other wives; O, by my foul, my honed Mat, I fear she has nine lives! * \ ——— FIVE REASONS FOR DRINKING. BV DOCIOK ALDRICH. Good wine; a friend ; or being dry; Or, left we Humid be by and by ; Or, any other reason why. <5-* ['*&> ><< SALEM, November 5. Captain Putnam arrived here lafl Friilay, in 80 days from St- Peterl burgh. 1 he Ruffian fleet had returned into port for vv inter. On Friday night captain Archer arrived fronl Cadiz, which he left the 2 ill of September. He lays, the Span ill) fleet which had returned into that port, on account of the great mortality on board, was not a part of the combined fleet, but had been cruizing ieparately in the Mediter ranean. Before he left Cadiz, the mbit of the* fleer had again failed for the Mediterranean, after having land ed, as lie was told, seven thouland lick men. BOSTON, November 4. It i reported, that governor Went worth lias called into Halifax 6000 militia, for the defence of that town sgainft the French fleer, lately failed from New-York, and that proviliom ol every kind are very icarte and high at Halifax. ’ The referrees chosen to award on the damage i’ultained by the (hip Pro. fidetit, of Baltimore, captain Smith, brouglit in here by the Marseilles privateer, have given the sum of 5,750 dollars. NOVEMBFR 8 The field marfiial Frey tag, of the combined armies under ttie duke ot York, who was defeated in the battle near Dunkirk, by the army of the re public of France, on the Bth of Sep tember lafl, had under his command,, nt the timeot his defeat, 10,000 Hano verians,, 2000 Aullrians, 10 lquadrons of Lnglilh,*and sos llellian cavalry. NOVEMBER 9. By tlie Tall dilpatchesfrom the army of the duke of Y 01 k, it appears, that lie had again returned to the invelt ment of Dunk.ii k. NOVEMBER 14. Further advices by captain Runey. The Prullian army had received fevcral checks near All'ace, where the republican army have had the greatest success. The French patriots had given a l'evere drubbing to the Spaniards, towards the Pyrennees; and tlie insurgents in La Vendee are aluioll entirely deflroyed, T'tie conllitution had been accepted by all the departments; end pro \ ‘ions of every fort were plenty throughout the republic. Upon the whole, the affairs of our re; mvica'n friends anel allies appear mu ;i brighter than at any time lince toe revolution —their enemies appear or-ry where flying before them— S ’H* Ltc internal commotions seem e.i.uvl) quelled—the recruits are mr.irrou?, beyond their moll f.m gu • • ey -elation—aid we have no doubt. but a: this moment, unless peace which we fondly antici pate, and hope soon to announce) j there are no lei's than a million of men in arms in France ; and that the com bined forces have entirely quitted that republic. PROVIDENCE, (R. I.) Nov. 16. The privateer, fliip Citels, of Bour deaux, of thirty two guns (formerly the Flora British frigate) has captured and carried into Baltimore a fliip from New- Providence, w ith a valuable cargo of cotton, coffee, See. that had been taken out of American vessels. The above privateer has taken three other prizes. NEW-YORK, November 6. Captain lilack, in the Greyhound, from Corunna to New-York, Octo ber 17, in tlie long. 56. W. lat. 58. 49. spoke with tlie brig Nancy, of Salem, captain Deverix, from Beltafl bound to Philadelphia, with 190 pal lengers on board, 65 days our, u.ft his bowlprit and fore m aft, the 3d of October. NOVEMBER it Citizen Bonne, quarter matter of the national battalion of Finilterre, ar rived this morning at the French minifler’s from Oltend, wdiere he had been taken pri loner, and from whence he departed on the j 2th of Seprem her, on board the American veiie! tlie Young Eag ! e, which touched ai New London the Bth inflant. This officer brin s the confirmation of the total rout ot the army of the duke of Y 7 ork, whole lol’s was eltimated at OlieiiJ at 6000 men, according to the uioft moderate computation. H. s eyes were blessed with tlie fight of the French emigrants limping along, w ho had begun the flight, and whom the Englilh grenadiers and dragoons were curling moll heartily. He law prince Ernest Adolphus car ried on a litter, dangeroofly wounded ; three British generals fell on the field of battle, and a\\ t\ie artillery was abandoned to the French- J’hisglurions fucceis mull have been followed by another in the fame quar ter ; 45,000 men detached from the armies ot tne Molelle were in full march, evidently with an intention to block up the wreck of the combined armies, in conjunction with the troops encamped near Lille and Caffel. There w as as yet no intelligence of the other armies of the republic; but it was general y known, that on the fame day they had all dilplayed the im 11 vigorous efforts to crush the bale enemies of rise French people, ihe rebels of La Vendee were entirely de feated. Ihe Spaniards and IVd montefe polirively refilled to march againlt the French. PHILADELPHIA, November q. Captain Weeks, who arrived in this port, after a lhort palfage from Oltnid, has obliged the editor with the fol lowing intertfting particulars of the nnfuccefsful attack againlt Dunkirk, by the army under the command of the duke of \ T ork. His army having laid before Dun kirk, and making the necessary dis positions for the reduction of that place, were attacked by a powerful lortie, from the garrilon, when a l'evere and bloody acticTii took place ; the trench drove the enemy out of their entrenchments, and pursued them upwards of ten miles : the duke of York in his retreat left behind him all his baggage, Sec. in the hands of the French, who alio took pollellion of 72 pieces of cannon, which the enemy had only time to {pike and abandon. 111 this affair, wh-.ch la lied three iucceflive days, great flamrhter en sued It was computed that there were 7 or 8 thousand British, Hano verians and Medians flam ; one Hano verian regiment, excepting about 50, was entire y cut to pieces; many of their general officers were killed and (wounded: among others that fell, i was colonel MoncriefF, whom captain Weeks law interred at Olleild : what much added to the vibory of the French, was a fuccelsful flratagen;, bv conveying in covered waggons a ftrong detachment ot troops from their camp at Mount Caffel, who approach ing the field of battle, rushed forth, and, flailing on the flank of the enemy, threw them into the greateftdilorder. During the retreac ot the duxes army, lie ordered ail the flat bot tomed boats which were on their way to his army (laden with an immenle quantity of powder, bombs and other warlike ftoies) to be emptied, and their contents thrown into the canal. Ihe French gun boats, which have always kept the road (the English gun boats not being able to approach near er than Newport) by a well directed and inceflant fire, did considerable execution as long as the enemy made a (land. The liege of Dunkirk may therefore be fairly considered as en tirely railed, and his royal highness is gone to feck winter quartet’s eife w here. By the My or of the city of Philadelphia: A PROCLAMATION; City of 1 hiUuielphiafs. The daring outrages which were committed yeiterday and this day, on board tlie flfip Rebecca, Benjamin Wyatt,matter, just arrived from Cap e by a number of Frenchmen, who from their chefs might have been taken for gentlemen, are lcam ly to be paralleled. With premeditation, they allembled to facrifice a passenger 011 board the laid lhip to their ven geance, for crimes which they alledg td lie had committed in tlie Aland of St. Domingo; and with the balcit rrfeachery, after decoying him upon the deik of the vessel out of the cabin, by Ipecious promises, attacked him with fwbreis, llliks and flits, and knocked him overboard ; and while lu -v.iwr attempted to accompUUi the all-affiliation, by throwing flop.es and other things upon him, by which he hath received many and dangerous wounds in his head and body, and would thereby inevitably have perilh ed, had not a mini er of the citizens, at the peril of their lives, come to his relief. i his inf It offered to our laws, by a iet of men to whom an asylum from fire and (word hath been so recently oifered, indicates the baled ingrati tude ; and not content with what had just been perpetrated, many of them had th luperlative audacity to afiem bleat the city-hall, where the wound ed person had been brought for fafety, and there inlolently uttered threats of their future murderous intentions. In order therefore that the perpe trators of thole nefarious acts may be brought to condign punishment, the good citizens who were witnesses to what paffied, are requefled, for the public honor, and the iafety of thern telves and fellow-citizens, to point out every person who was concerned in the breach of tlie peace, wounding and threatening a lore Lid ; and in the mean time vigilantly to attend to the conduct of per foils 16 Capable of infuit ing the laws of ho pitaity. M. CLARKSON, mayor. The Fame, captain Holbrook, from Greenock, is arrived in the Delaware, after a palfage of eight weeks and four days. This vessel brings thirty-five paflengers from Scotland, viz. 30 men, 4 momen, and a child. he men are chiefly manufacturers and labourers— Their accounts confirm, (could confirmation be wanting) our intelligence, concerning the deplora ble dellruclion of credit and bulinefs in that blessed country. Three hun dred persons were, not long lince, di(charged in a Angle day, from a cotton manufactory near Dumbarton. It has been formerly computed, that in Britain, an able bodied and induf- Jtrious tradesman, was worth to the ; community, in fee Ample, three hun idred pounds sterling—By this eitL ! mate, the 30 passengers in the Fame, 1 are equivalent to a lol's of ninety thou sand pounds currency, to Scotland. The natives of that country are noted for sobriety and industry, and an ac quisition of such citizens, mull always be of importance to t he U ni. ed State;. NOVEMBER u. They inform, fronl different islands, that the hurricanes were tremendous this fealon. At St. Thomas’s, Augull 13, nearly 50 veffeis were on Ihore and funk, and between twenty and thirty which were driven to lea, had not been heard of. NOVEMBER 14- We liear front Canada, that go. vernor Ga baud, late from St. Do mingo, was to have failed for England, in Britifli custody, for having publicly avowed his adherence to the pretent fyftern of French politics.. The editor of the Fed ral Gazette feels a peculiar fatisfaction in being enabled to give moll fatisfa lory as surances ot the prelent healthful flare of the city. He is this day favoured with the following letter from tlie committed chamber—and from such refpeCtable authority, hopes it will effectually diffipare ail fear and rerhove every doubt in the minds of every re sident and absent citizen or well-wfib er to the interell of this Hate. Committee Chamber, C ty- Flail, Nov. 14. After the long continued distress with which our city hath long been affiiCted, the committee have the hap piness to congratulate their fellow citizens upon the return of as great a degree of health, they Unaiiimoufly believe, as -ul’ually prevails at this season of the year. They have heard of no new cases in the malignant fever for many days; and they have great reason to sup-. pose, that there will not remain any veil ge of it in the city or suburbs af ter a few days. AppViciuions for adrotflioh in the hofpit.il at Bush lliil have i-LviVa. ot ninety-one patients who flail -remain there, the physicians are not appre henlive of loling above three or four ; the convalelcents encreafe d-uly. Among the great number of our citizens who retired to the Cbuiury, it doth not appear that one of them hath been attacked by the dilorder since their return; reports to the contrary have been circulated, which j upon invefligation have proved to be fa He. Purifying the houses where the disorder ha h been, is eflemially ne cefiary to prevent future infection. Tlie committee think it incumbent upon them to repeat to their fellow* citizens, and to urge in the moll pressing manner the performance of this important duty. Cloathing either for the body or beds, v\ liich hath been made ufie of by the lick, and more particular by thole who have died of the disorder, fiiould be walhed,baked,buried or deflroyed. The lol's which would attend a total deftruCtion, will not, it is hoped, be put in competition with the life or health of an individual, much lei's with thole of the community. The committee are of opinion, that our fugitive brethren, as well as others, who have bulinefs totranfact, may fafely come to the city, without danger from the late prevailing dil order. MA I. CLARKSON, president. NORWICH, November 12. Captain Archer, arrived at Salem, from Cadiz, informs, that the Span:fit fleet had returned into port, and landed 7000 lick men. A great num ber had died on board. BALTIMORE, November 15. On Monday lafl the president of the United States arrived in the city of Philadelphia, from Germantown.