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v ri n« information of the failing
V the Sornnam fleet, confiding
o °[ bet *«n 7 o and 3o richly
hdfn American vcfle.s , and c
,he arrival at Norwich of one of
“ Thofe velfcls having
been a long tune detained, great
anxielv for their fate has been
entertained. We arc told that
policies on them have been Titled
in the town to the amount ot
400,000 dollars.
tf£W-YORK> May 13.
Copt. Alien , of the brig James,
a rivedyeflerday, Sailed from St
Thomas on the 21 fl of March; and
cn that day , joined a fled of 35
foil of American vejfeh from the
' windward, under convoy of the
frigates United Stales, commodore
Barry, and the Confl.tuticn , com
modore Nicholfon, Commodore
Barry bad taken in charge three .
french fhooner privateers, and a
foop which he had captured, |
J Captain Allen ms informed,
that a few days before, commodore
Barry had recaptured an Enghfh
packet, which had been taken by the
French privateer Democrat, of 14
guns, and 12b men, f .om Guada
loupe. 1
The mode in which the Democrat j
took the packet is Jomewhat fingJar.
It is thus: Jhe, regardle/s of the
packet s guns, ran along fide with
out firing a /hot, and after feveral\
mfaccefjul attempts at lajl hoarded j
the packet, and took pofpjfion of
her .
The above packet was from one
of the windward i/lands, was cap
tured off Guadeloupe, and fnt
into Dominico .
Jhe brig Union , , has ar
rived at Bopn , in 42 days from
Dublin,
The Infh and London trade flips
for America , were to jail in three
days after the Union , under convoy.
Flax-feed was quick at 7 guineas ,
A letter received by a gentleman
in this city, from his corre/pondent
1 a htiand, dated the 23 d of March,
'forms, that a fleet of 18 fail of
tat line and fme vejfeh of [mailer
force, w lh 40,000 troops onboard,
were lying at Brefl with their an
c 01 5 a-tiip, th'tr dejhnqiion un
nom. an con/equence of which
the Bntifh mini [lev had given di
rrflions to the lord lieutenant of Ire-
T d ' i 0 h°ld the military of that
Mgdom in readinejs .
May 17.
nptain Richards, from Curra-
C l a ' m f°rmsus, there are feveral
lenc privateers from Curracoa,
the ijland of Gonaives ;
V a Frenchprivateer of u>
Iy Jailed io days before him, the
■ p M oj which informed capt. R.'
f. ht to cruife on this
kff T n . f lcf,ards < further in
hi , n a H S ° Vernor Curracoa
i rt f t Ued , a Proclamationthe pur
, „ yhtchu, that all American
if the ,y/ n l fo ee leagues
to Pay daft gP
i - - Af ’¥,/Vm La Vera Cruz
O ’ •
informs, that a Spanifh fleet of two
[ail of the line , and fevered frigates,
[jailed from Vera Cruz for the Ha
vmnah, where they have arrived,
having on board 30,000.000 dol
lars.
May 18.
A gentleman who arrived here
cn Thurjday la [from New-0 deans,
informs us, that on the 22 d of
April, a company cf fevtnty Ame
rican troops under the command of
capt, Chamber, pajjed through that
place for Mobille, to take pffejfion
' of the lines,
| Mr, El icot, the United States
jnrvey or-general, left He w-Or leans
a few days before .
Ex trad of a letter from St. Pierre
Martinique, to a gentleman
in Norfolk, (Vir.) dated the
19th of March,
“ Admiral Harvey in the Prince
,of Wales of 98 guns, and Vengeance
of 74 guns , bejides frigates , in
! confequcnce of advice from lord St.
Vincent , [per a /chooner arrived 6
days Jincefro.n Gibraltar ) embarked
upwards of 400 foldiers at Fort
Royal, and proceed immediately to
fouthward ; they are now at Court
\land Lay, Tobago . It is {aid that
I a Spanifh fleet of merchantmen with
a convoy , are expefted cn the Main ,
and that the admiral is watching
them, as their route is between To
bago and Tr inidad. The Ameri-
I can cruizers are very aliive , end |
1 have retaken fcveral veffels of their
countryJ*
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LOUISVILLE, j
TUESDAY , June 4, 1799.
Married, on Wednesday Lift, j
the 29th of May, Mr. Manus
Ltmle, merchant, of Louifville,
to the amiable Mifs Polly
Hinds , cldcfl daughter of Mr.
David Hinds, of EOBngham
County.
For the Louifville Gazette ♦
To the Author of the “ Cenfor .”
S I R,
I HAVE read wiih the great- i
eft pleafuie, your Cenfor, No 11,‘
which appeared in the State
Gazette and Louifville Journal,
and am happy to obfe.ve, that
wherever I have heard it Ipoken .
of or commented upon, the!
highefl encomiums have been!
given to the Author , and an
ardent defire expreffed that it
would be continued. J hope
fir, for the fake of the caufe in
whxh you have fo honorably
engaged, that you will continue
vour labours for the benefit of
your fellow ci izens. Su h
pieces as the Get for are vety
much wanted at thepreient time,
to enlighten our fellow-chizens,
and to counteract the infiduous
infmuations which are con inu
ally coming out in theanftocra
tic papers, which teems with
nothing but eulogiurns on m'>-,
narchy, and extolling the Hii-|
tifh govern merit, as if they would ,
wifh to bring us into that abject :
ftatc of vaflalrge we certainly
0 Aiould have been in, had not
, our fore-fathers nobly fought
- tor their independence. No
» thinj: could have happened more
- opportunely than the appearance
of the laft Ccnfor , at the very
time which it came out; as it is
? in the fulled extent a refutation
» to an infamous piece, which ap
peared the week before, cal cd
• u The Objerver” a work calcu
( la ted “ to lull us into a decnl/ul
t fecurity ” and make us the objefts
1 of its tyranny. lam fure eveiy
American Republican mufl feet
f themfelves indebted to you for
[ your patriotic exertionin their
caufe; and likewife to the fdi
. tors of the State Gazette, for
i making their paper the vehicle
of fuch ufeful information ; and
none more grateful for your fer
• J
- vices, than
Sir, your humble fervant,
PIER.
Frovi the Carolina Gazette,
Thefollowinglettcr,addreircd
to the Editors of the City and
Carolina Gazettes, will fhew
the circumftances under which
the brig Abigail, of Philadel
phia, arrived laft Thurfday in
our harbour :
“ Off Charkjlon Bar , May 8.
" The brig Abigail, rapt.
John j, Thompfon, and of
whicli I am part owner, failed
from the Havanna on the 17th
ultimo, bound to Cam peachy,
and was the following morning,
within 8 or 10 leagues of the
[port of her departure, captured
I three privateers of New-Pro
vidence, wtio took every one
out of the vcfffel, except the
I captain, a young boy, and my-
I lelf, and put two prize-mafters
jand fix men on board, ordering
us for New-Providence. We
proceeded on our way thither,
until Thurfday evening laft,
when the captain and myfelf
planned the re-capture of the
veffcl, which we accomplished
in one hour after.
“ Our reaions were, our bet
ter right to our own property,
and their alfurance of condem
nation in cafe of fafe arrival,
The obfervations of the captains
of the privateers were, “ Well
JJiexv them the Jh rt way to New
j Providence ) and condemn the damn d
drogers.” We, however, have
(hewn them the Jliort way to
Charltjlony where wc are fare ol
not being condemned
Wc are informed, that Mon
day, the 3d ot June, istheday
appointed for the launch of the
Frigate ; flic is to be called the
John Adams ; her head, which
is laid to be a great likenels of
the Prefident of the United
Slates, arrived from Philadel
phia lome days ago, and is now
on the frigate ; it is from
themafterly chilfcl of Mr. Rulh,
of that city, whofe elegant pio
jdu&ions have long fince placed
I him at the head of his profelfion.
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! BLANK. DEEDS
for Sale, at this Office*
I M'Vi, 1 8
From the TIMES,
SAYS Paddy to Cathlin, “ VR
never agree
To Union, of no fort, excepting
with thee!*
u Oh! Fa trick , my dcareft, I've
o/h7nes been tod.
That the genfl* fl of lovers when
married wi l [cold ;
*Squire Bull, and my Mijlrfs
good /oriune attends:
H hen their quarrels are over, they'll
ki/s and be friends "
tranlnimmmammMk. smemamSm r—§
JOHN BLAIR,
Has for Sale, al his Store , cheap
Jor Ca
The following Articles, viz.
IRISH Linen 4-4 wide
Brown Sheeting
Uzna’u'gi
Hr'wn Linen
Ti klenhurg*
H umhurni
Colored and plain Karkeen*
; T 'mbuored, Striped, Sprigged and Plain
j icontt and 801 k Mnflin
Mulliti Shawls and Hludkerch'efs, Back
and
Gentlcmtns Neck Handkerchiefs and Cra*
vaf 1
Calic cs *nd Chintzes
Po ket H n ’kerchiels
H a k, Blue and Pink Durant*
Riab.nds, Ferre trigs and Tape*
Sewing Silk nnd Tvull
Men, Womens and YoutVs Cotton end
Woilled Hofe
Ladies Shoes
I Ginghams
M mcheftir Mnflin
[ Hii»lei nr d Telement*
Dilwnnh’s and Wfl.fte.’s Spelling Book*
federal Rcidv Reckoners
\V fill ig Paoar
G It and PisteH Button*
Large and (mail do.
T ea Cannitiers
Pen L. iyes
K.uive' and FOl ks
Table Spoon* *
j lea Spoon*
; Sailors, fmalland larg;
j Ink Pot, b
Giinblet,
j Needle, and Pin* }
I fh rribles
Cotton Card* N"*. 10 1
Jamaica and Weft India Rum
fciieriflV V\ in*
-Apple Brandy j
Sugar a id Molafle*
Hyton Te*
Coffee and C.Vcolate
Rcafon* j
Pepper and Spire
Coppeas
Reft Riffle G un Powder
Shot all r'rd
Blacking Ball,
Salt
ALSO,
A quantify of Patent Medicine,, via,
Rficnee of Peoparmint
Jillnp and Rhubarb
rtriti/h Oil
Tar tar
Calomtle.
lVuh ) a large and gen« f al aflortment cf
Oaecnsware, together »i h a variety of
toiher articles, too tedious to mention.
June 4.
MANUS LEM L E,
Has removed his Dry Good Store, to (he
Houfe formerly occupied bv Thomas
Collier &c Co. as a Dry Good Store:
Where he has for fak, cheap for
cajh or produce,
A hondfome Aflortmcnt of
DRY GOODS .
LIK.EW ISE,
All kinds of Patent Medicines
and Ciockery Ware, See.
. ALSO,
Juft received and for fa'e,
A colieaion of RELIGIOUS
BOOKS, &c. &c.
7 MU 4.
SHERIFFS*
BLANK DEEDS,
For Sa.k,. at.tUi Office.
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