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circulating irt this town, <&c.
jt(pt£ling a demand by the Bri
tifh court, that the government
of this country fhould remain
neutral no longer, but take an
aftive part in the prefent ruinous
war !—alfo, that the prefident
had been informed, that our
envoys to France would not be
peimittcd to land in Fngland,
in order to proceed to that re
pub’ic.
Although thegovernment and
people of Grcat-Hritain, have
Heated this country in the moft
fcandalous manner, yet it appears
to us improbable that they fhould
be fo imprudent and foolifh as
to attempt to frighten our go
vernment into a war! Do they
fuppole that the people of Ame
rica is fo divided that the major
ity will bafely fubmit to their
will and wifhes ? Have they an
idea that the fpirit of '76 has
left the breads of thofe brave
heroes who made them acknow
ledge that the people of America
were freemen ?—Do they think
that the citizens of the United
Stares are fuch inveterate ene
mies to France, that they would
fo far pollute their dignity as to
accept of their invitation, or to
acquiefce in thcii* demands to
go to war with that republic ? If
Britain furmifes this (he labours
under a midake :—America is
fice and independent, by her
intrepidity and pcrleverancc, (he
gained the incflimable blcflmg,
and by adhering to thofe means
fhe will, no doubt, retain them.
It is not impoffible but that his
majefty, has thus conduced, if
it Ihould really prove !o ; we
fhall make no delay in commu
nicating the information to the
public infpe&ion.
L&teJ] European News.
LONDON, September 24.
This forenoon an cxprels ar
rived at Mr. Dundas's office fiom
his royal highnefs the duke of
'York, with the account of a
batt'e having taken place in
Holland on Thuifday laft, near
the village of Bergen, a little
way to the northward of Alk
maar. The Ruffians had volun
teered fformingthe French lines,
which fervice they marched for
ward to execute on Thurfday
morning. The battle was long
and bloody, but the refult was
favorable to the allied arms 4000
French and Dutch are dated to
have been taken piifoners, and
a great number of both killed
and wounded. Our lofs was
chiefly with the Ruffians, rhe
Ruffian general in chief is dated
to have loft an arm, and to have
remained a priloncr with the
enemy.
I he whole lofs of the enemy
is reported to be above ten thou
fand.
1 ht fedifpatchesweie brought
to Yarmouth by the Refolution
lugger, which left the Tcxel on
Sunday morning.
Action in Holland.
The following is the of
a bulletin fent by the French mi
nifler at the Hague, to the ad
miniftration of the commuie of
Dunkirk, on the occafron cf the
adlion of Thurfday lad.
It was brought to England by
a cartel which reached Dover
from Dunkirk laff night;
BULLETIN,
Addreffed to the adminiflratlon o[
the commune of Dunkirk , hv the
minifler of the French republic
at the Hague. ,
“ On the 19th of September,
the Ruffians attacked the French
and Batavian army. An aftion
took place near the town of
Bergen The R uffians left 2000
dead on the field of battle, and
2000 of them were prifoners,
with 20 pieces »f cannon. The
Batavian divifions rivalled us in
courage, and did wonders. The
1 national guards were ambitious
to take apart in the aftion, and
the volunteers of Rotterdam and
of Delft have particularly dif
tinguiffred themfelves.
Hague , 19 th Sept . 1799 —eleven
in the evening.
“ Florent Guiot,
Mimfler of the French Republic
A liue copy,
“ Makyens, feerttary ."
DUB I IN 7 , September 17.
The furrender of Napper
Tandy by the government of
Hamburgh, as dated fome time
ago in the Times, and other
prints, is now pofitively con
tradifted by fome of the London
papers.
PARIS, September 3.
Adet has not accepted as a
commiflioncr to St. Domingo,
Rhcinhard, new minifter lor
foreign affairs, has denounced
the municipality of 1 oulon, for
treating him ill, when he was
there. Talleyrand is talked of
as miniffer of finance,
NEW-YORK, Nov 21.
Partlcultr* of ibe Chcfipcake*a Adion.
ExtraFl of a letter from capt. Tombs,
oj the Chesapeake, to his owners
in this ciiy t dated New-orleans t
CElober 21.
“ On the 2d of Oftober, in
lat. 23. 49. Havannah bearing
s. diftant37 miles, at 10 o'clock,
a m the man at the mad head
! deferied a fail coming out from
the land and beaiingdown upon
us. At metidian, we found fhe
gained upon us very fad, and
then prepared for a&ion. At
3 p. m. I conlulted with my
officers and cabin padengers,
who all agreed that it would not
he piudent to hazard an a£lion
in the night, (fhould the veflel
then in chafe of us prove to be
an enemy) and therefore conclu
ded to fhorten lail and fee who
file was, before da»k. At half
pad 4 (he frred upon us, and
hoifled Englifli colors, which
I we returned with a Hem chafer,
and hoifled our cnfign.on wh ch
(he immediately hoifted the
bloody flag at her foretopmafl
head. At a quarter pall 5, (he
came up under our ftern ; I then
hailed them and enquired who
they were, and where from, but
could not underftand the an
fwer; they then hailed me in
Englifh, and ordered me to lay
my topsails to the mad or to
abide by the confcquenccs, 1
replied I was an American and
would proteft the trade. The
word American was fcarcely ut
tered before they gave three
cheers, and poured a broadfide
and a volley of fmall arms into
us which wc returned, and a
defperate engagement enfued,
which lafled three quarters of an
hour, when her quarter deck
blew up, and (he went down
ftern foremoft, I immediately
hove my (hip too, and hoifted
my boat out, but unfortunately
could not faveone man.
She was a fchooner mounting
12 or 14 gurs, and manned as
mar as 1 could judge with about
80 men ; wc had two men
wounded, one of whom died
the next morning ; the other is
in a fairway of recovery.
My (hip received material in
jury in her mads, (pars and rig
ging; rhe enemy having fired
all kinds of combuftibles and
materials into us, fuch as iron
(pikes, (*2 inches long) flings,
&c &c.
November 18,
Saturday morning David Fro
thingham, editor of the Argus,
was arraigned at the bar of the
fupreme court now Gttingin this
city, on a prosecution for a libel
upon the ch rafter of Alexander
Hamilton, efq. His trial is
poftpom d till to morrow.
From the Argus , November 8.
In confequence of Mi. Ha-!
inilton’s I tier, Mr, Golden cal**
led on Thurfday laft, at the
office of the Argus, to acquaint
Mrs, Gicenleaf with the intend
ed piofecution.
Mr. Hamilton could not but
perceive, that the extraft of a
letter alluced ro, was copied
from another paper, as the ab
breviated words Con. Tel were
affixed to the offenfivc publica
tion. The ta& is, that the fame
extradf was inferted in feveral
; other papers, prior to ilsappear
, ance in this, Ihe public will
therefore naturally enquire, why
Mr. H. fhould fele6l the Argus t
to commence a profecution
againft, and attack thole who
I ( know not the author, noi can
: afeertam him.
If oar zeal in the caufe of
, | rcpublicamfm ; if our efforts to
: piomote its interefts, have exri
-1 ted the hatred of any body of
t men or any particular man, and
! wc arc iheicforc marked out for
• vengeance, we (hall fuffer with
» a Firmnefs worthy of the caulc
we have endeavored to Fupport
Whether wc may become the
vi&ims of a profecution origi
nating in fuch motives or not, a
conrciou r ner> of good
and the fweet remembrance of
having difeharged cur duty to
our country, and
will afford us a confolation which
our enemies can never feel, nor
deprive us of*
We have hitherto avoided
troubling the public with any
mention of our own concerns •
but we are now forced to notice
a profecution which is threaten
ed, and which has been notified
in I ang's Royal Gazette, by the
publication of Mr. H.'s letter
to the attorney general.
Wc do not conceive that Mr.
H. expefted the publicity rf his
letter would add to his fame, or
that he wilhed to obtain appro
bation for a public avowal of his
intention ; the matter is however
before the tribunal of the public;
they will fee the dangerous fitu
tion of printers in thefe times,
when terror is pronounced to be
the order of the day, and the
liberty of the profs is menaced
with coercion,
BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.
IMPORTANT.
Arrived this day, fch. Cabot,
capt. Compton, from Embden,
which he left on the 13th ult.
He informs, that the fit fl Ruffian
divifion which landed in the
Texei on the 13th September,
attacked the Dutch and French
troops the day after they landed
without being refrefhed or other
wife prepared for aftion, and
every man was killed or taken
priloners. r J he divifion con
fided of 7000 men. The pri
foners weie fent off to Paris.
1 he lateft Dutch papers rapt.
Compton brings, are to the 24th
of September.
HALIFAX, (n. c.) Nov. 11.
j Died, at his feat in Granville
county, the week before laft,
after a long and fevere indifpo
fition, the hon John Williams,
efq. fenior judge of the fupreme
court of this Hate,
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY , December 17, 1799*
The following are the three
bills, which paffed the two bran
ches during the feflion, which
his Excellency the Governor
diffented to, and gave his rea
fons therefor. Our readers will
fee his reafons for the firft, and
the other two (ball appear in
our next. A
To a bill entitled "
to authorize pcrlons poll umg
lands adjoining the Oconee ri
ver, to creft mills, and to 131 e
dams in the Laid river under re -
tain reftri&ions.”
To a bill entitled ,c an
fupplcmentary to an acl to rcM c
and amend an a£k for prevent ?
controverfies concerning li ' e
bounds of lend and for p rCC£l
honing the fame.”
And to a bill 44 to authors*