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■Foreign Intelligence.
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A letter from Havge-de-Grace, of
the 19th inst. announces, that im
menle preparations are carrying on in
that harbour to attack England. The
utmost activity is displayed in all the
docks ; and all the merchantmen
have been put into requisition, and are
now arming. These vessels are to
carry the troops now collecting in the
adjacent department!. In a Ihort time,
flcops and flat bottomed vessels, for
the purpose of disembarkation, will
be conftruded.—To attack London,
and to carry it, will be the fame thing
co our soldiers, animated with the
passion of liberty I ? .
John Baptiste Hotrier, a shoemak
er, was yefftiday condemned to death
for having furnished fhoci to the ar
my of an inferior quality, and for oth
er fraudulent practices.
NEWLON DON, MARCH 20. Capt. StOW,
who arrived last week from the Weftindies,
was informed at St. Bartholomews, by a gen
tleman from St. Kitts, that a Proclamation
from England was received there on the lith
of Feb. ordering the immediate restoration
of the American vessels, excepting those on
board of which French property should be
found, and such only detained until the con
demnation of that property. And that in
consequence thereof, the American captains
BALTIMORE, A Correfpon dent fays, that
march 8. 11 the present is the harvest
time of the citizens of the U States. The
produce of our country was perhaps never
higher in foreign markets, than at this time.
Accounts from Hispaniola fay, that great
profits are to be made on our cargoes : a
wedge of soap is worth four dollars; a pair
of shoes five dollars. Flour it is said, is 30
dollars; beef 20 dollars per barrel, at Suri
nam. What blessed politics are those Which
would involve us in a war, and thus blast, not
the profpeas merely, but take positive ad
vantages now enjoyed by the agricultural
and other interests of this country.
march 10. Intelligence, it is said, was
received in t wn yesterday, that three French
frigates, on a crude off our coast, have taken
and carried into Norfolk 5 English vessels.
,n. 4. —Last night Mr. Heflop
■rn^ffengpf, arrived with di(patches
Peteiiburgh and Berlin, from
nich last place he has come in fix
Hys. There, accounts have been re
,ived of a series of successes gained
py the Duke of Brunswick & Wurm
frer, on the 18th, 19% and zoth uk.
in which the French loft many men,
and a great number o^camg^j^^i
cofflfe their attacks, hoffieM
the following days, and it appears by
letters from Frankfort of the 26th,
they so far succeeded as to oblige
Gen. Wurmfer to fallback to SWz_
unfuccefsful attack on St Pierre,Martinique,
the 17th of Feb. and retired with great dam
age ; and that on the 18th, at night, they
renewed the attack, by approaching the
town by land on its back, and carried it by
storm, with the loss of Brigadier Gen. Camp
bell, one Major, and two Captains, one of
whom was named Bailey, who,with his whole
party, consisting of 160 men, were cut off in
the attack. The British loft a considerable
number of subalterns and privates—how ma
ny was not known. All the meh in the town
or St. Pierre were put to the sword.
newyork, march 14. Capt. Wait, ar
rived here from St. Vincents, informs, that
the British fleet in the Weftindies made an
The grand total of prisoners in t
Capital, amounts now to 4495.
LONDON, Jan. 2—3. Letters re
ceived by a Nobleman from Toulon,
contain the following extraordinary
information,—That after repeated
diffentiora between Lord Hood and
the Spanish Admiral Grawine, rela
tive to the French ships, the former a
few days prior to the evacuations of
Toulon had taken upon himfelf the
Cole command, assuring the other that
he had received inftrudioos to that
purpose from the Court of London.
His Lord (hip immediately issued
Proclamations, informing the inhabit
ants that they were hereafter to be
under the proteaion of his Brittaqnick
Majesty alone. Lord Hood ordered
the Arsenal to be fee on fre^as well as
several parts of the city.
He then retired, with the principle
inhabitants, on board the British fleet,
without entering into any confutation
with the Spanish Admiral refpeding
kthe execution or the manner in which
& might be the most advaotageoufly
hndufted.
ran consequence of this conduct, the
Lnifh fleer, Rationed in the inner
■hour, had not made the necessary
Laracions of unmooring, bending
■fails, &c. and, therefore, received
■considerable damage. It is even
Led, whether (hey were able to
of the harbour.
Restoration of American vessels.
Late Domestic Intelligence.
England.
Capt. Eaton arrived the 17th inst.
at the War-Office, Philadelphia, ex
press from Gen. Wayne, with letter!
to the Secretary at War. These let
ters inform, that the Delawares, Shaw
anefe, and other hostile tribes, had
made propositions for peace :—That
Gen. Wayne hadcalled a council,
and has answered the Indians, that
having so often been deceived' by
them it was impossible to believe they
were sincere ; but if they were so,
they would have no objection to his
establishing forts upon the banks of
the Lakes, for mutual security, where,
whilst drinking the waters, he would
be better enabled to meet them io
Council, & conclude the good works.
—And further to certify the sincerity
of their wishes, he insisted that the
white prisoners now in their nations,
should be delivered up, and that their
head chiefs should accompany those
prisoners, within one month to the
army. , To this it is said the Indiana
agreed. Capt. Eaton left Greenville
the 22d January. c
Bad decorated their vessels with their colours
Land were in high spirits, expecting gener
ally to fail iu a few days.
L. . fa CtjL .111 ! |..— -=_-
'[PROVIDENCE, MARCH 20* Accounts from
TCongrefs mention, that the most spirited
features will be immediately entered into,
lor putting our country in a refpedable ftato
of defence—All advices from Europe indi
cating a determination on thepart of the bel.
tygerent powers that there shall be no neu
fils in the present contest.
, It is said, that the expedition from Ken
tucky agamft Neworleans, had failed, for
#ant of pecuniary supplies.
Boston, march 19. —A letter from
, gentleman io Paris, dated Nov. 28.
1793. " The French armies consist
of 1,500,000 men— from 18 to 45
gears of age. It is with innfiice fatis
fadion I assure you, that the greater
part of my apprehensions of- a war,
tetween England and America, are
Qifpelled. z
1 CONGRESS.
lln the House of Representatives,
^he bill sent down by the Honourable
Senate; for amending the Constitution
!|f the. United States, refpediog the
□ability of States, passed Yeas 81,
Ways 9.
_ march 20.—-Arrived yesterday
-apt. Kennard in the sloop Fame, .in
,0 days from St. Euftatia, he there
lined with it Captains whole vessels
fend cargoes had been condemned at
Dt. Kitts—That he saw a lift of up
wards of 280 vessels belonging to A
merica, that had been taken and car
ried into the different Inlands, more
than 150 of which were condemned,
fed that their trials and condemn
nations were going on as faft as pof
aible.
, He allo informs, That S'. Barthol
omew was blockaded up by the Brit
luARCH 22.—The lift letters from
Seat of Government, breathe
m,~e of War, than any preceding
; but we hope appearand,id
averse to War, notwithstanding their
losses—the Farmers have too long
tasted the sweets of tranquility, to
exchange them for the wormwood of
War—the interests of the Mechanics
are intimately , conceded with Peace
^To the monied and landed inter
eft^W&puft be their greatest aver
sion—and wfrft&m profeffional men
expert by their counfty-Kbeing in
volved in it ? —Who then can'^4^
cate war? Nevertheless, let Ameri
cans never tamely fuffer injuries—
First let them demand indemnification
—if it is relufed, then take it. .
A letter from Niagara, Jan. 29,
fam an express arrived from Detroit,
brify accounts, chat the American
FROM THE WESTERN ARMY.
We learn, that Mr. Sedgwick has
moved for the railing of 15000 aux
iliary troops, to be in pa, only on the
days they turn out for training, if to
war should take place ; but it a War,
then in full pay—also for inverting
the President of the United States
with power co lay an embargo on all
Whipping, for certain limited/ times.
The motion has been twice read, and
committed.
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faftw'tz I^,n^^—rate&gte._» a fiuammi jmjirt
mamerrt has passed the House of
Representatives of the United States.
Yeas 50 —Nays 39.
SALEM, march 2§. Last week Mr. Sam
uel Cabot, of Beverly, arrived from Bour
deaux, byway of Tobago. He failed, by
permission, on the 28th of Dec. The embar
go was then continued, and the National
Commissioners could give no encouragement
of its being speedily taken off. It is iuppof
ed that Boardeaux would long since have
been given up like Toulon, had the inhabi
tants had the fame opportunity. Their dif±
'portion being well known, they are watch
ed bytEßl&tional Comthiffioners with the
utmost ftriftnefrfr^nd the decrees of the
Convention are execute+ath unexampled
rigor. All foreigners at thatptafyfexcept
of neutral nations) and many French^fitte^
been confined in prison. Numbers have been
condemned to the guillotine, by the Revolu
tionary Tribunal ; and the executions take N
place immediately on sentence being passed,
whether by day or by night. Vast property
is confifcated. The rich are objeds of suspi
cion. All plate and specie is demanded in
exchange for aflignats, which were at par in
that place. Bread was scarce ; and the in
habitants, rich or poor, on an equal allow
ance of half a pound a day. The churches
were destroyed, or converted to other uses,
and the bells cast into cannon. Reason and
math were worshipped in the Temple of Lib- —
erty. The Sans Culottes were in high spir
its. The men between 18 and 25 years of
age had been called for, and marched some
time in November. It was said that federal
thousand Pruffiatoshad deserted to the French
in one body. . Mr. Cabot saw a company of
60 of them, which were sent to Bourdeaux.
Americans were treated with much refpe& in
France, and the French have no desire that
we mould be engaged in the war.
—to to ==
NEWBURYPORT, MARCH 21,
Extraa rs a letter from Portland, dated March
12,1794.
" By. a vessel from Jamaica, in 20
days, an order pf the British King
has been received, authorifing trade to
Grandance and other parts of Hispan
iola, annexed by capitulation with the
inhabitants, to the Bricilh government,
and permitting thereof into Greatßri
tain on the fame conditions as produce J
from other ctfcnies, and wee co the
army and the ftdians, had engaged $
and that tty former loft 800 men,
and ttelattq were totally delated,
with a loft of 1500 men. The
fame letter adds, that Col. England
had wreff down 4b Niagara, know
whether hAbto oppose the Ameri
can army, or not_o prevent them
from building a fercon rhe river De-,
troit, as ic^ems they have marched
with that mention.
FROM PHILADEL&rf.
We learn by Report—not having
vouchers of the authenticity of the in
telligence, that the President of the
United States had ordered a Dispatch
Boat immediately to be equipped, to
be sent express to Greatbritain, with
Representations of the Depredations
made on the Commerce of the Unit
ed States by the armed v^w that
kingdom, to demand reparation and
indemnification—and that the Hon,
Mr. Smith, of Southcarolina had been
nominated by the President as Com
missioner for the purpose.
It is reported, that the Britiffi king
has issued his proclamation, ordering
the Governors of his Weftindia ifb
ands to restore all American vessels,
detained in any of those islands, and
to pay tne owners amply for the dam
ages they have sustained by reason of
the detention.