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1 Know hot of ajingle principle which
toe very warmelt federalists contend
ForrwhUh Mr. flffirfa^d©es not m
elude in his creed :— and I do not re
coiled a fmgle-one irrtbat creed which
the Jacobins have nofrat some periods
•ppofed.
Let us analyze it. "
" Equal and exaftjuflice to all men of
•whatever fate or perfuajion, religious or
political." This the federalists always
support, but the Jacobins are opposed
to eraß justice with fr men.—They
were in favor of confiscating British
private debts in 1794. They burnt a
British vessel in our harbour in 1795,
and a Charleftown Jacobin can. tell,
why the Jury could not agree. Again,
" Peace, commerce and boneftfriendfhip
with all nations, entangling alliances r with
none." —These are high federal senti
ments ; but the Jacobins have recom
mended giving up our commerce, as L
have before proved. They are for per^
frtual difeord with Great-Britain, art!
are always fomenting it ; and they
have abused Mr. Adams and Cotgrefs
for getting rid of the 6 entangling alli
ance'. with France. Agata, ' Thefttp
port of the State Government in all their
rights as the most competent admin/Jlra
tions for our demeftte concerns, and the
•Jure/t bidmurb againl anti-republican
tendencies.' The federalists are in fa
vour of Importing the date Govern
ments in their proper sphere, but the
jacobins are for diminishing their in
fluence by transferring the eLeftion of E
ledors to the People, by means where
of the influence of ttebody politic is loft,
.and it becomes merely an election of the
people of the United States e# azofi.
Again —/ The prejervation of-the Ger
' neral Government in its whole constitution
al vigor as the facet anchor of car peace
at home and fifty abroad.' This the Fe
deralists are ever driving to inculcate,;
but the Jacobins consider the National
Government as a foreign one ; — # as an
object of jealousy and hatred. —They
tried to destroy its coyftkutional power
by the Kentucky anerVirginia Resolu
tions. " A jealous care of the right of
Election by the people.'" —-This is what
federaliftshave been always desirous to
maintain, and for this purpole they
have been perpetually labouring to
procure a law to regulate the proceed
ings at elections—" Absolute acquies
cence- in the decisions of the majority.",
. This dodrineds truly federal, but the
jacobins have been in the uniform ha-'
bit of violating this principle.
The residue of this excellent creed, I
stall mere fully consider hereafter.
Whether Mr. fefferfn irfacere or not,
we are certainly indebted to him for
his public testimonial °f the corre&nefs
of our principles. If he Should hereaf-'
ter go adray and deviate from these.
maxims, we shall be able to contrast
his conduct with his professions, and
thusexpofe him to public censure. If
on the other hand he shall support them
by his measures, he will find the fede
ralists among themoit zealous and sin
cere friends and Supporter! of his ad-
Mr. Russell,
T^OWEVER it may astonish those
uncafy, rcftlefs and disorganizing
men, who have been perpetually em
ployed in fanning the embers of /edi
tion, the Fetferalills will cherish and
fhpport Mr. Jefferfon's adminifffa^
with as much zeal arid sincerity (if not
with as much affeffo) as they did that
even of Washington, if he shall sincere
ly pursue the path, which he has point
'ed out in his speech.
. Mr. Jefferfon s adherents, judging
from their own narrow and violent
feelings, have expedited to fee the Fed
eralists instantly converted ' into a fac
tion ;—that ,they would immediately
oppose as iridifcriminately and with as
little regard to truth and decorum, as
they have dond, every measure of ffie
new administration,
Such conduQ nvould be unworthy of
the principles and ^incompatible with
the intefefts which the Fedevalifts have
held dear. They confidcr the late
Change as resulting from an unfortu-,
^nate abide of that liberty, which is se
cured by the Constitution .;^that by a
;proftitufon of the sacred privilege of:&:
free press, the'people have becri deceiv
ed—duped—dirtied and roused into a
fit of inordinate jeajoufy; that the
measures of the Government have been
' misrepresented and wholly misunder
stood :—-That the Southern Stateshave
been taught,to believe that they' had
:ani^cr, dillina & oppofte to that es
^w-En"ghnd=That by the Conftitu
* they poffefled ^fuffwi^ U1 the
.miiultraiiou.
In that event, to be fare, he will lose
many of Ids present partizan,—Al
ready they begin to fret and format
his moderation and good sense—and
Ihould he continue tri walk in the paths
.of virtue and common sense, which arc
those of federalism, he mult expert to
experience from his present fuppoyters,
all that acrimony and abase which,has
so unjustly been bellowed qn his prede
cessors. It is the privilege of merit to
be calumniated, but he should solace
himfelf for thelofs of his present adher
ents by the reflection, that what he
loses in numbers, will be replaced in
character, good sense and property.
LEONIDAS.
F^ the CENTINEL:
The Consistent FEDERALIST.
No. XI.
apt to influence his public conduct. ' I.
doubt whether Southern statesmen will
make a more prudent-or honest use of
the public treasure than the hardy citr
zens ofNew-England who procure their'
support by the Aveat of their 'civs'
brows.
6 The honest payment of our debts
and fared,refervatiov ' of the publicfaiths'
This is one of the soundest 'and -most
admirable sentiments whichever came
from the lips of pen of a ftafefman.— l
Without private credit and public faith,
no country can- possibly prosper or at
tain power 'er. wealth -:—With them,
and with industry, no nation can fail
of fuccefi. Mr. Jefferfon's adherents
have been always opposed tofoth these
principles.—To ike tirft, by the unfair
iand dishonest n©gle& to pay and dil
' charge their "own debts ; —by opposing
all laws tending to render the admin
iftratipn of justice regular and ipecdy ;.
I and by opposing these parts of the
British treaty which stipulated thepay
m^dr of debts long- since due and long
° Grice witMierd by unfair and difh^rd
!;!e legal impediments.- —To the last,
(public credit) they have been opposed
from the adopti^' ofohe Conftitutiori/
by thwarting in ever/ way the original
provision for the funding the debt ;—
by trying to., prevent dierequifite ^
organized until after the war should
begin, if peace had not been made by
Mr. Jay. The fame acquiefeence in the
poacy recommended by Mr. Jefferfon
* was again repeated in,tegard to France.
The imall army agreed to be railed
could not have been collected until as. %
ter the militia would want the "regu
lars to relieve, them" if France had not
changed her frowns into {miles and-en
dcaVored to kill us with kindnef rather
that )feverity. "The Supremacy of
the civil, over the m3itary." # =Th : s is
a fundamental principle of that cohfti
tution around which Federalists rally,
and penned it is faid,by Hamilton,whbfe
federalism no man will deny.
' Economy in the public expence,
that labour ma; be lightly burdened.'
This is a very good general fentimenti
It is only in the application of it to par
ticular cases, that we can judge of the
CorfeCtnefs' of those who advocate it.—
The Virginians have .very little of this
true economy in their demotic habits—
apd a man's private morels will be very
" A well regulated militia—our best
security in time of peace, and in the
firft moments of war, until regulars
can relieve them."—This sentiment is
unexceptionable. It has ever been the
policy of the Federalists to make the
militia as refpe&tble as poflible, and
they think them quite a fufficient secu
rity in time of profound peace. —But they
agree with Mr. Jefferibn, that they are
wholly inadequate to a defence in War.
In pursuance of Mr. Jefferfon's ideas,
when we were in clanger of a war with
GreaSßritain, Congress provided for
an army, which could not have been
Right of Elc&@, hr.J that fc w±
time that they Ihould altert iheir
Rights : But however mistaken 'may
have been the policy which h'arfhduc
ed the peopleuo change the .Adminis
tration and enter into a>neW 'iyftem of
experiments, fti!l the FederAhtls conli
dcr that all this has been done under
the fandionof the Constitution ; —that
there are rights and intcrefts'at ftuke
infinitely dearer, than the question <wbo
fall administer the Government ; —
that if they shall desert their own max
im, and turn calumniatory and revileis
of the administration, there will be an
end th the pfefent form of Govern
ment, and when, and where, and how
we IhaH+e landed, the most keen light
ed cannot difeern. It was always,
therefore the: defign.of ,11 true and
Cerfftent "Federalists to abstain front
hay censure or crimination of Mr. Jef
ferfon, in any event, uhlefs he Should
attempt to violate the Constitution it
felf—the palladium of our liberties
If his policy Ihould be erroneous, they
would meet it with fair, candid &4ib
eral argument, and endeavour to prove
its inexpediency.•
With these principles it is theirfduty,
nay, I epnfider it their highest interest
to commend every thing laudable axd
praiseworthy in the conduct of Mr. Jef
ferfon. By fach measures, they will
prove their tandour—their liberality—
their adherence to principles. With
such irnpreffions, I read the late address
of Mr. jedAfm. Its moderation dis
armed me of my prejudices.—lt may
be hollow and insincere.—lt may mean
any thing or nothing.—- Every French
tyrant or demagog* has in his turn'
boasted ofhis principled and patriotism,
it is true, and every one by his conduct
has proved himfelf destitute of all prin
ciple :—But hill is there not feme mer
it—is there not confidcrable merit, due
to Mr. Jefferfon for allaying rather than
"fomenting divifioris ;=fhf refraining
from bitter criminations ; for refpe£ting
the motives of his adversaries ; for ab
staining from; the cant phrafet Os hi^
patty, about Arijkcracy and Toryism,
and Britifo Influence , But above all,
Goes' he not defervelour commenda
tion for inculcating all those admira
ble principles and maxims which we
have endeavoured to uphold and en
force.— Many of these principles I have
already considered ;-—and I shall now
proceed to conclude my remarks upon
them.
Address.
DENM^K PRUSSIA.
Some disagreement certainly occurred between|
Denmark and Rwlia,,be latter part of January.'
The Danish minified and his Suite were ordered,|
and departed from Petersburg —and the Ruflian:
Ambaflador was recalled from Copenhagen.—,
The fateft accounts report that these Courts arc
reconciledagain. But most df the powers men
tioned as forming the new confederacy have di, j
ferent views. Their long cchcrenceris not to he=
expelled. . 1 !
We have not much-faith in tnr philanthropy of
the Emperor Pauh*We belief he is really as in-)
different to neutral rights, as to the rights of
*his fubje^ ThoierepubKeans must be weak
who fuffer thcmfelves to be ufrd for his exelufive
purposes. A Despotism and a Republic linked
together^ the.c^ufe bfliberft is ridiculous !
He observed, among other things,
that the Caffrarian matrons had the
privilege of not being liable to be (truck
by their husbands ; and yet, that mar
ried pairs lived there in enviable una
nimity and peace. From the country
of the Cefirecs, he turned westward,
and continued his journey in a north
well direction, till he arrived in the
kingdom of Angola. Among the Mu
hotians, a race, not more f^vage, but
more egregioudy victors than any
horde he had before viffttd, he difeov
ered the bodies of five Europeans, who
appeared to have been cruelly massa
cred ; and was himfelf exposed to dan
ger, from the unnatural lull of some
wretches of that community. He, how
ever, eleaped from their brutality, and
after long wandering, came to Malem
ba, a walled tAwn on the river Congo.
Its king treated him at Efft with kind
ness ; but was afterwards purfuaded'
by the prime minificr to redtice him to
the condition of a Slave, and use him
cruelly. He at last efenped out of
that king's service, travelled eastward,
and then again backward, to the north
well in a line of journey contiguous to
those which are called by geographers
the Mountains of the Won. After dan
gers almost incredible, he was made a
flaV£ by the Moors, A merchant of
Mezzabeth, whose property he had be
con?A fold him to another who was re
turning to Morocco with a caravan,
from Mecca. He was carried by this
: man to ttefea-port town of Azaffee, in
, the Moorish dominions—-A Mr. Van
dehaft. .Dutch gentleman, there ran
forocd him from ferVitUde. He was
"brought onboard a Dutch merchant
drip to Amsterdam. The interposi
tion of altuflian Ihip detain, rescued
him from detention fn Holland. He
took his paflitge with that captain to
Dantzick, arid soon after arrived, in
the year 1,797, at his native town in
the feruffian dominions; from which he
had been more than sixteen years absent.
A poor German, a carpenter, and 3
fugitive Soldier, was in the year 1781,
trepanned at Amsterdam, into the ser
vice of the Dutch East-India Company,
as a common foldiet. Or laccount of
illness he was detabted soy a while at
the Cape of Good HopeJ though en
listed and sent out fi^m Holland, to
serve in Batavia. Reftifing to gratify
the lewd desires of the wife of one of
the officers commanding at the Camp,
he was, in conference of her artifices
and feigned- complaints, ordered for
Batavia a-fccond time; He had been,
ere this time,'informed of the unwhole
someness of the climate of Java, arid
dreaded it as if he had he^h ordered for
execution. He defeated ; and as his
desertion could not otherwise be con
cealed, took the desperate resolution of
advancing into the interior of Africa.
A carbine, a. few pounds of gun
powder, some balls, a small sum of mo
ney, and a few other articles of indif
penfible necelhty, were his only appa
ratus for the enterprise. He journied
north east from the Cape : palled on
wards without interruption through
the country of the kind, simple, and
hospitable Hotentots; even among .the
fiercer and less humane Caffrarians,
met with much more of gentle henefi
cience than of injury. With the narra
tive cf the travels of Le Valliant he
was before acquainted ; and as he
went on, he found continual occasion
to deted the errors and fictions of that
traveller,'
Amongst the literary productions of the lail
Leipfig-Fair, in August, were the adventures of
a German traveller, which arc curious and in
ftrefting:— _
C. F. DAMB&RGER,
We are sorry to state, chat the Charming
Molly Alfred Cutter, foundered as the was .com
ing from Marcou, and all the erg periled.—
Among these was Mr. Harrow, Purfcr of the
Trer.tr who was corning passenger.
The Fttrfer and Gunner of the Cormorant, are
arrived in the Childers, after being Shipwrecked
on a shoal near Rofetts. They were marched
a distance of 700 miles from that place, through
Damietta, Alexandria, Gaza, to Cairo. The
Officers were treated with great rcfye& by Gen.
Kleber, and Capt. poyle diced with him the day
before he was affiffiqated. ,
propriations ; by prupofing fecal
taxes on holders of the public funds ;
and by abuting and holding up to pub
lic scorn every jpari who had pofleffed
himfelf by superior industry, of the pub
lic promises.—Such briefly is mr. Jef
ferfon's creed —and if he shall fairly &
honorably support ft, may We not hope
that heaven has overruled this which
we deemed, the greatest calamity, Tor
the final good of the United States ?
LEONIDAS.
Foreign Articles.
.INTERESTING!
LONDON, FEB. TO.
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NEW-YORK, MARCH ig.
We understand, by a Gentleman who left Al-'
fyny oh Friday morning,-that on that day a re
solution was to be Submitted t, tne Legislature,
wh'iclihad for its object to enquire of the Gov
ernor whether or not it was his Excellency's in
tention to convene, the Council of Appointment
together for the dispatch of public fyufinefs ; —
and if not, whether the Council did not possess
the right to nominate and appoint without the
consent of the Governor, and without violating
the Conffitution of the State.
At Lord Grenville's dinner to the Foreign
Minivers on the 19th Jan. there-was no bread
whatever used at table. Toasted Ilices of pota
toes were the fubftittte.
The French frigate La Semillante of 36 guns,
Capt. Montalan, has arrived here in 47 days
from L'Orient, bringing Citizen Louis Andre
Pichon, Consul-General aqd Charge d'Affairs
from the French Government to the U. States.
fHItAVE±.r;iIA, MARCH It.
,!. CHANGES.
" we have yet gained little, if we counten
ance a political intolerance, as despotic as
wicked, and capable of as toicWand bloody p-r-
JecutiGn." , , tytferpr/s Speech.}
Dismissed from office by the above Mr. Jcf
ferfon, Colonel Samuel Hodgdot; Superinten
dent of Public Stores, a gentleman against
whom we defy his political opponents to adduce
a Tingle crimihril charge. He is an American
by birth and principle, ri wldi<r, who fought
for our independence, the intimate friend cf
Waddington and Adams—An officer who
has " performed the duties of an arduous de
partment with fidelity and honour," and so
anxious was be for the preservation of the Pub
lic stores that during the various visitations of
this city with the Yellow Fever, he at the haz
ard of his life remained—but he is guilty of be
ing a Fedcralift, and therefore difmified, and
Efr. William Irwin, of Carlifle, appointed in
his place—ls not this "political intolerance" Mr.
Jefferfon ?—is not this "ruic& persecution ?" Are
wC, all Federates, alt Republicans. ?"
" Pichon, the new Consul General was here
before as secretary of legation.— -He was the
author of chose Pamphlets about which Harper
pretended to have difeovered certain clues."
On Saturday the President, Vice-President,
Secretary at War, Attorney-General, and Gen.
Wilkinson were invited to a dinner given by
the inhabitants^ this city. They were receiv
ed by a military escort, under the dicharge of
cannon. M'fTrs. Dexter and.Stoddert .were
invited, but did not attend. The utmost libe
rality of fenrircent prevailed. The toasts were
axioms from the President's inaugural fpeecb.
The volunteers were :—By the President of the
Q S, " Prosperity to tie tonri of Alexandria.".
By Mr. Burr—" To the memory cf our departed
chief, George Washington." By Gen. Dear
barn," mrs. Washington." By Judge Lincoln,
“ Tbe Diftria of Columbia May the facial
,re in the centre tvarm the extremities of the union.
By Mr. Danfort, " Our filer fates —Letups re
member, united me,and, divided icefall."
Lal evening arrived in this city citizen L. A.
Piehon, cummiTary general of the commercial
relations and charge des affairs of the French
republic to the government of the United States;
and this morning he waited upon the President.
On French affairs, we are willing to admit
the superior means of information possessed by
the Conductor of the Aurora. The wretch,
although despised and neglected by Mr. Jeffer
fon, is a fit tool for the agents of the Republic,
Let him speak for himfelf: —
' 'General La Fayette, we have tlit authori
ty to fay, is the Miniffer appointed on the part
of France to the United States, and is to leave
that country for this in the course of the Sum
mer. :
Ilgam "We are all Republicans —
We are all Federalists." ! ! !
A letter from Wallington from a gentleman,
in whose authority we are inclined to confide,
announces important changes which are about
to be made by the new administration. It is con
fidently Rated that Mr. Dawson, after exchang
ing the ratifications at Paris, will proceed to
Lisbon, to fupercede Mr. Smith, as Minister to
Portugal.
It is also Rated, that Mr. Latimer, at present
Collector of the port of Philadelphia, is to be fu
perceded by Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg.
This appointment, it is insinuated, has been
made to silence Mr Muhlenburg, whose intcreft
in this Rate, it is apprehended, is inimical to the
re-election of Governor M'Kean.
Gen. La Fayette, it is said, is appointed Min
itier Plenipotentiary to the United States; and
is to come out when the ratifications are ex
changed.,
There are now in Hampton Roads, an Ame
rican and French frigate, and a British sloop
of war.
John Willard, marffial for the fame.
Gen. william Irwine, Superintendent of mil
itary stores.
We hear that the President of the United
States, has remitted the remainder of the sen
tence of James Thompson Callender, convicted
hft summer of a libel, in the circuit court of
Virginia, and also David Brown, convifted ofa
fidiilar offence to the circuit court of Maffichu
fetts.
We understand that Charles Pinckney will
be appointed miniftrt of the. United States at
the court of Madrid.
" Citizen L. A# Piehon, who is arrived at
Norfolk in the Semilante frigate, comes as Con
sul General.
Presfly Kerr Lane, efq. marshal of the wef
tern diftria of the fame date.
Mr. Kings ambassador at the Court of Lon
don, would be immediately recalled.
The Marfhallhip of this diftri& has been of
fered to commandant Shee, but he has refufed it.
It is also a fa& that Duane applied for the
colledtorlhip of this port, but was refufed it.—>
He essayed likewise to obtain the office of Post
master.
By thelaft Mails.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 18.
OFFICIAL.
The following Appointments have been made
by the prefect Prefidept of the United States.
John Rhee, rfq. marshal of the caftern dif
tritt of Pennfylva^ia.
The Aurora fays, "On this day (21st March)
Mr. Dexter retires from the duties of the office
of Secretary of the Treasury for one month, dur
ing which period, James Madison, efq. who is
arrived at the City of Walhington, will execute
the functions of Secretary of the Treasury.
" Mr. Lincoln, Attorney-General, continues
for the month, to execute the duties of Secretary
of State." - -
Alexander J. Dallas efq. Attorney for the
fame diftria.
James Hamilton, efq. Attorney of the fame
diftria.
David Fay, efq. Attorney for the diftrid of
Vermont.
ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 16.
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NORFOLK, MARCH It.
. • TRfeXtsrt,^AßCH, j,
• The burning of the house of Mr. Humphry
' Wall, of Chefterfield, mentioned in our last, ft
appears by the information we have since col
levied, was not the effect of accident, but of de
lign. The unfortunate mr. Wall is (opposed to
have been murdered previous to the burning of
;he house—hit house keeper was absent at the
time the circumftancc occurred. The perftm
fufpe&ed cf the crime, js a black man, formerly
to the employ of mr. Wall, and who, for force
mifeohd^e while in his Service, had been profc
cuted and imprisoned by the deceafcd, since
which he has been heard repeatedly to declare
his resentment in threatening language. On his
examination, he confeffed that he saw the fire,
& foveral articles of wearing apparel were found
on him at the time of his apprehension, and also
at the house Where he was found, uffiich were
Drived to have belonged to mr. Waff. The fel
low has been committed to Burlington gaol.
Upon a second fearch,of the house where the
Neg.-o bad been harbored, we learn that the
woman (alto a black) delivered to the officer
the sum of , dollars, which fhe'faid the accuted
had left with her, and informed that he also put
into her hands a watch which she supposed was
mr. Wall's, but which she had thrown int@a
neighboring creek. It appears probable, front
federal circumstances, that the negro man was
not the only perlon concerned in this diabolical
tranfadtion.
AMHERST, MARCH 21.
Tbe great rains, wbicb commenced on Wednflay
evening taft, bale raised tbe rivers, broods, sc.
mYcb bigber in this vicinity, than they have been for
forty years pa,. Much damage has been done. a
gr, mill belonging to Mr. Shepard has ^1 e ",
tirely carried off, .together with tbe dam. Several
bridges toe al, tanfeept *%u%.
KEENIt, MARCH 21.
THE STORM.
Much damage was done in this town end vieini
s,by tbe valent flora of Wednesday and Tburfday
la,. The water rose mueb bigber than bar b^s
. Known for 20 years fcaft, and we bear of a larg'
number of mill-dams being carried away arid alrp,
all the bridges,™infomueb Hat there was nopo n g
y,erday, excepting in boats,from tbis to federal °f
tbe adjacent towns. Several tboufand acres of land,
were inundated. — —-O— — —
The Elector of Bavarmhad made 1
separate peace with France,
The Duke of Kent is to be Chief
Magistrate in Ireland.
The price of grain continued to rife
in England,
Information from Berlin has creat
ed hopes that Prussia will maintain her
neutrality notwithftaoling her agree
ing to the northern league.
It is said the northern confederacy
promises Malta to Russia.
It is asserted that the Cifalpine terri
tory is to be prepared as the retreat of
Bonaparte, when he retires from the
head of the French Government ; 2nd
that he intends to eftablilh an heredita
ry consulate there.
An entertainment was given in Lon
don Jan: 19, by Ld, Grenville to No
blemen 2nd Foreign Ministers. A
mong the gn^As was the Hon. Oliver
Ellsworth.
The damage done at Waterbury, (Con) by
the rising of the waters in cpnfcquence of the late
rains is estimated at £O,OOO dollars. Mr. Ben
jamin Baldwin, aged 48, was drowned in at
tempting to save part of a bridge.
Since our last, we have experienced a S. E
gale, accompanied with rain, which,fell in fucn
torrents as to raise the rivers to an uncommon
height. Several parts of the place were io com
pletely inundated as to prevent pacing except in
boats. Two bridges were destroyed in Wind
hara. - 0
Boston, MARCH 28.
Last evening arrived, the Ship Aurora, Capt.
Stone, 124 days from Calcutta. In her, came
passenger Capt. George Lee, late master of the
%"% Traveller, of Boston, which was captured
Oct. 39th. iat. 17 N. long. 90. 30. E. by the
French privateer La Dolle, Cape. Nicholas Sour^
couff (brother to the celebrated Sourcouff)•
all hands taken out and put on board the fch'r
Sophia; in which they arrived at Calcutta. Lit
Delle had captured five or fix English vessels,
of which were the Helen Minerva, Ganjam and
Mayflower. The Traveller was from Lisbon
bound to Calcutta, out three months, and had
considerable specie on board. Capt. Lee was 4
well treated by Capt. Sourcouff; and the Eng.
lifo fay, he used his prisoners with the utmost
humanity and politeness, permitting them to
carry with them as much of their baggage, un
examined, as the fmallncfs of his vessel would
admit of. La Delle isa brig of about 100 tons,
mounts 12 guns, four and fix pounders, 80 Eu
ropeans, and 30 or 40 Caffres ; she fails but very
Indifferently, but in calm weather rows nearly
at the rate of four miles an hour. The capt.
said he rteznt to cruize for some time between
the Cocos and Broken islands, with the view of
intercepting vcffels coming up the caftern fide
of the bay. Agreeably to the Convention, the
Traveller m^ft be given ip.
When the Aurora failed, a large fleet was fit
brig out at Calcutta and Madrafi, for a secret
e^tyition. Conjecture bad fattened on feve
rahibjedts of deftin^ion, amongst which were
the file of France, Batavia^ and Manilla. To
expedite the equipment, the work was prose
cuted highland day. The force wasnot known;
as Admrl Rainier, who was to command the,
fleet, had 1. x arrived from Madras, but was mo
mently exptßed.
It is said, that the Turkish Govern
ment have detained the Algerine and
Tunisian ambaffauors, because the for
mer bad made peace ^ith France, and
with the latter captured some Turk
ish vessels. The American frigate was
directed to strike the Algerine flag.
The British Channel fleet returned
to port Jan. 22, on account of da
mage in late gales—a squadron was
left to watch the enemy. The fleet
was to fail again the firft wind.
.Avast number of private armed
fliips are expe&ed to be fitted out by
the nobility and gentry in case of a
new war—to be at the dilpofal of gov
ernment.
The Legifiature of New-York have appoint
ed a committee to consider of measures to pro
mote the railing, and improvefle;method of
preserving beef. And to encofragc*he breed
of Sheep, have exempted them from taxation.
FRESHETS and FLOODS.
FROM INDJA.
' SUMMAR 2:
NEW-HAVEN, MARCH 24.
NORWICH, MARCH 2).