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NEWBURY-PORT, pWyij. ,
Ji letter from Bref, dated Z^d May, >794*
to a gentleman in this town, fays.
Since I wrote you on the 27 th March
I have received judgment from the Tri
bune of commerce certifying that I (hall
receive a just indemnification for the loss
of- the Thomas arid freight: In a few
days after,news was receivedthattheTho
■ mas was in Portsmouth, Engjriqd, upon
u which the judge of the Tribune ordered -
me to make out a bill of detention, which
rr I presented of 260 pounds sterling per
month's detention, like wife all dama
[ ges she may have sustained, and for what
h ever part the Britifli may claim for the
L , recapture—they however with to avoid,
y paying more than 3 pounds per day the
fame thef allow for veflels brdught in
I here ^however, I believe I (hall recover
L my demands, as soon as Mr. James An
de * sow arrives from Nantz,who, is to be
Confiil at Brest, and will be here in a few
days.
। fOASrs* ^c-
WE have tolliQod from the various
Toafs given on the recent feftivah,
the following.^Tb^y emanated in moments
when the heart contemplated no difguije ; and
) mos be conjidered as the leading sentiments of
those from whom they proceeded .• - ..
T * f OASTS given at Great-Bar rington,
(Btrljh re) the tyb in ft. after an elegant
oration, by Jobs Whiting, tyy anda
~ dinner, vix.—i. the DAT —(three cheers)
42. the PRESIDENT, the man of the Pea.-
fie. —(three ch er ) j. Our Country, andtbe
I National Le^fature—Mat its councils al
wap be pure and enlightened.^^. The Com,
’ x monwealtb of Maffachufettes . Liberty-—
, Mat it be the fird obytS of Government to
secure it again ft the efforts of sass ion, lieen-
V tioufnefs and tyranny —6. The memory of
the brave men who fought and fell ia the
. cause of America.—7. The Vicg.Passi
' , JstnT, and the Other Patriots by whoje wif
-1 dom, the smiles of Providence, America
was ionduffed through perils, to peace, liberty
?' / f X .^A - ‘
A
probably with the greatest part pf the
convey, as only about 20 of them had
. returned to Lflboit. Several of the Dutch
veflelswere discovered to be on fire by
those who were making their escape dur
ing the adion.
Notwithftandipg the various conject
ures refpe&ing the intention of Col. Sim
coe’s late proceedings, we ate allured, by
a gentleman Who arrived in town yester
day from .Canada, that the business on '
whieK Simcoe yas dispatched, wa * on ty
to ered a Gi;ift-mill for the Indians to
grind their corn, which Being now com
pleted, he had returned.
The lame gentleman also informs,that
almost every necessary, of which the In
dians hand in need, to prafecute the war
again ft America, i s supplied them by the
Spaniards, who fSerrt anxious to encoUr
nge their boftile dispositions.
? ’BOSTON, July 16.
FRENCHand ENGLISH FLEETS
We have certain accounts that the two
granS fleets of France and England were
at lea, in the month of May laft-*—and
that the latter had above two hundred
fail of merchantmen under convoy—•fed
eral of which were b^Und co India ; and
a great number to the Mediterranean.—
No authentic accounts of their return in-*
to port hav’e been received—and the cer
tainty of the Englilh .fleet’s having so
large a convoy, render its return into
port improbable. .
Accounts of the most mterefting na
ture may therefore be daily expeded from
Europe —as on a decisive naVal combat
very much depends, . '
•f,' a ■ * '
Agents for building the frigates, or
dered by Corigrefs, are appointed—Gen.
Jackson is for that to be built in this
port. The four forty, fours are to be
b till t, one at Portsmouth, one in this port
one at New York the other at Philadel
phia. Captain Nicholson, is to com
»iaand that to be built here.
. GEN. WJINE'S AR^
The report that Gen. Wayne’s army
was surrounded by the Indians, and
whichhas bcenifi circulation two or three
days, is without foundation.
Officers of refpe&ability, in their let
ters to their friends, speak highly of the
discipline ana steadiness of this army—
and the late fuccefsful charge of the par
ty under Lieut. Turner, we hope, is the
harbinger of a iucefsful campaign.
AMERICAN FRIGATES.
andfafety,. 8. May this land of Freedom,
frtillized by the blood of heraet, never be
po luted by violence or civil dtfcord, nor its
fair fruit s bla fled by the gtfidious machina- ,
tian ofybofecanker woe .W of society, Jalfe,
but pretended patriots. g. The Chief Just ice
of the U. Sta'ts, Envoy Extraordinary to the
Court of Loi don—Mey bls miffton be Juccefs
ful; dh&wift may Amfca be unanimous in
aft er ting her honor and avengiag the unpro
voked in fidn towards 'berfitisunh io. The
Secretary of the freaJu^y—May bit talents,
integrity and industry receive thiir bed re
ward, the graceful acknowledgements of
hit fellow^ cit ixem. , 11. ft he means of
Education-May the sentiment be Uni ver -
al, that intelligence and virtue art indif-.
penfiblc to tbt ftpport of republican gov
ernment. 12. That most ufful, and honour
able daft of citizens, the Huihandmen of A
merit a. 13. May every (elf created jodety
vohich attempts tv obdrud or confront the tX
preffioni of /be public will, by. thf, ConAftu
tinned Reprelentaiivts of the Peop)eL.mft tbdr
abhorrence lend deteftaiion. 14 Ohr Fair
Countrywomen. Is. Freedom andbappineft
to all mankind. . (
VOLUNTEER TO ASTS. By tie Hon
Mr. SBbGwick —7^ good people of Bdk-
Jhirt. By Col. Larned Jbe Orator of the
Day. By Elijba; Lee, Esq —l be qnly orfa*
dox Political Club, the whole peflc—M^y
this Club bruije the beaJs offadion and ft
didon, • d
er known in these parts, or perhaps in A- I
merica. It entered this town a little be* I
low the northwest corner, and proceeded a I
few degrees fouth of east. I
Several intelligent gentlemen have pur
fueft ks path through this town, and made
as accurate observations as the confuted ru
ins will permit; Its breadth at a medium, I
was about 60 rods, varying according to I
the situation of ground, widest in valleys.
Happily for us it passed through a traft I
riot the moll thickly inhabited. , The h iv
ock it made with timber ia undefcribable. I
The sturdiest oaks and toughest walnut,
with every other tree in its way, are pof
trated in every direction, feme tOrn up by
the roots, bat most, twilled off from Jto i 5 1
feet high. Its path through woods is visi
ble aS far as the eye can reach. Every
fence is demolished ; not sparing even the
stone walls. Providentially but few cattle
were killed ; 23 buildings Were destroy
ed, or materially damaged ; being all, save
one in its course. Os those, 12 were un
roofed, and othetwife racked and torn ; 3
barns were demolished from toe fodada
tions; 3 houses were destroyed; one of
‘ the honies owned by Mr. Benj, Stone, ,
jun. was ftript of all its covering and much
of its timber, and f^rept off all its fbrni-.
tore, cloathing and provifiooj to the lower
floor, scarcely an article was found whole,
and much cannot be found at all. Mrs.
Sy one was not at home; Mr. Stone,
with 4 children, took to the barn, which
hew and ltrong.bat just as they entered,the
barn overfet. and they were carried under
the fills into the yard, where timber and
fragments were constantly pitching around ;
yet they escaped with flight wound*.
Another house odvned by Mr. Thad
Cole, fuerffed, if possible, a still greater
deflruftion. And what adds peculiar dif
trete, Mrs. Cole^ with her infant child
and a certain Mr. TbcKEri, 1 were buried
in the ruins* By the assistance of neigh- \
boors they were relieved after lying about
an‘hour in misery. The child was killed
in ill mother’s arms; the mother much
brdifed, and Mr. Tucke* arefiippofed to
be mortally wounded. ? J J
In another place, Mr. John
ter, with two lons, and 5 or 6 hired men
were caught in the centre of the iortex.
They all fell on their faces, and clung to,
the grate, where they were violently whip
ped up and down, and were considerably
bruised—rails and trees were dropping
BY a gentlman from Newbury, we
learn, that on Saturday last, a boat be
longing to that place, Was upset in a hid
den gust of wind, a little abovt the new
bridge, in Marimack River ; by which
Unhappy catastrophe, eight persons, men
and women, belonging to Newbury -
Newtown,’were unfotunately drowned.
There were nine persons in the boat,
irid one only was saved.
[The Angularity of the following Event, and
the cortedlnefs of the account, induces us
topnblilh it at length.]
kew-miLfoid, (Con.) jUne 2^,
LASTThiirfday week, *e were vifired
with the mod tremendous Tornado, ev-
©refer, '4v
TUESDAY, July 22, 1794.
HURR.ICAN E.
ed a hill, it feened to pour like a turbid 0-
cean with an accelerated velocity, and
widened as it reached the plains. Those
who were direflly before it tew the ap
pearance of lire. Mr. Carpenter view
ed it till it reached within 6or 8 rods of
him before he fell. At that distance thtre
appeared innumerable (beaks of fire run
ning across icin every diredion. Others
at a greater distance tew a luminous ap
pearance j perhaps it arote from the fric
tion of the matters whirling in the vortex.
I Ail who are caught in it agree, that when
I it came on it was dark as night, and laft
ed|3 or 4 minutes} that the noise was most
I tremenduous, and there was ho rain till as-
I ter it had passed.
- But thole who are near it and just efca
ped?had a different view still, a view most
I awfully sublime. It passed like a high and
extensive flood of darkness, tutribling and
I curling with the msft rapid, motion, in the
wilde^confufion, full of branches of trees
I boards, doors, calks, cloths, wool, and fame
think they tew animals of various kinds—
I it is certain, thany geele, fowls, &c. are
I milling where it palled in this town, and
I cannot be found. One thing delerves par
ticular notice for its iublimity ; it was a
Tamarac tree, which had been taken up
I by its roots, and was carried along in the
I position hgrew—foretimes it would fettle
I down almost to the ground ; then rife iyith
I rapidity 300 feet in the air, thus it danced
I along till it went out of the view of the af
tonilhed fpeflators, and what heightened
I the sublimity, 4or three large objects sup-
I poted to be barn doors, appeared to play
I with the tree, attending round it in ail its
f vagaries.
Wri have heard, of this Tornando from
the Bfcdward as far as a few miles beyond
Hudson’s river, it did much damage tn
Pdughkeepfie. }
BALTIMORE, (MAR-) July
Extract of a letter from a mercan
tile hoiefe in Cadiz, to their cor
relpondent in this town, dated,
April I
“ BY a Porcuaw^ armed veP
fel that arrived Uibralter the
firft instant, from Algiers, authen
ticated information has been re
ceived, that the Dey has declared
war the 25th uit. against the Por
tuguese. And that the next day
. all the croizers were to fail, but
as there U a strong Portuguese
<l / ‘ '■ ■ A •
in pieces, and icaetered inn circular direc
tion as foliovi—-one wheel with the axle,
tree lay about 3 rods from Where if firft
flood ; the oth^ wheel saws carried 2 or 3
rods violently beat into the
ground;,the body 4or 5 rods further Rill,
and anifon wm- r a rod or two beyond.
A largeSfook Was taken into the air and
fell upon the adjoining land. A purse con
taining 16 dollars. (Mr. Stone’s) was
' found 8 or 16 rods from the ruins of his
house ; it was put into his case of drawers.
Sundry large trees were carried 30, 46 and
60 rods. A great barn boor was found 8
or 10 miles from whence it was taken*
But, the grea.cfi efted that 1 saw was the
removal of a heavy oak log, 50 feet long
and 9 inches through at the (mail end.
This had beeh laid on the lower fide of a
road which run on a steep fide hill, and was
levelled with dirt and gravel. It was ta
ken up with another smaller one at the end
•» of it, and thrown completely over the mid
dle of the path, where it now lies.
appearence of the storm, num
ter 3 bt people were at various di Hances from
it, whole accounts do not materially dif
fer: It happened baout £ o'clock, P. M»
the found Was heard some time before it
Cdme on* At length it came in fight over
the Wcflern hills, like a body of thick dark
smoke or fog, wreathing and whirling in
the most furious forms. When it defeend -
thick around them j one flruck across Mr.
Car pentek, and his little son, wounded
the former in hia back, and beat the head
of the iat er f inches into the ground—and
it is Bill doubtful whether he will survive.
The damage done co the grain, grass, de.
is considerable.
Perhaps it will not be unacceptable to
give some account of the amazing strength
and terrible appearance of this phenome
non. The following faQs may be relied on.
A horse of Mr Carpenter’s was tak
en up and carried 12 rods againA a Reep
fide o(a bill, where he indented the ground
with his body 5 or 6 inches deep ; then was
whirled back nearly the fame di fiance, and
found dead. Another horse which was
hitched at the door.of Mr. J. Marsh-,
(who vHi a great fuiferer) was found 40
or 50 rods over a Rone-wall in a field of
wheat. A new heavy ox-cart, was torn
fleet in the ftreights, they will not
let one of thempafs into these seas ;
your veflels may now come here
with fafety.”
By late arrivals from Gauda
loupe we learn', that of the Brir
ifh troops stationed in that ilia nd,
from 14 to 15 die in a.day.
ON Tuefday the 27th ult. arrived at
this place, General Robertson of
Mero Piftri<ft,and Opiamingo, the great
chief of the Chickasaws, and firm friend
of the Uhited States,’ accompanied by
Capt. George Colbert, and sundry other •
chiefs. Opiamingo and his party are on
their way to visit the President of the TT
nited States, Capt. Colbert is the fame
who headed the party of Chickasaws that
joined and.Jbught with Gen. St. Clair/
m the campaign of 1792. By Gen.
Robertson we learn, that shortly before
his departure from Naihville, upwards
of fev^nty Chodaw, and aboi^t 30 Chick
afag warriors pafled that place, on their
way to join the army of the United
States commanded by Gen. Wayne.—-
This proof of fr/endihip for the. United
States is the greater as it is given utlfolic
ited.
Capt. Hazard,'of the Brig Recovery
■wlib arrived here on Saturday la ft, ftoni
St. Bartholomews,, fame flay off Monta
gue-Point, spoke brig Adventure, of Bos
ton, 34 days from Bristol, Qaptain^s
name he could not understand ; he infor
med Capt. Hazard, that the Algerines
where wholly driven ^ithin the Streights
by the Portuguese ; and that previous to
his failing, the grand British fleet, under
Lord Howe, Were ordered into port, the
reason of which he did not learn.
• OF GU AD ALOU PE.
Capt. Poor arrived at. Newbury-Port
from Martinicp, 22 days, brings accounts
of the ,arrival of the French squadron in
the Weft-Indies, conipoled of two fail of
the line, and 6 frigates :—That one of the
posts of the Island was carried by storm,
and thb defenders of it put to the sword s
That the yellow fever had in so great a
degree unmanned Admiral Jarvis’ squad
ron, that he was incapable, without rein
forcement, of attempting a recapture,
and that at Point-Petre above two hun
dred Englifli merchants and speculators
had fallen under the swords of the re
publican assailants.
The (hip Wafliington, Capt. Sylvester,
arrived at Wilmington on Thursday
evening, in 45 days from Londonderry,
from whence he failed the 26th of May,
with 440 passengers, all of whom arrived
at Wilmington, except 3 infants, who
died at sea of the small-pox.
A gentleman who came paflenger in
the fliip Wafliifigton, informs, that Three
fliips were to fail in a few days after the
Wafliington, from Londonderry for this
port, viz. fliip Liberty, Happy Retmn,
and Charlotte, with 500 passengers each*
g^Eracum in our la ft—ln the
2 ift. line of the piece signed a Re
al Democrat, instead of enemies*
read enormities^
" -W-——
Just Received, and to be fold at
John. Lamfoffs
BOOK-STORE,
MOORE’s
JOtJ RNAL in France^ contain
. ing an account of the most
remarkable events that hapened at
Papist from the beginnig of Ai>
gust, i7s2, to the death of
King.
Exeter* noth Jnly, 1793,
WANTED
A few pounds of coarse
ftieep’s wool* Enquire at this
Office. ’
July 22, 1794,
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FROM PHILADELPHIA JULY 12*
FROM New-London, JULY 17.
KNOXVILLE, June 5.