The Phoenix — Dover [N.H.], 1795-01-17 00:00:00, page 3

&te. Somefigns of an inferreatoa ap
peared at Jeremie — Jut were timely
fuelled.
Extraff of a letter from Turk's Island,
December 1.
'" A brig isjuft arrived here irinine
ffoys from Barbadoesthemafrer cf which
informs me, the day prior to his failing
^a packet arrived there from England,
land from the rejoicing among the p?o
--}., on shore, he supposes broughivery
pleafng intelligence.
" Some days before the brig left
Barbadoes, four fail of the line arrived
off there, and proceeded immediately
to Guadeloupe ; and the very diy be
fore his departure, came in a brig, that
five days before he made the land,
parted with the fleet having ten regi
ments on board, to reinforce the Well-
India army/'
-_ ^-— & G^- % . £tyJ.'Ja^''' # '
Extras of another letter from Turk's
[fand. December t.
" An American brig, to dxy from
Martinique, brings information, that
four ships of the line had arrived there
without any troops, and had proceeded
to Guadaloupe. General Vaughan
was on board, and Was to command
the reinforcement of land forces, hour
ly expe&ed from Gibraltar."
'From the Quebec Gazette, of Dec. 4.
GENERAL ARNOLD.
In addition to the account already
given of the extracrdina.y escape of
this gentleman from the enemy 'at Gua
daloupe, in whose hands he was pri
soner upwards of three weeks, expec
ting every hour to be put to DEATH
•—we now lay before our readers the
following particulars received from
an officer ofSir Charles Grey 's army.
" General Arnold was taken with
some other gentlemen passengers in a
Danish veffeL When under examir
nation he pleaded indifpofitioh, and by
his great address and command, of good
humour, he not only obtained permif
fion to remain on board the vessel in
which he had been captured, But, by a
presence of mind which never leaves
him was equally fu'cefsful, firfl in sav
ing all his papers from the officer sent
to examine his trunks, and finally, by
an uncommon combination of ingenuity
and intrepidity, in effecting his escape
to the British army. It appears that
very -early after their captivity, hav
ing obtained an intimation of their,
premeditated destiny, the General o
penly proposed the means of escape to
the fhip's crew ; but they revolted at
it as a measure which must prove fatal,
if detected, and considered the means
of attempting it as little less desperate.
The impending fate, however, growing
more imminent, the General at length
overcame their scruples, so fir as re
garded himfelf. The flake was life, on
which I underfland, there are many
very strong claims in England, per
haps of more value to him than his own,
and to lose a moment was perhaps the
only one left for its preservation. M
sooner was the consent of the crew ob
tained to favour his departure, than he
set about .conftrutting a small raft,
which when night came on, he lower
ed and set afloat, placed upon it a
trunk and portmanteau, to balance
each other, and then boldly committed
himfelf to the waves. He took a small
paddle in his hand, and laying flat on
his bread, so that he might use the pad
rdle impreceptibly, and without noise,
Phe fleered himfelf thro' the enemy's
chips and guard boats, and fucctfsfuily
rapade one of the British batterries a£
No Prospect bp Peace
Yet gleams in Europe. The French
do not entertain the idea and the
combined powers, 'particularly En
gland, are making the most a&ive pre
parations for a vigorous profecutibn of
the deftru&ive ward Heaven keep A
mericaout of it.
A Spring has lately been difeovered
at Sii ffield (Connecticut) the water of
which is said to operate a certain cure
for gravelly disorders.
Mr. Morris, our latte embaffador
in France, may be daily expected home.
UNITED States REGISTER.
South Carolina] Contains 249,
023 inhabitants, who Hnd fix Repre
sentatives, Hon. William Smith, John
Barnwell, Lemuel Henton, Richard
Winn, Robert G. Harper, and Samuel
Earle Efrfts are chosen.
The Dublin paragraphifts complain
bitterly of the remissness of the British
admiralty in not protecting the trade
of the nation—they state malancholy
accounts of the success of several small
squadrons of French frigates, during
the last summer off Cape Clear, Cape
Finifler, North Seas, and even in the
midst of the British channel, which
had taken above nine hundred and jixty
fail, " while Admiral M'Bride, &c.
were uselessly employed in port !"
, On West India News
No reliance can be placed. The ac
counts from thence are as various and
contradiftery. as the persons who re
port them. We believe that some
force has arrived lately ; and we con
jedure it to be English.
ter bc^ three hours it)that situation,
as critical and perilous as imagination
can well paint."
From a (Philad.) pap. of Dec. 26.
YESTERDAY arrived from the
westward, and were lodged in the goal
of this city, 20 of the Insurgents. They
arefuch of the prisoners confined in the
garrison at Pittfburg, as were refufed
bail; the residue (about 100) are ad
mitted to bail. Th, were efcortcd hi
ther by a troop of forfey horse, under
the command of Major Dunham.
From a Newbury-port, pap. fan 2.
Last evening as a man was passing
through South-Hampton, he was flop
ped by two fellows who robbed him
ofßo dollars. He made some resist
ance, and brought blood from one of
the fellows, by a blow he gave him with
his whip, which we hope will lead to
a difeovery.
About eight o'clock, lift evening, the
German Lutheran Church (corner of
Fuarth-freet, and Cherry-alley ) was^
difeoveredto be cm fire, and after burn
ing near four hours, this immense and
elegant building was intirely confamed.
No houses being immediately contiguous
it, ihr Uiizen>, J, ''cot <ft exer
tions of indufry and activity were ena
bled to flop the further ravages of the
deftruEtive element. This Church was
one of the most fflendid in the Union,
and was supposed to be worih 15,000/.
Clairfayt, on crossing the Rhine, is
said to have loft "as many by defec
tion as by death."
Mr. JAY,
It is now ascertained to a certainty
(fays the Albany Gazette of December
22) that Mr. Jay has completed all
the objeQs of his embassy, and, by
pegociating, effectually secured the re
putation and peace of this country —
his return may be expected by the ear
lied vcffels." &c.
He has obtained from the British court
an allowance cf a certain space of
time for the Americans to prosecute
appeals in the British court of Admi
ralty ; and I am well allured, that
Congress have no accounts of his hav
ing effe&ed any thing more ; if this
was the only object of his embaffv, it
has been completed so long, th.it he
might, and ought t o have been home
before now ; but as we have not heard
Philadelphia society for the informa
tion and assistance bf persons emigrat
ing from foreign countries." We
could wish that a society of this kind
might be formed in every capkalof the
United States.•
The owners 'bf a large traft of land
in the 'ftate of Newyork, have adver
tised it for sale, with a proposal that
all it may fell for above a certain sum,
shall be appropriated towards the re
demption of our brethren who are pri
soners in Algiers.
USEFUL INVENTION.
Mr. Parker, of Claremont, has con
ftru&ed a machine, which is now em
ployed in his fulling mill in that town,
which will completely shear 30 yards
of cloth in one hour.—This machine
may be viewed at any time, by the
furious, without the expence of pur
chasing a patent right soy its construc
tion.
of his arrival in arty port of this coun
try, we conclude he is hill detained by
bufinffs ; and that it is not so clearly
afeertained, as it is'in the above para
festively asserted, that he has
oqßleted ail the objects of his embaf
it - —
StadtMOlder declared Dictator.
The Stadtholder, according to re
port, has been proclaimed Dictator by
the states of Holland, on account of the
Extrati of a letter from a gentleman
in Paris, ,(State of New-York)
dated December, 1794.
The Indian treaty, closed a fliort
time since. The natives were extreme
ly pleased with Col. Fjcferinc, the
Superintend, nt. The Indians are now
favourably inclined towards the Gov
ernment of the United State. To ufel
the language of Oneidas. whom I have,
us official information of the important
service rendered to that nation, by the
use of balloons in their armies. Great
improvements are made and faccefsful
ly used; by them it appears that the
French acquired, in a great measure,
the art of navigating them; this art
they keep secret. Previdufly to a
battle, or the attack of ^ city, &c.
their Generals or other persons ap
pointed for the pnfpofe, mount the air
in a balloon, hover over their enemies,
fee all their mancevres, difeover their
flrtngth, the bell places for ah attack,
&c. they theh defeend and give infor
mation to the commanding officers,
who do not Fail to take the advantage
their difeo veries afford them.
All accounts from Europe encou
rage the belief, that the combined
powers will 'Continue to be tmfuccefs
ful against France ; that all powerful
nation continues to rife Superior tothe
greatest efforts ofher enemies, and will
triumph 'over all who oppose her.
In Philadelphia, a society has beten
jnftituted, under the name of " The
diffentions which reigned among the
Dutch with refpe& to the propriety of
of opening the dykes. Aurora.
The last accounts frotn France give
fate.
BE it endued by the Senate and
House of Representatives, in General
Court, convened —That the legal money
of account of the State of Newhamp
fhire, from and after the firft day of
January, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety five, fliall be in dollars,
difmes and dicimals of a dollar : that
is to fay, dollars, difmes and cents, or
dollars and cents ; the dollar to be of
the value of the federal dollar, so cal
led ; or dollar of the United States,
and equal to fix Shillings of the pre
sent lawful money ; the difmes, of the
value of one tenth part of a dollar,
and the cent of the value of one hun
dredth part of a dollar.
And be it further enabled —-—That
from and after the said firft day of
January, the judgment of all state
courts, accounts in all public Rate offi
ces, and assessments in all state taxes,
(hall be in dollars and cents, or dol
lars, difmes and cents, reckoned and
valued as aforefaid!
T.JE commissioners to examine the
claims against the estate ofHow
ard Henderson, late of Dover, ma
riner, deceased, represented insolvent,
will attend that ft;vice. at the dwell
inghoufe of Jonathan Cage,innholder,
in said Dover, on Tuefday the 22d
infl. and also on the 2d Tu^fdays in
the five ensuing months, from three to
fix o'clock in the afternoon. '
MOSES WINGATE. ,
Wm. K. ATKINSON.
Jan. 16, 179,5. Commiflicners.
seen since the treaty, “ they have aft
become yanßtes —" they have signed
for Washington—now they “ are
all Washington's Indians.''
'' the issue of this Treaty will be
highly advantageous to this new coun
try —we are 'all in high Spirits —'Emi
grants will not flock in, as formerly---
and (hould the Indians, at an aft^r
period, wtfh to break the league, by
which thev are holden, we (ball be a
ble to raise an army cf our own, which
will scatter them l:ke (half."
From a Ferment baber.'
THE inercafirg pcflcrhy cf this
'^ate must afford pleasure to all the
friends of human happtnefs. In the
year t-Bi,the rateable properly of the
whole date amounted to but one hun
dred and forty-nine thousand five hun
dred and forty-two pounds feventecn
(hillings and fix pence. At the return
made to the'gencral affcmbly, this fail
the grand lift was four hundred and
eighteen thousand fevm? hundred and
forty-one pounds thirteen fluibugs,
nearly four times the valueof the rate
able property, twelve years ago. The
happy effect of indullry, ceconomy,
and good government,
L) r an nu ot the Lcgiflature of thi s
date, paired Feb. 1794, the method
of computation of money of accounts
used by the United States, is introdu
ced into this 'ftate. The Act fol
lows : —
An Act to establish the method cf
computation of money in accounts
and other transactions.
WHEREAS it is of importance to so
ciety, and will facilitate commerce,
that the 'money of account be render
ed as so as its nature will ad
mit ; add whereas the method of
notation used by the United States,
is easy of comprehenfon, and will
readily apply to the monies current
in the commercial world, and as in
case of its adoption, the actual mo
nies, and the money of account will
be of the fame denomination, its
efablfhment cannot be attended, on
its introduction, with injury or in
convenience to the citizens of the