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eu immense fortune in the Colonies. At
Paris, in September, 1793, when he was
appointed Brigadier General, he lived in
such poverty th it he was under the neccT
fity of applying to the Convention for an
advance of money, to enable him to join the
army. Law then > member of the Com
mitteeof marine and commerce, and
DtrGOM 1 £ a applied to me to second his ap
plication, by stating, that it proceeded
from abfclute heceUity. Without the {mail
advance then given him, he would not
have been able to join the army ; and to
this circumftance^fo trifling in appearance,
are we indebted for the immortal vidories
that will rank Dugomi.er among the
most celebrated Generals.’* The Con
ven: ion ordered theic (•&» to be infested
in the bulletin. <
BOSTON./^. 14.
B A RCE LO N A.
Intelligence received by Capt. Bar Kt a,
arrived at Newbury in a Ihort passage from
Lifoon, states, that thia important Spanith
city, situated on the Mediterranean, in the
province of Catalonia, had fallen into the
hands of the French.
THE TRE AW . tt
Os •• Amity, Cammerci and Navigation.
concluded on by Mr. Jay, with the Brit
i(h Ministry, we are confidently assured,
contains more ample and prompt provihone
for the recovery of indemnification for the
depredations on our commerce, than the
warmest friends to Peace had anticipat
ed ; —And that we owe this to the &«11,
fpirir, & indefatigable zeal of our negocia
tor.—The American public will then judge
of the fcoure from whence hath issued io
much feurrility and abuse of that able ci
vilian ; and of the repeated prophefiea of
his mifearriage. Every day produces some
frefhexpofi'ioo of the callumnious fal(hoods
of the faflion that has Io Jong disgraced the
United States, and affords pt oofs that they
were ** lying prophets”—and that the
truth was not in them : And the eyes of
the People being opened to fee the iniults
which have been offered to their judgments*
will suitably resent the impofi ion, by turn
ing a deaf-ear to their croakings against
other public ftrvants equally meritorious,
and other measures equally wile, falutasy
and honorable.
THE PROSPECT OF PEACE
which of late apparently appeared so bril
liant, is now overfhsdowed. The Nation
al Convention have protefled against Gene
ral Peace—and Mr. Pitt, the prim direc
tor of the affairs of England, it not of coa.
lefeed Europe, is strongly for war. Austria
is making redoubled efforts to bring into
the field a formidable army, early in the
Spring, and fxnee the unfortunate turn of
affairs, in Poland, the King of Prussia talks
of fulifiling his former contrails of actively
operating in the war. Holland will un
questionable make Peace; and prehaps
Spain will Cut for the fame; but as these
powers have done but little in the War,
we may Hill renew our former predidion,
that a General Peace will not take place
these two ye/rs 1 Any thing that fpecolators
may fay to the cont a y notwthftauding.
February 16.
New Ambassador from France.
Extraß of a Utter from Baltimore, dated
Feb. 3.
« There is nothing new here at present
but the following, which I have just receiv
ed from the Cullom House. That there
are arrived in the Chesapeake two French
line of battle Osips and three frigates; that
they have on board an Ambassador from
the National Convention to the United
States—And it b reported he has with him
a New Treaty between France and Amer
ica. A» fcveral Erglilh fhlps of war have
been lately cruaing off our coasts, probably
this French fleet may fall in with them ;
in that case, we may exped soon to hear cf
an engagement.”
In confirmation of the abov r , we can in
form the public, from yefpe^able wthor
ity that an Ambassador, a Coftfol General,
and fcveral other Confab, have been for
some time expe&ed—>And It i» with a
great degree of pleafare we can add, that
Citizen La To mb 8, formerly Confal for
this Bate, is the ConfaLGeuere! appointed
by the Conventions and in all probability
is arrived in the above fleet.
We are likewifa informed, that the Am
bassador haa brought over propofab for n
Treaty of Commerce, &c. wt<b the Unit
ed States; but for thia I*® article, we
will not vouth. ? _ 1
The name of the new Ambassador we
•reinformed is Hovdarb.
I • . * - s i? > ■ tr ' .
From New-York, Feb. 9.
C.pt, GARDNaa.of the ship Joseph, ar
rived here yesterday from Cherbourg in
formsithat previous to his departure he
was in Paris and dined with Mr. Thomas
Pa! kb, who had been liberated from Lux
embourg prison, and was admitted to ta e
his feat in the National Convention. The
remainder of the Briflbtine party had also
been liberated. The utmost jyanqudity
existed at Paris, and throughout France.
The Spaniards have lately experienced a
nother complcat defeat with immense lots
of men and warlike floret.
NEW-YORK, FEB, 7.
A letter.from the North part
of St. DomingOj states, that there
are 15 sugar-works employed in
that quarter and 8 or 9 at Jacques.
Pains are taking to establish oth
ers. The produce is teceived by
the municipal officers, and fold
by their agent. The following
is the difpofitiori of the income.
One quarter is reserved for the ef
tatej one quarter for the cultiva
tor ; one quarter for the manage
ment ; and the fourth for defray
ing public charges.
To confirm the fad mentioned
by Dubois Crwia, in his life of
Robtfpurre an American of ft rid
veracity and good information,
who was in France fix morths
during this horrible period, and in
a part of Che country that fuffered
the kaft by the tyranny of the
Jacobins, informs the writer of
thii paragraph, that although sus
picion and terror reigned to iuch
a degree as almost entirely to huffi
complaints, » Frenchman
who had and Kill has two broth
ers in the Convention, assured him
LONDON, DEC. 23.
LATE last night arrived Mr.
Sjtoefter, the messenger from
the army ; and also the Mad from
Holland. .
We have not time to detail all
the intelligence received by th>s
conveyance; but we can announce
to the public, that the negotiation
for peace between the Dutch and
the French has been renewed; and
Mynheer Brandt, and M. Reepe
laer, of Dort, are nominated by
the States General to go to Paris,
and treat for peace. We under
stand that a ceflation of arms has
in the mean time been agreed on ;
and if we mistake not, we (hall
hear of no more offenfiye hostili
ties against Holland??
States of America, has had fevcral
conferences ^ith the President of
theStates-General. Several other
foreign Ministers have also had
conferences with the President.
KINGSTON, (JAM.) DEC. 6.
ADVICE is received from C^peNi*
chola Mole, that a Spanish armament
from the Havannah, confiding of eight or
ten fail of the line, and from ten to twelve
thousand troop*, hsd passed that port on
their way to Fort Dauphin.in order to accom
plish the final reduAtonj of the Northern
part of St. Domingo, beginning with Cape
Francois.
HAGUE, DEC. I 8.
Mr. John Quincy AdaMs,who
arrived here some weeks ago, as
Ambassador from the United
' Two ichoonert, belonging to the fleet,
having fallen behind, touched at the Mole,
to'procure frefh provisions; and it ishid
that the Spanish Commander in Chief has
offered to co-operate with our forces in any
measure that may be thought necessary.
NORFOLK JAN. aft.
3y a gentleman just art wed from Raleigh
the feat of government in North-Caroli ea
we learn that the Affcmbiy of that state
have passed a law to prohibit the further
importation of slaves into that state, either
by land or tea, from any part of the world.
Michilimackinac is to the
northward of Detroit, about 350
miles, on ah itland between Lake
Huron and Michigan,' an entire
bed of gravel, incapable of culti
vation, but mod remarkable for
being the general depot and grand
rendezvous of all the Indian trad
ers, who meet in the month of
June, from every quarter, deliver
their furs and receive their out fits
for the ensuing year. Betides
these, Fort Miami, built by Col.
Campbell; is also within our lines
and will be given up.
BARCELONA TAKEN I
From fortland, feb. 9:
Cape. George Barker, in the
schooner Hannah, belonging to
Marblehead, arrived here the 4th
inst. in 30 days from Liibon —
Three days before Capt. Bar
ker failed, an express arrived at
Liibon with intelligence that the
French had positively taken Bar
celona, after a battle which lasted
three days The commanders of
both armies were killed. ,
Capt Barker was at Bilboa a
(hort time before j and while
there, about 2000 of the French
attacked a city defended by 5000
Spaniards, within 25 miles of that
place; took it, and pillaged every
kind of public property, and then
left it.
It was the general opinion at
Bilboa, that that place will be tak
en by the French as fobn as the
spring opens.-—At the very name
of a Frenchman the Spaniards turn
pale.
in his confidence that so far as it
was poflibleto learn the opinions
of people at that gloomy period,
he could fay, three fourths of them
wiflied to revert back to the an
cient government as the least ty
rannical of the two. No wonder
then that a desperate effort has
been made to get rid of the ty
rant, and of the clubs which
supported him.
Americans ! From such exam
ples learn truth. Men who de
serve molt your confidence, make
the least boast of their merits;
But if a man preaches patriotism
often, fufped: him. If he talks
over much of the people—the
people set him down as an arrant
bypoirite—^ man, who like Ro
bespierre and Cromwell, begins a
pretended patriot, and ends a real
tyrant.
Which have io long been a
bone of Contention between the
United States and Great Britain,
and which are to be delivered up
to the American arms, in June
1796, are four in number, viz;
Ofwego, at the entrance of lake
Ontario, where the Britifli have a
company of foot; and a Custom-
House, to prevent illicit trade in
furs, &c.
Niagara, on the fame lake about
100 miles. —This fort stands in a
commanding fnuation, on a point
formed by the junction of the riv
er, and is a regular fortification,
in good repair, and well garrifon'
ed.
Detror, about 300 miles east of
Niagara, is lituate on theeaftjide
of the (freights, between lake Erie,
and Huron,where there is a hand
some town, regular fortifications,
and a strong garrifon*.
boston, FEB. 18.
THE WESTERN POSTS,
titter,; k
saturdat, februa
New Milford Dec. 30.
“ On the t^th inJi. Capt. Jofepb
Squire of this town, was tending a
coal-pit, two of his boys being with
him, the Captain having laid down
in his cabin to take some rest—the
boys feeling in a playful mood, one of.
them about fix years old endeavoring
to keep out of the way of his brother*
run up the pit nearly to the top, when
it gave way and be felling but by bis
own exertions he immediately cleared
bimfelf from the pit and run to his
father —bis clothes did not appear
to be burnt in the leist 9 but thefie am
of the pit was so powerful as to affebt
bis vitals and other parts of bis body,
in fueb a manner, that be died in
eight hours after without complain
ing of the leafi pain, only that be was
v.ry cold.
On Wednesday the nth inst. between the
hours of 12 and 1 in the morning, a most
horrid murder was committed on the body
of Capt. ChaßLis Fvrbush, of Ando
ver, by a Negro man of his own family
named Pomp. The family of the deceef
ed consisted of his wife and son, three
daughters and the negro before mentioned.
The son, and two of the daughters were
from home. The deceased ard his wife,
slept as usual, in the room of the fewer
floor, and the daughter in a bed-room ad
jacent. The negro had retired to hi»
chamber without any signs of uneaflneis
known to the family—But between twelve
and one he got up, dressed himitlf.and fir It
alarmed the daughter, by an attem pt to go
into her room ; but finding the door fatt
ened, defitted from the attempt—He im
mediately entered the rocm of the deceased
while both he and his wife were in a found
fleap. •»<i Rruc4» him with «ha head of art
axe, upon his left temple with such force,
as to daft in the scull and with a second
blow partly upon the left eye and partly
upon the cheek, drove in the bones—he
expired immediately without a groan. The
blows awoke Mrs. Furbvsh, who instant
ly springing up, the negro Jes, the room.—
The daughter also hearing the blows and
the screech of her mother, inttantly ran
in, and with her mother attempted to
raise up the body of the deceased, but find
ing no signs of life made their escape by
a back way, to the nearest neighbor, to
call afliflance. In the mean time, to com-,
pleat the horrid feene, the negro returned,
took of his coat, turned up his fhlrt Beeves,
and with a knife inhumanly cut bis ma(U
er*B throat. He then dragged the body
from the bed, and left it naked on the
floor. By this time afliflance came, end
found the negro (landing by the kitehen
fire —Being siked what he had been doing
he readily conleffed the fafl, and deliv
ered himfelf up.
“ It is wished that this might be
a warning to those who tend coal
pits not to admit children to play
near them'*
The Committee of General Safety of
France, have reported to the Convention,
"That there ww no intention in them to mif
tigate the captivity o/Cafet, or Si give them
inP'ltaion, , ' Is not this visiting the ini
quities of rhe father upon the children with
vengeance t
WHEREAS BE77r,wife
of me the fubferiber, has eloped
fnm my Bed and Board ; this is to forbid
all perlons harbouring or hefting her on
my account, as I am determined not to pay
any debt (he may centred after this dace.
his ,
BBNJAMINX SHAW,
mark
Witneft, Thomas Deax-
GiltnMton, Feb. «6, 179J*
Stray Sheep.
CAME into the pofleffion
of the fobfcriber, some time in the
month of Oflobet left, Two Sheep. T»
owner may haverhem by proving property
.»d p .,i» g «h &El ^ DFR ^
Poplin, Feb. 17* *79s’
Thus died Capt. Charles Fvrfvsh.
in the year of his age ; who has left
an afflicted family and friends to lament
his untimely late !
A HORRID murder