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HE Citizen Dournery having produced
to me his commission as Consul for the Re
public of France at Boston, 1 do hereby re
cognize him as foch, and do declare him free
to exercise and enjoy (uch fundions, powers,
and puviledges, as are allowed to Consuls of
the French Republic by the laws, treaties &
conventions, in that case made and provid p d-
In teftimeny whereof I have caused rhefe ler
ters to be made patent, and the seal of the
United States to be hereunto affixed.
*Givea under my hand this tenth day of Oc
tober, In the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninetythree, and of the In.
dependence of the United States of America,
the eighteenth. ~
GEO. WASHINGTON.
By the Prelident.
(Seal) Th: Jefferson.
/ BALTIMORE, OCT. 14.
A letter of Aug, 16 ? from an A
merican gen tleman in Xiverppol, to
his friend in.HaWfax, (#. C) fays,
“ Several have been
Bourdeaux for
Hilpamola ; of them are lent in
here by privateers, and the cargoes,
be'Ug, undoubtedly, French proper
tys will be condemned. Our veHels
meet Mth great detention in this bu
siness; 'but, when the cargo is con
demncch the freight is paid agreeably
to the charter-party, and the (hip at
liberty to take another. The owners
of Bridfli privateers are copfiderable
fufferers by theijr Captains capturing
American veffeis,with American pro-:
perty ; they have been obliged to
compensate for the detention : It will
make them cautious how they inter
rupt cur Commerce. The convul
sions in the commercial and manu
facturing -towns "are abated, and with
the success of the combined armies
in Flanders, may have a tendency to
Pender the war more popular. There
has been great tardiness in fending
out vessels to proted the trade of
this country, attributed by Minifteri
alifts to a blent large fleets of mer
chantmen* now homeward bound,the
seamen from whom would be fulfil
cient to man a rei’pe&able fleet *, by
others it is said to proceed from an
Incompetency in the present Board of
Admiralty,”
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, NOV. 6.
70UL0N.
Since o.ur last, varied accounts refpefting
this important arsenal of the French Republic
have been received : Capt. Diflmore, in the
8.-ig Jofcph, from Malaga, in 39 days, is the
latcft arrival, from the Medhermßean.— He
confirms the account of the delivery of the
By fo-day’sJMaiL
1 Virginia.
AN N A POLIS, OCT. 24.
To the Printer of the Maryland Gazette.
BE.pleated,Sir, to insert in your paper the
subjoined ; it is a tribute of gratitude
due to the gencrofity of Mr. Moss, merchant,
in the ifhnd of Providence, and o*ner of the
privateer Flying-PMh, cbmnjaqded by Capt.
Redman, In Complying wLh this requeft,you
will oblige jour molUhumble fervaur,
‘ t ' BAYARD.
Extrafl of a letter fr^in Afr. Gifard, Kinft
Ati jtntly ix thl dfri^ of Jeremie, in the Jl
and of St. Domingo, dated Baltimore, the
, iEAhiltsftait flo hit friend* Mr. Bay a id, an
inhabitant ofthe/aid diilefidif aAd n&w rid
ding in this city.
** Mv Mofs has rclincjaifhed' an his part
of our plate, taken by his privateer ; the re
mainder was valued at the lowest price > this
he paid to those interested in the captuie, and
gave up the whole to our ladies—he would
not accept evert of their prom i flat y notes. I
wi Ih* fa id he.thatyou may make a great deal
of coffee, and when peace ihalF take place,
you will t^en repay roe whenever you may
think proper. -No Hing can be more, delicate
or gecerous than this proceeding'.
“My .wife spoke to this worthyEcglilhman
concerning your effedb, and those of Capt.
J oner's paflebgers ; no part of them has as
yet b«en fuhO he.told my wife, that it would
be neccffary you should transmit to him your
power of attorney this purpose, And’that
then he would lend you your'plate.”
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Prelident of the United States of America.
•71 V- r ,
To all nxbom it may concern.
FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE.
Mr. Cushing, .
Please to insert thi following tx'rdil from lbs
Log Book of the brig Cadit, and you will ob*
lige your humble jervant.
Oct. 6th, 1793, lat. 28. 30. long. 68. 23.
at 6 V M. saw a fail bearing N. W. at 7 hove
to, that she might speak me; file proved to be
an Englifli letter of marque, belonging to Li
verpooh but last from N. Providence, owned
by Melt s. Wm. and- James Moss, and com
manded by Cornelius Caley ; whole Lieuten
ants* name was Wm. Smith, and the
the Chambley, burthea 221. tons : They, net’
fhcwlng any colours, ordered ma to hoist out
my boat and. feet their Ijeut. with fevers! fail*
ors to rummage the veflel; which they efFp&u
a ly did, by breaking, plundering and Ileal-*
ing from all the box<-'S» cherts and trunks they
could lay their hands upon ;.and, to give a more
aurageaus, appearing to their villainy, they
thrertened to Atom me, bv presenting cocked
piftob to my breast, and flounfhing swords ov- .
er my head. They then proceeded to broach
our provisions—-took a number of barrels of
bread, beef, and pork from us, robbing me of.,
all my Cmall stores, taking knives, forks, and
spoons t depriving us of our map«, not leaving
even a chart of the coal! on board ; and with
difficulty we retained our quadrants : This not
contenting these mifereants, they tore open our
hatches, broke the combings, let them lay open
to the weather, notwhhflanding it blew frefh
and rained vety hard, that a large quantity of
water poured into the hold, which we were
prevented from pumping for several hours,
while their boat was continually parting and
repaying from the brig to the mip loaded
with plunder.
We had, previous to our meeting with this
pifate, been taken and carried into St. Chriflo
phers, Where we had been examined by the
admiralty, and obtained our difeharge, with
out.enylofs; and a)To a pafTport, which we
produced to the captain of the (hip without a
tty effedtWe also having the former prize
matter on board, who took pafiage with us for
Salem, they swore we had bribed him, mur
dered the Crew, and ran away with the vefiel
from St. Chriftopher’S, and that they would
hang us at the main yard arm. I then told
him to proceed wither he chose with the brig,
as I hove her on his hands, and would not ac
cept her any more ; furthermore telling
him, to complete his charader, he wanted
nothing but to hoist the black flag.———
They then proceeded to further injuries,
broke the capoofe, stove the boat, let the fails
hang unfurled, flapping to pieces in heavy
fqilis, and damaged our rigging very much^
But the most inhuman part of this feene was,
their treatment of an unfortunate sick French
gentlemen, a merchant from Point Peter, who
was a paflenger on board of us; — they plun
dered him of every thing; wearing appard,
stores, and even of those articles that were
rieceflary to one in i.is situation : They took
from him at rook of clothes, valued at 150
Johannes ; also a purse of 25 Johonnes and fix
crowns ; and to grace their barbarity whh
what would make favag'es blurt), they plunder
ed the (het ts from under him as he lay lan*
place to the combined fleet, arid adds, thata
very large army of National troops were on
the point of invoking it ; and it was ex
pe£led, that it would in a Ihort time be re
captured. From this, it may be believed*—
that the combined fleets have been in posses
sion of Toulon, and that it was {utrendered by
che counter-revolutioQiflj.
The force of Great-Britain and Spain, in
the Mediterranem, would have found it an
arduous talk, to have taken Toulon by ttorm,
as on the several fOrts which environ it, above
700 pieces of ordnance are planted ; and the
water avenues to the city are intricate ; and
to any enemy, extremely dangerous.
A paper, published in French, in Philadel
phia, mentions, that M. Genet, the French
Ambassador. was recalled by the Executive
Council of that Republic. The fame paper
fpecifies the charges against him—issuing com
missions to privateers on his own accoun —
infulling the Government of the United States,
Having mentioned the authority ca
which we predicate this article, we *hall only
fay, that its authenticity is to be questioned.
/ The Citefs of Bourdeaux, French privateer,
of 25 guns, on this coast, has captured five
Engiilh veffeh, valued at j. 000.000 livre-. '
The Harpooner, prize to the Merfailles,
wasfbld for 5000 edd dollars.—The veifel
and cargo, wc learn, fold above 20,000
There are reports in town, that Jerem’e,
And tome other parts of St. Domingo, have
been Captured by the English.
Governor Wentworth, we learn, has* called
into Halifax 6000 Militia, for the defenfeof
the'town, -against the French fleet, lately
failed from A4w PrevifioM, &c. very
scarce and high at Halifax*
The Referees chosen to award on the dam
age fuffained by the ship President of Balti
more, .Cap*. Smith, brought in here by the
Martei'ler privateer, have given the sum qf
five thousand seven hundred and fifty dol
lars. •
PHIL ADELPHIA CAL
Reports were in circulation yesterday,
that the pestilential disorder which bas
fa long afflifled Philadelphia badteafi
fumed its malignity -.—But after dilf
gent inquiry, we were happy to learn,
that at the date of the last advices,
tbeie were evident marks of its rapid
abatement, -and expectations- entertained
of its total extermination in a fortnight
or three, zveeks. • ' ‘ .
Some per fins have ajferted, that the
mortality of the fever in Philadelphia,
has been as great, in propotion to. its po
pulation, as that of the, plague, in the
city of London, in 1665. But we be
lieve the ejiimate. overated, London,
according to the most accurate writers,
doesnot contain mo>e than 900,000
fouls ; Philadelphia about 55,000. 0/
the plague, in Lodon, 98,596 fouls di
ed. Os the fever in Philadelphia, we
trust, not more than 6000 have, fallen
viblims. Our readers can eaftly calculate
the proportion.
Unless prorogued lb fame other- time
or place, Ccngrefs must meet at Phila
delphia, early in ihe next month.
7he President of the United States,
we understand, will immediately repair
to Philadelphia His presence there
will inspire joy and confidence in the
breasts of the citizens.
Ship News.
NEW-BEDFORD Nov. I.
Tuefday, 27th ult. was call away, on the
S- W. part of Nantucket, the ship Sally, of
Haverhill, Daniel Richards, mailer ; from Phil
adelphia, bound to New bury port. the cargo
and crew Caved, the vefl’el left. The ship was
owned by Mr. Moles Gail.
On Friday night Cap*. Archer arrived
from Cadiz, which he left the 21 ft of Septem
ber. Heftys, the Spanirt; fleet which had re
turned into that port on account of the great
mortality on boa d, was not a part of the com
bined fleet, but liad been cruifiog separately in
the Mediterranean. Before he left Cadiz, the
most of the fleet had again failed for the Medi
terranean, after having landed, as he was told,
700 b sick men.
1 bhi Tn 11 lllll■mrT'~r " | . "~T ir~m
■ ” 1 EXETER,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
i '
Tbefollowing account of Col. Dangbert^c expe
dition again# the Indians is copied from tht
Knoxvtlle Gaxttee of September ay. .
*• On Sunday the 4th inst. a volunteer^om.
patty, confining of 180 men, from the Counties
of Knox and Jefierfon, under the command of
Col. George Daugherty, affembkd at Gam
ble’s ftatiuh, on Rifle river, for the purpose of
BOSTON, NOV. 9.
A letter from London, dated September 1,
fays, “ It isfuppofed chat Capt. Paul Hus
veyJ oJ Hudson, with all his crew, and prob
ably.his owner* Obadiah Bowen of Provi
dence, are loft on the Breebank near Dun
kirk, on their paflage to that place from Hol
land ; his boat and Several articles with his
mark, having come-on shore near Dunkirk.”
Capt. Bra dford, from Oporto, informs,
that a veflel bad arrived there in 7 days from
Withficknefr,”
his bed.—Pour or five days after, he departed
this life, and we committed him to the fra,
presuming the necessaries he had been deprived
of, with the more than savage treatment he
had met with from these barbarians, had batt
ened his exit. After experiencing thia vile
treatment, withevdry species of abuse and in
sult t after being pillaged and robbed, my rig
ging damaged, and not having a spare fail 'OO
board, in this miferabie plight, the Captain of
the Ihip, re ruling to supply me with either
fails or rigging, told me to make the belt of
my way ; night coming on, and the Captain of
the ship being Rill on board the brig, ordered
his Lieutenant to fleer to the eastward till
morning ;at day light .he again ordered his
Lieutenant to hpift out the boat and bring him
on board, telling me, ?s I suppose ftiil more
to mortify me’, he had concluded to fend me to
Providence, wkere Lord Dunmore, being a
friend to the Americans, would condemn me*
tight or wrong. However, at length, after
detaining me 40 hours out of my course, I left
him, with ray colours flying half mast, fignifl-
Cantos distress, DANIEL PIERCE.
Falmouth, (England) which comradifted the
account of the capture of Toulon ; and that
there was a fleet of 100 fail of merchantmen,
for different porta of the Mediterranean,
waiting Falmouth for convoy. TheFiench
fleet from Brest being in the channel, they
dare not venture our.
By the last difpatchcs from the army of the
Duke of York, it appears, that he had again
returned to the invettment of Dunkirk.
7he Primer hereof is obliged to defer
the publication of the Hukald till the
Evening—/// 5 o'clock they shall be '
ready for Customers in the adjacent ’ -
towns. ' j - .
WANTED
Two apprentices at
this office, about 13 or 14 years old,
who are well read, faithful honest. 7
None need pfFer but what are willing ♦ h
to be bound, .
JLoST, dr taken from me the fubfcriber,’
on or about the 25th ioftant, nyD fchargd
from the Army, dated the Sth of May, 1783,
figred by Georgb Rbid, Commandant.-—
Tois is therefore to caution all ^e>fon» agaii ft
purchasing fuid difdiargc, as I have not fold
it. Any person having the said Discharge;
and will return it o the subscriber, will great
ly oblige an Old Soldier.
CONCCRD, NvV. 7.
DUEL.
We hear from Windsor, Vermont,
(where their legislature is now fitting)
that on Friday last, a dispute arpfe be
tween two Major-Generals of that ft ate,
viz. Ira Allen and Isaac lichenor,
which ended in a challenge frbm the
former, and was accepted by the latter.
A hey accordingly met in Cornish in this
State, on Saturday morning, with pifo
to Is andfw ords—and it is said Qen.
fichenor fell: but the report of this
unhappy circumdance wants confirma
tion.
CEZAR BARNS.
Bedford, Odober 30, 1793.
]PUBLIC Notice is hereby given.
That Andover BRIDGE will be open
for paffengerson Tuefday nineteenth
of November inffant. s . .
JOHN HUSE, Propers Clerk,
A*dovtr, ^tb Rev. 1793.
sale-m, kov. 5.. Capt. Putman arrived
here last Friday in 80 days from St.-Pcterf
burg. The Ruffian fleet hid returned into
port for winter.
towns, and on tn.
fame day crossed the Tennessee : the next Jay
they marched to Big Tcliico, where (hey kill
ed two fellows and a squaw, and took I squaw
prisoner : on Tuefday they crossed the moun
tain to Tynotla, a town on the High-waffe
river, wounded one fellow and a squaw, took
9 prisoners, burnt the town, and destroyed a
Urge quantity of growing corn. After liberate
ing 9 prisoners, the company proceeded to the
Big Valley town, palling several villages on
their march which they burnt, and destroyed
the growing torn. On Wednesday morning
the Indians fired oh a party of white men, in
view of their camp* and wounded Archibald
Lacky : the fame day a party of Indians potted
themlelves in the gap of a mountain* where
the wh?te men had to pass, and oh their ap
proach fired on them ; the white men returned
the fire, killed 3 Indians, wounded several, and
putthem inflight; the next day the Indians
fired on their rear.and wounded one man : the
fame day the company tock 6 prisoners at a
village, gathering provisions; and towards the
defe of the day they killed 4 fellows and a
squaw, and wounded several othprs. On Sa
turday morning, the io b, (before day) a party
of Indians fired on the white men in their ep-
Campment, & wcurded 3 men. Monday iztb,
the volunteers returned to the fetilements by
way of Big Pigeon, in J. fferfon county—the
prisoners they brought in lay, that the Indians
have received notice of the intended vific of
the white people from Swauanoe, a frontier set
tlement in North Carolina ; and that al) the
young men and warriors had gon* lo Jihn
Watt!,, at Euflenaula, where they were to hold
a council and war dance.
On the night of the 21 fl of the fame month*
some Indians burnt the dwelling house, a wag
gon, and a large quantity of flax, and i
grain, on Pistol Creek, 15 miles from Knoxville.
The parry killed in the whole of their route,
9 Indian men, and, by mistake, 2 fquawr, and
brought home 7 women »nd children prisoners
On the i?:h of Aug'uft, a party of 5 Indians
who had ambufeaded the path from Well’s fh
tton to Kelley’s, fired on a parry of five
and wounded merrily Mr. Ab. Wells. He
died next day, leaving a difti^ffed family to la
ment his untimely death : the other white men
made their escape, without returning the fire
upon the IjidiarA.
Andover Bridge,
Take Notice.