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After the usual business was finifhed,
find an exchange of mutual felieitations
had taken place amongst the members,
the society fat down to ati entehain
ihent prepared by Mr. Hyde.
The society were honored with the
presence of the Mayor of the city, but
the indisposition of his Excellency the
Governor of the state, .deprived them of
the honor of his'company.
The society were fuddeoly and very
agreeably surprised when entering to
dinner, at the display of a beautiful
J FUg, the offering of a Fair Daughter
<of Scotia, in this city, who evinced,'
« once, by its ftrufture, the delicacy
of her taste, and the purity of her sen
timents. On the "one fide were two
elegant llandaids, with emblematical
devices, among which, the Cornucop'u
Rood pointing against a group, descrip
tive of the bleflings of Peace: and, on
&e reverf*, the following verses :
Jjj»ted rijay these Standard* wa*e
In fir® eternal Peace !
' the full Horn, which Nature gave,
Jn Plesty still increase:
Unsullied still, and pure :
&> may the glory of these Stars,
With Time itfelf endure.
• -
Jffere, Albion's Sons, where Freedom
Scotia her Cross uncowjuer'd rears,
Seven) of the enemy have been seen on
the oppolite banks of the.Meufe, bnl
il-ither part/ hat yet fired on the other.
'Our piquet on the river fide hag been
strengthened this day.
o£h>b«r i.
Qw heavy baygaije is, by way of pre
caution, kept on the other fide of the
river Waal near Nimeguen, where it will
raivxitf till another movement is made
by ciur army, which it is expe&ed will
be in the couife of tomorrow. It is
thwjght the whole army will cross the
- >wnte« at Millcngen, a placr where the
Waal and a part of the Rliine form a
lit, Cic I'cceur, by others at Bois-le-juc.
waters at pnee, it being impoflible or at
I:n1t very difficult, to form a bridge at
Ntmegnen, ort account of the rapidity
-i>f the stream on that part of the river.
Our lire at present occupies the
banks of the Meufe in the following
manner :—Our right is at Over YfTell,
and extends by Henmen, Middleair,
and Genep, to Affenden, the Biitilh
light dragoons are o: the right, and
the HuiTats, raised here for the service
of Great Britain, on the left.
Oftobcr 2, five o'clock, A. M.
-
foul* »a Jriendftip plight, - ;
AgA to few! forth Columbia't fmifc,
facr «w> Sow WAC.
junction. By that means we cross both
NEW-YORK, December 2.
St, Andrew'l Day.
Sunday last being St. Andrew'* Day,
the fame was celebrated yetleiday by
the St. Andrew'* Society of thisftate,
*t the Tontine Coffee House. The io
ciety met at >2 o'clock, and proceeded
to tranfalt their usual bufmefs. From
the report of thei* committee of ac
counts, it appeared that the fund* of the
society, not only enabled them to ap
ply the sum of one hundred and Gxty
five pounds fourteen (hillings and feveri
pence, to the relief of their indigent
and distressed brethren in the course of
the last year, but likewise afforded the
pleasing profpeft of furnifhing the means
of more extensive charity.
The officei a elected at the preparato
ry meeting for the enfiritig year, were
in [I ailed, and presented to the society,-
4o wit:
Walter Rutherford, Efq< Prefideft't.
Robert Troupe, Esq. ift Vice-Pre
fdent.
Jarties Maxwell, Ef<J. id Vice-
Pfetident.
George Donglafs, Esq. Treafore'r.
The Rev. John Biffett,! /-l 1 •
The Rev.JohnMafon.J Cha P klM '
Dr. James Tillary, Physician.
Mess. Kay Stephenfon,
Arch. Drummond,
James M'lntofh,-
Robert Affleck,
Archibald M'Lean
fllr. Peter J. Munro, Secretary.
Mr. John Seott, Affiftaot Secretary.
Ycfterday Ills royal highneft the com
mander detached 16,000 men towards
Genep, to keep an open communication
with general Walmoden, who is polled
at Waal, a place about ten leagues a
bove Grave, and three or four below
Venlo. It is, however, confidently re
ported, that the whole Britiih army will
(hortly make a movement for the pur
pose of forming a jun&ion with general
Clairfayt, when fotnething may perhaps
fee attempted for the relief of Maelhicht.
UNITED STATES.
Managrt.
Meflrs. Dunlap & Claypoole,
THE fchooncr Patty, belonging to
Mr. Daniel Scott, of Boston, comman
ded by the fubferiber, was captured and
brought into this pl?ce by the schooner
Thetis, Captain Thomas Brownlow,
who robbed us of all our money, not
leaving us one penny. Many other vef
feb belonging to differept parts of A
merica have been brought in—their
mailers iiid crews experiencing the fame
treatment. One or more American
veflels are daily sent in, by the cruisers
of this iiland, and all condemned.
JOHN TAYLOR.
" The brig Salome, Captain Waflon,
is jutl arrived here, taken by the Duke
of York privateer, belonging to Bridger
Goodrich ; but, from his late condud,
it is presumed she will not be detained
bug, but allowed to proceed on her
voyage, giving security to (land trial in
England, after condemnation jr. this
place, which is certain."
Capt. Hughes of th? .brie opsr,
arrived yrfttrHM tfternoon from Bonr
rfeanx, whieh place he left on the 17th of
Odtober.
5. May we ever have the heart and
ability to relieve the distressed;
6. The Governor and ttate of New-
York,
When the Mayor retired, thefociety
drank the Mayor and Corporation of
the City, in a bumper. No feftival
could be more agreeably celebrated—
all the members endeavoured to vie with
each other in the display of sociability
and good humour ; and it may be truly
said, that they enjoyed in irs utmost
purity the substantial pfeafiire ypftich
'never fails to attend societies whose sole
objects are friend (hip and benevolence.
The taste and elegance of the dinner
prepared by Mr. Hyde upon this oc
casion, prove both his ability and. desire
to please the public, and entitle him to
the particular thanks of the society.
Cxpt. Hughes that the French
have beateh Gen. (Jfcirfait igain near Ju
lie™, where he 101 l 5000 mcu ; that the
fortrefs surrendered in consequence of the
defeat, arid £hat the General had retreated
as far as Cologne on the Rhine.
Qn the other band that Rotterdam and
■ Helvoetfluys are both taken by the French
*-ho in the latter port captured 391 veflels
of different sizes.
Pittftjurgli, dated November 20.
" Inclosed is the Copy of the Gene
ral Orderi of the 17th, &c, also the
Commanber in Chief's Valedictory of
the 18th.
" There are some Order# iflued this
day but arc not neceflary to you, except
announcing of the death of Major
Watkins of the Maryland line, and
Lieutenant Jones of the Virgini* line
who are well spoken of, and the Ho
nors of War ordered, together with the
attendance due to their rank. "
7. The Congress of the United
States—may they be temperate in their
discussions, wife in their (ieciltons, and
fuccefsful in all their meafitrcs.
We are happy in announcing to thejub
lic that the President of the United Stafes
meant, to honor the Ola American Com
pany with his presence at the Theatre this
evening/
9. Mr. Jay, arid the reII of our so.
reign Minilters—may we obtain jultice
by their energy, and preserve peace by
their discretion.
It. The Beggar's Benifon.
12. Geordie Mc Gregjot's Malison
to all Infurgentsant' Dilturbcrsof good
Government.
Extract of a letter from Bermuda, da
After dinner the following toads
were drank :
1. The Day and all who honor It.
2. The Land of Cakes.
3. The Land we live in.
4. The President of the United
States.
10. The charitable Societies of thii
state.
Neither Norfolk or New Ydrk papers
were received by the mails of this day.
13. Honest Men and Bonnie Lafles.
14. Rob. Gibbs'sConti'iift.
15. Rational Liberty and good Go
vernment to all Nations.
Extract of *ti authentic letter from
Ha ft i Empress of the Western World,-
Front Pride, froir Faction free!
May discord's flag afar unfuri'd,
Be never wav'd by the.
Bermudas, November 13, 1794.
Mefirs. Dunlap & Claypoole,
THE fubferiber, n»tt« ©f the
8 The Plough, Leom, and Sail.
PHILADELPHIA,
Bermuda, November 15, 1794.
ted the 15th November.
DECEMBER 4.
iavoy. The ertetrfy were driven from
heir entrenchments with the lofa of
030 men killed and wounded. Provifi
ms were taken fuflicient for one month's
iipply of the army. Irt this engage
nent, 100 Republicans were wounded
n the bread by the bayonet.
On the 19th Septi the Spaniards a<-
ackcd the French neat Bellegarde (a
Irong place in Roufillon, on the fron
iers of Catalonia s It is considered as
,-ount of being-a paflage to the Pyren
ield 600 men and 4 pieces of canned.
Under the Bruflels head, 26th Sept.
t was mentioned, than Jourdan pursued
lis triumphant march, while the Auftri
ins retire with incredible precipitation.
sd the raffage of the Roer. The
Auftrians are withdrawing their stores
from Cologne.
RICHMOND, Virg.
ExtraS from the Journal of the ftoufe ef
Delegates, Friday, Nov. 11.
A meflage f.om the Senate by fir.
M'Craw.
Mr- Speaker—the Senate have agreed
to the resolution inftrucling the Senators
from this State in Congress, to ul'e their
endeavors to procure an ><51 for raising tjie.
pay of the milifia of the United States,
when they shall be in actual service, with
an amendment, to which the)' dtfire the
withdrew.
A motion was made, that the House do
come to the following refoliftion.
Refolded, That the conduit of Gover
nor Lee, in-accepting the invitation of the
Prefident.totake thecommand of the arm)
ordered out by him to aft against the insur
gents io the weftera part of PenafyirMtia,
We have given as we find it in the
Salem paper, where the- vefl'd arrived-v
we know not the tratiflator, nor have
any of the papers brought by her ar
rived in town A gentleman whb favv
one of them, of the 7th October, men
tions, that there were reports, that St.
Sebastian had been evacuated by the
French.
French victories. The Young Quaker
On the 17th of Sept. hy hit letter Or, TBe Fair Philadeipbidn.
to the Convention, Genetal Jourdan an- Written by O'Keefe, and performed in
nounced his attack of 18,000 Auftrians, Loudon with the mod unbounded
entrenched at Emeux and Sprement. applause.
He took 79a prisoners, 26 pieces of T7 nc j „f the Piny (by particular desire)
cannon, 3 flags, and found in the field t h c Pantomime Ballet of the
2000 killed and wounded, ard 100 hor- r»! *1 r 1
feir, &c. An after letter makes this IWOI I; 1101 OpllCl S.
victory more considerable. Their Camp To which will be added a new Mulical
at Chartreuse was also abandoned. Piece in two acts called,
On the 18th Sept. Reckhem and The Children in the Wood.
Stockham were forced. Aix-k-Chapelle Mufic> by Dr . Arnold with accora
dehvered Jourdan its keys. Maeilriebt paniments and additional Songs by
was inverted at every point ; iy'velfels, j^j r Qarr
with forage, flour, Src. worth a million En( j c ' f the ' Farce, Mr. Martin will re
of l.vres, were captured at its invest- cite Dr- Goldsmith's celebrated Epi
mCnt' i f logue in she Character of Harlequin.
On the 22d Sept. was announced to The vvhole t0 conc i ude wit i,
the Convention, the capture of Creve- J L tbroutb aßarrel of Fire.
fcceur and lveikrlautcm. Ihe latt men-; * _L
.tioned place is 42 mile. S of Mentz, Nm ' "'
and 32 b. W. of Worms, it had been
re-taken from the French a few days . EVENING
before by a junctionQfall arCHly's December 5.
Hi on tWfofide. It Will be Preft nted,
was said, that of several whole regiments, A Comic OPERA, written by the Au
thereremainedonly 100 men. Crevecoeur ' tlior of the Poor Soldier, called the
commands the (luices of Bois-le-Duc on f-f-trr L J Z? pp /
the right of the Meufe. The ad van ta- ofJ I'ClflLl J. I CCt-y
ges by its capture, arc jop.men, 29 With the Original Overture and Accom
pieces of cannon, 1000 muskets, 30,000 paniment».
lb. powder, and terror to Bois le-lluc ? a : r( | £01, p ree "
On the fame day was announced to Mr^Harwood
tne convention, the capture of 30 vef- Sa , ldy? Mr. Marshall
fels of the enemy, and the finking of. Charley, Mr. Francis
nine. Shelty, Mr. Bates
On the 24th September the French Croudy, Mr, BlifTett
were attacked in the neighbourhood of 1 Captain Daft, Mr. Morcton
St. Sebastian, by 6000 Spaniards, who ' Serjeant Jack, k Mr. Darley
i f , , u : Apie, Maftcr l.Warrell
were repu fed by only 600 Republicans, , Master Warrell
with the lofs'ot X 2 prisoners, and 150 w .. A „
defertersfrom the Walloon (or King's) Mrs', wlrrcll
Guards. _ Highland Lads & Lafles, Mr. Darley jun.
On the 18th September the army in" Mr. Price, Mrs. Cleve-
Italy gained great adva itagci over a land, Mrs. De Marque,
junction of troops'deftined to aft aga> v ' Mrs. Pistes, Miss Old-
We learn,-that the Captain of the
Ketch, arrived at Salem, heard jufl be
fore he failed, that the French had re
ceived a check near Maeftricht. It was
report only.
*..' . 1 *
fchoencr ludttftr, belonging to Mr.
David Spear aid Jolrph Ripley; of
New-York, was lalten by the schooner
F?voiile, of Bemuds, C pt'.ln A'tort!
Hanfon, and ft ripped of all our money,
buckles, and mo(l of our clcfatbs, and
turned on (hore without a penny to as
sist us. JOHN GROZIER.
important and Authentic News,
Received by the Ketch Eliza, Capt.
Phillipi, which arrived oil Sunday
from Bourdeaux, in 36 days.
By this Day's Mail.
-\X -«e.*S>W%.-r'
BOSTON, Nov. 26.
SALEM, Nov. 2;.
ftURTHEN 1700 barrc+s of ftotir* Jhttfs
in coaipleac order, ar,<! fails For
to tlie Captain on board at.the
-SubicribcT'j wiia ), or to
field, Miss Rowfon, &c.
To conclude with a NEW REEL by the
characters, composed by Mr. Franci»
To which will be added,
A COMEDY, m two at5U called
The LYAR.
Old Wilding, Mr, Wlritlock
Young Wilding, Mr. Chalmers
Sir James Elliott, Mr. Cleveland
Papillon, Mr. Marshall
Waiter, Mr. BlifTett
Servant, Master Warrell
Mist Grantham, Mrs. Francis
Miss Godfrey, Mrs. Cleveland
Kitty, Mrs. Rowfon
Ticket* and places for the Boxes to
be taken of Mr. Wells, at the office in
front of the Theatre, from to till i,and
on thrf day# of performance from i o till
J o'clock.
The doors will be opened at a quarter
after 5,-the performance begin at a quar
ter after 6 o cjock.
TO BE SOLD BY
THOMAS DOBSON,
Principles and Observations
APPLIED TO THE
MANUFACTURE and INSPECTION
' * ' OF ■' *
Pot and Pearl AJhcs,
By DAVID TOWNSI.ND,
Infpedlor of Pot and Pearl-Ashes for the
Commonwealth of MafTachufetts.
PublUhcd according to A£i of L'ongrefs.
Thele obfervatipns relate to an extensive
bdfinefs ; and are designed, in the plainefl
manner, to convey profitable information
to those interested in it, who have not leis
ure or opportunity to search for the princi
ples therein contained, in the writings gf
proftSionai Chcrjuiu.
deserves tHe cnfcneii-Jitioli and gratitude
of this House.
And the i'aid rcfolution bting twice rea»',
was, on tlie que!'ion pat thereupon, u..-
iiijiinoiifly agrL-<"3 to l,y tl=c Koine.
Mr. and Mrs. HAL LAM.
THIS EVENING;
December 4, will be presented a CO*
MEDY, called
SRfflx For Charter,
FAIR HEBE,
yobn M x Kee*ver, majfer.
""V;;' V!
Jofepb Si?ns,
Who has for Sale, imported in laid
Brh» fi.»;n ylalaga,
Old Mountain Wine,
RAISiNS ot'ihe Suir, in kigs,
FIGS in ditto
PRUNES in ditto
Muscatel a>.d Bloom R AIiJNS in boxes
and jars,
GRAPES in dittr)
ORANGES ayd LEMONS in boxes
Shell'd ALMO *DS in calks
Caltile SOAP, Ac. Ic.
Dec- 4
Old American
hbji Night thiJ Seaj/hti.
For the Benefit of
ompany.
But when the I'refident tells Am^-
i rica, thev are disjointing- the ftrufture
of the temple of liberty, they have rais
ed one irifurredYion, arid it is necejfary to
discountenance what bat contributed to
foment it, and thus dij,courage a repetition
of the /iie attempts, then the foft piano
-■note is : these societies for political in-
Jormat'wn are Ddt worth minding ; go
veVnfiWnt-Tms- TViacrre ttr
from them than from thi: Free-Malons,
or from religious focietiej.
Compare the late newspapers with
those of i 793, and observe how those
j mock patviots who have no principles
j at all, chan*c the disguise of their ny
pocrify to fit the times.
If such men have bad memories, the
real patriots have not.
" Sunday night, -Mid vefterday we ex
perienced a ternbleftorm of wind, accom
panied with rain thunder and lightening ;
fortunately no damage was ; done to-rbe
(hipping in this harbour; but with pain
we announce to those concerned, that up
wards of twenty fail of (hips on their pas
sage to London, are 011 (hore between the
Guitfket and the Nore ; and ye are sorry
to add, there is.no probability of laving
them, except it is their fails and rigging.—
W$ arein'ormed they are principally' large
(hips, coal loaded. The crew of the two
flips on .(hore upon the Gunfleet arrived
here, but whether the crew of the others
art saved, we have not bein able to learn
There is a proverh to this effe& : the
infurgei4 printers fliould have good
memories. When Mr. Genet ftrft set
tip his clubs in this country, they bond
ed of the immense efficiency of such fo
ci<tie& in France. Then the cry was,
they pulled down the towers of defpot
ilro, they we're stronger than mercenary
armies,' they will do more than could
have been done without them.
A tire ', Uncc i( mentioned which,
unlc"- ..ad happened in a Dutch for
trel woolp nave exceeded belief: The
garrison of Crevecoeur stood the fire of
the French for tw.-nty-four hours, with
out hsrvjng any ammunition to return
but the (rolls thrown by the enemy ihtd
the fort.
Extant flf a letter irijm Harwich, o<fl. 7-
For pulling down conlYitutions they
are indeed excellent machines.
The garrison of Crevecoaur marched
out with the honors of war, on condi
tion that they frfula not ierre again ft
the Fiench for one year and si* Keeks.
Wltiic 5 lie i ajw'ttijatkm was pending 1 , tKt
ernig: They fled to Doit
le-D'J.r. «-i-.- • otrc Itonftp
wb "if-, c vtf fire.
A Cortimiktee was* appointed to wait
on'the Preiklmi with a eopy of the
irfglutions.
The three resolutions moved in the
House of Re'prefentatives of the United
States by Mi. W. Smith, exprcfiing
the thanks of that Houi'e to Major
Geneial Wayne, to the Officers and
Soldiers of the Legion of the United
States, and to General Scott and the
Kentucky Volunteers—wereunanimouf
ly pal Ted this day—on motion of Mr.
Parker, another rcfolution was added—■
That the Prcfident be requested to
transmit the lame.
Days
Brig Flora, Caffin, Hav'annah i %
George, Mitchell Kingston Jam. 40
Schr* Minerva, Andulle St. Marc's 18
Last TUesday 3 Brigs 1 Schooner and
. 1 (loops was fetn coming into the Caper
at the fame time 2 square ringed vefieli
hove in fight, Names unknown.
In the river Thames, the nth Septem
ber last, upwards of iao American flag»
were flying.
Arrived at New .York; Dec. -»7
Brig Hope, Slmpfon, Jamaica
Abigail, Barrow,' Norfolk
Diamond, jours, Salem
Enterprize, Ward, Teccrif^-
Schr. Brothers, Hawkins, Bermuda
Sloop Matfey, Abony, Cibi altar and
Ma'aga
Sally, Potter, Norfolk
Dove, Brown, C. N. Mole
The (loop Delaware, Captain Bird, it
fjnk, south-west of the Hock.
The motion of Mr. Mufray was next
taken up, and the
thanks of the House be given to the offi
cers and soldiers of riie militia of tie Statu
of New-Jersey, I'eirnfytvania Maryland
and V irginia for their patriotism in obey
ing the call of the President in rallying
round the itandard of the law s, and' en
gaging in the prompt and arduous arduous
services to which they were called in the
late western expedition, &c.—C6rre<fl co
pies of thele resolutions lhall appear in to
morrow's Gazette.
The Ship Stadt Alt< n&, Capt. Pafche,
was faf« arrived at Lilbon tjt iJth Oik
>o"*v
I
PHILADELPHIA, Die, 4.
fOBT OF PHILADILPHIA
ARRIVED.
From a Correfjiondent.
LONDON.