The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1799-05-29 00:00:00

The Providence Journal AND TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side of the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 22. ]
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 1799.
[ Vol. I. ]
For SALE, by CALEB BOWERS, No. 1 Cheapside, 150 Barrels first quality prime Beef, for cash or on time. Also—A few hogheads of good retailing Surinam Molasses, West-India Rum per hoghead, Sugar per barrel, Russia Feather Beds, a general assortment of English, India and Scotch GOODS, at a very small advance, as usual, for cash. May 21, 1799.
John Jenckes, Gold and Silver-Smith and Jeweller, TAKES this method of informing his friends and the public, that he has taken the shop formerly occupied by Mr. JOHN GIBBS, in company with the Widow ELIZA GIBBS, under the firm of John Jenckes & Co. Where he intends prosecuting the business carried on by the late Mr. John Gibbs, in its various branches; and has constantly on hand for sale.
Warranted Gold Necklaces, Ear-Knobs and Twists, Miniature Cakes, Fancy Jewellery, Table Spoons, Desert Tea, Salt and Mustard ditto, Gold and Silver Watch-Chains, Keys and Seals, &c. The Plating business carried on in all its branches. Umbrellas repaired and covered in the best manner. N. B. Cash given for old Gold, Silver and Brass.
To be LET, A convenient SHOP at the south end of the town. Enquire of said Jenckes. May 22.
Grinnell & Taylor Respectfully inform the public, that they continue the Painting Business at their shop nearly opposite Bank-Lane, two doors south from Mr. Thomas L. Hasey's Store, WHERE THEY HAVE FOR SALE, the following articles—viz. LINSEED OIL, pr. barrel or gallon. White and red Lead, dry or ground in oil, per cwt. or lb. Stone Yellow Spanish Brown Spanish White Verdigris, per sack or lb. Russia Glue, of a superior quality, per cwt. or lb. English do. A few casks of Yellow Ochre, of the first quality, very cheap Spirits of Turpentine per cask or gallon Colours prepared at a short notice, and all favours thankfully received.
They have to Let, The lower story of a HOUSE in Ship-Street, handsomely finished, and very convenient. The second story in their Store,—a very suitable place for many kinds of mechanical business. May 15.
Just Landed, From on board the brig Murfree, and for sale by BENJ. & EDWARD ABORN, BROWN Sugar, of the 1st quality, in hds. and bbls. Molasses, good for retailing, per hhd. St. Croix Rum, per do. And 500 wt. of Cocca. They have likewise for sale, Rock and Turk's-Island Salt, per quantity 75 Barrels of Pickled Fish; and 20 Barrels of Turpentine. May 8.
Final Notice. THE Hon. Court of Probate having allowed the further time of six months, from the fourth day of December last, for closing the administration on the estate of the late Dr. EBENEZER COMSTOCK; all persons interested are requested to avail themselves of this information, as no claim will be received or allowed after the expiration of that time. EDWARD BEXTER, Administrator. N. B. The Administrator to the above estate takes this last and public method to acquaint all persons whom it may concern, that the unsettled notes, and all book accounts relative to said estate, will be lodged in the hands of George R. Berrill, Esq.; as all the accounts can be drawn off, without any reserve, as he is determined to close the business by the above time. Said BEXTER also requests all persons who have unsettled accounts with him in his private business, to call and settle the same. April 2. (thc)
Rhode-Island District, ss. BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BROWN, Esq.; Judge of the District Court for the District of Rhode-Island. These will be exposed for sale at auction, at the Coffee-House in Providence, on Saturday the 8th of June next, at 12 o'clock, one bag of COFFEE, adjudged forfeit by said Court, for having been imported into the United States contrary to law. W. PECK, Marshal. Providence, May 20, 1799.
State of Rhode-Island, &c. May 29, 1799. THE Creditors of JOHN BURNESS, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Mason, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Newport, on the second Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in the year 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. By Order, SAMUEL EDDY, Secretary.
TO LET, THE House and Store lately occupied by JAMES ATWOOD, opposite the head of the Long Wharf, and may be entered on immediately—a very commodious place for a merchant or tradesman. Enquire of POLLY NICHOLS, living on the premises. May 8.
For SALE, by Isaac Boorum and Co. 20 Hds. of prime Georgia Tobacco 100 Barrels of Tar 70 ditto of Turpentine. April 3. (t.f.)
John Harwood, jun. Offers for Sale, opposite the TUCK'S HEAP, A LIQUID, prepared by himself, which, from long experience, has been proved to be a complete and radical cure for that loathsome disorder, the ITCH. This Liquid is simple in its composition, perfectly innocent in its operation, and is attended with no inconvenience whatever.
BOSTON, May 23. On Monday last the frigate Boston, pierced for 32 guns, built by the merchants of this town for the use of the government of the United States, was launched into her proper element. The President of the United States arrived in the morning from his seat in Quincy, and honoured the exhibition with his presence; the company in the yard was numerous and respectable, and the course of spectators in the adjacent places greater than we recollect ever to have seen on a similar occasion. Every true American must be pleased at each addition that is made to our infant navy, which we hope will in a short time be fully competent to the protection of our large and growing commerce. This is the first time the President has honoured this town with a visit since his return from Philadelphia. He appeared in fine health and spirits, and was received by his fellow citizens with every mark of respect, affection and gratitude. We are sorry that it is not in our power to announce to the public, that his Excellency Governor Sumner is out of danger. Though the symptoms of his disorder are inauspicious, we still indulge a hope that his useful life will be continued a blessing to his country. We understand a 74 is immediately to be built in the navy yard of this town, from whence the Boston was launched.
THE DUTCH FLEET. Notwithstanding what has been asserted of their having put to sea, were positively laying snug in the Texel on the 24th of March. They were in readiness, and consisted of 6 ships of the line, many frigates and transports. On Tuesday a party of French prisoners were landed from the Constitution frigate, under a guard of marines, and confined in gaol. The Merrimack, Capt. Brown, we learn, is ordered to sea immediately. May 24.
The renewal of war on the European Continent, whatever may be its termination, is a fact, which though some have affected to doubt, is now fully established. The Charge d'Affairs of the French Republic to the German Diet, has been compelled to return to France; and his Imperial Majesty has published a manifesto, in which he charges the French with perfidy and aggression, justifies himself to the world, and calls upon the States of the Empire to unite with him in measures of mutual security. There is no doubt, from a variety of intelligence, that the Turks, the Russians, the Germans and the English will combine in one great effort to restore the Kingdom of Naples to its Sovereign.
European Intelligence.
LONDON, March 22. We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter, which, we presume, will be acceptable to our readers, as it points out, in the man who has achieved so much for his country, an union of the characters of the Christian and Hero: Copy of a letter from Lord Nelson to his Lady.
Vanguard, St. Peter's Island, off Sardinia, May 24, 1798. MY DEAREST FANNY, I ought not to tell what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident; I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness to check my consummate vanity. I hope it has made me a better officer, as I feel it has made me a better man. I kiss with all humility the rod. Figure to yourself, on Sunday evening, at sunset, a vain man, walking in his cabin, with a squadron around him, who looked up to their chief to lead them to glory, and in whom their chief placed the firmest reliance, that the proudest ships of equal numbers belonging to France would have bowed their flags; and with a very rich prize lying by him. Figure to yourself, on Monday morning, when the sun rose, this proud conceited man, his ship dismasted, his fleet dispersed, and himself in such distress, that the meanest frigate out of France would have been an unwelcome guest. But it has pleased Almighty God to bring us into a safe port, where, although we are refused the rights of humanity, yet the Vanguard will, in two days, get to sea again as an English man of war.
March 25. Our letters from Dublin by the Mails of this morning inform us, that the State Prisoners we have already mentioned to have received notice to embark in a vessel fitted for their reception, having since failed for Fort George, in Scotland. Every accommodation that humanity could suggest, consistent with safety, was provided for them. Yesterday dispatches were received from Sir Morton Eden, at the Court of Vienna; and also from Mr. Thomas Grenville, at Berlin, which were immediately forwarded to Lord Grenville, at Dropmore. Those from Vienna contain a confirmation of the defeat of the French forces by General Hotze. Ulm is to have a garrison of 16,000 men; Field Marshal Count Kerpén, who defended Ingolstadt against Moreau, is to be Commandant, with the Engineer General Fahr, under his orders. The city is provisioned for a considerable period. The Margrave of Badia has published a proclamation like the Duke of Württemberg, to regulate the conduct of his subjects during the passage of the French.
Letters from the Hague of the 12th inst. state, that the fleet of the Texel was on the eve of sailing in conjunction with the Dunkirk squadron upon some secret expedition; which, however, it observes, will not be so considerable as that which was to have taken place in the summer of 1797. We stated in our paper of yesterday, that French papers of the 15th and 16th had reached town, and we mentioned in a few lines what was the chief intelligence which they brought. A paper of the 17th also reached town in the course of the day.
The two Councils have passed a Decree, by which all privateers are forbidden, and the sailors who compose their crews are ordered to repair to Brest, in order to man the fleet which is fitting out there, and which they are making every effort to prepare for sea. We heartily wish them success in these efforts, convinced their ships will never leave their own ports without finding their way into ours. Another Decree has been passed to compel all foreigners resident in France to wear the cockade of their country. The precautions which the Directory are taking in the Interior prove the uneasiness and the embarrassment of their situation, in spite of the pains which they take to conceal it. Our readers will see with pleasure that the insurrection in Belgium gains additional strength. The time is now come in which it may prove of material assistance to the enemies of France, and in which it may in its turn receive considerable assistance from them. The Imperial troops having passed the Inn, was considered by the French Directory as a sign of War; they in consequence of it prepared entertainment for man and horse.
March 26. Our accounts from Ireland have for some time been of such a nature as must fill reflecting minds with the most melancholy presages. People acquitted at the assizes taken into custody by the military to be re-tried! We hope our correspondent is misinformed. It would be better for the country to have no civil courts, than their proceedings should be reviled by military tribunals. If the personal peril of jurymen be such, that in spite of proof of guilt
they must acquit the indicted, there ought to be no resort to juries in the first instance. It is a remarkable, but it is a pleasant truth, that out of 1103 children last year in Christ's Hospital, only eleven died.
The Oxfordshire militia are on their route from Colchester Barracks for Portsmouth, where they are to embark for Ireland. The first division halted yesterday at Romford. Colonel Core Langton embarks with them.
The Dictator, of 64 guns, and two frigates, are to carry the Cambridgehire and Oxfordshire militia to the Cove of Cork; the two regiments muster 2400 rank and file.
The Earl of Harwicke does not go with his Cambridgehire regiment to Ireland; the command of which devolves, therefore, on the Lieut. Colonels York and Nightingale.
Monsieur, the brother of Louis XVIII, and several French Noblemen went to the Edinburgh Theatre on Tuesday se'nnight, to see Mr. John Kemble play Hamlet. A box was fitted up for their reception on the side of the stage, and they were accompanied by Lord Adam Gordon, commander in chief of the forces in Scotland.
March 28. A Greek vessel, containing three Frenchmen in disguise, and among them a secretary of Buonaparte's, was captured by a Turkish ship, and the prisoners sent to Constantinople. There were found upon them, in sequins and piastres, about a million and a half livres tournois.
At Smyrna the French are hunted like wild beasts. Several, chained together, had perished in the dungeons, but through the efforts of the English consul and the merchants, enraged at these cruelties, others were set at liberty, and landed intaily.
A letter from Constantinople, by the last Hamburg mail, states, that Sir Sidney Smith was on the eve of sailing from thence for Egypt. He was to be accompanied by the Turkish Admiral, whose fleet consisted of twenty ships of war, of different sizes, and a considerable number of transports.
March 30. This morning government received dispatches of considerable importance brought to Yarmouth by an extra packet from Cruxhaven. The contents have not fully transpired; they relate however to an engagement between the Austrian and French armies on the Rhine, in which the latter are stated to have been defeated with great slaughter; and seven thousand taken prisoners by the Austrians.
The Archduke Charles commanded the Austrian army; the French were commanded by General Jourdan. Some of the Russian forces had joined the former.
The left wing of the French army, commanded by Gen. St. Cyr, suffered most in the action.
The particulars were sent off by messengers to his Majesty at Windsor, and to the different cabinet ministers.
It is reported that Mr. T. Grenville has succeeded in his mission to the court of Berlin.
Star Office, 4 o'clock. We stop the press to give a few further particulars:
The French forces which composed the left wing of the army, commanded by Gen. St. Cyr, after the defeat they sustained in the action with the Austrian troops, were slopt in their retreat by the Austrian general Hauen-dorff, and sustained a complete defeat; hardly any of them escaped. The action took place about the middle of this month, we believe on or about the 16th.
Jourdan, with the other part of his army, had made a hasty retreat towards Basle. It is said also that Malsena was attacked on or about the same time, and also defeated.
We are happy to add, that accounts have also been received of the capture of Corfu by the Russians. The Leader, which was taken by the French, when bringing home dispatches from Lord Nelson, has been taken in the harbour; and also a French frigate.
The following is the substance of the report of a secret committee of the House of Commons, on the subject of the rebellion.
The committee to whom the papers referred to in his Majesty's message of the 22nd of Jan. were submitted for examination, reported the result of their lengthy investigation to be in substance as follows:
The committee state their having found the clearest proofs of a systematic design long since adopted and acted upon by France, in conjunction with domestic traitors, and pursued up to the present moment with unabated perseverance, to overturn all the existing establishments in this country and Ireland, as well as to dissolve the connexion between the two kingdoms.
The committee state, that the chief hope of accomplishing this design has rested on the propagation of those principles which produced the French revolution, by means of political societies, which have already pro-

Ship News.
PORT OF PROVIDENCE.
ENTERED.
Brig Charlotte, Fuller, Africa; Schooner Delight, Young, Havana; ship Charlotte, Tyler, Lisbon; sloop Warwick, Davis, New-York.
CLEARED.
Schooner Sukey, Small, Boston; sloop Victary, Luce, New-York; sloop George, Brownell, Baltimore; Schooner Susannah, Clark, Philadelphia; brig Murillo, Hicks, Baltimore; brig Sally, Spooner, Surinam.
Capt. Tyler, of the ship Charlotte, arrived on Saturday last from Lisbon, left there the following American vessels the 27th of March.
Ship Edward, of Philadelphia, James Wickham, master, to sail in 10 days.
Ship Active, of Philadelphia, — Harper, master, captured by the French, recaptured by the English, and bound to London, with convoy, for trial.
Ship George, of Portsmouth, Titus Salter, master, bound to St. Petersburg.
Ship Romulus, — Smith, master, bound to St. Petersburg.
Ship Gloriana, of Boston, Jonathan Coffin, master, bound to Hamburg, with convoy as far as the Downs.
Snow Three Friends, of New-York, John Heffern, master, captured by the French, recaptured by the English, and Capt. Heffern gone to London for trial.
Snow Rover, of this port, Ephraim Snibbe, master, to sail for New-York in 3 days.
Brig Mary, of Boston, — Holland, master, bound to St. Petersburg.
Ship Susan, of this port, Ebenezer Corey, master, arrived at Lisbon the same day Capt. T. failed, in 42 days from Charleston.
May 4, in 49° 14' north latitude, 57 west longitude, spoke the Danish brig De Drie Geuusters, Hans Nicolayson Stork, master, from Archangel, bound to Baltimore, out forty weeks. Informed us, that in the month of January they were within 14 leagues of Cape Henry, but by violent westerly winds were driven off the coast, and carried away their foremast. One man had died of the scurvy, and the rest were still ill with it to such a degree as to be almost incapable of duty. We supplied them with one hoghead of water, which was the article they most wanted, except fresh provisions. The vessel and cargo were consigned to Messrs. P and D. Govets, merchants, Baltimore.
May 14, spoke the ship Sarah, of Boston, from St. Ubes, 39 days out.
May 22, spoke the brig Hannibal, — Peterson, master, from Kennebec, bound to Tobago, out 3 days.
New and fashionable Goods.
Just received by the Minerva, from London, and now opened and ready for sale, by
Caleb Bowers,
At No. 1, CHEAPSIDE, An extensive assortment of English & Scotch GOODS , of the latest fashions—at a very small advance for cash. May 29.
CASH STORE.
William Blodget, jun.
No. 3, Chesapeake, Has just received by the late European arrivals at New York and Boston, A HANDSOME supply of fashionable Spring and Summer GOODS, now opening and will be sold extremely cheap for cash.—Expected in a few days, A very general and Extensive Assortment of staple and fancy Articles, of the newest and most approved tastes.—But one price. May 29.
For SALE, by Pitts & Chedel,
In Main-street, opposite Amos Atwell's, 7 Hogheads of Tobago RUM, of Jamaica proof.—4 Hogheads of Savannah Mountain TOBACCO, of the first quality.—A few Hogheads of good retailing MOLASSES.—36 barrels of TAR, and 20 ditto of TURPENTINE.—Also, Brandy and Gin, by the barrel or less quantity. May 29.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber informs his Patients, that he shall positively leave Providence the 5th of next month; he therefore requests of those few who have left part of their medicine under his care, to apply for the same within the above time. He will consider it as a particular favour, if those to whom he has tendered his medicines gratis, will also call (if not entirely well) for a further supply, to accomplish the cure. He begs leave to observe, that he has practised six weeks in this town under the greatest disadvantage, as in many others; that he never had a patient, within twenty years, but who had been given up by good physicians; therefore, should he lose one out of a great number, it would be no discredit to his practice, when those same individuals were all condemned to die before he undertook them. May 29.
F. CADETE.
To be sold,
THE STORE occupied by Messrs. William S. and Benjamin Brown, neatly opposite the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas P. Ives. For terms, apply to WILLIAM HOLROYD. May 29.
even from their prisoners; where she was bound, or to what purpose her cargo was to be appropriated. Her letters were all thrown overboard, except one, which, through hurry, was left in the chest of a passenger; this letter is addressed to an eminent personage in Georgia, and on account of its important contents was sent on, as soon as the Mary Ann arrived, by express, to the Secretary of State."
By Capt. G. Tyler, of the ship Charlotte, which arrived here on Saturday last, we are informed.—That an open insurrection had taken place against the French in Piedmont.—That in Turin the French commandant had been massacred, and that troops have been ordered there from Genoa and the Cisalpine republic.—That at Milan, there was also an insurrection, and in Naples (though the French are in full possession of that kingdom) there are frequent nightly massacres.
Capt. Tyler further informs, that a vessel had arrived at Syracuse from Alexandria, and the crew, with the exception of ten men who escaped, were instantly put to death by the Sicilians. It was reported when this vessel left Alexandria, that Buonaparte had returned there with 10,000 men; and that so great was the scarcity of fuel, that 37 sail of transports had been broken up to supply the army.
We further learn by Capt. Tyler, that the day he sailed from Lisbon, a courier had arrived there from Madrid, with an account of a conspiracy having been discovered, in which twenty-four persons of consequence were concerned.
Seven thousand British troops had arrived at Lisbon before Capt. Tyler failed, and more were daily expected.
By Capt. Ingersoll, arrived at New-York on Friday last, in 13 days from St. Bartholomew, we have information, that since the American vessels have left the West Indies, the French privateers are out in a swarm.
From a late New-York Paper. The following ADDRESS to S. DECATUR, Esq; dated Havana, May 6, 1799, was sent us yesterday by an obliging merchant of this city, for publication:
The undersigned Agents, and others acting in behalf of American citizens trading to this island, beg leave to address you, previous to your departure from this station.—Impressed with the importance of the eminent services you have rendered the commercial interest of the United States, and wishing to bear that testimony which our local situation entitles us to appreciate, we request your acceptance of our warmest acknowledgments and thanks.
Inflated as you have been upon an extensive coast, offering asylum to the unprovoked enemy; your zeal and activity have afforded an efficient protection to a trade, the most extensive the United States have in the West Indies, and which may be deserving the attention of our government.
It is not our intention to hurt your feelings by enumerating your services; but gratitude impels us to acknowledge, that without your friendly interference in port, and activity at sea, our commerce must have suffered such checks as to have impeded its prosecution with any degree of prudence.
As much as we regret your departure from hence, yet the arduous circumstances under which you have laboured on this station, prompt us to congratulate you on your approaching arrival amongst your friends, and, we are conscious, grateful fellow-citizens.
We are, with respect, Your humble servants, (Signed) JOS. M. YZNARDI, Agent, and by upwards of 26 other respectable gentlemen. To STEPHEN DECATUR, Esq. Commander of the United States ship Delaware. Havana, 6th May, 1799.
MARRIED.
On Sunday evening last, Mr. SAMUEL SPINK, of South-Kingstown, to Miss BARBARA LINDLEY, daughter of Capt. Joshua Lindley, of this town.
DIED.
At St. Thomas', after a sickness of only 8 days, Mr. Ebenezer Jenckes, merchant, of this town, and son of the late Hon. John Jenckes, Esq; aged 25. He has left a widow and two infant children. His many virtues will long embalmed him in the memories of his acquaintance.
"Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Some green in health, some withering on the ground; Another race, the following race supplies, We die successive, and successive rise." At Newport, on Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas Devens, son of Mr. Charles Devens, of Rehoboth, aged 45 years. In this town, Mrs. Patience Ingraham, aged 63.
Isaac Greenwood,
IS in want of an honest, active and ingenious LAD, of 14 years of age, as an Apprentice to the Mathematical Instrument making business, in all its various branches. The terms will be made easy when compared with the custom of others in the above art. May 29.
For SALE, by Abbott and Ingals,
At their Tan-Yard in North-Providence, FOUR thousand dried HIDES, in excellent order, very reasonable for cash or short credit.
They want to purchase, OAK BARK, For which the highest price in cash will be given. May 29. (t. f.)
duced the distractions and calamities of Ireland; and that in this country similar measures have been attempted, and though these have been hitherto defeated by the vigilance of government, and the general good sense and loyalty of the nation, the object is not yet abandoned.
Additional Foreign Articles, received by the Minerva, arrived at Boston.
Retreat of a French Army.
LONDON, April 9.
Yesterday afternoon we received Paris papers to the 5th instant, which were brought to Dover in a neutral vessel from Calais.
On the 29th ult. General Jourdan wrote from his Head-Quarters near Dutingen; as follows:—
Jourdan, General in Chief, to Châteauneuf Randon, General of Division.
"Head-Quarters, at Weiler, near Dutingen, 26th of March, 7th year.
"Since the 19th I have had several sharp actions with Prince Charles. In the last of them, which took place on the 25th, and continued for 13 hours, I remained master of the field of battle, and made 4000 prisoners. But the enemy's army amounting to 60,000 men, and receiving daily reinforcements, I found myself under the necessity, though victorious, of falling back. I shall cover the defiles of the Black Mountains, so that the department of the Lower Rhine shall have nothing to fear; and I shall proceed forward as soon as I have received the reinforcements which are promised to me.
(Signed) JOURDAN."
April 10.
The right wing of the army of Jourdan was at Überlingen, on the southern side of the Lake of Constance, his left in the county of Hohenlozen, and his centre at Stokach, from whence it extended to Moeckkirch. The Archduke, who passed the Iler, on the 11th, had also his left wing supported by the Lake of Constance toward Buchon, extended on the right by Raverisberg, Sussenreid, and Biberach to the Danube, beyond which his left occupied Blumberg. Thus were both armies in face of each other, on the Danube, at the distance of no more than five or six leagues.
The object of Jourdan was (as we stated on Saturday) to cut off the communication of the Archduke with the Tyrol, and to establish his own with the division of Massena, who was to penetrate by the way of Voralberg, on the eastern side of the Lake of Constance. It was in these circumstances that the Archduke (by a skillful manœuvre, according to some accounts, and by a decisive battle, according to others) succeeded in cutting off the left wing of the Republicans from the centre, in so complete a manner, that Jourdan being unable to gain the valley of Kinche, from which he proceeded, was compelled to direct his retreat through Schaffhausen, and along the Rhine, towards Basle, whilst St. Cyr, who commanded the left wing, fled precipitately towards the Knebis. At the same time that the Archduke was pressing Jourdan, General Nauendorff vigorously pressed at the head of the Austrian left wing, St. Cyr, who is said to have endeavoured to entrench himself at Fredenstadt, in the Black Forest. Other accounts state him to have take the route to Mannheim, by the way of Heidelberg.
We should bewilder ourselves, if we were to attempt any calculation of the immense losses which the Republican army must have sustained either in battle or in its flight through more than 30 leagues across an enemy's country, pursued by a victorious army, very strong in cavalry, and harassed by the inhabitants risen in mass, and enraged with having suffered every kind of outrage, on the part of the vanquished. We know for certain, that so great was the terror at Strasburg, that they supposed the Archduke already at Kehl; and that the most hasty measures were taking for putting that fortress in the best state of defence.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.
A letter received at the Secretary of State's office, on Friday, contains the following information:
"On the 20th of January, Capt. Maley, of the armed Schooner Lela Elisha, entered the gut of Gibraltar. At 9, A. M. 4 French pirates came out of Tangier. It being calm, and the Lela Elisha being alone, they rowed close up to her, and began a hot fire, which was vigorously returned. After receiving about 460 American balls, and the commander having several unlucky shots, they left the Lela Elisha. The calm continuing, was the means of their safety."
(The Lela Elisha is one of the vessels built and equipped in this port for the dey of Algiers.) The frigate now building by the merchants of this city, at the Navy-Yard of Mr. Humphrey's, in Southwark, progresses very fast. Her timbers are nearly up, and about half planked; it is expected she will be ready for launching in the fall of the present year. She is 15 feet shorter than the frigate United States, and calculated to carry 44 guns, 18 and 9 pounders. We understand she is to be called "The City of Philadelphia"—and have no doubt will do credit to those citizens, whose virtue patriotism, and just regard for the rights and honour of their country, she is intended to represent.
NEW-YORK, May 22.
Yesterday arrived the ship Betty, commander Carberry, of 18 guns, and ship Factor, Capt. Farrell, of 10 guns, from Liverpool, which place they sailed from on the 29th March, in company with ten sail of American vessels.
On Tuesday May 14, in lat. 36, 57, long. 28, 53, the Betty and Factor fell in with the English letter of Marque ship Arethusa, Capt.
Moffat, of London, in great distress, having lost her mainmast, and all her topmasts, and scarce a bit of canvas on the ship, with both her pumps going for 35 days, and scarcely any provisions on board.
Captain Carberry hoisted out his boat, and went alongside the Arethusa, when her crew insisted on leaving the ship; but through the spirited conduct of Captain C. he prevailed on them to stick by her, assuring them that he would send them relief: Captains Carberry and Farrell bound themselves to stay by the ship until she arrived safe in port, and assist her in provisions; and the Betty has had her in tow for eight days past, until she entered Sandy Hook.
The Arethusa sailed from Portsmouth on the 20th of November last, for Philadelphia, but meeting with bad weather, was obliged to put into Lisbon, from whence she sailed on the 10th March.
The Arethusa is laden with warlike stores for the United States, consisting of 500 tons of cannon, 15,000 stand of arms, 300 boxes sheathing copper, officers' swords, dirks, &c. and a quantity of gunpowder. She is valued at £50,000 sterling.
Capt. Moffat, of the ship Arethusa, returns his most grateful acknowledgments to Captains Carberry and Farrell, for their humane and generous exertions in preserving his vessel.
BOSTON, May 28.
A London paper, after mentioning the capture of L'Insurgent by Capt. Truxton, observes, no people in the world possess more favourable opportunities than the Americans for raising and maintaining a formidable navy; the country is finely watered, and amply provided with secure and commodious harbours, and abounds with every article necessary for the construction and equipment of shipping.
We learn that the Merchants at Lloyd's Coffee-house, London, have subscribed 500 guineas, to purchase a sword to be presented to Capt. Truxton, for capturing the Insurgent.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29.
A gentleman from New-York has politely favoured us with the Daily Advertiser, printed in that city on Saturday last, from which the following, together with a few other articles, is extracted.
NEW-YORK, May 25.
That the Directory of France are pursuing some dark and horrible scheme of treachery and mischief to America, has long been suspected by every one who has marked with an attentive eye the course of public events. Her overbearing haughtiness—her aspiring ambition—her all-grasping venality—have all stimulated these Proud and Corrupt Republicans to turn their view towards these peaceful States—Circumstances are daily unfolding which must convince the most careless of this alarming truth.
We trust the following, taken from a Baltimore paper [received yesterday morning,] will enable our honest and vigilant government to discover the full extent of the designs of France against us; and the names of those internal traitors, who co-operate with her for the destruction of our excellent Constitution—and the subjugation of our Country.
(From the Baltimore) American:
IMPORTANT.
A letter from a gentleman in Norfolk, dated May 17, to his friend in this city, received yesterday, and politely communicated to the editor, contains the following
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
"The ship Mary Ann, mounting 16 guns, and manned with 51 hands, arrived here yesterday from the river La Plata; she was furnished with a letter of marque, and 7 days since, in the Gulph Stream, was engaged by a French brig of ten guns and 117 men, all mulattoes and negroes, except the first lieutenant, who is an American, a native of Barnstable, in Massachusetts. The engagement lasted two hours, during which nine Americans were killed and wounded, and 17 of the negroes. At length the Mary Ann got so completely athwart her bows, that every shot raked her fore and aft, when the tri-coloured flag was hauled down, and she yielded to the superior bravery of American seamen.
"After taking possession of her, she proved to be Le Generaux, of Guadalupe; but, contrary to all other privateers, was deeply loaded with guns, pistols, daggers, flints, cutlasses, and all other military stores and implements. The captain of the Mary Ann took out what men he could stow, and put the rest in irons, of which he found plenty in the prize; he also put 21 men on board her, and ordered her for the first port in the United States which she could make. What renders the situation of this prize the more particular is, that she had no commission or any papers, nor could the Americans learn,