Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-10-16
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grSfs. ag nosi.1.s: eny ini4ai;cs, ,f ,oi CO.
| mg a as conuyy, but oe'ing 70 ss;urssy
/ iads. Ar, g ~ iiss clisaat resssiAe. 81
Board his .ylhal hnce h: read he'd rIia. tiac,
The French goyerpmess Barr rscs,ied
u he S5nni giDRs opcssy w;liss tt.en no
aiceFs and sScr AIMED veait an bs.i, i.
esrupe agi fh- Wen -Sndic', n far as tieir
| a.israt'on sGeets the United States ~
g sy cetore he faxed, ob;sid-d an ciseiai
| o.y OF TIE arFsts ~ Sc dirc5f",y, ii wh:oi.
81 prov:ficns w>fe rsGe.
Tie 2eSsaeiir 81 The 9TH, it is rcpor,e,it
c5ntans 80 snfglS of rSfeyrsnd Peris. r,s
t. The fpisiied sfd manly lc,l- 81 .tir CS-~;v
9et.se he isfi har;s. Ia tlis letter the rs1in.f.
~ Of foro.sn afisirs eSgfslfcs ibe wiz. e
! he dir<ttrtg to preyeni hoaiIilsss ee.i. .e3
he Uai,e3 States aad Fssnce,
AugnH 70
Two sia5sbaFgh mails T%aaain=d dee
'sit n'gSr, noc had any intelligence beea
fsesiYed az a lstc hour 4, n TIA, s,;e@f.
WHICH Is tae pTsicss theme Of eecfy en-
rsrftioa, ,hs lucccis Of AdmiIsl MslsoEA
no ofieisi ace0unts, nor indeed any is-
'eslig- rcs cF hi,n ;bit en- be- il THO lesif
easTe a;ic'ic,d 20, kzybesa Fcce we'd Goca
Il K 3
Of The FRENCH canai Gder, who e5ck sis
departure from fau,on fu,i,a5ee fnca rs
ago --snd il is new TWO months ;ir.ss
ne purified his ' yagc after the reucei.oa
of Mia.
Nothing can be more contrad;aory
than the accouots gwen Of theis Two
commanderss aveo through Jhc channels
thas boAR OF haVing the raoR open, :
nd authentic :.JTces Of Iafo-mation.
We are told one Gays that Admiral g7ei~
Ion, " after sn5oan;eti1g The Ftench
Heet, had token fige fail e the lire, lix
! tFigates, and 70 t-anipcr;s )" ,h,s num-
Der IS neSt encsSafed 20 =" 81 tranfcqts,
and Bnonapag,e IS himl=if piilo er -
at lal} we have the Shale ot the men +
"Ar, viii one hundred and fry ss4nfporiA,
and Buonaparte Of coure.'
/ Bgwsyof balancing the accoant, hog
ever, We have Toe intelligence offs v.c.-
| tory obtained BY, B1oaapa5te, ,2jlh the
! capture of nearly hall of Adr1irsi Melon s
complement Of fhips. This is followed
| by tie tory Of the captain Of RsEuls7
| SeAel, who faw Admiral Nelfos<s ieetJc
diitrefs; the Admiral's isip being dif.
nailed and in the harbo4r O. Caciiarl :
by ioHe extraordinary exer ions the yno.c
fleet is Put into fsts Of repair, sai N
few days We Lave i I'D Ghe Medi,errane-
AZ as fe1 as Sic.iy--and ye; all this is az
thenfc intelligence. The reborts Of sn
! engagement, ;fter III. are from 70 many
quafeeIs, and ,be events fuch as 10 frong..
" meets our hopes, that we feel an incl,-
n7tion to believe shat at leah it isaotto-
tally uniounded, and Gould tina, ever, bc
! IS rumour itates, the interea OF the
French vii iniucc than, as long s. ool-
lble, 10 prefrfye the iccrei.
! a Co1neil Q! the Ca6net M,niRers
Tss on Saturday held al Lord Grerv.irt's
Office, when the Buk, Of Padand. Hari
! Spsneef, Lord G5eoyile ~ Mir. FL, md
| MIR. Dvndss attended TIC buiinsfs ig
mentioned 20 h'Ve been Of g ,cz, inpcr-
tance--- he coalition of he different pow
CTS OF Europe in allisnee with ihis Coun-
Try, 90 eounier q lhs proceedings Of the
French,
! A leuer from Plymouth, mcntioairg
the arrival Of The French corvette, ma
~ US Ald5ty dCcS ID TIC pafticu iaTS VIC
have already given, " I'll. t ,here is alto on
lboard lady p deager, Msdarc Koy;ere,
the wife Of one Of the lste Council of
Five Hundred, who was trantpcred lone
time free 20 Cayenne, With many Others.
The vas gciHg OF, 70 her hufbsnd LA
BayoDae, French coVett-, Eiled with
tie Valiant, bouud 20 the Eme rlace.
wish 12s bsniifed pfiefs en- board, but
paired company !oon alter they lef, Bonr-
dcaux. Ga the iame Gay failed from
Bourdeaux, Ia Concade, La Notes, sad
La frsnSois, h &c very large Ficnch fri.
gates, haying oa boatd 500 roopg and
eress manY ;5oafnd ltand Of arms
their deitination generally lppoicd 20 .
Tor Ireland, bus il lSsms much more oro.
ostia ihat they are gone 70 the Wsa. Ia.
dies,
ne Valiant, fays The above les,s, "a
row going mo Barn Pool, flr the o9,.
poie Of iAuc'ng her pGronsfs ard ,Ae
lndefatigA5is is 2 pc & ed here 10. r,o,, "a,
with the rem1jndsr, as alio with thoi. n. .
took Ont of she Couraeeux nrivste.r
/ which fls fenf ;r,to -. - N !,