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.GROCERLES and CROCKER2.
DANIEL Is. VAUGHAN,

DANIEL Is. VAUGHAN,
No. /, Washing,on- Squire,
Formerly occupied by SAMUEL VAUcHAN,l
cFFERS FOR S.iLE,
A general assortment OF Groceries, CroCke:y
Ware, sc. &c.--yiz -
Rum Loaf
Gin HAVANA ( r,,,,re
Spanish Brandy White ard ''"e ~ -
Lisbon ! Brown
Sherry ) WImes Mo'A1ses
~ .aga & Ginger
Madara Pmento
Porter Cassia
Nincgir Nutmegs
Eys1n Cotton
H,s,n Skin T,soc Log and Red Who'd
souchong & ''''' Carolina hdigo.
Bphea and fiotant
Collie Powder and Shot
Pepper. Wrapping paper
Lamp Oh, &c. &c.
9iSO Just receiued bales long staple Cotton of the
first qlality.
The above articles will sold on reasonable term
or CASH
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whieh clearly mao IL duration crtb3sc Or
ders depe,,d upop tia 0i tic Bcriir and Nj
In DEGREES. But, dc TO. see how these
documents can possibly operate in that way.
They relate TO ne1v dispute they arc of
die long postorior 10 the repeal of the
French DEGREES and, though they may pos
sibly be looked to with the cheering expecta-
tion of their becoming the grounds of new
quarrel between France and America, il
seems TO be impossible to lug them into the
old quarrel between America and us.
The last documents, relating 10 this SUBJ
jcct, which have hitherto reached US, consist
oil letter from Mr.. Pinckney, the American
minister here, 10 Mr.. Smith, Secretary Of
State in America, dated Lon ION, Nov. 1910,
and covering a copy OF letter from Mr..
Pinckney to Lord Wellesley, dated Nov
1910; and also OF the bill the necessity Of
which was suggested 10 congress, by the
President, at the opening OF the session, for
giving efficacy 10 the non.intercourse act, 10
go into execution on the I'd Of Feb.-The
letter from Mr.. Pinckney, (Which is the last
of which we have, at present, any knowledgc)
contains little more than repetition oi what
was contained In his former letters. He a
gain calls for repeal of the orders IN coun-
Gil he presses his request more strongly
but tia, is what he specifically calls for
What answer he might Afterwards receive,
we DO not yc,s>nxxszA"s we know that he
has taken Fsald,enee II ieavr, and is about
to depart, If he has not actually departed.
IL is likely that Napoleon will take good
care, that the breach be.wecD US and Ameri-
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Black Pepper
Gmssr
Pinento
Table Salt
Aiexsndrial FLOUR
& BaltimorS
Wrapping Paper.
R:aSins
Tobacco
Rice
Soap
Candles
Cheese
Butter
and Meal.
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GROCERIES
By vROLES.4LE g RET.qIL.
w l. /. n NJ w IL | L T.,

Offers for sale, at the store Lony-rha, formerly
occupied by the Progressive Company, No. IL.
General Assortment OF Grocery, Gro .kery, and
Glass Ware. .Sfc-rn-sIsrINC or
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-10

!et OFF chase, rnahesuvring to see herya,.
IN the morning.. AT six u'clock in,hel
morning TOLL ing, the man at th4 top aiJl
mat he saw vessel 10 the wintiw Ard at |!
, bout two leagues distance, which vess Il \ |
recognized tn be the same we had seen |
the 20th February. one thousand eight hu
dred and eleven; she Immediately sheerd
on with crowded sails. AT three o'ciod
we fired three guns at her with powder. s.
quarter after three we fred two at he'll
with ball, under French colors, on which
she boosted the AmeriSan flag, always sheerI
ing Off. and Sprnkli"g her sails with wal
ter AT half after three. seeing that shd
Gould not escape, she lay TO; when we or
dered the master of the said vessel to come
on board the privateer with his papers
VINO declared that his name was William
Ogle, that he was born and domiciliated ar
Philadelphia; thatth vessel under his
command, was called the Hope of Philadel-
phia, belonging to Messrs. Savage and Du-
gan & ketiand, coming in ballast from Ca
diz, where she had landed cargo of flour
oiscult and wheat; that the said cargo be,
ionged TO the Aforementioned. owners, and
that his crew vas composed of sixteen men.
himself included. We enguired of him ,yhe.
Their he had no other papers, and whether
he had concealed any, and he nswere d thai
ne had novother
we informed him that having carried
provisions into place besieged by the ar.
mics OF his majesty the emperor of the
French, he had inirnged the laws of war.
ana that In consequence we took posse sson
OF the vessel. having previously put all her
papers under cover and affixed thereon the
seal oil the priva,eer, with Injunction to the
American captain to a{hx also his own seal
on the said papers, which PAGER, thus sea.
led ] have delivered to MIR. Lpuis Marie
Peysavin, second supernumerary captain ON
board the privat er, whom have appoin.
ted as prize master by writing under nv
signature, that of the officers and of the
principal among the crew who know how
to write their names. and hat of the said
captured Captain after the same had been
read to him in his own language by Mr..
Thompson.
Done on board the privateer LIE Dilgent.
the 23d OF Feb. 1911.
l. John NJ Du Ponceau, sworn iutrepre
ter OF foreign languages for the common
wealth ot Pennsylvania, by lawful authority
appointed and commissioned. Do herebv
cer&Vy, that the foregoingis true copy and
exact translation to the best OF my skill and
aoliities, of a certain document of writing
written IN the French language, &c. which
is bereunto annexed.
In testimony whereof have
hereunto set my hand and
e.. 81 seal of Office ar Phladel-
pha, this 9th day of March,
1911.
J. Nj. DU PONCEAU,
Ssuorz Inter,treter.
(.4nrora)
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS.
e.. s.)

Extract ofaiener from an officer on board
me franchise, dated Falmouth, Februa-
Ty 25.
"When left you last bought we should
nave had fine passage, as the weather
promised well the first day and night, but
tne iast evening we got the wind from the
Is b w. off the Lizard, and heavy rain
with thick weather and squalls. At three
tins morning, in the act of wearing. we
unfortunately run down the TRANSPORT BRIG
John and lane, William Wichart. master
with 219 OF the 11th egiment on board, II
OF her crew Is women and 6 children, max
ing III the whole 254 sous--out sf whom
are saved, ensign Duff, and 90 of the
troops; Mr. Wichart, his mate, and of the
crew, making in the whole 81 saved. and
223 drowned.
am not competent to give you the nil
nute de.ails OF this unfortunate event; suf.
nee 1t to say, that capt Allen. his officers,
ana snip's company, exerted themselves to
u, ,ne u'm ost OF their power in preserving the
lives OF as many as possible from the wreck.
suppose the Franchise could not be going
round at the rate of more than S or 9 Knots
as they were obliged to run a little before
the wind. to clear another vessel. She
struck the brig with her cutwater right on
the beam, which stove her to pieces. and
she filled instantly The rigging oftbe Voc
sci being foul OF the bowsprit. kept the
wreck under the weather bow, BY which
means we saved SO many lives no boats
could be used, the sea ran so high--About
q o'clock. having not got OFF all the WRECK
mat were living, we made convoy signal to
rendezvous at Falmouth, where we arrived
at 9 P. M.
Inc boatswain of the brig got safe on
board US but recollecting his wife was left
behind, he leapt again on the wr,cL j., IT,
hopes of bringing her with him, but was new
er seen afterwards"
In addition to line above, we learn that
the Franchise also received some damage
About the same time the American sbip
intercourse capt. Cot, ran down the Wei
llnston tTansP' TT, laden with ordnance stores
Malta The capt. and 1--WE men sunk
WIN the ship; hve others got on board the
Americas, and are saved.
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She French Pripaseer DiRgens.
VERBAL PROCESS.

We, the underwater. captain & chic
officers Of the privateer the DiIigent do re-
port, that on the ooh day Of Februa nv
one thousand eight hundred and eleven.
oeing IN thIrsy-three degrees. thirteen mi
nu'es, north latitude, ar d eighteen deere
thirty minutes west longitude meridiaa Of
TarIs, we at noon deserted a sail to the
w'ndward; we immediately chased her. 81
al halt atter four being Sufficiently close
60 her, we ilrsd at her four shot with DOW
ger only I, lake her lay n, bot she crow
ufa ner SAILS and hNuicd her ind so that
~ Isif axe se'snwc los, .fslt c. LIE. and
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KINGSTON. lJam.l April 8.

Government, we understand, have resol.
we'd on establishing an arsenal in Bermuda,
for the convenience Of his Majesty's ships on
both the Leeward Islands and Halifax sfa,i
ons The necessary bulldogs are already
well advanced Antigua where the ships u
the navy cruizing to windward oil this Island
resor, for repairs and supplies, has always
proved very unhealthy for the crews, and
t. prevent mtrtali:y, the arrangement of es-
tablishing ~ Bermuda the necessary conves
piences appears from its healthy situation,
highly judicious an cannot iail to be equal
y satisfactory, The advantages even as q
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Arrived at Plymouth, last Friday, schr.
Juno; capt Fuller, from Urbanna, (Vir) via
me vineyard Capt +. states. that at The
Vineyard he saw a captain of shin from
Europe. bound to New York, who reported
to him that British Frigate on the bang
OF Newfoundland had captured fifteen saH of
HdT6lehead fishermen had taken tbs
crews Oh board the frigate, and ordered the
vessels for Newfoundland. Their pretebce
LOT thls Capture was that the vessels had
permits 10 touch and frade, and the refore
rhe presumed they we're bound to France
with green fish.
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BRITISH .At7E RIGA:


The ice on the river opposite this city
moved up with the tide On Saturday MORN
ing the 18th inst having stood from the 9Th
Feb.
On Monday afternoon a Batteau arri.
we'd from Montreal without having met with
any impeachment from the ice.
MONTREAL, April %.
The Season in this part of the country
is uncOmmonly dry, the water in the rivers
is as low as it generally is in the months of
July and August. which operates I'M urious--
ly upon those who have for the past winter
prepared lumber for the market, as much
of it must lay over for season. Lands
that are commonly cultivated, are sufficient
ly prepared by the mild weather, since the
early sitting in of the spring, for q" seed
time" and some of the earliest fields have
been put down to grain fortnight since,
which is observed To be over twenty days
earlier than is Common.
About ten Hat-bottomsd boats and two
scows have cone to this market the fortnight
past, principally from tie borders OF Lake
Ontario and Genesee rVer. one of which
came from Kingston % this place III two
days Their loading was Pork, Flour, Ash,
es, &c.
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SPLENDID CnIDLR.
PARIS. March G

TARtS, March s.
The Cradle presented % hel Imperia1
Majesty by the city OF Paris. is made ol st.-
yer gilt, iDlaid with mother OF pearl the
interior is lined with oraage coluured ye.%
vs'--Ihe curtains are Of lace. embroidered
with golden bees. The form of the cradle,
is that of an elongated square, Tor paraile-
iogram) little rounded at the ends. is
supported by four CorHucohiaS, which cross
each other, and by two little figures, on- re-
presenting Justice, and the other Powc -
Upon the sides of The balustrad.. are wo
Canoes. one exhibiting the figure of the,
nymPh of the Seine receiving in he, arms
the child ofthe Gods, and the other the II
Der, who smiles al perceiving new star AZ
rising for m.--Upon the head of the era
die is seen the figure of Renoqun, holding
in her hands the crown which governs
France. In front is little eagle which
has its eyes fixed upon this emblem. &c
seems endeavoring to fly to the height Of the
star.
1t is announced that so prizes will be-
deSIeed to the authors of the so best pieces
in French. Latin Italian and German verse
which shall be made upon the occasion of
the accouehnent of her majesty the EN-
press and Queen.
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SPANISH CoNsUL's OFFICE,
Balfimore. An NYou- 1911


The undersigned, Consul of his Catholic
Majesty, Ferdinand VII. for the state of
Maryland, hereby makes known to those
whom It may concern, that under date of the
18TH February last, the Governor and Can
tain General of Merida of Yucatan, INFORMS
hln, that in couseq uence of violent hur
kfcane having very generally DESTROYED the
promising crops CT that Province. and a
great scarcity being threatened, and expec
ted the governor and council had resolved
TO open the ports of Sisal aud Campeche to
all vessels, national or foreign, that should
bring Indian corn, -four and other provisi-
ons and the introduction. of utensils of a.
Ericuiture and naval stores is also permit
ted, paying the established duties as here
tofore, without other restriction or conditi-
IN than that flour can only be admitted at
Sisal and not at Campeche the owners,
being at liberty to dispose of their cargoes
thus composed. at the current market Dri-
ces. and to bring their returns in spe
Gle or IN articles the produce of said Pro.
vince but no goods of any nature other
than &iosc above enumerated, can be intro
dnce1 IN the said ports; neither can pas
Sengers OF whatever nation, class or condi
tion they may appear, be brought in vessels
arriving there. under any pretext whatever
che captains OF such vessels being answer
able for the same, and no plea of iyno-
rance IN eXonerate them from such re.
sponsibility
JOHN B. BERNABEU.
N. B. The usual Consular certificates
will be required and granted at this or
Gce.
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from tie Boston Patriot
CHAN GES IN THE CABINET

Our readers may recoilect we published
IN late Patriot, under this head, AN article
from the Fanondk fnteiIgencer, with some
predatory remarks of our own. Our re-
marks are inserted IN the aurora of the
~4tn ult under the title "Shreading 30 ac.
.onPanied with the ceDsorial structures OF
Gadyersicn.
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BRITISH oUTRAcE!li

The new American brig Spitfire, COASTER
capt. Neal, from Portland, Msssachusetts. ar.
rived yesterday,wa boarded of the Hook bv
the British trigae Pizarro, which is now bisck.
aiding our hartr, and intercepting every YES 4
coming fromt continent of Europe, and zen
nolesting on coasting trade. An Office. .virA a
boats crewentered on board the Spnhrs. .s
sine was cqd ng up yesterday afternoon, ard Tor
chilly olsaway an American citizen, an apr.4n.
tee to tlt captain, notwithstanding the en.rss-
ties, of hs countrymen and shipmates.-Pu6.
Ado.
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CHARLEsTow. April 30.

| TIE u. s. ship WASP, Capt Zones srr!vec
yesterday from 4 cruise to the sou Inward On
TIN 18th ult. off ST.. Mafy's, she fellin with the
U > Gun Boat No 16l, commanded by Mr..
frayson, who gave the following account of a
tnelanchoy accident which had befallea him
the day before -
On the 18th, about 2 P. q sail was deserted
to windward-at ) she bore up, and proved to
be an armed schooner, under Eng ish .colors-.
Mr. u imme diateiy cleared his boat for action
AT the schooner passed 10 windyyar of
nm, and MIR. O.. prepared To tack to the east
ward, as he had ugged into very considers ole.
gTouno swell---wniie in the act OF staying. the
boat gave heavy plunge, and his bow gun a SO
FOUNDER sstched way Mr.. G. immediately ran
t"; ward, where every thing that present. d if
sen 20 his eyes, seemed 60 be replete with death
ana ofror-his gunner lay dead, with mis- ne ,d
mashed INTO atoms-one of his best hands s,ood
transhxed with the Ruke of the anchor. which
passed just below the small of his back. and
came cut through his groir--and another ev.
cehehl man lay wih his legs (Which were
mashed h'o Jeiiy) under the but of the gun!
Ihe scene itself was sufficient 10 have dsnsnad
the feelings OF the most callous but rendereJ
much more poignant, by the cries of the two
dying men, one o. whom begged Mr. G.. fafter
hnding 1t would take some considerable time ~,
extricate him) to chop his legs off with an ave
-.hey were at length eAtricated, and survived
about 55 minutes after having their wounds
dressed ""
The following is an extract of an addresa
from the House of Lords of Great Rr;ta;n
TO the Prince Regent, on the 18th of Feprua-
ry:
We acknowledge with all possible thankfll-
ness the goodness of your royal highness, in in
forming us, that discussions are now pending be-.
tween this country and the United States OF A.
Rerica and we participate in your royal hiph-
nesS's correct wish that you may find voursejf
enabled to bling them to an amicabIe term;nat;-
on, consistent With the honor OF his M q
crown sad the maritime rights and interests of.
the uspsj kngdcSn
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From a London Pdbey.

A most borrid attempt was made by man
who resides near Dockhesd, on Friday last, &c,
poison his wife and three children He 70, * n
leg OF mutton home, and ordered it to be roasted
TOR dinner. His wife accordingly roasted g. and
got u ready for the time he appointed. He did
not come home TO dinner, and the wife & chill
dren made their dinners from some provisions
that we're in the house, and did not eat Of the
leg of mutton. The husband did not arrive tilI
suPper-time, and made an excuse for not coming
to dinner.---His wife ordered him some of he,
leg of mutton for his supper, but he declined it,
s'yng he bad brought home some fish which ne
wished to have fried. His wife fried them Nth
the dripping produced from the roasting of the
ieg of mutton, and he ate heartily of the fish
In the night he was taken extremely ill., and
'as continued ia the most excrucisting torture
ever since. He enqured how the fish had been
cooked, and being informed, and also that no.
ofh's family had psrtaken Of the mutton, h'
knowledged his guilt by saying, the deadly
disbolIcsl scheme he had laid of poisoning the
whole Of them had fallen upon himself, having
laid the leg Of mutton in quantity of arsenic Tor
considerable time, and also hsving rubbed it
INTO the meat--The miserable wretch is ial-
gns.'ing 10 the greatest torture cfbody snt
mind:
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Bos ON. May I.
NEWS EXPECTED

The Barque Boston Packet, capt. Mans
seld' arrived at Salem, spoke, 22d inst. a
brig from Nantz. bound to New YORK, then
OUT ~ days. The brig must have left
France about the Sd of April.
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NEw-YoRK, May a.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

letter from Cayenne, to gentleman of
this city, dated the 18th of March, states.
that the Portuguese troops of the garrison,
had concerted plan to set fire to the town,
and massacre the inhabitants, including the
ofhcers OF the fort; which was discovered
IN time to prevent the preparation of this
Incendiary and murderous act Several of
The ringleaders were shot-others escaped,
and were secreted in the woods. No bust
ness was doing at the above date, in conse-
Quence of the confusion occasioned by this
explosion.
20 Very IMPORTANT Information indeed /.
We hear that Mr. Fitzgerald, now in this
city, and lately from Cork. has presented to
Peale's Museum the shoe ST stocktusr of q,
Bryan, the Irish Giant.
Er fede Herculem
Hercules by his foot.
Phil Pater.
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@rom The Providence, (Rhode- Island
PH1nE


zhe Erection 1T is ascertained that the
majority for the Federal Prox in this state
will be some where between one and two
hundred; we are confident some of the f.
neral Candidates will not succeed bv one
The cxultatioD Of the party on their 10
oobie triumph is beyond bounds still Il is
probable the diuiSion Of the shoIs (ofJices1
Will occasion much pickering and heart
burning. it It does not amount to an omen
rupture. The state Manager and his
Deputy, however, will have an eve to these
things.
Two causes have combined to place the
Federal party in power; FIRST, a division
among the republicans--and second. the il.
legal and fraudulent manufacture of near
300 voters (not fteemen J in this town, II
IS fact, that, setting aside the federal ma
yorIty in this town, (and in good truth. the
nall OF IL ought 70 be set aside, and the other
MALT well canvassed,) the republican ticker
mas majority in the state of upwards Of
500. The independent and Substantial
yeomaDry are republican 10 Tie core. II lie
also true, that had none but legal freemen
voted here Uhe Federal majority in Provi
dence was last year 1917 our ticket wonId
nave succeeded. oh the whole.
the federaiists are welcome to exult in their
triumph, such as it is--for our own moor
parts, we do not envy them such = victory
nor can we consider disgrace cntailed ON de-
feat occasioned by such means as they have
resorted to.
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BOSTON,, April %.

r., ~ DOS On, Aprl ~.
Co. Boyd, OF the 9Th u. ). regiment. has
received orders to march to Plttsburg, in
pennsylvania. He will take with him 8
companies of infantry one company of dra
gOons. and one OF rinemen
capt Freeman, we learn, will resume
the command at Fort Constitution.
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rendezvous are superior, we think to Auti.
qua /; the seasons afforded much more fresh
water: and from its situation, as regards
prevailing winds, it would be much easi,.' to
reach TO windward OF Barbados from Der
muda, than from Antigua and, at the pre-
sent moment. whensthings bear a warlike
appearance Ola the part ofthe ". States, the
contiguous situation of Bermuda to the N.
American Coast. will better enable US in
the event of rupture with that govern
ment, to annoy their country aud their flag
FROM CADIz, March 10, 1911.
"The expedition has returned. After
many delays, the allied army gave battle to
the French on the 5th March when the
English were left to do all the fighting
themselves. the Spaniards running away as
usual. Four thousand five hundred English
and Portuguese had to contend with 900
French, under Marshal Victor and the
French were dri, en- into the streets o; Chi
ciona. 1t is said the battle was one of the
sharpest ever fought The loss of the En-
gli.h amounted 20 1871 killed and wounded,
including SO officers. The Spaniards. who
| were 1000, (some say 10000 strong, al
'hough in sight. met with no loss. The
Spanish General Pena, (who acted as Com
mander in Chief OF the eXpcditiou) had been
dismissed The enthusiastically suspected
of treachery, in the delays he made, and
not coming to the assistance of The Enghsh
in the battle. The Spanish Cortes had
conferred on Gen. Cianam, VIII cotnman
ded the English, the dignity OF a Grandee
OF Spain; and offered him the chief com
mand OF the Spanish army, which he rcfu-
sed to accept
- WASHINGTON. May7.
| We have no further int iigence from
France. Although there nave been several
arrivals lately from different ports of that
country, it is understood that no advices
have been received from our charge dat
fairs residing at Paris of a later date than
some time in January. Little dependence
can be placed on the report of captains of
vessels, who are frequently interested in
the statements they make, & whose means
of iptormation are necessarily limited, We
have therefore authentic information of
the state OF things in France subsequent to
the Cd February.
| Nat Inf,