t
TH W I L M I N G- T O N G A
Three Dollars per Annara
THURSDAY, A PRIL i9 1799.
Vol. III. N. 119.
Timr,kttwlk4m r.
fWe Ac Prudent of the United
Safe rV Me frrit nl army. .. I
THE term company, ufed, in the
aft, entitled M 'An aca au:hovi
fing tbT PrefiHeot of to United
States to faifea provifional army,"
palled the 28:h May lift, it coulidtr-
ed, asreferrine to fome known ftan-;
7 ; iff
dard. defwnatinn the numbers pro j
per to compote It ; ana me ia ior
atcemining the military Eftablilh-
ittent ot 'the United State,. aw 'flip
rofed to form the proper tfaodare
for this purpofe, as confuflon in the they OJjaipeltcd to ttrike to the Ame- j meeting at their ball on 1 huriuay j ment. 1 hey are not to fer ve a
fe i vice would be the confequenee of rican Eagle. They carritd tbcirl laft, to take in-o cot fidc ra ion he p nft his Britannic Majefty, or his
imequal compantet acting together r)te aKo the rlavanna. Captaml
By the eftablillttwebt' ks it rio ftandi'illlJI arnh'ihirtr Arkn- ver-f
a companT of cavalry 1 tol confift WW QitVed ondej-Hnrf tla- JdhWl
Jour j&gfWfh toT' corvtomta, one j.iy, me uenerit. wti, ana the ameniing vcicr. . - ; ; n3 enterea into articles wun
RrrieT one fiddler, 6n trftmpc-j Delaware ftoop'nt war ' VTen- wA'a meetinj of tHe corporation the inhabitant of Gota, that if the
trcrp tnjd fitty.two privatei r the of- jgratalatO ttie -pubi)e:.an the above of car pen tefs beldlall wek, butt j French furrendtr to the Bri'ifh,
tucrV for the fatne are, one captain, : intelligence : on tiir atmolf compleu lar rci'olution trt agreed lik j thfy fhall be conGdefed at under 'heir
imi:. ...: ,ui Cwr.ft : A com. I
puty of .artillery, of four fergants, .
tour corporals, two OTiificians; ten
ArtificT and forty.two pritates
ttie oficerf are one captain, tvo lieu
tenants: A comnmy of infantry, of
(pur fergeantSi'tJUr corporis, tfco
tnurtcions, audfixty prtvatt the of
ftceri are, one captain, one lleutea--ant,
one cptign, . -
Tne refdlt of fttll inve(tigation
of the lubjca, is, that a'compiny of
volunteer cavalry, arttllefy'; orli
fantry, delirous of fervlng .in Vbe
pr ovift mal arm, flpoufd aflbdate1, to
the numbers reijurd by the faws
fr afecrtaining the military eft ibHlh
mant. and esmbit at: br'itnralf)cU.
ation, figned by every mesuber, thi
forms the ellence ci ttie engagement
with their country and mult be fi
led in the War. Office, to dtfignate
;hofe, who are to be individually
amenable to iucb regulations at the
Kelident may dneft, and liable to be
called Jutolejrvice ; that an aumen-
tic return thould alio be filed to (lie a
Jhe precile organization ot the Con),
paoy $ aad rhat, it being dfemedim.
portant, not to accept of companies
tompofed of diffiftetited perfona, viho
may, from improper motives, be de
sirous fo intruJe themfelves hto the
army, un ler the pretence of patrio.
tic alTociationi, it will be proper to
pre lent certificates fi Oin prominent
and known charifiers, leniug forth
the priocip caof the atTociates, thofe
of the officers fled, especially, and
that the company have complied
with the conditions ptafeftbed by
law. A company being prepared to
prefent the arurelaid exh.bitsr mould
now make a formal offer of their
fervices to tbe Pretidcnt, they m
be accepted wuh propriety and it is
not doubted tnefr choice ot omcen
will be generally rel pcaed.
It h tuggefted, that it will be
proper to dsstmguiih a company by
their m litary delcripuon, and at ha
ying atTociated at a place certain,
vis. the ii, town, county, and
townlhip, or however the place they
reftdeio may be deAonrinated, and
in no other manner, as other dit"
tin&ioni might be loft when thi
volunteer enmpanies come to be or
ganifed& embodied onder the Ud fee
ion of the lupplementary act, palled
the ud June laft, in legioo, rri
uicuts or baitafiuns.
ITsr-Offict tf the United Stsm.
November I, u'8.
Public j4ulion
On MONDAY the sjd of iha pre
ft Bt lami.t h,
WILL DE SOLD,
PAH T of the perifhahle property
of the late ,r. Henry Toomer,
of the lata r. Henry Toomer,
confiiUng of houfhold (urniture, rid
ing chaira, carts, a carrisge, two
pettiaugtra, a laggage boat, focne
cattle, wltt a variety of other r ti
tles. The conditions as is vfual in fuch
cafes.
By order of Anthony b. Toomer,
Executor.
A. Jocclyn, Aotyr.
Wtlsaingion, April 2.
N. B. The periftublc proper
ly ol the faid henry Toomer, de
cefed, at the 5eund Plantation, will
f t f .Id the day following, Vkt. Toef
day the a Ith day of April.
Z' ' 1
sUP' ISHRD WEEKLY BY Atl.MAMD ff A1.1.
BC9I -K.I ' a-ui-J!iu,i ti .'ss
NEW-YORK, March
crowned the etfjrti of our
inlaw wavy.
Ycflerday arrived i
the cbooner Dilpatcb opt. Hod (oft,
in f days from the Havanna, by
Who i e have received the follow-
,ing leafing intelligence .-.That
oieti days before he. failed, h
Ne. i ,rk cutter John Jay, cor-
manded by capt. Leonard, and the 1 t
rniiaaeipnia cutter ueti. . tire en, I
commanded by capt. Price, in erni- 1
jjfcig off the H i van na, can' acrols a I
iWrehch'paivjteer ot.ta gun, which!
nrntettion aff )nli;t in . our VV. tt
Iidia trade j oh the nlfngdiRW y of ''Ficfim jtbrlONDO. GAZETTE,
the American character, ad the
general profpeirity of our Commerce..
i hele happy c rcu nltjnco, t g loei
Willi in- diiililll.miu' i:vi H CI SVOiCil
rney open to or view, arc. tube at
J . ........ . . .
criled to the w.ildooi of , our ppbt
meatures, and t , e patriotic hnnn-l
of our luprems t-xr.cmive. Yet
tbele men and thefe, mealuies arc
the theme pi confta.it d.-tarnation in
certain abandoned papers. Shame
on Iucb profligacy .Oonfufron1 to
. ' 1 a I .
tnetr wicucu macnmatiohi and
vie Mi ! When we cait our eyes o
ver the earth where do we ieea go
vemmenc more free, laws .more
mild, taxes more equal, iod aod
moderate, and the-auuiui titration ot
public affairs in tlte hands ot men bl
equal integntyjdiHgeike, teal, k t.V
teiiis. uo we not tcei the tiutn o
thefe oblervatious t Let u there
tore Place a iioctai rconnJtnce. n
tnoie -o wnom we mti.itt.d th
' r ' V ' " . ' . ,
. -i . ' - i
neim 01 government, ana reject wu
indignation, the inlidious auioetls oV
.ambitiou and dskoMiCnted .thtu'
who- under the mik ot a zeal for
the public good aim lolely at promo
ting their own private mterciis and
aggrandisement.
PHILADELPHIA, March fta,
xeitcrday arrsd, and hrcd a la-
lute, the armed (hip Manchester,
I o guns, 7a days irom London
ny this th ip wa have receive
i 'fi ii i i in i
- s uc viu cngntntnen anu Am.
jacobin F.xaiUiner" and " Ltoyo'
' Evcniuu l'l lt, to December 26
from kh cn papers the toUoAii.
are extracts
LONDON, Dec. 26.
Capt. Citford and Luut. June
will each receive cool, tor bringing
the oflkial i.ft of tie taking ut
Minorca ; the tiiuaf prefent given
when the gunt fire on rec-iv rig ac
counts 01 imporiant IqcceRes.
l l a. - ta a
1 ne pumic win tcei otucn con.
cern in teaming the frnout n fliipo
rnions nf lor ' V ii count Duncan, n
has gone by afy ftages 10 Scotland
under the melancholy apprehension
as he bimlelt itiiei, of never feeing
aaninaiui aeain.
e.ne of the M mllcrs and printipal
envoys ol Oermany.
UNION OK IRELAND.
On Ttsaaday laft a very nnmernot
and rtipeatabse alemblane of Ban.
ken and Merchants ol Dublin mci
on the fublfA a! n Uninn. ulim
,hg a,h, Ho0f lhe Lord Mayor
I tnm f.lT.di0ih, rt,..r ,u, in,i-
Refcduilons, moved by iho High
Hon. D. Latouchc, and fecoodvd b
Mr. Jono Claudioiis Bcrriiurd, were
UnanmiooBy agrerd 10
" Hafolved, That finct fht re.
nunciatHw of the power of deas
Britain, in the year lolegiAVe
for Ireland, the commerce and pot
ferity of this kiradom have eminent.
ly ericrcafed.
Krior.d, Thai w aiiribote
thele bit magi, under Provident e,
od the grtiioua tavoor of our be
loved Jovcrcivn, 10 tbe wildom ol
Tkr tCJjtfa ol Hbur4 h.t" b""1"1 ! .? ,f, 0 T"
tn Iris parUmem.
RaUdvcd, 1 hat wa look with
1
PRINTER TO THE STATE OP NORTH-CAROLINA.
a' ho rc nee on any attempt to deprive
tie pt oplc 01 Irelaad of iheir parlia-
aunt, and thereby their rjooflntr
tional noh i and immediate poer to
leg'flare tor thentfeltrs. fhU be delivered op to the Britifii
" Refolved, Thai impreflVd With Officers appointed to tike charge of
etety f-ntiment of loyalty to opr them. '. i
kn, and afttdipazir attachment to lit The French Officers and
Brinfh connexion, are cone he, that troopi (hall be protected in their per.
to agitate in the parltaaient a quelons and eft'eds and the offictrsal
ion of the legdiauv union between
Ms Kiugcom an, ureai Britain
onld be highly daiig.rjt us and its-
politic." , ;'tj-
lf corporation of Smitjha held a
nualuie ot an anion, when refotu
tto'na, nbly rtjpprvin$ of the
mfU .were agreed to saIkhic a
Deceit brr 25.
Admirahv OfSee, lit c. iK.'gS
Copy of a liltter fraW Admiral Ei l
01 ot. vincenteoniin-noer in
ch"f of his MafcHyS llnps and
vclfels ia the Np'rhteiranuan, to
i fcvean Nepean swf
. lie ion vet am Gibraltar, 1
HEREWITH. & will receirfe
the copy of aietitcrXrom Rear Al-
miral Loid Neli'oiw inclgituk' orfe.
trom capt. 15-ail,,qr Ifia'lsjtliy' jlhip
Alexander, with the aapiiuktion of
uula.
V ,ang uard, at Sea, IVo v. 8.
My Luro,
I have the honour to traufnm
von akuer I received from t-Dt.
Jail, dated 0$. a, together $
ne capiiulatian ot 11 e .U'.e ui G-
a. .d a lilt ut iirdiullir. 1-r.
" .1 . 1
Httn in jt the prUpntrs are now
emnaraeu 111 the Vawuiad 2nd
utater ttil I cairget v.ITp! to tend
tlaaaswao t rf inje, . Ball, with
thrfai of the line, a frigate and
hrc thip, iscniiulted with the block.
adc of Malta, in whi.h are two hh
ot the line ti,d itiree ft if ates ready
tor lea j -n iron, the (tperience. I
Have naUol lap'. liall'sieaL .t. vi
ty, ana ability, J luve rto d-ubt but
IJlat Ul due tmie 1 lhall hVr lit
honour ot lenmnKVou a nood ac-
count ot the rrcueh 111 the town ot
V-letti.
. am, with the grrattft reffwcl.
Your.Lordiljip'a nsaAvl.'t, fci v.
HOKA I Hj NELiSUr.'.
Adm.1-1 Lan St. Vincent.,
Alexat'der, off Malta,
Odobcr jo.
I have ihr hononr to atquint you
that the commat.daot 61 the Frencn
troopi in the caftleol G j, iigned
the capitulation ihr 2 h Igtf. wnkh
y u had approved : 1 orderad capt.
CrelweH of ttie Mannrs, to tkr
pnflefiton of it It) the name of Ins
Britannic MajHtyg and his Mjef.
iv's colours were lioiftoi. 1
hexi d
ay the place was delivered up,rra"" nn Ine onc 8t,d Au-
I In torn, to the IJ' p
n to the Drpunts p h Ifland
and ammun ti r. found 10 the cafte.
pari of u hxh 1 dtrtfted to be fcot
10 the slliitancc ot the Maltefe, who
are in arms sgamtft the FnnCf).
I here ttr 3 lou latks of ft rn n
rhe call'e, whuh will be great rahef
10 she 11. lub 1 tan's, win at t much in
want ot that aride.
I have ihr hosu ne to ha, Jrc.
AI.LX. JOHKBALL,
Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Notion.
An ides of CapimlalloA,
Between Ah xander John Ball, fq.
captain of htaBmanmc Majtlty'a
Ihip Alraander, appointed to con
dad the bloc lade I Malta, under
rear admiral Sir Hnrano Nellon,
K. B. on the pari of Great-Britain,
lieutenant colonel Lochey,
Adj. d Bart, eonimsnder ol the
French troops io the cattle of Go.
ta.
1. The French Irorps ftull march
nut of the tall le olGosa, nirhrhe
honours of war, and fhall lay down
ft. - u 11 m, ft. 1
theif arms is rhry get out of the
gar.
II; Thecaftle of Goia, With al
the military implements and ftore
lowed to retain their iuie arms : they
man ue emoaricea immediately on
hoard his Britannic Majefty's ihips,
(in fant to France in tranfportt, at
the expence ot the French guvern
allies, duntig the wai until regnlarly
ixchanged.
Rear admiral Sir Horatio Nellort.
proteclton, and they will not offci
them the fmatlcft iniulc or ulolelta
tien. ""n
(Sighed
ALEX. JOHN BALL
cab'ain of his Britannic Majrfty'ii
Ihip' Alexaodtr. 'Approved iHora
tio Neljolv
t Lochey; Adj. de Bittaltoni
. Odu.ber 2, 1798.
Capture of Rome, by Gen. Mack;
AH the papers of yefterday jal
mentcd that tiu Paria Gazettes, had
been received Of a later d4te than
me bin iiilt. One fremh paper
however, we can Hate, was received
of th iptb-ititU, It waslesit over
ve. luppole, cxprtl- y, becaule h
cdrlfatiia a very exaggerated accu.i'
of the defeat ctthe iN'e.ipohtan ar..
my ol for ty thoulard hicn, by gen
Macdoi a'dj with furry tlmuiaiti
French! The act on tot.k place at
Civiu Citadella, and trnfequenily,
after 1 he 'Ve;.politans tvere 111 pof
liftt ni of Rame. J .
it is .ithrmed, in the fame jsupct
that the Empire has acceded 10 trie
ultiioituiu offhe French Directory ;
and that place Was accordingly con
cluded at Klttadt on the t h i, II.
Ibis intelligence is faid to have
reached Pars by means of the Tf
irguphC aod of Luurle mutt have
i cen forwarded by txpreis to Ca
la u The treaty with the E nptre
uo vever, cmjlfave but little effect fi
rhe condud of trft 1 d tig powers,' k
s It tie 11 tiurt'(e 0,1 the i'Ptrationk
the war. It has proba: ly been COn.
::udidhv iheKrenc' , iodrpendent.
v o' t'Cti grand I'bjrtt pt fowini'
d-lieiirn between the Pr ficei ft
he Y mpirr and ihtir hef, and ol
.inliting the G.rfnanic Cnhllituiion
;or the porpofe i.f ensblmn them 10
contract their hue rt attack, and to
direct ther prtnsipal forte againft
Laly,. One sfnng is certain, that
they will oh'ybblirvr it until it will
he their interdt to break it.
'"t.e tmpei-or aiott certainly af
ford ;(h(t mceto the King ol Naples,
who has evidently acted in concert
wuh him f tnat a war ltren
' 1 ,3 KuM" a,Kl N 'P,es. (f" -7 !
O nerrnt aruciea ot inte, i. - i ce rem.
I IT -
taiued 111 this part ottur paper.
F ATI .
Ii the fitting of the $h, th - rarcm-
nve oir defy lent the lo loiftg
fcetTage to the Council of Eldcft 1
" CinaciM I'.epie l m.f 1 vrv,
" The court of Naples has crow,
ded its perfidies; you lerhy thi
lettera ot generals Joubcrt ami
Championet, and by tupy of a lei
t t Iroin fhe Ntsnoilian frnrrsl
Matk, to general Champkxiei, that
the Freneh troops in itte Roman
H rpublir have been attacked by rht
Ntapolitan no-aie 1 bus the m-
deratiooof the French Republic on.
ly fcrvrato imrcale ihe asjdacuy ot
nier emcs. J he details which wtt
hefeni you will convince yon that
nuth one and the other have been
rained to their height.
" Mow the mil care of the go
vtrnmrnr will be lo take meafures
to repel the infoknt attaak of . per-
jared court,
. " Tbr execmlve direetary, hat
likewile to declare to you, ihat the
court of Turin, equally perfidious,
makes common Cuafe with our ene
miesi and thus crowns a long train
of cnmei againft the French Repub-
" Oltiteni Reprefentativet, the
executive directory doea not diffcm
o'e that the danger is imminent , but
Republican energy i, ftvll great,
and if all difference ot opinion now
I iPPif' and w'w unite, and
heiegiflativebody wiH fecond by at)
means in its power, the efforta of the
government, the projecta of the en
emies of the Republic will be again
confounded, and the triumph of
liberty will be forever fecured.
The executive direct ory propo
fes to you formally to declare war
araintt tbekimz of Nanlr. ,h
k ng of Sardinia."
C py of the reDlv nf QmmrJ Mt,
to General Championet, dated
rtovembey 24.
Citizen Gensd,
e.cc,f e tDyui lhat lh "my
of his $ie. Majclty, whicn I have the
Honour 10 command ooder hit Ma
jt fty in perfon, yehVrdiy pafied the
'rontiers to take PolTeiTon of the Ro
man territory, revolttiioniwd and
ulm ded ever fince the peace of Cam
po tormioj aod neer rr cognized
tS , lck,,owlged by his Sicilian
Majefty , nor by his ally the Emperor
and King. r -
ir quire that you mould, with
out the ImJleft delay, caufe all the
French truoops tttioned in the faid
Jioniirt territory o retire and 10
vacuate tiic places occupied by
them.
" The generals commanding the
Afferent columns of .he troops of his
Sicilian Maleity have ihe inolt pot
tive orders not to it commence holtil
tics it the French trooow fhall rui
u bemg fummohfcf to to do, mi
u employ force agamtl all oppufjw
tion.
" I declare to you betides, citizen
general, It u 1 ihall conudcr it as an
ctol holtili-y if evtt the French
l oops fet loot on the icrriiof) ei the
irai.d Duke of Tulcai y
44 Expttting your sinfwer, Sir
vitbout ttie fmaiieU delay, I expect
you wiu have ttie goodnefs o lend
ackmajor Keifchach, whom I have
:hc honor to dfpaich to you, in four
ouri at tarthell altur the receipt of
my lettef.
' 1 he reply ought to be pofi ive
and categw ical, bath to the demand,
s 10 the evacuation of the Roman
Hate, andto that which cquires the
French trot ps rtvtr again to fet
fcOt Oh the 1'ofcs 1 territory.
An anfwtr m ihe negative will
bs coirfidered as a declaration of
war, and his Sicilian Majefty wiR
enforce by arms, the jult dcu.ai.ds
which I now make to you iu 1 is
name.''
After thefe piecci had been read
the Cooucil of r ive Hundrcda adop
M a relo'ut'on,that war Uuuld be
drcUred againlt the kings of Naples
and aetdioi.
1 hu relolo ion was immediately
tent 10 iha Couhcil or Riders, which
appronn it, and past dit into a law.
Roth del 1 efattoiis mere adopted
in a Secret cwn.mitirc, agrreahle to
he J34'h article ol IN Cmlituiiots.
BOA KDINGcSc LODGING
1 ate subscriber haviii
provided hmiielt aith lfv cot.v
tent Ii. u r, iu Piincel graot.
Can aceuiiuuudata a few h..H,,.
" provide D.onerf, Juppcrs, sc.
n the m-r t r H notice. 1 1 slopes by
us paitiftulfr aticutioo. to tive e-
neral laiislacaion
F. BEAUFORT.
Wilmmgton, iadl 14. if
Ton Timber w anted,
FOR whwha generous pr tan will
he given in cafb lor absot n
una of guodyeltcw pit et a.btr, Ml
tquare from to io 14 inches clear (
fap, and at tree I roan knot! aa r fTi.
bic, 10 bo from to m o feet in
length. J.aHJeJwiNe
Pftwili
1