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I'- jufUca to fomc gallant fclbws, it records an aft kigVly honourable to ajjeoplewhoai wwtfli U again and ftr-. ever eftcem as a'fecoad part tf &urfelye:: M " At ten o'clock on theroornIi)g of the 28th ujt, Scilly N. N. E. diftance 35 leagues, the fhip Wafhinij ton," from London far Pbjbideiphia, J WiUiamfob, commander, was attacked by a French privateer, with 25 guns on her gundeck, and 4 on4 her quarter deck, when a clofc .. aftioti commenced, in which" the VVafhi Jllgiun I 4. L4HUQUB3C9 upiCl, Bud inc W38 icrt 10 UC Huger, JmlayKinera, Henrjr Lee, S. Lee, Ly man, Linn, Maiftiall, Morris,: Nott,;X) lis, f,agc Parker, Plait,,. Powell, 1 Reed, Rutledge. ""SfwalJ, Sheafe, Shepard, Smithj TaJiaftrio, Thatcher, J. C Thomas, R. Thomas, Wadfworth, Wain, L. Willi ams, VVbod.---5f . . Negative Bailey, Bilhop, R. Brown, Chrif tic, Clay, Claiborne, "Co'ndifi Davji, DawfonV.Eg-; glefton, Elrhendorf, Fowltry Gallatin, Gray Gregg, Hanna. Htifler. Holmes. Tackfon. fbne,. KitchcttV I wavs devoted to the welfare flnJliappinefs cf his ccurt. try, to icnpw inai ney l?uv jpistidicu, anu irratefoll? rtrntrjobercd, affords n6 inconfiderablc confo. ptnd i on ; 8 twjelvf: pounders Ihe, howci&?tSfficTf .1. "Leib, ' Lyon, Macon, Muhlenberg, New, Nicholas, good a'ufc ot fhefc guns, that at eltven o'clock the privateer made fail ta repair her damage, the Waft, ington bejng too fiuch ant in her rigging to-be able to follow. ' ' ,- (.' At twelve (lie-again bore down, arid at halfpaft one renewed the fight, which was continued with great warmth for at hour and a quarter, when flie ranwith - all the fajif'llier could arf'TIeaviog the Washington's braces, tail r(hets,-ftartding and running rigging paad all fails cut to pieces r.her three" malts and crotchet yard rendered ufelefs, and the entire (hip a mere wreck ; but(ortonatcly with only, one man killed, and two wounded, " j ' V '. . - ' : - ' " . . 1 " The: ioteHigcne was brought by a Swede from Smyrna, which adds that the, wind being too far to the northward to fetch even Ireland, Capu Williamson pr oppfed to Hand for Lilian, .where we truft'hc has iafely arrived with his gallant rtiipraates," , :R LuX,M.lKIHM Q&ober 29 Yellerdaand to-day have prefcaled a novel (peSa clc here the.chcfU of duttar have been landed from thc-Spaih prizrs, and conveyed'. frb Dpck yard to the citadel, (advance of twomile3anda half) attend cd by part of the crews of the captors,- alfo a guatd of marines, andot.tha Surry Fcncible Caralry, with mu j6c, and.thcr Englifli colburaiioifted-over the Spaniih, at the top of the artillery, waggons, in which the im ..menfe,ireafurtis coiiyeyed,ftr immeafe younuit fup pofe the number of dollars to be, when they require be-. . tureen, fixty and fevtnty -artillery waggons to carry them. The various and whimfical modes in which the Jack Tars cxprefled their joy and exulution wlien at' tending this prpceflion affotded.much entertatbmcnt. The crews bf.jfch' Englifh ffigatewill lhare nearly as foIlof;--Thc Captains about ; 50,cool each ; the .Lieutenants and their clafs, about n or 8000I. each ; ILbe; ,.M idCh i p mca. 8 n d t kcixdUf 8Jac.tJKjeca;2 a ruL 3 cool each and the eSmmon Jailors and marines between 2 and 300I. each. - . JPRQVIDENCE, January 8. r mktr&a of a letter from tapu Perry, f tbejrigaie Gene . ral Greene, to a gentleman oj ' thu -own, dated off 'Cups. Francoity December 5, 1 799. 1 . . 1 :, 6ince I lad had the pleafure of writing to you, I . have taken a fchboncr under DauiCh colors, bound frt?m r Gonaives to St; Thomas.jladeri with cohe, cotton,l&c"r fuppofed to be French property, Alfo,-in eompany with the Bofton have retaken an Amciicin fclitiober, in ponellien of the Fienrh, and taken a br ig bound from Jereruie to St. .Thomas, very richly laden. She Ihewed Daniflu colors, but has every evidence of being. French pt opcrt y. s 41 The American fchooner leaves us to day for Bol ton, inhere I cOnfented Ihe fliould be fent, only in com pliancewitlrcaairj Li!e's earned wifhes, as he, has not yet fent any thing io. , Ave wait Commodore Talbot's return from the v.. lation. Ta'uiiht by the great example wliich 1 have fo long had belVretme never to epppftf my. private ' widjcs to. the "pffblic wilV 1 nuultCtonfcnt to the requcft made by Cong refs, which you have had the goodnefs to t'ranf mit to jnc.i,and.in doing this,. Lived . notTni cannot fay,, .what a facriliceiof individual fveling I make to a fenfe uf. public duty. Wit h gi a t c lul ackno wlcdgmen t s and feigned thanks for the perfonal refpecjftd eyid.'nceffif cpa4o lence cxpiefTtd by CongrerajndryourfeU, r I remain very rcfpedlfully, ?Sv, f.f Your woli obedient humble Servant, : M tX RTH A ; W A SHI NCTONV ThePrtfiJent of the United States -"rT--! Nicholfon, Randobh. Smilie, Stanford, Stone, Sump- ter, Thompfon, A. Trigg, J.Trigg, Van Cortlandt, ;Varnu'mT'R." Williams; 3rv7:'"-."3:"-':; And'then the houfe adjourned till Monday morning I I O'clock. " - - ' January 13, MrtOusrom lheiommittce-of defence v made a report in part, propoiing lhe for fufoendinfr the recruiiine' fervice. until, 111 ! he 1 1 nion of the Preiident. imminent daocrer f-f invdfum 4i-!1; be deeoid to cxilt. which was ocrc rv J to lie t ,n tire table. r , . ;.. : Mr. Hill called up tic rcToImiun. v '! h ht Tid im the tr.ble on Friday laft, inflrudting ..uthoriling the Secretary of State to procure and trji f'.Yiit to the Go veuicr of the ftate of North Carolina, a number f co nies of the laws nf the United ritai-aul iatlie numJ irLrtfpeato the affairs of ltalyr t ppears tr,tar bei heretofore uuthoriftd. which had been dtfturedTv Moniteur, that on the till ultimo, the Head quartets fire.' Mole, where he had beer for the purpofe of watering, when, wc halt receive his advuh: and direclions refpet ing the ;,fchr, taken by the General Greene, and the brig; and: according to - all probability, they will be immedutcly fent to America. . 1 " The political fituatbn and condft of tle govern ment of St. Domingo, I am (orry to fav, wears daily more the appearance of- duplicity and bafenefg, ard I am nowiully convinced that the governn.ent will no Ion Mr. Kichplas wijflied to.know, if in order to furnifii thefe copies, it would be requffitc " to'print another e ditidn'? , - Mr. Hill replied, that' he had under ft 6od there v-cre a fufficient numSer of copies oh hand, and that the Se cretary of State had anticipated th adopiion of thare folution, by tranfmttting feveial copies to the Governor of N. Carolina.- Qn motion, the v folution ivas comfimted o a feleA committee c- - Late Euro e a n A cco u n ts , rfceivedjjj.it! teoPe, Copt .Touijon, arrived , m rempioaMaddf, :'. ? LpNl)ON, November 1 5. , f ' v Yefterday evening were received, the Paris Jour rials to the 8th iuflant inclufive Their conteuts arc by no means iinintereftinp'. " : , ' . Mr. Macon faid, lie wifl'.ed early iir the TefGoTi to call tin attentipfi of the houfe to a fubjeci which his cnftituent8 an'xioufjy looked up to ; it had been al ready twice difciTcd in this houfe ; and however un fucCefsrul, be conceived it his duty' to icnew it ; he theieforiTlaid a refolution 00 the table for the repeal of the 2J ftftion cf the ad coaimotly called the Sediti$n Law ' ' " . of the Ercnch were -at Coni, and tbf advanced guard at Vrla franca in ledmont. : Ceva was bombarded, and Toiiona threatened. The Auftiians arc faid to have Lten entiiely expelled from the neighbourhood of Genoa, ajid to have,fu0crttU9rre lofs in their retreat. The fame paper flatcs. in a ItUer from Nic'cV-of the 2 id ult. that the centre of the French army is marching forward, and that Sussa and Rivoli are again in the hands of the republicans, under the command of General Dubofme, who is now above two leagues romerlnc The kit "wing hanifoinadc a m'ovc mcnt. A column naffed Saint Bcthard, repulfed,the Was rrilLADELPHIA, January 4. On Saturday la(!, an operation fcr the Sione ikilfully performed by Dr. Pliil'p Sytig Phydck, in tke Ptfnnfy kania tdofpitalr upo a young man from Bhi- more coflty, aged xrear 1,7. ytats ; who came to this for relief. Tlie flohc cxtrafted is an oval, mcafnr'ng1 five and a'qitatter inchesin cirCt:m'fe:cnce lengthways, and foiir fnches cvtr it in the middle. Its weight js 1 z. 2 drachms and j grains. The patient, from every ap pearance, is likely to do well. ' - . Froth a Live) poo! (Eng.) Paper t,fC3- IC. A MUSICAL rROD'i.CV. . That extraerdinary inuikil pi oilier, Mr. I.onfda!e, (who has beet; blind from his birth) and fo frequetTtly annotinctd to the public in fcveral -former papers, wc hear t's to make his fitft appearance iu Liverpool, on. WednefJay next, for the benefit ol Mr. and Mrs King. .This wonderful man pet forms on four difK-Tetit in flrumcnts at. one time, in imitation of a martial band ; no cne would fuppofe, were he not viiible, but a band of eight .or ten berfons were at ortce Dit forming. plays with hts oHouth, elbows, hands and ket)'ht3 pieces of mulic arc innumerable, and which he executes with the greateft exatfinefs and time, to the allonifh 'trient of 'every'beholder ; and, from the accounts we have lteafd oTlTiablirtTesi lis 7s nTTcaTity the grcatelt wonder ever heard of. "gcrTegard theiOfeaTynha it iSIoTulDeIyr"ta their own intereft They have already (hewn t hciQvahr "of faTthnFlTnllaiices, andEayc even gone fo far as to cer u imprifon an office t of the Bolton. B the fckoo- John, which Uft the Qape thh, day l am infarmcd that Port Paix.ad Jean" Rabcl. have re volted, and de ' elated in favor of.;Rig3ud, which has ciiufcd much alarm in the Cape. ' ;. ' c o n.g.r e s s.; - floats of RpRksBN7.4rirs. Fridoyt January r e. ,1 The houfe, in etimmittee ol the whole,, Mr. Morril in the chair, refamed the confideration of Mr. Nicho las's refolution for reducing the army cftablilW?ht---. when MeffrsI Kitchell,- Gallatin and Randolph, fpo't in favour of it i andMtflVsS; Smitbyliarpr, K. - Lee, and Huger, again H it. .. . - . About half pat fcve, the pall for the qucftioa being very loud, it was at length taken, when there appeared in favour of the. refolution 38, againfl it 59. 5 The committee then roleand the Chairman report cd -their difagrecment to the refolution ; when the que'f- j tion upon agreeing 10 wie repot t oiiuc vuiiiuiiutt-wm taken in the houfi: by 'yeas and iiays, ; as folio 'iipir.r' :Jjfauiatb)t--McKiu .AlonBaef.'-Bartletti . By. , ardBird, Brace, J. Brown, Chlnipija, Bana,J. Da ; vcnpptK:FP mord, Evans,. A.Foiter, D. Fofler ivrerma.n, Uien, Goode-.C. Goodrich. E. Goodrich, :5rdon, Grif- The followiniLigttersjgXt .erefa by the Piefident of the United States. Ql3V4e-e Gentlemen of ifx Houfe of Repreentathef, In cc-Hpliancc with the requcll in one of the Rcfolu. ti..'!r.s of Congrefs, of the 2 i ft'of December laft, I tianf mitted a copy of thofeJ-efolutions, by my Secretary, Mr. Shaw; 'to Mrs. WrffhingtonTafluring her of the -profound refpeci Congrefs will ever bear to her perfen and character- of their condolence in the late affli&injr difpenfatian of Providence, and-'enti eating her afTeat to the interment of the remains of Gen. Georgk Was h ington, in thelnanner ezpreffed in the firrfl refolution. As the fen'thaents of that virtioU3 Lady, not lefs be- can never be fo 1weliyxpreuned:j4r'bfr'ji words, I tranfrnit to Congrefs Jicr riginal .letter, t : It r would1" hi an attempt t joo rnuch delicacy, to 111JK.C a.iy upoHvt,--iiui ihctc I'an oc np doubt, that the nation at large, as well as l the branch ts.of the Government, will be highly gratified by any arrangement" hich may dim! ni!h, the fac r i free fhe makes of her individual .feehngSr-:-'tJife :. M.yf:. -. JOHN ADAMS. Mjunt' V trnon, December 311 799. , -V SI R, : "::-'f:-f: '.'.-: .Xj-U Vr4Vhile-1 feel with keeneffanguifhj the jate difperifa ffiiin " of Diy ineProvTde Eblc to the mournful tributes of refpeft and veneratjon; which are pain to mc memory or my dear, occeaiea nuioinu AuftriaB iGci!eal ..1 1 add ick's corps, and took pofTeflion of Aufla, fo that the torumunication between the-valley of that name and thr army of Helvetia is about to be re eftablilhcd. , Letters from Lombaidy announce, that detach. ments are fending from the grand Auiltian army'iii I t aly to reinforca Suwarrbiv and Pmce Chat Its, in the kGit'Bs--aHd-"Tyto-lr'"--" , - ,r J he Trench army of tlie Rhine continues to advance into the intei tor of Germany'. PhjUipfbarg-is again befieged ; and by a telegraphic difpatch from Straf bwrg, which haa beca officially communicated to the two Councils, it appears that the enemy It'ad entered,. Stutgatd, the capital cf the Dutchy of WirtemVurgh, on the ift ioft. having previoiffly taken all the Anflriaa. pofts upon the Keckar, Under thefe circumnccs, it has been thought fit to provifion and ftrengthen the ..... fortrefTes rf tlie Danube,: particularly Ulm. General . MafTcna alfo afterts to have gained fome "advantages in the Giifon cauntry. '." Marfhal Suwarro'w js reported to be ill at Fftldkirch, thnugh, in another: paper, he is faid, to have joined Gen. KorLkow. There is no mentionnade of any new operation on the part of the Archduke, wkofe army extends from Stockach and Singen towards ViUingen, pppofite to SchafFhau fen and Brifgatr. The Moniteur as well as the Redac ttHr afflrt, that the two commanders are very much diflatijifiediwith each mhe'r. . ' The Hamburg mails nuiy be expected to contain fome important explanations on this fubjeft. Maflena has fent the details.of his various battles ani v ivories from Odoberac to November 0. Of this our readers have already ail the fadV; and the letter, -which occupies almofi the-who!e fpace of two-Redac - tturs, will he irjtrrefling only as a piece of hillory t be compared with the .Vienna Gazette.' By the invitation of the PrufBan Court, a new 1 Copgrtfs isto be formed ,atHiide,ihe-ijqaJl to which all the Princes nd Statea within the, line ot neutrality are to fend deputies for the purpofe of pro "vtdYtiefTjr thTlruiTiao army of obfervatson, r whicK is to confift of 4COC0 men, w itlput including the Han vcrian troops, who occupy the Upper Wefel." Admiral Bruix is ordered to repair ' inftantty ' to Bieft. ' " y With the Paris papers wo s alfo received the follow-, ' retnarlcable Telegraphic difpatch, uhiui was tranf- mg mitted to Gravslinc3 on the . loth init. at nine at titgnc from Dunkirk : . -"-Btionapine is conimandcr. at Paris, Mq " reau cqmmands the guarcof the DifeHory. " The Council of Five Hundred is at Saint " Cloud. -Earras has given in his refignatipn, "and all is quiet tParis- ' - , a. tliePaiispapers-aEeah r.6 later than thcJJihjnJ. it is pot eafy, to 'pronounce .this 'Bulletin fictitious ; at the fame time, as-tbeje appears no ctrcumuance. likely to lead to fuch an event in the mofl 'fccent journals, ( we are not inclined to give implicit credit to it. Let tcrs from Dover flate, fliat orders were givehJtri circu-; late the news. It is proper to add, that a Bulletin to the fame pnrport is fai to liavVDeen Teceiyed at Ca- . lais on the' 1 2th. . , . ; . : . . : ' ! By Paris papers we learn that the King pf Pruffia has proTiTbited the exportafton gold, as welljsthe; entry ot Britifh mcrchahdize into his dominions. ' x wcmy-iour aruinais iiave arriYca Bu x a rope. . . no june ie yci Jixco. lOMDe tnoicc c 7
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