7t:7foVirbit flrf;mcrts brie Mai futmtilti
it. ibbvufcf rrphfi-ntetkfScf thf Urjtcd ,
States, ly the arrttry cfviar. ,
REPORT
Froni the Department of War, -
Rchtive t o ihe Fo ivr i ri c at l ossof the. .
. Ports ar.d ilARr.oUiisot thc UH'f.i
ST ATE OF THE FORTIFICATIONS,
V ORTL AND, . m'thc Diftrift' of Maine, .
The-work confiils of a foi t, ; .citadel, a.,
batte ry for ten pieces of cannon,'' and artille
ry Ilpre'a guard houfc, , an air furnace for
fort tqthe battery. ' y , , y
' The w;orks are fuDubriallytexecutcd, ex
cepting the covered way ; to eojnplete tin's., ,
the. earth on the frot being of a bad' quality
wr. ivtne nectiivi y japjjvu uuuv uu-?,
3 s eftiraated at fonr hundred dollars. "'; Level- -ling
the earth iu-pnnd the works, fencing the
ml'. pertaining to then, a pump for- the well,
painting the - wood wui k, and rendering tiie ,
rvhoie perfealy j oniplete;; the eft'nnate is ;
four luv dred av.d; ieventy one dollars ; in
the whole, eight . hundred ana ieventy one.-
PORTSMOUTH) New-HampOiire,
1 lie OrKS COiiuiib in,; a ioi.i, ..iauwx, uu
artillery (lore, and a reverberatory furnace.
Thefe'are all cdmpicatcd; excepting a little '
carpenter's work, fufpended -to let the
wood leulbn, aird which may cofl .&fcrlir..;
iifty dollars.. But a finall and unfbrcleen'ex-
pence mult be incurred for a drain to carry
the. wafer, from the magazine, and may colt
one hundred dollars. '
GLOUCESTER,-(Cape Ann.)
-The work's coniht of a battery, and a citadel.-
The fe are comnleated. Rut to eiicloie.
the fort tcwardVtlie .town, the. colt isciti-T"
mated at one- thaufand four hundred dollars.
This however may be pojr.cT till circuiii
Uances require i: to be done.
. . salem. - ,t
The works confiit of a fort and a citadel, ,
. have been, erected. ;A gate remains to b
made,'ahd fume repairs to the walls.
-,r - MARBLEUEAD.
A battery and a citadvl have been erect? '
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Any other works may be impended until
cuirdtanccs (hall change.
NEW. PORT, m Rhodc-LOand. '
For the defence of this harbcUr there
hive been erected on Goat Ifland, a'f.srt, a
citadel, and an air furnace. The excellency
and importance of this harbour in the time
of war, , recommended a farther expenditure
to render the defence compleat. To fmhh
the fort, i-reft an artillery ilore, and make a
" covered way round it, as in la rcgnh.r iorti
iication, theexpciiceis eftimatcd at about lis
thou land dollors. "
There have -clfo been erected a citadel on
Tammy hill, back of tlieYown of 'cv.rort,
for the protection of its inhabitants ; and a
buttery and guard hoiifc at Hcwland's ferry,
at the norti.ern end of the iuand, to kcepo
; pen a conmiunkation v.-ith the main, in cafe
of an invrficn. Rut to fecure clfcaur.lly this
. tnmuiunication, a citadel Ihould be ereacd on
But's-hill, that poltt'oii commanding How.
land's ferry and IJriftol ferry. The colt is
cUimatcd at cirntccn hundred dollars. ,
NEW-LONDON.
The works confifung of a tort and citadel
'on tiie Granton lidc 6rihc h.arbour, and of
a fort, a citadel and an air furnace on thr
Ncw.London lidc. (Fhey remain incomplete.
Under prelcnt tircumftanccs a finall cxpen.
d'.ture may be proper merely to prckrve
what Ins been done.' v
NE W.YORK. .
Governor's liland !u lcen fortireJ with
a fort made of earth, and two batteries tin
dcr its protection, partly lined with brick
mafoiiry, two air furnaces, a larg? powder
magazine, aJ .1 barrack for the garrifon
the whole co nplratrd.
PHILADELPHIA
A I ar "e pier, as the found,.ton for abit-
tcry oir a land bar rppoutc Mud I Hand to
inake a crofs f re, lus lccn completed. A
fort ci i Mu LI Hand w about half done, and t
jcit jd ! has liecn erected. To compete the
fort, and on aptm much more circunfcrH)cd
than was at fir A prowled, the expc.ee is
tltliiutcd at llficin tkoufanJ doll-.
v ILiViING i ON, in ihz DcXxTTZTrdz
Nothing rai been done. 1 he projectlof
erecting a lort there has bceii .abaiidoncd as
ufeleL. . : ,
: BALTIMORE. v
A batter yand barracks harebeen conRi uc-
tcd, and lome guns aremcu:)ted. ..v- "
. - xiNNAPOLiS. V '
Some progrel's had been made in jhe con
trAiction of fort and batteryr and ab.,i:rat k
..hasbccjht erected. Rut ankimiiiation of
-the. works by. an' engineer, other than th?
oie Hrit ftiTplA ed, produced" an unfavorable
report , of ihe plan and of the works ; and
under JttuaLti rcuiiiitaiHsJnduced-a rclin
quiihment of them. . ; "S ".
ATmiilar report as to "the plan and fitua-
' tion of the work, at .
ALEXANDRIA,
induced a relinqhifluncnt ; . '
. iXOlU'UlA.
'Two forts intended to crofs their f.re, are
creeled on the oppolite lides, -pi the harbnnr.
,i he one on the lyorlolk lide with barracks
and a powder magazine,- is conipleatcd. 'l'he
other, Fort Tsellon, oit-the. I?ortfmouth lide,
is very fur advancl-d, and a powder" m'aga-
v.me has been erected. 1 ne principal work
remaining to be done, is openinr of l'even
einbr afurcs , completing pneditiii of-thrte
hundred antl lixty ieet long, coinplering the
glacis, and rer loving the earth froni witliln
lide ot th'eiort, wlure it is two feet and a half
too lr.gh. '1 he eKpc.ce of doing' this, and
completing the fortuication, may be eltimat.
ed at live thouland dollars. v
OCCACuCK, in North-Carolina.
The dtcic piHipofcd was to erect a fort
on Beacon lilanJ. Tlio foundation was laid
in 17 04. The iituation is fo far remo ed-
Jiuldeniyhetrecrcd. crudelice mav renn re
to hayeTortlrled in time of peace, ."and wuh
uuraoie materia:. -
'TIMOTHY PICKERINC. :
January 10, i7;6, - ' .' : . :
txiz mm important irom tiurope.
' V I E N N A, Kcv.bcr7. ,.
,V c iu c iiie rouowing authentic accounts
irom Turkey .'Agra-lVtatml'Khan" ho
for fome .time paj ufurped the prwincts t
of Perlia,r.c(crding to the lail accounts, r rde
!cn innirl
into Georgia, ai.d lubdued ihc capital Tef
tis, arid c()iidutltdprir.ce HeracmiS7 with his
adherents, into ; captivity ; by lb violent a.
ih p, ; nd the contir.ual viewsvof i:ggrarvdize' '
meutof this AHatic conquercr, the Turkiili
domhi'cns iipem ihe 1 ygris, at d the7Fu
phrates re eiHlargered ; aiid the Southern
Pi oviiKes of Rufiia, and thoe ct her Valic,'
dir.urhed. . ' . ' , -
-EvetLtheEuropean revolters give nior?
uneafmefs to the Pcrte. thtfil ever ' Paf wan
Octi. of Widdcn, who has onenlv revolted
and ahhough the governors of the adjacent
"provinces has been ordered to flep his pro
grc i's, their er.deavcurs ha'e hitherto been,
frufiratech 1 he faid rebel has. locked hiw.
felf up in the i'ortrefs of Widden, ar.d is rria
king j reparation for an ofcitihate reflilance.
of the former k?rrilon of Iielgr.de, endea
vor to keep open the coramujiicatlcm between
that place and W idden. lherorteuill flat
ters itftlf w ith hopes, by the prudent mea.
r. 1 . 1 .t 1 r" I 1 .1
lures raKeri, auu uic jouu uij ouuons oi me
1 rchas and Komelia ai;d lielgrade, to bring
(about ninety miles,) fro n any inhabitants,
andfo expoles .any ' wprkrto ; injuries' froni- him, by fome means cr other, to obedience.
norms, tur.t nptn.ng nut an impending or in the ccurle ot the yer."
actual ar wc ulul'eein toauthorifc the con
itr tjotion 01 a- ibi t there, and . f urnilhiug it
with a piivu:r garriion.
V ' lLMINo 1 UN, in North-Carolina.
. "1 h; baittiy on the- , v. hole 1 root of the"
firt has been co:npletcd, and a barrack and :
pov.der tiiagazmc have been crecHed. -
bb;Kij-iWvi,- JpuraAJaro'ini.
yvVbattery was bcguuTarJnn:maisljLVU
U'csd, when the wen L was f.UenJed, tiw.
owr.r r ot H i; hud prevlor.lly derring to al-
L O N D O N, November 21.
Some papers from Holland were received
on 1 hurl'day which contaih an accountof foue .
diitui bances having taken place'at Amllerdani
in coi;fequence formed between the" Luttii
refugees at Ofnaburg and the members of the
jiv.tkr-t xcgoicj, lcr the purpofe of produc.'
ir.g a ccun:er-re olutlon, and that the French
republic v.cs nej-pciatirg a peucc with Great
Britain, from the bcr.ehts of which the Uni
tttPrrovhuf . w ci c to be excluded. In ton-
certa n tli.: terms on wh en it w;i;, to he oc
i jrtd the lrrt:lic;tirn, and lor the ro:d'
oft u. ;iiuj. c.iticMiVita it. The unlier.lthi.. j fecuence cf this report fevcral perfons made.
neiuoi wr!.u;,.i:ui, au.i ouur cTai.Tiunccs, ! themselves matlcisoi the keys 01 the city-
ainhor.ie an a::.i-iuonmcnt or the work, mud
war, .t;iu 1 or impending, iLu.ll require it
to be rcsn.r.i ... '
CHA;UErTON, South-Carclii:a.
The work planned for ulliva;Vs ill and,
of which the foundation only was laid in
1794, being 0;t afcale fuppofed too expen
lke J or t!ie funds d jkincd to this fcrvke, was"
directed to be h it as it was. - For the fame
reafon a new work j ropo!cd by the engineer,
on a po.nt on the oppofttc lido of the har
bourtrom Fort Jchni'on, was not attempted
A battery has been erected hi the town by the
nicchaniwt.
There remained only Fort Johnfon, , on
whxh directions ere given to tiukc fuch
rrpalrs as would prclcrvc the works already
tor.ltruCicd, and render them lerviuable.
The cngincc omhttcd the work. 'ilie cf
lictrjn tommandat the fort, lusundtriakcn
to make the tfectlTary repair for thecrks
and barrack and his intelligence and ex
pcric.ce leave no room to deubt but thefc
w ill be done.
SAVANNAH, in Grorr
The w ork conlills of a battery, at prefent
deftincdonly for 9 guns, made of timber
with earth, enchmd bt h'nd with pickets,
with a guard houfc for tlwr garrifon, w hich
w ere in train to be completed cjrly in the llt
autumn.
S-. IARY's in Gcorg'a.
Tiie v.ork conliilsof a twttcry made of
timber fdhd'v. 1th earth and nulnfrtl with
pickets. By the prrfonal report of the fu
t.criutind.nt it mtdlruvclKrn con plctid.
GENERAL REMARK. -
The few1 jiorU ol the highcit importance
to the commerce of the United States, in
fitu-uou todcmajid fcr tliclr fcturuy, for-
gatciandof the barriers of the port, and
committed other execfles. Strong parties
were immediately , ordered to parade, the
ftrtcts. A proclamation was pubhlhed by
coinmilf.oncTS appoinrrd for the purpofe of
n:aintaininr, order, which, with a dedarati.
on of the French deputies in that city on the
iubject, produced the defned cifcct. 'and on
the 6th mil.' trmupjihty as perfectly rdtpr-
cd. ;
November 3c.
The Frlncc George, of 98 guns, having
in the late gales loft her rudder, a mode of
llcering he r w as adopted, w hich difTcrrd from
that fuggtftcd by Capt. Pakenham, but was
luccefsfui. A topmalt w as pointed from the
w ard-room windows, to the end of which two
fwteps (large oarOl''-llcnt fr01!1 t,ic Bun
rvam ports, w ere bolted, and the inner ends
although ftrongly fallcncd, were allowed, of
r(urfe, to tra crfe. Hie fides, bcingboard
cd, tin ends were lowered a few feet into the
water, and the Ihip was fteered with great
facility, by hawfers from each quarter, nude
Ldl to this rudder.
W O II M S, November 11.
' This morning the AuArians entered thil
place. Ytflcrday it was a molt tremendous
day, the battle which took place having tail
ed from ten in tU mcrntngto fix tn the eyen
irg. The French, though well fortihcd
fromMolibeinitu Piedcrfmcm, were ccm
tMllrdtocHxwayto the Imperial Frc. The
cn.trc dthe French srmy hich was near
Ahcy, Ilrrd Ulongrft, but was obliged to
retreat alur the left wing had been beaten.
IhcRcdMantlcrsarcfakito have pulhed
forward a far as Lantern, and that t
patrolc even up to the gales of Treves. 1 hflr