,1
ceta- and 'Grenada'anJintietor?yerIila'4
they have driven the Enemy into the ...Carib
Country A v--1- '' A-;' A v'. : -; Jv: ' "
A French njip'carrymgins, tailed the I
Fawrite, has been taken by his Majefty's
Ibid Canada, capt. Bowen,"after axhace of
48 ioiirsri Two Engliih tranfports which
had Wen taken by the Favorite, with about
80 (gfisst on board each,: have been recap
turecrWthe Canada. 'AA ; "
Yefterday arrived the brig Aurora, Hutch-
111 ion, fretn Whitenaven and Cork. v"A-
' Yefteray arrived the fnow Polly, Captain
Murphy,, from Lancafter and Cork.
uft as t&:$ paper-was going-to pre-we:
Joleph'Morcah, aged io, born atChante- teemed the pleading intelligence, that the
leu-" bVdedvetlPierrelcC7 aed : I 'wholeuf tl le I ft and of G renadaf one poft only;
i, born at Chollot; and Michael Grolleau, : cxccptedV vas in pofTcfnon of the britiih,
aged 14, alio born at Chbilet. ' V ; . ' and; it w$.hoiirly expected that tha p.oft .
V Jester from Angers, of the 25th 6f feb. ; Would furrenerr ayill fuppiies were cut ofr.'
fiate.lthat itiarette .lias died atToride; ofa ' The abdyejiave received from the moJL
. . r -r r- c . . r. i.
- 4 , f vaa . - ' -
. v.- " . PiS:
The diretorVxha7juit aunouncedp ,
ly, thar StbffictflvftJf hi$ ;accd;n$ices7
were tried at Angersyn the 6th Ventofe,
a:id ull.ihot the next daV except his young
icrvant. whom the militurv comiininon or
dered to be lmpnioned ull theerniinaxion or
thet'war. ' It appears tliat Stofflet was only
44 years of age, and was'bom at liuneville,
in the depminent;6flU?urtlieVThe
ia. born at Eradc, formerly ui the Imperi
rail fervice ; tolenh Philippe Delannes, born
rAncenisjiforroerly Clerk to the Diftrift ;
voiiad which he had received?
A letter from General Bonnet, at Perpig-
nan, (latcs, that tjie Spanifh government,
lias enjoined the French emigrants not to ap-1
proach. , nearer ; to-the -frontiers than 30
leagues, nor to the fea-ports than 1 5.
The voikmenih BreftHarbour, urged by
jfqme ill-deilgning perfonsv have a fecoiid
time. .refuted to receive aff
'of their, wages ; , but this iy mptoni of . infur-;
rection has b$en overcome by: the finn and
courageous conduct xi th'Sofficers of 'xh&
dock-yard. '.,r.-,,-.-
The louis on the 4th inft, was, at : 7650
liyres 111 allignats : and. receipts ilmed on :he
TeVurity of the forced loan l?ore a dil count of
from 56 10 58 per cent. ' - V
ed t' aniitableu.Cnnent, if the Treaty , is
executed, but which will inevitaUy belofl, 7
and otliex millions necelfarily expoied to its
depredating force, if the Treaty ihouldhe
annihilated. Multitudes of our feanien are"
impreiTed'into a foreign fervice, ' and forced
to fubmit to ignomiuous fervitude, who, we
hope will be liberated, if the Trenty-s en-,
forced. Multitude.-, more will be teft in the
mod hazardous fituation, if it be not pur in
to operation. - - Public credit, whicii deperi.ds .
almott folely forits exigence; upoii our conv
merce, mult be totally deftrbyed, if the.Uni
ted States are plunged into V ar. The ro
fperity - of our-untry--4ias been for fome -years
pall unparalleled, owing, , as we apprehend,-
to the b'eiling ol Providence Tiv giving
iis PEACE. Ouj- merchants, notyithTtand
ing many diicouragements, are fuccefsful, .
our mechanics . and our farmers are wealthv.
(3ur country overiiows with i pr oilnclbns ;
"untloubtcd authority
)SETERR-&
y a veiieiiuit arrived ironi lorroia, ci
have received the pleaiing intelligence, that,
the pVilbncrs, (1 03 in number which hud .
been lent from S t. Mnrtin's tor St. Domingo,
nan oTrpQwerca.int"..treY oi-int-vuug, aw
carried her into' 1 or tola.
H A! R fF 0 R D,. (Con.) Jpi'j
"0 thMciff M'prfcs of. the 'llintefa
The -.Petition of uic Freemen of the Town,
of Hartford in Hie State of Connecticut.
St.. John's (ANTIGUA), March-29.
ITlic'-jnail H.nat' with, the fe'eond December
andhYft and fecdnd January mails arrived
here y elierday, by which we learn the arri- -:Si
aBarbadoes of . General Abercrombie-in
thu"ArihufafriTate., ... - " .
It appears,tthat Admiral Chrillian hasbcen
fiifpercedcd in the command of the outward
bound, fleet; by that brave officer Admiral!
Cornwallis ; who fignalized himfelf in thefc
feas' laft war, in fo exemplary a manner,
"particularly when he commanded the Cana
da oh the glorious 12th of April, 1782, in
- .he victory obtained over the French fieec
commanded by Count .detGraiTe. .
.Brigadier Gen.; M'Kenzie and 1 500 men
arc gone to reinforce Grenada, t
It is faid the 2 lit regiment will be immedi
ately, completed from home, and is deftined
for St. Domingo. ,
; We are afiurcd, that the report of the.
tranfport with 300 of the Royal iHlli Artil
lery having been run down, is premature.
The Alexander and Floercc ow ned in St.
Tbomas's lias been taken on their paflagc
bound from Barbadoes to Martinique, with
ilock on'boanl, and carried into Guadaloupe,
likewife a Gujneaman, with 150 Have.
. ' AIRIL 4 .
We arc informed that his MajiftyS ,llip
31ory, late Admiral Chrillian's Hag ihip, in
the cole of wind which forced her to return
C3 ...
to port, Hipped 1 about 300 tons of 'water,
which nearly' watcr-bgged her, ami .with
vcry great difficulty ihc was floated hit a port.
The Schooner Morning Star, Captain
Barnes, arrived here this morning from B.ir
badocs ;,by her we learn, that the Rofe Eafl
Indiaman from England, arrived at Barha
docs a few days agj with 5000 troops, after
a palBge of 26 days Hie failed with Admi
ral Cornwallis the 29th of February, snd
parted company the 2d of March.' '
The whole of the Cork fleet confiftinir of
about 130 fail arrived at Barbadoes on Friday -laft
and it is faid th&t there arc no.v 2o",ooo
troops In that Ifland ; 1 3 fn'ps of war were
at anchor there when Captain Barnes came
away, the w hole cf the Iondon fleet has a!fo
arrived at Barbados, .with two of Admiral
CornwaliUVfqindron, and the Jiiip for this
llbnd may be expc&cd to day or to. 1:10 f.
row. .
Gen. Lirb in hts Msjcfly's fliip Hebe,
was tohavelailcd on Saturday laft, froniBar-
badocs for Saint Kitts.
Tlic Fi enih have beni defeated in St. Vin.
. 1 M AT the prefen't firuatiohof the Unr.'ed
States is luth. us. inumr oniiiiOn. callmn-
au ciaiies or citizaiato exnreis tueir lenri-
on
incut
n order that the kV. al vsuliesof . the
people iiiiiy he fully l;i:c.n to their Representative?-.
T We 'view the. period as" import
ant and alarmingj and cannot avoid exprcf
' ling our earned wiihes, uia't the political
conJuCt of the United States tnaybeprudent,
wiVe , and juft., pur natioivis young," our
churactt r i'carccly formed, -and he "expeca
tjonovf the world' Verpccling usare greats
It is' 'tliCreforc of the utinoft. cpnfeijuencc
that w eil onld convince al nationV that full
ifepcndcncc may fcejlated upon the faith and
hc'nof of the American Kepublici ,.
In the refpecifid .lanffiwgc of Freemen,
.vc ;'(!dref ycii on the iubjeel of the Treaty'
' lately negotiated between the United .States
and Grei i Britain We feel ourfelvcs deeply
ihtcrc ited in its final LTue, and cannot forbear
CKprelling to our Rcprcfentativcs, that jh-tej-cir,
v.ith tliefuljefl conrulencchat wc
H:all Lc heard with as much attention as fucK.
a number of American titizens dcferAc. l!
As the. Treaty, in our opinion) has become'
thelawofthe'land, if conllitutionally formed,
and as we have not been able to find any
thing in it untcnlbtutionai, and have never
heard that it lias becnreriouliy questioned on
this fcorc, we cocccivcit to be our duty and
our intcreft, that it be tarried into cfTcir.
Our duty, as the faith of the nation is pled
gcd in the ConHitution, in .1 manner equally
lo'.cmn, cs in the cale of any conllitutional
law whatever. tut mod emphatically our
intcreft. when wc toniidcr the events which
hairp; upon the non-cxecution of it ; the
buc contemplation of which, fills our minds
with the 'molt pipomy njprchcn!ions. Wc
le' leave to be mdnlfd in a flight eiiumera-
t;on. In the lint place the detention of the
W cflern Polls Wcccrta;nly cannot exped
that they will be tlclivc red rp, if the Tjca?y
isthed!cdin its operation. If tlic- arc with-
held, tm what is thefafety oLour fronticra
to reft? Iuvc ve not llrong rcafons to
dread,' not only the irrtiptions ar.d deprcdati.
ons o the Britifli, but alfo a renovation of
the Indisn War, winch Jia3 alrcadly toft us
jnuth trcafurc, and many lives? War with
the Britifli nation, wc apprehend, will in
evitably follow luch an event. War, in c-
very fituation is dreadful to a country to
tally unprepared for it, is truly alarming.
Milfoils of the property of our indiftrious
chblns, are already In the hands of the Bri
tiili Nation, which wc hope will be recover-
Wfaf fefTayc full . and tht deni ands -are , -Unlimited-
War .will fweep away our wealth,
out profperity, and oiu happinefs. v -'-i;We
might purl ue the-detailjo a tedious
length, but we forbears. The .nation ' that
p olVeiies.alL the bleilings vvhich-are'now enjoy
ed by, the Uniu d . Hates, andhas the wifdoiii
a;id Vitegrity to fecure and perpetnate them
muim feilled great and hqpy rthenation'
which weakly of wickedly; forfeits them7 wUl
have lit tle claim on pofterity for reverence oi?
rrratitudev 'v.-.. .,.'.",, ..
After eVprcmngv thefc; fentiments, we
have nothins" to add, excent ' cur " fervent ' -
yiHies, , that meafures may be taken as fpeedi
ly poifible to carry the. Treaty between .the
XTnited States and Great Brka.n'into complete
Dated at iiarttoril the 'lift dav of Aon .
.. ..;:i79.v;.'a- va,ajaa:
Signed, per Order of the Meetinor, ,
(C6py)XlliOM AS SEYMOUR, Chairman.
K N OX V
dpril 13.
On Saturday laft, the general alTembly of
of. the Superior courts oVlawand equity,
when John M'Nairy, Archibald Roane, and
Villie Blonnt, elqi. w;cre. elected.'
Landon Carter., Acquire, isjeleiled trea.
fiircr for the diiWuV oTamington and
Harniltorf, '.and William Black, elTcj. treafurer
for the diftrifl: of Mcro. - , ? ' "
As a proof of the lincere friendhip of the
Cherbkces. wc ?vith plcafure inform our,
readers, that in the courfe ofthepaftweek,
three families arrived at Fort Grainger, on
their way to NaJhvillc, confiftingof twenty
pcrforis, men, w;omenand children, Jiaving
travelled from T tigclo, in Georgia, through
that nation, diftanrabout 140 miles. On
their journey, they were treated with the
greatcft hofpitality andfriendfiiip by the Chc
rokeb and plentifully fupplicd with corn on
a moucrate price. .
.
MJrefs f,f the C, v.cral JJfmlly ofthhjlate to
'the 'llcn. William Blzur.t. .
Ciltzen William Lfawt, late governor nf the
Ttrritory'rf the United States of America,
Judb of the river Ohio,
hrprr fled with the grateful remembrance
of your tendtu't, during the time you was
governor of the Territory of the United
btatcs of America fouth of the river Ohio,
now the (late of Tcnncifee, in f.ie name of the
people thereof, over whom you formerly
prc.jucu, wc tiuurace me earl .cit moment, to
tt-ftify to you their entire approbat ion of your
condiul and attention to promote their hap-
p.iul', uunng your continuance m that of-
lice, - tlic ext rule of which was rendered
n.orc difficult and arduous by the frequent
inroad- of the neighbouring nations of In
dians. Vc recollect with plcafcrc, that un
der your adi:nniftratio:i, wr, as a people,
have experienced growing energy, and in-
creawng power ; 1112: vour exertions, ni lub
ordination to the lederai Government,
have Ueii the jfc of. the prefent peace,
which for fcrne time paft has cxlftcd between
Uh and the iiljoit iiig Indian tribes ; and which
vi lir v'dl InMiri'V'fV n ttt nfinrm1
have c llaldilkcd. The territorial govern