- had been fent to Admiral, Murry, who could
not fend them any alliance.' Captain Girl-
- der at fen fpoke a veffel 5 day s fail f d the E.r
' of Newfoundland, -and was informed by her,
;thata fleer of ten fail of the lineand two fri
gates had . takn 1 Kt-. fnnAYnA
: iljip and 2 frigates, under Admiral Wallace'
Th? brig had difpatches for Euslarid.
, i-ii i me laceit. - a Marblehead timing
ichooner was fpole having paflengers from
Newfoundland On boar! :.; ' . . .
' CaPL4m furtis -Irdm Halifax, about t.$ -
-wwv, ins, uiai.narnirai iviurrymy
t"crc witn a?74, and 4 frigates The peo
ple expetfed a vifitfrom the F rench he fup-1
; - CAPTURE OF NEUTRAL VKsSKI.S; "
We have frefh inftances of the capture of
neutral veffels, both bjrttie French and En
g:lh; -when bound to an enemy's port. A-
. 4Xivu wuiui arc uie Dng i neouoiia, captain
' Variiize, of Philadelphia, bound to Martini
' rue, carried into Bafoterrefveffel and cargo .
condemned without .a trial. A brig and (loop;
both from Conffecticu't, cleared out for neu
tral ports, with horfes
demne'd asfoonas lent in to Bafleterre and
captains and men fobbed of every thing ; alio
a Hoop from Charleibn, bound to Antigua.
The fbip Lydia, of this port,' to Surinam"
for Hamburg.
er cargo condemned, with cofts of fuit, &c;
She arrived here on Saturday;
" N E W. Y O R K, Cr27v
W A Ri
ENGLAND anY SPAIN.
"We were, la ft ..veiling kindly favoured
wua .a naiitax paper ot the iSthmft. brought
by the Britilh Packet, the Princefs of Wales1
arrived yeiterday in fe-mdays from Halifax,
Containing the followin g 'V:'
PKOCLAMTION. ..
By Li Excellency Sir John Wentwbrth,
Baronet, L. L. D. Lieutenant Governor,
and Commander in Chief in and. over "his
Majeity province of Nova-Scotia, and its
dependencies.- ..
J. WENTWORTHi
.Whereas information has been communi
cated to me, by his grace the Duke of Port.
ianu, one oi nis iviajcuy's frmcpial Secreta
ries of State, that the raoft indubitable proofs
of the hoftile intentions of the Court ot pain
againft Great-Britain, have determined his
Iviajelly to order his naval forces in eve-y
quarter of the world, not to nmrlcA Vmr fa
vorable opportunity that may olfer of attack
ing the fleets ofSpam," either fingly or united
with thofe of France and Holland, or of lirik.
ing any other blow at the polfeflions of that
rrown, and alfo fign'ifyingtome hismajefty's
commands, that I ihould in the molt public
jiia.ujti jjuiuuic, give juch iniormation to his
majcrty's fubjetts in this province, as may belt
tnaSle them to prevent on the one hand any
mifchief which othcrwife they might fuffer
from the Spaniards,' and on the other hand,
to do'their utmolt to dillrcfs and anroy them'
by makingcaptures of their fiiips and by 'del'!
troyinc their co;nmrrcc. '
: I hav e therefore thought fit, by and with
the advice of his majclly's council, to publifli
this proclamation, hereby calling on, and re
quiring all hiimajefty's liege fubjeils, within
lusproviceofNova Scotia and its d penden
cies, totale ducriotice, and govern them
(elves accordingly "
" -Given under my hand and feal at arms
at Halifax, this 17th day of Oftobcr,
1 796 n the 36th year oihis Majefty't
reign.
By his cxccllency'r command.
- i;-Mr FUEKEBULKELEY.
Cod Save the King. - .
rillLADELplUA Ctlobcri6i
Ifwe'-alTnw. the Aurtrian ofRcU account to
be cxaft,' the French army,, during their
whole retreat from Auguft 15 to irptembcr
I, has not loft more t!ianfro:n 6 to 10,000
men n killed, wounded and pf ifomri, bdldcs'
rtie ftand of co!ouri,andfcvenpicceiofartil.
Uty 1 he 60 piece of heavy artillery which
fell into the hands of the Auftrians atSchwc-"
infdrt, wefebrricd of! by the' French rrom
Nuremberg and Forcheim, in order to make
ufe of them in their retrfiat as occafion mould
require; I h.ey left them in ihe defiles be
tween Zetland Schweinfurt, whitlv rendered
the road, from Bamberg to the latter ; town
impracticable, arid confequently the purfuir
of the Auftrians ' impofiible.Jourdari had
advanced with feven divifions of his army
w'iihin ten miles of Bohemia,i and left five di
yifions bathe banks of theMein & the Rhine;
-Cn the 7th September thefivedivifions, led
bn by . Marceau, Poncet, Hatry,. Harville
and Tillehad effected' their junction', with
reatfpgsrniyv
amp in the vicinity bf Wetzlar and "Wifba-den;-.--
" : ... ' ' ' . .
: The. army bf the North kad at the fame
time advanced to the banks of the Sieg, and
will form th,e corps de referve of the united
forces of Jourdan - - , ;
; N E W B E R N, NovF.MBER'12; "
Hon.R. D. SpAiG!if, .Efq. ischofen
an Eledor of the Prefident and Vice-PreQ-dent
pf the Uted. State' fpr(. thls-diarifti
. . Suf ervijor's Office.
THERE has kpbeared in tome parts of
u thediftrictof North C'iolina, a difpoii.
tioh among fome Dhtillers of native (jiateri.
als toput themfelycs in a capacity to injure the
United States by employing two Stills : one
which they defire to elect to pay duty on its
bwn capcaity ; the other to pay duty on the
Spirits manufactured; Having thus 'made'"
Jheir election, it has been reprefented that
their plan is, to work the Still elefted to pay
duty on the number of gallons diltilled and
to make from thence low Wines, : or fingle
.diftilled fpirits ; which they erroneoufty do,
hot denominate pitits; omitting to report
them as luch to the collector tf the revenue ;
" confiuering them as not fo far manufactured
as tobe liable to doty i thefe then they pafs
over to the other ftili elected to pay duty on
itscapacityitherereaifiedor made into a
higher proof ; and are as they would per.
iuade then.itlves not liable to duty : becaufe
this lalt ftill pays duty on its capacity. . Here
then is the evalion, upo.i shich for the in
formation of diftillers. I remark That e.
very ftill actually employed in the diltillation
of fpirits, is taxed to pay duty at the rate f
54 cents per annum on its capacity ; but the
Jaw has .given to diftillers, a right of making
a choice or an elected rate ot payment ; if
this is on tne number of gallons actually diitill
ed the quantity in gr.llons is to be returned
in a book and fworn to.
T he Operation of making low wines is truly
and abfolutely the ration ind procefs of
ditilLlhn Low wines l:ke U merchantable
Ipints, have a portion of water in them, but
are nevenhckisabroluulyJ);r,Vof an irfe.
rhr ftnrtgth : they are durable too , for the
law is guarded, in not beginning the feale of
duticdlpirits at any fixed degree of (trcngth
all fpirits of whatever itrength, comes with
in the letter cf the law. 'J he tint dafs of
fpirits are ell thote bfhiu a certain ltandard,
vi. " more ' than 10 percent helrjj prvft
Here then, under proof fpiriti taking the
whole range from 10 per cent under, down
to the very weakeft fpirits which the diftilling
roccfslhall have produced are liable to the
payment of dyty at the rate of feven cents
per gallon. Ifadilliller, to defraud h:scuf.
tomcrs, cr his country, will nuke fpirits no
tronger than, he is nevertiulcfs not
Vxrarjccd froiM liability of payment of duty.
fc IfluJi grog or low wines be put into the
other ttill which was elected to pay duty on
its capacity it cannot cxc.npt that ftili from
its monthly or ar.nu-l duty, though it. may
prodiite in addition v try prim confe.
quences x for it mult be further obfcrvcd,that
the law contemplates two branches of thedif.
tilling bulincfs. One branch is the making
fnm raw materials, (that is of the growth or
produce notmanufuture of the United States)
m which atone a licenced Hill, as futh, can be
reguUly cmploytdThe oUitr branch is.
die rebfying.of -wines and other rrits f
t. whatever denomination, llrengtlh,
cr flavour, ai.d converting them in to fpirits f
a new ftrength or flavour or name. - T hat is
to fay, the making a new kind of fpirits, as -
to Itrength flavour or denomination from
lome previoufly .m material : not.
4rom touterials as they were originally grown,
or produced, fucb as all kind of grain and fruit
or itndlyr-u; materials. " ' ' '
T he Ahh Seaion bf the Aft ot the 5th of
Junei 1794, fixes a penalty ; of one-dollar
per gallon fan a reftifier of low wines or other
inferior fpirits which he li iiil reaify, without
Jl J2i!SSmlaceroflnfpcaion
uA U3 ui me law are, . " And be it fur
ther. enaded, hat; every reaifier- of 'Vbt
ww,or other tytillei fphih, and every dif-:
tiller dt cordials and ftrong water therefrom
Thall enter ar fome office oflnipcclion, allbr
any (uch hiv wbies or 01 her difiilled fpirits
prior to the removal of them to his dillillery
or leaify inghoufe, and prior to his beginning '
the readying, improving, or altering the
quality, flavour,' or proof thereof, under the-
penalty of tne Hundred Dollars tor every cafkl
of one hundred gallons and lb in proportion
fcr every greater, or lefs quantity." "
. 1 he device for making low wines or other
fpirits of an inferior quality at oheftiil, and
reaityinjr or otherwile alterino- theA It
ther, without proq eding as - a redtifier, will
j eppear from what 1 have offered, to be pal
iuj jow wines, as nns' Deen
before ftated, are ablblutely and in fact f'piritr
produced by diji illation , & come within the firtB
tlals. Froot ' vbich comprehends all diltll
ltd fpirits how ever low, that are 10 per cent
below prcof, for fuch are the. words of the,
Aa ot the 3d of March; i 791,- cftabliminti
the dalles.
: I (hall only further obferve, thai if a diftil
ler lhall omit to report his fpirits called low"
wine or other fpirits by whatever name they
may be called or however weak, which he1
may have diftilled from a ftill, oft which an
tkction had been made, to pay the duty or
the number of gallons dittilled and fhahV
fwear to thequantity tliftilled, . omittin g the?
low wines or other fpirits of inferior quality -fuch
diitiller w ill be liable to profecution, un
der the la s for fallefw earing.
Such devices and evafions are in tlieir n.i-'
tnre litigious and corrupted ; tliey arc incon
Cftent with jultice to' the honelt citizens
they, are injurious to the1 hdrieft and upright'
diitiller ; are abfolutely defrauding the l5
nited States of their juft revenue, ' in whicA
each individual is more or lefs concerned.-
Jnfiruaionshave been iflued to the officers
of infpeaion to ufe every lawful means, to
detcaabufesofihe foregoing nature, and the
infraaors being detefled, may depend Upoi
the executive officers ufing every legal mean
to procure punilhmcnt.- - -
WILLIAM POLK, Supenjf
of the Rtvenue ujlfift oNorth-CanHr A
October 4th, 1796.
FOR S A L E,
A LIKELY Horfe, Saddle anj Bridlr .
2 a for, terms enquire of Mr. Uhl a? M
Grovcrs.
November 5
IREDELL's R F, VIS A Tj
. A L M AN A CKS
for 1797. -;
for file at th Cjf((t , !
TS the' copartn
X fhip of HAR.f.KT zj Downs; is atnh:a.
bly fettled to th fatUfaaion of the fubferibe r
. FRED. IIARCE-T, "
November S.
OR SALE,
A LfKELY NEGRO WENCH,
I flit vrV .f-M. f . Y
m, v-wa, nun, i. enquire of
h'we'nler 12.
THE P1UNTER.
or
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