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I 1 PHILADELPHIA, Xcv. 9. Copy of a IccttT from Dr. Edward MiHrr, to Benjamin AVynkoop, ca the fubject of - -a pjttiirladiTig for expgllufi;ul j':; hu::i ... the h'oldi cf fi;:ps at lea. - : . rw.tork, 15th October, 1796. ; '.'Y;:' Deer Sir, - " , -.;': JUm dyjy f,vored witli yoitr polite letter r of Iaii month, ' and foon alter the: receipt - :.of it, e'nibracei yith -reat pkafure the opportunity you mentioned oi cabling on r Captain M'Kecvef, to i:i(pc,i.ypuf ;i thme; for dh.riing foul airirom i the tydds, of Jh'.ps.- 1 h.idhe.ud rtf this.: machine feme 'titBcJajblrt my information -was not turn-, ' " eeiitly cMincl; or accurate to enable metoun ; " , derUand or ju&of 4tI ant 'greatly indent- .tnathitic affofJed me, and l carnibiHuV ion. " ratub the nubile, that '.fruitful a bodyok iiien " as A tfr itlers ': are, ' my now avail theus "$HveW this addithml -'fecurity .of health and iife, I'd pi-jve the ncx:pUineiV of foul' air confined hi the holds of Jhips, would e to recal the memory of n.umberlefs miieries and - oi an 'uncalculable mortnlky anting from j '"'i lattention - to ui-Your machine appears to - be mote ingeiiiouily adapted to the expuliion of t'i- font atr, and at the -fame', time ' tq the; . jn i oaj vion and difeoa of a powerful cur " renc cf jHire air Iike other inventiofmoft bene&iaV to hia 4 . ' ;markable d grte limplieityj cheapnefs and ; eflicacy . " ' ts; felf moving and njexhaufti ble j3wr, requiring no additional attention; or labour from the mariner, its inceUant opera. : tfon 11 all ttiites of i windsand weadv r, are qualities which in:my judgement mutt recom inev,d it to" general ule, as loon as the public are apprifcd oi ks i mportant properties. In inv infpection of your machine, 1 was accom paruied'by riiy learned friend Dr. S. L. Mitchell . ; proftlfor of chemiltiy in the college of tins city, whole inquiries into the fubject of noxi ous au'o have been extremely ingenious and "pkuciratinof, and whole difcovc ries oh the it do equal honour to the forte" and the JOkc?.. iraia Ca"Thiigeneral.Dpinuiu (both of Spaniih and BHtifli fubjects) was, that 7ar between the two countries was ine viable, as alfobetweenPortugal and Spain ; as 40,000 bpahiih troops had trtarched to tlie trontiers . The officeri of the firitiih go vernmtnt werepreparinff to leave the countrv. A-report n-as in circulation at Nlalaga, bout the 1 8th September,-; that the Britilh li f ..N E W B E H.N, November 26. From Capt. 1 Vi'lfon, of the brfr Dollv. rrivedat New, York .on th; 4th ii.it. in 41 days from Oporto, we lern, that a iieaceJi-id 'L. een concluded between Portugal &- France had ffot fofleinon of Lecrhom. and th-.f tVi."i before he left that place. THp iVrn-4 of PA, PJ -v.. A .L--- T.:. . C1FICATTOM iaii vuKcii- wnu i -.israiiiir me r rencn ; t vn.i ximi uiexinerrr.uiror ope F direction othis excellent talents 4 j He exprti. -fei the hiirieitJipprobauo:irthe-iiiacliitte but tins report was not generally believedt . j.JJgaHhouId.pay.thc French Republic ONE ' as a Swedilh brig, with two American 'gen-,'', MILLION dollars (or pounds fterling, " not Uemen palTengers'on boards from Leghorn, akertained) as the capt. underiiood, and that (Dh3 which 1 had been detained 6 weeks in the Prts of Portugal mould be fliat an inft Corhca, and then only 18 days from thence) arilicdveilels of every nation. In'confequa nee informed, that from the ftate of the Britnh f-'S6""; the minds of the neo pie' t 1 John Hamiltox, Efqj is chofen an 1". le&or or the Prelidept and Vice- Hrefident jf -the United States, for Edenton Diftridl ; and Joni BadLey, Efq; iseleed to th 2 lame appointment, in the Diitrict of VJ mington. . Both Houfes of the LegiHature met in tlVt Cityof Raleigh, on rVlondjy hit. i he Circuit Court o the LI. Sratesfor the .Kortli-Carolina Diltrict, Avill fit at the Court Houle of Wake county, on,VednefdaV next 1 he ElecWs are to meet for thed;fcharre -of the important trutt committed to them, Sa -Wedriefday the 7th of next moath, at Ra- ' leigh. . f and. will be greatly pic. fed to find it -coming into general ui'e- Foul 3ir in Jhips, as your ' hin. in your' letter, feems to exert a threefold cited ; it produc 'sjickmfs damages the-cargoe w here confining of certain articles,, mAhuJttns the decay of iimbtr ; l. therenot lbli ground to refer t tlthele feveral elfes to the operation of one common caul'e. If you are pollened of any f tfs to eiLbhih the coincidence of effects ' to the operation of one commo.i csufc. If you arc poifefTcd of any fads to edabhfh the i.oinc:dcnv.e of eft'ects from the agency of foul sjr.l lhall hold my felf greatly obliged to you for the communication otthem," as there ap pears to be more reafon to ful'pcct our inti mate relation on this lubjefc, tlian has been lir retofore imagine J ; and as thcdcvelopement of it, might lead to Tome iutercfting reiults refpecTm'g the nature, conftitution, and pro per ties ot this noxious caufe V itb nreat re(pe;t and cfteem, ' 1 a;ii Sir, - Your inotUbedieut fervant EDWARD MILLER BcnjiminVynkoop, Efq. V NOR F OLK, Act'. iy- . . ' . ' lrcmX JSTFMSTING. Ycfterday arrived in Hampton Roads the brie Niofcs Myers, Capu Cooper, from r..laga, which place he hit the 3 J of Octo bcr. ' Captain Cooper has furr.ifhcd us with the following (latcnicnt of the NKrt'S AT MALAGA. The embargo continued on all Pritilhvcf. ftls; the paniih fubjccls have Ixen called 01 ;o r;ive in uliit of the Britith property in tficir po'lillion, and orders givn that it mould inn;iin in their hands till they received . fnrthcr inlUutVions. The debts due to the Britiih merchants rctulinj in hpain arc cm bargot tl, :nd thcmlelvcs ordered o pay what they v.irc owinp in 'that country, 'f hefe !lqv-crcfnppofcd to hive taken place u tonfcqucncecl'thc cmbjrgo laid on Spanish bottoms in Ertpland at the time uf the fading oi the Spanish ileet which convoyed MJ.;;a 1 forces, and the French at - Leghorn,' it was liiipollible for them to have t.jk"en it at that time, or even to take it at all. CAPTU&EOF THE BRIG MEKCUHY F.10M TlltS About the 15th of September the brig A nv r.can brig Mercury, Captain - Brooks, of Boiton, loaded at Norfolk, Virginia, by Mr.. Pennock, going from Cadiz to Gibraltar, in- . tending from ihenqejd Malaga, was taken by a French privateer, afrd c.ir ied intoVf ariflfe (a' fmall Spaniili.; towftat the entrance, of the traits where they took oat the greater and moaluafolepart-of the cargo, 3iTd oald" have taken the reri'.a.nder, but a gale of wii d from the Weft drove them fro . their an chors, and compel led them to put into Mala ga. C.apt. Brooks demanded of the Captain of the privateer -his reafolis for' aftingin fuch an unwarrantable manner, in taking the pro. perty vyithouUttrial j(for they began . to Adif. charge the vefTel the moment Hie came to an anchor at TarifFe without even going on ihcre; and told when his cargo was out he might go u here he pleafed with his veflel) ti)e. nly anfwer Captain Brio s touid oj, tainjvas, ' that the French government au thorifed them to Carry in all neutral velfels bound to or fro n an Engliih port." On lhore, Capt Brooks fays, the people in ge-: neral were much dlfpleal'ed at the conduct of -the Governor, who countenanced the conduit of the Captain of the privat :er ; and .whom Captain B. was inf rmed, and is of opinion. was interelted in the privateer. Capt, Breoks wrote the America:i CT)nful at Cadiz, whoallb fent a letter to the (iovernor of i'arifb, but could obtain nofatisfaction. Captain Brooks then went to Gibraltar, and' fro u thence to Malaga, 3 here he arrived on the 26th Sep einbc r, and unexpectedly found his brig in the fame condition ihe was left at Tanffe, (the French Conful having put aitopto any fur thcr proceeding, until he was advifed from Madrid). Capt. Brooks informed Capt. Cooper that he was advifed to claim from the Spaniih government what damages he had iuitaincd ; that it was the opinion of his friends that they were liable by" die treaty, for fu.Fering fu.h depredations within their territory. All the crew of the brig, except' the mate, cook and boy, were left at Ta- r-.iie. : .' - ALG21HSE5, AND CAPTURE OF AMERICAN VESSFS. Captain Cooper brings the melancholy in telligence that the Algerine treaty has not been fully complied with; inconfequence of which," the Ship Iktlcy of Bolton, and two American fchooners, had been captured by them, and carried into Algiers A letter was received at Malaga on the ad of October from Mr. Barlow at Algiers, mentioning - the above, and ddiring that it might be made as public as pofTiblc, that the Jlcrims -xcre cgu'tn ccf luring the fm ricanr. Mr Barlo w arrived at Algiers from Leg horn w ith 100,000 dollars, in part payment of the fumiii; ulatcd by our treaty, and it was reported that Capr. O'Brien had failed from Lifbon with 150,000 more, butr.ciiher him ncr money had arrived at the date of the ' hi advice s from Algiers. Ihe late American captives w ere ftill at Marfeillc. , '1 he i-panifli fleet wa slaying at Cadi, when the Mofcs Myers failed. Lait Sunday evening, in long 70, 30, C. Cooper ffol.e the (hip Juno, cp:. Whipple, from litis port, all w til. F O R . S A L E, THE houfe and lots, now occupied by . Dr, Wiljiam M'Clure, the lots may b h id feparately or together. Alfo one lot 0 1 broad ilreet,near the Court-Koufe, and on houfe and lot, adjoining Mr. Tfcomns. Con's ': ; . : . , - r The whole .the property, of Mrs. May Edwards ' : Ofiober NATHAN SMITH. T O . B-E L E T, THE Itoreand dwelling houfe, lately occupied by" Mr. John Sears. Enquiie of the Printer ; s ': "October ; 2. THIS DA V ARK P-UBLISHED AND FOR SALE AT THE . PRINTING-OFFICE, (Nnvbern .) PRICE 50 CENTS. A F E W C A S E S, DETERMINED IN THE SUPE R I O R C O U RT S OF. N 0 R T H.C A R O L I N A. Thofe Cafes, twcnty-nine'in number, havi; been copied from the notes of the molt rej I! pediable law characters in this ftate TH E fubferiber intending to remove fn jm this part of the" ftate. Requeftsall)er fons indebted to him to make immediate yay. ment by the ift day of January next. ..He wil es to fell the lot and improvements Where he now lives, for w hich he woull re ceive one half the purchafe money paidlown and jrive a reafonable time for the pay ment of the ballance, the purchafer giving bond with fccurity, or a mo.tgageon the pronifes. Thofe improvements are fubject to a mort gagcofabout Soo whichii not" payable until five years after next June If thcy are not fold at private fale before the ift dav of January next, they will be then fold at pubhc vendue, fubject to the above conditions. WILLIAM SLADE. KwtmUr 10. F O R . S A L E, a r t. v T I C KETs In the Canal Lottery, N0. -THOMAS ELLIS. Ntvrmlcr 26. B LA N KScf all kinds, forfarcatthe rnntmrj. Office. " .
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