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Vi trait of letter from Gibraltar,, dated' the 14th
- ef ApriL,
. On the 29th of March, at 2 o'clock, two Ilrange
rmed vefT-ls were difcovcrei from tins place, aud
SrTnrhutrrtwolo
li.wMt:ftnd two cutter brags immediate-,
lv went out in mirfult, and about 7 c heard a very
fturo cannonading,, which continued till 8, but as
r'citlifcr of the lliips have returned, we are ignorant
f -he event On the. 4th inftant, a French fqiiadron
'Acn mfii tf.yr 1' frfPts c'"e T 01
C-i-T. where they palled. the winter. The fame
1 v Adiniral Mann failed with 6 (eventy-fours and
'lLc ina tea. having his flagon board the Windfqr-;
Calif, ot 9? gmis.: Udl Sunday, about 3 P. M.
webearda heavy tiring. which coifti'iTiicd rilf-a A. M.
tvir the coiifeqiience . (9 not known he-re. The
.',; II, rmifers have brought 4n fcverat Danilh,
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l.ciilive ol thglseiiiies beingTTnaWar with us
L mr fro' MWta, jni o. 77
Information is juli received here that the emprefs
of Raffia has marched -an -army tq.the borders of
I inland and ordered her fket to Wetted Out; the
lr of Sweden W unacquainted wjth the defign of
liumpreTTSnta'ktng tliis meafure, but has given
linmeJ'tfite order for his army in Sweden" and in
iht-,n,t imwvediatel to prepaYe.for war. : He has
ifo ordered to he &0ed hlL
.-The courier, which our - abatTador ' Baron, Van
iiCtJLt, -has forwarded .from rVterAWg; giving
. " intormution of the preparations which are there
A makingior war, w a- fnt from feterfburg on the
7di ot March. . The orders wh'uh he gives to the
"c-n mandW i n't hie f of -jKjnl and a re t har he ho e
' aim) of that "province flialfrepair to its borders in
Older to defend it againltany attack which may be
made upon it. . .. .
June C apt. Sttittojn, of the fchooner Dilpafcii,
informs t'uat-t1loop from S.utrinam brought certain
accounts, ot the -arrival tlie-e of a Diiub fleet of jix
- msn of war : and til it upon tlS arrival ot two
more, which hid been frparated from the reft,, an
aitiitkw-ai-ito be made on the EnodWb atieinarara,
, who had thei'f a'fixty-four aifd two JVieaies,- and
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were repau ingtiic wdi kj wiicu capu, aiuiion lancu,
111 con!jtuirce ot the tih.ove mentioned intellreence
Th? advice received by Cant. O'Rr'en from Co
Jonel Huinphrejs at- Uilban. flie.vy-dbrrtnFfeirtpO'
ffie United States with the Dey -a-nd Re
Stevens, in nine days from St. Thomas's. Qipta'n
Stevens left Surinam days ago, andSt.Thon as'a
on the 1 2th inftant Before theleit th former plce
admiral Braak arrived therefrom Cayenne wiih ; wo
infoFm-tha-,iheflririfhorcer-Wd and leveral other viticis.
lame dayu.rIcr.abciAaOTajU.jjrti LiawngJia.i)oard jfioQaioapsbjcU-wtat-f la
June 2I. Arrived IaTevning, fcfiooner Neptune,
Capn Smith, from St. Vincents, and ic days (rom
St. Thomas'. . ... 7
Capt. Smith left St. Vincents on the 4th injl. and
CHAR LE S T O N, Tune 1 c.
Affatn has rhis-ciiy been vifiit'd' with ' Uic dread-
ful .calamity ot hre Un Monday la!t, at aTo'clock
in the aftcrnoonra room in Lodge-alley was clil
coyered to be bit lire, which in a iew minutes com
miinicated to the neighbouring buildingi, "1 lie ci-(
tizens foon affembled j but their exertions could not
Hop the devouring flames till three o'clock on i uef
day morning,' .nor until a very considerable part ot
the city was deftroyed. At this moment, owing to
the confuflon occalioncd by the difafter, it is not in
our power to give an exact account of the lofs, or
who landed his troops and expected to attack the
French parts on the 10 th. : "
Capt. Smitlf cohliriris the account of St, Lucia
bcirgaken by the Engl ifh, and that the lprs oi the
i rench, by accurate returns, was boo killed and
wounded, and that of the tii")i(li. lico that thev
took about lco menwomen aiid children prHoncrs.fdred of the Brit ilh troops were kilUd. From Sr.
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and jvere on board a tranlport at at. VanccntSj-..
ilieir dclunatJon lie eouuiitot learn.
out of danger of an attack from a (null (M.itilh (oTaa-
dron which blockaded ine river. - At it. 1 honuiK s,
capt. Stevens wa informed that St. Lucia as ta
ken , by the Englirti about the latter end of h-'"Yjt
ai.ttr a brave defence m;ide by the Fch troops (
in the lalt aliault made onjMorne rortune, nine hun-
ac-
Lucia, it was reported, the Eritilh meant to proceed
to St.Vincent's, wheit the natives were very formi
dable and after the hurrieane monthsThey iunnd
ed to attack Guadaloupe. Capt. Stevens was taken
.by the Bull Dog floop rif -warj -andxatriedinto Tor-'
la r m m as-reteaferlai teTisaTOfswrre ex
amined. ' J:
F AYE.TTEV.IL LE, Juns 30. -
) jfjpinimtt3 by the 1'i ejldetit cj the United Ztetrs.
Fredrick Jacob -WlcheJhaufen-, Conful cf the Li
nked Statesof America at the Port of Brenicn. ,
David Howell, of Khode Ifland, is nominated
CommiHioner to fettle the aftern Boundarits-oJf th
lJnJtedStaies,ta the-roorrroTHENRy Kncx re.
'1 he treaty
1 1 1 part 0
r"vicv of Elmers are nor yet removed.
iiltff hei'iii; nirr4' jeopardy, by tbefe' unexpected .de
hv, the lafe,i.y ot American vellels enrenng.tlic Me
diierraiiMn has become extremely, prceanous,. It
mould alio V remembered, that no treaty has evei;
yet bwi 111 ,nle between the United States ami the
government ot 'funis. aod Tripoli.--" Merchants and
otlicr cif7.en of thc-JUn'tfd vtatn will henrit frt
the hazard to which they will expofe their property
j and the liberty ofTfieir feliow-citizens, by engaging
in the pie ent IU:e of things, in commerce within
' v t'.jv: liriits.of Gih'-altiir.
. . I MOT i i Y "I'iCKEWN'G, Sec'ry of State.
D painment of State, 7 ' . - '.
- June 8th, t7i;6. y " 7 ": rr-
quainted with the city will conceive the damage
4one,ort being fold thateixhoo feifl areirtt7eet7
from the Bay to the corner of Churtii-ftreet ; all
Union ftrtet continued ; two-thirds of Union flreet,
Church ftreet.from Broad Ibreetto St Philips cliurch,
with only two exceptions! Chalmers and Peref.
ford's alleys? K'mloch's court i and the Nortlulide
ot Broad Itreet, from the State-houfe to Mr. Jacks,
four doors below Church Jlreet rand, five houfes on
the Bay,;from the corner of Pjieen ftreet, were
burnt to tlie ground.
The public buildings deftroyed "are the French
church, and the Upper or Beef Market. Stn Phi
lip's church was on tire leverel times, and ultimate
ly null have been deftroyed if a fpirited Negro man
had not afcended to the top bt the cupola, next to
' the vane, and tore otf the (hingles.
The private buildings Jeflroyn?, and the proper
ty they contained, ate of immenfo anioimi. . L
Five hundred chimneys, it is faid, have been count-
tterling is luppoieri to be a turn tar fliort of the va
lue or there buildings. The goods and furniture
deftroyed are probably nearly equal to I'lis turn.
ai4r-jii, thr firff'a- yhirr Wsn7sTrog'liml'lvT
figned.
The Intendant of the city of CharleloxiifiuecLa-
fjnrelamtion on the i6ih inft. otFerjng 0 n e t h op -
sand, dollar reward for, a dilcovery of the per
lons who have lately fet fire to that city; -
ExtraCi of a letter from Bojkn, June f. . ' "
" Tbe fliip Barbara, capt. Holland, beloging to thii
port, arrived here yefterday from London, loaded!
with flour, (lie loaded at Norfolk, was to fell in I'rg
land, and proceed to Ruflia, htit the cap ain t,oc
being able to obtain more' th . h eight dollars per bar
rel, thoughtTt beftto return." x
TTave not learnt, was killed by a pipe of wine fallin
on him ; ahdtTiree or four negroes were killed at
Other periodsV"
Mr. Charles .Banks had his leg very much hurt.
.31r. Laurence Campbell, Mr. Henry La ichefttr.
and Mr. Jofeph Verree, were centiderably hurt
while exerting tbcmfelves to blow up a houfe in
tJroad ftreet. We are, happy to add, their wounds
are not tnougtit dangerous.
NORFOLK, June 13.
On i S iturd.i V arrived here tlo; inip l iiomas, capt.
j . Griffiths, troui ' Jamaica by whom we received
' Kingfton papers to the 14th May . The onl arti
cle worth notice is
" ThatthjHbip AyjeJhjstxrkttCftrkJaxomt..-
pirflfwitih 2 7 o fier veill'ts,- under coBvoy of the
thip Laurel, caitain Rolls, arrived at Kingfton on
theth May. On the t ;th ot April they taw nine'?
fair-at men of war which vhey trnik tdJjutchy-"-JJtfiM3a':
to nvtty -4m timetyiael he fignni to'
difper.fe. The Adive is the onljojie. of tlie'fleet
TJ Jlfy of the o-
--itifTw.iII fall bitq iH? Bandvbf the enemy, as they
were oply tblce leagues JltfaTTCirffoin each other.' ;
Exira8 ' tj.a hiier p om a gentleman in CarnarJarqua,
dated Maf. ' ' -
".The Br'ulfh are making every preparation to
"e ia;ra and have already ditinounted their
- tani,v;r, ahci. moved fonip of jtheir military llores'on
ti'.errown tide of the river into a new magazine
which they have built." ' ,
S A VAN N All,- June 1 7. -
lelferdav . arr'i.v,-,) irljr Mary, Thomas Coffin, 17
"yrn St- Bartli.doirieyi's.Three days previous
to his failiflga letiter was l received oy-theHrterrcb-'
,r"m St- fuciaj-and whicli mentions that the
Eritilh had niade three attempts to force the bat
teries which commanded the Carenace at St. Lucia,
-VamHsrere reoulfed wTrfirhe lofs of - i"inrn kilfrrF '-iiaideil in rfir Mrit
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Jigthing drcilive wau iWiveTwhenhe failed
-XIapt,. Shaw arfjyetl 'af"St'rffarlBioT6''mVw's';.5wr
- days before captain t of?., failed, from Wilmington,
r I ?' wno on ,0,h 'fiy", in iat. 21, 301 long. sSJ, to.
fell in witfi a FrcnchilpeF, of ffalj of tbe line, 7Jfri
gatej and. a number of ' tf auiVorts 1 was 011 board
hf Admiral, and verv hn ndlomely treated he left
them (leering iheir 'couri'e WS.' W, but did not
,.': ,ern where bound. . '-'' "' ' ' , ,
TBeleare all the accidents we haveyct.hrardof,
and we have no reafon to believe that there are o
thm which' will be atfended with any fajal etfeas.
" The' dlftrefled fituation to which upwards 'of two
hundred families are reduced, by this difafter,' is
eaiier to be conceived than defcr'ibed.; or how num
ber's of them will be able to obuin places to fhelter
themfelves from the vicjffitudes of the feafons, is
hard to fay. Still it is to be hoped that theltizens
whole' houfes have efcaped the flames, will exert
themfelves, as they have heretofore done when the
like calamities have vifncdtheity, in providing for
them fuch acebmniodations as may be in their power
iu .uioro. -.
VVheiher rbs rhisfortune is the efferl ofdefign or
accident is not yet, & perhaps never will be known ;
from the examination made on the foot, where it
was faid to have fir ft began, by the iiuendanf , thert.
itaiuu iu luppoie was int work 01 iome incen
diary, but no prooFisyet offered that will fix the
.crime on any perfon.- -v:"-"'- ;
' -Bjrthe arrival ofcapr Conolly, from Jamaica,
accounrs re received of'theflgHfb cruiiers ha v '
ing taken fixteen fail "of American veflels, coming
from French ports, among which'is the floop Polly,
belonging-to MrTrenholm of this city. The pre ,
text now iifed for condefrmatron, is that everv A-
merican refident in-the French iflands Js citizen of.
or courie, any proauce fhipped by them is
a lejal prize,' .;.' . ..Ui.-: ,'-..--;
1 htf following ihrelligenccTsf(bed by capt.
Pelor, from Gibraltar . : ''"-
About the middle of April pofitive actoumsjvrcrs.
received at Gibraltar, from different"parls of tlie
Mediterranean" that the Dey of Algiers had de
clared 'war agaihft the king of Denmark i that his
cruifcrs were out, and had .taken and fent to Algiers
eight fail of Danifh merchantmen. '-.. ,
The fchooner Eliza, capt. Graves, of Boftnn, was
FAYETTEVILLE RACES. X
WE 1 lie lublcribers tio j roinile to pay or caufe
to be paid into the hands. ot Robert Cochran
and Ruhefon Mumford; elquirts, tlie funis annexed'
to our names refpectivelyT-lor the purpofe ot form
ing a purfe to be run lor ophr old race ground, near
Hay r Mount, oh the laftT ljurlday in Oefober next,
tree for anyjhj
assrifftVlollowjng teims, viz. v :l
Three mile heats, agicF nags 10 carry . t3lb.
ix year old nags, to carry 1291b.
Five year o:d na gs . -. -"rrrrclift
' FiSUT' year o'i nags; - lodlb. '
Tlii excar oldiliag?, -. ;- -- v T - , rclb. '
Ch). tlie Friday ioi'kjwing. syl brttin Tor one IiaTf
rttbtcriptraTTjtWTrtniSt heats, caTnlng the ahove
weights and filbjecf 10 the lallie 1 ulis and regula
tioiit as arc oblerved on J hurfday, .in every rclprrc
whatever r-And on Satmday. a Iwieprtake 10 he run
(or, m le heats, .tree fpxisaUllc hbrtes only, with a
catch upon ealu . 7 "
AJXn agsJwiiiJiay-4e7eivteretr;-fl'Trl Y i i a v en he! r
age judged, of by gentiemtp, 0 be appoiii'ted for1
th .t purpofe, whole decilion fliiL be tnial sr d con
clufive. , r .
. An'V rVJer wfio fliall attempt to crofs Lis rdvef-
fary while running, or pofe um fhall be dceiiif d
autanced jJ.and the neat althcuglMnbyjciijridcr
' Iball fpr tithe lecoiul beft'naT s-'.'
.. . Whipping, TporringT joftling, or ftr'klrg either
the rider or horfe, (hall be ronfidcred foul riding,
and the rider, ftf offending, fliall be deemed dilfan
ced, and (ball not be permitted to ride again during
the continuation of the races; : .... y '
; All nags fhall be entered threerdays previous to
a of junningjyith eithwop the ntfenTrn
appointed to receive the fubfcripiion money; but
may enter at the ftaTting pod by paying double en-,
trance money, .- L
rubbing and not mpre
" One hundred and eighty yards falLbe conJLdered
as a diftance the firft day's runmrig one hundred
and twenty raids, the diflance on the lecond day'a
runrrmg, and fixty yards for'the fweepflake. "
All riders to mount when called upi?nv-and'
fuel) as may not beready to flart when the w oid isi
givenyfhalrabide by the confequnce.
Riders are cautioned hot to carry more than their
Proi?er weight without publicly declarirg the fame
out two pounds fliall be allowed for the variation,
of fleelyards. ; .' : V "" ' -. v.
Mo rider, to alight from liis horfe befor coming
4o theTcate'or fteeTyarSs, and fuch as may be found
deficient more than tw bound's, ftrarl -hirTleensd
didanced. ' : :-' '.. -
The winningnag to be excluded the follpwingday.
.The entrance money to be forty 'fliillings the Jirft.
day twenty fliMing thejecond day- and ten fliil-
ii jue iwcepttaKe. '
rrT-TvTUMf ORD,
byla yeffel under national celoufe, Which pluudefed
her of a number of articles, and the fpecie which
her outward carpo fold lor. and which
chafe a cargo of brandy in Certe 1 capt-. Grave's wai
wounded in attemptine td defend the
Mr. Rand who was alfo on board, wrote an account" 1
ui 1 uc iraiuacrion to mr, aimpion, the American
conful at GlbraltarTrecaived no perlonal injury.-
Juhi 22.r Yefterday arrived the Ibip-Ophir, capt.
ROBERT CQCHiLAN
WHEREAS my wile, Cii a istian has ' eloped
from my honfe, and deferted my bed and
board: without due provocation, or lawful caufe. I
;do ; therefore forewarn all perfons fromjruftjng,oc .
iMdiiiiuiirjg jcr 00 my account, as 1 anxreioived
not to pay any debts fo contracted. r!: . . " -
ll, ii.;"i.mRLijiSr CCLQUHOUN.
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