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S A XU R'D A Y.-OcfToSER .1-5, .1796. - .. ' ' . Nujub. 30.
LONDON,
That our readers may be aware of the calamitous,
aJvajicesihioaill!U'yJj!U-JI,ale twMf-Jirwr
ruefTh?reiUioaxothelLllQMDgiiMe.mjr
the. progiefs of the national debt. In. 1775 we
pwcd leventy-two millions.4n i776Lone hundred
and twenty 'three millions In 1 78610 Jhundred
and thirty nine millions ! Arid"4 we find from Mr.
Horgaifs fal.uabie traft, ; that the amaunroflhc
national debt Midfummeri 706, wh no led than
three hufldreo snd fixty millions Sterltng i.J J
Laft week, the town ol Doualas, in the Ifle of
Man, was thrown into no final I commotion by the
appearance of a ftranger, who Oifered to fell any
ongntity of guineas at ten and elttitu Qjiling each.
The very higheft authority in the ifland wag applied
to, a warrant was ilTued, add executed ; and the
wag upon the point of being committed to prifon
when the fapient iiiformtrsj by fpme means or other,
rame to' under jland that ten and ele ve n makes froen
Ij one I The Humbug, was uudertaken for a trif
ling wager ; it is fuperfliious to add, that " more
thau the winner Ibarej in the laugh." ; .
KINGSTON, (Jam. j Aug. 27.
FMr tff f a letter from Jeremie, dated Aug, 2 1, 1 796.'
. " It is now 1 y days fince our camps have been at
tacked ;perfuaded that being "accudomed to con
quer, would Hill infure us victory, our hopes were
realized, in the eallera quarter, and the enemy were
completely beat at poll Kalniond This fuccefs, as
complete as could be hoped for at an advanced pott,
only colt us two white men, and to the brigands 200
men of all colours. . Kigaud, without any fuccefs,
laid fieie to the camp or Iroistor ij days, with a
columnJituated 0Bihe :hiILcalled-Marie.ulfeand
another upon that of Madame Lucas.- We would
have acted properly to have leu theui to be tiifplru
ed through chagrin, lince" neither cannon nor rheir
bombs produced any effect hut the Impatience ot
otir chletVj'wai unluckily, of great iervice to our
enemy. -The dependency perfuaded that a decifive
victory in this quarter; would for a long lime give
peace, had found plenty of foldieis as wll as -aividuals
in a condition to carry arms, Thofe who
by their aae and their employments could be excuf-
eJJW)incar,rying theni-wiflied even to- have lUeir-J
mire 111 111c isureis Allien incy ocuevea wouia oe
gatliered uuder the (lwde of the erell of pen; Bo
yer, who had deciled, .that,' the army collected at
Ance de Nault and L'lllet, lhould march In two co
lumns, and thaj M, de JScvray, commandant at I
ro !s, flibutd ira.oiit o the. fort with'oo men:, ia
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niaKe tne 3a column. inat or. U llietjlet out at.
pine o'clock at night to go to" take its pofition, fo
as to flank the wood; we were ufon the march wjih
a field piece at two inthe:inornihg, and at Jfix we,
were in fight of tlie enemy. M. D'Anglade, who
commanded the column from L'lllet, began the fire.
a Gen. Bowyer Teconded him briflcly, by beginning
hii lire fponer than lie wifhed, as our black troops
wereftruck with a nanic. and had deferted the rrim.
lar trooptj Itfavihg them jexpoled to the whole fire
of the enemy. Gen. Bow'ver. in ordciito animate-thie-
troops, aofieared on foot at the head r hi rmnm
. k,.i k.: f: i! . r. - - - . . . '
jrf"'v. jisiiigjiBineoiaie "fitter. wounoea-Dy a
General Forbes, major geriifrar aod commander in
chief-W wajeuyVeerft-tr
Liomtrigo. 1 0 all the tynabuants ot the bpanilu
pare ot tne iame lUand. 4
Sfanifh Cohuijit, i. ' .
Yonr king has ceded d the prefent rulers in
France, the vaft and richtetHfofy'occupied and cul-'
tivated by your ancedotf, ind by y ou, for upwards
of 300 years; this treaty is opon the point of be
ing put in executioh j already Commilfiooers fcnt by
the Executive Director Are arrived among you,
and they are preparing or the total annihilation of
your properties, as they tave already effected like
purpofes in the rich French colony, which is your
neighbour; truft not, brave Spaniards, the perfidi
ous infinuations ot thole tnetflies of all the princi
pals civil and religious of twmanefociability, Brave,
loyal, and generous as your anceftors, yoa need only
be put -on jour ganrtLJ. Firmly attached to the
worlhip of the true Cod, and to the auguft blood of
your king, there are flows among yop, .wlpo without
doubt would not prefer the a&andoning of his for
toner to the misforMiaand lhame of coming under
the yoko of new malicMiover your territory. Roufe
yourfelves,:1jrave Spaotardu, to this noble impulfion
ot reafon, honour aud fentiment i depart the do
nuini of the Spaoilh nronirchy are open to your; go
and live there, and die honourably under (hade, of
jour altars and of the thrW of your king. '
But if there are among you thofe who, chained
by necclHly ta the foil whkh they cultivate, find
themfelves inr the unhappy predicament of being uti
able to abandon it, let t.hem be confoled. A pow
erful and protecting hand is held out to them, it is
that of his Marty.-Maf theyr torilieiniappinefs.
'! confide in the genefofity and beneficence of fo great
mqnarcn: nat otliers have lou-ht ior wuli lo movh
earneltnels and gloifto defend and fupport the fa
cred canfe of j-eligiotij royalty; and humanity, a
galnll: thofe Juuened innov a 1 or,: w ho have refol v
eU to overturti htf(W'lLyBliout the whole furface
ot this iohe. i ' 5 "
I have read, brave Spaniards, die oftenfible in
ftrudions, given by the Directory to tlie Commifla
ries ; I have read the proclamation of thole hypo-"
critical and pcrverfe agents, whole firll million to
St. Domingo was only nrdiked by in(wrrectioni the
burning pf properties and the aflalfioation of pto-
prietotSt;The choictiudlilie fending of liieh men
am ii you,"declire plainly the lot that a waits ybu-
- KeaU and -coululer, wave Spaniards, the pn-ces I
haye cited to yon -compare the promiles there in:
made to VoiTBy" t hejrpuiillc, with tliolc it has miide
to nil theoeoDle thev have willied to feduce What
not as a cafual obferver, but t9a philofopherrex"
aminhg miqtttety latrfJuAew widitiea, and
narurai aavanuges. . '
, NEW.YO R K, Sept. 24.
Laft WedneHay morning le'nnight a nioft ibock
ing and truly lamentable affair took place in New -a!"!n,A
.'A.MrBenj. Hay wood, a young oeotleraun
beiong'jig to Charlefton (S. C.) who had rtceived
his' education at Yale College, put attend to his ex
iftenceby ftiooting himfclf with a piflol through the.
head he lay in the great eft diftrefs for leveral
hour before be expired.
He was a young man who was very much efteem
ed by all who. new him. He was graceful and po
l?te affable and engaging : and a true philantbre
pbift. Though he left feveral letters witha cohfidentiiiL
friend of his, we have net been able to let.rn tnai be
gave any particular reafon for his raflinefs ; but
that he had been long determined upon it.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.
We were laft evening favoured with the follow,
ing decree of the French government of Aux Cayes,
in the cafe of an American veilel captured on her
paflage to a Britifh port. It may convey fome in
tereltmg information to many of our. commercial
readers. -
G wtrd Liberty r. French Re ullk.
Extract from the regiftery of deliberations ot the
delegation fent into the iouih and fouth-eaft parts
of St, Domingo,' bythe commiflary of the French
government of the windward Warn'. j
C-SSeirion-'onhanYhherncror,' 41 It
. .year of the French Republic, one and indivUi-
.hlep-Wrelitlency ot citizen Kerverieax.
.blcflingS- have-they not -announce d-to -t he-colonies
to Savoy, to the Belgic Provinces, to r'olland, and
in aword,' to all the countries whither they have
carried their aftoniftiirig doctrines, and contemplate
well the frighttul "ad deplorable flate to which
thefe countries are reduced, Which wre formerly
li well peopled and fo tlourifhing, arid judge; brave
Spaniards, what will be'the refult of your credulity.
, Struck with your danger and fenfible of your mis
fortune, I .offer you my afliftance ; the faithfulin-
animate-the4erpreter of th beneficent dilpofttions of his majef-
vCenfeter ing h iff t te" po.r it a'r;d fcownsoTSi; D o
mingo. in which the Englifli flag is fl irg, have
been delivered, upbyrebelUbus Frencl;me.D-r-and
that the laid ports and tuis arc in a llute of rebel
lion and liege. j . - - ,
Confidering that 5t is an infringement of the laws
of neutrality, to carry fuceours, provilions and war.
like (lores into the laid' ports nd towns," in a ftate
of liege and revolt. '
Confidering thaJLthe United Stats acted in the
fame '"mariner- Tn the war they fupportcd fur -their
hououi aliV Indept ndtnceandiha they did ih Ice
French reffels catTy fuceours to the evemies ot t lie
United Stares, and intoplaces whitfi bclongedjo
them ; and that it ia i contrary to the intention, of
the Aineiican government, that provifions-andIun-
JlikHftvatildbexaTTied ports in
di. lon.ingo, j
Seeing that the fact Is proved, and that it refult s
as well from the dec armion of Captain Wilhs
Whitfield, as from papers found on board," that the
brig Eliza, and her cargo were deftined to fupply
Fort -a u Prince, occupied by the'Englilh and French
rebels, armed apainft the Republic. ' v .
Seeing that no proof has been furniffied'that tlic
veflel Eliza, and cargo were not conligned to an
Ennliflirnan at Port-au-Prince. 1 .
the left bread, he was forced to outt the nartv.and
to order- a'rMreat, feeing that-the negroes who
draEg'' t,1e field piecf had abandoned it. All the
oflicen that were wpunded, were luckily brought
off, and gen, Bowyer remounted his horfe,"beiiig
- Jjpply-only very fliglnl j- wounded. MonC JSevray
rhaving carried two butoHtTeth-e'rn goodorderi
he was likewife wounded, but very flightly.'
- Extr aftej a letter from the 'fame place, dated Aug.i.
- . V "rave gen. Howyer nas mewn himiejf woti
tny or tne pt jie holds she is beloved by every per
ton, his wound creates no fear of danger ; we arer
going to arm all the negroes we tan, and we have
the greateft hopet from that ftep. There is no rea
Ion to doubt that if bur commanders had not been
Wounded, we lhould have had a complete victory, -i
particular over thofe who were repulfed at the
camp at Rivaux,-and tlie eamp of Centre, with the
gresteft vigour". ,. , ' -':r-'
Je fchooner Fidelle .is fent down exprefs to
Kingflon. to demand alliftanceas well to the Com
motlore as io the General, for a (hip oF lheline,
which would be of-thfe rrfeatelt nonl'eouence to us '
'.J In CbrdVqnence of the, prefling demands of jfie
.i.AillianiS r9. L. rati1 Anl. tha r mnmnHnr. will
.. "l;hitants of Grande Anl'e, the Cot
. ,,rm ort-Roy! on Snnday morning for Irois,
'ith the Cormorant, Jamnica, and Undaunted, and
--.-.rum unaer tnetr convoy, having on poard 300
ueu,.
ty, I promife and make fure to you. under his it an
ard-IafatytgfyotiT perfeas aady&itr propel tics jr
for every thing mod facred, every thing that is moft
dear to you Your worfhip, your frlefts, your laws,
your cuftonis, your privileges, and every thing lhali
be preferved to you; you (hall befides enjoy the ad
vantage of a commerce, the mqft extenfive and moft
flourifljingn thTuTJrvetjj yoohaye requented"oor:
yorts, and you know .the lifterty, good faith, and
plenty that reign in' them. -Calculate the extent of
all thefe bleflings, and prepare, yoorfelvesro receive
the. only power that can procure them for you.
The-fnomentharrproteftion orvbur king fhalf
be withdrawn from you, and you DiaH be abandoned
to the new matters of your territory, arm yourfelves
againft tlienv, and at the ,firlt iignal which ybo fliall
give me ofouffefoliition7l will-fly to your aflif
tance, and unite all my forces to yours, to repel and
exterminate the common enemy. . -.
Given at the King's' horUe, at Port-an-JVtnee,
' the latu day ot July, in the year ot our Lord
' -179 nd ot bis majefty- reigrt the 36th.
X By order of his excellency, - - . ; '
rheJDetegatt6ni Dtcreei.
-r lt is reported, by ah arrival from Mole St. Nicho
las, that advice has been received therelnf our fleet
being fafely anchorad in tlie road of Monto Chrifti.
7 WALPOLE, (Nl H.) Sept. aor - C
- Doetor'Bollman, who fo courageoufly attempted
the delivery of .the untortunate La r ayette, trom
tiisfoTJrtSTWvTW'Wnii1 country;
Art. I. The brig Eliza and her cargo, deftined. for
Port-au-Prince, are declared good prize, tor the
benefit ol the captors.
: Art. If. The French privateers, the Seafiower,
captain Barthelemy Aubert ; the Vietory, captain
.Sabin: and the Flying Filb, captain John Teyher ;
(hail divide among them, the officers and crews ot
the raid Jhree.r
veritionthericrof ihe fale of i brbrig ElizT and
her cargo. j
Art. IIL The bflicer of adipiniflration at Lebgane
is charged to hold bimfrlf accountable to the three
prtvatoerkoFthe amount of flour purchafed for
adminiftration, he rel'erving to himfelf the power of
making fucb terms as he can conveniently comply
with . - ..
"Conformably to the decree, or the comnnfTton of
goverumeiit, df the 19th Prairiallaftr nothing (hall
be retained, nor ariy-expences paid, on the amount
of fales "of the Elira and cargo. - -"w-;' ... 1 :
The ordonnator Is charged with the execution ot
the prefent decree." KERVERSEAX,
, Signed, h BPRGUE, and
tier- ,
, From the reafons aflignrd, and which preface the
above decrees relative to .thi,Eliz3p'we ftiJOope,'"
that the report reflecting the determination -of tlie
French to make prizes of neutrals bound id any.
Britifh port, is rather exaggerated t'and that it iax
not their Intention to condemn any others than thofe
bound to ports occupied by Britifh troops in the
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