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-. 1 "Saw, ' W a. ft. 1 .-. i . . V ' a '' ' fchooa'ef to thi? United State t the terms as which' Bw was firft offered, and the conditions on which I r would accept of AeYtms';.-? ''llT'C? On the 5th had ronfcreBce with him,' when to " my great furprife, he told mc he meant to give roe up : I the authority I had received to cpmniahd the fchoo-: per from my government, which -wa the Prcfideat'f inilru&ion and tourletttf...; V C h " .- By fo "doing, he delivers trie a command to fcire all C, French veffela a an officer being bound to follow orV ders, I cuft have gone, again a cruifing on the other ' fide, conjideriog myfelf a prtfoner. (although he did jiot aacnowieugc me as iucbi now can Idrawthe lworu i ntil L am acbangedi -Fiodinfr myfetf tonhiiatir- V cate Gtuation, I conceived myfelf, bound by honor to :X flatc my 'objections Jo Mr. Desfourneaux for refufi ng the command of the Retaliation, which t did by let ," ter, a copy of which is here uiclofed 'after the deli- eryof it I had an interview with him j' he'fmtcd , ' 'me very cavalierlyconceived t had no right to make 1 thole- efejeetionsy-Biid threatened fanprftojnTenTfoTrmy I- iton-compliance g 1 told him. he had mc in his power and could treat me as , he pleafed, but no fear of pU nifhment would make me ad contrary to the charac ' tetof an officer," " :"' . "T" I found he was detei mined to' return her," told him' I was forr'y he compelled me to leave hia port with' 4,v thefe order j that-1 fliould certainly obey them) and ; - lake alThfs veflcls I could.' V' 'iti'J::J!rt?r'y-P:. His aafwer was," if I did he would put every Ante- tican td the iwor -finally he told j mcjjas he'was mailer here he , would compel 'me by force to: leave this place as commander of that vcflel. . t To. fuperior . power I am obliged to yield r confidcring myielf prifoner, I (hall haft to my coflntry to get an exchange, when I Ihall.'be ready foa fecotid ctftfwT," whidi I ;. hope will prove more fortunate than 'my 6r(L He r fends .two vcflels with me as cartels with the Ameri can citizens, who have mer vuh very hard pVifuucr Zfsj)kXbh iflaodMy-go runMBt-Bo-oVubt-cart-fer- into bis intenU0rjs.for returomg the fcaooner.' It rs with them alone to receive her. . DrjvcH by force, I lhall make a Tpeedy return ricFmy6u"ntry7;itid" 'tniilT that the government will conceive the regard and rcf peel I bear my countryNns the fole motive for my pre- lent conduct. : r- - 1 -..-. BAINBR1DGE. BtMTAUlM)' STODDtaT, Secretary of the Navy Wis. tic. Cape' ' MafcFelruaty j Othy 799. i a.niL4rr. -a - 1 - J5 V i v ....... , . W: .-vii", V'.v-; -;v; Iaclofed, you will receive duplicates of letters wrote , you from Guadaloupe which will explain you the r- turn of the Retaliation,' the manner of my conduct tvhilft in Guadaloupe relative to my taking the coin. t; inandofher. '''r'i'-:,r'4,S'r V;-;;';''; ". I failed from Guadaldupe on the 18th, put in the Maod of St. Thomas the a 1 ft, left there thej d, tin compnywith thebugrRoniain ladwsrcaiielsV with American citizens on board, that Were made pri jJoners in Guadaloope. 'PrM-''i-: t s:: : In the Retaliation came tUrtyeveri of herr jfrew, ' officers included, the remainder was put on board the cartels ; alfo caroene American mafter and two : -ilopeVcargoes, who were prilonerSjthere. j' V.' '. ' ; Mr.. Regis Lebianc, the bearer of the letter from Mr. Desfouraea,ux to our Prefideqt, came in the febou- The manner in which Mr. Desfourneaux writes and .his treatment towards the American eitiiens, were very different. Notwithftandiug, after the departure -of ViAor Hugucs, he treated myfelf and officers with civilrty.'-'rV He wrTtes lie fendThome the citizens that were 1 made prifoncrs prcvions to , his""ai ri val'v tt the fame "' time confidered them fo himfclf. If We ate t judge by his Condua, he dctined them in prifen to the.lalt moments they remained iu the ifland, then marched r them down and embarked them under a guard, and entered every perfons name down on the roll.of . ex changek True he h'berated rflafteni of veffcls on t he 7th ; January whichIavediimprowHons lia much ftands in need of, as there is a great fcarcity in the v ifland. A friendly as he writes,; thellnfuraente fn- gate, which came with him from , France by his or 'ders went out a cruizing,, kpok an American .from Bedford, boilnd to Surinam. He fays (he lhall not J DC conaemnea, aiuiuugn utr ruii oitjuipage-a noi "in" form";' bur will oblige her to fell .he.r cargo. Mr. Leblanc, the .beat i:r of the' letter t.d the Prehdent, has '.! " ' ' ' . f -1 . P. . . " . I ; orougtjt a greai: numoer or incie lenera priniea m " French and Eugliftl td be diftribiited amohgll the ci tizens he leave then on board the, fchopner, and i he fays ll will not difikributc them jintil he obtains ;pejv miffion. -' You will obfetve by the duplicates of riiy letters how different (the treatment to the Retaliation. "was, to" what he writes to bur Preudeat jj-inftead of prdering bcr. p follqw the diyifiori, mais' ftrike.oijf "colours, ordered myfelf and officers' out of her, tbok poflefiioo of her Jn the "f uUr htmjdMiS-f1'li'l,:' Veveied the7Ame'uca"n ffagumon downv ( v At ter -giving you 'every information " which' t con- -ceive my duty ai an officer of the United States, per- ' mil me-to concltlde with jlffiring you and mygoverrt Sent, that Mr'. Regis Leblanc, w'as of eirerttial fervice (o the pre,fent liberatitTrt of the Americans in Guada loupe, and rendered them every fervice in hi power,' - as auch Jo at if be had beca an American hiinfclf. The fchooner was very much plundered hM in the hands ofthgcffiorWtH i'iWith aa,duc tefpt, Voir obeuient feVvant, : ' i; ;'- - '-Wm.v BAlNBRIDGE.-t Benjamin StoddcrttifqirC, . 2. y.t -1-: r: becretafy oT'the'Ty?Tn J P S. I have jnft this moment anchored off-tnis tape i (hall come to (own as foon as poffitle. ' -f i :: v " From ie. Q&utH.tfrtPt Vted Stater, : , : .-The following raem'oryiuluiu'poUtely , handed me by CaDt.-Bainbrid, 'irXkVkkuBaiw&mlll fhew' ehel degree of credit Vhkh ught to bettached ' pn. the "jth of January, I waited off Ge ptH fuurncaut : during, the cohverfatidn'I then had With him, ne informed me. that affairs had been arnieablf fettled between Amerhyi and France. On Ciwpiiring on the irrounds of this, information, he laid Ut. L.o- gm nail arrivrd mtlnr ,na aiithnnTrd htr nur (roVernmeilt to id in SOT official Cft' pacity in Fiance.- He faid no, he wa fiot twm thf government, :i)Ut;-Was a'deputy Jrom the people.- A fufficient evidence of his, belief that bur govcrnihcnt and people are divided. ; -. ,! " " -. ! ? v fijfli mention in, hi letter o We Pitfide'nt, that he has ent home the Americaus'madc prifoner pre? vioti td his ariVai. I'detUre that re-t'tfmbr of them tonnueI to 6 mad; fTfivir IdMis arrival, and that every vtffcl'that wa? brwughtTnt'o " the ifland of Guadaloupe previou to my departure otf the 18th of jiuuary,.w4 condemntd,-vrffel and cargo, except onefrom NewtBedfird.o4)M to Sarrinam, the trial of which Vas not decided, . -i'v ' "' ' '. ; ! - , ' V v WILLIAM BAINBRIDGEf f Philadelphia, Feb. 1 8, 179' ' I u to lay before tj'r.t'e(JcT.a copotftedcpaia of Eu ropcan intejligenee.f-ln'the preceding columns of thi day's' paper, -will be fundjeverl articles ofconfiderv!. able Impottancsr .With'refpeft to the defiru&ion of 3 liuontpatte and Iws troops,; little 'n befaidr hc acgalct," .howVvTi'imu' tbftg chan nel 'which. thiuk gives it fom claim to aothcfititity." It appears -likcwife that bis troops ere much diffatiefied, and that a mutinous fpirit had difqovcred tfelfj Owing chieBy to fcanty fupplies of pfovifions, and .water. Upon the 'whole, appearance are much again ft the army of the a(l and cfinfidering the difficulties, the -had to;tnccm'nteririt it peihapfnco ways probable that tnwe j undcctfikMig::Tu wmwt.y25 n We find but little faid on the .fco-e of si cOntiuental peace.V'vlhe following articks from a Paris journal of Dec. 4, are the molt eKphcitofl this'fubjefl.' ' : J "...Letter from Strafhurgh ftate,, that the hopes of' had tu tm ?n at v 1; "f fg-'n mwl Piece, and athtiroughTer-' difpoie Utwecn the two 'couhUies;," I "oblerVed to conciliation between our republic ano: Anuria, increale? Desfourneaux that 1 did not believe Dr.' Logan wa -daily, rPiuffia, we are Bffured, plays the part of Me. u -ator. . Utiaefp bteyes at 1 iJcrtm, ;it is laid, is em powered 3o negOciate a general Peace,' and eve's- X9 enter JntojiegociationswithiEnglandTw flicw .whether, the latter: part .of this intelligenciii be true.V.f?:.jjar . A.;j 'fr- ': -r Tb-Archduke Charles returned the' jfeth Bni mairc,' ftom Friedberg to Munich, it it laid, ihat. fome exprtffions which have i feaped him give hope f"pciee..i?ltll movements of the Auibrian army have been entirely fufpended." -V K v ' . ' Sptdatur. ' 'C.:l.",,.;. I .. . .n ' i" , r . : ' '"' J. a NORFOLK, .Februiry a6.:;'V ; , : It is truly diflreffiiig to be obliged to relate thc dreadful Conflagration which took'olac'e in thii Ra. THtls fuppofed that upwaids of 300 mtichant VtlTeU belonging to different ports in the United States, now traverfe the pcead, carrying from o to aO guns, and manned aqcordbgly. Aim aire Found o be the .only nltttewbazc that can proteft bttr cbmmerce fioin the . voiacious fang bf French pirates. " This wfnre to them general fafety rnd w mercnant wno nas torn mitted.his property to the mercy of the waVcs in pur fuit of lawful: traffic, finds Tome 'cohTolatiort in the refleftion that his vetftl is prepared;. to repeal ittjilrie from more' mercilef piratesllhl: ery ippearanceof a fliip well provided wjth weapon of defence, has in numerous inftance pfeferved her hdi only againft rob bery, but has even torjeed refpea upon thofe baiid6tt ed tuffians whole only puVfuit i to feiie dpdrt the carn- ingi of honeft men. Where the means" ot reuttance Bieiecn, thole intamqu? pelts arc very eauiiouj oi tack I for it'Oiuft be obferved that people of, .this pro- idfio-nfffg?gfw;he-fo but for the fake of robbing where nojighung is necci-fary.- ;:''. ;i" Af-:.-'.-.: , , i ; . Every mariis, ndw thoroughly idnvlncedtthe prJ- 'nrU; nf ru.rmWt mnr ntir vcffclt tO arm in their OWI1 defence. Of the utility of this meafure thereTaonor be a greater proof than the reduction in the premium of infurance t. the Jmmenfe (hip'ments that are daily made from alinoft every port in the Country i-the in--creaftd price for many of pgr llaple commodities, and the uhufual demand -. tWgnbd':ffiipii.r: TKcj'appi; con fequcnCes of this extenfiyn of trade, we trull will bfc felt through .every 'gade of fociety but to noue will the benefit be greater than to the honeft and induftri ous huibandman, The government, too, will come in fcr.i jeiy. pretty iteiagg ccs; whicll hohtft men mull fee and confefs, we thinf it highly probable that Virginia and Kentucky will be fadly difappdiirtcd in their infernal plan of excitibg ia rurre&ions and.-'tumult. . ' 1 . MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. February 9. "' - Yefterday, in the Hon. Senate, the Committe to whom was referred the report of the joint Committee, in anfwer to the -ifamous refolutions of Virginia and Kentucky,"" made 'their report, which contained additional reafons in fupport of the opinion bf the Legiflature of Maffachufes, as to the tonftitutiona lity of the Alien and Sedition Lavrs of the United StafesrIheierearonaefe"ajlo"ptea" by- way ot a--mendnrtent to'the oiigiual report, and upon the qutili-' on, lhall the original report pafs as now amended, the yeas nd nay were as follow t-Yeas a, Nays a. ;; . ,t . ; VIRGINI A' RESOLUTIONS. (fIf the Legiflatire of Virginia, by their threat to arm the militia of that (late, intend to Intimidate the Federal States Into an acquiefcence in" their oppo-t fitjdn' to the government of 'the Union, they fliould . temenj'bef, that .ad.allulioh'tbiii itjculfing quefliV 00 b)F' gjVernmeht is ah improper precedent, that if the idea is Indulged, ' Jber jRlter States-will be. found as able in the field as in the cabiiicVnd thatrVdiffo lution of -the Union, would bring' no bleffings to Vir- ginia. .l,Z-'.v Ik ': Cpectator. j' ; February 5. . .. . ' ' By rthe Tryi from Liverpool, we lave Oir regular files of London papers up..ta.xhe 18th December, be-' fides a file of Scotch papert to the ,5th, wifh,.wh'ch we were obligingly favored. Theftjpapers will enable we can jough en Sunday morning Ha ft. It brtkriiut, is we are told, in the hou&LvoOlr.. AbbotfhoMMker-.- Woodjides' lanefrto the-roof of which, flame were difcoviied to iffue between the hours of one, anJ two o'clock, and i fo;. violent, a manner as to threaten im mediate defl ruction to the adjoining buildings,'' which was cffcftunlly realized in a Ihort time, as there Wa aot boufe -left Handing before feven o'clock from Buike's whaif to the Maia.Street, inclodin? all thofe to Commerce-ftrecc, amounting, as well as lea'rn, to about 62 dwelling houfes. We cannot help fcrj.hbgiiiteJaXetjr of the rernain jngpar; ofjthe town to ProyJdJejKesjhmonim wa perfectly fcrene -until the flames Were effeftuallr got .under immediately after, a ftiff breeze fprung up from the weft ward, which, from its direction, mulk have baffled the exertion of the inhabitants and many other, until the whole of the town would have been laid in afhea.." ' Vl . ; ' .' . . ' ''-':-'' . Jt would be the height pf. ingratitude to omit no "fnnhlheljmely and active exertioos of many of the inhabitants of the town of Portfmouih j alfo, the cap tains and crews of the (hipping in the river, who, on this awful oecafion, mewed unprecedeiiRdaflivify ind vigilancc.'rAmpng the larter we could Jccry Cap--tains Sifter, Godfhell, Ifiael, Needham;" Scammon, Befom, Edwards, Thomas, Young arid Corran and his mate alfo, i captaii- Carmackif of the fnarihe.-A " Daiiifh failof, who exerted himfclf on this melancho. . ly oecafion, was killed and the fkeleton of a woman Wa foiihd among the ruiii-We fear many other live -were loft, . -, . '"' ' v Laft ulght we were again alarmed by the cry of Fiiel--it was in the chimney of a houfe in Church ftreet, and was fortunately extinjuifhcd without much troubler- ' - 5VV :''---Tr: - FAY ;r XE,V I LLEj' SfJURD AT MORNING, Maxch 16, 99. vVe underftand (fays the Pcteifburg paper) that the Houfe of Reprefentntivcs of the United Statetr' adjourned the 4th inftant. ., Communication. Beware of Counterfeits ! v - .A nnmber cf Notes,are in circulation throughout' this Mate, in imitation of the Bank Notes iflued by the United States Bank, from their office of Difcount indiDepofit-at-Ciiarlelloiv-South Carolina r whicU""" are forged and .couhteifeit J Twenty-three have been detected in this town, fnppofed to be brought into thia ftate from Georgia or South-Carolina tbiy are eafi ly diftinguiflied from good oneTby any perfon accuf. tomed to them, as well as by the difference of the pa per,, if being thicker and of a brown dingy hue. . the copper-plate impnflion on the: face is much coarfef and darker alfo thofe vi'hich fiive appeared are made payable to Pim$ DtSavJarr,' and apparently' by hint endrfetrT the' counte'rt'eners have not attended vefy' nicely to; the fmall ma'ks which, are noticeable in the " 'oHginalgnatuxe.i)E.i)ZZfAiirb genuine.notes endorfed.by hure. and duly iffuodj'rontf-' that office. : ri '.' 1 '.'It is hoped that this Fot ice" will have a, tendency to. -put the public ori.thcirguard aainll them, and tffec- tually prevetit the nsfarioiii villaias, who have .at- tempted to circulate thofe falfc note, from fuch tispo- . fition in future, and bi a means of biinging all of them to juftice. 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