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3 i i 1 i lit Mole, tbe floop.Larlr, Bernard, bat about feven o'clock off the aoutb of Che tight days irora Niffnir Newrpfbvjdfnce, fter bound 10 S. Domingo, and learnt froxn her Thefchr. An tiro from Patuxent arrived thit New Providence had again been vifitf cd by a hurricane, which had dedroyed a cart of Nafiau, that? Ragged Ifland had every houfe Avept away, with mod of at 10 o'clock laft night, left Patuxent io the morning. A gentleaan, paffenger, informs that at 1 2 o'clock they difcov ere a (hip of the line with a brig in company its inhabitants, from the violence of the ftanding after them in chafe, wwhich they wind and waves. continued until fun fet, at which timethe Antirn hauled her wind to come into the WILMINGTON, (N, Dec.

I. Patapfco, they were then leflening fail off, We underrtand a letter is in town, da Thomas's Point, but had not come to an ted Fayettville, dating the capture, off chor they fired fome (hot at a fxsall febr. ditto Inlet, of the United States Sloop of which appeared to be hugging the Shore War Wafp, by the. Lacedemonian frigate. with a view to run into Choptank.

The is (aid to have laded two hours, Wefiocerdy hope this may prove without foundation. December 8. A Brilliant Cruize. Arrived on the 1 6th ind. at Smithville, the private armed fchooner Kemp of Baltimore from a fhort and fuccefsful cruize of 8 days.

Fifty prifoners were brought up to town lad evening. Extras from her Leg Book, On Thurfday, Dec. ill in lat. 32, 43 N. at 11 o'clock defcried a fleet of 9 fail gave chafe and at 12 came op with them PHILADELPHIA.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21. The Prtfident of the United Stater, on the' id indant, conferred brevet rank, of one grade higher than their rank in the line, on a number of the officers of the army, for gallant and meritorious conducV during the lad campaigns Capt. Loring Audio, "'Brig. Gen.

Winfield Scott, Col. James Miller. Brevet Major Eleazer D. Wnnd Pant. Reniamin Warfon.

Brio. Gen. and found one to be a frigate; the fcene Vj'j naine. Cant. Samuel D.

Har was foon changed (he gave chafe to us, f. Morfin Marfton, Fird Lieut. ana at r. M. was out ot light ana we Jofcph Qleafon, and Brig.

Gen. Alexan id pur.uu or me neei ai u.y gnc Macorab. them from the mad head along way off to the windward, at 2 M. coming up with them fad they tacked (hip and flood for in regular order, and commenced by firing broadfide after broadfide as they pafled us, when within mulket (hot we commenced with our great guns and fmal) arms; at half pad 2 we boarded a brig and carried her, with only one man wounded a (hip, brig, and febooner kept up a bride fire on us and we not altogether idle; at half pad 3 boarded the (hip and (he hauled her colours down, we then gave three cheers and prepared to board the fchooner fhe cried for quarters we ordered her to are among the number. The Office of Secretary of the Navy it yet vacant, and poffibly may remain fo until Congrefs determine on the propofition fubmitted to them by the late Secretary of the Navy, for the edabliftiment of a Navy Board, in aid of the Head of the Department.

Meanwhile Benjamin Homans Efq. chief clerk in the department, acls as Secretary. National Intelligencer, Dec. 10. The Grand Convention of the Eadern States affembled at Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuefday, the 13th indanu It is ex remain were (he was, and engaged the nmA Aatr0 ftr Vermont ther brig.

in 15 minutes (he was glad to Hampdiire will be fully reprefented by De haul down her colours. IC chofen 5n their primary afiemblies. legates The fchooner and one brig rehoided their colours, commenced firing, made fail, and left the fleet. We then went a. longfide another (hip, and (he foon thought it mod prudent to haul down her colours.

In the Virginia Legidature, a committee has been appointed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the payment of the direct tax. It was ioggeit. The day being now very far fpenf, and fK Hmife of dclecrates. that it rnieht fome endeavouring to make their efcaoe, be by difcoonting it from the debt ive conceived it bed for us to fecure what juC l0 (ne ftale. we already had in our pofieffion.

The following is a lid of the veffels en gaged. Guns, Ship Rofelle, 16 Ship Princefj, 2 BrigPortiea, 8 S. B. 2 Only Son, 12 Sch. Coffack, formerly the O.

H. Perry, one 24. lbr. on a pivot, and four, 12 Ibrs. 6 The Legidature of Maryland have re elected his excellency Levin Winder, Qo Men vernor of that date for the enfuing year.

35 14 26 12 28 20 46 134 The firft four were manned and ordered home. The others made their efcape after hauling down their colours. The number of the enemy's guns and men were much fuperior to ours we lod one man killed, and three wounded the eoemy'i lofs not ascertained. NORFOLK, December 7. We underdand that Admiral Cochburn Hated that on his paffage from Bermuda, he fpoke a veffel, from which he obtained information that the WASP had been taken off.

Charledon after a bloody conflict. Taking this in connection with the other reports in circulation, there is fome grounds to apprehend that the Wafp is captured. RICHMOND, Dec. 9. The Enemy.

We learn that an exprefs to the Gover The dory of the capture of the Wafp, Capt. Blakely, by the Lacedemonian, is evidently not true, as a letter appears in the Charledon Courier of the 5th December, from a gentleman who was captured on the 26th November, by the barges of that frigate, which is totally filent refpedU ing the Wafp, though it fpeaks of other captures. An Eoglifh paper dates, that Gen.Rcfs was to have been created a Knight of the Bath for the capture of Wadiington. On' the receipt of the official news announcing the capture of that city, in England, def patches were immediately fent off to their different AmbafTadors at all the courts of Europe, communicating the information. The bill authorifing the Prefident of the United States, by and with the advice and confent of the Senate, to appoint one Vice Admiral nd two Rear Admirals, and fixing their compenfation, has paffed tbeSe nite.

Jonathan Roberts Efq. is re elect ed Senator of the United States, for fix years from the 4th of March next, by the Legidature of this State. In the Senate of Pennfylvania, Mr. Frai nor, reached town lad nieht, briogine in ly has read, In his place, a bill to reduce formation that the enemy had not yet left the wages of the Members of the Legifla. the Rappahannock, but at the time that ture from pour to three dollars a day.

exprefs left there, (Wednefday evening, 7 o'clock) remained at anchor, about 15 A letter from near Tappahannock, Vir tniles above Urbanna and were carrying ginia, dated Dec. 13, fays The enemy off all the negroes they could collect they have at lad left us, after burning a part of had alfo burnt a dwelling houfe, and, as Tappahannock. They then landed, and ufual, committed many depredations. A marched to Farnham Church, feven miles party of them landed and were attacked by from the river, burnt the pod.office, took fome militia under Major Campbell, who away many Negroes, and returned unmo killed fifteen men and funk one of their leded to their (hipping, after defeating our barges. fmall force, and taking one gun from us." BALTIMORE.

December 13. According to the edimate in the Navy The enemy feem determined to harafs Department, it requires, for the building and plunder our citizens along the Bay of a 74 gon (hip, 2000 large oak trees, fhores as long as the weather will permit, equal to the edimated produce of 57 acres A (hip and a brig anchored this morning of ground. 1 It is rcrnonrcd, and generally believed, that the Prefident yederday made, the.fol lowtng supinations to the Senate A 1 i CR OW I 'U 1 of Maffachufetts, to be Secretary of the Navy of the United States. William Eustii, (late Secretary of War) to be our Minider to Holland. Nat.

Intel, Dec 17. David Stone, Efq. of North Carolina, has refigned his feat in thefenate of theU. States. It is dated to be the intention of government materially to augment the naval force on Lake Ontario.

The Meffrs. Brown's, in New. York, are collecting carpenters for that purpofe, fome of whom are already on their way, i Mr. Hammerfly, late commander of the Franklin, has been exchanged, and has arrived at Norfolk. He reports that Admi ral Cochburn had arrived in the Bay, and that the force lately in the Rappahannock amounted to one thoufand or twelve hun dred men.

It is dated in the Boflon Evening Gazette of the 10th ind. that many of the Eadern Banks have Hopped paying fpecie for their bills. It appears that the enemy have defended the Rappahannock river, after committing their codomary depredations. At Tappahannock, they burnt the goal and coort boufe, and a valuable warehoufe, the property of Mr. Lawrence Mufe.

Thomas Croft, alias John Rodgers, and James Robinfoo, alias James Elmire, were executed on Thurfday lad, at FortMifHin, agreeably to the fentence of a Court martial. Jacob File, who was fentenced to be (hot, was reprieved. Extraft of a letter to the editor of the York Evening Pod, from a friend, dated Bofton, December 10. It is dated in to day's Centinel, that the Prefident has requeded the Governor of this commonwealth to order out 5,000 mi litia for fome important expedition. This is not quite correcl.

The Secretary of War has notified the Governor that Gen. Dearborn has been ordered to call out that number of the militia of the date, who are to aft under the immediate command of Ma jor Geni King, of the militia, and has re queded the Governor to provide the necef fary funds for their pay and fupport, on the promife of the General Government to repay whatever (hall be advanced. He af fared the Governor that the Government had provided ample means for replenifh ing the treafury in the courfe of 60 days. What meafures will be taken on this very extraordinary order and requed, of couife, is not yet known. This however is certain this date has no money to fpare to be riflced on fuch fpeculations.

The money already expended this feafon by the date, befides voluntary contributions and labour, folely for the defence of the date, is about 800,000 dollars in fpecie. The objeel of the projected expedition is fuppofed to be jo expel the Britifli from Cadine, an objeft which every body acquainted with that country koows cannot be accomplifhed. The above you may rely on." AMERICAN PRISONERS. Mr. Mitchill, American agent for pti fonrrs, arrived at New York from Halifax, dates, that about the 20th November between 4 and 500 American prifoners were fent to England, and that there remained upwards of 900.

He mentions that they are all cll furnifhed with food and lodging, and are genarally in excel lent health. Of the whole number of prifoners at Halifax, not more than 30 were in the hofpital when the agent failed. Mr. Mitchill was not permitted to appoint an agent in his room, but was allowed to name two of the American officers to vifit the prifoners daily, and to furnifh them (as the 8gent had formerly done) with any ar tides neceffary or their health and com fort. Among the paffengers from Halifax are, Mr Buchanan, Mr.

Dorfey, and Mr. Get ting, of Baltimore, who ere captured during the late attack upon that city. Gen. Mafon, our agent for the exchange of prifoners at Wadiington, had negociated an arrangement for the liberation of all the citizens of Baltimoie ho were made prifoners at that time. But as the knowledge of this arrangement reached Halifax only one day before the cartel failed, the other gentlemen could not prepare themfelves in feafon to return by this conveyance.

From iht Plattfiurg Republican, Dec. f. is reported that the Bririfh are con tracing for fevera) thoufand fleigbi and for 10,000 Buffalo (kins and that a win ttt campaign is the order of the day An It is very probable" that Sir George Pre vod will attempt to remove the boundary to Crown Point, while the lake is covered with ice, Every exertion ought to be made to prevent fuch a difader. The enemy ha ving the command of Lake Ontario, will doubtlefs direct all hjs energies to this quar ter, in order to gain a like afcendancy on this Lake, onlefj the idea of carrying the war into the United States has been abandoned. The enemy cannot get tb immediate command of this lake by building, hence the probability of fomething being attempted this vvinter.

General Powers, with the 27th regiment, about 800, has left Montreal for Halifax. And their place is fupplied by more than 1000 troops which have arrived in Canada, during the lad two months. Captain Downie publicly declared, while on the lde La Motte, in the hearing of 20 or 30 American citizens, that in 30 minutes, after the fird fire, he would be on board the American (hip Saratoga. The (i'd fire from the Saratoga proved fatal to Captain Downie. DUEL.

On the 22d ult. a duel was fought near Buffalo, between Dade, Surgeon of the 18th. infantry, and Capt. Paxton, of th 13th, in which the former. was killed, the latter mortally wounded.

SOLID APPLAUSE. In addition to the farm on Cumberland Head, prefented by the date of Vermont, and the lot in Albany given by the corpo ration of that city, the legidature of New York have bellowed on Commodore Mac denoogh 1000 acres of land in Sterling, Cayuga County. This is certainly a JJer ling reward of his didinguidied merit, which we hope will be conferred in.every (imilar cafe. And commodore Perry ought for the fame realons to be complimented with a fmall town (hip on the border of Erie. Columbian.

RECRUITS to the number of 13,808,. enlided in the fervice of the U. State, between the months of February and September lad includve, have been reported to the Adjutant and Infpeftor General'a Office at Wadiington Captain Blakely. Refolations have unanimoufly pa (Ted the Legidature of North Carolina, exprefling their fenfe of the gallantry and good conduct of Capt. Blakely, (who is a native of that date,) in the dedruclinn by the Wafp of the enemy's brigs Reindeer and Avon, and for prefenting to him.

on his return to the United States, a fuperb Sword, appropriately adorned, in the name and behalf of his fellow citizens. The Conscription Bill Received its third and lad reading in the Houfe of Reprefentatives on Wednefday lad. It was finally adopted by a majority of only tavehe votes, 84 to 72. This bill (fays the Federal Republican) we fear ii cofKn of the State Sovereignties let it be remembered, that the lad nail was driven by that infernal hammer, the previous ERIE. (Pennfylvania) Dec.

9. Six hundred Regulars, under the command of Colonel Miller, arived here on Saturday lad. BAKER'S General Intelligence Exchange Office, No. 3, Franklin Court, Market between Third and Fourth ftrects, For the Purchafc, and Exchange of Bought and Bound Servants. For Sale, a black girl, 16 yeari old and 2 to ferve do 1 a and 1 6 do.

16 and from Hover do 14 and 4 do so and 8. A black boy, 20 and do 15 and 6 do I. and io To Bind, White and black girls and boys. For Sale, Richmond, Baltimore, Delaware, Georgetown, Pennfylvania, and Ohio Notes. Foreign Norcs difcounted very low.

The higheft premium givca for gold and filver. Bank Stock and Treafury Notes bought. icy All the Editors who are publishing Mr. Baker's Advertisement will discontinue it. December 21.

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