centered in one, as the tree where the broken limb was lodged, being about ten rods from the places where they firft ftruck, and afterwards to have diverged again. By one of thefe divergent fprays the cow was killed, by another the fwine, at about 30 feet diftance from the cow. -Three other fwine confined in the fame ftye were unhurt. Albany, March 5. The conftant current of emigrants which have heen flowing from the eastern hive into our western forests, has been much greater this winter than any year fince the peace-It is fuppofed, at least one thousand families have paffed the Hudson, through Catt's Kill, this city, and by Halfmoon. A gentleman from the Genefee river informs, that he met and counted one hundred and twenty-eight families above Whitestown, moving into the county of Ontario; and that computing each family at five perfons, it gives an addition of 640 inhabitants to that county. A fum of money having been fubfcribed in this city, to be difpofed of in premiums, for the purpofe of promoting the progress and improvement of the manufacturing of maple fugar, particularly the graining of it, fo that it may be brought to market in a merchantable state; a meeting of the fubfcribers was this day held at the city-tavern, when the following refolutions among others were entered into. Refolved, that the sum of seventyfive filver dollars be given as a premium, for the largest quantity, not lefs than 600wt. of the beft quality of grained maple fugar, which fhall be exhibited by any perfon or perfons, previous to the first day of July next, in the city of Albany, to the committee hereinafter named. Refolved, that the fum of fifty fil ver dollars be given for the next largest quantity, not less than 400wt. of the best quality of grained maple fugar, to be exhibited as aforefaid. Refolved, that the fum of twentyfive filver dollars be given for the next largeft quantity, not lefs than 200wt. of the best quality of grained maple fugar, to be exhibited as aforefaid. Refolved, that Mr. Webfter be requested to cause to be distributed, gratis, throughout the country, 400 pamphlets, containing directions, and the beft procefs, as yet difcovered, for the improvement of this valuable fource of wealth: And, to make the foregoing intentions as generally known as poffible, that he be alfa requested to ftrike off 1500 copies: of the proceedings of this meeting, to be distributed in like manner. Refolved, that applicants for either of the above premiums, produce a certificate from a magistrate, with an affidavit of fuch applicant annexed, certifying "That the fugar preduced by him or them was manufac tured by his or their family or company, and that not more than five perfons, exclusive of fuch family, were employed in manufacturing the fame, and that it is the product of the prefent feafon." New-York, March 3. By a gentleman just arrived from the weftward, we have received the melancholy news of the death of the brave Col. Gibson, and Capt. Darke-the former died at Fort Jefferson, the 10th, of December, and the latter at the fame place, the 25th of January. March 10. The family of PENN have constituted the Hon. Thomas McKean and Edmund Phyfick,Efqrs. of Pennfylvania, their attornies in fact, to fell and difpofe of all the property of the faid family in the ftate of Delaware. Thefe gentlemen, in confequence of this appointment, have notified the Prefident of Delaware of the fame, and offered to that ftate the right of pre-emption. March 21, Laft Friday the House of of Representatives of the U. States proceeded to a decifion in the case of the contested election; and the following refolution was agreed to yeas 58-nays none Refolved, That Anthony Wayne was not duly elected a member of this House.' Notwithstanding the unanimity of this vote, in justice to Gen. Wayne it must be observed, that it was with equal unanimity admitted, that altho' his election was clearly proved to be illegal, ftill his character stood unimpeached, as it did not appear from any part of the evidence produced on the trial, that the illegality of the proceeding was in the fmallelt degree imputable to him. On the 16th of January, the National Affembly of France decreed, that Louis Staniflas Xaiver, French Prince, has forfeited his right to the fovereignty. -APPOINTMENTS. Profper Wetmore, Efq; of NewYork, is appointed Affiftant-Poftmafter-General, vice Jonathan Burrell, Efq; refigned. The Prefident of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, has made the following appointments and promotions:Captains-William Eaton, Ifaac Guion, Zebulon Pike, Jacob Slough, James Wells, Henry Carberry, Wm. Buchannan, Wm. Lewis, Nicholas Hannah, Jofeph Brock, John Heth, Jofeph Kerr.-Lieutenants.-James Underhill, Robert Cochran, John Read, Robert Thompfon, Maxwell Bines, Benj. Price, Henry De Butts, Jofeph Gough, Wm. M'Rea, Henry B. Towles, Samuel Tinfley, Thomas E. Sumner. Enfigns.-Chas.Hyde, N. J. Vifcher, John Polhemus, John Paine, William Diven, C. Smith, W. P. Garfaway, Charles Wright, Aaron Gregg, Peter Grayfon, Peter Marks, Samuel Davidson. Promotions and appointments in the battalion of Artillery. Promotions.-Henry Burbeck, Major commandant, vice Fergufon, killed.-John Peirce, Captain, vice Savage, refigned.-Mofes Porter, Captain, vice Burbeck, promoted.-Daniel M Lane, Captain, vice Bradford, killed.-George Demlar, (from the 2d regt.) Lieut. vice Spear, killed. Appointments.-Jofeph Elliot, Lieutenant, vice Peirce, promoted.-Purcy Pope, Lieutenant, vice Porter, promoted.-Ebenezer Maffey, Lieutenant, vice M'Lane, promoted. Officers of the fquadron of Cavalry to be raised agreeably to an act for the more effectual defence of the frontiers. Major.-Michael Rudolph, at prefent Captain in the ift regiment. Captains.-John Watts, John Craig, Lawrance Manning, John Stakes. Lieutenants.-Robert M. Campbell, William Winfton, William A. Lee, William Davidson.-Cornets.—Leonard Covington, Tarleton Flemming, Solo. Van Renffelaer, James Taylor. -MARRIAGES. In New-York. In the capital, Mr. John Mowatt, jun. to Mifs Charlotte Rodman.-Mr. James Seton, to Mifs Mary G. Hoffman. Mr. William Boyd, to Mifs Martha Furman.—Mr. John Quackenbos, jun. to Mrs. Elizabeth Merkler.-Mr. James Grier, to Mrs. Jane Herrington.-Mr. Wm. Meffervey, to Mifs Ann Sperry.— Mr. Peter Curtenius, to Miss Ann Remfen.-Mr. Thomas Furdun, to Mifs Margaret Hamer.-Mr. William Buffing, to Mils Sufannah Odall.— Mr. Peter Thompson, to Mifs Rachel Sloo. At Poughkeepfie, Robert H. Livingfton, Efq; to Mifs Caty Tappen. At Albany, Jofiah Masters, Efq; of Schochticooke, in Renffelaer county, to Mifs Lucy Hull, of Derby, in Connecticut. On OnLong-Iland. At Jamaica,Mr. Jofeph Sealy, to Mils Bonella Welling. Mr. Enoch Baldwin, to Mifs Lydia Pidgeon At Long-Meadow, Mr. Nathaniel Patten, to Mifs Sally Burt. At Brookhaven, Mr.Ifaac Brewfter, to Mifs Temperance Brewster.Jofeph Strong, Efq; to Mifs Margaret Strong. In New-Ferfey. At Newark, the Reverend Mr. Calvin White, to Mifs Phoebe Camp. At Elizabeth-Town, Mr. Samuel Meeker, to Mifs Jane Hampton. In Pennfylvania.-In the capital, Mr. Alex. Cochran, to Mifs Phoebe Meeker. Mr. Ifaac Neal, Printer, to Mifs Kammerer. In South-Carolina.-In the capital, Mr. C. J. Graefer, to Mifs Ann Maria Clemens-Mr. Abraham Joy, to Mifs Sufannah' Baffileau. In Georgia.-At Savannah, Mr. Henry Sadler, to Mifs M. Robinson. -DEATHS. In New-York. In the capital, Mrs. Ether M Comb.-Henry Remfen, fen. Efq.-Mifs Elizabeth Shaw: In New-Jersey-At Hopper'sTown, Mr. Garret Hopper, in his 69th year. In Pennsylvania.-In the capital, in his 25th year, OJIKHETA, alias PETER OTSEQUETTE, a young chief of the Oneidea nation of Indians. He had refided several years in France under the patronage of the Marquis de la Fayette, and at the time of his death was on a vifit to the general government, being one of a delegation of fifty fachems and head warriors of the Five Nations now in Philadelphia. In Delaware-At Peneader, Mrs. Edwards, confort of the Rev. Morgan Edwards. In Maryland. In Kent county, John Page, Efq; aged 52. 1 In Virginia.-At Williamsburgh, Bun . Mifs Maria Skipwith, daughter of Sir Peyton Skipwith, Bart.-Mrs. Elizabeth Pasteur, in her 50th year. At Petersburg, Mr. Robert Donald. Mr. Ralph Hylton. InSouth-Carolina.-In the capital, Mr. Robert Gibson, fen.-Mifs S. Bouquet.-Mr. Geo. Morris.-Mrs. Robinfon.-Samuel Priouleau, Efq; aged near 80 years.-Mr. D. Geln. -Capt. Archibald M'Alaster. On John's Island, Mr. John Leffefne. Mr. Alexander McGillivray, in his 26th year. At Great Ogechee, Mrs. Elizabeth Elbert, widow of Gen. Elbert. At Stono, Mifs Elizabeth Butler. lieu, At Beaufort, Mrs. Sarah Daunay. In Georgia.-At Savannah, Dr.M. B. Miller, of the city of New-York. Mrs. Barbara Ott, aged 72 years. Capt. Every, of the ship Henry, of Liverpool. FOREIGN DEATHS. In Ruffia, Prince GREGORY POTEMKIN, a Taurique, very remarkable for the numerous titles he bore. He was fuppofed to have died worth more than fixty millions of crowns, befides very large eftates, and many thousand vaffals. He breathed his laft on the bare ground, unable to bear any longer the pains of his diftemper, (a peftilential camp fever that has raged in those parts) or even to endure the joftling in his carriage. In Ireland, Thomas Wims, in his 117th year. He fought at the fiege of Londonderry in 1691, and in different other skirmishes in the last and prefent century. W In the island of Jamaica.-At St. Ann's Bay, in a fit of the apoplexy, William Affleck, Efq; the elder, commander of his Britannic Majefty's frigate the Blonde. |