Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser

From the Bermuda Gazette of the 3d inst.

" On Monday arrived here the sloop Independence, Thomas Young, master, from Philadelphia. What her real business here is, we do not pretend to know ; but, he is said to belong to Mr. Fitzsimmons, a member of Congress, who by his influence obtained permission to let her come here to take away any American seamen that may wish to return to America, who belonged to any of the condemned vessels, &c. &c. The opinion on the Continent was that a thousand or two of them were here starving and without friends ; but the fact is, that only two or three real American vessels have been condemned here, and the crews have not been obliged to wait a week after, as there are continually American or British vessels sailing out from hence to the Continent or the West Indies, none of which refuse them a passage. This sloop brought no cargo-At the time he left Philadelphia, the embargo continued, and was to be so for 40 days from the 26th of March.- This is evidently to serve the cause of the French regicide slaughterers, but we hope they will meet with a disappointment.- Many British vessels are in the American ports, and the rudders unhung, to prevent their escaping. " We are informed that all the money belonging to the British subjects in the American funds, is seized upon by Congress,as a security for the pretended depredations committed by the English privateers ; and we have a Philadelphia paper of April. 5th which contains a debate in Congress-on a proposition to confiscate all debts due to British in America, for the same reason. As these are acts of injustice, there can be but little doubt that they will be adopted. Fin !

" We learn, that Mr. Jefferson is sent to the Court of Great Britain, with dispatches from Congress, to demand restitution for all the property seized by the British privateers. "

From the present proceedings of the Congress, it appears to us, that the Americans are likely to make leeway soon ; an embargo(or total stoppage to their trade) on all their merchantmen ; taxes to be levied for building fortifications, light-houses, raising an army of foot and horse for defence, and another to go against the Indians, and finally, to build a navy, will make them feel themselves in a manner they have not been used to ; added to these, where are their resources without trade or without allies, or their great and good friends cannot assist them!