Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser

Captain Cox, of the brig Two Brothers,
from Curracoa, arrived at Baltimore, informs that the La Vengeance, and General
Gonnett, with his squadron of privateers
and troops, were still at Curracoa, and the
place in the greatest confusion; most of the
inhabitants had left the city; those men capable
of bearing arms had repaired to the
garrisons; the women and children had retired
to the interior parts of the island.

It was expected the fate of Gonnett's
mission would be decided in a few hours:
he had sent in his demands to the governor,
two or three days previous to the Brothers'
sailing, some of which were understood to
be—A loan of a sum of money; one of the
forts to be permitted to hoist the national
flag and garrisoned with French troops; to
refund the proceeds of the American ship Mary,
of Baltimore condemned there as prize,
which had been lodged in the hands of government;
his reasons for cutting down the
French flag staff: satisfaction for the banishment
of the French General. &c. &c.

In consequence of which the governor
had called a council, the deliberations of
which were not publicly known, though
it was reported that the governor was determined
not to comply with their demands,
let the consequence be what it would: every
preparation was therefore making for
resistance. How the affair may terminate,
as yet remains doubtful.