Gazette Of The United States

Monday there was a very numerous meeting of the merchants and traders of this city, at the Coffee House, to take into consideration certain measures which appear to be pursuing, tending to a breach of the neutrality of this country, and contravening the proclamation of the President of the United States. In discussing the subject, such evidence was adduced as amounted to proof, that the brig lately called the Little Sarah, had been armed in this port, and was probably bound on a cruise against the powers now at war with France. Whereupon a large and respectable committee was appointed to wait on the Governor of the State, and the heads of departments in the general government, to make enquiry into the business, and to ascertain what measures had been adopted to check a procedure so alarming to the interest and honor of the United States.

We are informed that the Governor gave the committee the strongest assurances of his having done, and that he should continue to do, every thing in his power to secure a strict adherence to the neutrality proclaimed by the President of the United States.

Spirited measures are pursuing to place the Fortifications in the river in such a situation, as that the sovereignty of the United States shall not be insulted with impunity by any foreign power, nor our neutrality violated by any of our own citizens.

It is said that the French men of war and frigates, after convoying the fleet from Cape Francois into the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, will bear away for Boston.

The brig Little Democrat, formerly Little Sarah, of 12 guns, belonging to the Republic of France, sailed from this port on Sunday last. She is commanded by Capt. Amiot.