The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

By the schooner Fox, we have received intelligence from Cape-Francois, as late as the 22d ult. There has been fresh disturbances at the Cape, between the old troops, who are ordered away, and the militia of the place. The new troops that had arrived some time before, are better pleased with the militia, and have acted in concert with them, in their mutual exertions to subdue the insurgents, but the task seems to be both difficult and will be but slowly accomplished. The old troops that were quartered in the town have committed great excesses previous to their departure: several riots have taken place, and six or seven of the militia have fallen a sacrifice to those regulars. Most of the persons who suffered were citizens of the first respectability.

A gentleman, arrived on Tuesday from Cape-Francois, informs us, that the colony, at the time of his departure, which was the 21st of last month, was in a more distracted state than it has been at any period since the rebellion of the negroes. Discord and confusion seem to have erected their standard at the Cape--Party spirit is wound up to a pitch that has seldom been equalled, even in the most violent and disastrous revolutions--The common and inveterate enemy to the white people (the rebel negroes) is nearly forgotten--and the colonists are totally absorbed in enmity against each other.