wearefl 'channel of commercial intercoure with that extensive and rich country. At present, the land-carriage between the navigable waters of the Mor.ongahila (a fork, of the Ohio) and, the navigable waters of the VotoniacH, is less than, 40 miles ; and a good Waggon road is open between the t\v•commutncate with each other. The lettltrs 011'(tie Ohio and M:!ifippi, w ill of coiirfe carry their heavy produce to a market down those rivers; but their re turns will be mo ft natural through the Po tomac's, for they cannot ascend the Wef t -rn Waters, without great expsnce or much lofsof time ; the current there being so rapid, that a sharp boat with fix oars can scarcely afcenct fifteen miles a day. [to bs continued.] To the Editor of the General Advertiser. Sir, I have observed in some of your late pipers certain ftri&urcs on a speech of one of the Members of Congress from Mas sachusetts, which I consider both harsh and unmerilted, and tending to prevent that freedom of debate which has been so wifely provided for The writer's opinion and inferences are by no means worthy of notice, otherwise than as they fnew a difpolition to pervert the truth, and abuse the liberty of the press. That Member's character as a friend to genuine liberty and good go vernment, is too well eftabliihed to be af fedled by such miftatements and scurrility, as is contained in the paper of "Monday ; neither is such a mode of writing calcu lated to make a favorable imprifiion on the minds of many of your readers. Paris of a sentence, or even of a fpscch, may be fp stated by designing partisans as to appear very exceptionable, and this ii believed to have been the cafe in the pre sent instance ; because, independent of the knowa principles of the member, some people of character who were present, declare they heard no expressions that would bear the conftruttion which lias been attempted. Gracchus fays 'f he would be unfaith ful to his country, to let such sentiments pass unnoticed in thi3 he claims some merit to himfelf, while he pays but a poor compliment to his friends in Congress, who let such expressions as he has stated, pass without reprehension ; and to be a ufefal watchman, he ought to pay mere attention to his recitals. For the Gazrtts of the United Srjrfs, Mr. Fenno, According to the " opinion" of a wri ter in the General Advertiser, " on the conduit that America ought to adopt in future"—it appears that the wisdom of this country would be evidenced in the firft place, by throwing every thing into confufion among ourftlves, and in the se cond, by immediately plunging into a war with all the world—our agents at home and abroad are to be difmifTed—and all the measures which have given prosperity to our country, and secured that prospe rity by peace and domestic tranquility, are to be subverted and overturned. If this is the way to preserve our name in exist ence as a nation, if this is the way to ena ble us to help our friends, preserve our peace, our liberties, and our independence —then the modern doctrines of volunteer quacks in politics which run counter to the experience of man in all past ages, ought to prevail—ln vain have the people of A merica fought for freedom, deliberated on the best measures to secure the inestimable jewel, and eftabliflied a just, wife and com petent government as the only mean con ducive to that object—if, the nature of our species is inverted, and confufion and every evil work is the only preparative to peace liberty and fafety—the politics of maniacifm will not prevail, for the parti zans of diforganifati.m are not like Samp son, willing to be crushed themselves in the ruins they contemplate with so much p'.eafure—Our Councils will not be influen ced by hairbramed politicians who, refleft itijr on the fortunes which have been accu mulated in the convulsions of Europe, are anxiously defiioiis of trying their hand in tjai> happy retreat of -freedom and peace. Y. Z. From the Columbian Gazetteir. OBSERVATIONS. The coldelt day in December, 1789, in this city, was the 20th of the month— the Thermometer was 21 degrees. Fri day miming hft being 10 1-2 degrees colder. In Jan. 1790, the coldest day was 20 degrees —in February 9 degrees —in March 6 degrees. By this the coldest day in the winter of 1790, w?.» 41-2 degrees colder than Friday morning last. The coldest day in Philadelphia, in Jan. 1789, was 18 degrees—in February do. 7 degrees —in Jan. 1790, 12 degrees—in Feb. do. 6 degrees—in March do. 3 deg. in Dec. do. 6 decrredß In Philadelphia, in Jan. 1791, 8 dfg". 1 .a Feb. do. 5 deg.—in March do. 2 deg. From llie above remarks, being all I could coll" ft, we may not ex peel to expe rience but very little colder weather in the course of this winter, than was experien ced the latl week. On the 2 & 24th ult. was held the exa mination of the several fehools in the Tren ton Academy. The scholars who had been itudying Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Book-keeping, exhibited such proofs of attention and improvement, as were very fatisfa&ory to the trustees and visitors. The Grammar school, under the care of Mr. Whitefide, was examined in presence of the Governor of the State, the Hon. Isaac Smith, the Rev. Mr. Armftrongand Samuel W. Stockton, Esq. who expreiTed their approbation at the proficiency of the (Indents, several of whom diftinguilhed themselves for their progress in the ma thematics and natural philosophy. A number of the ihidenU of this aca demy have been fitted, from time to time, to enter the junior clals in Princeton col lege, with credit to tliemfelves and their tutors. Others have been qualified for the mercantile and mechanical branches of business, which are here particularly at tended to—and all, whofc morals are un impeached, and who have made fufficient proficiency, are entitled to a certificate, under the fcal of the corporation, setting forth the branches of literature which they have fuccefsfully studied. Such is the healthfulnefs of the city of Trenton, that not an instance of mortality has happened since the firft establishment of this acadcmy, among the many scho lars who have ccme hither to putfu'e their {tudies. Thi3 circumstance, added to the eligibility of its situation, being on the post and stage road from Philadelphia to New- York, and the cheapncfs of boarding, ren ders it a cfefirable place for persons at a distance to fend their children for the ru diments of their education. An Observer There arc at present about eighty scho lars in the fevcral fchooli: the house is in complete repair, and would accommodate a much larger number with convenience. As the schools arc under good regula tions. and will be carefully attended to by the trustees and visitors, it is hoped those who may think proper to fend their chil dren to this seminary will not be disap pointed in their expectations. For the Gazette of the Uhitfd St.ites. To the SIEUR GENET, Minister WHENCE is it, fir, that you alone, among the diplomatic characters in America,, have been felecled as the notorious object of public animadversion ? Intercfting to vour felf, as it i 3 to Americans, this question Mr; Genet, demands your attention. . G. BAKER. New-York, 28th Dec. 1793. TRENTON ACADEMY. of Fiance. In answer to this queltion, will you, in the spirit of calumny and felf-admiration, presume to fay, that the American press, devoted to the cause of despotism, perse cutes you a 9 the martyr of liberty ? Inftcad of thus yielding to the fedu&ions of pas sion, rather, fir, for once, render homage to the simplicity of truth, and refledt whe ther a more correct answer may not be given ! Shall I mention one for your coii fideration ? Yet deem it not lingular, that a person unpra&ifed in the infidioufnels of Courts, unversed in the sophistry of St. Omers, and unambitious of rivaling you in artinc;, fhou'id give an answer very differ ent from yourfelf, an answer which is plain, simple, palpable. You alone, among the diplomatic characters in America, have noto rioujly offended againjl diplomatic propriety. Delegated, as French missionary, to the constituted government of the American Republic, your million, as relative to this 'government, was either a mission of peace, or a mission of perfidy. What then has been your conduct, as relative to the Ame rican government ? Have not your pro ceedings, instead of evincing a Minister 01 peace, branded you as the Apostle of dis cord ? And was such the purpose of the nation whom you claim to represent ? No ! fir, however zealous you may be to ca lumniate the French nation by confound ing them with yourfelf, we acquit them of the charge : Never can we believe that the republicans of France would appro bate a million of perfidy. To do juitice to the French people, we must then be careful to difcrimiuate between them, and yourfelf. And, making this discrimina tion, we are constrained to regard some of your proceedings, fir, as meriting no (light reprehension. Could we totally abftraft your diplo matic character from your proceedings, while you hold and abuse that character, n-e might regard your language aa but the intemperate effufions of a felf-admiring fcioliil: And, in this abftrafted view, the combination of fatuity and vanity, being regarded a$ innocuous, might afford mat ter of tranficnt mirth. But when, in abu sing your diplomatic trust, you claim that your language (hoidd be refpefted as tue voice of France, the fubjeft instantly as sumes a very different afpeft ; and your published declarations, vhether resulting from ignorar.ee, vanity, fawticifm, or per fidy, become seriously interesting ty the friends of true republicanism : For, whe ther you betray the republican cause, from ignorance, vanity, fanaticifm, or perfidy, whether you betray it from want of wis dom, or from want of honelty, ftil!, fir, you injure the cause which you ought to benefit, and which, notwithstanding its be ing profaned by your profeffions of devo tion, is precious and sacred to Americans. " That you are not destitute of talent," ha 3 been already conceded in the address which 1 presented to you, through the Gazette, in conference of the letter, of the 13th of August, which you wrote for the press, and sent to the President. My generosity, as one of the people, having made vou thi3 concession while there appeared some rOom for hoping that you would liflen to the voice of inftruftion and reform, although your own own conduct has since reduced you, in point of character, to be but a mcndicant pensioner on the charity of, public opinion, yet, while I scorn to despoil the beggar, I scorn to revoke my generous concession. But left, from your pronenefs to eulogize yourfelf, you should abuse this concefiion to your own injury, let me remind you, that, in kind, as well as In degree, talents are various. And, as " you are not destitute of talent," so nei ther was an ancient rutcd incendiary, one trait of whose character seems not altoge ther inapplicable to yourfelf:—" Satis lo- quent'ue, fapicnt'ht parum." Considering that a person in your station ought not to be so ignorant of classic lite rature as you profefs to be of some of the molt celebrated works on national law, al though I do not question your profefied ignorance, I now credit you as having the ability to understand a fhoi t sentence from ,Sa!lu(t: I, accordingly, omit giving you a version of this which I have just cited. And, leaving it to your own moments of temperate reflexion, if ever you have any, I observe, that the charaAer at large may ba worth your attention. You may find it delineated by Salluft, in his history of the Catalinarian war. And, while you are meditating on this fubjeft, let me urge you to reflect, that, however much or however long you may have abused our patience, yet the incendiary, who makes profeflions of virtue in the cause of vice, and boalts of patriotism for the purposes of sedition, will not eventually find more support in America than your prototype found in Rome. The inftaioufnefs of your profejjions, the illegitimacy of your dodrines, the audacity of yourpretenfioiis, have conspired to provoke and juftify typographical ftri&ures. Ap • pearing before the American public in the novel and amphibious character of typo graphical Minister, your claims to public animadversion are various, urgent, and un rivalled. Whether we contemplate you as the foi-difant oracle of national law, as the expositor of the American Constitution, as the exotic guardian of the sovereign people of the United States, as the public accuser of their constituted authorities ; of whe ther we contemplate vou as a diplomatic Proteus transforming yourfelf into a mul tiplicity of shapes, and adopting .such r*v,i rious forms as you may think adapted t$ aid your machinations—whetheryou adopt the form of epiitolary correspondence, di plomatic communication, consular protes tation, circular address to American com mittees of beneficence, circular inftru&ions to French consuls, or any other form which anarchial zeal may suggest ; still, fir, we find no cause to deny you the character of which you seem (o ambitious, the charac ter of an Apostle or Discord. You may aff'eit a tremulons concern for the Prefideiit, and, with the modesty pe culiar to yourfelf, profefs to the public, as in your letter to (jovemor Moultrie, your " grief at feeing General Wajhington, that celebrated hern cj liberty, accessible to men whose schemes could only darken his glo ry." But in vain may you expect that such arts will delude the informed Ameri cans. The weeping of the insidious cro cadide deludes none but the ignorant. If he has become the object of your pi. ty, General Washington is fallen indeed. Are you so vain, Sir, as to imagine, that his, or his country's glory depends on you? Learn then to know thyfelf; and be as sured, that it is not the breath of Genet, but the energy of truth, which swells the trumpet of fame. After considering, that, in your letter of the 27th of October to the Secretary of State, you have charged President Wash ington with usurping power which the constitution does not allow him ; when we further observe, that, through your sub altern Dannery yon profefs, to the Exe cutive of Maffachufctts, an anxious fenft bility left holWities Should interrupt " the cver-deor fraternity ** between " two nati ons yet JiJlers," and that >ou also at the j fame time exhibit a manift-ftiJ ugair.ft our National Executive ; the language offuch communications excites, in the American mind, at once, contempt and indignation. Ate we to br duped, or terrified, from the maintenance of our own internal sovereign ty, by the insidious profeflions, or mena ces of a diplomatic or consular di&ator ? Will you, fir, fay, that there is danger of hostilities between France and America? If so, whence does this danger arise Whence, but from functionaries who, irt» trusted with affairs of France, abuse the confidence of an high-spirited people ?— Whence, but from such persons 33 your felf ? Mr. Genet! will you, while Minifler of France, pretend to be ignorant, that your Mailers have rcprefentedfedcralifm at the evil genius of anarchy, of rebellion of royalifm, as a monfttr threatening deduc tion to the unity and indivisibility of the Republic ? Did you t'uen, in ordering Dannery to denounce the PreCdent, pur fofe to excite in America the very spirit which has been excited at Marseilles, at Lyons, at Toulon ? Speak, Sir! what was your purpose in that infidious'denunci ation ?—What, but to divide and command the American People ? Accordingly, the moment of our national dismission, would have been the moment of your congratu lating yourfelf as Di&ator over America. Not to particularise ail the insidious communications which you have been ea ger to publish, and without now remark ing on the illegality of the do&rines which they contain, the publications alieady no ticed, efpeciallv those relating to the affair of Duplaine, fufficiently brand you as the Apostle of Discord. And, on reviewing the conduct of our public fun&ionarieg, and considering your various insinuations and direst c harges again It them, the mind is hnpreflcd with one concluding sentiment. To be the first of warriors, and yet to be accused for being the friend of peace, is the peculiar honor of Walhing ton ; an honor worthy the first func tionary of the first republi.c in the universe. Formanifefting himfelf to be the vigilant friend of peace, as well as the firm affertor of our national sover eignty, he is honored by the approving voice of his country, and has ftiared, with other officers of our government, in your calumnies, and in your honorable hatred. ALFRED. AMERICA. JAMAICA, Nov. 9. Un decided Engagement. Extract of a letter wit. ten on board the privateer brig Eagle, Captain Ogie dated at Cape Nicliola Mole, October 28. " Last Thii' fday noon, while in com pany with the sloop Satan, Capt. Young, V !