November 2d, 1753. * I consider it a mrtft fprtuiiaW circuto ftance, a particular favor us Frov'iifenee, that you have a WASHINGTON to preside in the councils t>f AmerrcA ; fWr,- J in the novelty Of yojr political fituatioi:, the influence of'his nafce is-a ftrqager c ce ment of union, tha'rt all tfe prfrcf.M'etiV checks and forms us government, which the wisdom of your aloleli patriots qoukl devise. Sutcefcful in the fiffld, and firm in the Cabinet, his character impreflis a fanftion of authority ; nor can the most malignant of his vsry few cite ones find any colorable pretext for dt baling his fteding Worth- It <ti"T not fee infppofite to recal your attention t.) an incident Aili frefh on our memory. TSu&giiat and good man was principally instrumental in defying the excciltion of the sentence upon Algill, the unhappy object defignsted by lot to at.me so. the murder of Capt. Huddv, and bv this means contributed to save a life- forfeited by the hard laws of retaliati on—■; (id trio' every indulgence, and every de'icstw, compatible with his situation was extended to him ; yet this pqrfon not ou- i ly violated the diftatef. of good breeding, by neglcftittg to acknowledge his obliga tion, but propagated or countenanced in this 'country, the propagation of reports asiTlTiberal as they were untrue. Time has however undeceived all, and his character emerges f.'om that opprobrium with ten fold litftre. si only mention this to shew that inftaccJes of infratitv.de on this uae ! ° * the water, as well as among his country- ! men are not wanting to pervert the public fentiinent, and traduce a name too sacred and venerable for tnaliee to endure. lam teirpted to mention one inftir.ee of the happy eonfequences refill ting ast well to you as to lis, from the elevation b'f Wafn- j ington, tp the Prffidency 0. the Utttpo, though with some the reputation of it may fmTer an abatement by participatiau..— The utility however of a council I; readily acknowledge, arid Conceive it 1 provil'.on wifely adapted tci preclude intemperate resolves. The fa& is this : Early Jaft .f J2\msr, while!'*. »et remained un certain what part the United States would a'F.ime in the Europe' l a troubles, and pre vious to the arrival of official dispatches avowing vwr neutrality, an idea was a dopted h :re<-fcur!ded upon r< , porta of your gc:jers9 "AlflHef rrf*nt t<j French principlej and pol't'cs, that you would embrace the cause of France, and declare agaiiijl their enemies. In confeqneiiee of this, and some iadirefet communications, a cabinet council was furnmoned, and measures hos tile to out peaceable intercouffe resolved on. It is said that a meflage to this pur part was sent to Mr. Pinckney, who wait ed on the miniver, remonstrated against any precipitate determinations, and de manded a delay of a few days, or till the re ceplion of expected dispatches iihould ena ble him to declare the ultimate decision of your government. i hii tt'aa agreed to. A velfel speedily irrived it one of the out ports and brought the important procla mation, which Mr. P. officially communi cated to the ministry, and Was the happy means of reletting both nations from an impending calamity. Had tlr.s declarati on of the President not been made, or had it been delayed, our good understanding would probab! v long ere now havebeen inter- Tupted*; and instead of an intercourse, mu trtally advantageous, we (hould be involved in a'l the horrova of war." J Domrjiic Jmullhencc: '0 ;r own hemisphere is very barren of .JgteUigencc. One important article how ever, must not be omitted.—The French Minister has written a letter to the Presi dent of the United States, in which he .fer.ios iiis authoring the arming and levy u/g.fi nun within the United States ; ye't in" the lame breath frankly owns that he }i 4'« giv'tn corhmiffions to fame republicans in South-Carolina, who intended to expa triate themftlvs j that is, abandon their country. This letter the President has laid hofere Congress. This letter unfolds the plan of Mr. Ge f.ct—lt seems an expedition against the Spaiiifh Settlements was intended, and .a f.>rce for this purpose has been raising in South-Carolina, under commissions from Mr. Genet. This plan was kept as secret us* podible, but being detested, its pro gress is happily checked. A febeme of this kind would have been attended with one of these confequirices. —Eithdr Spiin would have immediately declared vtar a i-[\ the' United States; or finding the scheme was not countenanced by govcrn ment, (lie would have demanded an in demnification for all the miichief and lois which thefs expatriated renegadoes might •have done to her territory. This, (he would have had a right to receive ; so that the scheme,. if it had not involved us in a war, would have colt us, perhaps millions of money-. It is with pleasure we learn, that foreign powers speak rffpedlfully of the firmiufs with which the American government has maintained its neutrality, during the pre sent war. The following is translated from an Affl fterdam paper, of the 4th of Nov. " This day ait cxprefa arrived at the Hague, with aeconnts-that the Count of de-laTonr, had Attacked the French near Marchietine ; killed 4000 and'took 1200 prisoners, with- the greatest part of their artillery and baggage." ~ The famous equestrian performer, Mr. Rickets, has lately commenced his feats in Charleftnn, South-Carolina, PHILADEL PHI A, JANUARY 27. The Charge again ft the Members of the Convention, executed at Paris,concludes with the following comparative Itate- tnent Mr. Pitt The Dsrurixs Wished to degrade Attempted to do and to difiolve the fame. Convention. He wifned to as- The Deputies faflir.ate the Members procured the affaf of the Convention. filiation of Marat & Le Pelletier. The deputies did all in their power to produce tliis cf feft. He \vi(hed to de stroy Paris. He wished to arm The deputies ob jjll nations against tained a declaration France. of war against all nations In the intended Carra and Briflbt partition of Franca, Altered into a pa- Mr. Pitt wished to negyric of the dukes procure a part for the of York aud Brunf duke of York, or wick, and even went some other branch of so fat as to propefe" h's mailer's family. them for kings. He endeavored to Thedcputiethave deitroy our colonies, produced the de ftrudUon of the co • lonies. Brit Tot, Petioo,' Guadet, Genfonne, Vcrgniaud, Ducos, and Fonfrede, di rected the measures relative to the colo nies, which measures. reduced them to the most lamentable si tuation. kotithonax and Poiverel, the guilty com rhiflioners who ravaged.the colonies witk lire and sword, are their accomplices. Proofs of their corruption exist in the cqf refpofldence of Raimond, their creature. Of the numerous facts of which the faction are accused, some relate only to particular individuals j the general conspi racy, however, is attached to all. , From this ast of accusation it refultcd» that, I. There exifled a conspiracy against the unity and indivisibility of the Repub lic, the liberty and fafcty of the French people. 11. That all the individuals denounced in the o<ft of accusation are guilty of this conspiracy, as being either the authors of or the accomplice* in iti r The jury of the revolutionary tribuaal, to whom these fa£s were iubmitted, brought in their verdict at eleven o'clock at night, un tKe 30th October. They were declared to be the authors and accomplices of a conspiracy which had existed against the unity and indivisibility of the Republic, and against the liberty and security cf the French People. The President of the Revolutionary Tribunal immediately pronounced the sen tence, decreed by the Constitution: —• That they ftiould fuffer the' punilhment of death—that their execution should take place on the subsequent day, on the Flace de la Revolution—that their property {hould be confifcated, and that this sen tence should be printed and pofteti tip throughout the whole extent of the Re public. At i I o'clock, A. Mi the execution took place.—The streets were lined with soldiers, and every precaution taken to prevent the dillurbance of the public tran quility. \ vti .... Read ttt the Hcufe of Representatives the 21ft injlant. Philadelphia, Jan. 21ft, 1794. Sir, IN purfuancc of an inftruftfon from the Present of the United States, I have ex amined the letters written by Mr. JefFerfon to Mr. Hammond. "The letter of the sth of December, 1791, having been, by mis take, omitted in the cofleftion of paper*, sent to Congrefi, at the beginning of the feflion ; I beg leave to inclose a copy of it, through yon to the House of Repre fentativis. I have the honor, Sir, to be* With great refpeft, * Your mod obedient fervarit, EDM i RANDOLPH. 'tie Speaker of the Houfi of Repfefcntathves. Philadelphia, Dec. 1791. JMr. Jcffer/on, Secretary of State, to the Miuijler Plenipotentiary of Great-Britain. Slßj ' YOUR favor, of November 30, re-' mains Itill unanswered, because the clerk» are employed in copying foma documents, on thefubjeft of the treaty of peace, which 1 wish to exhibit to you, with the an- fwer. In the mean time, as to that part of your letter, which refpe&s mMtfers of corrl mei ce, the fear of misunderstanding it in duces me to mention my sense of it, and to ask if it be right, where' yoa ar« pleased to fay, that " you are authorized to com municate to this government, his majeily's readiness to enter into a negociation, for eflablifhingthat intercourse (of commerce) upon principles of reciprocal benefits."— I understand that you are not furnifhed with any ccmmiffion, or express powers, to arrange a treaty with ÜB, or to make any fpecific proportions on the fubjeft of commerce; but only to afTure us that lui Britannic majesty is ready to concur with lis in appointing persons, times and places for commencing such a negociation. Be so good as to inform me if there be any Tnifapprehenfion in this, as some steps on part may be necefiary in confeqnence of it; I have the honor to be, &c. TH: JEFFERSON. SHIP NEWS. Arrived at this Port. Ship Morning Star, Campbell^ Afrivdl at New-York. Ship Swift, Steel» Brig — , Scho'r Harmony, Peatrea, Rambler, Barnard, , Boston Sloop Uunion, Hammond, Norfolk Marick, Merchant, Newburyport The (hips Belvedere, Talbot 5 the El lice, Hervey ; the Fd£tor, Brown ; and the brig Lively, Duff; have arrived at Londonj. The Hazard, Delany, for Boston, lay at Deal on the 14th 6f Nov.' to fail firft fair wind. We hear that the cargoes t>f the brigs Phcebe and Fair Lady, both of Philadel phia, were coedemned at Bermuda ai French property. London, Nov. 14. The Baltimore, ——, from Maryland to Bourdeaux, was taken by the Prince of Wales privateer of Liverpool, oil the Bth ult., and sent for Montferrat. The Rcbecca, Brown, from New- York to Havre de Grace, with sugar, coffee, &c. is taken by the Dolphin letter of marque, and carried into Guernsey. ,The Nabby, Kennedy, from Leith to Virginia, is loft on the north of Ireland. The crew and eight paffengcrs landed near Loughfwilly. , .. . Tbe George and Harriot, Prince frottS Havre de Grace to Philadelphia,' i» on ftiord near Barfleun November 16. Captain Haftie, of the Friends Good will, arrived in the river from Faro, fpnkfc off St. Vincents, the brig Sally, of Portf ffiOuth, New-England, theri in pofleflion of the Algerines; the commantkr said, that several other American veffeb were taken. ... (C/" The Adjourned Meeting of the Stockholders in the Insurance Com pany of North America, is to be held . at their Office To-Morrow Morning at Ten o'Clock. Extra& of a letter,- <lated Havre, 28th O (Sober. We have now to advise that a decrci flaring been rendered for taxing all th( goods of firft necefiity f and most of th< American products being reputed as such, several American merchants and captain! that were here, went to Paris to folicil mericans ; they were told by the minister, that the intention of our Convention was not to injure property of foreigners with which we are at peace. That Commissaries would be appointed to purchase the goods that are American property, and thslt even the goods that may hereafter arrive, will also be bought at a prite that will leave a profit to the proprietors. So that Americans may al* ways find an open market for the good* they will import into this country. The James River Canal is now so far completed as to adfnrt loaded boats to coaie with ease and fafety, within about one thousand yards of the city of Rich mond. After reading and■ referring a few peti tions—the house in committee of the whole; proceeded in the confideraticm of Mr. Madison's resolutions; , Mr. Ames spoke in opposition totlienj, }iis fpcech continued tils hear ij Schick, when the committee ft>fe, and reported progress—and the house adjourned. United States Register, A CALENDAR, with thr necessary taKles xl fined for the latitude cf liie principal townj in the United Spates; utUation, extent; population and GOVERNMENT V. 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