FRANCE. NATIONAL CONTENTION. Sitting of the gth day of the 3d decadt ,of the 2 d year of the Republic. The Miniller at War sent the follow ing letter from General Doppet: " On our arrival, our firlt care was the appointment of a military tribunal or commission ; and several chiefs have been fliot. You write to me to take proper precautions to prevent the rebels from making their escape. They are all cither destroyed or imprisoned : This ope ration has wonderfully succeeded. (S'gned) " DOPPET." The Citizens and Citifles of Tartas, in the Department of Landes, have sent to the adminillration of that department, to be diftribnted to their brethren in arms on the frontiers of the Pyrennees—{hirts, spatterdashes, fume linen, 33 pairs of ftoekings, some handkerchiefs, and 28 pail's of (hoes. Honorable mention. Sevtsal popular societies have written to the Convention, congratulating them on their decree tvhith tats the price on all commodities of firft neceflity, and in viting them to continue at their pcft. The popular society of Provenee, re turn their thanks to the Mountain, for having procured them an entire Liberty; they express their gratitude to the brave Parisians who have destroyed the triple aristocracy of the rich, nobles, and priests. The commune of Graulhet sent to the National Convention a resolution which they took, by which they look upon the Mountain as the Saviour of Liberty and £ quality. UNITED STATES. BOSTON, Jan. 27." Authentic news from Franre. Extradl of two letters from a gentleman of undoubted veracity, vvhofe informa tion may be depended upon, now in France, to his friend in this Town, dated Paris, 03. 2t>, 1793 " The (late of France is much altered within a few weeks for the better. Liber ty mud triumph, and I thank God there is such a nation as the French to defend her cause—some di ft relies mull happen—- some wrongs mull be committed ; —but the principle is eternal, and mull finally prevail." " I cannot help fending you this, in hopes it will reach you by the fame velTel that I wrote my last. The affairs of France are much altered within a few days, and every appearance juihfies the moll san guine expectations in favour of their final success. Nothing could have placed them on so good a footing as the total destruc tion of all their internal enemies, or ra ther civil wars : but they have not only done that, but appear in a fair way to re pel all the combined armies. They have been beaten upon the Rhine, a complete surprise was effe&ed; but in every other part they have the advantage, should Tou lon be re-taken which is quite probable, (as thi French have driven the Spaniards English quite into the town) 1 think the dance will be up. I cannot but be lieve, that in cafe France falls, America will follow." It is presumed fays a correfpondcnt, that the two branches of the Legislature will be exceeding careful about answering the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor, least they should give offence —this Gentle man was for many years a member of the Senate, and was always of opinion that it was improper for Speeches to be made from the Chair, and he uniformly and pointedly opposed answering them ; this circumstance is well known—how-then is it to be accounted for, that the more we aim at the principles of " Liberty and Equality," the ftrongerwe feel attach ed to MONARCHICAL FORMS AND CEREMONIES. We are told that the New Theatre will be open on the 3d of February. BALTIMORE, Jan. 31. From Martinieo, Dec. 17th. We learn, that on the 12th Dec. a Britilh squadron of 8 fail of the line, and frigates and transports to the number of 50 fail arrived at Barbadoes. That General Rochambeau has but a fma'.i regular force of whites and artillery, but had seven thousand armed mulattoes and i.- jrocs, 111 whom he inltilled the idea, 11 ■. (hould the British conquer Maitinico, they would be fold to slavery. It is therefore expec ted that they will light witli great brav ery. The preservation of the m. arts of know ledge, among the /cur/? ranks, is of more importance to the Public, than all the PROPERTY of all the RICH MEN in the COUNTRY. It is even of more consequence to the rich themselves, and to their prjhrity. The only question is, Whether it is a public emolument ? And if it is, the rich ought undoubtedly to contribute in the fame pi oportion as to all other public burdens, i. e. in proportion to their wealth which is secured by pub lic expences. But none of the means of information are more sacred, or have been cheri(hed with more tenderness and cart, by the" settlers of America, than the PRESS. Care has been taken that the Art of Printing (hould be encouraged, and that it (hould lie easy and cheap, and fafe for any person to communicata his thoughts to the public. For the Gazette of the United States, COMMERCE. From calm, commercial sage debates, Held in th' A {Terribly of the States, We find our commerce underftpod— By merchants ? No—by men of wood— Men who from inland regions came— Where commerce scarce is known byname! Alas—what ignorance prevails, Where commerce fpreadsher broadest fails! Ye hardy sons of northern climes, Howchar.g'd from gooioldfi/hion' To bring our commerce to an end. J " oSober 25 PHILADELPHIA, Extradt of a letter from the Captain of one of the American vefTels to his owner in this city, dated Bourdeaux, 4th No vember, 1793. " We have been loaded since the 4th Sept. failed on our voyage, (bound to Philad.) but were ftdpped at the mouth of the river by a guard (hip, and ordered up to Paulack, where we were obliged to lay until the 18th October; then all the load ed (hips were forced back to Bourdeairx, where we now lay, and cannot tell when we (hall be permitted to depart." It can no longer be a doubt, fays a correspondent, that the tendency of certain measures is to (hake the public credit of this country to the foundation—to reduce the value of our exports more than one have—by destroying all competition in our market for the produce of our coun try —to dimimjh., in lieu of encreajing our commerce —to deprive us of what every other nation has always considered as an advantage—our neutrality ; to arrest our progress in the Scale of Nations, and to blast all cur profpe&s of happiness under the auspices of peace, freedom, and a government of laws—and to plunge us in to all the horrors of foreign, if not domes tic war. If any one can doubt x>f the foregoing, EX T K FEBRUARY 5. let him read, let him hear those remarks, which denounce as enemies to their coun- try, all the enemies of war, all the friends of peace, all thole who, ur.liie John Hull, would think before they run their head in to the tire—may we be preserved from an cient or modern European politics—Nature has placed this happy country at a goodly dittance from them—may we be so wife as to lee, think and ast for ourselves—this will (hew that we are in fa 3, and that we deserve to be independent. Egbert Bknson, Esq. is appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the state of New-York. At an election held on Monday last, the following gentlemen were chosen Di rectors of the Bank of Pennsylvania, for the ensuing year, viz. John Barclay, Samuel Howell, Charles Pettit, Philip Nicklin, William Sanfom, Robert Ralltor., William Montgomery, John Rofs, John Leamy, Godfrey Haga, James Crawford, Jdhn Fry, George Pen nock, Matthew Eawler, S. Forde, P. J. Norris, J. Wilcocks, J. A(h, J. Vanux em, S. M. Fox, W. Miller, K. Whar ton, C. Biddle, J. Morgan, J. Swan wick. Mr. Fenno, As the following contains as cogcst argu ments for the United States going to War with all the world, as any I have heard of, you will please to republifh it. FROM THE BOSTON GAZETTE. Mejfrs. Edes iff Son, HAD the United States of America discovered their Jlrengtb and prowess, by breaking off all commercial connection with Great-Britain and her Colonies, when flie declared war against our allies the French ; had we even declared war againjl her, we should have shown to the world that we deserve to be ranked among the nations of the earth, and we should not have been impeached with the fin of ingratitude. Belipve me, my country men, that our character as a nation, his fuffered more by the pufdlanimity with which we have borne the insults and in dignities from thd creatures of Great-Bri tain on the high seas, and from the crea tures of that creature residing among us, to our injury and ruin, than if we had dis covered a boldness and freedom of spirit to (land by those who once saved us from de ftruftion. Believe me, that the powers of Europe will continue their opinion of us as an ignorant, timid and a stupid peo ple ; nay, from our conduct towards our only friend, they will have cause to difpuie our bravery. But I hope in God the time is near at hand, when our enemies the Britijh will be again convinced of our understanding, integrity, refuurres and COURAGE. The PEOPLE at this mo ment have a good will to {how their cou rage, notwithstanding they are told by de famcrs of Liberty, that we have no resour ces, and are in no condition for war. But such, and such only, you will find are in the Funding who lurk and Jhulh in an Infvrance-Ojjice —or such as afifume the character of a rich Priest, the fly one of a Bank Scrivener, or the dirty, infamous, abandoned ope of an Informer, who are all the creatures of that system of tyranny —the FUNDING SYSTEM. From the General Aavertifer. A correspondent thinks this the time to distinguish the patriot from the enemy of his country, to diiiinguifh between the man who has private, and the one who has public good for his object. That man who seeks to cast the United States at the feet of Great Britain is any'thing hut a patriot, is any thing but a republican ; — and he whocan fee no injuries that the U nited States have fuftained v from Great Britain, he who is unconfeious of the wrongs which have been done us by that nation,who can fee nothing but a conduct which can be juflified or at lead extenuated is that man. If to have a public debt is to produce the blessing of the influence and injlrumentality of Britiih policy, to little purpose has America contended ; to little purpose have her patriots dyed the foil with their blood. Where a public debt can enter into competition with the general interest and rights of a nation# it certainly cannot be denied that that na tion and her creditors have separate and diffinft interests, and that the preponde rance of credit to those general interests and rights, must be subversive of public liberty. After reading and referring a run'.bcr of private petitions—the order of the day 011 Mr. Madison's refutations being called for—Mr. Lyman moved that their fur ther consideration Ihould be postponed to the firlt Monday in March—this motion was seconded by Mr. Sherbourne, and occasioned some debate—the motion wa» grounded on an ailertion made yeftcrday, that the mercantile interest was oppoled to the regulations propofed—scd that rime might be given to receive the result of cer tain European negociations refpetling (he spoliations on the commerce and navy of the United States, now pending—this motion was carried in the affirmative— Ayes 51 —Noes 47, as follow : Ayes—MeflVs. Baily, Baldwin, Blount, Gaines, Chriliie, Clark, Coles, Dearborn, Dent, Findlcy, Giles, Gillcfpie, Oilman, Greenup, Gregg, Grove, Hancock, Har rifon, Heath, Heifter, Hunter, Irvine, Locke, Lvman, Macon, Madison, Me* bane, Montgomery, Moore, Muhlenberg, Nevill, New, Nicholas, Niles, Orr, Par ker, Patton, Pickens, Prefion, Ruther ford, Scott, Sherbcrne, Smiley, I. Smith, Sprigg, Treadwell, Van Cortlandt, Vena ble, Winfton, Walker, Williams, 51. Noes—Mefirs. Arties, Armftr cng.Beat ty, Boudinot, S. Bourne, B. Bourn, Cad wallader, Claibourne, Cobb, Coffin, Coit, Dayton, Dexter, Fitzfimons, Forrejl, Fclter, Gilbert, Glen, Goodhue, Gordon, Griffin, Hartley, Hillhoufe, Hindman, Holten, Kittera, Learned, Lee, Malbone, M'Dowell, Murray, J. Smith, S. Smith, W. Smith, Swift, Talbot, Thatcher, Tra cy, Trumbull, Van Alen, Van Gaafbeck, J. Wadfworth, P. Wadfworth, Ward, Watts, Wingate. Winn, 47. Mr. Tracy of the committee appointed to consider and report whether any and what alterations are neceflary to be made in the law for establishing the post office, brought in a report which was twice read, and refer:'cd to a committee of the whole house on Monday next. A report was read from the Secretary of theTreafury, made pnrfuant to an or der of the House, of the 30th Jan. last. This report exhibits a statement of the money in the treasury, an estimate of tlie amount which may be expected to be paid in by the firft of April, and a statement of the domeltic loam,with the fuir.s which have been paid on account of the said loans to the Committee of the whole on the appropriation bill. " All me, Mr. Printer ! if my neigh bour Cornelius I'/aterfpout, or my trufiy friend Sloptup, were at the helm of affairs, we would have other guess work on't— But no odds, some of them are determined to offer their service. Mr. Printer—the nation of Great-Britain—found it, Sir, — Is it more harmonious than the nation of the United States ? The Jleet of Great-Bri tain—compare it—is it more numerous or more powerful, than the Jleet of the United States ? And as to our armies, ex perience proves what vafl bodies of valiant heroes we can muster. And now, Sir, alt true Patriots cry war, War with Britain. AMERICA. City Commissioners Office, -January 30, 1794. JN purfnance of a Kefolvc ot ihc Common Council, dated the 20th day of January, 1754, for dividing the City inu» five Diftritts, by nnc» drawn East artd Weft, whereof each of the Citv Commiflioners is to take the fuperin trndance of one of the faiil Diitn&s, and to be accountable tor the cleaning, good order and regularity of the fame. The Commiffibners have accordingly made the following airangrment tor the prcirr.t : Dijlrifl the \fi. Naihan Boys, to have the charge of that part ot the ftter t.s, lanes and alte\ t from jChc foot-ways on the norili ami south fides thereof, are conne&ed witt* ibe ad joining D.ftnitk rftpeflivelyK CONGRESS. Itoufe of ReprcftntativN• WedneJday» February 5, Adjourned. E X T R A C r.