be allowed and paid the Cam of four dol lars." And the report was agreed to. A meflage from the House of Repre fcntatives by Mr. Beckley their clerk : "Mr President—The House of Re presentatives have rejected the report of the managers at the conference on the bill, entitled* " An adl to encourage the recruiting service," and adhere to their difagreejnent to the amendment of the Sel nate to the firli fe&ioa ps the said bill" And lie; withdrew. The bill was accordingly loft. On motion,. " Thart a committee be appointed; to report to the Senate, what part of the trnde.of the United States may be released from-the..effe£t of the present embargo, without interfering with the principlethat induced the laying of the fame." Ordered, That this motion lie until to morrow for consideration. „ The Senate refurned the second reading of the bill, sent from the House of Re presentatives for concurrence, entitled, " An adt supplementary to "An a<S to ptovide for the defence of certain ports and harbors in the United States." Ordered, That this bill pass to the third reading. The motion made the 2d instant, that a quantity of timber be provided for building twenty ships of forty four guns each, was further considered. Ordered, That this motion be referred to Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Morris, Mr. Langdon, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Cabot, to confiderand report thereon to the Senate. AmeiTage from the House of Representa tives, by Mr. Becklfcy their clerk: "• Mr. President—The House of Repre sentatives difagfee to the amendment of the Senate to " The resolution to authorize the President of the United States to grant clear ances in the cases of ihips or veflels now load ed, and bound to any port beyond the Capi of Good Hope."—And he withdrew. The Senate proceeded to consider the refo lution of the House of Representatives difa greeing to the amendment of the Senate t< he resolution last mentioned. ftefoived, That they recede therefrom. Ordered, That the Secretary acquain the House of Representatives therewith. Agreeable to the notice of yesterday Mr. Monroe requested leave to bring in ; bill, providing under certain limitations, for the suspension of the fourth article of the treaty of peace between the Unj|ed States and Great Britain ; and On motion for the previous quettion; to wit, Shall the main queftiort be now put ? It parted in the affirmative—Yeas 12 Nays "ji The yeas and nays being required by one-fifth of the Senators present, Thoie who voted in the affirmative, arc, MefTrs. Cabot, Ellfworth, Frelinghuyfen, Henry, Izard, King, Monroe, Morris, Potts, Rofs, Strong and Taylor. Those who voted in tlie negative, are, Messrs. Bradford, Foster, Hawkins, Jaek fon; Langdon, Livermore and Martin. And* on the main queflion, to wit : Shall leave be given to bring in the said bill? It pirfled in the negative.—Yeays—2. —Nay— l 4. The yeas and nays being required by one fifih of the Senators present— Those who voted in the affirmative, are Mr; Monroe and Mr. Taylor. Those who voted in the negative, ?re MefTrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfworth, Fofler, Frelinghuyfen, Henry, Izard,. King, Langdon, Livermore, Morris, Potts, Rofs and Strong. After the confederation of the executive bufmefs. / The Senate adjourned to I 1 o'clock to morrdw morning. UNITED STATES. CHARLESTON, April 30. An affray took yesterday on board the Apollo Capt. Keown, of Philadelphia. A Frefich lad, had been on the wharves to borrow a colour of one of the American lhips. The Jailors of the Apollo palled some jokes upon him, and he, not thoroughly under ftauding them, thought himfelf affronted. He left the Ihip, and Ihortly after returned with a number of Frenchmen drefled out with cockades, and who displayed the flags of boti the nations. They went on board for an explanation. To make up the mat ters they infilled that one of the sailors should kiss the cockade, which he would not submit to. High words and blows enftftd. The Frenchman most immediately engaged, drew a dagger. One Welch, received three wounds in his head. One by the name of Duncan was stuck by the dagger in the bel- Iy, tho' the physicians think he may recover as his mteftines item riot to be injured. The citizens allembied, seized and conduced tliem to the gtoq house. Gae or two-i rench men were wounded with the weapons Nature ..as provided for our defence. in-the afternoon, tjie French Consul wait ed upon lhe Captain on board. He being out, the conlul defiredhe might be acquaint ed, that he was foiry for the accident; that he diiavowed their conduct as lubjeets of the repuolic, and that he ihouid be among the firlt to prosecute the villains to conviction. About 5 o'clock, we are informed, another 'at'or was wounded in the face with a ctitlafs, in Meeting-street, by a company of five frenchmen. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 12. EMBARGO. Saturday last, a refolntion was laid or. the table of the House of Representatives, by Mr. Smith of South Carolina, for continuing theembaigo to the 20th June. This day the lubjeft was taken up— an amendment was moved to add,fo far as refpeSs vejfels bound to the Weji-In dies— this motion was loft—and after confideia ble debate the question being put on the original resolution, it was negatived, se venty-three to thirteen. The New York Journal of Saturday,fays, Mr. Jay, was to fail from New York, vef terday. EictraS from a pamphlet entitled « Naked Truth" publijhed in England immediately after the lOar of 1755. ""Naked truth isalways disagreeable to weak, minds- as tbcy corapofe the Bulk of mankind, Ihe.ja themoliliateful to themnJ-, titude. " I knew it is as dangerous to write against popular prejudices as against tyrants. " Let us call back a few years, and fee with what ardor the merchants cried out for a Spaniih war ; a few lhips were plundered, a Captain loft his ears, no fatisfa&ion would go down ; even men of l'enfe supported the party. We sent a noble fleet; covered the sea with our ihips, and the ifiands with our fof diers ; but what return, \ve burled twenty thoufani! men wiihout a battle. " Whence came the disappointment ? frdm the war's being improper, and drove on by popular clamor. By believing t,hofe popular prejudices, or not daring to oppose them, the government was forced to carry on the war in unvvholfome climates. It is hurting a prince, or minister, greatly, to urge them by popular clamor to a war. A magnanimous prince, hearing such cla mors, i 6 unwilling to Hem them, leu his glo ry Ihould fuffer; and a wife minister muff give way to the joint cry of the people, and urge on the courage of the prince, tho" he knows the danger. The merchant, manufacturer, shipbuilder, and infinite numbers employed in fitting out (hipping, may cry out for war. " Great is Diana of the Ephefians, said the (lirine makers : perhaps they Would be lcfs violent, would they but consider what a desperate reckoning was paid for their focrt harvest at the beginning of the late war. " As the war of 1755 was in greac mea sure urged 011 by the merchants, so the treaty of Paris was rendered unpopular by the f?.me merchants, who did not find that it gave them as'macy monopolies as they expeilecL" Translated for this Gazettf, From the Courier Francois of Saturday InJ}. St. Domixgo. . The last event at Port-au-Prince has cre ated confirmation in every heart —It ihews how much France is deceived by the usur pers who destroy the country in its name, whilst the Engliih and the Spaniards under the pretext of preservation, or protection compleat on their part the ruin of this flou rilhing colony—(Of this several betters from St. Domingo allure us)—ln this unfortu nate city (Port-au-prince) the whites redu ced to a iiate of weakness and nullity the moll wretched, waited in silence a change in their situation, when Sonthonax and Mon brun, mutually jealous of their refpeiflive au. thorities, contemplated a decisive liroke to afiure each to himfelfthe superiority. Monbrun, sure of the corps of Equality of which he had attached to himfelf all the officers, troubled Sonthonax, who under the pretence that the Englifli threatened Port-au- Prince, went to the prisons harangued the prisoners, and offered them their liberty on condition of their joining the battalion d' Ar tois, to compleat it—the prisoners consented, were armed and polled in one part of the fortifications, whilst the troops of equality occupied the other. This augmentation of force appeared to Monbrun a projedt to de termine the inferiority of his party —he im mediately formed a resolution to oppose it. On the night of the following day, Monbrun attacked the works with the corps of Equa, lity; furpfized the new battalion d'Artois and massacred a great number —the alarm spread to all parts —all the whites found in Greets were (hot. In this fugfyful con- Klion all the inhabitants, men, women and c 'i-ldren. who co aid fa,v<_ ihciiifelvee, fought n 'ugc, lojneat Jothers' at Archave. 1:3 p,'rty crij! .'.d, retired to l-crt L'it ti, yi.h about 80 wh.tcs, deter mined vo dc.cini thtim'elvt~—Mo).srun luni noncd him. to iurrelyier in an hour, or he ■would maflacre all the whites in the city,- ncii, women ana children to the number of 2io. Sbntt&nax. l'eeing he couM riot refilt, lu rendered to jt£on&ri<n-~—the 80 whites he hsd with him saved themselves by fleeing to Leogaoe and Archaye. Behold then Sontho uai in the power of JVlonbrun, who will hare an eye upop him. A reported th.t five hundred whites were murdered on this occafton. That the negro Hyacinth released from prison by this event, marched immediately to Cul-Ue-Jac, and entered the town with 6 or 7 thousand negroes—he has poflefied himfelf of the Forts St. Jofepb and St. Claire? determined lo refilt Sonthonax and Monbrun. _ Thus to the continual Ihock of authori ties, the evil designs ps foreign powers, per-" petual divilions, the' pretentions -of one par ty, and the weakness of the other, may be ascribed the ruin ofrthis milerable colony. For if all tb ir eftbrts had be turned to its prelervation, it is not law which they have _ou!cu, till it is loft would, have deltroyed them. "Union would have been their iecuritv. ?r(inflated from the Courier Francois of this morning. Sy perforis arrived here from Port de Psix, St. Domingp, we learn that the Commandant Levaux and Col. Pageot, are determined to prefervc td the French'Re ptlbjjic the places which they have in their pofTefijon. Tiicy have a good Republi can gan ifon who are resolved not to fub mi: either, to die English or Spanish. Levaux has taken the camp Fouaehe guarded hy 150 English and some French who were made ptifoners— He took this camp witfiout.liring a gun. The English and Spanilh have no force—licknefs has left but a few foklier's thete—all the ser vice, falls upon the inliabita-nts who,are exhaufLcd by fatigue. ExtraS from the New-Tork Journal of Saturday lajl. " After fpehding tlic evening at the card table, and taking a fpcial glass, I retired to bed, funk to ileep, and dreamed that 1 was, on a morning, in the gallery of tile House of lleprefentatives in Con gt-efs. .jThe Speaker, with either a pen knife, or a-key, I could not discover .which, rapped on a table, and instantly all the gentlemen put off their hats and rose up. At that instant I saw, at the Clerk'? table, a man of a grave appear ance almost covered with a huge white wig, which had fifteen tails to it, and a fort of gown and cafTock, in which green, blue, white, red, and black, were mix ed in a manner I cannot cfefcribe. He opened a huge book, and read as fol lows : N From the triumph of palfion over rea son, Good Lord deliner us. From national pique, Good Lord, l2c. From unjust; modes of taxation, and fooliih modes of spending mofiey, Gooa Lord, &c. From long fpeeche*, made for the fake offpeechifying, Good Lord, l 5(. From offcnfihle reasons, in(tead of real motives, Good Lord, I'fc. From the clashing of the interests ol merchants, farmers, artificers, fundlingi and fidlers, Good Lood, &c. From that European system of polity which has ruined so many nations, Gooi Lord, From that plan of governmental ma nagement which is caculated to render the rich richer, and the poor poorer, Good Lord, &c. From an "heavy debt and reiterated loans, Good Lord, &c. From national pride, and national pro digality, Good Lord, £s'c. From the folly of encouraging com merce for the fake of cncreafing the re venue, Good Lord, (sfc. From the nonsense of encouraging consumption for the fake of encreafing commerce, Good Lord, &c. From pushing commerce on a flftitious capita], Good Lord, &c. Fronj a wish to villify, and from fear to examine public naeafuxes, Good Lord, oy. From a government addrefied to the fears, rather than to the good sense, and sensible interests of the people, Good Lord deliver us. Amen. He endeed with a groan of despair— bowed—went away, and wept as he went. Most of the gentlemen seemed displeased; a few seemed to be in unison with the good man of the wig, while one, who I was told was a merchant, fat all the tin:e eagerly attentive to a letter which he had juit opened." By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, May ro. ARRIVED. Ship Mercator, Towns, Brig Proferpibe, Tylee, Two Sifters, Hawley, Surinam Susan & Polly, Carpenter, Savannah Betsey and Polly, Wheeler, St. Croix Vigilant Cutter, Dennis, CharLfton Schr. Governor Clinton, Harris, Hifpaniola * Goliab, St. Thomas Sloop Humbird, Clark, Philadelphia John & Mary, Todd, Fort Dauphin Mary, Webb, Philadelphia The schooner Polly, Fanning, failed four days before the Proserpine from Curracoa. The ship Bristol, of this port, is arrived at Ferrolin 33 days. The ship Maria and Eliza, of Eofton, Capt. Clement, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, out 40 days—having met with much rough weather, carried away part of his bewfprit, jib-boom, &c. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. Days Ship Cleopatra, Smith, Amsterdam 73 Atlantic, Swaine, Liverpool 49 Apollo, K eovn, - Charleston Swan wick, Eaglefon, Cprunna 5a Diana, Cain, St. Marc 17 Alexander, Strong, Charleston if Snow Ann, Arnold, Rhode Island 5 Trusty, Cook, Oporto 56 Boston, Stites, Gonaives 23 Conct ption, De Souza Lisbon 65 Brig Friendfiiip, Howiand, Ha-. anna 17 Fair American, Eve, Honduras 53 Ranger, Dryburgh, C. N. Mole 25 Sally, Cummings, Virginia 5 Schr. Blanche, Crefente, PortduPaix 21 Delight, Gardley, Boftcn 9 Wilmington Packet, Andrews, Georgetown jo Nancy, Burton, Virginia » Fiy, Davy, Baltimore 3 Sloop New York Packet, Bailey, New- York 3 Sally, Cooper, - ditto. 4 Lauranie,Church, St. Mary's 1$ William, Taylor, Virginia 6 Driver, Doyle, C. N. Mole 34 Fanny, , Virginia 4 Trial, Gibbs, N. York 10 Martha, M'Wiiliams, Virgiri* 10 Brilliant, Norris, do. 10 To Correfponients. The " epigram on the writers of the demo cratic Society" is too long, it is rather an in voice of follies for sale, than a genuine Epi gram—if the author will consolidate them in a well pointed mass, and strike out the severities on Mr. D. who is not deserving of quite so much, his epigram shall have a place. " A Citizen of Philadelphia"— to-mor row. NOTICE. THE Subscriber leaving this city for a fliort time, has empowered Mr. Thofnas Potier to tranfaft all bufinefsin his absence, holding his tranfattions as Valued on Louis Ofmont. dtf May iO NEW THEATRE. THIS EVENING, May 12. Will be performed, A COMEDY, called the Recruiting Officer. Ballance, Mr. Morris Scruple, Mr. Warrell Scale, Mr. De Moulin Worthy, Mr. Cleveland Captain Plume, Mr. Moreton Captain Brazen, Mr. Marihall Serjeant Kite, Mr. Green Bullock, Mr. Bates Colter Pearmain,, Mr. Francis Thomas Appletree, Mr. Bliflet Constable, Mr. Darley, jun. Welch Collier, Mr. Harwood Ballance's servant, Matter Warrell Sylvia, Mrs. Marfliall Melinda, ' Mrs. Francis Lucy, Mrs. Shaw Rose, Miss Willems To which will be added, (For the last time this season,) La Foret Noire ; OR, The Natural Witk the origmal, Overture »nd AccOmp*. Hull, 66 days Curraioa
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