c Urn, taken by fii< Majesty's (hip AUi g;:ti-r, ofl the *(?e-au-Vache. , ;tbove hrijj had t'jiptuicd alid fnt fcto Aiii Caytts, the ktftor of m.uque Po!iy a:rd Jane, belonging to this port. The American Schochef Sally, from Gioucelter, was Cent in on Thuriday evening, by (hip Alligator. ; She was in company with t.ie brig Libc'rte,-when taken. \V ednefdav evening the (loop Mercury, Ba',h, returned from the Grand Caymanas which lie left at noon the 2ill instant. Capt. Babb informs, that the veflels unfor tunately lofl at that island are almost all beat to pieces; the produce laved amount to only about 50 hogsheads of sugar, 150 •puncheons of rum, 600 bags of pimento, 100 ba'iis of cotton, much damaged ; and some tons of wood. NASSAU,( N. P. ) April 11. In consequence of the French privateers being permitted to carry their prizes into the Swedifli I (land of St. Bartholomew, we are informed, Sir John Jarvis hinted to the Governor, that he had heard of such things ; and that when his business at Martinique, St. Lucia and Guadaloupe was accomplished, which promised to be soon, he would pay him a viiit, and make inquiry into the reasons his excellency had for aconduiS so hostile to the allied powers. Our intelligence ad Js, the hint was inllant-* ly taken ; and, as atonement for pad error, <tl! French privateers in port were ordered to depart immediately, and entr'arice to thfrn or their prizes in future forbid. CONGRESS. House of Rrprefntati-jJi. In committee of the whole House when Mr. Clark's prepefition for f'.[pending the commercial inter course between the United States and Great Britain was uuder con [ideration, the following obfervationt were s made Ij Mr. J. Wad [worth : The path to bepurfued by this country Mr. Chairman, is, in my opinion, a plain ' One, if -reafoftj and not paflion be our guide. We have fuffered rights lia-v 1 s been violated :It is our duty to seek reparation for the former, and to vindicate the latter. But war is a calamity of theextremeft kind ; it ought then only to be encountered in the lalt extremity ; every thing poflible flioitld be attempted to avoid it—every thing ihould be avoid ed that vvill tend to enereafe the chance of ite evidence. The plainest facts demondrate that onr raie is not out of the reach of a remedy, by negociaqon. A revocation of the in ftniftions of the 6th of November, and the explanations which have been given Concerning them, afford an aflurance that whatever may haVe been the disposition of the British government at cne time, war with this country did not continue to be its purpose.. What is the inference from such a (late of things—why plainly this—that we ought to make effe&ual preparations for the word that may happen ; that we ought to go t work in earned, and with vigor, to pnt the country in a ftateof defence'— in a poilure for serious War ; and in this position, we ought to make one more ap peal to the judice, the good sense of Great Britain ; but if the gentlemen will not al low me these exprefiions as applied toGreat Britain, I will withdraw them, and fay their interest. And if that fails, then, and not before, we ought to meet with decision and firmnefs, the only alternative ■^—IVar. In the mean time fir, we ought to do nothing that can prove an obstacle to the success of negociation ; we (houlfl not by any rash or intemperate measure make ac commodation on the part of Great Britain impoflible, without dishonor ; we (hould not so act as to force her pride, to take lide against her reason and her interest. If a war is to happen, unanirtiity among our selves will be of infinite importance ; if ourcourfebe such, as to render it manifed to all our citizens that we have done every thing in otir power to avoid the evil; that we have availed ourselves of all the chances of preferring peace, that we have done nothing that could destroy a fingl'c one of them, then we (hall secure unanimity ; then may w? rely, that every nerve of the country will be drained, every resource cahed forth to defend ourselves, and annoy th« enemy r and here I trust I {hall not be behind any -Han in exertion and perse verance: But if out course be such as to . leave a doubt, Whether the war might not ( hnve been with greater p. udeaec avoided ; t a fofpicion that it ifltsy h?vt been precipi tated by Violent and premature mcalures, adieu to unanimity. The arrivat of the calamity awakening men's minds to its magnitude, and fublti tating the operations of reason for those of ; p.iffion, will substitute censure for applause; j coridemjiatioa for approbation ; the govern-, ment will lose the confidence of the people as having been rafli and inconsiderate. Our efforts will be languid and feeble, our , councils diflratftecl and disjointed, and the lt.ift evil (hat can happen, will be an inglo | rious, and di&dvantageous peace ; what worse may be in the womb of time, God only knows. ' I call on these who hear me to (hun this > course. I know the temper of the people I represent. I have every day communications that shew me their extreme disapprobation of any measure that can lessen the chance for peace. I therefore with the greated con fidence preditfl what will be their conduct ' on one, or on the other plan of procedure. I ' believe the temper of the citizens of the neighboring dates is not materially different i from that of the citizens of the date to which I belong. I presume it will not be under stood that the citizens of the date I came from, aie willing tamely to submit to be ruined by the ravages of Great Britain. No fir, they love peace, and will court it with warmth; but if war be unavoidable, they will not be behind their neighbors, they feel, and feel keenly the wrongs and injuries, and » their I'efentments are strong. 1 aflc the warmed advocates for the pro pcfed measure to form in their own minds a jud edimate of the fubdantial value of unan imity, of the comparative faculties of the different parts of onr country, for military exertions, they will not do ill to review the example of the latft war. For my parr 1 am refjlved whatever may be the current of the moment, to bear my tedimony againd all measures of a tendency to deltrov the profpe<sl of peace.-1 consider the one under coniiderat'on as such a mea sure, and mean to make my opposition to it. Let those who are bold enough to court danger to the country, dand didinguiihed to their fellow citizens—from those who, tho' resolved to be prepared for war, and to mee: it with fortitude when it is inevita ble, at the fame time are resolved not to precipitate so great an evil. I cheerfully concede to the former all the glory, they will have, all the responsibility of their en terprize. I have thus expressed my real sentiments not attempting to torture any man's argu ments, or wound their feelings ; and were-I to indulge myfelf in railing at tlie British for their un'pidifiable depredations on our trade, I think fir, I could Vff traS3 otl'ici gentlemen who have gone before me—l Relieve it would be useless, and T f orbear. The TIMES, No. XUI. POLITICAL ECONOMY. IN ancient Greece and Rome, labor was the business of (laves exr.lufively.— Mechanics, laborers on land, and even clerks and physicians were (laves. Free men were all soldiers, and the produuee of tha foil, subsistence, and of course po pulation depended on the number of (laves. This induced these nations to save all pri soners of war. The Greeks and Romans with all their boaded virtue, and elegan cies, were the Algerines and the (lave traders of antiquity. In the former times, as now in some parts of the world, men labored because they were (laves to others; in modern free countries, men labor because they are (laves to their own wants. Wants promote indudry industry gives food—-and food increases popula tion. One Irish peasant will maintain a family of 6 or 8 peifons on potatoes and milk—but it requires the labor of a hun dred hands to procure the furniture, the gardens and the delicacies of one noble man. It is a maxim, that the strength of a country is in proportion to its number of inhabitants— true, if the people art all employed. But if they are not employ ed, they are excrescences that load and enfeeble the body politic. Do the beg gars of a country add to its strength ?Is Naples a more powerful date for its 30,000 Lazarones ? The business of a state is to find employment for its people —procreation will need no public encou ragement. It is a maxim, that a man who marries and brings up a family of children, does a service to the state— true, if he edu cates the children to business. But if he trains them up in idleness, he does hurt instead of good—he brings into the state an additional number of hungry mouths and unproductive hands. The bachelor who spends £1000 in employing the poor of his neighbourhood, does more good than a father who fpcnds £ i 000 on half a dozen idlers in his own family. P. S. If a Virginia democrat lives by the labor of 'fla»es,'and a northern *rifto crat by the labor of his own hands, which is the most ufeful member of soci ety ? NEW-YORK, May 12. The following lift of American vessels," was handed us by captain 1 odd, from fort Dauphin, which had been feut in there by the Spanish men of war and privateers. Ship , Young, of Newbury-port Brigs Betsy, Curwin, Newport Dauphin, Morris, New-York Aurora, Sage, Middletown Nymph, Webb, Philadelphia Rofanna, Baxter, Boston Sch'r. Dove, Gawen, Portsmouth Lively, Slocnm, Patuxent Port-au-Prince, Jones, Baltimore Sloops Jacob, Phillips, Hartford Polly, Hodge, Philadelphia Diamond, Buck, Newbury-port Eliza, Moffat, Baltimore , Bill, Norwich Maich 19th, ship Phoebe, of Phila delphia, Andrew Burk, mailer, mn on (hore 011 the east reef of Fort-Dauphin. It is said by persons lately from Bour deaux in France, that provisions are ex tremely scarce,' and many parts of the country are in great distress—parties and factions rage with violence —and a new party has arisen, called the Rock, and which openly demands' a di&ator. Men ol observation and reading have long fore feenthis event—it is an expedient to which the Romans resorted in all cases of an archy and fadion —it is now probably the lait and only expedient to save France fiom conqneft, and more terrible fceues of blood. What mifcry and wretchedness mud the Jacobins have introduced into France, to compel a brave people to flielter under the strong arm of dSttic power! The addi pfs of Mr. BriffotmSis constitu ents is nOw published, and 011 its authenticity. This work discloses such series of crimes, such intrigues, murders, massacres, plunder of public and private property, as fill every reader with horror. The great source of the evils France now fuffers, he ascribes veryjuftly to the tyran ny of the Paris mob, and hired affaffim that fllrrimr.fl inttmiVWg ttr- CcrrrvCTl tion. This book is recommended to the perusal of Americans ; for it cannot fail to warn our citizens of the danger of fuf fering legislative poroceedings to be go verned by sudden and illegal collections of the people. '/ \ ■■ i\ n "■> PHILADELPHIA, MAY 14. A correspondent was much surprised to hear it admitted in the House of Repre sentatives, that out •oejfels would be as mucli in danger of capture in tfie Weft-Indies as ever, if the embargo should lie discontinued, and yet aflerted at the fame time that it ought to be discontinued, becaufs it was tu con-venient to France. This might be a good reason if we were colonies of France, or if we were under the government of commis sioners from the National Convention ; but it may be doubted whether such a preference to the interests of a foreign country over our own is either honorable to ourselves or recon tiliable with the duty of those who are not representatives of the French but of the A merican nation. Extra ft of a letter from Bojlon, may 5. In this day of delirium in Europe, our nation should be more than commonly calm, sober and deliberate. The freedom and religion of the world may (so far as men are instruments in pro vidence) depend on the steady wisdom of America.—l therefore more than ever, regret the wretched inflammatory ftuff, which is continually ifiuing fiom a number of News-Papers in our country, they are sources of vice and corruption—three or four fcribblets furnifh one of these vehi cles in this Town, with Jluff- —miserable tools to serve each other in climbing. May the labors and designs of hontft patriots prosper—and may the enemies of truth and virtue, be confounded. It is so clearly evident from the hiftoiy of nations and their prsfent state, that public Credit, founded on unblemished public faith, is the great fpiing of indus try, private credit, wealth and power— that men must be either extremely igno rant, or traitors to their country, who i .. « \ • IK ' H| do not labor to Stengthen our publ,' credit, and perfect the federal gov cri , C ment.-*—ln cafe of war, no nation can raise supplies to support it long, without loans, ajjd as no nation can be assured of perpetual .peace, this circumltance alone is fufficient to (hew tlie folly of the little politicians, who trifle in fitters of p,A lie credit. By every arrival, we hear rf umphs of the French ; and Tna not the hope of peace in E'-rvpe tjy, f, m Notwithftandintr hat a frw fcribblew writ', i a n affiled frem the belt information, that the great dy c the people, Ji»ough the caftan a;,d p.: rh. ern states, an ardent forpc £ ce, th- pre servation of the national government, and the public credit. From th: General Advcrtifer, of this Morning. A letter dated New-York the 12th, mentions, that Mr. Jay embarked on the cnorning of that day, under a salute from the cannon of the place: but that the militia had refufed parading to do honor to the departure of our extraordinary mi nister. Statement, taken from Lloyd's lifts, of the vefTels captured from the ill February, 1793, (the commencement of the war) i ' to the 7ft February, 1794. By the Etiglifh Ships. French of which 75 are privateers, ) 4 frigates, 3 sloops. j Dutch, 4 Swedish, 1 Danilh, 4 Hamburg, 8 American, ij Spanish, 1 English, havihg French property ) on board, ) By the Spanish Ships. French of which 3 are privateers, i\ English, 3 Swedish, z Danilh, 3 American, 8 30 By the Dutch Ships. French, 1 By the French Ships. Engliili of which 10 are privateers, ) and 1 frigates, ) Dutch, • 4S , Danzig, " 4 Danish, ? Hamburg, 6 American, 8 Bremen, I Spanish, 4 Portuguese, z 410 The above does not include the captures at Toulon, which amount by our Gazette Account, to 4J ships of all forts, burnt or carried off. French, 410 English, 184 Spaniards, 80 Dutch, 1 r&lb S4 In favor of the French Republicans against all the combined powers. ■ Re-captures are allowed for in the above statement. LAW Of THE UNS THIRD CONCRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, pn Monday, the second of December, one thoyfaud seven hundred and ninety-three. An A3 direding a Detachment from the Militia of the United States. Sec. I. "O.E it enabled by the Senate and JO Hoifi of ReprefeiHatives of the United States of America in Congress ajfembled, That the President of th< Unit ed States be, and he is hereby authorized to require of the executives of the several states, to take efFedual meafuies, as soon as may be, to organize, arm and equip, according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, the follow ing proportions, refpe&iyely, of eighty thoufanO effective militia, officers included, to wit From the state of Georgia, one thousand three hundred and thirty-three 4 —•from the state of South-Carolina, three thousand ftve hundred and fifty -—from the state of North-Carolina, seven thou land three hundreif and thirty-one from the state of Kentuky, one'thoufand five hundred and thirty-two lhe ft atc r
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