V
~PHILADELPHI A,
JUNE 9«
This forenoon at 11 o'clock, the two llou
fts oi Congress "adjourned to die firlt Mon
day in NovcnVocr next —then to meet in this
city.
FkOM jl CORUFSPONDFNT.
THE SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Two nttratfl our attention
to the history of the feffon of Congress jtlft
closed; a representation according to the enu
meration of the inhabitants, and the extra
ordinary events of foreign politics which
have greatly affected the sentiments and in
tcrcfts of the people, and the proceedings of
the Legislature. The long boStled triumph
of the murmunn;: and acctifim; party has
not happened. An equal reprcfemation of
the citizens has'not unraveled tlie systems of
the two former Legiflaturcs. ,No mighty
frauds hiA'e been exposed, no great offend
ers hive been brought to ftfaine or to justice.
Sc fir from it the malice of the faction has
k< p> a fact instead of a feafl. For instead of
freafury corruption, instead Of abuses in the
departments* a committee of the house
of Representatives after a molt accurate ex
amination have tinted in th?ir report an au
thentic and itnanfwerable refutation to the
whitWered fufpiciohs and bold lies of five
years. The eqnal reprcfentation of the peo
ple has given a new /auction to the eftabiifh*
«•<! lyffeir.s. The provision for the balances
du. to the creditor states, snd the auxiliary
fine's of new taxes indicate steadiness and
p rfeverance, which will fectire the general
interest of the people and the refpetflability
of the Legislature infinitely better than the
frothy novelties and pernicious changes
which some factious men had hoped to in
troduce. The new members have brought
their proportion of patriotifm,of attachment
to order and to the present government as
well as of good sense. After this if will be
rather bold, but not too bold for those who
have become by practice hardened in calum
ny, to fay, that the people are averse to, the
government arid its eltablifted fvltems. The
rdort to a committee for plans of finance
instead of calling upon the Treasury accord
ing to the existing law and former usage has
not produced any of the advantages nor
drawn after it the changes which
were predicted.
In (hort, it appears from the session that
the government and its me«fures have the
popular fancftion and support. The aifls and
votes of the representatives of the people af
ford better proof that they have, than- the
newspaper squibs of a half dozen clamorous
malcontent* in eath of our large towns, that
they haw not. Yet it is to be expected, the
chroniclers of scandal will go on as before
to call themfclvcs /' he people.
If we attend to the measures of Congress,
we fhali fee one system in them all. A system
of peace. To make the chance of peace the
best possible, they have made preparation for
war. These fern words explain the history
of the lalt session. Those who like secret
hiltory will find abundant materials for their
curiosity.
1 he great aim of the party and the insi
dious measures they took to carry their point,
w .11 be known and understood. The steady
citizens who feel an interest in good order
will fee the extreme hazard of our peace and
honor, and will rejoice in the termination of
the session.Events may turn out unfavorable,
and war may ensue. But it will be a merited
praise even then of the government that they
have done all to avert the calamity, and much
perhaps enough, to prepare for it. The style
of debate has often' been too personal, and
lomfjtimes, tho' very seldom there has been
a grofsnefs and intemperance of language
which a deliberative body fhoulrl always
dili ountenance. But the state of affairs fur
nifhed some palliations, and we flatter our
selves in future to fee Congress quoted as a
pattern of temperate dignity and wisdom.
Says a Correfpomlent,
The Democratic Society resolve one thing,
the President of the United States resolves
another—A House divided against itfelf can
not stand—One cannot serve God and Mam
mon. If the Envoy of the President of the
United States should go to the Court of
London and demand indemnity for the sei
zure ot our vessels, and the Envoy from the
1 resident of the Demo Society should go
and fay we had rather not have indemnitv,
matters would really stand iu a quere pof
t)ure Lord Grenville would fay, gentlemen
do agree among yourselves. It is evidently
tue with of that party to prevent any allow
ance for our injuries. Why ? Take away
the complaints and what else have they to
Hand on ?
/. c have hen favored by a gentleman of this
City with the following interring arti
cle received by the Jhip Harmony from
Bourdeaux.
Extradt from the record of the Commit
tee of Public Safety of the National
Convention, dated yth day of Germinal,
the .econd year of the French Repub
lic, on,e and indivilible.
ON the report made by the Minister of
°reign Affairs, relative to the reprefen
*
tations rtiade by the United States, Dc n
mark, Sweden, Genoa and the HanfWns,
to obtain the railing of the Embargo laid
on a,l foreign vefiels actually detained at
Bordeaux—
Conlidering that the motives which
gave room for this Embargo, no longer
exilt ; and that it becomes the dignity
and justice of the Republic to grant fuf
fieient indemnities to the foreign proprie
tors of {hips, whose intereils have fuffcr
ed by the Embargo, and to facilitate ths
depaityre of their vessels—
The Committee of Public Safety, by
virtue of the powers delegated to them
by the Decree of the i 4 th I'nmaire, f2 t h
Uecember, j v r
Resolve as follows :
1. The Embargo laid upon all foreign
ships at Bordeaux, (hall be raised without
delay, and the Captains are at full liberty
to oepart, conforming themfclves never
thele.s to the laws and decrees relative to
the exportation of goods.
2. No foreign fliip that arrived at Bor
deaux before the 12th of Nivofe, (The
lit of January,) and detained in corife
cu r.ee of the Embargo, (hall pay any
ot tier duties than those that were exacted
from foreign vessels before that epoch.
3- The Captains or proprietors fnall
produce accounts of their expences, and
ot the indemnities they cki'rn, to the Ad
min, llrators of the navy; who are to for
ward them with their observations to the
Executive Council.
The Executive Council shall fix the
indemnity to be granted to the Captains
or proprietors which fhail be paid them,
or to their atrornies, upon the approved
ckcifion of the committee'of public falety.
4- Ihe Captains (hall be at liberty to
fret an export, on account of this indemni
ty, and without waiting for its fixation,
the necessary provisions for their return
voyages.
5. The committee of public fafety,
leave at the disposal of the Minillcr of
the navy the sum of Eight hundred thou
sand livres, to be advanced to tin; Cap
tains on account of their indemnities, ac
cording to their respective wants, to be
ve, ified by the Confnls of their nations.
s 6. The Minister of the navy, as soon
as he has ships of" war which lie can dis
pose of, is directed to escort beyond the
cape, filch ot the neutral vessels as are ex
posed to the depredations of the Barbary
privateers.
7. Ihe Minillcr of foreign affairs, is
to acquaint the different Governments it
concerns with this resolution, and the Mi
nister of the navy is to put it into execu
tion in the molt speedy manner polfible.
Signed in the Regijler,
B. BARRERE,
B. LINDET,
CARNOT,
BILLAUD VARENNES,
COLLOT D'HERBOIS,
SAINT-JUST,
ROBESPIERRE,
C. A.PRIEUR.
By extraS }
Signed,
BILLAUD VARENNES,
B. LINDET.
For copy,
DEFORGUE,
For copy,
JOSEPH FFNWICK.
By this Day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, June 7.
sIDDRESSt
JOSEPH PRIESTLY, l. L. D. F. r . s .
Sir, 1
WE are appointed by the Democratic
Society of the city us New-York, a com
mittee to congratulate you on yotir arri
val in this country : And we feel the most
lively pleasure in bidding you a hearty
welcome to thele shores of Liberty and
Equality.
While the arm of Tyranny is extended
in most of the nations of the world, to
crush the spirit of liberty, and bind in
chains the bodies and minds of mtn, we
acknowledge, with ardent gratitude to the
great parent of the Univerl'e, our lingular
felicity in living in a land, where Reason
has fuccefsfully triumphed over the artifi
cial diitindtioiifi of European policy and
bigotry, and where the law equally pro
teds the virtuous citizen of every descrip
tion and persuasion.
On this occasion wc cannot but observe,
that we oneo eftccmed dtirfelves happy m !
the relation that fnbfiJlcd between us and
the government of Great Britain—frit
t ie multiplied opprtfiions which charac
ter, /.e that government, excite in us the I
molt pfiinful fenfatigj;,s, and exhibit a fpec
,as i« itfelf,"as diftonorable
to the Britlfti name.
Ihe governments of the old woiM
present to us one huge mal's of intrigue,
corruption', and defpotifni— mod of them
a ;. e n °"' bafe 'y combined, to prevent the
eltabLlhment of .Liberty in France, and to
ettett the total deduction of the Rights
or Mart. Under these affldting circum
itaiices, we rejoice that America opens
her arms to receive, with fraternal affec
tion, the Friend of Liberty and Human
Happiness, and that here he may enjoy
the belt bieffings'of civilized society.
We sincerely Sympathize with you in
a'l that you have fuffered, and we con
iiuer the perfeewtion with whicTi you have
been pursued by a venal court, and an
imperious uncharitable priest-hood, as an
ilhiltrioiis proof 6f your personal merit,
and a biting reproach to that govern
ment, fiom the grasp of whose tyranny
you are so happily removed.
Accept, Sir, of the sincere and bed
wiihes oif the Society whom we repre
sent, for the continuance of your health,
a.id the inereafe of your individual and
domelHc hippinefs.
JAMES NICHOLSON, Prejident.
To the Members of the Democratic So
clety in New-York;
GE NTLEMEN,
VIEWING with the deepest concern,
as you do, the profpeft that is now exhi
bited in Europe, those troubles which are
the natural offspring of their forms of go
vernment, originating, indeed, inthe ("pi
nt of liberty, but gradually degenerating
into tyrannies, equally degrading to the
rulers and the ruled, I rejoice in finding an
afyium from persecution in a count y in
which tlufe abuies have come to a natural
termination, and produced another system
of liberty, founded on such wile principles;
as, I trull, will guard again It all future a-'
buses ; those artificial diftinftioHS in focie-.
ty ; from which they sprung, being com
pleately eradicated, that protection from
violence, which laws and government pro
mise in all countries, but which I have
not found in my own, 1 doubt not I (hall
find with you, though I cannot promise to
be a beiter iubjedt of this government, than,
my whole conduct will evince that I have
been to that of Great Britain.
Jultly, however, as I think I may com
plain of the treatment 1 have met with in
England, 1 sincerely wish her prosperity,
and from the good-will I bear both to that
country and this, I ardently wi(h, that all
former animosities may be fjrgotten, and
that a perpetual friendlhip may subsist be
tween them.
J. PRIESTLEY.
New-York, June 6, 17941
Captain Ofman, in the (hip Harmony,
arrived heie yelterday from Bourdeaux,
which he left the 26th April, informs,
that great naval preparations waie making
in the ports of the republic, for an expe
dition which was ltudioufly kept a secret ;
that its affairs in general appeared to be in
a very prosperous train , but had heard
nothing material refpe&ing the operations
of the armies. The people as one approv
ed the execution of Danton and his affoci
at<;s. The embargo at Bourdeatlx was
railed about the 18th and a further indem
nification granted. Captain O. .left in
company with twelve other meichantmen
under convoy of 3 French armed vessels.
Gen. Adv.
An Eafteromail arrived vefterday with
Briti(h April packet papers and letters.—
they are only to the sth or 6th, and there
fore, contain nothing new-
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Arrived, (hip Roebuck, Bliss, 70 days
ficm Briltol.
A pilot informs that he favv about 12
or 13 fail (>f fcjuare rigged veflels on Sa
turday 1 last coming into the Capes—the
lame night passed a large Eriglifh (hip be
low Bombay Hook, which is said to be a
letter of mark from Liverpool, (hewing
18 guns.
C'npT. Ofmon failed with the (nip Tho
mas Wilson, Capt. Collett, of Fhiladel-'
phia, and a (hip belonging to Charlelton,
homeward—that the Daniflr brig City of
Altona, Capt. Eiveftes,tailed for this port
A
15 days before he left Boyrdeaux ; *
1 Carne out in ballaii and had a numb»r •
i paflengers on board ; atnd the (hip Rari
j bier. Cap*. Quirk, 3 days before him,
I for Philadelphia; thcfliip Baring, CoOper,
do. and the (hip American, Ewing, do.-
were taking in cargoes for this port.
On the id of June, in lat. 38, 29,
long. 70, 30, he (poke the brig Harrfot,
trom Philadelphia, out 4 days, bound to
Amsterdam, all well.
11 **. The Letter-Bag of the Atlantic, Pi
ns S waine mailer, for Liverpool, will be ta
ken from the Post Office, to-morrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
NEW THEATRE.
(E> The Managers refpedfully inform
the t üblic, that the Chiefs and IVarriors of
the CheroLee Nation, <who have lately ar
rived :n Philadelphia to negociaie a Treaty
oj Ptace •with the United States, will til
tend the Entertainments of the Theatre this
Evening.
—j —:—
For Charter,
FOUR A fRIENDS,
They* will lie ready 10 receive their car-
Roe-. i i a few days, and will carry about
32. o bafels c».ch. For term? ajfplv to
7"SSE & ROBERT WALK.
June 9. J
FOR SALE,
At the STORES of
JefTe & Robert Wain,
PORT WINE in pip.s, bhds. and quar
ter calks ' 1
LISBON doi in pipes and quarter calks
Souchong and Congo TEAS, in quarter
chests
A quantity of Lisbon and Cadiz SALT
Soft flieliety ALMONDS in bales
Vel etCORK-, in do.
Kuilxa MATTS.
e 9 d
NEW THEATRE. .
Mrs. Morris's Night.
thjs evening,
June 9.
Will be Presented,
(Y\ ith permifiion of the author, George
Colman, jun. Efq.J an historical Play, in-*
terlperfed with songs, Called
Ihe Battle of Hexham;
DAYS of'OLD.
Montague, Mr. Greert
arwt-'k, • Mr. Cleveland
Semeriet, k Mr. Warrell
La Varen ne, Mr. Moret ou
Corporal, Mr. Harwood
Drummer, Mr. Francis
Flf ar, Mr. Blifi'et
Fool, Mr. Wigriell
barton. Mr. Whitlock
ift Soldier, Mr. De Moulin
2d Soldier, Mr. J. Darley
iit Villager, Mr. Finch
2d Villager, Mr. Morris
Gcndib.ftf Mr. Fenneli
iJIRoI ber, Mr. Darley
2d Robber, Mr. Madhall
3d Robber, Mr. Lee
4th Robber, Mr. Baton
Gregory GubbinS, Mr. Bates
Prince Edward, Master T. Warrell
Margaret of Anjou, Mi s. Whitlock
Adeline, Mrs. Marlhall
Singing Villagers, Mrs. Warrell, Mrs.
Olc'mixon, Miss Broad
hurft,Mil's Willems.Mrs.
Rowfon,Mrs. Bates, Airs.
Cleveland, Mrs. Finch,
Miss Rovtfon, Madame
Gardie, &c.
With the original Overture and Accompa
niments.
To •which pill be added,
A Comedy, in two a£ts, called
The True-born Irijhman ;
o R,
THE IRISH FINE LADY.
Mdrrough O'Dogherty, Mr. Whitlock
Count Mulhroom, Mr. Wi^nell
Counsellor Hamilton, Mr. Gn.en
Major Gamble, Mr. Morris
John, Mr. Bliffrt
William, Mr. J. Darley
James, Mr. De Moulin
Mis. Diggerty, Mr. Morris
Lady Kinnegad, Mrs. Bates
Lady Bab f rightful, Mrs. Rowfon
Mrs. Cazette, Mrs. Cleveland
Kitty Farrell, Miss Willems
Tickets to be had of Mrs. Morris, at Mr.
Berthai'lc's, Third nearChefnut (Ireet.
At the usual places, and of Mr. f rapklin
at the Theatre, where places may be taken,
Mrs. WKITLOCIv's Night will be on
Wednefilay next.
The Tragedy of The MOURNING
BRIDE, with Three Weeks after ATarri.ive
Mr. I'lNCH's Night will Le cn Friday. ~