\- ■ Iff. - ♦ couot o , Is and our internal feourity 'Hat bel greatly 'r.cjcafcd a " . eration. ofthewar, which affords the most convinc ing proof that the zeal, ardour, and activity, mat"- felled in your military conduct, have only been e quailed by the found policy, and decifivemeaiures, which marked the wisdom of your councils. Mis Honor's Ansv/CR. . | Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfs of As- P* mbe |! fembly. memor; Your- adilrefs excites in my bosom every hnta- Bleffi lion of pleasure the mind of man is capaole ol re- on tbe) r Ever ed from the importation of the chalfcurs and dogs n ] incompliance with the general wiflies of the liland : tefot Nothing can be clearer, than that if they had been f oKlc off the island, the rebels could not have been indu- that ced to surrender from i heir almolt jnacceflible fact- the t ntfses. We ate happy to have it id cur power to be hi fay, that the terror, excited by the appearance of c X p e the dogs, has b*n fuffieient to produce so fortu- j w hei natj an event ; 'and we cannot but highly approve and that attention to humanity so strongly proved by With their being oideied in the rearot the arm). Ens as f BOSTON, July 12. Th'e legislature of France is turning it s attention \ m i-Three,hundred mil- 4n ti lions have hJBtBLdtX. to 4he object ; and the Ex- f a lc 8g« 1»H a , Coi m»tion to Ljfinsj'and the other great manutaiiu ling towns, -praying the citizen?' to forget their a- qua niroofities, and unite their exertions in measures 'io cn re ft ore to fiance, one of the great'foorses of its "fuV wealth-—th. arts and manufactures. ■ ,2 1 .t sympathy's untutored voice, \ . .^ e , Bi'tauylit'lis social ties tifkecp, ■ ; ii human heart jejoics, ' ' ' Ami weep if eye (hould weep-" he; .We fwpe tfie citizens of By'tou y-ili i)i»t fufFcr|"' : themselves to DC ontdonfi in a&s ofbenevoler.ee— t'o hearts are certainly as finely atjtined to the P" pitting call of cVaritv as anymi the coptinent ; ajid 31 we hope they will yet set au example to the largei f'* cities, by a liberal subscription for the relief of the 'hi citizens of Charleston, now fnffering under the taofl severe calamity of the kind any town in the United h;i States was ever nffli&ed with. It is true, that to Vo ,i>J: particular individual is the benevolent djity assigned Li to him : but someone mnft begin ; au'd befidesthc hi consolation of having taken the lead, he will find if' enough to .follow him—and when once begun the lh buhnefs will appear to be halffinilhed/' . Cl T! - Branch Bank of the United Statesat Charles ton i« confeqnence of the calamitous situation of thatu ty, have resolved to difccunt full renewals for fields due for the three fuececding difcouut days, The British (HalitaxJ squadron now cruihng ]J off the coat! of the United States, confilts, it is F said of :en fail of wen of wai and Irigates. F Capt. Hill, who arrived on Sunday, saw during ni the Friday beware, tuu frigates,undereafy fail, (land ing to the egftward. Soon after he 101 l fight of si them, h very heavy cannonadin/ commenced, and f t continued for an hour ; from whence he judged so that an adlion had occurred betvveeu the two frigates v i he saw. The tiring was evident ; and though the v frigates were not in fight, fit's vefiel trembled on Jj cacli discharge. Oth:t ai rivals heard a firing the y fame day, Cintinel.J NEW-YORK, July iJ. _ Some time patt the opening of the Scheldt was proclaimed, with great pi mp and publicity, by tne French government. Liberal men rejoiced that the (hackles of monopoly were broken, and expec- J ted that Freneh Republicans would insure a partici pation of the benefits of that river to all the ivorld. v Alas ! the news has reached us, that the French jnd X)utch Republicans have at |a ! V agreed to (hare ! the in hole navigation of that river among I Bemfslva ■ No good tnan can help regretting the interior situation of France. -While her armies cairy the flandard of victory iaAevery. quarter, the chfTerent parties at home seem cfetjerniined to detltoy the Re public, :*.nd bring thrvtrjr name ol free government into contempt, and apparAitly without any motive but to gratify the pirvate passions of individuals. The plot thf.t has lately Wui detected, wants the pretcucc of tyranny tojullify it. Ihe Coiiventiot) R «• * '' f m , - • ;t. that _the lail kiVg hud a pretence —the - been-jjr' ir.en v»ho tc#ok off ilobefdierre had a p^fe'itce— laie;< I even ,tlie at the drganiziijon of vfe day, Sail, present gowrnmeiit had a pretence, v;z. re ehciion oj ry. two thirds. But the present government feerus to '1 he be in general well adminillcrcd, and rhe last confpi- teer frh racy of Jacobins seems at prt sent to be without tas, bea ajiy platiC'oh' pretext —it appears to be a mere fpi- ou boar : rit* of priJbte revenge and fatlion. Let these cala board tl • mities teach the Americans true and/aving wisdom. to the : , m ———**— was givi Philadelphia, W °The TUESBAY 19,1796. Betsey, 1 Frtw the Sluror.i. S.lip COMMUNICA 1 lON. 7 Carlisle, July 7. . Ido myfelf the pleasure of handing you a number of '" rrl patriotic toalls \vhich were given on the 4th infl. by a son (ji number of our citizens a.Teinbled to celebrate that ever April, memorable day. A SUBSCRIBE ft- Passe Bleflings of peace, long miy they be (hovered down g " on the heads of freemen. Also Every true friend of Frmce. t5 , ; and infamy, may they be the portion of ■- " thole with to wean our atfeitions from a fitter " in< s country. V tl' e a 'oe Bntifn influenee, may it be forever discarded tl^e J couhcits of America. We America, long may (he remain the wonder of the • j a( j « : world, and her councils dire&ed by true republican 1-' principles. • , , Congress, may it be composed of the ftitnds of Ame- " . rita and the enemies of Britain. broke Honor, may it be the chief ingredient k> the charac ; ter of Americans. r| x per Every real friend of liberty, may he never fee his i-j IPCe { country uniting herfetf to a despot without an effort to 1 p er ditloke the union. 4 ' _ptr 1- In freedom may we enjoy the pleasures of life, and Dtftrre i\- in slavery may we covet the bleifings of death. BANK jr French principles, may they teach us to detest Britilh , politics. . ' Payment of just debts, may we be anxious to fettle lnluran le with our creditors, and never forget our obligations to — France. EsJh. to The-J' Authentic Intelligence" from the Cape, refpefting the arrival of Richery's fleet, has at length ptoved totally unfounded. ur M nfr. Parent's Courrier Francois, after ad to ding to the article brought by Capt. Aikifllon, at p n n( l Baltimore^thai they expedled Richery's fleet tevery L moment at the Cape, has the following obfervatio-:s 'Ur 0 n this vifionaty report. iv- «■ It is probably the arrival of this fleet [a Spa- y e 'g» nifh squadron at Port St. Domingo, about todays f Q jj oW ,dV befote Capt. Atkitjfon failed,j which hat induced t j t | sen fume persons of tin; Cape to write from thence, rc( j t( -u- that Richery had arrived We have 10 much a e aft" the more foundation for believing that fleet wot to to be his, because the Cape being the centre of the ornv of expeditions, it would sooner have landed there, ( j a y S tu- w here all the French fleet has already rendefvouzet), dete , l 0.,e and where they would be more at hand to the Eu- ,| ie ; r by glifti than at St. Domingo ; atbwn distant from the zeT|^ Englith conquetls and their matiiime forces, at, well j |4Ve as ftom the French forces.'' -j* COMMUNICATION. tion What good republican but mud rejoice at feeing a) . mH- in tiie Aurora of ihis foreriooll, the refo'iU;. u m. the ro Ex- faleof prizes, as presented ly Eerie Marion to the | ff ] JC'la- Council of Ancitnts 1 for heie we perceive how cx ( j ct . r i£lu- ~£tly in unison, the piefcnmion of Mr. M;:rb;.is j. : ir»- quadiates with the inHru6Hons given by the Prcti sslo ijient to the different States of the Uwion on tins fami f its Mjcdk, viz. That neither our own courts of admi- nl ; r 'riilty, nor the Fieaeh Consult have the leatl (hadoyv jof right, coufonmible to the laws of nations and (u v > treaty between France and America, to Jell w j la \the:r prizes in oar par tu Here also we ice with |lltl; .heait felt pleasure, that the croakiug forebodings ()av , FySer <'fSkiii>k and his Jacobin party,on the wife intlruc- ,j ie Cc-4— lions of the Executive forbidding the fa\e of Ftcjich t |,; r otht; prizes, would endanger our happiness and eventu- , ; aiid ally bring on a war with our allies are an a! solute £ roI avgci fa'.fehood. What will these abhorrent men fay* to f the this ioterdiftion, and the French Resolutions ? aU( j mofl Mast r.ot fueh mutual concoidance to the general 'nited happiness at both countries aft as a total defeat to cet j tovo their predictions and hope!, and prolong the general f e|l i' r ned happiness of the union ? God keep Us ! as he hath f u j ( es the hitherto wonderfully doue, from the evil of Jacobin- t j n 1 find ifm,aud prefeive us in pure and reciprocal friend n the Uii,p with the French Republic. ot j July 15 th, 1796. £$ Copy of a letter received by a merchant of this city tarlef from Captain Cochran of the Thetis frigate. ion of On board his Britannic Majefty'sflip Thet is, icwals July loth, 1796. tdays, Sir, ( ol SOME days ago I met with the btig John of uiting Belfafl (that had been taken by the Brutiis, a tic it is French privateer) and said t» be owned by you. For many reasons it flruck me thut (lie was French tu luring Dro perty; therefore sent her into .Halifax. iel (land- ' As I have no wi(h to interrupt the trade of real i tij • lit of American citizens, I therefore requetl you will g« 1, and forward such proofs to Halifax, fliould the property ba ttdged he yours, as clearly to prove the lame, and to con- — rigates vince the American gentlemen, that no undue ad gh the vantage is wilh'd to be taken of them, I fend this ed on by the chief mate of the vessel, that he may enable J.' c ig the y ou to obtain every information. . I am, Sir, el. 1 Your humble ferva^t, A.F.COCHRAN, Capt. his 3. M. ] hip Thetis. dt was L_ by the ARRIVED AT THIS PORT. ] that r Days expec- Brig Wm. Pennock, Halliday St. Croix 15 jartici- Nancy, Belcher, Bouideaux, - 63 ivorhh Sch'r Hawk, Parrock Jama if a 2 3 French . cleared. - o (hare Sch'r Susanna, Carson Baibadoes nfelticj• Pomona, Gaidner Botlon I Eliza, Williamion N. York interior Nancy, Morris do. iry the Betfcy, Robinfyn Curretuck lifierent Sloop Driver Ciircy Hifpatiiola the Rc- Mary Newkall • Malaga rrnment Harmony, Eliwood AUxandria motive Defiance, Kentee N. Caioliua viduals. Capt. cherry in tKc fliip Three Friends, arrived nts the at New-York, had 56 days passage, and failed from iventioi} Atr.ftcrdain the 17th M«y» not the'27th a» has i ♦V\ ' / , been. acconr.ts -.tan fore cannot be so ! iate tln.fe by the Margaret arrived hfhetn S 'Mir For the ( day bit, which failed three days ajter Capt. baer ry. _ Mi The Hawk was J>fOUjrl»i to by a Fremh priva IT is teev frhooner under Spanish colours, cape Coriea. •er Cent - ate 4 ; ' per Cent. --------- 14/ EiWli! i Deferred per Cent. - - - - 13/6107 11 BANK United States, ... - *4 pr. cent. nfylvania, ... - 19 the na ■■ — North \meiica, - - - -44 * languf e Inl'urance Comp. North-America, 14 2 5 carry 1 0 Peuofylvaiiia;, 9-010 per cen t to t {,j, Enhance, at 60 days, - - - 165 t« 1661-3 being .!>■! llll|l«aMMM>—' 1Q ;; BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. gence mt ♦ ou. Pc 1- NEW-YORK, July 16. !° 0111 n 1 IS not lt r ßy the Three Ftjendt, Sherry, from AmJUrdam, , y tranflatedfur the Argus.] leemi , this 1 AMSTERDAM, May 11. moll a " Yefterdny at noon wc had the Prnclamation as as an follows The Commonalty of Amsterdam, with ; n pj, ;d that fallibility with which they always have infpi- -j-| e> red their fellow citizens, having been informed, that uti ; ve r " a great many of the inhabitants ot this city, the yj to greatell.part ol tbem belonging to the militia which f] forms the artillery, have been so audacious, fcveral ce ; vg "V> days paR as to make fcveral attempts to subdue the yj ; t! > detenVelefa citizens without the walls of the city, a j; t j o their intention .being to diiturb'and abuse the cili p ren * e zens, by which their persons and pioperty would jnvo | c '' !uvt been brought into imminent danger. _ yet j Th.refore ihe.msgi(lratfsafter maturedeliberati- p rcr] uo have fouud it liectflary, to difmiU the militia, Jer penalty of the fevettll puniai- hut uent. these orders of the magittrates n ß s have not been regarded by the live companies ol OQ the artillery, coufilling of five hundred men, one p 3 r I"-'' 1 third of which only icfurnt^ftieir arms. A body c |; a llu " of them afTembled yellerday afteieoon in the fields, ' utc from whence they marched to town, withdrawn to fwordsi being joined by a great number of citizens, me| ns ; aud psfled themselves opposite the City Hall, in era ' fpitc of a very powerful guard, which was reinfor- 1,0 ccd by the cavalry. At Jialf pall 6 o'clock they , ,e,al sent» mefTago to the alTcmbled magillrates, the re aath f u | t 0 f [ s as yet unknown. In the mean 't""" time the m»b repaired to the prison, and by foice liberated all the prisoners, and committed many other outrages •, but there was no blood (hed. . [ Silver a! other articles ive hope to have ready far in- nQ city fertion to-morrow. J s et left's, lX* SAVANNAH, Juiy t. f,', A gentleman diretlly from Greene County, tnV (£( forms that 500 families had lately arrived thcrel; n of from Kentucky. The catife of this sudden emigra-lj ns, a tion, is not particularly learnt. If you. It is reported that a renewal of hoftHities has ac- reuth tually taken place by the Indians on the frontier p settlements. If this be Hue wu lament the condi ' real tion of those defencelefs inhabitants, who from indi will gency, are compelled .to fuffer the ravages of a bar- p Cr ty barous and unprincipled people. y/ ; °ad Choice St. Croix Sugar & Ruw, (1 this NOW landing from on board the Brig Willian Pen- '' 11 nock, Capt. i homas Halleday from St. Croix and for sale by „ Pragers Ss 5 Co. Ji.lv 19. diw. r For Sale, 7 1 By Ifiac Moses and Co. 21 Casks & a half of RICE, t AYS Low for Cadi or a (I ort credit, alio Ic '* 585 Salted, prime winter hides. 1 , Enquire at Mr. Sears'Tjvcrn, North Seco nd St. " - 1 No. 59. July, 19. <_ *djt__ aadoes Plans of the city of Iphia, Boston Including the Northern Liberties and diftridl of .York Soothwaßk; j 0 Pubiithed, and fold by retuck BENJAMIN DJI'IES, pamola No. 68, High ilreet, VlaWa (Price one dollar.) . , THlSplanis i 6 inches fqnare, ajd has been en ian. r.a „ r lVc j ;,y 0 ,, e the iirll artifls in the city, from a late jiolina acctlfate furyey. Purchasers are entitled to S pam arrivet. phlet with each plan, giving " fame account ol" the d from 1 city, its population, ?, government, &c. a> has 1 juiv iy ' tu.&ftf • 7 v — " tof the GAZETTE o** THE UNiiTD STA'j'fj *2 | Mr. Fenno, ' IT is ;lways with indignation that attempts !j» •delude tlie public mind mu(l he -receive!} in Ame rica. Surely in this deft-rip"ioa mr.il humified.l be remarks of a writers*! you." paper 151b ly, who fceiH3 d e firrM^lo_ e up a -party e,f j cobi'is in France anf America, to lieftrey the p ajilion or are her principles so tinlike those of the :l M French eonftitution, that in wUhing well to one yoii involve the downfall of the other ? finely not; and yet if not what means ihe exprefKon ; that if the a^ 1 * French arms triumph we mull receive the law from her own lips ? ~^ c '' Take another toad: The filler Republics of co * France and America; may their efforts eter be 10 united in the cause of humanity. What fays your commentator? 11ms Doucc Humanite and her daughter Mademoi fclle Guillotine. Does not the cloven foot here 7 again- manifell jlfelf? Who but the Have of Pitt m ' l could.i are made this remark ? Are not the French as milch as we are avetfe to the guillotine ?LX> we P?" s bear now of its ravages? To what purpefe recal it, but to awgjcen four ill-natured impreflious a raUS jrainit our ally ? Is this kind or likely to produce 9 good treatmifnt to oiir countrymen in France.? Or or,e is not the ftfntiment formed to producp whai is bod y charged on our Jacobins, the endeavour to create c ' l ' s ' hollility between the two governments, to create rawn awakening difagfreeable impressions ot French zcn.®' men in the minds of out 1 people ? ill. in fuller in the cause of freedom ; and may rifor- t jj e y protested by those who are free. the y o.> this your commentator fays, le re " As Hollaud and Geneva hart been a la-raodc mean p ranca if ? . t force What his meaning here is, it is not ea(y to con many jedlure; but his remark on the 4th toast of the • iladlholders expulsion, having reduced the Dutch ,r noble to nine pence aud the nine pen«e to nothing, seems to explain his idea Jo be, that the trench protcdlion is little better than robbery ; whereas the T\ tiuth is, that we have alked and have had that pro-- teAion in 1778, without being at all the worse for l ."' re l it. And Holland, to judge by her a&ual exer. :nl £ ra "| t ; ons ;is to her fleets, fcems moie vigorous thati (he j hath long been in her exer^'apa. but if Jhe. hath. S ? C " fuflered, hath it lint been by. Biitilh protedion J ontier w -jj a j that ended in ? < c ° n , I .' The capture of her foreign poflefiions, n rndi- Thc robbe , y of lier (iups put into Britilh port* a aT j before the wat, ■< The lloppagd of the interest due her on money Ihe had too confidently invelted in the Britilh fund*. p In (hort, for inaances of Britilh proteflion, a "df"r at plundered natives of Afra ( look at " Bermuda and our own spoliations; look at the lladtholder and king of France dethroned, thc 'j kings of Spain and Sardinia barely saving them .. ■ selves in time from a fimiiar fate. For French protedlions look at America enjoy ing Liberty and Independence ; the Scheldt open ed ; the Dutch free to form a government foe themfelyes, These events all affilted by the French, arms, on principles the molt amiable and dilint*- J e g retted, speak for thcmfelves. , ' A. B^ ) nd St. _*djt_ . : T _' sos Schooner LITTLE JOHN. FOR SAL% THE Schoonr* LITTLF, JOHN, CAPTAIN BOYD, \ BOUT iS months old, a very fdt been en- l\ filling veflel, bn Virginia Pilot b»al 2m a late plan, now laying at South street wharf, oapam- carries near 900 barrel?, « reidy to take tof the i a cargo ;. a liberil credit will be jir-n. ' Apply to PETER BLIGHT. 6f tf • July *9, * icteci