» ■■'■ P river ye I Philadelphia, FRIDAY EVENING, July 19. ( Communication.) All 1 THE people of the northern dates are advised r °ns of to be upon their guard against the means, which we ' d '® are bow praftifing to induce them to porchafe lands !u *e C in Pennsylvania alleged to be owned under Connec Rhine, ticvt titles. If they Ihould pay their money, or 'hem ti once give their bonds or notes of hand, they will . be involved in trouble *r.d certainly loose their pro ,? "; 0 ' c perty. The court of commffioners, appointed under ce've ' the late confederation, A. D 1782, were aut'noriz- with th ed finally to decide the controverly between Penn '' c f,.i ond Knowing the macni- French ' —tude of the business, and iW iln.ii -dacue was-tr>- -chy »» bc final, ibe-Commiflioners fat seven weeks, in cordin< order to give a full, fair, patient and deliberate hear- an > H< ing. Their decree would have been valid and bind- from a ing, if it had been by any three of the five com- in'he miffioners, but so clear was the cafe, that they were diers, all five unanimous The court began its feifion the ot Br I 2th of November, 1782, and 011 mind. Monday, 30th December, 1782, verses The cou't met as before. The agents for the two probal parties again attended. The court pronounced the paratu following sentence and judgment, viz. campa " This cause has been well argiied by the learn- opene ed counsel 011 both fides. The court are now to ken a = pronounce their sentence or judgment." protecl "We are unanimously of opinion, that the state Lei of Connaftieut has no tight to the lands in con- Jourd troverfy." . . «We are also unanimously of opinion, that the INinr; jurifdiaion and pre-emption of all the territory ly- 'he w] ing within the charter boundary of Pennsylvania, tachei and now claimed by Conne&icut, do of right belong to rei to Pennsylvania." William Whipple, Welcome Arnold, coipo William C. Huuflon, «de 4 Cyrus Griffin, soon David Brearly. make "Trenton, December 30th, 1782. OH - , •' The court adjourned without day. termi M Attest. other ~ William 'Vhipple, President, (Signed) JohnNelfon, Clerk." It is -well worthy of remark, that in their re- _ fpe&ive applications to Congress, Pennsylvania and *he Conneaicut both pr;)ed that the decree of jndg reign ment might be final and concluflve. Ihe comniif- , ou !' fion, ifTued in purluance of the confederation by him r Congress, authorized and directed a final or con- Koch clufive decision. The articles of confederation de clare, that the decilions of such courts of commif- C fioners (hall be final and conclujivl. Will any piu- r Jent or worthy farmer give away the fruits of his : f rm labour and the bread of his family, for lands pre- tion tended to be held UHder such a title, when he can only buy as good lands, with good titles, for Can jess money? Doth the feller under the Contur&icut *' t itle to the unfufpeUing farmer or fir anger, diffei him " he Lower Rhine about 12 or'i 4,000 men, divided iftlo several small corps. Perfuns think they per r ceive in new arrangements, a« underftandmg with the king of Pru'Hia, who according to authen- Extra< tie letters from Wezel, has engaged to prevent the Du French from penetrating into Germany by the dut- Dii v -chy of wfaich-they niigh' xafiljf eflVft. Ac* 1 cording to the fame letters the Prussian, Hanoveii- " 1 . an, Hessian, and Brunfwick troops, are in motion that si . from all pans, to repair to their rendezvous. They rent, . in the whole, amount to about eighty thousand ful- of tlx p diers, of which one-fourth are cavalry. The duke 1 nearly e of Brunfwick has definitively accepted the com mand. Upon the whole, notwithftandihg the re vcrfes of the Auftrians in Italy, it does not appear D probable that a peace will soon take place—the pte e parations for war are redoubled on all fides, and the campaign on the Rhine is conlidered as ready to be A(. i_ opened. It appears that the armistice will be bro -0 ken as soon as the A uftrian army is united for the Th prote&ion of the interior of Germany. ons bi e Letters from Coblentz mention, that General i "rely 7. Jourdan having-received advics that the Auttrians fes in had tuarched confidcrable forces in the environs of advift ie Nahe, upon the Hundfruck, and generally upon nited y, the whole of the Upper Rhine, had on his fide de- for h< a> tached several large bodies of infantry and cavalry t g to reinforce the army under the command of the general of division Mat'b'au. peace The final fupprefiion us all the Abbeys, religious weep coiporat ions, and generally of all the clergy, is d: !*•'■ roy.ililm, ;s there has been discovered some po:i •">;!' ■ cal buffoons irt it, government may rell allured, that to pre the nation withes neither for royalifm or anarchism. ' 11 They wish ardently for a government, because without it tkere can be neither peace nor fafety. they wish a government just and wife, because with- On out it there is neither liberty nor happiness. close t . widow PAU3, 9th Prairial, 2S:h May. turdai ARMY OF THE SEA-COAST. atte „.J Extra# of ■* letter from the General of Di»ifion, f evera Dumefny to the Members of the Executive led, n DireftorT. with t Head Quarters of Alencon, acth Floreal, every "I in form you with pleasure, Citizen Direftoi 8, „ e f 9) that from the.firft Pluvoife, to the twenty fifth cor- trefTei j rent, the Chcuans have loft in the eastern division readir |of the army us the sea-coast, 2,800 men, and that f orrc ] nearly an equal number have been wounded. Devo Health aud Fraternity, (eflin< DUMESNY." her n illnefi BOSTON, Jufy 21. latior » — to be AGREEABLE INTELLIGENCE. g i ve . Aiicant, May 10, 1 The cloud which lately obfeured the negociati ons between the United States and Algiers, is in -1 I tirely dissipated : A letter from one of the firft hou- Man 5 fes in Aiicant, fays, " Our subsequent letter will f advise you, of the final settlement between the U i nited States and the Regency of Algiers —all veffel| h ave . for here are now fafe." his b { RETROSPECT. . bere e More tranquil than Europe, America lives in t | lref peace. Full well persuaded of the difference bet- havii 3 weep the beginning and end of a war, (he fees ; t j on iT and fears the event, when her pafliions bid her be- t his 3 gin. Restrained by her prudence, and obstinate rfl ) u 3 to persist in it, (he is-enriched by her caution, and t ; rc , profits frorathe folly of more ancient nations. A- 4 j a y j . griculture invites her thousands, and a(ks every e stranger (he can foiicit to her regions. Commerce f ollr invites her fails to the riches of every clime, and mes the arts are waiting her necefiities, to be busy at e- one very wheel for her support. May the guardian an- ] ea (t •, gel of Columbia continue to us these inefiima !e blessings which have reared her to her present ze ■t Tilth of prolpetity and refpedlability ! d ' I e NEWBURYPORT, July 23. 'the d Last Wcdnefdny, Capt. Seward arrived here, the 8 days ifrom Bermuda, bringing information that f e ] v the inhabitants of that place vgre expe&ing attach- 1; i e- menu from the court of Great-Britain, on their pri )ah>< i- vate estates, to refund the ptoperty belonging to at American citixers, which had been illegally taken e ff e of and unlawfully condemned by their courts of Vict r Admiralty. The/ hud flopped the sales of fevera/ tie cargoes, one 1 f which was that of the Caroline, of t ell of v'.his port. Tliofe articles that were fold were pro- ex( bv a-vn-y-heavy dutyr c f CONFIRM ATION. m Tiiuridsy capt. Gtinnifon arrived, 19 days from ce Guadaloupe. July 9, lat. 27, boarded by a Bet- t h 0 median privateer, papers examined, difmifled, am' c h ivn infoi med that American property in future would t |, lie hot be Hopped as they were not allowed to libcs it f u m- at Bermuda. Nt nd -mmmtmrn***- tn FRANCE. of dit 1 ■ ted The Minifitr of the Marine and tie Colonies, to ah at 1 a the Mariners of the Military pofls, belonging to the p lie, Frencn Republic. the (1 to 1 learn with the utmost astonishment, that the o hat tonorable obligation, the sacred daty of every sailor I 'he t o peiifli if nec&ffaty, in orderto prcferve the con live vo y f or t he protc'iion of which fie is employed, ron (as in (hip-vrecks a uaptain is bound to prefetve his £ :ve " crew as well as himfelf), I learn, I fay, that this f ers duty so essential to your fundtions, is not periorm ed by some among you. I ,?| - 1 learn likewise, that ths military commanders 3 IgeJ have dared to boast of haying escaped from the :hey eßem)r ; by abandoning botfi their pofl and their f the giments ! Do not you perceive then, that far from f ad- benefiting the Republic, by leaving merchant (hips [iflin- for the fake of benefiting those of the state, you n full firik'e the iw or heard of them ; and a rradinefs to relieve according to her ability, were forrc of the traits ii.i her charafUr. Devoutly resigned to the will of the Almighty, pof fefling peace and exemplary patience, which forfoi k her not a moment, during a long extremely painful illness, (he exhibited manifell proof« of the conso lations of religion, such, as a perfun happy enough to be the fubjed of them, niigiu be cxpedled to give. Mr. Ffnno, 'TWERE gieatly to be wished that Admiral Mann would permit Monsieur Rithery to go about his bufmefs. It would really be a .great relief to havtf the Admiral removed from that pert whc.ice 'I have ifTued so many fleets of lies in confrquence of his being there. The printets irt particular would be relieved from the necefliiy of publishing every n three weeks a frelh ffoty of Admiral Richery's '• having arrived in the Weft Indies. Thepubliaa 's j tion too of " Authentic Intelligence" enc of . this event, and the anticipation of the consequent :e reduction of all the British conqucfls, and the en- tire contradiflion of the authentic intelligence next L " day, would also be at an end. 7 Although it is not doubted but some ather :c source would be difcovercd fmm whence to derive 'd means of humbugging minkind ; yet a very fertile e " one would certainly be removed, and we Ihould at least have a littie joi variety to amuse as. !c Q. c- . . y " Knaves of all Countries, /ire the fame." , It appears by the last accounts from Paris, that the nefarious fia'4/n which lately conspired agaii.ft C e > the Co.iftitution of that R public, afTumed to them ia' selves the i ppellation of exclusive PATkiOTS. h" It is remarkable, that the fadtion which has been labori g for *-verdl years pad, to subvert the con to ftituuon of the United States, have leng since, i» effed, affumtd the fame title, icc . . ra j The following extract contains a sample of unin of telligible jarful, which we believe has seldom be:n r0 " exceeded. From the ARGUS. Citizen Greenleaf, om WHOEVER corifiders with the least coolness se>- the temper which prevails on the powerful public ln< ' charatfen of the Union, will perhaps agree with •uW the difgtiifed sentiments and coudud of those who 1 »' fuppdit l"hcir culpable indifference, that we could not be much worse circumstanced had the Revolu tion never taken place, than as men and members »f society we now are. I know, .hat you will not agree with me, and I '0 alt am awaie that the geneiality of honeft-thinking.raen 9 the pi -fer the independence which they now enj iy, to that obfeqnious and limited state of life wliioh we should undergo, were We now the fumble Colonists the of the mild and benevolent government of Great* ailor Britain. ( >yed, ARRIVED AT THIS PORT. e his Brig Twins, Keder, St. Croix 17 this ArieI > Gardner, D 0 It orm- SehrMary, Foulke, AuxCayes i 5 Polly, Davis, Miraguanc 35 Ranger, Lone, Boston 1Q n " Sloop Sally, Wing, St. Croix 17 1 the Betsey, Pope, Cayenne 35 their Favont*, Sage, Edenton 1* ) the Ct,SARE». npor- Brig ClaiifTa, Brewtori, St. Bartholomews ma- Harmony, Pennifter, Barbados Little Maria, Duncan, 1 Gibraltar place Susannah, Parrock, New Yorlt icon- t Schooner Paragon, Dominick, Porto Rico I you Mahaly, Merrinchew, Cape Nichola Mole aban- Hancock, Bvrne, Hifpaniola iefore Mary, Pinkham, St. Thomas :w re- Betsey,- Barnet,' Norfolk • from Sally, .Hitcheock, New-York t fllips Lively, Ballance, Edentott , you Sloop Nancy, Barker, Nantucket It is P f g"By, Willis, , NOl folk irt to 'Capt. Houftyn, of the Brig Amelia, in teh days s, the from Jeremie, left there the Brigs Abigail, Lake, and Fame, Churnfide, both of Philadelphia, to ju the f a il J n 7 days. arc Arrived at Fort MiffPtn. t, that Brig Molly, Medlin, Port-au-Prihce jul of Schooner r, Wheeler, Gonaives ily to By the latest aci»ints from the Well-Indies it ablifh- appears that admiral Harvey is arrived at the Mole :d and —, an( j t ha bis force there consists of 15 (hips of J con- war> aim.) ft all of the line. He brought out with epeat- j,; m transports with 2000 troops. The British 3e no have r e taken Fort Bompard, afterbeingia pofTeflloti »ppa- of the French 4.hours. Flour at Port-au Prince nee of was st 16 to 16 1-2 dollars per barrel. ? neable Inper- FOR SALE > of 111- WINE, London particular Madeira, 4 years old, reiudi- in pires and hogsheads J Claret, genmneold, in cases : new. in uipes, from Holland nfider- Earthen Ware, in crates t shall Basket Salt, in hogsheads , t . Shot, Nos. 6, 7r I and 9 great- Bar Lead, Red and white dry !<*d " Steel, German and Ruflia, in barrels down Anchors, cables, junk, bunting, tarpolirt canvas, ill not Tin plates —An invoice Stationarv. br which THOMAS & JOHN SETLANP- I will July 19 |