~ an*. ■* *i *■* *■"* -»—" j i rom the Richmond and Manchejlcr Advertiser. ' Friend PLEASANTS. Except a notice which I on«c wrote of a meet* £:of Friends to be held in Richmond, I do not irSolleft that ever 1 offered a single sentence of any kind «r nature, for the public print*. Thou mutt ( not therefore expect a welldrefs'd performance from a plain unambitious man, like thy present corref- j pondent. Nor can I promise thee friend Pleafants, ( ihat the remarks now offered to thee, will prove any ways inftruetive. Yet, it being strongly im prefffd upon my mind that I ought to fay famething ( refpedting a performance which has occasioned some , feriwus and deep reflations, it becomes my *boun fkn Godly ones." Nor will I believe, that the agri culturist intended to fay so. But yet, if he does not ; pray what did he intend? For it is impofiible To beiieve, that he meant to fry, that three fifths of the inhabitant of those tr>wns were English and Scotch, men so notoriously attached to the Britifb government, that tfrey would throw the country to which they are now bound by the ftrongut of all ties, into anarchy and confufion rather than not have a chance of bringing us once more, under that go vernment. Now this fcemeth tome, to be a doc trine as strange and unaccruntable, as it appear eth to be unreasonable, and uncharitable. But ne vertheless it may be so—nothing being impofiible with the Creator of all things. The agriculturist next fays-i-that he doth not believe friend Henry, ever used such a wlticifm as a " Sol-lail'dpolitician." Is the agriculturist Jo apt to tell untruths himfelf, that he can so readi ly use the langu?ge of gross contrarii&ion towaids another? For my part, tho' I heard friend Henry deliver molt of the fentimcnts in that letter, 1 did not hear him call any person hy such names, yet 1 verily believe thai he did ; a certain peifon, S3 he returned from Cougsefs thro' Richmond, wa: told that he bad been so 'nick-named—not spe cially perhaps, but with the delegation generally, Nuiwithftanding, I am one of those who think that the letter-writer, was guilty of great imptudence and indifcretioa, for mentioning, and in such a .var, the name of any perion, to whom such an appella tion had been given, but in mentioning the name of friend Henry, as coming forward denying things which had been laid of him, I do not thir.k it was wrong, or improper : became, when fpeakinsr i n tr.y presence, hefeerr.edto fed as if he though': he hid been extremely ill treared, in havi. g been re presented as the Author, or Patron, of principles and fei-.timtnts which he disproved and despised. These things seemed to have lain long upon his mind, and it appeared to me that he took this pub lic opportunity to dilburthen himfelf. But the Agriculturist would insinuate that this old ex perienced Siatefmcn, and well tried Republican i. hefidrr having become a grumbling char>» • • mowing i jealcifsr f friend Giles—Jealous of {. ' f Glefc! PATRICK. HENRY! graving jealous of Billy Gila) ! ! weH'• that is fayfrg a jrrcat ikat .o be sure : at lead it is proving a won J jjruus extent of imagination and concept ran. sßut iVeling a fomcthiaa riling in my muici, which might tempt me to fay unbecoming things, I wii! drop the well, OBEDIAH PRIM. Richmond, 19th 7th Month, 179^- From the [New-Tort] Minerva. Much has been said about the present principal offi.ers of government, being " fuceeffirs in form to their preJeceffors." A miserable, clumsy, but ma licious writer, signing himfelf Paulding, has affei- ted, that the PrcfiJciit hiinfelf has pronounced ] them such. , Of the men now in office nothing ihall be lani, except that those who charge them with want ot talents, piove they are not acquainted with them and for integrity, indullry, candor and republican principles, they never had and never will", have their superiors in office or any where else. The enemies of the present administration are al ways attempting comparisons between the present and the fir ft Secretary of State, with a view to fc exalt Mr. Jefferfon. In this they are more indus- t trious tlten fuccefsful. Mr. Jefferfon's true cha- | rafter is well known, and he has all the praise he deserves, among his acquaintance, and rnoie than :he deserves less informed. His reputa-, j tion as a' man of science is rcfpe&able ; but he is ; found deficient in accuracy and close realoning. v He, has, at the fame rime, the reputation of c ! matiy things not his oivu. His famous report on j j weights and mcafures was founded on ideas taken from a volume of the society of arts and agricul ture, published in England many yea>-i ago, and now ia poflefiios of the writer. The idea of ma king the vibrations of the Pendr,!utn the basis of weights and measures, was borrowed from that - book, and the flnxional calculations in that repoit are the work of a profeffor in our college, and pro - . . ,y r% * a 1 - T . £T_.. C cured at the special req" t J » son. 3 \ ! The labored cor' j | ftcr, Mr. Genet, and th >?gf fa£t the letter* which h»v. W « t-. moil Credit were o«lj '• • • ••.. cretary ; the material ji r-g '■ ... !.s> in other cases, by all the heads of departnents, at the requisition of the President. In his. report on commerce, Mr. Jefferfon com- ' mitted some egregieus blunders, which tie mer chants in Boston detedted and exposed at the time ' the report was published. " Render unto Cefar, the things that are Ct- ' Car's," —and no more. The celebrated author of the " preciouj confef fions,-'ought to be the last man on earth to talk of " successors in form," to men of talents. His dul nefs was afuljift of derision throughout the Uni ted States—there are a thousand common barrilters in the United States who are better qualified, ei ther for Attorney-General, or Secietaiy of State. The enemies of our government would do well not " to cast the fiift done." (R.publi/hed hy rtgj/e/l.) AUGUST A, July 7. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadd- ptafafta-tm fiieiid in ihii town, dated.'une f. " Congress, after their long session, adjourned last week ; and it is to be hoped the result of their deliberations, so far as relates to the fritifh treaty, will be attended with consequences that cannot fail of eDfuring general tranquillity t» the United States.—The visionary evils, with vhich this in ftrament was said to abound, have tow given way to the cool and temperate voice of leafbn and Re flexion ; and nothing in my opinicn bears a moie honorable teflimony of the Amercan character, than the medium through which the treaty was viewed by ihe two branches of [overnmcnt/ to whose decision it was firft fubmtted.—By the newspapers, which we occafionaty receive hete from the southward, Georgia appe;rs to be an efta. blifhed theatre of political anarchy—The author ' of the drama, aod indeed the priicipal adior, is said to be formerly a rrember of Con- . grefs from that (late.—That man a fpokeof here, and in ever)' part where 1 have been, in the molt j contemptible point >■ view- H» is Cjid io ii.-.ve j made up last year, by jhr corruption, an if fervit nt to his t» y. '.h«f was a kind of 1 ?J entirely diftatci fadtious leader— faith, honor anti ui tin; iwr, uy rauiack ing its archives, and either annullinr or destroying every species of public record, by vbich the inte rested wishes of his own party waild have been in'the least affected.—But of all otler abuse?, the ' ( burning of the-records relative to tie sale of for h lands made by a former Lcgiflatun:, is the molt ! , (hamcful and unprecedented—Befoie 1 go farther, let me obferre to you, that this benfire of yours has done mure injury to your state, .han all the de vadation committed by the Britidi diring ihe late war—the people have held out your public a£U, as a mere mockery—a burlesque of legflative faith they think no trufl is to be reposed inyour govern, ment, -much less in your individual-—-your cha racter, as well as your landed property, has fuf. 'fered a considerable diminution ; and jou must re ally work miracles, to regain your former ftahdard, ' low as it bad been.—lf this multipircity of evils, it to be attributed to one man, what punifhmeßt does he not deserve from his fellow-citir.ens ? It is also said, that he has placed in office, men total ly unfit for their companion—that the gover. or is an iJSterate simpleton, scarcely able to sign his name —one of the l'oli ltors-general, a man who had, beeu a subaltern in the federal troops, and the other i ao irinerant preacher or i< hool ma/ter ([ forget which) who used to be ft tolling about the country —and all the reft of his appointments nearly of the fame damp In short, to give you a detail oi all , the ehargia exhibited that political finncr, place, would exhaust your patience ; I there- ! ti.re farther—But before i quit the fut jed, 1 cannot help regretting that the of ( • yr.m qnarr-is liiciild operate Hp»n us litre—you, no d. .ibt, seen a i.orrefpoodence between a Sv- 1 nattir and a Keprefentative frcm Georgia puWuh/ to the latter, which, however, hart wot ber.._ *>r cepted ; that the reprcfentative threw hin>fc the mercy of the IWe, related the ctrcumlfcm* in due form, and appealed to the members, whe •her it was not an infringement of their privileges, to have him thus interrupted in his legislative eapa ' c ity —By this timely and cautious proceeding, lie ' considered liimKlf secure for the time! But no ' sooner Congrefe adjourned, and feeing no farther feilirity could be granted by that body, than he went before Chief Justice M'Kean, and for lear ol any after-claps, had the Senatoi bound over to the peace—a prosecution is alio instituted, the trial o which is to come on in Augultor September nexi. , , This Hep of Mr. Baldwn has been thought ia thei liar Ih, even byforne of his awn intimates here, becttife General Gunn wanted to ga to Georgia, to fettle some private afTii-s, as we'll as to vnidr cate his conduct in his public capacity, if it had been required ; which he eannot now do, and be back time enough for his trial. New, Sir, setting this bofinefs on conditional grounds, I (houM be glad to know, who has committed the greatest Breach of legislative privilege, General Gnnn, in rendering Mr. Baldwin unfit to deliver a fpecch a gainjl the British treaty ; or Mr. Baldwin, in pre venting General Gunn's returning to his (late, in order to give his conlfituents an account of l'la po* litical tratifadiions since his departure from them. DOVER, (N. H.) July 19. DIED, on the 13th day of July inft. at Portf month, John Hale efq Attorney at Law, m 'he 34th year of his age. Perhaps the grave seldom closes over a vidlini, more highly recommended by the virtues that a dorn the man, and the citizen (han the one now it u .-With a latgeand comprehensive under . "di!his heart was noble, generous and hu• ' s .... e. Educated in the law by an eminent prafti . « nrpfeflional condudt was such as feeured j -rlpeet ann eiretm even «r more, wnoic m- 1 , .. is duties of advocacy compelled him to op- , :. : in the Legislature of New Hanpp- [ shir* 4 or 1»T8 sagacity to discern, and his integrity and firmnejs to pursue her best interest, he flood a \ candidate for her highest honors; and attached to j the principles of Government, and the constitution j of hm country he dlftinguifhed himfelf the guardian and zealous defender of both. But, arretted in his ar dent career, in the bloom of life, the cold hand of i death has laid him prostrate, and entomhec with | him the faireft expeditions of hisfellow citizens—| r The hope of aged parents travelling down the vale 1 of life is gone—their flay and their ftaff is taken a- I way—The fond, the generous, the affedtionate bro- ; s ther is departed—The delight and ornament of the ! bar, the cheerful and agreeable companion, the the faithful and difinteretled friend has left us, and j the places which knew him fhallknow him no more. ; The heroic fortitude and almost unpareleled firm nefs difcovercd in his last moments, while flrug- j gling with acute disease—the lleadv tranquil eye with which he met the king of terrors, tli calm re- Agnation to his fate, transmit him to puflerity in " th&amiable light of a real philofcpher. O ! »li.,' imports it, to add a day, 1 A little day, to the short transient life r Of one poor mortal ? by th' eternal powers , In their exalted sphere our days are number'd t Let us, without retreat, or dread, pursue j Where leads their firong, unerring deftio^. The ways of hcar'n are dark and intricate Our understanding, puzzled in mazes, Traces them ir« Vain. : [Translated for the Gazette of the United ' States.] « From Hamburgh papers. \ WARSAW, May 4. 1 Authentic intelligence is received here, that the - Ruffian troops under command of General Valeri an Subost continue their military operations with r the best success, againfl the Perfianrobberg. They ' have already taken the impcitant commercial town and fortrefs Derbent, lituated in the Northern part ' of the Perfiau Province Sirwan, on tine Caspian fca. 1 r ortrf s3f 3 j s cnr ,'rely surrounded with lofty ;oi -111s, and the oniy oafs, thro' which an army c= roach Persia. In the year 1722, it furren « the Ruffian army under Peter the Great, ' u 0 reliorei to-Prrfia, in >%« ; rom a Hamburgh paper of Mav 13. - -Sir of the American Cor.ful at Algiers, to the American Consul at Marseilles. Algiers, April 5. " j After many difficulties ar.d anxiety, I have fuc -1 ! ceeded this day, to eftabliffc and to renew our trea ty with the Regency of Algiers, this lung time I had almost despaired of effecting it-. More par , ticulars in my next. ' PARIS, May 6. 5 The Executive Ditcftory of France, have canfed ; a beautiful white horse to be presented to Gen. " ' Buonaparte. MADRID, April 16. Last Saturday died here, the celebrated Duke d« Crillon. Next Sur.day the French Arohaffadcr Gen. Perignon, is to have his audience at the Court, at Aranjtiez. The people of this capital on his arrival gave linking proofs of cordiality and ' attachment to the Nation he repiefented. > t t Tranjlated fur the MIN ERFA. PARIS, May 18. s Head-Quarters at Angers, 25 Floreal. e The Commander in Chief to the Executive «-'i. j , redtoiy. r! Citizens, t Tiie movements of the Troops of the Republic, , in this country, have bad the ftfcctfs you expected!- e Siepeaux and the Chouans whotn l.e comm»«ur laws and lay down their ay*s.^ (Signed) >fDCHE. - | Gen. Hoche further announce, tliat tlie fubdivi- I r fion of Loire Inferior has>ete*led the Chouans. f j and taken tbeir chicri*rf?ig!ais ; that all the com t mui.es from Nant?. :o Alice.:is have fu rendered . their arms—\y< Debrae, Vallois, Ji.Llfclon ai>d 1 Fayet, fnljf pulsing the sea aud laud forces upon a refpeftaWe footing. The of Algiers has orde ed his cruifcrs t 0 take all Danish vcflcls. Six (hips belonging to the 'Danes-, in the harbor, he had ordered to be dii. mantled. F R' A N C E. 'jUfMt "F TWS The Commander in Chief of the army of the Jllp t) to the Executive Directory. Citizen President, I rejoicc with all good citizens, and the bn?t defenders of the Repuhlio, who compose th? itmj of the Alps, at the new victory which he Execu tive Directory has gained over the factions wbicl would anniiiilate the government and the legiilatore We all fes with the most lively fatisfa&ion, thj the Directory knows equally well how to difcon cert the infernal plots of our internal enemies, an. to fecura triumph abroad to the armies of the Re public. They may rely on the devotion of troops whom I command, a» well as on that of tbr General. H'*lth and RefpeS, (Signed) v 6 KELLERMAN. On the firft Prarial, a body of 14 men, a part 1 ffce 60th half-brigade, entered Lyons, a»d utterc violent imprecations against the inhabitants, callii them chouar.s. They declared they had con . f-rrr 'V (pare the Mulca&ms. At tliat moment they fj citizen Rollet, with a whi'e button in bis hj They pierced with bayonets this father of a famil ard ne fell. A t'noufand cries of indignation wc raised against tl.e detachment of afiafiins, andthf I fell upou the citizens and plunged their bayonets their breasts—The citizens hurled (tones at thet andcompelled them ro take fnclter in hotel commu The commander, Montchoify, arrived and quel i ed the tumult ; but the multttu :e prefTed round hi demanding justice, which he proraifed. The ffi: > were arretted and difarined. Just as the peop | were (Hfperfmg, a drum was beat—and 200 mi I from the barracks of Collinetts arrived. The alar | became genera!; but on the proinife of the prop to w-iit in tranquility for the execution of 'uftit the 200 men were sent to their quarters. At tk moment another body of 200 men from anoth battalion appeared and revived thf alarm, whi( w/s augmented by the fight of fotnfl voluntees wl had loaded their arms, without orders, and declart they would re eltabh'fh the fans-onlottes. Bi other volunteers having wounded two or thr< .young men, there was a profpe£t of a horrible rea facre. Th.? Geiteral i one of the young men from their hands And ordere the detachments into tkeir quarters. A provisory agent of police, Seriziat, was as also one named llotibas. These men ough< t have attempted to make their crimes forgotten but they invited their fate,, one by discharging th piflol at the citizens, the other by wounding young man ,?ith a poignard. Tranquillity is reflored. Full confidence is pl»c ed in General Montehoify by the citizens; he 1 called the friend of humanity and the savior of Ly ona. [Journal of Lyons'] BY THIS DAY's MAILS. NEW-YORK, July 28. Capt, Glad, of the Fair American, arrived la evening from Nintes, in 40 days. He inforn that the lalt accounts received at Nantes, were, tha. an action had taken place on the Rtiine, in which tl French were fuccefsful. Capt. G. has brougl papers which are promised to be furmfhed to 1 this dsy. [/} J Latejl from France. Late last evening the (hip Fair American, Cap Glad, was wafted into port from Nantes, wnii place (he left the 19111 ult. She brings intelligei of TWO BATTLES ON THE RHINE, the htft ot which the French appeared to have; ven way, but being reinforced renewed the cor bat with republican heroiftn, and totally'routed. 1 Avjlrian army, with imracnfe (laughter. (Argti«.>- Capt. Downs, from Gibraltar, informs, that brought letters from Mr. Humphreys to the 1 ecutive of the United States ; and that the Pi", raged very truch at Algiers. From the latejl Parit Papers. Translated for the Daily /idvertifer. COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED- Prf/idency ef Citizen Crajfonsi Silting of 23d Floreal, May 11. Meflage of the Executive Dire&ory, 25th Flor May 14, 4>h year ofthe French Republic and indivisible. Citizen Legiflatofs, To infotm thg-nation of the Confpiraey wl has been dj£i«fvered, we transmit to von a cop two of the most important pieces found among of Babceuf. By the Executive Direflory, Secretaiy General Lagard The 34th piece of the 18th bundle of ps found upon Babcscf, acknowledged by him with his mark on ibem : To kill the (ive hundied. The seven tr.imicrs. ] The commandant at the time and his m?j'» j To take poflcfiion of the hall of the Anc , and of the Five Hundred.