i ' -
Fcr the Gazette of the-United States.
Wf. Ff.nno,
I 03SERVED fomefhameful mif-ftatem'ents of the
•.vriterin your Gazette under thefignatureof Phocion,
refpeftir ; the-conduil ofMr. Jefferfon \vhile gover
nor of Virginia in the year 1781, and having been
jjerfotlally prEsent, in dftuaFfervice, throHgh all the
scents of that year, from its commencement,
jiid before, until after the termination of the siege of
York, I can state what that conduit real ly was, with
more trurband certainty than eitber'Phbcion or his
friend Charles Simms, neither of whom appear to
lenow much about what they have written, and .vere'
certainly neither of ihciTi in "Virginia at t-heperiod
referred to. First then, it is not ;rue that " Mr- Jef
icrfon abandoned his trust at the mrmtnt of ittvafjon I*—Armold's1* —Ar-
mold's tni vAtir. r or»k plSce in'January,l7Bl, Mr Jef
ferfon remainid in his ftarion through the whole pe
riod of that inva'lion. Cornwallis's invasion took
v'ace in-May,T7Bf, and hecontimiert'toadvairceinto
•he country ua til the be gi nn ng of June, when he com
menced his retreat before rite Marquis-Fayette into
'he lower country, on the fea-bord,.the Marquis hav
-13 rakrn the onsroand about two months before.
Mr. Jefferfon did not religjjpt all, orabandou Mstta
tioh, he remained in j ofiice until after Cornwallis's
retreat, and until the time for which he was confti
' utionallv elected, had expired, to-'wit, the 12th of
June, 1781. -Before he left the office, however, Mr.
4 jefferfon demanded of the legislature, a full enquiry
into the conduct of the executive for the last twelve
months, which'was accordingly granted by the refo
tian of the 12th of June, 1761, and the 26th of No
vember following appointed for the enquiry, being a
period of near fix months allowed to bring forward
any charges or proofs again ft Mr. Jefferfon. On the
s6th of December, 1781, the aifembly proceeded to
Take up the enquiry at lafge, on the report of a com
mittee of their own bo'dy, and having firft voted that
no charge or aceufation whatever, appeared against
Mr. JefFerfon, and " that there never -was any cause for
the hut fame vague and groundltfs rumours, 1 " 1 they
unanimously paired the resolution of the rath De,
eember, 1781, already published in your gazette, Mr.
Fenno, and which if Phocion's candour will permit
him again to read, he will find not merely an ac
knowledgment of Mr. JefFerfon's ability and inte
grity, and altogether fi/ent on the want of firmnefs, but con
taining express lhanksfor " his attentive adr,ation
of the polurrs of the executive tukih- in oj/ice."
Secondly, Mr. Fenno, It is not true that Mr Tef
firfon at any time fied before a few light-horsemen
and fhamcfully abandoned his trust, or, as suggested'
fey Charles Simms,contributed by his conduit to the
loss and distress which accrued to the state in the de
ftruaion of the public records, and vohchersfor gene
ral expenditure—Letfafts speak. In a few days after
the arrival of Arnold's fI.H, the enemy proceeded
150 miles up James's river, and land-d his tr»ops
within 24 m les of Richmond, the night before his
march to that place. All the militia of the state
which could be armed being then out, under the'
command ofGeneial Nelfon,.about fixtv miles dif
tant, in the neighbourhood of Williamfburih and
no defence at hand for the seCurity ofßichmond, but
about 200 half-armed militia, under the commrnd
of Baron Steuben who could do nothing more than
cover the reraovrf! of the records and military stores
across James River, from Richmond to Manrhefter 1
and secure the boats and bat(eaus on the Manchester
fide to prevent the enemy's passing ; the writer of :
this remained 1a Richmond with the-laft detach
ment of militia that palled the river with re
cords and stores, "and until the enemy (about o
o clock in the morning) had entered the lower part 1
of the town, and began to fiank it with their light .
horse, he few-Mr. JefFerfon as active as man coSld
be, as well the night before, as that morning, Hie
ing his orders, ami using every exertion to remove '
the records ana stores. He afterwards saw him at 1
Weffhim,'five miles above Richmond, where Ar- 1
roid puflied a dctachment to destroy the stores at 1
that place, and which thro' Mr. Jefferfon's exertions •
were almost entirely saved. -The next day when 1
the enemy evacuated Richmond, the firft man the 1
writer of this saw, as he entered the town, was Mr t
JefFerfon. Let a candid public then determine whe
ther condnft lihe this, to which the writer hereof
was an eye-witness, manifested want 0 f firmnefs
or an abandonment'of trust. TV'lituatum of the' !
State was at that time peculiarly distressing the {
whole of its Continental quota of troops were then J
acting in Soul,h Carolina; manv thousand stand of t
arms had been fnppliedfor the defence of North Ca
roHna, and Arnold's invasion found the State al- '
most totally defencelefs. The state of things' was I
(little better in a fsw months afterwards whenCorr- f
wallis' invasion happened, and the Marquis Fayette 1
took the commard, since it is wellknown, that thro'
the whole Of that campaign, the Marquis thro' want 1
of arms never had more than three or four thousand 1
nnhtia badly armed, in aid of the few continental t
troops that were detached from the Northern army
to Virginia, such was the deplorable situation both '
of the State ano Continent, -for want of arms In 11
refpeft to Tarleton's sudden march to a
during that campaign, in order to Turprife the Go- t
vernor and A.Tembly, it will be remembered tJiat
the Marquis' army was inferior to Cornwall!.' and
had few or nb cavalry attached to it that at Char- *
lotfville there was not evena linglecompany of mi- a
litia, and that Tarleton made a rapid march of C
about 60 miles thro' the country at the head of about I 1
500 cavalry. The writer of this was alfb present i
at Charlottfville at the time, and saw Mr. Jefferfon V
and his Executive Council attending their dutv at' ! C
tHit place With theAflcmbly;]t will not be pretend ' 1
ed then, under the crcuutftanees stated, that Mr. c
A j J 1' a "dJhamefulty '
abandoned hr. truj}, as isfalfcly alFerted by Phocion
But, Mr. Fcnno, why do the enemies of Mr Fes- l~
■ f f r '°; n ' ca , v , il 3 ' h '' honourable acquittal alone by f(
tl)c Aflemfcly of V rgima, from grouudlefs and un- ti
founded charges } they well know that at the end of
that-very yexr, his brave and galUrrt successor in of- 0
£ce, General Nelson was fubjerted to publicaccufa w
tioa and impeachment before the Aflembly for sup- n
posed mifcondudl in office, and honorably acquitted ft
by ihe fame body, in the fame manner precifelv l
and with .an unanimous vote of thanks, as in the'
ease of Mr. Jefferfon. N» proof- appeared against
cither, the aecufation in each cafe was declared to «
and the honorable reputation of both il
stand or fall by the verdict of the fame body I
leave it with a candid public u> form their own re
fieftious. a(
l u r\jc u A stJ BSCRISER. o'
36th October, 1796.
"" it
Tor the Gaz«tte of the Unitfd States.
PHOCION—No. XI.
WE li ► seen that the firft advice given bv Mr 'H
Jefferfon to the people of Virginia, relative to the ' it,
ci/fiHitution, was not to adopt, but to try a-fecond no
convention ; his fulfequcnt advice was, to adopt or ! pa
not, on a tmtitifency, mat is, to adopt if nine gates de
had net p.ev.oufiy adopted, to reject, if that num. -»L
bcr of slates had previously adopted, in other words, St
to rJlque an ultimate di/mcmberrnent of the ftatea in i doi
- n experiment, to obtain the altetatioos which ht
deemedneceffary. On examination thit advice will
i.e found as pregnant with milchief to the United ing
wft absurd and whimsicaL
. the four hft deliberating Hates (particul.rly fZ
liacJ happened to be ftatei in geo-raphital the
contiguity, wLich was trerypoCble) had refufeti to'
ratify the cotilHtutioo, what might not liave been
the consequence ? Would the ajfinting dates have
tamely luffered themlelres to be ceerced into the a
''ie meHdmcnts, which the diffenttng states might have
'® n J di3a/ed? Could *ny thing but objections to the
een conliitution of the mod have'juilified
the the hazarding an eveathal schism in the union, in so
;nr , great a degiee as would have attended the advive
; °h given by Mr. Jefferfon ? Can it be denied thai the
his person who entertained these objeSions was llrong-,
to ly oppdfed to the confutation ?
ere' The opponents of the conliitution '-(or the anli
federalijh as they were called') acknowledged, like
r _ Mr. JefFerfon, the necessity and utility of union-,
ef- and generally fpea-ktni?, that the conltitution con
pe- tained many valuable Matures ; like him, they only
contended that it wa-ited ftittte eflential alteiations
to render it a fafeatid good government ; like him,
nto they only wanted a fecund convention, to alter the
iv- conftitutiori, fp as to temove alt the objtdh'ons iv+iich
had been made, by what they called the people, but
ls , s in truth, by a few faftiotis diforganizers or vifiopa
ti_ ry theorifti in the several Hates.
of If Mr. JefFerfon's advice was not danger 6at, it
? r - certaiuly was ridicultfus in the extreme. 'According
ve t 0 iat a d vlce » 'he queltion before a state conventi
o- OI ? would not have been on the merits or demerits
o- ol the constitution, but the only question would be,
I a in ivhat numerical trder theJldteJlood :if she wetc
'^ e ninth state, then it was ufl«aceflary'to discuss the
t0 merits of the instrument •; it mull be adopted
n_ evtnts ; but if she happened to be the tenth, it must
at then be rejected at all events, without any difcufTi
kr * n ' wou ' l ' ave heeß ftmply neccffary to hare
ascertained, haw many flateis had adopted, which
being known, the adoption or rejeSionfollowed
[r. of course ; and tho' in other cases, it flioald seem
that the more states had adopted a measure, the
stronger would be the recommendation, as an evi
dence as the approbation of the people, yet in this
on cafe, the ingenious Jefferfon reversed the rule, and
the more Aates had adopted, the less credit ought it }
j- to have with the temainder. ]
, d ' But when this very sage advice was given, it hap
ie pened never to occur to its author, that two con- '
-~ veutions might be in session at the fame time, and '
that either of them, by its adoption, would make '
C d ! hc " •' what was to be done is this dilemma ? ,
>s I" s sdvice was proper for Virginia, it was proper <
is ior all the other llates, how would they fettle the t
e, etiquette, which was to adopt without amendments, c
5 and which was to reject, to obtain them ?it would
d haveiequired conferences and negotiations, in which e
it not a fyliable would have been said, refpe&ing the '
d merits ot the constitution, but the whole discussion a
would have turned on, which ought to adopt, to j,
: y complete the Hiagical number, nine. r
t I' the contest had occurred between a large and c
>f a small state, Virginia and Delaware, for inffance, ?
the dispute indeed might easily have been fettled : 1
Virginia would lay, do you adopt, and we'll drive |!
t them into amendmentsi little Delaware would not p
t contend with the antient dominion : But a serious a
a difficulty would have arisen, had the contest beea a
e' between Virginia and Pennsylvania, and both were n
t determined to adopt or rejedl: if noeompaH could
have been concluded between them, I cannot fe< *
t how Mr. Jeffei son's scheme could hare operated: 1
if both refufed to adopt, there would not have been c
e the magic number ;if both determined to adopt, b
. then ten states would have adopted, and no amend- n
- menu obtained. p
And all this, thought Mr. JefFerfon, might be 0
e ' aecompltfhed with ease, and without schism ! Sup
e fokj-he four largefl flatei, Virginia, Pennfylvanii, 1
|i Maffachufet .s and New-York, had rejeßed the con- A
- TT,' ■ u P on all the amendments t)
- "'"■ c" 'heir several conventions required :is it 'pro- g
s bable that the other nine states would, without a T
- struggle, have i elinquifhed their opinions, and been (l
, brow beat-into a firing of amendments, which they, f
t m accepting the eonftitution, had deemed frivolous, a '
1 unnecessary or dangerous ?or on the other hand, n
had the four small slates withheld their consent, ci
t I . H . or , d " l to coerce the nine others into amendments,
i 11 tlTe latter would have been swayed, by
j any apprehensions, to after a constitution, on which ft
- they had retted their hopes of future happinels > "
1 "vewing the sentiments of Mr. JefFerfon, Z
tefpedfing- the constitution, we are compelled to h;
alcribe the contradiiSions and absurdities they dif
f | cover, to a natural UNlleadinefs of principle, on V
t i th , c . '" b J ea of govc/nment, and t« a disposition,
, i whlch '« v< r y manifeft, to p i ea f c both parties un- ,
1 ItT i- • 3 time ' which wook} P'eponderate. ?!
■ i likefome w — <*** f r
; <r.o.ed by hath f'dts. At the firft appearance of ni
| the constitution, he had very serious objeflicns to it th
" J"*". * ccmm,ndci another convention—when he
' ,° U . ' at Ji I,ke 'y to bc adopted, his obiec- ' h (
r and l>e advised the M
w'L f a,<S ~ Wht "u h " f ° Und that tbe constitution
. was a favonte with the people, then his objeelions
nearty vanished, and he was content that Conrrefs*
ftosld recommend amendments where they (hould an
L°rJ,l C l y, a e JifreC "" d an ° th ' r mention, p"
If as the latter ltage of the business he found it V,
expedient to acejuiefce in the will of the mai i, v
" rem . a '"«'o enquire, whether he has, since the
operation of the federal government, continued his
acquiescence, or whetKer, finding in this cojntrv i
on his return from France, a Dartv „„p C ' l
that government and to the constitution, from which ' nl
»t emanated, his former enmity has not Kr l
again, ,ad difpl.yed itfclt in hostile acts, coT t
fpicuous to have escaped notice and censure
lo prove that Mr. Jefferfon has been for manv
years » determined opponent of the federal confti
. [ tution and of the measures which have flowed from
t it, under the admmiftration of Washington I will W °
I | now proceed to shew that he was the i!jj,l or
r patron of the National Gazette, publiflied in Phil" ,
! v','] and " ndenc y of wfiieh were ,; P ,°'
.; Wifir and deprecate of the United 1
States, to mt/reprefent and traduce the fl A,' •/;
it (excerinthefi ßg f m
and
have them now, I hive so much confidence iiTmv DOt am,
trymen, as to be fatisfied that we (hall have 7.Z fen
loon as the deeeneracv nf OUP - 5 them, as lcn
them necefTary." ' government Dull render 1
to he was the head) implicating in the moll virulent
•en- ceiifure t{lermajority of both huufisof tongrejs, the
ive heads both of the tieafury and war departments,
a- and (paring not the chief ntagiftrate himfelf;
ive that in the support of this paper, thus hoflile to the
he .government,-in the administration of which he held
iecl so important a trust, he did not ferqple to apply the
'so' money of that very government; departing by this
ive conduct from the rules qf ofii ial propriety and ob
he ligation, and from the duty of a discreet and patri
ig. otic citizen.
This charge i« fapported in' several ways.
li- I ft. By .diredf proof of an e^/a/connexion be
ri;< tween \hc. secretary of Jlate and the editor of the
in-, National Goaette—a little antecedent to thef r/i ejla
n- blifhment of that paper.
ily 2d. By direst proof, as we have seen, of the
ns secretary's being opposed to the .present govern
m, ment of the United States, while it was under the j
he confederation of the people.
eh 3-d. By his avowed opposition to the principal '
ut nteafures which have been adopted in the course of 1
a- its administration, particularly those relating to the '
finances. 1
it As to the conueSion betweea the secretary of Jlate and 1
,g the editor of the National Gazette, neither of the, sol- a
j lo»/ing faifls can or will be disputed. <
I ft- That the editor of the National Gazette was a j a
clerk in the department of Jlate for foreign languages, i a
e > and as such, received a Jalary oftiuo hundred undfjty ,
lc dollars a year.
Ie id. That he, became so antecedently to the eftabJifh- j C
ill ment of his Gazette, having adtually received j n
ft ry from the 17th August, 1791, and not havingpub- j v
j. lifned the firfl number of his paper till the 31ft Oaober I n
following. I tj
3d. That at the time he became so, there was ano-I si
" ther character, a clerk in the lame department, -who 0
d underflood the French language ; asd that the editor of j
n the National Gazette was a tranjlator oj that language
e only. I.tl
4th. That the appointment was not made under any a '
s _$«*W,provi(ion, marking out a particular clerk, Tup of I «
, the kind, its duties, or its emoluments ; but under a tl
general authority to, -appoint clerks, and allow them fa- e
' la nes, Bot exceeding the average of five hundred dol- ; r
lars eaeh. |
jth. '4'hat the editor of the National Gazette, imme- °'
, diately preceding the eftabliflunent of'that-paper, Was P'
the fuperintendant or condu&or of a paper belonging j in
e to Childs and Swaine, printed at New-York. m
? These are theJaHs : the conclujon is irrejfjiahle : the ar
• Jecret intentions of men being in the repositories of their m
r own breasts, it rarely happens, and is therefore not to
t be expe&ed, that -4iredt and pefitive proof of them
, can be adduced. Iy«
j Preemptive fatfs and e&cumftances biuft afford the P r
evidence, and when these are Efficiently ftrone, they «
ought to decide. j [j.
We find the head if a department taking the editor Lur
of a Gazette into his-employment, as a clerk, with a co
» Jtated Jalary, not for any Jpecial purpose, which could
not have bftn accomplilhed otherwise; for besides bis I
own competency to translate from the French, and his ?
( general pradhce, he tad, at the time, in his depart
. ment, a clerk, who was eapabk of performing the
. ycry Jervice required, and cofild, without difficulty,
; have procured others Gmilarly qualified: nor, from any
• particular necessity arising from a too limited allow
-1 ance, or any other cause ; for he had it in his power to
1 allow an adequate compensation to a character who r
t might have been regularly attached to the department.
I Ihe very txtjknce of Jucb a conn,a.»n, then, is alone '
• f h " „' ent foßndatlon f° r believing, that the delign of
the arrangement wa> to fecurc an t,ij!u c ncc over Tfie pa- |
per, the editor of which Was so employed. But the ear
' circumstances which attend it, explain the nature of it 95
, beyond a doubt. That which has been just mentioned, die
namely, there having been firevioujly a ilerk in the de- on
partment, qualified to render the Jenvice, is a weighty me
: ° nc - Tlre com '"S oj « new printer from another state,
to institute a: ncw paper-his having been appointed a
c erk in the department prior to his removal to this city I
faKW"? COm P eßfated be f° r < was even prl | p
lent to fetisfy the appearance of rendering service —
. theft circumstances give a point and cnerpy to the lan-
tra " /aah "' w hich render it unequivocal.
. ' Perhaps, never was a more JlimJy co-v.-riu? for
th epenjomng of a printer. Some ojlenjible for '
fZ'ed Th th 'P u bltc money, was necessary to be con
ss 1
ot w .
The medium of negotiation between his friend, the J
secretary oj J?«te, and Mr. Freneau, in order to the in- 1
iTXffed whVh 9r f " wc ". know »' documents J
are pouelled which afcertam the perfo* • but Vld
withheld, from parricular considerations. Theft are J
the more readily y,elded to, because the fafls which BIC
an il A " t R ° N t^3e National Gazette. I
ord d r and c
rt, 111 Un . ne ce fl ary to add what is equally well known A
""•JSSSS"* «"»»»«> »r«ni A
piti.™ of P.nr,r,l„„i. bc
«.»« b, ,ht tic,,™,.,® Club „ r C t '
was laid in the publications of that club. Mar
Previous to it, breaking out—the agent, oft Vat Mar
club dominated thrs'the interior country thtir '° r <
inflammatory addresses. y new
They stuck them up on trees—feattered ther, f ° r 1
'
and other conveyance,. Lies and flanders Torn! "
e SAME AGENTS OF MISCH lev o
of the Federal Government. 1 ' thcfc Ca Pl
Ler us remember that tKc - \V
some persons, have „ ° f these be
and many lives. >C m 'lhon of dollats, I (h
'.ufi s'? rr k " bi »- ••> -w 1
r™. 05 b r ,1, of o ,t"j u h b "™ b «" .be,
.h^ lt r Wml ,iek « ««»»2S
ibc Democratic Ciub. 0 f L<
■ulent FOR THE G AZETTE OF THE UNITED st*
/.the — tuST ATES.
Lents, Mr. Fenn«,
rfclf;' Th, re.jre.nent of George Washington from DU U
o the 11 5. 11fe vvlll lead t0 a crifisof a magnitude f 0 i ,
: held demand the feriou. attention of"
>lytbe fr,end 10 h " country : for on his fuccefTor wi n T
r this ■.«"« ™ afure depend the future peace aod T*
d ob- P"!f f ' of America, if i n s e as ons 0 f f°j V
patri- q t y' the dutles of the important office of P T
P dent of the United States call f er m „ ch ! l
how much more neccffary will it be t 0 fiv '
„ be- raan ° f virtu*, and firmnefa at this
f the P f »°d, When Europe i, ravaged with the fW "
>eja- war > a " d "hen the peculiar features that mark, t ji
conouft of parties leaves not a doubt of tlu- •
• the . V ° rS Wb ,' ch a hav<: bee " by intereiling ,h e °S"
?ern . 'ngs and inflaming the rcicntmeut our an "'
the to l»duce a conduct on our part which aiuft
y ' cad us ln, ° a war > ruir.ous in the extreme v
cipal th " a, ' e " dc p d with or defeat. lt ; 5 ' u ' ot £
fe of " ,(h ' Pume \» to-enter ,nto a companion of
0 (he the merits of .ndmdu.l candidate, ; events are!
very day anfing of an important nature and J>i t
. and may between the day allotted for chufing EletW,
Jol- and their meeting, have a great a»d leading infll'
ence on their deliberation, ; i only wifli to call
' as a •"ent.on of my fellow citizens to the importance of
««, a right choice of Eieftors, and the necessity 0 £
fiJ'J their giving thejr rote, on this occasion. Th«
Jifh- COM Kk th ;r°. parlic ' in Con « rcfß becj
f . marfced by a diftina.o* too strong to ifcape obfer
pub- vatlf >"' One of them has umfoimly opposed the
ober mealures of the present Executive Government—
the other has with equal firmnefs.and more f ucceh
ano- supported those meaiures. If the oppofi.ie,, of
"of one I,ad bcen f "«efsfull, it, effea«mu(t be left to
mgt "Bjeaurc ; but the beneficial effeds resulting from
.the mcafurea adopted by the Executive, a,e felt br
*ny aIL .{5 theicfo 'e reft, with u, to determine whether
pof we will chufe for Eledar,, men who are fenfibkof
% 3 f e n r'" gs wc en j°y' and who the choice
> a- er i resident fix oq a man who accords with them
aoi ' in fent.ment, and who, following the path pointed
me- illuftriou* President, will consider the '
was P re ' erT *tion cf rhe peac« of our country as his molt
■ing important duty, and our greatest blefling—Or on
men whofeconduft has been uniformly marked by
the ai) opposition to the meafureiof oirr pretpnt govern
ment, and who will naturally chufe for President,
em 3 P erfoß °f opinion with themfeUes. In a woid,
you aie to djfermine whether, fatisfied with the*
the P re f fnt Situation of your country, you wi(h the go
key vernment to purfuethejr present line of condud; or
by a charge hazard the confeqiiences of a fyflem of
'tor untried politics, which may be the iuin ofyoo#
uld countr y» ' >ut w hicb cannot increase it, prosperity.
bis A. Z. ,
hi* "" ——————a
the Philadelphia,
ty, —
ny SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER i 9; ij 9 i.
ho t F /'i ay ' the ljft inftant ' w »"ti Minto,
U ; Fro ' e " or °f Mathematics and Natural Philof*-
ne »n the College of Princeton, New-Jcrfcy.
of — 11
55=" " "VTLlltve-iLiLliidk iuiupk.iem«f »(! the Ameti
he can prisoners lately redeemed from Slavery at Aleieri V /
it 95 in number; including alfb the names of those wiio
;d, died at Algiers after the conclulion of the treaty, mi I
le- on the paflage to Marseilles. This interefling docu- '
ity meat will be published in Monday's Gazette,
te,
1 a ELECTION RETURNS.
"y ' _
Counties of Washington, Allegheny, Wcftraorelaad,
a*d Fayette.
/ Walhington and Allegheyy diftrift.
Jr ' Governor—Thomas Mifflin. <
Congress—Albert Gallatin, t\n
n . John Woods, 10)<f
e( j Thomas Stokeley, 486
an Senator—John Hamilton, JO4l
Thomas Morettfh, 1353
' Washington eeunty elefls four reprefentitives, to the
he Aflembly. The numbers for the refpetlivc candi
dates were as follow :
tJ David Achcfon, 18.19; W. Wallace, 177 a; Da
re vid Johnson, ( 16x1; Wm. Hoge, 1413.
re John Hcaton, 963; John Hoge, 864; James Brice,
, 810; William M'FarJand, 633; Samuel Hyde, 435 t
n T. Sedgwick 400.
n ' Sheriff—Thomas Hamilton, 958
( ' R Jonathan Lee', 95*
CommiflioneM—John Cotton, Robert Kl'Cready.
re Allegheny County.
le Assembly—Samuel Ewalt, John Lucas,
id Commissioner—Nathaniel Irilh.
r _ Weftmoreland and Fayette diflriifl.
n Congress—William Findley.
Weftmoreland County. '
Allembly—George Smith, Benjamin Lodge, Mi
\ chael Ruch. .
J Commissioner Dickey.
Fayette County.
Assembly—John Smille, John Cunningham.
The Conneflieut Courann of Oil. «4, fays»
We hear from New Haven, that the Hon. Uriafc
Tracy, Esq. is elcdled a Senator in jhe Congress of
d the Uni'ed States, in the room of the Hon. Jonathin
Trumbull, Esq. resigned; and that the Hon. Jame»
n Hillhoufe, Esq. is e edled a Senator to serve after
March next, his appointment in May lait expiring ia
t March. We also hear, that all the okl representative*
lor Congress are re-eledled, and that Mr. Dana is the
r new member.—Mr. Davenport is chosen representative
lor the next fix months, in the room of Mr. Hillhoufe*
. By the Diana, captain Potts, a geutltman re
ceived the London Mornin® Chronicle, of
the 19th September—from which the following
t article, are taken.—
LONDON, September 19.
From the London Gazette, September 17<
Admiralty-Office, Sept. I3> 1 79^-.
1 Copy of a letter from commodore fir John Borlafe
Warren, K. B. te Evan Nepean, 'esq. dated on
' board his majefty 1 , ihip La Pomone, Falmouth,
(he io'h instant.'
SJK, v* _ . ; I
I requett you will inform their lordfliipl, that ot»
the 22d of August, at ten A. M. a fail was disco»
vered in the s. s. w. quarter. 1 immediately oii
patched the Galatea after her, who made the fig n3 '
of her being an enemy's frigate. I therefore sal-