'übjeft. He tiop-'d they wou : d Hare leave ta fit
again and decide upon the refolutians that had
beta offered to them, for he lerioufly believed- if
ever they were to.call upon the debtor ilates to pay
wha» they owed to the Union, this was the proper
fea<"on for doing it. Every weeks delay, whilst it
feeraed to give new strength ta the unwillij.gnefs of
t itofe - .eg to discharge their balances, weakened
the ability of the general government to enforce
them.
£To be continued. J
Phtladelphia,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1797.
Chaiitt KfcRMONs will be preached To-Morrow
is Chrill's Church and St. Peter's, for thfe benefit of
tile Poor of their Congregations.
Married, on Thursday evening lasts by the Htv.
Mr. Green, Mr John H. Barnes, to MiTs Eliza
11akhtson, daughter of Mr. Benjamin Harbefon.
, fame evening, by the Right i<ev. Dr;
White Mr. William Williams, merchant, la>e
ly from Londou, to Miss Sally WinCfield, of
this city.
, on Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Dr.
Helmuth, Mr. Jamks Harris, printer, to Mils
Hannah Walker.
ADDRESS
Of the Haufe of Rcprefentativei of the State of
Pennsylvania,
To THE GorHRNOR.
To THOMAS MIFFLIN,
s Governor of the State of Pennsylvania.
SIR,
THE many important'fubje&s recommended by
you to the coufideration ot he legislature, will
command our mod serious attention.
In congratulating you on the prosperous situa
tion of our country, iu the enjoyment of peace,
and rapid ingreafe of population and rfeallh, the
feeling, which confiderationsfo grateful imprefc on
the mind, are dilturbed by the recollection, that
Ameiica is ere long to be deprived of the services
a pi'iiot, whose wife and ju'iciotts system oi
policy lias heretofore preserved us i.i tranquility and
liappinels. After a long and fplenid career in the
service of bis country, our beloved Pr.efideni will
fqun retire into the wa.k of private life ; and iu
expreffingour warm It willies, that his remaining
year® may be as happy as the preceding bate b.en
gloiious, we speak the unanimous of oui
grates*! country.
The circumUances attending the choice ot elec
tors of a President and Vice -President of the Uni
ted States, will naturally cab our attention to a
licral revision of the election laws, believing it to
be peculiarly necessary, that the legifLtive will on
the fu"bjett of elections, (hnuld be so . 1 :nr and ex
plicit, as to prevent the poffiiillity <us millaJte ot
nifconlli uttion, and to preclude tbe ncccffity of
executive dilciertaa.
It is a painful conliJeration, that the meaftireS
heretofore taken by the legiflattire to project tbe
lights of our citizeus 011 the .wrllcra frontiers, and
to give the necessary authoiit\ ta the laws in the
Wyoming dillrift, have not had the drfired effe&
—a controversy, which has so long diftu'bed the
peace »l the llatc, and which every d;ty becomes
more serious and alarming, mult claim a particular
caoflderation.
GEORGE LATIMER, speaker.
Philadelphia Dispensary.
January 2, I 797.
The annual meeting of the Contributors, for tVe
pnrpofe of ele&ing managers, .was held this day ;
When the following peifoni were duly chosen fui
the present year, viz.
William White
Henry Hill,
Samuel Pleafints
Lawrence Seckel
Henry Helmuth
Rebel t Blatkwcll
George Meade
George Fox
' Robert Smith
John Field
Godfrey Haga
Samuel P. Griffith
January 1797.
At a meeting of the Managers of the Dispensary
lield this day ; the following officers of the inltitu-
Uon were duly appointed for \he prefeut year, viz.
Attending Pbylicians and Sutgeous,
Doitor John Porter
Thomas C. James
James Woodhoufe
James Reynold*
•William Annan
Adam Sybeit.
£«iiful:ing Priylicisns and Surgeons,
Do&or William Shipper., jun.
Adam Kuhn
lieifj-amuf Ru(h
Thomas Parke
Treasurer—John Clifford
4 Apothecary—Ruffel Park. \
• _______
By this day's Mail.
BALTIMORE, January j.
The brig William, capt. M'Kinnon, arrived it An
napolis on Saturday last, from Malaga, last from Gib
raltar, which latter place (he left on the 3d Oil. A
bont the ift Oift.the Spanifb fleet of about 18 fail of
tlffc line and several frigates, pafle I him on their way
*p the Straits, between Malaga and Gibraltar. He
was told at Gibraltar, that the Britilh fleet, confining
•f 10 fail of the line, were Up the straits ; there was
enly one frigate lying at Gibraltar. He likewise mm
t:nns,tllat waj-was expected there between the Span
>th and I nglilh ; that a camp of io,oco Spanifli troops
was within gun (hot of that garrison, and within rtach
the harhor —and that the vessels J.yirg fhere\Jcept
thiir fails bent, reaHy to run out in cafe of an attack.
The Algerines, under colors of ether ttates, were cruiC- 1
' n ® U P ! Straits,|had captured one or two American
veflTels. Ihe Portugu-fe fleet being ftationedat Gib
raltar, there was no dinger to be apprehcnSed from
-African cruisers in that neighborhood Capt. M'Kiu
non was bro't too and examined between Malaga and
Gibraltar, by a French cruiser ; thei objea, they said,
wa» to stop and carry in all vessels bound to or from
Jontilh porst.
Capt. M'Kinnon has beefi on the coast ever since
vthe 20th November, and experienced very severe
weather, meft of his people being froft-bit. Saw a
iium )er ot velTcls on the coast, two or three of them
oifmafted and in distress, but could speak none, owing
to bad weather. Came up the bay in company with
a brig and fehooner, supposed from the Weft Indies.
January j.
A letter from a gentleman at Martinique to his
friend here, mentions, that the merchants there
were in great c<inl)ernation in consequence of the
approach of a peace between Francfe and Great-
Britain ; in which event, it was generally believed
that that island would be returned to the farmer
ptKver — That qiy goods were a mere drug, and
thnt.thofe who had them weie endeavoring topulh
theftt o!f as Ipcedily as poflible- Such an event, so
devoutly to be wished, may be nearer at hand than
mi ft of us are aware of, and Ihotild not be alto
gether held improbable, until we know what im
predion the la f l p*. itic overtures of Great-Britain
Have made on the Executive Directory.
It appears hy from Jamaica, that the
Molucca Idands in the Ealt Indies have been ta
ken by the British so Ccß
1 he inhabitants of Batavia were in much jeopar
dy, not from any attempt on the part of the British
but the natives in concert with a i.umerous bo
dy of the o her isles. To borrow a favorite French
phrase, they were " about to organise a holy in
iuriection, and, as D itch,had not more than
500 troops, y wouid probably extirpate the major
P art - (Jam. Paper.)
1 NEW-YORK, January i.
THE BRIG DEAN.
It has been a foitunate circutnllance th»t this
veflel was so season bjy difpatthrd sot the relief of
those vessels which have been, ana mull continue
diltrelfed on our coast by the present severity nf the
weather. The celerity with which this bulinefs was
effedted, oid mu,.h credit to the gentlemen who
had its direftioii. From Saturday evening, to the
following Monday, at iz o'clock, (when (he failed)
(he was completely manned and provided with the
several meansf.r the prop«fed relief. This a a of
tn.ma ity fi*(»m gentlemen underwriters deserves a
geuenl fuppori ; and a contribution to a fund for
nu extctifion of the proposed relief might he, with
ti ■ propriety, made by individuals, enabled by
ihen affluent o r comfortable situations, to insure to
themli Ives the high gratification which would arise
from their probably faying woithy and tifeful
citizens from severe distress, or total deftru&ion.
1o this Inter observation we conlcfs to have been
ed by ;>ur knowledge of a generous offer of a ci
tizen to the gentlemen who had the principal charge
1 fitting out the brig Dean, that, though not an
underwi iter, or immediately concerned in trade, he
would willingly contribute a sum from one l.und lc d
and fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars, for the
fibove benevolent purpose. We have only to add
our regret that we j are not permitted to mention
the name of this citizen.
The following important extrafl of a letter from a
refpttfable mercantile houle in Norwich ( Conncfli
cut) dated on Sunday last, January I, was politely
handed us last evening for insertion :
" 1 h« ship Hope arrivi d the dav before yefierday'a:
New-London in 36 days from Liverpool, particulars
by this veflel I have not yet leafrnt; themoft important
article is, the return of Lord Malmfburv si om Paris, as
he « ent, arid that all parties ate preparing to prosecute
the war with the utmost vigour.
Om Hamburgh Paper of Nov. 7, has Paris ar
ticles to the 26:h Od fix days later thi.fi any re
cei'ed I hey iclate chiefly to a decree of the
Council of 500, forbidding the importation or sale
of English goods, under the severest penalties
At this date, therefore, no profpeft «f adjußment
between those two powers could have been i>, view.
Under Milan dates of Oft 10, an e-xtra£ is
given of a vety threatenin.. letter from Gen. Bu
onapiite to tire Senate of Bologna, in conftquence
of the exptfled with the Pope, and the
dcfe&ion of several cities of Italy. We will give it
to-morrow.
The accountsfrom Generals Wurmfer and Bu
onaparte, down to the loth of Oft. state partial
fuccefles in the siege of Mtontua ; but nothing de
citive lias occurred. Reinforcements were said to
be on the way for the relief of Gen. Wurrfifer.
Mr. Iz lardi, the American consul is arrined in town,
from Cadiz. We have it from good authority that he
ffates, that two American vessels bound from that port
to Gibraltar had been taken by French ertiizers, tarri
ed back to Cadiz, and condemned, as American.pro
perty.
Tianflationi for the DAILY ADVERTISER,
from Hamburg Papers.
We this day give several articles of importance,
translated at length, in addition to our (ketch in
yesterday's Advertiser. Moreau's letter we yive
in full, with its date corrected. Other artfcles
refpefling the Aichduke Charles, Gen. Bour
nonville—the changed affairs of Italy of Hol
land, Sec. will be found under different heads
pud dates.
We have made every exertion to give as copious
tranflatioKS as possible ; hut ftvetal articles of
some importance, remain to claim our attention.
They will receive it.
Letter of general Moreau to the Directory, dated
head quarters at Frtburg, OS. 15
Citizen Direflors,
The eoutage of the army has gloriously extrica
ted them out of the critical pofi-.ion in which it
Hood. By the Black Forest we were surrounded
by tire enemy who hindered our passage through
ihe narrow p;ffes, when at the fame time the arch
duke Charles advanced with a part of his army,
threatening to deftioy th? bridges over the Rhine!
It was neccffjry at this jundurc, to open onrfelves
a way, by vigorous efforts, which the victory of
B.beiacti war not fufficient to tffeft.
About 2J.0G0 tafn, commanded by generals
Petrafch and Nauendorf, had taken the pofls by
Roth well, Viliiagen, Donaufcengeo ai)d Neuftadt,
W aldfliut, and even the Foicft. towns, were occu
pied by Aurtrian troops and armed peasants. From
this you foe that all our communications were clit
off. T his was the more disagreeable to us, as we
could not receive letters from France, nor receive
any from thence. I commenced to force a paflagc
through lUc 1 Forelt towns. A half brigade, ef;
corringthe ammunition wagganl and the wounded
and fickj effected this without milch difficulty
That part of the army which was not ne. eflary to
check the progress of general Latour, who having
recovered from his defeat by Biberach, did riot
ceale to pursue ua, inarched to Rothweil and Dit
tingen, and aftei several vig irou? battles, drove the
enemy frorft thence. We took here paitof his ar
tillery, and made 300 prisoners.
It remained now to force the narrow palfes in
the Black Forelt. The center of the army rnaik
ed out the line to attack the corps of the enemy
rtationed ill Hell Valley. This is a terrible defile
for the passage of an army, as this valley extends
f-veral miles between two deep mountains, hardly
fro in 8 to 10 fathoms diliance. bravery o?
the troops fnrmounted all obstacles. With loss of
a cannon and 100 prisoners, the enemy was beaten,
and on the 12th Oft. the center of the army took
p,ofitioft before Friburg. The division of the arch
had already advanced to Ail Breyfa. h, from
whence they drove our troops, and took go pri
soners, which we retook, together with those that
cfcorted I hem.
The right and left wings of the army who had
juried, and continued to check the geneials Latour,
Petrafch, and Naue»dorf, defiled on the 13'h, 14th
and 15th Oft. without the lead roll. All the equi
page and tianfports passed unmolested through the
fcorcft towns, coveted by the right wing of the ar
my. Thus, an army of which the enemy boasted he
would certainly make prisoners, now threatens him
with an attack, and returns to cover the frontiers, af
ter a marclji of looleagues without th« leaf! loss ; dur
ing which they took from th*enemy 18 pieces of can
non > pair of colours and Hrarly 7000 prisoners,
amongst which thrre are 80 officers.
I fend you this ttiori (ketch to alleviate your anx
iety ; but I owe it ti> the biave army which I have
the honour to command, to give a more fpecific de»
fcription of the many battles it fought ; to praifc
the patience and calm courage which they (hewed
under the grearelt difficulties ; the resignation with
which they bore the want of provisions in the hur
rid places which thoy palled. Every corps
ifed ltlclf, and the officeis did not cease to give
proofs of their talents and bravery. Several of them
in particular, «diJ gallant aftiprs, of which 1 thjnk
it my duty to give you more information.
MOREAU.
From the head-quarters of the Archduke Charles
at Mahlberg, O&ober 17,
The head-quarters of the Archduke Charles
have been temoved here since yellerday, with the
intention of advancing further into j.he Brifgaa ;
this morning he was joined by general Eatour,
with, his army. It is to be expeaed that the arch
duke will, a? the head of such an army attack ge
neral Moreau, who was yeflerday yet at Frybeurg,
tn force hi™ to a fprcdy retreat over the Rhirtf.
The constant bad .weajhei and inundation* have
greatly impeded our operations igainft Kehl, how
ever, a considerable onpi is before that fortrcls ti
keep it Mockadtd.
ROME, October 6.
His holiness the Pupe has sent a manifello to al'
the Catholic courts. wherein he acquaints there
with the negociations hitlierto carried 011 witi
France. The holy father exhorts all the Catholic
princes to join with in the defence of iheirreli
gion. He has at the fame time made public a de
claratioa to his subjeCts tending to the fame ; and
has made them know, har the execution of the
'ruee concluded with Franee is suspended, n'li some
oilier time. In coiifcquer.ce of that, troops are
sent toward* the frontiers, and the Ratues already
packed up to be lent to France, are to be unpack
d.
October 8.
"I he Papal Chamber has already made a Procla
mation i i 10 article! u> the fubjefts of the States
of the Church, in which directions are given how
to aft in cafe the French Ihuuld enter the Papal
dominions. All inhabitants (hall immediately take
lip arms when the frgnal is given from the fteepfes,
and take out of the place raoft in danger, all cat
tle, tire-arms, provilions, See. and tfien take a pod
the molt fit for defence, at the head of the armed
inhabitants, place themfelvcs, the niagiArates and
officers of the militia, who afterwards mult try to
join the trovps of his holiness to be commanded by
their officers. In all cities and plaees, . quantities
of j»munition is 10 beheld in readiness ; all ptovi
fions bought up for account of his holiness, who
will particularly reward such persons as may figna
liee thcmf.-lves. Even people that have been guil
ty of crimes (hall receive pardon if they partake in
the defence of the couutry.
The 8 secret articles of peace, presented by ths.
Freach commillaries to the Pope, but which the
latter rcjefted, contained, from the firft article un
til the ratification of peace with the Emperor and
King of Nflples, his holiness is to pay the French
republic 300,00® livres monthly. The Pope is to
cede to the republic the Dukedoms, Cartro, Ke
npiglient, Renevento and Paiuo Carva. The re
public is to remain in possession of the Dukedoms,
I*errata and Bologna, and shall difpofeof the fame
iu the common 'peace, until which time the Pope
leaves theurin possession of the republic. The ports
of hiß holrnefs'fhall be (hut for the of
war ; and in cafe French vessels of war (honld in such
ports be attacked or damaged by the enemy, the
Pope is to refund the damage- Not alone in-the
piefent, but in all fnture wars, the French repub
lic (hall have a right to put. garrilons in Civita
Vechia and Ancona.
1 MILAN, Oft. 1 t and 12.
We ate allured, that the humilities between the
Pape and the French republi« will shortly be com
menced.
According to a proclamation as general Buona
parte, the truce between the republic and the duke
of Modena is declared.ts be suspended.
All youag men above the age of. I 7 years, are
compelled to the military ftrvice, under a jreat pe
nalty.
i here was a bloody conflict between tome i«iabit
ants of Leghorn, who paid their devotion to an image
ot the holy Mafia, and the French. Several liven
were lull on the occasion.
It is said that the Republic of Venice intends to ac
cede to an alliance ceticlueed on the 30th Sept. between
the Pope and the tvi»g of Naples, and that the latter
u expedled at Korrte. ?
VIENNA, o<slober 19.
Siace the arrival of the French meflinger, several
couriers have been to the courts of London
and St. PeteriMirg.
RASTAIDT, O&obcr 12. i
[ Cod what it will, the lmperialids are determined
td take Kehl. The archduke Chailes will himfelf
the attack ; 'many volunteers have offered
themselves for this pUrpose, amongst which are fe
deral Huogat tan regiments. Batteries are already
ere&ed nigh Kehl, wherein heavy artillery and mor
tars are planted,
MANHEIM, Oflober 18.
T Ivo dtvifionS of the aimy of the Sainbre and
Meufe are o*n their march towards Lautern, in •r
---der, so as it is reported, to effect a division of the
Imperial forces and eltablilh a communication be
tween the above arniy and that of the Rhine and
Mofelle—Thelmpeiial troops Undsr the command
of generals Mont Frant and Schellenherg are on
their march towards Lautern, and will arrive there
to-morrow—lt appearß that the French Will op
pose the diverfi n to be made by general Hotatj
and the eperations of the garlifon at Mayence, by
fending a great number of troops towards the
Hundfruck.
PARIS, October 14.
li fecms that the queen of Portugal reflefis se
riously on the armaments of Spain as they may be
obnoxious to- her kingdom. She has, therefore;
as w«ll as the German and Italian little princes;
Ihewn a detire of peace; and itegociations to this
pUrpose will be commenced with her niiiiifter \vh«
arrived here.
A minister of the duke of l)eux Ponts arrived
here to conclude a separate peace for his matter.
The cammiflaries arrived here from the ffle of
Pranee, affute, that the colony is in the rtioft flou
rifhing Hate ; that the magaiines are full of goodi
taken froth the Englilh and Portugiiefe ; and that
the (lave trade is carried on as formerly.
1 he Sardinian por s are (hut for the Esglifti, our
government will infill that tke Venetian ports (hall
be (hut for them also. *
OiSober t6.
The Directory being yet uncertain whether a
peace with England dan be brought about; has in
timated to the Council of I'ive Hundred; that it
will be sdvifable to prepare to continue .the war
with redoubled forces—The fame has sent another
mefiage propufing to prohibit the importation of
Englifb goods in all, the ports of the republic.
Letters from l'Orient and Rochefort mention; that
five (hips of the line aud several frigates have failed
from both ports to join the fleet at Bred,
October io.
The Council of Five Hundred had yefierdajr 8
secret conference, in which the deputy Paftoret in
the name of the commit tee for the treaty of peace
with the king of Naples', made the report' of srtU
cles of pea. tf agreed on, whi h were afterwatdi ra»
tilird. The articles are briefly thife—
Ibe king of Xdpits engages to •withdraw Lit
troops cut ofthe places in the papa! domains. He obliges
him/elf to keep frr, mOrethxn a certain number of men .
of <wtir in comtfttjjlcn. He secures lis commercial ad
vantages. His ports /hill be Jbut for the F-ngli/h
until the end of the war. He -will give fatisfidicri
en account of the ittfults given to the Frcrtcl) ett-eoy in
1792.
WAGUE, O&ober it.
A letter of general Bournonville read the day
before yefierday in ouf national convention, indi
cates, that his rmy is again in a situation to ad
vance and to ait uffe 1 lively ; he ad;ls, that he in
tends to do it in order ti> afEft general Morean, an(J
to obltge the Imperial army to turn apait of it to
wards the army of the Sambre and Menfe.
In order Jo leflen dill m«re the discontents of out
merchants about the lad proclamation concerning
trade, permiflion has been given underhand, te per
rfiit the importation of ait goods (kipped in En
gland before the 27th September.
ARMY of ITALY.
Buonaparte General in Chief of the army of Itafy to
the Exec-olive Dire&ory.
Head.Quarters, at Milan, 17th Vendemaire,~Oift. 8.
One hundred and fifty men of the garrison of Man-'
tua had come om of the place on the Bth, at io o'tlock
in the morning, and had eroded the river Po, at Bogo
forto to procure forage. At five fc'clock In th? eve
ning, however we completed the blockade 6f Mantua,
and took po(Tefii«n of the gjtcs 01' Pradella and Cerefa,
as I had the Uonor of informing you in jny fad dil-'
patch. That detachment finding themselves by (hi*
means separated from Mantua, endeavored to retire to
wards Florence. They were ho sooner arrived at
Reggio, than the inhabitants Were apprized of their ap
proach, they ran to arms and prevented themfrom pas
ting, by which impediment they were compelled to re
tire into the (trong castle of Montfchrerogolo, in the
dominions ofthe dyke of Parma. The brave inhabi
tants of Reggio, pursued and afterwards farrounded
them, and forced them to surrender themselves pr'ifon
ers of,war by capitulation. In the firing of mufquetry
which took place, the national guards of Reggio have
bad two men killed. Thele are the fird who have
fIW their blood for the establishment of the liberty of
their country. ( Signed)
, BUONAPARTfi.
1 11 11
In order to comply <with contrasts, I <will fell, ftr
approved bonds, on 3 equal annual payments,
A Square of LOTS,
At the upper end of Frederickfburg, beginning op
polite to the lower corner <jf Dodlor Weflford's, on
Caroline-dreet, and running up to the cross flreet
leading to Fifzhugh's ferry, and from > thence back to
Sophia-dreet. This square I have laid off into 44 lots,
27 and an half feet front, and in back, 12 on Caro-'
line-dreet, and 12 on Sophia-dreet. Nine of those
om Caroline-dreet I have leafed on an annual ground
rent of g aird 10 pound«, to the amount of 74 pounds,
and the vacant lots a parchafer could enhance the value
of by building Email houses, which will a# readily
procure tenants as pots or goards vk-ill Martins in the
spring, and yield a greater profit in proportion to
their cod than large buildings. Thai"- who incline
to purchase may know the terms by applying to
HENRYF.ITZ.HUGH.
Beli-Air, Dec. 8, 1796. jthJ.d^w