Tilt SweAifti'er, Mi. Mutadgea (« < Hon has among otl.cr things declared, that whatever fuel engagements his court may enter "into with other eve powers, the harmony between tke Porte and Swc- terr dca fliall be lupported as heretofore. bey I Further tranjlmions to-morro<w.~] f or< Philadelphia, eve con WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY n, 1797. j Fra Philadelphia by SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS. of: Resolved by the feleft and common councils, p ro That the city commiflioners be and they ai e hereby cn j directed to appoint twelve suitable persons, with, the consent and approbation of the mayor, as at fillante to the fupei intendant of tbe nightly watch, our at such wage»or compenfatiou as may be reasonable and proper, to continne until the firtt day of April next; and the said commiflioners shall divide l the perf»n» fe appointed into fix claflcs, and the city nun into fix diftrifls, and aflign to each class the super mei intendance of such diftrift as they may think pro anP per. And it (hall be the paiticular duty of the f" 11 ] iaid afliftants appointed by virtue of this resolution J"}' to take care that the watchmen within the diftrifl P \ r refpedively afligned to them are vigilant and atten tive in the performance of their duties: and also to apprehend and at reft all petfons whom hey (hall ver have cause to fafpeA of any*unlawful defiua i and age (hall take the persons fe apprehended as loon s con- ou f veniently may be, before the mayor or some one of the aldetmcn, to be dealt with according to law. q€ Resolved, That the resolution of the feleft and common councils for-the appointment of twelve as- tra fiftants to the fupei intendant of the nightly watch wil be publilhed for the information of 'he citizens. Ed WILLIAM H.TOD, Clk.S. C. d =< EDWD. J.COALE.CIk. C. C. " J ful ur< COMMUNICATIONS. an; — eei A writer in the New-York Argus, denies (and bis publication is copied mto the Aurora) that men with- He cut talents er principles bear away the palm of public Pr honors, which had been afTerted in the Minerva of Mr. «fb Webster. Where such men get the palm, let others tell. Neither in Philadelphia, nor in the County, wiir Mr. Webster look for or find infUnccs to illustrate his a (lemon. Men of talent 6, principle, and unspotted mercantile honor are eleflcd for the City and County, rr as every one knows. The writer is also angry with , Mr. Webier for defaming our country and its public men; What ajoke I Greenieaf and Baehe are (hocked te at scurrility,—at opinions discrediting our nation ;at dc slander on public men !! ! Ytt that very paper charges la the gove-nment with fomenting the whisky rebellion n! Is this no slander ! \bufe of the PennfylvauL afTem- Q | ■blyi, and of the President, is nothing—it is nothing for j t the Aurora to insult the House of Rep' efentatives of the United States when they went in ,procession with P' the answer to the President's fpcech. This and muck rr more ol the kind, in the Aurora, indeed goes for no- bi thing. It makes a very sorry and mean figure every- ci where, except possibly in the account of fccrct ferviee money, where Tom Paine's salary for writing againll [, the President may be charged with that to the Printer q for calumniating him. 1 The governor of MafTachufetts, in his thanks giving proclamation, fugsjells a solemn prayer to God for the success of the nations viho are contending ® for liberty. This sentiment was published in all the u gazettes withoot a comment, and 1 could not but r be struck with its appearance even in a Knoxville f gazette (state of TeneFee). I Foreigners, on reading this article, could n«t t fail to understand that the people of Maflacliufetts 11 are ipraying heartily, with their governor, for the pom pope, the Venetians, the king of Sardinia, and a (or the dukepf Tufcany, whose independent fov { ereignty w*s trampled upon, and his sea-port town, t Leghorn, seized—his commandant anefted, and t the whole injury aggravated by the insult of a letter £om the general. The people of MafTachufetts, | who have lately gained independence, will set a proper value upon that of other countries, and ( therefore every Italian reader would fay, this is t very kind to pray for us. Ihe Italian llates, he 1 would add. arc groaning under the yoke of a con- t qaeror, and any attempt to defend themselves is ; threatened with death, the cities to be burned and the pe»ple killed. , But he would be astonished if he was told, the • ; governor probably meant the French, and not their enemies. They contending for liberty !he would exclaim, that opinion is given up every where. Does French liberty require that they should con / cjuer their neighbours, burn their towns, and ravage and despoil the faireft regions of the earth. Ame. « rica is the country of morals, of equitable and bene volent sentiments towards all nations ; if your own independence is dear to yon, Americans, you can not wish other* may l#fe that jewel. If it is answered that liberty within France is the matter contended for, it may be retorted why d» net the French enjoy it then Becoming con querors is not the way to become free—it sets up a military despotism. A nation of Writers is ana lion of slaves. French liberty and their cause of liberty aie words of impoliii. il and deceit, which are now exploded. Even here, whete multitudes yielded willingly to their feelings, it is too late te revive them even in party publications. But to intro duce them solemnly into an address to the Al mighty, is too much. What fort of liberty that is we are to pray may be continued to the French, their own governors have told us. Briffet repie- V fentsit as thewildcrt, wickedest, and most dreadful ! dcfpotil'tn that ever scourged mankind. Gre,;oire tells the convention," the greatett tneiny of Fiance could not wifo the country to be going fatter to deftrufiion than it seems to be by crimes, cruellies and follies." The debates of the convention afford " volumes of confirmation. , Now, if they chnfe to call this liberty—if this he what they are contending for, it is really a pity they fhauld have to contend for it, because I can not fee why the poor Italians should objei. to the French er joying the tranfeendent bappir.e.s of-. lien liberty The liberty of putting all property into .rquifitior, !o that no man was the owner of any U,i, -hat a connmifJary or a committee man wrfh*) to own, may Wt others. Americans do not like de such a principle For prote&iujj property. Tro drag fa every youngraan ratothewar in order to extend the terrible Republic to the Rhine, or to set up sub ft ate s beyond the is a very different tiling from q, forcing the people to defend their «wn cowntry ins against the duke of Brunfwick. This may be called th< liberty by those who incline to be odd—it is how- tei ever the liberty of a camp-»-fu< h as the slaves of to " conquering *'efpots everywhere enjoy. Judice is one of our'rights and privileges. In France a man's head was secured on his shoulders ' by no legal protedion. Juries might stop the trial of a person accused at any stage. Justice thers has proved an affaflin, and walled rw®re than ten pesti lences. ' tri ; If, in a word, this is liberty, much good may it do them. But do not let us presume to address t ". .... r . mi our prayers to the detty in terms that are repugnant - in , to truth, and to PLAIN TRUTH. to — eil Much has been fat !by our exclusive patriots against w< speculation, but no reason has been afiigned why a an number of gave a violent opposition to an di: ment offered in the Honfe Reprefentitivcs, to the cu anfwtr to that part of the address On that tri fubjedl, the amendment proposed was in the words de following—*viz. " It is sincerely to be lamented that a spirit of fpecuhtion should be progressing with such ra pidity in he commonwealth as to" threaten danger to he the morals of the citizens, as well as the credit of tke ra state, but \v« doubt not that if the officers of the go- fr : vernment would by example as well as prerept difcour- bt age the practice alluded to, the ill conferences so feri be oufly to be appehended would be very much diminifli- la ed" It is much to be wished that a question had been ca 'taken on the amendment as the egregious inconfiJlences ve of our patriots would have been manifefted. —It has oi been aifo said that a want of reipecfl to a chief magif- to trate wfto declared the real, initead of the surreptitious la will of :he people on a late ocrafion has been discover- in ed in the House of Representatives of this state. That j tfc declaration may be true, but if it is, the people ought \ th to kpow it % and it is poflible that the House on a j ai full investigation of that business may jufllfy the in ure, but no /cafonable man, could wifti them to make ! w any declaration on that fubjed before they are eonvin eed of the propriety of it* 1T As to\ the odium attempted to be thrown cn the Cl House refpe<fl.ing the notice they have taken of the * T President of the United' States it flies (like all limilar cibfervations) as chaff before the wind. n A SPECTATOR. g — e When good chrillian captains tun-away from 1 Spain and turn Mahomedaws—trample on the fa- rred erofs, and become Renajadoes, at Algiers, they sometimes return to their native country, as o ter having plundered her fubje&s at Sea—yes, they f do return sometimes voluntarily after a life of vile lainy—fo strong are 'he natural affeftio s to one'r, x native land. But then these gentleme'i lead a life ( of severe penance, discipline and mortification.— ( In Gil Bias is a «hara£ter ( Don Raphael) that , proves an exception : he returned, became a land- i robber, and wfed to delight his rogue audience with 1 bravados and the tales of all his plundering. Poeti ! cal jtiliice however is done him at lad—he filches the onto of a monastery* and it binned at the flak**. ■ [t is lucky for some folks that there is no lnquiiiti on in this country. For the Gaa£he of the United Slates. > NO subject which has been agitated finee the r eftablifliment of the National vovernment, has been of a more delicate nature, than that now " under difcuilion in the House of Representatives, 1 relative to the payment of the balances due : from certain of the States to the United Stares. It has occalioned some warmth, but the refolu t tlon for calling on the Debtor States for pay s ment, has passed by a large majority. The Representatives from the State of New , York, the largelt Debtor, urge that the mode and principles of settlement, adopted by the Commiflioners, v\ ere improper, and that, ifjuf » tice was done, no balance would be found against d that State. # r The advocates of the resolution cont-end that . the accounts have been fairly adjurted—that a ' long time and full jhvelligation preclude the a luppofition of an improper fettietnent —that no , objections have been made to the settlement— 's but that the balances due to ohe creditor States e have been funded, in pursuance of that adjutl ment —and that it is unreasonable to call on the i 8 States for taxes, while the debts of certain i States remain unpaid It may be proper to observe, that antifederal ijrn originated in New-York and Rhode-Island, ie on the subject of an import of si ve per cent, on i«" by the old Congress, and ac id ceded to by all the other States. New-York e and Rhode-liland, being importing States, were unwilling to relinquish the advantage of draw ing a revenue each to the State from imports. Their opposition came near to involving the e * country in a civil war. J c- The fame principle was the main-spring of rn antifederalifm in New-York, in the year 1788, b- when the propriety of adopting the present coii ftitution was under difcuftion. It was made, l tho' secretly, a main objection to the State's .c ---ceding to that Constitution, That it would be a relinquifhment of the superior fdvantages of n " the State, which resulted from her favorable » a poiition for trade " Luring the melancholy in ia terval between the peace of 1 --M& and the New Constitution in 1788, that State indeed paid irer requilitions in specie, which few States did, 1 (and doubtless these are all carried to her >w but at the fame time, the State laid an import ed of 5 per cent, on imported goods ; oile halt' or ive two thirds ofWhich were consumed in other ro States. She thus drew a large portion of her \l. revenue from her sister States—the fnrplus of ... which was employed in purchasing up the army . Certificates at a very low value, and the pro * seeds of these now constitute the wealth of the ire " Treasury of the State. The iinW-nfe confifca- Iful tiwns of laud aided this projefl. What propor lire tion of the (locks of that State was purchased nee by the proceeds of confifcations, and what, by to the proceeds of the Import, is not known. Suf tice It to fay, that little or no part of it v. ai ac quired bv the indujlry of the people, as ftuted jrd by Mr. Williams in Congress. The present wealth of the Treasury, was delved mostly this from two source—Coiififitztiom (vid State lm~ iiiy p«Jt- The jSrlt .were the fruits cf ihe.vtar— the a „. second, the fruits of Antifederalijm Peace be 1 to the jhades of tiie adwiitijtration under which that State derived such immmft wealth, from helr t(ie weakness of the Confederation. i hat admi nt" qiitration has beea,oulted asd its policy con a"\ deinned—Us hojiility to the Union is not forgot' "hfcd ten try the neighboring States. 'I he fubjedt is delicatj, and it is for the citizens of that State ft to manage this qneftion, as not to awaken the wet smothered fire. Thepropofitions for seizing the » Stocks ot the State, and for prohibiting tranf- g a | fers were violent and'are generally reprobated. , On the other hand, a strong sense of justice in Fn making the demand on the State, is so viftble in 1 7J the other States, that great moderation and temper will be iifefttl on the part of New-York, day towards the preservation of federal harmony. vov ___ -TULLY. J, The following Intelligence is extratted from Papers received by the fckooner Fame, Capt. Webb, arri» ■■ ved here yeflerdav, in 18 days from St. Kit ft. $ BASSETERRE, December 2. flit By a letter from Martinique we learn, that his tho majesty's fliip Regulus of 44 guns, has arrived at war Barbadoes ; llie was Cent out with dispatches for Job the Commander in chief on this and the St. Do- at 6 mingo station : on her paflage out she was fired into, in the nighttime, by a SpanHh frigate, who TZ took her to be a transport; the Regulus answer ed with two broadlides, by Which 14 Spaniards were killed. The Don then (truck his colours, 1 and confefled that war had been declared at Ca- fix diz two days before he failed. The Regulus has this cundijcted her prize fafe into Barbatloes. The or t truth of the above intelligence may be depen- the ded on. * December 6. On the 33d ultimo, a dlfpatch boat arrived here from Align ilia, giving an account of an at- S tack having been'made on that Itland by a French law frigate and a brig, ori board which were a num ber of troop;. At the time of the arrival of the Pre boat, none of*his Majesty's ihips were at the If- Do land: on the 25th his Majesty's frigate Lapwing En] captain Barton, arrived and failed the fame e- Sm veiling for Anguilla, taking on boar J the maftef Do of the boat as a Pilot ——The w'.nth being far Tv to the northward, (he did not reach Angulla 'till A j late at night on the 26th —Signal having been Ali i made at St. Martin's of the Lapwings approach. 1 | the troops were all embarked, after having burnt j the town, murdered numbers of the inhabitants, cal < and loaded their veifels with the plunder At 1 are j in the morning of the 'i', th : the Lapwing ran j within piitol Ihot of the frigate and brig, which 0 f were endeavouring to make their escape at the mouth of the harbour, when ana£bion commen ced which continued one hour and twenty-five minutes. Favoured bythe darknefsof the night By the French frigate made her escape through a narrow channel, between a small I{land and An • guilla;—the Lapwing having had her pilot kill ed on the fir ft broadlide would not venture through. At day break both veflels were seen pai at anchor near St Martin's —on the Lapwing's th< approach, the brig attempting to warp to the sri- dr gate which had her rigging much cutt, was fired thi on so heavily by the Lapwing that flie was de- nil ftroyed andmoitjoftfcefailors and folciiers drown- tr ed : the . rigate, after one broadside from the Lap- l£M wing Itouck her colons, and proved to be the Deci- in: ousof 26 guns. The brig mounted three 24 poun- « v ders. There were 128 loldiers killed and woun- ra ded on board the Decius ; 189 made prisoners. »' r She was so much damaged in the a&ion, having " r nine fliot holes through the bottom, that after *' keeping pofleifon of her for two days, captain . 1 Barton finding it impollible to act her into port . fVom her leaky condition ; and two French fr: " gates of 44 guns each, being in chafe, of him about eight miles to leeward, after taking out all the prisoners, the Decious was blown up, and all the plunder configilcd ta tjie deep. The Lapwingar- ~ rived 111 this K'oad the night after, having nooth- f er man killed in t&? ;tclibn but the pilot. It i.> to be regretted that the Lapwing did not Q arrive at Anguilla 111 time to fruftrate the deligns tl of the French, and prevent the depredatsons p committed ; but we believe there never was a n cafe where an expedition was so completely de- l ftroyed. and the hopes of an hoftiie pillager so en- u tirely blasted, as iu this. The gallantry and good n conduct of captain Barton, and his brave crew arc so manifeft, that tire bare narrative of tacls r do them so much honour as to render unn'ecefla- b ry any encomiums. x The Socitty for alleviating the miseries cf pub c lie elcsed on the 9th inft. the following c perfofis, their officers for the present year. Preficlcut. 1 Dr, William White. , Vice* President:. £ Dr. Samuel Magaw, t Dr. William Roasts. Trenfurer. Benjamin W. M«rns. Secretaries. I Caleb Lowncs, i L>f. Saml. P. Gnffitts. A Sing Cvmmittec. I Charleg MarfhaU, Jofcph Buld, Chnftopher Marshall, Ebenezer Large, Thomat Harrifon, Bcnj. Thaw, Thomas Morris, Win, Mc. lihenny, Isaac Parrifh, Wm. Garriguea. A, '' On Monday last the Following officer were elect I ed for the Philadelphia Lancaster turnpike read. i Prefidenr. Eilifton Pent. - Managers Edward Hand, Abraham IVitmcr, Richard Downing, juit, r Richard Thamxs, , U'iHinm San/em; | Thomas M. IVil/ihg, II Jama i . Fi/btr, r r JofittL Hevves, r Jacob Downing, if Godfrey Huga, y David IsCivis, >- John Cur win. e Treasurer. Tench Francis. "j Secretary< ,y U'illium Gtyvclt f- "i- ' ' c " BOS TON, January 4. " d Capt. Pease, in the Alliance, whalefhip, arrived 'ly at Nantucket, brought In 1,1 Do barrel*.—Parted] n . company «(iih the ship Janus, Capt. Folgier, of, tie Ncw-Bedtord, in lat. *, 8, long. 28, W. I,2CC be barrels. ch The Betsey, Bofworth, of Providence, for the '! u Welt-Indies, imhe last snow tloi m, was feilged on ' Conanicut— veflel loft, cargo damaged. o t. At Thomas' 48 day»/nicc—Schooner Cyn is thi>, Flibt, of S*lein. A numberof Boston and otW eastern veffch were at Demarara O&ober 2s. The Four SilUrs, Williams, in 17 days from Salem, and Younp Eagle, Burr, in iB day* from Hence, arrived at New-London for hJew York, the 17th ult. The New-London paper of the 28th fays, Sun day 25th failed, the Weft-India fleet, under con voy of the (hip ift dependence, with 74 oxen and mules, commodore Goodrich, commander, confid ing of a brij* and three schooners. gT A quarterly meeting,of t( the society for thein ftitution and fwpport of First day or Sunday schools in tho City of Philadelphia, and the diflr'nßs of South wark and the Northern Liberties,*' will be held at John Ely*s school room in Third near Mulberry ftrect> at 6 o*clock this evening. GEORGE WILLI\MS, Secretary. Office of the Injurance Company of North America* January gth, 1 797. The Dividend declared by the Diretflers, for the last fix months, is two d©lhrfor each share of stock in this company, which will be paid to the Stockholders or their attornies duly Miithonied, at any time after 1 the lofh inft. By order f the B*ird, I tawt 19th EBENEZF.v . ZAKD, Sec'ry. A Printing-Office for Sale ; Situate in the city of Burlington, on the river De laware, about 20 miles from Philadelphia, Confining of French Cannon, Roman and Italic Double Pica, ditto ditto English, ditto ditto Small Pica, ditto ditto Do. on Piea body, ditto ditto Two-line Letters —Flowers A good Manogany Prefs—lmpofing Stone Also, Chatcs, Galiies, tompo&ng-fticks, Racks, Furniture. &c. complete. The fiurftion is eligible sos business, and the officc calculated to execute any kind of work. The terms are reafanable- Apply to H. Kammercr, jr. Crown ftreet, near Race-ttreet, at No. 43, Racc-ftreet, or of Mr. John Neale, hurlingtoa. January 10 For Sale Bv private ctntra3, a very valuallc Ejlale, inoiun by ihe name $f C H a T H A. M, MOST delightfully situated on the north bank of Rap £aiianock river, opposite the town of Fredenckfburg, in the state of Virginia, coaGlling of eleven or fifteen hun dred acres, as may heft fttit trie putchafer. There is on I this estate, a large and well built brick house, containing nine commodious rooms, exclufitc of a spacious hall or en try, 11 two pair of flairs, fnitable andconven .• u -nt pafiagc., and excellent dry cellars. It i< placed on a fine hs-lthy eminence, commanding beautiful views is evefy dircelicti over the towns ot Frederickfburgh and Falmouth, and an extenGve e«ltiva«ed country.— The grounds adjoining the house are neatly laid out in pleas , l ure En d kitchen gardens interspersed with a variety of fgarce trees, a choice of flowefs aHd flowering Ihrubs, and enriched by various forts of the fc%>wmg 1 fruits, viz ripples, pears, walnuts, chefnuts, cherries, peach. £ j«, plumbs, ueftatines, apricots, grapes, figs, rafberrfes, u;oofeberrii:t,ttraivbernei, and currants; the whole adr.: i- I rafely varied by turfed flancs w!*ch have been formed by e .great labour and expe lit. Bordering up.n Ehefe im e piovemetts.atcfeveral lots, m a highltate of cultivation, " , and well set with red clover and grass, from " 1' which three Heavy crops of hay are taken every year. Ad jaccnt'thereto are two large and flourifliirtg orchards; on« II of well chosen pea.htrets, th« other of apple and pear. Is trees, felefledfrom the be aurfories in the Kate. Pre -15 pcrly detached from the mansion hqufe are eitenfivc a roomy offices nf every denomination, viz a Kitchen and Larder, heufe-keeper's room and Laundry, wi h a cellar 1- underneath for a variety of purp.fes, a ttora-houfe a»d d i moke house all of brick, a dairy and ipring house of l'tone. .v ntablw for thirty liou-cs, an cuath houses for fouT car ts tiages. Also a large and well planned farm yard, v ith i- barn and granary, a cow house, wish separate stalls for thirty-fix grown cattle; apartments for fattening veais. muttons and lambs; extenlivefheds for sheep, and other urangetnenu for stock of every defcriptioa, with a large and convenient receptable for provender, from which they can be furnilhed without being exposed to tiie mcl 'nency B g of the weather. An overseer's house, blackfmitk's (hop, and quarters fufficient to accommodate in the best man. ner more than fifty labourers. The arable lands are f» advantageously divided as to af ford an opportunity of making a large quantity Indian corn annually, without bringing the field into similar cul ture oftner than once in f.rnr years; consequently the lands may be improved by keeping up the inclofures during the intermediate years, or may be ben.ficUUy fallowed sos wheat and other grain at the option of the proprietor. On the premises there is also a merchant mill with one pair of best French burr ftoues, and one pair of Cologne; furnilhed with modern machinery, and now leafed for the unexpired term ol four years, at 1501 per annum, and all £ ram for the use of the farm, hopper free, which is near ly iool. more. Hit mill and miller'shoufe are built of free ftene, within a very fiHall distance of navigation,near to which a;e two or more valuable lilhcries, and a well accuftomcd ferry over the Rappahannock to the town of Frederickfburg. The laid contains inexhaustible quarries of free stone near to the river, is plentifully supplied with remarkable fine water and poffefTes a due proportion ot n meadow, which by having the command ol water mas be .onfidcrably increased. The roads are good, and the ,ad * neighbourhood genteel and sociable. In si&, eiclufive of an improveable and well conditioned farm, the value and emolument inseparably connected witn a mill, ferries, fifheries and quarries eligibly fltuated ; the profits ariang from an ice-house inferior to none in the state, and a gar den of four acres so abundantly ftockcd with vegetable, of all forts as to be fully equal to the demand in market, , there might be derailed many other advantage, apper taining to the fertility of these lands, which th. lubfcnber conceives it unnecelTary to mention, being lully convinced that when examined, it will be found 10 be a complete, pleasant aod healthy refideoce, pofieffing beauties and eonvenlence./uffiaent to attrafi the attention of any^er fon defircus of becoming a purclialer. The motive which induces the fubferiber to ofter tor falean estate so singularly beautiful and advantageous, i» a desire to become an inhabitant of Alexandria, where he can with more ease attend to hi. interests in the neigh' bourhood Of that city . <■ The rilrchafer may be accommodated with a few flavcs in families, either for plantation or doraeftic ule. A part of the purchafc money will be required and the balaoco made easy. the debt being nrZHUOH. — Chatham, (Virg.) Pec. 19, '7?6- nth—lawim. • ved WM. HATDONy irtcd Drawing-Master, from London, - of v.'here he htb Buried several years under one ot ' tilt 110 ft eminent mailers in that science, attends ' young Ladies and Gentlewen at their e home.. Hi* terras axe 6 dollars per month for attendance three r the timet per week. Likewise all kind, of •mamental ■d en Painting, Flower., Fruit, &c. uught on the above terms. A line directed to W. H. left with the Editor Cyn- ol this Gazette, will be immediately attended to. January. 9. 1
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