Hls>) cad-quarters the 30th were at OfFendUrg, and he had rent Tome heavy artillery from Manheim to baiter fort Kehl. y The rorps of Hotze who had advanced to Germer (heim and the environs, is to fall back and occupy the lines of Mundenhcim, Frefenheim, 2nd Oggerftieim. It appears to be the intention of the Archduke to at tack the remain ng positions of the French beyond the Rhine, before he attempts to pass that famous barrier. Thus Neuwied and Duffeldorf, Kehl, and the bridge at Huningen, mult fix the place at which he will eftab li(h his winter quarters. It also appears to be his intention to keep at bay the army of the Sambre and Maufe on the Lahn, during the attack upon Kehl. Numerous batteries are ennftrufling on the Lahn ; those at Leydefdorff are provided with numerous ajrtil lery. All the Auftnan magazines are there ; and Gen. Kray has 20,000 men under his command who are en camped from Vallendar to Erlich. The Spaniffc squadron is raiftrefs of the Mediterrane an ; but, notwithstanding, leven Euglift ships pasTed uncier the eyes of our Admiral and quktly entered Gib raltar bay. ' BONN, November 2. We learn from Weiffenthurn, under the, 3.lft ult. that General Championet repaired the preceeding eve ning to the island facing Neuwied, 4nd celebrated there a fete on account of the viilory obtained by the French troops in the Hundfruck. LONDON, November if. In yeftei day's paper we stated upon food autho rity, tbat the troops stationed in the harbour of Brest had been sent into th« inteiior of the country; and by a letter from Dover brought over in an A merican vefiel, we learn that the troops which had been collected at Dunkirk, and the other towns on that line of the coast, have been ordered to march to join the army of gen. Bournonville. From these coirefponding movements, it seems evide'nt that, if the Diredtory ever did entertain the frantic de sign of an invasion of England, they have pru dently abandoned the enterprise. November 17. lj.aH Saturday certain printed forms, which had beeh transmitted by the duke of Richmond to the captains of the yeomanry cavalry, were distributed to a number of farmers reliding near the SulTex coast. These forms contain columns for the pnr pofe of entering the names of'landiioldeis ; number of miles dillant from the sea, on a medium from their several farms ; numher of miles distant from those farms, on a medium to the place fixed on for driving flock ; number of horses.cows, oxen, young cattle, sheep, deet, and pigs ; quantity of wheat, barjey, oats, pease, lye, buckwheat, potatoes, flax, and hay ; number of feivants that can be mounted ®n horseback to aflift in driving cattle ; number of men on foot that can be furnifhed with pick axes and fhoveU j number of waggons and carts ; num b«r of men above 70 yeais of age ; men between 21 and 70; number of women, and girls and boys under 12 years ef age ; number of corn water mills, and com wind mills; what bridges; and an ac coOnt of ftuek, See. in each pari/h. Philadelphia, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1797. \ *,* Th« piece Cgned C. will lppeir to-morrow. Peter Baynton, Esq. is chosen Treifurer of this Stite, vice Chritiian Febiger, Esq. dcceafed. A letter from Baltimore to -a gentleman in this city dated 15th in ft : contains the following infor mation, viz. \ " A letter from Norfolk mentions that the Spa niards have captured and sent into Cuba thirty A merican vefiels, which have been condemned with their cargoes." $5" The Subfcribtrs to the City Dancing AlTembly are requested to meet, 011 particular business, at O'Ellers's Hotel, This I ver.ing at 6 o'clock. Extract of a letter from Mdnmouth County, New Jersey,. "I have been considering how to keep infurreftion iacev out of Congress, &c. and at the fame time accord with the mild lpirit of our laws. Whoever has a knowl edge of antient history knows that the bane of Repub lies has been discord ; and he that docs not know it will do well to read lytachiavel's history of Florence— He will there find a picture that may be of use to him. But to my plan:—lf any couhty in any stale in the union (hall oppose orobftrufl a law of Congress so that in couid not be carried into effect and it became neces sary to have recourfe'to other parts of the fatd state to coerce, such county (bould for 10' years, be deprived of the right to fend members to Congress, or to the fla'te Legislature ; —-3nd if one or more counties were to join in such opposition, ip that the state could not maintain authority ovtr its members—then such state (hould be deprived'of its right'for 10 years,—Had such a law been in force a few years past, it seems probable we ftiould not have been under the necessity of fending, at a great expense, the militia of this state to steady our tottering neighbours—and If every foreigner was to en joy all the right* of a citizen,, only by a residence of 20 years, our government would be more refpe<£table. Jf the turbulent of all Europe are to find an asylum a tnongll us, they ought at leift to be deprived of the power of doing mifchiet.' Men brought up under an arbitrary government al ways feel oppcfigd to it —so that it becomes an habit which they cannot change ivta when tkey live in a free one." COMMUNICATIONS. A correspondent wishes fonse ef the patriotic citizens as Philadelphia who gave the entertain ment to eommodore Barney, on Friday lafl, to in form, whether " Republican liberty" ii promoted by taking American (hips, contrary to treaty. A patiiot used to fignify a lover of his country : I Of tubal country is Mr. Barney the lover ? If of I America, his native country, he has chosen a very odd way of evincing it: If of France, these pa triotic citizens have a ftrangefcayof (hewing their ' patriohfm. It would be an impudent thing in real ' Fternh citizens to caress Barney in America. 1 — N A correspondent was very glad to hear Mr. Gal- t luin fay in the Federal Houfeaf Representatives, ] in the debate yefteriay, that he entertained no ap c prel.enfioiis that thf* country w«uld be involved in < ® war. Information from such a quarter is irect ous and doubtlcfs ma,.y be relied on. The fame t>e leman -wa3 in favor of reducing the military ai.d e naval eftab!i(hmerits. It a wa was to be apprehended with any European -ropean power, the patriotism of this gentleman e woule doubtless lead him to wish for an augmenta • tion of both t EXPATRIATION. . Much has been said within a few yeatg for and ; againfl the right to expatriate—lf to reason from the experience we have had of the Tories during ; our revolution it would be acknowledged now as it was then, that those that remained, were worse • than those that became our'open enemies; from hence it would appear that no great evil (or at ieaft . the smaller) wou | d result to the United States were I ' ,b " t 3 r R lvcn h la™ to any citizen who may have • so little love of country or endearment to his mo ther society as to expatriate l.imfelf from it—Such men can never be considered as valuable citizens in any (enfe, and the sooner their country is rid of them the better—But to this freedom to expatri ate, let there be a condition—for in all countries there is or ought to be laws to punish all who injure j it either internally or externally—Then let a law be made granting liberty to any citizcn to expatri ate himfelf—but to preserve the public fafety, let it be provided as a condition that if he does so withotit the expiefs permission of the executive, lawfully authorizod —he is to be considered as ba nished and outlawed, and that he (hall be forever barred from an asylum or any of the benefits of ei tizenfliip in any manner or form, within the Unit ed States thereafter—And let it also be provided when a citizen withes to reside in foreign countries as a merchant—or for education—or to travel or to improve himfelf in naval or land ta&ics he (hall make application to the executive for perraif fion, fpecifying ihe country, his object, and length of time he intends, or wishes to be absent from the Ljni.ed States—And (hould he on proof injure his country, or the citizens of the United Stales in his abfenee, be fubjeft to the fame penalty as though he had had no permillion—lf such was the law of the land, it iwould be easy to nfcertaui how many real c itizens we had in foreign countries and what their ohjedt, and whether they were enti led to ci tizenfhip again, from the rule of com/uft they had purfued—for it is conjectured by many whether there arc not some " exclusive patriots" in France, who call themselves Americans, that hsve forfeited their citizenftip on the principle of the well-being of fociety—for when a courttry protests a man as n citizen, it ought to puuifh him if an enemy There are few laws, it is believed, that would mak'e a man reflect more seriously than one jfthat would (hut the dnor of his country forever against him, if violated—and there if; none but the moll aban doned (if such was the law daring him in the face) that would turnrovers—Every wife govern ment fixes the rights of her citizens to a poißt for it can never be wife to fuffer them to be friends and enemieras alternate as the seasons. NO ROVER. the states of Greece united witb Carthage to oppose the dcfpotifm of Roman ambition, they might have prefeived the balance of power and the jvide range of domination that marked the great republic had been circumscribed by the real independence of other dates The Romans van quifhed fiitt one and then another state—always holding out the lure of advant .ges :o be obtained from their friend/hip and allinnce—until they ob tained a footing in the allied dominion —when too late the weakei ally invariably found that nnder those specious names of friend/hip, alliance, and protection, they had admitted majlers— not friends. The French have a&ed, and attempted to a&, a fitnilar part. By this day's Mail. ■ 4 .— CHARLESTON, December 19. Saturday arrived the (loop Venus, Brown, Nor folk, 17 days; schooner [iidullry, Rofs, Savan nah, 1; (hip Winyaw, Richards, London, 61. Yesterday arrived the (hip Hopewell, Hutchifon, London, 64 ; schooner Nancy, Tut tie, St. Marks, 34 ; hr, K George William, Young, Rhode- lfland, 24; schooner Cerina, Brown, Rhode-Island, 25 ; (hip Argo, Smith, Bofcon, 25 ; brig Juno, Atkine! Boston, 25 ; brig Fnendfhip, Childs, New-Port, 24; brig Columbia, Cloutman, Marblehead, 30 ; brig Mentor, Karflon, Kingston, 39 ; schooner Polly, Barry, North Carolina, 10 ; (loop Lydia, Haviland, Rhode-Iflar.d, 25 ; (loop Robert, Camp bell, Savannah, 3. The (hip Pallas, Hunter, had arrived at Glaf g«w, and the brig Pointer, at Giavefend, before the Winyaw left Cowes. Extract from the log-book of the Hoop Lydia, captain Haviland. December 1, in lat. 34, long. 78, fpofee the (loop Sally, Webb, from Port-an Prince, bound to Philadelphia, 10 days out, all well. December 9, in lat. 31, 42, long. 76, spoke the (hip Rainbow,' Ormond, from Liverpool, bound to Chaileflon, out 11 weeks, had njet with hard gales of wind, which had torn his fails very much ; he was then repairing them, and expected to have them in rea diness to bend that day. Capt. Ormond was ont of all kinds of meat ; supplied him. with 25 lbs. pork, 200 lbs. of cod-fifh, and 2 barrels of potatoes. He had plenty of bread, butter and prater. On Saturday afternoon the (hip Winyaw, Capt. ; Richards, arrived in this port from London, lafl from Cowes, which (he left on the 17th «f Ofte ber. As the (hip palled Fort Johnson, captain Kalteifen, the commandant, fainted the major with 1J guns; a detachment of the battalion of anil lery paid him the fame compliment from Fort Me- . chanic; the (hips in harbor displayed their colors, and as the (hip passed the wharves (he was cheered with loud huzzas ; at five or'clock in the evening j the major landed from the cutlom-houfe barge, at Blake's wharf, where be was met by a large con course of citizens, who with repeated (horns wel comed back to bis Dative land theit highly refpeft- , i ed and beloved fel}ow-c{ti2tn. Piffrngtrs in the Winyaw, from London : <j vfdje.r Pinclcney, roaster Thomas Pinckney, mailer C Pirickney, miss Pinclcney, miss Harriot i Pmckney, miss Snrah Ru;le<}gc, miss Dcas, mrs. n Pfronneaii, mrg. Kei'h, doctor Spence, i- PaffeHuTis in the brig Friendship :—Rev. do&or Gates and lady, major James Hamilton, and Robert Rowand, Esq. d NORFOLK, January 7. n . Yesterday arrived here a gentleman who tame paf r fengerin the b.ig Jans, Captain LiWbridge, of Phili ■J (a cartel employed to carry French prisoner* from this continent) who has obligingly furnilhtd us c with the fallowing information : 1 the 9th of Deeember the Cnmmiffianets at Cape I Francois ifliied their orders, directing the velfels of war e belonging to the French Republic, a» well at to :ndivi . duals, to capture and carry in the French ports, a 1 American veiTels whatever, hound to or froai British ports, ar engaged in any commerce contrary to the or ders of the Executive DireiSory. In conference of > wnich, about 65 fail of American veflels in the part of f St. Domingo were condemned (vedlls and cargoes) . and all Americans were detained in port, under pre- I teneeofan embargo. Every American vessel which . arrived bound to French ports, Wave had their cargoes put in requisition : and if any oppofitioa was made as to giving Bp their property, the captains lave been lmprifoned, and their cargoes taken from then and de posited in the government stores. The made of eon -1 dem nation is unprecedented,—the captured are nat , permitted to pot in any claim for their property, ar adduce any proof in their behalf whatever. They have also refufed to furnilh copies of their condemna tions. It was supposed that ( upwards of 10® privatters were fitting out when our informant left there on the 11th ef December. The above gentleman left the brig Jane off the Capes, on hsr pafTage to Philadelphia. Capt. Lillibridge, on the 10th of Dec. in lit. 37, 4. ' on S- 73> spoke the brig —, Timothy Ruflel rauf ter, of Philadelphia, out 90 days from St. Übes, in great distress, very leaky, and totally destitute of pra vifion# j one of his hands had died at the pump. Capt. Lillibridge endeavoured to aflift him, but the gale in which he spoke him was so violent, that every attempt was abortive, and he parted company before it was over.^ NEW-YORK, January 16, Capt. RufiVl, ot the fchoaner Commerce, ar rived on Satuiday from Genoa, saw the Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean (and was spoke to by them) confiding of 33 fail of the line. En quiries were made of him refpe&ing the British fleet. The above force nult have been effe&ed by a junction with the French fleet from Toulon } and, unless a Gmilar junltioa it effe&ed between admirals Jervis and Mann, is confidciably superior to the Beitilh force in those seas. Arrived at this Port. Days. Ship Good Friends, Smith, Hambiirff, 84 Brig Isabella and Ann, Hampton, Aux-Cays, 5© Columbia, Bottons, St. Thomas, 28 Sch'r Success, Wilson, Port de Prtix, 30 Ariel, Wicks, Havnnnab, 16 Commerce, Ruflel, Genoa, 88 Dispatch, Weft, St. Kitts, j8 Ship Alexander Hamilton, of Philadelphia, Kirkbridc, 55 days from Livetpaol. January 7, spoke a fchoener from New-York, out 8 days, bound to Cape-de Verd. January 8, spoke the brig Prudence, of New- York, bound to New-York, out 60 days, ftiort of provisions ; loft three men overboard, lat 36, 3 1 * Ship A»n and Mary, of Philadelphia, Edmund fon, failed in company with the Alexander Hamil ton. December 6, spoke the Hebe, of Baltimore, out 17 days from Baltimore, bound to Amtlerdam, who two days before took captain Heard and his crew from on board the (hip Sovereign, of London, from Quebec, bound to London, the ship having sprung a leak. Captain Kirkhride took 10 of the hands from the Hebe, and brought them to New-York. Talleyraud Perigord, eidevant bishop of Autun, who was banished from France by Robespierre, and some tirfie fmce expelled England under the provi sions of the alien bill, is said tab« chosen by the Diieftoryto manage on their part, the negociation with lord Malmeftiury. • London, Nov. 6. Yesterday evening, Wiffen, the meflenger, was difpatehed from the secretary of dates' officc, charged with inftruttions to lord Malmefcury, en the fubjeft of the demand made by the Executive Directory, that h« should produce the powers un der which he opened any negotiation for peace; on the part of the emperor. We are afTnred 1 by high authority, that our go vernment, in this instance, Influenced alike by ho nor and policy, will not accede to any proportion for a separate peace. They have furnifhed lord Malmefbuty with certain documents, which mani feft the difpofltion of his imperial majesty.to n lift ing and equitable peace, and which authorised the overtures made in his behalf. Should, hawever, ' direct credentials from the emperor to lord Malmef bury be deemed requisite, his lordship is dire&ed to requite time to obtain the neecfTary forms. MADRID, October 24. Certain changes have taken place in our ministry which leave us room to expect more. Don Afanxa, minifler at war, has been appointed viceroy of Mex ico } and Don Alvarei Mingrella replaces him as war minifler. Don Varelia, minifler of marine, is to replace DtJs Gardoqui, appointed ambassador to the court of Turin, in the department of finances. Don Juan de Langara, who commands our fleet ( at sea, is to be minifler of the marine. The above ( fleet eon lifts of 26 (hips of war, and was fee n off J Barcelona on the sth inft. PARIS, November ifi. 1 The news of the .death of Collot d'Herbois, t and his colleague Billaud Varennes i» falfe. n , The news of lord Malme/bury's having proposed an armistice to the direfloiy, appears to be prema- ") ture. The Dutch convention has empowered citizens Levefton and Padeur, members of the convention, now on million here, to afSll, in conjunction with u citizen Mayer, the Dutch plenipotentiary, at the co itferchcet for pace, which art afeout to be open* - ed in this city. *, r The speedy armament of the Brett fquadrqn oc t cupies ail hands. Several of the twenty-One (hipl of the line, which make at present our whale naval force in that quarter, have already their whole cam* r plcment of mo. In the above number are com prised five (hips lately arrived from Rochefort and 1 Orient. It appears, that that fleet is to have pro visions for fix months, whith proves that they are Heflined for fame ejCpcditiort in a remote quarter, and not fur the improbable and ridiculous plan of , nakinjf a descent upon England. It will be com manded by admiral Villaret Joyeufe. We feel a pleasure in pointing out to the public, the admiral whom the dircdory honor to deservedly with their confidenee. Villaret JoyeuTe commanded last war the Ilrij frigate, and distinguished himfclf in a fight with an English frigate, in which be had the advantages He made all the naval campaigns under admiral Suffrein, who was highly fond as hifls. He is nat only a good seaman, but alio a goad scholar, wha can quote almoll every v.rfe of Horart or Virgil. He wasalcftcd a deputy of India in the national convention, but he refufed that honor. •These encomiums will perhaps be considered ai exaggerated* by those wha remember the defeat* of the i zth and 13th Prairial, jd year, or the fata! eruife as 1794 ; but those battle* were given t J gainst the opinion <if Villaret, and at the peremp tory lnftigation of an ignorant and prefumptuoua Ptoconful. Villaret had feut prated after protcft «- gainst that fatal expedition to which we owe the ruin of our Marine. ,Letter* from Brett, of the 29th of o£t. state, that the expedition in that harbar had tanguifhe4 for a long while, till it wa« accelerated by the arri val of gen. Hoche and a cemmifiiener. Fifteen ships of the line are Shortly cxpe&ed to fail ; but they want many articles, the crews are incomplete* and foldiers_are to replace thefeamen, whose num ber is hut small. 1 hat expedition is f«;n with inquietude at Brest all the sailors disapprove of it, especially Villaret Joyeufe, the admiral, who dreads the fame difattert which made us fuflain thelofsaf 6 erf of our fi ned (hips of the line, during the famous winter eruife of 1794, the season is too fat advanced, and. the ships in the word date. If we believe the rumors circulating here, the Bred fleet failed en the Jd inft. Lord Malmrtbury and j Englishmen were yef tcrday at the Concert of the Opera. They did not seem much entertained with our fingers or our musicians, and fettingaflde their national pride, they were in the right. There were no David's, no Marchciis, whom English guineas bring frona Italy npon the London Theatre*. The ballet Ryche fecmed however to please iheria. Lord Malmesbury, and three or four pcrfon* of his (uite are said to have been present at the fitting of the Council of Five Hundred, on the 2d inft. when the resolution refpefting the law of the 3d Brumaire was taken. - 1 ' ■ 11 hi., rn . 1 . ■ . The Lyceum, fbl* free Debate, sit the Univtrfnl Chwch, In Lombard, between Fourth and Fifth-ftrtetSi On WEDNESDAY EVENING, the iSth January, Will be Debated, " Is the traffic in, and Holding of Slaves, consist* ent with humanity, morality, liberty, or policy;— or is it difrraceful ta that nation that fanltioßs or tolerate* it." The Chair will be taken at 7 o'clock. Admittance for Ladies and Gentlemen, X-Sth of t dollar. LOST, On the Road between this city and Baltimore, A black leather POCKET-BOOK, Containing sundry papers valuable only to the owner* also between three and four hundred dollar*. Whoever has found the fame, and will leave it at the office of the editor Na. 119 Chefnut street, with the contents, particularly the papers, fliall be handfomeiy rewarded, and no qucftiontalked. January 17. Want# a place, as Wet Nurse, A woman with a good bread of milk, who can be Wtll recommended, far further particulars enquire ot the Printer. Jan. if. Davis's Law Book Store, No. gi 3 , HIGH-STREET. GEORGE DAVIS announces to hit profeffional friende* and tbe (ieoikmen of tke Law, generally, through the Union, that his late importation of BOOKS is (low arrange ed, and ready for Sale, from a ftngle volunie to an entire li brary, without any advanoe upon hia former exceeding low prices, whUh tor tcveral years p*k have in so dUlmguifhed a manner recommended them'to notice. , Printed Catalogues combining the most extensive collect tion cf the latest English and Irilh Editions ever imported into this country, are published, and will be delivered graii# on application. Orders addressed to 6. D. in writing from any diftaaatf ftiall be punctually attended to. A number <of IRUNKS for Sale. ALSO, TO BE LET, A convenient LOFT, near Market Street Wharf. ov.B. tu&fgtt* BALL. Netb Cotillions, Scotch Reels t and Contre Dances. Messrs. Francis and Byrne beg leave to inform thtk 1 fchelars, friends, and the public in general, that their firft Sail for this season will be on Tuesday, the 14, at O'Ellers's assembly-room ; at which a variety of new Cotillions, Contre Dances, and the most celebrated Scoteh Reels, will be introduced. Messrs. Francis and Byrne propose to give gratuitous attendance at their school room, for the inftrndtion of those Ladies and Gentlemen in their new dances, who mean to honer tbe ball raom with their presence,— at tendance for this pnrpofe after their school hours, on Tueldays, and Thursdays. Tickets to be had as MeflW."France* and Byrne No. 70, North Eight street, or at O'Ellers's Hotel. La* dies are requested to apply ta their female friends, Icholars of Messrs. F. & B. or a* above, at their refi denct. ' * — N. B. The new dances will not infringe upon the usual routine as the evening. January 11,1797. aawti*
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