tpafed to be takes by the rep»rt which had been
-M ie wa, not the Left ; he thought they were
va'urtmg oppnfitioi,, and giving the Hate of New-
Yt.rk an ..pportunity of embodying its opposition,
io -,st > make it dangerous to attempt, if it (hoald
lis rafter be thought necessary, to enforce the pay
mijnt of the balance in question. He believed the
J .ited States had it in their power at present to do
themselves justice ; but were the United States to
Jay their hands on the funds of the state of New-
York as a feennty for ,heir debt, there would be
nMhrng left to operate upon the minds of the peo
pie of that state, but the justice of the measure,
as they would no longer fofter any idea of evading
the debt. He could fee no obje&ion to this pro
ceedmg".
If there was danger of a serious conflict with
that state, in order to recover this debt, he for one
would chtife to reiiiiqm'Ch it altogether ; but if they
were to pay themselves by laying bold of 'heir
stock, he believed that state would acquiefee in the
Hic.iftire, and there would 110 more be heard of it
*hich might not be the cafe if they made a de'
matid, and weie to wait for objections or a refufal
ot payment. From the zeal which had been iliewn
by the gentlemen from New-York on this occasion,
he aflcef if it w©nld be extraordinary if that state
(hould put it out of their power to do themselves
justice ; and whether wnsn the opposition to the
demand (hould be drawn into a focus, it would not
be encreafed in iis force He thought there could
be no doubt of it.
There was one objeftiontoa proceeding of this
ki»d that might have some weight. It might be
fuid, for inftanee, that the state from whence he
came, or others, might refufe to pay, after they
had distrained upon the funds of New-York fur
their debt. It might be so. He believed that one
of the debtor (fates could never pay. This was
no reason why they (hould no: receive the debt from
New-York. They might nevertheiefs allow so
much from the amount as fhouJd be equal to the
deficiency in the payments of the otiier states.
He thought to adopt this plan would be to avoid
any disagreeable cooflift which might otherwise
take pbee, and be a means sf prefervinjr harmony i
between that state and the United States. He !
therefore prapofed a refolutien to the following ef
fect—which he wi(hed to be committed to the lame
committee of the whole to was referred the
report of the committee ef ways and means on this
fubjeift.
Resolved, That the balances due from certain
lUtes in the settlement of accounts between indivi
dual state* and the United Sta-es, shall be dischar
ged out of the funds whi«h such ftatrs may hold in
the public debt of the United States, and that th'e ]
feeretary of the t tea fury hare directions accordinor
ly-
[To he
■» «
CONTINUATION OF \
Late Foreign Intelligence.
We have already published the German and En- h
ghfh accounts of the actions of the 19th and 24th
OSober : the following are the French details !
of the fame a&ion— I
From the London Courier. Nov. 8.
? OFFICIAL DETAILS.
ARMY of the RHINE and MOSELLE.
Extract of a letter from the General in Chief, Moreau I s
to tl)e Executive Diredory.
Upon the 27th of this manth the right wing
was attacked in the pasTes if'Enfer, St. Pie. re, and
St, Msrgen. Ihe advanced guard was oblige !to
fall back, but the main body prtferved its pofiti6n.
The pass was guarded, and the enemy wera unable rl
to blnck it up.
" gave orders again to attack the enemy next V
day. Ihe centre of the army was to support this
attack by a detachment which followed tits route
of the pass of Simonsvvald. 'p
" U PO» the 28th, Prince Charles, who had coo
centrated his whole aimy in the neighbourhood of
Elfach and Effingen, att«c-ked the adv.mced guard
£f the centre and that of the left. The latter were M
to fall batk upon tbe army, but that of the centre
was vnder the neceflity of making head in its. po
sition, in order to pretcit the return of its detach-'
»nent in the Simonfwakl.
" That of the left was to fall back behind the
Elft upon the firft; attack of Reutuengen, which
it occupied by the bridges of AnwafTen and The
ningew ; but the brave general Beaupeuis, who had
the command of this movement, w.,s killed at the
beginning of this so that the detachment
continued to fight in tne bad position which tt oc-
cupied till new orders could be giver, and all their
bravery was requisite to prevent them from being £ u
driven in by a superiority of force, and numerous 'r
artillery.
" After this engagement, in which, fortunately, 1
wi. did not lose a single piece hf artillery, the army
preftrved its position behind the Elft ; the right me
at the entrance oftke defile tef Waldlkirk, the left us
At Riges ; but as the Molelle at Theningen was ** f
commanded by the heights of Mundingen, I took c
position five hundred toifes behiad, defending th# t
mouth of the passage in front by Hai genzingen, '
tbe right by the mountains. The loss of the enemy "''l
is about five hundred killed and one hundred and l°. c
and fifty made prifonert. The attack of tlie right c *
wing succeeded, and its advanced guard resumed f u n
ijs pnfition at St. Pierre. _ Ny ,
Upon the 29th the enemy attacked Nimburg. • "
•They displayed in artillery, infantry, and cavalry,
■ coiifiderable forces. The heads of their columns
were ready to seize the passes at all the other points,
had they succeeded in forging this one ; but their
efforts were useless, and their attacks, which they
continued to repeat with frefh troops from tea
o clock in the morning till late at night, were repel- "
•led with the greatefl; courage. The light artillery ''
especially performed prodigies of valor. The e
nemy likewise attempted an attack upon the left
©f the ccntr« of the army, but vigorously repulsed J,
by the 1 bt-h Jemi-brigade, they tonfined themselves two
«o this toiaL rir .
* " 13m f' r '"S ta^rt} s Ycfterday
lew " eray , fglW ' ed u » their artillery ; but the
lon "; rtt C ~ nded by Generals Ahbatucci and
J completely krpt them check _
»«'«> Upon the 24:h, 25th and 26th, the advanced
.£ sssr* *° g ''" d •" *- *- T~
5 " Health and refpeft.
(Signed) MO RE A U."
Ibe Extraa of a Utter addreffid to the Executive Direßo
.re Ik h Chie f °f the a "»y "f
' lih " ca " d Mofclle, tinted OMohcr to.
"»g " Citizens Directors,
>ro- «■ On the [ft of this month the army took the
following portion ;—the left „ n the Rhine, the
Mth right it Kaudern. the centre at Schiihngen. I re
one mained there on the second, and it was my inten
hey tmn, ,fthe enemy had not pursued me with their
T h - C 'T 7, '®, have mai " [a '»cd myfelf there.-
it rj e , " med P»niculsrly direfled a gainst
■t, Kaudern and Hiel : and their objed was, in o
de pen.ng Ludlingen, to arrive before me at Amin
' d,n j re *' and cut °ff my retreat te Huninguen. I
o„ "!pI a r V ; 5° rOU .' attac . k the famc da X the post
t' u , l" de "' but their having time to cut down
ves ;Ji sa uack. PteVe " ted 3ny £ °° d rcfu ' tlHg fr °»
w , J 7 h j t "°°Pf of F en - Ferrino, who were ordered
«t Kaudern and Hicl performed prodigiesof
valor, and resisted the lepeated attacks of the enemy
from daybreak till night. I gave orders for their
hw being supported by a post of the general's d.vision,
be again ft whom the attack was less vigorous. Geo.
ey /he Rh" "P* 301 ted t ' le att ' c k from Schillingen to
r or •« Notwithftanaing the fatigue of the troups, oc
",e caf,oned by the very bad weather, they repulied the
'as enemy in every attack, without at all regarding
>m the,r numbers ; and if the situation of the army had
io permitted to remain upon the right bank of the
he Khinel we flatter ourfelve. we (hould liavc gained
a 7 r er 7 bril J ian ' victory. We have taken about ,00
-V pnfoners from the enemy, five of whom are of
-llf hcers.
7L " e6th the arm X to °k a position at At
ie I flugen. On the jtb it passed the Rhine at Hunin
■ - j geii ; and although the army of the enemy was en
nc camped only a icag.ie distant frsm us, they dared
tie not molest or interrupt us in our. passage, which
"8 was effp&ed ,n the gieateft order, and covered by 1
. generals Abbatucci and'Laboiffiere. 1
" Health and lefpcd. I
'i- (Signed) .. MORE A U." :
r- ______ j
111 _ _ ® ' RASBUHG, O&ober 24.
l> Eltr adl or a letter to the niinifter tor foreign affairs, *
r. tt concerning the English envoy. 1
Yon are going to ennfer with a man whom I well
knew at 1 ete. (burgh, Jnd who 19, and always haa
been, one of the moftw»rm and dangerous enemies
_ ot France. It is neceffiry that you (hould know him
well. I inform you that no person has morcAnow
e ge o men and things; that 110 one knows better
how to conceal a feeret, and to guess or draw out the
secrets of others."
1- i," 'r' 16 !' mam ? er of letter coniains reflexions on !
hn Lordfliips charafler, which we declit.e ißferti.ag. 1
Phi lad rl p kia,
THURSDAY^ EVENING, 7 4NUARY J 9 , 1797. ,
&■ * stated meeting of the Ph.lofnphical Society ,|
will be held at their hall at 6 o'clock this eveainc.-
u New members to be eleflcd. "
__ r
' „ TheS *" a t« eleflcd Samuel Mickle Fnx, V(
j Kearney Wharton, and Wm. Miller, jun. Direflors «
I °f< h *B»" k o( Pennsylvania, by an unanimous Vote, q
' , Henry Latimer, Esq. is re elefttd Senator.fj
: the United States, by the legislature of the ftateot" j t l
Delaware,, for fix years, commencing the third of ti
March next. . r
i
NEiv-jERSEr Election.
Total amolint of the votes of ten counties, in the
state of New-Jersey, for members of the House B
of Representatives, to serve in the fifth Congress
of the United States—viz g (
MtGeurs Dayton . . 5793 15
St-'hurrman * . 3937
Sijinickfon - 3 6 0 8 S[
Thompfou . 3 g 54 S l
l m ' a 7 „ " * 3545 Bi
* 3483 Bi
E. Eimer - , 953 Sc
■L-mn - - 1970
BloomfielJ- . , 759 gc
N. B. This return includes the votes of all the A
count,e. in New-Jeiley, except the counties of
csutlcx and Bergen, and one townihip of thecoumy
of Burlington, which have not yet come to hand ;
but from the bell accounts it appears that the votei
of these counties'-will only incrcafe the majorities of Se
the five highest candidates.
— Br
A printed copy of the following authentic Doau
ment (m the French lasguage,) was yesterday sent to Si)
us by a correipondent. £ Am. D. Adv.]
" Extra<fl _ f r«i® tbe register of the deliberations of the
rst «° vernmtnt ti
" The commiflion resolve that the captains of French
(hips at war and privateers, are authorized to seize and
to conduct into the ports of the colony, American vrf
fels dcftined for or failing from i nglilh ports
»I he vefTels already taken, or those which may in 1
future be taken, ihall remain in the ports of the colo
ny, uafil it ihall be otherwise ordained.
' "j} e 7th s of 1 . Frimairi, ( 27 th of November,) i„
fible e ' C Uepubl,c > °" £ indivi.
« Signed in the regifler of the Proces Verbeaux. Th
Le Blanc, President. <
" Son'honax, 1 _ Bri
"Kaimond, j CommifTioners.
" Pafcall, Secretary," p r ;
" A true copy, according to the feeretary general 1
of the commiflion. " PASCALL " g j
Extract of a letter from an American residing at the 1
Havannah, dated the I4 th of December, 1796.
I he Revenge Freueli privateer has sent in here
day " Don Juan Pro.-'opio de Baffcourt Conte Sauta Cla
the n, is arrived in quality of governor of this IJland he
and , governor. ot Barcelona ; his policy is
rounded on tfee best principles, and it is expelled here
cetl friendly to the Americans."
7CO following letter was yesterday received via- New
-1 York.
Havannah, Dec 24, 1796.
Mejfrs Sptrry C 3* Campbell,
' Sus,
I am sorry to inform you of our being captured by a
So- jf nc *' P riTat «r of ro guns, off Heneaga on the 14th
the r cannot at pre.'ent inform voh what will be our
ate, as lam detained on board-as a phfoner, and not
luitered to go on (hore. Captain Earl was taken on j
Uoard the privateer, and I suppose sent to the Cape—l
the pray God you had Insurance made, as I wrote by three
the different opportunities from Jamaica.
re- rhe reason given for taking us is, that we were
en- 0 "" d frotn 1 P° rt > and fhewc-d u. their com
million, wherein they had orders te take all Americans
bound to or from British ports.
The fame privateer has f.-nt into this port a brig
loaded with rice, bound to Jamaica, which was
° yesterday condemned, vefTel and cargo—l am real
ly afraid it will be our fate. The fame privateer
.captured the next day aftei taking us, rhe brig
belonging o George Peter, and the fchoo- i
wn ner Betsey, belonging to Dutilh and Wachfmuth !
—where they have sent them I do not know. I
j l. ia^ C f 13 '* 3 deal of trouble, owing to the
e fa.fe information, t« the captain of the privateer,
by one of captain Earls'boys, that there was lif
y teen thousand dollars iR ca(h on board, which oc
casioned a complete feareh for money I had bor
| n > rowed of the mate 100 dollars, which they took
from me, and left me without it fix pence. They
0 ?.!fo took from the mate 70 dollars. Captain E'»
boy is gone home; his n<ime is , a son of the
> c ' man you bought the ftavesof. The cargo consists
of 36 tierces and 300 bags of coffee, about 90,000
'£ weight, 200 bags of ginger, and some old iron it
® copper for yo»r account, 70 bags of ginger on
, " cou "t of Jacob Sperry and Co. [ w„nld have
■' lent you copies of the invoices, but they have ta-
J ° ken ell my papers me ; however I hope to fee
copies of them in ar'few days (when I igct releas
ed.) x hey haveplundeted me of every thing that
l " is eatable.
JOHNM. IR.WIN.
•d ~~
, emaiKAL.
' . A Gentleman who had lately read a pamphlet en
y titled " 1 homas Paine to George Washington," was •
reprobating the writer, in presence of a young Lady,
for the reflexions cast on the illuftrioas charailer.—
Si!c replied, " 'When the Age of Reason appeared,
Sir, you were not offended with the freedom with
winch Paine tieauji JtsUs but you are so
good a man bear the least reflexion on
George Walhingtin." taper.'}
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IS
By this day's Mail.
1 _ NORFOLK, January 9. |
This day arrives! the brig Eliza, Captain Lot
n Lure, .8y days horn Liverpool. Oil the 29th Dec. J
in lat. 36, long. 68, fjioke the brig Lucy, Froll, 1
f'day's out from Norfolk, bound to Caiiiz, all well.
1 Yesterday arrived here thefebooner Polly, Capt. 3
N. Kirly, in ti dayi from the Havanna. Through '
the •oolfleiufs or the captain and we are /
enal led -olay before our readers the following par. y
ticuiars ! * r b
! Sat War was proclaimed at the Havanna on °
the ijfh of N-vrmher ; an embargo took place o>
the loth, which was not taken off till the 24th of
December. A proclamation was ifiued by the Go-
vernor of the nlavanna on the 19th of December, .1
j ordeiinr all Bi' ifTi ftibjefts, not naturalized, to
quit the ifi. id of Cuba in 8 days ; and those who j"
were naturalized, b< vjitue of the aft of tolerati. I
on, rt»re to be urciilhed with passports to retire to
the cities of Bijacal or Santiago, there to remain v
till an opportunity effered to (hip them off the
iiland. Ec
The following vessels failed from the Havanna, in "
company with the lvhoouer Polly, the zßth of *"
December:
Brig Courtney, Livingfton, from Jamaica to Nor
folk, (put into the Havanna in
Schooner Ariel, Weeks, for Philadelphia.
Brig Neptune, Douglas, from Jamaica to Wil
miHgton, (pat in there i'n diftrefg.)
Snow Flora, Corey, for Charleston.
Sloop Nancy, Huntington, for ditto.
Brig Iwo Brothers, of Wilmington, for ditto. V*
Brig Sally, NeweN, of Murfreeftoro', for ditto. a °i
Schooner Baibara, Siinon White, of and for Bal
timore. 1 na
Schooner , Season, for Boston.
And a Rhode-lHand sloop, from Curracoa to Nor 7
folk, failed from the Havanna in company.
Left at the Havanna,.
Sloop Mercury, Pikes, from Kingston, bound to ?*•
Phil delphia.
Schooner Harriet, J. Foster, of and bound to 5
CharleUon, taking in a cargo. m w
Biig Harriet, Macaulay, from Baltimore, j»ft ar-
rived.
Snow Nelly, De Shields, just arrived from Balti
more ; not permitted to land her cargo.
Captured and plundered Americans t 0 f
Ihe (hip Golden Age, owned by Mr. Moulton, of w ],
Philadelphia( (w o was in her) was captured on he
her paflage fr»m t® Philadelphia, by a he
French privateer, and sent into the Havanna. r
The fhijj 1 homas, Martin, of Charlerton, was
boarded by a privateer without a commission,
plundered of a great number of articles, and car- „ a ,
ried to St. lago; (he aftei wards came to the {■„.
rlajranna.
Captured British vessels at the Havanna:
The Bermuda privateer Hawk, taken by a Spanith mel
,77 ' W n^er,on » St. Kitt's, to i" !
Belfaft. s.
Brig , Woolford, from Moutferrat to p.
Liverpool (Nova Scotia.)
Ship — , from Jamaica to Liver
pool (England.) , ,
' 'wh;
BALTIMORE, January 17. cr ' r
« rot.
By Mr. Maloy, who went out supercargo of the Chi
Ann and Maria, of this port, we leara that the a. gra
Cia- Hove vcffVl was taken on her homeward bound pas.
.* from Jamaica, in September last, by a French
here P rI * ati;t:, "> an <i oan ieil into St. Jago, in theifland of
Cuba, where fthe capt. of the privateer having
ew- ° r >bed two of the hands to swear (he was Britiih
property) (he and her cargo were both condemned,
S. without even the semblance of a trial ; that her
cargo was inltantly landed, parts knocked into her,
and that (he was immediately sent on a cruise at a
4 th Fl e , nch P rivateer - lc has been so long since Mr.
our Maloy left St. Jago (upwards of 70 days) that he
not f an R»»e no confirmation or contradiiSlion of the
on intelligence refpe&ing the captuie of our vessels
—I the Spaniards— but he fays, that a number of A.
,r «e mericans have been sent into St. by Frenck
'ere Pr iT * tecr »* all " f vhom met the fame fate as
»m- "tmfelf, and that a French nod is Spanifli law, in
ans that part of theifland.
r, £ ALBANY, January 9.
»as By a letter lately received from Mr. Talbot, *.
ral- gent for the United States, for the purpose ef cf
eer ; feAing* the rcleafement of American seamen in the
rig . Weft-Imdies, to his friend in this Rate } we learn,
00- I that he had vifiied Barbadoes and and
nh J had a conference with four British admirals, viz.
I Hyde Parker, Henry Harvey, H. Carberry Chris.
the tian, and Charles Moriee Pole, Esquires, and cor
er, refpondence with the two formfer; the reftalt of
iif. which terminated more favorably than wa* at firft
®c« c *pc&ed. Admiral Harvey, commanding all the
»r ftnps of war stationed among the windward iflandt,
ok had given the most poStive assurances, that be
icy would cause an enquiry to he made, on board all the
i'» (hipsof war, es they returned into port, and that
he all Americans found on board (hould be dischargers,
ifts and that he would give petitive orders againtl all
00 farther impreflments of American seamen, and to
it pay due rcfpeA to the protefUon* with which they
on may be furnifhed. Mr. .Talbot farther iaforme,
ive that these orders wete potting in exeeution, and
ta- that more than sixty had been discharged. He
et likewise mentions the great mortality of the Bri
if. tift forces both by sea and land, in diver* parti of
iat the Weft Indies ; and that orders had arrived to
flop all Spanish property ; but not to proceed to
condemnation until farther orders. He rxprefTe*
entire confidence in the future conduct of the Bri
tish government towards America, and that no far
n- ther injuries will be committed on our trade or ia>
« habitants.
y.
< j ; NEW-YORK, January 17. ■
ih our P a P cr of yesterday, the reader will ob
fo f f rvea note at the foot of the article of eftiiuate*
m and duties, of this kind: « More than half the
whole revenue of the United States, arifiag from
impolt and tonnajfe, is paid by the state* of New-
York and Fennfylvania."
Wt *i(h our readers to understand that that
note did *9/ originate with the editors of the Mi»
nerva. It was copied from another paper, and"
could have proceeded only from inattention in the
5 publishers. We IhouM not now have -Noticed the
I* alley ion, had not similar ideas fallen from a mem.
' ber of Congress in a late debate on the balance* f
and did not inch aflertions frequently occur in the
'• commercial states by way of boasting.
1 The truth is, more than half the revenue is ctJ.
e hSed in tlie ports of Philadelphia and New-York :
hut the duties are paid by all the (tatej in the Uni
on. Philadelphia imports, not only'for her near
" neighbors# but for all the foathcrn states. New.
" York imports largely for the southern states, and
wholly for her adjacent neighbors. Mere dry good*
are carried from New-York up Conne&icut river,
' than up the Hudson. The consumers on that ri»
* ver, including Conne&icut, Hampshire county,
* in Maflachufetts, and part of Vermont and New-
Hampshire, amount to almost 4.00,000 fouls, a po
' pulation equal to that of the whole state of New
| York, and the richest people and the most liberal
: consumers of luxuries, that are in America. Not
to mention a large portion of New-Jersey, which
are dependent on New-York merchants for supplies.
It is very deniable that the citizens of the Ame
rican republic (hould lay aside ths little narrow
views of local advantages, aud think themfelve*
members of one great community. Of what con
ference is it whether the duties on goods are paid
on this fide or the other, of a* imaginary line ? lo
an inhabitant of New York or Albany, happier or
letter, he lives in a date where cuftoma ai«
colle&ed, than the citizens of Newark or Burling,
ton, who are separated from the colle&ing port bf
a large rivet ? Americana ought to be ashamed of
naming such diltinAions. Minerva.]
COMMUNICATIONS.
Some members of a certain body, have
tically hinted, that the Frcnch directory, ought to
make war upon the United States. They have aat,
said indeed, that they wiil openly join France*
(hould it come to a qdarrcl; but it is yet to be fees
whether thiy do not mcaa to prostrate their «oua>
try before the French direAory, by withalding
from it the meana neccflary far an honorable nego
tiation.
You have seen • cock upon a dung-hill ia fearck
of food ; with what industry th fcratche* it, witk
what earnellnefi he esamioei every layer of filth a»
he turns it over ; and how beflrutsaad crow* when
he finds a grain of half rotten corn to devour juSt
so your democrat* search the duag-hill of philofo*
pby for diforganiting fentimcats, and ftrat and orow
on finding oae, through their whole chain of new*,
papci* —as if they had just received precious trea*
iure from Mexico.
Piatt, a|writcr ia the cmfe of holy infurtec.
tion, would persuade the people, that their govera.
ment ha* aAed anjuftly towards France—and that
justice reqaire* they (hould take a part with Fraaec
against their own goverameot s—and in this patri- '
otic attempt he call* ia the aid of aa extract from
j Godwin'* Political Justice, —" I have a paramoant
I engagement to the cause of justice and the bt Be
fit of the hum&a race. If the >ation vndenak a
'what is unjust, fidelity in that Undertaking is a
erimc." This morfcl has btea copied iato the Au
rora, aad no doubt will make it* way good to the
Chronicle, the Argus, aad the Baltimore Tcle
- f