her, ftom a vain punsilio of obliging her to flrike
to us We then employed outfelves in making the
neoefTary difpofitinnt for affording such afisftance as
rfciaht be in our p >wer, in the event of the
cy of the enemy obliging the admiral to attack
them, as well as such as \aouM be expedient in cale
tney should run heir lliips on shore, neither of
wliie , however, I thought probable.
1 was accordingly informed, by a letter from fir i
George the following morning, that the whole had
surrendered themselves to him. ,
The means by which this event has been actom
plifhed, fir, has not afforded any npportanity to his
majelly's troops of displaying that bravery in his i
service, which I am consent they would have 1
(hewn, had the occasion presented itfelf: but if thr i
Btmoft alacrity and chearfulnefs, under almost eve i
ry privation, except that of meat, during a march i
of nine r miles, through so barren 3 country that 1
> there exid but five houses in the whole line, have 1
any mrpit, 1 can with truth present them to his ma- i
jelly's notice. ,
This march. Sir, has never yet I believe been at- 1
fempted by any body of troops, Jiowever small, and,, ,
permt me to allure yon, has been attended with such
uncommon difficulties, that it never could have been
aecornphfhed but by the difj;lay of the qualities I have
mentioned in the troops, and a union of extraordinary
exertions ir. all the departments coneerned. In these
all have equal claim to my acknowledgements ; but
I cannot dispense with particularizing the intelligence
and afiivity -with which, regardless of the uncommon
fatigue which attended it, Jieutenant M'Nab, of the
98th regiment, with about twenty of his mounted men
performed the service allotted to him of uatching the
enemy, and preventing any communication with them,
from the firft moment of their coming into the Bay,
till our arrival.
It is, Sir, with very particular fatisfa&ioa that I ,
kave further to report, that P have received, on this
eceafion, every possible assistance from his Majelly's
fubjefls of the colony.
The Bnrgher Senate have discharged the duty impof
edapon them with the greatest readiness, impartiality
and aflivity, whilst their requisitions and orders 011 the
inhabitants for their waggons, cattle and horses, have
been complied with, with a chearfulnefs which could,
I am fatisfied, only proceed from a convii3ion of the
preference to be given of his Majesty'» mild and pater
nal government over the wild system of anarchy and
eonfufion from which they were furnilhing the means
of being effe&ually defended.
This will be delivered to you, Sir, by my Aide-de-
Camp, Captain Bayaes, who ha< been in this country
finee the firft arrival of his majesty's troops under my
command, and to whose intelligent and atftive affift
ancel have been, on every nfc.ifion, highly indebted.
I beg leave, Sir, rnoft humbly to recommend him to
his majesty's notice.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest refpe<sl,
Sir, &c. J. H. CRAIG.
£To be eontin'ied.j
For the Gazette or the Ignited States.
PARTY SPIRIT.
The numerous virulent pieces that pass between
men of different parties, cannot but be disgusting
to every unbiassed reader ; and indeed these elfufions
of spleen have beccmr so common, that they seem
now to be generally palled over without regard, and
serve erily to fill the corner of a newspaper without
any-benefit to those who read them.
The liberty of the press, which ought to be
prized by every freeman, Ihonli at the fame time
be used with such moderation as to exclttdc all un
necelfary satire. One of the great parpefes of a
free press is to secure tlje liberty of a country, in
any critical time, by a candid and ingenious display
of principles, and to w»rn its citizens of any Jaagers
that may chance to threaten them from ambitious
t»en ; but it is sometimes so much abused by the
little politicians of a country, that many who are
otherwise welt disposed to the public welfare, are
led to wish that 110 such liberty of the press existed.
This is not indeed a wish cherished by myfclf, nor
even by a majority of society ; bat luch intemper
ance will sometimes be attended with this conse
quence, and if these fierce political champions have
ttally the happiness of their country fa much at
heart as they pretend, it might afford some induce
ment for :t hem to fopprefs their acrimony, to con
fidtr how easily mankind are sometimes prevailed
upon to give up a privilege for the fake of fafety,
and how freqaently nations are epflaved by ambi
tious men, who take advantage of their evils to
eaforce the necessity of more restraint.
1 have been led to these remarks, Mr. Printer,
>r the numerous " hints'* and "communications"l
that have tlruck my attention upon taking up a
newspaper. If the motive of these writers be ta
refotm errors, and do away prejudice, there is to be
sure fottie excuse for there ; but fti-H we are left to
lament that such inadequate means should be used,
as the method they take has quite a contrary tend- j
enpy ; and the breach between different parties, !
instead of being dosed, is made wider. The natural
pride of man induces him to rejeil advice, even tho'
hekuowsit to be given with good intentions; but
when it is accompanied with insult, it will lead him
to embrace the mod palpable errors with more cager
ttefs than he did before, and to difleminate them
amongst others, iif order to vindicate his own un
dei (landing in having firft admitted fhem-
But I am inclined to'think, fir, that their vietfi
are different. They probably mean nothing more
than to >;ive to the public lome bright fpecimcn of
wit, w power -of sarcasm; bat'let me ask any one
j»ho thus frivoleufly wastes liis time and paper,
whetlier he htmfelf has ever received any pleaftire
from l:he perusal of similar pieces ? If their objedt
is to entertain, they should be more pointed ; for no
person is amused by general censure. Is any criti
cism agaiirft ar'tjjoerals or demoirats (tetmi that
cetirprife great numbers) calculated to please a
reader who undcrftands not,to whom they are par
ticularly _aimed ? 1 believe not, and if .the writers
who arc so ready to (hew their smartness, would
apply the enquity to their own feelings, the event
wou.ld be fufficient to baffle their hopes of diftinc
tio»i from this source, and spare the public the talk
of <perufwg compoGtions that yield neither pleasure
nor information.
In satire that is personal, the cafe it different ;
i#ir here we are jfcrhaps acquainted with the cha
mbers.; and we are gratified in watching the ar
rows of reproach that fly from fide to fide, becautft
we know the objedt en whom they fall, and their
fate is iateteliin^.
Thus it appears, Mr. Pripter, that no msr> ought ■
to present his eff.iys to his fellow citizens, unless it
to communicate something valuable, or some
thing pleasing. For this rftfon I have always been
■ed todefpife the produ&ions of a writer, that denis
in mere abuse without argument, a«d look upon it
as nothing more than a prostration of the purposes
for which the freedom of ttie prefj is designed. I
may by this means indulge my own malignity against
a particular party, but cannot hope to convince
other men ; and for what other purpose is it tha'
I publiih my reientment ? The man who wishes to
aveuge an injury received from his neighbour, mud
expose the baseness that dictated it, otherwise his
hearers cannot join in his enmity. If he wi.Ties to
recommend any properfed system or plan, let him
trace its operation, and designate its effedts j for it
is necessary that the public, to whom he offers his
opinions, be made sensible of their justness before
they adopt them, and without this proctdure not
even his name, however relpetlable, will succeed ia
recommending it, mach less his anonymous senti
ments, delivered without argument and without
order.
PACIFICUS.
PHT LADELPHIAy
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1797.
Marhed, on Saturday evening, 31ft u!t." by the
Rev. Mr. Han del I, Mr. foHn Stem to the amiable
Miss Polly Kuhn, of New-Jersey.
, on Monday evening, 9th inft, by Michael
Hillegas, Esq. Mr. Samuel Archer, merchant, of
this city, to Miss Elizabeth West, of Mount-
Holly, New-Jersey.
an Monday evening, 16th inft. by 'John
Bartholemew, Efq Mr. John Boyles to Miss Mag
dalen Ruth, both of Chester county, Great-Valley.
, on Tuesday evening, 17th inft. by Jacob
Servoft, Esq. Mr. Benjamin Chapman to Miss
M t"ROY "Gt LP IN, bo'th of this city.
—. last evening by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, Mr.
William MA'GHCBsof Greeneftjurg,' Weftmorelaad
county, Penafylvania, to Mrs. Sa&AH Barnss, of
this city.
Mr. FENNELL.
( The readings and recitations of this gentleman
may be con fide red as a school of rhetoric atid mo
rality. . Young particularly will derive gteat
advantages ftom an attendance. To tf ad well,
is an endowment, as rare, as it'is valuable, and is
to be acquired peihaps only from good .example?.
Mr. Feni-ell has not perhaps been equalled in t is
line. We are pleased to observe that he has re.
duced the price of tickets which will admit chil
dren, to 25 cents.
This will donbtlefs induce parents and guardians
to improve the opporttinity—A better never has,
and never tpay occur of acquiring that fpeeies of
improvement which will kli thiough life.
. , NEW THEATRE. -
The entertainment announrrd this evening of
the Mountaineers, and Seeing fs Believing, promile'
a'rich and various repast of sentiment, humur and
taste.
It is reported that three English frigates have arrived
in the Chesapeake.
Edward Livingfton, Efq is re-elefled member of
Congress for the state of New-York, hy a majority of
550 votes.
Major Pierce Butler was he'd up as one. of He
e!e<Slors from the state of South-Carolina, but declined
ferviag, we are well informed, as the members of the
Legislature who appoint them, required of the candi
dates to pledge themselves to vote for Thoma« Jeffer
fon and Thomit Pinckney. [Akrr a.J
Ext raft of a letter from captain J. H. W. dated
at Cape-Francois, Dec. to, 1796, to his own
ers in Philadelphia.
" I have been detained here on account ,of a
' law suit with a man who robbed me of go-»ds and
cash to the amount of abont one thousand dollars.
No'withllanding every proof 1 cannot get any fa.
tisfaftion, but on the contrary my life is threatned,
and captain B's likewise, he being an evidence in
my favor. The adminillratian take all American
cargoes, which come here by force, without any
mode of payment whatever, and likewise take all
' American velfels to and from English parts, and
condemn them without a hearing."
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, to a house
in thij city, dated December zo, 1796.
! " Th'» government seems determined tu lay eve
ry obstacle in the channel of American commerce,
it now not only ref(ifes paying old debts, but con
-1 traifts (if it can be so called) new 0114s, without
so much as a promise -of ever paying—its armed
- i vessels have sent in all Americans, hound to or ftom
f> | any British ports, either in this island or real En
glifti colonies, which have been candemned, \yith
out so much as the ceremonies of a trial ; such as
S have come here with their own accord, kave had
c their cargoes taken by force, some have abandoned
f their vessels and gone home, depending, as I fup
e pose, upon the insurers for indemnification, others
1 whose cargoes have been partly taken, stay, but
e to no purpose : In addition to this, a dHty is laid
* (as they fay by orders from France) on the impOrt
-0 alien of gxads imported in American bottoms,
■ which is high on every . thing, except feecf, pork,
1 and flour—thefe are tree ;as the duty on dry goods
a is ascertained by weight, it is extremely unequal,
- on the fined linen one dollar per piece, on Ruilia
s sheeting two and a half dollars per piece, both be-
ing 105 Is. p.-I®oth. All kinds of provisions are
t high and in demand, hut cannot be brought with
- out falling into the hands of admiuiftration."
k _
e Last evening arrived here by land from Cape May,
Mr. M'Kim of Baltimore, wha, having betn robbed
. of his property by the French at Cape Francois, where
his vessel was carried in, h«ing taken on her passage
r from one French port to another—he took his paflage
in the Ichooner Amy, Capt, Woodman, for this port,
who left Cape Fraflcois on the 44th of December, and
"" arrived off our bay on Sunday last ; when, being told
that «ur river will frozen, Cipt. Woodman landed
■ Mr. M'Kim, and flood for New-York. By him we
I:arn, that on the 15th December a cutter arrived at
the Cape in 3? days from France.
He alio- mentions that the coast of St. Domingo
I warms wir-h privateers, from one gun upwards, who
take and fend in every American they can lay hands
oh under various pretences.
Among the veflels sent into Gape-Francois and con
demned, are schooner Catherine, Story, and brig
, Lillibridge, both of Philadelphia; and the
brig Nancy, May, and schooner Z«phyr, Hanford,
of New-York.
The ihip AAive, Whitehoufe, from Norfolk to
Jamaica ; the brig Difyatch, Lunt, of Newburyport,
from Port.au-Prince to Portland, with 150 hogsheads
of molafTes; and a schooner belonging to Charleston,
with ballast, from Jaquemel, are all carried into Port
de-Paix; and into Leogane they have carried %o tfr
30 of our veflels.
The (hip Liverpool Packet, from Savannah, for
this port, passed our capes for New-York on Monday
lift, as (he found the river froien.
COM MVNICA TIONS.
The traitors by whose advice the Frenek.continue
to feiae on our commtrce, now tell us we deserve this
for having tamely fuffered the British to do the like;
and have the impudence in the fame breath to fay we
cannot heip ourlelves: jigamji the Republic, they fay,
<we can d» nothing.
SEASONABLE REMARK.
A can'ing set of men are at wotk t* impose si
lence on the independent language of the country
refpefting its violated rights, which at last, though
very late in the day, iflTues through the newspapers.
We *re told the power of France is net to be re
filled and must be foethed, courted and teneiliated.
We mull not use any language but conciliation, Jcc.
The answer to this hypoorify is plain and (hort ;
plundered men will complain and have a right —
nor can the editors of newspapers Another itJ
When Britain seised fon<- millions, these very men,
who now speak in whispers, would have thundered
from the cannon's mouth. Eight or perhaps ten
millions ate leized by France, now they fay suppli
cate. Inconfillency ! But the chief remark to be
made is this—the belief of the Diredtory that we
arc more French than American, has milled them
to aft in this violent way. \ The American rene
gadoes in Paris, and their afloeiates the club here,
have made the French imagine that all America
would turn Jacpbins and the government would
tumble dawn into the very miri, if they, the
Frertcb, would threaten a and if that
foiled would plunder the merchants who promoted
the Britilh treaty. This being the cafe, it is the
daty of the crirts «n every real patriot to (hew a
merited f»pport of the governme.it—an indignant
lenfe of the injury, and a spirit that will a(k for
i rsdrefs. thougii it nay refrain from either uienace6
'or reprisals. If the Dire&ory of France should
fee as they mull, that our people are friends to out
government and no longer their dupes, they, will
change their fyllem which was produced by, and
founded os,. jjthe miflake falfe-heartcd Americans
have led them into.
House of ReprefentahDft of the United States.
Thtufday, January 19, 1797.
The following communication was received from
the Prefrdent of the United States ; together with very
voluminous documents therein referred to, which af;er
some debate on the propriety of the measure, were or
dered to be printed without being read :
Gentlemen of the Senate,
and of the House of Feprefentitives,
At rhe opening of the present fcflion of Congress, I
mentioned that some circumllam.cn of an unwelcome
nature had lately occurred in relation to France ; that
our trade had fuffered and was fuffering extenGve in
juries in the Well-Indies from th« cruisers and agents
of rhe French Republic ; and that communications had
been received from its minister here which indicated
danger of a further diilurbar.ee of our commerce by its
authority, and that were in other refpe&s far from
agreeable ; but that I refervid for a fpecral meflage a
more particular commuuication on this interesting fub
je<S—This communication I now make.
The complaints of the French minister embraced
mofl of the tranfa&ions of our government in relation
to France, from an early period of the present war ;
which therefor* it was neceflary carefully to review.
A collection has been formed of letters and papers rela
ting tfrthofe tranfaflions, whieh I now lay before you,
with a letter to Mr. Pinckney, our minister at Paris,
containing an examination of tke notes of the French
minister, and fu«h information as I thought might be
ufefnl to Mr. Pinckney in any further representations
he might find necessary to be made to the French go
vernment. The immediate object of his million was
to make to that government fucli explanations of the
principles and conduA of our own, as by manifeftiug
our good faith might remove all jealousy and.difcen
tent, and maintain that harmony and good understand
ing with the French Republic which has been my con
ftaut folisitude to preserve. A government which re
quired only 1 knowledge of the truth to juftify its mea
lures, could not but be aftxious to have this fully and
frankly dilplayed.
Go: WASHINGTON.
United States, January 19, 1796.
The house went into a committee of the whole on
the fubjeiSl of future revenue, Mr. Dent in the chair,
when a long, but some what irregular debate took place,
in the cotirfc of which two or ttireoPdifferent amend
ments were proposed and negatived. At length the
quellion on the relolution for laying a tax'on la>id was
put and carried by a considerable majority, there being
56 in favour of it, and 54 in favourof that for laying
a tax on (laves. The committee rose, reported the
relolution, and obtained leave to fit again. The house
relumed, and amotion was made to take up the rcfo
lutions, but it was negatived 47 to 37.
By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, January 19.
Arrived, fcheoncr Hawk, Hunt, Barbadoes, 27
clays.
Lift of veflels left, at Barbadoes at ft December,
by captain Hunt, arrived yeftercay.
Ship Mercury, captain 'Roberts, belonging to
Bollon—brought in by an Englith privateei—her
trial had not yet commenced, but some part of the
cargo being perishable, captain Rabertt had a per
mit for landing it.
Skip Minerva, of New-London, captain Hu!f,
with the I«fs of almost *11 his eattlj.
Brig Joseph, of Alexandria, ca^Taylor.
Brig Three Friends, of Bo(l9n, capt. Gilraore.
Brig Nabby, of New-Lnndon, capt. Gardiner.
Schooner Jftipy and Hannah, from New-Lon
don, with thelofjof her inainmall, after a paflage
of 28 days.
Schooner R-obirifon Crufae, Wilmington, N.
C. captain Charch-
Schoener Ely, from Kenneheck, capt. Drum
mond.
Captain Hunt yiforras, that when he left Bar
badoes, every thing wa» peaceable and quiet among
tha windward islands. The people were anxiously
expeiSing the arrival of the packet from England,
ronfirtning the news of a between that king
dom and France. The English frigates ard priva
teers, from their different settlements to windward,
had taken a number of very valuable Spanish prizes
and sent them into port. \
Several French veflisla of force were cruising t»
windward of Barbadoea, and had taken four or five j
Blips from England, and several American velTels
with previsions bound to Batbadoee, and sent theu
into Gvudaloupe.
ON TUESDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED,
Porcupine's
POLITICAL CENSOR,
Fait DECtMBRR, 1796.
CONTAINING
Remarks on the Debates in Congress, particularly v
on the timidity discovered by the House of Represen
tatives in their language towards the insolent French. •
, A"0,
A Litter to the infamous Tom Pains,
In answer to his brutal attack on the character and
condudt of General Waihingtun.
January 20. -
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