ty, in its crude and unguarded moment#.—and ft r- * vility in the pen of fu h a writer betrays no un naturalness? pf manner. The ?panie! acts as natural ly in his fawning as the Maftiff in his fidelity. • People who are given to bragging are apt to brag most of the go-id qualities which they have not■ Cow ards are brave in talk—tongue valiant. N»ne affeift ' to stand so much up»n their word of honor as men noted for being trickifh, slippery fellows. Women who have not virtue are generally the greatest prudes, and talk as if they had rather lose a limb than a kiss. Sc A remarkable instance of this appears in the condufl of the French. *We attacked the enemy viithJkilland tourage, fays the modest Buonaparte. The French nation by their -victories has aftontjhed Europe, are the e words cf the Dire&ory in the gazette of the 10th inft. The usual modesty is displayed in telling the poor, lit- F tie, humbled kingi of Naples and Sardinia, the Haves ar of the French, of the generous, humane, peace-loving t y disposition of thit Republic, which the said kings will rot believe one word of, as they know the contrary to their cost. Thev tell them also »f the grandeur of the Republic. All this is well—it is the nohle 1 art of bragging according to the laws ef Gaftony. k But they alfe baaft of their inviolable fidelity to trea ties. What a plumper. The very nation boasts of its fidelity to treaties which has publicly difclained the w obligation of their treaty with the United States, be cause they found in it nothing but difad-vantage. Citizen Adet's note is a pretty theory ot good faith P and the practice of the Buccaneers in the Weft-Indies a fine commentary upon the text. Our merchants 11 know what their treaty faith is as well as the king of I Sardinia understands their generosity to their neigh bors. It has been stated that one >of the London newspa pers, in opposition to the ministry, demanded two ' hundred and eighty pounds sterling a mbifth, for vin- * dicating the French. This w»s before the war broke 1 out between England and France. The wages were r thought too high, and were not the'n agreed to by a the French. How much is it worth for a printer in J, Philadelphia to vindicate French depredations at this £ time of apprehension and embarraflment amongst the merchants? Mr. Bache's monthly wages mull be high, if thfy are proportioned to his ar.ti-patriotic ferviccs. When Great-Britait)'feized our veflels by virtue of the order of 6th November, no one juflified her cou Contrafl this wish the langiiage ef the Jacobins at this day. Twice as much is plundered by French vef- J fels as formerly by the British- It is good enough for j , you, fay they Barney is feafted because he comes i with orders to plunder his very friends and neighbors. | 1 You can do nothing a gain ft Fiance, yoa must beseech < Tnercy. Their style towards our own government and , that employed in refpeft to-the Freiuh leads all real , Patriots to think they will adh.ereto the latter in cafe ' 1 of a war. Bitter wijl be thejr repentance if they ftould. It is time if there are any haneft men among j the Democrats to desert f party which seems already to 1 have deierted the eaufe of the country. Thi« Forenoon the Ofßcers of the Militia of , the City and C OUB, y "f Philadelphia, waited on 1 ■the President of United States, in a body, and presented the following address ; The Address of the Offircra of the Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia. TO GE&RGE Wsi&HiNGtOK, frefident of the United States of Aiperica. \ SIR, While offering to you our congratulation! ,on the return of this auspicious day, we cannot re frain from mingling an expreflion of extreme re gret at the approaching close of your political life,. When we beheld you as commander in chief of' the armies of America, leading us to victory and the eftablifhtnent of national independence; and after liSving accomplifbed this grand objril, retiring from your exalted (fation, and embracing the undiitin guifhed charafier of,a private citizen ,we believed the meafuieof your fame was-full Bue when io obedience to the voice of your ijountry you again relinquished the sweets of do irieftic retirement ; and we b.eheld the storms which our happiness difpell d by, the juflice, vifderei, vigilance, and fism.nefs of your tonduft, public credit maintained, our inestimable conftituti 011 protedled, infurredf ion crushed, and ths nation al peace preserved—Language was wanting; to ex press the fulnefs of qui feelings. Under such im preiCons, great as eur confidence is in your succes sor, we cannot but lament the refolutipn yo.u have taken to rsftgo the helm- And now, Sir, in our capacity as citizens and soldiers ; ev/r ready to obey and support the lawt of our country -<-~we bid you a tender, an affe£l,ion ate farewell : and while > ye offer our earned l'uppli cations, that #very hour of your remaining years may be as peaceful and happy to yourfelf, as the mod splendid period of your public flationg have been beneficial to your country, we reft with per ieft confidenc«, that the close of a life of virtae 3nd of glory will be crowned with an eternity of Ailifb ineffable. Sy trdtrof tie Officers of tbi militia'tf C. an C. Philai. WM. MACPHERSON, Brig. Gen. PU;lad. February 22* To which the President returned the following Answer. To thq Officers of the Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia. Gestlemen, I RECEIVE as I qught, with great sensibility, the congratulations on this day of ?e refpedtable a body as the officers of the militia of the city and county of Philadelphia. Yeur favorable sentiments of my exertions to promote the prosperity and happiness of our coun try, cannot but be pleasing to me ; for be assured the approving voice of my countrymen is the moil grateful reward which can be offered. The patriotism, uprightness and abilities of him who is to fucoeed to the Ration I now have the ho nor to hold, will leave yousio roam to regret my retirement. .'ar your affe&ionate farewell, and supplications foi my future peace and-happinef«, accept, geutle tnen, my warmeit thanks - arid I sincerely pray that yon may colle&ively and individually enjoy un interruptedly, prosperity and felicity. G". WASHINGTON. " GAZETTE MARINE LIST. Wf i Spe PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, "P . v rol ARRIVED. Sw Sloop Hector, King, New-Yorjc 5 days. J Brig Jjfin Henderfon, White, K>ngft» n (Jaw.) J Ol 36 days ®"< Commerce, Reynold*, New-York 4 Sch'r Dispatch, Siutfon, Aux Cayes 30 Kitty, Harper, St. Jagt> de Cuba 31 Ship Criterion, Johnson, from New-York, is below. Captain Harper wa« carried into St. Jago by a French privsteer. After a detention ps 30 days, and being plundered ps every thing, they gave up the vefTel rbepaufe nobody would purchase her. He left the following veifelg there— 110 Brig Woolwich of Philadelphia from Port-au- ueJ Prince. Schr. Polly, do. do; Brig John, Tlic- P CI ker, New York, fiom Jerenie. The above, all condemned. are The brig Lavinia, ot Salem, from Aux Cayes wa was sent in the day capt. Harper failed. co ' The schooner Harriett, cajf. Shields from this port ia taken and carried into Port de Pain where (he was_ condemned, Thirty thousand dullars were _ inlured 011 this vessel. J"' Extract of a li tter from Capt. Kingftpn, of the , t " i (hip Andromache, arrived at New York from Cadiz. b '' " We were !>,;arded on our passage by a French 01 prjvxteer, wh» robbed and plundered the ship of e- ' CI yery thing they wanted belonging to the cargo, wl such as wine, biandy, raisins, lemonj, &c. befidc | B robbing the second mate and people ef their clothes, J°' although they knevy that the' ship had been out a 10 long time, and was earning on the coast at an in- Wl clement season, when moie than wc had woald be eJi wanted." » ca The schooner Kitty, Harper fr»m J\iemfe for * u Philadelphia, is taken by the French, and sent into S A. M, a fail h'j\je in fight, by the wind, ftanning to th.e north- 31 , ward. At half past 9, A. M. saw she was a cutler, nl with English colors hoisted to'her gaff end ;at ioj A. a ! M. fre fired a shot at us and hoisted French colors j, £l' 1 we hauled our fleering fails down, and at half pail 10, A. M. they hai)ed us and ordered us to hoifl our boat out, which we did, and sent her on board the said pri . vateer cutter with f. yjr hands, and the fecund mate. The boat returned \yith fix French Hilars and two of ficers, keeping the ship's people oij board the said cut- rt 1 ter ; the officers ordered Capt ICmgfton to get his pa- p per* and go on board the cutter, which done, si Tbe boat returned with four more French people; (j and while the Capt. was on board the said cutter, they A 1 overhauled the ship, fpjlling the wine and brandy, and | robbing and plundering ever thing the j could coajf at. _ In the space of thrpe huurs that the captaii) was on *■' board the said cutter, they took, belonging tq the car- - go, one quarter cask of Sherry wiuc, m irked P. C. C. one raflc r>f rmfcne, box of do. marked Y. they . : alio Scuttled one of the pipes «f brandy, and pumvMjs <>fF a ten gallon cask and five other smaller ones.befldes what wa- ilrank and spilt; they i]fn broke open all the , lemon bexfs they could come at, raifm boxes the fame —likewise the ol ve jars, and lent thera off ip. ha*ii- t kerchiefs, robbed the second mate of two watches and mofl of his deaths, likewise a trunk that belonged - formerly to a cap,ta:n Caldwell, they broke open and f Hole moil of his cloaths out of it, and rood of the e people loft more or less of their cloaths. A boy by 0 r the name of johii Baptifta, they kept on board the said f s cutter. At 2, P. M. they quitted iis and made fail, a _ Handing ta the northward. Ail the information wc , . could get was, that tl»e cutter was called the Le Fame, ; c cruising from Cayenne, out 15 days. Signed ot sea, the 27th January, 179''. r SIMON' KINGSTON, 1 NOBLp C. STEWART, 1 h WILUAM GAttTLEY, THOMAS DATE. I : January Spoke the schooner Nancy, cap tain Bartholomew Conier Putnam, of Baltimore, out . 1 five days from Bermuda, where she had put in ia dii'- tress, liound for St. Bartholemews, all well, in lat. ' 24, 19, long. 5.9. I. ARRIVED. f. Schooner Fame, Holman, Virginia 5 dayi e John Warren, Putnam, do. 3 SJoop Robert, Ketch ell, St. Catharine 10 i 1 acics continued to be committed on American property. VefTels brought in, were con (lantly condemned ; The mcde of trial being extremely irregular :—the only de fence allowed of, wasJthrough a partial linguist, who seldom repea tell half the fails ftjtni(hed by' the Americans, but always demanded fix or eight joes, for his diflervices. Hugues ouferved hitnfelf, in a moment of contrition, that his proceedings q. were improper ; ana that a day of retribution lie He expected would come. He remarks, that Ameri- Al can veflels with certificates froip the Freni h Con suls £hould be receded ; but what was to be cert ill - ed was not mentioned. Capt. Williams, an Ameri- matter of a privateer out of Gaudaloupe. —On receiving his commission, he declared, he g r would exert himfelf ip the Htmoll against the open 1] enemies of France, but that it never ihauld be said of hira, that he treubled the veflels ct neutrals, and a t all, of his own country. On his cruize, in- fl.r (lances ocfuricfl of his meeting with American ves sels boaud 10 British ports, whom he treated well, and furuiflied with many neceflaiie* they were in need of. At length he captured a British (hip yrith a cargo yalued at 40,0001. which b e g ot fafely in. , Ma/kets were bad. » By Capt. Aider, we have received London pa- of pers two days later than rececived by capt. Choate : n They do not contradiA any part of the preceding ; fii but the complexion of tlie London prints have j' 1 mote the call of continued hofliiities, than an ex p eolation of approaching Peace. The immediate filling Up of a Voluntary loan of eighteen millions at sterling in a few hours, may give the appearance we ec fuggeit ; and may poffibty.alter the dij'pofition (if al it had one) of the Englifli ministry in regard to | Pe.ice. • . , , ... j, .1 TWaMMf AIIW 1 . ■ \ __ AUGUSTA, (CcorgU.) Speech ps his Excellency the Governor, delivered j 5 at the opening ps the feflion of the State Le- ft ; jjflature. « The honourable the President of the Senate, and fj • .the hunnrablc, the Speaker of the Houie ps Re- J preicutaf ives. _ u | The ; ulitical yeai having expired on the 9th infl. j, I have had the expendituies of. government made « , pot to that time, and an abftracl thereof Ido my- e I felf the honor to enslofe tor your information. I ' , alfe enclose a lift of vacancies which have taken . e place in the reeefs of the Legislature, with the 1 » names of th£ persons appointed by the Executive. < Such communications as 1 have received, and which i in my opinion, requite legislative deliberation, arf j likcwife eijclofed. , A suit .in Equity has been instituted ia the Su j preme Cnurt ot the United States, by Alexander ( '* Moultrje and others, agaitili the llate : This cafe, II tbpugh not altogether new, is of such impoitatvce 1 as to detHand the most serious coafideration. From the present mode of making returns of . taxable property, many ir.aocuraciea happen, cou 's fequetuly there are many itiftancfS of the state be -3 ing defiauded of a confiderajale part of h«r revenue, o I conceive this might be remedied, by the appoint a. ment of a fit and qualified perfoH, who (huuld be vested with a cootrouling power over the fevera} ■ revenue officers. n- The treaty which was held in order to afford the :b state an opportunity to exiinguifh the Indian claims, :d to the lands between the Oconee and the Oakmul ts gee, and b-tween the Alatamaha End the St. Ma s' ry's has failed of luccefs. The report and proceed )g ingS of our coinmiffioners on this int.etelling fubjed, n- being,too lengthy to be brought within the compass er of a letter, 1 baVe direfled one of the fecretaties of "t the Execytive, to attend with tbena at any time n- your honorable body may please to fignify your it wilh to enter on that buGncfs. cb The Indians between rhe 9th of June and Bth of ze September, wounded one wan, burnt a house, and i(h carried off 19 horses and some hoylahold furniture, en since which I have not heard of their doing any he mifchief. w The distress and ruin which a large number of ng our fellow citizens are involved in, i(i confequenct P, of the dreadful conflagrations yirhich have taken in place i.i Savannah, claim the attention of the jU.e giflatfcie. I dt> therefore feii;n» as town by fire also ; it appears to me to be necessary for the security of the public offices, that a ftand ce, ing guard (hould be kept up and an appropriation io- made for their fuppott. ic. JARED IRVIN. for FOR SAL £, At Whitesides's TpA-Warehoufe, er . t • A'e. 99, North Second Street. ' Impel ial f Hyson Skin. I,er Hyson, Frelh Teas. < Souchong, S Y 6 Young Hyson, j \ Eohea cry Dec. 9. At the r,-qutftt>f several 7. a Jin tr.i Gcnikmcn. THE NEW *RO FUND A AT Mr. xICKETTS'S AMPHITHEATRE, WILL, onThurfday evening, February 13, be o-.rn for the receftit.il of 'company, with the lame fu~ perb decorations as on the PREiIDENI NIGHT. There w ill be a variety of Stage Performances, such as RQPJS DANCING, Songs pnd Duets by Mr. and Mrs. Chambers Mil. Sully. THE RUINS OF TROY, or The World turu'a upside doyrn, a Hornpipe, by Mils Suljy. * A comic ballet dance ealled POOR f ACI£ or the Bere voUnt Crew. The Jotkies'Hornpipe, or the fpoi-ts ol the turf, by Mr. Ricketti and four alliflants. The whole of the evening's entertainments to conciUae i with a g'a»d feriotn Pantomime, Brought but JirJi in America hj Mr. Ricketls, (in three aRs) called, thte Death of Captain Cook. $y The to open at 5 and the performances >-f consilience at a quarter after 6 o'clock. FOR S A L E, A NEAT plain CHA R OT, %*ti'h bat ietntolj three months in ye; it ctf tie titty/and dtlltn tajh, and is nasi, offered at a ctnfid'erahU deduftitn, ftyaile in approved Nttci at 3 «> 6 months. , Alfoy tie? pair of Carriage Hor/ft. The Chzriot and one pair of the Horses are -well worth the. attention of any perf on ftroiis oj purcbaftng. Enquire at Mr. KIDS, Market-ftrces. Fehruqry 21, ' College-Hall. Readings and Recitatiqns, Moral, Critical, and Entertaining. On 7 HURSDAT ErJilfifNG, February 23, At 7 o'clock, will be delivered, FUST PART OJe— : —The Genius of America Hotspur's defeription of a fop Shakefpearp All the World's a Stage SECOND HART Cato's Speech to the Senate His Scene with Csefar's Ambassador Hi* Speech ov?r tht Body of his S»n TUI K.D PART Brutus aid Caflias 1 he (Quarrel of Brutus and Paflius Tickets to be had of Mr. Poulfon, jun. at the Library ; atmr. M'Elwee's looking-glass-store, N°- 7°. ®- Fourth flreet; and at Mr. Carey's, Boakfeljer, H»lf a dollar each. •» Notice to Calico Printers, SHEXISrS SALE virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Sxfopas, ro me di rected, will be eypofed to Tale at the of William and" Thomas Jordans, in Chnftiana Hundred* Newcastle county State of Delaware, oh Wednesday, th£ firft day of March next, at te* o'clock, a m, of said day r the following deicribed property, confining j>f, frame buildings, fcveral Urge coppers, a valuable Callendor, al so, a number of prints and a machine all ift good order \ stoves, household and kitchen furniture, two valuable cov» | and a quantity of scanting, being fejzcdaad taken ecutioii as the property of William and ihonaas Jordan®, and wiii be fold for calh, by WILLIAM HIDHAM, Seriff. February 1797 If3f 20 Dollars Reward, , 1_) UN away from the Subfcviber, living in St. George's XV hundred, Newcastle county, snear to Port Pennjj . ■ flat, of Delaware,a NEGRO MAN named JACOB, in this Hate. He js a (hort, fellow, about £ j feet 4 inches high ; ahd had on when he went away, an o~ live-colored coattee, of hoßic-mad'e cloth, lined with white flunnel all through, a*d white metal butt.ons; an el 4 of wjiite-colored cloth, the (Uirts of whicii r he cut off, to make it into a round one ; his breeches are i oj' a dark grey cloth, very old, and patched in a number . of places ; white, very ceaj-fe, yarnjftockings ; one pair los coarse shoes, mach worn; and a pair-os half-worn, black-grained fioes, bound r,ound with black (ilk ferrety " ing, and lined under tha tuckle with white linen : also a c half-worn fur hat, very high in the crown, which taper* r. off in form of a fugar-loar, very narrow in the brim and h is bound with black iilk firreting. He alft> teok with him • e a Jong biuc toat, lined all through with blue ihalloon of the fame colour ; copper, (helled buttons with three of th,e fame fcrt on each cuff ; a yelhjw-colored, elakic, old ' furtout coat. Said Jacob is remarkably fond of playiog ;r on the violin, and took one with him; the cale of whitb is of home-made, lead colored cloth, bound with red fer .c reting. Whoever apprehends said Runaway, and lodge* him in any of tlie goals in this (late, so that his maltcr may get him again, (hall receive the abov« Reward, and J ' all reasonable charges paid by 1- THOMAS FARMER. *. N. B. Said Jacob has foimcrjy lived with Mess. Jame* e _ Eves and Thomas Rebiufon. February wtsT4t t. ? —7— —T for Rotterdam, Sj Edward Jsnis, Majier, HAVING the greatest part of her cargo engaged, wil a- fail with all convenient speed. For Freight or Passage, ap i - ply to the captain on board, or to a • JOSEPH SlMS ifs February sa mw&ftf "f TO BE SOLD ne By Public Vendue at the Merchants' Coffee-Houfe in ur S«cotiU-ftreet, on Saturday the aith instant, at y o'clock in the evening, of A W£LL finifhed three story hrick house, three n d A story brick kitchen, and lot of ground, situate on the east ftcle Fourth-street, ne.r ialTafras or Race- C ' street, No. 47, north ; eontaining in bi«a»\th on Fourth ftreet ?bo«t 17 feet, and in depth feet. Sub- to a yearly grouad-reut of 71. and clear of every other incumbrance. It isnowletat isolper annum; icc fold as the estate, and by the Executors of the last will , en and tellament of William Lehman, deeeafed. The terjns of payment will be made easy, and the condi tious. publifted at the time ami place of sal«, by WILLIAM SHANNON, Au&ioneer February i» hi» For Sale, "I By George Defchamps, No. 91, i' on NORTH SIXTH-STREET, Nova-Scotia Prime Salmon, in barrels and "half barrels Ditto Herring and Mackarel. Smoaked Herring in baryta and kegs Ditto Salmon, by the dozen or (ingle one Dry Codfifh, from one to fifty kentalt Fine and cearfe Salt Nova-Scotia and French Plaster of Paris, til the stone and ground, for manure and ftuocji-work 1, December i;