Is it-true as lately suggested in the Aurora, that pertJy ol the French have certain faithful and loyal fubje&s the cons. in Baltimore whom they will not rob ? A precious ing Orvt diftinftion at 'h' s period of highway purse taking my abili regeneration, of privateering fraternity, of right? 1 reqi of man upon the high seas ! Is it also true that our zen» of insurance offi es are to make proper diftinftinn be- ments ft tween the Barneyites who put on uniform and put off entertaii the virtues and duties of eitizenfhip at pleasure ; reciproc and the old charter patriots whose principles were which tl dyed in the grain, (true blue) to® deeply for all the wine at Oellers's Robefpierrian feaft to wash Umt< out ? Or is it the cafe that members of Congress owe paramount duties to Fiance, the United States claiming only such as are subordinate ? There is Diei surely no harm in asking questions, and the Aurora Gilbei of the 16th contains a paragraph refpe&ing the dav sol name of a Mr. Buchanan which suggests a great difcourf many. Curiosity had read the paragraph forty before ; times, and every time fays mum. denomi vened o At a meeting held in the town of Sunbuiy, eon- chapter filling of the Judge? of the Court of Common faying 1 Pleas, the Grand Jury, and a refpeftable number die in t of Citizens of the county of Northumberland in Spirit, -the State of Pennsylvania, to take into confidera- their w tion the propriety ofaddreffing the President of the The United States, expressive of the gratitude and en- of the tire approbation of this County for his meritorious pnblifh services during the revolutionary war, and also du- Prir ring his administration of the general government. General William Wilson was ijnanimoufly ap- The ri pointed Chairman, and '« '■ Chnrles Hall, Secretary— An The fallowing resolutions were entered into: from g Resolved, That 'a committee confiding of Wil- eharaf liam Wilson, Thomas Strawbridge, and John vgrnm Macpherfon, Esquires, the associate Judges now in thei present, together with Daniel Smith, and (Charles States Hall, Efqrs, be authorized and requested in the firm si name of the people of this county to prepare a res- home peftful Address to the Piefident of the United my co States, expressive of the gratitude entertained by nndev — the people 6l this county for the services of the tion t< President, both in our late glorious struggle for and ei liberty and independence, as also of tie most per- otheri feet approbation entertained by the laid county, foften for his wife, firm, and patriotic adqiiniftration of ever f the general government. _ to be Resolved, That the said *ddrefi. together with count a copy of these proceedings be transmitted by the zens above committee, to the President, and that Charles I Hall be requelted to present the fame on his arrival thanli in Philadelphia. CHARLES HALL, S«c'ry, Tl Sunbury, Jan. 27, 1797* perfo fpefit To the President of the United States. c es o Sir, and 1 Next to the pleasure which a,r,ife« the con- t ; va t : fcioufnefs of doing* good, is that which flows from j rea ] j jhe justly merited applause of mankind. Next to j p; ec{ tlji inexhauftable delight and felf-gratulation which you mud feel from the retrofpedt of a life devoted jo the service of your country —are the grateful ac T c ' knowledgments of that country, for services Hn paralleled in the page of hiftoiy, for the exercise ' of v.irtnes urrexnmpVd in rhe annals -mankind Permit us therefore, Sir, in the name of the people of this county, and in common with our fel- law citizens throug'wut the Uiiion, to embrace, perhaps the last opportunity we (hall have of pub licly teftifying to you, the deep and grateful fenle we entertain, of that profound wifdonj ,in council, ® 5 fcnd those eminent exertions in the field, vvhich,aided by the bravery and virtue of Americans led your Country vidtoriousthroanarduous andbloody war,to libei tv and independence. F' )r y (, ur difwterelted patriotism in the administration of tine general go- ° veVnment —for your perseverance in the system of • neutrality, feeured by firm and conciliatory nea fuies, preserving our own dignity, and doing jus tice to ail nations ; foryour pronaptnefs in fuppref- P u ling domeflic infurre£tions-—for your firmnefs in uu defeating ttie exertions of foreign influence —for your steady adherence to the principles of the con- '' dilution ; and, lastly, sot the ineltimable legacy you » have left us, in your late paternal address to the people of :he United States. A legacy so replete with wiHom and found po licy as to merit not only a diltingu'iihed place in °' the archives of-the relpe&ive dates, but alio to be engraven on tfte.hearts and mindsbl every Ameii can, affcftionately to be remembered, and grate- " u fully to be transmitted by them to potlerity as their ' political cre'ed ; as thelafl gift of him, to whom, under God, we are principally indebted for our greatest poluical blessings. Peimit us also, Sir, to accompany you with our 1,2 best and most ardent wifbee, in your contemplated J 1 retirement ; msy the choicest blessings of domeflic ease and bliss pervade the evening of your days May you enjoy from the serene and peaceful walks of private life, the glorious profpeft of a free and enlightened Country progrelfing with rapid ftridss to the confirmation of every public and private vir tue, a country which by your ?ifift?tice already holds a diftinguiihed-rank among the nation* of the World. William Wilson John Macpherfpp Thomas Strawbridge X)aniel Smith ) Charles Hafl v Sunbuty, January sßth, 1 To which the President returned the following n Jinf broke )'■ The reply of the Vice-President of the United State*, Wrigl to the address of the Senate, Peb. Zsd, 1797* entire! An address so refpeftful and *as this the pr from gentlemen of such experience and ettabliftied had ft il- charafter in public affairs, high in the J;o- The I in vgrnment of their cquntiy, and great confideratiqn vered W in their feyeral dates, as the Senators of the United them es States, will do Rie great honor, and afford me a Mr. be firm fupportj wherever it (hall be known, both at on of :f- home and abroad. Their generous approbation of ed my conduft in general, and liberal tellimony to the by tindeviating impartiality of it, in my peculiar rela he tion to their body, a character, which in every fcenc "or and employment of life I should wifti above all er- others to cultivate ami merit ; has a tendency to ty, foften asperities and conciliate animofiiies, where- Extr; of ever such may unhappdy t xift san effeft at all tunes Sa to be desired, and in the present fituaupn of our " ith country, ardently to be promoted by all good citi- Hop! L.he zens- a '' J •Its I pray the Senate to ?ccrpt of my sincere deda va! thanks. JOHN ADAMS. amor ,Fr?n The Death of Capt. Cook, the new Pantomime such performed last Evening at the New Theatre, is a difpz fpe6lacle eminently Calcßl.'vted topleafe. -r *be i);in the t ces of tlie Natives—The Novelty of the DtefTes— H°f and the beauty of the Scenery, are irrefiftably cap- gree on- tivating—and the fatal catastrophe, founded on the' span ■om j rea ] forms a most interelling conclusion to the to re , ta j piece. S er >ted The rfddrefs fthe Memh sos the Pennsylvania So• ag q 3C ciety of the Cincinnati—.and of the Members be- Men, nc j] as Citizens, or as your former Fell >w Soldiers, wc ided d'lire to congratulate, and address you. p or ur As Men we offer to you the homage of » pure j r t0 and htirtfelt affeQion—As Citizens we exprelstn cited you the gratitude, which refuhs from a jufl sense j invariable affe&ion and esteem towards s Hall, Comrades of my military career ; and my best prayers will be offered for their present and future happiness. address G.WASHINGTON. ; ■efpefla United States, February 22d, 1797. iberland '■■»* . WINCHESTER, (Virg.) February 17. ly high From Knoxville, January 30. Umonies We are sorry to inform the public, that diflurb low-citi- ances of a very feiious nature prevail in the upper you have Cherokees, occasioned by the murder of three articular Cherokee Indians, viz. the Red Bird, Will, a been in- lame man, and another whose name we could not nd ptof- learn. These Indians were hunting on the lands r affijTned to them by the Uniietl Slates, and were D'j.te 1 visited by four white men. The Red Bird received peror. : them in a matt cordial and friendly manner, offered j til them a share of his provilions and a (heifer in his ; taarks o • camp till they could build one for themielves, as ■ • to . I the Whites informed them they were come out for i was not i the purpose of hunting ;in return of this kioduefs neither these barbatians murdered them in cold bloqd. U- *oy ortu i pon the receipt of this news in the natijn the [n-j this cit) dians burnt the houfts of their deceased . rethien | of the j and flew to vms. Young Watts, swore he would j private take tnfljnt and influence of Captain Richard Spaiks, the com- : mature. mandant of the Federal troops in this Hate, who j By " , fortuhatelv happened to be at Telljco vyher. the | that the news arrjved, and by the aid of some presents, th.e lor 1 1 Cherufcees were for that time pacified, and they the war , declare that "they will wait patiently and fee if the j Federal, Government will afford them any relief- f c '!r~T' In our next we hope to give a more cirrumftan- oufhe.s i tial account of tfm tranfaSior., together wiih the cafe thi , names of the perpttrators, which is likely . The Hotel being a brick building, and the roof co- Engla >n vered with hew, fuffered but little injury. Five of trade: id the members of the Legislature who boarded with of wa a Mr. Wright 101 l part of their cloaths ; 00 menti- peace, at on of any lives being loft. p" ace' t' Py l^ llß day' s Mails. 11c "" I all BOSTON, February 17. j j to Unrxpcdid Imptrlant Intelligence. j re- Extra6t of a letter from Mr. Carlton, Editor of the j Bj'ipi ici Salem Gazette, dated at Salem, ycllerday. ,ur "By this port from the Cape of Good 1 iti- Hope, we have certain information, that Tippoo HAGUE, December 1. J cxpi > wc The difcuffidns on the plan of a new constitution 1 Brii for this republic, have laded in the Batayian Nati- I P urc onal Assembly, Until ihe 281 I) November. Never! „ ' 8 perhaps wei opinions so decidedly we may even fay I k. so equall; •* vided. Nobody it is true, maintains I cre that it is above eriticifm, or that ii does not require 1 me "' fume material alterations in fever?,! tefpc&s,— lych I cfpecialiy ? as an ,a (Terribly of seven perfon3 which I . ! ' le under the name of Council of Sttjte would not on- I ,Z : CH ' ly enjoy executive but with refpe£t to the promul- I [v "t w gation tfnd execution of the laws would be veiled rl, . : ' s with prohibitory powers —powers of so tpuch the I vlucti g rea ( er magnitude, as ah ho' the authority of the j ggoj o effors Q ounc ;i , f State would not exceed that of th« Ex- ' ° ecutive Direfiory of France, yet the Legiflaiiye I ~ body is not to have a permanent session, and would be I lance re p, e fent.ed during its two vacations by a fmail de- j coun- p Ulat ion from the House of Ancients. With res- t0 cre pest to the second point in debate, viz that refpeft- cor 31 c ing the unity and indivisibility of the Republic— -1 1, the modifications of the plan by the edqbhdtrnent 0 of. JJrpirtwnt Atlm'tnijifal'iont met will, ai many -jX e ' oppofers as advocates,'by reafan of the doablt dif- t i u "fs has g cv rt,y of making the deb:s cf some of the states ar< 111 man eo mmon to all—and of afcertajning the true ratio at "•* ■' of of the relaiive means of each province (each ha- ving different,refoitrces and means of fubfitfing their r inhabitants) to bear their equal proportion of the j taxes and imoofts. The 20th was finally up- ! IN. I on to decide esder the prefidence of Citizen Ybrand 1 t Van HamelfvaM. This difiicult and important j £ qaeftion, on which a Cumber of citizens of differ- ! ve ent towns had petitioned in favor of an absolute uni i °f ty ; this step-has procured them the gratification of jar * tat/ an honorable mention w;t.hoijt approving the tenor of 1' a hilaiel- t heir addreffrs j Ol Some - members proposed to make the plan the b'fis">f the deliberations, and to appoint a commif fion whicli within four weeks should bring ia a re- « he fer- p ort op t^e mean , 0 f effefting the absolute unity ipreca- refpeft to the general finances and taxes. But this conciliatory proposition not being adopted as- P" ter fe(iic disorder either in the aflembly itfelf or in re pent ogHeries, the nominal appeal decided by a ma ° 1 jority of 66 to 52 votes, " that the proposed plan owat s con ft|tution should form the bafu of the nation- J 1 ' an< ' al assembly's deliberations." ent and letter from Vienna of Nov. 2.6. mentions that _ a nobleman had arrived from Italy, with the news t of the murderous battles, of which wc have had f the details :—Oil account of the retreat of Alviri- * ' zy, the Emperor had determined to fend him a rein- s 17. forctnicnt of i2,OQOmen. 30- 1 diflurb- EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. ! e upper Under the Hamburgh head ot the 3d Dec. is 1 f three the following—" By an express arrived this morn- Will, a ing from Riga, we have received the account, that ( mid not her Imperial Majesty, Catherine 11. died on the te lands 17th November ; and that his Highuefs Grand J /■ / y e Duke Paul Petrowiich, has been proclain-.ea Em-; d peror. , . ij j In the paper of the 6th, are the following re j ; marks on the above intelligence—" The rnefk tiger 9 ; Lid to have arrived on Friday, express from Ri'' 3 » r | Was not on his way to London. Since that lime s neither the Ruffian Charge d'Affair? has.received «(iy official news—nor any Courier passed thro !. . this city to Loqdou. No ot ' uie e aui 11 of the Empress was received at Berlin, tko' iome J ! piivate letters received at Konint;(berg make men n j tion of it. It is therefore prpbable that this is pre l- j mature.'' 0 | By letters from Prefburg of Nov. 22, it 3ppe ar » ,e i that the Diet at Prtfburg, have granted to the Em ; peror the following supplies for the prosecuting ot y ! the war : 50,000 Hungarians, exclusive of thofc; te requisite to complete the regiments already in the field—2©,ooo oxen—JO,poo horfes—2,4oo,oo9 i. buthels of grain—3,760,000 do. oats. And ia ie cafe the numbers at present granted, are not fßfiicj :e ent to obtairi an honorable peace, a general railing ln "en masse," will be determined on. The Auflrian official account of the battles in I taly nearly agree with the French, but the former represent the IqTs on each fid.e as nearly equal—— Among the priioners taken by Davidovich at Ri le. volo, were two Freijch generals, Florella and Valete. A new convention between the trench republic r e and Genoa exckides the English from the; Genoese [ r . ports during the war, and the vessels of the latter , as are prohibited to carry provisions to the British. le, Genoa is to protest her own forts and harboprs, but ife in cafe of neceffiiy she is to be aided by french ■d. troops- If Genoa shall be involved in a war with • 0 . England, France will undertake to protea her of trade and navigation, and will assist her with ships , ith of vyar and intercede for her in negociations far iti- peace. Genoa pays to France 2 millions of livref in advances, and a million to he refunded after peace. From the Fedbraj. Gazetts. Messrs. Yundt & Brown, the By ipferting what follows, you will oblige afubfcrij ber. [ Frtm the Aurora"] l| 00 I 't Some time ago Mr. A V——, of Balti ,3 j " more, became obnoxious to the British. 1 hey V f " searched every veflel from Baltimore for his pro -s'j " perty, and the matter came at length to be so well 1 44 known, that no ship would luffer him to put an to f " article en board. The French are npw playing oid I " l^'s S ams » ' n f urers w '" f® Ufa I " l^'3 P°' nt ' llto l ' ic ' r "lc«lation».f Ibe j Mr. A V ,ti(Ji, fded j he must be so £0 the French, hecaufe both nations j have detained, abjudicated and contiemned Lpie of to- I his property, like that of many of his fellow citizens. s as j A ship of his, however, when arrived in a port ta beut j ken possession of by .the Britifb, during that veffeij ed. ,? I voyage, was justly and liberally treated by a Brit c. J ift commander 111 another cafe, which was never 1 before a vice admiralty court, as complete fatisfac- I tiojj was given as the nature of the cafe would ad- J mit. Similar redress is, upon fufficient grounds,, I 1 xpefted in a few other inffancet, both frots thj ution I British aad French government*. Nati PHILOPATROS. \ T ever I '"J* Y S j PORT OF PHILADEL PHI A, -fuel ARRIVED { ,1 Brig Pomona, King, Ajjvfterdam 7^ ton 1 American, Shallcrofs, Antigua 'ji ' j Schooner Fame, Pendleton, Richmond O 0 ■* CLEARED J Brig Lovely Lass, Domincjc, Trinidad "r Governor Biook, M'Cutchen, HavannaU i, e Sloop Sally, Watts, St. Thomas 8 E.X" } ! " Public Notice is hereby given, j cyji.-vT I have applied to the Judgei of the Supreme all ae- j J Court of this State, to supply the defeift in my title :h ref to » 10l of ground situate on the Weft fide of Fourth-flreet, :fpe£i- containing in br#adth 10 feet and in length 5 6 feet, bound, blJ c ed northward and wreftward by ground el the fubfcribcr. 1 ment Southward by ground of Edward Shippen, and saftward ' by Fourth-street ; oecalioned by the loss of a deed from many timothy Harrington, John Lewis and James Walt»n, fcy >le dif- their attorney Robert Mollyneux. All perf«ns concerned : states are required to appear before the Justices of the said Court e ratio at the City Hall in the city ot Phiadclphia, on the third l 1 _ Monday in M irch next, to make their answer to the bill , • of the subscriber, filed in the office of Edward Burd, g tnetr p ro thonotary of laid court. February 24 §3w of the ——— ced up. 1 Mr. Ricketts iTbrand < ESPECTFcII.LY informs his Patrons and the Ladies portant JLV and Gentlemen of Philadelphia, th«t on Saturday c differ- ! vening there will be lute uni \ A Grand Display of Horsemanship, Stion of ! and ether ma»ily feats of activity. Being ;>ofitively the tenor of last night but one at the PANTHEON, as Mr. Ricketts's I engagements at New-York require his attendance there. | The parcicularsof the Performance, will be announced ilan the in the bills and advertisements of the day, :ommif The Door to open at 5 and the performances to in a re- commence at a quarter after 6 o'clock. Will be fold, ptcd as- On MQndajr, the ift of March, If or in At the Merchants' Coffce-Heufe, y a ma _ At 12 o'clock, noon, fed plan A Lot, or Piece of Ground, : nation- /""lontaihinc i% acres and roo perches, situate near the V>l Slue Ball Tavern, on the Paffyunk road four mile* , from the city of Philadelphia. This Lot commands a or.s tnat v ; evvo f the riversDclawars and Schuylkill, is nearly inclof he news t( j W ith a good cedar post and rail fence, and has a never ave had failing fpririg of frefli water riling in it—One acre of f Alviri- which is good bottom meadow—adjoining lands of Willi n a rcio- an " Bingham, Esq. Jacob Sink, and others. The terms of fak, one fifch part in ten days after the day of i'ale, when immediate possession will be given, tKe residue ia payments agreeable to the pUrchaser, on paying legal in terest therelor, and giving (ecurity for the fame, if re- Dec. is quired. An indisputable title will be given, upon mak lis morn- t ' ,e payment as aforefaid. x . A Draft of said Lot may be seen at the Merchants" nit, that Coffee-Houfe, and at the office of Alexander Power, No. d on the Chefnut-ftreet, where further information may be is Grand had, Philadelphia. February 14 §«» *